Coagulopathy and antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with Covid-19

Y Zhang, M Xiao, S Zhang, P Xia, W Cao… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Coagulopathy in Critical Illness with Covid-19 The authors describe a 69-year-old man with
Covid-19 diagnosed in January 2020 in Wuhan, China, along with two other critically ill …

Water use efficiency of dryland maize in the Loess Plateau of China in response to crop management

S Zhang, V Sadras, X Chen, F Zhang - Field Crops Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Owing to the critical situation of water resources and demographic pressure, improvement
of crop water use efficiency (WUE = grain yield per unit seasonal evapotranspiration) in the …

Effects of mulching and catch cropping on soil temperature, soil moisture and wheat yield on the Loess Plateau of China

S Zhang, L Lövdahl, H Grip, Y Tong, X Yang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2009 - Elsevier
Soil management can notably influence crop production under dryland farming in semiarid
areas. Field experiments were conducted, from October 2001 to September 2004, with an …

PD-1 blockade and OX40 triggering synergistically protects against tumor growth in a murine model of ovarian cancer

Z Guo, X Wang, D Cheng, Z Xia, M Luan, S Zhang - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The co-inhibitory receptor Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) curtails immune responses and prevent
autoimmunity, however, tumors exploit this pathway to escape from immune destruction. …

Water use efficiency of dryland wheat in the Loess Plateau in response to soil and crop management

S Zhang, V Sadras, X Chen, F Zhang - Field Crops Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Improvement of wheat water use efficiency (WUE = grain yield per unit seasonal
evapotranspiration) in the dryland area of Loess Plateau of China is an imperative imposed by the …

Effect of soil compaction on hydraulic properties of two loess soils in China

S Zhang, H Grip, L Lövdahl - Soil and Tillage Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Soil compaction affects hydraulic properties, and thus can lead to soil degradation and other
adverse effects on environmental quality. This study evaluates the effects of three levels of …

Effects of tillage and plastic mulch on soil water, growth and yield of spring-sown maize

S Zhang, P Li, X Yang, Z Wang, X Chen - Soil and Tillage Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The large dryland area of the Loess Plateau is subject of developing strategies for a sustainable
crop production, eg by modifications of field management affecting soil water status and …

Antiphospholipid antibodies in critically ill patients with COVID‐19

M Xiao, Y Zhang, S Zhang, X Qin, P Xia… - Arthritis & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Coagulopathy is one of the characteristics observed in critically ill patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) contribute to …

Combined TIM-3 blockade and CD137 activation affords the long-term protection in a murine model of ovarian cancer

…, Z Xia, M Luan, L Wu, G Wang, S Zhang - Journal of translational …, 2013 - Springer
Background T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) is known as a negative
immune regulator and emerging data have implicated TIM-3 a pivotal role in suppressing …

Overcoming nitrogen fertilizer over-use through technical and advisory approaches: A case study from Shaanxi Province, northwest China

S Zhang, P Gao, Y Tong, D Norse, Y Lu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over-application and inefficient use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer is a serious issue throughout
China, with adverse environmental and economic impacts. In this paper we present evidence of …