Chao Zhou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4022460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chao Zhou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chao |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhou |
| SIGNATURE | ZHOU C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-7966-2044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 58 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Routine and event-driven HIV testing among MSM in Chongqing, China
HIV testing is critical for prevention and treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study applied an extended Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) framework to examine HIV testing strategies among Chinese MSM, with anxiety acting as both a direct predictor and a moderator. A cross-sectional survey was conduted among 431 MSM recruited from venues and community-based organizations in Chongqing, China, from June to September 2…
“Altos e baixos vocálicos”. Ensinando a altura de vogal do português a falantes nativos de chinês mandarim
Considerando as necessidades de professores e aprendentes de Português Língua Estrangeira na China e baseando-se em conhecimentos sobre o ensino da pronúncia, este artigo propõe um recurso para o ensino da altura vocálica a tais aprendentes. Este recurso: (1) consiste numa apresentação em Powerpoint que combina as estratégias de Color Vowel® Chart e Vowel Elevator e, portanto, explora diferentes níveis de instrução de pronúncia; (2) pode ser inte…
Prevalence of HIV self-testing and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, China
Background HIV self-testing has been promoted globally as an effective complement to facility-based testing, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, evidence on HIV self-testing uptake and its determinants in western China remains limited. Objective To assess the prevalence of HIV self-testing and identify associated factors among MSM in Chongqing, China. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2021 to March …
Sustainable or Opportunistic? The Moderating Effect of ESG Performance on Ownership Concentration and Earnings Management in China
This research aims to investigate the relationship between ownership concentration and earnings management (EM) practices in China, focusing on the highly debated role of ESG performance as a moderator. Using data from 36,569 firm-year observations of A-share listed firms in China from 2010 through 2023, we observe a positive link where more concentrated ownership corresponds to higher levels of EM. Crucially, high ESG performance markedly weaken…
L2 difficulties in the perception of Mandarin tones
What makes lexical tones challenging for second language (L2) learners? Several recent studies suggest that two phonological universals, the Obligatory Contour Principle and the Tonal Markedness Scale, may constrain the L2 acquisition of Mandarin lexical tones, regardless of learners’ first language. We assessed the role of these universals in L2 tonal acquisition by learners from a non-tonal background (L1 Portuguese). We implemented a perceptua…
A Revised Multi-Modal Formal Account for Orthography-Induced Sound Patterns
Auditory-Orthographic cue integration challenges theories that explain orthographic influences on phonology simply by grapheme-to-phoneme conventions. By analyzing two such cases of cue integration, we propose a revised BiPhon model employing weighted positive constraints, with a reading grammar that gradually rewards featural correspondence. This approach offers greater cognitive plausibility and relies on fewer assumptions than existing alterna…
Digital Finance Development and Rural‐to‐Urban Migration in China
The large‐scale migration of rural labourers to urban areas has emerged as a prominent characteristic of China's socioeconomic development over the past few decades. This study aims to investigate how digital finance development affects rural‐to‐urban migration in China. Utilising a sample that captures individual data on rural labour force dynamics, our empirical analysis reveals that digital finance development significantly reduces rural‐to‐ur…
The impact of digital infrastructure construction on the depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults
The “Broadband China” strategy has enhanced digital infrastructure through urban fiber upgrades, rural broadband expansion, and improved network performance. This research employs the multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) model using 2011–2020 CHARLS data to explore underlying mechanisms. Findings indicate digital infrastructure reduces depression, mediated primarily by strengthened old-age services and social well-being. Heterogeneity ana…
Driving effect of government environmental protection expenditure on green technology from the perspective of fiscal transparency
Green technology is crucial for achieving sustainable and high-quality development. Government environmental protection expenditure and fiscal transparency are key drivers of this process. Utilizing panel data from 254 Chinese cities between 2013 and 2020, this paper applies a panel least squares method with robust standard errors to explore the impact of government environmental protection expenditure on green technology, focusing on the role of…
Usability assessment and improvement strategy of music APP interface based on heuristic evaluation
With the increasing diversification of virtual interface functionality and services, excessive cognitive and operational loads are posing new challenges to the usability of music app interfaces. This study investigates whether interfaces characterized by integrated functionality and complex operational processes effectively meet users’ usability requirements. Through a heuristic evaluation methodology, 15 independent evaluators assessed the inter…
Exploring the Influence of Profile Picture Styles on Empathy and Identity Recognition in Social Media
Empathy and identity recognition are two core social interaction factors that greatly affect efficiency and effectiveness. The selection of a profile picture in social media is crucial as it serves as a visual representation of virtual identity. It not only reflects the user's personality but also influences the level of empathy and identification that others feel toward them. However, the potential impact of profile pictures with different style…
Differences in HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM)
Objective This study aimed to compare HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, sexual behaviors, and social networking between MSM college students with and without HIV infection, and to identify associated factors sustaining the high HIV prevalence in this population. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 686 HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM college students recruited from Guangdong, Chongqing, and Shaanxi provinces (January 2019–March …
Modelling the developmental path in the acquisition of /l/-final irregular plurals by Portuguese children
Previous empirical research has shown that Portuguese children aged 4;0 to 6;0 are sensitive to the quality of stem-final vowels when acquiring the irregular plural forms of /l/-final words (acquisition order: plurals of /al, l, l, ul/ > plurals of /il/).This study presents a formal account of this emergent pattern.We first construct an initial-state grammar that arguably instantiates Portuguese children's grammatical knowledge at the onset of mo…
The relationship between cognitive function and cortical thickness in first-episode drug-naive schizophrenia patients with agitation
The present study demonstrated that the abnormal cortical thickness of rPCC may be related to the agitation behavior and cognitive function in patients with FESN+A, suggesting a potential treatment target for agitation behavior and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia
Relationship between negative symptoms, cognitive function and social function in schizophrenia
Our findings provided evidence revealing a closer connection between negative symptoms, cognitive function, and social functioning. In light of these findings, precise targets for pharmacological treatment, psychotherapy and physical therapy are identified for patients with schizophrenia
Changes of well-being over the pandemic
Psychological problems (e.g., depression and anxiety) have been widely studied as an important public health issue in the background of the pandemic, whereas the positive aspects (e.g., well-being) have been paid little attention. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and generations on well-being by adopting 5 groups (Post-00s, Post-90s, Post-80s, Post-70s, and Post-60s) × 2 time points (before and during th…
Can climate-resilient city construction promote healthier middle-aged and older adults? Evidences from China
To proactively mitigate climate risks, address the growing challenge of population aging, and promote sustainable well-being among older adults, the Chinese government launched a pilot program for climate-resilient cities (CRC). However, empirical evidence on the health impacts of CRC initiatives for middle-aged and older populations remains limited. This study integrates data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2011–…
School climate, psychological distress, resilience and presenteeism among Chinese school teachers
Modelling the acquisition of the Portuguese tap by L1-Mandarin learners
The present study provides a formal account for three types of experimental findings recurrently reported in the literature, yet not integrated into current L2 speech theories, namely individual variability, syllable-position effects and orthographic influences. By analysing examples from L2 acquisition of Portuguese, we show that all these L2 speech patterns can be formalised within a single generative linguistic model, the Harmonic-Grammar vers…
Molecular network characteristics and drug resistance analysis of 392 newly reported MSM HIV/Aids cases in Chongqing, China
To comprehensively investigate the molecular transmission patterns of HIV-1 genotypes among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chongqing, we employed 392 pol sequences of MSM to construct a phylogenetic tree and gene transmission network. Among the viral subtypes, CRF07_BC accounted for 73.2% (287/392) and CRF01_AE accounted for 20.7% (81/392), emerging as the predominant subtypes in this investigation. Additionally, we observed the presence of C…
The mediating effect of subject well-being between physical activity and the internet addiction of college students in China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Background Internet addiction poses a significant threat to the health of college students worldwide, but physical activity, as a highly safe and effective rehabilitative measure, has shown promise for alleviating this issue nowadays. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mediating processes in this association remained unclear. This study aims to explore the impact of physical activity on internet addiction among college students and the me…
Coupling coordination degree and influencing factors of forestry modernization and high quality economic development
Introduction: Forestry modernization (FM) and High quality economic development (HED) are two major goals that must be achieved in the process of economic development from low to high, and they are closely related to each other in their respective internal development mechanisms. Methods: Based on the analysis of the coupling coordination mechanism between FM and HED, this paper empirically studies the coupling coordination degree and influencing…
M&As and the value chain of host countries in the “belt and road” — Based on path test of technological innovation
Psychometric validation of the Perma-profiler for well-being in Chinese adults
Well-being is one of the central topics in psychology, and research on this topic has shifted from emotional experiences to flourishing life in recent years. Seligman's PERMA model is a prominent theory in this shift. However, this model is proposed in Western culture and has yet to be empirically validated in the Chinese context. The present research aims to examine the applicability of the five-dimension PERMA-Profiler in Chinese culture, which…
Trends of HIV, hepatitis C virus and syphilis seroprevalence among injection and non-injection drug users in southwestern China, 2010–2017
Background The primary risk of HIV transmission in China has shifted from injecting drug use (IDU) to sexual contact since 2006. We evaluated the prevalence trends of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), syphilis, and sexual and drug use behaviors among drug users. Methods: People who use drugs participated in any of four rounds of cross-sectional surveys during 2010–2017 in Chongqing. Participants were tested for HIV, HCV, and syphilis. Questionnaire i…
A survey on mathematical proofs among teachers
Immunomodulatory activity of the seeds of Plantago asiatica L
General toxicity of Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Berit. in rat
The Effect of Central Executive Load on Adult’s Strategy Using in Computational Estimation
摘要: 随机选取128名大学生为被试, 运用选择/无选法研究范式, 考察了不同中央执行负荷对估算策略运用的影响。结果发现:(1)中央执行负荷不影响策略分布; (2)策略运用条件、中央执行负荷影响策略执行。主次一致任务, 负荷对策略执行反应时的影响随负荷强度增大而增大, 对策略执行精确度影响不大; 而对主次不一致任务, 低负荷对策略执行反应时及精确度影响都不明显; (3)策略运用条件、中央执行负荷影响策略选择。负荷强度对策略选择反应时起重要作用, 只有当次级任务负荷高时, 干扰作用才明显; (4)成人的策略选择适应性受负荷强度的影响。无负荷条件下个体策略适应性更好
SNARC Effect of Non-Symbolic Number Information on Different Processing Levels
摘要: 通过两项眼动实验考察了个体在水平和垂直方向上对点阵数量进行较浅(浏览)和较深(数字比较)程度加工时的数量空间表征联系。结果显示:点阵在水平方向上出现了SNARC效应, 且SNARC效应的大小不受加工深浅的影响, 而在垂直方向上没有出现SNARC效应。表明(1)点阵数量SNARC效应的稳定性不如阿拉伯数字; (2)方向对点阵SNARC效应的影响更大, 加工程度的影响则不明显。结合加工程度、空间方向和点阵数量的自身特征等对研究发现进行了讨论, 认为数字的空间表征在多个因素的共同影响下可能呈现出多样性
Anal Sex Role, Circumcision Status, and HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Chongqing, China
Differences of Arithmetic Strategy Use in Adults with Different Math Anxieties
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The Proteus Effect in Virtual Reality Social Environments
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The Economic Burden of Prescription Opioid Overdose, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States, 2013
IMPORTANCE: It is important to understand the magnitude and distribution of the economic burden of prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence to inform clinical practice, research, and other decision makers. Decision makers choosing approaches to address this epidemic need cost information to evaluate the cost effectiveness of their choices. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic burden of prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence…
The Association Between Local Economic Conditions and Opioid Prescriptions Among Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
BACKGROUND: This paper concerns public health crises today-the problem of opioid prescription access and related abuse. Inspired by Case and Deaton's seminal work on increasing mortality among white Americans with lower education, this paper explores the relationship between opioid prescribing and local economic factors. OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between county-level socioeconomic factors (median household income, unemployment rate, …
Altered Patterns of the Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation and Functional Connectivity Between Deficit and Non-Deficit Schizophrenia
Objective: A limited number of studies have previously reported on the regional activity [amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)] and functional integration [functional connectivity (FC)] of the whole brain in deficit schizophrenia (DS). The present study investigates the resting-state characteristics of the fractional ALFF (fALFF) and the FC in both DS and non-deficit schizophrenia (NDS) patients, and further explores their correlations w…
The association of shyness with individuals' online and offline altruistic behavior
We explored the association between online and subsequent offline altruistic behavior in shy and not-shy individuals, using a 2 (priming condition: online altruism vs. control) × 2 (shyness level: shy vs. not shy) between-subjects design with 108 Chinese university students. We designed 6 online situations to prime altruism and a volunteer situation to assess subsequent offline altruism. Results were as follows: (a) engaging in online altruistic …
Effects of ownership structure on the relationship between multinationality and downside risk
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how multinationality affects multinational companies’ (MNCs) downside risk and the moderate effects of ownership structure in the setting of emerging markets based on Chinese publicly traded manufacturing MNCs. Design/methodology/approach The author derives hypotheses based on real options theory and agency theory, and tests hypotheses by using Tobit model and a unique data set of Chinese A-shared p…
Tourism and Livable Towns Beyond the Coronavirus Disease 2019
Based on the data of 812 small towns in Chongqing, China, this paper attempts to conduct an empirical analysis on whether tourist towns with excellent natural environment, policy advantage, and market preference are more ecologically livable than ordinary small towns. It is found that as a whole, tourist towns are indeed more ecologically livable than ordinary small towns. Also, from the perspective of grading, both the national and provincial to…
MHz Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Irradiation Impairs Neurite Outgrowth With a Decrease in Rap1-GTP in Primary Mouse Hippocampal Neurons and Neuro2a Cells
Background: With the global popularity of communication devices such as mobile phones, there are increasing concerns regarding the effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) on the brain, one of the most important organs sensitive to RF-EMR exposure at 1,800 MHz. However, the effects of RF-EMR exposure on neuronal cells are unclear. Neurite outgrowth plays a critical role in brain development, therefore, determining the effects o…
Altered Functional Connectivity of the Nucleus Accumbens Network Between Deficit and Non-deficit Schizophrenia
Deficit schizophrenia (DS), which is marked by stable negative symptoms, is regarded as a homogeneous subgroup of schizophrenia. While DS patients have structurally altered nucleus accumbens (NAcc) compared to non-deficit schizophrenia (NDS) patients and healthy individuals, the investigation of NAcc functional connectivity (FC) with negative symptoms and neurocognition could provide insights into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. 58 DS, 93 N…
The Impact of Collaboration Network on Water Resource Governance Performance
Existing studies rarely examine the relationship between network structure and network performance. To fill this research gap, this article collects inter-local collaboration network data from 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region of China from 2009 to 2015. Based on the institutional collective action framework and social capital theory, we propose bridging and bonding hypotheses regarding the impact of network structures on governance per…
The Effects of BITs on Contract Execution in Developing Countries
Bilateral investment agreements are bilateral treaties between capital exporting countries and host countries, which is specially used to protect international investment, and the contract execution is directly related to the daily operation of multinational enterprises. Based on the panel data of 73 developing countries from 2005 to 2019, this paper examines the improvement effect of BITs on the contract execution of host countries. The study fo…
Higher Risk of Mortality and Virologic Failure in HIV-Infected Patients With High Viral Load at Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation
BACKGROUND: Viral load (VL) is a strong predictor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of high baseline VL on antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes among HIV-infected patients. METHODS: This retrospective study observed HIV-infected patients who had baseline VL test at ART initiation between 2015 and 2019 in Chongqing, China. Cox proportional hazards regression and logistic re…
L2 speech learning of European Portuguese /l/ and /ɾ/ by L1-Mandarin learners
It has been long recognized that the poor distinction between /l/ and /ɾ/ is one of the most perceptible characteristics in Chinese-accented Portuguese. Recent empirical research revealed that this notorious L2 speech learning difficulty goes beyond the confusion between two L2 categories, as L1-Mandarin learners’ acquisition of Portuguese /l/ and /ɾ/ seems to be subject to the interaction among different prosodic positions, speech modalities and…
Portuguese Has Two Underlying Rhotics
Like many Romance languages, Portuguese has a weak-r (tap) and a strong-R (posterior fricative). At the surface level, these two rhotics are only contrastive between vowels, whereas they are neutralized in other positions. How the Portuguese rhotics are represented at the underlying level is still a matter of debate. Competing analyses differ with respect to whether the Portuguese word-initial strong-R is derived by a position-sensitive rule (one…
Does political resource endowment promote carbon productivity? A case study of counties along the Long March areas in China
Agricultural insurance and rural revitalization—an empirical analysis based on China’s provincial panel data
Agricultural insurance is a kind of compensation insurance designed to provide protection for the economic losses caused by insured accidents suffered by agricultural producers in agricultural production. Rural revitalization refers to the strategy of improving the level of rural economic, social and cultural development and achieving coordinated and sustainable development of urban and rural development. Agricultural insurance can effectively di…
Renewable energy consumption, trade and inflation in Mena countries with augmented production function
Anti-apoptotic effect of HeidihuangWan in renal tubular epithelial cells via PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway
Medicine (23 works) · Psychology (20 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · China (13 works) · Economics (13 works) · Business (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works)