Article
Environmental Sciences
Li Cao, Yi Wu
Summary: This study aims to measure pollution inequality within the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone of China and finds that overall pollutant discharge is slightly increasing while inequality is decreasing. Pollution inequality is more severe in nonurban agglomerations than in urban agglomerations, and reducing pollution intensity differences is the fastest way to reduce inequality.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Li Liu, Jin Luo, Xin Xiao, Bisong Hu, Shuhua Qi, Hui Lin, Xiaofang Zu
Summary: Understanding the evolutionary characteristics of innovation network structure can improve urban innovation and regional construction. Our study found that innovation in the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River has gradually increased, with an accompanying increase in the complexity of innovation networks. The cities of Wuhan, Changsha, and Nanchang are located at the absolute core of this network, exhibiting a Matthew effect and a triangle integration mode of growth.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Jie Chen, Liang Jiang, Ye Tian, Jing Luo
Summary: Innovation plays a significant role in regional development. The study found that the innovation level in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has been constantly improving. The innovation network has a core-periphery spatial structure, and the spillover effect of innovation shows a hierarchical gradient characteristic.
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yi Wang, Hui Hu, Wenjing Dai, Kelly Burns
Summary: This study compared industrial green development and competitiveness in China's three major urban agglomerations using the Entropy TOPSIS model and Theil index. Findings reveal that the Pearl River Delta has the highest industrial green development, while the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region shows a more balanced green development and the Yangtze River Delta has the lowest industrial green competitiveness. Only Beijing and Shenzhen are classified in the highest echelon of industrial green competitiveness among the major cities in the urban agglomerations.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhenyu Qi, Fengshuo Liu, Tao Ding
Summary: Regional integration is a significant worldwide trend in economic development, breaking the limitations of administrative divisions on economic growth and pollution control. This study empirically examines the impact of regional integration on regional environmental pollution using econometric analysis methods based on China's urban panel data. The results show that regional integration effectively reduces urban pollutant emissions, with significant heterogeneity at different pollution levels. The mechanism analysis reveals that the green technology innovation effect of regional integration is an important mechanism for promoting urban emission reduction. These findings contribute to the relevant theories of environmental economic geography and provide new insights for implementing integration strategies to promote sustainable economic development in developing countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiao Yan, Saidatulakmal Mohd
Summary: China has successfully reduced national income inequality, but regional income inequality remains fluctuating. The top 10% and 1% have seen an increase in their pre-tax income shares since 1978, reaching around 40% and 15% respectively in 2015. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% have experienced a decline in their pre-tax income share, falling below that of the top 1% in 2015. This study examines the trends of income inequality from 2000 to 2020 in different regions of China and analyzes the factors influencing it.
Article
Economics
Wenyue Cui, Jie Tang
Summary: Identifying innovation convergence clubs and their driving factors in urban agglomerations is crucial for regional economic development. Current literature focuses on enhancing innovation performance, ignoring research on innovation convergence in urban agglomerations. This study examines the top five urban agglomerations in China from 2010 to 2018, identifying and analyzing four innovation convergence clubs. Club membership is determined by city type, with government R&D efforts and market environment playing significant roles in club formation.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Economics
Yafei Wang, Ying Bai, Tianshu Quan, Rong Ran, Lei Hua
Summary: This study integrates heterogeneous industrial agglomeration, innovation agglomeration, and institutional distance into the theoretical framework of urban green total factor productivity (GTFP) in the context of China's high-quality economic growth. Empirical analysis examines the impact of industrial agglomeration on urban GTFP growth and the moderating role of innovation agglomeration and institutional distance. The findings show a significant inverted U-shaped relationship between the three types of industrial agglomeration and urban GTFP growth, with innovation agglomeration and institutional distance playing a positive regulatory role.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Social Issues
Chenghui Tang, Mingming Guan, Jianmin Dou
Summary: The study finds that the opening of high-speed rail significantly affects urban innovation performance with spatial heterogeneity; the opening of high-speed rail not only promotes the agglomeration of production factors to cities but also strengthens inter-city economic connections; network externalities have a stronger impact on urban innovation performance compared to agglomeration externalities.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jadena Bechtel, Alexander Kock
Summary: Living labs are a method to integrate sustainability measures and increase innovation activities among urban actors. However, agglomeration effects are not equally distributed and beneficial for all participants. This study examines the impact of urban agglomeration effects on living labs and reveals the factors of different partners, micro-foundations, and time.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hao Lu, Jie Bao
Summary: Rural logistics is vital for the sustainable development of Chinese urban agglomerations, yet it has been overlooked in existing literature. Taking the Chengdu-Chongqing agglomeration as an example, this study established a rural logistics index system and proposed a new dynamic assessment model. The results show an enhanced development of rural logistics and a narrowing gap among cities. The spatial distribution of rural logistics in the Chengdu-Chongqing agglomeration exhibits a dual-core structure, with varying impacts from the two core cities.
Article
Environmental Studies
Lei Li, Shaojun Ma, Yilin Zheng, Xinyue Xiao
Summary: This study investigates China's national urban agglomeration development planning, analyzing keywords and correlations, and comparing the positioning goals, focus areas, and development paths of urban agglomeration policies. The study suggests that urban agglomeration development planning should focus on industrial construction, ecology, service, cooperation, innovation, and regional development.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Di Huang, Xiaohui Li, Wen Guo
Summary: This paper proposes a new energy saving path to meet COP26 requirements through the Industrial Collaborative Agglomeration Index (ICAI) model, constructed based on the location entropy of single industrial agglomeration. The results show significant differences in ICAI among the 3 regions and 11 provinces, with the upstream region showing an upward trend in industrial collaborative agglomeration level and the downstream region showing the highest ecological efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gangfei Luo, Tomas Balezentis, Shouzhen Zeng
Summary: With the increasing affluence, there is a remarkable and increasing difference in CO2 emission between the urban and rural residential sectors. The residential sector in China contributes significantly to the national CO2 emission, posing greater challenges in achieving the carbon peak goal. However, the existing literature lacks analysis on urban-rural disparity in CO2 emission. Therefore, this study decomposes the CO2 emission inequality of China's urban and rural residential consumption into four factors using the Theil index and Kaya decomposition. The results reveal that rural residential consumption had a higher increase in per capita CO2 emission compared to urban households, with significant spatial distribution differences.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Xiahai Wei, Hujian Li, Yuhong Du
Summary: This study examines the impact of national-level urban clusters on urban innovation using city-level panel data from 2010 to 2019. The findings suggest that the Urban Cluster Policy (UCP) significantly enhances urban innovation in the region, with an economic radiation effect from central cities to non-central cities. The underlying mechanism involves agglomeration in economic development and human capital, as well as increased R&D expenditure. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that UCP is particularly effective in promoting urban innovation in small-medium cities, eastern coastal cities, and regions with relatively low disparities.
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Xiaohua Wang, Wei Gong, Yu Chen, Hao Liu, Ying Liang, Jinshui Wang
Summary: The influence of low-sodium salt on noodle quality was studied, and compared with NaCl and KCl. Low-sodium salt increased cooking loss, hardness, chewiness, tensile strength, and fracture distance of noodles. It enhanced water and non-aqueous components interaction, induced oxidation and strengthened chemical bonds of gluten, and changed the microenvironment of gluten molecules. Scanning electron microscopy images showed a more continuous and compact microstructure of low-sodium salt noodles. Some qualities of low-sodium salt noodles were equivalent to or slightly worse than NaCl noodles, but higher than KCl noodles.
JOURNAL OF TEXTURE STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cell Biology
Fang Yang, Wen-Zhi Chen, Shi-Shi Jiang, Xiao-Hua Wang, Ren-Shi Xu
Summary: Heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein G is down-regulated in the spinal cord of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse model, but its effects on disease pathogenesis are unknown. In this study, the expression and distribution of heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein G in the spinal cord were analyzed, and its role in inducing apoptosis was examined using a siRNA-transfected cell model. The findings shed light on the potential mechanisms of heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein G in neuronal death and apoptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yang Liu, Yabin Zhang, Hongyu Chen, Jiahui Zhao, Qiang Ma, Guang Yang, Xiaohua Wang, Zhen Wu, Jiebin Hou, Qingli Cheng, Qiangguo Ao
Summary: This study investigated the efficacy of adding tolvaptan (TLV) in improving the prognosis of elderly patients with acute heart failure (AHF) and oliguria. The results showed that adding TLV significantly increased urine output, reduced NT-proBNP levels, alleviated the progression of AHF, and may reduce the risk of all-cause mortality at 7 and 90-day in elderly patients with AHF with oliguria.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Junfeng Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Bin Sun, Liang Yuan, Ke Zhang, Bin Yang
Summary: The variability of patellar height was reduced with the use of 3D printed patient-specific instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, even with 3D-printed PSI, there were still significant reductions in patellar height and other radiographic parameters after TKA, which could lead to more patellofemoral complications.
FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Qing Yang, Kunqiang Zhao, Lanjuan Cao, Xiaohua Wang, Qizhe Guo, Xingxing Liu
Summary: The combination of technology and finance has a significant impact on regional social and economic development. Strategic emerging industries, as the convergence of technological innovation and financial support, are of great significance for industrial structure adjustment and improvement of industrial quality. However, the geographical distribution of emerging strategic industries in China is uneven. Thus, this study investigates the input-output efficiency of science and technology finance integration and examines the path of integrated development of science and technology innovation and financial support. The findings reveal the large demand for financial support and obvious regional differences in the development of strategic emerging industries, with the government playing a strong guiding role. Measures and suggestions for the development of strategic emerging industries are proposed accordingly.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Manman Ma, Xiaohua Wang, Xiaohui Liu, Yang Han, Yanhui Chu, Yanzhong Guan, Haifeng Liu
Summary: A novel tT beta RII variant, Z-tT beta RII, was designed by fusing the PDGF beta receptor-specific affibody Z(PDGF beta R) to the N-terminus of tT beta RII. Z-tT beta RII exhibited superior specific fibrotic liver-targeting potential and stronger anti-fibrotic effects in vitro and in vivo. It also showed no significant sign of potential side effects in other vital organs in liver fibrotic mice, making it a potential candidate for targeted therapy for liver fibrosis.
ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xiaohua Wang, Ying Liang, Qi Wang, Xinlan Wang, Hanyan Li, Jinshui Wang
Summary: In this study, the correlations between dough rheology and gluten aggregation were investigated by analyzing the rheological properties of low-sodium salt dough and the molecular properties of dough gluten. The results showed that low-sodium salt improved the hardness, extensibility, and compression resistance of the dough, and induced the formation of larger protein clusters. The analysis also revealed that low-sodium salt increased the content of certain glutenin subunits and reduced the content of certain gliadin fractions, resulting in the aggregation of gluten. This study provides new insights and a more comprehensive theoretical basis for sodium reduction.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Xi Ran, Xiao-Hua Wang, Teng-Fei Wei, Shi-Wei Qu, Bing-Zhong Wang
Summary: In this article, an inverse design for a dielectric-type superstrate of antenna is proposed using the inverse scattering method to achieve arbitrary shaped-beam radiation pattern. The permittivity distribution of the superstrate is reconstructed based on the known desired radiation patterns, and the scattering fields can be assumed in the far-zone. The reconstructed superstrate parameters are validated through 2-D and 3-D simulations, showing good agreement and efficient performance compared to traditional forward design methods.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
XiaoHua Wang, SiYuan Zhang, Chunxiu Wang, Yi Huang, Hao Wu, Guoguang Zhao, TianLong Wang
Summary: This double-blind, randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the independent analgesic effect of dexmedetomidine during surgery. The study found that the dexmedetomidine group had a higher rate of achieving the nociception index target and a faster attainment time compared to the midazolam group, with fewer side effects.
BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiqi Lin, Yuhe Zhang, Chenjun Yang, Xiaohua Wang, Tao Lei, Chengwei Ju, Zhanyong Yao, Kai Yao
Summary: Highway widening is an important method to improve the capacity of existing expressways and promote transportation system development. The differential settlement between old and new subgrades is crucial in determining the need for ground improvement. A fluid-structure coupling settlement analysis model was developed and different working conditions were simulated to analyze the influence on differential settlement. The research results provide theoretical value and reference for foundation treatment in roadbed-widening engineering.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jiebin Hou, Xin Zhang, Zhen Wu, Yang Liu, Yabin Zhang, Jiahui Zhao, Xiaohua Wang, Hongyu Chen, Guang Yang, Qiang Ma, Qingli Cheng, Qiangguo Ao
Summary: Elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have a higher incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI), which can lead to poor prognosis. The relationship between kidney dysfunction and levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptides (NT-proBNP) in elderly CHF patients has been analyzed in a retrospective cohort study. The results suggest that a decreased change in NT-proBNP during AKI can reduce the risk of more severe AKI and improve survival outcomes. However, an excessive decrease in NT-proBNP is a risk factor for non-recovery of renal function following AKI, especially in elderly survivors with low baseline NT-proBNP levels.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jiasi Chen, Keping Wu, Yan Lei, Mingcheng Huang, Lokyu Cheng, Hui Guan, Jiawen Lin, Ming Zhong, Xiaohua Wang, Zhihua Zheng
Summary: The role of FABP4 in regulating ferroptosis in diabetic kidney disease was explored. The expression of FABP4 was found to be increased in kidney biopsies of DKD patients. Inhibition of FABP4 in HG-HK2 cells altered the redox state, suppressed the production of reactive oxygen species and iron, and reversed ferroptosis-associated mitochondrial damage.
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xiaohua Wang, Yangyang Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Zewen Wang, Kaijie Qi, Hongxiang Li, Ruiping Tian, Xiao Wu, Xin Qiao, Shaoling Zhang, Hao Yin
Summary: The aroma composition of 202 pear cultivars' mature fruits was analyzed using GC-MS. A total of 221 major volatile components were detected, with aldehydes, esters, and alcohols being the dominant aroma components. Variations in aroma composition and content were observed among different pear varieties, and geographical flavor characteristics were also identified. These findings provide important insights for understanding aroma variations in pear varieties and promoting pear breeding programs.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaohua Wang, Yimeng Wang, Nannan Liu
Summary: The economic differentiation between the north and the south of China is aggravating, and environmental regulation plays a significant role in widening the economic gap. Based on panel data of 285 cities in China from 2004 to 2019, the study finds that environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on narrowing the economic gap between the North and the South, but its effect shows a non-linear relationship.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Xiaohua Wang, Xiang Shi, Dahua Sun, Meiping Wan
Summary: This case report analyzed the clinical symptoms, fine-needle aspiration cytology, histopathological and immunohistochemical results of a patient with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE), and summarized the clinicopathological diagnostic features of the disease. As far as we know, this is the first comprehensive report on the cytological, histopathological and immunophenotypic characteristics of ALHE, which could contribute to a better understanding of this rare proliferative tumor for clinicians.
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
(2023)
