Xiao Xu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3916757 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Xiao Xu |
| NOMBRES | Xiao |
| APELLIDO | Xu |
| FIRMA | XU X |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9394-2245 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 65 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 203 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2027 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Ginkgo biloba extract 50 alleviates memory and synaptic plasticity deficits by inhibiting neuroinflammation via the blockage of ATP-P2X7R axis in presenilin 1/2 conditional double knockout mice
Narrating China’s Special Economic Zones
As a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) that has grown rapidly following China’s Reform and Opening-up policy, Zhuhai has undergone extensive urban spatial restructuring, industrial upgrading, and urban image reshaping over the past forty years. As a city museum, the Zhuhai Museum plays a crucial role not only in exhibiting the city’s history but also in narrating the success stories of the city’s transformation. Based on field research and semi-structu…
Can forestry carbon sink pledge financing improve the quality of forest management?
Assessing social equity and urban heat risks with machine learning of remote sensing imagery
Rapid urban development has intensified soil sealing by impervious surfaces, contributing to extreme urban heat, flooding, and health risks. Although research on the impact of impervious surfaces on urban heat has grown in recent years, most studies overlook variations in surface characteristics, such as surface color, which influence urban heat. Consequently, city-wide data on sub-categorized impervious surfaces remain limited. This research fil…
Acori tatarinowii Rhizoma-Curcumae Radix herbal pair ameliorates cognitive impairment and suppresses neuro-inflammation via Ca2+/CaMKKβ/AMPK/mTOR pathway in Alzheimer's disease
Critical GenAI Literacy
Critical Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) literacy cannot be reduced to a universal framework. Rather, it must be understood as a constellation of situated literacies, shaped by disciplinary perspectives, socio-political contexts, and technological affordances. This multi-authored article explores the emerging concept of critical GenAI literacy and its postdigital configurations. Fourteen authors contributed with different sections, fol…
Risks in Work-Integrated Learning
This study employs advanced data-driven and machine learning techniques to critically assess the integration of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) into academic programs, with a focus on psychological well-being, financial, and equity and inclusion risks. Using data from the 2018 National Graduates Survey in Canada, the analysis examines how WIL programs influence students’ academic and career trajectories, with particular emphasis on identifying key…
Mobile Learning Readiness Scale
This study aims to develop a thorough understanding and assessment of the mobile learning readiness (MLR) construct in higher education settings. This study conceptualizes MLR as an eight-dimensional construct encompassing self-directed learning ability, self-efficacy in using mobile learning, mobile learning effort expectation, mobile learning system expectation: mobility, interaction, mobile learning effectiveness expectation, knowledge acquisi…
Diagnostic Evaluation for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding at Emergency Departments in the United States
Where you place the stakes matter
Accountability is a nearly ubiquitous part of education systems around the world. However, often missing is an explicit discussion on who the stakes of accountability are placed and how directing high stakes to one group relative to another can lead to different outcomes. We provide an important contribution to by demonstrating that where you place the stakes matters. We identify the type of test-based accountability in 45 countries or areas, the…
Postdigital Videogames Literacies
This article is a collective response to the 2003 iteration of James Paul Gee’s What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy . Gee’s book, a foundational text for those working in game studies, literacy studies, and education, identified 36 principles of ‘good learning’ which he argued were built into the design of good games, and which have since been used to unsettle the landscape of formal education. This article brings togeth…
An Analysis of the Protagonist’s Behavior in Herzog from Yi-Fu Tuan’s Escapism
The novel Herzog by the American writer Saul Bellow has received wide attention since its publication in 1964. It centers around the protagonist Moses Herzog’s life after his second divorce, in which he is often in a state of uneasiness, going from place to place to avoid problems, writing unsent letters to express dissatisfaction, seeking comfort from others when in trouble, and losing himself in memories when frustrated. According to the Chines…
Human-safe based electric vehicle evacuation in transportation-power networks during emergencies
Relationship maintenance in WeChat moments
Understanding Narratives of Uncertainty in Fertility Intentions of Dutch Women
Uncertainty in fertility intentions is a major obstacle to understanding contemporary trends in fertility decision-making and its outcomes. Quantifying this uncertainty by structural factors such as income, ethnicity, and housing conditions is recognized as insufficient. A recently proposed framework on subjective narratives has opened up a new way to gauge factors behind fertility decision-making and uncertainty. Through surveys, such narratives…
Building public trust in national assessment
After eight years of piloting, China's National Assessment of Education Quality (NAEQ) was administered for the first time in 2015. The NAEQ was introduced during the country's transition from exam‐oriented to quality‐oriented education. The public, in particular parents and students, were required to subscribe to this reorientation. To ensure public support, the government introduced a range of strategies to communicate the objective of the NAEQ…
Adaptive robust scheduling of a hydro/photovoltaic/pumped-storage hybrid system in day-ahead electricity and hydrogen markets
Fast and accurate assessment of depression based on voice acoustic features
Voice acoustic features can effectively and rapidly predict the severity of depression, providing a low-cost and efficient method for screening patients with depression on a large scale. Our study also identified potential acoustic features that may be significantly related to specific treatment options for depression
Similarities and differences between Ziqin and Kuqin in anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antioxidant activities and their core chemical composition based on the zebrafish model and spectrum-effect re…
Prediction model of all-cause death based on balance ability among middle-aged and older Chinese adults of overweight and obesity
Background Advances in studies using body indicators to predict death risk. Estimating the balance ability of death risk in middle-aged and older Chinese adults with overweight and obesity is still challenging. Methods A retrospective analysis of the data from the China Health and Retirement Study from January 2011 to December 2018. A total of 8,632 participants were randomly divided into 7:3 a training group and a verification group, respectivel…
Correlation among psychological resilience, loneliness, and internet addiction among left-behind children in China
Inhibition of HIF-1α Attenuates Silica-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
Inhibition of HIF-1α reduced α-SMA, decreased COL1A1 expression, and attenuated the degree of PF in C57BL/6N mice. Therefore, HIF-1α may be a new target for the treatment of silica-induced PF
Glycyrrhizic Acid Attenuates Pulmonary Fibrosis of Silicosis by Inhibiting the Interaction between HMGB1 and BRG1 through PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway
Glycyrrhizic acid can inhibit the interaction between HMGB1 and BRG1 through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway to affect the progression of silicosis
Occupational Low-Dose Radiation Affects the Expression of Immune Checkpoint of Medical Radiologists
The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of immune checkpoint cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) in the peripheral blood T lymphocytes of medical radiologists. The study incorporated 100 male medical radiologists and 107 male healthy controls. The expressions of CTLA-4 and TIM-3 among CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes were detected by flow cytometry. The expression …
Defining Childlessness Among Middle-Aged and Older Americans
Measuring childlessness is complicated by the increasing complexity of family structure. Using data from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study, in this research note we compared three definitions of childlessness: (1) respondent never fathered/gave birth to a child, (2) respondent had no children who were living and in contact, and (3) respondent and spouse/partner had no children or stepchildren who were living and in contact. Results showed that…
Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships
Objectives. This 11-city study sought to identify risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships. Methods. Proxies of 220 intimate partner femicide victims identified from police or medical examiner records were interviewed, along with 343 abused control women. Results. Preincident risk factors associated in multivariate analyses with increased risk of intimate partner femicide included perpetrator’s access to a gun and previous threat with a…
Gender Differences in Functional Status in Middle and Older Age
A life course perspective can lead to new insights regarding gender variations in health within the context of intrapersonal and interpersonal differences. Smaller gender differences in the level of functional impairment in the younger groups may reflect improvement of women's socioeconomic status, greater rate of increase in chronic diseases among men, and less debilitating effects of diseases
How Does the Trajectory of Multimorbidity Vary Across Black, White, and Mexican Americans in Middle and Old Age
These results suggest that health differences between Black Americans and other ethnic groups including White and Mexican Americans persist in the trajectory of multimorbidity even when population heterogeneity is adjusted. Further research is needed concerning the impact of health disadvantages and differential mortality that may have occurred before middle age as well as exploring the role of nativity, the nature of self-reported diseases, and …
Trajectory of functional status among older Taiwanese
Socioeconomic Stratification and Multidimensional Health Trajectories
Distinct patterns of joint trajectories of physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning exist in old age. There were significant socioeconomic differences in the joint trajectories, with education-based inequality in health converging in later old age. Further research identifying strategies to alleviate the disproportionate burden of poor multidimensional health trajectories in lower socioeconomic groups is important
Evolving Self-Rated Health in Middle and Old Age
Significant ethnic differences exist in the evolvement of self-rated health in middle and late life. Further inquiries may include analyzing ethnic heterogeneities from a person-centered perspective, health disparities across subgroups of Hispanics, effects of neighborhood attributes, and implications of left truncation
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence in China
Objectives. We estimated the prevalence of and risk factors for intimate partner violence in China. Methods. Our cross-sectional, comparative prevalence study used a face-to-face survey of randomly selected women attending an urban outpatient gynecological clinic at a major teaching hospital in Fuzhou, China. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess risk factors for intimate partner violence. Results. Of the 600 women interviewed, …
Ethnicity and Changing Functional Health in Middle and Late Life
Parallel to the concepts of successful aging, usual aging, and pathological aging, there exist distinct courses of changing functional health over time. The mechanisms underlying changes in disability may vary between Black and Hispanic Americans
Bullying victimization and suicidal ideation among Chinese left-behind children
Repeat and near-repeat burglaries and offender involvement in a large Chinese city
Repeat and near-repeat phenomena indicate that victimization might form a contagion-like pattern in both near space and near time. The research community has built abundant empirical evidence of repeat and near-repeat patterns over the past 10 years. Along with these pattern analyses, scholars have also proposed theoretical explanation of the mechanisms of near-repeat burglaries. However, the empirical study of mechanisms is very limited and almo…
Ethnic Differences in the Dynamics of Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Americans
Significant ethnic differences exist in both the intercept and rate of change in depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Americans. These variations are substantially confounded by socioeconomic and health differentials
Health Effects of Managed Care Among the Near-Elderly
More research is needed to understand the reasons for the observed beneficial effects of managed care
Association of State Dense Breast Notification Laws With Supplemental Testing and Cancer Detection After Screening Mammography
Objectives. To evaluate the association of state dense breast notification (DBN) laws with use of supplemental tests and cancer diagnosis after screening mammography. Methods. We examined screening mammograms (n = 1 441 544) performed in 2014 and 2015 among privately insured women aged 40 to 59 years living in 9 US states that enacted DBN laws in 2014 to 2015 and 25 US states with no DBN law in effect. DBN status at screening mammography was cate…
Understanding Narratives of Uncertainty in Fertility Intentions of Dutch Women
Uncertainty in fertility intentions is a major obstacle to understanding contemporary trends in fertility decision-making and its outcomes. Quantifying this uncertainty by structural factors such as income, ethnicity, and housing conditions is recognized as insufficient. A recently proposed framework on subjective narratives has opened up a new way to gauge factors behind fertility decision-making and uncertainty. Through surveys, such narratives…
Rebound in China’s coastal wetlands following conservation and restoration
Later-Life Living Arrangements of Americans With and Without Children
This descriptive analysis demonstrates the fundamental ways in which children shape the lives of older Americans by showing that later-life living arrangements of childless Americans differ markedly from their counterparts with children. These results provide a valuable empirical foundation for broader efforts to understand relationships between childlessness, living arrangements, and well-being at older ages
Risk factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary malfunction and "chronic bronchitis" symptoms in Beijing district
A cross sectional study of risk factors in respiratory diseases was carried out in August 1986, in Beijing, China. Inhabitants greater than or equal to 40 years old were selected at random from a rural area, a residential area and an industrial area, using a two stage sampling method. The analysis presented here is based on the sample population of adults who (1) were prepared to be interviewed, using the British Medical Research Council's questi…
A Comprehensive Review of the River Elegy Debate
Since the broadcast of the six-part political-commentary film River Elegy, there has been a very intense and heated response from the society at large. All sorts of forums and discussions have been held on the subject, and many interview reports, columns, and essays of criticism and evaluation of all lengths have made their appearance, one after the other, in all kinds of newspapers and magazines and other publications. For the most part, these a…
Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide
An 18-item stalking inventory and personal interviews with knowledgeable proxy informants and victims of attempted femicide were used to describe the frequency and type of intimate partner stalking that occurred within 12 months of attempted and actual partner femicide. One hundred forty-one femicide and 65 attempted femicide incidents were evaluated. The prevalence of stalking was 76% for femicide victims and 85% for attempted femicide victims. …
Intimate Partner Violence Against Chinese Women
Chinese people make up one fifth of the world's total population, yet little is known regarding the prevalence, risk factors, and health outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV) among this population. There is a lack of public awareness as well as research about IPV in Chinese populations. Studies of IPV prevalence in the Chinese-American population are also limited. Thus, studies of IPV in Chinese populations are needed to increase the Chines…
Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships
Objectives. This 11-city study sought to identify risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships. Methods. Proxies of 220 intimate partner femicide victims identified from police or medical examiner records were interviewed, along with 343 abused control women. Results. Preincident risk factors associated in multivariate analyses with increased risk of intimate partner femicide included perpetrator’s access to a gun and previous threat with a…
Xu and Campbell Respond
We thank Bacskai et al. for their interest in our recent work, and we would like to make several points. First, limited research has been conducted in China to examine the prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence. Therefore, our research was exploratory. We examined the risk factors associated with intimate partner violence within the demographic, behavioral, and socioeconomic and cultural context of China. Second, a risk factor i…
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence in China
Objectives. We estimated the prevalence of and risk factors for intimate partner violence in China. Methods. Our cross-sectional, comparative prevalence study used a face-to-face survey of randomly selected women attending an urban outpatient gynecological clinic at a major teaching hospital in Fuzhou, China. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess risk factors for intimate partner violence. Results. Of the 600 women interviewed, …
Insurance coverage and health care use among near-elderly women
The Relationship Between Patient Knowledge of Hemoglobin Levels and Health-Related Quality of Life
Health Effects of Managed Care Among the Near-Elderly
More research is needed to understand the reasons for the observed beneficial effects of managed care
The Impact of Malpractice Burden on Michigan Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Career Satisfaction
Gender Differences in Functional Status in Middle and Older Age
A life course perspective can lead to new insights regarding gender variations in health within the context of intrapersonal and interpersonal differences. Smaller gender differences in the level of functional impairment in the younger groups may reflect improvement of women's socioeconomic status, greater rate of increase in chronic diseases among men, and less debilitating effects of diseases
Malpractice Burden, Rural Location, and Discontinuation of Obstetric Care
Context: It has long been a concern that professional liability problems disproportionately affect the delivery of obstetrical services to women living in rural areas. Michigan, a state with a large number of rural communities, is considered to be at risk for a medical liability crisis. Purpose : This study examined whether higher malpractice burden on obstetric providers was associated with an increased likelihood of discontinuing obstetric care…
Evolving Self-Rated Health in Middle and Old Age
Significant ethnic differences exist in the evolvement of self-rated health in middle and late life. Further inquiries may include analyzing ethnic heterogeneities from a person-centered perspective, health disparities across subgroups of Hispanics, effects of neighborhood attributes, and implications of left truncation
Ethnicity and Changing Functional Health in Middle and Late Life
Parallel to the concepts of successful aging, usual aging, and pathological aging, there exist distinct courses of changing functional health over time. The mechanisms underlying changes in disability may vary between Black and Hispanic Americans
Ethnic Differences in the Dynamics of Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Americans
Significant ethnic differences exist in both the intercept and rate of change in depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Americans. These variations are substantially confounded by socioeconomic and health differentials
Trajectory of functional status among older Taiwanese
The effects of Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. on embryonic development
How Does the Trajectory of Multimorbidity Vary Across Black, White, and Mexican Americans in Middle and Old Age
These results suggest that health differences between Black Americans and other ethnic groups including White and Mexican Americans persist in the trajectory of multimorbidity even when population heterogeneity is adjusted. Further research is needed concerning the impact of health disadvantages and differential mortality that may have occurred before middle age as well as exploring the role of nativity, the nature of self-reported diseases, and …
Hospital Costs Associated with Stillbirth Delivery
International Family Planning Fellowship Program
Maternal mortality remains a huge problem in the developing world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.1 According to the World Health Organization, efforts intended to decrease maternal deaths need to recognize and address unsafe abortions as a significant contributor to the high rates of maternal mortality found in developing countries.2,3 In Africa, where abortions are highly restricted, 680 women die per 100,000 abortions, compared with 0.2-1.2 …
Dramatic escalation in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in a Chinese population experiencing rapid economic development
Cardiovascular risk escalated dramatically in this population between 2002 and 2010. The escalation may relate to the rapid economic development, which led to accelerating changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and socio-economic status. Our findings suggest that health transition in rapidly developing second- and third-world countries may be much faster than what has been observed in Western countries
Repeat and near-repeat burglaries and offender involvement in a large Chinese city
Repeat and near-repeat phenomena indicate that victimization might form a contagion-like pattern in both near space and near time. The research community has built abundant empirical evidence of repeat and near-repeat patterns over the past 10 years. Along with these pattern analyses, scholars have also proposed theoretical explanation of the mechanisms of near-repeat burglaries. However, the empirical study of mechanisms is very limited and almo…
Socioeconomic Stratification and Multidimensional Health Trajectories
Distinct patterns of joint trajectories of physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning exist in old age. There were significant socioeconomic differences in the joint trajectories, with education-based inequality in health converging in later old age. Further research identifying strategies to alleviate the disproportionate burden of poor multidimensional health trajectories in lower socioeconomic groups is important
Understanding Regional Variation in Medicare Expenditures for Initial Episodes of Prostate Cancer Care
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the contributions of patient and treatment factors to overall expenditures and regional variation for initial treatment of localized prostate cancer (CaP) in the Medicare program. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database, we identified 47,517 beneficiaries with localized CaP during 2005-2009 and matched noncancer controls. We employed hierarchical generalized linear models to…
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