13 results for "Li-Feng Lin"
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Factors influencing Taiwanese demand to travel abroad
Purpose – The present study analyzes how economic factors and online searching behavior influence the demand for international tourism and how to improve the relevance and prognostics between the active searching behavior and the tourism industry. Design – The study includes a tourist demand…
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Carborane Polypeptide Derivatives for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
The design and application of carborane polypeptide derivatives have attracted more and more attention, especially as boron carrier in the treatment of malignant tumors(BNCT). BNCT uses 10B to react with neutron capture, releasing alpha particles that kill tumor cells. As a binary targeted therapy…
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Sporoderm-broken spore powder of Ganoderma lucidum ameliorate obesity and inflammation process in high-fat diet-induced obese mice
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory effects of sporoderm-broken spore powder of Ganoderma lucidum (SSPL) against obese mice fed with a high-fat diet. METHODS: Four groups of C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned to the following diets: control diet (CD); high-fat…
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The Acute Toxicity and Pharmacokinetics of the BSH
In this study, the acute toxicity of BSH was studied at doses of 210, 300, 430, 614 mg/kg, and the LD50 was calculated at 381.94 mg/kg. A three-compartment model system was used to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of the BSH, and the pharmacokinetic parameters, such as t1/2，Vd, AUC, CL of BSH were…
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Wireless Sensor Networks for Vital Signs Monitoring: Application in a Nursing Home
This study evaluated the application of a wireless sensor network (WSN) on a web-based vital signs monitoring system to nursing homes in Taiwan. The applicability assessment focused on the timely provision of information, information accuracy, system usability, and system accessibility of…
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Cross-sectional study on prevalence and risk factors for falls among the elderly in communities of Guangdong province, China
Objective This study aims to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of falls among the elderly in Guangdong, China.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in six communities of Guangdong province. People over 60 years old were selected with multistage random-cluster sampling. Data on…
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Age-standardized mortality, disability-adjusted life-years and healthy life expectancy in different cultural regions of Guangdong, China: a population-based study of 2005–2015
Abstract Background Guangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions, particularly because different population,environmental and socioeconomic risk factors might cause different patterns of…
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Trends of injury mortality during the COVID-19 period in Guangdong, China: a population-based retrospective analysis
Objective We aimed to ascertain the trends of injury mortality during the COVID-19 period in southern China.Methods We conducted a population-based retrospective analysis to compare the mortality changes of all-cause injury and transport injuries, poisoning, falls, fire/heat/hot substances…
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Trimerization of 1,2‐Diaminocyclohexane Catalyzed by a Metal–Organic Cage Tandem Catalyst with Dual Biomimetic Active Sites
Abstract Cascade reactions that form multiple chemical bonds in one synthetic step are important for the synthesis of complex molecules. Molecular catalysts for cascade reactions generally require two or more catalytic centers, yet anchoring distinct catalytic centers onto a single molecular…
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Effects of long-term PM 2.5 exposure on metabolic syndrome among adults and elderly in Guangdong, China
Abstract Background We aimed to explore the association between long-term exposure to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components including fasting blood glucose (FBG), blood pressure, triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) and waist…
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Hidden diversity and potential ecological function of phosphorus acquisition genes in widespread terrestrial bacteriophages
Phosphorus (P) limitation of ecosystem processes is widespread in terrestrial habitats. While a few auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) in bacteriophages from aquatic habitats are reported to have the potential to enhance P-acquisition ability of their hosts, little is known about the diversity and…
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Association between chronic respiratory diseases and the attributable risk of long-term exposure to atmospheric particulate matters among middle-aged and elderly Chinese population
Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) mainly consist of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and chronic bronchitis. The attributable risks of CRDs associated with long-term exposure to ambient particulate matters (PMs, aerodynamic diameter ≤1, 2.5 and 10 µm: PM 1 , PM 2.5 and PM 10 )…
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Long-term associations of PM1 versus PM2.5 and PM10 with asthma and asthma-related respiratory symptoms in the middle-aged and elderly population
Background Few studies have compared the associations between long-term exposures to particulate matters (aerodynamic diameter ≤1, ≤2.5 and ≤10 µm: PM1, PM2.5 and PM10, respectively) and asthma and asthma-related respiratory symptoms. The objective of the present study was to compare the strength…