'well thank you David for that question' : The Intonation, Pragmatics and Structure of Q&A Sessions in Public Discourses

Winnie Cheng 아시아영어교육학회 2004 The Journal of Asia TEFL Vol.1 No.2

Utility Specialists in Hong Kong : A Corpus Study of Perception of Communicative Competence

Winnie Cheng 한국코퍼스언어학회 2015 Corpus Linguistics Research Vol.1 No.-

The paper reports on part of a larger scale collaborative and interdisciplinary project among English Applied Studies, Land Surveying and Geo-informatics, and utility specialists industry in engineering in Hong Kong. The present study interviewed 36 utility specialists in Hong Kong to find out their understanding of and perceived importance of communicative competences in English situated in their professional workplaces. The corpora created from the interview data were analysed in several complementary and inter-connected ways, namely word lists, concgram lists, and key semantic fields, to ascertain the kinds of meanings or topical concerns and themes expressed by the professionals when they talked about different types of competences in communication, namely linguistic, sociolinguistic, discourse, strategic, socio-cultural, and social in their workplace. The project has also achieved effective outcomes in terms of knowledge sharing and exchange with the industry.

Factors associated with stress levels and psychological distress of nursing students in their course of study: A mixed methods longitudinal study of a Hong Kong sample

Winnie Lai-Sheung, CHENG 한국간호과학회 2023 한국간호과학회 학술대회 Vol.2023 No.11

Exploring phraseological variations by concgramming

Winnie Cheng,Maggie Leung 경희대학교 언어정보연구소 2012 언어연구 Vol.29 No.3

The significance of studying the co-selection of words has long been recognized. More traditional corpus linguistic approaches or tools help to find co-selections in the form of contiguous words (i.e. n-gram, or lexical bundles and clusters) or non-contiguous patterns. However, phraseologies in the form of non-contiguous co-occurrence with positional variations are rarely examined. Here it is argued that they are worth examining and have significance for better understanding language use and meaning. One reason for the rare discussion of these phraseologies is that they are not easily discovered with more traditional approaches and tools. This paper describes the realisation of different patterns of phraseological variations, exemplified with five concgrams (i.e. co-occurrence of words) extracted from two profession-specific corpora. With the use of an innovative corpus linguistic software, ConcGram 1.0 (Greaves, 2009), the frequencies and patterns of all of the possible phraseological variations (constituency and positional variations) of the concgrams are analysed. The illustration and analysis have implications on the application values of studying phraseological variations using concgramming.

The Roles of Menopausal-specific Quality of Life on Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs in Menopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Winnie Lai-Sheung Cheng 대한폐경학회 2018 대한폐경학회지 Vol.24 No.3

Objectives: This study investigated the association between menopausal-specific quality of life (MENQOL) and breast cancer screening beliefs among Hong Kong Chinese menopausal and postmenopausal women.Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed to collect data. The questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 218 women aged above 45. The outcome variables were breast cancer screening beliefs and breast examination. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the effect of 4 domains in MENQOL (vasomotor, psycho-social, physical, and sexual symptom) and the health behaviors on the 2 outcome variables.Results: This study found that the overall MENQOL scores (in particular psycho-social, and physical aspects) were significantly associated with positive attitudes toward health check-ups and better knowledge and perceptions in breast cancer. Regular exercise was also significantly related to breast examination.Conclusions: MENQOL (especially psycho-social and physical domain) and regular exercise are important factors associated with breast cancer screening beliefs. The results of this study illuminate health care professionals to develop primary health care strategies to improve the quality of life of mid-life women.

Breast Cancer Screening Practice and Associated Factors in Menopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Florence Mei Fung Wong,Winnie Lai Sheung Cheng 대한폐경학회 2019 대한폐경학회지 Vol.25 No.1

Objectives: This study examined breast cancer screening (BCS) practices and its associated factors among menopausal and postmenopausal women. Methods: A cross-sectional design was conducted using convenience sampling at a community center. The modified Chinese BCS Belief questionnaire was used to understand BCS practice. Results: A total of 144 eligible women presented better knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer (mean, 11.46; standard deviation [SD], 3.65) and barriers to achieving mammographic screening (mean, 14.75; SD, 3.70). Participants aged ≥ 50 years had a negative association with the attitudes towards general health check-ups (B = –1.304, standard error [SE] = 0.65, P = 0.046). In this context, having regular physical exercise had a positive association with attitudes towards general health check ups (B = 1.458, SE = 0.06, P = 0.017), and knowledge and perceptions about breast cancer (B = 1.068, SE = 0.62, P = 0.086). Being employed had a positive associated with barriers to achieving mammographic screening (B = 1.823, SE = 0.51, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The women had better knowledge and perception about breast cancer and fewer barriers to mammographic screening. However, attitudes towards general health check-ups were relatively poor. It is noteworthy that women who aged ≥ 50 years and had insufficient physical exercise had poor attitudes. Those who were employed had fewer barriers, and those who had regular physical exercise had better knowledge on the benefits of the BCS practice. Importantly, women who aged ≥ 50 years and lack physical exercise need education about breast cancer to increase their awareness of breast wellness.

Anti-angiogenic Therapy in Patients with Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: A Systematic Review

Li-Tzong Chen,오도연,류민희,Kun-Huei Yeh,Winnie Yeo,Roberto Carlesi,Rebecca Cheng,김종석,Mauro Orlando,강윤구 대한암학회 2017 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.49 No.4

Despite advancements in therapy for advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers, their prognosis remains dismal. Tumor angiogenesis plays a key role in cancer growth and metastasis, and recent studies indicate that pharmacologic blockade of angiogenesis is a promising approach to therapy. In this systematic review, we summarize current literature on the clinical benefit of anti-angiogenic agents in advanced gastric cancer. We conducted a systematic search of PubMed and conference proceedings including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society for Medical Oncology, and the European Cancer Congress. Included studies aimed to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti-angiogenic agents in advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer. Each trial investigated at least one of the following endpoints: overall survival, progression-free survival/time to progression, and/or objective response rate. Our search yielded 139 publications. Forty-two met the predefined inclusion criteria. Included studies reported outcomes with apatinib, axitinib, bevacizumab, orantinib, pazopanib, ramucirumab, regorafenib, sorafenib, sunitinib, telatinib, and vandetanib. Second-line therapy with ramucirumab and third-line therapy with apatinib are the only anti-angiogenic agents so far shown to significantly improve survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer. Overall, agents that specifically target the vascular endothelial growth factor ligand or receptor have better safety profile compared to multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Current Status and Growth of Nuclear Theranostics in Singapore

Hian Liang Huang,Aaron Kian Ti Tong,Sue Ping Thang,Sean Xuexian Yan,Winnie Wing Chuen Lam,Kelvin Siu Hoong Loke,Charlene Yu Lin Tang,Lenith Tai Jit Cheng,Gideon Su Kai Ooi,Han Chung Low,Butch Maulion 대한핵의학회 2019 핵의학 분자영상 Vol.53 No.2

The concept of theranostics, where individual patient-level biological information is used to choose the optimal therapy for that individual, has become more popular in the modern era of ‘personalised’ medicine. With the growth of theranostics, nuclear medicine as a specialty is uniquely poised to grow along with the ever-increasing number of concepts combining imaging and therapy. This special report summarises the status and growth of Theranostic Nuclear Medicine in Singapore.We will cover our experience with the use of radioiodine, radioiodinated metaiodobenzylguanidine, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, prostate specific membrane antigen radioligand therapy, radium-223 and yttrium-90 selective internal radiation therapy.We also include a section on our radiopharmacy laboratory, crucial to our implementation of theranostic principles. Radionuclide theranostics has seen tremendous growth and we hope to be able to grow alongside to continue to serve the patients in Singapore and in the region.