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24Environmentality, Sustainability, and Chinese StorytellingCultura 20 (1): 55-66. 2023.Environmentality teases out the multilayered human-environment contacts and connections in terms of human agency and governmentality, ecological objects and their (in)dependence, power/knowledge and environmental (in)justice. “Sustainable Development Goals” recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our environme…Read more
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19The Metamorphoses of SmokestacksCultura 17 (2): 195-205. 2020.This paper examines Chinese imagery of smokestacks both as a concrete object and an abstract concept emerging from early futurist eulogy to modernist allergy, and from Maoist propaganda to post-Fifth Generation environmental reflections. In the Republican era, writers from the Creation Society eulogize the smokes of steamboat smokestacks as beautified symbols of modern civilization. Yet members from the Beijing School convey their concerns about the Janus face of industrialization and environmen…Read more
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13Exploring Residential Heterogeneity through Multiscalar Lens: A Case Study of Hangzhou, ChinaComplexity 2021 1-12. 2021.The pattern, process, and mechanism of residential heterogeneity vary significantly with different geographical scales. However, most traditional methods ignore the checkboard and modifiable areal unit problem, which may cover up the complexity and hierarchy of social space. Taking Hangzhou city as an example, a multiscalar method was proposed based on the information entropy theory to estimate residential heterogeneity and its scale sensitivity. Based on the sixth population census of Hangzhou …Read more
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12Probabilistic Model-Based Malaria Disease Recognition SystemComplexity 2021 1-11. 2021.In this paper, we present a probabilistic-based method to predict malaria disease at an early stage. Malaria is a very dangerous disease that creates a lot of health problems. Therefore, there is a need for a system that helps us to recognize this disease at early stages through the visual symptoms and from the environmental data. In this paper, we proposed a Bayesian network model to predict the occurrences of malaria disease. The proposed BN model is built on different attributes of the patien…Read more
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12Factor Structure of the 10-Item Perceived Stress Scale and Measurement Invariance Across Genders Among Chinese AdolescentsFrontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.
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11How Positive and Negative Emotions Promote Ritualistic Consumption Through Different MechanismsFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.Ritualistic consumption refers to integrating ritual elements into the process of product design and usage. By conducting three studies, we find that ritualistic consumption can offer new and interesting experiences and help consumers gain a sense of control. Both positive and negative emotions can promote ritualistic consumption tendencies. However, their underlying psychological mechanisms are different. Specifically, positive emotion can arouse consumers’ desire for interesting experience and…Read more
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10Effects of Wearing Face Masks While Using Different Speaking Styles in Noise on Speech Intelligibility During the COVID-19 PandemicFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the recommended/required use of face masks in public. The use of a face mask compromises communication, especially in the presence of competing noise. It is crucial to measure the potential effects of wearing face masks on speech intelligibility in noisy environments where excessive background noise can create communication challenges. The effects of wearing transparent face masks and using clear speech to facilitate better verbal communication were evalu…Read more
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9Editorial: New advances in grit research: A multidisciplinary perspectiveFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.
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8This study explored how perceived control affects consumers' willingness to purchase self-improvement products under self-deficit situations. For this purpose, three experiments were conducted to examine the following sources of control: the controllability of self-deficits ; the locus of control ; and situational perceived control. According to the results, higher perceived control can reduce consumers' defensive reaction tendencies, thus increasing their willingness to purchase products that c…Read more
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7Save for Safe: Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumers' Saving and Spending Behavior in ChinaFrontiers in Psychology 12. 2021.In public health emergencies, people are more willing to save money rather than spending it, which is not conductive to economic development and recovery. Due to the absence of relevant research, the internal logic of this phenomenon is not clear. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study systematically explored whether and why public health emergencies stimulate consumers' preference for saving. We conducted two online surveys and used methods including stepwise regression analysis an…Read more
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4The amyloid beta-protein deposited in brains of Alzheimer's disease patients is proteolytically derived from a large Abeta precursor protein . APP gene expression patterns in the AD brain region indicate that abnormalities of gene regulation may be important in AD pathology. To understand the contribution of different cell types to APP gene expression, we studied it at four levels: promoter activity , DNA-nuclear protein interaction , RNA message and protein . APP mRNA and protein expression lev…Read more
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2The isolated choice effect: An underlying psychological mechanism influencing racial diversity in organizationsFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.With the view toward improving the racial diversity in organizations, this work seeks to uncover the reasons why larger groups have an advantage in terms of job opportunities. Based on people’s preference for diversity in commodity selection, we propose a potential feature that may exist in human resource management and call it the isolated choice effect, which unconsciously affects the racial diversity of organizations. Specifically, when making selections in isolation, people are less likely t…Read more
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Mill on Function of Art in the Cultivation of VirtueProceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 14 169-173. 2018.On Mill’s view, aesthetic education or the education of the feelings and the cultivation of the beautiful, like intellectual education or moral education, is an important ingredient of human culture, which is indispensable to the completeness of the human being. By historically analyzing the difference of ideas of virtue, which may have been existing between the British people and those of the European Continent, namely, for the former, virtue is almost exclusively an affair of duty, but for the…Read more
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Volume 6]. Song Yuan juanIn Zhirong Zhu (ed.), Zhongguo shen mei yi shi tong shi =, Ren Min Chu Ban She. 2017.