Fu Jen Catholic University

About: Fu Jen Catholic University is a education organization based out in Taipei, Taiwan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 6842 authors who have published 9512 publications receiving 171005 citations. The organization is also known as: FJU & Fu Jen.

Design and implementation of a fall monitor system by using a 3-axis accelerometer in a smart phone

Abstract: In this paper we use the accelerometer of a smart phone to design and implement a fall monitor with GPS function for the user. We not only analyze the change of acceleration but also analyze the six typical actions of humans. These are going upstairs, going downstairs, standing up, sitting down, running and jumping. Then we compare the six actions with the characteristics of a fall. These are weightlessness, impact, immobility and overturning of the body. Our design is based on an open source system platform and the accelerometer in the smart phone. If there has been a fall motion our design provides the GPS functionality to obtain the location of the user and draws the help path on both the smart phones and the computers of his family, friends or help center immediately.

Probing Interactions between Metal-Organic Frameworks and Freestanding Enzymes in a Hollow Structure.

Abstract: It has been reported that the biological functions of enzymes could be altered when they are encapsulated in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) due to the interactions between them. Herein, we probed the interactions of catalase in solid and hollow ZIF-8 microcrystals. The solid sample with confined catalase is prepared through a reported method, and the hollow sample is generated by hollowing the MOF crystals, sealing freestanding enzymes in the central cavities of hollow ZIF-8. During the hollowing process, the samples were monitored by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) spectroscopy, electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and nitrogen sorption. The interfacial interactions of the two samples were studied by infrared (IR) and fluorescence spectroscopy. IR study shows that freestanding catalase has less chemical interaction with ZIF-8 than confined catalase, and a fluorescence study indicates that the freestanding catalase has lower structural confinement. We have then carried out the hydrogen peroxide degradation activities of catalase at different stages and revealed that the freestanding catalase in hollow ZIF-8 has higher activity.

Search for the dark photon and the dark higgs boson at belle

Abstract: The dark photon A' and the dark Higgs boson h' are hypothetical constituents featured in a number of recently proposed dark sector models. Assuming prompt decays of both dark particles, we search for their production in the so-called Higgstrahlung channel e(+)e(-) -> A'h', with h' -> A'A'. We investigate ten exclusive final states with A' -> e(+)e(-), mu(+)mu(-), or pi(+)pi(-) in the mass ranges 0.1 GeV/c(2) < m(A') < 3.5 GeV/c(2) and 0.2 GeV/c(2) < m(h') < 10.5 GeV/c(2). We also investigate three inclusive final states 2(e(+)e(-))X, 2(mu(+)mu(-))X, and (e(+)e(-))(mu(+)mu(-))X, where X denotes a dark photon candidate detected via missing mass, in the mass ranges 1.1 GeV/c(2) < m(A') < 3.5 GeV/c(2) and 2.2 GeV/c(2) < m(h') < 10.5 GeV/c(2). Using the entire 977 fb(-1) data set collected by Belle, we observe no significant signal. We obtain individual and combined 90% credibility level upper limits on the branching fraction times the Born cross section, B x sigma(Born), on the Born cross section sigma(Born), and on the dark photon coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, alpha(D) x epsilon(2). These limits improve upon and cover wider mass ranges than previous experiments. The limits from the final states 3(pi(+)pi(-)) and 2(e(+)e(-))X are the first placed by any experiment. For alpha(D) equal to 1/137, m(h') < 8 GeV/c(2), and m(A') < 1 GeV/c(2), we exclude values of the mixing parameter epsilon above similar to 8 x 10(-4).