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Antihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan
No full textAbstract Background Knowledge of existing prescription patterns in the treatment of newly-diagnosed hypertension can provide useful information for improving clinical practice in this field. The aims of this study are to determine the prescription patterns and time trends for antihypertensive medication in newly-diagnosed cases of uncomplicated hypertension in Taiwan and to compare these with current clinical guidelines. Methods A total of 6,536 newly-diagnosed patients with uncomplicated hypertension, aged ≥30 years, were identified from the representative 200,000-person sample in the computerized reimbursement database of the National Health Insurance in Taiwan. These patients were followed from 1998 to 2004 with all diagnoses, prescription data and medication charges being retrieved for subsequent analysis. Results Prescription patterns varied by age, gender and clinical facilities, with mono-therapies being found to be dominant in the first year, albeit declining over time. Calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers were the most frequently prescribed antihypertensive drugs, either alone or in combinations. Although least expensive, the prescription rates of diuretics were low, at 8.3% for mono-therapies and 19.9% overall. The prescription rate for angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) was elevated considerably over time. After controlling for other related factors by multiple logistic regression analysis, ARBs were found to be prescribed mainly by medical centers or regional hospitals. Conclusion These findings indicate the existence of a gap between current clinical practice and the desired goal of cost-effectiveness in antihypertensive treatment in Taiwan, which should be corrected.</p
Protoliota Liu, Slipinski, Wang et Pang 2019
No full textGenus: <i>Protoliota</i> Liu, Ślipiński, Wang et Pang, 2019 <p> Type species: <i>Protoliota antennatus</i> Liu, Ślipiński, Wang et Pang, 2019 by original designation.</p>Published as part of <i>Jr., George Poinar, Vega, Fernando E. & Legalov, Andrei A., 2023, Protoliota paleus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) - new long antennae beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, pp. 67-78 in Ecologica Montenegrina 62</i> on page 68, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8233254">http://zenodo.org/record/8233254</a>
Melanie Pang & Kendall Toarmina Pang oral history interview on love
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Melanie Pang (she/her), who was born in Missouri City, TX in 1986, is the Director of Advocacy at the Houston Food Bank. She was the inaugural co-chair of Mayor Sylvester Turner’s LGBTQ Board of Advisory for a two-year term. She advocates for policies that address root causes of poverty and food insecurity, leveraging relationships and resources for social change. Melanie was born of Chinese father and Filipino mother, both immigrants. Kendall Toarmina Pang (she/her), who received her BA and MBA from Rice University, now is a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kendall is Jewish by faith and is Caucasian.
The couple, who identify as queer, met at Willy’s Pub in Rice University during a drag show when both of them were attending college— Melanie was in University of Houston and Kendall at Rice. They fell in love and even a year of long-distance relationship when Kendall was working in Argentina did not separate them. Kendall proposed to Melanie in the Rice Chapel as a surprise, disguised as an award ceremony. The couple now lives in Houston, with their two rescue dogs
A linearly adaptive gate drive technique for light‐load efficiency improvement of DC–DC converters
No full textDataset for: 'Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings'
No full textThis dataset supports the publication:Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings
AUTHORS: Xin Huang, Yongmin Jung, Yaping Liu, Kerrianne Harrington, and David J. Richardson
TITLE: Broadband Mode Scramblers for Few-Mode Fibers based on 3D Printed Mechanically Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings
JOURNAL: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters </span
Salsolaius biserratus Liu & Ślipiński & Pang 2021, sp. nov.
No full textSalsolaius biserratus sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 59CFC055-5A75-46A7-83A1-85A40D5A3F1E. Etymology. Species name refers to the biserrate antennae of the new species. Type material. Holotype ♂: ‘WA: Lake Way, ca. 15 km SSE. Of Wiluna 26°45’12.3228”S 120°23’13.5384”E (GDA 94) 19 Aug. 2020 H.L. Clark, B.A. Buzatto (SLP072 a) Active search—burrow dig/ Western Australian Museum Entomology Reg. No. E 108541’ (WAM). Paratypes 2♀: same data as the holotype but ‘ Western Australian Museum Entomology Reg. No. E 108542-108543’ (WAM); 1♂, same data as the holotype (ANIC); 1♂: same data as the holotype but ‘ 18 Aug. 2020 H.L. Clark, B.A. Buzatto (SLP071) Active search—burrow dig’ (ANIC). Diagnosis. The same as diagnosis of genus because of monotypy. Description. Length 7.7–8.9 mm. Body mostly yellow to brown, head black except anterior part of frons, gular area and mouthparts yellow to brown; pronotum with central area black and pair of sub-lateral spots. Legs with basal part of coxae and femora black, pterothorax with mesanepisternum, mesoventrite and metanepisternum black. Head relatively large, widest across eyes, slightly narrower than prothorax. Antennae with antennomeres 4–11 asymmetrically biserrate, which are narrower in female; ratios of antennomeres are 1.0: 0.13: 0.72: 0.40: 0.37: 0.37: 0.38: 0.38: 0.35: 0.36: 0.42. Prothorax about 0.7 times as long as wide. Elytra 1.3–1.4 times as long as wide. Sternite VIII in male (Fig. 2G) with large median projection posteriorly, tergite VIII (Fig. 2F) sub-trapezoid, with broad median incision posteriorly and pair of long anterior struts, bearing dense long setae posterolaterally. Penis (Fig. 2H) carafe-shaped, broadest at about anterior third, narrowly rounded apically, apex densely punctrued; inner sac with elongated and sclerotized flagellum, curved on both sides, covered very dense tiny spines Distribution. Only know from Lake Way of Western Australia (Fig. 3). Biology. Little is known on feeding habits or life history; all specimens were collected in burrows on a salt lake in Western Australia, not active during the night. Larvae of Notointybia carvicorni were observed to burrow in wood debris and sands in the lab, in which they did the ecdysis. Thus, the burrows in which Salsolaius stays are most likely to be dug by the larvae to protect themselves from predators and/or high temperatures, in which they may also finish the pupation and eclosion.Published as part of Liu, Zhenhua, Ślipiński, Adam & Pang, Hong, 2021, Salsolaius gen. nov. a new genus of Apalochrini (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Malachiinae) from the salt Lake Way of Western Australia, pp. 393-400 in Zootaxa 5082 (4) on page 397, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/579283
Ban dao ti wei qiang zhong dian ci ji hua zi liu ti de tu an xing cheng
No full textChan, Ka Pang = 半導體微腔中電磁極化子流體的圖案形成 / 陳家鵬.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-171).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 30, November, 2016).Chan, Ka Pang = Ban dao ti wei qiang zhong dian ci ji hua zi liu ti de tu an xing cheng / Chen Jiapeng
A Spurious Emission Reduction Technique for Power Amplifiers Using Frequency Hopping DC-DC Converters
No full textSalsolaius Liu & Ślipiński & Pang 2021, gen. nov.
No full textSalsolaius gen. nov. (Figs 1–3) http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A82EE031-DB15-408E-80C3-0F96C4CA880C Type species. Salsolaius biserratus sp. nov., by the present designation. Etymology. The genus name is a combination of the Latin prefix “ Salsus ” meaning salty combined with genus name “ Laius ”, referring to the unusual habitat of this new genus. Diagnosis. This genus can be easily recognized from the all other genera of Apalochrini by biserrate antennae in both male and female, highly reduced vesicles on thorax and abdomen and distinctly exposed pygidium from above. Description. Body (Figs 1A–1G) relatively flattened, nearly parallel-sided; vestiture of short whitish setae. Head prognathous; median occipital carina present, extending to middle of frons (Figs 1A, 1E); frons slightly depressed anteriorly, with pair of small pits (Figs 1D, 1F). Eyes medium-sized, finely facetted and slightly protruding. Antennae dorsally and anteriorly inserted on frons. Clypeus of very short sclerotized postclypeus and trapezoid membranous anteclypeus. Labrum transverse and sub-rectangular. Antenna (Fig. 2A) 11-segmented, scape elongated and subtriangular, pedicel very short and almost invisible; antennomere 3–11 asymmetrically biserrate and densely covered by short sensorial setae, antennomere 3 elongated. Mandibles (Fig. 2D) bidentate apically, incisor edge smooth; mola absent, of membranous appendages. Maxilla (Fig. 2B) with slender palps, terminal palpomere elongated and cylindrical; galea and lacinia subequal in length, covered by dense short setae anteriorly. Labium (Fig. 2C) with 3-segmented labial palps, terminal palpomere conical; ligula rounded apically. Gular sutures short and widely separated. Prothorax (Figs 1A, 1E) weakly transverse; anterior side pronounced in the middle and slightly hollowed near anterior angles, so the angles look acute and slightly prominent. lateral and posterior edges slightly expanded, with narrow and transparent flanges; dorsal surface slightly convex, covered by dense and short whitish setae. Prosternum very short, prosternal process highly reduced. Procoxal cavities contiguous; procoxae large and distinctly projecting, protrochantins exposed. Vesicles pale yellow. Scutellum sub-trapezoidal, with posterior margin rounded. Elytra (Figs 1A, 1E) nearly parallel-sided, rounded apically, lateral margins slightly constricted at about apical third, inner suture marginated and elevate, each elytron with two weak longitudinal carinae, parallel to suture; dorsal surfaces without distinct punctuation, covered by dense and short yellowish setae. Hindwings well developed. Mesoventrite and mesanepisternum fused and transverse, mesepimeron sub-triangular, yellow with black-brown anterior side (Figs 1B, 1G). Mesocoxal cavities contiguous, laterally open to mesepimeron; mesocoxae elongated and large, mesotrochantins exposed. Metaventrite transverse and slightly swollen, discrimen complete; metanepisternum large and subtriangular, metepimeron exposed posteriorly from ventral side, not extending to lateral edge of metacoxae. Metacoxae large and sub-triangular, gradually narrowing to lateral. Legs with femora slightly enlarged, tibiae slender and slightly curved. Tarsal formula 5-5-5; fore tarsomere 2 (Fig. 2E) in male strongly prolonged over next two segments, bearing black combs along apical and outer edges, tarsomeres 1 and 3 slightly elongate with the former segment slightly bilobed, tarsomere 4 shortened; mid and hind tarsi elongate, with basal 4 segments sub-equal in length, tarsomere 5 longest, claws long and thin, with small denticle at base; tarsomeres shortened and compact in female, with tarsomere 1 elongate, 2nd–4th tarsomeres compressed and equal in length, claws shorter. Abdomen with 7 freely articulated ventrites, with last three segments exposed from dorsal side; ventrite 1(sternite II) divided by metacoxae, partly visible laterally; ventrites 2–6 transverse and sub-equal in length; ventrite 7 (sternite VIII) and tergite VIII modified in male, simple in female. Spiculum gastrale (Fig. 2I) sheath-shaped, broad anteriorly and with pair of long struts posteriorly. Tegmen highly reduced, ring-shaped anteriorly. Penis elongate, broad anteriorly and slender posteriorly; inner sac with sclerotized flagellum inside, covered by dense tiny spines. Sexual dimorphisms mainly present on shape and forms of tarsomeres as described above; the biserrate antenna in female is pronounced, but still in same shape as male.Published as part of Liu, Zhenhua, Ślipiński, Adam & Pang, Hong, 2021, Salsolaius gen. nov. a new genus of Apalochrini (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Malachiinae) from the salt Lake Way of Western Australia, pp. 393-400 in Zootaxa 5082 (4) on pages 394-396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/579283
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