Po-Chi Kao, General Education Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Linkou Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Philip Craigie, Independent Researcher, Melbourne, Australia.

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