Yang Gao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yang Gao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yang |
| FAMILY NAME | Gao |
| SIGNATURE | GAO Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-7351-748X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 138 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 138 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Language planning in an Egypt tourism marketplace: Evidence from the linguistic landscape of Khan el-Khalili
This study aims to examine the linguistic landscape of Khan el-Khalili, Egypt, from a language planning perspective. Specifically, it explores patterns of language use, the planning orientations reflected in shop signs, and the underlying logics of de facto language planning as perceived by shop owners and tourists. Drawing on mixed-methods design, the study analyses 1,015 shop-sign photographs and semi-structured interviews with 40 shop owners a…
VirtuScope: Development of a high-fidelity virtual microscope simulation system for histology education
BACKGROUND: Microscope operation is a core skill in morphological laboratory education. However, traditional instructional approaches often face limitations in equipment accessibility, procedural guidance, and hands-on opportunities. With the advancement of virtual simulation technologies, new pathways have emerged for improving practical skill training. This study presents the development of VirtuScope, a high-fidelity virtual microscope simulat…
Beyond Identification—Optimizing Risk Prediction Models in Post‐Emergency Geriatric Units for Precision Stratified Intervention
The development and validation of the artificial intelligence literacy scale for middle school English teachers
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in education, AI literacy has emerged as a critical competency for teachers across disciplines. However, existing research and assessment tools largely focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, with limited attention given to AI literacy within language education. To address this gap, the present study aimed to develop and validate an AI literacy scale sp…
Does a developed tourism area also have a high level of gentrification? Evidence from Shanghai, China
Tourism gentrification, as a new path of regional spatial reconfiguration and social restructuring, has triggered local social change on a global scale. However, spatial quantitative analyses that have examined the relationship between gentrification and tourism development in the major metropolitan areas of developing countries have been lacking in the literature. Through geographic spatial analysis and canonical correlation analysis (CCA), we i…
L2 Self-Guides, Achievement Emotions, and Engagement in AI-Mediated Informal Digital Learning of English: Insights from Structural Equation Modeling and Psychological Network Analysis
Global epidemiological trends, distribution of NTDs and malaria, and disease burden projections for the next 15 years
Background: This study investigates global and regional trends in the burden of malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) from 1990 to 2021, focusing on their changing patterns and influencing factors. Using data from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021 (GBD study 2021), we analyzed the incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and age-standardized rates (ASRs) of malaria and NTDs at both regional and glob…
“Pleasure from work”: Labor participation and subjective well-being among older adults in rural China
Productive engagement in later life is a key predictor of subjective well-being (SWB) and a global strategic response to population aging challenges. Rural productive aging is an expansion of the connotation of productive aging in the cross-cultural framework. Using nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2013, 2015 and 2018), this study examines the relationship between labor participation a…
From motivation to persistence: How role identity sustains long-term elder care volunteering
In the context of global aging, sustaining elder care volunteering is critical for addressing elder care workforce shortages and ensuring long-term social impact. While role identity and empathy ability are theorized as psychological bridges linking motivation to behavioral persistence, their distinct mediating pathways in high-demand care contexts remain underexplored. This study aims to clarify the specific mediation mechanisms of role identity…
Valuing, displaying, and legitimizing language in the linguistic landscape of Hurghada’s tourism-commercial field
This study examines the shop-sign landscape of Hurghada’s tourism-commercial field to investigate how languages are distributed, visually organised, and socially legitimised in a tourism-oriented marketplace. Drawing on Bourdieu’s framework of cultural capital, it adopts a sequential multi-method design that combines a distributional analysis of 1,293 shop signs, a qualitative visual analysis of representative signs, and semi-structured interview…
Digital trade policy, innovation, and employment: Evidence from cross-border e-commerce pilot zones
Nonlinear Effects of the Digital Creative Industry on Tourism: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China
The digital creative industry has fostered emerging tourism formats, such as performance tourism and live-streamed travel; however, academic research remains behind industry advances. This study draws on data from digital creative firms in the Yangtze River Delta and domestic and inbound Chinese tourism statistics from 2013 to 2022. Linear and nonlinear models were employed to examine the influence of industry on tourism and spatial heterogeneity…
Disrupted rich club organization in structural brain networks is related to childhood maltreatment in major depressive disorder
Our results may reflect the associations between the disrupted rich club organization and childhood maltreatment in MDD. Furthermore, with exposure to childhood maltreatment, the distinct connection patterns in depressed and healthy populations may indicate neuroimaging features associated with individual vulnerability or resilience to developing MDD in context of early life stress
Jiao-tai-wan and its bioactive constituent jatrorrhizine exert antidepressant effects via the STING pathway
JTW could exert antidepressant effects by modulating neuroinflammation via inhibition of the STING pathway, with JAT identified as its key active constituent. The results provide pharmacological evidence supporting the use of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of depression
Traditional Chinese medicine for antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia: A comprehensive review of ethnopharmacological foundations, mechanistic insights, and network pharmacology perspectives
TCM represents a promising multi-target approach for antipsychotic-induced HPRL, addressing complex neuroendocrine dysregulation through component synergy. Network pharmacology effectively bridges TCM theory with mechanistic research, supporting evidence-based integration into psychiatric care
Protective role of alkaloids of Calanthe fimbriata against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in mice: Involvement of anti-gastric acid secretion and suppression of NF-κB/Mapk inflammatory cascades
Navigating emotion-informed tensions in school-family collaboration: A longitudinal triadic case study
The impact of social media on fund net capital flow and performance
Numerous market phenomena show that social media can have an impact on investor behavior, but there is a lack of exploration in existing literature regarding the impact mechanism of social media on fund investment behavior and performance. This paper studies the impact of social media attention on fund net capital flow and fund performance, and further examines how it affects the relationship between fund net capital flow and fund rally. Fixed-ef…
Audience cognitive diversity in traditional performing arts: A case study
As one of the performing arts, dance is an important medium for spreading culture. This study considers whether diverse dance styles can affect the audience’s perception of cultural creativity, using as examples the nine traditional dance works of the Sheng Shi Hua Zhang series with the characteristics of the eight styles proposed by Liu Xie in The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. Multidimensional scaling was used to construct the prefer…
Effects of interaction modalities and emotional states on user’s perceived empathy with an LLM-based embodied conversational agent
Exploring Chinese students’ engagement with student voice for social justice pedagogy: The role of classroom climate, willingness to communicate, and creative thinking
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis in acute lung injury therapy: Integrated chemical composition, anti-inflammation, antioxidation, and NF-κB cascades based on bioactivity-guided fractionation
Investigating Preschool Children’s Metapragmatic Awareness Development Through Force-Dynamics Model
This study investigates the development of metapragmatic awareness in preschool children through the lens of Talmy’s Force-Dynamics Model. Using conversation data from 60 Mandarin-speaking children aged 4 to 6, obtained from the International Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), the research employs a custom coding framework to analyze how children’s interactions reflect seven core force-schemata. These schemata are examined in relation…
Land-atmosphere interactions mitigate the direct surface-drying effects of land use and cover change
Cumulative handgrip strength and trajectories of depressive symptoms in older adults: Evidence from two cohort studies
Reduced cumulative handgrip strength correlated with accelerated depressive symptom progression and increased depression incidence. Future interventional studies should further investigate if strength/muscular fitness can improve mental health, particularly in older adults
The lost countryside: Spatial production of rural culture in Tangwan village in Shanghai
Integration of migrant workers: Differentiation among three rural migrant enclaves in Shenzhen
Influence of a new agricultural technology extension mode on farmers' technology adoption behavior in China
Nature-based solutions for urban expansion: Integrating ecosystem services into the delineation of growth boundaries
Fiction as reality: Chinese youths watching American television
Inventing the ‘authentic’ self: American television and Chinese audiences in global Beijing
This article examines the ways educated urban Chinese youths engage American television fiction as part of their identity work. Drawing on theories of modern reflexive identity and based on 29 interviews with US TV fans among university students in Beijing, I found these youths are drawn to this television primarily because they perceive the American way of life portrayed on it as more ‘authentic’. This perception of authenticity must be examined…
Research on the use of digital finance and the adoption of green control techniques by family farms in China
Cultural Capital in China? Television Tastes and Cultural and Cosmopolitan Distinctions Among Beijing Youth
How does television taste function as cultural capital in contemporary China? This study shows how Chinese youth engage with global television fiction to mark their positions in China's changing social and cultural hierarchies. Using multiple correspondence analysis (N = 422) and interviews (N = 48) with college students in Beijing, we identify three taste dimensions: (1) disengaged versus discerning viewers; (2) TV lovers versus TV dislikers; an…
Integrating ecosystem services conservation into the optimization of urban planning policies in eco-fragile areas: A scenario-based case study
Which factors influence individual pro-environmental behavior in the tourism context: Rationality, affect, or morality
Explaining the factors that influence individual pro-environmental behavior (PEB) in the tourism context may help to enhance sustainability. This study employs a meta-analysis to systematically compare the influence of rational, affective, and moral factors on individual PEB in the tourism context. According to the results, individual PEB in the tourism context is jointly influenced by rational, affective, and moral factors, among which the influ…
A linguistic landscape study of shop signs on Barkhor Street in Lhasa
A study of diverse cosmetics from the Tang dynasty
Associated factors of loneliness among primary school students
Loneliness is associated with various negative mental and physical health outcomes. Studies on factors associated with loneliness can inform its early screening and prevention. However, little is known about what factors are associated with loneliness among Chinese young children. The present study aimed to identify the various loneliness-associated factors (demographic, personal, school-related, and family-related) among primary school students …
The nexus between the cultural and creative industries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A network perspective
Scholars and policymakers have widely claimed that the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) provide positive knowledge externalities that can help address sustainable development challenges, yet questions remain about the pathways through which this occurs. In this study, we hypothesise that several features of knowledge networks in the CCIs relate to a location’s sustainable development outcomes. We use data of ownership networks between 22,4…
Research on a diagnostic system of rural vitalization based on development elements in China
The Idea of the Anavatapta Lake in India and Its Adoption in East Asia
This article centers around the Anavatapta Lake. In East Asian pictorialization of worldview, Maps of Mt. Sumeru, which depict the mountain at the core of the world, are often paired with Maps of India, in which the Anavatapta Lake occupies a significant place. When the concept of the Anavatapta Lake was transmitted from India to China and Japan, it was understood through the lens of local cultures and ideologies, and the lake was envisioned as a…
Opportunity exploitation and resource exploitation: An integrative growth model for entrepreneurship
Purpose – Guided by the proposed opportunity and resource integrative entrepreneurial growth model, the purpose of this paper is to explore how different opportunity type firms grow integrally and what the laws for different opportunity integration growth modes are. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple case study on six firms in information and communication technologies industry in China is conducted. Findings – Three types of entrepreneuria…
The impact of teacher emotional support on students' engagement in AI-mediated English learning environments: The mediating role of resilience and self-efficacy
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings has sparked debates about the potential replacement of human teachers. While AI tools can provide personalized instruction and immediate feedback, the emotional support dimension of teaching may represent a domain where human teachers maintain a distinct advantage. This study investigated whether teacher emotional support remains a critical factor in students' engagement in A…
A preliminary study on the features of Chinese social work forces’ involvement in rural anti-poverty
In 2015, the Chinese government announced the “Statement on Winning the Battle against Extreme Poverty” and launched a series of more intensive nationwide programmes targeting absolute poverty eradication. Chinese social agents from all walks of life, such as professional social work forces, were called and united by the central government to be involved in the battle. Through document research and in-depth interviews, this qualitative research a…
Sensation Seeking and Substance use in Chinese Adolescents: Longitudinal Trajectories and Prospective Within-person Associations
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between perceived environments and body mass index in Chinese adolescents
Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture
The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China
Our findings suggest that parental migration is a risk factor for unhealthy behaviours amongst adolescent school children in rural China. Further research is required in addition to the consideration of the implications for policies and programmes to protect LBC
Designation of an interactive oil spill management system
Purpose This paper seeks to illustrate designation of a real‐time oil spill monitoring and management system using computer system, GIS models, internet and a variety of other technologies. Design/methodology/approach Appropriate models in GIS, together with monitoring technologies and internet‐based communication infrastructure, facilitate oil spill early warning, situational analysis, risk analysis and damage analysis in addition to management …
Interventions for preventing obesity in children
BACKGROUND: Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development and well-being. The international evidence base for strategies that governments, communities and families can implement to prevent obesity, and promote health, has been accumulating but remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: This review primarily aims to update the previous…
Assessment of the Interactions between Economic Growth and Industrial Wastewater Discharges Using Co-integration Analysis: A Case Study for China’s Hunan Province
We have investigated the interactions between economic growth and industrial wastewater discharge from 1978 to 2007 in China's Hunan Province using co-integration theory and an error-correction model. Two main economic growth indicators and four representative industrial wastewater pollutants were selected to demonstrate the interaction mechanism. We found a long-term equilibrium relationship between economic growth and the discharge of industria…
Ginsenoside Rg1 inhibits vascular intimal hyperplasia in balloon-injured rat carotid artery by down-regulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2
A First-order Method to Identify Potentially Dangerous Glacial Lakes in a Region of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Though glacial lake outburst floods have become an urgent issue on the Tibetan Plateau, no standardized methods have been proposed so far to identify and prioritize potentially dangerous glacial lakes (PDGLs). Here, we developed a first-order approach to identify PDGLs in the Boshula Mountain Range, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Five variables—mother glacier area, distance between lake and glacier terminus, slope between lake and glacier, mean sl…
Projected changes of extreme weather events in the eastern United States based on a high resolution climate modeling system
This study is the first evaluation of dynamical downscaling using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model on a 4 km × 4 km high resolution scale in the eastern US driven by the new Community Earth System Model version 1.0 (CESM v1.0). First we examined the global and regional climate model results, and corrected an inconsistency in skin temperature during the downscaling process by modifying the land/sea mask. In comparison with observat…
Ginsenoside Re reduces insulin resistance through activation of PPAR-γ pathway and inhibition of TNF-α production
Escape Decision-Making under Real Fire and Simulated Fire Conditions: Escape Decision-Making under Real Fire and Simulated Fire Conditions
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Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory morbidities among Chinese children: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong
Results have confirmed certain adverse effects on children's respiratory health from long-term exposure to ambient air pollution. PM10 may be the most relevant pollutant with adverse effects on wheezing and phlegm in boys. Both PM10 and NO2 may be contributing to cough and phlegm in girls
Glacier change in the Poiqu River basin inferred from Landsat data from 1975 to 2010
Identification of antihyperlipidemic constituents from the roots of Rubia yunnanensis Diels
Carbon Sequestration Function of Check-Dams: A Case Study of the Loess Plateau in China
Environmental Performance Analysis of Eco‐Industrial Parks in China: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
In pursuit of more sustainable development of industry, China has been actively developing eco‐industrial parks (EIPs) for more than a decade. However, the environmental value of these EIPs remains largely unverified. This study aimed to evaluate the environmental performance of national EIPs in China using data envelopment analysis. Eco‐efficiency and environmental performance indices were used to represent the static and dynamic environmental p…
Persistent cold air outbreaks over North America in a warming climate
This study examines future changes of cold air outbreaks (CAOs) using a multi-model ensemble of global climate simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and high resolution regional climate simulations. Overall, climate models agree on a dip in CAO duration across North America, but the percentage change is consistently smaller from western Canada to the upper mid-western US with historically more frequent CAO. By decompo…
A Comparative Study of Dog- and Cat-Induced Injury on Incidence and Risk Factors among Children
Background: Millions of people are bitten by animals each year, with approximately 90% of the injuries being caused by dogs and cats. However, few studies focus on risk factors of dog- and cat-induced injury in China. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the rate of dog- and cat-induced injury and its potential risk factors. Methods: The data were from a population-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2015, with a sample …
Opportunity exploitation and resource exploitation: An integrative growth model for entrepreneurship
Purpose – Guided by the proposed opportunity and resource integrative entrepreneurial growth model, the purpose of this paper is to explore how different opportunity type firms grow integrally and what the laws for different opportunity integration growth modes are. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple case study on six firms in information and communication technologies industry in China is conducted. Findings – Three types of entrepreneuria…
Inventing the ‘authentic’ self: American television and Chinese audiences in global Beijing
This article examines the ways educated urban Chinese youths engage American television fiction as part of their identity work. Drawing on theories of modern reflexive identity and based on 29 interviews with US TV fans among university students in Beijing, I found these youths are drawn to this television primarily because they perceive the American way of life portrayed on it as more ‘authentic’. This perception of authenticity must be examined…
Fiction as reality: Chinese youths watching American television
An Intervention to Reduce Bicycle Injuries among Middle School Students in Rural China
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce bicycle injuries among rural middle school students in China. A one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted with seventh grade students from six middle schools in two towns in rural Chaoshan, China. The two towns were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Road safety education materials, two lectures on road safety, and a series of …
Physical Activity-Related Injury and Its Associated Factors among Middle School Students in Southern China
Physical activity (PA) promotion is beneficial to gain and maintain optimal health, but might increase risks for physical activity-related injury (PARI). This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the incidence rate and identify risk factors of PARI among Chinese middle school students. Selected via the method of cluster random sampling, students graded 7−8 (junior) and 10−11 (senior) from five middle schools (aged from 10 to 18 years old) i…
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between perceived environments and body mass index in Chinese adolescents
Gender-Specific Risk Factors of Physical Activity-Related Injuries among Middle School Students in Southern China
This cross-sectional study was carried out to explore the potential risk factors of physical activity-related injuries (PARI) among middle-school students of different genders. Selected by the random cluster sampling method, students aged from 12 to 16 years old in grades 7-8 from six middle schools in Shantou, southern China, were recruited for this investigation in November 2017. Information about socio-demographics, physical activity (PA) expo…
Selecting a Bedside Cognitive Vital Sign to Monitor Cognition in Hospital: Feasibility, Reliability, and Responsiveness of Logical Memory
Although there is a high prevalence of delirium and cognitive impairment among hospitalised older adults, short, reliable cognitive measures are rarely used to monitor cognition and potentially alert healthcare professionals to early changes that might signal delirium. We evaluated the reliability, responsiveness, and feasibility of logical memory (LM), immediate verbal recall of a short story, compared to brief tests of attention as a bedside "c…
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