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An Interview with an Author and Editor: The View from Taiwan
No full textORCID Engagement Manager Asia-Pacific, Estelle Cheng, recently spoke with Wen-Yau Cathy Lin, an academic, author and scholarly journal editor about ORCID and its use in Taiwan
Self‐Powered Mechanical Nanofluidic Generators Based on Gradient Charge‐Modified Sustainable Wood‐Derived Nanochannels
No full textAbstract The growing demand for self‐powered technology in portable and wearable electronics has spurred significant advancements in energy harvesting systems. However, conventional mechanical generators based on triboelectric and piezoelectric effects are limited by short discharge durations, despite achieving high output potentials. Here, a mechanical nanofluidic generator (MNG) is reported with gradient charge‐modified nanochannels, designed for mechanical energy harvesting. The MNG features highly aligned nanochannels with engineered surface charges, enabling a peak output voltage of 10.58 ± 1.29 V and a prolonged energy release time of 675.80 ± 112.08 s, with orders of magnitude longer than traditional generators that normally discharge in milliseconds to microseconds. This superior performance is attributed to the synergistic effects of gradient surface charge modification and enhanced interactions between transport ions and surface charges. This performance is attributed to the synergistic effects of surface charge gradients and strengthened ion–surface interactions, underscoring the MNG's potential for next‐generation self‐powered systems.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000038Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung https://doi.org/10.13039/100005156Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659China Scholarship Council https://doi.org/10.13039/50110000454
Analyzing Gaze and Hand Movement Patterns in Leader-Follower Interactions During a Time-Continuous Cooperative Manipulation Task
No full textIn daily life, people often interact by taking on leader and follower roles. Unlike laboratory experiments, these interactions unfold naturally and continuously. Although it is well established that gaze typically precedes object manipulation, much less is known about how gaze–hand patterns evolve in interactive settings where one person must take the other’s actions into account. Here we examine predictive, planning-related behavior in a two-player tabletop game called “do-undo.” Participants alternated as Leader and Follower. The Leader performed simple pick-and-place actions to alter the arrangement of objects, while the Follower used other objects to restore the previous configuration. We recorded eye and hand movements, along with object trajectories, using a system that combined eye tracking with multi-camera motion capture. Touch sensors on the players’ hands provided precise timing of contacts, allowing us to segment cooperative action into well-defined temporal intervals. As expected, eye fixations consistently preceded manipulation, but clear role differences emerged. Leaders looked more often and earlier at target objects. In many trials, their gaze anticipated not only their own actions but also those required of the Follower. Leaders also more frequently checked the outcome of the do-undo sequence. Both roles showed gaze patterns consistent with memorization, but alternating gazes between objects and destinations were much more common in Leaders. Some patterns suggested longer-term planning beyond the immediate action. These findings reveal distinct decision-making and planning strategies in Leaders and Followers. Leaders consider not only their own next moves but also the potential actions of their partners, shedding light on the complex cognitive processes that underly everyday human interaction
Examples of the actual conservation practices applied to Cheng Zhi Hall.
No full textExamples of the actual conservation practices applied to Cheng Zhi Hall.</p
Chinese Cooking with Theresa Cheng : Results
No full textStanding wok-adjacent, chef and cookbook author Theresa Cheng displays a dish made during the Chinese Cooking program, while another person eyes the demonstration table
[[alternative]]The Analysis of Master's Theses in Sport Management in Taiwan
No full text[[abstract]]The Analysis of Master’s Theses in Sport Management in Taiwan
Lin, Wen-Cheng
Advisor：Philip Cheng, Shao-Tung, Ph.D.
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to understand and analyze the contents and the status of the development of 398 master’s theses and their 26803 references in sport management during 1993-2003 in Taiwan. The Content Analysis was used as the study’s main research method, with the assistance of the Citation Analysis. The instrument “content analysis checklist of master’s theses in sport management in Taiwan” was used to collect data. The data was statistically analyzed in terms of Frequency Distribution and Percentage, Chi-square. The results showed as the followings：
1.The total number of master’s theses in sport management has been growing significantly since 1998. The total number of master’s theses in sport management in different areas has been in unbalanced distribution. There were six major universities playing the key roles in terms of sport management research.
2.The main three research topics of the master’s theses were Sport Marketing Management（Sponsorship included）, Sport Management, Organization and Leadership, Sport Leisure Management.
3.There was no significant correlation found among master’s theses in different years and research topics. The significant correlations were found between these master’s theses were correlations among research purposes, research areas, research instruments, and computerize statistical software.
4.There was no significant correlation found among master’s theses in different areas, research purposes, research areas, research instruments, and computerize statistical software. The significant correlations were found between these master’s theses and their respective research topics, and research instruments.
5.The quantity of references has been increasing. The languages of the references were mainly Chinese and English. Most of the references were published between the year of 1991 and 2003. The main types of the references were books and journals. The most cited English author was Chelladurai, P., and the Chinese counterpart was Ministry of Education（Taiwan）.
This study provides the research information and analysis of Master’s Theses in Sport Management in Taiwan during recent 10 years, and expects the increasing application of qualitative research method in sport management. It would be combined together between Sport Marketing Management and Sport Leisure Management to create benefit for organization, and it would be a future trend.
Key words：Content Analysis, sport management.
A Study on Luo Zhi Cheng\ue2s Historical narrative poems
No full textLuo Zhi Cheng is an important poet in the field of Taiwanese modern poetry, who is known for distinctive linguistic style and intense creative consciousness that are respected. Based on his powerful imagination and flourishing creativity as two primary advantages, through the mediation of poetry, prose, remarks, and commentaries, he maximally amplifies the implication of literature, and thereby composes himself and enriches the character. Distinguished from the majority of researchers focusing on Luo\ue2s lyric works, this study particularly found a writing context of \ue2avoidance of lyric sensibility\ue2 in Luo\ue2s poems, that is, his series of works historical themes in the form of long poems utilizing narrative skills to exhibit the remarkable consistency between the internality and the externality of the author.
\ue3\ue3This study conducted a comparative investigation of Luo\ue2s poetry work (The Book of Zhuzi) and prose works (Austral Court\ue2s Notandum and The Initiation of Civilization) to build a relatively more multi-faceted \ue2author\ue2s image of Luo Zhi Cheng\ue2 according to the writing of works of historical themes. Using the methodology of narratology, I departed from the internality of the text (the collection of poems) to identify how Luo forms the ideal spectrum of character by shaping historical persons; and meanwhile, I equally departed from the collections of prose to grasp the external information of the texts, and thereby clarified that Luo may treat \ue2writing, individual, and society\ue2 as a process of self-fulfillment. It is the two corresponding identities \ue2poet\ue2 and \ue2the intellectual\ue2 that are the mechanism of his constructing self-justification. Such investigation of the internality and the externality of text confirmed the complex relationships of the sustained \ue2opposition,\ue2 \ue2coexistence,\ue2 and \ue2conflict\ue2 between Luo and his works of historical themes
[[alternative]]The Effect of Wai Tan Kung Exercise on Energy Expenditure And Heart Rate Variability
No full text[[abstract]]The Effect of Wai Tan Kung Exercise on
Energy Expenditure And Heart Rate Variability
Graduate student: Cheng-Kun Wu
Advisor: Cheng-Chung Lin ,Ph.D.
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of long-term Wai Tan Kung exercise on heart rate (HR), energy expenditure, oxygen uptake (VO2), ventilation (VE), heart rate variability and blood pressure. Two different groups of older adults were recruited. One group subjects (n =16; 65.0 ± 4.2 yrs, 163.3 ± 7.3 cm, 63.3 ± 7.3 kg) had been participated at least 10 years of regular Wai Tan Kung exercise (long-term group, LTG), and the other (n = 16; 59.0 ± 3.7 yrs, 162.0 ± 3.9 cm, 65.7 ± 3.6 kg) had been participated as same exercise as LTG but less than one year (short-term group, STG). The results of this study showed that there were significant differences (p < .05) in rest systolic pressure, and HR, energy expenditure, VO2, VE, high frequency power (HFP) and low frequency power (LFP) during exercise between LTG and STG (p < .05). LTG subjects had a significant lower in rest heart rate and blood pressure (p < .05) than STG subjects, and the former also reached higher (p < .05) exercise intensities during exercise testing than the latter. Moreover, there were significant higher heart rate, VO2 and VE during exercise testing for LTG than STG, suggesting that LTG subjects had higher metabolic rate. Additionally, LTG had a higher HFP than STG, suggesting that there was a significant increase in parasympathetic division of autonomic nervous activity during exercise testing for LTG than STG, indicating LTG subjects may prevent from coronary artery disease and improve functions of the heart. It is concluded that older adults participate in regular long-term of Wai Tan Kung exercise have a positive effect on their cardiovascular fitness. Therefore, such kind of exercise may especially fit for older adults.
Key words: oxygen uptake (VO2), ventilation (VE), heart rate, heart rate variability, Wai Tan Kung exercise.
[[alternative]]The study for Master Cheng-Yen’s gratitude leadership and its educational practice.
No full text[[abstract]]The study for Master Cheng-Yen’s gratitude leadership and its educational practice.
Abstract
This thesis is based on personal experiences in education and admiration for Master Cheng-Yen’s Great Love for the world. Thus, this thesis aims at working out the theoretic system of Master Cheng-Yen’s Gratitude Leadership, including its nature and practice. Further, its contributions for educational leadership are approached.
In order to reach the above aim, critical analysis is used for clarifying the works by Master Cheng-Yen. In addition, a questionnaire and semi-structure interview questionnaire are designed for identifying the nature and practical approaches of Gratitude Leadership. It is by this way, Master Cheng-Yen’s theory and practice of Gratitude Leadership can be grasped which affords help for educational leadership, in terms of theory and practice in schools.
Finally, the results of this thesis are as follows:
a) Master Cheng-Yen’s Gratitude Leadership makes significant contribution for democratic education via purifying human heart and harmonizing the society;
b) it is helpful for promoting inner motivation of educational organization; and
c) it develops characteristics of creativity with non-power leadership style with effectiveness.
Chinese Cooking with Theresa Cheng : Demonstration
No full textA seated audience fills the meeting room for a Chinese cooking program presented by local chef and cookbook author Theresa Cheng, who stands with an aproned assistant behind tables set up with ingredients and two woks on burners
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