Publications by authors named "Shengchao Yu"

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  • A study examined the impact of acute and chronic pain on economic and quality-of-life outcomes using data from the World Trade Center Health Registry during 2020-2021.
  • The findings revealed that individuals with severe pain experienced significantly higher odds of early retirement (3.12 times), low household income (5.34 times), income decline (2.56 times), and poor health days (14.4 times) compared to those without pain.
  • The results suggest that both acute and chronic pain can have lasting negative effects on a person's financial stability and overall well-being long after the initial diagnosis.
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  • Large river delta-front estuaries play a vital role in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage, but the sources of gases like CO and CH in groundwater are not well understood.
  • The study focused on the Pearl River Delta, analyzing variations in greenhouse gases and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in groundwater, revealing that past saltwater intrusion and sediment type notably affect CO production and methane generation.
  • The research highlights how marine sediments contribute to DIC in younger layers, while older layers show more biogenic DIC sources, providing insights important for predicting greenhouse gas dynamics in deltaic systems.
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Our extensive field studies demonstrate that saline groundwater inland and freshened groundwater offshore coexist in the same aquifer system in the Pearl River delta and its adjacent shelf. This counterintuitive phenomenon challenges the commonly held assumption that onshore groundwater is typically fresh, while offshore groundwater is saline. To address this knowledge gap, we conduct a series of sophisticated paleo-hydrogeological models to explore the formation mechanism and evolution process of the groundwater system in the inland-shelf systems.

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This study explores the potential of green finance as a strategic method to addressing climate change mitigation in China's blockchain industry. This research methodically analyzes a large dataset collected from many sources across the period between 1999 and 2020. Using a mixed approach of quantitative research and qualitative case studies, this study delves into the tangled web of relationships between alternative finance sources for green initiatives and the use of blockchain technology to promote more environmentally friendly business practices.

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Storm significantly deteriorates coastal water fecal pollution now and beyond. Questions relating to storm exerting on coastal water safety are often intertwined with both surface water and subsurface processes. Stormwater runoff is a vital metric for coastal water fecal pollution under current cognition, while the controls of subsurface system remain unclear.

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Coastal Escherichia coli (E. coli) significantly influence ocean safety and public health, thus requiring an effective E. coli pollution monitoring.

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In the estuarine ecosystem, microbial community plays a vital role in controlling biogeochemical processes. However, there is currently limited comprehensive study on the deterministic and stochastic processes that drive the microbial community assembly in the estuaries and adjacent shelves. In this study, we systematically investigated the co-occurrence relationship and microbial community assembly in the sediments along a large river-dominated estuary to shelf in the northern South China Sea during the wet season.

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Fecal pollution poses a global threat to environmental safety and ecosystem, but the mechanism of microbial transport and occurrence in the beach groundwater system is still poorly explored. Here, we leveraged one-year field data of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and radon-222 (Rn) and found that E.

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Heavy metal concentrations and physicochemical parameters in coastal waters were measured to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics, pollution degrees, and sources of heavy metals in the heavily urbanized Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China. Heavy metal concentrations in the eastern GBA were higher than those in the west, and the levels of Pb and Zn in seawater were higher than those in groundwater and river water. Both the pollution factors and comprehensive water quality index demonstrated that seawater was not contaminated with As, Cd, Cr, and Ni, whereas low to considerable levels of contamination of Pb and Zn were observed in the central and eastern sections of the GBA.

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Background: Few studies have examined the association between disaster-related factors and stroke by subtype or number. We investigated the association between 9/11-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dust exposure, and stroke subtype as well as recurrent strokes.

Methods: The study included 29,012 individuals enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry.

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Cyanobacteria, capable of oxygenic photosynthesis, play a vital role in nitrogen and carbon cycles. sp. PCC 7120 ( 7120) is a model cyanobacterium commonly used to study cell differentiation and nitrogen metabolism.

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Background: Many survivors of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks in New York City sustained injuries. The aim of this study was to understand how 9/11-related injuries affected retirement patterns of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees.

Methods: The study included enrollees who participated in the 2017 Health & Quality of Life Survey, focused on 9/11-related injuries and quality of life, and the 2017-2018 Health & Employment Survey, focused on retirement and employment (N = 3535).

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sp. PCC 7120 ( 7120) is a photoautotrophic filamentous cyanobacterium capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. It is a model organism used for studying cell differentiation and nitrogen fixation.

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The World Trade Center Health Registry includes 9/11 survivors who have been surveyed about their health conditions over time. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains high among the cohort and is a risk factor for cognitive impairment or dementia. We thus sought to examine the degree to which confusion or memory loss (CML)-potential symptoms of cognitive decline-are occurring among enrollees aged 35-64 years.

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The health consequences of the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks are well documented, but few studies have assessed the disaster's impact on employment among individuals exposed to the disaster. We examined the association between 9/11-related health conditions and early retirement among residents and workers who resided and/or worked near the WTC site on 9/11, and the association between such conditions and post-retirement income loss. The study included 6377 residents and/or area workers who completed the WTC Health Registry longitudinal health surveys in 2003-2004 and 2006-2007, and the 2017-2018 Health and Employment Survey.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between 9/11-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dust cloud exposure, and subsequent development of stroke among 42,527 enrollees in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry.

Methods: Using four waves of longitudinal data from the WTC Health Registry surveys, we employed Cox proportional hazards regression models to assess the associations.

Results: Incidence of stroke was higher among those with PTSD or intense dust cloud exposure than those without, and it was even higher for those who had experienced both.

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The eukaryotic ribonucleic acid (RNA) exosome is a versatile multiribonuclease complex that mediates the processing, surveillance, and degradation of virtually all classes of RNA in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. The complex, composed of 10 to 11 subunits, has been widely described in many organisms. Bioinformatic analyses revealed that there may be also an exosome-like complex in Plasmodium falciparum, a parasite of great importance in public health, with eight predicted subunits having high sequence similarity to their counterparts in yeast and human.

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After the World Trade Center attacks on 11 September 2001 (9/11), multiple cohorts were developed to monitor the health outcomes of exposure. Respiratory and cancer effects have been covered at length. This current study sought to review the literature on other physical conditions associated with 9/11-exposure.

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Background: The World Trade Center attack of September 11, 2001 in New York City (9/11) exposed thousands of people to intense concentrations of hazardous materials that have resulted in reports of increased levels of asthma, heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases along with psychological illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Few studies have discriminated between health consequences of immediate (short-term or acute) intense exposures versus chronic residential or workplace exposures.

Methods: We used proportional hazards methods to determine adjusted hazard ratios (AHRs) for associations between several components of acute exposures (e.

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Background: Achieving adequate response rates is an ongoing challenge for longitudinal studies. The World Trade Center Health Registry is a longitudinal health study that periodically surveys a cohort of ~71,000 people exposed to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Since Wave 1, the Registry has conducted three follow-up surveys (Waves 2-4) every 3-4 years and utilized various strategies to increase survey participation.

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Background: The economic impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks has rarely been studied. We examined the association between 9/11-related chronic health conditions with or without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and one important aspect of the economic impact, retirement, and job loss before age 60.

Methods: A total of 7,662 workers who participated in the World Trade Center Health Registry surveys were studied.

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Background: Few longitudinal studies of disaster cohorts have assessed both non-response bias in prevalence estimates of health outcomes and in the estimates of associations between health outcomes and disaster exposures. We examined the factors associated with non-response and the possible non-response bias in prevalence estimates and association estimates in a longitudinal study of World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attack survivors.

Methods: In 2003-04, 71,434 enrollees completed the WTC Health Registry wave 1 health survey.

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Background: Erythrocyte invasion by merozoites is an essential step in Plasmodium falciparum infection and leads to subsequent disease pathology. Proteins both on the merozoite surface and secreted from the apical organelles (micronemes, rhoptries and dense granules) mediate the invasion of erythrocytes; some of the molecules have been regarded as targets in the development of an anti-malaria vaccine. Recently, a subgroup of rhoptry neck proteins (PfRON2, PfRON4 and PfRON5) associated with the microneme protein apical membrane antigen AMA1 has been described as components of the moving junction complex that assists merozoite invasion into erythrocytes.

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On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy (Sandy) made landfall in densely populated areas of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Flooding affected 51 square miles (132 square kilometers) of New York City (NYC) and resulted in 43 deaths, many caused by drowning in the home, along with numerous storm-related injuries. Thousands of those affected were survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster of September 11, 2001 (9/11) who had previously enrolled in the WTC Health Registry (Registry) cohort study.

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