Publications by authors named "Zhi-Cheng Du"
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- The study looked at how mental health issues and everyday life affect violent behavior in people with schizophrenia.
- Researchers analyzed data from 1,664 patients to see how their symptoms and real-life functioning connected before and after violence.
- Results showed that after experiencing violence, connections between symptoms and daily life weakens, suggesting that this could be an early warning sign for future violence.
Objective: To develop a deep learning (DL) model for predicting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis using dynamic ultrasound (US) videos in breast cancer patients.
Methods: A total of 271 US videos from 271 early breast cancer patients collected from Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University andShantou Central Hospitabetween September 2019 and June 2021 were used as the training, validation, and internal testing set (testing set A). Additionally, an independent dataset of 49 US videos from 49 patients with breast cancer, collected from Shanghai 10th Hospital of Tongji University from July 2021 to May 2022, was used as an external testing set (testing set B).
Background: Effects of green space on human health have been well-documented in western, high-income countries. Evidence for similar effects in China is limited. Moreover, the underlying mechanisms linking green space and mortality are yet to be established.
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- The study explores the relationship between megacity expansion and the gap between health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) and overall life expectancy (LE) in Guangzhou, China.
- Despite increases in both LE and HALE, the gap between them is widening, indicating a decline in quality of life.
- Factors like personal wealth, population growth, urbanization, and healthy aging are crucial for narrowing this gap, suggesting that multiple social determinants should be considered in public health planning.
Objective: Our aim was to investigate appropriate postoperative management based on the risk of disease recurrence in thymic epithelial tumors after complete resection.
Methods: The Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas retrospective database was reviewed. Patients having stage I to IIIa tumors without pretreatment and with complete resection were included.
Numerous clinical trials have examined the role of anthocyanins on cardiometabolic health, but their effects have not been quantitatively synthesized and systematically evaluated. The aim of our study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of anthocyanins on glycemic regulation and lipid profiles in both healthy populations and those with cardiometabolic diseases. The MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane database, OVID EBM Reviews, and clinicaltrials.
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