Gary Tse, Cheuk Wai Wong, Meng–Qi GONG, Lei MENG, Konstantinos P Letsas, Guang–Ping LI, Paula Whittaker, Aishwarya Bhardwaj, Abhishek C Sawant, William KK Wu, Sunny Hei Wong, Jayaprakash Shenthar, Lap Ah Tse, Martin CS Wong, Adrian Baranchuk, Gan–Xin YAN, Tong LIU, International Health Informatics Study (IHIS) Network 1 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese Unive...

Heidi Q. Xie, Roy C. Y. Choi, K. Wing Leung, Nina L. Siow, Ling W. Kong, Faye T. C. Lau, H. Benjamin Peng and Karl W. K. Tsim The Department of Biology and the Molecular Neuroscience Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong, China Running Title: Regulation of PRiMA in muscle Address correspondence to: Prof. Karl W.K. Tsim, Department of Biology...

The source profile for soil in Hong Kong is important both for determination of the main air pollutant source in Hong Kong and for assessment of the impact of Asian dust storms on Hong Kong. Soil associated with different rock types have been sampled, and the concentrations of 19 chemical elements, Na, Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, K, Ca, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Rb, Sr, Y and Zr, have been determined ...

Ahmed Bayoumy, Meng-Qi GONG, Ka Hou Christien Li, Sunny Hei Wong, William KK Wu, Guang-Ping LI, George Bazoukis, Konstantinos P Letsas, Wing Tak Wong, Yun-Long XIA, Tong LIU, Gary Tse; International Health Informatics Study (IHIS) Network Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Facu...

There exists a paucity of empirical research that focuses on focal business network interactions that take place within the Hong Kong business environment. In an earlier study that included 10 interviews with Hong Kong Chinese traders, compatibility was identified as an important factor for the study of interactions between Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong Chinese and Western actors (Trimarchi, 1997...

OBJECTIVES To review the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in Hong Kong. DESIGN Questionnaire study and review of previous presentations at the Hong Kong Urological Association meetings. SETTING Urology centres in the public sector, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen public urology centres replied to the questionnaire survey. Thirty-two papers on benign prostatic hyperplasia present...

From 1967 to 1971 little antigenic variation was detected in the prevalent influenza B viruses but in December 1972 a new antigenic variant of influenza B was isolated in Hong Kong from sporadic cases of influenza. The new variant, B/Hong Kong/5/72, possessed a haemagglutinin antigen which showed considerable antigenic differences from that of former influenza B strains while its neuraminidase ...

BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which spread globally in early 2003, affecting over 30 countries. We have used molecular epidemiology to define the patterns of spread of the virus in Hong Kong and beyond. METHODS The case definition of SARS was based on that recommended by WHO. We genetically sequenced th...

5 A considerable amount of solid wastes is generated every year from construction and demolition (C&D) 6 activities in Hong Kong. The C&D waste can be classified into inert and non-inert wastes, in which the 7 inert waste is normally disposed of in public fills as reclamation materials, and the non-inert part is dumped 8 at landfills. Under the current waste generation trend, all landfills and ...

1School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guang Zhou 510006, China 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 4Center for Advanced Drug Research and Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA 5Department of Cli...