Impact of the family doctor system on medication adherence among type 2 diabetes patients in China: a difference-in-differences analysis by Xichen Tong, Haiyan Zou, Luying Zhang, Wen Chen

“…Methods This cohort study utilized data between 2014 and 2019 from three separate administrative databases of an eastern city in China. Adult patients with T2DM who continuously registered with family doctors from 2015 to 2019 (n = 18,841) were assigned to the intervention group, while those who never registered during this period (n = 1,429) were classified as the control group. …”
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Soil loss and runoff characteristics in response to varying underground fissure ratios on karst slopes with thin soil layers in Southwest China by Tianyang Li, Yunfei Bi, Lan Song, Binghui He

“…Study region: Karst slopes with thin soil layers, southwest China. Study focus: Bedrock fissures can reallocate runoff and soil losses on karst slopes. …”
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Temporal Evolution of Environmental Impact Arising from Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Systems: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China by Guangli Zhou, Yifan Gu, Yufeng Wu, Yu Gong

“…It is important to assess the temporal evolution of environmental impacts arising from municipal solid waste (MSW) under different policies, especially in China. However, most previous research has primarily focused on the effects of policies at the system management level, neglecting their influence on technical-level implementation, which compromises the accuracy of policy effect simulations. …”
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Study of Characteristics of Fault Slip and Induced Seismicity during Hydraulic Fracturing in HDR Geothermal Exploitation in the Yishu Fault Zone in China by Zhiyong Niu, Shiquan Wang, Hongrui Ma, Hengjie Luan, Zhouyuyan Ding

“…The study was based on a hydraulic fracturing project in the geothermal field of Yishu fault zone in China. It revealed that fluid injection during hydraulic fracturing can cause the faults that exist beyond the fluid-pressurized region to slip and can even induce large seismic event. …”
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Examining information needs of public data service users: a study based on the ‘Message Board for Leaders of People’s Daily in China’ by Xiaoyue Zhang, Jinya Liu, Xinyue Wang, Wanteng Ma, Pu Yan

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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…Abstract China, where coal is the dominant energy resource, accounted for 50.5% of the world’s coal consumption—or 1906.7 million tons of oil equivalent—during 2018. …”
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Grid-Connected Semitransparent Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System: The Comprehensive Case Study of the 120 kWp Plant in Kunming, China by Yunfeng Wang, Ming Li, Reda Hassanien Emam Hassanien, Xun Ma, Guoliang Li

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Prevalence and predictors of short stature in children aged 3–18 years in Hainan Province, China: a cross-sectional study by Mi Yan, Mi Yan, Yingying Qin, Yingying Qin, Hongai Li, Chuican Huang, Haidan Li, Li Liu, Yuhua Cai, Lichun Fan, Wei Xiang, Xiaoyan Huang, Xiaoyan Huang

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Modeling the impact of pandemic on the urban thermal environment over megacities in China: Spatiotemporal analysis from the perspective of heat anomaly variations by Jianfeng Gao, Qingyan Meng, Linlin Zhang, Xinli Hu, Die Hu, Jiangkang Qian

“…This study quantified the changes in the urban thermal environment in China before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on z-scores and multiscale geographically weighted regression models, heat anomaly changes and transfer patterns of different land uses in cities with varying degrees of pandemic impact and drivers were estimated. …”
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Tropical Rice Mapping Using Time-Series SAR Images and ESF-Seg Model in Hainan, China, from 2019 to 2023 by Yazhe Xie, Lu Xu, Hong Zhang, Mingyang Song, Ji Ge, Fan Wu

“…The proposed method is evaluated in the Hainan Province of China, an important tropical arable zone with diverse crop resources and complicated croplands. …”
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Assessing the Response of Satellite Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and NDVI to Impacts of Heat Waves on Winter Wheat in the North China Plain by Chenjie Xian, Li He, Zhengwei He, Dongjian Xue, Zhe Li

“…Analysing historical changes in concurrent extreme high temperatures is critical to preparing for and mitigating the negative effects of climatic change. The North China Plain (NCP) is the most important wheat production area in China. …”
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Association between Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Susceptible to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northeast China by Yuze Li, Dianzhong Li, Jinfeng Zhang, Shurui Liu, Haijun Chen, Kun Wu

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Particle Size-Dependent Monthly Variation of Pollution Load, Ecological Risk, and Sources of Heavy Metals in Road Dust in Beijing, China by Cong Men, Donghui Li, Yunqi Jing, Ke Xiong, Jiayao Liu, Shikun Cheng, Zifu Li

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Industrial Structure, R&D Staff, and Green Total Factor Productivity of China: Evidence from the Low-Carbon Pilot Cities by Shengqian Guo, Xue Tang, Ting Meng, Jincan Chu, Han Tang

“…Using data of 26 cities in China from 2004 to 2017, the green total factor productivity is investigated by the SMM-GML method. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Interrelations Among External Support and Internal Factors on Teachers’ ICT Integration Ability in Less Developed Areas of China by Shun Xu, Tiehao Zhao, Zhongmei Zheng, Sha Zhu

“…This study administered a questionnaire survey involving 9,591 teachers from 238 primary and secondary schools across the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China, and structural equation model was utilized to systematically examines the cumulative effects of external and internal factors on teachers’ ICT integration ability and the mediating role of internal factors on the relationship between external support and teachers’ ICT integration ability in less developed areas. …”
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Runoff Simulation and Waterlogging Analysis of Rainstorm Scenarios with Different Return Periods on Campus: A Case Study at China University of Geosciences by Changqun Zuo, Baoguo Yin, Fei Tan, Zhen Ma, Shenglong Gong, Xin Qi

“…This study focuses on the China University of Geosciences, using data from two extremely heavy rainfall events and on-site waterlogging investigations in Wuhan in 2020 and 2021. …”
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Pore Structure Differentiation between Deltaic and Epicontinental Tight Sandstones of the Upper Paleozoic in the Eastern Linxing Area, Ordos Basin, China by Jimei Deng, Huan Zeng, Peng Wu, Jia Du, Jixian Gao, Fei Zhao, Zhixun Jiang

“…Research on tight gas reservoirs in the eastern margin of the Ordos Basin, China, has recently become a hot spot. This paper mainly studies the reservoir characteristics of tight sandstone in the north-central area close to the provenance in eastern Linxing. …”
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Effects of Groundwater Depth and Salt Content on Vegetation in Dry Lake Basins: A Case Study of Chahan Lake, Northern China by Peng Chen, Rong Ma, Jiansheng Shi, Letian Si

“…In this study, a typical modern dry lake in northern China, Chahan Lake, was taken as the study area. …”
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Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Coastal Wetland Landscape Patterns and Prediction Analysis—A Case Study of Panjin Wetland, China by Qian Cheng, Ruixin Chen, Wei Xu, Meiqing Wang

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Investigation of the Insulation Effect of Thermal Insulation Layer in the Seasonally Frozen Region Tunnel: A Case Study in the Zuomutai Tunnel, China by Pengyu Zhao, Jianxun Chen, Yanbin Luo, Lijun Chen, Yao Li, Chuanwu Wang

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