BACKGROUND Thematic maps allow a more rapid and immediate reading of the geographical differences in the distribution of data referred to a specific territory. The aim of this study was to show, for the first time, the application of some statistical and cartographic tools in the analysis of drug utilization in the pediatric population of an Italian region, and to assess the intra-regional diff...

Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) refer to the non-monetary benefits that nature provides humans. This study aimed allocate and map CESs in hyper arid region at southern part of Wadi Araba as a unique Jordan. 296 residents were participated structured questionnaire. The respondents prompted indicate CES by drawing dots on geo-referenced landscape corresponding any areas they considered CES. re...

This paper uses the super efficiency SBM model based on unexpected output to calculate industrial carbon emission of 30 provinces in China from 2005 2019, and spatial autocorrelation other methods conduct an empirical analysis dynamic evolution process temporal differences efficiency. The results show that China's is still low stage, with average value 0.34. In study period, although overall tr...

Information on the spatial relationships between disease vectors and environmental factors is fundamental to vector-borne disease control. Although it is well known that mosquito abundance is associated with the amount of rainfall and thus the number of larval breeding sites, the spatial relationship between larval habitat availability and adult mosquito abundance is not clear. We investigated ...

OBJECTIVE Body mass index (BMI) may cluster in space among adults and be spatially dependent. Whether and how BMI clusters evolve over time in a population is currently unknown. We aimed to determine the spatial dependence of BMI and its 5-year evolution in a Swiss general adult urban population, taking into account the neighbourhood-level and individual-level characteristics. DESIGN Cohort s...

In the context of Beijing’s accelerated economic growth, a high urbanization rate and associated urban problems pose challenges. We collected panel data for the period 2005–2014 to examine the relationship between Beijing’s urbanization efficiency and economic growth rate as well as its spatial patterns of dynamic and static urbanization efficiency. Specifically, we developed a comprehensive in...

With the acceleration of urbanization, ozone (O3) pollution has become increasingly serious in many Chinese cities. This study analyzes temporal and spatial characteristics O3 based on monitoring meteorological data for 366 cities national weather stations throughout China from 2016 to 2020. Least squares linear regression Spearman’s correlation coefficient were computed investigate relationshi...