Contents
21 May 2020
Issue 6
Demographic dividends contributed to more than one-third of the real GDP growth in Taiwan from 1970 to 2004 (Liao, 2011). However, as summarized by the 2018 popul....more
The proportion of Taiwan’s population that is aged 65 years and older increased by 30% in the past decade, from 10.21% in 2007 to 13.55% in 2017 (Ministry o....more
Functional magnetic resonance imaging identifies different brain areas sensitive to expected values in young and older adults. Imagine that a vitamin that is ....more
Language, the main medium for expressing feelings and thoughts and collecting information for skill development, decision-making, or everyday living, plays a pivo....more
Sisters or brothers are often your keenest competitors before they become your closest friends later in life. This sibling conflict, so fundamental and pervasive ....more
A neuropsychological approach
Why preclinical prediction is important
The aging population in Taiwan has grown rapidly in recent decades. As age is the most imp....more
A critical role of serine protease inhibitor B2 (SerpinB2) in senescence
Normal cells have limited proliferative capacity. They eventually enter a terminal nondi....more
There are substantial differences in cooking styles, dietary habits, food items, and nutrients in foods across geographical regions, and dietary patterns (DPs) identified in Wester....more
A facilitated networks perspective Cancer is currently regarded as one of the major illnesses worldwide. Advancements in new drugs, treatment, and technology impro....more
The Telehealth Center of National Taiwan University Hospital was established in 2009 (Figure 1). Our center provides the fourth generation of a synchronized, inte....more
The Telehealth Center of National Taiwan University Hospital, established in 2009, provides a synchronized and integrated remote management program for patients w....more
The management of chronic cardiovascular diseases, especially chronic heart failure, depends on multiple factors, including patient education, maintaining or achi....more
Professor Hsiao-Chih Sun of the Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University (NTU) has engaged in the study of ethics and life education for many years and has served as ....more
The term “Tianxia” is one of the hot topics and research concerns of social sciences and humanities circles in recent years, especially when it correl....more
Since the end of the 19th century, migration has become common for scholar-officials and ordinary people. In particular, the migration for the purpose of making a living seems to a....more
Anxiety represents “a palpable but transitory emotional state or condition characterized by feelings of tension and apprehension and heightened autonomic ne....more
The Kanakanavu people, primarily located in Dakanua and Maya
villages, Namasia district, northeastern Kaohsiung, are one of the Austronesian
groups indigenous t....more
Over the past few years, food safety has become an emerging issue due to several food safety scandals, such as the use of gutter oil (recycled oil collected from ....more
The zinc ion (Zn2+) is a common ingredient of many over-the-counter multivitamin and mineral dietary supplements. Many enzymes incorporate Zn2+ as a co-factor and participate in va....more
Ocean litter has accumulated rapidly, causing damage to local, regional and global marine ecological environments and the accompanying services they provide to hu....more
Gallium (Ga) and indium (In) are widely used in semiconductor manufacturing and the electro-optical industry, and the rapid growth of high-tech industries raises the concern that l....more
In nature, the environment of plants is highly variable. Plants have thus developed various strategies to respond to ever-changing environmental conditions, monit....more
An international collaboration research team consisting
of members from National Taiwan University (NTU) and the National Institute of
Materials Science (NIMS),....more
Modeling and simulation methods explore the physics behind a phenomenon and are often accompanied by powerful mathematics. These methods provide us with the abili....more
A single-phase semiconductor material, e.g., silicon and germanium, has intrinsic physical properties. When two semiconductor materials are joined to form “....more
Helicenes, a class of polycyclic aromatic compounds consisting of nonplanar ortho-fused aromatic rings, have attracted significant research attention owing to the....more
Currents act as rivers in the sea. Like a giant river in the western Pacific Ocean, Kuroshio is the western boundary current of the North Pacific subtropical gyre....more
Understanding the mechanisms underlying community stability is key to ecosystem conservation and management, as a fluctuating (less stable) community is vulnerabl....more
In recent decades, ultrafast optical spectroscopy has provided a fundamental understanding of carrier dynamics (such as electrons and phonons) in many emergent ma....more
Prof. Sung-Jan Lin (林頌然) from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Shih-Kuo Chen (陳示國) from the Department of Life Sciences have publish....more
The World Health Organization has predicted that
the prevalence of bronchial asthma will increase globally in forthcoming years.
Early life gut microbial dysb....more