480 research outputs found
FIGURE 1 in The complete mitochondrial genome of Thereuopoda clunifera (Chilopoda: Scutigeridae) and phylogenetic implications within Chilopoda
No full textFIGURE 1. Circular map of the mitochondrial genome of T. cluniferaPublished as part of Zhao, Xinyi, Lu, Yifan, Fan, Shiming, Xu, Wei, Wang, Jiachen, Wang, Guobing & Liu, Hongyi, 2022, The complete mitochondrial genome of Thereuopoda clunifera (Chilopoda: Scutigeridae) and phylogenetic implications within Chilopoda, pp. 165-180 in Zootaxa 5174 (2) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/698613
Integrating the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison theories to explain body image and disordered eating in Chinese sexual minority men and women
No full textTheories of eating pathology explain body image and disordered eating in diverse populations, including sexual minority (SM) individuals. Yet, previous efforts to extend theories of eating pathology to SM individuals have mostly focused on Western populations. The present study integrated the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison models to explain variance in body image and disordered eating in Chinese SM men and women. Chinese self-identified SM adults (N = 1051; n = 519 men, n = 532 women) completed an online, cross-sectional study that assessed sociocultural influences (e.g., tripartite influence), minority stress, social comparisons, drive for muscularity, and disordered eating. Two integrated models were tested for men and women using structural equation modeling. Across both populations, sociocultural influences exerted the largest direct positive effects on body image and disordered eating. In men, only downward body image comparisons were uniquely related to outcomes. In women, higher upward body image comparisons were uniquely associated with higher drive for muscularity and higher downward body image comparisons were uniquely associated with higher thinness-oriented disordered eating. Minority stressors (e.g., sexual orientation concealment, internalized homophobia) were uniquely related to outcomes in men, not women. Findings extend existing theories of body image and disordered eating to Chinese SM populations.</p
Alcohol use among adolescents in Macao during COVID-19: a latent class analysis
No full textObjective: the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of past alcohol use and to evaluate patterns of alcohol use among Chinese adolescents.Methods: 1,707 students from 11 high schools in Macao (SAR) China self-reported their alcohol use measured by the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). Latent class analysis and multinomial logistic regression were conducted to examine patterns of drinking and their correlates with alcohol-related use problems.Results: the prevalence of past alcohol use and problematic alcohol use (AUDIT ≥8) was 26.0% and 3.2%, respectively. Latent class analysis demonstrated that a five-class model best fit the participants’ alcohol use patterns, including a heavy consumption group, two moderate consumption groups and two light consumption groups. Compared with the light consumption group, adolescents over the age of 15 (vs. 15 years or younger) were more likely to be classified into the moderate consumption group with mild negative consequences, and adolescents who smoked were more likely to be classified into all other groups vs. the reference group.Conclusion: the results suggest a high prevalence of alcohol use and several sub-groups were at increased odds of alcohol related harms.</p
The Transformation of Urban Vegetable Retail in China: Wet Markets, Supermarkets, and Informal Markets in Shanghai
No full textSingapore Management University Office of ResearchThis research is supported by a research grant from the Singapore Management University’s Office of Research to the first author. We thank Professor JIANG Changjian of Fudan University and Ms. Lu Zhihua of Wujiaochang Town Government for facilitating the fieldwork. An earlier version of the paper was presented at the Sixth Annual Workshop of the Asian Network of Scholars of Local China (ANSLoC). We are grateful to participants of the workshop, including Professors Jae Ho Chung, Tse-Kang Leng, John DONALDSON, Hongyi Lai, Phil Hsu, Wai-Keung Chung, Eric Mobrand, and James Tang, for their valuable comments and suggestions. The authors are solely responsible for any errors.</p
Reflections on China’s Global Outreach
No full textBook review on: Zheng Bijian, China’s Road to Peaceful Rise: Observations on Its Causes, Basis, Connotations, and Prospects. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2011. Peter Kien-hong Yu, International Governance and Regimes: A Chinese Perspective. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2012. Hongyi Lai and Yiyi Lu (eds), China’s Soft Power and International Relations. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2012
Finite-time distributed state estimation over sensor networks with Round-Robin protocol and fading channels
No full textDate of publication December 15, 2016; date of current version November 15, 2017.This paper considers finite-time distributed state estimation for discrete-time nonlinear systems over sensor networks. The Round-Robin protocol is introduced to overcome the channel capacity constraint among sensor nodes, and the multiplicative noise is employed to model the channel fading. In order to improve the performance of the estimator under the situation, where the transmission resources are limited, fading channels with different stochastic properties are used in each round by allocating the resources. Sufficient conditions of the average stochastic finite-time boundedness and the average stochastic finite-time stability for the estimation error system are derived on the basis of the periodic system analysis method and Lyapunov approach, respectively. According to the linear matrix inequality approach, the estimator gains are designed. Finally, the effectiveness of the developed results are illustrated by a numerical example.Yong Xu, Renquan Lu, Peng Shi, Hongyi Li, and Shengli Xi
Improving economics education outcomes through gamification and simulation
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 49).Presented here is a thorough attempt to translate concepts in microeconomics to games in an attempt to improve educational outcomes at the high school and college level. Two different kinds of educational economics games are explored and described in detail, with the second having been implemented using the Unity game engine. Playtesting was done with both students and educators, in order to improve gameplay experience and ascertain how games can be best implemented within the economics curriculum. Further improvements to gameplay and educational effectiveness of the project are explored for possible future work done on the topic.by Hongyi Shi.M. Eng
Supplemental Material, Table_S2_PH-assumption_tests_of_different_variables - High TSTA3 Expression as a Candidate Biomarker for Poor Prognosis of Patients With ESCC
No full textSupplemental Material, Table_S2_PH-assumption_tests_of_different_variables for High TSTA3 Expression as a Candidate Biomarker for Poor Prognosis of Patients With ESCC by Jie Yang, Pengzhou Kong, Jian Yang, Zhiwu Jia, Xiaoling Hu, Zianyi Wang, Heyang Cui, Yanghui Bi, Yu Qian, Hongyi Li, Fang Wang, Bin Yang, Ting Yan, Yanchun Ma, Ling Zhang, Caixia Cheng, Bin Song, Yaoping Li, Enwei Xu, Haiyan Liu, Wei Gao, Juan Wang, Yiqian Liu, Yuanfang Zhai, Lu Chang, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Ruyi Shi, Jing Liu, Qi Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, and Yongping Cui in Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment</p
Supplemental Material, Table_S1_Information_of_104_ESCC_patients - High TSTA3 Expression as a Candidate Biomarker for Poor Prognosis of Patients With ESCC
No full textSupplemental Material, Table_S1_Information_of_104_ESCC_patients for High TSTA3 Expression as a Candidate Biomarker for Poor Prognosis of Patients With ESCC by Jie Yang, Pengzhou Kong, Jian Yang, Zhiwu Jia, Xiaoling Hu, Zianyi Wang, Heyang Cui, Yanghui Bi, Yu Qian, Hongyi Li, Fang Wang, Bin Yang, Ting Yan, Yanchun Ma, Ling Zhang, Caixia Cheng, Bin Song, Yaoping Li, Enwei Xu, Haiyan Liu, Wei Gao, Juan Wang, Yiqian Liu, Yuanfang Zhai, Lu Chang, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Ruyi Shi, Jing Liu, Qi Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, and Yongping Cui in Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment</p
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