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Sam Liu

Associate Professor, University of Victoria
Verified email at uvic.ca
Cited by 3249

Personality and perceived stress during COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the mediating role of perceived threat and efficacy

S Liu, A Lithopoulos, CQ Zhang… - Personality and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prolonged stress is associated with poor physical and mental health outcomes. Understanding
the mediators between personality and stress is critical for developing effective stress …

Blood pressure responses to acute and chronic exercise are related in prehypertension.

SAM Liu, J Goodman, R Nolan, S Lacombe… - Medicine and science …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Purpose Aerobic exercise is recommended as a way to prevent hypertension. However,
about 25% of individuals receive minimal antihypertensive benefits associated with chronic …

A longitudinal analysis of stress among incoming college freshmen

R Garett, S Liu, SD Young - Journal of American college health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to: (1) examine changes in stress during first
semester among freshmen undergraduates and (2) identify predictors of stress (coping …

Reducing blood pressure with Internet-based interventions: a meta-analysis

S Liu, SD Dunford, YW Leung, D Brooks… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Elevated blood pressure is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and
mortality. Internet-based interventions (e-counselling) have the potential to deliver a wide …

Structure− function engineering of interferon-β-1b for improving stability, solubility, potency, immunogenicity, and pharmacokinetic properties by site-selective mono …

A Basu, K Yang, M Wang, S Liu, R Chintala… - Bioconjugate …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Recombinant interferon-beta-1b (IFN-β-1b) is used clinically in the treatment of multiple
sclerosis. In common with many biological ligands, IFN-β-1b exhibits a relatively short serum half-…

Correlates of perceived physical activity transitions during the COVID‐19 pandemic among Canadian adults

RE Rhodes, S Liu, A Lithopoulos… - … : Health and Well …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study was to explore socio‐ecological predictors of moderate
to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as a result of the COVD‐19 pandemic restrictions. …

Tailoring structure–function and pharmacokinetic properties of single‐chain Fv proteins by site‐specific PEGylation

…, M Wang, R Chintala, MC Hsieh, S Liu… - Protein …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The utility of single‐chain Fv proteins as therapeutic agents would be realized if the
circulating lives of these minimal antigen‐binding polypeptides could be both prolonged and …

The relationship between social media use and sleep quality among undergraduate students

R Garett, S Liu, SD Young - Information, Communication & Society, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Insufficient sleep is a growing health problem among university students, especially for
freshmen during their first quarter/semester of college. Little research has studied how social …

Investigating the Local Structure of Lanthanoid Hafnates Ln2Hf2O7 via Diffraction and Spectroscopy

PER Blanchard, S Liu, BJ Kennedy… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The lanthanoid hafnates Ln 2 Hf 2 O 7 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm–Tm) were studied using a
combination of synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction together with X-ray absorption …

The role of noncoding RNAs in Parkinson's disease: biomarkers and associations with pathogenic pathways

MC Kuo, SCH Liu, YF Hsu, RM Wu - Journal of biomedical science, 2021 - Springer
The discovery of various noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) and their biological implications is a
growing area in cell biology. Increasing evidence has revealed canonical and noncanonical …