Impact of anthropogenic activities on the biodiversity of macrobenthos and benthic ecological quality in the mudflats of Hwangdo Island, South Korea: field surveys and remote sensi... by Jian Liang, Chae-Woo Ma

“…Moreover, our study offers a fresh perspective on the conservation of Hwangdo Island’s mudflats and provides critical references for the South Korean government in crafting and implementing mudflat protection policies.…”
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ENHANCEMENT OF PRIMARY CARE ASSESSMENT TOOL (PCAT): A SCOPING REVIEW by Dewi Surya Ningsih, Antono Surjoputro, Syamsulhuda Budi

“…Results: A total of 10 selected articles describe the development of primary care assessment tools, namely PCAT Malawi, Vietnam PCAT-PE, Vietnam PCAT-AE, CR-PCAT (China), PCAT-TI (Tibet), UG-PCAT (Uganda), PCAT-C (China), PCAT-Facility (Spain), KS-PCAT (Standard Korean), PCAT-10 (Spain), and Colombia PCAT. Each tool has a different development focus according to the context of each country. …”
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Development of a phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) for intermediate break loss-of-coolant accident in PWRs by Hae Min Park, Jong Hyuk Lee, Chiwoong Choi, Kwi-Seok Ha, Byung Hyun You, Jaeseok Heo, Kyung Doo Kim, Sung Won Bae, Seung Wook Lee, Dong Hyuk Lee, Sang Ik Lee, Chan Eok Park, Bub Dong Chung, Kwang Won Seul

“…To obtain the adequate safety margin and more economical use of the nuclear power plant, re-classification of LOCAs for Korean operating PWRs is now under consideration to exclude the large break LOCA (LBLOCA) from the design basis accidents (DBAs). …”
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Microbial and Sensory Characteristics of Traditional Watery Kimchi (Dongchimi) Fortified with Probiotics by Ji Young Lee, Yeong Hyeon Jo, Tae Hee Kim, Su Eun Lee, Eun Seo Hong, Tae Sun Kang

“…Dongchimi, a traditional Korean watery kimchi, relies on complex interactions among diverse lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to maintain its freshness and quality. …”
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Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study by Jinkyun Park, Wasin Vechgama, Seung Ki Shin

“…This study investigates how cultural characteristics can be correlated with the occurrence of unsafe acts based on empirical data collected from operating teams working in the main control room of Korean domestic nuclear power plants. The cultural characteristics of the operating teams were visualized using five Hofstede's cultural indices and compared with the number of unsafe acts observed from simulated off-normal conditions. …”
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Comparison of coseismic velocity changes estimated by cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise for earthquakes in south Korea and Japan by Faisal Umer, Tae Woong Chung, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Saleem Iqbal

“…The average velocity decrease between forward and reverse order pairs correlated well with earthquake magnitude, except in the case of the Korean earthquake. Our devised measure based on aftershock activity suggests that the large decrease in the Pohang earthquake was due to non-coseismic noise in addition to instability.…”
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Performance Comparison of Two Gene Set Analysis Methods for Genome-wide Association Study Results: GSA-SNP vs i-GSEA4GWAS by Ji-sun Kwon, Jihye Kim, Dougu Nam, Sangsoo Kim

“…GSA runs were made with two sets of p-values from a Korean type 2 diabetes mellitus GWAS study: 259,188 and 1,152,947 SNPs of the original and imputed genotype datasets, respectively. …”
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Health information orientation and health literacy as determinants of health promotion behaviors in adolescents: a cross-sectional study by Mi-Ae You, Jeong-Ah Ahn

“…Health literacy was assessed with the Korean Adolescent Health Literacy Scale (KR-20 = 0.66), and health promotion behaviors were evaluated using the Adolescent Health Promotion Scale-Short Form (Cronbach’s α = 0.89). …”
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Comparison and analysis of phylogenetic relationship based on internal transcribed spacer 1, its-1 fragment of eimeria tenella and eimeria acervulina from broiler chicken in korea by Myung-Jo You

“…ITS- 1 region of each Eimeria species had sufficient inter-specific sequence variation and the primer is sufficient to amplify each target Korean isolates.<p> <b>Conclusions:</b> The molecular method examine in the present study appears useful for discriminating among similar Eimeria species providing useful methods for diagnosis and epidemiology of avian coccidial infection.…”
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The effect of sarpogrelate compared to aspirin in high- or very-high-risk diabetes for primary prevention by Soo Hyun Kang, Kilyoon Pack, Jung Ho Kim, Youngwoo Jang

“…Abstract The benefit of aspirin in primary prevention for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) is questionable due to bleeding complications. We analyzed the Korean National Health Insurance data to compare the efficacy and overall bleeding of sarpogrelate, an antiplatelet agent with lower bleeding risk, versus aspirin in high-/very-high-risk diabetic populations without prior ASCVD. …”
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Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks by Byunghak Kang, Jaesun Park, Sangyun Cho, Meehee Lee, Namhee Kim, Haesook Min, Sooyoun Lee, Ok Park, Bokghee Han

“…This report provides a review of biobanks, including Korean biobanks and an analysis of sample volumes, regulations, policies, and ethical issues of the biobank. …”
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Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Atypical Porcine Pestivirus Isolates Identified in Russian Swine Herds by Afshona Anoyatbekova, Anton Yuzhakov

“…The isolate from the Republic of Mordovia has a high nucleotide identity (97.1%) with the South Korean strain. <i>In vitro</i> studies of the Russian isolates revealed the replication of the Belgorod 151 strain in SPEV cells. …”
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Chinese Herbal Medicine for Weight Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials by Ann Rann Wong, Angela Wei Hong Yang, Kangxiao Li, Harsharn Gill, Mingdi Li, George Binh Lenon

“…Eighteen databases in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese were searched from their inceptions to September 2019. …”
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JAPANESE DIPLOMACY WITHIN ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF): SOME ASPECTS OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY by O. V. Lebedeva

“…Of vital security concern for Japan was and remains to exist North Korean nuclear program. For the last two decades the country took a great activity in the work of ASEAN Regional Forum and it could be stated that ARF remains to be an important mechanism for Japan diplomacy to address important issues security and stability in Southeastern Asia.…”
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Can Squid Game Series Be Watched Through Social Darwinism? A Semiotic Review by Hasan Tutar

“…This study discusseswhether the South Korean production Squid Game, which has recently reached a significant audience, canbe watched through Social Darwinism. …”
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Testing the Reciprocal Effect between Value of Education, Time Investment, and Academic Achievement in a Large Non-Western Sample by Meimei Liu, TuongVan Vu, Nienke van Atteveldt, Martijn Meeter

“…In this study, we first examined whether students’ value of education, as a measure of motivation, is reciprocally related to achievement (class rank and self-rated performance) in a sample of junior high schoolers in an East-Asian country (N = 3445, Korean Youth Panel Study). We tested this reciprocity using different statistical models. …”
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DNA Barcoding of Fish, Insects, and Shellfish in Korea by Dae-Won Kim, Won Gi Yoo, Hyun Chul Park, Hye Sook Yoo, Dong Won Kang, Seon Deok Jin, Hong Ki Min, Woon Kee Paek, Jeongheui Lim

“…We present results on phylogenetic relationships to assess biodiversity the in the Korean peninsula. Average GC% contents of the 68 fish species (46.9%), the 59 shellfish species (38.0%), and the 29 insect species (33.2%) are reported. …”
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Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of Camellia sinensis L. extract as a potential therapeutic for atopic dermatitis through NF-κB pathway inhibition by Min Jung Kim, Ye Jin Yang, Ga-Yul Min, Ji Woong Heo, Jae Dong Son, Young Zoo You, Hun Hwan Kim, Gon Sup Kim, Hu-Jang Lee, Ju-Hye Yang, Kwang Il Park

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PLUNC downregulates the expression of PD-L1 by inhibiting the interaction of DDX17/β-catenin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Ranran Feng, Yilin Guo, Meilin Chen, Ziying Tian, Yijun Liu, Su Jiang, Jieyu Zhou, Qingluan Liu, Xiayu Li, Wei Xiong, Lei Shi, Songqing Fan, Guiyuan Li, Wenling Zhang

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Thoraco-laparotomy approach to salvage a life-threatening cardiac box stab injury to the infecrior vena cava in Malaysia: a case report by Ida Arinah Mahadi, Jih Huei Tan, Jin Zhe Teh, Yuzaidi Mohamad, Imran Alwi Rizal

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