The Association Between Religious Belief and Postoperative Psychological Status and Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Single Center Experience in Southeast China
This study aimed to investigate the association of religious belief on the postoperative psychological status and quality of life of parents of children with congenital heart disease (CHD). This was a cross-sectional study conducted at a provincial children ’s hospital in Fujian Province, China. Parents of postoperative children with CHD in the early postoperative period were included in this study between January 2020 and September 2020. The parents were divided into a religious belief group (n = 39) and a nonreligious belief group (n = 42) depending on whether they had religious beliefs. The Religious Coping Qu...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Bibliometric analysis of global research trends on biomimetics, biomimicry, bionics, and bio-inspired concepts in civil engineering using the Scopus database
This paper presents a bibliometrics analysis aimed at discerning global trends in research on ‘biomimetics’, ‘biomimicry’, ‘bionics’, and ‘bio-inspired’ concepts within civil engineering, using the Scopus database. This database facilitates the assessment of interrelationships and impacts of these concepts within the civil engineering domain. The findings demonstrate a consis tent growth in publications related to these areas, indicative of increasing interest and impact within the civil engineering community. Influential authors and institutions have emerged, making significant contributions to the field. ...
Source: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics - May 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Naim Sedira, Jorge Pinto, Isabel Bentes and Sandra Pereira Source Type: research
Community screening for dementia among older adults in China: a machine learning-based strategy
This study combined specific questions fr... (Source: BMC Public Health)
Source: BMC Public Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Yan Zhang, Jian Xu, Chi Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xueli Yuan, Wenqing Ni, Hongmin Zhang, Yijin Zheng and Zhiguang Zhao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Two Decades of Academic Service-Learning in Chinese Higher Education: A Review of Research Literature
This study reviews literature from the past two decades on university course-based, credit-bearing academic service-learning in the Chinese mainland. It reveals a steady growth in service-learning courses across all regions of the Chinese mainland since 2006, with fifty-two courses documented in the academic literature by 2023. The courses span various disciplines and service populations and have shown positive impacts on university students ’ cognitive skills, peer and community connectedness, development of self, disciplinary, and career identities, as well as social responsibility. The study observes the presence of h...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - May 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Housing Tenure, Intrahousehold Homeownership Structure and Health
AbstractAs two important dimensions of the quality of life, housing and health are inextricably linked. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this study explores the impact of housing tenure and intrahousehold homeownership structure on residents ’ health in urban China. The results indicate that full owner-occupancy weakens residents’ health by compressing their time for rest and relaxation and squeezing household medical expenditure. Further analysis on the effects of attribution of full homeownership between couples finds that, compar ed with spouse-owned, self-owned or couple-owned improves resi...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - May 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Controversial virus-hunting scientist skewered at US COVID-origins hearing
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01305-zLawmakers interrogated Peter Daszak over his ties to China and whether his organisation, EcoHealth Alliance, has been a good steward of taxpayer dollars. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 1, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mariana Lenharo Lauren Wolf Source Type: research
Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID-19 genome sleeps on street after lab shuts
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01293-0Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - May 1, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Smriti Mallapaty Source Type: research
Two Decades of Academic Service-Learning in Chinese Higher Education: A Review of Research Literature
This study reviews literature from the past two decades on university course-based, credit-bearing academic service-learning in the Chinese mainland. It reveals a steady growth in service-learning courses across all regions of the Chinese mainland since 2006, with fifty-two courses documented in the academic literature by 2023. The courses span various disciplines and service populations and have shown positive impacts on university students ’ cognitive skills, peer and community connectedness, development of self, disciplinary, and career identities, as well as social responsibility. The study observes the presence of h...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - May 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Housing Tenure, Intrahousehold Homeownership Structure and Health
AbstractAs two important dimensions of the quality of life, housing and health are inextricably linked. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), this study explores the impact of housing tenure and intrahousehold homeownership structure on residents ’ health in urban China. The results indicate that full owner-occupancy weakens residents’ health by compressing their time for rest and relaxation and squeezing household medical expenditure. Further analysis on the effects of attribution of full homeownership between couples finds that, compar ed with spouse-owned, self-owned or couple-owned improves resi...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - May 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Myopia prevalence and ocular biometry in children and adolescents at different altitudes: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing and Tibet, China
Conclusions
Myopia prevalence in Tibet was comparable with that in Chongqing for students aged 6–8 and 9–11 years but was lower and myopia progressed more slowly for students aged 12–14 and 15–18 years than in Chongqing, and AL was the main contributor for this difference, which may be related to higher ultraviolet radiation exposure and lower IOP in children and adolescents at high altitude in Tibet. Differences in AL and AL/CR between Tibet and Chongqing children and adolescents manifested earlier than in SE, underscoring the importance of AL measurement in myopia screening. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - May 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Xiang, Y., Cheng, H., Sun, K., Zheng, S., Du, M., Gao, N., Zhang, T., Yang, X., Xia, J., Huang, R., Wan, W., Hu, K. Tags: Open access, Ophthalmology Source Type: research
Status of the midwifery workforce and childbirth services and the impact of midwife staffing on birth outcomes in China: a multicentre cross-sectional study
Conclusion
The rates of childbirth interventions including the overall caesarean section in China and the episiotomy rate, especially in the central region, remain relatively high. Improved midwife staffing was associated with reduced rates of instrumental vaginal delivery and episiotomy, indicating that further investments in the midwifery workforce could produce better childbirth outcomes. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - May 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zhu, W., Zhu, C., Min, H., Li, L., Wang, X., Wu, J., Zhu, X., Gu, C. Tags: Open access, Health services research Source Type: research
Clinical and genetic characteristics of PLA2G6-parkinsonism in southwest China and a review of heterogeneity of phenotype and genotype between Asian and Caucasian patients
Background: Biallelic PLA2G6 mutations were identified as responsible for autosomal-recessive early-onset parkinsonism, while PLA2G6-mutant parkinsonism has a huge clinical heterogeneity. (Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders)
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Y. Cheng, H. Shang Source Type: research
The characteristic and prognostic role of blood inflammatory markers in patients with Huntington's disease from China
Background: Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Current evidence suggests that neuroinflammation is a strong component of HD pathogenesis. However, no report exists on the association between inflammatory composite indicators (including neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII)) and disease severity in HD, and there is also no comparative analysis of these indicators in HD progression. (Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders)
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Y. Cheng, J. Xia, H. Shang Source Type: research
Burden and management of tardive dyskinesia (TD): An international survey to assess the perceptions and experiences of patients with TD
Background: There is a need to describe the psychosocial, emotional, economic, and professional burden of TD on patients in Australia, Brazil, China, and South Korea. The aim of this study was to assess patient perceptions of and experiences with TD and its impact on their daily functioning and quality of life (QoL). (Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders)
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: R. Ribalov, A. Yaari, A. Peyser Levin, A. Yang, D. Horchi, E. Berjonneau, P. Le Calv é, M. Tian, S. Reshef, S. Reed, C. Duma Source Type: research
Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis with SPG6 mutation: First case report from Malaysia
Background: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a length-dependent axonopathy of upper motor neurons. HSP is classified as pure form characterized by progressive lower limb spasticity, or complicated form. Mutations in the non-imprinted in Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome 1 (NIPA1) gene causes autosomal dominant (AD) HSP type 6 (SPG6), accounting for less than 1% of all AD-HSP cases in Europe; more prevalent (3.6%) in patients of Chinese descent. (Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders)
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - May 1, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Y.H. Lau, E. Chew, S. Tanapalla, S.K.Y. Hung, K.M. Lau Source Type: research
