National Cheng Kung University

UN SDGs Expert Professor Huey-Jen Jenny Su: The Next Generation's Role in Building a Better Tomorrow

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Through talent cultivation and knowledge dissemination, step by step, with efforts from the corporate world, a beacon of hope emerges for a more promising future,"  Dr. Su expresses.

Key Points: 
  • Through talent cultivation and knowledge dissemination, step by step, with efforts from the corporate world, a beacon of hope emerges for a more promising future,"  Dr. Su expresses.
  • "Taking heavy precipitation alone you can see a decline in the educational attendance index across the world," Professor Su Stated.
  • The devastating onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the past three years highlighted the importance of immersive educational environments.
  • "With diverse learning and quality education you'll be able to increase information availability, bringing the whole public into some sense of awareness," Professor Su affirmed.

NCKU Researchers Observe "Sequential Melting" of Upsilon Particles in Gold Nuclei Collisions

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

TAINAN, Taiwan, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The strong (nuclear) interaction in particle physics is described by quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a framework in which protons and neutrons are no longer the degrees of freedom but are instead replaced by their constituents, namely quarks, and gluons, particles that mediate the strong nuclear force. The strong nuclear force, in fact, does not allow quarks to exist (and, in turn, to be observed) freely, a phenomenon commonly known as "quark confinement." However, at extremely high temperature and energy densities, such as those prevailing in the Early universe, these quarks and gluons can exist freely in the form of a "soup" known as "quark-gluon plasma" (QGP). Such a "quark deconfinement" can, in fact, be reproduced in high-energy collisions of heavy ions, such as gold, uranium, and lead.

Key Points: 
  • Such a "quark deconfinement" can, in fact, be reproduced in high-energy collisions of heavy ions, such as gold, uranium, and lead.
  • Heavy quarkonium states, such as the bottomonium or Upsilon particles, are considered to be a particularly clean (low noise) signature of sequential melting.
  • In a new study published in Physical Review Letters , researchers at RHIC belonging to the STAR Experiment Collaboration reported, for the first time, the observation of sequential melting of Upsilon states in gold nuclei collisions.
  • The results, consistent with the sequential melting pattern, showed how three distinct Upsilon states were suppressed at different levels.

NCKU Researchers Develop Electroless Plating Method to Create Nickel-Plated Sulfur Cathode to Power High-capacity, Low-cost Batteries

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Sulfur has been identified as a potential alternative to nickel and cobalt, materials currently used in cathodes for lithium-ion batteries.

Key Points: 
  • Sulfur has been identified as a potential alternative to nickel and cobalt, materials currently used in cathodes for lithium-ion batteries.
  • Subsequently, nickel ions from a nickel salt are reduced on sulfur particle surface to form a nickel-plated sulfur nanocomposite with high sulfur content.
  • The high conductivity of nickel and the favorable charge-holding capacities of sulfur resulted in a cathode with superior electrochemical characteristics.
  • This plating process can be extended to other metals to create cheap and high-capacity batteries with multiple applications.

Macronix Has Been Committed to Developing Proprietary Non-Volatile Memory Technologies for Over 30 Years

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Friday, February 3, 2023

TAIPEI, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I have always stressed that starting a business in the integrated circuit industry from scratch would be something quite challenging, but I made it happen," said Macronix International Founder and CEO Miin Chyou Wu. "Almost all the well-known Taiwanese companies who have well-trained employees and top-notch manufacturing facilities were funded by the local government. Building up a company from nothing as I did, I think it is truly a miracle." He added that it takes dedicated people, heavy investment, considerable time, and essential resources to start a business in the semiconductor sector.

Key Points: 
  • "Almost all the well-known Taiwanese companies who have well-trained employees and top-notch manufacturing facilities were funded by the local government.
  • USD 137 million) in hand, Wu, then in his 40s, founded Macronix in Taiwan with dedication and enthusiasm.
  • Looking back, Wu stated again, it is indeed a miracle that Macronix has made it this far.
  • Notably, the FortiX series 3D NAND/NOR flash memory that Macronix recently introduced is a one such memory-centric solution.

TAICEND's World-leading Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology

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Friday, January 27, 2023

DALLAS, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TAICEND's world-leading Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology is a patented, exclusive material that has demonstrated high safety and effectiveness in the medical field.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TAICEND's world-leading Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology is a patented, exclusive material that has demonstrated high safety and effectiveness in the medical field.
  • As stated above, TAICEND's Hydrophilic PU Foam has an exceptionally high absorption rate, found to have a representative value of 900% following the testing method EN 13726-1.
  • Water is attracted to the molecular composition of the hydrophilic PU Foam, which gives it a high water retention rate.
  • This is why TAICEND's Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam Technology is an ideal choice for any medical professional.

Leeds Equity Partners Announces Promotions and Continued Growth in its Senior Leadership Team

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leeds Equity Partners, LLC ("Leeds Equity" or the "Firm"), the New York-based private equity firm that investsexclusively within the Knowledge Industries, announced today the promotions of Kevin Malone and David Neverson to Managing Director.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leeds Equity Partners, LLC ("Leeds Equity" or the "Firm"), the New York-based private equity firm that investsexclusively within the Knowledge Industries, announced today the promotions of Kevin Malone and David Neverson to Managing Director.
  • Prior to joining Leeds Equity, Malone worked at Harris Williams & Co. Malone graduated from the Olin Business School at Washington University with a B.S.
  • As part of the Firm's continued growth and expansion of its leadership team, Annie Shick was appointed as its Chief Financial Officer earlier in 2022.
  • Jeffrey Leeds, President of Leeds Equity added, "In addition to her technical expertise, Annie brings to the Firm great leadership skills and an appreciation of the values that drive Leeds Equity.

NCKU Researchers Demonstrate Machine-learning Assisted Detection of Age-related Macular Degeneration from Fundus Photos

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Monday, January 9, 2023

Fundus photography is a powerful tool that can be used to detect AMD; however, it is time-consuming and requires the expertise of a medical professional.

Key Points: 
  • Fundus photography is a powerful tool that can be used to detect AMD; however, it is time-consuming and requires the expertise of a medical professional.
  • To this end, the Automatic Detection challenge on Age-related Macular degeneration or the ADAM challenge was set up as a satellite event of the ISBI 2020 conference.
  • The team from NCKU used four different ML architectures to address each task of the ADAM challenge.
  • The team used a multiple-blocks regression strategy to divide the fundus image into multiple blocks, after which each block was one-hot-encoded.

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles Presents “Designing With Disaster: Stories From Seven Regenerative Cities”

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles , a Japanese cultural destination in the heart of Hollywood, announces its upcoming exhibition “Designing with Disaster: Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities” on display from January 27 – April 2, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles , a Japanese cultural destination in the heart of Hollywood, announces its upcoming exhibition “Designing with Disaster: Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities” on display from January 27 – April 2, 2023.
  • The exhibition also features illuminated Regenerative City Wells (“Wells”) with an immersive physical, video, and audio experience envisioning seven hypothetical regenerative cities.
  • In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition, the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles will co-host the Global Japan Forum 2023: Designing with Disaster to be held on January 28, 2023 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles.
  • Walk-ins are invited and the gallery is open daily from
    For more information, visit the JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles website and social channels: Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , YouTube and LinkedIn .

Visionary Education Technology Announces Board Changes

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Toronto, Canada, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: VEDU), a private education provider located in Canada, with subsidiaries in Canada and market partners in China, today announced the board of directors changes, effective on November 22, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Toronto, Canada, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: VEDU), a private education provider located in Canada, with subsidiaries in Canada and market partners in China, today announced the board of directors changes, effective on November 22, 2022.
  • The Companys board of directors (the Board) elected Mr. Marc Kealey as the Companys Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Board to succeed Dr. Thomas Traves, who resigned on November 22, 2022.
  • Additionally, the Board elected Mr. William Chai as the Companys member of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the Compensation Committee of the Board.
  • AboutVisionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc.
    Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc., headquartered inToronto, Canada, is a private education provider located inCanada, with subsidiaries in Canada and market partners in China, that offers high-quality education resources to students around the globe.

This Week in Energy News: 7 Stories You Need to See

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Friday, November 11, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

Key Points: 
  • These are just a few of the recent press releases that consumers and the media should know about.
  • To be notified of releases relevant to their coverage area, journalists can set up a custom newsfeed with PR Newswire for Journalists .
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