This article examines colonial statecraft and state–society relations in a pivotal period for
Hong Kong. Using historical methods and archival evidence, it overcomes the limitations in …

The post-1945 influx of Chinese immigrants from Mainland China put a strain on colonial
Hong Kong’s limited housing stock and under-developed welfare and education systems. In …

Objectives Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has emerged to cause
fatal infections in patients in the Middle East and traveler-associated secondary cases in …

Background: Little is known regarding juvenile disc degeneration in individuals with normal
spinal alignment. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence, …

Background Context Modic changes (MC) are bone marrow lesions on magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), suggestive of being associated with low back pain (LBP). Data on …

Study Design. A cross-sectional population-based magnetic resonance imaging study of
Schmorl nodes (SN) in the lumbar spine. Objective. To determine the prevalence and potential …

This article explores an understudied aspect in Asia's Cold War history: how the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) used Hong Kong as a Cold War pivot to produce and disseminate left-…

Objective Typically, age and abnormal physical loading (“wear and tear”) have been associated
with the development of intervertebral disc degeneration. In the past decade, various …

Background Exercise‐based swallowing training (EBST) and transcutaneous neuromuscular
electrical stimulation (TNMES) are common modalities used to treat late dysphagia after …

This article offers a longer perspective on the origins and effectiveness of reforms of colonial
governance in Hong Kong. It shows that the colonial state shifted from increasingly …