Article
Environmental Sciences
Nidhi Nishant, Fei Ji, Yuming Guo, Nicholas Herold, Donna Green, Giovanni Di Virgilio, Kathleen Beyer, Matthew L. Riley, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Summary: This study estimates changes in future exposure to heatwaves over Australia and finds that the trends in exposure are projected to accelerate in the future. Anthropogenic climate change is identified as the key contributor to future heatwave exposure increase.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Ruotong Li, Xunjie Cheng, David C. Schwebel, Yang Yang, Peishan Ning, Peixia Cheng, Guoqing Hu
Summary: Population ageing in China from 1990 to 2017 was associated with 92.8 million DALYs, with males having more DALYs than females. The top five causes of DALYs associated with population ageing were stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ischemic heart disease, tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer, and liver cancer. The reduction in age-specific DALY rates had a greater impact on DALYs changes compared to population ageing, with modifiable risk factors accounting for a large portion of the reduction.
Editorial Material
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stuart Gietel-Basten
Summary: Population ageing is a major challenge of the 21st century, with policies often lacking a clear overarching narrative. Drawing from the success of climate change science, a framework of adaptation, mitigation, and resilience can be applied to design better policies for ageing.
Article
Environmental Sciences
ZhaoBin Sun, Yan Tao, Qian Xing, Jing Shang, Shiguang Miao, Chan Xiao, Canjun Zheng
Summary: Climate change, urbanization, and population aging pose potential threats to the health and survival of residents. This study examines the effects of temperature, urbanization, and population aging on future cardiovascular disease mortality. The findings indicate that improving urbanization can decrease mortality, while increased aging can increase mortality. Aging is identified as the biggest challenge in addressing climate change. Therefore, it is important to continue urbanization efforts to reduce health risks and improve healthcare and resource allocation to adapt to climate change.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mary C. Sheehan, Mila Freire, Gerardo Sanchez Martinez
Summary: Research found that the majority of "active adapter" cities' actions are related to health, with half being health information activities and nearly one-third addressing climate-relevant health determinants in the urban built environment. 40% of the cities were in low- or middle-income countries. The proposed typology provides a systematic framework for monitoring and comparing city health adaptation actions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Justin R. Eastwood, Tim Connallon, Kaspar Delhey, Michelle L. Hall, Niki Teunissen, Sjouke A. Kingma, Ariana M. La Porte, Simon Verhulst, Anne Peters
Summary: Climate warming poses risks to wildlife by exposing them to sublethal high temperatures, leading to long-term impacts and reduced adaptability. This study found that the early-life telomere length (TL) of purple-crowned fairy-wren nestlings was associated with climatic and environmental conditions, particularly temperature and water availability. Models predicted that shorter TL under projected warming scenarios could result in population decline. However, if TL is an adaptive trait, population viability may be maintained through evolution.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Economics
Junjun Hou, Chenggang Wang, Huixia Wang, Peng Zhang
Summary: This study examines the effects of temperature exposure on mental health in a developing country using data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). The findings suggest that higher temperatures lead to worse mental health. However, the impact can be mitigated by the installation of air conditioning. The study also explores the mechanisms through which temperature affects mental health.
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2023)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Kristie L. Ebi
Summary: Anthropogenic climate change is impacting global population health and wellbeing, requiring increased investments in adaptation and mitigation. However, medical research councils worldwide have provided minimal funding for environmental health research, hindering the ability to effectively protect vulnerable populations and regions in the face of a changing climate.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Development Studies
Fengxuan Liu, Alice Chang-Richards, Kevin I-Kai Wang, Kim Natasha Dirks
Summary: This paper presents a systematic review on the health and wellbeing effects of different climate change events, highlighting the close association between heatwaves and extreme ambient temperature and common illnesses. Age and gender are important factors in determining the impact of climate change on health. The study emphasizes the importance of designing climate-adaptive built environments.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gerardo Sanchez Martinez, Vladimir Kendrovski, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Francesca de'Donato, Melanie Boeckmann
Summary: This paper assesses the implementation of heat health action plans (HHAPs) in the WHO European Region and discusses the barriers and successes. The study found a progressive improvement in the development and rollout of HHAPs overall, but integrating HHAPs into long-term climate change and health planning remains a challenge.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jie Wang, Zhi-Yuan Cheng, Yun-Wei Dong
Summary: In this study, the researchers investigated the demographic, physiological, and genetic changes in the intertidal gastropod Nerita yoldii, which has expanded its range by 200km over the Yangtze River Estuary. They found that the new marginal populations formed a distinct cluster, experienced a genetic bottleneck, and showed high levels of heterozygosity. The new marginal populations also exhibited divergent transcriptomic and physiological responses to heat stress, allowing them to occupy and survive in the new environment.
Article
Biology
James A. deMayo, Reid S. Brennan, Melissa H. Pespeni, Michael Finiguerra, Lydia Norton, Gihong Park, Hannes Baumann, Hans G. Dam
Summary: Phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation can help populations cope with global change, but the limits and costs of adaptation under multiple stressors are not well understood. This study found that a copepod species, Acartia hudsonica, initially experienced a decline in fitness under the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification, but fully recovered within four generations, indicating an adaptive response and synergy between stressors. However, in the long term, the fitness of the adapted lineage was lower compared to the ambient conditions, suggesting a cost to producing phenotypes adapted to both warming and acidification. The study also found sustained phenotypic plasticity in the adapted lineage, even when exposed to different environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cascade Tuholske, Kelly Caylor, Chris Funk, Andrew Verdin, Stuart Sweeney, Kathryn Grace, Pete Peterson, Tom Evans
Summary: The study highlights the increasing threat of extreme heat exposure to rapidly growing urban settlements globally, especially impacting the urban poor. By estimating daily urban population exposure to extreme heat from 1983 to 2016, the research shows that total urban warming plays a crucial role in the increase of exposure, outweighing the impact of urban population growth.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Pierre Valois, Francois Anctil, Genevieve Cloutier, Maxime Tessier, Naomie Herpin-Saunier
Summary: The frequency and severity of flooding events are expected to increase with climate change in Quebec. A longitudinal study conducted in the province examined the adaptive behaviors of residents in high flood risk zones, finding that there has been no significant increase in adaptive behavior between 2015 and 2019. However, households that have experienced a flood or flood alert in the past are more likely to adapt. The study also identified income, flood experience, and perception of living in a flood-prone zone as important predictors of behavior adoption rates.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Catherine Laprise
Summary: Health challenges in the 21st century have become more complex and global, with the recent COVID-19 pandemic highlighting various flaws in healthcare systems worldwide. Aging populations, globalization, and climate change necessitate a new approach to healthcare based on intersectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration. The concepts of One Health and sustainable health must be implemented, with all stakeholders, including researchers, healthcare professionals, communities, and individuals, actively involved in promoting a better quality of life.
Article
Neurosciences
Dongmei Mei, Zijun Ke, Zhihao Li, Wenjian Zhang, Dingguo Gao, Lijun Yin
Summary: Self-deception is a biased cognitive process that involves obtaining or maintaining false beliefs to enhance or diminish oneself. Studies have shown that self-deception is more likely to occur when faced with easier cheating opportunities, and it is associated with changes in frontal slow wave amplitude and activity in the anterior medial prefrontal cortex.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yixin Ding, Lu Ma, Peng Jia, Hong Xue, Fei Xu, Li Zhao, Bo Xue, Yun Wang, Youfa Wang
Summary: School policies in China can reduce children's unhealthy eating behaviors and obesity risk, particularly in megacities. The effects of these policies are modified by children's age, sex, and baseline weight status.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Dan Liu, Qingmei Huang, Weiqi Song, Zhihao Li, Chen Mao
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Jiaojiao Ren, Peidong Zhang, Zhihao Li, Xiru Zhang, Dong Shen, Peiliang Chen, Qingmei Huang, Pingming Gao, Chen Mao
Summary: This study investigated the association between screening history, genetic risk, environmental risk factors, and colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality risks using UK Biobank data. The results showed that screening history was associated with lower CRC incidence and mortality risks. Participants with high genetic and environmental risk and no screening history had significantly increased risks of CRC incidence and mortality. Participants with high genetic risk and low environmental risk had increased risks of CRC incidence and mortality. Participants benefited more from screenings for CRC mortality than for CRC incidence risk. Higher environmental risk was associated with increased risks of CRC incidence and mortality within each category of genetic risk.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shujuan Yang, Wanqi Yu, Peng Jia
Summary: This study investigated how the study and physical activity patterns of youths changed during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. The results showed that during the lockdown, youths' physical activity frequency significantly decreased while study time increased. After the lockdown, physical activity frequency partially recovered, and study time further increased. These findings have important implications for policymakers and educational administrators in devising effective policies.
DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Qi Fu, Huini Liao, Zhihao Li, Xing Chen, Xuan Zhang, Ji Di
Summary: This study evaluated the preventive effect of 13 drugs on colorectal cancer (CRC) through network meta-analysis and found that allopurinol had the best effect. These results provide evidence-based basis for the clinical application of these drugs.
ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Huimin Chen, Chumin Liang, Xiaorong Huang, Qianqian Ruan, Zhaowan Li, Ximing Hu, Lilian Zeng, Huifang Lin, Jialing Li, Xin Xie, Qi Zhu, Tao Liu, Limei Sun, Jiufeng Sun
Summary: Low vaccination rates against VZV in low-income areas of Zhanjiang and Heyuan, China contribute to high infection rates, highlighting the need for improved vaccination coverage.
Article
Rehabilitation
Seung Hyeon Yang, Yoonhye Ji, Yong Seung Lee, Eunjeong Bae, Jieun Park, Hyeseon Yun, Konrad M. Szymanski, Chang Gi Park, Sang Woon Kim, Eun Kyoung Choi
Summary: The purpose of this study was to translate and validate the QUALAS-T into Korean to evaluate health-related quality of life in adolescents with spina bifida. The QUALAS-T-K demonstrated excellent internal consistency, stability, and correlations with the KIDSCREEN-27. It is considered a convenient and reliable tool for assessing the HRQOL of adolescents with spina bifida.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tao Liu, Weiwei Gong, Chunliang Zhou, Guoxia Bai, Ruilin Meng, Biao Huang, Haoming Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Ruying Hu, Zhulin Hou, Yize Xiao, Junhua Li, Xiaojun Xu, Donghui Jin, Mingfang Qin, Qinglong Zhao, Yiqing Xu, Jianxiong Hu, Jianpeng Xiao, Guanghao He, Zuhua Rong, Fangfang Zeng, Pan Yang, Dan Liu, Lixia Yuan, Ganxiang Cao, Zhiqing Chen, Siwen Yu, Shangfeng Yang, Cunrui Hung, Yaodong Du, Min Yu, Lifeng Lin, Xiaofeng Liang, Wenjun Ma
Summary: This study comprehensively investigated the association between short-term exposure to PM2.5 and cause-specific mortality in China. The results showed that each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration (lag03) was associated with a 0.80% rise in total mortality. Females, children <= 5 years, and old people >= 70 years had higher mortality risk.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Hang Zhang, Guanpeng Dong, Jinfeng Wang, Tong-Lin Zhang, Xiaoyu Meng, Dongyang Yang, Yong Liu, Binbin Lu
Summary: This study establishes the connection between the q-statistic in the Geographical Detector Model (GDM) and the R-squared in linear regression models, showing that GDM tends to underestimate the importance of variables. An integrated approach combining spatial econometrics model and game theory based-Shapley value method is proposed to quantify variable importance. A case study on land desertification in Africa reveals the direct and indirect effects of human activity, which are underestimated in the classic GDM.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Hongyun Liu, Chuanteng Feng, Bin Yu, Hua Ma, Yuchen Li, Jinhui Wu, Birong Dong, Zihang Wang, Peng Jia, Qingyu Dou, Shujuan Yang
Summary: Long-term care insurance (LTCI) can reduce all-cause, pulmonary infection (PI), and urinary tract infection (UTI)-related hospitalizations in older people with disability (OPWD), with stronger effects observed over time and in certain sociodemographic groups.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bingbo Gao, Jianyu Yang, Ziyue Chen, George Sugihara, Manchun Li, Alfred Stein, Mei-Po Kwan, Jinfeng Wang
Summary: This paper presents a causal inference model based on cross-sectional Earth System data for revealing complex nonlinear causal associations. The model performs well in detecting weak to moderate causations between variables with insignificant correlations and limited temporal variations. It is also advantageous in identifying the primary causation direction and revealing bidirectional asymmetric causation.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jinxiang Liu, Tiejun Wang, Andrew Skidmore, Yaqin Sun, Peng Jia, Kefei Zhang
Summary: In this study, a novel CNN framework that integrates 1D, 2D, and 3D CNNs was proposed to improve the land cover classification accuracy of hyperspectral images. By combining spatial and spectral features, the proposed method achieved high classification accuracy in two datasets while significantly reducing training time.
Review
Remote Sensing
Chun Yin, Ningyezi Peng, Yuchen Li, Yuanyuan Shi, Shujuan Yang, Peng Jia
Summary: In order to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, effective and scalable approaches are needed to measure and monitor global progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Satellite data, although commonly used for SDG assessment, have limitations due to a top-down perspective and technical issues. Street view imagery (SVI) has emerged as a valuable supplement to monitor SDGs by providing an eye-level view of the environment. This review summarizes the applications of SVI in relation to SDGs and highlights the need for further research on the potential mechanisms between SVI-based features and SDGs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Wenjuan Li, Yongxuan Peng, Zhihao Li, Jihong Huang
Summary: The aim of this study was to test the ability of ventriculo-arterial coupling (VAC) to predict cardiac index (CI) response after milrinone infusion. The results showed that high VAC and high Ea were independently associated with cardiac index responders in infants who underwent cardiac surgery and received milrinone infusion. Additionally, there was a decrease in the infant's VAC, Ea, and systemic vascular resistance index after milrinone infusion.
INTERDISCIPLINARY CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY
(2023)
