We investigated and described the thoracic structures, jumping mechanism, and promesothoracic interlocking mechanism of the click beetle Campsosternus auratus (Drury) (Elateridae: Dendrometrinae).Two experiments were conducted to reveal the critical muscles and sclerites involved in the jumping mechanism.They showed that M2 and M4 are essential cli
A new system for high-frequency boundary layer profiling based upon radiosondes and free balloons was tested during the field phases of the Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence experiment (BLLAST 2011, Lannemezan, France) and of the Hydrological cycle in Sharpener the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX, 2012).The system consists of a co
The purpose of this study was comparing the clinical personality patterns and Control System severe personality disorders in patients with HIV infection and normal individuals.The sample was consisted of 100 subjects (50 patients with HIV infection, 50 normal individuals) that were selected through available population.Subjects completed the Millon
Scrub typhus is the most common endemic vector-borne disease in Taiwan.We identified a total of 4,857 laboratory-confirmed cases during 2006-2016 with hyperendemic foci on offshore islands, including Penghu (778 cases, 16.0%) and Kinmen (716 cases, 14.7%), and eastern Taiwan, including Taitung (628 cases, 12.9%) and Hualien (508 cases, 10.5%).Scrub
Under the support of the National Digital Archive Program (NDAP), basic species information about most Taiwanese fishes, including their morphology, ecology, distribution, specimens with photos, and literatures have been compiled into the "Fish Database of Taiwan" (http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw).We expect sword stand that the all Taiwanese fish speci