474 research outputs found
Who Shall Receive Community-Based Occupational Therapy Services? A Logistic Regression Analysis
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
Two predictive models of occupational therapy referral were proposed as triage protocols for decision making in community. This finding can help occupational therapists focus on the major predictors of services, case managers make proper referrals, and third-party payers validate the appropriateness of referrals.
Primary Author and Speaker: Athena Tsai
Contributing Authors: Hui-Fen Mao, Ling-Hui Chang, Wen-Ni Huang, Jye Wang</jats:p
A Study of the Old Men in Ching-Wen Cheng\ue2s Short Stories
No full textChing-Wen Cheng has been writing for more than 50 years. He uses easy Chinese and describes the deep side of human beings. He cares about the normal people in Taiwanese society. In this thesis, the author emphasizes on the old men, which few researchers notice. The first chapter is about the motivation of this research and the issues discussed in this study. The second chapter is about Ching-Wen Cheng\ue2s growing background,the history of his life, his litrature creating process and how these elements make him special.The third chapter is about the physical and psychological aging process of old men and how Ching-Wen Cheng depicts it in a sociological way. The fourth chapter analyzes old men in several ways. The author writes about controversial topics in traditional and modern societies and explores the meanings of life with past memories. The fifth chapter is the conclusion
[[alternative]]Effects of Acute Low and Moderate Exercise Intensities on High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
No full text[[abstract]]Effects of Acute Low and Moderate Exercise Intensities on
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
June, 1999 Student: Hsiang-Chu Leu
Advisors: Jung-Charng Lin
Wen-Hui Wu
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of moderate intensity exercise (MIE) and low intensity exercise (LIE) with equal energy expenditure (900 Kcal) on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Ten healthy, no smoking habit male college students (18-28 yrs.) counterbalancedly performed treadmill running with MIE at 55%VO2max and walking with LIE at 35%VO2max on 7 days separately. Exercise was performed at 3 hours after dinner. For each trial, blood samples were collected at the morning pre-exercise in a fasted state for baseline, 10 min pre-exercise, 10 min post-exercise (IPE) and 11h post-exercise (11h PE, the next morning in a fasted state). Plasma HDL-C, total-cholesterol(TC), triacylglycerol(TG), and very low-density lipoprotein triacylglycerol (VLDL-TG) were measured. All samples were corrected for plasma volume changes. A significant increase (p<0.05) in HDL-C was observed at IPE and 11h PE after MIE trial, and there was no decrease in TC after both two trials. Both of the increasing magnitude and percentage of HDL-C after MIE were significantly higher than LIE (3.11±1.88mg/dl vs. -0.34 ±.85mg/dl; 8.09±5.24％ vs. -0.74±6.86％). VLDL-TG was significantly decrease after MIE trial but not LIE trial. These results suggest that MIE is better than LIE to elevate HDL-C with equal energy expenditure, and the elevating effect of MIE on HDL-C is related to the consumption of VLDL-TG. It also suggests that 900 Kcal energy expenditure is enough to promote favorable changes in HDL-C by MIE but not LIE.
Key words: exercise intensity, high-density lipoprotein
cholesterol(HDL-C),
total cholesterol(TC), triacylglycerol(TG),
very low density lipoprotein-triacylglycerol(VLDL-
TG)
Preparation of (R)-2-chloro-1-(m-chlorophenyl)ethanol by Lipozyme TL IM-catalyzed second resolution
No full text(R)-2-Chloro-1-(m-chlorophenyl)ethanol, a precursor of (R)-3-chlorostyrene oxide which is the key chiral intermediate for the preparation of several beta 3-adrenergic receptor agonists was prepared in 40% yield and 99% ee by the Lipozyme TL IM-catalyzed second resolution of the corresponding racemate in the presence of vinyl acetate. (C) 2012 Shi Wen Xia. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Flot2 targeted by miR-449 acts as a prognostic biomarker in glioma
No full textWe, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, have retracted the following article:Shaosong Huang, Shihao Zheng, Shengyue Huang, Hui Cheng, Ying Lin, Yuxing Wen & Wei Lin (2019) Flot2 targeted by miR-449 acts as a prognostic biomarker in glioma. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47(1), 250–255, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2018.1549062Since publication, concerns have been raised about the integrity of the data in the article. When approached for an explanation, the authors have been unresponsive, and we have been unable to verify their original data. We are therefore retracting this article and the corresponding author listed in this publication has been informed.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”
Hui tu zhen ben jing shi mu yu jin gang zuan
No full text著作者余好辯, 伍憤時.Cover title.上下卷.On double leaves, East Asian binding.木魚歌文.zhu zuo zhe Yu Haobian, Wu Fenshi.Shang xia juan.Mu yu ge wen
Gendered Care Work of Special Education in Taiwan : the Caregivers\ue2 Accounts
No full textThe purpose of this essay is to explore a common situation of special education in Taiwan. Paraprofessionals, mostly consist of women, are asked to afford most care works for disabled children under the institution of special education. As men join as paraprofessionals to take care responsibilities, duties may be distributed by gender categorization. Moreover, care routines for children in the practice of daily life are divided into educational and caring matters which also much influence the partnerships between teachers and paraprofessionals.
Based on the Institutional Ethnography, that emphasize through problematic daily experiences of those actors, to find how the institution to govern their relationships in the hidden domination, author has adopted in-depth interview of sixteen paraprofessionals and five teachers, moreover, engaged in participant observations to analyze where the caring practice reoccur and how much the influence of power of the institution to represent the relationships differentiated between these actors according to their gender and professional degree in the classroom.
This study reveals, first, that women are shaped to be perfect care workers for disabled bodies, they also satisfy with mothering imagination through daily practice. Second, a few men join to be care workers only for a short period. To maintain traditional masculinity, caring experiences of men in the classroom are presented within stereotypical practice associated with gender stereotypes. At the same time, gender division of work can well keep men from the accusation of sex violation. Third, professionalism is the important factor influencing the interactions and negotiations between those actors who engaged in the special education institution. Furthermore, care works in this regard are distinguished into a dichotomy of body/ mind care responsibilities, and it may reshape the hierarchy inside the women
[[alternative]]The Relationships between Self Schema and Mental Health among High-School Students, and the Influence of Zen Meditation
No full text[[abstract]]The present research had a double purposes: first, to explore the relationship
s between mental health and identification with one's "self-nature" as present
ed in the Zen system of Hui-Neng; second, to examine the possible impact of Ze
n meditation, in terms of mental health upon characteristics of one's self-sch
ema.First Part of the StudyThe group-comparison strategy was adopted. Out of a
total of 891 high school students, 54 were selected and then divided into thr
ee groups according to their degree of mental health. Two instruments were use
d, namely, the Perception Habit Scale(PHS), and theTwenty-Sentence-Test about
Self (TSTS). The data of the PHS were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. By coding the
content of the TSTS according to the self-schema characteristics, there were
four variables: types of emotion, objects of identification, ways of percepti
on, and levels of object-relationship. Those were analyzed through the use of
an independent chi-square (χ2) test. The results were as follows: 1. The
more healthy group scored significantly higher on the PHS than the less healt
hy group. 2. With regard to the self-schema characteristics, significant
differences between the three groups were revealed. Among the subjects of the
more healthy groups were a significantly greater balance between individual an
d social identity, the higher level of object-relationships, the harmony of em
otions, and more positive feelings. Besides, they had less negative feelings .
As a whole, the self-schema of the more healthy groups were more correla
ted to those self-schema typical of an identification with one's "self nature"
as presented in the Zen system of Hui-Neng.Second Part of the Study For this
part of the study, three different strategies were adopted. The first one cons
isted in a pre-post test of two unequal groups. The experimental group was con
stituted of 8 high-school students who, for this experiment, participated in a
four-day Zen Meditation Program. The control group was formed of 14 other hig
h-school students. The following scales were used: the Perception Habit Scale
(PHS), the Heath Scale (HS) and the Nervousness Scale (NS). The data were anal
yzed through the use of one-way ANOVA. As in the first part of the study, the
same four variables found among self-schema were analyzed through the use of i
ndependent chi-square(χ2) test. The results were as follows: 1. On the PH
S, the experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group.
However, on both the HS and the NS, the two groups did not significantly diffe
r. 2. With regard to the self-schema of the experimental group, they were
significantly higher in terms of the level of object-relationships, and the ha
rmony of emotions. But the two groups did not significantly differ in terms of
objects of identification, and ways of perception. A second strategy adopted
a time-series design for the study of the eight subjects of the experimental g
roup. The Consciousness Stream Scale(CSS) was used . It included the four foll
owing variables: the correct ways of perception, the incorrect ways of percept
ion, the Zen characteristics, and the harmony of emotions. Those were measured
through the use of Trend-Analysis. The results were as follows: 1. During
the Zen meditation, the incorrect ways of perception decreased significantly
with time, though the other characteristics did not significantly change.
2. The trend of CSS changed relativity and orderly and periodically according
to the stages of the Zen meditation and with individual differences. A!third m
ethodology, which was used, was the case-study design combined with the ABC si
ngle-case design. Among the eight subjects who participated the Zen Meditation
Program, three were chosen: they were tested before and after the Program. Be
sides, after the Program, there was a follow-up twice: the first time, after t
wo weeks, and the second time, after two months. The variables were the four s
elf-schema characteristics, the HS, the NS and the CSS. The data were submitte
d to a t-test, and the changes between stages were compared. The results were
as follows:1. After short-term, intensive Program of Zen Meditation, the subje
cts had improved with regard to their identification with transcendent values
, their mental health, their experience of inner peace, and also the character
istics of their self-schema. Other factors, such as life circumstances, the in
dividual differences of subjects, their original receptivity to Zen concepts,
their way of coping with difficulties, and continuous practice might also have
been partly responsible for the changes observed . 2. A continuous appli
cation of the Zen meditation skills to emotional management may help the regul
ar Zen meditator to copy with his emotions more easily and recover inner seren
ity more rapidly. Besides, it can help him become more cheerful, more able to
focus his attention, to think more clearly and precisely, and to develop shar
per self-awareness. As a whole, the results of the present research support th
e conclusion that the identification with one's "self-nature" as found in the
Zen system of Hui-Neng can help understand the relationship between self-schem
ata and various states of mental health. Besides, the Zen meditation practice
can be a very effective method for modifying self-schema and transforming them
into more healthy ones. Finally, suggestions are proposed for both future res
earch and applications to counseling.
Correction to: International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (Military Medical Research, (2024), 11, 1, (70), 10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3)
No full textAfter publication of the article, it was brought to our attention that the author name Otas Durutovic was duplicated in the author list and the second one should be replaced by the author Chu Ann Chai, and the affiliations of Ji-Wen Cheng and Chu Ann Chai are incorrect, the correct author list with correct affiliations is shown below: Guo-Hua Zeng, Wen Zhong, Giorgio Mazzon, Wei Zhu, Sven Lahme, Sanjay Khadgi, Janak Desai, Madhu Agrawal, David Schulsinger, Mantu Gupta, Emanuele Montanari, Juan Manuel Lopez Martinez, Shabir Almousawi, Vincent Emanuel F. Malonzo, Seshadri Sriprasad, Otas Durutovic, Vimoshan Arumuham, Stefania Ferretti, Wissam Kamal, Ke-Wei Xu, Fan Cheng, Xiao-Feng Gao, Ji-Wen Cheng, Bhaskar Somani, Mordechai Duvdevani, Kah Ann Git, Christian Seitz, Norberto Bernardo, Tarek Ahmed Amin Ibrahim, Albert Aquino, Takahiro Yasui, Cristian Fiori, Thomas Knoll, Athanasios Papatsoris, Nariman Gadzhiev, Ulanbek Zhanbyrbekuly, Oriol Angerri, Hugo Lopez Ramos, Iliya Saltirov, Mohamad Moussa, Guido Giusti, Fabio Vicentini, Edgar Beltran Suarez, Margaret Pearle, Glenn M. Preminger, Qing-Hui Wu, Chu Ann Chai, Khurshid Ghani, Marcus Maroccolo, Marianne Brehmer, Palle J. Osther, Marek Zawadzki, Azimdjon Tursunkulov, Monolov Nurbek Kytaibekovich, Abdusamad Abdukakhorovich Abuvohidov, Cesar Antonio Recalde Lara, Zamari Noori, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Sunil Shrestha, Jean de la Rosette, John Denstedt, Zhang-Qun Ye, Kemal Sarica & Simon Choong. The original publication has been updated. © The Author(s) 2024
Correction: International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy
No full textAfter publication of the article, it was brought to our attention that the author name Otas Durutovic was duplicated in the author list and the second one should be replaced by the author Chu Ann Chai, and the affiliations of Ji-Wen Cheng and Chu Ann Chai are incorrect, the correct author list with correct affiliations is shown below: Guo-Hua Zeng, Wen Zhong, Giorgio Mazzon, Wei Zhu, Sven Lahme, Sanjay Khadgi, Janak Desai, Madhu Agrawal, David Schulsinger, Mantu Gupta, Emanuele Montanari, Juan Manuel Lopez Martinez, Shabir Almousawi, Vincent Emanuel F. Malonzo, Seshadri Sriprasad, Otas Durutovic, Vimoshan Arumuham, Stefania Ferretti, Wissam Kamal, Ke-Wei Xu, Fan Cheng, Xiao-Feng Gao, Ji-Wen Cheng, Bhaskar Somani, Mordechai Duvdevani, Kah Ann Git, Christian Seitz, Norberto Bernardo, Tarek Ahmed Amin Ibrahim, Albert Aquino, Takahiro Yasui, Cristian Fiori, Thomas Knoll, Athanasios Papatsoris, Nariman Gadzhiev, Ulanbek Zhanbyrbekuly, Oriol Angerri, Hugo Lopez Ramos, Iliya Saltirov, Mohamad Moussa, Guido Giusti, Fabio Vicentini, Edgar Beltran Suarez, Margaret Pearle, Glenn M. Preminger, Qing-Hui Wu, Chu Ann Chai, Khurshid Ghani, Marcus Maroccolo, Marianne Brehmer, Palle J. Osther, Marek Zawadzki, Azimdjon Tursunkulov, Monolov Nurbek Kytaibekovich, Abdusamad Abdukakhorovich Abuvohidov, Cesar Antonio Recalde Lara, Zamari Noori, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Sunil Shrestha, Jean de la Rosette, John Denstedt, Zhang-Qun Ye, Kemal Sarica & Simon Choong. The original publication has been updated.</p
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