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Constructing Pulse Diagnosis: Western Medicine and the Transformation of Chinese Pulse Knowledge in Modern
Full text linkPulse diagnosis, a hallmark diagnostic method of traditional Chinese medicine, took its modern conceptual form during the fusion with Western medicine in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This article explores how Western doctors and Western-trained Chinese physicians redefined the core meaning of pulse diagnosis during this period of medical transformation. Early Western observers were curious about TCM pulse diagnosis and compared it with pre-modern European medical traditions. However, with the rise of modern anatomy and experimental medicine, missionary doctors gradually regarded it as an “unscientific” method. By the early 20th century, Western-trained Chinese physicians adopted a pragmatic approach, critiquing the fundamental theories of TCM while reinterpreting pulse diagnosis using modern physiology and medical instruments. This article argues that the modern understanding of pulse diagnosis was influenced not only by scientific scrutiny but also by factors such as shifts in medical authority, cross-cultural medical exchange, and institutional power
Anatomically Correct: Implementing and Evaluating an Educational Digital Game for Applied Sciences Students
Full text linkDigital games are a common form of entertainment in modern society and are increasingly prevalent in health education. However, little research has been conducted into their use for delivering anatomy and histology education for health students. This is surprising considering the difficulty many health students have learning anatomy and histology. The study used a mixed methodology, consisting of a controlled trial and qualitative evaluation of learner attitudes towards the digital game. The trial stratified learners into two groups: a digital game group and a multiple-choice quiz group, for one semester. At the end of semester final examination results from the two groups were compared to see if the digital game was a comparable means of revising anatomy and histology subject matter. Additionally, an online survey and semi-structured interviews were used to explore student attitudes towards the digital game. Findings demonstrated that a digital game could be as effective as alternative methods to support revision of anatomy subject matter. Further, results post-intervention survey (n=10) and semi-structured interviews (n=6) showed that students were interested in the use of digital games to support revision and enjoyed their experiences using the digital game during their studies
Analysis of the Impact of Digital Economy Development on Green Technology Innovation from the Perspective of Talent Agglomeration
Full text linkAgainst the backdrop of the flourishing digital economy and the deepening push for green and low-carbon transformation, green technology innovation, as the core fulcrum connecting the "digital dividend" and the "green dividend," is increasingly becoming a vital engine for promoting high-quality development. Based on provincial panel data from China spanning 2011 to 2022, this study systematically investigates the impact of digital economy development on green technology innovation, with a particular focus on the nonlinear moderating role of talent agglomeration. The findings reveal the following: First, the level of digital economy development has a significant positive promoting effect on green technology innovation. The baseline regression coefficient is 1.207, significant at the 1% level. This conclusion remains robust after a one-period lag robustness test, with the coefficient increasing to 1.373, indicating a certain lagged persistence in the enabling effect of the digital economy. Second, talent agglomeration plays a significant nonlinear moderating role in the process of the digital economy influencing green technology innovation. The threshold effect model identifies a single threshold value of 0.4518. When the talent agglomeration level is below this threshold, the coefficient for the digital economy's promotion of green technology innovation is as high as 3.876. However, when the talent agglomeration level crosses the threshold, the coefficient decreases to 3.423, a drop of approximately 11.7%. This change reveals the dual effect of talent agglomeration—moderate agglomeration amplifies the enabling effect of the digital economy through mechanisms such as knowledge spillovers and collaborative innovation, while excessive agglomeration leads to diminishing marginal returns due to factors like the dilution of innovation resources and intensified internal competition. Regarding control variables, industrial structure upgrading has the most powerful promoting effect on green technology innovation, while the degree of openness and the level of financial development exhibit negative impacts, possibly related to the structure of their resource allocation. The findings of this study provide a new theoretical perspective for understanding the boundary conditions of the digital economy enabling green innovation. They also offer empirical evidence for formulating differentiated talent policies and optimizing the development path of the digital economy. For regions where talent agglomeration has not yet reached the standard, efforts should focus on attracting talent to release agglomeration dividends. For regions where talent agglomeration is already dense, the focus should be on structural optimization and efficiency improvement to avoid falling into a "crowding trap" caused by blindly pursuing quantitative expansion
Analysis of Spatial Characteristics and Driving Factors of Urbanization Level in the Yangtze River Delta Region
Full text linkThe Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRD), a pivotal intersection of the "Belt and Road" Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, holds an irreplaceable strategic position in China’s modernization and opening-up. With the issuance of “Five-Year Action Plan for In-depth Implementation of the People-Centered New Urbanization Strategy”, scientifically assessing its urbanization quality and exploring driving factors have become increasingly critical. This study focuses on 41 cities in the YRD from 2014 to 2023, calculating urbanization levels via weighted nighttime light remote sensing data and POI data, analyzing spatial correlations using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA), and identifying driving factors through the Multi-scale Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (MGTWR) model. Results indicate that urbanization levels generally rose but with significant spatial disparities—higher in eastern cities and lower in western ones. The region exhibits positive spatial autocorrelation, with eastern cities forming high-high clusters and western cities low-low clusters. Seven factors, including investment in science and technology, highway density, and industrial structure advancement, exert heterogeneous driving effects. level of science and technology benefits southwest regions more, while highway density and population density strongly drive western cities. Per capita gross domestic product significantly boost central-southern and eastern regions, respectively, and industrial structure advancement positively impacts all cities. These findings provide a scientific basis for promoting high-quality integrated development of the YRD and offer references for other urban agglomerations.
Research on Pricing Decisions for Shared Manufacturing Services in a Digital Service Context
Full text linkWith the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, digital service transformation has become a key pathway for driving the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing. As a typical manifestation of this trend, shared manufacturing is reshaping the traditional allocation model of production resources. However, in the digital service-oriented context, manufacturing services exhibit new characteristics such as high heterogeneity, demand uncertainty, and data-enabled value enhancement. These features make it difficult for traditional pricing mechanisms to effectively balance the interests among platforms, service providers, and demand parties, thereby constraining the sustainable development of the shared manufacturing ecosystem. Addressing this issue, this paper focuses on the pricing decision-making mechanism for shared manufacturing services in the digital service-oriented context
The Strategic Impact of Executives’ Overseas Study on Enterprises’ Overseas Expansion Under the Background of the Belt and Road Initiative
Full text linkWith the in-depth advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese enterprises have increasingly engaged in overseas expansion activities, and the overseas background of senior management teams has become a crucial factor influencing the effectiveness of enterprises’ transnational operations. This paper first sorts out relevant theories and explores how executives’ overseas experience promotes the innovative performance of enterprises in their participation in the Belt and Road Initiative through their knowledge reserves and international perspectives. The study selects Chinese listed companies participating in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative from 2013 to 2018 as research samples and conducts empirical tests using quantitative methods. The results show that enterprises’ participation in the Belt and Road construction exerts a positive effect on technological innovation, and executives’ overseas background, especially overseas study experience, can significantly enhance this effect. Further analysis reveals that this enhancing effect is more prominent in state-owned enterprises and is more obvious when external economic policies are stable. Mechanistically, the acquisition of innovative resources and the introduction of talents are two important transmission paths. Finally, corresponding suggestions are put forward from the perspectives of the construction of enterprise senior management teams and government policy support, aiming to help enterprises better enhance their innovation capabilities by relying on the Belt and Road platform
The Generation Logic and Governance Challenges of Township Running Platform—Case Study of “Small Town Takeout”
Full text linkSomething interesting is happening at the intersection of digital economy expansion and rural revitalization. Township instant services find themselves caught between two realities: formal services are scarce, while informal ones are everywhere. Drawing on transaction cost theory and rural social theory, this study examines how informal service economies in townships are transforming into platform-like models, using “Small Town Takeout” as a case. What emerges is a more complex picture than existing literature suggests. The structural gap between insufficient formal supply and growing demand has given rise to informal delivery services that cleverly tap into social networks. These platforms have developed a hybrid approach—part digital, part relational—that reduces search costs, supervision expenses, and trust barriers in ways urban platforms don’t quite replicate. Their three-tier structure—county hubs, township agents, and community riders—reflects an accommodation between technological systems and rural social organization. But scaling up brings its own set of problems: low order density makes profitability elusive, the reliance on local riders creates standardization headaches, and regulatory frameworks lag behind what these platforms actually do. The governance framework proposed here attempts to address these tensions through innovation sandboxes, localized compliance support, and flexible protection mechanisms—not as a one-size-fits-all solution, but as a starting point for thinking about rural digital service governance differently
Research on the Influence of the Stability of Top Management Team on the Sustainable Innovation Ability of Enterprises
Full text linkSustained innovation ability is related to the success or failure of an enterprise, and the stability of the executive team is regarded as the weathervane of the development status of the enterprise. In this regard, based on the data of A-share listed companies in Shenzhen and Shanghai from 2008 to 2023, the study takes the stability of the executive team as the starting point, and the sustained innovation ability of the enterprise as the starting point, constructs the fixed effect model and the intermediary mechanism model, and explores the complex impact of the stability of the executive team on the sustained innovation ability of the enterprise. It is found that: firstly, executive team stability can directly have a significant promotion effect on the sustained innovation capability of enterprises, and this conclusion still holds after endogeneity treatment and a series of robustness tests; secondly, executive team stability can enhance the sustained innovation capability of enterprises by increasing the proportion of management shareholding and the proportion of R&D personnel; thirdly, this effect will have heterogeneous effects in different types of enterprises . This study provides certain reference value and useful policy implication for enterprises to optimise the structure of executive team and enhance the sustainable innovation capability
Research Report on Consumer Decision-Making Factors and Market Potential of Fuping Persimmon Dyeing Under the New Cultural and Creative Trend in Shaanxi
Full text linkAgainst the backdrop of Guochao culture and the integrated development of culture and tourism, Fuping Persimmon Dyeing in Shaanxi—a cultural and creative product with roots in Tang Dynasty intangible cultural heritage—faces challenges such as low market awareness and unclear product positioning. Based on 332 valid questionnaires, this study systematically analyzes the factors influencing consumer decisions. Results show that consumers highly value the gradient effect of “sun dyeing,” intangible cultural heritage inheritance, and practical functionality, with “culture + practicality” serving as the core competitive advantage. Local consumers exhibit significantly stronger preferences than non-local tourists, and social media recommendations have a significant positive impact on purchase intention. The study suggests targeted strategies including focusing on local, middle-to-high-income consumer groups, strengthening the “ICH + Guochao” product positioning, leveraging social media content marketing, and pursuing cross-brand collaborations. These findings provide empirical support for the market development of Fuping Persimmon Dyeing and other ICH-based cultural and creative products in Shaanxi
The Impact of Digital Finance and Technological Advancements on Regional Economic Development
Full text linkDigital finance uses digital technology to optimize financial resources and the advancement of technology continues to drive economic development at the regional level. Together these two factors will be an important part of supporting the continued growth of each region’s economy in a more beneficial way. Digital finance connects more efficiently between the real economy and traditional sources of funding as well as continuing the evolution of regional industries due to the advancement of technology and increasing efficiencies with all aspects of production and increasing new methods of innovating new products and services. By combining the two they will provide improved quality for economic growth in each region as well increase the number of innovations, reduce inequalities in economic development between regions and provide a framework for each region that can lead to continued support for economic development in an integrated and sustained manner. More thorough investigation into these pathways and the actual benefits are needed