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Production, consumption, and migration of methane in accretionary prism of southwestern Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Chen, Nai-chen; Yang, Tsanyao Frank; Hong, Wei-li; Chen, Hsuan-wen; Chen, Hsiao-chi; Hu, Ching-yi; Huang, Yu-chun; Lin, Saulwood; Lin, Li-hung; Su, Chih-chieh; Liao, Wei-zhi; Sun, Chih-hsien; Wang, Pei-ling; Yang, Tao; Jiang, Shao-yong; Liu, Char-shine; Wang, Yunshuen; Chung, San-hsiung.
To systematically quantify the production, consumption and migration of methane along a continental margin, 210 sediment cores were collected from offshore southwestern Taiwan and analyzed for their gas and aqueous geochemistry. These data, combined with published results, were used to calculate the diffusive methane fluxes across different geochemical transitions and to develop scenarios of mass balance to constrain deep microbial and thermogenic methane production rates within the accretionary prism. The results showed that methane diffusive fluxes ranged from 2.71 × 10−3 to 2.78 × 10−1 and from ‒1.88 × 10−1 to 3.97 mmol m−2 d−1 at the sulfate-methane-transition-zone (SMTZ) and sediment-seawater interfaces, respectively. High methane fluxes tend to be...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Thermal maturation; Methanogenesis; Anaerobic methanotrophy; Methane efflux; Subduction; Taiwan.
Ano: 2017
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00393/50412/51132.pdf

New gravity and magnetic anomaly maps in the Taiwan-Luzon region and their preliminary interpretation
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Hsu, Shu-kun; Liu, Char-shine; Shyu, Chuen-tien; Liu, Shao-yung; Sibuet, Jean-claude; Lallemand, Serge; Wang, Chensung; Reed, Donald.
We have compiled new free-air gravity anomaly (FAA) and magnetic anomaly maps, shedding light on the tectonics in the Taiwan-Luzon region. To have a suitable datum level for both the available gravity and magnetic anomaly data, the set of data from an ACT cruise, conducted during May 27 to June 21, 1996, was chosen as a reference. Based on the cross-over error analysis, all the other data were adjusted accordingly. Some satellite-derived, airborne or land data were also added to the compilation to obtain better coverage. Several major new insights into the Taiwan-Luzon region are revealed by the new maps. (1) A prominent NE-SW trending belt of gravity and magnetic anomalies is present in the onshore and offshore areas of southwestern Taiwan. The Peikang...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Free-air gravity anomaly; Bouguer anomaly; Magnetic anomaly; Transverse ridge; Fracture zone; Transform fault; Taiwan.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00447/55859/58057.pdf

Bathypelagic Shrimp of the Genus Pasiphaea (Decapoda: Caridea: Pasiphaeidae) from Waters Around Taiwan, with Descriptions of Four New Species
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Komai, Tomoyuki; Lin, Chia-wei; Chan, Tin-yam.
The bathypelagic shrimp genus Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816 (Caridea: Pasiphaeidae) has been previously known from Taiwan from only three species. However, recent deep-sea surveys around the island have collected numerous specimens comprising ten species, of which four are new to science: P. aeons n. sp., P alcocki (Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1891), P exilimanus n. sp., P. falx n. sp., P japonica Omori, 1976, P. mclaughlinae Hayashi, 2006, P levicarinata Hanamura, 1994, P orientalis Schmitt, 1931, P. sirenkoi Burukovsky, 1987 and P. taiwanica n. sp. The four new species are fully described and illustrated, and compared with allied congeners. Pasiphaea orientalis is redescribed, as this species is endemic to Taiwan and its original description is inadequate. Amongst...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Caridea; Pasiphaea; Taiwan.
Ano: 2012
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00466/57786/60080.pdf

Relating sulfate and methane dynamics to geology: Accretionary prism offshore SW Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Chuang, Pei-chuan; Dale, Andrew W.; Wallmann, Klaus; Haeckel, Matthias; Yang, Tsanyao Frank; Chen, Nai-chen; Chen, Hsiao-chi; Chen, Hsuan-wen; Lin, Saulwood; Sun, Chih-hsien; You, Chen-feng; Horng, Chorng-shern; Wang, Yunshuen; Chung, San-hsiung.
Geochemical data (CH4, SO42-, I-, Cl-, particulate organic carbon (POC), C-13-CH4, and C-13-CO2) are presented from the upper 30 m of marine sediment on a tectonic submarine accretionary wedge offshore southwest Taiwan. The sampling stations covered three ridges (Tai-Nan, Yung-An, and Good Weather), each characterized by bottom simulating reflectors, acoustic turbidity, and different types of faulting and anticlines. Sulfate and iodide concentrations varied little from seawater-like values in the upper 1-3 m of sediment at all stations; a feature that is consistent with irrigation of seawater by gas bubbles rising through the soft surface sediments. Below this depth, sulfate was rapidly consumed within 5-10 m by anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) at the...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Gas hydrate; Methane flux; Bubble irrigation; Anaerobic oxidation of methane; POC degradation; Accretionary wedge; Taiwan.
Ano: 2013
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00264/37514/35843.pdf

Wound infections secondary to snakebite in central Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Huang,Li-Wen; Wang,Jiaan-Der; Huang,Jin-An; Hu,Sung-Yuan; Wang,Lee-Min; Tsan,Yu-Tse.
There are very few microbiological data on wound infections following snakebites. The objective of this study was to investigate the treatment of secondary infection following snakebites in central Taiwan. Microbiological data and antibiotic sensitivity of wound cultures were retrospectively analyzed from December 2005 to October 2007 in a medical center in central Taiwan. A total of 121 snakebite patients participated in the study. Forty-nine (40.5%) subjects were bitten by cobra (Naja atra); 34 of them had secondary infection, and 24 of them (70.6%) needed surgical intervention. Cobra bites caused more severe bacterial infection than other snakebites. Morganella morganii was the most common pathogen, followed by Aeromonas hydrophila and Enterococcus....
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Snakebite; Antivenom; Venomous; Cobra; Bacterial infection; Bacterial resistance; Taiwan.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992012000300004

Dawn chorus variation in East-Asian tropical montane forest birds and its ecological and morphological correlates
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Chen, W.-M.; Lee , Y.-F.; Tsai, C.-F.; Yao, C.-T.; Chen, Y.-H.; Li, S.-H.; Kuo, Y.-M.
Many birds in breeding seasons engage in vigorous dawn singing that often turns to a prominent chorus. We examined dawn chorus variation of avian assemblages in a tropical montane forest in Taiwan and tested the hypothesis that onset sequence is affected by eye sizes, foraging heights, and diet of birds. Chorus onset and duration varied between sampling months, but generally peaked in the prime breeding season. Overall dawn chorus length increased with, but mean duration per species was negatively correlated with, species richness. The inter-correlation among trait variables in phylogenetic independent contrasts was calculated and examined. Both foraging height and relative eye size were selected as positively explanatory factors, but no dietary effects...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Breeding; Canopy; Diets; Eye size; Foraging; Perch; Taiwan; Tropical forests; Birds; 42.83; 42.62.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/578950

Tainiterma, a new genus of the subfamily Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam and China
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Achterberg, C. van; Shaw, S.R.
A new tribe (Tainitermini) and genus (Tainiterma) of the subfamily Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described and illustrated. A key to the two known species (the type species from Vietnam and China: T. pachytarsis spec. nov., and T. maiphuquyi spec. nov. from Vietnam) is added.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Euphorinae; Tainiterma; New genus; New species; East Palaearctic; Montane forest; Vietnam; China; Taiwan; 42.75.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/217434

Note on the type series of Parvamussium liaoi and Scaeochlamys squamea (Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) from Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Chang, C.; Cheng, S.; Dijkstra, H.H.
Pectinoidea is a superfamily of marine bivalve mollusks. Type series of the two new Pectinoidea species, Parvamussium liaoi (Propeamussiidae) and Scaeochlamys squamea (Pectinidae), collected during deep-sea cruises off south and northeastern Taiwan in 2000 and 2001, respectively, were relocated from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France and the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan (NMNS) to the Mollusca collection of National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan (NMMBM). A catalog denoted of the original NMNS and the new registered NMMBM codes, scientific names in Chinese, and color plates of the type series are provided.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Deep-sea; Bivalvia; Taiwan; Type series; 42.73.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/408535

A new species of Passalidae (Coleoptera) from Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Doesburg, P.H. van.
Leptaulax formosanus spec, nov. (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Taiwan is described and illustrated.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Coleoptera; Passalidae; Leptaulax formosanus; Taiwan; Taxonomy; 42.75.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318752

Scleractinia of Taiwan: II. Family Fungiidae (including a new species)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Hoeksema, B.W.; Dai, C.-F.
The Fungiidae of Taiwan are treated as a part of a series dealing with the Taiwanese Scleractinia. A total of 27 species, classified with seven subgenera and eight genera, are briefly described. One species, Fungia (Pleuractis) taiwanensis, is new to science.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Scleractinia; Fungiidae; Taiwan; New species; 42.72.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/268399

Taxonomic reconsideration of Disporum luzoniense (Liliaceae s.l.) using flavonoid characters
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Saito, Y.; Iwashina, T.; Peng, C.-I.; Kokubugata, G.
Phytochemical characters of the plants that have been treated as Disporum luzoniense (Merrill &amp; Merritt 1910) or Disporopsis fuscopicta (Jessop 1979) in the Philippines were compared with those of Disporum kawakamii and Disporopsis fuscopicta in Taiwan. The present phytochemical study revealed that Disporum kawakamii had luteolin, apigenin and chrysoeriol as free state, while these flavonoids were not detected in the Philippine plant and Disporopsis fuscopicta from Taiwan. Moreover, flavone O-glycosides were isolated from Disporum kawakamii, while flavone C-glycoside was isolated from the Philippine plant and Disporopsis fuscopicta from Taiwan. In conclusion, the present study suggests that the Philippine plant is chemotaxonomically related to...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Disporopsis; Disporum; Liliaceae s.l.; Philippines; Taiwan; Taxonomy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525692

A new type of symbiosis: Heterocyathus japonicus (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) living on Fissidentalium vernedei (Mollusca: Scaphopoda)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Zibrowius, H.
After introductory remarks on the solitary coral genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia, commonly known to be symbiotic with a sipunculan inhabiting a gastropod shell, Heterocyathus japonicus is redescribed in detail. It occurs from Taiwan to northern Honshu, Japan. It is the first of these symbiotic corals to be found in association with an alternative partner, living specimens of the large scaphopod Fissidentalium vernedei. The coral always occupies the apical end of the shell, the part that protrudes from the sediment. It is thus preserved from being buried and is maintained in an upright position (the same advantages it also gets when its partner is a sipunculan). On live F. vernedei, H. japonicus incrusts a manganese rich black mineral coating that...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Scleractinia; Scaphopoda; Sipuncula; Heterocyathus symbiosis; Manganese crust; Japan; Taiwan; China Sea.; 42.72.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317701

Selaginella devolii (Selaginellaceae), a new species from Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Chang, H.-M.; Lu, P.-F.; Hsu, T.-C.; Chiou, W.-L.
Selaginella devolii sp. nov. is described from four populations located in central and southern Taiwan. It is an annual prostrate lycophyte, growing on moist rocky slopes. Its diagnostic characteristics include its small size, tiny broadly ovate trophophylls, complanate strobili, and sporangia which are only formed at the ventral sporophylls. Notes on taxonomy and distribution and a line illustration are provided.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: IUCN Red List; Selaginella devolii; Selaginellaceae; Taiwan; Taxonomy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/524682

New bathyal species and records of Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Dijkstra, H.H.; Maestrati, P.
New species: Parvamussium liaoi n. sp., Scaeochlamys squamea n. sp. New records for Taiwan: Propeamussium siratama, Parvamussium aldeynzeri, Parvamussium cristatellum, Parvamussium undisonum, Parvamussium vesiculatum, Cic/opecten fluctuatus, Delectopecten musorstomi
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Bivalvia; Propeamussiidae; Pectinidae; Taxonomy; Taiwan; 42.73.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/408529

The genus Halycaea Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) in the Oriental region
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Belokobylskij, S.A.
The Oriental species of the genus Halycaea Cameron are revised. Three new species of Halycaea are described and figured: H. rubata spec. nov. (Malaysia, South China (Taiwan)), H. solo spec. nov. (Malaysia) and H. sonata spec. nov. (Vietnam). H. javana (Fullaway) comb. nov. is redescribed and a key to the Oriental species of the genus Halycaea is added. The lectotype of H. erythrocephala Cameron, 1903, is designated.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Braconidae; Doryctinae; Hymenoptera; Halycaea; Oriental region; Malaysia; Sabah; Sarawak; Vietnam; China; Taiwan; New species; Revision; 42.75.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/217462

A new species of Scotomedes from Taiwan (Insecta: Heteroptera: Velocipedidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Doesburg, P. van; Ishikawa, T.
A new species of Velocipedidae (Heteroptera), Scotomedes formosanus spec. nov., is described from Taiwan.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Heteroptera; Velocipedidae; Scotomedes; New species; Taxonomy; Taiwan; 42.75.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/273875

A preliminary study on origin of Callosciurus squirrels introduced into Japan
Provedor de dados: 19
Autores: Oshida, Tatsuo; Torii, Harumi; Lin, Liang-Kong; Lee, Jen-Kai; Chen, Yean-Jen; Endo, Hideki; Sasaki, Motoki; 押田, 龍夫; 佐々木, 基樹.
To examine the origin of Callosciurus erythraeus introduced to Japan, we compared mitochondrial DNA control region sequences of eight haplotypes from Japan with those of 42 haplotypes from Taiwan. There were two distinct phylogroups in Japan. Six haplotypes from Japan were included in the Taiwan population, suggesting that they could have been introduced from Taiwan. Two haplotypes, however, were distantly related to the cluster consisting of all Taiwanese haplotypes and six Japanese haplotypes. The uncorrected genetic distances (5.2-5.7%) between these two haplotypes and the out-group (Callosciurus finlaysonii from Laos) were less than those (8.3-9.8%) between these two haplotypes and the cluster consisting of the other six Japanese haplotypes and all...
Palavras-chave: Alien squirrel; Callosciurus erythraeus; Callosciurus finlaysonii; Mitochondrial DNA control region; Taiwan.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3039

Multifunctional agricultural policy, reduced domestic support and liberalized trade: An empirical assessment for Taiwanese rice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boisvert,   Richard N.; Chang,   Hung-Hao.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Trade policy; Rice; Groundwater; Recharge; Taiwan; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91820

Avian Influenza Threat and its Potential Impact on Demand for Chicken and Eggs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Kang Ernest; Huang,   Min-Hsin; Hsu,   Jane Lu; Lee,   Hwang-Jaw.
A highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed in 420 human cases and has caused 257 deaths in the world starting from 2003. Using face-to-face interviews, our data were collected by utilizing a stratified sampling scheme following the distribution of gender and age in three major metropolitan areas in Taiwan, including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. The questionnaire was designed to retrieve information including AI knowledge, risk perceptions, and behavioral changes of two types of consumers, primary shoppers and general consumers. In total, 501 primary shoppers and 505 general consumers completed the survey in June 2007 and were recorded for analysis. The empirical results show several interesting findings, especially, that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Knowledge; Risk perception; Tobit model; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; M30.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49297

An Engel Curve Analysis of Household Expenditure in Taiwan: 1996-98
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chung,   Rebecca H.; Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Brown,   Mark G.
Seven systems of Engel curves for expenditures on ten commodity groups were estimated using Taiwanese household expenditure data for the period from 1996 through 1998.  Results show that the estimated expenditure elasticities are insensitive to the choice of functional forms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Engel curve; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53388

Consumption Growth in a Booming Economy: Taiwan 1976-96
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKenzie,   David.
Consumption and income have both grown rapidly in Taiwan over the past forty years, with younger birth cohorts experiencing faster growth. The long upward trend in consumption presents a strong challenge to the consumption smoothing predictions of the Permanent Income Hypothesis. We investigate the extent to which consumption theory can account for this trend in an environment where a large majority of households have high savings rates. Household survey data from 1976-96 are used to estimate dynamic pseudo-panel models with inter-cohort heterogeneity. We evaluate the impacts on consumption of migration, mortality, household composition, liquidity constraints, unanticipated aggregate shocks, hyperbolic discounting, habit formation and precautionary saving....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consumption growth; Pseudo-panel; Prudence; Taiwan; International Development; O12; O16; E21; C23.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28398

THE INFLUENCES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA, BSE, AND H1N1 INFLUENZA ON ATTITUDINAL CHANGES IN MEAT SAFETY ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Jane Lu; Liu,   Kang Ernest; Lee,   Hwang-Jaw; Huang,   Min-Hsin; Hung,   Kelsey  Jing-Ru.
Consumption patterns for chicken and eggs have changed since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) throughout the world, but its potential impact on demand has not been thoroughly unveiled. Our study examines some important factors influencing behavioral changes and estimates their marginal effects by employing the censored regression model to survey data in Taiwan. Results showed that risk perceptions, overall knowledge and some socio-demographic characteristics were profound in determining changes in consumption of chicken and eggs. Public health education programs informing consumers about the AI threat may reduce their negative perceptions; therefore, consumption of chicken and eggs would not be decreased significantly enough to damage related...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Knowledge; Risk perceptions; Censored regression model; Taiwan; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C21; D12; M30.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116405

Health and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mete,   Cem; Schultz,   T. Paul.
Estimates are reported of the consequences of health on participation in the labor force of elderly men and women in Taiwan from 1989 to 1996. Three survey indicators of individual health are examined, and two are estimated by instrumental variables (IV), using as instruments parent longevity, birthplace, and childhood conditions. IV estimates of health’s effect on participation are in most cases significant and always positive, and about twice the magnitude of the ordinary least squares estimates, and the hypothesis that health is exogenous and measured without error is rejected. Implementation in 1995 of a National Health Insurance (NHI) shifted to the state the growing cost of elderly health care, and reduced the incentive for elderly to work to receive...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Labor force participation; Elderly; Health status; National Health Insurance; Taiwan; Labor and Human Capital; J22; J26; I10; I18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28470

Reflections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ranis,   Gustav.
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late colleague John Fei, Ranis proceeds to explore the issues of organic nationalism, natural resource endowment, access to foreign capital and other political factors that have produced such economic success. The author demonstrates how Taiwan's unique combination of strong organic nationalism, meager natural resources and limited access to foreign capital helped curb the Extended Dutch Disease phenomenon endemic in LDCs. In addition, the government's nonoscillatory, relatively...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic development; LDC; Political economy; Taiwan; Extended Dutch disease; Democracy; International Development; Political Economy; O10; O11; O50; P16.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28422

Health Care Reform and Farm Women’s Off-Farm Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liao,   Pei-An; Taylor,   J. Edward.
Do non-wage fringe benefits affect women’s off-farm work decisions? We test the impact of the 1995 introduction of universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan on off-farm labor force participation (LFP) among farm wives. Our results, based on a difference-in- differences approach, indicate that employment-delinked NHI reduced farm wives’ off-farm LFP by 9.6 to 13.6 percentage points. The larger impact was for wives from small farm households. The health insurance reform had a larger negative impact on overall LFP among married women in agricultural households than in nonagricultural households.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural households; Difference-in-differences; Farm wives; Health care; Insurance; Labor force participation; Off-farm; Taiwan; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93218

Group Behavior and Development: A Comparison of Farmers' Organisations in South Korea and Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burmeister,   Larry; Ranis,   Gustav; Wang,   Michael.
This study presents a comparative analysis of farmers’ organisations in Korea and Taiwan during 1950-80 in order to help us understand the role of group behavior in affecting development outcomes. It highlights the linkages between group behavior, parastatal organisational structures and economic performance. The paper examines the historical and political economy contexts that led to the creation of both countries’ farmers’ organisations and highlights the institutional characteristics that impacted their operational effectiveness. The study discusses elements in internal and external policies that affected group motivation and traces the implications of such differences in group behavior for bottom line performance. Though there existed many similarities...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ organizations; Korea; Taiwan; Group behavior; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; O17.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28464

Analysis of Country of Origin Labeling for Food Products in Taiwan Using Auction Experiment with Tasting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chern,   Wen S.; Lin,   Huei-Ching.
This study attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of the country of origin labeling (COOL) in Taiwan.  A Vickrey second-price sealed-bid auction was conducted to estimate the consumer’s willingness to pay for Taiwan products vs. those from China and Vietnam. Our experiment was designed to investigate the impacts of product tasting on bidding behavior. The regression results show that tasting raised bids for Taiwan and China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric results show very high premiums for Taiwan products. Taiwanese consumers and food producers stand to benefit greatly with COOL.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auction Experiment; Country of Origin Labeling; Tobit; Willingness to Pay; Bid Premium; Taiwan; China; Vietnam; Tea; Plum; Import; Food; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103219

Off-farm Work, Technical Efficiency, and Production Risk: Empirical Evidence from a National Farmer Survey in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hung-Hao; Wen,   Fang-I.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the differences in yield production, production efficiency, and yield risk for farmers with and without off-farm work. Using a nationwide survey of Taiwanese rice farmers, we estimate a stochastic production frontier model accommodating the technical inefficiency and the production risk simultaneously. Applying the stochastic dominance criterion to rank the estimated technical efficiency and yield risk between professional farmers and farmers with off-farm jobs, our empirical analysis shows that off-farm work is significantly associated with lower technical efficiency. Additionally, farmers with off-farm work face higher production risks. Comparing the marginal effects of input uses on technical inefficiency...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Off-farm work; Technical efficiency; Production risk; Taiwan; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6164

Consumer Awareness of the Avian Influenza Threat in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Kang Ernest; Huang,   Min-Hsin; Hsu,   Jane Lu.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/19/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer awareness; Risk perceptions; Avian influenza; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; M30.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9776

Asian Rice Policies and WTO Commitments on Domestic Support Under Existing and Proposed Doha Round Provisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Min-Hsien; Blandford,   David.
We examine current rice policies in four major Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), their relationship to current WTO disciplines, and to those proposed under the Doha negotiations. WTO disciplines have prompted some changes in rice policies, but disciplines of domestic support are unlikely to impose serious constraints in the future. Using the example of Taiwan, we examine how existing support policies could be changed to reduce domestic distortions and satisfy WTO commitments. Changing from existing amber box payments to those that would likely qualify for inclusion under the blue or green boxes could allow greater market orientation in Taiwan’s rice market, while satisfying food security and farm income support objectives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic support; Rice; WTO; Taiwan; Asia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103665

The Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Taiwan and South Korea on the Red Meat Industries in Canada and the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Charlebois,   Pierre; Gagne,   Stephan.
In addition to trade liberalization, other factors have contributed to the strong growth of red meat production in Canada since the end of the 1980s. In particular, the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Taiwan and in South Korea eliminated two competitors in the Japanese market. This reduction in supply caused an increase in the price of hogs in the United States and Canada of 2.5% and 3% respectively during the 1997 to 2007 period. The higher price stimulated Canadian production by an average of 5%, and by 2% in the United States.  Annual agricultural farm receipts from the hog market were greater by an average of $CD 276 million (9%) for a grand total of $CD 3 billion over the 11 years. Moreover, the value added in the red meat processing...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Red meats; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; Foot and mouth disease; Economic impact; Pork; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47132

﻿Consumer Attitudes towards Genetically Modified Foods in Emerging Markets: The Impact of Labeling in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ganiere,   Pierre; Chern,   Wen S.; Hahn,   David E.; Chiang,   Fu-Sung.
In 2001, Taiwan enacted a law for genetically modified food (GM foods) labeling. Beginning January 1st 2003, food containing more than 5% of GM ingredients must be labeled. Taiwan imports most of its soybeans from the United States. In order to assess the effects of the new policy, a telephone survey was conducted in 2002. A total of 257 interviews were completed. A typology of consumers' attitudes towards GM foods is constructed from the use of a multiple correspondence analysis and a classification method. Four profiles are identified: proponents, 52%, moderate opponents, 32.5%, extreme opponents, 12.5%, and those with no opinion, 5.5%.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified food; Consumer attitudes; Taiwan; Telephone survey; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8150

Comparison of carbon sequestration potential in agricultural and afforestation farming systems
Provedor de dados: 63
Autores: Lin,Chinsu; Lin,Chun-Hsiung.
In the last few decades, many forests have been cut down to make room for cultivation and to increase food or energy crops production in developing countries. In this study, carbon sequestration and wood production were evaluated on afforested farms by integrating the Gaussian diameter distribution model and exponential diameter-height model derived from sample plots of an afforested hardwood forest in Taiwan. The quantity of sequestrated carbon was determined based on aboveground biomass. Through pilot tests run on an age-volume model, an estimation bias was obtained and used to correct predicted volume estimates for a farm forest over a 20-year period. An estimated carbon sequestration of 11,254 t C was observed for a 189ha-hardwood forest which is...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Taiwan; Plantation on farm land; Carbon capture and storage; Aboveground biomass; Forest management.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000200006

Breeding for sugarcane downy mildew resistance in corn in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Chang, S.C.
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Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Maize breeding; Sugarcane downy mildew; Plant breeding; Taiwan; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุงพันธุ์; โรคราน้ำค้าง.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3900

Isolation and characteristics of lactic acid bacteria isolated from ripe mulberries in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 58
Autores: Chen,Yi-sheng; Wu,Hui-chung; Yanagida,Fujitoshi.
The objective of this study was to isolate, characterize, and identify lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from ripe mulberries collected in Taiwan. Ripe mulberry samples were collected at five mulberry farms, located in different counties of Taiwan. Eighty-eight acid-producing cultures were isolated from these samples, and isolates were divided into classes first by phenotype, then into groups by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA). Phenotypic and biochemical characteristics led to identification of four bacterial groups (A to D). Weissella cibaria was the most abundant type of LAB distributed in four mulberry farms, and Lactobacillus plantarum was the most abundant LAB found in the remaining farm....
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Lactic acid bacteria; Mulberry; Weissella cibaria; Bacteriocin; Taiwan.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000400010