PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiology of dry eye in an elderly Chinese population in
Taipei, Taiwan. DESIGN: A population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: The …

Carotenoids are an important source of metabolites with regulatory function, which include
the plant hormones abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactones (SLs), and several recently …

Background Avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) causes disability that often
requires surgical intervention. Most cases of ANFH are sporadic, but we identified three …

Although current studies suggested that conjunctivitis is not a common presentation of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several studies have reported the presence of …

purpose. To analyze the association between dry-eye symptoms and signs in an elderly
Chinese population in Taipei, Taiwan. methods. The participants were those of the Shihpai …

Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (Trans-PRK), laser-assisted in situ
keratomileusis (LASIK), and small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) are three mainstay …

The essence of invertible image sharing approaches is that the revealed content of the
secret image must be lossless and the distorted stego images must be able to be reverted to …

Purpose To evaluate the 1-year progression of myopia and associated risk factors in second-
grade primary school children. Methods The myopia investigation study in Taipei provided …

Watermarking is used to protect the integrity and copyright of images. Conventional
copyright protection mechanisms; however, are not robust enough or require complex …

QR barcodes are used extensively due to their beneficial properties, including small tag,
large data capacity, reliability, and high-speed scanning. However, the private data of the …