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Tian W, Hu A, Li K, Guo P, Chai Q, Ma R. Dynamic assessment of dust hazard risk in the reconstruction of old industrial buildings: coupling effects of dust distribution and personnel trajectories. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:2687-2699. [PMID: 38066265 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31264-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Since the old industrial buildings bear many functions of industrial production and storage in the service stage, the dust generated by the regeneration construction is often accompanied by industrial pollutants, causing irreversible damage to the personal safety of construction workers. However, little consideration has been given to the uncertainty of dust emissions and the dynamics of construction personnel movement. Therefore, reducing the risk of dust hazards during the regeneration of old industrial buildings is imperative. This study draws on the trace intersecting theory to analyse the cause of the hazard risk associated with reconstruction dust and explore the impact of the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of reconstruction dust and its coupling effect with construction on-site personnel activity trajectories and uses the risk matrix method to assess the dust hazard risk in the reconstruction of old industrial buildings. Finally, the renovation and reinforcement process of the first floor of a printing building in Xi'an was considered as an example for verification. The results indicate that the risk assessment model results were highly consistent with the actual situation and risk value for the entire area was 6.05, indicating a risk level of IV. Immediate measures should be implemented to reduce dust concentrations or the frequency of construction personnel activity, thereby minimising potential harm.
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- Wei Tian
- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Xi'an Affordable Housing Construction Management Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710000, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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Zeng F, Jiang Z. Spatial and temporal evolution of mine dust research: visual knowledge mapping analysis in Web of Science from 2001 to 2021. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:62170-62200. [PMID: 36940022 PMCID: PMC10025797 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26332-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Dust pollution control is the basic guarantee of mine safety production, which has been widely concerned by scholars. Based on a total of 1786 publications collected by the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) from 2001 to 2021, this paper analyzes the spatial-temporal distribution characteristics, hot topics, and frontier trends of the international mine dust field during the past 20 years by using Citespace and VOSviewer knowledge graph technology. The research shows that the study of mine dust can be divided into three stages: initial period (2001 ~ 2008), stable transition period (2009 ~ 2016), and boom period (2017 ~ 2021). The journals and disciplines which belong to mine dust research mainly focus on environmental science and engineering technology. A stable core group of authors and institutions have been preliminarily formed in the dust research field. The main themes of the study contained the whole process of mine dust generation, transport, prevention, and control, as well as the consequences of disaster. At present, the hot research fields mainly focus on mine dust particle pollution, multi-stage dust prevention, and emission reduction technologies, and mine occupational protection, monitoring, and early warning. In the future, the research should focus on the mechanism of dust production and transportation, the theory of efficient prevention and control, the technology and equipment of precise prevention and control of dust, and the high-precision monitoring and early warning of dust concentration. Future research should be concerned with dust control in underground mines and deep concave open-pit mines with complicated and treacherous environments, and strengthen research institutions, interdisciplinary cooperation, and interaction so as to promote the integration and application of mine dust and automation, information, and intelligent technology.
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- Fabin Zeng
- School of Civil & Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Efficient Mining and Safety of Metal Mines, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- School of Civil & Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Efficient Mining and Safety of Metal Mines, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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Wang X, Yang J, Li X. Study on characteristics and microscopic mechanism of composite environment-friendly dust suppressant for urban construction site soil fugitive dust based on response surface methodology optimization. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:41954-41969. [PMID: 36640236 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Soil fugitive dust pollution caused by urban construction sites is a significant problem. To improve the dust suppression efficiency on the urban construction sites, hydroxypropyl guar (HPG), dodecyl dimethyl amine oxide (OB-2), and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) were selected as individual components of the composite dust suppressant using a single-factor test. The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine the optimal mixing proportions. After preparation, the characteristics of the composite dust suppressant were tested. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the composite dust suppressant and explore its mechanism. The results showed that 0.327% HPG, 0.6% OB-2, and 0.5% HPMC were the best compound concentrations. Under optimum conditions, the viscosity of the composite dust suppressant was 151.1 [Formula: see text], penetration time was 61.4 s, and water retention rate was 30.67%. Compared with traditional dust control by spraying water, it showed better resistance to evaporation at high temperatures and better wind erosion resistance. The antievaporation rate was 39.42% at 60 °C. After 11 d of continuous wind erosion at level 7, the wind erosion resistance rate was as high as 98.24%. The reason for the excellent dust suppression effect of the composite dust suppressant is that the methyl and hydroxyl groups in the solution diffuse to the surface of the soil fugitive dust particles using Brownian motion and gradually approach the corresponding groups in the soil fugitive dust particles. When the distance between the two reaches 10 [Formula: see text], adsorption occurs, causing small dust particles to stick together. Because of the stability of the covalent bonds in the methyl and hydroxyl groups, a stable solidified layer is formed on the soil fugitive dust surface after the evaporation of the composite dust inhibitor solution, thereby avoiding secondary dust. In addition, the composite dust suppressant is noncorrosive and friendly to the construction site environment. Therefore, the composite dust suppressant can effectively reduce soil fugitive dust, alleviate environmental pollution, and provide a reference for preventing and controlling soil fugitive dust on urban construction sites and preparing composite environment-friendly dust suppressants.
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- Xiaonan Wang
- College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing, 401331, China.
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- College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing, 401331, China
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Chen M, Yao T, Wang K. The economic impact of climate change: a bibliometric analysis of research hotspots and trends. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:47935-47955. [PMID: 36749521 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25721-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Climate change has been a widely concerned issue for decades. As the key policy target, the economic impact caused by climate change has received general attention from scholars and governments around the world. For the number of literatures is huge and the relationships among the literatures are not clear, we aim to clarify the research hotpots and the research trends of current literatures and provide inspiration for the development directions of future research in this paper. Using the bibliometric method, this paper characterizes the literatures on the economic impact of climate change based on the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. The results reveal that the USA occupies the leading position of the studies, which publishes most documents, and contains the most productive institutes and well-known scholars. From 2009, the number of documents published by a Chinese scholar started to increase rapidly, which makes China the second most productive country in recent years. The journals both belong to the WoS Categories of economics and environmental sciences and tend to publish more literatures than others. Adaptation, vulnerability, uncertainty, economic growth, climate policy, ecosystem service, energy consumption, renewable energy, food security, and land use are the representative keywords that have both high frequency and high centrality. Potential benefits, fat-tailed risk, social cost, international migration, and sustainable intensification are the top five main research hotspots. Based on the citation network of the top 50 documents with the highest local citation score, four research trends are sorted out: (i) the methodological innovation to monetized estimate the economic impact of climate change, (ii) the effect of current and future adaptive measures on agriculture, (iii) the interactional relationship between induced technological change and carbon tax, and (iv) the effect on labor market caused by climate change.
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- Ming Chen
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.,School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China. .,School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China. .,Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China. .,Beijing Key Lab of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing, 100081, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Wang M, Yao G, Sun Y, Yang Y, Deng R. Exposure to construction dust and health impacts - A review. Chemosphere 2023; 311:136990. [PMID: 36309055 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Construction dust contributes a significant proportion of airborne particulate matter, affecting the health of its surrounding environment and population. Construction workers are normally exposed to dust at high levels and bear severe health risks. The existing articles concerning the exposure and health impacts of construction dust are limited, but this research field has received more and more attention. This work reviews literature in the field and tries to systematically assess the current research state. Here, we review (1) methods used to monitor or sample construction dust; (2) main characteristics of construction dust, including dust classification, exposed populations, and exposure concentrations; (3) potential health hazards and (4) health risk assessment of construction dust. From existing literature, the exposure concentrations of different types and sources of construction dust are usually the focus of attention, while its particle size distribution and chemical composition are rarely mentioned. The classification and characteristics of populations exposed to construction dust ought to be a key consideration but not clear enough so far. There still lacks in-depth study of health hazards and systematic assessment of risks associated with construction dust. In future, it is valuable to develop utility instruments to precisely monitor construction dust. Besides, control means to reduce the pollution of construction dust deserve more studies. Health hazards of construction dust should be verified by biological experiments. Moreover, emerging algorithm models should be utilized in the risk assessment. The findings will help gain a better understanding of construction dust exposure and associated health risks.
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- Mingpu Wang
- School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400045, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China.
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Effah NAA, Wang Q, Owusu GMY, Otchere OAS, Owusu B. Contributions toward sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis of sustainability reporting research. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:104-126. [PMID: 36378377 PMCID: PMC9664048 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The study determines the development of the sustainability reporting domain using a dataset of publications extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) core database and visualized with CiteSpace. This paper employs a bibliometric approach to review extant studies to present and describe the publication patterns from 2004 to 2021. The top 3 contributing journals are the Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, and Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal, whereas the author network depicts a low collaboration among authors. Many authors have autonomously conducted their research, and the regional contributions to the research domain have been uneven. The paper accentuates the need to bridge the uneven institutional and regional contributions toward the sustainability reporting domain, so more light is shed on environmental sustainability across regions through firm and institutional levels. The results will trigger the need for future studies and actions needed to improve reporting quality through extensive social, environmental, and governance disclosures.
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- School of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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- Department of Accounting, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Mayta-Tovalino F, Pacheco-Mendoza J, Alvitez-Temoche D, Alvítez J, Barja-Ore J, Munive-Degregori A, Guerrero ME. Scientometric evaluation of trends and global characteristics of published research on occupational public health. Heliyon 2022; 8:e12165. [PMID: 36578384 PMCID: PMC9791871 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The objective of this scientometric study was to assess the global trends and characteristics of published occupational health research from 2016 to 2020. The SciVal tool (Elsevier) was used to perform the corresponding bibliometric analyses such as the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), CiteScore, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). Most of the manuscripts (46.5%) had national collaboration, with an average of 6.1 citations per paper. However, only 71 manuscripts (5.4%) presented single authorship (without collaboration). It was found that 486 manuscripts related to occupational health were published in Q2 journals (top 26-50%). Scientific publications on occupational health have increased remarkably worldwide, especially in Europe, and have mainly been published in Q1 and Q2 journals with a total of 292 and 289 scientific manuscripts in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
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- Frank Mayta-Tovalino
- CHANGE Research Working Group, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru,Corresponding author.
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- Postgraduate Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru
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- Academic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru
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- Direction of Research, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Peru
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- Faculty of Systems and Computer Engineering, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Academic Medical-Surgical Department, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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Wu M, Zhang G, Wang L, Liu X, Wu Z. Influencing Factors on Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion around Buildings under the Combined Effect of Wind and Buoyancy-A Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:12895. [PMID: 36232193 PMCID: PMC9566737 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With the rapid growth of populations worldwide, air quality has become an increasingly important issue related to the health and safety of city inhabitants. There are quite a few factors that contribute to urban air pollution; the majority of studies examining the issue are concerned with environmental conditions, building geometries, source characteristics and other factors and have used a variety of approaches, from theoretical modelling to experimental measurements and numerical simulations. Among the environmental conditions, solar-radiation-induced buoyancy plays an important role in realistic conditions. The thermal conditions of the ground and building façades directly affect the wind field and pollutant dispersion patterns in the microclimate. The coupling effect of wind and buoyancy on the urban environment are currently hot and attractive research topics. Extensive studies have been devoted to this field, some focused on the street canyon scale, and have found that thermal effects do not significantly affect the main airflow structure in the interior of the street canyon but strongly affect the wind velocity and pollutant concentration at the pedestrian level. Others revealed that the pollutant dispersion routes can be obviously different under various Richardson numbers at the scale of the isolated building. The purpose of this review is therefore to systematically articulate the approaches and research outcomes under the combined effect of wind and buoyancy from the street canyon scale to an isolated building, which should provide some insights into future modelling directions in environmental studies.
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- Mei Wu
- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Li T, Yan X, Guo W, Zhu F. Research on Factors Influencing Intelligent Construction Development: An Empirical Study in China. Buildings 2022; 12:478. [DOI: 10.3390/buildings12040478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Intelligent construction (IC) is an innovative development model of the construction industry in which construction is integrated with digital technologies against the backdrop of the new technological revolution. The development of IC involves many influencing factors which are actively promoting IC development. However, investigations focusing on identifying and examining the relationships among the factors necessary for IC development are limited. In contributing to bridging this gap, this paper investigated and analyzed influencing factors for IC development by developing structural equation modeling (SEM) based on 5 variables and 28 measures, including (1) identifying the factors and examining their influence on IC development in China and (2) clarifying the paths and key measures for successful IC development. The results showed that (1) the three variables of government, company, and technology had a direct and significant impact on the development of IC, (2) the three variables of industry, company, and technology actually formed a “closed-loop” within which they interact and promote each other, and (3) it was widely realized and accepted that IC development has bright prospects in China. Furthermore, four paths for IC development were obtained and the key measures of the five variables were further analyzed. This research contributes to the body of knowledge on IC by identifying the factors influencing IC development. The four paths and key measures were proposed to clarify the relationship between factors. Recommendations were put forward to promote IC development.
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Afrane S, Ampah JD, Mensah EA. Visualization and analysis of mapping knowledge domains for the global transition towards clean cooking: a bibliometric review of research output from 1990 to 2020. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:23041-23068. [PMID: 34797544 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17340-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Current statistics report that 2.6 billion households across the globe rely on polluting and inefficient cooking fuels and technologies, posing death-threatening health risks to people mainly from developing countries/regions. Several studies on clean cooking have been conducted with the emergence of international organizations such as the Clean Cooking Alliance to raise awareness. In the current study, a bibliometric tool, CiteSpace, was employed to analyze the 877 documents retrieved from the SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, and A&HCI databases on clean cooking research from 1990 to 2020. The results reveal that interest in clean cooking research took a sharp rise in the last decade, especially after 2016. The research field has become increasingly interdisciplinary but has mostly centered on environment, energy, and health. The most productive countries/regions in this field are the USA, India, England, and China. The keyword and citation analyses indicate that research in this field mostly focuses on adverse impacts of household air pollution from unclean cooking fuels and technologies on the environment and public health particularly, in developing countries/regions. Also, the drivers and barriers to the large-scale adoption of clean cooking fuels and technologies have become a topic of interest in recent years. The three most studied clean cooking fuels among various regions are LPG, biogas, and electricity. This study synthesizes global research on clean cooking and may be beneficial to other researchers in understanding current trends in this field and serve as a guide for concentrating on the most important topics.
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- Sandylove Afrane
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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Han M, Yang F, Sun H. A bibliometric and visualized analysis of research progress and frontiers on health effects caused by PM 2.5. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:30595-30612. [PMID: 33907954 PMCID: PMC8079165 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14086-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is one of the major air pollutants. A large number of epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that PM2.5 pollution can cause adverse health consequences, which has attracted more public attention. In order to have a deeper and more structured understanding of the research progress and frontiers on the impact of PM2.5 on health, in this study, we used the bibliometrics software CiteSpace to analyze the relevant literature in this field. The results show that since 2000, the relevant literature has increased steadily, especially in the last 5 years, and the number of publications in China has increased rapidly. The United States has the most publications. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Joel Schwartz are the most published institution and author, respectively, and many articles have been published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives. Over time, studies on the health effects of PM2.5 have gradually deepened. In addition to a more comprehensive study of its harmful effects, the related molecular mechanisms have also been further explored. We believe that countries and regions should strengthen cooperation and jointly solve the harm caused by PM2.5 through the integration of multiple disciplines and fields. In addition, the adverse health consequences and its related mechanisms caused by exposure to ultrafine particle, different chemical components of PM2.5, as well as the intervention of the health effects caused by PM2.5 need to be further studied.
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- Ming Han
- College of Environment and Resource, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, China.
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- College of Environment and Resource, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, China
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- College of Environment and Resource, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, China
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