National Sun Yat-sen University

On matters of love: exploring consumer reactions to algorithmic vs. human dating recommendation agents

Purpose Drawing on agency theory and implicit theory, this research examines how algorithmic versus matchmaker-provided dating recommendation service influence consumers' consideration of using the recommendation service. Design/methodology/approach This research conducted one pi...

Short-film–based world café for faculty development in medical humanities: a mixed-method evaluation across three teaching hospitals

Clinical educators play a central role in guiding the professional identity formation, ethical reasoning, and communication skills of medical students. Rapid changes in healthcare, including evolving legal frameworks, increasing visibility of gender diversity, and the emphasis on...

Beyond words: symbolic interpretation and implementation principles of expressive arts in children’s life education

This study explores how expressive arts can be translated into children’s life education and implemented as meaningful teaching activities that support children’s emotional expression and understanding of life and death. While discussions of death and life are often considered di...

Digital governance capacity and CBDC development: cross-national evidence from harmonized public data

Purpose This paper aims to explain cross-national differences in central bank digital currency (CBDC) development by distinguishing broad digital-state capacity from observed digital-payment use. It treats CBDCs as public digital infrastructures and asks whether advancement is as...

Structural and Mechanistic Basis of Bacterial 2-Methyl-ACC Synthases

Abstract Cyclopropane-containing amino acids are found in diverse natural products and contribute to their structural complexity and biological activity. However, the distribution of bacterial biosynthetic pathways that produce methylated cyclopropane amino acids and the structur...

Hierarchical Organization Modulates Transient Thermal Relaxation Dynamics in Chitinous Cuticles from Marine and Terrestrial Organisms

Abstract Chitinous cuticles are hierarchical biological composites in which the molecular organization spans multiple structural length scales. Although the relationships between chitin chemistry and mechanical performance have been extensively investigated, the structural factor...

Placenta-Related PEG10 Inhibits mRNA Decay to Promote Glucose Metabolism and Tumor Progression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Abstract Tumors display marked similarities with embryos, exploiting embryonic developmental programs. Beyond the embryo, the placenta also shares features with malignant tumors, such as invasion, immune evasion, and rapid nutrient exchange, highlighting the need for mechanistic...

Endometrial microbial culture in the era of mNGS: a prospective cohort study of endometrial dysbiosis in women with infertility

Endometrial dysbiosis (ED) and chronic endometritis (CE) have gained increasing attention as potential risk factors for implantation failure and infertility. However, their diagnostic assessment remains heterogeneous, and the clinical roles of microbial culture and metagenomic ne...

Evidence for Exceptional Points as Topological Defects

Studies have shown that quantum states reside in a Hilbert space bundle. When a quantum system depends on continuous external parameters, these parameters define additional dimensions in the base space of the bundle. While much of the existing literature focuses on eigenstate sub...

Non-equilibrium stabilization of sulfur-rich zinc blende Cu1+δI1−xSx alloys with ultra-degenerate p-type conductivity

High-performance p-type transparent conductors are limited by low conductivity and poor stability. Here, we report the synthesis of Cu1+δI1−xSx alloy films via non-equilibrium magnetron co-sputtering, enabling sulfur incorporation beyond the thermodynamic solubility limits. X-ray...

Are Corporate Governance Choices Contagious? Peer Effects in Board Gender Diversity and Institutional Ownership

ABSTRACT This research explores whether corporate governance has a comprehensive impact on peer firms, analyzing US companies via a sample of 15,494 observations from 2001 to 2018. The findings reveal that effective corporate governance produces positive spillover effects, leadin...

Dietary Supplementation of Auraptene, a Major Component in Citrus reticulata Blanco, Prevents Acute Liver Injury Associated with Apoptosis and Inflammation

Abstract Auraptene (AP), a coumarin derivative abundant in citrus peels, exhibits diverse bioactivities; however, its role in acute liver injury and the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. This study investigates the hepatoprotective effects of AP against carbon tetrachloride (...

Galactosylated Camptothecin (Gal-CPT) as a New Anticancer Prodrug Sequentially Activated by Dual Tumor-Specific Enzymes

Abstract Camptothecin (CPT) and its clinically used derivatives are still plagued by severe off-target toxicities. In this study, we designed a galactosylated CPT (Gal-CPT) prodrug incorporating an enzymatically cleavable diethylene glycol linker. In vivo experimental results ver...

Description of the First Zoea of the Cavernicolous Crab Karstama boholano (Ng, 2002) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Sesarmidae) from Taiwan, with Notes on Ecology

Davie and Ng, 2007 are reported for the first time.

Renal-Clearable Fluorogenic Nanoprobes for Molecular Imaging of Hepatic Drug-Metabolizing Cytochrome P450 2C19 Enzyme

Abstract Despite the fact that cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) is an essential xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme in many drug metabolisms, the real-time and dynamic monitoring of its activity remains challenging due to the lack of highly specific activity-based probes with translatio...

Intrinsic Fermi Level Pinning and Reversible Depinning at Ultralow-Defect Epitaxial MoSe2/Au(111) Interfaces

Abstract Fermi level pinning (FLP) fundamentally limits contact engineering in two-dimensional semiconductors, yet its intrinsic origin remains obscured by the presence of interfacial disorder and defect-induced gap states. Although theoretical models attribute FLP to metal-induc...

Modeling the Impact of Active Site Mutations on the Quenching Fate and Cyclization Depth of a Rare Oxidosqualene Cyclase

Abstract Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) convert linear 2,3-oxidosqualene into diverse polycyclic triterpenoids. The precise control over highly reactive carbocation intermediates, particularly the ultimate quenching mechanism (deprotonation vs hydroxylation), remains a fundamental...

Mapping Taiwan’s gifted education ecology through the learning resource model: an integrative literature review

Taiwan’s gifted education has expanded rapidly since the 1960s, yet persistent concerns remain regarding unequal access, regional disparities, and weak continuity across educational stages. This study applies the Learning Resource Model (LRM) as an integrative analytical framewor...

Kirkendall Effect-Driven Construction of Hollow Rare-Earth Silicate Nanospheres for Drug Loading

Abstract Monodisperse oxide nanoparticles have attracted attention for biomedical applications. However, conventional synthetic methods often provide limited control over particle size, morphology, and polydispersity. Herein, we report a bottom-up strategy for synthesizing hollow...

Conceptual Interpretation and Practical Teaching Design of Ideal Work and Lost Work: Comments on Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Textbooks

Abstract Ideal work and lost work are key contents connecting the second law of thermodynamics and engineering practice, and they pose major teaching challenges in chemical engineering thermodynamics courses. Mainstream textbooks widely use a two-step model including adiabatic re...