Wen Xu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3670654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wen Xu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wen |
| FAMILY NAME | Xu |
| SIGNATURE | XU W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2820-6794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 51 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 51 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The application of focused assessment with sonography for trauma in resource-limited settings: A scoping review
Background: Trauma represents a leading cause of mortality and disability in resource-limited settings. However, access to advanced imaging modalities is severely constrained, limiting timely and accurate diagnosis as well as clinical decision-making. Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) offers a portable, non-ionizing, and cost-effective bedside imaging solution with significant potential for clinical application. It enables rapi…
Factors influencing the sense of place among belt and road international students in Chengdu, China: A configurational perspective using fsQCA
Drawing on the person-process-place (PPP) framework and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this study investigates how various personal, social, and environmental factors combine to shape international students' sense of place in Chengdu, China. The PPP framework conceptualizes Person (e.g., psychological capital), Process (e.g., cultural adaptation, academic adaptation and city image perception), and Place (e.g., interpersonal i…
Yiqi Yangxin Anshen Oral liquid ameliorates anxiety-like behaviors and learning-memory impairment in sleep deprivation rats via maintaining neurotransmitters homeostasis and regulation of cAMP/CREB si…
Bedtime electronic device use and sleep quality in Chinese young adults: A longitudinal study
The proliferating use of electronic devices among young adults has raised growing concerns about their potential adverse effects on sleep quality. However, longitudinal evidence remains limited, particularly within Chinese student populations. This prospective 5-year longitudinal study enrolled 1,057 medical students from the China Undergraduate Cohort (CUC) spanning 2019 to 2024. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inde…
Location Promoting Influence Maximization in Social Networks
With the widespread use of GPS-enabled smart devices, online social networks are increasingly integrated with offline local services. People are also more inclined to share their real-time offline location and time information with friends on online platforms. Influence maximization, which involves selecting a set of seed nodes to maximize influence within an online social network, has gained significant attention, especially on location-based so…
Elderly Tourists' Motives for Virtual Tourism and Its Impact on Subjective Vitality
Tourism serves as a vital approach for promoting active aging. In recent years, virtual tourism has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional travel, offering the elderly new opportunities to enhance their mental health and well‐being. Grounded in self‐determination theory, this study explores how elderly tourists' motivations—specifically autonomy (convenience, usability), relatedness (cultural exploration, interpersonal seeking), and co…
Bridging Self-Efficacy and Digital Competence: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Teachers’ Readiness for the Digital Age
In the digital era, the incorporation of digital technology into educational settings has underscored the critical role of teachers’ digital competence. Concurrently, self-efficacy has emerged as a key contributor to this competence, attracting significant scholarly attention. This study conducts a scoping review of journal articles published in the Web of Science Core Collection from 2000 to April 2025, aiming to explore the main interactive rel…
The difference in patient-centered medical experiences between public fertility care and private fertility care in China: A multicenter cross-sectional study
The subscale of patient-centered medical experiences for 'accessibility', 'information' and 'continuity and transition' were significantly higher for private fertility care than for public fertility care
Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with mental health among university students: The mediating role of cardiorespiratory fitness and moderating role of gender
CRF partially mediates the association between PA and mental health, suggesting that improved CRF may be one pathway through which PA supports psychological well-being. While sedentary behavior did not directly predict mental health outcomes, its negative impact on CRF may indirectly contribute to psychological distress. Gender differences in mental health were observed, but gender did not significantly alter the relationships between the key stu…
Taxus chinensis (Pilg.) Rehder fruit attenuates aging behaviors and neuroinflammation by inhibiting microglia activation via TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway
Agent-based modelling approach to explore efficacy of policies for heat pump uptake
Decarbonising residential heating is essential for the UK to meet its climate targets, as home heating remains a major carbon emitter. This study employs an agent-based model (ABM), integrating logistic regression and utility theory, to simulate UK household adoption of heat pumps from 2021 to 2050. The model captures economic, psychological, and social factors, calibrated with national survey data and historical adoption trends to align long-ter…
The influence of organizational atmosphere and psychological capital on work performance: The moderating role of psychological contract
This study explores the interconnected roles of organizational atmosphere, psychological capital, work engagement, and psychological contract on the work performance. Structural equation modeling and moderated mediation analyses were conducted to test the hypothesized relationships. Methodologically, the study employed a stratified random sampling of 369 faculty members across various disciplines. Key findings reveal that both organizational atmo…
Challenges and support needs in psychological and physical health among pilots: A qualitative study
Introduction: Physical and mental health problems among pilots affect their working state and impact flight safety. Although pilots' physical and mental health problems have become increasingly prominent, their health has not been taken seriously. This study aimed to clarify challenges and support needs related to psychological and physical health among pilots to inform development of a more scientific and comprehensive physical and mental health…
Phytochemical determination and mechanistic investigation of Polygala tenuifolia root (Yuanzhi) extract for bronchitis: UPLC-MS/MS analysis, network pharmacology and in vitro/in vivo evaluation
This study demonstrated the potential therapeutic effects of PLE on bronchitis by reducing cough, phlegm and inflammation. The anti-inflammatory action and molecular mechanisms of the 5 main bioactive compounds in PLE were partly validated through the in vitro assays. The findings provide valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying the traditional use of PLE for bronchitis
Linguistic Entrepreneurship in Sino-African Student Mobility
Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Revised Attitudes Toward Research Scale for Use with MSW Students
The authors offer suggestions for integrating this validated tool into social work research methods classes to assist in developing students' ability to engage in all steps of the evidence-based practice process once in the field
Patronage, tournament, and political reward: Evidence from the model county party secretary in China
This study focuses on the honor of Model County Party Secretary, a prestigious award bestowed by the Communist Party of China to recognize exceptional county party secretaries. Specifically, we investigate how county party secretaries' patronage networks with senior politicians and their relative economic performance compared to other political contestants can impact their likelihood of winning this honor. We collect demographic and biographic da…
Educating global Africans: Possibilities of Chinese language learning in international higher education
The number of international students in Chinese higher education has expanded unprecedentedly over the past decade. As opposed to neoliberal marketisation, this expansion is backed up by a community of shared future for mankind rationale, which is well articulated within the policy rhetoric as well as keynote speeches by Chinese senior government officials. However, there is a paucity of research and thoresiation into how Chinese universities may…
Parental engagement in child sexual abuse prevention education in Hong Kong
Objective: This study examined three dimensions of parental engagement in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) prevention education (knowledge, attitudes and practices) to determine whether increased knowledge and attitudes favouring CSA education led to increases in parental behaviours while controlling for multiple factors. Design: A random, digitally selected sample of 508 Hong Kong parents with at least one child in primary school answered a 47-question …
Research on the risk evaluation of urban wastewater treatment projects based on an improved fuzzy cognitive map
Mental health symptoms and coping strategies among Ukrainians during the Russia-Ukraine war in March 2022
CONTEXT: The Russian attack on Ukraine has been ongoing since February 24, 2022. Nevertheless, no research has documented the mental health of Ukrainians during the biggest land war in Europe after the Second World War, or how Ukrainians cope with the impact of the war. OBJECTIVES: To provide the prevalence rates of symptoms of psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia; and to link them with Ukrainians' productive coping strategie…
Effect of Authigenic Chlorite on the Pore Structure of Tight Clastic Reservoir in Songliao Basin
Authigenic chlorite is a common clay mineral in clastic rock reservoirs, and it has an important influence on the pore structure of tight clastic rock reservoirs. In this paper, the tight clastic reservoirs in the Lower Cretaceous Yingcheng Formation in the Longfengshan subsag in the Changling fault depression in the Songliao Basin were investigated. Polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-pre…
Pien Tze Huang attenuated acetaminophen-induced liver injury by autophagy mediated-NLRP3 inflammasome inhibition
Adolescents in street situations in Bangladesh and their exposure to physical violence and emotional abuse
An RCG-based analysis of the Translation of Polysemous Verb ‘Yao’ in A Dream of Red Mansions
This research investigates the applicability of a relatively new concept from cognitive linguistics, Radical Construction Grammar (RCG) (Croft:2001), as an analytical model in the study of the translation process. Based on the fundamental concepts of RCG, this article puts forward a construction-oriented view of translation and the following six construction-based translation principles: the semantic function priority principle, the conceptual sp…
Patronage, tournament, and political reward: Evidence from the model county party secretary in China
This study focuses on the honor of Model County Party Secretary, a prestigious award bestowed by the Communist Party of China to recognize exceptional county party secretaries. Specifically, we investigate how county party secretaries' patronage networks with senior politicians and their relative economic performance compared to other political contestants can impact their likelihood of winning this honor. We collect demographic and biographic da…
A novel approach to online social influence maximization
Parenting Style as a Moderator of the Association Between Parenting Behaviors and the Weight Status of Adolescents
Based on the contextual model of parenting style, this study aimed to examine whether the associations between parenting behaviors and adolescents’ dietary habits, physical activity, and weight status is moderated by parenting style. A total of 1,869 parent–adolescent dyads were recruited in southern China. The adolescents’ body mass index, dietary habits, physical activity, parenting style, parenting behaviors, and demographic information were c…
An Imbalanced professional identity: The experience of being social work educators in Mainland China
This study explored the lived experience of social work educators in China (SWECs). Eleven SWECs participated in individual interviews to describe their experiences under the expansion of social work education in China, particularly related to research-practice-teaching collaborations. SWECs still questioned their social work attributes when facing challenges in social work education as connected to the country’s policy and practise development. …
Demand for education in the urbanization process: Prediction and analysis
Parenting Style as a Moderator of the Association Between Parenting Behaviors and the Weight Status of Adolescents
Based on the contextual model of parenting style, this study aimed to examine whether the associations between parenting behaviors and adolescents’ dietary habits, physical activity, and weight status is moderated by parenting style. A total of 1,869 parent–adolescent dyads were recruited in southern China. The adolescents’ body mass index, dietary habits, physical activity, parenting style, parenting behaviors, and demographic information were c…
TLR4-mediated activation of macrophages by the polysaccharide fraction from Polyporus umbellatus(pers.) Fries
Icaritin induces cell death in activated hepatic stellate cells through mitochondrial activated apoptosis and ameliorates the development of liver fibrosis in rats
Promoting media literacy education in China: A case study of a primary school
With the changing media environment, media literacy education is an emerging field in China. Many studies have shown the significance of media literacy education, but they have mostly been conducted in the Western context, and there have been a few studies investigating media literacy education in the Asian context. Based on this understanding, this study aimed to explore the implementation of, and approaches to, media literacy education in a Chi…
A novel approach to online social influence maximization
Decomposing contribution of age and non-age factors to rapid growth of lung cancer in Xuanwei over past 30 years
Aging was one of risk factors for lung cancer in Xuanwei, but not the main factor. It was supposed that multiple environmental risk factors were related with high growth of lung cancer in Xuanwei. Policy-making should focus on the non-age factors
Is economic environment associated with the physical activity levels and obesity in Chinese adults? A cross-sectional study of 30 regions in China
Although people in economically advanced regions in China currently engage in more physical activities than those in less economically developed regions, overweight and obesity persist as serious problems
Pien-Tze-Huang protects cerebral ischemic injury by inhibiting neuronal apoptosis in acute ischemic stroke rats
Analysis of Factors Affecting the High Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Residents Based on the 2014 China Family Panel Study
(1) Purpose: The purpose of our research is to understand the subjective well-being (SWB) of Chinese adult residents and its influencing factors and to identify the key groups and areas to provide a basis for the formulation of relevant policies to improve residents' happiness. (2) Methods: In this study, we analyzed the influencing factors of SWB of individuals older than 16 years of age, according to the 2014 China Family Panel Study (CFPS). We…
The Relationship Between the Actual Level of Air Pollution and Residents’ Concern about Air Pollution: Evidence from Shanghai, China
This study explored the relationship between the actual level of air pollution and residents' concern about air pollution. The actual air pollution level was measured by the air quality index (AQI) reported by environmental monitoring stations, while residents' concern about air pollution was reflected by the Baidu index using the Internet search engine keywords "Shanghai air quality". On the basis of the daily data of 2068 days for the city of S…
Endothelium corneum gigeriae galli extract inhibits calcium oxalate formation and exerts anti-urolithic effects
Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
Optimal Social Influence
A Rare Novel CLCN2 Variation and Risk of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Whole-Exome Sequencing in a Multiplex Family and a Follow-Up Study in a Chinese Population
Rare inherited variations in multiplex families with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) are suggested to play an important role in the genetic etiology of GTS. In order to explore the rare inherited variations with the risk of GTS, whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed in a family with three affected patients with GTS. Among the five novel rare variations identified by WES, CLCN2 G161S was presented in three patients, but not in four unaff…
Songling Xuemaikang Capsule inhibits isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy via CaMKIIδ and ERK1/2 pathways
Vigilance-Avoidance Toward Negative Faces in Social Anxiety With and Without Comorbid Depression
Despite the growing evidence for the attentional bias toward emotional related stimuli in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD), it remains unclear how the attentional bias manifests in normal individuals with SAD and/or depressive traits. To address this question, we recruited three groups of normal participants with different psychiatric traits-individuals with comorbid SAD and depression (SADd, N = 19), individuals with only SAD (SAD, N …
Individual Social Capital and Life Satisfaction among Mainland Chinese Adults: Based on the 2016 China Family Panel Studies
Given the stabilizing effect of cognitive social capital at the individual level on life satisfaction, the government should attach great importance to this aspect when trying to improve adults' life satisfaction
An Imbalanced professional identity: The experience of being social work educators in Mainland China
This study explored the lived experience of social work educators in China (SWECs). Eleven SWECs participated in individual interviews to describe their experiences under the expansion of social work education in China, particularly related to research-practice-teaching collaborations. SWECs still questioned their social work attributes when facing challenges in social work education as connected to the country’s policy and practise development. …
An RCG-based analysis of the Translation of Polysemous Verb ‘Yao’ in A Dream of Red Mansions
This research investigates the applicability of a relatively new concept from cognitive linguistics, Radical Construction Grammar (RCG) (Croft:2001), as an analytical model in the study of the translation process. Based on the fundamental concepts of RCG, this article puts forward a construction-oriented view of translation and the following six construction-based translation principles: the semantic function priority principle, the conceptual sp…
Prediction of Extremal Expectile Based on Regression Models With Heteroscedastic Extremes
Expectile recently receives much attention for its coherence as a tail risk measure. Estimation of conditional expectile at extremal tails is of great interest in quantitative risk management. Regression analysis is a convenient and useful way to quantify the conditional effect of some predictors or risk factors on an interesting response variable. However, when it comes to the estimation of extremal conditional expectile, the traditional inferen…
A Factor-Based Estimation of Integrated Covariance Matrix With Noisy High-Frequency Data
This article studies a high-dimensional factor model with sparse idiosyncratic covariance matrix in continuous time, using asynchronous high-frequency financial data contaminated by microstructure noise. We focus on consistent estimations of the number of common factors, the integrated covariance matrix and its inverse, based on the flat-top realized kernels introduced by Varneskov. Simulation results illustrate the satisfactory performance of ou…
A preliminary study of comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics in Chinese children with chronic tic disorder or Tourette syndrome
CBIT is probably effective in reducing tic severity in Chinese children with tic disorders. CBIT + PT may not be superior to CBIT alone in reducing tic severity and improving quality of life. CBIT alone showed advantages in improving quality of life over CBIT + PT and PT alone. CBIT might be an appropriate treatment option for patients with tic disorder in Chinese mainland
Tailoring Perinatal Health Communication: Centering the Voices of Mothers at Risk for Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women die at 2-3 times the rate of white women, and the infant mortality rate in the U.S. is 2.5 times higher than their White counterparts. Maternal and child health programs, such as Healthy Start, are an important gateway to increasing awareness, education, and referral to perinatal care and mental health…
A National Quality Improvement Program on Ultrasound Department in China: A Controlled Cohort Study of 1297 Public Hospitals
Providing high-quality medical services is of great importance in the imaging department, as there is a growing focus on personal health, and high-quality services can lead to improved patient outcomes. Many quality improvement (QI) programs with good guidance and fine measurement for improvement have been reported to be effective. In order to improve the quality of ultrasound departments in China, we conducted this study of a national quality im…
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