University of Taipei

Psammoecus hiranoi Yoshida and Hirowatari 2013

. Observed differences in the structure of the egg envelope among studied species point to greater than expected differentiation of developmental processes in viviparous Phaedusinae of East Asia.

Smartphone-related early recurrent open globe injury: A case report and literature review

Abstract: Open globe injury (OGI) is a vision-threatening ophthalmic emergency, but recurrent OGI in the same eye is exceedingly rare. This case report describes a 45-year-old male who sustained a left eye OGI from a rebounding marble block at a construction site, with visual acu...

Total Syntheses and Structural Reassignment of Ugonin T and Neougonin B: Anti-inflammatory Flavonoids Related to Helminthostachys zeylanica

Abstract This study reports the first total syntheses of the naturally occurring flavonoids ugonin C (1), ugonin F (2), and, based on the originally proposed structures, compounds 3 and 4 (corresponding to the structures first assigned to ugonin T and neougonin B, respectively),...

Long-Term Air Pollutant Exposure and the Risk of Cardiovascular- and Cancer-Related Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study in Taiwan

Air pollution exposure can cause vascular dysfunction and induce mutagenesis; however, its effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD)– and cancer-related mortality remain unclear. This prospective cohort study examined the impact of long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants on t...