Xin Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3819180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xin Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU X |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Defense Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6381-3672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Development and application of an evidence-based three-dimensional, four-phase discharge preparation plan for type 2 diabetes patients
Objective To develop an evidence-based “three-dimensional integrated” four-stage discharge preparation plan for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and to investigate its effects on discharge readiness, glycemic control, self-management ability, prognosis, and to evaluate its health economic value. Methods An evidence-based nursing approach was adopted to retrieve, appraise, and synthesize relevant evidence, forming an intervention pro…
Prevalence and influencing factors of perinatal depression across different stages of pregnancy and postpartum
Background: Perinatal depression (PND) is a major public health concern, affecting both maternal and infant health. While numerous studies have examined risk factors for PND, most focused on single pregnancy stages, with limited evidence spanning the full perinatal period. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of PND across pregnancy and postpartum, and identify stage-specific influencing factors among Chinese women. Methods: A cross-sectiona…
Educational pathways for enhancing algorithmic transparency
Enhancing algorithmic transparency is a pivotal issue in the ethics of artificial intelligence. From a phenomenological perspective, algorithmic transparency comprises two dimensions: the openness and visibility of algorithmic systems and the subject’s cognitive engagement with understanding the operational logic and theoretical underpinnings of algorithms. Consequently, algorithmic transparency should be reframed as a cognitive issue, with educa…
Infinity and Beyond
This article employs a Foucauldian framework of governmentality to examine how singing talent shows operate as cultural apparatuses that shape institutional, ideological, and administrative influence over popular memory. A Foucauldian discourse analysis foregrounds the ways discourse, visual representation, and strategic silence work as techniques of governance that guide how the public perceives, feels, and remembers, while also revealing the su…
Natural gas pipeline integrity management efficiency evaluation and prediction
Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success
Medical crowdfunding, an emerging form of internet-based financing, has seen immense growth globally in recent years, playing a significant role in supporting vulnerable groups to afford medical expense. In China, the insufficiency of medical insurance to cover all medical expenses, coupled with significant urban-rural disparities, leaves certain households, especially those in impoverished regions, unable to bear unforeseen high healthcare costs…
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated blood concentrations of ethylene oxide
Ethylene oxide (EtO) has recently been linked to increased oxidative stress and related health disorders. Conversely, 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations are a well-recognized antioxidant with protective roles against oxidative damage. However, it remains unclear whether vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated blood concentrations of EtO. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between vitamin D def…
Effects of professional identity and psychological capital on academic self-efficacy
This study explored the effects of professional identity and psychological capital on the academic self-efficacy of university students majoring in preschool education, as well as the mediating role of learning engagement. University students majoring in preschool education ( N = 986) completed the University Student Professional Identity Questionnaire, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students, the University Student Academ…
Trusted networks
In December 2020, Argentina approved a new abortion law following decades of feminist and social advocacy. This paper presents qualitative findings from interviews and focus group discussions with people in local communities focusing on how individuals of reproductive age access and communicate sexual and reproductive health information, particularly regarding abortion. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted with key informants working in the…
Large-Scale Medical Crowdfunding Data Reveal Determinants and Preferences of Donation Behaviors
The growing usage of online crowdfunding platforms has fundamentally changed the traditional modes of fundraising and donation. Previous studies have mainly focused on the performance and ethical issues of online crowdfunding. In contrast, there is a dearth of information about the complexity of online donation behaviors. To explore the characteristics of fundraising and donation in online crowdfunding campaigns, we conduct a comprehensive analys…
Independent and joint associations between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and cognitive function in older adults in the United States
Increased concentrations of urinary PAH metabolites are associated with cognitive decline in older adults, mainly on language ability, executive function, sustained attention, working memory, and information processing speed, with 2-OHNa playing a major effect
Exploring the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Passenger Flows in Expanding Urban Metros
Despite extensive investigations on urban metro passenger flows, their evolving spatiotemporal patterns with the extensions of urban metro networks have not been well understood. Using Shenzhen as a case study city, our study initiates an investigation into this matter by analyzing the evolving network topology of Shenzhen Metro. Subsequently, leveraging long-term smart card data, we analyze the evolving spatiotemporal patterns of passenger flows…
Elucidating the chemical interaction effects of herb pair Danshen-Chuanxiong and its anti-ischemic stroke activities evaluation
Understanding the Necessity and Economic Benefits of Lockdown Measures to Contain Covid-19
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the issue of how to maintain economic development while containing the epidemic has become a significant concern for decision-makers. Though lockdown measures are verified to be very effective in containing the epidemic, its economic costs and other influences have not been fully explored. As a result, decision-makers in many countries are still hesitant to include the lockdown measur…
Cognitive distortion based explainable depression detection and analysis technologies for the adolescent internet users on social media
Nowadays, adolescents would like to share their daily lives via social media platforms, which presents an excellent opportunity for us to leverage these data to develop techniques to measure their mental health status, such as depression. Previous researches focus on the more accurate detection of depression through statistical learning and ignore psychological understanding of depression. However, psychologists have given lots of theoretical evi…
Combined and delayed impacts of epidemics and extreme weather on urban mobility recovery
The ever-increasing pandemic and natural disasters might spatial-temporal overlap to trigger compound disasters that disrupt urban life, including human movements. In this study, we proposed a framework for data-driven analyses on mobility resilience to uncover the compound effects of COVID-19 and extreme weather events on mobility recovery across cities with varied socioeconomic contexts. The concept of suppression risk (SR) is introduced to qua…
Network Structure and Community Evolution Online
Background: The measurement and identification of changes in the social structure in response to an exceptional event like COVID-19 can facilitate a more informed public response to the pandemic and provide fundamental insights on how collective social processes respond to extreme events. Objective: In this study, we built a generalized framework for applying social media data to understand public behavioral and emotional changes in response to C…
Evaluating urban agglomeration resilience to disaster in the Yangtze Delta city group in China
Toward an efficient recycling system
Stainless steel is a special category of steel and contains high chromium and nickel. With particular attention to chromium and nickel, the solvent metal phase of recycling of end‐of‐life (EoL) ferritic and austenitic stainless steels by remelting is considered Fe–Cr alloy and Fe–Cr–Ni alloy instead of pure iron, respectively. Understanding the element elimination behavior from the solvent metal phase during the remelting process is important for…
Revealing Public Opinion towards the Covid-19 Vaccine with Weibo Data in China
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented burdens on people's health and subjective well-being. While countries around the world have established models to track and predict the affective states of COVID-19, identifying the topics of public discussion and sentiment evolution of the vaccine, particularly the differences in topics of concern between vaccine-support and vaccine-hesitant groups, remains scarce. Using social media data from the …
Characteristics and DGT Based Bioavailability of Cadmium in the Soil–Crop Systems from the East Edge of the Dongting Lake, China
Contamination of heavy metals (including the cadmium, Cd) in agricultural soils has become an increased issue, posing a threat to the crop safety and human health. In order to evaluate the contamination characteristics and bioavailability of Cd in the soil−crop systems from the East edge of the Dongting Lake, four kinds of agricultural products for typical crops (rice, peanut, sweet potato, and corn) and corresponding rhizosphere soils were colle…
Performance of a Tower-Shaped Integrated Ecological Purification Device for Pollutants Removal from Domestic Sewage in Rural Areas
With the continuous development of China's modern economy and agricultural society, the discharge of rural sewage has been recognized as a major threat to the safety of the rural ecological environment. This study discussed the purification efficiency of a tower-shaped integrated ecological purification device (TIEPD)-consisting of a measuring tank, detention tank and three-stage purification unit-towards various common pollutants in rural areas …
High-resolution satellite-derived river network map reveals small Arctic river hydrography
Small rivers (width 80% of total river length and surface area of the Colville river network and drain >90% of the catchment area; (2) including numerous small rivers increases the peak of hillslope-channel travel time distribution (TTD) by ∼4 times and shortens the mean hillslope-channel travel time by at least an order of magnitude compared to coarser-resolution river hydrography products; and (3) 87% of the Colville River Basin’s carbon dioxid…
Public Psychosocial and Behavioral Responses in the First Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic
Background: The COVID-19 has grown into a global pandemic. This study investigated the public psychosocial and behavioral responses through different time periods of the pandemic, and assessed whether these changes are different in age, gender, and region. Methods: A three-phase survey was conducted through the DaDui Social Q&A Software for COVID-19. A total of 13,214 effective responses of COVID-19 were collected. Statistical analysis was perfor…
Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of Covid-19 in China
Unveiling hidden migration and mobility patterns in climate stressed regions
Climate change is likely to drive migration from environmentally stressed areas. However quantifying short and long-term movements across large areas is challenging due to difficulties in the collection of highly spatially and temporally resolved human mobility data. In this study we use two datasets of individual mobility trajectories from six million de-identified mobile phone users in Bangladesh over three months and two years respectively. Us…
Lead Isotope Analyses Revealed the Key Role of Chang'an in the Mirror Production and Distribution Network During the Han Dynasty
Chang'an (now Xi'an) was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and the starting point of the Silk Road. In the light of the importance of Chang'an as the centre of politics, economy and cultural interaction, the overarching question proposed in this paper is focused on its role in the mirror production and distribution network during Han period. On the basis of chemical and lead isotopic analyses of 34 Han mirrors, this paper discusses the poten…
Cooperation in the Innovation Process in Developing Countries
Zhongguancun Science Park (ZGC) in Beijing is considered the most innovative region in China. This paper is based on a quantitative survey among ZGC companies that captures the cooperation patterns of the firms. The survey was funded by the German Research Association (DFG). In the process of technological upgrading and innovation, companies in Beijing-as well as in other developing countries-make use of knowledge originating in foreign companies…
Status, Ecology, and Conservation of the Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Tibetan Plateau
The dramatic population crashes of 3 species of Gyps vulture have raised concerns about the status of their lesser-known congeners. Among these is the Himalayan griffon, G. himalayensis, an iconic vulture of the Tibetan plateau. The continued existence of this scavenger has not only ecological but also cultural implications because of their unique role in the centuries-old sky burial tradition that is followed by nearly 5 million Tibetan people. …
"The Problem Lies in "Also Have
There are no regularities in the world without exceptions. We should not negate the general nature of regularities because of the emergence of exceptions. One cannot deny that third-rate colleges and universities also have first-rate students. However, the problem lies in the words also have. Why is it that third-rate colleges and universities "also have" (ye you) instead of "have large numbers of (da you)
Cooperation in the Innovation Process in Developing Countries
Zhongguancun Science Park (ZGC) in Beijing is considered the most innovative region in China. This paper is based on a quantitative survey among ZGC companies that captures the cooperation patterns of the firms. The survey was funded by the German Research Association (DFG). In the process of technological upgrading and innovation, companies in Beijing-as well as in other developing countries-make use of knowledge originating in foreign companies…
Danshen-Chuanxiong alleviates cerebral ischemia by regulating carnitine metabolism and angiogenesis via activating CPT1/HIF-1α signaling axis
Status, Ecology, and Conservation of the Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Tibetan Plateau
The dramatic population crashes of 3 species of Gyps vulture have raised concerns about the status of their lesser-known congeners. Among these is the Himalayan griffon, G. himalayensis, an iconic vulture of the Tibetan plateau. The continued existence of this scavenger has not only ecological but also cultural implications because of their unique role in the centuries-old sky burial tradition that is followed by nearly 5 million Tibetan people. …
Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking Population Movements with Mobile Phone Network Data
BACKGROUND: Population movements following disasters can cause important increases in morbidity and mortality. Without knowledge of the locations of affected people, relief assistance is compromised. No rapid and accurate method exists to track population movements after disasters. We used position data of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards from the largest mobile phone company in Haiti (Digicel) to estimate the magnitude and trends of popula…
Shifts in Surgical Revascularization and Valve Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries
BACKGROUND: The rapid development of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has reduced the demand for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. We examined whether the previously documented declining demand for CABG and expanding PCI use are associated with changes in performance of valve (aortic or mitral) replacement or repair surgery. METHODS: We used Medicare Part A administrative data to identify beneficiaries who received PCI, CABG…
Predictability of population displacement after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Most severe disasters cause large population movements. These movements make it difficult for relief organizations to efficiently reach people in need. Understanding and predicting the locations of affected people during disasters is key to effective humanitarian relief operations and to long-term societal reconstruction. We collaborated with the largest mobile phone operator in Haiti (Digicel) and analyzed the movements of 1.9 million mobile pho…
Linked Ego Networks
Unveiling hidden migration and mobility patterns in climate stressed regions
Climate change is likely to drive migration from environmentally stressed areas. However quantifying short and long-term movements across large areas is challenging due to difficulties in the collection of highly spatially and temporally resolved human mobility data. In this study we use two datasets of individual mobility trajectories from six million de-identified mobile phone users in Bangladesh over three months and two years respectively. Us…
Mapping poverty using mobile phone and satellite data
Poverty is one of the most important determinants of adverse health outcomes globally, a major cause of societal instability and one of the largest causes of lost human potential. Traditional approaches to measuring and targeting poverty rely heavily on census data, which in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unavailable or out-of-date. Alternate measures are needed to complement and update estimates between censuses. This study de…
Lead Isotope Analyses Revealed the Key Role of Chang'an in the Mirror Production and Distribution Network During the Han Dynasty
Chang'an (now Xi'an) was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and the starting point of the Silk Road. In the light of the importance of Chang'an as the centre of politics, economy and cultural interaction, the overarching question proposed in this paper is focused on its role in the mirror production and distribution network during Han period. On the basis of chemical and lead isotopic analyses of 34 Han mirrors, this paper discusses the poten…
The effects of field dependent-independent cognitive style and abrupt rotation of the reference frame on multiple object tracking
The Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) task was initially designed by Pylyshyn and Storm (1988) and has been widely used to study the visual attentional mechanisms people use when viewing dynamic scenes. Previous research has usually used this task to explore participants’ abilities to track multiple moving objects in a static reference frame. But more recently, some researchers have started to investigate observers’ tracking performance in nonstable…
Inferring Opinions and Behavioral Characteristics of Gay Men with Large Scale Multilingual Text from Blued
Gay men in many countries are increasingly using geosocial networking applications (GSN apps), thus offering new opportunities for understanding them. This paper provides a comprehensive content analysis of posts and opinions on Blued, the world's largest gay social networking dating app, to infer and compare opinions and behavioral characteristics of gay men in different countries. Machine learning and linguistic programming approaches were used…
Network Evolution of a Large Online MSM Dating Community
Due to multiple sexual partners and low rates of condom use, the HIV infection rate among MSM (men who have sex with men) is much higher than that of the general population. In order to analyze the characteristics of online activities of MSM, and to understand the evolution of their social networks, in this study we collect a comprehensive dataset, covering the period from January 2005 to June 2018, from the largest Chinese online community, Baid…
Variations in the Distribution of Chl-a and Simulation Using a Multiple Regression Model
Chlorophyll a (Chl- a ) is an important indicator of algal biomass in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, monthly monitoring data for Chl- a concentration were collected between 2005 and 2015 at four stations in Meiliang Bay, a eutrophic bay in Lake Taihu, China. The spatiotemporal distribution of Chl- a in the bay was investigated, and a statistical model to relate the Chl- a concentration to key driving variables was also developed. The monthly …
Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of Covid-19 in China
Universal evolution patterns of degree assortativity in social networks
Diverse supraglacial drainage patterns on the Devon ice Cap, Arctic Canada
The Devon Ice Cap (DIC) is one of the largest ice masses in the Canadian Arctic. Each summer, extensive supraglacial river networks develop on the DIC surface and route large volumes of meltwater from ice caps to the ocean. Mapping their extent and understanding their temporal evolution are important for validating runoff routing and melt volumes predicted by regional climate models (RCMs). We use 10 m Sentinel-2 images captured on 28 July and 10…
Changes to anthropogenic pressures on reach-scale rivers in South and Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2014
Rivers are essential to human livelihoods and agricultural production, yet human usage and irrigation are jeopardizing river sustainability. It is thus crucial to investigate the fine-scaled spatiotemporal dynamics of anthropogenic pressures on rivers. Most research, however, is conducted at the grid-scale, which impedes detailed investigations. In this study, by tracking anthropogenic pressures at the scale of river reaches (the length of river …
Depressive Emotion Detection and Behavior Analysis of Men Who Have Sex With Men via Social Media
The online MSM depressive emotion detection using machine learning can provide a proper and easy-to-use way in real-world applications, which help identify high-risk individuals at the early stage of depression for further diagnosis
High-resolution satellite-derived river network map reveals small Arctic river hydrography
Small rivers (width 80% of total river length and surface area of the Colville river network and drain >90% of the catchment area; (2) including numerous small rivers increases the peak of hillslope-channel travel time distribution (TTD) by ∼4 times and shortens the mean hillslope-channel travel time by at least an order of magnitude compared to coarser-resolution river hydrography products; and (3) 87% of the Colville River Basin’s carbon dioxid…
Public Psychosocial and Behavioral Responses in the First Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic
Background: The COVID-19 has grown into a global pandemic. This study investigated the public psychosocial and behavioral responses through different time periods of the pandemic, and assessed whether these changes are different in age, gender, and region. Methods: A three-phase survey was conducted through the DaDui Social Q&A Software for COVID-19. A total of 13,214 effective responses of COVID-19 were collected. Statistical analysis was perfor…
Network Structure and Community Evolution Online
Background: The measurement and identification of changes in the social structure in response to an exceptional event like COVID-19 can facilitate a more informed public response to the pandemic and provide fundamental insights on how collective social processes respond to extreme events. Objective: In this study, we built a generalized framework for applying social media data to understand public behavioral and emotional changes in response to C…
Evaluating urban agglomeration resilience to disaster in the Yangtze Delta city group in China
Toward an efficient recycling system
Stainless steel is a special category of steel and contains high chromium and nickel. With particular attention to chromium and nickel, the solvent metal phase of recycling of end‐of‐life (EoL) ferritic and austenitic stainless steels by remelting is considered Fe–Cr alloy and Fe–Cr–Ni alloy instead of pure iron, respectively. Understanding the element elimination behavior from the solvent metal phase during the remelting process is important for…
Geography (18 works) · Computer Science (17 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)