Yang Cao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yang Cao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yang |
| FAMILY NAME | Cao |
| SIGNATURE | CAO Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1795-6474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 85 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 85 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Quiet Quitting in America: An Empirical Assessment of Three Explanations
Since 2022, quiet quitting has captured widespread public and scholarly attention, yet its causes remain poorly understood. This article advances the literature by identifying and empirically testing three explanations. Regression analyses using the 2014, 2018, and 2022 waves of the General Social Survey show that quiet quitting is more common among workers who enjoy better work environments and higher job satisfaction—contradicting the mainstrea…
Targeted Critical Thinking Intervention Reduces Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men: The Moderating Role of Internalized Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice
Multisensory environmental perception profiles and perceived restoration in an urban park during transitional seasonal conditions
Introduction Urban environments expose individuals to complex multisensory stimuli that jointly influence psychological experience and wellbeing. Although previous studies have examined thermal, visual, and acoustic factors separately, less is known about how these sensory dimensions are jointly perceived and associated with perceived restoration. This study investigated multisensory environmental perception patterns and their association with pe…
A Preassigned-Time Distributed Optimization Protocol for Resource Allocation via a Novel Convergence Theorem
This manuscript introduces a novel preassigned-time distributed optimization protocol for resource allocation in multiagent systems, addressing both local convex set constraints and global equality constraints. The protocol operates through two sequential phases: initially, each agent’s state is deterministically driven into its feasible set within a prespecified time; subsequently, global equality constraints are continuously maintained while pr…
Undiagnosed glaucoma and its risk factors in the Yinzhou community-based glaucoma screening program
Purpose To analyze the risk factors associated with previously undiagnosed primary glaucoma. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among residents aged 50 years and older in primary health care centers in Yinzhou District, China, from November 26, 2020, to December 3, 2021. Participants underwent various screening procedures. Patients with suspected glaucoma and other ocular abnormalities were referred to Yinzhou People’s Hospital for …
Effects of different exercise interventions on cognitive function in patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Cognitive impairment, often termed “chemobrain,” significantly impacts the quality of life in breast cancer survivors. While exercise is a recommended intervention, the relative efficacy of different exercise modalities remains unclear. This study aims to compare and rank the effects of various exercise types on cognitive function in breast cancer patients through a network meta-analysis (NMA). We conducted a systematic review of randomized contr…
Gomisin A exerts neuroprotective effects on spinal cord injury through the EGFR/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway to inhibit ferroptosis
Compounds and monomeric active ingredients of resolving phlegm and removing stasis therapy (RPST) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: A comprehensive review
Negotiating institutional ambiguity: Modelling deliberation in resident-led in-situ demolish-and-rebuild urban renewal with large language models
The association between reported artificial light and reported physical activity at night: The mediating roles of environmental restorativeness and perceived safety
Artificial light at night may facilitate physical activity after sunset. To investigate this possibility, we conducted a survey with 646 Chinese adults to examine the associations between both subjectively and objectively measured artificial light at night and various intensities and domains of nighttime physical activity. We also explored the potential mediating roles of environmental restorativeness and perceived safety in these associations. D…
Combat sports in virtual reality for rehabilitation and disability adaptation: A mini-review
This review examines the existing literature regarding the utilization of combat sports in virtual reality (VR) for disease rehabilitation and adaptive physical activity. A total of 18 studies were obtained from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The results suggest that Boxing, the most studied combat sport in VR systems, has been primarily used to improve motor function and quality of life in patients with neurological conditions such as …
Parallel empathy or reactive empathy? The role of emotional support provided by affective pedagogical agent in online learning
Personalization in educational gamification: Learners with different trait competitiveness benefit differently from rankings on leaderboards
Longan Aril polysaccharides ameliorate cognitive impairment in AD mice via restoration of the immune phagocytosis of microglia
LAPs can enhance the cognitive abilities of immune-tolerant AD mice and diminish their pathological damage. The mechanism involves the regulation of glycolysis and the PI3K/Akt/mTOR/HIF-1α signaling pathway to promote microglial immune phagocytosis
Cost-effectiveness of preventive Covid-19 interventions: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of comparative economic evaluation studies based on real-world data
Internet use and youth self-reported health over the course of Covid-19 in China
The networked characterization of Internet use shapes youth self-reported health through both healthy lifestyles and interpersonal interactions. Under the impact of COVID-19, the online information support pathway of youth self-reported health has declined, while the online emotional support pathway has become more prominent, suggesting a breakthrough of the physical isolation limitations of pandemic-proof social capital. Networked characterizati…
Reframing stress: The impact of stress mindset on adolescent sleep health
Stress mindset-how individuals perceive stress as either enhancing or debilitating-shapes stress experiences and influences mental and physical health outcomes. Yet, its relationship with sleep health remains underexplored. This study examined the longitudinal association between stress mindset and sleep health among Chinese adolescents and tested whether stress mindset moderates the adverse effects of stress on sleep. We analyzed two-wave data f…
What are they worried about? A qualitative exploration of negative beliefs in Chinese socially anxious youths
Neighborhood social contact and cohesion mediate the relationship between subjectively perceived artificial light at night and mental wellbeing
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) may improve health by promoting increased social activity. However, this hypothesis still lacks empirical evidence. In this study, we conducted an online survey to investigate the relationship between both subjective and objective measures of artificial light at night (ALAN) and mental wellbeing among 646 adults across 27 provinces in China. Additionally, we explored the potential mediating role of social contact …
The effect of cadre–farmer relationship on farmers’ willingness to treat domestic waste: Evidence from China
The construction of an ecologically livable rural environment requires treating rural domestic waste. Farmers, as key participants in rural domestic waste disposal, can improve the rural environment by disposing of domestic waste in an environmentally friendly manner. Few studies have examined the cadre–farmer relationship and its impact on rural waste pollution. Using a questionnaire survey of farmers in Shaanxi Province, China, this study estim…
China English Accent or Errors
This paper reports a pilot study upon segmental and super-segmental deviations of 40 Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ sentence imitation task. The researchers annotated all substitute phonemes and tones for each observed phoneme and tone in the imitation task to describe some phonetic features of the norm of China English Accent (CEA), and probe for the dividing line between CEA and errors. Some carriers of CEA have been obse…
Investigating the causal association between gut microbiota and type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization
Background Studies have shown that gut dysbiosis contributes to the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Identifying specific gut microbiota dysbiosis may provide insight into the pathogenesis of T2DM. Purpose This study investigated the causal relationship between gut microbiota and T2DM using meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization (MR). Methods In the first part, we searched for literature on gut microbiota and T2DM, and condu…
How do urban block built environments affect older adults’ walking activities and health effects: A case study in Nanjing, China
Introduction: Research on the relationship between microscale built environments and physical activity among older adults in densely populated old urban areas with high aging rates is scarce. Particularly, the relationship between urban block land-use pattern and older adults' walking activities have not yet been completely understood. Methods: This study examined the daily walking habits and socioeconomic attributes of older adults in 17 blocks …
Trends in admission rates of primary angle closure diseases for the urban population in China, 2011–2021
Background: Cataract surgery and laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) are effective approaches for preventing primary angle closure diseases (PACDs), as well as acute primary angle closure (APAC). Due to the development of population screening and increases in cataract surgery rates, this study aimed to examine trends in the admission rates of PACD among the urban population in China. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined patients who were adm…
Biomass difference between mixed plantations and monocultures and its influencing factors: A meta‐analysis
Establishing mixed‐species plantations has become the most promising planting method to provide various goods and improve multiple environmental services. Although mixed planting has the potential to increase tree biomass, the divergent findings make it challenging to understand the mixing effects on whole forest (trees, shrubs, herbs, and litter) biomass. Therefore, we conducted a meta‐analysis compiling 156 studies published from 1982 to 2021 a…
Path dependent societal transformation: Stratification in hybrid mixed economies
Gender and Job Mobility in Postsocialist China: A Longitudinal Study of Job Changes in Six Coastal Cities
This study examines the gender differences in job mobility in urban China. Conceptualizing China's postsocialist transition as a multi-faceted process, we argue that the emergence of labor markets, gendered role differentiation within the family, and the state's declining involvement in promoting women's rights lead to widened gender gaps in job mobility. Event history analysis of data from six coastal cities finds that married women are less lik…
Delineation of an urban agglomeration boundary based on Sina Weibo microblog ‘check-in’ data: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta
Postsocialist inequalities: The causes of continuity and discontinuity
Remaking Inequality: Institutional Change and Income Stratification in Urban China
This paper examines how China's institutional changes toward market transform the income inequality in the urban economy. We highlight the replacement of bureaucratic allocation with market on three levels: the creation and expansion of the private/hybrid sector that is relatively autonomous from direct state control, public firms' reduced dependence on the state and growing exposure to market discipline, and the emergence of urban labor markets.…
Careers Inside Organizations: A Comparative Study of Promotion Determination in Reforming China
Mobility under state socialism has been known for the ubiquitous presence of political criteria in determining career opportunities, but how it evolves in the postsocialist era has yet to be well understood. This article examines the impact of market reform on promotion determination in China's hybrid urban economy. I propose an institutional and organizational explanation, highlighting the difference in resource dependence between firms and nonp…
The Cultural Consequences of Market Transition: An Empirical Examination of Rising Materialism in Twenty-First-Century China
This study examines how markets affect personal culture in the context of postsocialist China. Drawing on several bodies of literature, I argue that China's transition to a market economy promotes materialist values via two causal pathways. First, market transition entails a process of economic liberalization, which accentuates economic incentives and exacerbates existential insecurity. Second, market transition also entails a process of commodif…
Market Transition and the Deinstitutionalization of Standard Work Hours in Post-Socialist China
The authors investigate the relationship between market transition and work hours in urban China. Regression analysis of data from the 2006 Chinese General Social Survey reveals a negative relationship between economic marketization, measured at the province level, and the likelihood that an employee works standard hours. Standard hours are less common among those working for smaller employers, which are less subject to outside scrutiny. This rel…
Poverty and Health: Children of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in Beijing, China
Behind the rising meritocracy: Market, politics, and cultural change in urban China
Chinese Private Corporate Philanthropy: Social Responsibility, Legitimacy Strategy, and the Role of Political Capital
We integrate theories in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature and research on China’s post-socialist transition to examine charitable giving by Chinese private enterprises. Empirical analysis of data from a 2006 survey shows that private enterprise involvement in philanthropy is positively associated with their economic and ethical performances, and that it is also positively associated with the reception of government sanctions f…
Perceived Social Mobility and Political Trust in China
Existing studies have traced China’s high political trust to three sources: traditional culture, the state’s success in fostering economic growth, and ideological propaganda. We identify a fourth source: perceived social mobility. We argue that when people perceive a reasonable chance for upward mobility based on personal initiatives and efforts, the status quo becomes more justifiable because individuals are responsible for their own successes a…
Toward Gender-Inclusive Coreference Resolution: An Analysis of Gender and Bias Throughout the Machine Learning Lifecycle
Correctly resolving textual mentions of people fundamentally entails making inferences about those people. Such inferences raise the risk of systematic biases in coreference resolution systems, including biases that can harm binary and non-binary trans and cis stakeholders. To better understand such biases, we foreground nuanced conceptualizations of gender from sociology and sociolinguistics, and investigate where in the machine learning pipelin…
"Institutional Compatibility and the Diffusion of "Best Practices: Human Resource Management in Foreign-Invested Enterprises in China
We advance the literature on global diffusion, currently dominated by the world polity theory, by examining how the local institutional environment shapes the diffusion of global best practices. We argue that global best practices that are more compatible with the local institutional environment are more likely to be adopted by local actors, and that they also exert a greater positive impact on the adopters. In contrast to existing research that …
Attitudes toward nuclear power and energy-saving behavior among Japanese households
Product diversification and property performance in the urban lodging market: The relationship and its moderators
Path dependent societal transformation: Stratification in hybrid mixed economies
Careers Inside Organizations: A Comparative Study of Promotion Determination in Reforming China
Mobility under state socialism has been known for the ubiquitous presence of political criteria in determining career opportunities, but how it evolves in the postsocialist era has yet to be well understood. This article examines the impact of market reform on promotion determination in China's hybrid urban economy. I propose an institutional and organizational explanation, highlighting the difference in resource dependence between firms and nonp…
Postsocialist inequalities: The causes of continuity and discontinuity
Behind the rising meritocracy: Market, politics, and cultural change in urban China
Remaking Inequality: Institutional Change and Income Stratification in Urban China
This paper examines how China's institutional changes toward market transform the income inequality in the urban economy. We highlight the replacement of bureaucratic allocation with market on three levels: the creation and expansion of the private/hybrid sector that is relatively autonomous from direct state control, public firms' reduced dependence on the state and growing exposure to market discipline, and the emergence of urban labor markets.…
Gender and Job Mobility in Postsocialist China: A Longitudinal Study of Job Changes in Six Coastal Cities
This study examines the gender differences in job mobility in urban China. Conceptualizing China's postsocialist transition as a multi-faceted process, we argue that the emergence of labor markets, gendered role differentiation within the family, and the state's declining involvement in promoting women's rights lead to widened gender gaps in job mobility. Event history analysis of data from six coastal cities finds that married women are less lik…
Are the elderly more vulnerable to psychological impact of natural disaster? A population-based survey of adult survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
Compared with the younger adults, the elderly survivors were more likely to develop PTSD and general psychiatric morbidity. More mental health services should be distributed to the elderly and groups at particular risk, to ensure their smooth mental health reconstruction after the earthquake
Health-related quality of life of “left-behind children”: A cross-sectional survey in rural China
A new TCM formula FTZ lowers serum cholesterol by regulating HMG-CoA reductase and CYP7A1 in hyperlipidemic rats
Tanshinone IIA reduces apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide in the human endothelium-derived EA.hy926 cells
Reconstruction and Optimization of Tritium Time Series in Precipitation of Beijing, China
Tritium time series for precipitation in Beijing have been reconstructed for the period 1953–2002 using various methods: Guanbingjun method; trend surface analysis method; double reference curve method; triangulation method; and correlation method. By comparing the reconstructed results with the measured data of Beijing as well as data of other regions available in the IAEA GNIP database, the corresponding tritium time series have been developed …
Examining WeChat users’ motivations, trust, attitudes, and positive word-of-mouth: Evidence from China
Attitudes toward nuclear power and energy-saving behavior among Japanese households
Market Transition and the Deinstitutionalization of Standard Work Hours in Post-Socialist China
The authors investigate the relationship between market transition and work hours in urban China. Regression analysis of data from the 2006 Chinese General Social Survey reveals a negative relationship between economic marketization, measured at the province level, and the likelihood that an employee works standard hours. Standard hours are less common among those working for smaller employers, which are less subject to outside scrutiny. This rel…
Use of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory with Children and Adolescents in China: Issues with Reaction Times
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y; STAI-Y) is a balanced scale with a complex factor structure. Using survey data from children and adolescents in Jiangxi Province, China ( N = 1,275), we conducted confirmatory factor analysis to clarify the number of factors in this instrument and to investigate the relationship between reaction time (RT) and anxiety. Results revealed the following 3 dimensions for the STAI-Y: anxiety absent, anxiety pre…
Perceived Social Mobility and Political Trust in China
Existing studies have traced China’s high political trust to three sources: traditional culture, the state’s success in fostering economic growth, and ideological propaganda. We identify a fourth source: perceived social mobility. We argue that when people perceive a reasonable chance for upward mobility based on personal initiatives and efforts, the status quo becomes more justifiable because individuals are responsible for their own successes a…
Poverty and Health: Children of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in Beijing, China
A Two-Stage Method to Estimate the Contribution of Road Traffic to PM2.5 Concentrations in Beijing, China
Traffic emissions account for a substantial share of daily total PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing. Our two-stage method is a useful and convenient tool in ecological and epidemiological studies to estimate the traffic contribution to PM2.5 concentrations when there is limited information on vehicle number and types and emission profile
Neuroprotective effects of ginseng protein on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in the hippocampus of D -galactose/AlCl 3 inducing rats model of Alzheimer’s disease
Chinese Private Corporate Philanthropy: Social Responsibility, Legitimacy Strategy, and the Role of Political Capital
We integrate theories in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature and research on China’s post-socialist transition to examine charitable giving by Chinese private enterprises. Empirical analysis of data from a 2006 survey shows that private enterprise involvement in philanthropy is positively associated with their economic and ethical performances, and that it is also positively associated with the reception of government sanctions f…
Experts’ perceptions of the sloping land conversion program in the Loess Plateau, China
Delineation of an urban agglomeration boundary based on Sina Weibo microblog ‘check-in’ data: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta
Product diversification and property performance in the urban lodging market: The relationship and its moderators
Inside China's Automobile Factories
This book is about labor relations in contemporary China's automobile industry. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in seven automobile assembly plants in China, Zhang explores a wide array of topics ranging from day-to-day workplace interaction to labor legislation at the national level. This book is packed with valuable information and insightful discussion. Rather than attempting to summarize, I identify and comment on three contributions of this bo…
"Institutional Compatibility and the Diffusion of "Best Practices: Human Resource Management in Foreign-Invested Enterprises in China
We advance the literature on global diffusion, currently dominated by the world polity theory, by examining how the local institutional environment shapes the diffusion of global best practices. We argue that global best practices that are more compatible with the local institutional environment are more likely to be adopted by local actors, and that they also exert a greater positive impact on the adopters. In contrast to existing research that …
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