Tainan University of Technology

About: Tainan University of Technology is a education organization based out in Tainan City, Taiwan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Password & Authentication. The organization has 311 authors who have published 641 publications receiving 10826 citations.

Making minimalism disappear

Abstract: ‘Making minimalism disappear…’ presents an essay regarding my approach to ‘expansion painting’, and specifically provides a study of another kind of minimalist aesthetic. The account begins with a signature work, Shoji (2015), which is proposed as a way to unfold what expansion painting is. I describe my approach as drawing upon painterly compositional methods but developed through site-specific considerations of architectural spaces, bodies and differing levels of consciousness. The works ‘take place’ when interacting in these layered spaces, or what I refer to as a ‘sense’ of painting space. The article goes on to articulate how – in terms of a western discourse – my works might ‘look’ minimalist but, in fact, are not minimalist art. This article – in representing my practice and providing broader critical analysis – leads us to question an ideology of art history around the enigma of minimalist art, and gives rise instead to another shadowy form of minimalist art. Hence, this article can be said to make minimalism disappear in being haunted by it.

Notice of Retraction Disulfiram is a Novel Modulator for PPAR

Abstract: The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors involved fatty acid metabolism and energy homeostasis. The PPARs also play crucial roles in the control of cellular growth and differentiation. Disulfiram is a clinically employed alcohol deterrent and has been used in the therapy of alcohol abuse for more than 40 years. Several effects of this drug have been reported for DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. In this study, we found the effects of disulfiram on the transactivation activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). Disulfiram strongly influenced the gene reporter expression containing PPAR responsive element (PPRE) in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, by using transient transfection assay we also found disulfiram alone activated PPAR subtypes in a dose-dependent manner. These findings might explain certain aspects of disulfiram toxicity and encourage new further studies to determine the toxicity and underlying working mechanism(s) of disulfiram. In conclusion, our results indicate that disulfiram works as a novel PPAR modulater.

Cardiovocal syndrome arising from gas-forming mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.

Abstract: A 77-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented to our emergency department with hoarseness for 2 days. She denied a sore throat, dysphagia, odynophagia, a foreign body sensation of throat, fever, or a history of head and neck trauma. Vital signs at triage were as follows: arterial pressure of 103/57 mm Hg, heart rate of 98 beats/min, temperature of 36.4 C, respiration of 18 breaths/min, and oxygen saturation of 99% on room air. The physical examination revealed no tenderness or protruding mass on her neck and she had only a mildly erythematous throat. Her blood tests revealed leukocytosis (white blood cell count, 16,900 cell/mL) and she underwent roentgenogram of the neck and chest, which revealed an abnormal gaseous lesion around the aortic arch (Figure 1). Subsequently, a computed tomography (CT) scan with intravenous contrast of the chest was performed and a gas-forming mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta was found on CT images (Figure 2). We prescribed ceftriaxone and consulted the cardiovascular surgeon. The patient and her family refused surgical intervention given the high operative risks for mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. Her blood culture revealed the presence of Escherichia coli. One month later, sepsis progressed despite medical treatment and she died.

Acoustical Evaluation of Soundscape in Urban Spaces Along Traffic Corridor

Abstract: In recent years, Taiwan’s public transport infrastructures at all levels have improved and enhanced public convenience which is including the airport, high-speed railway, metropolitan rapid train (MRT), and so on. The aircraft channel location and highway plane elevated, the formation of the connected trail system and open recreation spaces can provide people holiday gathering and recreation of the important field. The NIMBY effect of the noise in the public open space along the traffic facilities is not reduced, it is the best choice for another area of residents’ gathering and recreation on the contrary. For the urban traffic corridor along the adjacent channel system and open space, to the urban soundscape theory as the basis, through the time, energy and space and other factors for the exploring the sound energy distribution of the sound field. In this study, objective physical measurements were taken as an evaluation method, and the equivalent sound level LAeq (dB) was used to monitor the field, and the sound energy distribution map was drawn from the point, line and region. This paper discusses the relationship between subjective physical measurement and objective evaluations and tries to construct an important exposition of urban soundscape as the research theme of the next stage. The results of this study provide an alternative assessment of the development and sightseeing of urban corridors in terms of urban comfort, which are based on the sound field comfort.

Democracy in female fast-fashion: A case study in Taiwan

Abstract: This article investigates the influences of fast-fashion on the dynamic performance of dressed bodies of female consumers aged 18–45 in Taiwan, the demographic that most enjoys buying fast-fashion clothing. It analyses the types of fashion democracy that fast-fashions provide Taiwanese female consumers. This article also proposes an alternative qualitative research method and concept that allows researchers to investigate the intricate relationships between clothing, the body and society by reviewing the interactive relationship between clothing patterns and wearers’ bodies. Findings show that Uniqlo is the most popular fast-fashion brand in Taiwan exhibiting fashion democracy for Taiwanese female consumers.