An Empirical Study of Qualities of Association Rules from a Statistical View Point

Dorn, Maryann,Hou, Wen-Chi,Che, Dunren,Jiang, Zhewei Korea Information Processing Society 2008 Journal of information processing systems Vol.4 No.1

Minimum support and confidence have been used as criteria for generating association rules in all association rule mining algorithms. These criteria have their natural appeals, such as simplicity; few researchers have suspected the quality of generated rules. In this paper, we examine the rules from a more rigorous point of view by conducting statistical tests. Specifically, we use contingency tables and chi-square test to analyze the data. Experimental results show that one third of the association rules derived based on the support and confidence criteria are not significant, that is, the antecedent and consequent of the rules are not correlated. It indicates that minimum support and minimum confidence do not provide adequate discovery of meaningful associations. The chi-square test can be considered as an enhancement or an alternative solution.

Does HBV Infection Increase Risk of Endometrial Carcinoma?

Jiang, Xue-Feng,Tang, Qiong-Lan,Zou, Yuan,Xu, Ling,Zeng, Hua,Chi, Cong,Jiang, Jing-Ru,Zhang, Bin-Zhong Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.2

Objective: Connections between chronic inflammation and tumor development and progression are now generally accepted. Recent evidence indicates that hepatitis B is associated with several types of cancer, but whether endometrial carcinoma (EC) is included has not been reported. Methods: We analyzed HBV serum marker status in 398 patients with endometrial cancer, comparing them to 788 control women undergoing health examination. Results: The total prevalence of HBsAg tested positive in cancer group was significantly higher than the control group (12.8% vs 6.0%, P=0.001), while positive HBsAb was significantly lower (41.2% vs 68.5%, P=0.001). Hepatitis B carriers in endometrial cancer group were also more frequent than in the control group (9.3% vs 5.5%, P=0.013). Interestingly, in the endometrial cancer group, 147 cases were HBV serum marker negative, which was also higher than in the control group (36.9% vs 15.6%, P=0.001). Conclusion: There may be a correlation between HBV infection and endometrial carcinoma.

Nickel‑based N/S‑dual doped graphene/carbon nanotubes electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution

Jin‑Chi Jiang,Jiamin Liu,Yingai Piao,Mei‑Shan Zhang,Long‑Yue Meng 한국탄소학회 2023 Carbon Letters Vol.33 No.1

Hydrogen energy is a promising source of renewable and clean energy for various industries, such as chemical, automobile, and energy industries. Electrolysis of water is one of the basic methods for the production of hydrogen energy. However, the high overpotential of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water electrolysis has hindered the effective production of hydrogen using this method. Thus, the development of high-efficiency non-precious metal-based electrocatalysts for OER is extremely significant. In this study, we adopted a one-step hydrothermal method to fabricate Ni-based catalysts with N/Sdual doped graphene oxide/carbon nanotube (GO/CNT) supports using thiourea ( CH4N2S) and urea as the S source and the N source. It was observed that the amount of thiourea utilized in the synthesis of the catalyst affected the morphology, composition, and the electrochemical properties of the catalyst. For a GO/CNT-to-thiourea mass ratio of 1:10, the catalyst exhibited the highest activity, where the OER overpotential was 320 mV at a current density of 10 mA/cm2. This was attributed to the high specific surface area, high conductivity, and fast electron transport channels of the N/S-dual doped GO/ CNT composite. Furthermore, sulfurization of the Ni particles to form nickel sulfide played a significant role in enhancing the catalytic performance.

중국 소비자의 미리 포장된 식사 구매 의도에 대한 이론적 기반 및 실증적 검증: 소비자 혁신성 관점에서 확장된 TPB 모델

Hao-Jie Jiang,Chi Gong,Shuai Jiang 사회혁신기업연구원 2024 혁신기업연구 Vol.9 No.1

COVID-19 팬데믹의 영향으로 중국의 미리 포장된 식사 산업이 빠른 성장 단계에 진입하여 소비자들로부터 점점 더 많은 호감을 얻고 있습니다. 이 연구는 중국 소비자들이 미리 포장된 식사를 구매하는 데 영향을 미치는 요인을 탐색하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 우리는 계획된 행동 이론(TPB)과 소비자 혁신성을 사용하여 구조방정식 모델을 구축했습니다. 이 정량적 연구는 비확률 샘플링 온라인 설문조사를 통해 293개의 유효 데이터 포인트를 수집하고 SPSS 27.0 및 AMOS 26.0을 사용하여 모델 검증을 수행했습니다. 결과는 소비자의 도구적 및 정서적 태도가 구매 의도에 중요하게 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 보여줍니다. 서술적 규범도 구매 의도에 중요한 긍정적인 영향을 미칩니다, 반면 지시적 규범은 중요한 영향을 보이지 않습니다. 소비자의 자기 통제력과 외부 조건은 모두 구매 의도와 행동에 중요한 긍정적인 영향을 미칩니다. 구매 의도는 구매 행동에 중요한 영향을 미치며 자기 통제력과 외부 조건에서의 매개 효과를 가집니다. 소비자 혁신성은 구매 의도와 행동 사이에서 중요한 조절 역할을 합니다. 제품 디자인과 홍보를 강화하기 위해 소비자들에게 매력을 높이는 것이 필수적입니다. 추가 연구를 위한 제안이 제시됩니다. Owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pre-made food industry in China has entered a rapid growth phase, gaining increasing favor from consumers. This study aims to explore the factors influencing Chinese consumers' purchase of pre-made food. We employed the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and consumer innovativeness to construct a structural equation model. This quantitative study gathered 293 valid data points through non-probability sampling online surveys and employed SPSS 27.0 and AMOS 26.0 for model validation. Results reveal that consumers' instrumental and affective attitudes significantly positively influence purchase intention. Descriptive norms also exert a significant positive impact on purchase intention, while injunctive norms do not show a significant effect. Consumers' self-control and external conditions both have significant positive influences on purchase intention and behavior. Purchase intention significantly affects purchase behavior and mediates effects in self-control and external conditions. Consumer innovativeness plays a significant moderating role between purchase intention and behavior. To enhance product design and promotion, it is imperative to increase attractiveness to consumers. Suggestions for further research are presented.

Effects of Feeding Purified Zearalenone Contaminated Diets with or without Clay Enterosorbent on Growth, Nutrient Availability, and Genital Organs in Post-weaning Female Pigs

Jiang, S.Z.,Yang, Z.B.,Yang, W.R.,Yao, B.Q.,Zhao, H.,Liu, F.X.,Chen, C.C.,Chi, F. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2010 Animal Bioscience Vol.23 No.1

The effects of different levels of natural clay enterosorbent on the growth, nutrient availability, and genital organs of post-weaning female pigs fed with an addition of zearalenone (ZEA) were investigated in the study. A total of thirty-five post-weaning gilts ($L{\times}Y{\times}D$) with an average body weight of 12.36${\pm}$1.46 kg were used in the test. The gilts were raised individually in metabolism cages and fed a corn-soybean meal-whey basal diet with an addition of 0 or 1 mg/kg of ZEA for 24 d with four levels of natural clay enterosorbent added in the feed. The treatments were: i) control; ii) control+2.5 g/kg clay; iii) control+1 mg/kg ZEA; iv) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+1.25 g/kg clay; v) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+2.5 g/kg clay; vi) control+1 mg/kg ZEA+5.0 g/kg clay; vii) control+1 mg/kg ZEA +10 g/kg clay. Pigs fed diets contaminated with additional purified ZEA had significantly reduced apparent digestibility of crude protein (CP), gross energy (GE) and apparent metabolic rate of GE (ME/GE, p<0.05) without changes of net protein utilization (NPU, p>0.05). Final body weight, average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), vulva length, vulva width, vulva area, relative weights of genital organ and proliferative changes of the ovary tissues in gilts fed ZEA-contaminated diet were increased (p<0.05) compared to the gilts fed the control diet. Addition of natural clay enterosorbent in the ZEA-contaminated diet showed a positive protection effect on ZEA feeding, and the protection was increased linearly or quadratically as clay content increased. However, in pigs fed a diet with clay alone at 2.5 g/kg level there was no significant impact (p>0.05) on all the parameters as compared to the control. It is suggested that feeding ZEA at about 1.0 mg/kg for 24 days might result in a deleterious effect in pigs, and addition of 5 or 10 g clay enterosorbent per kg diet can effectively neutralize the detrimental effects of the ZEA feeding.

Schwann-like cells from human melanocytes and their fate in sciatic nerve injury

Chi, Guang Fan,Kim, Dae-wook,Jiang, Mei Hua,Yoon, Kang Jun,Son, Youngsook Lippincott Williams Wilkins, Inc. 2011 NEUROREPORT - Vol.22 No.12

We induced human melanocyte dedifferentiation to Schwann cell-like cells in vitro by a combination of forskolin, neuregulin-&bgr;1, neurotrophin-3, platelet-derived growth factor-aa, basic fibroblast growth factor, laminin, and heparin. Cultured human melanocytes constitutively expressed neural cell and melanocyte markers but melanocyte-specific marker, including microphthalmia-associated transcription factor and tyrosinase, expression was selectively lost after induction. In the sciatic nerve injury site, the induced cells were engrafted and closely aligned to axons and P0-expressing myelin sheaths, whereas uninduced cells were not colocalized with axons and myelin sheaths and reexpressed melanocyte-specific tyrosinase activity in vivo. Human melanocytes lose their melanocyte phenotype and transdifferentiate into Schwann cells under specific induction conditions and display their Schwann cell phenotype after transplantation to injured sciatic nerve tissue.

Schwann cells differentiated from spheroid-forming cells of rat subcutaneous fat tissue myelinate axons in the spinal cord injury

Chi, Guang Fan,Kim, Mi-ra,Kim, Dae-Wook,Jiang, Mei Hua,Son, Youngsook Elsevier 2010 Experimental neurology Vol.222 No.2

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>In the present study, we found that nestin-expressing spheroid cells derived from multipotent adipose stem cells of subcutaneous fat tissue could efficiently differentiate into Schwann cells (SCs) <I>in vitro</I> based on expression of SC markers such as A2B5, GFAP, O4, p75, S100, Sox10, Krox-20, and L1. The induced SC is engrafted to spinal cord injury lesions and formed a peripheral nervous system (PNS)-type myelin sheath on central nervous system (CNS) axons. PNS-type myelin sheath formation in repaired tissue was confirmed by transplantation of both induced PKH26-labeled SC and induced EGFP-expressing SC generated from EGFP transgenic rats. In addition to direct participation as myelin sheath-forming SC in repaired tissue, the induced SC also expressed several neurotrophic factors, as did native SC, which may suggest an additional role for induced SC in stimulation of endogenous healing responses. Thus, spheroid-forming cells from subcutaneous fat tissue demonstrated rapid and efficient induction into SC, and such cells show therapeutic promise for repair of damage to the CNS and PNS.</P>

Substance P reduces apoptotic cell death possibly by modulating the immune response at the early stage after spinal cord injury

Jiang, Mei Hua,Lim, Ji Eun,Chi, Guang Fan,Ahn, Woosung,Zhang, Mingzi,Chung, Eunkyung,Son, Youngsook Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams Wilkin 2013 NEUROREPORT - Vol.24 No.15

Previously, we have reported that substance P (SP) enhanced functional recovery from spinal cord injury (SCI) possibly by the anti-inflammatory modulation associated with the induction of M2-type macrophages at the injured lesion. In this study, we explored the cytokine expression profiles and apoptotic cell death in the lesion site of the SCI after an immediate intravenous injection of SP. SP injection increased the levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, and IL-10 at day 1 after the SCI approximately by 2-, 9-, and 10-folds when compared with the control SCI, respectively. On the basis of double immunofluorescence staining with IL-10 and CD11b, activated macrophages or microglia expressing IL-10 appeared in the margin of the lesion site at day 1 only after the SP injection. This SP-mediated alteration in the lesion microenvironment was shown to be associated with the lower cell death of neuronal cells at day 1 and oligodendrocytes at day 5 by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, which was also accompanied by a decrease in caspase-3 activation. These findings suggest that SP may reduce the inflammation-induced secondary cell death, possibly through immune modulation at an early stage after the SCI.

A Study on the Influence of Personality Traits of College Students on the Way of Coping with Employment Stress and Entrepreneurial Intention in the Post-Epidemic Era

Jiang-Bo Yan,Ya-Li Fang,Chi Gong 사회혁신기업연구원 2023 혁신기업연구 Vol.8 No.2

With the arrival of the "post-epidemic era", the impact of multiple factors such as the epidemic and domestic and foreign economic weakness on the employment and entrepreneurship of graduates is still continuing and deepening, and youth employment has become a worldwide problem. Self-employment has gradually become a new employment channel, and self-employment of college students not only provides a large number of new jobs for the society, but also helps to alleviate the social employment pressure and the severe employment situation of college students. At present, exploring the factors influencing college students' entrepreneurial intention has become a hot topic in the field of entrepreneurship research. In this study, it is important to study the mechanism of each factor by constructing a model of the influencing factors of college students' entrepreneurial intention. The main conclusions from the study are as follows. First, all four personality traits have a significant positive influence on entrepreneurial intention, and college students with the above personality traits are more likely to have entrepreneurial intention, and the way of coping with employment pressure plays a mediating role in the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention. Based on this, the study provides valuable theoretical implications for research in this area and practical implications for how schools can improve students' entrepreneurial awareness.

Maternal interpretation of caring for children with Biliary Atresia in Taiwan

Chi-Hua Lin,Tzu-Ying Lee,Chuen-Bin Jiang 한국간호과학회 2023 한국간호과학회 학술대회 Vol.2023 No.11