This paper applies both the Engle-Granger and Johansen cointegration test procedures to determine the existence of market linkage among high-valued ( Scomberomorus commerson, milkfish ) and low-valued (cod, Taiwan Tilapia ) fish species using monthly average wholesale price data recorded on the Taipei fisheries wholesale market. If the markets for high-valued and low-valued species are linked, say through commodities arbitrage, individual fish prices cannot diverge ¡§too far¡¨ from other fish prices before market forces to operate to restore equilibrium. From the empirical results, it indicates the existence of only one cointegrating vector involving the prices of these species in Taipei fisheries wholesale market, and that a long-run and stable substitute relationship may exist for the Scomberomorus commerson and other low-valued and high-valued species.

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A Comparative Study of Operation of Overseas Schools of Taiwan and USA Tsen-Fei Lin Abstract The study was designed to achieve two goals¡Gthe first was to discuss the background, the actual state, and the problems of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools. Second goal was to compare the operation of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools. In order to achieve the above aims, the researcher adopted Bereday¡¦s comparative studies as the major research method, and assisted with the method of documentary analysis and semi-structured interview. Firstly, to describe and interpret the development of subjects containing Chinese Taipei School (Penang), Jakarta Taipei school, Chinese Taipei School (Kuala Lumpur), Surabaya Taipei International School, Taipei School in Ho Chi Minh City, and the American-Sponsored Overseas Schools. Secondly, for the comparison and analysis, to use the nine comparative points including the background of schools¡¦ establishment, the property of schools, the board of directors, enrollment, faculties, curriculum, finances, facilities, and encountering problems. Thirdly, the researcher proposed four tentative conclusions¡G 1. For Taiwan and America, the operation of overseas schools is getting institutionalized. 2. Because of the distinctive environment, students in overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools have different performances when compared with native students. 3. Students from overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools choose to enter a higher school of centre countries. 4. Because of centralization, overseas Taiwan schools have less autonomy. To support the four hypotheses above, the researcher concluded the following fix finding¡G 1. The goal of establishment of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools is to satisfy the need of their people and country. 2. The operation of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools is full of autonomy and diversity. 3. Overseas American schools have more autonomy when compared with overseas Taiwan schools. 4. The encountering problems of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools are almost similar. 5. The operation of overseas American schools is more institutionalized than overseas Taiwan schools. 6. The management of overseas Taiwan schools and overseas American schools can develop their own school-based curriculum. Finally, suggestions were proposed to the education authorities, schools and for future research.

For Taiwanese new row mian is small food and is also one part of life and history. By promotion of Taipei International New row, Taiwanese can know and place importance on this traditional small food. In addition, Taipei International New row can improve the business of new row mian industry and city awareness of Taipei in the whole world. City Marketing become a top priority of each government. Therefore,in this thesis take Taipei International new row mian Festival for example and take advantage of research method, like observation, doing the literature review, case studies and interviews. I hope that this thesis can conduct the Key factor of City Marketing strategy, give some recommendations and references for research institution¡Bnon-governmental groups and government. I propose some recommendations as follows: 1¡B Organization of plan group must be integrity and resources must be integrated 2¡BGive target market strong attraction and strengthen city position 3. Strengthen the connections with the product and target market

The 2-28 Incident is one of the most influential events in recent Taiwan history. The establishing the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum is running on build-operate-transfer way. The Taiwan Peace Foundation was the first nongovernmental foundation commissioned to manage the museum's operations, which were achieved remarkable success. Then the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum were taken over by the Taiwan Area Development Research Institute from June 1, 2000 to December 31, 2002. The Taipei City Government's Department of Cultural Affairs assumed management duties for the museum on January 1, 2003, because of the uneconomic manpower and administrative expenditure. Manages the museum by the government, always has been criticized in inefficient management. Especially limits under the budget funds and the organization manpower in it which shrinks, therefore this hall museum function also receives limits, the such disadvantageous management situation also reflects in the visit population. This research inquired into the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum in the past, the present and the future operation, will borrow the business management five big function concept on the organization, the finance, the museum¡¦s collection, the research, the exhibition and the education . Presenting the past and the present of the Museum. Finally on present situation and questions proposed this museum about the future management and suggestions.

Media impact on LGBT people’s empowerment is not a new topic to media and communication studies, however, the extent to which lesbians’ use of internet-based media have contribute to their empowerment in a non-western context remains under-researched. This research attempts to respond to the question with an exploration of the relation between nv-tong-zhi’s use of internet-based media and their empowerment by the lens of their own lived experiences in Taipei. An interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) method was applied in this research, and thematic analysis was conducted on the data gathered through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings suggest that nv-tong-zhi individuals’ use of internet-based media have brought about increases in self-efficacy, self-esteem and competence as well as active engagement in empowerment interventions by providing more valuable information and more convenient and accessible social interactions. However, the contribution of using internet-based media remains contextual and temporary. In some cases, using internet-based media may bring in subjective sense of insecurity. Furthermore, there has emerged a paradox between psychological empowerment and collective empowerment that deserves further explanatory studies in the future.

Children with an intellectual disability may significantly affect families in ways that have implications for other sibling's adjustment. In this thesis, 40 siblings of intellectually disabled children are compared to 40 siblings of healthy children. The goal is to determine (i) if a child with an intellectual disability affects the other siblings in the family, and (ii) if they are functions of siblings' age, grade, gender, ordinal position, age gap with the disabled child, sibling number, disabled child's severity of impairment, parental educational background, etc. / The findings did not confirm that siblings of children with an intellectual disability have poorer adjustment than that of healthy children. However, the older sisters and older siblings of children with intellectual disability were found to have poorer adjustment in some of the area. Age gap and father's educational background is positively correlated to the adjustment of siblings of children with an intellectual disability. Then and other findings are discussed in the thesis.

One prominent consequence of globalization has been rapid urbanization and the formation of extremely large cities. In East Asia, such cities are not only large, but have blurred edge conditions and are increasingly difficult to distinguish from their once rural hinterlands, are usually fragmented in form, and simultaneously juxtapose different scales of physical things such as buildings and infrastructures, and economic and social networks that thread through them. The aim of this thesis is to explore these kinds of globalized cities in East Asia, and focuses on the city of Taipei in particular. The thesis identifies a set of conceptual and methodological limitations in conventional approaches to studying these contemporary urban conditions of such cities. The thesis argues that new ways of thinking through the concept of scale is essential to properly understanding the large, globalized cities of East Asia. The thesis works through the issue of multiple and co-present scales. It suggests that different kinds of ‘bigness’ and ‘smallness’ coexist, and that this coexistence is central to the experience of such cities. With a special focus on the city of Taipei, Taiwan’s largest city, the thesis indicates that cities that appear to be merely ‘big’ urban formations disguise many overlooked global ‘middling’ (Sassen, 2007a) and ‘small’ conditions that emerge from their struggle with their post-war urban reconstruction and the emergence of globally networked urban logics. The conditions of Taipei register the contextual specificity to the importance of thinking in a multi-scalar way. The theoretical framework of the thesis is grounded in re-examining the idea of scale within the particular fields of architecture, geography and urban studies. The concept of a hierarchically-nested scale has been a dominant approach to scalar conceptualization in these fields for a number of decades. However, the thesis argues that this linear approach has been weakened by its limited abilities to respond to the more complex and multiscalar processes that crucially inform the big urban formations in the context of globalization. Drawing from the critiques of The Fold (Deleuze, 1993; Wölfflin, 1986) and the concept of ‘flatness’ (Latour, 2005; Law, 2004; Marston, 2005), as well as critical work on place significance (Sassen, 2007a), the thesis proposes a ‘Baroque’ alternative to these conventional theorizations of urban scale. In order to offer an enabling approach to cities such as Taipei, the thesis argues this ‘Baroque’, used here in a quite specific sense, as a way of appreciating the multi-scalar nature of such cities, and as a means of developing a methodology by which to better appreciate and understand them. The thesis develops this ‘Baroque’-inspired methodology by examining five socio-spatial practices at different scales which have been selected to represent multi-scalar characteristics in the Xin-Yi planning district of central Taipei which is formed by a globally networked urban logic. The thesis concludes by proposing the idea of the ‘Baroque City’ as a more suggestive, multi-dimensional approach to capturing the richness of the contemporary urban scale of cities. It is intended that this will not only support investigations of East Asian cities, but also enhance architectural engagements with such dynamically complex and multi-scalar conditions of global urban centres.

Taipei is a diversified city with a large customer base to start up a new type of fusion restaurant. The idea of starting my own restaurant – FoodMaster would not only provide the public with a variety of delicious healthy dishes, but could also be regarded as a shelter; customers could relax and feel respected due to FoodMaster’s excellent services. In addition, the quality of ingredients is carefully monitored as food safety is now everyone’s concern. The business plan will give you an overview of FoodMaster’s business model and marketing strategies. After careful calculations based on realistic assumptions, the restaurant is able to reach break-even point in a year.

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