Degree Of Openness Research Articles

The Impact of Green Finance and Resource Tax Policy on Regional Energy Efficiency Based on the Non-Desired Output Super-Efficiency SBM-Tobit Model

With the continuous growth of the global population and rapid economic development, the demand for energy is increasing, and the increasing scarcity of energy resources and severity environmental problems have become important factors limiting sustainable economic and social development. Therefore, achieving sustainable energy development has received global attention. The main purpose of this work was to measure the energy efficiency (EE) of different regions based on China’s 2008–2021 panel data using the super-efficient SBM model and to examine the roles of green finance and resource tax policies in promoting energy efficiency using the Tobit model, so as to further improve China’s EE, optimize the energy structure, and improve environmental pollution. We concluded the following: First, the average EE value is about 0.549, and there is high regional heterogeneity, which is high in the east and low in the west. Second, the development of green finance at the national level and in the eastern regions promotes EE and achieves the mutual benefits of economic development and ecological protection, while in the western region, the development of green finance significantly suppresses the EE level and is too low to have a significant effect on EE improvement in the central region. The resource tax policy can significantly improve the EE at the national level and in the eastern region, but on the contrary, it does not have a significant effect on improving the EE in other big regions. Third, the degree of openness to the outside world significantly improves the EE at the national level and in the eastern region. However, in the other two big regions, this effect will not be significant. The effect of the industrialization level on the EE at the national level and in the central and western regions is significantly negative, while in the eastern region, it is negative but not significant. The effect of the energy price level on the EE at the national level and in the central and eastern regions is positive, while it is not significant in the western region. Human capital can improve the regional EE in all regions, and the central region has the highest elasticity coefficient.

Determination of Mandibular Position and Mouth Opening in Healthy Patients and Patients with Articular and/or Muscular Pathology: A Pilot Study with 3D Electromagnetic Articulography and Surface Electromyography.

A pilot study was conducted with a sample of sixteen participants aged 18 years or older who attended the TMDs and Orofacial Pain Polyclinic of the University of La Frontera due to TMDs. The physiological inoculation space was evaluated from the mandibular postural position (MPP) with swallowing command and without command, in both healthy patients and patients with articular, muscular, and mixed TMDs, measured simultaneously with EMA and sEMG. An angular measurement of the oral opening was also performed with the data obtained. The physiological inoculation space was obtained from the determination of the MPP through the procedures with swallowing command and without command, and different mouth opening degrees were evaluated. Simultaneous position and sEMG records can be produced from EMA, and different characterization variables such as the vertical distance, Euclidean distance, and angle can be obtained.

Research on the Measurement of Technological Innovation Efficiency and its Influencing Factors in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone

This article constructs an evaluation index system for technological innovation efficiency. Using panel data from 16 cities at the prefecture level and above in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone from 2013 to 2019, the DEA-BCC model is employed to statically measure the technological innovation efficiency in the region. The Malmquist index method is used to conduct a dynamic analysis of the technological innovation efficiency, and the Tobit regression analysis method is applied with the comprehensive efficiency obtained from the BCC model results as the dependent variable to explore it’s influencing factors. The study reveals that there are significant differences in the comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation among cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, with an overall value of 0.818. The slow development of technological innovation in some areas is mainly due to the mismatch between input and output in technological innovation. The intensity of government support and the degree of openness to the outside world has a significant impact on technological innovation efficiency in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, while the influence of industrial structure and infrastructure level is not significant.

Intelligent Control Technology and System of on-Demand Irrigation Based on Multiobjective Optimization

To solve the problem that the parameters of the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) irrigation system are difficult to control accurately, an on-demand irrigation control experimental device was developed. The main input parameters of the device are the opening degree of the main pipe valve, the opening frequency of and the pump station, the opening degree of the branch pipeline valve with the different combinations of different opening degrees. Based on these input parameters, four types of experimental methods were designed, and a total of 1695 groups of experiments were designed. The results show that the different opening degree combinations of the branch electric valve cannot significantly affect the flow of the branch pipeline but also significantly affect the pressure of the main pipeline. The prediction error of the operating frequency of the pump station and the opening degree of the branch valve were regarded as the objective function. Six intelligent prediction models were constructed, which are Back Propagation (BP), support vector regression (SVR) Linear, SVR-RBF, SVR-Poly, random forest (RF) and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), respectively. The results show that the XGBoost is the best model among the six models. For the opening degree of three branch valves, the mean absolute error (MAE) between the predicted value and actual value is less than 3.3%, the mean square deviation (RMSE) between the predicted values and actual values is less than 4.5%, and the R2 of between the predicted values and actual values is greater than 0.990. The control models and system can meet the needs of an on-demand irrigation system.

Numerical model of predicting surge boundaries in high-speed centrifugal compressors

A numerical model of the whole compression system is established in this paper. The introduction of the Laval nozzle and opening boundary methods adaptively simulate the physical fluctuating boundary conditions during the surge without any artificial hypothesis. Based on the model, the steady simulation method has the capacity to well predict the low-order systematical oscillations during the surge by monitoring flow parameters on several representative surfaces. The surge boundaries of a high-speed centrifugal compressor, including the mild surge and the deep surge, are predicted based on the current numerical model in different flow regimes. The discrepancies of the mild surge boundary between experimental data and numerical predictions are within 5% in the transonic regime, but within 0.5% in the subsonic and supersonic regimes. The sensitivities of the mild surge to the throttle opening degree differ much in different flow regimes: the highest is in the transonic regime and the lowest is in the supersonic regime. In the supersonic regime, there exist various mild surges in a wide range of throttle opening degrees and an unstable equilibrium point (UEP) which is the most typical characteristic of the two-regime surge. To the best knowledge of the authors, it is the first time that all the oscillation characteristics of various mild surges and the existence of UEP in the supersonic regime are well predicted by one numerical method.

Evaluation of Green Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Provincial Regions under High-Quality Development and Its Influencing Factors: An Empirical Study Based on Hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis and Multilevel Mixed-Effects Tobit Models

In the context of China’s high-quality economic development, in-depth research on green innovation efficiency and its influencing factors is crucial for promoting economic transformation and energy conservation. This study employs the Hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to measure the green innovation efficiency of 30 provinces in China from 2013 to 2019. Subsequently, based on the Multilevel Mixed-Effects (MME) Tobit model and a spatial econometric model, the study investigates the factors influencing green innovation efficiency under the backdrop of high-quality development, and conducts various robustness tests from different perspectives. The results indicate the following: Firstly, the overall level of green innovation efficiency in China is relatively low, but it shows a steady growth trend, with significant differences in green innovation efficiency among provinces in different stages of high-quality development. Secondly, the level of digital economic development, optimization of industrial structure, scale of knowledge dissemination, and degree of openness to the outside world have significant positive effects on green innovation efficiency. On the other hand, the scale of technological innovation, degree of environmental regulation, and guarantee of green innovation have significant negative effects, and the low quality of technological innovation hinders the improvement of green innovation efficiency. Thirdly, the new factors emerging under the backdrop of high-quality development exhibit certain spillover effects on green innovation efficiency. The green innovation efficiency of a province may be influenced by relevant factors in neighboring provinces. This provides new insights for provinces to enhance their green innovation efficiency. The contribution of this study lies in the incorporation of newly emerged factors in the context of high-quality development into the evaluation framework of green innovation efficiency. It accurately measures the green innovation efficiency of each province in China and, based on the analysis of influencing factors, provides novel insights for enhancing green innovation efficiency across provinces.

JNK molecule is a toxic target for IPEC-J2 cell barrier damage induced by T-2 toxin

The most prevalent contaminated mycotoxin in feed and grain is T-2 toxin. The T-2 toxin's primary action target is the gut because it is the main organ of absorption. T-2 toxin can cause intestinal damage, but, few molecular mechanisms have been elucidated. It is important to discover the key pathways by which T-2 toxin causes enterotoxicity. In this research, IPEC-J2 cells are used as a cell model to investigate the function of the MAPK signaling pathway in T-2 toxin-induced intestinal epithelial cell damage. Throughout this research, T-2 toxin results in functional impairment in IPEC-J2 cells by reducing the TJ proteins Claudin, Occludin-1, ZO-1, N-cadherin, and CX-43 expression. T-2 toxin significantly reduced the survival of IPEC-J2 cells and increased LDH release in a dose-dependent way. T-2 toxin induced IPEC-J2 cell oxidative stress by raising ROS and MDA content, and mitochondrial damage was indicated by a decline in MMP and an increase in the opening degree of MPTP. T-2 toxin upregulated the expression of ERK, P38 and JNK, which triggered the MAPK signaling pathway. In addition, T-2 toxin caused IPEC-J2 cell inflammation responses reflected by increased the levels of inflammation-related factors IL-8, p65, P-p65 and IL-6, and down-regulated IL-10 expression level. Inhibition JNK molecule can ease IPEC-J2 cell functional impairment and inflammatory response. In conclusion, as a consequence of the T-2 toxin activating the JNK molecule, oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage are induced, which impair cellular inflammation.

Is West Africa single currency a tool for economy transition?

Economy integration among countries of the world is seen as a key to drive economic growth and development through favourable policies among members. The study examines the impact of a single currency on the economy of West Africa States. Findings show that gross domestic product growth rate, degree of openness, and political stability have impacted the single currency competitiveness both among the member countries and globally. However, the possible advantage of a single currency would be annihilated by unfavourable terms of trade, government ineffectiveness, and weak regulatory quality. The study thereby recommended that the single currency in the region would not benefit member countries in the short run but a possibility exists in the long run as a result of the cointegration relationship among variables used in the study.

ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ НАПРУЖЕНО-ДЕФОРМОВАНОГО СТАНУ СТІНКИ СТАЛЕВОГО СПІРАЛЬНО-ФАЛЬЦЕВОГО СИЛОСУ

In the context of martial law, Ukraine's agricultural sector is suffering significant losses. By May 2022. Ukraine has already lost almost 13 million tonnes of elevator capacity, some of the grain warehouses have been completely destroyed, and some are in the occupied territories. In this regard, there is a need for elevator capacities, namely, prefabricated, cost-efficient storage capacities. Such structures are exemplified by silos. There are many design solutions for metal silos. However, the rising cost of materials is causing a need to reduce the material intensity of the structure, which is encouraging cylindrical silo manufacturers to search for new types of shell construction. An innovative design of lightweight, industrial silos is a metal spiral-fold silo. The article describes the design of steel spiral-fold silos. The specifics of the spiral-fold silo design, which affects their stress-strain state, are analysed. The characteristics of the silo that was used as a source of samples for the experiment are given. The samples and equipment for the experimental study of a wall of a metal spiral-fold silo are considered. The stages of the experiment are described. The loading of the samples was performed by a central bending load applied in a static mode in the range from 0 kN to 5.5 kN. To determine the relative strains, the structure was unloaded after each loading stage. The analysis of the sample's relative strains which were measured by AVD-4 is made. The character of interaction and deformation of the wall with the folding lock is revealed. The degree of the folding lock opening was estimated. The character of work of the wall and the folding lock in the limit and non-limit states is obtained. A comparison of experimental results with finite element analysis in the LIRA-SAPR software package was performed. The conclusion about the reliable operation of the wall of a spiral-fold silo under operational and increased loads is substantiated

Analysis of the Effects of Investment Facilitation Levels on China's OFDI: Focusing on RCEP Member States

Purpose – purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of the investment facilitation levels of 11 RCEP countries (excluding Myanmar, Brunei, and Laos due to lack of data) on China’s outward foreign direct investments(OFDI) using balanced panel data from 2010 to 2019. Design/methodology – First, four investment facilitation measurement indicators (regulatory environment, infrastructure, financial market, ease of doing business) were selected,investment facilitation scores of the 11 countries were obtained using the principal component analysis, an investment gravity model was established with nine explanatory variables (investment facilitation level, market size, population, geographic distance, degree of opening, tax level, natural resources, whether the country is an APEC member or not, and whether a valid bilateral investment treaty with China has been concluded) were used to establish an investment gravity model, and regression analyses were conducted with OLS and system GMM. Findings – The results of the regression analyses showed that investment facilitation levels had the greatest effect on China's OFDI, all four first-level indicators had positive effects on China's OFDI, and among them, the institutional environment had the greatest effect. In addition, it was shown that explanatory variables such as market size, population, geographical distance, degree of openness, natural resources, and whether or not a valid bilateral investment treaty has been concluded would have positive effects on China's OFDI, while tax levels and APEC membership would impede China's OFDI to some extent. Originality/value – Since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEPT) came into effect not long ago, there are not so many studies on the effects of investment facilitation levels of RCEP member states on China's OFDI, and the investment facilitation measurement index constructed in this paper is relatively systematic and scientific because it includes all the contents of investment facilitation related to the life cycle of company’s foreign direct investments.

Relationship between parent-adolescent communication and parent involvement in adolescent Type 1 diabetes management, parent/family wellbeing and glycaemic control.

This study investigated the relationship between parent-reported degree of openness and extent of problems in parent-adolescent communication and parent involvement in adolescent Type 1 diabetes management, parent and family wellbeing and adolescent glycaemic control. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted. Parents completed measures of parent-adolescent communication, parent monitoring of diabetes care, diabetes family responsibility, parent knowledge of diabetes care, parent activation, parent diabetes distress, and diabetes family conflict. In total, 146 parents/guardians (121 mothers, mean age 46.56 years, SD 5.18) of adolescents aged 11-17 years (mean age 13.9 years, SD 1.81) with Type 1 diabetes completed the survey. Open parent-adolescent communication was significantly correlated to adolescents' voluntarily disclosing diabetes-specific information to their parents more frequently, increased parental knowledge of their adolescent's diabetes care completion, parents feeling more capable and willing to take action in relation to their adolescent's diabetes health, lower levels of diabetes-related parental distress, less diabetes-specific family conflict, and optimal glycaemic control. Parent-adolescent communication has an important role to play in Type 1 diabetes healthcare management and psychosocial wellbeing during adolescence. Optimising open parent-adolescent communication represents a potentially useful target for interventional research and should be considered by healthcare professionals during healthcare encounters.

Genomic Insights into Global blaCTX-M-55-Positive Escherichia coli Epidemiology and Transmission Characteristics.

In recent years, blaCTX-M-55-positive Escherichia coli has been widely reported in multiple locations with an increasing trend in prevalence, yet few studies have comprehensively analyzed the transmission characteristics and epidemiological patterns of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli. Here, we constructed a blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli global genomic data set as completely as possible and explored the epidemiology and potential impact of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli on a global scale by high-resolution bioinformatics methods. The results show that blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli has spread widely worldwide, especially in Asia, with the rich sequence typing (ST) diversity and high proportion of auxiliary genome occupancy indicating a high degree of openness. The phylogenetic tree suggests that blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli is frequently clonally transmitted between the three human-animal environments and often cotransmitted with fosA, mcr, blaNDM, and tet(X). The stable presence of InclI1 and InclI2 in different hosts from different sources suggests that this part of the plasmid drives the widespread transmission of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli. We inductively clustered all blaCTX-M-55 flanking environmental gene structures and obtained five types. Notably, "ISEcp1-blaCTX-M-55-orf477-(Tn2)" and "IS26(IS15DI)-hp-hp-blaCTX-M-55-orf477-hp-blaTEM-IS26-hp-IS26-Tn2" are dominant in "humans" and in "animals and related foods," respectively. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of whole-genome sequencing-based surveillance in exploring the transmission and evolution of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli in the context of "One Health," and they serve as a reminder to strengthen the surveillance of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli in order to address the potential risk of future large outbreaks. IMPORTANCE CTX-M-55 was first discovered in Thailand in 2004, and today, this enzyme is the most common CTX-M subtype in E. coli of animal origin in China. Thus, blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli getting widely spread is a growing public health problem. Although prevalence surveys of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli in different hosts have been widely reported in recent years, they remain insufficient in "One Health" context and from a global comprehensive perspective. Here, we constructed a genomic database of 2144 blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli and used bioinformatics methods to resolve the spread and evolution of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli. The results suggest a potential risk of rapid transmission of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli and that long-term continuous surveillance of blaCTX-M-55-positive E. coli should be emphasized.

Regional differentiation in influencing factors of clean renewable energy consumption from the perspective of air pollution prevention and control

Global economic growth is now increasingly conflicting with the sustainable development strategy. In the context of ecological environmental preservation and air pollution prevention and control, this paper probes into the regional differentiation in the influencing factors of clean renewable energy consumption. First and foremost, a brief analysis of the status quo of clean renewable consumption in China was outputted, grounded on data on the input and output of 30 provinces and cities nationwide from 2010 to 2020. Then, national and regional models are built respectively in virtue of differential GMM, systematic GMM, and bias-corrected LSDV methods. Furthermore, efforts were invested in dissecting the working mechanism of the influencing factors and verifying the previous prediction resulting in applying the Tobit regression method. For every 1% increase in the green finance index, the clean renewable energy consumption rises by 0.882 accordingly, said the regression analysis results. Last but not least, it was concluded that the development level of green finance, internet advance, and technological progress significantly positively affected clean renewable energy consumption. While the industrial structure, the degree of openness, and the level of urbanization represented by the proportion of the secondary industry play hardly-seen impact.

Regenerator performance using freezing concentration for heat source tower heat pump system

Freeze concentration has a good regeneration effect and is easy for latent heat utilization. The electronic expansion valve opening has a great impact on the icing process. Hence, to investigate variations in the freezing process and gain the optimum regeneration effect, a solution regenerator was tested under different system-side control strategies. The solution volume flow was 5 m3/h and the electronic expansion valve opening degree (OEEV) was from 100% to 50%. For ice-covering growth, ice in low opening degree spent a long time to cover the plate. The area of ice under 100% to 65% OEEV was 1.43 times that under 50% OEEV. Peak velocities from 100% to 50% OEEV all appeared in the early stage of icing development. Moreover, the low opening degree made the ice distribute unevenness. The percentage slope of 100% OEEV was 1.23% and that of 50% OEEV was 3.46%. In addition, decreasing ice thickness uniformity was beneficial to the separation process. The separation ratio from 100% to 50% OEEV was 49.51%, 51.67%, 57.88%, and 74.54%, respectively. Both the low average thickness growth rate and high separation ratio were beneficial to increase the regeneration concentration. The effective specific ice production rate was from 100% to 50% OEEV was 5.99 kg/kWh, 6.18 kg/kWh, 6.94 kg/kWh, and 6.88 kg/kWh, respectively. Results showed that 65% OEEV operation was optimum for the solution regenerator unit using freeze concentration.

An Investigation of the Nonlinear and Asymmetric Spillover Effects of U.S. Economic Policy Uncertainty on Bond Return Volatility of Emerging Markets

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the nonlinear and asymmetric relationships between the U.S. economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index and the volatility of bond returns in 36 emerging markets (EMs) using panel quantile regression methods. Our findings indicate that the spillover effects of the U.S. EPU on the volatility of bond returns are strong in EMs, particularly in the upper quantiles of volatility, and are substantial in magnitude. We also explore the impact of the U.S. monetary policy uncertainty (MPU) index and fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) indices on the volatility of bond returns in 36 EMs, and observe a positive correlation between both the U.S. MPU and the U.S. FPU and bond return volatility in EMs. Of all the spillover effects, the U.S. MPU has the largest magnitude. Additionally, our results demonstrate that the spillover effects induced by three U.S. policy uncertainties are sensitive to the macroeconomic environment, with a stronger impact during financial crises and in countries with high degrees of financial openness.

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Does Inflation Contribute to Economic Growth: The Case of CEMAC (Central African Economic and Monetary Community)

This paper focuses on the influence of inflation on economic growth to determine the extent to which the fight against inflation can contribute to the economic growth of a country or a regional zone such as CEMAC. We identify the effects of inflation on the CEMAC zone and use a multiple linear regression model to test the relationship between the two economic quantities: inflation and economic growth. We mainly used Stata 13 software to obtain the results and a sample of panel data, including six CEMAC member states, namely Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, and Chad, from 2000 to 2018. The results were found to show a positive relationship between inflation and economic growth. These results indicate that the coefficients of the explanatory variables have the expected signs. However, other coefficients, up to 10%, are insignificant, notably GDP growth and consumer price inflation. The estimated values of all variables are in %, so we can say that if consumer price inflation increases by 10%, GDP growth will decrease by 10%. Then the value of GDP deflator inflation is positive, so if GDP deflator inflation increases by 1%, GDP will decrease by 0.11%. Its probability value is insignificant, and the money supply has a statistically insignificant effect on GDP growth. Finally, the results of the descriptive analysis show that GDP, consumer price inflation, the inflation deflator, the money supply, and foreign direct investment move in the same direction and the regression shows that there is a positive and significant link between the degree of openness to inflation and economic growth in the CEMAC zone. The econometric analysis allowed us to show that price increases (inflation) have a significant influence on growth.

RETRACTED: Reconstructing past vegetation based on fossil and modern pollen data in Sougna mountain (Western Rif mountains - Northern Morocco)

The process of quantifying and reconstructing past vegetation changes is a crucial step towards comprehending the dynamics of human-environment interactions throughout time. In this study, we present a reconstruction of the vegetation cover of the Sougna mountain (Western Rif Mountain) over the last 6000 yr based on multivariate statistical analysis (cluster analysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling, NMDS) of 31 modern pollen samples, and detailed fossil pollen record. The integrated approach, used in this study was able to identify and differentiate six distinct modern vegetation communities. Moreover, the analysis linked fossil pollen records with these modern vegetation communities as their analogues. The information on the contemporary vegetation cover of the modern pollen sites was used to determine the past vegetation changes of the fossil pollen site in the Sougna mountain. The vegetation changes estimated from this analysis reveal a higher degree of landscape openness than what was initially indicated by the fossil pollen percentages. The results of this study demonstrate a marked decline in forest ecosystems during the last millennium, indicating a significant transformation in vegetation over time. Additionally, the analysis indicates that some species have diminished their distribution range and relocated to more suitable environments. The methodology employed in this study, which combines fossil pollen data with modern pollen data and vegetation in a single NMDS analysis, permits reconstruction of the past vegetation by identifying statistically their modern analogues.

Social acceptance of green hydrogen in Germany: building trust through responsible innovation

BackgroundSocial acceptance presents a major challenge for Germany’s transition to green energy. As a power-to-x technology, green hydrogen is set to become a key component of a future sustainable energy system. With a view to averting conflicts like those surrounding wind energy, we have investigated social acceptance of green hydrogen at an early stage in its implementation, before wider rollout. Our study uses a mixed-method approach, wherein semi-structured interviews (n = 24) and two participatory workshops (n = 51) in a selected region in central Germany serve alongside a representative survey (n = 2054) as the basis for both understanding social attitudes and reaching generalisable conclusions.ResultsOverall, it is possible to observe both a marked lack of knowledge and a large degree of openness towards green hydrogen and its local use, along with high expectations regarding environmental and climate protection. We reach three key conclusions. First, acceptance of green hydrogen relies on trust in science, government, the media, and institutions that uphold distributive justice, with consideration for regional values playing a vital role in establishing said trust. Second, methodologically sound participatory processes can promote acceptance, and active support in particular. Third, recurrent positive participatory experiences can effectively foster trust.ConclusionsAccordingly, we argue that trust should be strengthened on a structural level, and that green hydrogen acceptance should be understood as a matter of responsible innovation. As the first empirical investigation into social acceptance of green hydrogen, and by conceptually interlinking acceptance research and responsible innovation, this study constitutes an important contribution to existing research.

An evaluation framework for industrial ecology based on the symbiosis theory-Taking the π-shaped Curve Area in the Yellow River of China as an example

This paper defined regional industrial ecology (IE) to include four connotations: sustainable social-economic-ecological development, the high-quality transformation of the industrial system (IS) and the ecological system (ES), and harmonious symbiosis between IS and ES. Regarding the composition of the symbiotic system, this paper proposed that the IE evaluation be carried out from three aspects: the sustainability of the symbiotic environment, the high-quality development of the symbiont, and the symbiotic pattern between the symbiotic units. Then, the maturity index determined by the symbiont and symbiotic mode and the orderliness index determined by the symbiont and symbiotic environment were measured to determine the IE level from the perspectives of the system’s function and structure. Besides, this paper adopted Geodetector and Oprobit model to identify the influencing factors of IE. Taking the π-shaped Curve Area of the Yellow River as the study area, this paper found that the IE systems’ structural orderliness of capital cities and resource-based cities was low, while the orderliness level of non-resource-based cities was high. The IE systems’ functional maturity level in the northwest Area was better than that of the southeast. The IE level was high in Inner Mongolia while low in Shanxi and Ningxia. Scientific innovation, economic development, openness degree, ecological pressure, industrial structure, urbanization level, and government influence have different influences on the IE systems’ orderliness and maturity levels. The findings of this paper provided a basis for realizing IE and promoting the high-quality transformation of the whole basin.