A5067947527- Workplace Health and Well-being
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Shanxi Medical University
2025
Chi Mei Medical Center
2014-2024
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
2012-2023
Jiaxing University
2021
Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology
2019-2021
Bridge University
2021
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
2021
JW Pharmaceutical (South Korea)
2015
Huangshan University
2015
National Taiwan University
2012
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread widely around the world. Many mathematical models have been proposed to investigate inflection point (IP) and pattern of COVID-19. However, no researchers applied social network analysis (SNA) cluster their characteristics. We aimed illustrate use SNA identify clusters Cumulative numbers infected cases (CNICs) in countries/regions were downloaded from GitHub. CNIC patterns extracted based on CNICs between countries/regions. item response model (IRT) was...
Objective: To understand the occupational injury situation of front-line workers in metallurgical and shipbuilding repairing industry, explore risk factors injury. Methods: From September 2023 to March 2024, using cluster sampling method, from 2 enterprises Shaoguan Jinan City Jiangmen Shenzhen were selected as investigation objects. 6248 questionnaires distributed collected, 6178 effective questionnaires, with a recovery rate 98.88%. The basic information, living habits, working system,...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of sesame oil on oxidative stress-associated renal injury induced by lipopolysaccharide in rats. The effects injury, stress, hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion, nitric oxide, and proinflammatory cytokines were assessed after a challenge. Sesame attenuated lipopolysaccharide-induced decreased lipid peroxidation, increased activities dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, reduced radical generation oxide production, had no anion...
12 h rotating shifts are common in high‐tech industries Taiwan. The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the effect disruption circadian rhythms by shift schedule on menstrual cycle length (MCL) and regularity female workers at an optoelectronic company We recruited females who worked a clean room environment as shift‐work group office normal business hours comparison group. Every participant recorded their MCL for each menstruation up eight consecutive months prospectively...
Diabetes mellitus is the most common chronic disease in world, and a wide range of drugs, including Chinese herbs, have been evaluated for treatment associated metabolic disorders. This study investigated potential hypoglycemic renoprotective effects an extract from solid-state fermented mycelium Cordyceps sinensis (CS). We employed KK/HIJ diabetic mouse model, which mice were provided with high-fat diet 8 weeks to induce hyperglycemia, followed by administration CS or rosiglitazone 4...
Abstract Background: Many authors are concerned which types of peer-review articles can be cited most in academics and who were the highest-cited a scientific discipline. The prerequisites determined by: (1) classifying article types; (2) quantifying co-author contributions. We aimed to apply Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) with social network analysis (SNA) an authorship-weighted scheme (AWS) meet above then demonstrate applications for scholars. Methods: By searching PubMed database...
A higher prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) was observed among clean room workers than others in our previous study 2001. We implemented intervention programs for reducing UTI and evaluated their effects 2 years later.We conducted an four factories the industrial park where recruited participants from women who received annual health examinations at clinic park. The included education during new employee orientation seasonal on-the-job training. also other measures, including...
Objectives: Gadolinium-based contrast media (Gd-CM) are reported to induce acute kidney injury (AKI) in a high-risk population group at the usual dose for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and angiography (MRA) examinations. We assessed gadolinium-induced nephropathy patients with renal impairment who underwent MRI or MRA examinations, evaluated risk factors. Materials methods: In this retrospective study, 238 baseline impairment, received examinations Gd-CM, were recruited. After all other...
Evaluating geriatric patients with fever is time-consuming and challenging. We investigated independent mortality predictors of developed a prediction rule for emergency care, critical care physicians to classify into risk disposition groups.Consecutive (≥65 years old) visiting the department (ED) university-affiliated medical center between June 1 July 21, 2010, were enrolled when they met criteria fever: tympanic temperature ≥37.2°C or baseline elevated ≥1.3°C. Thirty-day was primary...
Geriatric patients have high mortality for dengue fever (DF); however, there is no adequate method to predict in geriatric patients. Therefore, we conducted this study develop a tool an attempt address issue. We retrospective case–control tertiary medical center during the DF outbreak Taiwan 2015. All (aged ≥65 years) who visited hospital between September 1, 2015, and December 31, were recruited into study. Variables included demographic data, vital signs, symptoms comorbidities, living...
Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Taiwan since 1982. Physicians have many health-related risk factors which may contribute to cancer, such as rotating night shift, radiation, poor lifestyle, and higher exposure infection potential carcinogenic drugs. However, cancer physicians is not clear. In Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we identified 14,889 study cohort randomly selected 29,778 nonmedical staff patients comparison for this national population-based...
Hyperglycemic crises without a history of diabetes have not been well studied. We compared the clinical characteristics patients with and diabetes, evaluated glycated hemoglobin levels.Consecutive adult (aged >18 years) visiting emergency department (ED) between January 2004 December 2010 were enrolled if they met criteria for hyperglycemic crisis. Patients separated into those diabetes. The 30-day mortality was primary end-point.We 295 who made 330 visits to ED. up 24.5% (81/330) crises....
This study is a retrospective, nationwide, matched cohort to investigate the risk of band keratopathy following end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The included 94,039 ESRD on-dialysis patients identified by International Classification Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), code 585 and registered between January 2000 December 2009 at Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. An age- sex-matched control group comprised selected from Longitudinal Database 2000....
Higher Prevalence of Dry Symptoms in Skin, Eyes, Nose and Throat among Workers Clean Rooms with Moderate Humidity: Shih‐Bin S u , et al . Department Environmental Occupational Health, College Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Objective To determine whether working under relative humidity (RH) around 55 ± 5% may lead to dry symptoms workers tropical regions. Methods We recruited 3,154 Taiwanese who had no history skin diseases compared between clean room (RH 5%) other 65 5%)....
Abstract Background For hospital accreditation and health promotion reasons, we examined whether the 22-item Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) could be applied to evaluate job strain of individual employees determine number factors extracted from JCQ. Additionally, developed an Excel module self-evaluation diagnostic system for consultation with experts. Methods To develop Excel-based experts make assessment easier quicker than ever, Rasch rating scale model was used analyze data 1,644 who...
Acute anticholinesterase pesticide (organophosphate and carbamate) poisoning (ACPP) often produces severe complications, sometimes death. We investigated the long-term mortality of patients with ACPP because it is not sufficiently understood. In this retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study, 818 16,360 healthy comparisons from 1999 to 2010 were selected Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. They followed until 2011. Ninety-four (11.5%) 793 (4.9%) died (P < 0.01)...
Physicians in Taiwan have long working hours and are at risk for inappropriate posture when handling patients, which may contribute to lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (L-HIVD). This study was conducted delineate this issue, is still unknown. nationwide population-based cohort based on National Health Insurance Research Database. We identified 25,428 physicians, 32,316 nonphysician health care professionals (HCPs), an identical number of age- sex-matched individuals from the general...
Aim The geriatric population (aged ≥65 years) accounts for 12–24% of all emergency department ( ED ) visits. Of them, 10% have a fever, 70–90% will be admitted and 7–10% die within month. Therefore, mortality prediction appropriate disposition after treatment are great concern patients with fever. We tried to identify independent predictors combine these predict their mortality. Methods enrolled consecutive visiting the between 1 J une 21 uly 2010 following criteria fever: tympanic...