Tests on Independence of VNTR Alleles in the Chinese Population in Hong Kong

1996 ◽  
pp. 294-304
Author(s):  
Wing K. Fung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population

scholarly journals Stigma, Discrimination, and Hate Crimes in Chinese-Speaking World amid Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Xu ◽  
Guyu Sun ◽  
Wei Cao ◽  
Wenyuan Fan ◽  
Zhihao Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Hate Crimes ◽  
Overseas Chinese ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Media Reports

AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to stigma, discrimination, and even hate crimes against various populations in the Chinese language–speaking world. Using interview data with victims, online observation, and the data mining of media reports, this paper investigated the changing targets of stigma from the outbreak of Covid-19 to early April 2020 when China had largely contained the first wave of Covid-19 within its border. We found that at the early stage of the pandemic, stigma was inflicted by some non-Hubei Chinese population onto Wuhan and Hubei residents, by some Hong Kong and Taiwan residents onto mainland Chinese, and by some Westerners towards overseas Chinese. With the number of cases outside China surpassing that in China, stigmatization was imposed by some Chinese onto Africans in China. We further explore how various factors, such as the fear of infection, food and mask culture, political ideology, and racism, affected the stigmatization of different victim groups. This study not only improved our understanding of how stigmatization happened in the Chinese-speaking world amid Covid-19 but also contributes to the literature of how sociopolitical factors may affect the production of hate crimes.

scholarly journals Patterns of antihypertensive prescribing, discontinuation and switching among a Hong Kong Chinese population from over one million prescriptions

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 714-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C S Wong ◽  
J Y Jiang ◽  
A T Lam ◽  
H Fung ◽  
S Griffiths ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese

Traumatic bone cysts in the jaws of a Hong Kong Chinese population

1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 787-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. MacDonald-Jankowski
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Bone Cysts

scholarly journals Valuing the impact of Self-rated Health and Social Support on life satisfaction among Hong Kong Chinese population

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chee Hon Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Marginal Rate ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Marginal Rate Of Substitution ◽  
Compensating Surplus ◽  
Rate Of Substitution

Abstract Background Research has highlighted that satisfaction in health and social support are key areas of life affecting individual’s wellbeing. Many social and public health initiatives use these two intervention mechanisms to improve individual’s wellbeing. For the purpose of cost-benefit assessment, there has been growing interest in expressing these intervention effects in economic terms. However, only a handful of studies have ever estimated these effects in economic terms, and none of which examined in a Chinese context. The aim of this study is to extend this line of valuation work to estimate the implicit willingness-to-pays on the effects of improving individuals’ self-rated health status (SRH) and social support (SS) on their life satisfaction in the Chinese population. Methods Using individual’s life satisfaction data from a two-wave representative panel survey in Hong Kong (n = 1,109), this study first conducted a cross-lagged analysis with structural equation modelling technique to examine the causal effects of SRH and SS on life satisfaction, while simultaneously adjusting their reverse causal influences. The use of this cross-lagged approach was the effort to minimising the endogeneity problem. Then, substituting the respective estimates to the formulae of compensating surplus, the marginal rate of substitution of SRH and SS with respect to individual’s equivalised monthly household were estimated and were then expressed as the willingness-to-pays on the effect of improving individuals’ SRH and SS on their life satisfaction. Results The cross-lagged analysis ascertained the casual effects of SRH (β = 0.078, 95%CI: 0.020, 0.151) and SS on individuals’ satisfaction with life. The sample’s marginal rate of substitution of SRH and SS were found to be 1.28 (95%CI: 0.43, 2.15) and 1.36 (95%CI: 0.23, 2.49) respectively. Translating into the concept of compensating surplus, the implicit monetary values of improving the sample’s SRH from “poor health” to “excellent health” and their SS from “little support” to “a lot of support” are equivalent to an increase in their equivalised monthly household income by HK$56,000 and HK$39,400 respectively. Conclusions This study has implications for the cost-benefit assessment in wellbeing initiatives for the Chinese population.

scholarly journals Anteroposterior Dental Arch and Jaw-Base Relationships in a Population Sample

2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1023-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Chung-Wai Mok ◽  
Urban Hägg ◽  
Colman McGrath ◽  
Margareta Bendeus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Linear Measurement ◽  
Dental Arch ◽  
Lateral Cephalograms ◽  
Angular Measurements ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Dental Arch Relationship

Abstract Objective: To determine the association between the anteroposterior relationship of the dental arch and the anteroposterior relationship of the jaw-base in a Chinese population sample. Materials and Methods: Orthodontic casts and lateral cephalograms were obtained from a random sample of 405 twelve-year-old Chinese children from a population survey in Hong Kong. Angle's classification was used to assess the dental arch relationship from orthodontic casts. The jaw-base relationship was assessed from the lateral cephalograms using angular (ANB angle) and linear (Wits analysis) measurements. The correlation between the anteroposterior dental arch and jaw-base relationships was assessed. Results: The anteroposterior dental arch did coincide with the jaw-base relationships, as expressed by the ANB angle in 61%, the Wits analysis in 67%, and with both in 53%. The jaw-base relationship assessed with the Wits analysis was more significantly associated with the dental arch relationship (P < .001) than that assessed with the ANB angle (P < .01). The correlation coefficient between the ANB angle and the Wits appraisal was .65 for the combined sample, and .60, .64, and .67 for Class I, II, and III dental arch relationships. Conclusion: In this population, the anteroposterior relationship of the dental arch and jaw-base fail to match in at least one out of every three individuals. Linear measurement of anteroposterior jaw-base relationships is a more valid reflection of the dental arch relationship than angular measurements.

Recurrence After a First Untreated Seizure in the Hong Kong Chinese Population

Epilepsia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. F. Hui ◽  
A. Tang ◽  
K. S. Wong ◽  
V. Mok ◽  
R. Kay
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese
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