Fan Zhang
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3584361 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fan Zhang |
| PRENOMES | Fan |
| SOBRENOME | Zhang |
| ASSINATURA | ZHANG F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3643-018X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 283 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 229 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 283 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Variations of Gut Protistan Microbiome in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) Across Captive, Semi-provisioned, and Wild Environments
Between the Gang and Rou
In this article, we explore the transformation of masculinity among Chinese men throughout their infertility journey, focusing on the interplay of "gang" (hardness) and "rou" (softness) dimensions of masculinity. We documented the embodied experiences and diverse practices of Chinese men with infertility, revealing how cultural factors shape their masculinity. Our research indicates that the "gang" and "rou" aspects of masculinity in men with inf…
Governance Responses to Urban Sustainability Challenges
This study investigates the dynamics of sustainable urban development in Guangzhou, a rapidly growing megacity in southern China. Using the Pressure–State–Response (PSR) model, the research constructs a comprehensive indicator system to assess sustainability performance across economic, environmental, and governance dimensions. Coupling coordination analysis is applied to evaluate the degree of synergy among these subsystems from 2013 to 2022, wh…
Effects of Social Security and Intergenerational Support on Depression in Chinese Older Adults
Mental health disorders in the older population have emerged as growing health concerns along with ongoing population aging worldwide. While support provided by various agencies may play a role in combating mental health disorders such as depression, exploring the mediating role of social participation in the pathways linking different forms of support to depression could offer deeper insights. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Long…
Unsupervised Textless Prompt With LLMs for Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection
Enhancing Explainable Sequential Recommendation With Disentangled Representations and Auxiliary Review Explanations
Molecular transmission network and drug resistance analysis of 404 HIV-1 cases infected through commercial heterosexual contact (2020–2024)
Background: HIV/AIDS remains a significant public health challenge. This study aimed to investigate the molecular transmission network and drug resistance characteristics among HIV-1 infected individuals through commercial heterosexual contact in Yubei District which located in a southwest city in China, thereby assessing HIV transmission risks in the region. Methods: Blood samples were collected from newly diagnosed HIV-1 patients in Yubei Distr…
Transforming long-term post-acute care for the aging population through home infusion therapy in China
Background: China's healthcare system may benefit from the integration of home infusion therapy (HIT) combined with home health services (HHS) to address the urgent need for a sustainable long-term, post-acute care model for the aging population and those with chronic complex diseases. In this Part 2, we presented the current landscape of home- and community-based care models in China and formulated recommendations for successful implementation o…
Blue-green spaces, heat stress, and health-supportive public-space use under urban stress
Urban blue-green spaces (BGS) are increasingly discussed in relation to health-oriented and resilience-oriented urban planning, particularly in high-density cities exposed to heat-related environmental stress. However, empirical evidence remains limited on how BGS and heat stress are associated with everyday public-space use. Using Fuzhou, China, as a case study, we integrated crowdsourced jogging data, BGS indicators, land surface temperature (L…
Integrating geospatial and environmental factors in colorectal cancer epidemiology
Background: Colorectal cancer poses a major health challenge in Gansu Province, being one of the top causes of both incidence and mortality among gastrointestinal cancers. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological patterns of colorectal cancer in Gansu Province, while exploring potential associations with environmental determinants. Method: We analyzed clinical records of all colorectal cancer cases from 2013 to 2023, retrieved from hospital…
Family income, non-cognitive skills and academic performance
Fair AI in educational predictions
Specificity of reward-based attention bias modification for depression in left-behind adolescents
The competitive orientation of athletes
The impact of spiritual leadership on employee green innovation behavior the mediating role of job meaning and the regulating role of power distance orientation
An Explainable AI Framework for Game‐Based Assessment
Reducing cropland requirement by optimizing provincial grain trade patterns in China
Public housing and market segmentation
Underlying mechanisms of insomnia on PTSS among healthcare workers
Healthcare workers (HCWs) were exposed to high levels of occupational stress and psychological problems, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to investigate the chain mediating effects of anxiety and depression in the association between insomnia and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among HCWs. The convenience sampling method was applied to recruit participants. 253 HCWs completed the assessment, which was designed…
Insights Into Variations in the Gut Virome of Tibetan Macaques ( Macaca thibetana ) Across Wild, Captive, and Semi‐Provisioned Environments
Viruses are integral components of the mammalian gut ecosystem, playing crucial roles in regulating the gut microbiome and maintaining host health. However, the impact of human activity on the gut virome of mammals remains poorly understood. This study investigated the gut viromes of Tibetan macaques ( Macaca thibetana ), a primate species endemic to China, under three distinct human‐influenced environments (wild, semi‐provisioned, and captive) u…
Exploring the Associations Between the Gut Microbiome and Mating Behavior in Free-ranging Male Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)
From data to sustainability
Motivation The global need to accelerate the development and consumption of electric vehicles (EVs) as a sustainable alternative to traditional transport. Purpose To identify potential consumers willing to switch to EVs and understand the underlying drivers of their behavior by utilizing Explainable Artificial Intelligence (EAI). Approach and methods The study analysed data from 1,964 users. Technical characteristics (Class A) were evaluated usin…
Moving to opportunity for polluting
Short-term effects and attributable burden of extreme heat and cold on dementia mortality
People living with dementia may be particularly vulnerable to extreme temperature because of impaired thermoregulation and reduced adaptive capacity. There remains a gap regarding the impacts of extreme temperatures on dementia mortality and the associated mortality burden, especially in northern China. A case time series (CTS) design was employed to evaluate both the cumulative and lag effects, using 21,358 dementia-related deaths recorded in He…
Utilization of rehabilitation services among older persons with physical disabilities
Rehabilitation is a critical method for preventing and controlling disabilities. However, the majority of the global demand for rehabilitation services remains unmet, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to explore the complex and concealed stratified relationships between socioeconomic status and the utilization of rehabilitation services among older persons with physical disabilities (PD) from gender and age perspec…
Collaborative workshop and community participation
Exploring the trading embodied CO2 effect and low-carbon globalization from the international division perspective
Assessing provincial coal reliance for just low-carbon transition in China
Urban Visual Intelligence
The visual dimension of cities has been a fundamental subject in urban studies since the pioneering work of late-nineteenth- to mid-twentieth-century scholars such as Camillo Sitte, Kevin Lynch, Rudolf Arnheim, and Jane Jacobs. Several decades later, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing how people move, sense, and interact with cities. This article reviews the literature on the appearance and function of cities to illustr…
Diverse contributions of multiple mediators to the impact of perceived neighborhood environment on the overall quality of life of community-dwelling seniors
Understanding Place Characteristics in Geographic Contexts through Graph Convolutional Neural Networks
Inferring the unknown properties of a place relies on both its observed attributes and the characteristics of the places to which it is connected. Because place characteristics are unstructured and the metrics for place connections can be diverse, it is challenging to incorporate them in a spatial prediction task where the results could be affected by how the neighborhoods are delineated and where the true relevance among places is hard to identi…
Understanding architecture age and style through deep learning
Human settlement value assessment from a place perspective
Exploring the inner relationship among neighborhood environmental factors affecting quality of life of older adults based on SLR–ISM method
Ancient DNA sheds light on the origin and migration patterns of the Xianbei confederation
Assessing spatial disparities of accessibility to community-based service resources for Chinese older adults based on travel behavior
The evolutionary mechanism of China's urban network from 1997 to 2015
The relationship between energy intensity and economic growth
Prehistorical East–West admixture of maternal lineages in a 2,500‐year‐old population in Xinjiang
As an area of contact between Asia and Europe, Central Asia witnessed a scenario of complex cultural developments, extensive migratory movements, and biological admixture between West and East Eurasians. However, the detanglement of this complexity of diversity requires an understanding of prehistoric contacts of the people from the West and the East on the Eurasia continent. We demonstrated the presence of genetic admixture of West and East in a…
Urban Productivity in China
In this empirical study, we test the relationship of Chinese urban productivity and city size. Using over 119 790 firm-level production data cross 28 industries from the Third National Industrial Survey, along with the urban population data of 224 cities, we find strong and prevailing significant agglomeration economies in Chinese urban areas. The estimated average agglomeration elasticity is around 0.051, implying that every doubling of city siz…
Living with grandparents
Previous studies on social stratification and intergenerational mobility have mostly focused on the effects of parents on their children’s socioeconomic status (SES) attainment, but less attention has been paid to the important role played by grandparents in the life chances of their grandchildren, and its underlying mechanism. By analyzing a national survey sample data of junior high school students in China, this study examines the influence fa…
Bioarchaeological perspective on the expansion of Transeurasian languages in Neolithic Amur River basin
Social Benefits of Playing Wii Bowling for Older Adults
This research study investigated whether playing a digital game, Wii Bowling, with others can enhance the social life of older adults. Our research used a mixed-methods approach. Results showed that players' levels of social connectedness increased and loneliness declined over an 8-week period. Qualitative results described participants' perceptions of their interactions with others, conversations with family and friends, social connections, and …
Transferred Bias Uncovers the Balance Between the Development of Physical and Socioeconomic Environments of Cities
Evaluating the balance between a city’s physical and socioeconomic environmental development is crucial for creating sustainable and livable urban spaces. Although they might appear contradictory, they jointly support the comprehensive sustainable urban development strategy. Traditional methods usually focus on assessing this balance from a specific perspective, such as how neighborhood greenery shapes real estate value. Yet, they fail to deliver…
Exploring energy security in China
Does compact city shape matter to residents' happiness
Well-educated, middle-class Chinese immigrants in Canada
This paper investigates the language fluency problems of skilled immigrants from mainland China to Canada. It capitalises on interview data to explore the relationships between Chinese immigrants' identities, second language practices, and language skills. It reports the informants' difficulty in integrating into their workplaces and their unwillingness to make considerable investments in learning English. Drawing on Bourdieu's (1984) theory of p…
The Role of Government in the Market for Electric Vehicles
Governments in many countries have offered various incentives to promote the diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs). This study examines the effectiveness of various policy measures that underlie the rapid development of the EV market in China, by far the world's largest such market. The analysis is based on detailed data on EV sales, local and central government incentive programs, and charging stations in 150 cities from 2015 to 2018. The empiric…
Agricultural non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Northern China from crop and livestock systems
The Baigetuobie cemetery
Andronovo has been regarded as one of the most powerful cultures in Central Asia, which reflected frequent cultural interflow, people migration, and technique diffusion on the Bronze Age Eurasian steppes. In the past decade, many new discoveries in Xinjiang, such as Adunqiaolu and Jartai, have drawn broad attention to the communication of the Andronovo culture in the central Tianshan Mountains. However, systematic study is still insufficient on t…
Urban Productivity in China
In this empirical study, we test the relationship of Chinese urban productivity and city size. Using over 119 790 firm-level production data cross 28 industries from the Third National Industrial Survey, along with the urban population data of 224 cities, we find strong and prevailing significant agglomeration economies in Chinese urban areas. The estimated average agglomeration elasticity is around 0.051, implying that every doubling of city siz…
Origins of the Workers Who Built the First Qin Emperor's Mausoleum Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA
Ancient DNA analyses are always employed to reveal the ethnic origins of the ancient human remains. In this paper, we analyzed 19 human bone remains excavated from a tomb near the Qin Dynasty's Terra-Cotta Warriors and dated some 2,200 years before present. There samples were supposed to be workers building the mausoleum for the First Emperor of China. The polymorphisms in the first hypervariable region and coding regions of mitochondrial DNA wer…
Sustainable recycling approach
Despite the surge of interest in construction sustainability, the rate of construction recycling is still trailing behind that of other industries. Extensive recycling, for instance, is limited to a few types of construction material. This paper analyzes recycling situations across the United States (US) and identifies common obstacles to recycling in the context of the US construction industry. Through a set of interviews with industry practitio…
Estimates of the Number of Prevalent and Incident Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections in Canada, 2008
Prehistorical East–West admixture of maternal lineages in a 2,500‐year‐old population in Xinjiang
As an area of contact between Asia and Europe, Central Asia witnessed a scenario of complex cultural developments, extensive migratory movements, and biological admixture between West and East Eurasians. However, the detanglement of this complexity of diversity requires an understanding of prehistoric contacts of the people from the West and the East on the Eurasia continent. We demonstrated the presence of genetic admixture of West and East in a…
Spectacle and Sacrifice
Mental health problems and coping styles of urban and rural high school students in China
Few studies have compared urban and rural adolescents' mental health problems, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health problems and coping styles of adolescents in urban and rural areas in China. A total of 927 urban and rural high school students in Shandong Province of China were recruited for the study. The results of the study are as follows: (a) students in rural low‐socioeconomic st…
Influence of Traffic Activity on Heavy Metal Concentrations of Roadside Farmland Soil in Mountainous Areas
Emission of heavy metals from traffic activities is an important pollution source to roadside farmland ecosystems. However, little previous research has been conducted to investigate heavy metal concentrations of roadside farmland soil in mountainous areas. Owing to more complex roadside environments and more intense driving conditions on mountainous highways, heavy metal accumulation and distribution patterns in farmland soil due to traffic acti…
Relationship between Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils and Grasses of Roadside Farmland in Nepal
Transportation activities can contribute to accumulation of heavy metals in roadside soil and grass, which could potentially compromise public health and the environment if the roadways cross farmland areas. Particularly, heavy metals may enter the food chain as a result of their uptake by roadside edible grasses. This research was conducted to investigate heavy metal (Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) concentrations in roadside farmland soils and correspondin…
Relationships between Heavy Metal Concentrations in Roadside Topsoil and Distance to Road Edge Based on Field Observations in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
This study investigated the spatial distribution of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) and arsenic (As) in roadside topsoil in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and evaluated the potential environmental risks of these roadside heavy metals due to traffic emissions. A total of 120 topsoil samples were collected along five road segments in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The nonlinear regression method was u…
Traffic-Related Trace Element Accumulation in Roadside Soils and Wild Grasses in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
This research examines traffic-source trace elements accumulations and distributions in roadside soils and wild grasses in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A total of 100 soil samples and 100 grass samples including Achnatherum splendens, Anaphalis nepalensis, Artemisia sphaerocephala, Carex moorcroftii, Iris lacteal, Kobresia myosuroides, Oreosolen wattii, Oxytropis ochrocephala and Stellera chamaejasme were collected at 100 sites from different road …
Accumulations of Heavy Metals in Roadside Soils Close to Zhaling, Eling and Nam Co Lakes in the Tibetan Plateau
Concentrations of four typical heavy metals (Cu; Zn; Cd and Pb) in roadside soils close to three lakes in the Tibetan Plateau were investigated in this study. The hierarchical tree-based regression method was applied to classify concentrations of the heavy metals and analyze their potential influencing factors. It was found that the Tibetan Plateau meadow soils with higher content of sand lead to higher concentrations of Cu; Zn and Pb. The concen…
Factors Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening of Women During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, United States, 2005–2006
A 1700-year n -alkanes hydrogen isotope record of moisture changes in sediments from Lake Sugan in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau
We present a hydrogen isotopic record of long-chain n-alkanes in Lake Sugan to reconstruct regional moisture changes in the last 1700 years at a sampling resolution of 25 years. The δD values decreased by over 30‰ from the ‘Medieval Warm Period’ (MWP; c. ad 600–1500) to the ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA; c. ad 1500–1850), and indicated that the moisture pattern included a relatively humid climate before the MWP, becoming drier overall in the MWP, wetter …
Language history questionnaire (LHQ 2.0)
The language history questionnaire (LHQ) is an important tool for assessing the linguistic background of bilinguals or second language learners and for generating self-reported proficiency in multiple languages. Previously we developed a generic LHQ based on the most commonly asked questions in published studies (Li, Sepanski & Zhao, 2006). Here we report a new web-based interface (LHQ 2.0) that has more flexibility in functionality, more accurac…
Further Study on the Attentional Set-shifting Task in Rats
摘要
A global reference for human genetic variation
The 1000 Genomes Project set out to provide a comprehensive description of common human genetic variation by applying whole-genome sequencing to a diverse set of individuals from multiple populations. Here we report completion of the project, having reconstructed the genomes of 2,504 individuals from 26 populations using a combination of low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, deep exome sequencing, and dense microarray genotyping. We characterized…
Limited time perspective increases the value of calm
Previous findings indirectly suggest that the more people perceive their time in life as limited, the more they value calm. No study, however, has directly tested this hypothesis. To this end, using a combination of survey, experience sampling, and experimental methods, we examined the relationship between future time perspective and the affective states that people ideally want to feel (i.e., their "ideal affect"). In Study 1, the more people re…
Literature research of the Nutrition Improvement Programme for Rural Compulsory Education Students in China
Objective To describe the Nutrition Improvement Programme for Rural Compulsory Education Students (NIPRCES) in China and to share the experiences of developing and implementing nationwide school meal programmes with other countries. Design The article is based on a literature review of technical documents and reports of NIPRCES and relevant national legislation, technical reports and studies on school nutrition, minutes of meetings and national c…
Older Adults’ Social Interactions in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)
The purpose of this study was to investigate older adults’ social interactions in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). An online survey was developed and published on eight World of Warcraft (WoW) player forums to gather information about older gamers’ demographic characteristics, play patterns, social interactions in the game, and challenges facing older adults while playing WoW. Results indicate that as for their younger c…
History and mechanisms for the expansion of the Badain Jaran Desert, northern China, since 20 ka
Desert landscapes are widely distributed in the arid northern China. The Badain Jaran Desert (BJD) is located north-west of the Tengger Desert (TD) and Ulan Buh Desert (UBD), with the Yabrai and Bayan Ulan Mountains separating the BJD from the TD and UBD. Many sand belts with an orientation of NW-SE, which is similar to that of the prevailing sand-transporting winds, connect the BJD with the TD and UBD, forming the sand transportation routes from…
Texture reconstruction of 3D sculpture using non-rigid transformation
Knowledge, Attitude, and Behaviors Related to Eating Out among University Students in China
In many countries the frequency of eating out has steadily increased over the last few decades, and this behavioris often associated with unhealthy dietary patterns. This study aimed to describe the levels of knowledge, attitude, and behaviors (KAB) related to eating out among university students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the college town in Chongqing, China with a total of 1634 participants. The mean eating out related KAB scores…
The potential impact of China–US BIT on China’s manufacturing sectors
This article finds that the overall effect of the foreign direct investment (FDI) and thereby the China–US bilateral investment treaties (BIT) on Chinese manufacturing sector is positive, which raises the productivity and profitability of the firms, using various econometric models and other evidence. The manufacturing sector as a whole has already opened up to the world economy and needs to continue this process. The industries in the manufactur…
Social Benefits of Playing Wii Bowling for Older Adults
This research study investigated whether playing a digital game, Wii Bowling, with others can enhance the social life of older adults. Our research used a mixed-methods approach. Results showed that players' levels of social connectedness increased and loneliness declined over an 8-week period. Qualitative results described participants' perceptions of their interactions with others, conversations with family and friends, social connections, and …
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