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Associations of sarcopenia, sarcopenia parameters and motoric cognitive risk syndrome in Chinese older adults

BackgroundMotoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a pre-dementia symptom strongly predicting cognitive decline and dementia. Although advancements in elucidating the epidemiology of MCR, the evidence about the association between sarcopenia, sarcopenia parameters, and MCR remains scarce.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the associations between sarcopenia, sarcopenia parameters, and MCR among community-dwelling Chinese older […]

Published on November 22, 2023

Probing Lexical Ambiguity in Chinese Characters via Their Word Formations: Convergence of Perceived and Computed Metrics

Abstract Lexical ambiguity is pervasive in language, and the nature of the representations of an ambiguous word’s multiple meanings is yet to be fully understood. With a special focus on Chinese characters, the present study first established that native speaker’s perception about a character’s number of meanings was heavily influenced by the availability of its […]

Published on November 21, 2023