Ning Sun
Biographic Data
| ID | 3729036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ning Sun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ning |
| FAMILY NAME | Sun |
| SIGNATURE | SUN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-2479-0118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A study on the current situation and influencing factors of childcare service demand for parents of infants aged 0–3 years in Ningbo city of China
Objectives Amid China's population structure adjustment, shortage of high-quality, accessible childcare services for 0–3 years old constrains fertility willingness and family well being. Existing studies lack targeted analysis on demand structure and influencing mechanisms in urban areas. Therefore, this study investigated the characteristics of childcare service demand and key socioeconomic determinants among Ningbo's childbearing population. Th…
Application of AI-based virtual standardized patients in physician-patient communication training: A study based on the Segue framework
Background Developing effective doctor–patient communication skills is a critical component of medical education. The SEGUE framework offers a structured and systematic approach for teaching and assessing communication competence. However, traditional standardized patient (SP) training is resource-intensive, time-consuming, and difficult to scale for large student cohorts. AI-based virtual standardized patients (AI-VSPs) have emerged as a promisi…
The impact of green space environments on college students’ mental health at multiple spatial scales in Chinese universities: An empirical study based on a multilevel mediation model
Layered chronotopes in an urban ethnic enclave: Korean varieties, state regulation, and market futures in Xita, China
This study investigates the linguistic landscape (LL) of Xita, a Korean ethnic enclave in Shenyang, China, through a chronotopic lens. Drawing on a dataset of 712 LLs, the analysis reveals layered chronotopes. The chronotope of sovereignty is evident in the predominance of Standard Chinese, which accounts for 92.6% of visibility and 83.0% of salience, thereby reinforcing state authority. Within this regulated context, Korean resources are differe…
Childhood adversity and multi-dimensional cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder: Investigating heterogeneous effects across gender and educational in the UK Biobank
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is characterized by cognitive dysfunction that persists as one of the most profoundly disabling mental health conditions worldwide. Childhood adversity (CA) is not only a significant risk factor for the onset and course of MDD, but it is also strongly linked to decreased cognitive performance in MDD. Existing studies feature small sample sizes, single evaluation indicators, inconsistent outcomes, and few studies on…
LSTCNet: Timely prediction of influenza in China using Baidu index and LSTM-TCN hybrid network
Background Seasonal influenza poses a significant public health burden, particularly in China, where regional outbreaks vary widely and timely surveillance is constrained by reporting delays. While traditional surveillance systems rely on virological data, population-level internet search behavior has emerged as a complementary signal for early epidemic detection. Objective This study aims to develop a hybrid deep learning model, LSTCNet, that in…
Global, regional, and national time trends in falls and their predictions: An age-period-cohort analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background: Falls are a global public health issue with a heavy disease and socioeconomic burden, with an increasing number of risky people. The aim of this study is to explore the global disease burden of falls and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and management of falls. Methods: This study used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021) to analyse global, regional, and national temporal trends in falls. An age…
The impact of community children's playgrounds on neighborhood interactions and residents' mental health from an all-age sharing perspective
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 and rapid urbanization in China have put mental health at the forefront of societal concerns. Despite extensive studies on how community environments influence residents' mental health, the mechanisms underlying how community children's playgrounds within community environments influence residents' mental health across different age groups remain insufficiently studied. Methods: The study is based on 1,159 que…
Depression and its influencing factors among older adults with chronic pain in China: An empirical analysis based on CHARLS data
Background China’s aging problem is intensifying, the older adult not only face a variety of chronic physical diseases and pain, but also have higher levels of depression than other age groups. This study explores the related factors of depression in older adults with chronic pain in China and provide evidence and reference for the formulation of intervention policies and measures. Methods Using the data of the fifth wave of national survey condu…
Multi-decade analysis of flood risks to community infrastructure in Philadelphia
Flood events increasingly pose a significant threat to community infrastructure (hereafter CI), which can potentially disrupt their essential functions and services within communities. This is particularly concerning in coastal urban areas, where the complexity of urban flood dynamics is exacerbated by their exposure to coastal, fluvial, and pluvial flooding. To address such challenge, we characterize flood risks to CIs in Philadelphia based on p…
Carbon productivity growth in China’s transportation industry: Empirical analysis using a global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index based on an endogenous directional distance function
In China, transportation is one of the fastest-growing industries for CO2 emissions, so scientifically measuring the carbon total factor productivity growth of this industry could provide accurate guidance to achieve sustainable development. To this end, this study proposes an endogenous directional distance function (DDF) approach using a common directional vector based on satisfaction degree, and then integrates it with the global Malmquist-Lue…
Group disparities in the impact of green spaces and air pollution on the physical and mental health of rural older adults: Evidence from a nationwide longitudinal study
Understanding the Group Differences Among University Students: Exploring the Relationships Between School Climate, Teacher‒Student Interactions, Academic Self‐Efficacy, and Academic Achievement
School climate and teacher‐student interactions are important factors leading to differences in student development. However, the mechanisms through which these two factors influence university students’ academic achievement remain unclear, and there is a notable lack of in‐depth research from the perspective of group differences. The study analyzed a sample of 1236 students from 45 Chinese universities. Structural equation modeling was employed …
Projecting U.S. coastal storm surge risks and impacts with deep learning
Storm surge is one of the deadliest hazards posed by tropical cyclones (TCs), yet assessing its current and future risk is difficult due to the phenomenon’s rarity and physical complexity. Recent advances in artificial intelligence applications to natural hazard modeling suggest a new avenue for addressing this problem. We develop a deep learning storm surge model to efficiently estimate coastal surge risk in the United States from 900 000 synthe…
The influence of university library environment on student interactions and college students’ learning engagement
Over the past decade, learning engagement has received increasing attention from researchers. As a critical factor in college students’ academic achievement, learning engagement is significant in students’ long-term future development and social creativity. Present studies show that the overall level of college students’ learning engagement is low, which is highly unfavourable to educational quality and long-term development. There is no doubt ab…
Pollution, hazards, and health inequalities: A longitudinal exploration of the impact of PM2.5 on depression among rural older adults with different incomes in China
Air pollution has been increasingly associated with heightened mental health risks. However, there is a scarcity of nationwide research addressing the mental health issue of rural older adults, as well as a lack of thorough investigations into the underlying issues of health inequality. This study leverages data from the 2014–2018 “China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey” to conduct a comprehensive longitudinal analysis utilizing latent growth mo…
Polygenic risk-stratified screening for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in high-risk endemic areas of China: A cost-effectiveness study
Background Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has an extremely high incidence rate in Southern China, resulting in a severe disease burden for the local population. Current EBV serologic screening is limited by false positives, and there is opportunity to integrate polygenic risk scores for personalized screening which may enhance cost-effectiveness and resource utilization. Methods A Markov model was developed based on epidemiological and genetic da…
Assessing the complex influences of water management on hydrological drought characteristics in Texas
The state of Texas in the United States is highly susceptible to drought. Its major rivers are subject to extensive water management (WM) activities in order to sustain multisectoral water demands, particularly during drought conditions. However, the impact of WM on the propagation dynamics and characteristics of hydrological drought (HD) in Texas remains unclear. To fill this gap, this study quantifies the influence of WM across 32 streamflow ga…
Response of salt intrusion in a tidal estuary to regional climatic forcing
Salinity distribution in a large tidal estuary is subject to estuarine adjustment under the influences of multiple physical drivers such as freshwater pulses and sea level rise, and is crucial to upstream water quality, aquaculture, and ecosystem functions of the estuary. To better understand the estuarine salinity response to climate change, the unstructured-grid Finite Volume Community Ocean Model was implemented to simulate the salt intrusion …
Viral hepatitis in China during 2002–2021: Epidemiology and influence factors through a country-level modeling study
Viral hepatitis infection in China showed spatiotemporal heterogeneity. Interventions should be tailored to its epidemiological characteristics and determinants of viral hepatitis
Individual and Organizational Effects on the Success of Hospitality I-Deal Negotiation in China
This study investigates differences in the success of hospitality idiosyncratic deal (i-deal) negotiations across different kinds of hotel managers and hotels. The target population is senior and middle managers in luxury hotels. We distributed 712 questionnaires to luxury hotel managers in mainland China and screened out 675 valid questionnaires. The results of independent samples t-tests and one-way ANOVA tests show that whether hotel managers …
Between a rock and a hard place: How does the tourist crowding perception affect the decision of absolute displacement
This study investigates the mechanism of tourist crowding perception on their decisions of absolute displacement based on the conservation of resource theory and social influence theory. We collected 455 valid questionnaires from a tourism destination (West Street in Quanzhou city) in China. Results show that both physical crowding and human crowding motivate tourists to select absolute displacement. Perceived wait time partly mediates the effect…
The Change of Time Expression in 20th Century Music Creation and the System of Music Education
The purpose of this publication is to study the processes of comprehension in the world's society of the 20th-century academic tradition's works, where rhythm is the leading factor in the formation, fixation, and development of images, concepts, and plots. The study used practical (Internet monitoring) and theoretical (analysis, comparison, and synthesis) methods. As a result of studying the problem of rhythm in the music of the 20th-century comp…
The socioeconomic status of adult children, intergenerational support, and the well-being of Chinese older adults
The well-being of older adults is significantly influenced by their adult children, especially in countries with less developed welfare systems. We aim to examine the relationship between children’s intergenerational support, children’s socioeconomic status and the well-being of older adults, as well as compare the differences among various elderly groups. The data in our research are from the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. The surv…
Campus outdoor environment, learning engagement, and the mental health of college students during the Covid-19 pandemic: From the perspective of students in different grades
Introduction: During COVID-19, the mental health of Chinese university students has been a pressing concern. But the internal mechanism of perceived campus outdoor environment and learning engagement affecting college students' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been fully discussed. Methods: The current study used cross-sectional data from 45 Chinese universities to explore the relationship among perceptions of campus outdoor env…
Between a rock and a hard place: How does the tourist crowding perception affect the decision of absolute displacement
This study investigates the mechanism of tourist crowding perception on their decisions of absolute displacement based on the conservation of resource theory and social influence theory. We collected 455 valid questionnaires from a tourism destination (West Street in Quanzhou city) in China. Results show that both physical crowding and human crowding motivate tourists to select absolute displacement. Perceived wait time partly mediates the effect…
Unplanned hysterectomy: A comprehensive analysis of race, ethnicity, sociodemographic factors, pregnancy complications, and cardiovascular disease risk factors
Maternal race, ethnicity, CVD risk factors, and current pregnancy complications affect the risk of UH in pregnant women through complex interactions that would not be seen in unadjusted models of risk analysis
Does Active Learning Contribute to Transfer Intent Among 2-Year College Students Beginning in STEM
This study explored whether and how beginning 2-year college students’ engagement in active learning within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms is related to their intent to transfer to a 4-year institution. Despite the potentially important role active learning experiences play in shaping 2-year college students’ intent to transfer upward, there is a dearth of research to investigate this relationship. To fill thi…
An Efficient and Incentive Compatible Dynamic Auction for Multiple Complements
This article proposes an efficient and incentive compatible dynamic auction for selling multiple complementary goods. The seller has reserve prices. The auctioneer announces a current price for every bundle of goods and a supply set of goods, every bidder responds with a set of goods demanded at these prices, and the auctioneer adjusts prices. We prove that even when bidders can exercise their market power strategically, this dynamic auction alwa…
Does Active Learning Contribute to Transfer Intent Among 2-Year College Students Beginning in STEM
This study explored whether and how beginning 2-year college students’ engagement in active learning within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms is related to their intent to transfer to a 4-year institution. Despite the potentially important role active learning experiences play in shaping 2-year college students’ intent to transfer upward, there is a dearth of research to investigate this relationship. To fill thi…
Physical behaviors of 12-15 year-old adolescents in 54 low- and middle-income countries: Results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey
BACKGROUND: To describe and compare the separate and combined prevalence of physical activity, active transportation, physical education, and sedentary behavior among adolescents 12-15 year-olds in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We used the latest data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), which collect data on the physical behaviors of young adolescents in LMICs. The weighted prevalence and 95% confidence…
Fast food consumption among young adolescents aged 12–15 years in 54 low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Most countries worldwide, especially low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), are facing an increasing prevalence of fast-food consumption and multiple burdens of malnutrition among young adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of fast-food consumption among young adolescents in LMICs. METHODS: We used data from the most recent Global School-Based Student Health Survey (2009-2015), which had been collected using a standardi…
Impacts of urbanization, antecedent rainfall event, and cyclone tracks on extreme floods at Houston reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of urbanization, an antecedent rainfall event (ARE), and varying cyclone tracks on the streamflow—and thus the subsequent reservoir status—during the floods caused by Hurricane Harvey in August–September 2017. Through a hydrological modeling approach, we examined how these factors influenced the inflows, peak pool elevations, and outflows of the two most important detention reservoirs in the …
Altered Static and Dynamic Functional Connectivity of Habenula Associated With Suicidal Ideation in First-Episode, Drug-Naïve Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Investigating the neurobiological mechanism of suicidal ideation (SI) in major depressive disorder (MDD) may be beneficial to prevent the suicidal behavior. Mounting evidence showed that habenula contributed to the etiology of MDD. The habenula is a key brain region that links the forebrain to midbrain, crucial for the processing of reward and aversion. The aim of the present study was to identify whether first-episode, drug-naive MDD patients wi…
Greater vulnerability of snowmelt-fed river thermal regimes to a warming climate
While the advective flux from cool melt runoff can be a significant source of thermal energy to mountainous rivers, it has been a much less addressed process in river temperature modeling and thus our understanding is limited with respect to the spatiotemporal effect of melt on river temperatures at the watershed scale. In particular, the extent and magnitude of the melt cooling effect in the context of a warming climate are not yet well understo…
Climatological analysis of tropical cyclone impacts on hydrological extremes in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
Research efforts related to landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) and their hydrological impacts have focused mostly on the continental or regional scales, whereas many coastal management and infrastructure decisions are made at much finer spatial scales. In this context, this study aims to provide local-scale understandings of the climatological characteristics and hydrological impacts of TCs (from 1950 to 2019) over the Mid-Atlantic region define…
Enhanced Functional Connectivity Within Executive Function Network in Remitted or Partially Remitted MDD Patients
Background: Impaired executive function (EF) is associated with a range of typical clinical characteristics and psychosocial dysfunction in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, because of the lack of objective cognitive tests, inconsistencies in research results, and improvement in patients' subjective experience, few clinicians are concerned with the persistent impairment of EF in euthymia. The study makes a further investigation for EF in …
Face Recognition Brain Functional Connectivity in Patients With Major Depression: A Brain Source Localization Study by ERP
Objective: Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) presents with face recognition defects. These defects negatively affect their social interactions. However, the cause of these defects is not clear. This study sought to explore whether MDD patients develop facial perceptual processing disorders with characteristics of brain functional connectivity (FC). Methods: Event-related potential (ERP) was used to explore differences between 20 MDD p…
Sex, Sleep Duration, and the Association of Cognition: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Our study showed that long sleep duration was significantly associated with poorer mental status and memory scores in elderly Chinese people. Paying greater attention to the effects of sleep patterns on the risk of cognitive decline may yield practical implications for dementia prevention and health promotion, especially among older women with lower educational attainment, living in rural areas, and those who have long sleep duration
Social media use and mental health of urban residents during China's second Covid-19 outbreak
Background: A multitude of literature has shown that during the 2019 COVID-19 outbreak, people's reliance on social media has been closely related with serious psychological problems. The "information epidemic" has sparked each country's attention. These countries including China have tried to find the solution and taken a series of measures. In January 2021, the COVID-19 broke out again in Shijiazhuang, China. Has the impact of social media on m…
A Web-Based Prognostic Model for Pediatric Genitourinary Rhabdomyosarcoma: Analysis of Population-Based Cohort With External Validation
Background We conduct an analysis of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, intending to identify prognostic factors of pediatric genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma (PGU–RMS). Prognostic nomogram and web-based calculator were developed for potential clinical use. Methods Data of PGU–RMS patients were extracted from the SEER database as training and internal validation cohort, patients diagnosed as PGU–RMS from 2001…
Theta oscillations: A rhythm difference comparison between major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder
Participants with anxiety demonstrated reduced power in the prefrontal cortex, left temporal lobe, and right occipital regions. Confirmed by further studies, theta oscillations could be another biomarker that distinguishes MDD from AN
Cortical Thickness Predicts Response Following 2 Weeks of SSRI Regimen in First-Episode, Drug-Naive Major Depressive Disorder: An MRI Study
Lower cortical thickness of the right SMA in MDD patients at the baseline may be a neuroimaging biomarker for MDD diagnosis, and a greater extent of thinner cortical thickness in the right SMA at baseline may predict improved SSRI treatment response. Our study shows the potential of cortical thickness as a possible biomarker that predicts a patient's clinical treatment response to SSRIs in MDD
Campus Green Spaces, Academic Achievement and Mental Health of College Students
Mental health concerns have become a common problem among college students. Studies have shown that college students have a higher depression rate than the general population. The effect of campus green spaces on college students' mental health has been widely studied. However, the internal mechanism of campus green spaces affecting college students' mental health is not fully discussed. The data came from a cross-sectional survey of 45 Chinese u…
Group Differences: The Relationship between Social Media Use and Depression during the Outbreak of Covid-19 in China
The outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019 triggered more psychological problems than usual among the public. During this epidemic, the use of social media was very high, and several studies confirmed a positive correlation between social media use and people's psychological problems. The Chinese government has subsequently implemented a series of policies concerning the social media environment to tackle this "infodemic". After the containment …
Food Security: 3D Dynamic Display and Early Warning Platform Construction and Security Strategy
Since it affects a nation's economy and people's wellbeing, food security is a crucial national security requirement. In order to realize multi-angle grain data presentation and analysis and achieve the goal of deep mining, we propose a 3D dynamic visualization analysis method of multidimensional agricultural spatial-temporal data based on the self-organizing map. This method realizes the multi-angle display and analysis of grain data and achieve…
Adolescence exposure to China’s great famine period and the association of metabolic syndrome in adulthood: A retrospective study
Our findings reveal that exposure to famine during adolescence is associated with higher odds of MetS in adulthood overall, and this association is only pronounced among males. This study emphasizes that undernutrition in early life, including adolescence, may have a long-term effect and be associated with adverse health events in middle-to-late life. Targeting those elderly people who suffered famine during adolescence may help prevent the devel…
Evaluation and analysis of heavy metals in iron and steel industrial area
The socioeconomic status of adult children, intergenerational support, and the well-being of Chinese older adults
The well-being of older adults is significantly influenced by their adult children, especially in countries with less developed welfare systems. We aim to examine the relationship between children’s intergenerational support, children’s socioeconomic status and the well-being of older adults, as well as compare the differences among various elderly groups. The data in our research are from the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. The surv…
Campus outdoor environment, learning engagement, and the mental health of college students during the Covid-19 pandemic: From the perspective of students in different grades
Introduction: During COVID-19, the mental health of Chinese university students has been a pressing concern. But the internal mechanism of perceived campus outdoor environment and learning engagement affecting college students' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been fully discussed. Methods: The current study used cross-sectional data from 45 Chinese universities to explore the relationship among perceptions of campus outdoor env…
A hybrid chemical-biological approach can upcycle mixed plastic waste with reduced cost and carbon footprint
The impact of urban–rural integration on carbon emissions of rural household energy consumption: Evidence from China
Unplanned hysterectomy: A comprehensive analysis of race, ethnicity, sociodemographic factors, pregnancy complications, and cardiovascular disease risk factors
Maternal race, ethnicity, CVD risk factors, and current pregnancy complications affect the risk of UH in pregnant women through complex interactions that would not be seen in unadjusted models of risk analysis
Medicine (24 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Geography (16 works) · China (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Mental health (9 works)