Assessing and gauging the carbon emission efficiency in China in accordance with the sustainable development goals.

In light of the growing urgency of climate change, carbon emissions reduction has emerged as a pivotal concern within global governance. In this paper, we take carbon emission efficiency (CEE) as the research object to characterize the relationship between economic, social, and environmental development in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the regional division standard of eight comprehensive economic zones in China, this paper analyzed the spatial differences, evolutionary characteristics, and influencing factors of CEE in 257 Chinese cities over the period 2003-2019.

Projections of temperature and precipitation changes in Xinjiang from 2021 to 2050 based on the CMIP6 model.

Xinjiang is one of the most sensitive regions in China in terms of its response to climate change. Against the background of global warming, analyses and predictions using different scenarios for Xinjiang should be conducted. The spatial and temporal distribution characteristics and trends of future temperature and precipitation trends should be considered to provide a scientific basis for the government to respond to future climate change.

Photometric Comparison of Skin Color Match between Abdominal and Thigh-Based Free Flaps for Breast Reconstruction in White Patients.

Background: With the increasing demand for autologous breast reconstruction, different surgical techniques have emerged to provide patients with the best possible result tailored to their individual needs. The upper thigh provides an alternative tissue resource in patients where abdominal based flaps are not feasible. Although surgical outcomes and donor-site morbidity demonstrate favorable results using abdominal and thigh-based free flaps for autologous breast reconstruction, the differences in skin constitution and color between the two flap donor sites have not been investigated.

Functional outcomes after single quadriceps muscle resection in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the anterior compartment of the thigh.

Background: Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) occurs most commonly in the anterior compartment of the thigh. Limb salvage surgery is the mainstay of treatment, however, resections frequently involve muscle sacrifice. This study determines the impact of a single quadriceps muscle sacrifice on daily living functions.

A single centre audit: repeat pre-operative colonoscopy.

Background: Repeat colonoscopy may be required for tumour localisation. The aim of the study is to explore the clinical settings it was used and benchmark the quality of initial colonoscopy against standardized guidelines for tumour localisation, tattooing and colonoscopy reporting amongst clinicians.

Methods: A retrospective study from 2016 to 2021 has been performed on patients who underwent elective colorectal cancer resections at the Northern Hospital.

Landscape Evolution and Simulation of Rural Settlements around Wetland Park Based on MCCA Model and Landscape Theory: A Case Study of Chaohu Peninsula, China.

As a transitional zone between urban and rural areas, the peri-urban areas are the areas with the most intense urban expansion and the most frequent spatial reconfiguration, and in this context, it is particularly important to reveal the evolution pattern of rural settlements in the peri-urban areas to provide reference for the rearrangement of rural settlements. The study takes five townships in the urban suburbs, and explores the scale, shape, spatial layout, and spatial characteristics of the urban suburbs of Hefei from 1980 to 2030 under the influence of urban-lake symbiosis based on spatial mathematical analysis and geographical simulation software. The study shows that: (1) the overall layout of rural settlements in the study area is randomly distributed due to the hilly terrain, but in small areas there is a high and low clustering phenomenon, and the spatial density shows the distribution characteristics of "high in the east and low in the west"; (2) since the reform and opening up, there are large spatial differences in the scale of rural settlements in the study area.

Spatiotemporal variations in the incidence of bacillary dysentery and long-term effects associated with meteorological and socioeconomic factors in China from 2013 to 2017.

Bacillary dysentery is a global public health problem that exhibits manifest spatiotemporal heterogeneity. However, long-term variations and regional determinant factors remain unclear. In this study, the Bayesian space-time hierarchy model was used to identify the long-term spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the incidence of bacillary dysentery and quantify the associations of meteorological factors with the incidence of bacillary dysentery in northern and southern China from 2013 to 2017.

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of PM and its relationship with urbanization in North China from 2000 to 2017.

Fine particulate matter (PM) pollution is becoming an increasing global concern due to rapid urbanization and socioeconomic development, especially in North China. Although North China experiences poor air quality and high PM concentrations, their spatial heterogeneity and relationship with the relative spatial risks of air pollution have not been explored. Therefore, in this study, the temporal variation trends (slope values) of the PM concentrations in North China from 2000 to 2017 were first quantified using the unitary linear regression model, and the Bayesian space-time hierarchy model was introduced to characterize their spatiotemporal heterogeneity.