Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Diabetes Mellitus and Its Subcategories in China and Its Provinces, 2005–2020 by Feixue Wang, Wei Wang, Peng Yin, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Lijun Wang, Jinlei Qi, Jinlin You, Lin Lin, Maigeng Zhou

“…In addition, the YLL rate in the eastern region showed a downward trend; however, in the middle and western regions the YLL rate continued to rise, with that of the western region rapidly increasing. …”
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An Analysis of Land Use Conflicts and Strategies in the Harbin–Changchun Urban Agglomeration Based on the Production–Ecological–Living Space Theory and Patch-Generating Land Use Si... by Xiaomeng Wang, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Shuwen Cao

“…The results indicate the following: (1) From 2000 to 2020 and different scenarios in 2030, the PELS of the HCUA is dominated by forest ecological space (E1) and agricultural production space (P1), with no substantial alterations in the overall spatial distribution of the PELS. (2) Absolute and relative conflicts between 2000 and 2020 are mainly concentrated in the plains of the western regions, characterized by conflicts arising from the encroachment of living space on production space; however, absolute conflicts have declined annually, accompanied by a notable enhancement in ecological quality. (3) The spatial pattern of absolute conflicts in 2030 exhibits minimal variation, illustrating higher values in the western regions compared to the eastern parts, with living space surpassing ecological space and plains showing higher conflict values than mountains. …”
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Drought Adaptation and Responses of Stipa krylovii Vary Among Different Regions: Evidence From Growth, Physiology, and RNA‐Seq Transcriptome Analysis by Ziqing Gong, Zehang Qu, Yulin Liu, Tao Wang, Baijie Fan, Anzhi Ren, Yubao Gao, Nianxi Zhao

“…The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of individuals from the eastern, middle, and western regions between heavy drought versus control were 4887, 1900, and 4896. …”
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Green finance policy and regional air pollution control: a two-wheel drive by government departments and financial institutions by Xinkuo Xu, Zenglu Song, Jinjing Lu

“…Heterogeneity analysis demonstrates that the inhibitory effect of GFRIs on CHP is more pronounced in counties with lower levels of financial development, higher levels of industrial development, poorer and in the central and western regions. The GFRIs achieve a win-win situation for economic growth and pollution reduction. …”
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Research on the Impact of Regional Economy on Industrial Development from the Perspective of Big Data by Lu Zhang, Dong Zhao, Siheng Li, Han Xiao, Jianjun Bu, Marvin White

“…Finally, it is believed that the Internet and big data fully avoid the disadvantages of traffic distance between the western region and the eastern region, make full and efficient cooperation between enterprises and institutions in the central and western regions and Chinese and foreign economic entities, and strengthen the control of economic behavior from the big data level with the support of the service-oriented government. …”
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Assessment of spatial heterogeneity of employment in Russian regions by R. I. Vasilyeva, D. M. Ampenova

“…At the same time, a group of western regions is clearly distinguished, which have greater territorial cohesion characterized by pronounced spatial mutual influence. …”
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Factor Analysis Model Based on the Theory of the TOPSIS in the Application Research by Guowang Luo, Yanmin Liu, Xiaoling Mo

“…The study found that the development of service industry in eastern provinces and in central and western regions differs greatly. In total, China’s service industry has a great development space.…”
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Land Price Distortion, Financial Development, and Regional Innovation by Pengcheng Zhou, Ruiqi Qin, Baitang Luo, Hao Wen

“…Further analysis shows that the impact of land price distortion on improving regional innovation ability is significantly different between central or western regions and the eastern regions. This study provides empirical evidence for promoting regional innovation ability by land price distortion, which is conducive to a better understanding of the importance of reasonable land resource allocation and financial market development in the process of high-quality economic development, providing a useful insight into China’s future reform of land market and financial market.…”
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Heating and Cooling Requirements in Relation to Broiler Breeding, Case Study: Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran by Mohammad Baaghideh, Motahhareh Zargari

“…The northern and western regions of the province exhibited a greater need for heating throughout all stages of broiler chicken production, whereas the eastern and southern regions had higher cooling requirements at different production stages. …”
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Can Smart City Policy Facilitate the Low-Carbon Economy in China? A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Pilot City by Shuangshuang Fan, Shengnan Peng, Xiaoxue Liu

“…But there is heterogeneity between different cities as follows: the implementation of SCP has a more significant effect on the promotion of LCE in central and western regions in China and large-scale cities and cities without strict environmental protection planning. …”
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Coupling coordination of digital village construction and high-quality agricultural development in China. by Yuan Tian, Yuxi Zhou

“…The key findings indicate the following: Firstly, there has been an overall enhancement in the levels of digital village construction and high-quality agricultural development across all Chinese provinces, with the eastern region exhibiting a higher developmental status compared to the central and western regions. Secondly, the coupling coordination degree has shown a collective improvement, albeit with variations in coordination levels among different regions; however, the regional disparities are gradually narrowing. …”
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Impact of land prices on corporate carbon emission intensity by Lin Guo, Ying Liu, Zeqing Jiang, Xiaoping Yuan, Qi Jing

“…The effects are most pronounced in central and western regions, among non-state-owned enterprises, and in industries with stricter environmental regulations or firms acquiring land through public bidding. …”
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Investigation of the Proportion of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in Sheep and Goat Milk by Saeid Rostami, Ehsan Rashidian, Amin Jaydari, Heidar Rahimi

“…This article renews our knowledge about the causative agent of brucellosis in small ruminants and shows that B. abortus has a relatively high prevalence among those animals in the western regions of Iran, and its role as one of the main factors of abortion among small ruminants should not be ignored. …”
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Equalization of basic public services enabled by digitization: A study of mechanism and heterogeneity. by Huayi Huang, Zhibing Zhang

“…The discussions on regional heterogeneity and spatial complexity show that digitalization makes a greater contribution to the equalization of basic public services in the central and western regions and the northeast than in the east. However, achieving equalization of basic public services across regions through digitalization is challenging. …”
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The economic dimensions of transnational organised crime in Southern and Western Africa by Tolulope Lembola Ojolo, Shanta Balgobind Singh

“…This article explores the economic dimensions of transnational organised crime (TOC) in Africa, focusing on the Southern and Western regions. TOC in Africa, while driven by traditional motives such as power and financial gain, has evolved into a sophisticated form of criminal entrepreneurship. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Unified Economic and Environmental Efficiency of Transportation Infrastructure in China Based on Range-Adjusted Mea... by Yijiao Wang

“…The Initiative has positive effects in improving the unified efficiency in eastern region but has no effect in the central and western regions. Although the Initiative can significantly enhance the efficiency through transforming and upgrading the industrial structure, the industrial structure rationalization plays a primary positive role. …”
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Assessing the Coordination Development Level of Agricultural Economy and Ecology in China: Regional Disparities, Dynamics, and Barriers by Lei Zhan, Xiaoying Huang, Zihao Xu, Zhigang Huang

“…Second, regional differences are primarily driven by variations between the eastern, central, and western regions, with structural disparities shifting from interregional to hyper-variable density. …”
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Educational sustainability: A multi-scale elementary school resource distribution variability from China by Jiali Cai, Wenhua Wei

“…The study reveals that the internal variability of primary education resources in the eastern, central, and western regions of China has significantly decreased, with the Gini coefficient in the western region dropping from 0.40 in 2006 to 0.12 in 2020. …”
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Stochastic Modelling of the Dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic: An Africa Perspective by Rasaki, Olawale Olanrewaju, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, Abdisalam, Hassan Muse, Thierno, Souleymane Barry

“…Lastly, the overall Infection Fatality rate in Africa was estimated to be 26.16%, while it carted across the Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western regions with 15.3%, 20.4%, 31.6%, 39.4%, and 24.1% respectively.…”
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Quantifying Urban Sprawl and Its Driving Forces in China by Jintao Wang, Shiyou Qu, Ke Peng, Yanchao Feng

“…The continuous outflow of population and loosely land supply have accelerated the intensity of urban land sprawl in the central and western regions. The findings of the article may help people to realize that urban sprawl has become a staggering reality among Chinese cities; thereby urban planners as well as policymakers should make some actions to hinder the urban sprawl.…”
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