Evidence-searching capability among health care professionals: a comparative study.

Background: Evidence-based practice is among core competencies of health care professionals (HCPs). However, the levels of evidence-searching capability may differ among various disciplines of HCPs as they receive different education and trainings for various durations in medical schools and teaching hospitals.

Methods: This study aimed to compare the evidence-searching capability among different disciplines of HCPs and identify which aspects need to be reinforced.

Potential impacts of electric vehicles on air quality in Taiwan.

The prospective impacts of electric vehicle (EV) penetration on the air quality in Taiwan were evaluated using an air quality model with the assumption of an ambitious replacement of current light-duty vehicles under different power generation scenarios. With full EV penetration (i.e.