Browsing by Author "Lu, Ming-Ying"

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Car Together: Sharing Real-Time Captured Video through Vehicles on Roads
(2015)
Hu, Chih-Lin
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Wang, Shih-Kai
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Lu, Ming-Ying
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Tseng, Tzu-Ting
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Lin, Cheng-Lun
This paper presents a system and method for enabling real-time captured video sharing services among neighboring vehicles in self-organized vehicular network environments. When vehicles are equipped with image capturing and Wi-Fi modules, they are capable of establishing local wireless networks, connecting with other peers, and fetching on-line video records from neighboring peers. This service design can offer drivers a broad range of visibility that is likely influenced by front cars, road-side obstacles, or curve roads. After prototypical development and demonstration, this paper shows that the deployment of this service on vehicles is able to assist drivers in driving safety on roads.
Elevated interleukin-4 levels predicted advanced fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C
(2019-04-01)
Batsaikhan, Batbold
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Lu, Ming-Ying
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Yeh, Ming-Lun
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Huang, Ching-, I
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Huang, Chung-Feng
Background: Cytokine imbalance has been associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We hypothesized that cytokines have an important role in fibrosis development in HCV infection. Methods: Data of 92 patients were analyzed retrospectively. Fluorescent Bead immunoassay was used to measure the following serum cytokine levels: Interferon , tumor necrosis factor , interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-12. Various statistical analyses were used as appropriate. Results: Of the 92 HCV-infected patients, 49 (53.3%) were male, 23 (25%) patients had advanced (fibrosis grades 3-4) fibrosis, and the mean age of the study population was 51.9 9.4 years. Elevation of baseline IL-4 level (>490 pg/mL) was associated with liver fibrosis grade by (2) test (odds ratio [OR] = 2.99; 95%, CI = 1.02-8.78; p = 0.042) and multivariate logistic regression (OR = 4.26; 95% CI = 1.13-16.02; p = 0.032). Also, IL-4 had strong diagnostic value in advanced liver fibrosis by using area under receiver operating characteristics curve analysis. Assessment of fibrosis score was consequently developed from our findings and compared with other noninvasive serum markers to assess liver fibrosis. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that increased IL-4 expression predicted advanced liver fibrosis in treatment of naive HCV-infected patients. The newly developed FIL4 score had good predictive value for advanced fibrosis before treatment and this value was even strong in HCV-genotype 1b patients.