Ngā hua rapu - Lin Zhang

Objective: This article relates to the growing amount of literature on the determinants of the location choice of Chinese ODI. The objective of the article is to investigate whether the improvement in political relations will encourage more investment to a host country or not. Also, the article aim...

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BackgroundFemale infertility is a global reproductive health challenge. The hepatic steatosis index (HSI) is a simple and non-invasive screening tool for steatosis. We herein explore the association of HSI with female infertility through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)...

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<b>Background</b>: Previous studies have shown that a high body mass index (BMI) is detrimental to executive function (EF) in children and elderly populations but may be improved by physical activity (PA). However, research on adolescents aged 12–14 is lacking. This study explores two pa...

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Conventional ultraviolet microplasma sources typically lack a back-reflection structure, resulting in radiative power loss from the backside. To enhance the emission efficiency of ultraviolet microplasma devices around 220 nm, we propose a multilayer reflective coating composed of alternating high-...

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Ductile structures have demonstrated the ability to withstand increased seismic intensity levels. Additionally, these structures can be restored to their operational state promptly following the replacement of damaged components post-earthquake. This capability has been a subject of considerable int...

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Substrate is an important component of a fish’s habitat environment. Fish preferences for substrate influence their growth and development, feeding, hiding, schooling, and reproduction. To explore the habitat preference of <i>Brachymystax tsinlingensis</i>, this study was conducted on th...

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This paper investigates the problem of fuzzy adaptive finite-time formation tracking control for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) systems with two different constraints. By utilizing the distance tracking error between the actual trajectory and the desired trajectory of each UGV, as well as the const...

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Visible light communication (VLC) systems have relatively higher security compared with traditional radio-frequency (RF) channel thanks to line-of-sight (LOS) propagation. However, due to the broadcasting property of optical channels, VLC systems may also suffer from malicious attacks or eavesdroppi...

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Amidst escalating concerns about climate change, manufacturers are increasingly pressured to adopt a low-carbon supply chain (LCSC). Financial constraints deter numerous companies from embracing low-carbon initiatives in a competitive landscape. Inclusive internal financing (IIF) provides operationa...

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Myeloid leukemia (ML) is a clonal malignant disease with abnormal hematopoietic stem cells. With the emergence of novel immunotherapies, such as CAR-T, therapeutic outcomes in ML patients have improved, while significant challenges persist, including severe adverse events and disease recurrence. Nat...

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Ecological restoration and brownfield reuse are important issues in the current field of urban sustainable development and environmental protection. This paper adopts bibliometric and network analysis methods, using more than 600 literature from Web of Science (WOS) and China National Knowledge Infr...

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To deal with the global and regional issues including food security, climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, water resource management, and ecosystem health, detailed accurate spatial soil information is urgently needed. This drives the worldwide development of digital soil mapping. In...

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Rural landscape perception is of great significance in understanding the emotional connection between people and rural local environments. Seeking to rectify the problem of incomplete or biased results owing to the separation of objective and subjective landscape perception in previous studies, this...

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Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) are frequently prone to metabolic syndrome (MetS), and their co-morbidity adversely affects patient care outcomes. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of MetS and its clinical correlates among initial-treatment and drug-naïve (ITDN) BD patients.We recruit...

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Objective To investigate the effect of miR-129-1-3p on the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) and its potential mechanism. Methods Negative control group, the miR-129-1-3p mimic group, the miR-129-1-3p inhibitor group and the corresponding negative contro...

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In the prefabricated construction industry, consumers are sensitive to the construction delivery time, and different power structures are very common. This research uses methods of Stackelberg game, Nash game and supply chain coordination, introduces a manufacturer crashing strategy into a prefabric...

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Hepatic steatosis is one of the most important features of the pathogenesis for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Fat deposition in liver cells can influence hepatic lipogenesis along with other metabolic pathways and further lead to the irreversible liver cirrhosis and injury. However, the underly...

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Due to the broadcast property of the visible light beam, visible light communication (VLC) systems may suffer from malicious attack or eavesdropping in public area. In this paper, we design and analyze the physical layer security mechanism with the aid of ill-posed theory and present a channel deter...

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In this paper, we propose a multiple pulse position modulation (MPPM) aided reverse polarity optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme that aims to enhance the spectral efficiency (SE) for dimmable visible light communication (VLC) systems. In this scheme, we exploit the MPPM pattern...

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Eye-tracking technology captures eye movement and gaze point information by leveraging the characteristics of the human eye, using hardware devices in combination with software algorithms. It is a cutting-edge technique that can shorten the process of human-computer interaction. MEMS (Micro-Electro-...

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