Liang Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3700987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liang Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liang |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Tennessee State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-7673-7272 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 111 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 111 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Agricultural Practices of Rice and Millet at the Largest Zhou Dynasty Settlement by the Weishui River in South-Central China
Understanding how agricultural practices were organised in early complex societies is essential for reconstructing the relationships among subsistence, labour, and social organisation. This study examines Xiangjiazhou, the largest known Zhou dynasty settlement in the Weishui River basin, south-central China, by integrating macrobotanical remains, phytolith evidence, and spatial analysis. The results indicate a rice-dominated agricultural economy.…
Increased 30‐s Arm Curl Frequency Can Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults
From Totality to Relationality
Occupational Inheritance and Kinship
An individual with multiple high-risk links uncovered
Background In December 2023, the local HIV confirmatory laboratory in a Southwestern city of China conducted molecular network analysis on newly reported cases of young students and nonstudent men who have sex with men (MSM) from 2018 to 2023 and identified a key molecular cluster. The aim of the study is to analyze the transmission network characteristics and elucidate the potential transmission dynamics within this cluster, and prevent further …
Dietary quality across the life course and metabolic syndrome
Background The global prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among young adults has reached 17.4%. We examined associations of three dietary indices and life-course dietary quality trajectories with MetS and its components using a birth cohort. Methods Participants from rural western China were followed at four time points: infancy, school age, adolescence, and young adulthood (mean age 20 years). Three dietary indices—Dietary Diversity Score (D…
Explore the behavior choices of employees after supervisor–subordinate relationship conflict
Purpose Based on the identity control theory, this study aims to reveal the effect mechanism of supervisor–subordinate relationship conflict on employee behavior from two different paths of employee positive self-reflection and employee negative self-rumination. Meanwhile, the moderation effect of employee core self-evaluation on the two paths is also discussed. Design/methodology/approach In this study, 487 employees and their direct leaders fro…
Does digital economy development benefit low-carbon transition
The carbon lock-in phenomenon coincides with urban growth due to the latter’s significant reliance on fossil fuels with high carbon content. The impact of digital economy expansion on carbon lock-in remains uncertain, despite its emergence as a prominent catalyst for global progress. With panel data for 282 Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2011 to 2020, this study aims to test whether the digital economy inhibits carbon lock-in by using the s…
Coal mine methane mitigation in China toward carbon neutrality
Voluntary use of LLM-powered virtual standardized patients and medical students’ interview performance
Background Large language model (LLM)-powered Virtual Standardized Patients (VSPs) offer scalable practice opportunities for clinical interviewing, but their added value within established human Standardized Patient (SP) curricula remains unclear. This study examined how self-directed VSP engagement relates to interview performance on traditional SP assessments through the lens of self-regulated learning theory.Methods We analyzed VSP usage logs …
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity-aware ridership prediction with MGWR-informed attention on CNN-BiLSTM
Controlling shareholders’ equity pledges, earnings management and firms’ investment in innovation–evidence from China’s A-share listed companies
This paper intends to investigate the impact of controlling shareholders’ equity pledges on firms’ innovation investment from the perspective of earnings management. Based on the multiple linear regression model, this study takes China’s A-share listed companies as samples, combines the testing procedures of mediation and moderating effects, develops the empirical analysis of the hypotheses, and conducts the endogeneity test and robustness analys…
PLP-Ssaf
The spread of rumors on social networks can diminish public interests, and even pose a threat to social security. The first prerequisite for effectively suppressing rumors in social networks is the precise detection of rumors. However, factors such as hidden social relationships between users, various social contents, and diverse application scenarios in the vast social network bring severe challenges to the timely and accurate detection of rumor…
Analysis of a syndromic surveillance system for infectious diseases of the 31st summer World University Games in Chengdu, China
Introduction Chengdu hosted the 31st Summer World University Games in 2023. The movement and gathering of attendees from other cities and countries posed challenges to local public health, including an increased risk of infectious diseases or outbreaks. To manage these risks, a syndromic surveillance system targeting infectious diseases was established. This system aimed to identify suspicious cases and outbreaks early, enabling timely measures a…
Disease burden of tuberculosis in China from 1990 to 2021 and its prediction to 2036
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest infectious diseases and continues to be a major killer of human beings. This paper was designed to provide insights into the disease burden of TB. Methods: The data was retrieved and downloaded from the latest GBD database. Joinpoint regression was done for the temporal trend analysis. The age-period-cohort model was introduced to get further insights into the independent effects of age, period, …
The effectiveness of Tai Chi in improving depressive mood among young individuals aged 15–24 years
Human anthrax in a non-epizootic area
Background: , is endemic in western China's pastoral regions. Urban areas adjacent to these regions face a growing threat from the unregulated or poorly monitored livestock trade. This study reports the first documented outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in Chengdu, a non-epizootic city, which originated from the slaughter of infected cattle imported from an epizootic area. Methods: A multidisciplinary team applied the "One Health" approach to investi…
Trends in prevalence and disability-adjusted life years for refractive disorders in China and globally from 1990 to 2021
Objectives: This study aimed to describe the temporal trends in the prevalence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of refractive disorders (RD) in China and globally from 1990 to 2021 and provide predictions in China for the next decade. Methods: Utilizing open data from the Global Burden of Disease database (2021), this study conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of the RD burden in China and globally, including changes in preval…
Towards multiplicity in urban form
This essay examines the superblock as a spatial and conceptual apparatus within modern and contemporary urbanism. Moving beyond its association with static, modernist planning, the essay proposes multiplicity as a counter-proposition to singularity, focusing on the superblock’s representational agency – how it mediates between part and whole, space and form, and past and future. Through two models – building with the grid (Rabenhof, Vienna) and b…
The relationship between stress and aggressiveness in community correctional personnel
Abandoning good and following evil
Purpose Based on the moral licensing theory, this study aims to reveal the mechanism of self-sacrificial leadership inducing abusive supervision from two paths of leader moral credit and leader moral credential. At the same time, it also discusses the moderating effect of leader behavioral integrity on the two paths. Design/methodology/approach In this study, 434 employees and their direct leaders from six Chinese companies were investigated in a…
Barriers to the sustained participation intention of residents in voluntary personal carbon trading
The Chinese government initiated the Carbon Generalized System of Preferences (CGSP) to enhance traditional personal carbon trading (PCT) by fostering social equity and refining household carbon accounting. However, despite the CGSP’s potential, user attrition hinders its global replication. This research uses grounded theory to identify eight barriers to long-term participation and conducts adversarial interpretive structural modeling to highlig…
Maternal Gestational Weight Status and Offspring Physical Growth Status at Birth, Mid‐Childhood and Early Adolescence
Maternal adiposity has been identified as a predictor of child overweight/obesity; however, it remains unclear whether the association changes as the child ages. We aimed to examine the associations between maternal weight status during pregnancy and offspring physical growth from birth to early adolescence using data from a birth cohort study in rural western China. Maternal weight measurements during the first, second and third trimesters were …
Hierarchical machine learning model integrating clinical history and nursing observations for predicting violent behavior in hospitalized schizophrenia patients
The hierarchical machine learning model integrating clinical history and dynamic nursing observations significantly enhances predictive accuracy for violent behavior in schizophrenia inpatients, providing clinicians with valuable tools for timely risk assessment and personalized preventive interventions
Association between residential proximity to major roadways and low muscle mass among Chinese older adults
The distance of RPMR within 200 m was significantly associated with LMM among Chinese older adults, which makes significant inspiration for future intervention and prevention of LMM from residence perspective
Effect of air quality in the place of origin on outbound tourism demand
Comparison of the spatiotemporal mobility patterns among typical subgroups of the actual population with mobile phone data
I am a traditional but caring father
Against the backdrop of an international trend of increased paternal involvement in caregiving and a national setting in which the role of disciplinarian and authoritarian are still centralized, the main aim of the current study is to investigate the paternal masculinities of contemporary Chinese fathers.Based on interviews with 30 urban Chinese fathers, our results reveal that paternal masculinity can be understood in contemporary Chinese societ…
Growing fast food consumption and obesity in Asia
Non-interaction and identity change in Covid-19 tourism
Exploring a knowledge map for urban resilience to climate change
Examining the efficacy of self-classification approach in segmenting special-interest tourists
Self-classification is used as an a priori approach to tourist typology and market segmentation. However, skepticism still surrounds its ability to incorporate the multidimensionality of tourist behavior. This study seeks to empirically verify the efficacy of a single-item self-classification approach. The robustness of this self-classification measure is examined by comparing it to a data-driven multidimensional psychographic approach in terms o…
Identity reconstruction and post-colonialism
North Korea
China’s role in the six-party talks has evolved from passive onlooker to reticent host and, finally, honest broker. The process provides a test case of U.S.-Chinese cooperation on a critical security issue and of Beijing’s willingness to become a “responsible stakeholder.”
Between emptiness and reality
In the field of art, the contrast between reality and virtuality is a common technique of expression. In order to comprehensively explain the essence of beauty and enrich the aesthetic concept of art, this article compares and analyzes the concepts of "emptiness" and "reality" in Chinese and Western art from the perspectives of the blank space in Chinese painting and the formal philosophy of Western art. It explores the different understandings a…
Household evacuation characteristics in American Samoa during the 2009 Samoa Islands tsunami
Tsunamis represent significant threats to human life and development in coastal communities. This quantitative study examines the influence of household characteristics on evacuation actions taken by 211 respondents in American Samoa who were at their homes during the 29 September 2009 Mw 8.1 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami disaster. Multiple logistic regression analysis of survey data was used to examine the association between evacuation a…
North Korea
China’s role in the six-party talks has evolved from passive onlooker to reticent host and, finally, honest broker. The process provides a test case of U.S.-Chinese cooperation on a critical security issue and of Beijing’s willingness to become a “responsible stakeholder.”
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and the Risk of Overweight in Their Children
Study on hypoglycemic health care function of Stigma Maydis polysaccharides
The objective of this paper was to study the therapeutic effect of Stigma maydis polysaccharides in diabetic mice. Mouse models of types 1 and 2 diabetes were established. The body weight, food intake, water intake as well as blood sugar level and glucose tolerance of mice were measured. Stigma maydis polysaccharides can improve the symptoms of weight loss and polydipsia in diabetic mice, and had an obvious antagonistic effect on alloxan-induced …
Study on in vitro anti-tumor activity of Bidens bipinnata L. extract
We studied the in vitro anti-tumor activity of Bidens Bipinnata L. extract. MTT assay was used to investigate the inhibitory effect of different concentrations of the extracts on human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell lines and human cervical carcinoma (Hela) cell lines, and the IC50 values were calculated. The Bidens Bipinnata L. extract had different degrees of inhibitory effects on these two cells, and when exposure time was 48 h, the inh…
Overweight and Obesity Difference of Chinese Population Between Different Urbanization Levels
PURPOSE: To determine the difference of Body Mass Index (BMI), the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and their predictors among residents of different urbanization levels in China. METHODS: A stratified, multistage, random cluster sampling method was used to select a representative sample aged 18-60 years in metropolitan, prefecture, and rural areas in 4 provinces and Beijing City in China. A total of 6,159 residents were interviewed. Multipl…
The Study of External Dose Rate and Retained Body Activity of Patients Receiving 131I Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Radiation safety is an integral part of targeted radionuclide therapy. The aim of this work was to study the external dose rate and retained body activity as functions of time in differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients receiving 131I therapy. Seventy patients were stratified into two groups: the ablation group (A) and the follow-up group (FU). The patients' external dose rate was measured, and simultaneously, their retained body radiation activ…
Associations of dietary habits, physical activity and cognitive views with gestational diabetes mellitus among Chinese women
Objective To evaluate the relationship between dietary habits, physical activity and cognitive views and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Chinese women. Design A cross-sectional study to explore the potential risk factors of GMD through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, an FFQ and a self-designed structured questionnaire, respectively. Setting Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Subjects Chinese pregnant women…
Protective effects of water fraction of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi extract against hypercalciuria and trabecular bone deterioration in experimentally type 1 diabetic mice
State Liability in Investment Treaty Arbitration-Global Constitutional and Administrative Law in the BIT Generation
1. When BITs proliferate and BIT dispute resolution by ad hoc international arbitral tribunals is common, questions arise whether the finding of state liability for acts against investors by arbitral tribunals is legitimate. The book analyzes the issue in a property, constitutional and administrative law perspective, examines the extent that state regulation may expropriate investment and what should be the fair, equitable and treatment (FET) com…
Smoking behaviors before and after implementation of a smoke-free legislation in Guangzhou, China
These findings highlight the urgent need for a comprehensive smoke-free legislation covering all public places in Guangzhou, simultaneously educational interventions and campaigns promoting voluntary changes in home smoking need to occur
Survivors perceptions of stakeholders and the 2009 South Pacific tsunami
Purpose – Near-field tsunamis provide short warning periods of equal to 30 minutes, which can complicate at-risk individuals’ protective action decisions. In the face of a tsunami, people may turn to individuals such as friends, family, neighbors, or organizations such as the media to obtain warning information to help facilitate evacuation and/or to seek protection from the hazard. To characterize norms for protection action behavior during a ne…
An aquatic ecoregion delineation approach based on GIS and spatial environmental data in Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China
Weight Misperception and Health-Related Quality of Life in Appalachian Adolescents in the United States
Therapeutic effects of Caragana pruinosa Kom. roots extract on type II collagen-induced arthritis in rats
Household evacuation characteristics in American Samoa during the 2009 Samoa Islands tsunami
Tsunamis represent significant threats to human life and development in coastal communities. This quantitative study examines the influence of household characteristics on evacuation actions taken by 211 respondents in American Samoa who were at their homes during the 29 September 2009 Mw 8.1 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami disaster. Multiple logistic regression analysis of survey data was used to examine the association between evacuation a…
Fast food consumption and its associations with obesity and hypertension among children
The prevalence of fast food consumption, obesity and hypertension is high among children in major cities in China. Maternal factors affect child outcomes
Identity reconstruction and post-colonialism
Characterizing spatial and temporal trends of surface urban heat island effect in an urban main built-up area
Arsenic and Heavy Metal Accumulation and Risk Assessment in Soils around Mining Areas
Mining activities make important contributions to economic growth, but they can also produce massive amounts of solid waste, such as tailings and metal accumulations. Taking the Urad Houqi mining area in Inner Mongolia as the study area, this study systematically assessed the contamination risk of arsenic and heavy metals in the soils of the study area and explored the contamination characteristics in a key polymetallic mining area. For the whole…
Estimation of the Nutrient and Chlorophyll a Reference Conditions in Taihu Lake Based on A New Method with Extreme–Markov Theory
The nutrient reference conditions of lakes play a key role for lake water quality control and water resource management. The inferential models are important methods for calculating reference values; however, the dependence and "cluster" in time series make time series data difficult to be applied in these methods. A new method based on Markov chain theory, which is used for modeling the dependence of data, and extreme statistics was proposed. Th…
Examining the efficacy of self-classification approach in segmenting special-interest tourists
Self-classification is used as an a priori approach to tourist typology and market segmentation. However, skepticism still surrounds its ability to incorporate the multidimensionality of tourist behavior. This study seeks to empirically verify the efficacy of a single-item self-classification approach. The robustness of this self-classification measure is examined by comparing it to a data-driven multidimensional psychographic approach in terms o…
Effect of air quality in the place of origin on outbound tourism demand
Changes of Bacterial Communities in Response to Prolonged Hydrodynamic Disturbances in the Eutrophic Water-Sediment Systems
The effects of hydrodynamic disturbances on the bacterial communities in eutrophic aquatic environments remain poorly understood, despite their importance to ecological evaluation and remediation. This study investigated the evolution of bacterial communities in the water–sediment systems under the influence of three typical velocity conditions with the timescale of 5 weeks. The results demonstrated that higher bacterial diversity and notable dif…
Identifying the Driving Factors of Black Bloom in Lake Bay through Bayesian Lasso
Black blooms are a serious and complex problem for lake bays, with far-reaching implications for water quality and drinking safety. While Fe(II) and S(-II) have been reported as the most important triggers of this phenomenon, little effort has been devoted in investigating the relationships between Fe(II) and S(-II) and the host of potentially important aquatic factors. However, a model involving many putative predictors and their interactions wi…
Tracking Changes of Chinese Pre-Service Teachers’ Aerobic Fitness, Body Mass Index, and Grade Point Average Over 4-years of College
Although increasing attention has been given to student academic achievement, usually measured by grade point average (GPA), and fitness in children and adolescents, much fewer studies have been conducted in higher education settings, especially in China. This study investigated the longitudinal associations of aerobic fitness (AF), body mass index (BMI), and GPA in Chinese pre-service teachers at a university. A longitudinal research design was …
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