Association between Air Pollution and Risk of Hospital Admission for Pediatric Pneumonia in a Tropical City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan by Peng-Huei Liu, Kuo-Chen Huang, Yu-Lun Tseng, I-Min Chiu, Hsiu-Yung Pan, Fu-Jen Cheng

“…Data on PM2.5 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 µm), PM10 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 10 µm), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) in each of the 11 air monitoring stations in Kaohsiung city were collected. The medical records of non-traumatic patients under 17 years of age who had visited the ED between 2008 to 2013, with a principal diagnosis of pneumonia were extracted. …”
Get full text

MicroRNA-155 modulates methotrexate-induced spatial memory impairment by disruption of the blood-brain barrier integrity by Yu-Chieh Chen, Li-Tung Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Jiunn-Ming Sheen

Get full text

Reduction of NOx and SO2 Emissions by Shore Power Adoption by Duy-Hieu Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Jen-Yu Hsu, Ming-Yuan Cho, Shih-Hsien Hsu, Chin-Ko Yeh

“…This study assessed the reduction of four major air pollutants: PM10, PM2.5, NOx, and SO2, from adopting shore power at the Port of Kaohsiung. The reduction was assessed in two scenarios, S1 and S2, with a capacity to provide shore power to 342 and 780 ships at berth, respectively. …”
Get full text

Using deep learning model integration to build a smart railway traffic safety monitoring system by Chin-Chieh Chang, Kai-Hsiang Huang, Tsz-Kin Lau, Chung-Fah Huang, Chun-Hsiung Wang

Get full text

Comprehensive Analysis of VOCs in an Industrial Harbor City: Spatiotemporal Distribution, Health Risk, and Potential Sources by Thi-Hieu Le, Chung-Shin Yuan, Chitsan Lin, Zhi-Ping Hsu, I-Hsin Hsu, Lin-Chi Wang

“…Abstract Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measurements during the worst air quality season of 2020–2022 were conducted at three distinct sites within Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan’s largest harbor and a significant hub in Asia. …”
Get full text

The construction of a psychometric instrument for the educational role enactment of attending physicians in teaching hospitals by Ling-Chun Ou, Yu-Chih Lin

“…Experts assessed its content validity, while feasibility and readability were tested in a pilot study involving 100 attending physicians from seven teaching hospitals and medical centers in Kaohsiung City. In the formal study, purposive sampling from the same institutions yielded 364 valid responses, achieving a response rate of 91%. …”
Get full text

Diagnosis of induction motor stator faults around rotor slot harmonics using the Matrix Pencil method by Mohamed Kouadria, Zakaria Chedjara, Chun-Lien Su, Mohamed Benbouzid, Josep M. Guerrero, Babul Salam KSM Kader Ibrahim, Hafiz Ahmed

Get full text

Sulfatase modifying factor 2 as a predictive biomarker for urothelial carcinoma by Wei-Ting Kuo, Yi-Chen Lee, Jia-Bin Liao, Ching-Jiunn Tseng, Yi-Fang Yang

Get full text

Is insomnia a risk factor for new-onset asthma? A population-based study in Taiwan by Shih-Feng Weng, Chih-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chieh Lin, Chih-Chiang Chien, Chin-Ming Chen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chung-Han Ho, Kuo-Chen Cheng

Get full text

Modeling of low-frequency acoustic NDE to detect delaminations in multilayer polymer-composite structures by Shun Hsyung Chang, Sergey Shevtsov, Valeriy Chebanenko, Natalie Snezhina

Get full text

Rapid Built-up of PM10 in the Ambient Air of the Leeward Side Resulting from Strong Pressure Gradient Force Associated with Density Current by Wei-Kuo Soong, Chung-Hsuang Hung

“…However, the results of this research showed that the rapid build-up of high PM10 in Kaohsiung city (KHC) during evenings is not completely explained by weak flow and subsidence. …”
Get full text

Polygenic height prediction for the Han Chinese in Taiwan by Chih-Hao Chang, Che-Yu Chou, Timothy G. Raben, Shih-Ann Chen, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Jeng-Yih Wu, Shun-Fa Yang, Hsiang-Cheng Chen, Yen-Lin Chen, Ming Chen, Gwo-Chin Ma, Chih-Yang Huang, Tso-Fu Wang, Sing-Lian Lee, Chen-Fang Hung, See-Tong Pang, Erik Widen, Yao-Ming Chang, Erh-Chan Yeh, Chun-Yu Wei, Chien-Hsiun Chen, Stephen D. H. Hsu, Pui-Yan Kwok

Get full text

Spatial Variations in PAHs and Nitro-PAHs Bound to Total Suspended Solids in Urban Locations in Taiwan by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…The concentrations of PAHs and nitro-PAHs bound to TSP increased southward, whereby the mean ∑TSP-bound PAHs were 723.2 pg m−3, 1633 pg m−3 and 1810 pg m−3, while ∑TSP-bound nitro-PAHs were 50 pg m−3, 107 pg m−3, and 209 pg m−3, for the study area A in Tainan, B in north Kaohsiung, and C, in south Kaohsiung, respectively. …”
Get full text

The trust paradox: An exploration of consumer psychology and behavior in cross-border shopping using E-commerce mobile applications by Kuo-Jui Liu, Shang-Liang Chen, Ho-Chuan Huang, Mon-Long Gan

Get full text

Characterization and simulation of AlGaN barrier structure effects in normally-off recessed gate AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs by An-Chen Liu, Hsin-Chu Chen, Po-Tsung Tu, Yan-Lin Chen, Yan-Chieh Chen, Po-Chun Yeh, Chih-I Wu, Shu-Tong Chang, Tsung-Sheng Kao, Hao-Chung Kuo

Get full text

A longitudinal study of the association between the outcome of bariatric surgery and mental health indicators in Chinese patients: an examination of the interaction effect by Hung-Yen Lin, Te-Chang Changchien, Tsung-Jen Hsieh, Cheng-Sheng Chen, Yung-Chieh Yen

Get full text

Toxic Assessment of Heavily Traffic-related Fine Particulate Matter Using an in-vivo Wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans Model by Meng-Ching Chung, Kuo-Lin Huang, Japheth L. Avelino, Lemmuel L. Tayo, Chih-Chung Lin, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Sheng-Lun Lin, Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor, Ching-Kai Su, Sen-Ting Huang

Get full text

Reference values for the 1-minute sit-to-stand test to assess functional capacity and short-term mortality in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and fibrotic connective tiss... by Meng-Yun Tsai, Kuo-Tung Huang, Chiann-Yi Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Yu, Pin-Kuei Fu

Get full text

Validation of insurance claims data on aetiology, surgical type and prosthesis for isolated valve surgery: a retrospective observational surgery by Shao-Wei Chen, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Pao-Hsien Chu, An-Hsun Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi‐Hsin Chan, Chia-Pin Lin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Bo-Cheng Hou, Jo-Ting Huang

Get full text

Associations between Children’s Exposure to PM2.5 and their Serum Inflammatory Responses in Taiwan by Wei-Jung Tseng, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Yu-Ting Chang, Liang-Jen Wang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Juliana Jalaludin, Chih-Lung Wang, Ying-I Tsai

Get full text