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澎湖　無醫島與長照政策
(2016-01-03)
王鈞鋒
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
澎湖長期缺乏醫療資源，不僅是無醫島外，島上老年人口多，衍伸出來的長期照顧，也是關注重點之一。
總編輯的話
(2016-01-03)
周書賢
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
本期為喀報兩百三十三期，共有十五篇稿件，本期的類目以社會議題為主，輔上兩篇人物和一篇文化現象。雖然本期嚴肅的話題偏多，但也不乏輕鬆的文章，種類多元。側欄廣告以寒假出國為構想，為大家提醒搭機須知。
原住民狩獵　是英雄是罪犯
(2016-01-03)
林湘芸
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
布農族人王光祿事件，不僅凸顯法律與傳統文化間的牴觸，更顯現原住民與漢人價值觀的衝突。
陸客商機　花蓮民宿問題多
(2016-01-03)
馮鈞鈺
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
大量陸客來臺觀光，花蓮民宿有著供過於求以及違法擴建的問題。
聽見興趣的聲音
(2016-01-03)
許凱智
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
聲音設計師杜篤之，在興趣中找到屬於自己的路。
幸福開跑　好宅無負擔
(2016-01-03)
謝萱穎
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
以北市府聯開宅案例探討社會住宅的居住正義落實問題。
軍宅交易案　選情生變數
(2016-01-03)
孔婉寧
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
二〇一六大選前，國民黨副總統候選人王如玄受軍宅一案，究竟是對還是錯？
挑戰自我　創業新風潮
(2016-01-03)
許心如
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
全球瘋創業，年輕人藉此尋找人生價值與定位，更是國家產業升級的途徑，但過熱地追逐，卻帶來泡沫化的隱憂。
民審的力量　秒買秒退
(2016-01-03)
蔡家寧
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
民眾利用賣場會員機制，表達對於司法不公的看法。
偏鄉教育改革　漫漫長路
(2016-01-03)
許雅筑
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
偏鄉教育的孩子多來自於弱勢家庭，在家庭功能失衡下，鮮少人替他們發聲，又有多少人真正關心他們呢？
遊走的人民　等待重返光明
(2016-01-03)
黃琪
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
臺灣的遊民社會問題日趨改善，以三階段整合計畫為最終目標，幫助遊民重回社會的溫暖。
你不真的想流浪柯智棠
(2016-01-03)
趙廣絜
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
創作歌手柯智棠，是近年台灣樂壇最受矚目的新人之一。
學生助理　勞工或學生？
(2016-01-03)
吳維倫
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
在關乎學生勞動權益的新法上路半年後，實際運行的狀況卻差強人意，高等教育的學生工作環境，出了什麼問題？
「貼」進生活　和紙膠帶
(2016-01-03)
蔡佳珊
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
紙膠帶不同於一般的膠帶，便利、用途多元，廣受大眾喜愛。
夢想與現實　前進遊戲業
(2016-01-03)
吳昀蒨
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
遊戲業是許多人的夢想，但它究竟符不符合新鮮人的期待？做遊戲需要的又是什麼？
再造技職教育第二春
(2016-01-03)
何佳頴
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Department of Communication and Technology
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傳播與科技學系
第二期技職教育再造工程已行至中程，目標是減少學用落差，培養畢業及就業的能力。
PlantPAN 2.0: an update of plant promoter analysis navigator for reconstructing transcriptional regulatory networks in plants
(2016-01-04)
Chow, Chi-Nga
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Zheng, Han-Qin
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Wu, Nai-Yun
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Chien, Chia-Hung
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Huang, Hsien-Da
Transcription factors (TFs) are sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins acting as critical regulators of gene expression. The Plant Promoter Analysis Navigator (PlantPAN; http://PlantPAN2.itps.ncku.edu.tw) provides an informative resource for detecting transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs), corresponding TFs, and other important regulatory elements (CpG islands and tandem repeats) in a promoter or a set of plant promoters. Additionally, TFBSs, CpG islands, and tandem repeats in the conserve regions between similar gene promoters are also identified. The current PlantPANrelease (version 2.0) contains 16 960 TFs and 1143 TF binding site matrices among 76 plant species. In addition to updating of the annotation information, adding experimentally verified TF matrices, and making improvements in the visualization of transcriptional regulatory networks, several new features and functions are incorporated. These features include: (i) comprehensive curation of TF information (response conditions, target genes, and sequence logos of binding motifs, etc.), (ii) co-expression profiles of TFs and their target genes under various conditions, (iii) protein-protein interactions among TFs and their co-factors, (iv) TFtarget networks, and (v) downstream promoter elements. Furthermore, a dynamic transcriptional regulatory network under various conditions is provided in PlantPAN 2.0. The PlantPAN 2.0 is a systematic platform for plant promoter analysis and reconstructing transcriptional regulatory networks.
Silicon Nanowires for Solar Thermal Energy Harvesting: an Experimental Evaluation on the Trade-off Effects of the Spectral Optical Properties
(2016-01-04)
Sekone, Abdoul Karim
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Chen, Yu-Bin
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Lu, Ming-Chang
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Chen, Wen-Kai
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Liu, Chia-An
Silicon nanowire possesses great potential as the material for renewable energy harvesting and conversion. The significantly reduced spectral reflectivity of silicon nanowire to visible light makes it even more attractive in solar energy applications. However, the benefit of its use for solar thermal energy harvesting remains to be investigated and has so far not been clearly reported. The purpose of this study is to provide practical information and insight into the performance of silicon nanowires in solar thermal energy conversion systems. Spectral hemispherical reflectivity and transmissivity of the black silicon nanowire array on silicon wafer substrate were measured. It was observed that the reflectivity is lower in the visible range but higher in the infrared range compared to the plain silicon wafer. A drying experiment and a theoretical calculation were carried out to directly evaluate the effects of the trade-off between scattering properties at different wavelengths. It is clearly seen that silicon nanowires can improve the solar thermal energy harnessing. The results showed that a 17.8 % increase in the harvest and utilization of solar thermal energy could be achieved using a silicon nanowire array on silicon substrate as compared to that obtained with a plain silicon wafer.
CircNet: a database of circular RNAs derived from transcriptome sequencing data
(2016-01-04)
Liu, Yu-Chen
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Li, Jian-Rong
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Sun, Chuan-Hu
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Andrews, Erik
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Chao, Rou-Fang
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a new type of regulatory noncoding RNA that only recently has been identified and cataloged. Emerging evidence indicates that circRNAs exert a new layer of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. In this study, we utilized transcriptome sequencing datasets to systematically identify the expression of circRNAs (including known and newly identified ones by our pipeline) in 464 RNA-seq samples, and then constructed the CircNet database (http://circnet.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/) that provides the following resources: (i) novel circRNAs, (ii) integrated miRNAtarget networks, (iii) expression profiles of circRNA isoforms, (iv) genomic annotations of circRNA isoforms (e. g. 282 948 exon positions), and (v) sequences of circRNA isoforms. The CircNet database is to our knowledge the first public database that provides tissue-specific circRNA expression profiles and circRNA-miRNA-gene regulatory networks. It not only extends themost up to date catalog of circRNAs but also provides a thorough expression analysis of both previously reported and novel circRNAs. Furthermore, it generates an integrated regulatory network that illustrates the regulation between circRNAs, miRNAs and genes.
miRTarBase 2016: updates to the experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions database
(2016-01-04)
Chou, Chih-Hung
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Chang, Nai-Wen
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Shrestha, Sirjana
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Hsu, Sheng-Da
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Lin, Yu-Ling
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs of approximately 22 nucleotides, which negatively regulate the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. This study describes an update of the miRTarBase (http://miRTarBase.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/) that provides information about experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions (MTIs). The latest update of the miRTarBase expanded it to identify systematically Argonaute-miRNA-RNA interactions from 138 crosslinking and immunoprecipitation sequencing (CLIP-seq) data sets that were generated by 21 independent studies. The database contains 4966 articles, 7439 strongly validated MTIs (using reporter assays or western blots) and 348 007 MTIs from CLIP-seq. The number of MTIs in the miRTarBase has increased around 7-fold since the 2014 miRTarBase update. The miRNA and gene expression profiles from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) are integrated to provide an effective overview of this exponential growth in the miRNA experimental data. These improvements make the miRTarBase one of the more comprehensively annotated, experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions databases and motivate additional miRNA research efforts.