Yimin Zhang
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4043579 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Yimin Zhang |
| NOMBRES | Yimin |
| APELLIDO | Zhang |
| FIRMA | ZHANG Y |
| AFILIACIONES | Chongqing Jiaotong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3820-380X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Context in the Analysis of Discourse and Interaction
Scholars of discourse and interaction have long recognized that understanding communication requires attention to the context in which language is produced. Beyond general agreement that context matters, however, researchers often disagree about what should count as context and how many contextual elements should be considered in analysis. The way context is treated has, in fact, often distinguished different approaches and research traditions wi…
Do rhetorical moves/steps have local grammars? An exploratory study on indicating a gap in social science research articles
This exploratory study investigated whether rhetorical moves and steps, as functional units of academic discourse, can be adequately accounted for by local grammars. Focusing on the rhetorical step indicating a gap , the study analysed 780 instances retrieved from a corpus of 500 research articles (RAs) across five social science disciplines. Adopting a local grammar approach, we proposed eight context-specific functional terminologies (e.g., Ind…
Local grammar, discourse acts, and disciplinarity
Improving physical and mental health in women with breast cancer undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy through wearable device-based aerobic exercise
Purpose Aimed to assess the impact of wearable device-based aerobic exercise on the physical and mental well-being of women with breast cancer (BC) undergoing chemotherapy. Methods Forty adult women with BC who underwent anthracycline-based chemotherapy were randomly allocated to the exercise group ( n = 21) or the control group ( n = 19). Both groups received standard health education and oncology care. In addition, the exercise group wore weara…
Green spaces exposure and the risk of common psychiatric disorders
Green spaces decrease the risk of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, dementia, schizophrenia, and ADHD. Further studies on green spaces and psychiatric disorders are needed, and more green spaces should be considered in city planning
Carmen Pérez-Llantada
Carmen Pérez-Llantada’s recent book Research Genres across Languages (RGaL hereafter) is a timely and important addition to the burgeoning field of genre analysis in the academic and research settings. Drawing on an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design with rich corpus and survey data, RGaL first offers an updated overview of the genre evolution and innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine sciences (STEMM he…
(Mis)use of definition in Chinese EFL postgraduate students’ academic writing
Adopting a local grammar approach, the present study investigated Chinese EFL learners' use of the discourse act of definition in academic writing. A corpus of MA theses by Chinese EFL learners and a corpus of published research articles by expert writers in the field of Applied Linguistics were compiled for the current investigation. Instances of definition were retrieved by searching for a set of lexico-syntactic markers, and the subsequent loc…
Spatial Heterogeneity and Regional Clustering of Factors Influencing Chinese Adolescents’ Physical Fitness
There is often significant spatial heterogeneity in the factors influencing physical fitness in adolescents, yet less attention has been paid to this in established studies. Based on the 2018 Chinese National Student Physical Fitness Standard Test data, this study uses a multi-scale, geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model combined with a K-means clustering algorithm to construct a spatial regression model of the factors influencing adole…
“We define X as …”
Multiscale Impact of Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors on Low Physical Fitness among Chinese Adolescents and Regionalized Coping Strategies
As low physical fitness in adolescents increases their risk of all-cause mortality in future adulthood as well as regional public health budgets, many scholars have studied the factors influencing physical fitness in adolescents. However, the spatial non-stationarity and scale between physical fitness and influencing factors in adolescents are often neglected. To rectify this situation, this study constructed a multi-scale geographically weighted…
Preliminary Assessment of Chinese Strategy in Controlling Reemergent Local Outbreak of Covid-19
Reemergent local outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have occurred in China, yet few Chinese response strategies and its evaluation have been reported. This study presents a preliminary assessment of Chinese strategy in controlling reemergent local outbreaks of COVID-19. Time course of accumulative and daily new cases and time-varying reproductive numbers (Rt) of outbreak areas were presented. The asymptomatic rate, days required to …
Characterization, Spatial Variation and Management Strategy of Sewer Sediments Collected from Combined Sewer System
In the urban drainage system, the formation of sewer sediments is inevitable, and the removal of sewer sediments is necessary for system maintenance. Disposal of arisings from sewer sediment removal is becoming a serious environmental issue. The current knowledge of sewer sediments is limited, which is restrained to sewer sediments management. To better understand this municipal waste, the sewer sediments of a combined sewer system in Longgang Di…
Acute Toxicity and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Three Volatile Pesticide Additives on the Earthworm—Eisenia fetida
Pesticide adjuvants (PAs) are important components of pesticide. Nonetheless, limited information is available regarding their toxic effects on biota in terrestrial ecosystem. In the present study, the mortality, growth inhibition ratio, and avoidance behavior of Eisenia fetida were examined to investigate the ecotoxicological effects of toluene, xylene, and trichloroethylene and further their mixture. The 24 h median lethal concentration (24 h-L…
The Path Analysis of Family Doctor’s Gatekeeper Role in Shanghai, China
Studies globally have provided substantial evidence that PHC could conduct doctor-visiting behaviors, control medical expense, and improve population health. This study aimed to map how family doctor (FD) in Shanghai achieved gate-keeper goals including health management, medical expense control, and conducting ordered doctor-visiting behavior. A total of 2754 and 1995 valid questionnaires were collected in 2013 and 2016 respectively in Shanghai.…
Assessment of Biological Toxicity and Ecological Safety for Urban Black-Odor River Remediation
The judgment and assessment of remediation effect on urban black-odor river still depend on the physical-chemical parameters and lack in ecological safety effects. A set of combined biological toxicity tests were applied to evaluate the ecological effects of one urban black-odor river before and after the remediation. The special growth rate of Chlorella vulgaris and mortality rate of Daphnia magna were used to assess acute toxicity. The Salmonel…
Generic Complexity in Bachelor’s Theses by Chinese English Majors
For Chinese English majors, bachelor’s theses are regarded as the most substantial piece of writing in their undergraduate study. However, in the field of EAP/ESP and genre research, thesis writing at the undergraduate level has been relatively neglected. From the perspective of genre in Systemic Functional Linguistics, the macrostructure of a bachelor’s thesis constitutes a macrogenre which combines more than one elemental genre to accomplish co…
Roadside Exposure and Inflammation Biomarkers among a Cohort of Traffic Police in Kathmandu, Nepal
Air pollution is a major environmental problem in the Kathmandu Valley. Specifically, roadside and traffic-related air pollution exposure levels were found at very high levels exceeding Nepal air quality standards for daily PM 2.5 . In an exposure study involving traffic police officers, we collected 78 blood samples in a highly polluted spring season (16 February 2014−4 April 2014) and 63 blood samples in the less polluted summer season (20 July…
Which Matters More for Medication Adherence Among Disabled People in Shanghai, China
Most disabled people have poor health status. They often have multiple diseases requiring continual medication. This study aimed to explore the factors associated with medication adherence among disabled people, with a particular focus on the factors associated with family and primary health care support. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 226 disabled individuals. The analysis was performed using an ordered logistic regression model, inc…
Longitudinal Evaluation on the Operation Index Applied to Public Hospitals in Pudong New District of Shanghai, China
The public hospital reform has lasted 5 years in China; however, the operation development status and trends of public hospitals have not been systematically evaluated in Pudong New District. We first applied the technology of longitudinal index to assess the development of public hospitals there. The quantitative data were mainly gathered by taking health statistics database from 2009 to 2014. The results showed that overall operating index pres…
Analysis of inequality in maternal and child health outcomes and mortality from 2000 to 2013 in China
We found improvement in the disparity of maternal and child health outcomes in China. However, the improvements still do not meet the requirements proposed by the Healthy China 2030 strategy, particularly regarding the rise in the IBD levels and the decline in equality. This study suggests starting with maternal and child health services and focusing on the disparity in the causes of death in both the place of residence and gender strata. Placing…
Modeling biofuel expansion effects on land use change dynamics
Increasing demand for crop-based biofuels, in addition to other human drivers of land use, induces direct and indirect land use changes (LUC). Our system dynamics tool is intended to complement existing LUC modeling approaches and to improve the understanding of global LUC drivers and dynamics by allowing examination of global LUC under diverse scenarios and varying model assumptions. We report on a small subset of such analyses. This model provi…
Can ethanol alone meet California’s low carbon fuel standard? An evaluation of feedstock and conversion alternatives
The feasibility of meeting California's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) using ethanol from various feedstocks is assessed. Lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, direct agricultural land use, petroleum displacement directly due to ethanol blending, and production costs for a number of conventional and lignocellulosic ethanol pathways are estimated under various supply scenarios. The results indicate that after considering indirect land use eff…
Airport capacity and congestion when carriers have market power
Tobin’s q and Airline Performances
This article studies the performance of the global airline industry by applying Tobin’s q, a financial market-based measure of firm value, as the primary measure. With 27 airlines from Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America over the period of 1989 to 1999 we find that the industry on average is a low q ratio industry, and European carriers generally have lower q values relative to their counterparts in the other two regions. There is a general p…
Airport charges and capacity expansion
The role of foreign direct investment in China's post-1978 economic development
The evolution of China's policy toward foreign direct investment (FDI) during the post-1978 period is reviewed and the volume, sources, geographic distribution and composition of FDI are analyzed. It is found that FDI has been positively associated with economic growth, and the increase of total fixed asset investment in China. Foreign direct investment has also forced an increasing number of domestic manufacturers to compete globally. It has als…
Airport capacity and congestion when carriers have market power
Airport charges and capacity expansion
Local grammar, discourse acts, and disciplinarity
A Note on Capacity Utilization and Measurement of Scale Economies
This article investigates the measurement of returns to scale (RTS) via a cost function in the presence of quasi-fixed inputs. Caves, Christensen, and Swanson (CCS) proposed estimation of a variable-cost function and derived a formula for computing RTS from it. This article extends the CCS results by (a) investigating the bias that would result from erroneously using a total-cost function for measuring RTS, (b) indicating that the CCS procedure f…
Competition and Allocative Efficiency
This study investigates the effect of competition on the productive efficiency of the U.S. telephone industry, taking into account the fact that the industry was subject to rate-of-return regulation. It is shown that competition induces the incumbents to use capital inputs closer to the unconstrained optima, thereby reducing the allocative inefficiency caused by the Averch-Johnson effect. This effect is in addition to the usual technical efficien…
The role of foreign direct investment in China's post-1978 economic development
The evolution of China's policy toward foreign direct investment (FDI) during the post-1978 period is reviewed and the volume, sources, geographic distribution and composition of FDI are analyzed. It is found that FDI has been positively associated with economic growth, and the increase of total fixed asset investment in China. Foreign direct investment has also forced an increasing number of domestic manufacturers to compete globally. It has als…
Airport charges and capacity expansion
Tobin’s q and Airline Performances
This article studies the performance of the global airline industry by applying Tobin’s q, a financial market-based measure of firm value, as the primary measure. With 27 airlines from Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America over the period of 1989 to 1999 we find that the industry on average is a low q ratio industry, and European carriers generally have lower q values relative to their counterparts in the other two regions. There is a general p…
Airport capacity and congestion when carriers have market power
Can ethanol alone meet California’s low carbon fuel standard? An evaluation of feedstock and conversion alternatives
The feasibility of meeting California's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) using ethanol from various feedstocks is assessed. Lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, direct agricultural land use, petroleum displacement directly due to ethanol blending, and production costs for a number of conventional and lignocellulosic ethanol pathways are estimated under various supply scenarios. The results indicate that after considering indirect land use eff…
Modeling biofuel expansion effects on land use change dynamics
Increasing demand for crop-based biofuels, in addition to other human drivers of land use, induces direct and indirect land use changes (LUC). Our system dynamics tool is intended to complement existing LUC modeling approaches and to improve the understanding of global LUC drivers and dynamics by allowing examination of global LUC under diverse scenarios and varying model assumptions. We report on a small subset of such analyses. This model provi…
Analysis of inequality in maternal and child health outcomes and mortality from 2000 to 2013 in China
We found improvement in the disparity of maternal and child health outcomes in China. However, the improvements still do not meet the requirements proposed by the Healthy China 2030 strategy, particularly regarding the rise in the IBD levels and the decline in equality. This study suggests starting with maternal and child health services and focusing on the disparity in the causes of death in both the place of residence and gender strata. Placing…
Longitudinal Evaluation on the Operation Index Applied to Public Hospitals in Pudong New District of Shanghai, China
The public hospital reform has lasted 5 years in China; however, the operation development status and trends of public hospitals have not been systematically evaluated in Pudong New District. We first applied the technology of longitudinal index to assess the development of public hospitals there. The quantitative data were mainly gathered by taking health statistics database from 2009 to 2014. The results showed that overall operating index pres…
Generic Complexity in Bachelor’s Theses by Chinese English Majors
For Chinese English majors, bachelor’s theses are regarded as the most substantial piece of writing in their undergraduate study. However, in the field of EAP/ESP and genre research, thesis writing at the undergraduate level has been relatively neglected. From the perspective of genre in Systemic Functional Linguistics, the macrostructure of a bachelor’s thesis constitutes a macrogenre which combines more than one elemental genre to accomplish co…
Roadside Exposure and Inflammation Biomarkers among a Cohort of Traffic Police in Kathmandu, Nepal
Air pollution is a major environmental problem in the Kathmandu Valley. Specifically, roadside and traffic-related air pollution exposure levels were found at very high levels exceeding Nepal air quality standards for daily PM 2.5 . In an exposure study involving traffic police officers, we collected 78 blood samples in a highly polluted spring season (16 February 2014−4 April 2014) and 63 blood samples in the less polluted summer season (20 July…
Which Matters More for Medication Adherence Among Disabled People in Shanghai, China
Most disabled people have poor health status. They often have multiple diseases requiring continual medication. This study aimed to explore the factors associated with medication adherence among disabled people, with a particular focus on the factors associated with family and primary health care support. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 226 disabled individuals. The analysis was performed using an ordered logistic regression model, inc…
Assessment of Biological Toxicity and Ecological Safety for Urban Black-Odor River Remediation
The judgment and assessment of remediation effect on urban black-odor river still depend on the physical-chemical parameters and lack in ecological safety effects. A set of combined biological toxicity tests were applied to evaluate the ecological effects of one urban black-odor river before and after the remediation. The special growth rate of Chlorella vulgaris and mortality rate of Daphnia magna were used to assess acute toxicity. The Salmonel…
Preliminary Assessment of Chinese Strategy in Controlling Reemergent Local Outbreak of Covid-19
Reemergent local outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have occurred in China, yet few Chinese response strategies and its evaluation have been reported. This study presents a preliminary assessment of Chinese strategy in controlling reemergent local outbreaks of COVID-19. Time course of accumulative and daily new cases and time-varying reproductive numbers (Rt) of outbreak areas were presented. The asymptomatic rate, days required to …
Characterization, Spatial Variation and Management Strategy of Sewer Sediments Collected from Combined Sewer System
In the urban drainage system, the formation of sewer sediments is inevitable, and the removal of sewer sediments is necessary for system maintenance. Disposal of arisings from sewer sediment removal is becoming a serious environmental issue. The current knowledge of sewer sediments is limited, which is restrained to sewer sediments management. To better understand this municipal waste, the sewer sediments of a combined sewer system in Longgang Di…
Acute Toxicity and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Three Volatile Pesticide Additives on the Earthworm—Eisenia fetida
Pesticide adjuvants (PAs) are important components of pesticide. Nonetheless, limited information is available regarding their toxic effects on biota in terrestrial ecosystem. In the present study, the mortality, growth inhibition ratio, and avoidance behavior of Eisenia fetida were examined to investigate the ecotoxicological effects of toluene, xylene, and trichloroethylene and further their mixture. The 24 h median lethal concentration (24 h-L…
The Path Analysis of Family Doctor’s Gatekeeper Role in Shanghai, China
Studies globally have provided substantial evidence that PHC could conduct doctor-visiting behaviors, control medical expense, and improve population health. This study aimed to map how family doctor (FD) in Shanghai achieved gate-keeper goals including health management, medical expense control, and conducting ordered doctor-visiting behavior. A total of 2754 and 1995 valid questionnaires were collected in 2013 and 2016 respectively in Shanghai.…
“We define X as …”
Multiscale Impact of Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors on Low Physical Fitness among Chinese Adolescents and Regionalized Coping Strategies
As low physical fitness in adolescents increases their risk of all-cause mortality in future adulthood as well as regional public health budgets, many scholars have studied the factors influencing physical fitness in adolescents. However, the spatial non-stationarity and scale between physical fitness and influencing factors in adolescents are often neglected. To rectify this situation, this study constructed a multi-scale geographically weighted…
Carmen Pérez-Llantada
Carmen Pérez-Llantada’s recent book Research Genres across Languages (RGaL hereafter) is a timely and important addition to the burgeoning field of genre analysis in the academic and research settings. Drawing on an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design with rich corpus and survey data, RGaL first offers an updated overview of the genre evolution and innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine sciences (STEMM he…
(Mis)use of definition in Chinese EFL postgraduate students’ academic writing
Adopting a local grammar approach, the present study investigated Chinese EFL learners' use of the discourse act of definition in academic writing. A corpus of MA theses by Chinese EFL learners and a corpus of published research articles by expert writers in the field of Applied Linguistics were compiled for the current investigation. Instances of definition were retrieved by searching for a set of lexico-syntactic markers, and the subsequent loc…
Spatial Heterogeneity and Regional Clustering of Factors Influencing Chinese Adolescents’ Physical Fitness
There is often significant spatial heterogeneity in the factors influencing physical fitness in adolescents, yet less attention has been paid to this in established studies. Based on the 2018 Chinese National Student Physical Fitness Standard Test data, this study uses a multi-scale, geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model combined with a K-means clustering algorithm to construct a spatial regression model of the factors influencing adole…
Improving physical and mental health in women with breast cancer undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy through wearable device-based aerobic exercise
Purpose Aimed to assess the impact of wearable device-based aerobic exercise on the physical and mental well-being of women with breast cancer (BC) undergoing chemotherapy. Methods Forty adult women with BC who underwent anthracycline-based chemotherapy were randomly allocated to the exercise group ( n = 21) or the control group ( n = 19). Both groups received standard health education and oncology care. In addition, the exercise group wore weara…
Green spaces exposure and the risk of common psychiatric disorders
Green spaces decrease the risk of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, dementia, schizophrenia, and ADHD. Further studies on green spaces and psychiatric disorders are needed, and more green spaces should be considered in city planning
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