Xu Jiang

1 month ago | nature.com | Xu Jiang |Qiong Wu |Qi Jia |Ziwen Jiang

With the maturation and widespread adoption of digital technology, the integration of digital art into public spaces has emerged as a novel artistic design approach to enhance urban image. However, in the design and creation process, artists or designers often dominate, leading to a discrepancy between the artwork and the preferences or perceptions of the actual participants in public spaces, ultimately resulting in failure to achieve the desired outcomes. To design digital art installations in public spaces that attract user participation and interaction, it is essential to explore the mechanisms through which digital art influences public space design.To this end, the study first conducts a literature review to analyze the transformations under the mutual influences of digital art, public spaces, and users, thereby clarifying and defining the concepts and characteristics of digital art, public spaces, and users. Through this analysis, 15 design influence factors for digital art interventions in public spaces are identified, including scale, accessibility, and cultural-historical context. Subsequently, structural equation modeling (SEM) is employed to investigate the relationships and relative weights of the influences of public spaces, digital art, and users on users’ willingness to participate, as well as the correlations and weights among the 15 influencing factors, such as scale, accessibility, and cultural-historical context. The findings reveal that public spaces, digital art, and users all have positive effects on users’ willingness to participate. Furthermore, the 15 influencing factors, including scale, accessibility, and cultural-historical context, not only affect public spaces, digital art, and users but also directly influence users’ willingness to participate. This study uncovers the complex interactions among digital art, public spaces, and users, providing theoretical support for the design and implementation of digital art in public spaces.

Dec 13, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Xu Jiang |Kai Xie |Hongyu Chen |Kai Zhang

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant cause of pain and disability in older populations, with variations in lowerlimb morphological parameters affecting weight-loading joints and leading to imbalanced mechanical loading, local stress concentration, cartilage wear, and ultimately OA progression.1-7 Studies show that morphological and structural variations in the hip joint closely relate to hip OA development, and morphological characteristics of the pelvis and hip joint relate to...

Dec 4, 2023 | nature.com | Xu Jiang

AbstractOsteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease. Currently, no satisfactory pharmacological treatment exists for OA. The potential anti-inflammatory properties of Dihydrotanshinone I (DHT) have been reported, but its effects on OA are unclear. In this study, we assess the impact of DHT on the viability of human chondrocytes in vitro. We then use a guinea pig model to investigate the effects of DHT on knee osteoarthritis progression.

Oct 15, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Wei Luo |Engineering Shaanxi |Xu Jiang |Yi Liu

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Sep 22, 2023 | nature.com | Xu Jiang |George C Tsokos

AbstractInhibitory immune receptors set thresholds for immune cell activation, and their deficiency predisposes a person to autoimmune responses. However, the agonists of inhibitory immune receptors remain largely unknown, representing untapped sources of treatments for autoimmune diseases.