Ying Zhang

Effects of vaginal structure and active contractile force on the spatiotemporal evolution of pelvic organ prolapse

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) significantly impairs women’s quality of life and imposes substantial health and economic burdens. Although finite element (FE) biomechanics have been widely used to study POP, existing models have critical limitations: they simplify the vagina as isol...

Psychological flexibility, neuroticism, and subjective well-being among medical students: a latent profile and mediation analysis

Medical students’ subjective well-being is closely associated with academic stress, psychological flexibility, and neuroticism; however, the heterogeneity of psychological flexibility and the potential indirect association through neuroticism remain underexplored. The present stu...

Short- and long-term exposures to elevated temperatures influence weight status among young children: A secondary analysis of multi-longitudinal datasets from Australia and New Zealand

Climate change and childhood obesity are major global health threats that share common upstream determinants. However, evidence on the associations between ambient temperature and childhood obesity remains limited. This study aimed to investigate the associations between temperat...