Fu Jen Catholic University

Service sustainability across cultures: leveraging the SHIFT framework for mobile service engagement

Purpose Although prior studies on sustainable services have examined the issue in contexts such as health care and fashion, existing theories often focus on isolated drivers and therefore offer limited insight into sustained engagement with mobile services for essential daily con...

Association of HBB gene variants with cardiometabolic and renal phenotypes in a Taiwanese genomic cohort: a cross-sectional study

Heterozygous mutations in the β-globin gene (HBB) define beta-thalassemia carriers (BTC), a state traditionally regarded as clinically silent. However, the systemic consequences of HBB variant carriage on metabolic and renal phenotypes remain incompletely characterized, particula...

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CT-Derived Anatomical Factors Associated with Operative Time and Hearing in Endoscopic Stapes Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background/Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate anatomical factors associated with operative time and audiological outcomes in endoscopic stapes surgery, with particular focus on quantitative temporal bone CT measurements. Methods: A retrospective review was con...

Same-day EHR-coded sevoflurane versus propofol exposure and long-term coded dementia in older surgical adults: a propensity-matched cohort study

Whether perioperative EHR records of sevoflurane and propofol identify clinically meaningful differences in long-term dementia risk is uncertain. We compared same-day EHR-coded sevoflurane versus propofol exposure in relation to subsequent coded dementia among older adults underg...

Identification of features associated with dysmenorrhea in women aged 20–50 years using logistic regression and synthetic minority oversampling technique

Dysmenorrhea (Dys) is a prevalent gynecological condition that significantly impairs women’s quality of life. This study investigates the key predictive features associated with Dys in Taiwanese women aged 20–50, using logistic regression (LR) with and without the Synthetic Minor...

Risk of Dementia after initiation of GLP-1 RA versus long-acting insulin in patients with type 2 Diabetes mellitus

Background Recent studies suggest a decreased risk of dementia in patients treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA). In this study, we compare the risk of dementia associated with GLP-1 RA versus long-acting insulin in adults aged over 50 years with type 2...

Development and evaluation of a hybrid clinical and deep-learning ECG model for predicting in-hospital cardiac arrest

In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is often unexpected, and existing early warning scores based mainly on vital signs have limited predictive performance. We developed and internally evaluated clinical, deep-learning electrocardiographic, and hybrid models for IHCA prediction in a...

A Novel Hemizygous CDX4 Missense Variant Identified in a Taiwanese Man with Severe Teratozoospermia

Background and Objectives: Male factors account for approximately 30–50% of subfertile couples. Teratozoospermia is one of the major causes of male infertility; however, the genetic factors underlying many cases remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to identify potenti...

Secure and reliable SWIPT in active RIS-aided downlink NOMA with hardware impairments

Abstract Due to growing system complexity and the vulnerability of wireless transmissions to information leakage, maintaining secure and private communication in sixth-generation (6G) networks continues to be a significant problem. By enabling wireless power transfer to distant I...

Predicting Insulin Resistance in Taiwanese Men Using Machine Learning: An Integrated Analysis of Biochemical Markers and Volatile Organic Compounds

Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance (IR) are major global health challenges. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath offer a non-invasive window into metabolic dysregulation. This study aimed to predict HOMA-IR using machine learning (ML) by integ...

Universal Analytical Framework Coupling Open-Source Platforms with Colorimetry for On-Site Water Quality Assessment

Various analytical methods for water quality monitoring have been standardized to date; however, implementation of these techniques necessitates considerable skill or expensive equipment, which impacts their use. In this study, a pragmatic strategy that employs an open-source Ard...

Quantitative Evaluation of Geographic Atrophy Progression Using Geographic Atrophy Lesion Front Displacement

Purpose: To evaluate the temporal behavior and relative variability of a margin-based metric, lesion front displacement, for quantifying geographic atrophy (GA) progression secondary to age-related macular degeneration and to compare its performance with conventional metrics. Met...