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Kurz, Johannes L. "Pre-modern Chinese Sources in the National History of Brunei: The Case of Poli." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 169, no. 2-3 (2013): 213–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134379-12340030.
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Abstract The article deals with the appropriation of pre-modern Chinese sources by R. Nicholl and others for the national history of Brunei. It provides an analysis of the relevant sources and argues that Poli, a country described in the Chinese texts, was not a precursor of Brunei.
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Deterding, David, and Ishamina Athirah. "Brunei Malay." Journal of the International Phonetic Association 47, no. 1 (July 22, 2016): 99–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025100316000189.
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Brunei Malay (ISO 639-3: kxd) is spoken in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam and also in some nearby places in East Malaysia such as Miri and Limbang in Sarawak (Asmah 2008: 65), on the island of Labuan (Jaludin 2003: 35) and around Beaufort in western Sabah (Saidatul 2003). Of the population of about 400,000 in Brunei, about two-thirds are native speakers of Brunei Malay (Clynes 2001), and the language is generally used as a lingua franca between the other ethnic groups (Martin 1996), so even most Chinese Bruneians, numbering about 45,000 (Dunseath 1996), are reasonably proficient in Brunei Malay. Although Standard Malay is promoted as the national language of Brunei (Clynes & Deterding 2011), in fact it is only used in formal situations, such as government speeches and television and radio broadcasts (Martin 1996). The language that is spoken most extensively is Brunei Malay, though English is also widely used by the educated elite (Deterding & Salbrina 2013).
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de Vienne, Marie-Sybille, and Jérémy Jammes. "China’s Maritime Nexus in Southeast Asia." Asian Survey 60, no. 5 (September 2020): 905–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2020.60.5.905.
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At the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum in 2010, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi reminded everyone that “China is a big country and all the other countries are small countries; this is a fact.” Though Brunei is the smallest of all the ASEAN states in both population and GDP, the level of Chinese investment in the sultanate (cumulated direct investment and construction contracts divided by 2018 GDP) is much higher than in most other ASEAN states. This paper analyzes the Belt and Road stakes for both Brunei and China and Brunei’s response to the Chinese proposals, showing that in spite of its smallness, the sultanate still seems able to preserve its own interests to a certain extent, thanks to its balanced foreign policy and its financial resources.
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de Vienne, Marie-Sybille. "The Chinese in Brunei: From Ceramics to Oil Rent." Archipel 82, no. 1 (2011): 25–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/arch.2011.4254.
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Low, Kok On. "Unsur Berahi dalam Pantun Kasih Sayang Melayu Brunei di Sabah." Malay Literature 29, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.37052/ml.29(1)no1.
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Suku kaum Melayu Brunei telah menetap di sepanjang persisiran pantai barat Sabah sejak dari zaman awal Kesultanan Melayu Brunei lagi. Seperti suku kaum Melayu lain di Nusantara, berpantun ialah sebahagian daripada budaya mereka yang istimewa sejak dari dahulu hinggalah sekarang. Dalam kerja lapangan yang telah dijalankan di beberapa buah kampung Melayu Brunei di sekitar pantai barat Sabah, sejumlah pantun yang bertemakan cinta dan kasih sayang telah dirakamkan, ditranskripsi dan didokumentasi. Pantun kasih sayang yang terkumpul ini, antaranya menonjolkan unsur-unsur rasa rindu, jatuh hati, naik berahi dan hajat di hati untuk merisik dan meminang. Selain mendokumentasi sejumlah pantun yang bertemakan cinta dan kasih sayang, tumpuan kupasan dalam makalah ini adalah terhadap unsur “berahi” yang terbayang dalam pantun kasih sayang orang Melayu Brunei. Selain itu, perbandingan terhadap pantun cinta Melayu Brunei di Sabah dengan pantun cinta Melayu dan Tionghoa Peranakan terpilih juga akan dilakukan. Menerusi kupasan sedemikian, keistimewaan perasaan cinta dan berahi dalam budaya suku kaum Melayu Brunei di Sabah akan tertonjol kepada pembaca. Kata kunci: Melayu Brunei, pantun cinta, kasih sayang, unsur berahi. Abstract The Brunei Malay ethnic group settled all along the western shores of Sabah since the early part of the formation of the Brunei Malay Sultanate. As is the case with other Malay ethnic groups in Nusantara, reciting the pantun is part of their unique culture since the bygone days until the present time. In a field study conducted in several Malay Brunei kampongs along the western shores of Sabah, a number of pantuns with the themes of love and affection were recorded, transcribed and documented. These love pantuns that have been collected , among other things highlight the elements of yearning, falling in love, feeling amorous and wanting to seek a person’s hand in marriage. Apart from documenting some pantuns with the themes of love and affection, the focus of this article is on the element of lust which is reflected in these pantuns of love of the Brunei Malays. In addition, a comparison will be made between these love pantuns and selected Malay and Straits-born Chinese pantuns. By making this analysis, the uniqueness of the elements of lust and affection in Brunei Malay pantuns will be unravelled. Keywords: Brunei Malay, loved pantun, affection, elements of lust
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Whiting, Allen S. "Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy After Deng." China Quarterly 142 (June 1995): 295–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000034950.
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As the Deng era approaches its end, concern abroad, particularly in East Asia, focuses on how the People's Republic of China (PRC) will cope with territorial disputes with Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and India, and the continued quest for Taiwan. Meanwhile Chinese military modernization steadily increases the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air and sea power projection. The question arises: might a beleaguered post-Deng leadership seek to strengthen its legitimacy through exploitation of Chinese nationalism and if so, how would this manifest itself in foreign relations?
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Awang, Azarudin, Azman Che Mat, and Sophian Ramli. "Pembinaan Semula Peradaban Komuniti Cina Muslim Berasaskan Dialog Antara Agama: Pengalaman di Terengganu dan Brunei." Sains Insani 4, no. 1 (May 31, 2019): 77–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.33102/jsi2019.4.1.11.
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Bagi sesebuah negara yang mempunyai etnik pelbagai anutan kepercayaan dan perbezaan amalan budaya, dialog antara agama berperanan membetulkan semula kekaburan dalam kehidupan beragama dan berbudaya. Melalui peranan Saudara Baru, dialog antara agama mampu menjadi medan bagi menjelaskan kebenaran tentang agama Islam kepada masyarakat bukan Muslim dan pelaksanaan amalan budaya asal kepada Muslim asal. Objektif kajian ini ialah melihat pengalaman pelaksanaan dialog antara agama di Terengganu dan relevansi dalam kehidupan beragama di negara Brunei. Metode kajian ini menggunakan kajian dokumen yang menyentuh komuniti Cina Muslim di Terengganu dan Brunei. Pengalaman pelaksanaan dialog antara agama di Terengganu dan negara Brunei memperlihatkan dialog antara agama mampu membetulkan salah faham dan selanjutnya mengendurkan ketegangan hubungan antara agama dan budaya antara komuniti Saudara Baru, ahli keluarga bukan Muslim dan masyarakat Muslim asal. Biarpun begitu, adalah dicadangkan agar kajian yang menyentuh dialog antara agama perlu diperkukuhkan sebagai medium membina semula peradaban memandangkan penduduk di kedua-dua lokasi ini terdiri daripada berbilang etnik dan agama sedangkan pada masa yang sama masalah yang menyentuh hubungan antara agama sentiasa timbul.
Abstract: For a country with diverse ethics of beliefs and cultural practices, interfaith dialogue plays a role to redefine ambiguity in religious and cultural life. Through the role of the New Muslim (Muslim Convert), interfaith dialogue can become a medium to explain the truth about Islam to the non-Muslims and the implementation of real cultural practices to the others Muslim. The objective of this study is to examine the experience of interfaith dialogue in Terengganu and in Brunei. The method of this study is being conducted in document research that related with the Muslim Chinese community in Terengganu and Brunei. In addition, interviews with people involved in the management of New Muslims also carried out. The experience of interfaith dialogue in Terengganu and Brunei shows that dialogue capable explains misunderstandings and further loosening the tension between religion and culture among New Muslims, non-Muslim family members and Muslim communities. However, it is recommended that studies on interfaith dialogue should be strengthened as a medium for rebuilding civilization as the residents of both locations are multi-ethnic and religious while at the same time the problem of interreligious persists.
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Pakir, Anne. "Issues in Second Language Curriculum Development: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 13 (March 1992): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0267190500002361.
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This paper summarizes current theoretical and practical issues of second language learning and teaching in the national curricula of three countries—Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam. One unifying feature of these three countries in ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is the fact that they are multilingual communities with a vast range of complex linguistic and cultural traditions. A second is that they represent parallel cases of countries in which English has played an internal role historically. A third is that these countries all have Malay as the national language (albeit, in Singapore, with a large Chinese majority and with English as an important working language—Malay is not as widely used). A fourth is that bilingualism is a language policy, whether publicly advocated or implicitly sanctioned.
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Hoon (云昌耀), Chang-Yau, and Shawatriqah Sahrifulhafiz. "Negotiating Assimilation and Hybridity." Journal of Chinese Overseas 17, no. 1 (April 8, 2021): 31–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341433.
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Abstract This paper explores the ways in which Bruneians who are born into a Chinese-Malay family define their identity, how the state classifies them in terms of “race,” how they negotiate their bicultural practices, and what challenges they face while growing up in the liminal space of inbetweenness. Considering the hegemonic force of assimilation enforced by various state apparatuses, the article critically discusses the ways in which Chinese-Malays negotiate the space between assimilation and hybridity. By examining the experience of between and betwixt among these biracial subjects, the article alludes to the different forces that define the boundaries of exclusion and inclusion, belonging and non-belonging in Brunei Darussalam.
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Fong, Yang Lai, Ramachandran Ponnan, and Antoon De Rycker. "Different Countries, Different Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis of the South China Sea Disputes Coverage by Malaysian and Chinese Newspapers." China Report 56, no. 1 (February 2020): 39–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009445519895627.
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The South China Sea disputes involve both island and maritime claims among several sovereign states within the region, namely China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam and Taiwan. Framing an analysis of international news and diplomatic relations allows researchers to examine how news organisations provide their audiences with context regarding news stories through content promotion and exclusion. This study examined how the Malaysian and Chinese newspapers reported about the South China Sea disputes and Malaysia–China bilateral relations. The findings indicated that the newspapers reported the topics with different intensity and prominence, while different news sources were employed. It was also found that conflict was a salient frame used by the various newspapers. In addition, this study found that the Malaysian and Chinese newspapers exhibited different valence in reporting the South China Sea disputes. Among the Malaysian newspapers under examination in this study, Sin Chew Daily (a Chinese-language daily) employed the most similar frame to that of the Chinese newspapers, where the coverage was pervasive with supportive valence towards China.
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Wrobel, Ralph Michael. "Chinese Geopolitics in Southeast Asia: A New Pattern of Economic Power within ASEAN?" Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 73, no. 1 (March 26, 2019): 149–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/asia-2017-0049.
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AbstractSoutheast Asia is of highest geostrategic interest for China as a rising Great Power as well as for the U.S. and its ally Japan. Since the “Pivot to East Asia” of the Obama administration in Washington in 2011 observers are discussing a “New Great Game” in the region. But has China already established a “backyard” by its economic activities in Southeast Asia and in particular in ASEAN countries? What is the spatial pattern of China’s activities? As an analysis of FDI stocks as well as trade related data show ASEAN countries can be divided into several groups. (1) China’s small neighbour Laos dominated by Chinese FDI. (2) Countries like Cambodia and Myanmar partly dominated by Chinese FDI. (3) Countries with different trade ties to China but mostly strong military or diplomatic ties to the U.S. like Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and (4) the independent Brunei Darussalam. Therefore, Southeast Asia and in particular ASEAN cannot be called a Chinese “backyard” yet. But if U.S. president Trump withdraws the U.S. attention from the region China could be able to achieve a hegemonic position in the region soon.
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Malai Yusof, Malai Yunus. "Saving And Simple Way Of Life As Factors Of Business Successful Among The Chinese Community In Brunei Darussalam." Borneo Research Journal 12, no. 1 (December 31, 2018): 57–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.22452/brj.vol12no1.4.
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Brose, Michael. "China and Transregional Halal Circuits." Review of Religion and Chinese Society 5, no. 2 (December 7, 2018): 208–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22143955-00502005.
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Demand for halal food items is rising in China, and domestic producers are striving to meet it. But while the growth of China’s domestic halal market mirrors increasing demand around the world, it is difficult for Chinese producers to tap into the global market, due not least to the lack of internationally recognized halal certification processes. This problem was the focus of a recent halal trade fair and conference in Xi’an that featured Muslim religious leaders and halal industry specialists from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brunei, but not from China. The event was organized and supported by local government and business authorities, who worked with an international Muslim marketing firm that will assist local halal producers to obtain recognized halal certification. This paper examines the Xi’an conference and trade fair as an example of the commercialization and branding of halal in China and explores the ramifications of this process for Muslims in China and for China’s desire to participate in the growing transnational halal economy.
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Ming, Wan. "Zheng He’s Seven Voyages into the Namoli Ocean–the Indian Ocean." China and Asia 1, no. 1 (February 11, 2019): 92–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589465x-00101004.
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In the history of the development of human civilization, the Silk Road has been an important route of traffic and exchange between the East and the West. From Zhang Qian’s 張騫 opening up of the Silk Road across the Western Regions (Xiyue 西域) to Zheng He’s 鄭和 sailing to the Western Oceans (xia xiyang 下西洋) more than 1500 years later, China had a continuous desire to explore beyond its borders. At the time of Zheng He, the term “Western Oceans” (xiyang 西洋) had a specific meaning. As shown by the account of Ma Huan 馬歡, who personally joined Zheng He on the voyages, the people of Ming China considered the “Western Oceans” to be the Namoli Ocean (Namoli yang 那没黎洋), later called the Indian Ocean. Thus, it could be concluded that the Western Oceans where Zheng He’s fleet went meant the Indian Ocean. Even today most scholars still divide the Eastern and Western Oceans at Brunei, with no clear understanding of where the Western Oceans to which Zheng He sailed were actually located. It is therefore important to make clear that the Western Oceans in his time referred to the Indian Ocean, before moving on to investigate the purpose of the voyages and related historical issues. Even more important is to point out that Zheng He’s expeditions in the early fifteenth century reflected that Chinese people took to the seas on a scale larger than ever before and joined the maritime and overland silk routes together. The place where this occurred was the Indian Ocean.
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GUÉORGUIEV, BORISLAV, and HONGBIN LIANG. "Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental representatives of Lachnocrepis LeConte and Oodes Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with special account on Chinese species." Zootaxa 4850, no. 1 (September 8, 2020): 1–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4850.1.1.
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In order to investigate the Chinese representatives from two genera of the tribe Oodini LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851, twenty-three Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genera Lachnocrepis LeConte, 1853 and Oodes Bonelli, 1810 are taxonomically reviewed. Because the species in question share a high degree of morphological similarity they are grouped in the “Oodes generic group”. The character-analysis showed that seven species belong to Oodes, including five species to Oodes s.str. and two species to Lachnocrepis (downgraded to subgenus). The remaining sixteen species are classified in three genera: ten species in Pseudoodes gen. n. (type species: Oodes cribristernis Bates, 1892), two species in Sundaoodes gen. n. (type species: Sundaoodes hainanensis sp. n.), and four species in Nothoodes gen. n. (type species: Oodes angustatus Lorenz, 2005). The taxa of Oodes s.str. and Pseudoodes gen. n. are arranged in two and four species groups, respectively. Eleven species from three genera, including six new to science, are found in China: Oodes (Oodes) echigonus Habu & Baba, 1960, Oodes (Lachnocrepis) desertus Motschulsky, 1858, Oodes (Lachnocrepis) japonicus (Bates, 1873), Pseudoodes cribristernis (Bates, 1892) (first record for China), Pseudoodes rambouseki (Jedlička, 1931), Pseudoodes ampliusculus, sp. n. (type locality: Mingfenggu Valley, Jiangfengling Mountains, Hainan), Pseudoodes emeishanicus, sp. n. (type locality: Xixinsuo Temple, Emei Shan, Leshan City, Sichuan), Pseudoodes hunanensis, sp. n. (type locality: Xiaozhuangping, Tianping Shan, Sangzhi County, Hunan), Pseudoodes leigongshanicus, sp. n. (type locality: Xijiang Town, Leigong Shan, Leishan County, Guizhou), Pseudoodes tianlinensis, sp. n. (type locality: Cenwanglao Shan, Tianlin County, Guangxi), and Sundaoodes hainanensis, sp. n. (type locality: Nada Town, Danzhou City, Hainan). Two further new species, Sundaoodes kalimantanensis, sp. n. (type locality: Bukit Liang Mount, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia) and Nothoodes bharat, sp. n. (type locality: Dwarakapuram Village, Naidupet Mandal, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India), are also described. The following new synonymies are proposed: Oodes parallelus Motschulsky, 1858, syn. n. of Oodes helopioides (Fabricius, 1792); Oodes parallelogrammus Motschulsky, 1858, syn. n. of Oodes helopioides (Fabricius, 1792); Oodes prolixus Bates, 1873, syn. n. of Oodes desertus Motschulsky, 1858; Simous viridissimus Louwerens, 1951, syn. n. of Pseudoodes coelestinus (Chaudoir, 1882). The synonymy of Oodes hahni Reitter, 1908 with Oodes desertus Motschulsky, 1858 is confirmed. Also, the following new combinations are introduced: Oodes japonicus (Bates, 1873), comb. n. of Lachnocrepis japonica Bates, 1873; Pseudoodes vicarius (Bates, 1873), comb. n. of Oödes vicarius Bates, 1873; Pseudoodes coelestinus (Chaudoir, 1882), comb. n. of Oodes coelestinus Chaudoir, 1882; Pseudoodes subcoriaceus (Chaudoir, 1882), comb. n. of Oodes subcoriaceus Chaudoir, 1882; Pseudoodes cribristernis (Bates, 1892), comb. n. of Oodes cribristernis Bates, 1892; Pseudoodes rambouseki (Jedlička, 1931), comb. n. of Holosoma rambouseki Jedlička, 1931; Nothoodes taprobanae (Andrewes, 1923), comb. n. of Oodes taprobanae Andrewes, 1923; Nothoodes longus (Andrewes, 1940), comb. n. of Oodes longus Andrewes, 1940; Nothoodes angustatus (Lorenz, 1998), comb. n. of Oodes angustatus Lorenz, 1998. Lectotypes are designated for Oodes parallelus Motschulsky, 1858, Oodes parallelogrammus Motschulsky, 1858, Oodes desertus Motschulsky, 1858, Oodes cribristernis Bates, 1892, Oodes hahni Reitter, 1908, Oodes thessalonicensis Schatzmayr, 1909, Oodes helopioides var. fiorii Porta, 1923, and Holosoma rambouseki Jedlička, 1931. A key to the species, diagnoses, descriptions, notes on type specimens, relationships, distribution, bionomics when available, and figures of body, genitalia and other characters useful for taxonomy are provided. Numerous new records, including first country records for Romania, Israel, Nepal, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, and Indonesia, are registered.
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Vedrenne, Cécile, Christiane Giroud, Derrick R. Robinson, Sébastien Besteiro, Christophe Bosc, Frédéric Bringaud, and Théo Baltz. "Two Related Subpellicular Cytoskeleton-associated Proteins inTrypanosoma brucei Stabilize Microtubules." Molecular Biology of the Cell 13, no. 3 (March 2002): 1058–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.01-06-0298.
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The subpellicular microtubules of the trypanosome cytoskeleton are cross-linked to each other and the plasma membrane, creating a cage-like structure. We have isolated, from Trypanosoma brucei, two related low-molecular-weight cytoskeleton-associated proteins (15- and 17-kDa), called CAP15 and CAP17, which are differentially expressed during the life cycle. Immunolabeling shows a corset-like colocalization of both CAPs and tubulin. Western blot and electron microscope analyses show CAP15 and CAP17 labeling on detergent-extracted cytoskeletons. However, the localization of both proteins is restricted to the anterior, microtubule minus, and less dynamic half of the corset. CAP15 and CAP17 share properties of microtubule-associated proteins when expressed in heterologous cells (Chinese hamster ovary and HeLa), colocalization with their microtubules, induction of microtubule bundle formation, cold resistance, and insensitivity to nocodazole. When overexpressed inT. brucei, both CAP15 and CAP17 cover the whole subpellicular corset and induce morphological disorders, cell cycle-based abnormalities, and subsequent asymmetric cytokinesis.
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Hu, Yaping, Xiaodong Chen, Jie Zhou, Wenxuan Jing, and Qirong Guo. "Metagenomic Analysis of Suansun, a Traditional Chinese Unsalted Fermented Food." Processes 9, no. 9 (September 16, 2021): 1669. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9091669.
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Suansun, made from fresh bamboo shoots fermented without salt, is a traditional food in China’s southern region and is popular for its nutritious and unique flavor. To comprehensively understand the microbial species and characteristics of suansun, Illumina HiSeq metagenomic sequencing technology was used to sequence suansun’s fermentation broth obtained from six traditional producing areas in southern China, and the microbial community structure, diversity, and functional genes were analyzed. A total of 8 phyla, 16 classes, 30 orders, 63 families, 92 genera, and 156 species of microorganisms were identified in the suansun samples, with Lactiplantibacillus predominating, accounting for up to 81% of the species, among which 12 species, including Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, were the main species. A total of 12,751 unigenes were annotated to 385 metabolic pathway classes, of which 2927 unigenes were involved in carbohydrate metabolism. Lactiplantibacillus fermentum, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, and Lactiplantibacillus brucei were involved in the metabolism of most nutrients and flavor substances in suansun. Overall, these results provide insights into the suansun microbiota and shed light on the fermentation processes carried out by complex microbial communities.
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O'LEARY, RICHARD. "Robert Hart in China: The Significance of his Irish Roots." Modern Asian Studies 40, no. 3 (July 2006): 583–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x06002046.
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As Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service, Robert Hart (1835–1911), born in County Armagh in Ireland, was a chief fiscal administrator of the Chinese Empire. Hart was a British citizen, yet he was employed by the Chinese government and was responsible for hundreds of Western (mostly British) and thousands of Chinese employees. His ability to straddle cultures has been noted by the historians Bruner, Fairbank and Smith who refer to a trait of cultural sensitivity that was unusual among the merchants of the treaty ports in China. The source of this cultural sensitivity is of interest and some insights can be gleaned from his Irish origins. The employment under Hart of many persons from Ireland, family and others, in the Chinese Maritime Customs (CMC) has also raised questions about nepotism and favouritism. We will see that Hart did not only favour his family but was generally well disposed to long-standing acquaintances, whether they were Irish or not. Furthermore, his Irish contacts in both Ireland and China were of advantage to him in his career and his attainment of higher social status. Our examination of Hart's network of Irish contacts and his ideas about Ireland also reveal his multi-national identity. This seemed to allow Hart to be both pro-British while also retaining a critical perspective, as might be expected by someone who by place of birth, social class and religion was not from the heart of the English establishment.
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Lan, L., B. Zuo, H. Ding, Y. Huang, X. Chen, and A. Du. "Anticoccidial evaluation of a traditional chinese medicine—Brucea javanica—in broilers." Poultry Science 95, no. 4 (April 2016): 811–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps/pev441.
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Silva, Nathalia Oliveira da, Gisele Kuba, Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi, and Ruth Natália Teresa Turrini. "Efeito da auriculoterapia chinesa sobre o humor de profissionais de saúde: estudo piloto." Revista de Enfermagem da UFSM 11 (July 8, 2021): e53. http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2179769261883.
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Objetivo: verificar a efetividade de um protocolo de auriculoterapia para redução de sinais e sintomas de estresse na melhora do humor dos profissionais de saúde. Método: estudo piloto controlado e randomizado, com dois grupos de 40 participantes cada, intervenção e controle, realizado em hospital oncológico. Critérios de inclusão: atuar há pelo menos um ano no hospital e escore de 40 a 150 na Lista de Sintomas de Stress. Todos os participantes responderam ao questionário biossociodemográfico e a Escala de Humor de Brunel (BRUMS) antes e depois do estudo. A intervenção consistiu de seis sessões de auriculoterapia e o controle sem tratamento. Resultados: idade média 36,5 anos, 50,0% solteiras, 57,5% com filhos, 33,7% enfermeiras, tempo médio de instituição 59,1 meses. Houve diminuição significativa no escore global e nos domínios confusão mental e tensão (0,05) da BRUMS. Conclusão: o protocolo de auriculoterapia melhorou o humor dos profissionais de enfermagem.
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Lins, Hoyêdo Nunes. "Parceria Trans-Pacífico: Novas Geometrias no Capitalismo Global." Contexto Internacional 36, no. 2 (December 2014): 623–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-85292014000200010.
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Em 2005, Brunei, Chile, Cingapura e Nova Zelândia firmaram acordo de parceria econômica no sentido de uma interação estratégica na região Ásia-Pacífico. Em 2009, os Estados Unidos se envolveram, assumindo a liderança das negociações. Desde então, as tratativas sobre a Parceria Trans-Pacífico ganharam impulso, com Austrália, Malásia, Peru e Vietnã aderindo em 2010 e Canadá e México em 2012, somando onze membros até o início de 2013. Baseado em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, o artigo caracteriza essa iniciativa e discute seus termos principais e questões mais controversas. Entre estas, figuram as propostas sobre direitos de propriedade intelectual e investimentos, com vantagens para grandes empresas, inclusive na resolução de disputas entre investidores e Estados, fontes de apreensão e fortes críticas entre grupos sociais. Também se explora a motivação dos Estados Unidos, envolvendo garantia de proeminência na região de maior crescimento econômico no planeta. “Conter” a influência e a liderança chinesas parece uma estratégia central daquele país, questões econômicas e geopolíticas entrelaçando-se fortemente nesse contexto.
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Dai, Wenjie, Hsin-Yi Chen, and Calvin Yu-Chian Chen. "A Network Pharmacology-Based Approach to Investigate the Novel TCM Formula against Huntington’s Disease and Validated by Support Vector Machine Model." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 (December 11, 2018): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6020197.
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Several pathways are crucial in Huntington’s disease (HD). Based on the concept of multitargets, network pharmacology-based analysis was employed to find out related proteins in disease network. The network target method aims to find out related mechanism of efficacy substances in rational design way. Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions would be used for research and development against HD. Virtual screening was performed to obtain drug molecules with high binding capacity from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) database@Taiwan. Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models were conducted by MLR, SVM, CoMFA, and CoMSIA, constructed to predict the bioactivities of candidates. The compounds with high-dock score were further analyzed compared with control. Traditional Chinese medicine reported in the literature could be the training set provided for constructing novel formula by SVM model. We tried to find a novel formula that can bind well with these targets at the same time, which indicates our design could be highly related to the HD. Additionally, the candidates would validate by a long-term molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, 5 microseconds. Thus, we suggested the herbs Brucea javanica, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Dichroa febrifuga, Erythrophleum guineense, etc. which contained active compounds might be a novel medicine formula toward Huntington’s disease.
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Barrett, M. P., E. Tetaud, A. Seyfang, F. Bringaud, and T. Baltz. "Functional expression and characterization of the Trypanosoma brucei procyclic glucose transporter, THT2." Biochemical Journal 312, no. 3 (December 15, 1995): 687–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3120687.
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The gene encoding THT2, one of two hexose-transporter isoforms present in Trypanosoma brucei, has been expressed in both Xenopus laevis oocytes and a stably transfected line of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The heterologously expressed gene encodes a protein with pharmacological and kinetic parameters similar to those of the hexose transporter measured in procyclic-culture-form trypanosomes. The substrate recognition of the THT2 transporter differed from that of the THT1 isoform, which is expressed only in bloodstream forms, in that: (i) it has a relatively high affinity for substrate with a Km of 59 microM for 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DOG) and a similar high affinity for D-glucose (compared with Km of 0.5 mM for 2-DOG in bloodstream forms); (ii) the affinity for 6-deoxy-D-glucose (6-DOG) is two orders of magnitude lower than that for D-glucose, whereas the bloodstream-form transporter recognizes D-glucose and its 6-DOG analogue with similar affinity; (iii) the bloodstream-form transporter, but not THT2, recognizes 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-glucose. D-Fructose-transport capacity and insensitivity to D-galactose was also found in THT2-expressing CHO cells and procyclic trypanosomes. We conclude from these cumulative results that the THT2 gene encodes the transporter responsible for hexose transport in procyclic trypanosomes. The transport of 2-DOG in procyclic organisms was inhibited by both the protonophore, carbonyl cyanide 4-trifluoromethoxy phenylhydrazone (FCCP), and KCN, suggesting a requirement for a protonmotive force. However, sensitivity to these reagents depended on the external substrate concentration, with uptake being unaffected at substrate concentrations higher than 2 mM. THT2 expressed in CHO cells behaved as a facilitated transporter, and was unaffected by FCCP or KCN over the whole substrate concentration range tested.
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Chi, Hua, Yun-Ping Wang, Tong-Hui Zhou, and Chun-Lian Jin. "Determination of the anticancer drug bruceoside-A in the Chinese drug Yadanzi (Brucea Javanica Merr.)." Journal of Chromatography A 543 (January 1991): 250–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9673(01)95776-0.
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Orton, Jane. "Maintaining the dialogue." Asian Languages and Computers 17 (January 1, 2003): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aralss.17.03ort.
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AbstractIn 1999, Bridges To China, a 40-unit, intermediate level, Web-based course in Modern Standard Chinese was produced. The design drew on the work of Vygotsky, Bruner and Halliday for an integrated linguistic, learning and instructional framework. The course is now being extended to a standalone CD-ROM version, with consequent loss of peer interaction and live teacher guidance. Access to other people in joint involvement episodes (Schaffer, 1996) was fundamental to the goals of the original course. Consequently, attempts have been made to “maintain the dialogue” in the CD-ROM course. The paper will report the trialling of one such attempt: an innovative mode of self-assessment in tasks of length where the learner’s efforts are novel, using annotated sample texts generated by other students. The trials show that using annotated samples facilitated by the computer allows learners to assess their own work, learn a great deal from the language used by others, identify and even correct formal errors of their own, and enjoy contact with virtual classmates. The result means that a major limitation on CD-ROM CALL design can be considerably lessened.
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TETAUD, Emmanuel, Sandrine CHABAS, Christiane GIROUD, Michael P. BARRETT, and Théo BALTZ. "Hexose uptake in Trypanosoma cruzi: structure-activity relationship between substrate and transporter." Biochemical Journal 317, no. 2 (July 15, 1996): 353–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3170353.
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The gene encoding a hexose transporter, TcrHT1, from Trypanosoma cruzi has been functionally expressed in mammalian Chinese hamster ovary cells. Kinetic parameters of the heterologously expressed protein are very similar to those of the transporter identified in T. cruzi epimastigotes, confirming that TcrHT1 is the major transporter functioning in these parasites. A detailed analysis of substrate recognition using analogues of d-glucose substituted at each carbon position has been performed. The glucose transporter of T. cruzi does not recognize C-3 or C-6 analogues of d-glucose, whereas these analogues were recognized by the glucose transporter of bloodstream-form T. brucei. As for other kinetoplastid transporters, but in stark contrast to the mammalian GLUT family, TcrHT1 can also transport d-fructose, with relatively high affinity (Km = 0.682±0.003 mM). Amino acid side-chain-modifying reagents were also used to identify residues of the transporter present at the substrate-binding site. While specific modifiers of cysteine, histidine and arginine all inhibited catalytic activity, protection using substrate was only observed using the arginine-specific reagent, phenylglyoxal. Reagents which modify lysine residues had no effect on transport.
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Yoon, Bo Kyeong, Zheng Yi Lim, Won-Yong Jeon, Nam-Joon Cho, Jeong Hoon Kim, and Joshua A. Jackman. "Medicinal Activities and Nanomedicine Delivery Strategies for Brucea javanica Oil and Its Molecular Components." Molecules 25, no. 22 (November 19, 2020): 5414. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25225414.
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Brucea javanica oil (BJO) is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat various types of cancer and inflammatory diseases. There is significant interest in understanding the medicinal activities of BJO and its molecular components, especially quassinoids, and in exploring how they can be incorporated into nanomedicine delivery strategies for improved application prospects. Herein, we cover the latest progress in developing different classes of drug delivery vehicles, including nanoemulsions, liposomes, nanostructured lipid carriers, and spongosomes, to encapsulate BJO and purified quassinoids. An introduction to the composition and medicinal activities of BJO and its molecular components, including quassinoids and fatty acids, is first provided. Application examples involving each type of drug delivery vehicle are then critically presented. Future opportunities for nanomedicine delivery strategies in the field are also discussed and considered within the context of translational medicine needs and drug development processes.
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Myburg, Henrietta, Marieka Gryzenhout, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael G. Milgroom, Shigeru Kaneko, and Michael J. Wingfield. "DNA sequence data and morphology defineCryphonectriaspecies in Europe, China, and Japan." Canadian Journal of Botany 82, no. 12 (December 1, 2004): 1730–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b04-135.
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Cryphonectria includes important tree pathogens as well as species believed to be saprophytes. Recent phylogenetic studies have concentrated on North American and southern hemisphere Cryphonectria spp., but little is known about Asian and European taxa. In this study we identify and differentiate among the species occurring in Europe, China, and Japan using morphological and phylogenetic comparisons among the Cryphonectria species. Phylogenetic comparisons were based on sequence data from the ribosomal ITS operon and two regions in the β-tubulin gene. Unknown Japanese and Chinese isolates showing different cultural features than those of Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr from Japan and the USA, grouped with isolates of Cryphonectria nitschkei (G.H. Otth) M.E. Barr from Quercus spp. and Rhus javanica L. Isolates of Cryphonectria havanensis (Bruner) M.E. Barr from Quercus grosseserrata Blume, Castanopsis cuspidata Schottky, Pyrus sinensis Lindl., and Eucalyptus globulus Labill. also grouped in this phylogenetic clade. We propose that Cryphonectria nitschkei and the fungus that has been referred to as Cryphonectria havanensis in Japan should be treated as a single taxon. Phylogenetic and morphological data also suggest that there are two species currently representing Cryphonectria radicalis (Schwein.: Fr.) M.E. Barr in Europe. One of these species is similar to the type specimen of Cryphonectria radicalis, while the other species probably is new.Key words: Cryphonectria parasitica, Cryphonectria radicalis, Cryphonectria havanensis, Cryphonectria macrospora, Cryphonectria nitschkei, Diaporthales.
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Sun, Zhe, Yang Cao, and Lin-zhu Zhai. "Java brucea and Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of cholesterol granuloma in the suprasellar and sellar regions." Medicine 96, no. 5 (February 2017): e5930. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000005930.
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Chang, Tunhan, Kenneth G. Milne, Maria Lucia Sampaio Güther, Terry K. Smith, and Michael A. J. Ferguson. "Cloning ofTrypanosoma bruceiandLeishmania majorGenes Encoding the GlcNAc-Phosphatidylinositol De-N-acetylase of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Biosynthesis That Is Essential to the African Sleeping Sickness Parasite." Journal of Biological Chemistry 277, no. 51 (October 2, 2002): 50176–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m208374200.
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The second step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor biosynthesis in all eukaryotes is the conversion of D-GlcNAcα1–6-d-myo-inositol-1-HPO4-sn-1,2-diacylglycerol (GlcNAc-PI) tod-GlcNα1–6-d-myo-inositol-1-HPO4-sn-1,2-diacylglycerol by GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase. The genes encoding this activity arePIG-LandGPI12in mammals and yeast, respectively. Fragments of putative GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase genes fromTrypanosoma bruceiandLeishmania majorwere identified in the respective genome project data bases. The full-length genesTbGPI12andLmGPI12were subsequently cloned, sequenced, and shown to complement aPIG-L-deficient Chinese hamster ovary cell line and restore surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins. A tetracycline-inducible bloodstream formT. brucei TbGPI12conditional null mutant cell line was created and analyzed under nonpermissive conditions.TbGPI12mRNA levels were reduced to undetectable levels within 8 h of tetracycline removal, and the cells died after 3–4 days. This demonstrates thatTbGPI12is an essential gene for the tsetse-transmitted parasite that causes Nagana in cattle and African sleeping sickness in humans. It also validates GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase as a potential drug target against these diseases. Washed parasite membranes were prepared from the conditional null mutant parasites after 48 h without tetracycline. These membranes were shown to be greatly reduced in GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase activity, but they retained their ability to make GlcNAc-PI and to processd-GlcNα1–6-d-myo-inositol-1-HPO4-sn-1,2-diacylglycerol to later glycosylphosphatidylinositol intermediates. These results suggest that the stabilities of other glycosylphosphatidylinositol pathway enzymes are not dependent on GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase levels.
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Huang, Yanleng, Jiayi Zhu, Xiao Lin, Yanlong Hong, Yi Feng, and Lan Shen. "Potential of Fatty Oils from Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Therapy: A Review for Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Clinical Studies." American Journal of Chinese Medicine 47, no. 04 (January 2019): 727–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0192415x19500381.
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Cancer management is a worldwide challenge. In addition to effective cancer therapies like chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, treatment based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and combined TCM with western medicine has gradually gained attention in Oriental countries. One potential TCM approach using extracted fatty oils, containing fatty acids which are important active ingredients with a variety of pharmacological activities, makes significant contributions to cancer treatment. The strategies of treating cancer with the fatty oils of TCM were classified into “Fuzheng”, which usually associates with improving immunity, represented by coix seed oil. The other classification is “Quxie”, which relates to inducing apoptosis of cancer cells, and is represented by Brucea javanica oil. Compared with other active substances, the literature about anticancer fatty oils is relatively limited, and most of them focus on the composition and other biological activities without a systematic review. Therefore, based on the theories of “Fuzheng” and “Quxie” in TCM, in this paper, the anticancer effects of fatty oils have been reviewed. The chemical composition, anticancer mechanism, listed drugs, studying dosage form and clinical application of fatty oils have also been discussed. In summary, since there are different types and abundance of fatty oils among botanicals, anticancer effects of fatty oils can be achieved through two TCM theory-based strategies. We hoped that this review paper can reveal the anticancer potential of fatty oils and provide a reference for future related studies.
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Wu, Jia-Rui, Shu-Yu Liu, Jia-Lian Zhu, Dan Zhang, and Kai-Huan Wang. "Efficacy of Brucea javanica Oil Emulsion Injection Combined with the Chemotherapy for Treating Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 (2018): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6350782.
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Objective. This meta-analysis sought to assess the efficacy and safety of Brucea javanica oil emulsion injection (BJOEI) combined with chemotherapy for treating gastric cancer (GC). Method. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding BJOEI to treat GC were searched in PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), the Wan-Fang Database, China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (SinoMed) up to January 9, 2017. The clinical total effective rate, performance status, adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and other outcomes were analyzed with Review Manager 5.3 and Stata12.0 software. Results. 13 RCTs involving 912 patients were included in the present meta-analysis. The results demonstrated that, compared with receiving chemotherapy alone, BJOEI combined with chemotherapy was more effective in improving clinical total effective rate (RR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.22~1.56, P<0.00001), performance status (RR = 1.63, 95% CI: 1.30~2.04, P<0.00001), and relieving ADRs such as myelosuppression, neutropenia, thrombopenia, and liver damage. Statistically significant difference was observed between the experimental group and control group. Conclusion. The pooled analysis showed that using BJOEI on the basis of the chemotherapy had a remarkable therapeutic effect for patients with GC, whereas more evidence-based medical researches were required to further support our study.
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Likius, Andossa, Michel Brunet, Denis Geraads, and Patrick Vignaud. "The oldest Camelidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) of Africa : new finds from the Mio-Pliocene boundary, Chad." Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 174, no. 2 (March 1, 2003): 187–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/174.2.187.
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Abstract A fragment of mandible and two metapodials complete unearthed from the fossiliferous aera of Kossom Bougoudi (KB3 and KB26), northern Chad are described. A comparative study allows to assign these specimens to Paracamelus gigas. The evolutionnary degree is compatible with an age around the Mio-Pliocene boundary (ca 5 Ma). Then, the Chadian remains are the oldest adequately dated record of this family in Africa. They are contemporaneous with the oldest known evidence of the genus Paracamelus from the late Miocene of Asia and Europe. Introduction. – During several field seasons in northern Chad, the “Mission Paléoanthropologique Franco-Tchadienne” (M. P. F. T) discovered new sites in the Kossom Bougoudi (KB) fossiliferous area, west of australopithecine sites [Brunet et al., 1995, 1997; Brunet and M.P.F.T, 2000]. These sites yielded a rich vertebrate fauna (fish, reptiles, birds and mammals), and have been biochronologically dated at around 5 Ma old, close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary [Brunet and M. P. F.T, 2000]. Among the mammal fauna, some remains of Camelidae provide the earliest evidence of this group in Africa, which was previously thought to be younger than 4 Ma, at Laetoli [Harris, 1987] and Koobi Fora [Harris, 1991]. Specimens from sites KB3 and KB26 are described here. Description Material : KB3.97.316 : right mandible fragment with p3, p4-m1 roots and m2-m3 teeth; KB3.99.03 : right metatarsus; KB26.97.03 : right metatarsus The mandible is rather robust with a high horizontal ramus. The mental foramen is located below m1. The p3 alveolus and p4 roots attest elongated premolars. The lingual face of the molars is flat. The third lobe of m3 is less labially shifted than in the living camels. There is no cement, nor cingulum. The metatarsals are long and robust (tab. III), and show a deep groove on the proximal anterior and posterior faces. The distal condyles are divergent and separated by a deep interarticular notch. They are symmetrical and of the same size differences, in contrast with the extant species where the external condyle is more slender than the internal one. Comparison. – The mandible (KB3.97.316) differs from the Camelus species mandible by having (1) a robust and deeper horizontal ramus, (2) a well developed p3, (3) a third lobe of m3 less labially shifted (4) Chadian metatarsals are morphologically different from those the living camels and being extremely long (tab. II). All characters of the Chadian specimens are congruent with Zdansky’s [1926] and Teilhard and Trassaert’s [1937] descriptions of genus Paracamelus. The KB horizontal ramus is deeper than that of P. alutensis (tab. I) from the early Pleistocene of Oltet Valley, Romania [Stefanescu, 1910]. The premolar row is longer. Unfortunately, a detailed comparison with P. aguirrei from the late Miocene (MN13) of Venta del Moro and Librilla, Spain is impossible because this species was defined on skeletal elements (upper molars, calcaneum, phalanxes) not yet recovered from Chad. However, the estimated alveolar length of p3 (20 mm) is similar to those of P. aguirrei (18,8 – 21,6 mm according to Morales [1984]). Lengths of KB tooth row (tab. I) and metatarsals (tab. II) fit into the range of variation recorded by Zdansky [1926] and by Teilhard and Trassaert [1937] for P. gigas from the late Miocene of China. The Chadian material cannot be assigned to the species P. alexejevi from the Pliocene (MN15) of Ukraine, because this species is smaller than P. aguirrei and P. gigas [Morales, 1984]. In conclusion, specimens from Chad do not display any important difference with Chinese species P. gigas and can tentatively be referred to this species. Biochronology and paleobiogeography. – The earliest known Old World camel correspond to P. aguirrei from the late Miocene (MN13) of Venta del Moro and Librilla in Spain [Morales et al., 1980; Made and Morales, 1999]. After Made and Morales [1999], this species is probably the ancestor of P. alexejevi from of Odessa Catacombs (MN15), Ukraine. In Europe, the chronological range of P. alutensis covers the Plio-Pleistocene. This species is present in the lower Pleistocene of Oltet Valley, Romania [Stefanescu, 1910] and in the early and Middle Pliocene (MN16) of Russia [Baigusheva, 1971]. It is also present in the late Pliocene of Sarikol Tepe, Turkey [Kostopoulos and Sen, 1999]. In China, the earliest record of P. gigas is about 5.5 Ma [Flynn, 1997; Made and Morales, 1999]. In conclusion the chronological range of Paracamelus is from the late Miocene to the Pleistocene. However, the Chadian specimens size is close to P. gigas (first occurrence in China around 5.5 Ma) and P. aguirrei from late Miocene (MN13) of Europe. The occurrence of Paracamelus at KB and its absence from the younger Chadian sites (3-4 Ma) of Koro-Toro and Kollé [Brunet et al., 1995; 1996] as well as in the Plio-Pleistocene localities of Africa, are congruent with an age close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary for the sites of KB. This interpretation is confirmed by the associated fauna, that indicates ca 5 Ma old for the whole of KB fossiliferous area [Brunet and M.P.F.T, 2000]. The age of the Chadian Paracamelus is close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary, slightly younger than specimens from late Miocene of China [Zdansky, 1926; Flynn, 1997], Spain [Morales et al., 1980] and Turkey [Made et al., 2002]. This demonstrates that the group had a wider distribution than previously thought. It indicates that the Camelidae reach a widespread distribution soon after their arrival from northern America [Webb, 1965; Pickford et al., 1993]. Conclusion. – The Chadian material displays distinctive features which allows to refer it to Paracamelus gigas. This taxon, poorly documented in Eurasia, has not been previously recognised in Africa. It will contribute to deciphering the phylogenetic relationships between various species of Paracamelus and the extant Camelus.
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Li, Juan, Dongling Zhong, Jing Ye, Mingxing He, Xicen Liu, Hui Zheng, Rongjiang Jin, and Shao-lan Zhang. "Rehabilitation for balance impairment in patients after stroke: a protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis." BMJ Open 9, no. 7 (July 2019): e026844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026844.
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IntroductionMultiple rehabilitation therapies have been reported to be effective for poststroke balance impairment. However, the comparative effectiveness of these rehabilitation therapies is still unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to summarise evidence and identify the most effective rehabilitation therapy for poststroke balance impairment.Methods and analysisThe following databases will be searched: China Biology Medicine, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wan Fang Data, the Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, Medline, Excerpt Medical Database (EMBASE), Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, from inception to June 2019. All randomised controlled trials that have used rehabilitation interventions to treat poststroke balance impairment will be included. The primary outcomes are the Berg Balance Scale, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (balance), the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke, as well as the function in sitting test, the Sitting Balance Scale, the Ottawa Sitting Scale, the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, the Overall Balance Index and the Brunel Balance Assessment. The secondary outcomes include the Barthel Index, the Functional Ambulation Category Scale, fall rates, the Timed Up and Go test, the MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, and adverse events. To ensure that all relevant studies are included without personal bias, study selection, data extraction and quality assessment will be performed independently by two reviewers. Risk of bias will be assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. Review Manager V.5.3 software will be used to make bias risk diagram and pairwise meta-analysis, while network data synthesis will be performed using WinBUGS V.1.4.3 and R software.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required for systematic review and network meta-analysis. The results will be submitted to a peer review journal or at a conference.Trial registration numberPROSPERO (CRD 42018107441).
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PENG, SONG, WENHONG DONG, QIANGQIANG CHU, JIA MENG, HAITAO YANG, YINGYING DU, YU SUN, and ROBERT M. HOFFMAN. "Traditional Chinese Medicine Brucea Javanica Oil Enhances the Efficacy of Anlotinib in a Mouse Model of Liver-Metastasis of Small-cell Lung Cancer." In Vivo 35, no. 3 (2021): 1437–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12395.
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Cave, Ronald D., Rogelio Trabanino, and Abelino Pitty. "Zamorano y sus Contribuciones a la Agricultura Sostenible a Través del Control Biológico de Plagas." Ceiba 52, no. 1 (March 7, 2013): 26–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/ceiba.v52i1.966.
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El Centro para el Control Biológico en Centro América (CCBCA) fue creado en 1989 por la Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, financiado por la United States Agency for International Development (USAID) en Honduras. El CCBCA se enfocó en el control biológico clásico, el aumento y la conservación de enemigos naturales. En el 2000 cambió el nombre de Laboratorio de Control Biológico y se enfocó en el aprender haciendo de los estudiantes de la Escuela Agrícola Panamericana y la producción y comercialización de enemigos naturales de plagas agrícolas. El único parasitoide conocido que ataca al picudo de las bromelias (Metamasius quadrilineatus), fue encontrado en las investigaciones del CCBCA; resultó una especie nueva nombrada Lixadmontia franki que fue liberada en Florida en el 2007 para el control biológico del picudo mejicano de las bromelias (Metamasius callizona). Se determinaron los organismos parasíticos de las plagas Plutella xylostella, Mocis latipes, Spodoptera frugiperda, Leptophobia aripa y Liriomyza spp. Cuatro especies de avispas parasíticas exóticas, un baculovirus, un hongo y tres picudos fueron introducidos a Honduras para control biológico clásico: Cotesia plutellae (parasitoide asiático de P. xylostella); Diadromus collaris (parasitoide pupal de P. xylostella); Telenomus remus (parasitoide que ataca a los huevos de 30 especies de lepidópteros); una especie de Eretmocerus (originaria de India, para controlar Bemisia tabaci); los picudos Neochetina bruchi y Neochetina eichhorniae y el hongo Cercospora piaropi (para el control de la maleza acuática lirio de agua (Eichhornia crassipes); y el picudo Neohydronomous affinis (controlador biológico de la maleza acuática lechuga de agua (Pistia stratiotes). En el 2000, Zamorano cambió la estrategia del uso de control biológico y empezó a incursionar en la producción comercial de microrganismos para el control de plagas, debido a una demanda no satisfecha. Los controladores biológicos que ha producido son el hongo antagonista Trichoderma harzianum (Trichozam™) para combatir hongos en el suelo, Beauveria bassiana (Bazam™) para controlar lepidópteros y coleópteros, Lecanicillium lecanii (Verzam™) para el control de áfidos y mosca blanca, Metarhizium anisopliae (Metazam™) para el control de salivazo (Aeneolamia spp.) y larvas de coleópteros en caña de azúcar, y Purpureocillium lilacinum (Pazam™) para controlar nematodos. Además, ha reproducido y vendido la chinche depredadora Orius insidiosus para el control de trips, áfidos y mosca blanca, el ácaro depredador Neoseiulus longispinosus para el control de la arañita roja (Tetranychus spp.) y el nematodo entomófago Heterorhabditis bacteriophora para el control de insectos del suelo, especialmente contra Phyllophaga spp., Cosmopolitus sordidus, larvas de lepidóptera, picudo del camote (Cylas formicarius) y termitas en el suelo. Posiblemente, el mayor aporte es en la enseñanza de las técnicas y tecnologías del control biológico de plagas que se han distribuido por América Latina a través de los graduados de Zamorano que estudiaron y fueron entrenados en Zamorano.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/ceiba.v52i1.966
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LIM, BH, SG BALBIR, and KY CHONG. "Effects of Psychological Interventions on Regulating Pre-Competition Mood States in Malaysian Volleyball Players." Asian Journal of Physical Education & Recreation 17, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 24–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.24112/ajper.171873.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of three psychological intervention strategies in regulating the pre-competition mood states among volleyball players with matching hypothesis. The Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) was employed to examine the pre-competition mood states patterning of its six sub-scales during the time leading up to competition. Participants were the youth state volleyball players (N=96; boys = 48, girls = 48; Age: M=16.35 yr., SD = .89 yr.) competing in the Under 18 National School Sport Council of Malaysia Volleyball Tournament 2008. The Competitive Sport Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised (CSAI-2R) was employed to collect the baseline data two months prior to the official competition during the first meeting. The group with the highest group mean scores in cognitive anxiety component was assigned to a cognitive intervention group (n = 24) in which participants underwent breathing technique & autogenic relaxation with music lasting for 30 minutes per session; the group with the highest group mean scores in somatic anxiety component (n=24) completed the somatic intervention with progressive muscular relaxation lasting for 30 minutes; the selfconfidence intervention group which rated the lowest mean group scores in self-confidence component carried out the intervention with positive self-talk and goal setting exercises lasting 30 minutes; and a control group (n = 24). Results of this study revealed that the cognitive intervention was the most effective intervention followed by the somatic intervention in regulating the bad mood states and facilitating the good mood states prior to competition. Similarly, the self-confidence intervention was able to facilitate the vigour sub-scale prior to competition.
本研究的目的是探討三項心理調節策略的成效，對排球運動員賽前情緒狀態調節之間的匹配假說。在即將面對激烈的競賽期間採用布魯內爾情緒量表(BRUMS)，以觀察賽前情緒狀態模式的六個因素。參與者是參加18歲以下全國學校體育委員會2008年馬來西亞排球錦標賽的各州少年排球運動員(N = 96；男生 = 48，女生= 48；年齡：M = 16.35歲，SD = .89歲。)。在正式比賽前兩個月的第一次會議中，採用競賽狀態焦慮量表第二修訂版(CSAI-2R)收集了基線資料。在認知焦慮部分獲平均得分最高的組別， 其參與者被分配到認知調節組 (n = 24)，在每節30分鐘的音樂播放下經歷呼吸技巧和自生放鬆; 在軀體焦慮部分獲平均得分最高的組別(n = 24)以持續30分鐘的漸進性肌肉放鬆完成了軀體調節；在自信心部分平均數排名最低的自信心調節組，則開展了持續30分鐘以積極的自我對話和目標設置練習作調節; 對照組 (n = 24)。本研究結果顯示，認知調節能於比賽前最有效地介入調節不良情緒狀態和促進良好的情緒狀態，其次是軀體調節。同樣，自信心調節能夠在比賽前促進活力因素。
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Asmawati, Luluk, and Sholeh Hidayat. "Parenting E-book: Coping Early Childhood Education Problems During Learning from Home." JPUD - Jurnal Pendidikan Usia Dini 14, no. 2 (November 30, 2020): 332–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/jpud.142.11.
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During COVID-19, early-childhood school closings led to higher levels of stress in parents when compared to childless adults. In addition, lack of time to prepare, as well as mental-health problems, worry, and stress in parenting, may have hampered parents' ability to support their children's educational needs. The research aims to solve the problem of early childhood parenting during learning from home and improve the quality of early childhood parenting. The research method uses the research and development stage of the Borg & Gall model. Participants are mothers who have children aged 5-6 years. The data collection technique was done through expert validation and effectiveness testing with a quasi-experimental design. The data analysis used paired t-test statistical analysis. The findings show that the validity of the results of the material expert's test is 96%, and the media expert's test is 94% in the very good category. The effectiveness test based on the pre-test and post-test results showed that Sig. (2-tailed) <0,05 (α), which means that the parenting e-book media significantly increases mothers' understanding of parenting well-being practices in early childhood. The implications of this multimedia-based anyflip e-book can be downloaded via gadgets, android, laptop, practical, easy to read and repeated to accompany childcare activities from home.
Keywords: Anyflip E-book, Early Childhood, Parenting
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On the 1st of May 2014, Negara Brunei Darussalam declared the implementation of an Islamic criminal code of law, thus becoming the first country in modern Southeast Asia to declare so. Inevitably, Brunei was scrutinised by the international media, particularly over its relations with its non-Muslim minorities. This paper investigates the causes of the international media’s anxieties by analysing the socio-political circumstances of the non-Muslim minorities in Brunei, with particular focus on its ethnic Chinese citizens, and with reference to the Islamic Law of Minorities, or ahle dhimmah. Perspectives of the Islamic Law of Minorities toward Brunei’s Chinese citizens are also examined within the political-cultural context of Negara. Thus, exploring simultaneously these concepts, Islam and Negara, this paper asserts that the Islamic Law of Minorities has long been upheld in the Brunei Negara, serving to foster the coexistence of peoples of various ethnic and religious affiliations within the Abode of Peace.
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Abdul Kamal, Muhammad, Unbreen Qayyum, Saleem Khan, and Bosede Ngozi Adeleye. "Who is Trading Well with China? A Gravity and Constant Market Share Analysis of Exports of Pakistan and ASEAN in the Chinese Market." Journal of Asian and African Studies, September 15, 2021, 002190962110450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00219096211045098.
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This paper empirically investigated the trade competitiveness and trade potential of Pakistan and ASEAN countries in the Chinese market. The study utilizes trade data for the period of 2003–2019 to assess the bilateral trade aspects by using an extended gravity equation. In addition, the PPML model and constant market share analysis are applied to examine trade potential and competitiveness, respectively. Market size, distance, trade openness, revealed comparative advantage position and common border play an important role in bilateral trade of Pakistan and ASEAN with China, and coefficients of all these variables comply with the economic theory and are statistically significant. Pakistan along with Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand has great trade potential in the Chinese market. Particularly Cambodia and Vietnam are enjoying the highest competitive advantage as compared to other ASEAN countries. Pakistan’s export performance in China’s market relies on the market distribution effect. Based on this study, we have discussed country-specific future policy discourse for Pakistan and ASEAN countries in detail.
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Lee, Shirley H. F., Hanif Abdul Rahman, Nadiah Abidin, Sok King Ong, Elvynna Leong, and Lin Naing. "Survival of colorectal cancer patients in Brunei Darussalam: comparison between 2002–09 and 2010–17." BMC Cancer 21, no. 1 (April 30, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08224-6.
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Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women in Brunei Darussalam in 2017, posing a major burden on society. Methods This retrospective cohort study (n = 1035 patients diagnosed with CRC in Brunei Darussalam from 1st January 2002 until 31st December 2017) aims to compare the overall survival rates of CRC patients (2002–2017), to compare survival rates between two study periods (2002–2009 and 2010–2017) and to identify prognostic factors of CRC. Kaplan-Meier estimator and log-rank tests were performed to analyse the overall survival rates of CRC patients. Multiple Cox regression was performed to determine the prognostic factors of CRC with adjusted hazard ratios (Adj. HRs) reported. Results The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates of CRC patients are 78.6, 62.5, and 56.0% respectively from 2002 to 2017. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates of CRC patients for 2002–2009 are 82.2, 69.6, and 64.7%; 77.0, 59.1, and 51.3% for 2010–2017 respectively. A significant difference in CRC patients’ survival rate was observed between the two study periods, age groups, ethnic groups, cancer stages, and sites of cancer (p < 0.05). The Adjusted Hazard Ratios (Adj. HRs) were significantly higher in the 2010–17 period (Adj. HR = 1.78, p < 0.001), older age group ( ≥ 60 years) (Adj. HR = 1.93, p = 0.005), distant cancer (Adj. HR = 4.69, p < 0.010), tumor at transverse colon and splenic flexure of colon (Adj. HR = 2.44, p = 0.009), and lower in the Chinese(Adj. HR = 0.63, p = 0.003). Conclusion This study highlights the lower survival rates of CRC patients in 2010–2017, Malays, older patients, distant cancer, and tumors located at the latter half of the proximal colon (transverse colon), and predominantly LCRC (splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, overlapping lesion colon and colon (NOS), as well as the rectosigmoid junction and rectum (NOS)). Age, ethnicity, cancer stage, and tumor location are significant prognostic factors for CRC. These findings underscore the importance of public health policies and programmes to enhance awareness on CRC from screening to developing strategies for early detection and management, to reduce CRC-associated mortality.
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Gutierrez, Richard. "‘New Age’ Trade Agreements and their Possible Contribution to Toxic Trade." elni Review, October 2010, 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.46850/elni.2010.006.
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Over the past seven years, a spate of bilateral “new age” economic partnership accords have been struck between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and several of its members namely: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. These agreements were seen as Japan’s response to the growing Chinese economic power and influence in the region. The seeds to these agreements were planted in 2002 when Japan began a parallel approach towards building closer economic relations between Japan and the ASEAN community. Japan utilised the moniker “economic partnership agreements” (JEPAs) to call the agreements, which are essentially trade agreements that complement the basic WTO agreements on goods and services, and incorporate areas presently not covered under the WTO called the “Singapore issues” (i.e., investment, government procurement, competition policy, and trade facilitation). These JEPAs have invariably been called “WTO-Plus” agreements and “Mega-Treaties” to evoke their scope and magnitude. Civil society groups voiced concerns over the JEPAs questioning their constitutionality to the impact of the trade related provisions on the local economy. Amidst the din of protests the JEPAs received in Southeast Asia the issue of toxic waste trade resonated with most prominence. The issue of Japan’s intent to make Southeast Asia its toxic waste bin and the ensuing environmental and public health blight that could occur as a result of the tsunami of Japanese toxic wastes caught the public and the government of Japan’s attention. This article examines the legal provisions under the JEPAs that gave rise to the concerns over toxic waste trade and dumping, and the implications these have on the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, particularly that of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal by the Southeast Asian countries who are parties to the JEPAs.
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Liu, Qin, Xiao-Ling Chen, Mu-Xin Chen, Han-Guo Xie, Qing Liu, Zhu-Yun Chen, Yao-Ying Lin, et al. "Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a Chinese traveler returning from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 7, no. 1 (May 21, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0432-5.
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Yang, Ming, Si-jia Zhu, Chen Shen, Rui Zhai, Duo-duo Li, Min Fang, Jing-nan Xu, et al. "Clinical Application of Chinese Herbal Injection for Cancer Care: Evidence-Mapping of the Systematic Reviews, Meta-analyses, and Randomized Controlled Trials." Frontiers in Pharmacology 12 (May 7, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.666368.
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Background and objective: Cancer is a life-threatening disease worldwide and current standard therapy cannot fulfill all clinical needs. Chinese herbal injections have been widely used for cancer in Chinese and Western hospitals in China. This study aimed to apply evidence mapping in order to provide an overview of the clinical application of Chinese herbal injections in cancer care based on randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.Methods and results: Seven databases were systematically searched for eligible randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses for ten Chinese herbal injections used in cancer treatment and covered in the Chinese national essential health insurance program. Excel 2016 and RStudio were used to integrate and process the data.In total 366 randomized controlled trials and 48 systematic reviews and meta-analyses were included in the evidence mapping of herbal medicines including; Compound Kushen, Shenqi Fuzheng, Aidi, Kangai, Kanglaite, Xiaoaiping, Cinobufacin, Brucea javanica oil emulsion, Polyporus polysaccharide injection, and Astragalus polysaccharide for injection. Health insurance restricts the scope of clinical application for these herbal injections. The numbers of studies published increased, especially around 2013–2015. The most studied cancer types were lung cancer (118, 32.2%), colorectal cancer (39, 10.7%), and gastric cancer (39, 10.7%), and the most used injections were Compound Kushen (78, 21.3%), Shenqi Fuzheng (76, 20.8%), and Aidi (63, 17.2%). The most consistently reported benefits were observed for Compound Kushen, Shenqi Fuzheng, Aidi, and Kangai for tumor response, quality of life, myelosuppression, and enhancing immunity.Conclusion: The current evidence mapping provides an overview of the outcomes and effects of Chinese herbal injections used in cancer care, and offers information on their clinical application which warrants further evidence-based research in order to inform clinical and policy decision-making.
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Fang, Kang, Jian-He Chen, Seung-Hun Kim, Po-Wei Fan, Chun-Yen Liu, and Chang-Heng Hsieh. "The aqueous extract of Chinese medicinal herb Brucea javanica suppresses the growth of human liver cancer and the derived stem-like cells by apoptosis." Drug Design, Development and Therapy, June 2016, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/dddt.s107909.
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