Qualitative research originates from anthropology and social medicine, it has been introduced into medical field only for ten odd years. As medicine owns social humanity characteristics, its research method should not be limited to the traditional quantitative research for cause-effect relationship, and the advantages of qualitative research is just that it focuses on those unexplained and unan...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the definition of "traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine integration" and "integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine". METHODS Logic methods. RESULTS It was found that there were a lot of problems on the definition of "traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine integration" and "integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine". CONCLUS...

1. Department of Applied Economics, Department of Finance, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 2. Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3. Econometric Institute Erasmus, School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands 4. Department of Quantitative Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain 5. Depart...

1Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan 2Graduate Institute of Immunology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10048, Taiwan 3Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 4Department of Food Science and Bio...

The aim of this paper is to critically explore the complex debates on the contemporary growth of China’s urban economies. It has been well documented that China is the second largest economy in the world and is seen to be a major player in the financial markets. Over the last decade China has experienced a dramatic urban transformation and globalization is a key factor in the change in China fr...