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Open AccessEffectiveness of mindful self-compassion therapy on psychopathology symptoms, psychological distress and life expectancy in infertile women treated with in vitro fertilization: a two-arm double-blind parallel randomized controlled trial
Infertility is a prominent problem affecting millions of couples worldwide. Recently, there has been a hightened emphasis on elucidating the subtle linkages between infertility treatment leveraging assisted re...
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Intra-seasonal variation of the wintertime Polar/Eurasia pattern
WE investigated the intra-seasonal variation of the winter Polar/Eurasia (PEU) pattern, the dominant circulation pattern over the Eurasian continent, during the period 1979/80–2021/22. The PEU events have cent...
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Open AccessPacific oceanic front amplifies the impact of Atlantic oceanic front on North Atlantic blocking
Atmospheric blocking is a crucial driver of extreme weather events, but its climatological frequency is largely underestimated in state-of-the-art climate models, especially around the North Atlantic. While ai...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Assessing the influence of sea surface temperature and arctic sea ice cover on the uncertainty in the boreal winter future climate projections
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The Gender Invariance of Multidimensional Depression Assessment Scale in Adolescents
The Multidimensional Depression Assessment Scale (MDAS) is a comprehensive scale to measure the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and somatic symptoms of depression. This study evaluated its measurement inv...
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A cultural validation of the Chinese version of multidimensional depression assessment scale (MDAS) in clinically depressed patients in Inner Mongolia
Depression symptoms and assessment in China are influenced by unique cultural values of collectivism and by social-political factors specific to China. This study validated the Chinese version of the 52-item M...
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Open AccessAssessing the influence of sea surface temperature and arctic sea ice cover on the uncertainty in the boreal winter future climate projections
We investigate the uncertainty (i.e., inter-model spread) in future projections of the boreal winter climate, based on the forced response of ten models from the CMIP5 following the RCP8.5 scenario. The uncert...
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Open AccessAmplifying subtropical hydrological transition over China in early summer tied to weakened mid-latitude synoptic disturbances
The rainy season over southern China (SC) begins with the onset of the South China Sea monsoon around mid-May. We demonstrate here that the SC precipitation exhibits a notable drying (wetting) trend prior to (...
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Projected changes in the characteristics of the East Asian summer monsoonal front and their impacts on the regional precipitation
Summer monsoonal rainfall over East Asia is dominated by precipitation associated with the East Asian summer monsoonal front (EASMF). A Community Atmospheric Model (CAM5.1) with a high horizontal resolution of...
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Predictability of the wintertime 500 hPa geopotential height over Ural-Siberia in the NCEP climate forecast system
Using hindcast and forecast data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) climate forecast system version 2 (CFSv2) for the period 1982–2017, we comprehensively assess the predictability o...
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Observational climatology and characteristics of wintertime atmospheric blocking over Ural–Siberia
This study investigates the climatological aspects and temporal characteristics of wintertime Ural-Siberian blocking (USB, centered over 30°–100°E), for the period 1980/1981–2009/2010. Sixty-eight events are i...
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Variability and risk analysis of Hong Kong air quality based on Monsoon and El Niño conditions
This study presents an exploratory analysis aimed at improving understanding of the variability of Hong Kong air quality associated with different climate conditions. Significantly negative correlations were f...
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Revisiting the climatology of atmospheric blocking in the Northern Hemisphere
In addition to the occurrence of atmospheric blocking, the climatology of the characteristics of blocking events, including duration, intensity, and extension, in four seasons over the Northern Hemisphere was ...
