THE STUDY OF THE ANTECEDENTS AND SUBSEQUENCES OF SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNER TRUST AND COMMITMENT

Sheng-Hsiang Li 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2008 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 학술대회 Vol.2008 No.3

As competition is growing, products and services become more homogeneous, and markets become mature, it is becoming increasingly harder for companies in both manufacturing and service industries to differentiate themselves from other organizations. Merely providing partners with technical solutions to problems does not suffice anymore to be competitive and gain and retain market share. Various value-added services, which start before the actual transaction and go far beyond it, have to be delivered in order to stay competitive and create partner loyalty. Loyal partners will generate more revenues in the long run. In the relationship marketing literature the concept of commitment plays a central role, as it is a major characteristic of relationship marketing models. Commitment refers to an implicit or explicit pledge of the continuity of a relationship between exchange partners. It is commonly agreed that partners in an alliance must have a high degree of trust and commitment towards their relationship. If trust and commitment is lacking, the alliance relationship will soon come to an end. This study aims to analyze the antecedents and subsequences of alliance partner trust and commitment. The antecedents of alliance partner trust and commitment include relationship benefits, relationship termination costs, shared values, information sharing, opportunistic behavior, satisfaction, total interdependence, interdependence asymmetry, quality, enhancing competitive advantage, corporate culture, and partner’s reputation. The meaning of communication is similar to information sharing. The subsequences of alliance partner trust and commitment include acquiescence, cooperation intension, conflict, and uncertainty. The propensity to leave is similar to the other side of cooperation intension. Uncertainty includes decision-making uncertainty, behavioral uncertainty, and technological uncertainty. Affective commitment, that is commitment based on attraction between partners, is to be preferred over calculative commitment. The latter form of commitment is based on constant weighing of the benefits of a relationship with a partner against the costs of that relationship. Relationships based solely on calculative commitment are also most likely not to last for an extended time. Affective commitment is related to trust in the partner’s honesty and benevolence, quality of the outcome of the service process, and partner satisfaction with the service being delivered. The quality of the service process has an indirect effect on affective commitment, as it is related to satisfaction. Furthermore, it is shown that affectively committed partners have a much stronger intention to stay in a relationship with a service provider than calculative committed partners.

Traditional Chinese medicine attenuates hospitalization and mortality risks in diabetic patients with carcinoma in situ in Taiwan

Tsai Li-Jen,Chung Chi-Hsiang,Lin Chien-Jung,Su Sheng-Chiang,Kuo Feng-Chih,Liu Jhih-Syuan,Chen Kuan-Chan,Ho Li-Ju,Kuo Chih-Chun,Chang Chun-Yung,Lin Ming-Hsun,Chu Nain-Feng,Lee Chien-Hsing,Hsieh Chang-H 한국한의학연구원 2022 Integrative Medicine Research Vol.11 No.2

Background: Diabetic patients are at high risk of developing cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become increasingly popular as an adjuvant treatment for patients with chronic diseases, and some studies have identified its beneficial effect in diabetic patients with cancer. The purpoes of this study was to outline the potential of TCM to attenuate hospitalization and mortality rates in diabetic patients with carcinoma in situ (CIS). Methods: A total of 6,987 diabetic subjects with CIS under TCM therapy were selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, along with 38,800 of 1:1 sex-, age-, and index year-matched controls without TCM therapy. Cox proportional hazard analysis was conducted to compare hospitalization and mortality rates during an average of 15 years of follow-up. Results: A total of 3,999/1,393 enrolled-subjects (28.62%/9.97%) had hospitalization/mortality, including 1,777/661 in the TCM group (25.43%/9.46%) and 2,222/732 in the control group (31.80%/10.48%). Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed a lower rate of hospitalization and mortality for subjects in the TCM group (adjusted HR=0.536; 95% CI=0.367–0.780, P<0.001; adjusted HR=0.783; 95% CI=0.574– 0.974, P = 0.022). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the cumulative risk of hospitalization and mortality in the case and control groups was significantly different (log rank, P<0.001 and P = 0.011, respectively). Conclusions: Diabetic patients with CIS under TCM therapy were associated with lower hospitalization and mortality rates compared to those without TCM therapy. Thus, TCM application may reduce the burden of national medical resources.

Credibility Judgment Predictors for Child Sexual Abuse Reports in Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations

Ling-Hsiang Wang,Yu-Yung Hung,Philip C,Chow,Che-Sheng Chu,Hsing-Jung Li,Ti Lu,Ching-Hong Tsai 대한신경정신의학회 2019 PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION Vol.16 No.2

Objective We intended to analyze the credibility judgment in written forensic psychiatric reports of child sexual abuse registered in Southern Taiwan. Methods Ninety-six cases of child sexual abuse between August 2010 and October 2017 encountered in two hospitals were analyzed. The results in these reports were categorized into credible and non-credible. We identified the factors that distinguished between the two groups in bivariate analyses using chi-square test. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to determine whether the factors that significantly correlated in the bivariate analyses were independent predictors of credible judgments. Results Among 96 cases, 70 (73%) were judged as credible. Consistent testimonies of children (odds ratio=40.82) and multiple abuse events (odds ratio=6.05) were positive variables independently related to the sexual abuse allegations judged as credible. Conclusion The number of allegations judged as credible in this study was slightly higher than that reported in other studies. Our findings about predictors for credible cases are not in line with those reported previously. Due to the differences in resources of the cases and backgrounds of the evaluators among multiple studies, direct comparisons with previous studies must be treated with caution.

Magnetic Properties and Microstructure of TbCo/(Co/SiN<SUB>x</SUB>)<SUB>n</SUB> Films

Pai Li Lin,Po Cheng Kuo,Sheng Chi Chen,Yen Hsiang Fang 한국자기학회 2007 한국자기학회 학술연구발표회 논문개요집 Vol.- No.-

Generalized Papoulis–Gerchberg algorithm for PA nonlinearity compensation in coded OFDM systems

Cho Li,Fu Sheng-Hsiang 한국통신학회 2024 ICT Express Vol.10 No.1

Iterative subcarrier regularization (ISR) has been recently proposed to mitigate the nonlinear noise caused by the saturation of power amplifiers in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems. The generalized Papoulis–Gerchberg algorithm (GPGA) used in ISR exploits the frequency-domain prior knowledge specified by standards and time-domain prior knowledge reserved by low nonlinearity amplitudes. It is a reconstruction-based method that may cause bit error rate (BER) degradation when coding techniques are applied. In this work, a dual-loop structure of the GPGA is presented to integrate the cancellation-based methods for maintaining the coding gain. By using a well-known cancellation-based method, iterative clipping noise cancellation (ICNC), as an example, simulations based on the IEEE 802.11ah verified that the proposed scheme effectively maintains the contribution of both the reconstruction-based and cancellation-based methods, thus significantly outperforming the ISR or ICNC in terms of coded BER.

Three methods for studying coupled vibration in a multi flexible disk rotor system

YiJui Chiu,Xiao-Yun Li,Yi-Cheng Chen,Sheng-Rui Jian,Chia-Hao Yang,I-Hsiang Lin 대한기계학회 2017 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.31 No.11

This paper improved and developed Shaft-disk-blade (SDB) rotor system based on the previous studies of the authors in the last decade from Yang and Huang (2005) to Chiu et al. (2017). This paper also explored blade-bending, disk-transverse, and shaft-torsion coupling vibration of a multi flexible disk rotor system. Unlike the previous studies of the authors, this paper adopted three methods: (a) Assumed mode method (AMM), (b) Finite element method (FEM), and (c) experimental method. The first approach is the main method, and the two other methods are complementary. Results generated from the three methods were then compared and analyzed. Based on the previous definition of the authors, a flexible disk rotor system displays three types of coupling vibrations: Inter-blade, SDB, and diskblade modes. The system changes the rules of natural frequencies and mode shapes. This paper presents several interesting results. First, the author determined the change rules of the mode shapes and natural frequencies using the AMM, FEM (including three kinds of software), and the experimental method. Second, numerical calculation results also revealed that two phenomena regarding the distance of disk and flexible disk would be affected by the natural frequencies. Third, the experimental results would be explored in this paper. Last, the flexible disk could affect the system instability in the case study of rotation effects.

Portable Laser Doppler Flowmeter for Microcirculation Detection

Chang-Lin Hu,Meng-Lin Li,Zhan-Sheng Lin,Yen-Yu Chen,Yuan-Hsiang Lin 대한의용생체공학회 2013 Biomedical Engineering Letters (BMEL) Vol.3 No.2

Purpose The microcirculatory system of the human body is closely related to its physiological conditions. The laser Doppler flowmeter can detect symptoms through variations in the microcirculation; however, the present commercial Doppler flowmeter is very expensive, heavy, and inconvenient to carry. Therefore, an inexpensive, small, and portable laser Doppler flowmeter is proposed. Methods In this study, we designed a laser Doppler flowmeter transmitting receiving module based on the fundamental principles of laser Doppler, using a common computer for flow calculation. A self-designed correction system was used to validate the portable laser Doppler flowmeter. Results The coefficient of correlation between the mean frequency offset <ω> of the flowmeter and the actual mimicked blood flow rate reached a high value of R = 0.99, and the variations in microcirculation flow could be accurately measured. Conclusions The results proved that the low-cost portable laser Doppler flowmeter can be used extensively in early symptom detection for disease prevention and control.

VEGF and FGF2 improve revascularization, survival, and oocyte quality of cryopreserved, subcutaneously transplanted mouse ovarian tissues

( Cheng-en Hsieh ),( Yuh-ming Hwu ),( Sheng-hsiang Li ),( Chung-hao Lu ),( Ming-huei Lin ),( Robert Kuo-kuang Lee ) 대한산부인과학회 2016 대한산부인과학회 학술대회 Vol.102 No.-

Objective: To investigate the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) on revascularization, survival, and oocyte quality of cryopreserved, subcutaneously transplanted mouse ovarian tissue. Methods: Outbred ICR mice (n = 112) were used as the animal model. Vitrified mouse ovarian tissues were treated without (control group) or with VEGF and FGF2 before autologous subcutaneous transplantation. After transplantation for 2 or 3 weeks, grafts’ survival, angiogenesis, and oocyte quality were examined. Results: VEGF and FGF2 promoted revascularization and significantly increased the survival rate of subcutaneously transplanted cryopreserved ovarian tissues compared with the untreated grafted control. The two growth factors did not show long-term effects on the ovarian grafts. In contrast to the untreated ovarian grafts, active folliculogenesis was revealed as the number of various follicles was significantly higher or had an increased trend in the VEGF and FGF2-treated ones. Though the fertilization rate had no differences between VEGF/FGF2 and control group; however, the oocyte quality was much better in the VEGF/FGF2-treated grafts as demonstrated by the higher ratio of blastocyst development. Conclusions: Introducing of angiogenic factors such as VEGF and FGF2 may be a promising strategy to improve revascularization, survival, and oocyte quality of cryopreserved, subcutaneously transplanted mouse ovarian tissue.