Chinese University of Hong Kong

Incidence and Risk Factors for Progression of Pachychoroid Subtype

Importance The incidence and determinants of progression across the pachychoroid subtype remain incompletely characterized, limiting risk stratification and follow-up strategies. Objective To evaluate progression, diagnostic transitions, and associated risk factors in eyes with p...

Asymmetry of inter-joint coordination patterns and variability between dominant and non-dominant legs during landing in young healthy adults: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Landing movement usually challenges motor control and causes lower limb injuries. Although asymmetries in landing biomechanics between the dominant and the non-dominant sides have been observed, the side-to-side differences in inter-joint coordination patterns...

Integrated Analyses of mRNA and microRNA Regulatory Networks at Different Soil Moisture in Tropical Earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae

Earthworms play crucial roles in soil fertility and are vital to sustainable agriculture and environmental stability. Synchronously, they are highly sensitive to their environment, which limits their abundance and activities. Existing research primarily focuses on their protein-c...

Rapid general electromagnetic analysis of metallic surfaces via conformal energy minimization

We recently found that the electromagnetic scattering problem can be solved efficiently using an approach that expresses the fields in terms of a set of orthonormal basis functions. In this paper, we apply computational conformal geometry with the conformal energy minimization (C...

Existence and Uniqueness Theorem of Continuous and Monotone Bayesian Nash Equilibrium and Stability Analysis

Since the seminal work by Meirowitz [Meirowitz A (2003) On the existence of equilibria to Bayesian games with non-finite type and action spaces. Econom. Lett. 78(2):213–218], there has been growing attention to the existence and uniqueness of continuous Bayesian Nash equilibria....

From Reactive to Proactive: World‑Model Enhanced VLA for Mobile Manipulation

Mobile robot manipulation demands tight coordination of locomotion and dexterous arm control under changing viewpoints and contacts, making the action space far larger than in fixed-base settings. Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models map perceptual and linguistic inputs directly t...

Comparative Efficacy Of Different Computer-Aided Detection Products in Colonoscopy: A Network Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Background and aims: Multiple computer-aided detection (CADe) systems have been developed to improve adenoma detection during colonoscopy, but their comparative efficacy and consistency of effect remain uncertain. This network meta-analysis aimed to compare the efficacy of differ...

Dike‐Induced Earthquakes as Probes of the Local Stress Field Prior to the 1998 Eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, La Réunion

Abstract Volcano‐tectonic (VT) earthquakes generated during dike propagation provide useful constraints on stress changes in volcanic systems. During the 1998 pre‐eruptive unrest at Piton de la Fournaise, ∼600 VT earthquakes were recorded. Using manually picked first‐motion polar...

Validation of the 15-item Things You Do Questionnaire among South Asian adults: a psychometric analysis

Abstract Background The Things You Do Questionnaire–15 item version (TYDQ‑15) is a brief self‑report measure assessing adaptive daily behaviours associated with mental health across five behavioural domains. Although the TYDQ‑15 has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in...

Cost utility analysis of two BK polyomavirus screening strategies: quantitative polymerase chain reaction vs 2-stage approach

Screening for BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) with quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) or a 2-stage approach with urine cytology followed by qPCR are acceptable strategies. However, the magnitude of the health benefits and incremental cost of adopting these 2 screening strategi...

“Good Me” and “Bad Me” Function in the Relationship Between Child Neglect and Adolescents’ Social Networking Addiction

This two-wave longitudinal research aims to investigate the temporal relationship of child neglect on adolescents’ social networking addiction through the mediating mechanism of inferiority and the moderating effect of self-compassion and left-behind status. A total of 629 Chines...

Industry-University cooperation in China's HSR Innovation

This doctoral research proposal investigates how China's Government–Industry–University (GIU) innovation system operates in the high-speed rail (HSR) sector, and what accounts for variation in its functioning and performance. Beginning from China's remarkable trajectory—from impo...

从国家主导重组到技术能力形成：中国中央国有企业的组织机制、组态路径与创新结果

State-led restructuring is widely used to concentrate strategic assets, reduce duplication, and accelerate technological upgrading, yet a formal merger changes organizational boundaries more quickly than it creates technological capability. This thesis explains how and under what...

The Political Economy of the Chinese Contemporary Art Market: Institutions, Value, and Global Circulation

This doctoral research examines the political economy of the Chinese contemporary art market, with particular attention to the institutional processes through which artistic and economic value are produced. Situated at the intersection of economic sociology, political economy, an...

A multimodal discourse analysis of teacher discourse practices in early childhood STEM activities

Abstract This study investigates how a kindergarten teacher in Mainland China used multimodal discourse to support children’s problem-solving during STEM activities. A qualitative case study was conducted, combining systemic functional linguistics and grounded theory to analyze i...

Epidemiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia and squamous papillomas in Hong Kong Chinese: A 10-year review

Background/Aims We aim to report the risk factors, clinicopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, and outcomes of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and squamous papilloma (SQP) in a Chinese population. Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed on subje...

The Relationship Between Wu 無 and Dao 道 in the Daodejing 道德經: Beyond Nothingness in a Decolonial Direction

Abstract This article examines the relationship between wu 無 and dao 道 in the Daodejing 道德經 to explore its resonances with decolonial thought––understood here first as the dismantling of colonial impositions within the philosophical imaginary, and subsequently as a resource...

Retirement and Personality Trait Development: A Continuous Time Meta-Analysis

The project thus pursues two interrelated goals: substantively, to evaluate whether retirement constitutes a robust and replicable factor of personality trait change.

Predicting infection risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving biological or targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs: an application of machine learning and healthcare big data

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/ts DMARDs) face elevated risk of serious infections, necessitating tools for individualized risk stratification. Primary objective was to develop and validat...

p38β-mediated BiP phosphorylation drives stemness and chemoresistance by suppressing UPR activation in hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) promote tumor initiation and therapy resistance, yet the kinase regulators that sustain TICs remain incompletely defined. Here, we identify the stress kinase p38β (MAPK11) supports TIC maintenance and drug resistance in hepatocellular carcin...