Correction: Can the improvement of the social credit environment enhance corporate ESG scores?

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Can the improvement of the social credit environment enhance corporate ESG scores?

The ESG scores of corporations is a crucial manifestation of their long-term strategic goals, attracting significant attention from society. The impact and underlying mechanisms of the enhancement of the social credit atmosphere on the ESG performance of corporations remain unclear. This study utilizes a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2020, employing the Difference-in-Differences (DID) methodology to investigate the relationship of the establishment of the social credit system on company ESG scores.

Path analysis and empirical test of medical service enhancement for common prosperity under government participation.

The level of medical services is the link between the two strategic goals of "healthy China" and "common prosperity," and government participation plays an important adjustment role in it, so it is of great theoretical and practical significance to study its inner logic. In this paper, we firstly analyze the mechanism of medical service level to promote the development of common prosperity and the role of government in it; secondly, we construct a panel dynamic regression model and a threshold regression model to verify the relationship between the three. It is found that the contribution of both equity and efficiency of health care services to the achievement of common wealth is non-linear, and the degree of government participation plays an important adjustment role, with single and double threshold effects between them and the level of common prosperity, respectively.

The impact of access to sanitary toilets on rural adult residents' health: Evidence from the China family panel survey.

Toilet sanitation is related to public health and environmental protection. In the context of the toilet revolution in rural China, an ordered probit regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of access to sanitary toilets on rural residents' health. Using data from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS) in 2014, we found that access to sanitary toilets in rural households significantly improved residents' health, and this finding remained robust across a series of checks.

Spatial distribution, regional differences, and dynamic evolution of the medical and health services supply in China.

The imbalance of medical and health services supply (MHSS) is a significant public health concern as regional economic development disparities widen in China. Based on the provincial panel data of medical and health services, this paper constructed an evaluation index system and used the two-stage nested entropy method to measure the MHSS level of 31 provinces in China from 2005 to 2020. Then we used the standard deviation ellipse, Dagum Gini coefficient, β convergence model, kernel density estimation and Markov chain to investigate the spatial distribution, regional differences, and dynamic evolution of MHSS.

Clinical Efficacy of Intersphincteric Resection for Low Rectal Cancer Compared With Abdominoperineal Resection: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

Background: In recent years, intersphincteric resection (ISR) has been increasingly used to replace abdominoperineal resection (APR) in the surgical treatment of ultra-low rectal cancer.

Aim: This study was to compare the clinical efficacy of ISR and APR.

Methods: Between 2012 and 2018, 74 consecutive patients with ultra-low rectal cancer underwent ISR or APR in our medical center.

[Expression of COX10 in human non-obstructive azoospermia testes].

Objective: To evaluate the expression of COX10 mRNA in the testes of non-obstructive azoospermia patients and normal men.

Methods: A cDNA microarray containing COX10 and some other genes as RBM and EIF1AY was used to identify the differential gene expression profiles in the normal and azoospermic testes. The cDNA probes were prepared by labeling mRNA from azoospermic and normal testis tissues with Cy5-dUTP and Cy3-dUTP respectively through reverse transcription.

In vitro and in vivo inhibitory effect evaluation of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, antisense cyclooxygenase-2 cDNA, and their combination on the growth of human bladder cancer cells.

Overexpression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is associated with the progression of various malignancies, but the contribution of COX-2 expression, bioactivity or their cooperation to bladder cancer growth calls for further clarification. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of COX-2 inhibitors, antisense COX-2 nucleotide, and their combination on the growth of bladder cancer cells (5637, 5637-P and 5637-AS). Suppression of either COX-2 expression or activity caused reduced cell proliferation, enhanced cell numbers in G(1) phase, and increased apoptosis; the joint suppression of COX-2 expression and bioactivity enhanced the degree of cell growth inhibition.

[Clinical investigation of renal angiomyolipoma].

Objective: To study the diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma (RAML), and to identify risk factors affecting spontaneous angiomyolipoma rupture.

Methods: The data of 68 patients with RAML from 1989 to 2002 were retrospectively reviewed. These patients were divided in two groups on the basis of tumor size, 35 patients in group A ( 4 cm).

Expression and significance of Rap1A in testes of azoospermic subjects.

Aim: To evaluate the Rap1A mRNA expression and its significance in the testes of normal and azoospermic subjects.

Methods: A cDNA microarray that contained Rap1A and some other genes such as RBM, EIF1AY was used to identify the differential gene expression profiles between the normal and azoospermic testes. cDNA probes were prepared by labeling mRNA from azoospermic and normal testicular tissues through reverse transcription with Cy5-dUTP and Cy3-dUTP, respectively.

[A study of aspermia-related genes by genchips and analysis of the RAP1A gene].

Objective: To study the differential gene expression profiles between the normal and aspermia human testes by genechips.

Methods: Probes were prepared from mRNA extracted from both normal and aspermia testes and employed on Biostar H-40s genechips to detect the differential gene expression profiles. A distinctly up-regulated gene RAP1A was analyzed by bibliogrphic retrieval.

[Diagnosis and treatment of seminal vesicle cyst].

Objectives: To deepen the understanding of patients with seminal vesicle cyst for correct diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: Sixteen patients with seminal vesicle cysts were treated in the period of January 1980-May 2002. Their symptoms, diagnostic results, treatment and outcomes were analyzed retrospectively.

[The relationships of PSA, FPSAR, clinical and pathological stage in patients with prostate cancer].

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between clinical and pathological stage, serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) concentration and free-to-total PSA ratio (FPSAR) in patients with prostate cancer.

Methods: Clinical and pathological stage were determined on the basis of pathological examination and clinic material in 42 prostate cancer patients treated by prostatectomy. PSA and FPSAR were measured before the operation.

Diagnosis and treatment of renal trauma in 298 patients.

Objective: To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of renal trauma.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 298 patients with renal trauma was carried out. Among them, 272 (91.