Inclusive Green Growth and Regional Disparities: Evidence from China

It is determined that inclusive green growth comprises processes of economic development and inclusiveness as a system of inclusions, taking into account the anthropogenic burden on the ecosystem, as well as the relational nature of socio-economic transformations. This article is an evaluation of this issue in the context of a contemporary Chinese society beset by regional inequalities that uses the Yangtze River basin as a case study. An index system has been constructed for inclusive green growth measurement, and kernel density and the Dagum Gini coefficient are used to analyze and describe characteristics regarding the distribution and spatial disparities within and between city clusters. The article then concludes that all city clusters are developing towards an inclusive green economy. There are still significant inequalities in inclusive growth among city clusters. Most city clusters are converging so slow that it will take a long time for weaker cites to catch up with stronger cites. City clusters also suffer major inner imbalances and gaps are widening. This paper argues that the profession needs to be more proactive in promoting strategic and targeted policies within such an unequal growth context.

Determining Well Growth in High Temperature Well by History Matching to the Production Data

In normal approach, well growth is predicted using simulation software based on well construction, reservoir fluid, pressure, and temperature data. In the new approach proposed in this paper, the well model was validated with the production data record by confirming the production rate, downhole and surface temperature. This validation process was carried out through history matching process. This validated model is then used for further analysis, including forecasting potential future well growth in the future. In order to get reliable data for model validation, the production data must be grouped in to several category based on flow rate and duration of flow. This is to ensure the well has produced long enough at certain rate until the well temperature has stabilized with very minimum changes. As the temperature stabilized and the well has reached steady state condition, the well growth measurement become more consistent. Through the history matching process, the forecast of well growth is closer to the actual measurement compare to the conventional method that is tend to be over estimates or under estimates. This paper will provide a comparison the existing method of determining growth in high temperature well, broaden the knowledge of the audience and the reader.

Why Is Growth in Developing Countries So Hard to Measure?

Occasional widely publicized controversies have led to the perception that growth statistics from developing countries are not to be trusted. Based on the comparison of several data sources and analysis of novel IMF audit data, we find no support for the view that growth is on average measured less accurately or manipulated more in developing than in developed countries. While developing countries face many challenges in measuring growth, so do higher-income countries, especially those with complex and sometimes rapidly changing economic structures. However, we find consistently higher dispersion of growth estimates from developing countries, lending support to the view that classical measurement error is more problematic in poorer countries and that a few outliers may have had a disproportionate effect on (mis)measurement perceptions. We identify several measurement challenges that are specific to poorer countries, namely limited statistical capacity, the use of outdated data and methods, the large share of the agricultural sector, the informal economy, and limited price data. We show that growth measurement based on the System of National Accounts (SNA) can be improved if supplemented with information from other data sources (for example, satellite-based data on vegetation yields) that address some of the limitations of SNA.

The Correlation between Maternal Vitamin D and Interleukin-17 Levels and Fetal Biophysical Profile

This research aims to evaluate the serum levels of vitamin D and interleukin 17 (Il-17) in pregnant women, then finding the correlation between these maternal parameters and fetus biophysical profile. Healthy pregnant women (n=45) and non-pregnant control (n=45) were involved in the study, who attended Baghdad medical laboratory, Baghdad, Iraq, with an age range of 20 to 40 years. An analytical study was conducted from October 2019 until January 2020. The results of the study show that the mean value of vitamin D level significantly increases (P≤0.05) in pregnant women (11.07±0.93 ng/ml) in comparison with that in non-pregnant control (8.03±0.69 ng/ml). The level of IL-17 was significantly higher (P≤0.001) in the pregnant women (468.38±50.62 Pg/ml) as compared to non-pregnant ones (144.39±3.98 Pg/ml). Also, the results show no significant correlation (0.162) between maternal vitamin D and (F.H.R.), which was measured by ultrasound sonography. Also, there is no significant inverse correlation between maternal Il-17 and fetal growth measurement. It can be concluded from the current study that some of the signs of the physical appearance of the fetus that were studied in the second trimester (13-28 w) and third trimester (29-41 w) of pregnancy do not correlate with the level of vitamin D in the mother’s blood. Also, there is a weak inverse relationship between this appearance and the mother’s immune response, represented by measuring the level of IL-17, which needs more studies in the future.

Decisions on the Orderliness and Collaborative Operation Mechanism of Each Subsystem under the Organizational Model of the Internet of Things

This paper analyzes the overall organic network system integrated by subnetworks, analyzes the network evolution process of the overall system of the Internet of Things (IoT) organization mode network, and analyzes the network through the network scale measurement, the node growth measurement, the node distribution measurement, and the node association measurement. We analyze the coordination mode of hardware resources, information resources, financial resources, human resources, organizations, and customer resources from the perspective of resource elements. And we analyze the vertical and horizontal work collaboration mode from the perspective of work activities. From the perspective of equity, two types of equity-based synergy and four types of contract-based synergy are proposed. It is proposed that the network stage of the IoT organization model is different from the previous stage of the important collaboration model, the platform-based collaborative model, which is analyzed from the coordination manager software platform and the IoT organization model infrastructure hardware platform. We use relevant data to construct a SIM model to measure the synergy of the development of the IoT industry system to quantify the overall collaborative development status of the IoT industry system. At the same time, the gray correlation analysis model GM (1, N) is used to correlate the complex system subsystems. The research results show that the development of the IoT industry has gone through a U-shaped development process from the uncoordinated stage to the coordinated development of the industrial system. Each subsystem has self-development capabilities and exhibits different interaction relationships with each other.

Development and Application of a Wide Dynamic Range and High Resolution Atmospheric Aerosol Water-Based Supersaturation Condensation Growth Measurement System

The supersaturated condensation of atmospheric aerosol is important in the study of mechanisms of cloud condensation and even heavy air pollution. The existing technology cannot realize accurate dynamic control of wide range supersaturation, so it is difficult to study condensation growth characteristics of nanoparticles through different levels of supersaturation. Here, a supersaturated condensation growth measurement system with three-stage microscope pipes was developed. The resolution of supersaturated condensation system is 0.14, within the range of 0.92 to 2.33 after calibration. Stabilization time is only about 80 s for saturation range 0.92–1.01, which helps to control saturation rapidly, and the control deviation of saturation is no more than 0.06. Measurement of different supersaturated condensation growth control conditions showed that, the particle size increased significantly compared with hygroscopic growth at high humidity. For single-component particles, the increase in size increased to a similar size at the same saturation, with a difference within 7.4%. The increase in size for ammonium sulfate (AS) increased by 13.4–30.2% relative to that of glucose. For the mixed-component, the increase in size decreased about 15.9–25.0% with the increase of the glucose. Because the glucose coating on the surface of AS have hindered particle growth. This also shows that atmospheric ultrafine particles, especially inorganic salt particles, will rapidly grow into larger particles under supersaturated conditions such as increased environmental humidity, thus having some impact on environmental pollution and climate change.

REJUVENATING THE GROUNDWATER TAX STRATEGY IN GARUT REGENCY

This research purpose to analyze the strategic and technical to encourage the potential of Regional Original Revenue (PAD) from the Groundwater Tax sector owned by Garut Regency. In this research used the descriptive method of research and qualitative approach to obtain the illustration of groundwater tax potential in Garut Regency. The primary and secondary data obtained by depth-interview technique to The Regional Revenue Office of Garut Regency. The data analysis using the formula on the growth, contribution and potential. Besides that, in this research use SWOT analysis to identify internal and external factors that influence the achievement of organizational goals based on strengths, weakness, opportunity, and threatness. The result of this research based on the growth measurement obtained the average of the ground water tax reached -13.65% while the contribution of ground water tax to the regional tax was 0.83%. Thus, to repair this condition based on the SWOT analysis the government of Garut Regency needs to conduct the intensification and extensification to increase groundwater tax revenues in Garut Regency as rejuvenating the policy of groundwater tax strategy in Garut Regency.