Acculturation and Social Competence of Chinese Students Studying Abroad: A Comprehensive Perspective

The research examines the acculturation of Chinese students studying abroad from a social competence perspective. The author developed a new concept “Cross-cultural socialization panic” to better understand and analyze the socializing problems that students meet in the process of acculturation. Drawing on 6 in-depth interviews, the article examines students’ level of acculturation from three aspects: Cross-cultural living experiences, cultural richness, and academic social ability. The article finds that it is common for students to have difficulty socializing well with foreign students. What’s more, the composition of an international student’s social circle depends largely on the number of Chinese people they have access to, as Chinese people have a strong sense of cultural identity and collectivism that prevents them from interacting with the local culture. However, when Chinese students engage in academic exchanges with professors, the more successful ones are generally purposeful and methodical. Theoretically, the article further discusses the application of this finding both theoretically and practically. This research can lead to a deeper exploration of both acculturation and social competence, as well as guidance for acculturation education in schools and students themselves

26th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2017): Part 3 - Meeting Abstracts - Antwerp, Belgium. 15–20 July 2017

This work was produced as part of the activities of FAPESP Research,\ud Disseminations and Innovation Center for Neuromathematics (grant\ud 2013/07699-0, S. Paulo Research Foundation). NLK is supported by a\ud FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship (grant 2016/03855-5). ACR is partially\ud supported by a CNPq fellowship (grant 306251/2014-0)

Advances in graft-versus-host disease prevention strategies: latest updates from the 2022 ASH annual meeting

Abstract This review summarizes the significant advancements in prophylaxis against graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) presented at the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting. The use of innovative agents and regimens, along with the conventional prophylactic approach of combining post-transplant cyclophosphamide and anti-thymocyte globulin, were discussed. The innovative agents and regimens highlighted in this review include abatacept, the first FDA-approved drug for acute GvHD prophylaxis; RGI-2001, which promotes the expansion of regulatory T cells; and cell therapies such as Orca-T and Orca-Q. These advancements provide promising strategies and options for GvHD prevention, offering hope for improved post-transplant patient outcomes in terms of survival rates

Heterogeneous impacts of global land urbanization on land-use structure from economic and technological perspectives

Land urbanization has been widely identified as an important driver that influences the structure of land use, thereby causing changes in the order of land-use systems. Therefore, this study adopted the land cover data from MCD12Q1 products to estimate the land-use intensity (Lui) and information entropy of land-use structure (IELUS) for 109 countries (or regions), thereby representing the land urbanization and degree of order in land-use systems, respectively. Subsequently, fixed effects panel, threshold, and vector autoregression regression analyses were conducted to study the impacts of Lui on the IELUS from the techno-economic perspective, at the global scale. Our results show four major findings: (1) Land-use intensity in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America had significant inverted U-shaped impacts on the IELUS. (2) Regions in Asia and Europe with better techno-economic status had higher values of inflection points. Similarly, North America’s gross domestic product per capita made positive moderating impacts on the IELUS, but its technological level had reductions effects. (3) Finally, the stimulating effects of economic growth rate on North America’s IELUS increase rate were not significant, while they were greater in Africa, South America, Europe and Asia. (4)The technological progress rate in Asia, Africa, and Europe significantly decreased the growth rate of the IELUS

Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Asherman Syndrome: Promises and Challenges

Asherman syndrome (AS) has an adverse effect on reproductive health and fertility by affecting endometrial regeneration. Stem cell-based therapies hold promise for future use in activating non-functional endometrium and reconstructing the endometrium in vivo. It has been postulated that various endometrial stem cells (EnSCs) are responsible for endometrial regeneration. Numerous studies have focused on bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMDSCs), which may provide new ideas for repairing endometrial lesions and reconstructing the endometrium. Other sources of stem cells, such as menstrual blood, umbilical cord, and amniotic membrane, have also attracted much attention as candidates for transplantation in AS. This review discusses the features and specific biomarkers among four types of resident endometrial stem cells, applications of four different sources of exogenous stem cells in AS, and development of stem cell therapy using biomaterials and exosomes

Chromosome 1 Sequence Analysis of C57BL/6J-Chr1KM Mouse Strain

The Chinese Kunming (KM) mouse is a widely used outbred mouse stock in China. However, its genetic structure remains unclear. In this study, we sequenced the genome of the C57BL/6J-Chr1KM (B6-Chr1KM) strain, the chromosome 1 (Chr 1) of which was derived from one KM mouse. With 36.6× average coverage of the entire genome, 0.48 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 96,679 indels were detected on Chr 1 through comparison with reference strain C57BL/6J. Moreover, 46,590 of them were classified as novel mutations. Further functional annotation identified 155 genes harboring potentially functional variants, among which 27 genes have been associated with human diseases. We then performed sequence similarity and Bayesian concordance analysis using the SNPs identified on Chr 1 and their counterparts in three subspecies, Mus musculus domesticus, M. m. musculus, and M. m. castaneus. Both analyses suggested that the Chr 1 sequence of B6-Chr1KM was predominantly derived from M. m. domesticus while 9.7% of the sequence was found to be from M. m. musculus. In conclusion, our analysis provided a detailed description of the genetic variations on Chr 1 of B6-Chr1KM and a new perspective on the subspecies origin of KM mouse which can be used to guide further genetic studies with this mouse strain