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BACKGROUND Health economics is a branch of economics that focuses on the health sector and related topics both theoretically and practically. Practical medical resources can be maximized through health economics. However, little research has been conducted for comprehensive assessments of publications on health economies. OBJECTIVE This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of health economics in the last decade to quantify the status and trend and aims to guide researchers to potential future research points of value from a global perspective. METHODS 4163 scientific publications were collected from the Web of Science core collection, including the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Five scientometric tools (Citespacev6.1.R2, VOSviewer, Scimago Graphica, bibliometrix R-package, and Microsoft Excel 2019) were used to perform bibliometric analysis in terms of annual publications, the collaboration of authors, co-citation of authors, source, co-citation of journals, co-citation of references, and co-occurrence of keywords. RESULTS From 2012 to 2022, 4163 publications in the field of health economies were published by 21,145 authors who come from 478 institutions in 136 countries/regions. The United States and the United Kingdom produced the most publications, of which the United States maintained the dominant position in health economies, and it is the best practitioner in terms of cooperation; meanwhile, Univ Oxford of Sciences is the most productive institution. Karolinska Inst and Kings Coll London had a high centrality. Schwendicke F published the most papers, while Petrou S, Drummond M, and Augustovski F had the most co-citations. BMJ Open was the top 1 co-cited journal. In the top 10 co-cited references, five co-citation references expand on cost-effectiveness analyses which can be seen as a hotspot. The top 20 keywords, including "care," "impact," and "health," combined with the keywords clustering approach, it is concluded that "quality of life," "impact," and "care" in the process of diseases as well as "public health economy and policy" are hot spots in the field of the health economy. CONCLUSIONS Health economics research has been growing steadily over the past decade, with 2018 being a pivotal year for acceleration. The research mainly focuses on the strategic research of policy-making and resource allocation in professional disciplines. Comprehensive methodological research publications are hugely influential and complement mathematics, statistics, and economics with each other. Cost-benefit analysis is an indispensable research tool. Health economics will be a productive and efficient subject in the future.

This study aimed to better understand the links among academic attitudes, academic procrastination, metacognition, and academic achievement in mathematics among school-age children. In total, 614 urban primary school students from third to sixth grade participated in this study and were asked to complete the Attitude toward Mathematics Inventory, the Academic Procrastination Scale and the Pupils’ Metacognitive Ability in Mathematics Questionnaire. The results revealed significant correlations among the students’ mathematical attitudes, academic procrastination, mathematical metacognition and mathematical achievement. The results also revealed that the impact of mathematical attitudes on mathematical achievement was partially mediated by academic procrastination. Moreover, mathematical metacognition moderated the relation between academic procrastination and mathematical achievement among the female students but not the male students. In particular, the higher the female students’ mathematical metacognition, the weaker the effect of academic procrastination on mathematical achievement. Implications for future research and educational practice are also discussed.

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, has posed significant threats to international health. By Feb. 20, 2020, 74 576 cases have been confirmed and over 2 118 deaths have reported in the Chinese mainland. Chinese administrations have carried out immediate and prompt measures to stop the spread of the virus. Wuhan city has been shut down since Jan. 23, and more than 30 thousand medical workers have been recruited to Hubei province. Two temporary hospitals were constructed to treat severe pneumonia patients, and 15 mobile cabin hospitals were built to treat mild pneumonia cases. Significant improvement regarding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis and therapy for the COVID-19 has been achieved to stop the spread of the epidemics.2019年12月下旬在中国武汉暴发的2019冠状病毒病给中国人民，乃至全球人类的健康带来严重威胁。目前感染病例数仍在不断上升，截至2020年2月20日，确诊病例已经达到74 576人，死亡病例达到2 118人。面对这一严重疫情，中国采取了史无前例的举措来控制疾病流行，如对武汉采取“封城”措施，调派全国多支医疗队，超过3万余名医务工作者支援湖北，临时建立两家医院治疗重症患者，建设15家方舱医院收治轻症患者。在病原体鉴定、流行病学、临床诊疗等多个领域进行研究，取得显著成绩，有效控制了疫情蔓延。.

As the only national professional association, Translators’ Association of China (TAC), along with other relevant departments and institutions, developed and issued a host of professional standards and norms of translation which, to some extent, has contributed to and will continue to push for an orderly development of language services industry in China. Nevertheless, related laws with binding force are yet to be developed to ensure the transition of the industry from “a chaotic market” to “a professional autonomy.” Interactive relations between industry norms and prospective laws are explored from the perspective of the sociology of law, and suggestions on the legislation of translation industry are accordingly presented in this chapter.