2021-12-12

School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.; School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.

In the current context of rising trade protectionism, deeply understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on economy and energy has important practical significance for China to cope with external shocks in an uncertain environment and enhance economic resilience. By constructing an integrated economic and energy input-output model including the COVID-19 shock, this paper assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on China's macro-economy and energy consumption in the context of trade protectionism. The results are shown as follows. First, in the context of protectionism, the outbreak of COVID-19 in China would cause a 2.2-3.09% drop in China's GDP and a 1.56-2.48% drop in energy consumption, while adverse spillovers from global spread of COVID-19 would reduce its GDP by 2.27-3.28% and energy consumption by 2.48-3.49%. Second, the negative impacts of domestic outbreak on China's construction, non-metallic mineral products, and services would be on average 1.29% higher than those on other industries

2021-09-05

Department of Economics, College of Social Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.; Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.; Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan.

Health services provided through the telecommunications system aim to improve the population's health and well-being. This research aims to explore what digital, economic, and health factors are associated with the provision of telehealth services, especially in ageing communities. Applying Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries' experiences, this research tries to construct a logistic regression model between adopting a telehealth system or not, a binary outcome variable, and a group of potentially explanatory variables. Estimation results showed that there were thresholds for telehealth provision: The demand for telehealth service usually began when the provision of telecommunication accessibility reached 50%, the proportion of elders exceeded 10%, or the proportion of health spending occupied more than 3-5% of the gross domestic product (GDP); the slope of each variable seemed to correspond with an increase in demand for such a provision. A growing

2021-11-28

Department of Hematology (Key Department of Jiangsu Medicine), Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing, China.; Department of Quality Management, Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing, China.; Department of Hematology (Key Department of Jiangsu Medicine), Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing, China.; Department of Hematology (Key Department of Jiangsu Medicine), Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

BACKGROUND: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection correlates with MM features. This study aimed to identify MM prognostic biomarkers with potential association with COVID-19. METHODS: Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in five MM data sets (GSE47552, GSE16558, GSE13591, GSE6477, and GSE39754) with the same expression trends were screened out. Functional enrichment analysis and the protein-protein interaction network were performed for all DEGs. Prognosis-associated DEGs were screened using the stepwise Cox regression analysis in the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) MMRF-CoMMpass cohort and the GSE24080 data set. Prognosis-associated DEGs associated with COVID-19 infection in the GSE164805 data set were also identified. RESULTS: A total of 98 DEGs with the same expression trends in five data sets were identified, and 83 DEGs were included in the protein-protein interaction network. Cox regression analysis identified 16 DEGs were

2020-03-16

Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China (, 100700, ).;China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, China (, 100700, ).;Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China (, 100700, ).;Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China (, 100700, ).;Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China (, 100700, ).

At present, the situation of global fight against COVID-19 is serious. WHO (World Health Organization)-China Joint Mission fully confirms the success of "China's model" against COVID-19 in the report. In fact, one particular power in "China's model" is acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. To better apply "non-pharmaceutic measures"-the external technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in the article, the main content of Guidance for acupuncture and moxibustion interventions on COVID-19 (Second edition) issued by China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibution is introduced and the discussion is stressed on the selection of moxibustion device and the duration of its exertion.

2020-04-08

Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.

Since December 2019, novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (coronavirus disease 19) occurred in Wuhan and rapidly spread throughout China and beyond. During this period, increasing of reports found that several recovered patients from different hospitals showed positive results of nucleic acid test again soon after discharge. However, little attention has been paid to recovered children. Herein, we reported a case of 8-year-old recovered child, who was rehospitalized again because of unexplained fever.

2020-04-08

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China.;Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Engineering Research Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital), Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation disorders, Beijing, 100020, China.

BACKGROUND: Since 3 months ago, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) broke out in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly around the world. Severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) patients have abnormal blood coagulation function, but their venous thromboembolism(VTE) prevalence is still rarely mentioned. OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of VTE in patients with severe NCP. METHODS: In this study, 81 severe NCP patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Union Hospital (Wuhan, China) were enrolled. The results of conventional coagulation parameters and lower limb vein ultrasonography of these patients were retrospectively collected and analyzed. RESULTS: The incidence of VTE in these patients was 25%(20/81), of which 8 patients with VTE events died. VTE group was different from non-VTE group in age, lymphocytes counts, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), D-dimer, etc. If 1.5 µg/mL was used as the D-dimer cut-off value to predicting VTE, the

2020-04-08

Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children' Hospital, Wuhan, China.

Since December 2019, novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (coronavirus disease 19) occurred in Wuhan and rapidly spread throughout China and beyond. During this period, increasing of reports found that several recovered patients from different hospitals showed positive results of nucleic acid test again soon after discharge. However, little attention has been paid to recovered children. Herein, we reported a case of 8-year-old recovered child, who was rehospitalized again because of unexplained fever.

2020-04-08

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China.;Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Engineering Research Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital), Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation disorders, Beijing, 100020, China.

BACKGROUND: Since 3 months ago, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) broke out in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly around the world. Severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) patients have abnormal blood coagulation function, but their venous thromboembolism(VTE) prevalence is still rarely mentioned. OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of VTE in patients with severe NCP. METHODS: In this study, 81 severe NCP patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Union Hospital (Wuhan, China) were enrolled. The results of conventional coagulation parameters and lower limb vein ultrasonography of these patients were retrospectively collected and analyzed. RESULTS: The incidence of VTE in these patients was 25%(20/81), of which 8 patients with VTE events died. VTE group was different from non-VTE group in age, lymphocytes counts, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), D-dimer, etc. If 1.5 µg/mL was used as the D-dimer cut-off value to predicting VTE, the

2020-03-16

Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.;Department of Plastic Surgery, TongRen Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Third XiangYa Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: kaimingchen@163.com.

2020-03-16

Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.;Department of Plastic Surgery, TongRen Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Third XiangYa Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China.;Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: kaimingchen@163.com.