Sue, Feng-Hui

AbstractThis study focuses on analyzing depth distributions of d18O and changes in mixed layer thickness in the South China Sea (SCS). The oxygen isotopic compositions of the samples collected were determined using the Epstein-Mayeda (1953). The overall precision of the d18OSMOW measurements is +0.1‰. Our data suggest that depth changes of average d18OSMOW of seawater in the SCS as follows: the average d18OSMOW values for the surface (0-100m) is 0.02‰; subsurface (100-400m) i...

Wang, Li-Hsueh

Neurotransmitters are widely distributed in the central nervous system of tilapia during development. In the present study, the effects of gonadal steroids, temperature, and neurotransmitters on the development of central neurotransmitter systems in tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, were investigated. Exogenous E2 before 10 days posthatching resulted in an inhibitory effect on the activity of central 5-HT system via decreasing TPH activity and increasing MAO activity, a decrease of the gene expr...

Chu, Cun-Hua

Po-210 and Pb-210 are particle-reactive natural radionuclides which can be removed from seawater by their incorporation with various particulate materials, resulting in radioactive disequilibria with respect to their parent nuclides. Previous studies showed that Po-210/Pb-210 activity ratio in surface seawater ranges from about 0.2 to 1 due to atmospheric input of Pb-210 and effects of biological productivity and upwelling. In order to evaluate the effects of plankton on Po-210 and Pb-210 distri...

Shih, chieh-chih

AbstractThe aim of this study investigated the metal bioaccumulation in the cetaceans from the Taiwanese coastal waters. The differences of metal concentrations in the small dolphins between species, sex and sampling location were examined. The results were compared to the data all over the world to understand the pollution status in the western Pacific. Accordingly specimens-bank was established. Furthermore, the correlations between the size/age and metal concentrations were investigated in St...

Cheng, Wen-Hsi

Regenerative oxidation is an economic and effective means of controlling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with concentrations exceeding 1,200 mg/m3 in gas streams. Regenerative catalytic oxidizers (RCO) and regenerative thermal oxidizers are two main applications for the regenerative oxidation. However, factors influencing the performance of regenerative oxidation when treating VOCs in gas streams have seldom been addressed. Therefore, this study presents a convection-dispersion model with an e...

Chao, Pao-Chen

ABSTRACTAs the progress of information technology, the trend of globalization market and dramatic market competition, human resource can be the only source of sustaining a competitive advantage for organizations. It is not all employees who possess knowledge and skills of core resources for firms. It is the fundamental work for human resource management for firms to improve employment management of human resource. Given pressures for both efficiency and flexibility, in addition to the use of int...

Hsieh, Chia-Chang

The main purpose for Globalization of multi-nation enterprises is to reach the goal of providing global product combination perfectly. It has to be done via Global Logistics Management and global source integration. For every global logistics enterprise, it somehow has to be fully emphasized the development of Global Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management.Consequently, starting with current development status and the bottleneck of International Logistics Industry in Taiwan, the study i...

Ho, Yao-Kuang

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Wang, H.D

In multiresolution analysis(MRA)by wavelet function Daubechies (db), we decompose the signal in two parts, the low and high-frequency content,respectively. We remove the high-frequency content and reconstruct a new ¡��de-noise¡¨ signal by using inverse wavelet transform. In order to improve the forecasting accuracy of ANN (Artificial Neural Network) model ,we use the concept of tidal constituent phase-lags, and the new ¡��de-noise¡¨ signal wa...

Chiang, Chen-I

AbstractThis research, mainly thurough questionnaire investigation, too meetings with experts, scholars, and enterprises and deep interviews, underrealizesstands the plan needs and expecttion of the middle-aged unemployed for vocational training¡C In order to find out the ways for reformation in correspondence to the requirement of the unemployed, reaching the purpose of ¡upublic vocational training improving the middle-aged unemployed to reemployment¡v¡C Four...

Yang, Ya-Wen

Zooxanthellae are very important for the coral reef ecosystem. The diversity of coral hosts is high in the Indo-Pacific, but the diversity of zooxanthellae has not been broadly investigated. Southern Taiwan and Penghu Islands are coral reef and non-reefal communities, respectively. These localities were chosen as the sampling sites for this study to maximize the opportunity of surveying this region in the Indo-Pacific. Zooxanthellae diversity was investigated in 40 host species including 32 spec...

Yang, Yi-Lea

In our continuing study on the chemical constituents of Taiwanese soft corals, the EtOAc extracts of a gorgonian coral Isis hippuris and a alcyonarian coral Sinularia gibberosa were investigated, respectively. Seven compounds, including 3�G\,11�G]-dihydroxy-24-methyl-22,25epoxy-5�G\- furostan-18,20�G]-lactone (1), 3-acetyl-2-deacetyl-22R-hippurin-1 (2), hippuristerone F (3), hippurin-1 (4), 22-epi-hippurin-1 (5), 3-acetyl-2- desacetyl-22-epi-hippurin-1 (6) and 2-desacetyl-22-epi-hippurin-1 (7) w...

Liu, Ching-Lin

AbstractThe South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the world and connects with the East China Sea (ECS) through the Taiwan Strait (TS). This study investigates the distribution and biogeochemical behavior of both particulate and dissolved organic matter in the SCS and the TS based on samples collected on several cruises of the R/V Ocean Researchers I and III. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus (DIN and DIP), particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (POC and PON) as well as ...

Lu, Ai-Lin

AbstractThis study elucidates the processes that may determine the distributions of Mn and other trace metals on the slope of the southern Okinawa Trough. In addition to salinity and temperature, large-volume seawater samples were collected for analyzing dissolved manganese (DMn), particulate manganese (PMn), suspended, particulate organic carbon (POC), pH and dissolved CO2 (TCO2 ) during June-July of 1998, 1999 and 2000. Concentrations of DMn and PMn in a transect decrease generally seaward fro...

Kao, Ying-Fen

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Chang, Terry

AbstractThis thesis discusses 226Ra distribution in the seawater of the East China Sea and the sea off northeastern Taiwan. Six profiles and fifteen surface water samples were measured. Water samples were collected during cruises 493 and 523 in July, 1997 and July, 1998, respectively. 226Ra measurements were performed by the regenerated 222Rn method that had been widely used for seawater samples. The surface water 226Ra activities vary between 8.7 and 15.9 dpm/100kg in the East China Sea. There ...

Chun, Chu-Ke

Urban development would be halted with the over-concerned of material life, the rising unemployment, the increase in crime rate, the deterioration of living standards, the decrease in population, the deficiency of tax revenue, and the difficulty of industrial change. The sustainable development of a city would be also endangered. Urban development world not move. The sustainable development of a city would be also endangered. To successfully deal with these problems and gain the new-vitality for...

Yu, Tzong-Hong

As we all know that Taiwan is an island surrounded by oceans. Around the island are many international commercial harbors, domestic fishery harbors and harbors for industrial purposes. However, these harbors are facing safety challenges from the strong wind induced waves during monsoon seasons and typhoon due to tropical depressions. The material degradation, fatigue induced from vibrations and the forced deformation of the whole structural system can not usually be observed until serious damage...

Yang, Jang-Yi

AbstractResent studies have demonstrated that rivers in the western Pacific islands can be very important in affecting global riverine material flux. The Kaoping River is a typical tropical, island-type river with the largest drainage area in Southern Taiwan. Material outputs from the Kaoping River are expected to play a major role in affecting the local coastal environment. Therefore, this study aims at understanding processes and mechanisms for generation, transport and transformation of terri...

Lee, Yi-Su

Abstract¡@¡@The present study was undertaken to understand the accumulation of PCBs in the marine environment of Taiwan. Samples including oyster drills, oysters, sediments and seawater were collected from the West coast of Taiwan and analyzed by GC/ECD and GC/MS.¡@¡@The concentration of PCBs in sediments was 31.05¡ã406.38 pg/g dry wt with the highest one at Tong-Kung. The PCBs in cultural oysters from Tong-Kung was 3.80 pg/g wet wt. Concentr...

Hwang, Hsing- Chih

Because CFC-11 and CFC-12 are extremely stable and purely anthropogenic and the CFCs enter the ocean through air-sea exchange at the sea surface, they serve as good tracers for studying the oceans. Since CFCs and tritium share similar characteristics such as their anthropogenic production, inertness to biological activities, a tritium box model applied to the North Atlantic Ocean by J. L. Sarmiento in 1983 is used to study the distribution of CFCs in the Northwest Pacific. This thesis attempts t...

Chang, Chia-Ling

AbstractThe Chinese government has fulfilled the policy of ¡��revolution opening¡¨ since 1979, and it has taken ¡��outside economy¡¨ and ¡��region incline¡¨ course to fulfill the programming development with ¡��southern, middle, and western¡¨ three-route region. The Chinese government has given the programming development to keep the initiative in its own hands to attract foreign capital, ...

Lee, Chin-Wei

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Hsieh, Chang-Kuan

The e-Learning issues have been discussed and investigated recent years. People can learn on the Internet and feel more comfortable. But in the e-Learning environment, we discovered the learners might have some troubles in learning. They may encounter disorientation, cognitive overloading and learner control. Using some teaching methods or strategies from teachers can reduce these problems. So the Learning Management System (LMS) must have some mechanisms to accomplish these purposes. This thesi...

Huang, Chien-hua

A simple design of automatic counting system for fish larvaeChien-hua HuangAdvisor: Dr. Sun-chio FongInstitute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804,Taiwan, R.O.C.The purpose of this study is to develop a portable-computer system for automatic counting of fish larvae. It was intended as an economical, fast and accurate tool for the general fish farmers.The basic principle of the system is to use gray level value of the three prime colors (red, green and blue) as an in...

Huang, Li-Min

AbstractThis study armed to develop a chemical scrubbing process to treat an emitted odorous gas stream from a corn-germ oil-pressing machine.Analytical results demonstrated that the gas contains a total VOC (volatile organic compound) concentration of 323 to 2,100 ppm calibrated as methane. Major VOC ingredients are aldehydes, organic acids, and mercaptans. Ozone, sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were used as oxidants for VOCs other than aldehydes and sodium bisulfite (...

Lau, Ryh-Huei

This essay is focused on naval vessels as its main research aspect. It tries to find out in that area possible methods and strategies of applying knowledge management by probing into certain naval vessels for thorough comprehension of the knowledge content and ongoing ways of knowledge management needed for daily operations of each ship as a single case. In addition to the information obtained from ROC navy vessels concerning the problems and difficulties they are encountering when dealing with ...

Wu, Gwo-Li

An International Express Delivery Service offers "door-to-door" comprehensive domestic and international courier and bulk mail services over 200 countries in the world. Through an efficient and multi-service international shipping network, their operations include clear import/export custom clearance, set up customized flight schedule, arrange material storage, perform custom reporting, and ground logistics. In a world of increasingly global competition, an International Express Delive...

Wu, Feng-Cheng

Essential fatty acids nutrition and its effects on immune responses of the juvenile grouper, Epinephelus malabaricusFeng-Cheng Wu(Advisor: Dr. Houng-Yung Chen)Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen UniversityKaohsiung 804 Taiwan.A series of three experiments was conducted to study the essential fatty acids nutrition and its effects on immune responses (IR) of the juvenile grouper, Epinephelus malabaricus. All experimental diet contained 10 g/100 g diet supplemental lipids from various...

Chen, Ching-Chuan

The oil barge operation in Kaohsiung harbor is one of typical systems of resources allocation problems in a complex and dynamic environment. Such system is far more difficult to deal with than a static and deterministic system and often depends on experienced human experts for the oil barge assignment. One of the major dilemmas faced by the system is that decision makers do not know the managerial efficiency under the current dispatching mechanism. Besides, if the dispatching rules have been mod...

Huang, Jeffery

Kao-ping submarine canyon is straightly connected with Kao-ping River. Thus, it is influenced by the river¡¦s discharge. In order to investigate this seasonal difference in the canyon, we conducted several researches, which were based on temporal and spacial observations of the hydrological and dynamical characteristic of the canyon. We also studied the transport of suspended sediment particles in the canyon according to the distribution of SSC (suspended sediment concentration...

Lin, U-Jie

AbstractSubsequent to its remarkable nearly 3-decade economic growth, Taiwan¡¦s investment conditions have being deteriorated gradually by the mounting costs, and at mean time, many Taiwanese also were aware of the environmental protection issues and result in adopting a stricter environment protection policy.Above factors have made negative impacts on Taiwan¡¦s industrial development and therefore many Taiwan enterprises have chosen to move their sites to the...

Cheng, Chien-Yu

AbstractMarine transportation is a crucial activity in the development of human civilization. Following the track of the history, the focus has been shifted not only on the safety of vessels, but the protection of the ocean environment and the keep of the working space and accommodation for crews. Therefore, the Port State Control (PSC) is getting popular around the world.This paper is trying to introduce the origin, contents, working scope of the Port State Control, and summarize the PSC execut...

Cheng, Po-Hsin

The study site, Ta-pon Bay, is located in southwestern Taiwan that has the total volume of 9.92 x 106 m3, surface area of 4.46 x 106 m2, and an average depth of 2.19 m. The Ta-pon Bay is a shallow and semi-enclosed lagoon. The tidal regime at the Ta-pon Bay inlet is mixed, with diurnal dominance. There is noticeable amount of land-derived freshwater inflow in Ta-pon Bay and the mixing between the sea water and freshwater is largely determined by the tide.In order to understand the tidal exchange...

Chen, Chun-Nan

A 3D numerical model ¡V COHERENS has been applied to construct a coupled hydrodynamic and ecological model for studying Tapeng Bay, which is a coastal lagoon situated in southwest of Taiwan. The simulations have been carried out to study the influences and their interacting mechanisms among the tidal currents, nutrients and micro planktons in the Lagoon. Model results have been compiled for calculating the nutrient fluxes and the primary productions in the Tapeng Bay.Tapeng Bay is a sem...

Shih, Yi-Che

It has been Taiwan s vision for being an "Ocean Country ", because of the richness and biodiversity of its marine environment. In recent years, the rapid growth in Taiwan¡¦s ocean sector has resulted in a great concern on the degradation and loss of marine resources and habitats, and threatening of coral reefs and endangered species in the marine environment. There is a need to proactively conserve and protect marine ecosystem functions, species, and habitats for futu...

Su-Wen, Cheng

AbstractThis study investigated the optimal operating parameters on road dust removal by a flusher. It aimed at enhancing road flushing efficiency, analyzing particle size range, and establishing a flushing model. This study explored main roads by collecting road dusts in Kaohsiung metropolitan area in October 2001. The roads were classified by road dust loading (RDL) as follows: level A (minor, RDL<1g/m2), level B (normal, RDL=1~5g/m2), level C (abnormal, RDL=5~11g/m2), and level D (seri...

Huang, L.-F.

AbstractSeveral sesquiterpenes isolated from a Formosan gorgonian coral Isis hippuris have shown significant cytotoxic activity against various cancer cell lines. In order to search other active components, we have investigated the chemical constituent of I. hippuris from a Green Island specimen. In the cytotoxcity assay, the EtOAc extract showed potent cytotoxic response toward P-388, A549 and HT-29 cancer cell lines. Thus, the investigation on the chemical content of this extract was carried o...

Huang, Hsiang-hao

AbstractThis research aims to investigate temporal and spatial distribution of planktonic copepods in relation to enviromental factors at five stations in Kaoping coastal waters, and their feeding impact on phytoplankton during September 1999 to June 2001. In total, 79 species of copepods belonging to 19 families and 4 orders, plus 23 unidentified species, were found from the samples collected by the plankton net with 330 µm mesh. The mean abundance of the collected copepods is 4....

Peng, Shau-hung

AbstractLike the other developing countries, there was an obvious dual structural economy in the process of economic transition in PRC. There were a lot of rural surplus labor forces in the agricultural sector, and massive underemployments in the industrial sector resulted from imbalanced development policies of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) central-planning economic system. Moreover, the formation of dual structure in PRC was partly in response to differences of natural environment. The most im...

Chen, Chia-Yi

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Yang, Tien-Wei

ABSTRACTMost sandy beaches around the world have been under the threat of being eroded in the past six decades, resulting in shoreline retreat; thus, calling for various shoreline protection devices to be constructed to preserve the well-being of coastal habitants. To achieve this purpose, research on shoreline changes and development of numerical or mathematical models for predicting shoreline changes would help attain the goal of sustainable use of coastal land.This thesis reports preliminary ...

Li, Chih-Kang

The disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea have become a complicated and potential source of international conflict, which involves disputes over sovereignty in the South China Sea, maritime borders, and resources. The claimants include regional countries such as, Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei as well as the United States and Japan, which are outside of the region.The level of attention to the South China Sea issues has increased due to its im...

Hung, Li-Yueh

This study investigates the reproductive biology of Paramyxine nelsoni which distributes in some areas off the southwestern coast of Taiwan.Specimens were captured by shrimp traps. Body weight and body length were measured. Maturation stages of female, adult male and immature were recored. Egg length¡Bnumber of egg, gonad weight and GSI for mature females were measured.Results showed that P. nelsoni spawned all year round. However, a drastic increase of GSI in June and a drop in July, w...

Hung, Ying-Nu

The purpose of this study is to establish the background metal concentrations of several demersal aquatic organisms in the coastal waters off Yunlin county before the development of petroleum industries camp at Tai-shi area, S. W. Taiwan. In addition to, the proper bioindicators are also investigated for future monitoring purpose.Twenty-seven species of sedimentary organisms, including 11 species of fishes, 3 species of crabs, 9 species of shrimps, 2 species of mollusca, and 2 species of cephalo...

Lee, Chien-Cheng

There has been full of inefficiency and waste in current operation method of steel structure industries. This study hopes to utilize Toyota Just-in-time Production System for fabrication of steel structure to eliminate current each waste during the production process. The main purpose of this study is take case company as an example to discuss the following respects: 1.The current production process of steel structure industries. 2.The application of Toyota Just-in-time Production System in the ...

Ho, Chun-Chung

AbstractThe coral reef ecosystem is known to have high diversity and productivity such as rainforest on land. There is a fringing coral reef located in the Kenting National Park in Taiwan. However, from July 1987, the corals near a nuclear powder plant were frequently bleached in summer. In this research, we had used Acropora grandis as an indicator to study the relationship between the bleaching events of coral with environmental parameters during 1994 to 1998. The results showed that the coral...

Liu, Seng-Rong

Container terminal plays an important role to serve container vessel¡¦s loading and discharging in seaport. Owing to high sunk cost and resource limited in operating ( e.g. rental, quay and yard cranes, berth window, yard and so on ), container terminals are mostly run by government or conglomerate of joint carriers .Practically, there are many container terminal operation types in the world. Among them, Kaohsiung Harbor Authority ( KHB ) leases out all terminals to several ves...

Yen, Chia-You

The sonobuoy originated from military submarine detection¡Ait was also used to measure ocean acoustic signal by scientists¡Abut the continuous recording and transmitting design by early sonobuoy is not suitable for long-term or scheduled observations. In this research¡A¡��off the self¡¨ components were integrated to develop an autonomous sonobuoy¡Awhich can be used to measure shipping noise and marine life acoustic signal in coastal ...

Huang, Hsin-Hui

Formosan soft coral Xenia sp. (GN47) (collected at east coast of Taiwan) was extracted with methylene chloride and acetone. Chromatographic separation of the organic extract resulted in the isolation of six diterpenoids, 13-epi-9-desacetylxenicine (1), xenicinone (2), 13-epi-7,8-epoxide-9-des-acetylxenicine (3), isoxeniolide-A (4), 7,8-epoxide-4,12Z-iso-xeniolide-A (5), 4,12Z-9-deoxy-isoxeniolide-A(6) as well as two cadinane sesquiterpenes, xenitorins B (7) and xenitorins A (8).Compound 6 is a n...