Healthcare utilization and costs for patients with Parkinson’s disease in Taiwan by Kuan-Chen Chen, Li-Jung Elizabeth Ku, Ya-Hui Hu, Yu Sun, Alexis Elbaz, Pei-Chen Lee

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Impacts of Pta-AckA pathway on CPS biosynthesis and type 3 fimbriae expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Tien-Huang Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Chien-Chen Wu, Ching-Ting Lin

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Novel protein-based prognostic signature linked to immunotherapeutic efficiency in ovarian cancer by Shuo-Fu Chen, Liang-Yun Wang, Yi-Sian Lin, Cho-Yi Chen

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Decreasing hepatitis B seroprevalence in pregnant women in Taiwan between 2016 and 2021: a claim-based cohort study by Li-Nien Chien, Juan C. Vargas-Zambrano, Meng-Yun Ku

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Engineered Perfluorochemical Cancer-Derived Exosomes Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin Provide Targeted Photochemotherapy for Effective Cancer Treatment by Lee YH, Huang CY

“…Yu-Hsiang Lee,1– 3 Cheng-You Huang1 1Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China; 2Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China; 3Department of Medical Research, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yu-Hsiang Lee, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Road, Taoyuan City, 320317, Taiwan, Republic of China, Tel +886-3-422-7151 Ext# 27755, Fax +886-3-280-4627, Email yuhsianl@ncu.edu.twBackground: Cancer treatments are still limited by various challenges, such as off-target drug delivery, posttreatment inflammation, and the hypoxic conditions in the tumor microenvironment; thus, the development of effective therapeutics remains highly desirable. …”
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Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: a study in a large clinical sample of patients using a novel automated method by Robert Stewart, Hitesh Shetty, Matthew Broadbent, Angus Roberts, Rashmi Patel, Philip McGuire, Richard D Hayes, Nishamali Jayatilleke, Genevieve Gorrell, Chin-Kuo Chang, Richard Jackson, Nadia Foskett, Caroline Johnston

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A sub-fossil coral Sr∕Ca record documents northward shifts of the Tropical Convergence Zone in the eastern Indian Ocean by M. Pfeiffer, H. Takayanagi, H. Takayanagi, L. Reuning, T. K. Watanabe, T. K. Watanabe, S. Ito, D. Garbe-Schönberg, T. Watanabe, T. Watanabe, T. Watanabe, C.-C. Wu, C.-C. Shen, C.-C. Shen, J. Zinke, G.-J. A. Brummer, S. Y. Cahyarini

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Patterns of pharmacological treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF Registry Phase III by Bernadette Corica, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Giuseppe Boriani, Brian Olshansky, Tze-Fan Chao, Menno V. Huisman, Marco Proietti, Gregory Y. H. Lip, on behalf of the GLORIA-AF Investigators

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Multi-UE 5G RAN Measurements: A Gamut of Architectural Options by Andreas Ingo Grohmann, Mauri Seidel, Sebastian A. W. Itting, Ray-Guang Cheng, Martin Reisslein, Frank H. P. Fitzek

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Use of Machine Learning to Predict the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Among Relatively Healthy Adults: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study in Taiwan by Ying-Qiang Liu, Tzu-Wei Chang, Lung-Chun Lee, Chia-Yu Chen, Pi-Shan Hsu, Yu-Tse Tsan, Chao-Tung Yang, Wei-Min Chu

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Characteristics and Source-specific Health Risks of Ambient PM2.5-bound PAHs in an Urban City of Northern Taiwan by Yu-Chieh Ting, Chun-Hung Ku, Yu-Xuan Zou, Kai-Hsien Chi, Jhy-Charm Soo, Chin-Yu Hsu, Yu-Cheng Chen

“…Daily PM2.5 samples (n = 119) were collected every three days from 2016 to 2017 in Taipei city, Taiwan. Fifteen PAHs in PM2.5 were analyzed via gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS-MS). …”
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Sacral neuromodulation outcomes in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients by Tyler Trump, Po-Ming Chow, Vivian Hua, Omer Anis, Mazen Mansour, Howard B. Goldman

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Environmental PM2.5 Exposure: An Ignored Factor Associated with Blood Cadmium Level in Hemodialysis Patients by Hsu CW, Chan MJ, Weng CH, Tsai TY, Yen TH, Huang WH

“…Ching-Wei Hsu,1,2 Ming-Jen Chan,1,2 Cheng-Hao Weng,1,2 Tsung-Yu Tsai,1,2 Tzung-Hai Yen,1,2 Wen-Hung Huang1,2 1Department of Nephrology and Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China; 2Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Wen-Hung Huang, Department of Nephrology and Clinical Poison Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199, Tung-Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Tel +886-3-3281200-8181, Fax +886-3-3288662, Email williammedia@gmail.comBackground: The negative impacts of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5) are well known. …”
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Comprehensive Modular Synthesis of Ganglioside Glycans and Evaluation of their Binding Affinities to Siglec‐7 and Siglec‐9 by Avijit K. Adak, Hsin‐Kai Tseng, Shu‐Yen Chang, Yu‐Ching Chiang, Ke‐Hong Lyu, Yun‐Sheng Lee, Wen Lu, Wen‐Hua Kuo, Takashi Angata, Chun‐Cheng Lin

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Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PAHs in PM2.5 via Local Emissions and Long-Range Transport during Winter by Shahzada Amani Room, Chia En Lin, Shih Yu Pan, Ta Chih Hsiao, Charles C.-K. Chou, Kai Hsien Chi

“…Abstract Our study covers the chemical characteristics and health risks of PM2.5 from 2019–2020 at National Taiwan University and City Tunnel in Taipei, Taiwan. Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) was used to quantify the potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). …”
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Physical symptoms distress and demoralization among haemodialysis patients; the mediating effect of spirituality and self-compassion. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey by Chia-Hui Lin, Yi-Chien Chiang, Wen-Yi Li, Tsung-Lan Chu, Ya-Chu Hsiao

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Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among people living with HIV in a medical center of Northern Taiwan by Chien-An Tu, Chien-Feng Kuo, Chun-Ming Lee, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng, Tseng-Yu Huang, Chih-Chen Lin, Hsun Chang, Winter Yu-Ning Lee, Fang-Ju Sun, Zu-Yi Sun, Pei-Ching Lian, Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu

“…A cross-sectional study involving all people living with HIV (PLWH) aged ≥ 18 years who visited MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan between September 7, 2022 to January 31, 2023 was performed. …”
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Clinical outcomes after immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury: a cohort study by Vin-Cent Wu, Ting-Ya Yang, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Hong-Min Lin, Heng-Chih Pan, Yun Chou, Jui-Yi Chen

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Progressive Bounded Error Piecewise Linear Approximation with Resolution Reduction for Time Series Data Compression by Jeng-Wei Lin, Shih-wei Liao, Yu-Hung Tsai, Ching-Che Huang

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Assessment of point-of-care quantitative serum canine pancreatic lipase testing for diagnosing acute pancreatitis in dogs by Pin-Chen Liu, Pin-Chen Liu, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Tsia-Lu Lin, Chi-Hsuan Sung, Tsun-Li Cheng, Chi-Chung Chou, Chi-Chung Chou

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