1 Department of Biological Science and Technology, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, No.500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng Shiang,Taichung, Taiwan 413 2 The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 3 Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Huwei University of Science and Technology, 64, Wen-Hwa Road, Hu-Wei, Yun-Lin, Ta...

Multi-server retrial queue with second optional service: algorithmic computation and optimisation Jau-Chuan Ke a , Chia-Huang Wu b & Wen Lea Pearn b a Department of Applied Statistics , National Taichung Institute of Technology , No. 129, Sec. 3, Sanmin Road, Taichung, Taiwan 404, ROC b Department of Industrial Engineering and Management , National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, R...

JOHN SUM, JIE WU AND KEVIN HO Department of Information Management Chung-Shan Medical University Taichung, 402 Taiwan E-mail: [email protected] Department of Computer Science and Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida 33431, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering Providence University Taichung, 433 Taiwan E-mail: [email protected]...

Jen-Wei Chou, Ken-Sheng Cheng, Ching-Pin Lin Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Diseas...

Jau-Chuan Ke, Chia-Huang Wu and Zhe George Zhang Department of Applied Statistics National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Industrial Engineering and Management National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Department of Decision Science, College of Business and Economics Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9077, USA (Received Octo...

WEN-CHUNG SHIH, CHAO-TUNG YANG AND SHIAN-SHYONG TSENG Department of Information Science and Applications Asia University Taichung, 413 Taiwan E-mail: {wjshih; sstseng}@asia.edu.tw High-Performance Computing Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Tunghai University Taichung, 407 Taiwan E-mail: [email protected] Department of Computer Science National Chiao Tung Uni...

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Lung-Tan, Taiwan Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan...

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jung-da Road, Jung-li City, 320 Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC Department of Management Information System, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, ROC Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 Gifeng E. Road, Wuf...

Received 10/17/2007; revised 11/14/2007; accepted 11/21/2007. For correspondence and reprints contact: Shih-Chuan Tsai, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital. 160 Section 3, Taichung Harbor Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-23592525 ext. 4801, Fax: (886)423741348, E-mail: [email protected] Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by an inver ted Meckel’s diver...

Pei-Yi Chiang1, Chyi Chyang Lin2,3, Shu-Ju Liao2, Lie-Jiau Hsieh2, Shuan-Yow Li1, Ming-Chieh Chao4, Yueh-Chun Li1,* 1Department of Life Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 402, R.O.C. 2Department of Medicine Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 404, R.O.C. 3Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7 Cana...