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Winnie Yu

Professor, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Verified email at polyu.edu.hk
Cited by 2957

Persistence and fadeout in the impacts of child and adolescent interventions

…, GJ Duncan, CL Odgers, W Yu - Journal of research on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Many interventions targeting cognitive skills or socioemotional skills and behaviors demonstrate
initially promising but then quickly disappearing impacts. Our article seeks to identify the …

[BOOK][B] Clothing appearance and fit: Science and technology

J Fan, W Yu, L Hunter - 2004 - books.google.com
Fashion and beauty have helped shape history and today more than ever, we find ourselves
under increasing pressure to think about what we wear, what we look good in and how best …

Development of a new Chinese bra sizing system based on breast anthropometric measurements

R Zheng, W Yu, J Fan - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2007 - Elsevier
Since 1935, the bra sizing system has been based on bust girth and underbust girth. Woman's
breast is however a very complex 3D geometry, the existing sizing system based on just …

[HTML][HTML] Self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers to prevent Ebola transmission

…, TKH Lai, KYK Lo, CH Au-Yeung, W Yu - … Resistance & Infection …, 2018 - Springer
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) use personal protective equipment (PPE) in Ebola
virus disease (EVD) situations. However, preventing the contamination of HCWs and the …

Influence of stress and texture on soft magnetic properties of thin films

P Zou, W Yu, JA Bain - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the relationship among stress, crystallographic texture, and soft magnetic
properties of thin films. The magnetic properties considered are those affected by the …

Effectiveness of maternity support belts in reducing low back pain during pregnancy: a review

SSM Ho, WWM Yu, TT Lao, DHK Chow… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. This article aims to review the literature published to date on the types, current use,
the biomechanical effects and adverse effects of maternity support belts for low back pain …

Primary care closed claims experience of Massachusetts malpractice insurers

…, AL Puopolo, A Huben-Kearney, W Yu… - JAMA internal …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite prior focus on high-impact inpatient cases, there are increasing data
and awareness that malpractice in the outpatient setting, particularly in primary care, is a …

Identifying effective design features of commercial sports bras

J Zhou, W Yu, S Ng - Textile Research Journal, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper identifies the effective design features of commercial sports bras by evaluating
the reduction of breast displacement during activities. Four subjects, with breast and body …

Novel, broadly reactive anticapsular antibodies against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae protect from infection

E Diago-Navarro, MP Motley, G Ruiz-Peréz, W Yu… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenem-resistant (CR) sequence type 258 (ST258) Klebsiella pneumoniae has become
an urgent health care threat, causing an increasing number of high-mortality infections. Its …

A new method of ease allowance generation for personalization of garment design

…, M Happiette, P Bruniaux, R Ng, W Yu - International journal of …, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present recent work for optimizing the estimation
of ease allowance of a garment using fuzzy logic and sensory evaluation. Design/…