Siqi Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siqi Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siqi |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shaanxi Normal University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-0491-2744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
Research Findings: Family-school partnerships can support young children’s school readiness, especially during transitions, yet little is known about what information families value from educators and how well educators meet these preferences. Through qualitative methods, this study explores communication topics, resource needs, and developmental domains that parents value, as well as educators’ communication practices in center-, home- and minis…
Reputation or Norms? Unravelling the Mechanisms of Eye Cues in Promoting Social Mindfulness
Eye cues have been shown to promote prosocial behaviours, yet their impact on social mindfulness and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study conducted two experiments using an adapted Social Mindfulness paradigm to investigate the effects of various eye cues on social mindfulness, focusing on reputation management and norm compliance. Experiment 1 compared the effects of eye cues, flowers, and a no‐cue condition on social mindfulness…
Effects of Organic Fertilizer Substitution on Soil Carbon Loss and Sedimentary Carbon Fractions
Application of organic fertilizer is a key strategy for soil carbon sequestration, yet its impact on the erosion selective transport and chemical quality of eroded organic carbon (OC) remains unclear. We investigated this using laboratory rainfall simulations on sloping cropland under three treatments: no fertilization (CK), chemical N/P (NP), and organic substitution (OMNP). Our results reveal a critical trade‐off between erosion quantity and ca…
Determinants of AI teachers’ behavioural intention to use virtual simulation platforms
The effective realisation of benefits offered by virtual simulation platforms in AI education is contingent upon teachers’ behavioural intentions to adopt such technologies. This study integrates the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to examine determinants underlying AI teachers’ behavioural intentions. Analysis of 266 valid responses using Structural …
School Feeding Program and Health Outcomes Among School‐Aged Children
BACKGROUND: High rates of iron-deficiency anemia among school-age children have been a common issue in developing countries. In 2012, China rolled out a school feeding program (SFP) to address this issue. This study assesses changes in anemia rates, as well as potential factors driving these changes, both 3 and 10 years after the SFP was implemented. METHODS: Data were from two cross-sectional surveys (n = 1510) in northwestern China. T-tests wer…
Change and Stability in the Family Physician Service System
The family physician plays an important role in the primary care system in many countries and regions; however, it is still in its infancy in China for many reasons. To help develop the family physician service, we investigated the behaviors of physicians and community residents in the context of signing the service contract with an evolutionary game model and explored the impact of some factors on the equilibrium. The result shows that the profe…
Explainable machine learning reveals the nonlinear relationships between green innovation and coordinated urban-rural development
What Are the Costs of Heat Spell Mortality in Europe’s Urban Areas up to 2050
The objective of this study is to estimate the welfare economic costs of premature cardiopulmonary disease (CPD) mortality in Europe and Asia Minor under a middle-of-the-road scenario for global warming. It projects future heat-related CPD fatalities in urban areas over the next 25 years for 317 regions of 39 countries by applying regionalized exposure-response functions for heat- and air pollution–related premature mortality. These functions are…
Negotiating tradition and modernity
Introduction This study investigates how Chinese newspapers frame the cultural practice of bride price ( caili ) and explores how such representations reflect broader socio-cultural tensions between tradition and modernity in contemporary China. Methods Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), 113 articles published between 2019 and 2023 are collected from 52 national and local newspapers. The analysis focuses on identifying thematic patterns and…
Global Burden of Disease Study
Background: Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally, with a particularly significant impact on middle-aged and older adults (aged 45 years and above), substantially affecting their quality of life and imposing considerable socio-economic burdens. Comprehensive assessments of the burden of glaucoma in this age group at global, regional, and national levels are crucial for shaping health policies and optimizing resource alloc…
Conflict Elimination Mechanism in Group Decision-Making Guided by Quantum-Integrated Personalized Risk Attitudes
Progress and Uncertainty in Studies of Contemporary Land Climate Warming Rate
近年の地表面付近の気温の変化率は,気候変動や地球環境の変動に関する研究において重要な問題である。この論文では,過去20年間における我々の研究グループの主な成果と知見を中心に,気候のグローバルおよびローカルスケールでの温暖化率に関する研究の進展についてレビューする。また,この分野の研究者が現在直面している不確実性や科学的疑問点,今後の研究の方向性に関する展望についても述べる。地球,アジア,中国,そしてより小規模な地域スケールの研究は,過去一世紀,特に過去半世紀における地表付近の気候の著しい温暖化を一貫して示してきた。しかし,温暖化の規模と速度に関して,既存の研究には大きな不確実性がある。最大の不確実性は,観測データにおける都市化の影響に起因し,次いでデータの空間的不均一性とその経年変化,そして地表面付近における日平均,月平均,年平均気温を計算する際の最高値と最低値の平均算出方法に起因する。より確実で信頼性の高い結論を得るためには,今後これらの問題をさらに調査する必要がある
How the Soybean Producer Subsidy Policy affects crop planting structure
Purpose The Soybean Producer Subsidy Policy (SPSP), an agricultural support policy enacted in China within the past few years, is designed to optimise crop planting structure. This study analyses the impact of SPSP on the crop planting structure in terms of absolute and comparative incomes and elucidates the mechanisms involved. Design/methodology/approach Utilising balanced county-level panel data from 966 counties in China’s major soybean-produ…
Equity of National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) in Mainland China, 2019
BACKGROUND: China's National Essential Public Health Service (NEPHS) Program was launched in 2009 to deliver population-based public health and individual health management services to all residents at 800,000 primary health-care centers nationwide. This study assessed NEPHS utilization data and evaluated usage inequities using comprehensive nationwide data. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted, selecting 16 indicators (out of 18) from …
Influence of socioeconomic status on children’s reading abilities
Family socioeconomic status (SES) has been shown to be associated with children's academic abilities. However, how SES influences children's reading abilities across grades still warrants investigation. This study recruited 1st - through 6th -grade children (N = 1,534) and examined the role of Home Learning Environment in the relationship between SES and reading abilities. The results revealed that the number of books at home and the reading init…
Qianyang Yuyin granules alleviate hypertension-induced vascular remodeling by inhibiting the phenotypic switch of vascular smooth muscle cells
QYYY may be able to inhibit the overactivation of the HIF-1α/TWIST1/P-p65 signaling pathway, improve the phenotypic switch, and balance apoptosis and autophagy in VSMCs, thereby effectively improving vascular remodeling caused by hypertension
Comparable clinical advantages identification of three formulae on rheumatic disease using a modular-based network proximity approach
Effects of childhood environments on the discernment of health misinformation
Do the pathways of child development before age three matter for development at primary school? Evidence from rural China
The literature has shown that cognitive and non-cognitive development before the age of three is associated with children’s levels of development at later ages. However, the extent to which the different pathways of cognitive and non-cognitive development before age three (between 6–12 months and 22–30 months of age) are associated with developmental outcomes at primary school age remains unknown. This study aims to examine this research question…
Impact of risk factors on the link between natural resources rents and carbon emissions
Effective management of natural resources is crucial for diminishing carbon emissions. This research explores how economic, financial, and political risks influence the relationship between natural resources rents and carbon emissions. Analyzing data from 66 countries, this study utilizes methods such as quantile regression and dynamic threshold regression to thoroughly assess the data. The findings reveal: (i) Natural resources rents tend to inc…
Effects of rock outcrops on runoff and erosion from karst slopes under simulated rainfall
Rock outcrops play a crucial role in affecting hydrological and erosion processes on karst hillslopes. However, due to various difficulties in constructing runoff plots on field rocky slopes, previous studies used small metal flumes to simulate outcropped slopes, which greatly differed from the natural rock outcropped slopes. In this study, the effects of rock outcrops on runoff and erosion were studied on karst slopes with natural soil–rock cond…
The medium-term impact of a micronutrient powder intervention on anemia among young children in Rural China
ISRCTN44149146 (15/04/2013)
Millennial-scale climate change recorded by clay minerals during the last deglaciation on the Eastern Tibetan plateau
Yang-Xin-Shu-Mai granule alleviates atherosclerosis by regulating macrophage polarization via the TLR9/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway
Babaodan inhibits cell proliferation and metastasis and enhances anti-tumor effects of camrelizumab by inhibiting M2 phenotype macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma
The making of transnational distinction
Transnational distinction is highly relevant in an age when western degree inflation intersects with harsh gender expectations for Chinese women student migrants, a significant group of players in the scene of UK higher education. Drawing on participant observation and interview data and building on existing theories of cultural capital, this article explores how 25 Chinese women students constructed ‘transnational distinction’. Through investiga…
The impacts of maternal migration on the cognitive development of preschool-aged children left behind in rural China
Past Successes and Future Challenges in Rural China’s Human Capital
This paper describes the current level of human capital in China and seeks to identify a number of education-related challenges that may slow down the nation’s economy from transitioning to high-income status. Relying on recent census-based data from OECD for the rest of the world and using data from the 2015 Micro-Census for China, the authors show that the low levels of education of China’s labour force is really a problem that has its roots in…
Investing in disadvantaged children for common prosperity in China
Despite rapid economic growth in China since 1978, rural-urban inequality has widened. High levels of socioeconomic inequality can have profound implications for child development and lifelong educational equity. Using a dataset containing early childhood development (ECD) outcomes of 0- to 3-year-olds (N = 9,053) from study sites in Eastern, Central, and Western China, the study finds that the risks of cognitive, language, and motor delay are, r…
Teacher qualifications and development outcomes of preschool children in rural China
Effect of Caregiver’s Mental Health on Early Childhood Development across Different Rural Communities in China
Previous research has found that there are high rates of developmental delays among infants and toddlers in rural areas of China. Caregiver mental health problems might be one significant predictor of developmental delays among infants and toddlers, as has been found in other areas of the world. One way that the mental health of caregivers could affect early childhood development is through its effect on parenting practices. In this study, we use…
Math and Chinese-Language Learning
This paper seeks to understand the learning outcomes that prevail across key subpopulations in China today. Data from a nationally representative survey show that rural youth are two years behind urban children in math and Chinese. Non-Han minorities, children in poorer counties, and children with less-educated parents are the most vulnerable
Are infant/toddler developmental delays a problem across rural China?
Using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (BSID-III), we examine the rates of developmental delays among children aged 0–3 years in four major subpopulations of rural China, which, altogether, account for 69% of China's rural children and 49% of children nationwide. The results indicate that 85% of the 3,353 rural children in our sample suffer from at least one kind of developmental delay. Specifically, 49% of the children hav…
Past Successes and Future Challenges in Rural China’s Human Capital
This paper describes the current level of human capital in China and seeks to identify a number of education-related challenges that may slow down the nation’s economy from transitioning to high-income status. Relying on recent census-based data from OECD for the rest of the world and using data from the 2015 Micro-Census for China, the authors show that the low levels of education of China’s labour force is really a problem that has its roots in…
Mental Health Issues among Caregivers of Young Children in Rural China
Previous research has found that there are high rates of mental health problems among caregivers in rural China and that caregiver mental health may be a significant predictor of developmental delays among infants and toddlers in these rural areas. In this paper, we use data from a survey of 986 caregiver-child pairs in rural China to examine the risk factors of caregiver mental health and measure the association between caregiver mental health a…
Association between Sleep Timing and Weight Status among 14- to 19-Year-Old Adolescents in Wuhan, China
This study examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal association of sleep timing with weight status in 14- to 19-year-old adolescents in Wuhan, China. A prospective school-based study was conducted in Wuhan, China between 28 May and 29 September 2019. Data on sociodemographic information, academic performance, diet, mental health status, physical activity, sleep characteristics, body weight, and height were collected. A linear regression mode…
A 450-year lacustrine record of recurrent seismic activities around the Fuyun fault, Altay Mountains, Northwest China
Teacher qualifications and development outcomes of preschool children in rural China
The making of transnational distinction
Transnational distinction is highly relevant in an age when western degree inflation intersects with harsh gender expectations for Chinese women student migrants, a significant group of players in the scene of UK higher education. Drawing on participant observation and interview data and building on existing theories of cultural capital, this article explores how 25 Chinese women students constructed ‘transnational distinction’. Through investiga…
Nationalist Allegories in the Post-human Era
As China’s expansion of influence now takes up the spotlight of the world stage, Chinese science fiction, a relatively little known genre, reaches a global audience. In 2015, Liu Cixin received the Hugo Award for Best Novel for his trilogy The Three-Body Problem, as the first Asian science fiction writer to receive the Hugo Award. A year later, Hao Jingfang’s Folding Beijing was awarded the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. The recent world-wid…
A 450-year warming and wetting climate in southern Altay inferred from a Yileimu Lake sediment core
Parental Self-Perception, Parental Investment, and Early Childhood Developmental Outcomes
Using a three-wave longitudinal survey conducted in 815 households in rural Western China, this study aims to examine the association between parental self-perception and early childhood development and the mediation effect of parental investment on the association between parental self-perception and child development when the sample children are at different ages in the early childhood (18–30, 22–36, and 49–65 months). The results demonstrate t…
Impact of Parental Beliefs on Child Developmental Outcomes
This paper examines the impact of parental beliefs on child development outcomes (for both cognitive and social−emotional skills) based on a three-wave longitudinal survey in rural China. The survey waves were conducted when the sample children were 18−30 months, 22−36 months, and 49−65 months, respectively. A total of 815 children and their primary caregivers who participated in all three wave surveys were enrolled in this study. Using differenc…
Does paternal involvement matter for early childhood development in rural China
Research in developed countries has found that paternal involvement has positive and significant effects on early childhood development (ECD). Less is known, however, about the state of paternal involvement and its influence on ECD in rural China. Using data collected in Southern China that included 1,460 children aged 6–42 months and their fathers (as well as their primary caregivers), this study examines the association between paternal involve…
The impacts of maternal migration on the cognitive development of preschool-aged children left behind in rural China
Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold
BACKGROUND: Heat and cold are established environmental risk factors for human health. However, mapping the related health burden is a difficult task due to the complexity of the associations and the differences in vulnerability and demographic distributions. In this study, we did a comprehensive mortality impact assessment due to heat and cold in European urban areas, considering geographical differences and age-specific risks. METHODS: We inclu…
The anti-hyperlipidemic effects of Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf extract
Development of the family doctor service
Family physicians play a prominent role in the primary health care system of several countries and regions. This study examined family doctors, community residents, and general hospitals, and found that their behaviour and decisions were inevitably affected by multiple economic concerns. To explore the influence of these economic factors, we established a tripartite evolutionary game model. Based on this dynamic game model, we examined the equili…
Do the pathways of child development before age three matter for development at primary school? Evidence from rural China
The literature has shown that cognitive and non-cognitive development before the age of three is associated with children’s levels of development at later ages. However, the extent to which the different pathways of cognitive and non-cognitive development before age three (between 6–12 months and 22–30 months of age) are associated with developmental outcomes at primary school age remains unknown. This study aims to examine this research question…
Impact of risk factors on the link between natural resources rents and carbon emissions
Effective management of natural resources is crucial for diminishing carbon emissions. This research explores how economic, financial, and political risks influence the relationship between natural resources rents and carbon emissions. Analyzing data from 66 countries, this study utilizes methods such as quantile regression and dynamic threshold regression to thoroughly assess the data. The findings reveal: (i) Natural resources rents tend to inc…
Effects of rock outcrops on runoff and erosion from karst slopes under simulated rainfall
Rock outcrops play a crucial role in affecting hydrological and erosion processes on karst hillslopes. However, due to various difficulties in constructing runoff plots on field rocky slopes, previous studies used small metal flumes to simulate outcropped slopes, which greatly differed from the natural rock outcropped slopes. In this study, the effects of rock outcrops on runoff and erosion were studied on karst slopes with natural soil–rock cond…
The medium-term impact of a micronutrient powder intervention on anemia among young children in Rural China
ISRCTN44149146 (15/04/2013)
Millennial-scale climate change recorded by clay minerals during the last deglaciation on the Eastern Tibetan plateau
Yang-Xin-Shu-Mai granule alleviates atherosclerosis by regulating macrophage polarization via the TLR9/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway
Babaodan inhibits cell proliferation and metastasis and enhances anti-tumor effects of camrelizumab by inhibiting M2 phenotype macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma
China (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Geography (16 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Law (7 works)