Types and additional material of the paederine genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from the Qinling Shan, the Daba Shan, and adjacent mountain ranges in Central China (Gansu, Shaanxi, northern Sichuan, western Hubei) are revised. In all, 34 species are recognized, 29 of which are described and illustrated for the first time: L. aquilinum sp. n. (Shaanxi: Daba Shan); L. biapicale sp. n. (Sichuan:...

a Institute of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan b Department of Pathology, Chung-Shan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan c Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and Department of Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan d Postgraduate Year Program, Chung-Shan Medical University and ...

1. Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jin-De Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan. 2. School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Jianguo N.Rd.,Taichung City 402,Taiwan. 3. Division of Colorectal surgery Department of Surgery Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No.110, Sec.1, Jianguo N. Rd.,Taichung City 402,Taiwan. 4. Department of Pathol...

The Shan are a large migrant group from Burma (Myanmar) found within Thailand. While some Shan migrate to escape the civil war within Burma, others migrate for economic opportunity. Despite the size of this population, little is known about their health. Our study highlights the need for expanded access to primary care among this Shan population. Despite the arduous and trying journeys of these...

Winter, and an anonymous referee. Special thanks to Pauline Jacobson for extensive and incisive discussion. The analysis presented in this paper is a modest extension of joint work with Chung-chieh Shan (see Shan and Barker 2006 and Barker and Shan 2006), and many of the insights developed here are due to conversations with Shan. However, I have drawn conclusions here that Shan may not necessar...

Department of Industrial and Business Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University, 259, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management, Chang Gung University, 259, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Department of Information Management, College of Management, Chang Gung University, 259, Wen-Hwa 1...

The Cenozoic basins and ranges form the high topography of the northeastern Tibet that resulted from the India-Eurasia collision. Sedimentary rocks in the basins provide direct insight into the exhumation history of the ranges and the tectonic processes that led to the northeastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau. In this study, we analyzed and compared detrital zircon U-Pb ages from sands of mo...

Deng-Jye Yang, Jau-Tien Lin, Yi-Chen Chen, Shih-Chuan Liu, Fung-Jou Lu, Tien-Jye Chang, Meilin Wang, Hui-Wen Lin*, Yuan-Yen Chang* School of Health Diet and Industry Management, Chung Shan Medical University, 110, Section 1, Jianguo N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan Department of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 110, Section 1, Jianguo N. Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan Department of A...

1Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, 2Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 115, Taiwan, 3Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan and 4Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichu...

Dysanabatium hainanense Peng & Li, sp. n. (Hainan: Wuzhi Shan, Diaoluo Shan) is described and illustrated. Additional records of D. jacobsoni Bernhauer, 1915 are reported. The habitus, the sexual characters, and the distribution of this enormously variable species are illustrated.