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Inflammation and dyslipidemia are critical inducing factors of atherosclerosis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors and control the expression of multiple genes that are involved in lipid metabolism and inflammatory responses. However, synthesized PPAR agonists exhibit contrary therapeutic effects and various side effects in atherosclerosis therapy. Natural products are structural diversity and have a good safety. Recent studies find that natural herbs and compounds exhibit attractive therapeutic effects on atherosclerosis by alleviating hyperlipidemia and inflammation through modulation of PPARs. Importantly, the preparation of natural products generally causes significantly lower environmental pollution compared to that of synthesized chemical compounds. Therefore, it is interesting to discover novel PPAR modulator and develop alternative strategies for atherosclerosis therapy based on natural herbs and compounds. This article reviews recent findings, mainly from the year of 2020 to present, about the roles of natural herbs and compounds in regulation of PPARs and their therapeutic effects on atherosclerosis. This article provides alternative strategies and theoretical basis for atherosclerosis therapy using natural herbs and compounds by targeting PPARs, and offers valuable information for researchers that are interested in developing novel PPAR modulators.

ESG performance reflects corporate social responsibility, while financial market stability shows the dynamic changes of enterprises, and exploring the relationship between the two is of great significance to optimize the structure of financial market stability. In this paper, on the basis of combining the mechanisms of ESG performance and financial market stability, brand value is introduced as a mediating effect to analyze the mechanism of ESG performance on financial market stability and relevant research hypotheses are designed. The appropriate research model is established with 30 commercial banks in China as the research object through the use of a multiple linear regression model with weighted least squares estimation for parameter estimation. For the impact of ESG performance on financial market stability, empirical analysis is carried out using benchmark regression, mediation effect test, heterogeneity test, and robustness test. Every 1% increase in the ESG composite score of financial institutions increases financial market stability by 0.179%, and only the social dimension of ESG performance is significant for financial market stability. High-cost and small-sized financial institutions are more capable of lowering financial market risk, and the difference in the Beta value of ESG performance of financial institutions between the highest and lowest groups is 1.067, which is significant at the 1% level. Financial enterprises need to pay full attention to the contribution of ESG performance to the stability of the financial market in order to support the enhancement of their economic efficiency and the maintenance of stable and healthy development of the market.

In order to explore the effect of accounting computer information processing technology on enterprise internal control, this paper puts forward the method of simultaneous equation of panel data. This paper constructs an accounting computer index to measure the accounting computer level of manufacturing enterprises in Shanghai stock market, and studies the relationship between enterprise accounting computer and internal control by using panel data simultaneous equations model. The empirical results show that: first, although the average accounting computer level of manufacturing industry increases year by year, the overall level is low, and there are great differences among sub industries, even within the same industry; Second, the level of accounting computer has a negative impact on the internal control of enterprises, and the internal control of enterprises has a positive impact on the level of accounting computer; Third, enterprise scale and operating years have a significant positive impact on the level of accounting computer. The experimental results show that: from the estimation results of accounting computer equation, firstly, ROA has a significant positive impact on the level of accounting computer; Secondly, the scale and operating age of enterprises positively affect the level of accounting computer, while the nature of ownership and listing age are not related to the level of accounting computer; Finally, document disclosure has a high level of accounting computer, which is consistent with the conclusion of the above descriptive statistics of EMI, which may be related to the mandatory provisions of national laws and regulations on the industry of document disclosure.