Mobilizing Voluntary Organizations in Taiwanese Emergency Response: Citizen Engagement and Local Fire Branch Heads [PDF]
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2020 This article assesses factors that affect the ability of local fire branch heads in Taiwan to mobilize volunteer organizations in local emergency responses. Data from a survey of local fire branch heads in Taiwan is analyzed by using an OLS model to test
Wei-Ning Wu +2 more
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Taiwanese Attitudes toward the Political Newcomers in 2016 [PDF]
Nowa Polityka Wschodnia, 2020 Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (LY) is commonly seen as an institution comprised of career politicians. In fact, candidates without prior experience in elected seats of the island’s political structures are no strangers to the LY.
Anna Rudakowska
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China's geopolitical design for East Asia: Taiwanese piece of the puzzle [PDF]
Politika nacionalne bezbednosti, 2023 China's foreign and security policy preferences for East Asia are a multifaceted issue, with Taiwan playing a crucial role in this strategic puzzle. Beijing's claim over Taiwan as its integral part is a key component of its geopolitical strategy in East ...
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Negative effects on medical students’ scores for clinical performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan: a comparative study [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2023 Purpose Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has heavily impacted medical clinical education in Taiwan. Medical curricula have been altered to minimize exposure and limit transmission.
Eunice Jia-Shiow Yuan +8 more
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Equal Z standard-setting method to estimate the minimum number of panelists for a medical school’s objective structured clinical examination in Taiwan: a simulation study [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2022 Purpose Undertaking a standard-setting exercise is a common method for setting pass/fail cut scores for high-stakes examinations. The recently introduced equal Z standard-setting method (EZ method) has been found to be a valid and effective alternative ...
Ying-Ying Yang +9 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Fetal Laceration Injury associated with Cesarean Delivery [PDF]
Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2016 Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of fetal laceration injury during cesarean delivery.Materials and Methods: Computer-based delivery records of Rajavithi Hospital were retrospective reviewed between January 2009 and December ...
Supatchara Taiwan, Suphet Tuipae
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Games in foreign language classrooms: Taiwanese students’ perspective
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców, 2021 The study has been designed in order to answer the growing demand for systematic implementation of English language games into FL curriculum at the university level.
Natalia Tsai
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Effects of virtual reality training on decreasing the rates of needlestick or sharp injury in new-coming medical and nursing interns in Taiwan [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2020 Purpose Senior nursing and medical interns’ lack of familiarity and confidence with respect to practicing universal precaution for the prevention of occupational needlestick or sharp injuries may harm themselves.
Szu-Hsien Wu +6 more
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Association Between Traffic Count and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study in Taiwan
Journal of Epidemiology, 2021 Background: Exposure to traffic-related pollution is positively associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but little is known about how different sources of traffic pollution (eg, gasoline-powered cars, diesel-engine vehicles) contribute to CVD ...
Wen-Chi Pan +6 more
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Teaching Sleeping Dogs New Tricks? Transitional Justice as Identity-Building
Open Cultural Studies, 2022 Transitional Justice (TJ) mechanisms have been applied in several post-conflict spaces and commonly hailed by the academy as a – if not the – route to lasting positive peace.
Brender Felix
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