Lin, Hualiang. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-177). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Lui, Kit Yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-157). / Abstracts and questionnaire in English and Chinese. / Title --- p.1 / Abstract --- p.2 / Acknowledgement --- p.7 / Table of contents --- p.8 / List of tables --- p.11 / List of figures --- p.12 / Glossary of terms and abbreviations --- p.13 / Chapter Section I: --- Overview --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 1.1 --- Prevalence of food allergy in children --- p.15 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Methodologies for studying food allergy --- p.18 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Skin Prick Test and its mechanism --- p.19 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Measurement of serum specific IgE levels --- p.21 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Gold standard for diagnosis of food allergy --- p.22 / Chapter 1.2 --- Aim of Study --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Plan of Study --- p.26 / Chapter Section II: --- Literature Review --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Epidemiology of food allergy --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Prevalence of food allergy in children in western countries --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Prevalence of atopic allergies in children in rural areas --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- Euro Prevail - A standardized methodology in studying food allergies --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4 --- Epidemiology of adverse food reaction in Hong Kong pre-school children --- p.40 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Diagnosis of food allergies --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- History --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Use of Skin Prick Test for diagnosis --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3 --- Use of serum specific IgE level for diagnosis --- p.47 / Chapter 4.4 --- Use of double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge for diagnosis --- p.49 / Chapter 4.5 --- Factors affecting precise diagnosis of food allergies --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Procedure-related Factors --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.1.1 --- Performance of skin prick test --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.1.2 --- Cross-reactivity of serum specific IgE --- p.52 / Chapter 4.5.1.3 --- Different diagnostic decision points in different populations --- p.53 / Chapter 4.5.1.4 --- Sensitization and allergy --- p.54 / Chapter 4.5.1.5 --- False negative oral food challenges --- p.55 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Patient Factors --- p.56 / Chapter 4.5.2.1 --- Age of subjects --- p.56 / Chapter 4.5.2.2 --- Diet before tests --- p.57 / Chapter 4.5.2.3 --- Anti-histamine medications --- p.57 / Chapter 4.5.2.4 --- Skin sensitivity of subjects --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Risk factors for development of food allergies --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1 --- Factors associated with development of food allergies --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- Food allergy and asthma --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Food allergy and eczema --- p.63 / Chapter Section III: --- Original Study --- p.64 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Methodology --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1 --- Study Population --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Sample size calculation --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2 --- The EuroPrevall Study --- p.67 / Chapter 6.3 --- EuroPrevall Questionnaires --- p.68 / Chapter 6.4 --- Standardized Approach for Answering Questions in the Field --- p.69 / Chapter 6.5 --- Anthropometric Measurements and Ethics Approval --- p.70 / Chapter 6.6 --- Skin Prick Testing --- p.71 / Chapter 6.7 --- Measurement of serum specific IgE level --- p.72 / Chapter 6.8 --- Classification of Subjects --- p.74 / Chapter 6.9 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- Results --- p.76 / Chapter 7.1 --- Subjects and Demography --- p.76 / Chapter 7.2 --- Reported Symptoms in Chinese Children --- p.80 / Chapter 7.3 --- Food allergen sensitization in Chinese Children --- p.81 / Chapter 7.4 --- Association between food sensitization and allergic symptoms --- p.89 / Chapter 7.5 --- Prevalence of Food Allergy in Chinese Schoolchildren --- p.93 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Discussion --- p.96 / Chapter Chapter 9: --- Conclusion and Further Studies --- p.102 / Appendix 1 Screening questionnaire (Chinese Version) --- p.106 / Appendix 2 Screening questionnaire (English Version) --- p.109 / Appendix 3 Case-control questionnaire (Chinese Version) --- p.111 / Appendix 4 Case-control questionnaire (English Version) --- p.132 / References --- p.150

Leung Siu-Ngan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-74). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Structure and Contents of Data Sets --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Estimation of Prevalence of Mentally Disorders --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- Likelihood Function Approach --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation via EM Algorithm --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- The SEM Algorithm --- p.16 / Chapter 3 --- Estimation of Lifetime Comorbidity --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- What is Comorbidity? --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2 --- Likelihood Function Approach --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Likelihood Function Model --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation via EM Algorithm --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Odds Ratio --- p.31 / Chapter 4 --- Logistic Regression --- p.35 / Chapter 4.1 --- Imputation Method of Missing Values --- p.35 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Hot Deck Imputation --- p.35 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- A logistic Regression Imputation Model for Dichotomous Response --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- Combining Results from Different Imputed Data Sets --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3 --- Itemization on Screening --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Methods of Weighting on the Screening Questions --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.62 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.68 / Appendix: SRQ Questionnaire --- p.69 / Bibliography --- p.72

Based on extended research on Chinese medical and epidemiological archival material dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, and on six months of internship in epidemiology in Beijing’s Medical School and in Haidian District’s Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, this thesis explores the conjunction of three major epidemiological crises in modern Chinese history with processes of State formation: the 1911 Manchurian pneumonic plague, the 1952 germ-warfare, and the 2003 SARS outbreak. Analysing the three crises as Events in line with Alain Badiou’s epistemology it seeks to establish how different strategies of governmental fidelity to the imagined cause of each crisis have led to distinct modes of organisation and valorisation of the social: Republican China and its decline to fascism; the clash between professional revolutionaries and technocrats in Maoist China; and the emergence of the “Harmonious Society” of mass exploitation and repression today. This conjunction between State formation and epidemiological Events is explored with the use of Foucault’s genealogical method in a quest for a historical materialist approach that posits at its epicentre processes of class composition, decomposition and recomposition, and their contested enclosure by the governmental apparati of capture. The present thesis thus examines the three major epidemiological crises of modern China as forming grounds for biopolitical strategies that give rise to modes of subjectivation and circuits of debt/guilt within the context of the class struggle. And at the same time, it aims to create a new field of investigation for anthropology: the relation of State and Event, from a viewpoint that contests the accepted relation of event and structure expounded by Marshall Sahlins, proposing as the main object of this investigation the conjunction between necessity and will that can never be reduced either to the naturalism of historical determinism, nor to the culturalism of subjective contingency.

PDSE are common (19.6%) in the local stroke population. Both premorbid factors as well as stroke-related factors contribute to the development of PRSD and PSDE. The application of different diagnostic criteria for PSDE will affect the frequency and the associated radiological characteristics. As regards the screening methods of PSDE, a more specific instrument should supplement the IQCODE or MDRS-IP in a two-stage screening procedure. / PSD is also common (16--17%) among local stroke survivors. Both psychosocial factors and the location of cerebrovascular lesions play an important role in the development of PSD. PSD in local Chinese seems to have a favorable short-term outcome in comparison with their Caucasian counterparts. With regard to the screening of PSD in Chinese, we found that both the GDS and HADS depression subscale have a satisfactory response rate and accuracy in detecting PSD. However, due to the relative low frequency of PSD in the local stroke population, a more specific instrument should supplement the GDS in a two-stage screening procedure. Finally, the familiarity of the rater with the subjects based on a preexisting therapeutic relationship did not influence the accuracy of screening for PSD in Chinese patients. / There has been a paucity of data on the frequency, clinical correlates and methods of screening of poststroke dementia (PSDE) and depression (PSD) in Chinese populations. The objective of this thesis is to examine the prevalence, diagnostic criteria and clinical correlates of PSDE and PSD in Chinese stroke patients in Hong Kong. A series of studies were all carried out; the author of the thesis had interviewed all the subjects 1--3 months after their index stroke and made the diagnosis of dementia and depression according to the DSM-IV criteria. / Tang Wai Kwong. / "July 2005." / Adviser: Gabor S. Ungvari. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: B, page: 0177. / Thesis (M.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-191). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / School code: 1307.

Les travaux de recherche effectués dans le cadre de cette thèse ont été guidés par le manque d’information et une compréhension limitée des mécanismes épidémiologiques à l’origine de l’émergence et de la diffusion de la grippe aviaire hautement pathogène, souche H5N1 en Chine du Sud, aussi reconnue comme l’épicentre potentiel de l’émergence des virus influenza aviaires à caractères pandémiques. <p>Dans ce cadre, des données spatio-temporelles relatives aux foyers de la maladie ainsi que des données de surveillance virologiques (isolement du virus effectué dans le cadre du système de surveillance nationale) ont été collectées sur une période de quatre ans et analysées afin d’éxplorer les facteurs de risque relatifs à l’émergence et persistence de la maladie dans certaine zones de production du sud de la Chine. Les analyses ainsi effectuées ont permis d’identifier, à travers l’utilisation de méthodes statistiques robustes ayant fait leur preuve dans le domaine de la santé ou de l’écologie (la régression logistique classique et les arbres de regression logistique), des facteurs de risque liés à certains types de production de volailles (canards élevés en plein air, zones riches en eau et par extension associées à la riziculture) ou des facteurs associés à l’activité humaine. A travers une représentation cartographique des facteurs ainsi identifiés, des cartes de risque ont été produites permettant ainsi de visualiser d’une part les zones à haut risque de persistence de l’infection virale et d’autre part les zones vulnérables à l’apparition de foyers de la maladie, donnant aux autorités nationales la possibilité de mieux cibler leurs politiques de surveillance et de contrôle. <p>Dans un second temps, notre étude s’est portée sur les marchés à volailles traditionnels du sud de la Chine qui représentent un risque permanent de persistence, d’évolution et de diffusion des virus influenza aviaires, ainsi qu’un risque important en matière de santé publique. La dynamique de ces marchés et les liens qui les unissent ont été étudiés à travers des outils d’analyse empruntés à la sociologie tels que l’Analyse des Réseaux Sociaux (Social Network Analysis). Grace à cette approche, l’importance de l’hygiène de ces marchés et notamment du nettoyage et de la désinfection des cages dans la persistence du virus a été mise en évidence. Enfin, des enquêtes effectuées auprès des vendeurs de volailles ont permis d’identifier l’origine et la destination des animaux vendus et de reconstruire des réseaux plus ou moins intriqués de liens commerciaux qui unissent ces marchés entre eux dans trois provinces du sud de la Chine. L’analyse de ces réseaux et de leurs configurations ont permis d’identifier des marchés à plus haut risque de persistence de l’infection du fait de leur position centrale au sein de ces réseaux. De même qu’il est indispensable de cibler la surveillance et le contrôle de la maladie dans des zones écologiquement favorables à la persistence des virus influenza aviaires, cette étude révèle l’importance de certaines pratiques hygiéniques et commerciales dans la persistence de la maladie et la nécessité de cibler la surveillance et le contrôle au niveau de certains de ces marchés situés au centre d’un réseau dense et connecté, pour pouvoir in fine mieux contrôler la maladie au niveau national.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished