Exploring the spatial patterns and influencing factors of rural tourism development in Hainan Province of China.

Hainan Province is a major domestic tourism destination in China, with rural tourism playing a key role in its development. This study analyzes the spatial distribution of 154 rural tourism sites across Hainan, examining regional balance, hotspots, and influencing factors such as transportation infrastructure, economic conditions, and A-level tourist attractions. Results show a clear spatial clustering of sites, with a strong concentration in the east and more dispersed patterns in the west.

Intellectual capital, environment-related absorptive capacity and environmental performance: Firm-level evidence from China's E&E sector.

Much of the existing literature on environmental performance has focused on human capital and intangible assets such as environmental policies and strategies, the role of intellectual capital has largely been overlooked. This study aims to investigate the impact of intellectual capital on environmental performance at the firm level, specifically in the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector in China. By considering human, relational, and structural capital as integral elements of intellectual capital, we assess their direct influence on environmental performance and explore how these components interact with other factors in driving environmental outcomes.

Can climate literacy decrease the gap between pro-environmental intention and behaviour?

Given the increasing intensity of climate change, members of the public perceive its occurrence and participate in pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) that are expected to alleviate severe climate situations. Related scholarship has paid much attention to how determining factors affect public actions and proven the gaps between pro-environmental behavioural intentions (PEBIs) and PEBs, but little research has focused on strategies to bridge the intention-behaviour gap. Hence, this study explores the influence of climate change perception (CCP) on PEBs and the role of climate literacy (CL) in addressing the gap.

Forecast of total health expenditure on China's ageing population: a system dynamics model.

Background: China is currently at a turning point as its total population has started to decline, and therefore faces issues related to caring for an ageing population, which will require an increase in Total Health Expenditure (THE). Therefore, the ability to forecast China's future THE is essential.

Methods: We developed two THE System Dynamics (SD) models using Stella Architect 3.

Environmental regulation and corporate exports: Quasi-experimental evidence from China's environmental protection tax law.

How can we create a dual benefit scenario that improves both the ecological environment and export performance? This study aims to investigate whether the introduction of the Environmental Protection Tax Law (EPTL) has promoted the growth of corporate export. By treating the formal implementation of China's EPTL on January 1, 2018, as an exogenous economic event, this paper takes A-share listed companies in China from 2013 to 2022 as a sample and uses the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to analyze the specific effects of the EPTL on corporate exports. The results indicate that the EPTL improves corporate exports significantly.

Exploring linguistic features and user engagement in Chinese online mental health counseling.

With the popularity of online mental health platforms, more individuals are seeking help and receiving social support by openly discussing their problems. Therefore, it's crucial to gain a deeper understanding of which problem disclosures and social support on these platforms can attract more user attention and engagement. Previous research has primarily focused on social media forums.

The relationship between physical activity and psychological sub-health among high altitude region Tibetan college students.

Background: The reduction in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and the increased prominence of psychological sub-health (PSH) have had a serious negative impact on the health of Tibetan college students. Few studies have been conducted on college student populations at high altitude region in China. Therefore, the study investigated MVPA and PSH in 8721 Tibetan college students to analyze the relationship that exists between them.

The impact and mechanism of E-commerce of agricultural products on nongrain production of cultivated land in rural China.

Improving China's grain production level is conducive to achieving the sustainable development goal of zero hunger worldwide by 2030. As an important innovation in sales channels, e-commerce of agricultural products (EAP) directly affects grain production. However, no study has directly discussed the impact and mechanism of EAP on nongrain production of cultivated land (NGPL).

Unpacking greenwashing: The impact of environmental attitude, proactive strategies, and network embeddedness on corporate environmental performance.

Though there are considerable attention given to the consequences of greenwashing, however companies efforts to reduce greenwashing is still underexplored. Beside mounting pressures of stakeholders asking firms to revise their environmental orientation in order to reduce perceived greenwashing. Hence, the purpose of current study is to examine the impact of firms' environmental attitude, proactive environmental strategy, and network embeddedness on corporate environmental performance through perceived greenwashing.

Factors driving the acceptance of COVID-19 pandemic mobile contact tracing apps: The influence of security and privacy concerns.

The acceptance of COVID-19 mobile contact tracing apps (MCTA) is crucial to curb the spread of the virus and decrease the number of infections. However, the security and privacy concerns (SPC) of COVID-19 MCTA have been called into question. Thus this paper examines the drivers of the acceptance of the COVID-19 pandemic MCTA under the auspices of the influence of SPC from the Chinese perspective based on the modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT) model.

How does company misconduct affect company survival risk?-evidence from China.

Based on the data of China's listed companies from 2000 to 2022, this study investigates how company misconduct affect company survival risk through survival analysis. The research results show that company misconduct significantly increases company survival risk. After considering endogeneity issues and conducting robustness tests, this conclusion still holds.

Towards a unified test for the intercept of autoregressive models.

It has long been an open problem to provide a unified test for the intercept of autoregressive (AR) models. In this paper, we use the empirical likelihood method to solve this issue. It turns out that the resulting test statistic always converges in distribution to a standard chi-squared distribution under the null hypothesis, whether the AR process is stationary or nonstationary, and with or without an intercept.

Unveiling the impact of synergy between digitalization and greening on urban employment in China.

Digitalization and greening are two major characteristics of economic and social development, and promoting the deep synergy of these two factors has significant practical relevance for employment. However, the question of whether synergy between digitalization and greening promotes or hinders employment has not been answered in the literature. Therefore, a synergistic framework was first constructed for urban greening and digitalization based on green pulling and the digital empowerment mechanism.

The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and its competitiveness in China: The moderating effect of employee stock ownership plan.

Using data from Chinese publicly listed companies spanning from 2010 to 2022, this study examines the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), and corporate competitiveness. The findings show that the influence of corporate entrepreneurship on enterprise competitiveness is significantly "U-shaped". As the degree of corporate entrepreneurship increases, it initially demonstrates a significant negative impact on enterprise competitiveness, followed by a significant positive impact.

Impact of the digital trade on lowering carbon emissions in 46 countries.

Digital trade, as one of the vanguards of the global technological revolution and industrial transformation, empowers low-carbon economic cooperation on a global scale. This study based on panel data from 2007 to 2021 of 46 countries with varied development levels, constructed a multi-dimensional indicator system from six aspects: trade potential, digital infrastructure, digital innovation, digital skills and security, scale of digital trade, and digital trade environment, aim to measure the development level of digital trade and explore its impact on carbon emissions, followed by a heterogeneity analysis. The research results indicate that there are significant differences in the development levels of digital trade among countries with different economic strengths.

Spatial pattern, source apportionment, and source-oriented health risk quantifying of heavy metals in farmland soils of southern China.

The contamination of heavy metal has permeated many parts of China, especially in densely populated and industrialized southern China. This study focused on the degree of pollution in farmland soil heavy metals (HMs), and its spatial distribution characteristics and source apportionment. Meanwhile, we conducted an evaluation of the health risks attributed to soil HMs and analyzed the factors that impact them.

Valuable Data "Gain" and "Loss": The Quantitative Impact of Information Choice on Consumers' Decision to Buy Selenium-Rich Agricultural Products.

Biotechnology assumes a paramount role in addressing micronutrient deficiencies. The promotion thereof and the augmentation of public awareness are indispensable for implementation. The advancement of big data presents challenges due to the plethora of information and the constrained processing capacity, thereby inducing difficulties in consumer decision-making.

Quantifying the Ecological Performance of Migratory Bird Conservation: Evidence from Poyang Lake Wetlands in China.

Protected areas are essential for the conservation of biodiversity. However, the rapid expansion of urbanization and the intensification of human activities have significantly disrupted environmental integrity, leading to a continuous deterioration in both the quantity and quality of large ecological patches. This has further diminished the connectivity among ecological patches, leading to significant consequences for regional biodiversity conservation.

Surface coal mining in drylands: A multiscale comparison of spatiotemporal patterns and environmental impacts between Inner Mongolia and Mongolia.

Surface coal mining (SCM) poses a great threat to the environment. Previous studies have explored the speed and scale of SCM in the Mongolian Plateau, but landscape-based analysis is needed for creating actionable knowledge required for environmental policy-making. Thus, taking a landscape ecological approach, here we compared the spatiotemporal patterns and major environmental impacts of SCM between Inner Mongolia of China and Mongolia during 1975-2015 at multiple administrative levels.

Multifaceted Exploration of Public Awareness, Government Perspectives, and Community Attitudes Toward HIV.

Aims: The purpose of this research is to quantify the knowledge of students about HIV, social media contribution, and their satisfaction with the government and society's acceptance of HIV patients.

Methodology: A cross-sectional survey of 579 participants was conducted at Punjab University, University of Peshawar, Karachi University, Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences University, and Quaid-i-Azam University. Student self-administered surveys included demographics, knowledge, government satisfaction, social media rumors, and PLWHA acceptability.

How does green manufacturing enhance corporate ESG performance? - Empirical evidence from machine learning and text analysis.

Green manufacturing, widely recognized as a crucial avenue for companies to achieve sustainable competitive advantages, exerts significant spillover effects on both environmental protection and social responsibility. Accordingly, this can significantly enhance corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices and enhance overall ESG performance. This study focuses on Chinese A-share listed firms between 2009 and 2022, characterizing their ESG performance.

The impact of nitrogen Fertilizer application on air Pollution: Evidence from China.

We examine the effects of nitrogen fertilizer application on air pollution in China. Distinct from the existing literature that tends to utilize field sampling method, we construct a comprehensive panel dataset and discover that 1 g nitrogen increase in fertilizer correlates with a rise of 0.55 μg/m³ in PM concentrations.