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Kuang-Yin Lai

Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
Verified email at earth.sinica.edu.tw
Cited by 448

The nature of cities and the Covid-19 pandemic

KY Lai, C Webster, S Kumari, C Sarkar - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cities and population health are intrinsically interlinked [1, 2]. Historically cities have
systematically metamorphosed in response to threats posed to health and other kinds of …

Adenovirus and adeno-associated virus vectors

CM Lai, YKY Lai, PE Rakoczy - DNA and cell biology, 2002 - liebertpub.com
Recombinant adenovirus (rAd) and recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) are among
the most extensively used vectors in gene therapy studies to date. These two vectors share …

Convalescent plasma treatment reduced mortality in patients with severe pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infection

IFN Hung, KKW To, CK Lee, KL Lee… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Experience from treating patients with Spanish influenza and influenza A
(H5N1) suggested that convalescent plasma therapy might be beneficial. However, its …

Delayed clearance of viral load and marked cytokine activation in severe cases of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection

KKW To, IFN Hung, IWS Li, KL Lee… - Clinical Infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. Infections caused by the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus range from mild
upper respiratory tract syndromes to fatal diseases. However, studies comparing virological …

Exposure to light at night (LAN) and risk of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KY Lai, C Sarkar, MY Ni, LWT Cheung… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background With the unprecedented urbanization light pollution has emerged as a
ubiquitous problem, and there has been accumulating evidence on the links between …

Hyperimmune IV immunoglobulin treatment: a multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial for patients with severe 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection

IFN Hung, KKW To, CK Lee, KL Lee, WW Yan, K Chan… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Experience from influenza pandemics suggested that convalescent plasma
treatment given within 4 to 5 days of symptom onset might be beneficial. However, robust …

What's in design rationale?

J Lee, KY Lai - Design Rationale, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
A few representations have been used for capturing design rationale. To understand their
scope and adequacy, we need to know how to evaluate them. In this article, we develop a …

Comparative analysis of complete genome sequences of three avian coronaviruses reveals a novel group 3c coronavirus

PCY Woo, SKP Lau, CSF Lam, KKY Lai… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this territory-wide molecular epidemiology study of coronaviruses (CoVs) in Hong Kong
involving 1,541 dead wild birds, three novel CoVs were identified in three different bird …

Semistructured messages are surprisingly useful for computer-supported coordination

TW Malone, KR Grant, KY Lai, R Rao… - ACM Transactions on …, 1987 - dl.acm.org
This paper argues that using a set of semistructured message templates is surprisingly
helpful in designing a variety of computer-based communication and coordination systems …

Active tectonics and earthquake potential of the Myanmar region

Y Wang, K Sieh, ST Tun, KY Lai… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes geomorphologic evidence for the principal neotectonic features of
Myanmar and its immediate surroundings. We combine this evidence with published …