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  • How does the state-led megaregion affect local environmental governance? Evidence from China

    How does the state-led megaregion affect local environmental governance? Evidence from China

    Megaregion policies

    The distinction between megaregions development in China and the West

    Megaregions, as a high-level spatial manifestation of urbanization and regional economic development, have garnered widespread scholarly and policy attention…

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  • Deciphering the nexus of trade frictions, pollution, and export quality

    Deciphering the nexus of trade frictions, pollution, and export quality

    Spatial correlation analysis of export product quality

    The Moran’s I index is leveraged to scrutinize the spatial correlation of Chinese export quality. Table 1 presents the results, revealing that from 2011 to 2020, the Moran’s I index for…

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  • Winter-spring drought in Yunnan since the early 19th century and its impact on social governance in China’s southwestern border regions

    Winter-spring drought in Yunnan since the early 19th century and its impact on social governance in China’s southwestern border regions

  • Athni TS, Shocket MS, Couper LI, Nova N, Caldwell IR, Caldwell JM, Childress JN, Childs ML, De Leo GA, Kirk DG et al. (2021) The infuence of vector-borne disease on human history: socio-ecological mechanisms. Ecol Lett 24:829–846.

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  • Understanding how digital health literacy affects health self-management behaviors: The mediating role of self-efficacy in college students

    Understanding how digital health literacy affects health self-management behaviors: The mediating role of self-efficacy in college students

  • Zhao, M., Liu, F., Liu, W., Ji, X. & Xue, F. Health management in China. International Journal of Cardiology 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.085 (2014).

  • Schwartz, D. Unending work and care: Managing chronic illness at home. Geriatr….

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  • International prevalence of tactile map usage and its impact on navigational independence and well-being of people with visual impairments

    International prevalence of tactile map usage and its impact on navigational independence and well-being of people with visual impairments

    Out of 1437 entries, 752 PVI (410 M, 341 F, 1 N/A, mean age = 36.44 y; 47.67% attrition rate42) completed the first survey, which investigated demographic factors, life and travel habits, cognitive mapping skills, and the use of tactile…

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  • Exploring psychological distress among lung cancer patients through the stress system model

    Exploring psychological distress among lung cancer patients through the stress system model

    Psychological distress (PD), also referred to as psychological suffering, encompasses cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, and spiritual changes, profoundly affecting a patient’s ability to cope with cancer, somatic symptoms, and…

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  • Development and psychometric test of self-advocacy scale for patients with stroke

    Development and psychometric test of self-advocacy scale for patients with stroke

    Aim

    The aim of this study was to develop a new instrument for assessing the self-advocacy for patients who had a stroke and to examine its psychometric properties.

    Design

    A cross-sectional, three-stage study was conducted using both quantitative and…

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  • Blinking indexes dynamic attending during and after music listening

    Blinking indexes dynamic attending during and after music listening

    Participants

    Fifty-seven participants (48 females), aged 50 to 84 years (M = 61.09, SD = 7.16), took part in the study. All were English speakers with normal or corrected-to-normal vision, hearing thresholds below 60 dB as measured by pure…

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