The role of green finance in reshaping end-use energy consumption: insights from regional evidence in China by Mingzheng Deng, Xiangyi Lu, Ruibin Tong, Yan Xue, Shuaihang Shi, Rui Guo

“…Despite growing interest in this area, the relationship between green finance and the optimization of end-use energy consumption remains underexplored, particularly in the context of regional disparities.MethodsThis study investigates the impact of green finance on end-use energy consumption structure across 30 provinces in China from 2014 to 2021. A system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) model and a panel threshold model are employed to analyze the relationship, incorporating nonlinearities and regional heterogeneities.ResultsThe findings indicate that green finance significantly reduces reliance on high-carbon energy sources and fosters cleaner energy consumption, particularly in provinces with advanced green financial systems. …”
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Assessing the impact of green transformation on carbon emissions: a dynamic spatial Durbin model by Peng Gao, Chao Qu

“…As the exploration of the drivers and outcomes of this green revolution on carbon emissions gains traction as a focal point of research, this study endeavors to assess the effects and their underlying causes.MethodsUtilizing a systems thinking methodology, a dynamic spatial Durbin model was constructed, analyzing statistical data spanning from 2004 to 2021, encompassing 30 Chinese provinces.ResultsChina's green transformation significantly influences the spatial distribution patterns of carbon emissions across various regions.DiscussionEnvironmental Protection investment has been effective in curbing carbon emissions from local businesses, yet it may also prompt a relocation of these businesses to neighboring provinces, inadvertently elevating their carbon emissions. …”
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Incorporating Contextual Factors into a Comprehensive Analysis of Operational Efficiency and Service Quality in Healthcare Sector by Utsav Pandey, Sanjeet Singh

“…The proposed model is empirically tested using healthcare data of 31 provinces of China for a period from 2013 to 2018. The results show that the efficiency scores in operational productivity and quality of service are 67% and 64%, respectively. …”
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Vulnerability Assessment and Spatiotemporal Differentiation of Provinces Tourism Economic System Based on the Projection Pursuit Clustering Model by Xiaohong Yu, Haiyan Xu, Shengqiao Wang

“…According to the collected data, during 2014–2018 of the 31 provinces of China, of the tourism economy sensitivity and respondence, the improved comprehensive evaluation projection pursuit clustering (PPC) model is established, and the vulnerability indexes of the 31 provinces are calculated, thus expanding the tourism economic vulnerability assessment methods. …”
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Factor structure and longitudinal measurement invariance of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the whole perinatal period: a multicenter cohort study in China by Jichun Yang, Yu Jiang, Yimin Qu, Yongle Zhan, Haihui Ma, Xiaoxiu Li, Dongmei Man, Hongguo Wu, Ping Huang

“…Methods 4139 pregnant women from 24 hospitals in 15 provinces of China were measured using EPDS in the first, second, third trimesters and 6 weeks postpartum. …”
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Pixel-Level Recognition of Pavement Distresses Based on U-Net by Deru Li, Zhongdong Duan, Xiaoyang Hu, Dongchang Zhang

“…Firstly, images of six kinds of pavement distresses, namely, transverse cracks, longitudinal cracks, alligator cracks, block cracks, potholes, and patches, are collected from four asphalt highways in three provinces in China to build a labeled pixel-level dataset containing 10,097 images. …”
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The impact of the reform of rural collective property rights system on villagers' public participation: An empirical study based on CRRS 2020 data. by Rui Li, Duanyang Gao

“…This study is based on 284 village committee questionnaires and 7451 villager questionnaires from 10 provinces in China, and uses multi-layer linear regression models to explore the impact of the reform of rural collective property rights system on villagers' public participation. …”
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What is successful integration in primary health care: qualitative insights from the Chinese public by Jinnan Zhang, Rebecca Mitchell, Ruixue Zhao, Mengyao Li, Wenhua Wang

“…Methods Guided by the rainbow model of integrated care, semi-structured interviews were conducted in six provinces in China. A total of 58 interviewees completed the interviews. …”
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A study on the carbon emission reduction pathways of China’s digital economy from multiple perspectives by Xiaoyan Shi, Zhenhua Zhu, Jiaxin Wu, Zhijiang Li

“…Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China, this article systematically analyzes the CER pathways of China’s digital economy (DE) from the perspectives of direct effects, indirect effects, threshold effects, and heterogeneity analysis. …”
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The relationship between academic passions and critical thinking in a Chinese college student sample: a latent profile analysis by Shaojie Wang, Xizhen Fan, Hao Yu, Xing Yan, Jianmei Wang, Ying Liu, Yue Li

“…Given the increasing emphasis on developing critical thinking skills in education, it is crucial to investigate how academic passions influence this cognitive process in the Chinese context.MethodsA total of 698 valid questionnaires were collected from college students from Guangdong and Hunan provinces in China. This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to investigate the profiles of harmonious and obsessive passions. …”
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Digital rural construction, resource mismatch, and rural land use efficiency by Zhiguo Fan, Fenghua Guo, Chen Bian

“…Based on this, data from 30 provinces in China from 2010 to 2022 are used to test it using fixed effects and mediation effects models.Results(1) The construction of digital rural areas can directly promote the improvement of rural land use efficiency. …”
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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

“…We estimated mortality and YLL of DM and its subcategories for 31 provinces in China during 2005–2020 using multisource data from the National Mortality Surveillance System (NMSS). …”
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Relationships among thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction among Chinese front-line primary public health workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a structural e... by Di Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Lei Guo, Yuanmin Jia, Mo Yi, Zeyi Zhang, Ou Chen, Baosheng Zhao

“…Objectives This study aims to explore the mediating effect and influence mechanism of organisational commitment on the association among thriving at work and job satisfaction among frontline primary public health workers (PHWs) in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design This study is a cross-sectional written survey.Setting We included 20 primary care units in northern provinces of China.Participants A total of 601 PHWs who worked in primary organisations and against COVID-19 on the front line were included.Methods We collected the data from the participants’ written questionnaire (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, thriving at work scale and organisational commitment scale), and programmed AMOS V.26.0 to develop a structural equation model (SEM) based on the relationships among the three variables.Results The thriving at work scores of the primary PHWs were (M=3.17, SD=0.65), and job satisfaction was (M=3.05, SD=0.69); the scores of their thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction were all significantly correlated (p<0.01); and the SEM indicated that organisational commitment had a significant partial mediating effect between thriving at work and job satisfaction. …”
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Complex System Analysis of Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici Isolates Collected in Central Hebei Province, China by Qingping Zhou, Lingli Li, Long Wang

“…As one of the main wheat-producing provinces in China, it is of great significance for normal wheat production to understand powdery mildew resistance in Hebei province. …”
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Colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome families: consequences of gene germline mutations and the gut microbiota by Xuexin Wang, Zhijun Zheng, Dongliang Yu, Xiaojue Qiu, Ting Yang, Ruoran Li, Jing Liu, Xin Wang, Peng Jin, Jianqiu Sheng, Nan Qin, Na Li, Junfeng Xu

“…We enrolled 72 individuals from 9 LS families across six provinces in China and employed 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to analyze the fecal microbiota components among LS-related CRC patients (AS group), their spouses (BS group), mutation carriers without CRC (CS group), and non-mutation carriers (DS group) using alpha and beta diversity indices. …”
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Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in China, 2014–2021 by Hanli Wang, Shirong Li, Haoyu Ji, Yixin Hu, Susheng Zhou, Xingwu Chen, Zhiwei Lu, Qinghai You, Yusheng Cheng, Lei Zha

“…Methods Data were extracted from the China Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (CARSS) and the Blood Bacterial Resistance Investigation Collaborative System (BRICS), encompassing 1412 medical institutions across 31 provinces in China. We analyzed the prevalence of S. maltophilia in clinical isolates, focusing on specific patient populations and departments, as well as resistance profiles to recommended first-line antibiotics, including sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, levofloxacin, and minocycline. …”
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Predicting dengue incidence in high-risk areas of China through the integration of Southeast Asian and local meteorological factors by Shaowei Sang, Yiguan Wang, Qiyong Liu, Peng Chen, Chuanxi Li, Anran Zhang

“…By integrating monthly maximum temperature and precipitation from Southeast Asia and local provinces in China, we aim to build models to predict dengue incidence in high-risk areas of China. …”
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Parental preference for influenza vaccine for children in China: a discrete choice experiment by Gang Chen, Ping Liu, Xiaochen Ma, Hai Fang, Zhiyuan Hou, Hongguo Rong, Xiaozhen Lai, Shunping Li, Tiantian Gong

“…According to geographical location and the level of economic development, 10 provinces in China were selected, and the survey was conducted at community healthcare centres or stations.Participants Parents with at least one child aged between 6 months and 5 years old were recruited and the survey was conducted via a face-to-face interview in 2019. …”
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How coach leadership behavior influences athletes’ performance: the chain-mediated role of the coach-athlete relationship and psychological fatigue by Rui Liu, Shanshan Wang, Jun Li

“…This study aims to investigate the relationships among coach leadership behavior, the coach-athlete relationship, psychological fatigue, and athletes’ performance, providing insights into enhancing athletes’ sports performance.MethodsUsing simple random sampling, 556 athletes (44.60% female) were recruited from professional training teams in the Xinjiang and Shanxi provinces of China as the study sample. The sample includes 47 s-class national athletes, 276 first-class national athletes, 171 master-class athletes, and 62 international-level athletes. …”
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Interaction effect between overweight/obesity and alcohol consumption on hypertension risk in China: a longitudinal study by Xiaoqin Wang, Zhaozhao Hui, Jiaru Sun, Paul D Terry, Xiaohan Ren, Shuangyan Lei, Caihua Wang, Mingxu Wang

“…Objective To explore the interaction effect between overweight/obesity and alcohol consumption on hypertension risk.Design A longitudinal study of the independent and combined effects of hypertension risk factors.Setting Twelve provinces in China, including Beijing Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Chongqing.Participants Longitudinal data of China Health and Nutrition Survey, collected between 2011 and 2015, were used in this study. …”
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