Publications by authors named "Qiaochu Xu"
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- * Out of 484 participants, a significant majority (72.7%) worked night shifts, with many facing issues like poor health and low sleep quality, particularly those with more than 12 night shifts per month.
- * Results indicate a decline in general health when shifting from day to night work, emphasizing the importance of improving sleep quality to enhance the overall well-being of these workers.
Background: Biodiversity has been recognized as a positive contributor to human health and wellbeing. Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the two most significant global health burdens, and understanding their relationship with biodiversity forms an essential step toward promoting biodiversity conservation and human health.
Methods: The species richness of birds is a common indicator of biodiversity, given their vast numbers, distinctive distribution, and acute sensitivity to environmental disturbances.
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impacts of COVID-19 epidemic on various life aspects and identify the trajectories of common mental symptoms among adolescents back to school after COVID-19 restriction. Furthermore, potential predictors associated with those trajectories were investigated.
Methods: This longitudinal study, with five data collection points and a total follow-up of 68.
Understanding biodiversity's contributions to human health is the first step toward fostering synergies between biodiversity conservation and health promotion - two major targets of UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The One Health approach acknowledges the health of people and biodiversity are interconnected and facing common threats. In this study, we aimed to unveil the geographical association between avian biodiversity and population health across the US.
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