Academic Articles & Research Papers

Spatiotemporal patterns and spatial spillover effects of public service supply for national fitness in China.

Global oil price and stock markets in oil exporting and European countries: Evidence during the Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war

The relationship between oil price movements and stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical crisis like the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war is yet unexplored extensively. This study therefore examines the return-correlation...

Investigating Spatial Effects through Machine Learning and Leveraging Explainable AI for Child Malnutrition in Pakistan

While socioeconomic gradients in regional health inequalities are firmly established, the synergistic interactions between socioeconomic deprivation and climate vulnerability within convenient proximity and neighbourhood locations with heal...

Modeling Air Pollutant Emissions in the Provincial Level Road Transportation Sector in Korea: A Case Study of the Zero-Emission Vehicle Subsidy

South Korea has been suffering from high PM2.5 pollution. Previous studies have contributed to establishing PM2.5 mitigation policies but have not considered provincial features and sector-interactions. In that sense, the integrated assessm...

Understanding Public Perceptions of Lung Cancer in China: Infodemiology Study of Baidu Index and Weibo Posts

Abstract BackgroundIn China, lung cancer remains a major public health concern and accounts for a substantial proportion of cancer-related deaths nationwide. However, limited research has examined public perceptions of lung canc...

Estimating the impact of between- and within-subject designs on consumer valuation experiments: the case of positive vs. negative information

IntroductionValuation experiments are an important technique for measuring preferences for products, product attributes, and the effect of information on consumer valuation. While these experimental valuation techniques are widely used, the...

Landscape patterns and their spatial associations with ecosystem service balance: Insights from a rapidly urbanizing coastal region of southeastern China

Abstract: Assessing ecosystem service (ES) balance and exploring critical drivers are crucial for landscape management. However, a lack of understanding of the determinants of the ecosystem service supply–demand budget, their spillover effe...

Accesses to water, electricity, and sustainable development: evidence from the Amazonian State of Parà

According to the UN's Sustainable Development Agenda, to effectively achieve sustainable development, strategies for building economic growth should also address social needs, including access to essential services. Sustainable integrated m...

The Messy Nature of Fiber Spectra: Star–Quasar Pairs Masquerading as Dual Type 1 AGNs

Theoretical studies predict that the most significant growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) occurs in late-stage mergers, coinciding with the manifestation of dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and both major and minor mergers are exp...

Multidimensional Correlates of Childhood Stunting in India: A Spatial Machine Learning and Explainable AI Approach

Childhood stunting remains a major public health challenge in India and is influenced by multiple socioeconomic and environmental factors. This ecological study examined district-level correlates of childhood stunting, including Crimes Agai...