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Trends and Characteristics of Pertussis Epidemic in Pediatric Patients During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in East China Open

Linli Wang, Meiying Gao, Ying Chen, Qing Gu, Lejing Guan , et al. · 2025

Medicine Geography

This study highlights the resurgence of pertussis among children in Eastern China during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing significant epidemiological shifts and expanded age susceptibility, underscoring the urgent need for enha…

Recent Advances in the Mechanisms of Herbal Medicine in the Treatment of Depression Open

Jinyi Sun, Yang Yang, Kaichun Wu, B Liu, Xiang Wang , et al. · 2025

Medicine Economics

This paper reviews the efficacy and mechanisms of herbal medicine in alleviating depression in recent years. Depression is a severe mental disorder with a rising prevalence. Current pharmacological treatments have significant side effects …

An analysis of the integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment strategy and research progress for Mycoplasma pneumonia infection in children Open

X. Yang, Ziyang Li, Yiwei Wang, Yang Yang, Feifei Wu , et al. · 2025

Medicine Biology

With the rising incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) in children, effective treatments are a research priority. This review compares MPP treatments in children using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine, hi…

LoRA-LiteE: A Computationally Efficient Framework for Chatbot Preference-Tuning Open

Yang Yang, Chunliang Tao, Xiaojing Jessie Fan · 2024

Computer science Economics

Effective preference tuning is pivotal in aligning chatbot responses with human expectations, enhancing user satisfaction and engagement. Traditional approaches, notably Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) as employed in adva…

No Stakeholder Is an Island in the Drive to This Transition: Circular Economy in the Built Environment Open

Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P.C. Chan, Amos Darko, David J. Edwards, Yang Yang , et al. · 2024

Business Political science Computer science

Ensuring optimum utilisation of the Earth’s finite resources engenders the circular economy (CE) concept which has attracted the attention of policymakers and practitioners worldwide. As a bifurcated strategy which involves both scientific…

Improving Safety Performance of Construction Workers through Learning from Incidents Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Junfeng Guan, Tracy N.Y. Choi, Yang Yang, Guangdong Wu , et al. · 2023

Business Computer science Medicine

Learning from incidents (LFI) is a process to seek, analyse, and disseminate the severity and causes of incidents, and take corrective measures to prevent the recurrence of similar events. However, the effects of LFI on the learner’s safet…

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Poor Mental Health and Suicidal Ideation in the Nigerian Construction Industry Open

Janet Mayowa Nwaogu, Albert P.C. Chan, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Amos Darko, Yang Yang , et al. · 2022

Psychology Medicine Geography

Employees' mental health and well-being are a growing concern as countries grapple with heightened mental ill-health and suicide rates, with the construction industry ranking in the top five. Drawing from the context of a developing countr…

Characteristics and Causes of Construction Accidents in a Large-Scale Development Project Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, Tracy N.Y. Choi, Janet Mayowa Nwaogu · 2022

Engineering Business Medicine

The airport at the Kai Tak district was relocated to Chek Lap Kok in 1998. The Hong Kong Government endeavors to redevelop Kai Tak into a mixed-use community. A total of eight fatal construction accidents have happened since the Kai Tak De…

Exploring the Barriers to and Motivators for Using Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Construction Personnel in Nigeria: Qualitative Study Open

Janet Mayowa Nwaogu, Albert P.C. Chan, John A. Naslund, Carol K.H. Hon, Christopher Belonwu , et al. · 2021

Psychology Medicine Sociology

Background Work-related stress in the construction industry increases the prevalence of depression and anxiety among personnel. In low-resource settings such as Nigeria, construction personnel face high demands and severe working condition…

Survey of Pain Medicine Specialists' Familiarity with Migraine Management Open

Mia T. Minen, Yang Yang, Sait Ashina, Noah Rosen, Robert Duarte · 2021

Medicine

Objective Pain specialists treat patients with headache and interface with those who use opioids more so than neurologists and headache specialists. We assessed the headache medicine knowledge and needs of pain specialists. Design/Setting …

Exploring the Barriers to and Motivators for Using Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Construction Personnel in Nigeria: Qualitative Study (Preprint) Open

Janet Mayowa Nwaogu, Albert P.C. Chan, John A. Naslund, Carol K.H. Hon, Christopher Belonwu , et al. · 2020

Psychology Medicine Political science

BACKGROUND Work-related stress in the construction industry increases the prevalence of depression and anxiety among personnel. In low-resource settings such as Nigeria, construction personnel face high demands and severe working conditio…

A Survey of Work-Related Pain Prevalence Among Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study Open

Joanne W. Y. Chung, Henry C.F. So, Vincent Chun Man Yan, Phoebe S.T. Kwok, Bonny Yee-Man Wong , et al. · 2019

Medicine Physics

Construction workers undertake demanding physical work and face high risk of injuries in poor working environments. This case-control study investigated the extent of their musculoskeletal pain incidence at work. A total of 2021 constructi…

Factors affecting the market development of steel construction Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, Ran Gao · 2018

Business Engineering Computer science

Purpose The steel construction market has undergone gradual development in the past decades given its profound impacts on environment, economy and society. The purpose of this paper is to facilitate a better understanding of the major driv…

Reduction of Physiological Strain Under a Hot and Humid Environment by a Hybrid Cooling Vest Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, Francis K.W. Wong, Michael C.H. Yam, Del P. Wong , et al. · 2017

Medicine Materials science Mathematics

Chan, APC, Yang, Y, Wong, FKW, Yam, MCH, Wong, DP, and Song, W-F. Reduction of physiological strain under a hot and humid environment by a hybrid cooling vest. J Strength Cond Res 33(5): 1429–1436, 2019—Cooling treatment is regarded as one…

Evaluating the usability of a commercial cooling vest in the Hong Kong industries Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, Wenfang Song · 2017

Engineering Computer science Medicine

The structural equation model is feasible to examine the complex nature of the structural relationships among the subjective perceptions of personal cooling vests. The empirical findings furnish sound evidence for further optimization of t…

Heat stress intervention research in construction: gaps and recommendations Open

Yang Yang, Albert P.C. Chan · 2017

Medicine Engineering Sociology

Developing heat stress interventions for construction workers has received mounting concerns in recent years. However, limited efforts have been exerted to elaborate the rationale, methodology, and practicality of heat stress intervention …

Role of work uniform in alleviating perceptual strain among construction workers Open

Yang Yang, Albert P.C. Chan · 2016

Psychology Engineering Medicine

This study aims to examine the benefits of wearing a new construction work uniform in real-work settings. A field experiment with a randomized assignment of an intervention group to a newly designed uniform and a control group to a commerc…

From innovation to application of personal cooling vest Open

Albert P.C. Chan, Francis K.W. Wong, Yang Yang · 2016

Engineering Business Psychology

Purpose – The Hong Kong government agencies launched a “Cooling Vest Promotion Pilot Scheme” across four industries, namely, construction, horticulture and cleaning, airport apron services, and kitchen and catering industries in 2013. A fo…

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