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3. Introduce a speciic proble!(s)
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Still, the bedding sector faces several obstacles, such as

the reluctance of customers to spend more than $5,000
New Taiwanese (NT) dollars on a mattress !lternativel",
local repair companies often fi# spring beds or purchase
old mattresses to rec"cle their parts !lthough
economicall" attractive, the repair and rec"cle processes
are often environmentall" unfriendl" !lso, man"
consumers complain of discomfort after sleeping on a
spring bed mattress Therefore, man" companies find it
difficult to sell higher priced mattresses although superior
in $ualit" to traditionall" used spring bed mattresses
%iven advances in bed manufacturing technolog",
increased costs in manufacturing e$uipment and a larger
portion in advertising e#penditures to establish product
brand recognition, consumers pa" more than previousl"
when purchasing a bed
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&hile re$uiring highl" s'illed personnel to

advance biotechnolog" product applications,
biomedical companies are especiall" concerned
with the shortage of $ualified staff with ade$uate
s'ills to remain abreast of the latest
developments (ducation, training and
information alone are insufficient to 'eep
Taiwanese biotechnolog" firms in pace with
technolog")driven changes in the wor'place
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*ver reliance on appliance parts from %erman",

+apan and the ,nited States indirectl" affects
the $ualit" of patient care and creates a costl"
financial burden for local hospitals -espite the
island.s numerous engineering and computer
science talents, Taiwan still lac's the
manufacturing capabilities to produce
therapeutic e$uipment for radiation therap"
purposes
". #tate the technical or
!ar$eting need that !ust be
addressed to resolve this
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!lthough incapable of reducing the retail price, (lsa /edding

0ranchise should add product value to its mattresses in several
wa"s 0irst, (lsa should customi1e its products b" measuring the
ph"sical dimensions of the user to ensure ma#imum comfort
2ecentl", (lsa has incorporated the use of anion and bamboo
additives in its mattresses 3aving spent considerable resources in
researching the efficac" of anion and bamboo in product
technolog", the 4ndustrial Technolog" 2esearch 4nstitute (4T24)
anal"1es the health benefits of bamboo, which is valuable
information for adding softer comfort 1ones in mattresses and
cleaning the cloth cover (lsa and 4T24 signed a collaborative
agreement recentl", with the commercial products to be featured in
a sales e#hibition in the Science 5ar' 6ife 3ub in 3sinchu Science)
based 4ndustrial 5ar' 7oreover, a patent for use of nanotechnolog"
in bamboo)related products has been filed recentl" 7oreover, in
the near future, (lsa will collaborate with retailer 2T)7art in
mar'eting its products
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Therefore, in addition to enhanced training

of research and managerial personnel in
specific fields, local biotechnolog" and
medical organi1ations are e#ploring wa"s
to integrate other innovative fields such as
bioinformatics and genomics into their
research scope and product line
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%iven the rapid pace of technological

advances, an increasing number of
therapeutic instruments can achieve better
irradiation $ualit" with respect to a more
precise location and enhanced dose
distribution The abilit" of local
manufacturers to collaborate with
overseas partners will determine whether
Taiwan can provide $ualit" assurance
treatment for ailing patients
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8omputer tomograph" (8T) pla"s a prominent role in diagnosing

medical ailments owing to its abilit" to achieve precise treatment
without unnecessaril" high radiation levels that would harm patients
2estated, while effective in therapeutic treatment, 8T can not be
used during a routine e#amination (fforts to integrate 8T into
routine e#aminations is thus of priorit" concern !lthough medical
images are normall" ta'en through conventional #)ra" procedures,
such procedures are limited in that while confined to capturing
three)dimensional ob9ects, man" organs overlap each other, ma'ing
it impossible to distinguish between them 4n conventional inspection
procedures, medical treatment involves closel" inspecting the form
of the disease 3owever, given the large number of spo'e beams,
conventional inspection procedures lead to further radiation damage
owing to the limited information available

8onversel", 8T can not onl" detect diseases in their earl" stages,

but also more effectivel" treat diseases Nevertheless, 8T is not
adopted in routine e#aminations owing to its higher radiation dose
than in normal e#aminations 8onventional medical imager"
procedures emit a low radiation dose owing to the limited e#posure
time 0or instance, in a normal chest #)ra" e#amination, a radiation
dosage of onl" 05m%" poses a relativel" low ris' to the human
bod" 3owever, a 8T e#amination ma" contain ten to twent" times
higher dosage levels than a conventional #)ra" e#amination would
owing to the longer e#posure time, possibl" causing human in9ur"
-espite the advantages of 8T images over those of conventional #)
ra" images, the inabilit" to reduce its radiation dose to a safe level
ma'es it impossible to detect and subse$uentl" treat cancer in its
earl" stages The feasibilit" of accelerating the scanning time during
a 8T e#amination must be e#amined, thus reducing radiation dose
levels
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