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This paper explores legal strategies for introducing telemedicine between physicians and patients. It thoroughly explored the definition and significance of telemedicine, scrutinized regulations pertaining to remote healthcare embedded in the Medical Service Act, and meticulously dissected proposed amendments to the Medical Service Act aimed at incorporating telemedicine between physician and patient. Specifically, it sheds light on the repercussions of the evolving medical landscape attributed to COVID-19 on the legal infrastructure of telemedicine. Focal points of discussion encompassed challenges in interpreting the Medical Service Act, regulatory frameworks for telemedicine platforms, and incremental legal enhancements. By drawing from recent government pronouncements on enhancement measures of pilot initiatives, this paper underscores the imperative for rigorous validation of safety and efficacy, presenting an exhaustive institutional analysis to foster the implementation of telemedicine.

The current "Anti-Terrorism Act for the Protection of Citizens and Public Safety" requires that if a terrorist incident occurs within a military facility, a military facility terrorism response headquarters is established and operated to comprehensively handle related situations. The military (軍) has made great progress in the field of counter-terrorism, but since prevention of terrorism is very important, the military's overall counter-terrorism intelligence activities need to be reorganized. At this point, to prevent terrorist acts within military facilities, legal reinforcement is needed to ensure smooth intelligence collection activities for each military intelligence and investigative agency. In particular, to effectively prevent terrorism, the military's intelligence collection system, which has a decentralized structure, must be unified. In addition, in order for the Military Counter-terrorism Intelligence Council to be operated to share counter-terrorism intelligence, considering the urgency of terrorist incidents, a control tower that can analyze and disseminate intelligence 24 hours a day is needed.

The study utilized AHP analysis to enhance the application of fire extinguishing agents in high-rise building fires. Experts identified institutional and policy improvements as the foremost priority, emphasizing the need for legal safeguards for private interests in similar situations. Alongside this, there was a strong emphasis on the significance of improving the performance of fire extinguishing agents. This research holds particular importance in guiding policy decisions, serving as foundational data for potential advancements in fire response strategies. Notably, experts suggest a focus on the deployment of fire extinguishing agent-loaded drones, especially in scenarios where access is challenging, such as high-rise buildings. The prioritization of institutional and policy improvements underscores the necessity for robust regulatory frameworks. Ultimately, the study contributes essential insights for shaping policies and technological enhancements to address high-rise building fires effectively.

The development of the internet has reduced transaction costs for a several decades in international trade and consequently it facilitates trade in services. In this perspective, the study used panel data for the U.S. and its 37 trading countries from 2006 to 2021. This study empirically examines the impact of the development of the internet on service trade, service exports and service imports respectively by utilizing the gravity type model of trade. Regression results show that the internet has played an import role on accelerating service trade in the U.S. First, the results indicate that the development of the internet has positive and significant effects on service trade, service exports and imports. Secondly, the measured effect of the internet on the service exports is bigger than that of its effect on service trade and service imports. From this result, it can be seen that the development of the internet has contributed more to the increase in service exports than compared to that of service imports in the U.S. Consequently, this result provides the direction of government policy insight for the future to promote more service trade and in turn lead to more service account surplus in the U.S.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of teachers’ perception and their perceived practice of instructional strategies in the implementation of English language teaching following Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach online in two Chinese universities amid the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The mixed methodology of quantitative and qualitative approaches in crisis management was employed in this study. The data was collected from forty college English teachers through survey questionnaire, a case study, and semi-structured phone-call interview. The findings revealed that almost teachers’ perception and practice had a noticeably positive correlativity with the characteristics of CLT approach, directly manifesting that the three intricate characteristics of online CLT approach: learner-centered approach; four English language skills linked together in teaching process; and authentic materials promoted. Additionally, online group discussion; pair work; and presentation to whole class they’ve experienced are prominently tied. Nevertheless, some online problems and obstacles were likewise illustrated in the crisis management, which probed to be difficultly operated in prolific English language teaching class online: large online class size; lack of students’ active participation; and little time to prepare teaching materials. Pedagogical Implications for the study are that teachers’ perception and practice within the characteristics of CLT approach amid the crisis have meaningful effects on online ELT development in higher education as well as the exhibited issues in class operation profoundly requires consideration to be kept from in college class.

This research explores the dynamics of outsourced labor while specifically analyzing personnel expense proportions in various business categories. Utilizing a Quadrant Framework, businesses are classified based on expertise and autonomy, thereby providing a comprehensive overview. Type I businesses encompass daycare centers with distinct revenue structures regulated by the "Early Childhood Education and Care Act." Type II businesses include General Meal Service and General Transportation, which operate autonomously without budget support. Type III businesses, which comprise Social Welfare, Call Centers, and others, typically receive budget support and range in expertise from low to moderate. Lastly, Type IV businesses include Education, Health Care, and Technology, and they receive budget support while having moderate to high expertise requirements. However, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions due to the issues involved in precise segmentation of expertise and the division of "budget-supported to autonomous". The results of this analysis are expected to aid stakeholders in resource allocation strategies, ultimately allowing those within diverse business classifications to optimize their workforce management.