National Sun Yat-Sen University Research Articles

Going to Taiwan in Fraught Times: Affordability, Learning Productivity, and Positive Student Experiences

This study adopted a participant observation method and reflected on planning and operating a nine-week nine-credit Taiwanese culture and Mandarin study abroad program. The program ran successfully in the face of surging COVID-19 cases in Kaohsiung and increased political tension associated with Nancy Pelosi’s visit in Taiwan during the summer of 2022. This program resulted from a new international partnership between West Virginia University (WVU) in the United States and National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan (NSYSU) through the Taiwan’s Huayu Bilingual Exchanges of Selected Talent (BEST) initiative funded by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education in 2021. This paper discusses how the administrative and pedagogical collaboration between WVU and NSYSU has made the study abroad programs affordable and accessible for students and productive for WVU student and faculty participants alike. The primary objective of the paper is twofold. First, the faculty lead’s experience is shared to offer insights for higher education institutions in the U.S. and Taiwan interested in taking part in BEST or other grant-funded programs as they evaluate their options for developing study abroad programs. Second, administrators and faculty who have completed their study abroad programs can reflect on the feedback from both students and the faculty lead in the study as they assess their programs.

Marine Industry Promotion Strategy Study

There is a keen focus in Taiwan on the country's Blue Economy and establishing and developing ocean sustainability and, alongside this, promoting economic growth, jobs and livelihoods. Ching-Hui Chen, Pei-Chi Chu, Hsuan-Wen Chen and Shin-Yi Lin are industry researchers of the Metal Industry Research and Development Centre (MIRDC), an agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and are collaborating with Professor Shih-Ming Kao of National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) and Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) to help develop the local marine industry. The team is working to establish an assessment and guidance mechanism for local governments that will push forward marine development. This involves far-reaching collaboration to improve understanding of the current status of the 19 coastal counties and cities in Taiwan, each of which has its own different marine resources and characteristics, and identifying potential areas for development and bottlenecks. The researchers are building inventories of local marine industries using the PEST (politics, economy, society and technology) overall environmental model. They are using different data, including relevant procurement bids from the past decade and organised five marine industry focus symposiums to which representatives from industry, government, and academia were invited to discuss and identify the developmental needs and directions of local marine industries.

Chinese universities’ experience of social education, 1912–1949

During the Republican era, when China faced internal and external difficulties and was impoverished, social education was considered crucial to revive and strengthen the country. After social education was introduced to China from the West, many universities participated in social education and became the main promoters and implementers of social education, giving it localized characteristics. Thus far, there remains a void in the social education of Chinese universities in the English-speaking world. The present study explores the historical motivations for universities in the Republic of China (ROC) to join the wave of social education development from 1912 to 1949. Herein, Yenching University, Jiangsu Provincial College of Education, National Sun Yat-Sen University, and National North-West United University were selected for case studies to demonstrate the methods and achievements of social work, literacy, political, and life education through the establishment of rural experimental areas. The “university experimental area” model of education created by universities differs from other models and reflects a close relationship between the university and the state and society. This model makes up for the shortage of foreignization, aristocracy, and urbanization of school education within the specific time and space. Moreover, the model enriches the connotation of “ education throughout society”. In addition, the social education experiences of universities in ROC provide a valuable solution for exploring rural education, rural renewal, social construction, and national governance. Furthermore, it is one of the historical preludes of China’s rural revitalization strategy in the new era as well as a practical reference for countries in the world with similar problems.

Who Makes the Fall Happen? A Study of Two National Taiwanese Universities’ Experiences of Removing Statues of Chiang Kai-shek

Addressing contentious historical figures’ statues and heritages is an issue that perplexes many countries and generates polarised social debates. Taiwanese society has also had a long debate on how to appropriately handle statues of the country’s former leader, Chiang Kai-shek. What has become known as “fallism” has been quite prevalent worldwide in recent years. Several studies have attempted to delineate this trend in South Africa, Belgium, the UK, and Taiwan under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rule after 2016. However, no study thus far has focused on who truly makes the fall happen. In this study, the authors examine two Taiwanese cases—National Chengchi University and National Sun Yat-sen University, located in the north and south of Taiwan respectively—and explore these two universities’ experiences of decision-making with regard to the removal of Chiang’s statues. To do so, we examine both quantitative and qualitative data collected through participatory observation and voting results. This study aims to answer the fundamental question of who actually makes the statues fall. The findings of this study enrich the discussion of fallism in the current literature.

Who would (not) use all-gender toilets… and why? A study on university students in Taiwan

The installation of—and the debates surrounding—all-gender toilets (AGTs) are growing worldwide, but few empirical studies exist regarding the attitudes and behaviors of prospective AGT users. This paper fills the research gap by using a multi-methods approach to investigate how prospective users perceive and use AGTs at National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Through a survey of 729 university students and a two-week-long on-site observation, the study provides substantive evidence regarding AGTs users. The survey shows that the majority of both male and female respondents endorsed and would actually use AGTs. The presumed opposition to AGTs by mainstream users might have been overestimated. On average, only 9.23% of the respondents disagreed with the installation of AGTs, and only 7.37% never used the AGT next to their classroom. Female students were less likely to endorse and to use AGTs, and were more concerned about privacy, safety and hygiene issues in AGTs. On the other hand, some women would endorse the installation of AGTs even if they don’t personally use them. Societies may be able to accommodate these diverse users by allowing for the coexistence of all-gender and gender-segregated toilets. This research contributes to existing gender and toilet literature by providing a cross-examined assessment of prospective respondents’ attitudes and behaviors vis-à-vis the AGTs in an actual AGT setting instead of a hypothetical scenario. We encourage future research to target a more diversified pool of respondents to explore the myriad factors associated with mainstream users’ attitudes toward and use of AGTs. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2021.1987198 .

MIS faculty collaboration in research and journal publication

PurposeThis study applies D3.js and social network analysis (SNA) to examine the impact of collaboration patterns, research productivity patterns and publication patterns on the Ministry of Education (MOE) evaluation policies across all Management Information Systems (MIS) departments in Taiwan.Design/methodology/approachThis study first retrieved data from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST) website from 1982 to 2015, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) website, the Web of Science (WOS) website and Google Scholar. Then it applied power-law degree distribution, cumulative distribution function, weighted contribution score, exponential weighted moving average and network centrality score to visualize the MIS collaborations and research patterns.FindingsThe analysis concluded that most MIS professors focused primarily on SCIE-/SSCI-/TSSCI-/core indexed journals after 2005. Professors from public universities were drawn to collaboration and publishing in high-quality-based journals, while professors from private universities focused more on quantity-based publications. Female professors, by contrast, have a slightly higher single-authorship publication rate in SCIE-/SSCI-/TSSCI-indexed journals than do male professors. Meanwhile, professors in northern Taiwan emphasized quantity-based journal publications, while a focus on quality was more typical in the south. Furthermore, National Cheng Kung University has the most single-authorship or intrauniversity publications in SCIE-/SSCI-/TSSCI-/core journals, and National Sun Yat-Sen University published more SSCI-indexed articles than SCIE-indexed articles. All of these findings show that there is an explicit relation between MOE evaluation policies and MIS faculty members' collaboration/publication strategies.Originality/valueThe above findings explain how MOE evaluation policies affected MIS faculty members' collaboration and publication strategies in Taiwan, and the authors hope that such findings can constitute a resource for understanding and characterizing networking with MIS departments in Taiwan.

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Preface

The 2020 International Symposium on Energy Environment and Green Development (EEGD 2020) was held in Chongqing, China in its first year during November 20-22, 2020. The conference aims to promote an exchange of recent and advanced information among scientists and engineers in the wide field of “energy”, “environment” and “green development”. The forum also aims particularly at promoting communication and collaboration between fundamental researchers and those engaged in the development of practical technology in respective areas of energy and environment.We were greatly honor to have invited Prof. Hui-Mi Hsu from National Dong-Hwa University and Prof. Bang-Fuh Chen from National Sun Yat-sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China to serve as our Conference Chairman. A total of 100 people attended the conference, including three keynote speakers and eight scholars to share academic reports.The conference model was divided into two sessions, including oral presentations and keynote speeches. In the first part, some scholars, whose submissions were selected as the excellent papers, were given 15 minutes to perform their oral presentations one by one. Then in the second part, keynote speakers were each allocated 30-45 minutes to hold their speeches. In the keynote presentations part, our beloved Conference Chair, Prof. Hui-Mi Hsu, presented his latest research: Study on Permeability and Micro-structures of Non-cement Blended Composites. His study aimed to conduct in the mixture of non-cement blended materials using the combination of CFB co-fired fly ash and ground-granulated blast furnace slag without alkali activator. The effect of water/binder ratio, fly ash content and slag content on mechanical properties and microstructures has investigated. The second keynote speaker, Prof. Henry Hu, from University of Windsor. His research area: Environmentally friendly Lightweight Automotive Materials. Assoc. Prof. Zawawi Bin Daud, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, as our finale keynote speakers, presented his speech: Municipal Solid Waste Management in Malaysia. On his speech, he discussed finding a sustainable method for leachate treatment has always been a priority for landfill managers in order to safely discharge treated leachate into the water bodies without endangering the environment.The conference provided a forum for discussing Energy Environment and Green Development and in particular for promoting the interchange of novel ideas and the presentations of the latest developments in this field. This conference will also provide an ideal environment to develop new collaborations and meet experts on the fundamentals, applications, and products of the mentioned fields.EEGD 2020 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Energy Environment and Green Development to a common forum. Therefore, we compiled a lot of excellent papers featuring the latest advanced studies on the following topics: Energy Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Green Development and other related topics. All the papers have been through rigorous review and process to meet the requirements of International publication standard.We would like to acknowledge all of those who have supported EEGD 2020. Each individual and institutional help were very important for the success of this conference. Especially we would like to thank the organizing committee for their valuable advices in the organization and helpful peer review of the papers.The Organizing Committee of EEGD 2020List of Committee members are available in this pdf.

(Invited) UV and Gate Stress Induced Defects in Amorphous Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide Thin Film Transistors and Self-Repair

In spite of its high field effect mobility, the a-IGZO TFT’s instability induced by the light illumination and the gate voltage (Vg ) stress is a crucial concern in many electrical and optical applications [1-4]. The wavelength of the illumination light affects the subthreshold swing (S) and threshold voltage (Vth ) [5,6]. In this paper, authors study the defects generation and self-repair phenomena in the a-IGZO TFT under the UV illumination and gate bias stress condition.The inverted, staggered, tri-layer a-IGZO TFT was fabricated on a glass substrate, as shown in Figure 1. The SiOx gate dielectric layer was deposited by PECVD. The 50 nm-thick a-IGZO semiconductor layer was sputtered deposited from an In2O3:Ga2O3:ZnO (1:1:1 mole ratio) target at room temperature. The etch stopper (ES) layer was composed of SiOx (200 nm-thick)/AlOx (20 nm-thick). The source and drain electrodes were made of the Ti/Al/Ti stack. The passivation layer was made of PECVD SiOx (100 nm-thick)/SiNx (100 nm-thick).The a-IGZO TFT was stressed under UV (λ = 395 nm, 0.3 mW cm−2) for 30 min, i.e., UVS (no Vg bias), PBUVS (Vg = 20V, Vd = 0V), or NBUVS (Vg = -20V, Vd = 0V) for 30 minutes at room temperature. Then, the TFT was stored in dark at room temperature or heated to 200°C, followed by measurement of transfer characteristics at V DS = 0.1 V periodically. Figure 2 shows curves of DS vs. relaxation time, i.e., time after releasing the stress condition, at room temperature. Without gate bias, the DS drop was large at the beginning and small later on, i.e., 92% vs. 4%. For the PBUVS stressed TFT, the DS vs. time curve overlaps with that of the UVS stressed TFT. Therefore, defects on the gate dielectric interface were of two types, i.e., quickly or slowly self-repaired. For the NBUVS stressed TFT, defects were recovered in three stages. In the first 5 minutes, they were reduced by 59%. In the next 330 minutes, they were slightly reduced. After 200 hr, they were completely removed. Although at the beginning, the DS of the NBUVS TFT was smaller than that of the UVS or PBUVS TFT, the defect recovery rate of the former was much slower than that of the latter. Separately, the DS vs. relaxation time curve was measured at 200°C. For the UVS or PBUVS stressed TFTs, the S was restored to the original, unstressed value in less than 5 minutes. However, for the NBUVS stressed TFT, the restoring of S progressed in two stages from different mechanisms.The UV illumination caused the negative shift of the V th and increase of S. Defects were created and saturated at the gate dielectric interface as well as in the bulk a-IGZO layer within a short period of UV exposure. The addition of the positive Vg did not affect the mechanism of the defect-generation. Majority of these defects were loosely trapped and could be self-repaired after being stored shortly in dark at room temperature. Defects generated by the NBUVS were difficult to self-repair. At 200°C, all defects were removed in a short period of time.In summary, under the UV illumination condition, the polarity of the bias Vg determines the type of defects generated in the TFT. More detailed discussions on mechanisms of defects generation and repair will be presented. This study provides important information on the reliability the a-IGZO TFT, which is critical to real world applications. Authors acknowledge Prof. Ting-chang Chang, Department of Physics of National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, for providing samples. Jingxin Jiang thanks the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Liaoning Province (project No. 201601156), National Natural Science Foundation of China (project No. 6187011861), and China Scholarship Council for proving financial support for her visit to Thin Film Nano and Microelectronics Laboratory, Texas A&M University through the Postdoctoral Research Program.[1] H. Oh, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 183502 (2010).[2] J. Jiang, et al., Appl. Phys. Express 7, 114103 (2014).[3] H. Lu, et al., IEEE J. Electron Devices Soc. 5, 504 (2017).[4] T. C. Fung, et al., J. Inf. Display 9, 21 (2008).[5] X. Huang, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 243505 (2012).[6] T. Chen, et al., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 42LT02 (2017). Figure 1

Preface

The 2019 International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2019) was held successfully in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, from July 1st - 4th, 2019. It was organized by I-Shou University, co-organized by National Sun Yat-Sen University, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, and Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology. The technical program comprised one plenary session with 2 keynote speeches, seven parallel sessions including 22 invited speeches and 37 regular oral presentations, and 23 poster presentations.ACEER 2019 aimed to provide a high-level international forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances, new techniques and applications in the field of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Ecological Engineering. This conference has attracted around 120 participants from 15 countries and areas. The subjects of the conference included many disciplines or inter disciplines of civil engineering, ecology and environment.This volume records the proceedings of ACEER 2019 and contains 45 rigorously selected manuscripts submitted to the ACEER 2019 conference. All the manuscripts were selected depending on their quality and relevance to the conference.The Organizing Committee would like to thank all the authors who contributed to ACEER 2019 and also the reviewers who provided their valuable comments and suggestions.The 2020 International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research is scheduled to be held in Beijing. Everybody is welcome to submit papers to and attend ACEER 2020! More information will be available at the conference website: www.aceerconf.org.EditorDr. Chih-Huang WengProfessor, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2019 International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanical and Manufacturing (AMMM 2019)

PrefaceWe are very pleased to introduce the proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanical, and Manufacturing (AMMM 2019), it took place in Beijing, China from March 22-24, 2019. The Conference provided a setting for discussing recent developments in a wide variety of topics including Material Structure Design, Liquid Mechanics and Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing etc.The Conference has been an excellent opportunity for participants coming from many countries to present and discuss their topics in their respective research areas. A major conference theme was related to Material Structure Design and Performance Analysis; this session also included papers on, material properties measurement and mathematical predictions of inspection performance through modeling. A second session was devoted to the theme of Liquid Mechanics and Thermal Engineering; the third session was concerned with Intelligent Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology, the Fourth session was involved with Mechatronics, after that the fifth session in Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing, finally the Sixth session Industrial Machinery Design and Key Technologies. In the event, the conference was highly successful. The 50 presented papers maintained the high promise suggested by the written abstracts and the programme was chaired in a professional and efficient way by the session chairmen who were selected for their international standing in the subject. The delegates, was also highly gratifying, showing the high level of international interest in the matter. This is also indicated by a large number of countries, represented by the delegates.We would like to thank all participants for their contributions to the Conference program and for their contributions to these Proceedings. Many thanks go as well to the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, for their support, which allowed all foreign participants to feel more at home, and especially, the opening remark from the Dean gave a warm welcome to all the participants. Our special thanks go to our Conference Committees for their devoted assistance in the overall organization of the conference. It is our pleasant duty to acknowledge the support from the Beihang University, Beijing, China; technically support from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan and the University of Alberta, Canada.We are looking forward to the next International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanical and Manufacturing. We hope that it will be interesting and enjoying at least as all of its predecessors.Conference Chair: Prof. Lang LihuiApril 3, 2019

International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research and Application

Preface to ICOMERA 2018The International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research and Application (ICOMERA 2018) is organized and hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, and co-organized by Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and National Sun Yat Sen University of Taiwan which aims to exchange ideas, knowledge, and expertise in various fields such as materials, design, energy conversion, manufacturing, and industrial engineering. On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research and Application in 2018 (ICOMERA 2018), we would like to express our gratitude and welcome all ICOMERA 2108 delegates to Malang, a city with a cool atmosphere. The event was held in Malang, Indonesia, in October 23-25, 2018.The scientific papers published in the proceeding have been revised and approved by the Scientific Committee of The International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research and Application (ICOMERA 2018). In this international conference, there are various full papers submitted from various regions. All articles have clear and concise presentation of the advanced research in mechanical engineering. The topics of the conference were: 1. Materials, 2. Energy Conservation, 3. Manufacturing, and 4. Design and Industrial Engineering.Special gratitude for all committee, reviewers, keynote speakers, and the rector of Universitas Brawijaya as well as the Dean of Faculty of Engineering for all their hard work, support and encouragement. We do hope this international conference will sustainably be hosted and develop the society continuously.Agung Sugeng Widodo, Ph.D.The Chairman of ICOMERA 2018List of Photographs from ICOMERA 2018 are available in this pdf.

First record of the snowflake-patched morayGymnothorax niphostigmusChen, Shao, & Chen, 1996 (Anguilliformes; Muraenidae) in Vietnam and its validity confirmed by DNA barcoding

Journal of Applied IchthyologyVolume 34, Issue 3 p. 687-690 SHORT COMMUNICATION First record of the snowflake-patched moray Gymnothorax niphostigmus Chen, Shao, & Chen, 1996 (Anguilliformes; Muraenidae) in Vietnam and its validity confirmed by DNA barcoding W.-C. Huang, W.-C. Huang orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-8188 Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSearch for more papers by this authorV. Q. Nguyen, Corresponding Author V. Q. Nguyen fishhio@gmail.com orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-124X Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Correspondence Te-Yu Liao, Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. and Van Quan Nguyen, Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Emails: swp0117@gmail.com, tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw; fishhio@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorT.-Y. Liao, Corresponding Author T.-Y. Liao swp0117@gmail.com tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-200X Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Correspondence Te-Yu Liao, Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. and Van Quan Nguyen, Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Emails: swp0117@gmail.com, tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw; fishhio@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this author W.-C. Huang, W.-C. Huang orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-8188 Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSearch for more papers by this authorV. Q. Nguyen, Corresponding Author V. Q. Nguyen fishhio@gmail.com orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-124X Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Correspondence Te-Yu Liao, Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. and Van Quan Nguyen, Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Emails: swp0117@gmail.com, tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw; fishhio@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorT.-Y. Liao, Corresponding Author T.-Y. Liao swp0117@gmail.com tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-200X Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Correspondence Te-Yu Liao, Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. and Van Quan Nguyen, Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Emails: swp0117@gmail.com, tyliao@mail.nsysu.edu.tw; fishhio@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13684Citations: 2Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume34, Issue3June 2018Pages 687-690 RelatedInformation

Thomas Dekker Revealed in the Henslowe–Alleyn Papers

In current scholarship the obscurity of the early years of Thomas Dekker is akin to his opacity in Philip Henslowe's Diary, which awaits full analytical interpretation. While the Diary usefully tells us about Henslowe's theatre business, it also imparts interwoven stories about many playwrights whose works are being rigorously tested in today's theatres. In this essay Chi-fang Sophia Li offers a theatre-based critique of the early life of Dekker, when, she argues, he quickly became a ‘fully paid-up member’ of the theatrical community. Thus his theatrical strengths, productive potential, writing interests, collaborative patterns, earning power, and working relationships with Michael Drayton, Anthony Munday, and Henry Chettle can be interpreted afresh. The Diary supplies frequent, intensive sightings of Dekker, whose biographical implications mutually inform a cultural life of Dekker's peers. This is the first attempt to elucidate in full Dekker's presence in the Henslowe–Alleyn papers alongside other historical and literary documents. Chi-fang Sophia Li is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. She has published in Shakespeare Bulletin, Notes and Queries, English Studies, New Theatre Quarterly, and in Chinese in Review of English and American Literature. She gave public lectures for the anniversaries of Shakespeare's birth and death for the Globe Theatre on tour to Taiwan in 2014 and for the Shakespeare Exhibition in 2015 for the National Museum of Taiwan Literature and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-1 Beta from THP-1 Cells Infected with Candida parapsilosis

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Granduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Corresponding author: Jeng-Hsien Yen, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Zih-yen 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. E-mail: jehsye@kmu.edu.tw

In-vitro study: Immunomodulatory and cytotoxicity effects of ethanolic leave extracts of Aegle marmelos and Ficus benghalensis

Winnyfred Crossia, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Krishnan Muthukumar, Thanamegam Kaviarasan, Thiyagarajan Thirunalasundari, Rathinam Arthur James Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, No.100, Shin-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, No. 70, Lienhai Road, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India Journal of Coastal Life Medicine 2016; 4(3): 217-224

Frequency Modulation and Device Repaired by Laser Surface Treatment in Film Bulk Acoustic Filters

Department of Electronic Engineering, De Lin Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan E-mail: HKLin@mail.npust.edu.tw Department of Computer and Communication, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Department of Electrical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sensors and Sensor Networks in Agriculture, Architecture, and Civil Engineering

1Department of Vehicle Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan 2Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria 3Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, MI 48201, USA 5Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

Mechanical Properties Enhancement of Particle Reinforced Magnesium Matrix Composites Used for Hot Extruded Tubes

Magnesium Matrix Composites Used for Hot Extruded Tubes S.J. Huang, Y.M. Hwang, Y.S. Huang, C.C. Huang Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Sec.4, Keelung Rd., Taipei,106, Taiwan Department of Mechanical and Electro-mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, No.70, Lien-Hai Rd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Rd., Ming-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Editorial introduction: “Malaya” reconstructed in contemporary discourse

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsAuthor's biographyNgoi Guat Peng [魏 月 萍] is Assistant Professor at the Division of Chinese, School of Humanities of Social Sciences of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received her PhD degree from the School of Arts and Social Sciences at National University of Singapore. She is currently a researcher of the Inter-Asia School, and her research interest includes Chinese Intellectual History, Neo-Confucianism, and Religion Syncretism. She is also concerned about the knowledge production in Malaysian history, the literature and culture. Her recent publications are “I am not at Home: The Possibility of Building a Sinophone Malaysian Literary Citizenship,” “Youth, Revolution and History: He Jin's Novel and Singapore Leftist Chinese Literary” and “Ethnic Politics and Religious Violence: The Dilemma of Religious Multiculturalism Discourse Practice in Malaysia.”Notes on contributorsTranslator's biographyShow Ying Xin [蘇 穎 欣] is a PhD Candidate at the School of Humanities of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received her BA in Foreign Languages and Literature from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Her areas of interest include Modern Chinese and Sinophone literature, Anglophone literature, cultural criticisms, Asian thoughts and Southeast Asian studies.