Publications by authors named "Zhe Nan"

Background: The field of mental health technology presently has significant gaps that need addressing, particularly in the domain of daily monitoring and personalized assessments. Current noninvasive devices such as wristbands and smartphones are capable of collecting a wide range of data, which has not yet been fully used for mental health monitoring.

Objective: This study aims to introduce a novel dataset for personalized daily mental health monitoring and a new macro-micro framework.

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  • The study compared corneal changes induced by two orthokeratology lens designs—Vision Shape Treatment (VST) and Corneal Reshaping Therapy (CRT)—in 56 subjects over one month.
  • Epithelial thickness significantly decreased in the central zone for both lens types after one day, while changes in the peripheral zone varied between the two groups over time.
  • The results showed a correlation between the power of the high convex zone of the lenses and the epithelial thickness changes, highlighting that different lens types affect corneal reshaping and remodeling differently.
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For the entire watershed, the critical source areas (CSAs) and the critical load contribution areas (CLCAs) are two completely different concepts. The CLCAs can reflect the impact of river retention effects on pollutant transmission. In this study, an integrated modelling approach was developed for those complex watersheds by combining two models: MECM (modified export coefficient model) and SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool).

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Rice paddy nitrogen (N) loss is a great concern leading to a high risk of receiving water pollution. Various models have been applied as practical tools for simulation of the nutrient loss amount, and pathways or yield change affected by management factors in previous studies. However, N loss features of rice paddies in northern regions have received less attention and few model simulation studies have combined crop yield and N loss to simultaneously meet the needs of yield maintenance and environmental protection.

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In this contribution, a new highly sensitive and selective sensor of the determination of tyrosine has been proposed based on the downturn effect of light scattering (LS) using phosphodiesters quaternary ammonium nanoparticles (PQANPs). Phosphodiesters quaternary ammonium (PQA), one of Gemini zwitterionic surfactants, self-aggregated into the micelle named as PQANPs, which generated strong LS signal in aqueous solution under the optimum condition. Interestingly, the powerful LS intensity of PQANPs with the maximum peak located at 391 nm significantly decreased after introducing trace amount of tyrosine.

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Background: Although traumatic dental injuries are most common during childhood and can cause significant health problems, the literature contains few reports of the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries in children in China.

Aim: To study the prevalence of and factors related to traumatic dental injuries among 8- to 12-year-old schoolchildren in Pinggu District, Beijing during 2012.

Material And Methods: An epidemiological survey of traumatic dental injuries was performed in all nine primary schools of Pinggu District, Beijing, China.

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Background, Aim, And Scope: A rapid increase in anthropogenic nitrogen inputs has a strong impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We have estimated net anthropogenic nitrogen accumulation (NANA) as an index of nitrogen (N) pollution potential in the Beijing metropolitan region, China. Our research provides a basis for understanding the potential impact of anthropogenic N inputs on environmental problems, such as nation-wide water quality degradation under the current rapid urban expansion in modern China.

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