1. Department of Nursing; National Taichung University of Science and Technology; Taichung Taiwan
2. Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science; China Medical University; Taichung Taiwan
3. Central Laboratory; Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
4. Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science; China Medical University; Taichung Taiwan
5. Department of Thoracic Surgery; Changhua Christian Hospital; Changhua Taiwan
6. Department of Respiratory Therapy; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
7. Chinese Medicine Research Center; China Medical University; Taichung Taiwan
8. Department of Biotechnology; College of Health Science, Asia University; Taichung Taiwan