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Low efficiency of logistics and low customer satisfaction are two questions during the logistics company provide the service in China e-commerce. The reason has been found that lot size orderings of the customer are creating, the logistics service provider has not the ability to satisfy the customer demand. This research discussed the relationship between the types of e-commerce products and delivery model of logistics service. The four kinds of e-commerce product, five factors and four kinds of transportation models in China were found. Meanwhile, it built the hierarchical structure in order to measure the weight of factors among different delivery models. The result showed that product characteristics in e-commerce have a certain influence to decide the delivery model of logistics services and proposed an appropriate model for the customer. Firstly, the articles for daily use has chosen the collection and delivery points, because these products are large and low value. The consumer hoped to receive the product conveniently any time. Secondly, the characteristics of fresh food are immediate, therefore, the controlled access systems have been chosen. It could be proved high delivery to customers. Third, the characteristics of 3C electronic products and luxury are small and high-value goods. The attended home delivery model ensured the safety of the goods, and the company promptly receives customer feedback in order to improve customer service quality. Each of the four delivery models has its advantages and disadvantages. The logistics company chose a suitable delivery model for a customer that consider the characteristics of the product. Thus, the logistics service provider could obtain high revenue and customer satisfaction with logistics service.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of depression in and effect of l-thyroxine therapy on patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) in Taiwan. In this retrospective, nationwide cohort study, we retrieved data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. We collected data of 1220 patients with HT and 4880 patients without HT for the period 2000 to 2011. The mean follow-up period for the HT cohort was 5.77 years. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the risk of depression in the HT cohort. In the HT cohort, 89.6% of the patients were women. Compared with the non-HT cohort, the HT cohort exhibited a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease. Furthermore, the HT cohort showed a higher overall incidence of depression compared with the non-HT cohort (8.67 and 5.49 per 1000 person-year; crude hazard ratio [HR] = 1.58, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.18–2.13). The risk of depression decreased after administration of l-thyroxine treatment for more than 1 year (adjusted HR = 1.02; 95% CI = 0.66–1.59). In Taiwan, the overall incidence of depression was greater in the young HT cohort. l-thyroxine treatment reduced the risk of depression.

Small numbers of the papers have studied the association between organophosphate (OP) poisoning and the subsequent acute kidney injury (AKI). Therefore, we used the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to study whether patients with OP poisoning are associated with a higher risk to have subsequent AKI. The retrospective cohort study comprised patients aged ≥20 years with OP poisoning and hospitalized diagnosis during 2000–2011 (N = 8924). Each OP poisoning patient was frequency-matched to 4 control patients based on age, sex, index year, and comorbidities of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, and stroke (N = 35,696). We conducted Cox proportional hazard regression analysis to estimate the effects of OP poisoning on AKI risk. The overall incidence of AKI was higher in the patients with OP poisoning than in the controls (4.85 vs 3.47/1000 person-years). After adjustment for age, sex, comorbidity, and interaction terms, patients with OP poisoning were associated with a 6.17-fold higher risk of AKI compared with the comparison cohort. Patients with highly severe OP poisoning were associated with a substantially increased risk of AKI. The study found OP poisoning is associated with increased risk of subsequent AKI. Future studies are encouraged to evaluate whether long-term effects exist and the best guideline to prevent the continuously impaired renal function.