The Politics of Minimum Wage Legislation in Hong Kong: Critical Social Policy Change in a Semi-Democracy

( Eliza W. Y. Lee ) 한국정책학회 2010 International Journal of Policy Studies Vol.1 No.1

The Challenges of Implementing an Integrated Approach to Arts Education in Hong Kong

Eliza K. O. Au 한국국제미술교육학회 2006 미술과 교육 Vol.7 No.1

Climacteric Symptoms and Family Relational Satisfaction in Middle-aged Married Men and Women

Eliza Lee 한국간호과학회 2015 한국간호과학회 학술대회 Vol.2015 No.10

The Efficacy of Herbal Supplement Danggui Buxue Tang for Relieving Menopausal Symptoms

( Eliza L. Y. Wong ),( Annie W. L. Cheung ),( C. J. Haines ),( C. C. Wang ),( Chun-kwok Wong ),( Karl W. K. Tsim ),( William K. F. Cheng ),( Ping-chung Leung ) 대한폐경학회 2022 대한폐경학회지 Vol.28 No.1

Objectives: This study aimed to further explore the efficacy and safety of Danggui Buxue Tang (DBT), a simple herbal formula, for improving the quality of life of women suffering from menopausal symptoms. Methods: A third clinical trial to determine the clinical efficacy of high-dose DBT for a period of 12 weeks was carried out. The standard Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) assessment chart was used for the evaluation. Safety was defined as an absence of direct estrogenic effects, serum inflammatory cytokines. Notably, interleukin IL-6, IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor TNF-α, known to be directly related to estrogenic reactions in menopause studies, were monitored. Results: The third clinical trial indicated an overall improvement in the four domains of MENQOL, offering further proof of the efficacy of DBT demonstrated in the two previous trials. The serial checks of the three cytokines related to estrogen activities did not show either upward or downward trends. The haphazard behavior reactions of the three cytokines offered indirect indications that DBT improved the MENQOL independently from estrogen activities. Conclusions: The three clinical trials using DBT to relieve menopausal syndrome have offered solid evidence for its efficacy. The uncertainty regarding whether the “phytoestrogen” contained in DBT had bioactivities similar to estrogen was alleviated through the confirmation that no strict estrogenic bioactivities were observed. The issue of safety was further clarified via laboratory platform studies on DBT, which not only showed the lack of similarity with estrogen actions but also confirmed the value of combining the two herbs in the classic formula.

홍콩의 예술교육에 있어서 통합적 접근에 대한 도전들

Eliza K. O Au,안혜리 한국국제미술교육학회 2006 미술과 교육 Vol.7 No.1

Titanium Carbide Nanoparticles Reinforcing Nickel Matrix for Improving Nanohardness and Fretting Wear Properties in Wet Conditions

Eliza Dănăilă,Lidia Benea,Nadège Caron,Olivier Raquet 대한금속·재료학회 2016 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.22 No.5

In this study Ni/nano-TiC functional composite coatings were produced by electro-codeposition of TiC nanoparticles (50 nm mean diameter) with nickel on 304L stainless steel support. Coatings were obtained from a Watts classical solution in which TiC nanoparticles were added. The surface morphology, chemical composition, structure, roughness and thickness, were evaluated in relation to the effect of TiC nanoparticles incorporation into Ni matrix. It was found that incorporation of TiC nanoparticles into the nickel matrix produces morphological changes in the deposit and increases the roughness. The fretting wear behavior in wet conditions of the obtained coatings was evaluated on a ball-on-plate configuration. To evaluate the wet fretting wear (tribocorrosion) behavior the open circuit potential was measured before, during and after the fretting tests at room temperature in the solution that simulates the primary water circuit of Pressurized Water Reactors. The results show that Ni/nano-TiC composite coatings exhibited a low friction coefficient, high nanohardness and fretting wear resistance in wet conditions compared with pure Ni coatings.

The Relationship Between Islamic Leadership on Employee Engagement Distribution in FMCG Industry: Anthropology Business Review

Eliza MEIYANI,Aditya Halim Perdana Kusuma Putra 한국유통과학회 2019 유통과학연구 Vol.17 No.5

Purpose – This study aims to analyze the causality relationship between Islamic leadership style on employee engagement through empirical testing and anthropology economics approach. Research design, data, and methodology – The sample of this study 117 respondents who are employees of various levels of management in one of the FCMG industry in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Data collection with surveys. Data analysis through three steps, i.e., Pearson Correlation, The Second order modeling and also regression using SPSS. Results – Islamic leadership style has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement. The Islamic leadership that we developed in this study can be an alternative solution for organizations in today's modern business. Apart from those anthropological elements in the viewpoint of contemporary activity in the example in this study illustrate that to realize employee engagement, the role of organizational atmosphere and leadership, as well as management and team support has a genuine impact on accomplishing the company's goals and sustainability. Conclusions – The Islamic leadership that we developed in this study can be an alternative solution for organizations in today's modern business. The critical elements in embodying employee engagement are mainly in the skills, reliability, and level of trust of a leader in the organization.

Lamenting loss : Transforming Confucian womanhood in modern China

Eliza S. K. LEONG 이화여자대학교 아시아여성학센터 2016 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.22 No.2

This study is concerned with the faithful maiden cult in China that offers perhaps some of the most compelling evidence regarding women’s involvement in China’s reform. Women’s poetic laments provide a rare glimpse of the emotions and understanding about their roles, identities and meanings during the Taiping Rebellion. Taking Yuan Shou’s lamenting poem, I examine how the author challenges her gender role by shouldering household responsibilities as a male and responding to the political unrest due to which the outer world is disrupted. Here, women’s laments not only challenge the persistence of the ideology of Confucian womanhood, but also illustrate the distinction between women’s conception of themselves and social reality. Thus, this study suggests an ongoing and consistent effort to redefine the limits of women’s space, which results in the construction of a separate space between the private and public domains. This represents an arena where the public space and the private space overlap. In other words, this is a privately managed space that functions as a public domain. By writing about their immediate experience during chaotic times, women’s writing reflects a transformation in their definition of themselves, but one that is often not recognized and is sometimes neglected. This paper redefines our understanding of gender roles in wartime literature and promotes an alternative strategy for reading women’s literature. 這項研究主要討論明清期間中國的守節婦女現象。太平天國期間,婦女運用詩意表達情感和規劃角色。我考察了袁綬的悼亡詩, 探討作者是如何挑戰男性的社會負任, 承擔照顧家庭的責任。同時, 研究作者因外面世界被政治動亂破壞而造成其角色變化的回應。作者的悼亡詩不僅挑戰了儒家傳統倫理對女性的制度, 也說明了女性的自我認同和社會現實之間的區別。從本研究的分析結果中, 提出了重審女性空間的假設, 呈現出空間由內向外拓展的可能性, 形成了一個在私人和公共領域之間的虛擬空間。這空間是公共空間和私人空間的重疊。換言之, 這是一個用作公共領域的私人管理空間。通過悼亡詩, 婦女表達身於亂世的情感, 反映了她們對自己身份轉換的需要和哀傷。因這種轉換往往得不到認同, 有時會被忽略。我的論文針對袁綬的悼亡詩進行分析, 發現戰時文學的性別角色仍是要理解, 並提倡另一種策略閱讀女性文學。

Placebo Acupuncture in an Acupuncture Clinical Trial. How Good is the Blinding Effect?

Eliza Lai-Yi Wong,Ping-Chung Leung,Lang Zhang 사단법인약침학회 2015 Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies Vol.8 No.1

The purpose of this study was to critically look at the validity of the “placebo procedures” used in acupuncture studies. Twenty healthy volunteers were recruited and blinded either to genuine acupuncture or to “placebo procedures”, and they were checked to ascertain whether they could differentiate genuine punctures from placebo punctures. Each volunteer received paired procedures on three separate occasions. Each paired procedure included one genuine puncture and a placebo procedure. Three placebo procedures, that is, sham points, superficial puncture, and puncturing through a special device, were used. Two standard acupuncture points were used: Hegu (LI-4) in the hand and Zusanli (ST-36) in the leg. Among the 18 participants who completed all three tests, 16 correctly recognized genuine punctures. Sham sites in the hand and the leg were detected by 15 and nine of the participants, respectively. Superficial punctures in the hand and the leg were recognized by 10 and nine of the participants, respectively. A special device, a foam cylinder that hid the distal needle, worked best because 15 and 16 of the participants were deceived when the device was used at an acupoint in the hand and the leg, respectively. No significant differences were noted between those who had had past experience with acupuncture and those who had not. Sham sites and superficial punctures appeared not to have a placebo function because 50–83% of the participants were able to immediately recognize their false nature. Using a hidden device worked much better.

Gender and Political Participation in Hong Kong

LEE, Eliza W. Y. Asian Center Women's Studies Korean Women's Instit 2000 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.6 No.3

This article makes an assessment of the state of gender equality in political participation in Hong Kong by analyzing data collected from a territory-wide survey done in 1996. The scope of analysis is broadened to include public participation at the grassroots level and to forms of public participation that are non-political but may have political implications. Three major categories of public activity are studied, namely, community participation, activism via social organizations, and formal political participation. The findings reveal a rather low rate of public participation for both men and women who tend to be active in different types of social organizations. Women, however, are less active than men in formalized politics and it is seen that there are persistent social biases regarding women's ability to serve as community and political leaders.