The Integrated Development Strategy of Coastal Industrial Areas and City Based on Underground Space Development

As a crucial node of Qingdao’s construction of a modern international metropolis, a topnotch marine port, a demonstration zone for local economic and trade cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and an international shipping trade financial innovation center, the Qingdao Cruise Port warrants transformation to adapt to the future development of Qingdao city. Besides, with the constant increase in the intensity of urban underground space (UUS) development in Qingdao, the organic integration of underground space reconstruction and urban development in the cruise port area must be accentuated. Taking the underground space development project in Qingdao Cruise Port as the background, this study analyzes the multidimensional development and utilization of underground space in the project (the functional distribution of the two-dimensional plane and the stereo integration of the three-dimensional space). In addition, this study explores strategies to promote the organic integration of industrial areas and cities through underground space development. Expanding the research field of UUS, this study provides reference cases for the transformation of old industrial areas in other coastal cities.

Association between NR3C1 gene polymorphisms and age-related hearing impairment in Qingdao Chinese elderly

Background Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI) has attracted increasing attention recently. It is caused by genetic and environmental factors. A number of ARHI-related genes have been found. This study aimed to detect the potential association between NR3C1 gene polymorphisms and ARHI by means of weighted allele score. Methods A total of 861 participants from Qingdao city were selected by means of cluster random sampling. We statistically evaluated the characteristics of individuals and used the Mann–Whitney U test or chi-square test for comparison. The publicly available expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) was queried on the website of the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx). We used the weighted allele score and logistic regression analysis to explore the association between NR3C1 gene polymorphisms and ARHI. Finally, the prediction model was constructed by logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results All individuals over 60 years of age were enrolled in this study. The allele of rs61757411, rs41423247 and rs6877893 were significantly different between the ARHI group and the normal hearing group (P < 0.01). Though eQTL analysis, rs6877893 and rs33388 might affect the occurrence of ARHI by affecting the expression of NR3C1 gene in artery aorta. Then we performed two models: one without adding any covariates into model and the other adjusting for demographic characteristic, smoking and drinking, diet and exercise, and physical conditions. In the multivariate-adjusted model 2, the odds ratio with 95% confidence interval for weighted allele score (NR3C1) was 0.841 (0.710–0.995, P = 0.043). The area under the ROC curve was 0.755, indicating that the model had good predictability. Conclusions Our study suggests that NR3C1 gene polymorphisms was significantly associated with ARHI.

Analysis of the Status Quo of theElder care Industryin Qingdao Cityand Its Influencing Factors

The gradually accelerated aging process in China has become alargeobstacle for the sustainability of socioeconomic development. Thus it is urgent to develop elder care industry to meet the increasing needs of caring for the aged. This research is to analyse the current situation of the eldercare industry in Qingdao city, Shandong Province, and to identify the corresponding influencing factorsto provide a reference for developing governmental elder care policies to improve industrial development of elder care. Method: 1,008 research subjects aged 60 and over, from two randomly selected administrative regions of Qingdao City, were surveyedby a stratified random sampling in June and July of 2019. A questionnaire investigation was conducted to determine the respondents’preferencesfor the kinds of care services andto analyze the corresponding influencing factors. There were 1,002 completed questionnaires, of which 559 (55.8%) people selected home-based care, 98 (21.1%) selected community-based care, and 443 (44.2%) chose institution-based care.The multi-factor analysis showed that the risk factorsaffecting options of elder care were: living alone, low income, low pension, and poor mental health (OR > 1 and P<0.05). By contrast,living alonewas a protective factor for the elderly to choose institutional nursing care (OR<1 and P<0.05). Currently, in Qindao city, home-based care remains the primaryoptionof the aged, but the proportion of both community and institution elderly service has increased. Diversified home-based care should be promoted to satisfy the requirement forelder care in the aging society.

EVALUATION ON URBAN LAND EXPANSION QUALITY OF QINGDAO CITY FROM 2010 TO 2018

With the process of people moving from rural to urban area, the urban land boundary expanded significantly. In this paper, the urban land areas of Qingdao were extracted by using remote sensing images from 2010 to 2018. The spatiotemporal pattern of urban expansion in Qingdao city was revealed. Furthermore, the land cover type of the urban expansion area and urbanization rate were also analyzed to study the quality of urban expansion in different counties. It has shown that over 95% land cover types are impervious in the build-up areas of Qingdao, e.g. Shibei and Shinan district. However, there are more forest and water land exist in the suburban counties. The urban land expansion rate and people urbanization rate are highly related.

Pakistan’s Policy Postures towards Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): An Analysis

In 2018 Pakistan as well as India participated for the first time as a full scale member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that held at Qingdao city of China on June 9-10. Obviously, that provided a brilliant opportunity to show willingness and readiness to contribute to the effectiveness of the SCO. Pakistan’s inclusion into the organization has opened a timely opportunity to bid for regional peace and economic prosperity for its nation. There are multiple arrangements which help Pakistan to come in the streamline as well as allow the Muslim state to support ongoing priority interests of the organization. Due to Pakistan’s membership many changes are expected in the domestic legislation and international commitments generated out of organizational common interest. Moreover, it will have great impact (but positive) on Islamabad’s traditional behavior towards regional and international politics particularly on the front of its foreign policy. This article makes the point that among many opportunities that Pakistan’s inclusion into SCO brings, there are few challenges for the country as well. For example, inclusion of Pakistan in the SCO is not an isolated decision; India was also given the full membership to join the organization as a permanent member. Traditionally, both Pakistan and India have zero tolerance for each other when it comes to their national security dynamics. Other than United Nations and SAARC, SCO is the third organization where both countries will be sitting together, though UN is quite a different one. Likewise, SAARC, if both the countries maintain the same status-quo of bashing each other, the very purpose of SCO will go in vain. Also, this article proposes that Pakistan shall not be allowed to label itself as a negative factor in the SCO. Therefore, this research paper has shed light on Pakistan’s previous inability to benefit from regional organizations while suggesting a way forward for her engagement with the SCO. Believing on the great potential of Pakistan and SCO, this paper has adopted deductive methodology with that of ‘economics defines politics’ as a conceptual framework.

Risk mapping of scrub typhus infections in Qingdao city, China

Background The emergence and re-emergence of scrub typhus has been reported in the past decade in many global regions. In this study, we aim to identify potential scrub typhus infection risk zones with high spatial resolution in Qingdao city, in which scrub typhus is endemic, to guide local prevention and control strategies. Methodology/Principal findings Scrub typhus cases in Qingdao city during 2006–2018 were retrieved from the Chinese National Infectious Diseases Reporting System. We divided Qingdao city into 1,101 gridded squares and classified them into two categories: areas with and without recorded scrub typhus cases. A boosted regression tree model was used to explore environmental and socioeconomic covariates associated with scrub typhus occurrence and predict the risk of scrub typhus infection across the whole area of Qingdao city. A total of 989 scrub typhus cases were reported in Qingdao from 2006–2018, with most cases located in rural and suburban areas. The predicted risk map generated by the boosted regression tree models indicated that the highest infection risk areas were mainly concentrated in the mid-east and northeast regions of Qingdao, with gross domestic product (20.9%±1.8% standard error) and annual cumulative precipitation (20.3%±1.1%) contributing the most to the variation in the models. By using a threshold environmental suitability value of 0.26, we identified 757 squares (68.7% of the total) with a favourable environment for scrub typhus infection; 66.2% (501/757) of the squares had not yet recorded cases. It is estimated that 6.32 million people (72.5% of the total population) reside in areas with a high risk of scrub typhus infection. Conclusions/Significance Many locations in Qingdao city with no recorded scrub typhus cases were identified as being at risk for scrub typhus occurrence. In these at-risk areas, awareness and capacity for case diagnosis and treatment should be enhanced in the local medical service institutes.

Practice and Exploration of Online Education and Teaching during the Epidemic Situation——Taking Qingdao Teaching as an Example

The COVID-19 in now has disrupted the normal teaching schedule, but it did not stop the pace of education . Under the national call of “school suspension without suspension”. Qingdao primary school as an example, started a new learning mode of “home-schooling”, to minimum the impact of epidemic prevention and control on the teaching order. Qingdao City set the city’s famous teachers, build diacritical marks teams, create quality courses. Each school undertakes the heavy responsibility, does not show the weakness, the teacher advances the battle, displays the teacher style, discusses the new mode of online education and teaching together.