B Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 24639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Liu |
| SIGNATURE | LIU B |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC Epidemiology Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4644-8375 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“It does help but there's a limit …”
Our findings suggest that although young people find management zones acceptable and believe they have some positive impact on diet, they did not perceive management zones as effective as they could be. Participants articulated that the management of takeaways on their own is unlikely to reduce exposure to unhealthy foods. Widening the remit of planning policy to include outlets selling convenience foods may be important for policy optimisation
Becoming United
The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England
Although sometimes challenging, the policies were commonly described as feasible to implement. However, they may not completely prevent new takeaways opening, particularly where takeaways are relied upon to enhance local economies or where takeaway businesses find alternative ways to operate. Nevertheless, the policies can serve to shift the balance of power that currently favours commercial interests over public health priorities
Urban Feng-Shui and its Impact on the Spatial Structures of Places and Psychological Well-being of People
Since ancient times, sacred power beliefs have been an element of human culture.The beliefs in prayers and vows stem from the people's desire for stability and spiritual dependency, as well as from those passed down from generation to generation.These are frequently based on numerous legends relating to the locations.This article examines the belief in making a pledge to Ai Khai of Wat Chedi in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, with a stucc…
Downscaling of AMSR-E Soil Moisture over North China Using Random Forest Regression
Satellite retrieval can offer global soil moisture information, such as Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data. AMSR-E has been used to provide soil moisture all over the world, with a coarse resolution of 25 km × 25 km. The coarse resolution of the soil moisture dataset often hinders its use in local or regional research. This work proposes a new framework based on the random forest (RF) model while using fiv…
Effects of group size and rank on mother–infant relationships and reproductive success in rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
In the present study, we compared mother-infant relationships in 57 mother-infant dyads residing in two wild, semi-provisioned (22 mother-infant dyads in 2014, 35 dyads in 2015) groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Nanwan Nature Reserve for Rhesus Macaques, Hainan, China. We also compared reproductive success between these two groups. The ecology and provisioning regime for each group was similar. These groups differed however, in si…
Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese
OBJECTIVES: The causal role of some cardiovascular risk factors, such as HDL cholesterol, has been increasingly challenged and attention is returning to all elements of Virchow's triad, i.e., hypercoagulability (including viscosity) as well as endothelial function and blood flow. We examined the life course origins of coagulability. METHODS: We used multivariable linear regression to assess whether childhood influences, proxied by height and its …
Sources of Interactional Problems in a Survey of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination
Cross-cultural variability in respondent processing of survey questions may bias results from multiethnic samples. We analyzed behavior codes, which identify difficulties in the interactions of respondents and interviewers, from a discrimination module contained within a field test of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey. In all, 553 (English) telephone interviews yielded 13,999 interactions involving 22 items. Multilevel logistic regressi…
Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women
BACKGROUND: Many chronic diseases are characterised by low-grade systemic inflammation. Oestrogens may promote immune response consistent with sex-specific patterns of diseases. In vitro culture and animal experiments suggest oestrogens are anti-inflammatory and might thereby protect against low-grade systemic inflammation. Evidence from epidemiological studies is limited. Using a Mendelian randomisation analysis with a separate-sample instrument…
P1-47 An innovative case-spouse control design in practice
Introduction We aimed to show that utilising information from a population-based, retrospective mortality survey for the main determinants of disease is feasible. Methods During 1989–1991, a nationwide retrospective survey of mortality was conducted. To assess the effects of smoking on all cause mortality in Chinese adults, we used a new design within this survey. For all the deceased persons (cases) we sex-matched surviving spouses as controls. …
Mathematical Modelling of the Relationship Between Neolithic Sites and the Rivers in Xi’an (Shaanxi Province, China)
Based on analyses of the ecological environments of the Neolithic sites along the Chan and Ba Rivers in the Xi’an area (Shaanxi Province, China), it was found that the characteristic factors of the sites had a very close relationship with the nearby river. The characteristic factors of Neolithic sites have been analysed and defined as mathematical parameters by statistical methods. A mathematical model of the human–land relationship between Neoli…
Holocene East Asian monsoonal precipitation pattern revealed by grain-size distribution of core sediments of Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia of north-central China
Sources of Interactional Problems in a Survey of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination
Cross-cultural variability in respondent processing of survey questions may bias results from multiethnic samples. We analyzed behavior codes, which identify difficulties in the interactions of respondents and interviewers, from a discrimination module contained within a field test of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey. In all, 553 (English) telephone interviews yielded 13,999 interactions involving 22 items. Multilevel logistic regressi…
The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England
Although sometimes challenging, the policies were commonly described as feasible to implement. However, they may not completely prevent new takeaways opening, particularly where takeaways are relied upon to enhance local economies or where takeaway businesses find alternative ways to operate. Nevertheless, the policies can serve to shift the balance of power that currently favours commercial interests over public health priorities
Mathematical Modelling of the Relationship Between Neolithic Sites and the Rivers in Xi’an (Shaanxi Province, China)
Based on analyses of the ecological environments of the Neolithic sites along the Chan and Ba Rivers in the Xi’an area (Shaanxi Province, China), it was found that the characteristic factors of the sites had a very close relationship with the nearby river. The characteristic factors of Neolithic sites have been analysed and defined as mathematical parameters by statistical methods. A mathematical model of the human–land relationship between Neoli…
Holocene East Asian monsoonal precipitation pattern revealed by grain-size distribution of core sediments of Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia of north-central China
Mathematical Modelling of the Relationship Between Neolithic Sites and the Rivers in Xi’an (Shaanxi Province, China)
Based on analyses of the ecological environments of the Neolithic sites along the Chan and Ba Rivers in the Xi’an area (Shaanxi Province, China), it was found that the characteristic factors of the sites had a very close relationship with the nearby river. The characteristic factors of Neolithic sites have been analysed and defined as mathematical parameters by statistical methods. A mathematical model of the human–land relationship between Neoli…
P1-47 An innovative case-spouse control design in practice
Introduction We aimed to show that utilising information from a population-based, retrospective mortality survey for the main determinants of disease is feasible. Methods During 1989–1991, a nationwide retrospective survey of mortality was conducted. To assess the effects of smoking on all cause mortality in Chinese adults, we used a new design within this survey. For all the deceased persons (cases) we sex-matched surviving spouses as controls. …
Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese
OBJECTIVES: The causal role of some cardiovascular risk factors, such as HDL cholesterol, has been increasingly challenged and attention is returning to all elements of Virchow's triad, i.e., hypercoagulability (including viscosity) as well as endothelial function and blood flow. We examined the life course origins of coagulability. METHODS: We used multivariable linear regression to assess whether childhood influences, proxied by height and its …
Sources of Interactional Problems in a Survey of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination
Cross-cultural variability in respondent processing of survey questions may bias results from multiethnic samples. We analyzed behavior codes, which identify difficulties in the interactions of respondents and interviewers, from a discrimination module contained within a field test of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey. In all, 553 (English) telephone interviews yielded 13,999 interactions involving 22 items. Multilevel logistic regressi…
Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women
BACKGROUND: Many chronic diseases are characterised by low-grade systemic inflammation. Oestrogens may promote immune response consistent with sex-specific patterns of diseases. In vitro culture and animal experiments suggest oestrogens are anti-inflammatory and might thereby protect against low-grade systemic inflammation. Evidence from epidemiological studies is limited. Using a Mendelian randomisation analysis with a separate-sample instrument…
Effects of group size and rank on mother–infant relationships and reproductive success in rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
In the present study, we compared mother-infant relationships in 57 mother-infant dyads residing in two wild, semi-provisioned (22 mother-infant dyads in 2014, 35 dyads in 2015) groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Nanwan Nature Reserve for Rhesus Macaques, Hainan, China. We also compared reproductive success between these two groups. The ecology and provisioning regime for each group was similar. These groups differed however, in si…
Downscaling of AMSR-E Soil Moisture over North China Using Random Forest Regression
Satellite retrieval can offer global soil moisture information, such as Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data. AMSR-E has been used to provide soil moisture all over the world, with a coarse resolution of 25 km × 25 km. The coarse resolution of the soil moisture dataset often hinders its use in local or regional research. This work proposes a new framework based on the random forest (RF) model while using fiv…
Urban Feng-Shui and its Impact on the Spatial Structures of Places and Psychological Well-being of People
Since ancient times, sacred power beliefs have been an element of human culture.The beliefs in prayers and vows stem from the people's desire for stability and spiritual dependency, as well as from those passed down from generation to generation.These are frequently based on numerous legends relating to the locations.This article examines the belief in making a pledge to Ai Khai of Wat Chedi in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, with a stucc…
The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England
Although sometimes challenging, the policies were commonly described as feasible to implement. However, they may not completely prevent new takeaways opening, particularly where takeaways are relied upon to enhance local economies or where takeaway businesses find alternative ways to operate. Nevertheless, the policies can serve to shift the balance of power that currently favours commercial interests over public health priorities
“It does help but there's a limit …”
Our findings suggest that although young people find management zones acceptable and believe they have some positive impact on diet, they did not perceive management zones as effective as they could be. Participants articulated that the management of takeaways on their own is unlikely to reduce exposure to unhealthy foods. Widening the remit of planning policy to include outlets selling convenience foods may be important for policy optimisation
Becoming United
Sociology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Cohort (2 works)