The results of a study of 239 resected solitary pulmonary nodules are presented; 66.5% of the resected nodules were malignant, and there were three patients with malignant coin lesions who were under 30 years of age. These findings confirm the generally accepted fact th...

That the language we use everyday undergoes changes through generations and ages is a well-known fact. The language of the philosophical discipline, being itself a “linguistic variant” developed out of our natural language, seems to be no exception. Philosophical termin...

It is important to underline a fundamental principle in tourism planning. This paper is to review the tourism planning on authenticity and integrity principle by taking a case from the protection and development of Lianyun Old Quarter to trigger the combination research...

The current study provides novel evidence about the informativeness of insider trading in Taiwan. We investigate comprehensive trading records by corporate insiders from Taiwan during the period between 1992 and 2006. Unlike evidence from some Western markets, we find s...

In China, the definition of domestic violence is usually limited to direct physical and mental harm to family members. About a quarter of Chinese families have been reportedly affected by domestic ...

Advertising in mainland China is increasing rapidly, but there is little published information on who the major advertisers are. This study reports the results of an analysis of the advertising that appeared during a selected week in October 1985. TV commercials were vi...

The Change-Making Problem is to represent a given value with the fewest coins under a given coin system. As a variation of the knapsack problem, it is known to be NP-hard. Nevertheless, in most real money systems, the greedy algorithm yields optimal solutions. In this p...

Abstract Rationale: Foreign body (FB) aspiration in adults is occasionally encountered. The aspiration and impaction of a coin in the lower respiratory tract is an unusual accident. This report presents 2 rare adult cases of FB aspiration with coin impaction in larynx a...