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2. Tsai, C. C., Tseng, S. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2011), “Optimal Burn-In Policy for Highly Reliable Products using Gamma Degradation Process,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 60, 234-245. [SCI]
3. Tsai, C. C., Tseng, S. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2011), “Mis-Specification Analyses of Gamma and Wiener Degradation Processes,” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 141,3725-3735. [SCI]
4. Hung, T. H., Hsieh, Y. H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, C. W., Tseng, K. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2011), “Is Liver Cirrhosis a Risk Factor for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in Adults? A Population-Based 3-Year Follow-Up Study,” Internal Medicine, 50, 2563-2568. [SCI]
5. Pan, P. J., Tsai, P. H., Tsai, C. C., Chou, C. L., Lo, M. T., and Chiu, J. H.* (2012), “Clinical Response and Autonomic Modulation as Seen in Heart Rate Variability in Mechanical Intermittent Cervical Traction: A Pilot Study,” Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 44, 229-234. [SCI]
6. Hung T. H., Tsai, C. C., Hsieh, Y.H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, C. W., and Tsai, J. J*. (2012), “Effect of Renal Impairment on Mortality of Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis,” Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 10, 677-681. [SCI]
7. Tsai, C. C., Tseng, S. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2012), “Optimal Design for Degradation Tests Based on Gamma Processes with Random Effects,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 61, 604-613. [SCI] [NSC 100-2118-M-032 -013]
8. Lin, M. N., Tsai C. C., Hung, T. H.*, and Tsai, C. C. (2012), “The Risk of Cellulitis in Cirrhotic Patients a Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan,” Gut and Liver, 6, 482-485. [SCI]
9. Tsai, C. C., Tseng, S. T.*, Balakrishnan, N., and Lin, C. T. (2013), “Optimal Design for Accelerated Destructive Degradation Tests,” Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 10, 263-276. [SCI] [NSC 101-2118-M-032 -007]
10. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Hsieh, Y. H., Tseng, K. C., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2013), “High Mortality of Pneumonia in Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites,” BMC Gastroenterology, 13:25. [SCI]
11. Hung, T. H., Hsieh, Y. H., Tseng, K. C., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2013), “The Risk for Bacterial Endocarditis in Cirrhotic Patients: a Population-based 3-Year Follow-up Study,” International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 17(6), e391-e393. [SCI]
12. Hung, T. H., Lay, C. J., Chang, C. M., Tsai, J. J., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2013), “The Effect of Infections on the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy,” Epidemiology and Infection, 141, 2671-2678. [SCI]
13. Tsai, C. C. and Lin, C. T.* (2014), “Optimal Selection of the Most Reliable Design Based on Gamma Degradation Processes,” Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, 43, 2419-2428. [SCI]
14. Gan, Z. H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, K. C., Tsai, C. C., Hsieh, Y. H., and Hung, T. H.* (2014) “The Effect of Bacterial Infections in Cirrhotic Patients with Esophageal Variceal Bleeding,” Annals of Hepatology, 13, 364-369. [SCI]
15. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, C. W. and Hsieh, Y. H * (2014), “Liver Cirrhosis As a Real Risk Factor for Necrotising Fasciitis: a Three-Year Population‑Based Follow‑Up Study,” Singapore Medical Journal, 55, 378-382. [SCI]
16. Hung, T. H., , Tseng, C. W., Tseng, K. C., Hsieh, Y. H., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2014), “Effect of Renal Function Impairment on the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Population-Based 3-Year Follow-Up Study,” Medicine, 93, e79. [SCI]
17. Hung, T. H., , Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2014), “The Effect of Tuberculosis on the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients: A Population-based 3-year Follow-up Study,” Medicine, 93(28), e295. [SCI]
18. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Tseng, K. C., Hsieh, Y. H., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2014), “Is End Stage Renal Disease a Risk Factor for the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with Esophageal Variceal Bleeding?” Hepato-Gastroenterology. 61,1871-1875. [SCI]
19. Hung, T. H., Hsieh, M. H., Lay, C. J., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2014), “Increased Occurrence of Native Septic Arthritis in Adult Cirrhotic Patients: a Population-based Three-Year Follow-Up Study in Taiwan.” Przeglad Gastroenterologiczny. 9(6), 342–347. [SCI]
20. Tsai, C. C., Lin, C. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2015), “Optimal Design for Accelerated-Stress Acceptance Test Based on Wiener Process,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 64, 603-612. [SCI] [MOST 103-2118-M-032-002]
21. Tsai, C. C. and Lin, C. T.* (2015), “Lifetime Inference for Highly Reliable Products Based on Skew-Normal Accelerated Destructive Degradation Test Model,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 64, 1340-1355. [SCI] [MOST 102-2118-M-032-009 -MY2 & 103-2118-M-032-002]
22. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C.*, Hsieh, Y. H., and Tsai, C. C., (2015), “The Long-Term Mortality of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients: A 3-year Nationwide Cohort Study,” Turk J Gastroenterol, 26 (2), 159-162. [SCI]
23. Hung, T. H. , Hsieh, Y. H., Tseng, K. C., Tseng, C. W., Lee, H. F., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2015), “High Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients Following Hemorrhagic Stroke.” Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 22, 995–997. [SCI]
24. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., Lay, C. J., and Tsai, C. C.* (2016), “A Fourfold Increase of Oesophageal Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients with a History of Oesophageal Variceal Bleeding,” Singapore Medical Journal, 57(9):511-513. [SCI]
25. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, K. C., Tseng, C. W., Hsieh, Y. H. Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.* (2016), “High Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease,” Medicine, 95, p e3075. [SCI]
26. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., Hsieh, Y. H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, C. W., and Tseng, K. C.* (2016), “The Effect of the First Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Event on the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan,” Gut and Liver, 10, 803-807. [SCI]
27. Hung, T. H., Lay, C. J., Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.* (2016), “The Effect of Renal Function Impairment on the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients: A Nationwide Population-Based 3-Year Follow-up Study,” PLoS One, 11(9):e0162987. [SCI]
28. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, C. W.*, Tseng, K. C., Hsieh, Y. H. and Tsai, C. C. (2016), “No Difference in Mortality between Terlipressin and Somatostatin Treatments in Cirrhotic Patients with Esophageal Variceal Bleeding and Renal Functional Impairment,” European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 28(11): 1275–1279. [SCI]
29. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W.*, Tsai, C. C., Hsieh, Y. H. Tseng, K. C., and Tsai, C. C. (2017), “Mortality Following Catheter Drainage Versus Thoracentesis in Cirrhotic Patients with Pleural Effusion,” Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 62(4):1080-1085. [SCI]
30. Chen, Y. C., Hung, T. H., Tseng, K. C., Tseng, C. W., Hsieh, Y. H., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2017), “Increased Occurrence of Brain Abscesses in Cirrhotic Patients: a Population-based 3-year Follow-up Study,” Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 28(5):342-346. [SCI]
31. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W.*, Tsai, C. C., Tsai, C. C., Tseng, K. C., and Hsieh, Y. H., (2018), “The Long-term Outcomes of Cirrhotic Patients with Pleural Effusion,” Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 24(1):46-51. [SCI]
32. Hung, T. H., Lee, H. F., Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2018), “Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Hospitalization on Mortality of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy and Cirrhosis but no Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding,” Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 42(4), 353-359. [SCI]
33. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Lee, H. F., Tsai, C. C., and Tsai, C. C.*, (2018), “Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis,” Annals of Hepatology, 17(6), 933-939. [SCI]
34. Tsai, C. C.* (2019), “Optimal Lamination Test of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Sheets for Solar Modules,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 46, 2388-2408. [SCI] [MOST 106-2118-M-032-009 & 107-2118-M-032-010]
35. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.*, (2019), “Population-based Study of Entecavir and Long-term Mortality in Chronic Hepatitis B-related Decompensated liver Cirrhosis,” Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 43, 694-699. [SCI]
36. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.*, (2019), “Effects of Poor Hepatic Reserve in Cirrhotic Patients with Bacterial Infections: A Population‑based Study,” Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 18; 32(1), 47-52. [ESCI]
37. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.*, (2019), “Statin Use in Cirrhotic Patients with Infectious Diseases: A Population-based Study,” PLoS One, 14(4), e0215839.[SCI]
38. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.*, (2019), “Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with Pneumonia,” PLoS One, 14(4), e0216041. [SCI]
39. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W.*, Chen, Y. C., Tseng, K. C., Hsieh, Y. H., and Tsai, C. C. (2019), “Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation Decreases the Risk of Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients Compared with Endoscopic Biliary Sphincterotomy: A National Population-based Study,” Medicine, 98(30), e16529. [SCI]
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41. Wang, Y. H., Hsu, N. W., Huang, H. Y., Tsai, C. C., and Pan, P. J.* (2020), “Effectiveness of a Machine-assisted Healthy Physical Fitness Promotion Program for Community Elderly,” Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 83(8), 779-783. [SCI]
42. Tsai, C. C., Lin, C. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2021), “Lamination Scheme of Curing Degree at Multiple Levels of Temperature with Location-Scale Regression,” IEEE Access, 9, 50163-50169. [SCI] [MOST09-2118-M-032-005＆108-2118-M-032-003].
43. Hung, T. H., Tseng, C. W., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.* (2021), “Prognosis of Hypoglycemia Episode in Cirrhotic Patients during Hospitalization,” BMC Gastroenterology, 21:319. [SCI]
44. Yang, S. J., Liu, Y, T., Lo, S. S., Tsai, C. C., and Pan, P. J.* (2021), “Effect of a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program for Community Women with Urinary Incontinence: A Retrospect Cohort Study,” Healthcare, 9(12), 1686. [SCI]
45. Pan, P. J., Wang, J. C., Tsai, C. C., and Kuo, H. C. (2022), “Identification of Early Response to Hypertonic Dextrose Prolotherapy Markers in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients by an Inflammation-related Cytokine Array,” Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 85(4):525-531. [SCI]
46. Lin, W. S., Hsu, N, W., Lee, M, J., Lin, Y. Y., Tsai, C. C., and Pan, P. J.* (2022), “Correlation Analysis of Physical Fitness and Its Impact on Falls in 2130 Community-Dwelling Older Adults: a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study,” BMC Geriatrics, 22:447. [SCI]
47. Chen, B. H., Lin, T. F.*, Tsai, C. C., Chen, M., and Chiu, W. (2022), “Comparison of Fragmentation and Dusting Modality Using Holmium YAG Laser during Ureteroscopy for the Treatment of Ureteral Stone: A Single-center’s Experience,” Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11, 4155. [SCI]
48. Hung, T. H., Tsai, C. C., and Lee, H. F.* (2022), “The Role of Hepatic Reserve in the Mortality of Cirrhotic Patients with Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Radiofrequency Ablation,” Medicine, 101:40. [SCI]
49. Lin, W. S., Hsu, N, W., Lee, M, J., Lin, Y. Y., Tsai, C. C., and Pan, P. J.* (2022), “Physical Fitness and Its Correlation with Handgrip Strength in Active Community-dwelling Older Adults,” Scientific Reports, 12, 17227. [SCI]
50. Chen, I. J., Wu, Y. J. and Tsai, C. C.* (2023), “Bayesian Approach for Skew-Normal Accelerated Destructive Degradation Model,” Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association, 61(3), 207-230.
51. Lin, W. S., Tsai, C. C., and Pan, P. J.* (2023), “Effects of Taiwan's COVID-19 Alert Levels on the Physical Activity Behaviors and Psychological Distress of Community-dwelling Older Adults,” BMC Geriatrics, 23:312. [SCI]
52. Hung, T. H., Ko, P. H. Tsai, C. C., and Wang, C. Y., Lee, H. F.* (2023), “Prognostic Factors of Cirrhotic Patients with Invasive Fungal Infections,” Medicine, 102(43), e35737. [SCI]
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1. Chou, Y. H.*, Huang, S. Y., Cheng, R. S., Fan, K. C., Lee, C. C., Hsu, Y. T., Hsu, Y. R., Chung, C. B., Peng, C. Y., Tseng, S. T., Tsai, C. C., Wang, E., and Wang, C. (2011), “Accelerated Test and Statistics Model Analysis of Degradation Performance for PV Module Lifetime Prediction,” Photovoltaic Module Reliability Workshop, February 16–17, Golden, Colorado, USA.
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3. Wang, E.*, Peng, C. Y. Tsai, C. C., Chou, I., Wang, C., (2015), “Correlation Study between Material Degradation Behavior and PV module Performance,” The 25th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference and Exhibition Global Photovoltaic Conference (PVSEC-25), November15-20, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
1. Tseng, S. T.*, Tsai, C. C., and Balakrishnan, N. (2011), “Optimal Sample Size Allocation for Accelerated Degradation Test Based on Wiener Process,” 330-343, Chapter 27, Methods and Applications of Statistics in Engineering, Quality Control, and the Physical Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
2. Tsai, C. C., Lin, C. T.*, and Balakrishnan, N. (2017), “A Survey of the Modeling and Application on Non-destructive and Destructive Degradation Tests,” 105-124, Chapter 6, Statistical Modeling for Degradation Data, Springer.
3. Balakrishnan, N.*, Tsai, C. C., and Lin, C. T. (2017), “Gamma Degradation Models: Inferences and Optimal Designs,” 171-191, Chapter 9, Statistical Modeling for Degradation Data, Springer.