A5017242457- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics
- Video Coding and Compression Technologies
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics
- IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Rocket and propulsion systems research
- Mesenchymal stem cell research
- Usability and User Interface Design
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
China Medical University Hospital
2025
China Medical University
2025
Pingtung Hospital
2024
Ministry of Health and Welfare
2024
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
2020-2024
Kaohsiung Medical University
2020-2023
Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital
2020-2023
National Tsing Hua University
2009-2020
ORCID
2020
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2011-2012
We aimed to examine the association between metabolic syndrome and risk of kidney stone development in a large-scale community-based cohort. A total 121,579 participants enrolled Taiwan Biobank were analyzed. They divided into two groups on basis presence syndrome. The disease was defined by self-reported history stones. mean age 50 years old, stones observed 3446 (10%) 4292 (5%) with without syndrome, respectively. Higher prevalence found compared those (odds ratio (OR), 1.32; 95%...
Schwann cells (SCs) are promising candidates for cell therapy due to their ability promote peripheral nerve regeneration. However, SC-based therapies hindered by the lack of a clinically renewable source SCs. In this study, using well-defined non-genetic approach, umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem (cbMSCs), applicable type, were phenotypically, epigenetically, and functionally converted into SC-like (SCLCs) that stimulated effective sprouting neuritic processes from neuronal cells. To...
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a new approach to design, build and manage computer networks. Multicast used transmit the same video file different users. In this paper, we propose two multicast algorithms solve problem in SDN environment. Both consider balance of bandwidth utilization communication delay between source clients. Simulation results show that our can improve network successful rate requests than previous works.
Abstract Background Many approaches utilize metabolic pathway information to reconstruct the phyletic tree of fully sequenced organisms, but how networks can add original genomic annotations has remained open. Methods We translated enzyme reactions assigned in 1075 organisms into substrate-product relationships represent at a finer resolution than enzymes and compounds. Each organism was represented as vector reconstructed by simple hierarchical method. Obtained results were compared with...
Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is more prevalent in elderly populations with dementia than those without dementia. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) the most common cause of Urge UI, type UI AD patients, causes morbidity and mortality. However, it inconvenient to obtain report urodynamic study from patient diagnose urinary incontinence. Nevertheless, easier subjective or objective questionnaires patients caregivers. The data collected are used evaluate if severity associated urge other lower...
Abstract IgG4‐RD may rarely present as a retroperitoneal fibrosis, mimicking carcinomatosis. Clinicians should consider this disease when encountering an idiopathic peritoneal and fibrosis with renal involvement hydronephrosis.
Abstract An infectious disease with obstructive hydronephrosis, pyonephrosis causes suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. In such cases, retrograde ureteric stenting is considered a good choice for drainage pyonephrosis, as an alternative to percutaneous nephrostomy and nephrectomy. The complication rate minimal in compared about 4% nephrostomy.
(1) Background: The current gold standard treatment of bladder cancer is conventional transurethral resection the tumor (CTURBT) using monopolar or bipolar resectoscopes. Laser en-bloc (LERBT) could achieve a higher quality specimen, reduce perioperative complications, and decrease recurrence rate. Here, we compare efficacy safety Vela laser versus monopolar/bipolar resection; (2) Methods: A total 100 clinically cT1-2 patients with were retrospectively reviewed in this study. Among these...
We report on the development of nickel-based micro diaphragms for fluid flow modulation in aerospace applications. fabricated, assembled, and tested these a prototype mesoscale fuel injector. A combination deep reactive etching, silicon loss molding, electroplating, conventional machining techniques were applied to form injector nickel diaphragms. Modulation through was demonstrated with this diaphragm functioning as valve. The characterized measured results compared finite element analysis...
Purpose: Whether the predictive utility of prostate-specific antigen-age volume (PSA-AV) score can surpass serum total PSA, age-adjusted or PSA density (PSAD) has remained unclear based on previous reports. The aims this study were to assess value PSA-AV in a Taiwanese population. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical data patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy between 2007 2013 at our institution. ability PSAD, predict cancer was tested...
Angiosarcoma (AS) is a rare aggressive tumor originating from endothelial cells. We reported 66-year-old female with primary renal angiosarcoma (PRA) who presented as urothelial carcinoma hematuria and dysuria. Based on ureterorenoscopic biopsy, the initial diagnosis suggested low-grade non-invasive carcinoma. However, specimen retrieved nephroureterectomy confirmed of angiosarcoma. Primary could uncommonly present in pelvis. Surgical resection remains to be most effective therapy but there...
Abstract Objective High incidence of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma has been reported in South- Western area Taiwan, where arsenic water contamination was considered to be the main cause. However, there is no definite proof show correlation between and carcinoma. To investigate clinical epidemiological features patients with endemic non-endemic areas, we analyzed terms characteristics, stratified overall survival, disease-free survival cancer-specific Method The records a total...
Purpose: Metformin, an antidiabetic drug, has been proposed to play a possible protective role in cancer recurrence and patient mortality. However, the exact mechanism efficacy of metformin urothelial cancer, especially upper tract carcinoma (UTUC), remain unknown. In this study, we conducted population-based analysis investigate whether could improve survival rate patients with UTUC. Materials Methods: Males ≥40 years diagnosed UTUC were included retrospective longitudinal cohort study....
This paper presents an on-demand, multi-step synthesis scheme that is capable of forming semi-permeable microcapsules on integrated microfluidic chip. Three-layered PDMS devices with pneumatically actuated diaphragm-valves constructed specially designed fluidic-channels are utilized to realize the encapsulation process. In prototype demonstration, Na-alginate droplets metered, trapped, and then drawn into CaCl <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"...