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  1. Article ; Online: The Politics of Unionisation in Hong Kong

    Hong Yu Liu

    Global Labour Journal, Vol 12, Iss

    An Interview with Dr Bill Taylor

    2021  Volume 3

    Abstract: Unions in Hong Kong played an important role in the historical develoopment of civil society and ... labour rights long before the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. But what are ... the possible impacts of the new union movement in Hong Kong today? KEYWORDS: labour activism; unionism ...

    Abstract Unions in Hong Kong played an important role in the historical develoopment of civil society and labour rights long before the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. But what are the possible impacts of the new union movement in Hong Kong today? KEYWORDS: labour activism; unionism; Hong Kong studies; social movement; industrial relations
    Keywords Social Sciences ; H
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher McMaster University Library Press
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Mitochondrial diseases in Hong Kong: prevalence, clinical characteristics and genetic landscape.

    Wong, Tsz-Sum / Belaramani, Kiran M / Chan, Chun-Kong / Chan, Wing-Ki / Chan, Wai-Lun Larry / Chang, Shek-Kwan / Cheung, Sing-Ngai / Cheung, Ka-Yin / Cheung, Yuk-Fai / Chong, Shuk-Ching Josephine / Chow, Chi-Kwan Jasmine / Chung, Hon-Yin Brian / Fan, Sin-Ying Florence / Fok, Wai-Ming Joshua / Fong, Ka-Wing / Fung, Tsui-Hang Sharon / Hui, Kwok-Fai / Hui, Ting-Hin / Hui, Joannie /
    Ko, Chun-Hung / Kwan, Min-Chung / Kwok, Mei-Kwan Anne / Kwok, Sung-Shing Jeffrey / Lai, Moon-Sing / Lam, Yau-On / Lam, Ching-Wan / Lau, Ming-Chung / Law, Chun-Yiu Eric / Lee, Wing-Cheong / Lee, Han-Chih Hencher / Lee, Chin-Nam / Leung, Kin-Hang / Leung, Kit-Yan / Li, Siu-Hung / Ling, Tsz-Ki Jacky / Liu, Kam-Tim Timothy / Lo, Fai-Man / Lui, Hiu-Tung / Luk, Ching-On / Luk, Ho-Ming / Ma, Che-Kwan / Ma, Karen / Ma, Kam-Hung / Mew, Yuen-Ni / Mo, Alex / Ng, Sui-Fun / Poon, Wing-Kit Grace / Rodenburg, Richard / Sheng, Bun / Smeitink, Jan / Szeto, Cheuk-Ling Charing / Tai, Shuk-Mui / Tse, Choi-Ting Alan / Tsung, Li-Yan Lilian / Wong, Ho-Ming June / Wong, Wing-Yin Winnie / Wong, Kwok-Kui / Wong, Suet-Na Sheila / Wong, Chun-Nei Virginia / Wong, Wai-Shan Sammy / Wong, Chi-Kin Felix / Wu, Shun-Ping / Wu, Hiu-Fung Jerome / Yau, Man-Mut / Yau, Kin-Cheong Eric / Yeung, Wai-Lan / Yeung, Hon-Ming Jonas / Yip, Kin-Keung Edwin / Young, Pui-Hong Terence / Yuan, Gao / Yuen, Yuet-Ping Liz / Yuen, Chi-Lap / Fung, Cheuk-Wing

    Orphanet journal of rare diseases

    2023  Volume 18, Issue 1, Page(s) 43

    Abstract: Objective: To determine the prevalence of mitochondrial diseases (MD) in Hong Kong (HK) and ... providing the first available prevalence rate of MD in Hong Kong. The findings of this study aim ...

    Abstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of mitochondrial diseases (MD) in Hong Kong (HK) and to evaluate the clinical characteristics and genetic landscape of MD patients in the region.
    Methods: This study retrospectively reviewed the phenotypic and molecular characteristics of MD patients from participating public hospitals in HK between January 1985 to October 2020. Molecularly and/or enzymatically confirmed MD cases of any age were recruited via the Clinical Analysis and Reporting System (CDARS) using relevant keywords and/or International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes under the HK Hospital Authority or through the personal recollection of treating clinicians among the investigators.
    Results: A total of 119 MD patients were recruited and analyzed in the study. The point prevalence of MD in HK was 1.02 in 100,000 people (95% confidence interval 0.81-1.28 in 100,000). 110 patients had molecularly proven MD and the other nine were diagnosed by OXPHOS enzymology analysis or mitochondrial DNA depletion analysis with unknown molecular basis. Pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial genome (72 patients) were more prevalent than those in the nuclear genome (38 patients) in our cohort. The most commonly involved organ system at disease onset was the neurological system, in which developmental delay, seizures or epilepsy, and stroke-like episodes were the most frequently reported presentations. The mortality rate in our cohort was 37%.
    Conclusion: This study is a territory-wide overview of the clinical and genetic characteristics of MD patients in a Chinese population, providing the first available prevalence rate of MD in Hong Kong. The findings of this study aim to facilitate future in-depth evaluation of MD and lay the foundation to establish a local MD registry.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Hong Kong ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Asian People ; Mitochondrial Diseases
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2225857-7
    ISSN 1750-1172 ; 1750-1172
    ISSN (online) 1750-1172
    ISSN 1750-1172
    DOI 10.1186/s13023-023-02632-6
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  3. Article ; Online: Detection of a reassortant swine H1N2 influenza A virus from pigs in Hong Kong.

    Gu, Guoqian / Liu, Congnuan / Lee, Song Hao / Chun Choi, Lewis Sze / Wilson, Michael T / Pfeiffer, Dirk U / Go, Yun Young

    Virologica Sinica

    2024  Volume 39, Issue 2, Page(s) 343–346

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Hong Kong ; Reassortant Viruses/genetics ; Reassortant Viruses/isolation & purification ; Reassortant Viruses/classification ; Swine ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/virology ; Orthomyxoviridae Infections/veterinary ; Swine Diseases/virology ; Influenza A Virus, H1N2 Subtype/genetics ; Influenza A Virus, H1N2 Subtype/isolation & purification ; Influenza A Virus, H1N2 Subtype/classification ; Phylogeny
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1011219-4
    ISSN 1995-820X ; 1000-3223 ; 1003-5125
    ISSN (online) 1995-820X
    ISSN 1000-3223 ; 1003-5125
    DOI 10.1016/j.virs.2024.01.009
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  4. Article ; Online: Cytochrome oxidase I DNA barcodes of crocodilians meat selling in Hong Kong.

    So, Wai Lok / Chong, Tze Kiu / Lee, Ivy Hoi Ting / So, Miu Tsz Wai / Liu, Avis Mang Yi / Leung, Sam Tsz Chung / Ching, Wai / Yip, Ho Yin / Shaw, Pang Chui / Hui, Jerome Ho Lam

    Scientific data

    2024  Volume 11, Issue 1, Page(s) 46

    Abstract: ... of crocodilian products is regulated in accordance with the Convention of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Hong ...

    Abstract The crocodilians include true crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharial, and the trade of crocodilian products is regulated in accordance with the Convention of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Hong Kong does not have her own wild crocodilians; thus, all crocodilians meat available is presumably imported with proper license. Here, we obtained a dataset of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene markers of 114 crocodilian meat samples (including frozen and dried crocodilian meat products) available in the contemporary market. We have also validated these barcodes in a phylogenetic approach with other data deposited on the GenBank, and detected 112 samples belonging to four crocodile species Crocodylus siamensis, C. porosus, C. niloticus and Alligator mississippiensis, and 2 samples belonging to snake Malayopython reticulatus. The dataset generated in this study will be useful for further studies including meat inspection, illegal trading, and enhancement of international and local legislations on illegal reptile importation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Alligators and Crocodiles/genetics ; DNA ; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic ; Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics ; Hong Kong ; Meat ; Phylogeny
    Chemical Substances DNA (9007-49-2) ; Electron Transport Complex IV (EC 1.9.3.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Dataset ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2775191-0
    ISSN 2052-4463 ; 2052-4463
    ISSN (online) 2052-4463
    ISSN 2052-4463
    DOI 10.1038/s41597-023-02889-3
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  5. Article ; Online: Multimodal digital assessment of depression with actigraphy and app in Hong Kong Chinese.

    Chen, Jie / Chan, Ngan Yin / Li, Chun-Tung / Chan, Joey W Y / Liu, Yaping / Li, Shirley Xin / Chau, Steven W H / Leung, Kwong Sak / Heng, Pheng-Ann / Lee, Tatia M C / Li, Tim M H / Wing, Yun-Kwok

    Translational psychiatry

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 150

    Abstract: There is an emerging potential for digital assessment of depression. In this study, Chinese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and controls underwent a week of multimodal measurement including actigraphy and app-based measures (D-MOMO) to ... ...

    Abstract There is an emerging potential for digital assessment of depression. In this study, Chinese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and controls underwent a week of multimodal measurement including actigraphy and app-based measures (D-MOMO) to record rest-activity, facial expression, voice, and mood states. Seven machine-learning models (Random Forest [RF], Logistic regression [LR], Support vector machine [SVM], K-Nearest Neighbors [KNN], Decision tree [DT], Naive Bayes [NB], and Artificial Neural Networks [ANN]) with leave-one-out cross-validation were applied to detect lifetime diagnosis of MDD and non-remission status. Eighty MDD subjects and 76 age- and sex-matched controls completed the actigraphy, while 61 MDD subjects and 47 controls completed the app-based assessment. MDD subjects had lower mobile time (P = 0.006), later sleep midpoint (P = 0.047) and Acrophase (P = 0.024) than controls. For app measurement, MDD subjects had more frequent brow lowering (P = 0.023), less lip corner pulling (P = 0.007), higher pause variability (P = 0.046), more frequent self-reference (P = 0.024) and negative emotion words (P = 0.002), lower articulation rate (P < 0.001) and happiness level (P < 0.001) than controls. With the fusion of all digital modalities, the predictive performance (F1-score) of ANN for a lifetime diagnosis of MDD was 0.81 and 0.70 for non-remission status when combined with the HADS-D item score, respectively. Multimodal digital measurement is a feasible diagnostic tool for depression in Chinese. A combination of multimodal measurement and machine-learning approach has enhanced the performance of digital markers in phenotyping and diagnosis of MDD.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis ; Bayes Theorem ; Actigraphy ; Depression/diagnosis ; Hong Kong ; Mobile Applications
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-18
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2609311-X
    ISSN 2158-3188 ; 2158-3188
    ISSN (online) 2158-3188
    ISSN 2158-3188
    DOI 10.1038/s41398-024-02873-4
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  6. Article ; Online: Consensus statements on the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma from the Hong Kong Urological Association and the Hong Kong Society of Uro-Oncology 2019.

    Poon, Darren Ming-Chun / Chan, Chun-Ki / Chan, Kuen / Chu, Wing-Hong / Kwong, Philip Wai-Kay / Lam, Wayne / Law, Ka-Suet / Lee, Eric Ka-Chai / Liu, Pak-Ling / Sze, Henry Chun-Kin / Wong, Joseph Hon-Ming / Chan, Eddie Shu-Yin

    Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology

    2021  Volume 17 Suppl 3, Page(s) 27–38

    Abstract: ... renal cell carcinoma, a total of 12 urologists and clinical oncologists from two professional associations in Hong ...

    Abstract Background: To establish a set of consensus statements for the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, a total of 12 urologists and clinical oncologists from two professional associations in Hong Kong formed an expert consensus panel.
    Methods: Through a series of meetings and using the modified Delphi method, the panelists presented recent evidence, discussed clinical experiences, and drafted consensus statements on several areas of focus regarding the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Each statement was eventually voted upon by every panelist based on the practicability of recommendation.
    Results: A total of 46 consensus statements were ultimately accepted and established by panel voting.
    Conclusions: Derived from recent evidence and expert insights, these consensus statements were aimed at providing practical guidance to optimize metastatic renal cell carcinoma management and promote a higher standard of clinical care.
    MeSH term(s) Carcinoma, Renal Cell/therapy ; Consensus ; Hong Kong ; Humans ; Kidney Neoplasms/therapy ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Urology/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-15
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Congress
    ZDB-ID 2187409-8
    ISSN 1743-7563 ; 1743-7555
    ISSN (online) 1743-7563
    ISSN 1743-7555
    DOI 10.1111/ajco.13581
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  7. Article ; Online: Hong Kong World: Leveraging Structural Regularity for Line-Based SLAM.

    Li, Haoang / Zhao, Ji / Bazin, Jean-Charles / Kim, Pyojin / Joo, Kyungdon / Zhao, Zhenjun / Liu, Yun-Hui

    IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence

    2023  Volume 45, Issue 11, Page(s) 13035–13053

    Abstract: ... a novel structural model called Hong Kong world. It is more general than Manhattan and Atlanta worlds ... but also horizontal and sloping DDs. We further leverage the structural regularity of Hong Kong world ... DDs/vanishing points in Hong Kong world in a semi-searching way. We use a new consensus voting ...

    Abstract Manhattan and Atlanta worlds hold for the structured scenes with only vertical and horizontal dominant directions (DDs). To describe the scenes with additional sloping DDs, a mixture of independent Manhattan worlds seems plausible, but may lead to unaligned and unrelated DDs. By contrast, we propose a novel structural model called Hong Kong world. It is more general than Manhattan and Atlanta worlds since it can represent the environments with slopes, e.g., a city with hilly terrain, a house with sloping roof, and a loft apartment with staircase. Moreover, it is more compact and accurate than a mixture of independent Manhattan worlds by enforcing the orthogonality constraints between not only vertical and horizontal DDs, but also horizontal and sloping DDs. We further leverage the structural regularity of Hong Kong world for the line-based SLAM. Our SLAM method is reliable thanks to three technical novelties. First, we estimate DDs/vanishing points in Hong Kong world in a semi-searching way. We use a new consensus voting strategy for search, instead of traditional branch and bound. This method is the first one that can simultaneously determine the number of DDs, and achieve quasi-global optimality in terms of the number of inliers. Second, we compute the camera pose by exploiting the spatial relations between DDs in Hong Kong world. This method generates concise polynomials, and thus is more accurate and efficient than existing approaches designed for unstructured scenes. Third, we refine the estimated DDs in Hong Kong world by a novel filter-based method. Then we use these refined DDs to optimize the camera poses and 3D lines, leading to higher accuracy and robustness than existing optimization algorithms. In addition, we establish the first dataset of sequential images in Hong Kong world. Experiments showed that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy and/or efficiency.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1939-3539
    ISSN (online) 1939-3539
    DOI 10.1109/TPAMI.2023.3276204
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  8. Article ; Online: Pilot Study of Pollution Characteristics and Ecological Risk of Disinfection Byproducts in Natural Waters in Hong Kong.

    Liu, Jing / Hu, Li-Xin / Deng, Wen-Jing / Ying, Guang-Guo / Hong, Huachang / Tsang, Eric P K / Barceló, Damià

    Environmental toxicology and chemistry

    2022  Volume 41, Issue 10, Page(s) 2613–2621

    Abstract: Increased disinfection efforts in various parts of China, including Hong Kong, to prevent ... and surface runoff in Hong Kong, generating large quantities of toxic disinfection byproducts ... HAAs), and eight nitrosamines (NAMs) in rivers and seawater in Hong Kong. The concentrations of THMs ...

    Abstract Increased disinfection efforts in various parts of China, including Hong Kong, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus may lead to elevated concentrations of disinfectants in domestic sewage and surface runoff in Hong Kong, generating large quantities of toxic disinfection byproducts. Our study investigated the presence and distribution of four trihalomethanes (THMs), six haloacetic acids (HAAs), and eight nitrosamines (NAMs) in rivers and seawater in Hong Kong. The concentrations of THMs (mean concentration: 1.6 µg/L [seawater], 3.0 µg/L [river water]), HAAs (mean concentration: 1.4 µg/L [seawater], 1.9 µg/L [river water]), and NAMs (mean concentration: 4.4 ng/L [seawater], 5.6 ng/L [river water]) did not significantly differ between river water and seawater. The total disinfection byproduct content in river water in Hong Kong was similar to that in Wuhan and Beijing (People's Republic of China), and the total THM concentration in seawater was significantly higher than that before the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the regulated disinfection byproducts, none of the surface water samples exceeded the maximum index values for THM4 (80 μg/L), HAA5 (60 μg/L), and nitrosodimethylamine (100 ng/L) in drinking water. Among the disinfection byproducts detected, bromoform in rivers and seawater poses the highest risk to aquatic organisms, which warrants attention and mitigation efforts. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;41:2613-2621. © 2022 SETAC.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Dimethylnitrosamine ; Disinfectants/analysis ; Disinfection ; Drinking Water ; Halogenation ; Hong Kong ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Pilot Projects ; Sewage ; Trihalomethanes/analysis ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis ; Water Purification
    Chemical Substances Disinfectants ; Drinking Water ; Sewage ; Trihalomethanes ; Water Pollutants, Chemical ; Dimethylnitrosamine (M43H21IO8R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 46234-2
    ISSN 1552-8618 ; 0730-7268
    ISSN (online) 1552-8618
    ISSN 0730-7268
    DOI 10.1002/etc.5449
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  9. Article ; Online: Universities as Intermediary Organizations: Catalyzing the Construction of an Age-Friendly City in Hong Kong.

    Chui, Cheryl Hiu-Kwan / Lu, Shiyu / Chan, On Fung / Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing / Guo, Yingqi / Liu, Yuqi / Lum, Terry Y S

    Innovation in aging

    2023  Volume 7, Issue 3, Page(s) igad016

    Abstract: ... in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to share their views on the role of universities in relation to their own ...

    Abstract Background and objectives: The construction of an Age-Friendly City (AFC) requires active contribution from relevant interest groups including older adults, nonprofit organizations, and policy-makers. However, given that relevant interest groups may have limited resources, knowledge, and skills, as well as unique contextual factors, they often require help from intermediary organizations-actors that aim to build interest groups' capabilities. Our objectives were to examine the functions of universities, as an example of intermediary organizations, in facilitating the construction of an AFC, and identify critical factors that enable intermediary organizations to perform their functions.
    Research design and methods: We conducted three focus groups and one individual interview with multiple interest groups including older adults and social workers from nonprofit organizations and local government involved in a 6-year citywide AFC project in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to share their views on the role of universities in relation to their own experiences and roles in the project. Data generated from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis.
    Results: Four themes pertinent to the functions of universities in facilitating development were identified: facilitating cross-sector collaborations, knowledge diffusion, interest-group building, and mediating divergent interests. We also found that neutrality and reputability are key characteristics for intermediary organizations to wield sufficient legitimacy to perform their functions efficiently.
    Discussion and implications: Findings underscore the important yet overlooked role of intermediary organizations in bridging and mediating different interest groups to facilitate AFC development. We advance gerontological scholarship by providing insights into the theoretical mechanisms and practice implications for intermediary organizations in fostering an AFC.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2399-5300
    ISSN (online) 2399-5300
    DOI 10.1093/geroni/igad016
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  10. Article ; Online: Immune correlates with disease severity in older patients after SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 infection in Hong Kong.

    Liu, Na / Zhou, Runhong / Tam, Anthony Raymond / Chu, Wing-Ming / Yang, Dawei / Huang, Haode / Peng, Qiaoli / Du, Zhenglong / Chen, Bohao / To, Kelvin Kai-Wang / Chen, Zhiwei

    Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)

    2024  Volume 259, Page(s) 109900

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Aged ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; Hong Kong/epidemiology ; Patient Acuity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1459903-x
    ISSN 1521-7035 ; 1521-6616
    ISSN (online) 1521-7035
    ISSN 1521-6616
    DOI 10.1016/j.clim.2024.109900
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