Hua Cai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3778019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hua Cai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hua |
| FAMILY NAME | Cai |
| SIGNATURE | CAI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5895-1664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Methanotroph-driven phosphorus recovery for sustainable wastewater management
Estimating rebalancing activities and vehicle use for existing station-based bike share systems
Rebalancing is an important process in bike share system (BSS) operation. Due to the lack of data on the rebalancing operation, existing studies have to rely on strong assumptions for system sustainability evaluation and efficiency improvement. To address this gap, this study proposed a framework to estimate rebalancing activities and rebalancing vehicle-miles-traveled using public data. Applying the framework to BSSs in Chicago, Boston, and Los …
The Wooded Mountains, Ancestral Spirits and Community: Yi Religious Ecology in the “ꑭꁮ” (xiō bū) Ritual
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Mianning County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture between 2023 and 2024, this paper analyzes the “xiō bū” (ꑭꁮ) ritual of the Liangshan Yi people. Framed within contemporary approaches to religious anthropology and social memory theory, the study explores how this ritual constructs Yi ecological ethics, social integration, and cultural identity through nature worship, ancestral spirit belief…
Tracing the source of nurturing life: A hermeneutic interpretation of Zhuangzi’s “Essence of Nurturing Life”
This study addresses a critical gap in Daoist scholarship by revisiting the concept of “nurturing life” (養生) in Zhuangzi: Essence of Nurturing Life , an idea often reduced to either medical pragmatism or mystical abstraction in contemporary interpretations. In light of rising global interest in holistic wellness, psychological resilience, and existential balance, this paper argues that Zhuangzi offers a philosophically rigorous and spiritually em…
Effects of Different Wheat Varieties on Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities
The diversity and stability of soil microbial communities are indispensable components for maintaining the functions and services of agricultural ecosystems and play crucial roles in wheat production. However, the effects of different wheat varieties on soil microbial diversity, network complexity, stability, and assembly mechanisms remain largely unexplored. To bridge this research gap, we conducted field experiments in Chuzhou, China, to study …
Integrating reinforcement-learning-based vehicle dispatch algorithm into agent-based modeling of autonomous taxis
The epistemology of contemporary social sciences and humanities
In the 1980s, postmodernism posed a series of critiques against the social sciences and humanities, with anthropology being a prominent target. Although these critiques never prevented the continued development of the social sciences and humanities, the conundrum constituted by the “subject” and “subjectivity” remained unresolved. At its core, the methodological challenge facing the social sciences and humanities lies in the question of whether i…
Traditional Chinese medication qili qiangxin capsule protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through suppressing autophagy via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B/forkhead b…
Nicola Halenko and Jiayi Wang: Pragmatics in English Language Learning
Electric vehicle adoption and planning: The increasing importance of the built environment
A comparative study of pragmatic performance of internal modification in continuation tasks of online reviews: Generative AI versus EFL learners
The predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture" (Part I)
The theorization of social sciences in the 20th century walked forward with difficulty. Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture", which comprehensively explored the fundamental problems in the process, is an essential document in the history of thoughts in the social sciences in the twentieth century. In response to Geertz's reflection, this paper tries to reveal the predicament of interpretive anthro…
A way out of the predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture"(Part II)
Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" comprehensively explored the basic problems encountered in the theoretical efforts of 20th century social sciences. As a response to his reflection, this paper tries to reveal the methodological roots of the predicament of interpretive anthropology and all social sciences, through an epistemological analysis of social science. In addition, with the Theory of Be…
Three research priorities for just and sustainable urban systems: Now is the time to refocus
Now is the time to refocus efforts in urban research and design. A changing climate and extreme weather events are presenting unique challenges to urban systems around the world. These challenges illuminate the social barriers that accompany disruptive events such as resource inequities and injustices. In this perspective, we provide three research priorities for just and sustainable urban systems that help to address these matters. The three res…
Exploring the residents’ intention to separate MSW in Beijing and understanding the reasons: An explanation by extended VBN theory
Big Data and Industrial Ecology
Many have witnessed the increasing popularity of “big data” in the past couple of years. Indeed, big data has been transforming how business is done in many industries. For example, online advertisements are increasingly customized for individual consumers based on their purchase history. Big data has also instigated many new areas of investigation, mostly in fields such as computer sciences and statistics. There are many areas in industrial ecol…
Prevalence of needle sharing, commercial sex behaviors and associated factors in Chinese male and female injecting drug user populations
The objective of this study is to investigate prevalence and associated factors of commercial sex behaviors and condom use at commercial sex, as well as prevalence of needle sharing among injecting drug users (IDUs) in China. In this study, 162 IDUs were recruited by peer workers in Dazhou, Sichuan and were anonymously interviewed by using a structured questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed and inte…
L'homme pensé par l'homme
Dans l\'histoire des sciences sociales reviennent, périodiquement et sous diverses formes, deux questions fondamentales : la nature exacte de l\'objet des sciences humaines et sociales et la possibilité de penser une théorie générale. A partir d\'une étude comparative des quatre systèmes de représentation de la reproduction humaine, dans la lignée de ses travaux sur les Na de Chine, l\'auteur tente ici de formaliser un système de la parenté qui c…
L'homme pensé par l'homme: Du Statut Scientifique Des Sciences Sociales
Bibliographie
A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China
Une société sans père ni mari, les Na de Chine: Les Na de Chine
Agriculteurs dans l’aire himalayenne, les Na sont une ethnie de Chine. Jusqu’à nos jours ils ont toujours vécu sans l’institution du mariage. Durant toute leur vie, frères et soeurs na partagent le même feu et le même pot et élèvent ensemble les enfants des femmes. Comme dans toute autre société, il y a prohibition de l’inceste, aussi les Na pratiquent-ils un système de visite nocturne, furtive ou ostensible, de l’homme chez la femme. Parallèleme…
Une société sans père ni mari, les Na de Chine: Les Na de Chine
Agriculteurs dans l’aire himalayenne, les Na sont une ethnie de Chine. Jusqu’à nos jours ils ont toujours vécu sans l’institution du mariage. Durant toute leur vie, frères et soeurs na partagent le même feu et le même pot et élèvent ensemble les enfants des femmes. Comme dans toute autre société, il y a prohibition de l’inceste, aussi les Na pratiquent-ils un système de visite nocturne, furtive ou ostensible, de l’homme chez la femme. Parallèleme…
Electric vehicle adoption and planning: The increasing importance of the built environment
The predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture" (Part I)
The theorization of social sciences in the 20th century walked forward with difficulty. Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture", which comprehensively explored the fundamental problems in the process, is an essential document in the history of thoughts in the social sciences in the twentieth century. In response to Geertz's reflection, this paper tries to reveal the predicament of interpretive anthro…
A way out of the predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture"(Part II)
Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" comprehensively explored the basic problems encountered in the theoretical efforts of 20th century social sciences. As a response to his reflection, this paper tries to reveal the methodological roots of the predicament of interpretive anthropology and all social sciences, through an epistemological analysis of social science. In addition, with the Theory of Be…
Une société sans père ni mari, les Na de Chine: Les Na de Chine
Agriculteurs dans l’aire himalayenne, les Na sont une ethnie de Chine. Jusqu’à nos jours ils ont toujours vécu sans l’institution du mariage. Durant toute leur vie, frères et soeurs na partagent le même feu et le même pot et élèvent ensemble les enfants des femmes. Comme dans toute autre société, il y a prohibition de l’inceste, aussi les Na pratiquent-ils un système de visite nocturne, furtive ou ostensible, de l’homme chez la femme. Parallèleme…
A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China
L'homme pensé par l'homme
Dans l\'histoire des sciences sociales reviennent, périodiquement et sous diverses formes, deux questions fondamentales : la nature exacte de l\'objet des sciences humaines et sociales et la possibilité de penser une théorie générale. A partir d\'une étude comparative des quatre systèmes de représentation de la reproduction humaine, dans la lignée de ses travaux sur les Na de Chine, l\'auteur tente ici de formaliser un système de la parenté qui c…
L'homme pensé par l'homme: Du Statut Scientifique Des Sciences Sociales
Bibliographie
Prevalence of needle sharing, commercial sex behaviors and associated factors in Chinese male and female injecting drug user populations
The objective of this study is to investigate prevalence and associated factors of commercial sex behaviors and condom use at commercial sex, as well as prevalence of needle sharing among injecting drug users (IDUs) in China. In this study, 162 IDUs were recruited by peer workers in Dazhou, Sichuan and were anonymously interviewed by using a structured questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed and inte…
Big Data and Industrial Ecology
Many have witnessed the increasing popularity of “big data” in the past couple of years. Indeed, big data has been transforming how business is done in many industries. For example, online advertisements are increasingly customized for individual consumers based on their purchase history. Big data has also instigated many new areas of investigation, mostly in fields such as computer sciences and statistics. There are many areas in industrial ecol…
Exploring the residents’ intention to separate MSW in Beijing and understanding the reasons: An explanation by extended VBN theory
Three research priorities for just and sustainable urban systems: Now is the time to refocus
Now is the time to refocus efforts in urban research and design. A changing climate and extreme weather events are presenting unique challenges to urban systems around the world. These challenges illuminate the social barriers that accompany disruptive events such as resource inequities and injustices. In this perspective, we provide three research priorities for just and sustainable urban systems that help to address these matters. The three res…
The predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture" (Part I)
The theorization of social sciences in the 20th century walked forward with difficulty. Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture", which comprehensively explored the fundamental problems in the process, is an essential document in the history of thoughts in the social sciences in the twentieth century. In response to Geertz's reflection, this paper tries to reveal the predicament of interpretive anthro…
A way out of the predicament of social sciences in the 20th century: A dialogue with Clifford Geertz's essay "Thick description: toward an interpretive theory of culture"(Part II)
Clifford Geertz's essay, "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture" comprehensively explored the basic problems encountered in the theoretical efforts of 20th century social sciences. As a response to his reflection, this paper tries to reveal the methodological roots of the predicament of interpretive anthropology and all social sciences, through an epistemological analysis of social science. In addition, with the Theory of Be…
Tracing the source of nurturing life: A hermeneutic interpretation of Zhuangzi’s “Essence of Nurturing Life”
This study addresses a critical gap in Daoist scholarship by revisiting the concept of “nurturing life” (養生) in Zhuangzi: Essence of Nurturing Life , an idea often reduced to either medical pragmatism or mystical abstraction in contemporary interpretations. In light of rising global interest in holistic wellness, psychological resilience, and existential balance, this paper argues that Zhuangzi offers a philosophically rigorous and spiritually em…
Effects of Different Wheat Varieties on Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities
The diversity and stability of soil microbial communities are indispensable components for maintaining the functions and services of agricultural ecosystems and play crucial roles in wheat production. However, the effects of different wheat varieties on soil microbial diversity, network complexity, stability, and assembly mechanisms remain largely unexplored. To bridge this research gap, we conducted field experiments in Chuzhou, China, to study …
Integrating reinforcement-learning-based vehicle dispatch algorithm into agent-based modeling of autonomous taxis
The epistemology of contemporary social sciences and humanities
In the 1980s, postmodernism posed a series of critiques against the social sciences and humanities, with anthropology being a prominent target. Although these critiques never prevented the continued development of the social sciences and humanities, the conundrum constituted by the “subject” and “subjectivity” remained unresolved. At its core, the methodological challenge facing the social sciences and humanities lies in the question of whether i…
Traditional Chinese medication qili qiangxin capsule protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through suppressing autophagy via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B/forkhead b…
Nicola Halenko and Jiayi Wang: Pragmatics in English Language Learning
Electric vehicle adoption and planning: The increasing importance of the built environment
A comparative study of pragmatic performance of internal modification in continuation tasks of online reviews: Generative AI versus EFL learners
Methanotroph-driven phosphorus recovery for sustainable wastewater management
Estimating rebalancing activities and vehicle use for existing station-based bike share systems
Rebalancing is an important process in bike share system (BSS) operation. Due to the lack of data on the rebalancing operation, existing studies have to rely on strong assumptions for system sustainability evaluation and efficiency improvement. To address this gap, this study proposed a framework to estimate rebalancing activities and rebalancing vehicle-miles-traveled using public data. Applying the framework to BSSs in Chicago, Boston, and Los …
The Wooded Mountains, Ancestral Spirits and Community: Yi Religious Ecology in the “ꑭꁮ” (xiō bū) Ritual
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Mianning County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture between 2023 and 2024, this paper analyzes the “xiō bū” (ꑭꁮ) ritual of the Liangshan Yi people. Framed within contemporary approaches to religious anthropology and social memory theory, the study explores how this ritual constructs Yi ecological ethics, social integration, and cultural identity through nature worship, ancestral spirit belief…
Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works)