Provincial Cities Research Articles

Study on the perception and attitude of fruit consumption in households in the City Province of Kinshasa, DR Congo

Study on the perception and attitude of fruit consumption in households in the City Province of Kinshasa, DR Congo

Feasibility Study of Telemedicine Implementation in Tourist Cities of Kerman Province

Introduction: The present study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of telemedicine implementation in two cities in Kerman province with tourist attractions. Method: This descriptive cross -sectional study was conducted in 2021. Research data were collected using the standard questionnaire "Telemedicine Assessment Tool," designed by the Institute for Medicare (United States). Using the G -power software, the sample size of 68 people was determined. The researchers collected the required data in person at the hospitals under study. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods through SPSS version 26. Results: According to demographic characteristics, the majority of people were women (78.7%), aged less than 30 years old (37.3%), with less than five years of work experience (40.0%), bachelor’s degree (88.0%), and clinical (57.3%). Regarding P -value, there is a significant difference between telemedicine services in terms of importance. Therefore, telemedicine services, consultation with specialists outside the hospital, patient referrals, and remote drug prescribing had respectively the highest priority. In contrast, changing the processes and structure of the hospital had the lowest priority. The lack of technical staff and the problems of initial costs were the main obstacles to the use of telemedicine, and the attitude of employees and competition were the least essential obstacles . Conclusion: Due to the tourism situation of the studied cities, hospitals must try to establish telemedicine. In this regard, investment to solve the problems of initial costs and technical staff has priority.

The impact of E-government on air quality: new evidence from China

Air pollution has become an increasing concern in China. At the same time China has undergone a rapid shift from traditional government to E-government. Our study contributes to the existing literature by exploring the relationship between E-government and air pollution. This study investigates the impact of E-government on PM2.5 in 226 cities between 2012 and 2016. The results show that E-government has a significantly positive effect on air quality, the PM2.5 concentration will decrease by 6.71 percent with one percent increase in the E-government score. Furthermore, we find the impacts of E-government on air quality vary across cities. E-government has stronger effects of air quality improvements on more market-oriented cities and non-capital provincial cities, which illustrates although the government plays a leading role in the construction of E-government, its impact on the environment depends more on market dynamics. We also tested there exist three channels through which E-government affects air quality, namely, promoting innovation, improving total factor productivity, and optimizing industrial structure. This study provides important references for the green transformation in the context of E-government.

Znaczenie telewizji w lokalnym komunikowaniu politycznym na przykładzie poznańskich mediów lokalnych i sublokalnych

The role of television in Local Political Communication on the Example of Poznan Local and Sub-local Media In the article, the authors, based on audience and readership surveys of Poznan media, in particular those conducted by the CATI method in April 2022 by the Institute for Market and Social Research IBRiS, analyse the possibility of using traditional media, especially local television, in the next local government election campaign in 2024, in provincial cities. The example of Poznań is treated as a case study. The authors attempt to grapple with the increasingly popular hypothesis that, especially in metropolitan areas, new media, mainly social media, are becoming the most important channel of electoral communication. In their analysis, they try to show that despite the dynamic growth in the importance of online news portals, local groups, individual fan sites of politicians and social activists, the growing opinions about the “death” of television are exaggerated (if anything, one can talk about the disappearance of the importance of the printed press), and the choice of media depends on the target group, with traditional media, especially local televisions, continuously serving as an important channel for reaching a part of the electorate.

Road dust exposure and human corneal damage in a plateau high geological background provincial capital city: Spatial distribution, sources, bioaccessibility, and cytotoxicity of dust heavy metals

Ocular surface diseases are common in the plateau city, Kunming China, the continued daily exposure to heavy metals in dust may be an important inducement. In this study, the 150 road dust samples from five functional areas in Kunming were collected. The concentrations, distribution, possible sources, and bioaccessibility of heavy metals were analyzed. The adverse effects of dust extracts on human corneal epithelial cells and the underlying mechanisms were also assessed. The concentrations (mg·kg−1) of As (19.1), Cd (2.67), Cr (90.5), Cu (123), Pb (78.4), and Zn (389) in road dust were higher than the soil background, with commercial and residential areas showing the highest pollution. Their bioaccessibility in artificial tears was As (6.59 %) > Cu (5.11 %) > Ni (1.47 %) > Cr (1.17 %) > Mn (0.84 %) > Cd (0.76 %) > Zn (0.50 %) > Pb (0.31 %). The two main sources of heavy metals included tire and mechanical abrasion (24.5 %) and traffic exhaust (21.6 %). All dust extracts induced cytotoxicity, evidenced by stronger inhibition of cell viability, higher production of ROS, and altered mRNA expression of antioxidant enzymes and cell cycle-related genes, with commercial- areas-2 (CA2)-dust extract showing the greatest oxidative damage and cell cycle arrest. Our data may provide new evidence that dust exposure in high geological background cities could trigger human cornea damage.

PEMENUHAN INVESTASI DAERAH DAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI

This research aims to analyze the influence of investment in an area with a level of education on economic growth in the vulnerable city of Bandar Lampung from 2019 to 2023. According to data collected at BPS Lampung Province 2023, the economic growth of the city of Bandar Lampung from 2019 to 2023 is moving fluctuatingly, which in this case is influenced by several factors, including investment in the workforce and the level of education in the city of Bandar Lampung. The data used in this research uses vulnerable secondary data from 2019 to 2023 using documentation methods obtained from the BPS of Bandar Lampung City province. By using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of research referring to investment fulfillment based on linear regression test results show results on investment variables (0.023<0.05) along with education level (0.001<0.05) which have a positive effect on the economic growth of the city of Bandar Lampung. And based on the simultaneous level of Bandar Lampung City at 99.8%, which refers to the welfare index that comes from fulfilling investment and education levels in Bandar Lampung City.

Pedological Stratigraphy and the Effect of Groundwater Level on the Variation of Pedological Characteristics in Soils of some Agricultural Districts Surrounding Fallujah of Anbar Governorate

This study was conducted in some provinces surrounding the Fallujah city of Anbar province, used soil texture to reveal the state of Pedostratigraphy between the soil pedons and the districts in all four directions. The study aims to demonstrate the effect of the Minder River and distance from the central and old branches of the river on the sedimentation processes and the uniformity of the soil separate, as well as revealing the reality and effect of the fluctuation of the groundwater level and its impact from the geotechnical in the future on these lands. The results showed the success of the soil texture class in establishing the state of stratigraphic correlation between the soil horizons of the provinces and study in all directions. The result shows the state of uniformity and non- uniformity between the soil separate from their horizontal and vertical distribution, in addition to the presence of significant differences between the provinces in terms of their particular distribution. The results also showed the effect of the depth of groundwater on the adequate soil depth, which was not affected by agriculture in all the study area

Analysis on spatial difference and spillover effect of development resilience index of sports industry: A case study of 285 cities in China.

The sustainable development of the sports industry has garnered extensive attention worldwide. In this study, after a rigorous explanation of the connotation of the sports industry development resilience coefficient (SIDRC), the Topsis model and exploratory spatial data analysis were comprehensively employed to evaluate and visualize the SIDRC of 285 cities in China. Additionally, a spatial econometric model was constructed to explore the influencing factors of SIDRC. The major conclusions drawn from this study are as follow: (1) While the SIDRC has improved significantly over the study period, it still remains overall at a low level of resilience with a widening gap between cities. (2) A strong spatial imbalance exists in the distribution of SIDRC, with coastal regions demonstrating greater resilience compared to the central and western regions, and provincial capital cities faring better than other cities. (3) Policy support index, economic development level, structural diversity of the sports industry, and social participation play crucial roles in promoting SIDRC. Finally, social participation has a positive impact on SIDRC in neighboring cities by facilitating resource sharing, market expansion, and extending the industrial chain. The paper concludes by offering recommendations such as increasing the construction of sports markets and public participation, which can optimize the layout of the sports industry and enhance industrial development resilience.

Czy prowincja zawsze pozostawała w tyle, czyli o tym, jak modernizacja zmieniała codzienność poza wielkimi miastami (1864-1914). Przypadek lubelski

After 1864 the cities of the Kingdom of Poland went through a lot of changes which can be defined with the word ‘modernization’. It refers to various spheres of reality, from economic, through social, and, finally, to cultural processes; it also concerns everyday life, which can be understood as material surroundings of an individual, communication, infrastructure and urban space, entertainment and free time. Using the press from that time, it is possible to trace some of the aspects of the modernization processes, the speed with which it occurred, and the relationship with the centre. The example of Lublin presents some characteristic trends of the provincial cities: following in the footsteps of Warsaw with a few-year delay, but also the problems (e.g. financial ones in the case of infrastructure or the required entertainments), which became common in the provinces; it is a fact that the material things spread faster than attitudes and some top-down activities associated with introduction of standardization, norms, and regulations in various spheres of life.

Peran Belanja Pemerintah Daerah Dalam Memoderasi Pengaruh Zakat Terhadap Kemiskinan di Provinsi Aceh

This research article reviews the role of local government spending in moderating the relationship between zakat receipts and poverty in 23 districts / cities in Aceh province for the 2009-2018 period. The type of data in this study is secondary data in the form of panel data, namely a combination of time series data and cross section data. Sources of data were obtained from BPS Aceh, Baitul Mal Aceh and the Regional Government processed by the Regional Financial Data Sub-Directorate, Directorate of EPIKD from 2009-2018. The method of research analysis was carried out using panel data regression analysis and MRA to examine the effect of zakat and regional spending on poverty reduction and to examine the role of regional spending in moderating the relationship between zakat and poverty in Aceh Province. The results showed; (1) zakat has a negative and significant effect on poverty reduction; (2) BPD has a negative and significant effect on poverty reduction; (3) MDR is negative and not significant to the relationship between zakat and poverty, which means that BPD is only an independent variable but not a moderating variable on the relationship between zakat and poverty

A Smart City Is a Safe City: Analysis and Evaluation of the State of Crime and Safety in Polish Cities

The concept of a smart city is based on the extensive multidimensional use of information and communication technologies to create the most favorable living conditions for residents and visitors. It is also important to create favorable conditions for economic activity while respecting the environment. One of the most important dimensions of this concept is security in the broadest sense, particularly that which concerns urban residents. This article addresses this subject by analyzing crime and determining the state of safety in 16 Polish provincial cities between 2013–2022. The measure of this state was chosen to be a set of indicators characterizing a number of registered criminal and economic offenses in the studied cities. On this basis, values of the indices of the dynamics of change for these offenses in individual cities in the analyzed period were determined. In the next stage, the number of offenses was compared to the number of residents of the cities under study and the indices of concentration for total offenses (LQT) and for individual types of offenses (LQn) were determined. Based on these results, the studied cities were divided into four concentration levels. Afterward, these results were used for a multi-criteria analysis of the safety of studied cities, which was carried out using the TOPSIS method. The calculated values of the safety index (Pi) formed the basis for creating a ranking and specifying security levels of studied cities. The results indicate a wide variation among the cities in terms of safety levels. Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Olsztyn and Zielona Góra were found to be the safest cities, while Szczecin was found to be the least safe. The methodology developed and the results obtained show the validity of conducting comparative research in areas relevant to the implementation of the smart cities concept. The knowledge gained can be used to build strategies and conduct policies with regard to improving safety in cities, especially those aspiring to be smart cities.

Heavy metals in meat products from Shandong, China and risk assessment

ABSTRACT In this study 13 heavy metals were analysed in representative livestock meat, poultry meat, livestock offal and poultry offal samples (20 per category) from marketplaces and retail stores in 16 cities in Shandong province, China. The investigated heavy metals were Cu, Cr, V, Ni, As, Se, Sn, Cd, Pb, Sb, Mn, Ba and Hg. Results revealed mean levels of total heavy metals in meat and offal of 1.56 mg/kg and 39.8 mg/kg, respectively. Cu, Cr, Mn, Ni, Se, Ba and Pb were found in all samples (100%), followed by Hg (95.0%), V (91.3%), Sn (73.8%), Cd (51.3%), As (21.3%) and Sb (11.3%). Hazard Quotient (HQ) and Hazard Index (HI) values showed that high meat intake can cause potential health risks. Thus, continuous monitoring of health risks and trends of heavy metals in meat products is needed, both for food safety and consumer’s health.

“SOMETHING MAGICAL HAS OPENED UP TO USˮ: KOSTROMA IN THE FATE OF A.N. OSTROVSKY

The authors of the article not only reflected the impressions of A.N. Ostrovsky about Kostroma, but, unlike other researchers, analyzed how the appearance of the provincial city was formed. Starting from the diary entries of the playwright, having studied a variety of materials, the authors showed the features of the construction of the city according to the plan of 1781, its central square, streets, the town of “Wildsˮ, the Ipatievsky Monastery, etc., which the playwright saw on his first visit to the city in 1848. In the future, until the end of his life in 1886, A.N. Ostrovsky often visited Kostroma on business, as a provincial city and lived here for a month or more. The article reflects how the city developed, its population increased, new industrial zones were created, a new theater building was built and opened in 1863, which later received the name of the playwright. A.N. Ostrovsky not only witnessed these changes, but may have been a participant in some city events. As a result, the authors came to the conclusion that without the impressions of A.N. Ostrovsky about Kostroma, its surrounding nature, people, the playwright could not have created his immortal works that are relevant both in the XIX century and our time.

EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE HEROES OF THE PLAYS BY A.N. OSTROVSKY

The article is devoted to the analysis of the texts of the play by A.N. Ostrovsky as private sources within the framework of the representation of everyday phenomena. The analysis of literary diseases allows us to reconstruct the multiple elements of the structure of everyday life in the capital and provincial cities of Russia in the second half of the 19th century. In the course of developing the structure of everyday life, in some episodes of the episodes “Dowry”, “Own people - let’s settle”, “Profitable place”, “Thunderstorm”, “What they go after, they will find”, elements of everyday life are widely used, family sets and uniform traditions, food culture, attitudes towards money and poverty, peculiarities of work and rest, pastime. A.N. Ostrovsky in his plays depicted typical images of his contemporaries and the life of which he himself was a part and with which he came into closest contact in Moscow, St. Petersburg and provincial cities. The heroes of the plays are devoid of stereotypes, they are living people who live not in an imaginary, but in a very real environment, speaking the language of their social group, having timely thoughts and reasoning. All this makes it possible to combine various elements describing everyday life into a coherent structure of the everyday life of the playwright’s plays.

Spatial coupling relationship between older adults and elderly care resources in the Yangtze River Delta.

The imbalance between supply and demand of elderly care resources in the Yangtze River Delta is increasing. By the older adult agglomeration, spatial cluster analysis, hotspot analysis, and coupling coordination model, this study explores the spatial coupling relationship between older adults and elderly care resources in the Yangtze River Delta in 2020 from the perspective of a supply-and-demand balance. The results demonstrate that: (1) population aging is mainly in the moderate aging stage, followed by the primary aging stage; (2) there are significant spatial differences in elderly care resources on the urban scale in the Yangtze River Delta; and (3) elderly care resources and the older adults in the Yangtze River Delta are mostly highly coupled. However, Nantong, with the highest degree of aging, has a serious mismatch in life service resources and ecological environment resources. The social security resources and medical resources of provincial capital cities with low aging are mismatched. Medical and health resources in underdeveloped areas are seriously mismatched. The social security resources are barely matched in Shanghai. A path for optimizing the spatial allocation of elderly care resources is proposed. This research offers a decision-making reference for coordinating elderly care resources distribution.

A multi-center cross-sectional study on identification of influencing factors of medical students’ emotional engagement in China

BackgroundStudies exploring influencing factors of emotional engagement among medical students are scarce. Thus, we aimed to identify influencing factors of medical students’ emotional engagement.MethodsWe carried out a multi-center cross-sectional study among 10,901 medical students from 11 universities in China. The Chinese version of Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student version (UWES-S) was used to evaluate emotional engagement level of medical students. The predictors related to engagement level were determined by the logistic regression analysis. Furthermore, we constructed a nomogram to predict emotional engagement level of medical students.ResultsA total of 10,576 sample were included in this study. The mean emotional engagement score was 74.61(± 16.21). In the multivariate logistic regression model, we found that males showed higher engagement level compared with females [odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)): 1.263 (1.147, 1.392), P < 0.001]. Medical students from the second batches of medical universities had higher engagement level and from “Project 985” universities had lower engagement level compared with 211 project universities [OR (95%CI): 1.376 (1.093, 1.733), P = 0.007; OR (95%CI): 0.682 (0.535, 0.868), P = 0.002]. Medical students in grade 4 and grade 2 presented lower engagement level compared with in grade 1 [OR (95%CI): 0.860 (0.752, 0.983), P = 0.027; OR (95%CI): 0.861 (0.757, 0.980), P = 0.023]. Medical students lived in provincial capital cities had higher engagement level compared with in country [OR (95%CI): 1.176 (1.022, 1.354), P = 0.024]. Compared with eight-year emotional duration, medical students in other emotional duration (three-year and four-year) had lower engagement level [OR (95%CI): 0.762 (0.628, 0.924), P = 0.006]. Medical students’ engagement level increased with increases of grade point average and interest in studying medicine. Medical students learned by converging style showed lower engagement level [OR (95%CI): 0.827 (0.722, 0.946), P = 0.006] compared with accommodating style. The model showed good discriminative ability (area under curve = 0.778), calibrating ability and clinical utility.ConclusionsWe identified influencing factors of medical students’ emotional engagement and developed a nomogram to predict medical students’ emotional engagement level, providing reference and convenience for educators to assess and improve emotional engagement level of medical students. It is crucial for educators to pay more attention to emotional engagement of medical students and adopt effective strategies to improve their engagement level.

Positive impact of urbanization on vegetation growth has been continuously strengthening in arid regions of China

The ecological environment is fragile in arid regions, and the direct and indirect impacts of continuing urbanization on vegetation growth in cities still need to be studied in depth. In this study, we focused on four provincial capital cities (Urumqi, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, and Hohhot) in arid regions of China. We used continuous 30 m land cover and vegetation greenness (VG) data from 1990 to 2021 to extract the impact of urbanization on vegetation growth by separating the impact of natural conditions. Our results showed that the study area’s urban area (UA) had expanded rapidly at a rate of 39.2 km2/a, increasing by 3.39 times between 1990 and 2021. While urban expansion occurred rapidly, the overall VG of the study area also increased (slope = 2.16 × 10−3), with the enhancement of VG increasing gradually from west to east. The VG and its trend in the UA were significantly higher than those in the natural vegetation area (NA). In addition, the duration of the urban vegetation growth season was longer than that of the NA, which also confirmed the positive impact of urbanization on the vegetation growth period. Furthermore, we found that the positive impact of urbanization on vegetation had continuously strengthened over time. In 1990 and 2021, the VG areas had 83% and 87% above the ‘zero-impact line’ in the UA, respectively, indicating a very significant impact of urbanization on vegetation growth in arid regions with fragile natural conditions. Our study identified the long-term dynamic trends in urbanization and VG in arid regions and clarified the non-linear relationship between the two concurrent growth factors. This has significant implications for correctly understanding the impact of urbanization on vegetation in arid regions and can provide a scientific reference for the ecological construction of urban environments in the region.

PELATIHAN TIPS DAN TRIK MICROSOFT POWER POINT DI SALAM PATUK GUNUNGKIDUL

ABSTRACT&#x0D; The residents of the Salam RT 15 hamlet community in particular include residents of rural communities who are far from the district and provincial cities. Varied levels of education make people really need additional knowledge for insight in following current developments that are increasingly advanced with information technology.&#x0D; Microsoft Powerpoint is an application for presentations that is really needed by the residents of the Salam Rt 15 hamlet community in particular. The purpose of this activity is to increase people's knowledge and skills in using the Microsoft Powerpoint application&#x0D; The target of this activity is the management and residents of RT 15 in Padukuhan Salam, Gunungkidul. The method used is by conducting training and mentoring on the use of the Microsoft Powerpoint application. The result of this dedication is that there is an increase in knowledge and skills in using the Microsoft Powerpoint application, namely from the results of the pretest compared to the results of the posttest that were carried out showing that 7 people were declared good during the pretest, then after the posttest there were 15 people, 16 people were declared lacking during the pretest, so after the posttest they stayed to 11 people.

Resilience assessment model for urban public transportation systems based on structure and function

Urbanization and the increasing frequency of extreme climates affect the sustainability of urban public transportation systems, and improving resilience is one of the primary directions for sustainable development. To scientifically assess the resilience of urban public transportation systems, a resilience assessment model based on structure and function is established in this study. This model mathematically quantifies and simulates the structural and functional changes in public transportation systems under disruption scenarios and provides a comprehensive assessment of six abilities: 1) structural resistance, 2) structural recoverability, 3) functional resistance, 4) functional recoverability, 5) passenger adaptability, and 6) management adaptability. Depending on the initial failure stations, this model can simulate the resilience of a public transportation system under various scenarios. This model is applied to assess the resilience of public transportation systems in a provincial capital city under an equipment failure scenario. The results show that the impact of equipment failure on resilience varies according to the metro lines, and improvement strategies for functional recoverability and management adaptability are proposed. The weaknesses in the resilience of urban public transportation systems can be identified using the proposed model, which helps provide strategies for improving the capacity to face perturbations.

Ecological vulnerability of China's Yellow River Basin: evaluation and socioeconomic driving factors.

The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is a typical ecologically fragile area in both the Chinese and global contexts. This paper built a sensitivity-resilience-pressure model to evaluate the ecological vulnerability (EV) of the YRB at the grid and prefecture-level regional scales; explored the spatiotemporal characteristics of EV; and scrutinized the impacts of socioeconomic driving factors on EV. The results showed that (1) at the grid and prefecture-level regional scales, EV decreased from the upper to lower reaches, and high vulnerability was observed in the provincial capital city. Mild and severe vulnerability constituted the main EV types in the YRB. (2) The EV index of the YRB decreased from 2.71 to 2.56 in the study period, indicating that the ecological environment improved in the YRB. The slightly and lightly vulnerable areas experienced shrinking-expansion changes, and the overall areas of these two EV types showed expanding trends, while the areal changes and overall trends of the moderately, severely, and extremely vulnerable areas were contrary to those of the slightly and lightly vulnerable areas. (3) The impacts of socioeconomic driving factors on EV dynamically strengthened with the improvement of the socioeconomic level. After considering the interactions of all socioeconomic factors, the explanatory power of the spatial differentiation of EV was enhanced, and the influence of these factors became more prominent.