Chen, Hung-Chih
Wang, Wei-Ting
Hsi, Chieh-Ning
Chou, Che-Yi
Lin, Hsuan-Jen
Huang, Chiu-Ching
Chang, Chiz-Tzung
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (107-2813-C-039-295-B)
Article History
Received: 23 August 2018
Accepted: 26 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
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