A Social History of Ascariasis in the 1960s Korea : From a Norm to a Shameful Disease by Junho JUNG, Youngin PARK, Ock-Joo KIM

“…Until the early 1960s, however, Korean people were not sympathetic to the needs of eradication of parasites, especially that of Ascaris. …”
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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Is Independently Inversely Associated with Insulin Resistance in the Healthy, Non-Obese Korean Population by So Young Ock, Kyoung Hwa Ha, Bu Kyung Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim, Jee-Seon Shim, Myung Ha Lee, Young Me Yoon, Dae Jung Kim

“…BackgroundWe evaluated the associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations in serum and insulin resistance in the healthy Korean population.MethodsWe conducted this cross-sectional analysis in 1,807 healthy Korean people (628 men and 1,179 women) aged 30 to 64 years in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiologic Research Center study. …”
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The Connection between Hand Washing and Brushing Teeth by Ra-Ae Bak, Sun-Jung Shin, Hee-Jung Park, Jin-Young Jung, Hwa-Young Lee, Nam-Hee Kim

“…The participants included 229,099 adults aged 19 years or older, representative of the South Korean people. We employed two dependent variables: one was washing hands, and the other was brushing teeth. …”

The Cholera Epidemic of 1907 and the Formation of Colonial Epidemic Control Systems in Korea by Kyu Won LEE

“…Its activities were forced, violent, and negligent, and many Korean people were quite uncooperative in some anti-cholera measures. …”
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Are there differences in hepatitis-B immunization status between diabetes and non-diabetes subjects in Korea? by Ji Young Park, Su Kyoung Kwon

“…MethodsWe analyzed hepatitis-B virus antigen and antibody status in 9,771 South Korean people from the general population based on the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. …”
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Nasal Anthropometry on Facial Computed Tomography Scans for Rhinoplasty in Koreans by Kyung Min Moon, Geon Cho, Ha Min Sung, Min Su Jung, Kyoung Seok Tak, Sung-Won Jung, Hoon-Bum Lee, In Suck Suh

“…Conclusions In conclusion, our data will be helpful in the preparation of silicone implants for augmentation and/or corrective rhinoplasty in ethnic Korean people.…”
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Yun Il-sun’s Studies in Japan and Medical Research during the Colonial Period by Jong-wook HONG

“…First, I took note of the position of the Korean people in the academic system of the Japanese colonial empire and restored the life of Yun Il-sun as specifically as possible. …”
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Origin names of gochu, kimchi, and bibimbap by Hye-Jeong Yang, Dai-Ja Jang, Kyung Rhan Chung, Kang-sung Kim, Dae Young Kwon

“…The hanja records only mean that the Korean people simply borrowed hanja to write the names of the foods they made and enjoyed for a long time. …”
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Detection of the Pine Wilt Disease Tree Candidates for Drone Remote Sensing Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques by Mutiara Syifa, Sung-Jae Park, Chang-Wook Lee

“…PWD is considered a severe problem due to the importance of pine trees to Korean people, so this problem must be handled appropriately. …”
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Flavonoids from Smilax china L. Rhizome improve chronic pelvic inflammatory disease by promoting macrophage reprogramming via the NLRP3 inflammasome-autophagy pathway by Yun Ma, Tingting Pei, Luyao Song, Daoqi Zhu, Zhongxiao Han, Jiaxing Zhang, Xintao Huang, Xinhuan Qiu, Wei Xiao

“…Background: Smilax is a traditional medicine used for the clinical treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID), and its leaves have long been used as food by the Korean people in Asia. In previous studies, we found that flavonoids extract can improve CPID by inhibiting inflammation, which may be the main effective component of Smilax China, but its mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated. …”
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One Hundred Representative Fungi in Korea and Their Korean Names by Hyo-Won Choi, Young Woon Lim, Myoung-Dong Kim, Jayoung Kim, Changmu KIM, Chang Sun Kim, Yun-Su Do, Chang-Gi Back, Hyunkyu Sang, Woo Chang Shin, Seung-Yeol Lee, Dawoon Chung, Hee-Young Jung, Young-Joon Choi, In-Young Choi, Jae-Gu Han, Seung-Beom Hong

“…One hundred representative species of fungi in Korea were selected and their Korean names were proposed to increase interest in fungi among Korean people. This task was performed under the supervision of the Committee of Mycological Terms, under the Korean Society of Mycology. …”
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Ten-Year Mortality Trends for Adults with and without Diabetes Mellitus in South Korea, 2003 to 2013 by Kyeong Jin Kim, Tae Yeon Kwon, Sungwook Yu, Ji A Seo, Nan Hee Kim, Kyung Mook Choi, Sei Hyun Baik, Dong Seop Choi, Sin Gon Kim, Yousung Park, Nam Hoon Kim

“…Notably, the decrease in mortality from ischemic stroke (79.2%, from 1.20 to 0.25 per 1,000 persowns) was more profound than that from ischemic heart disease (28.3%, from 0.60 to 0.43 per 1,000 persons).ConclusionAll-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates decreased substantially from 2003 to 2013, and the decline in ischemic stroke mortality mainly contributed to the decreased cardiovascular mortality in Korean people with diabetes.…”
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Tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, and compound K after single or multiple administration of red ginseng extract in human beings by Min-Koo Choi, Sojeong Jin, Ji-Hyeon Jeon, Woo Youl Kang, Sook Jin Seong, Young-Ran Yoon, Yong-Hae Han, Im-Sook Song

“…Methods: Red ginseng extract (dried ginseng > 60%) was administered once and repeatedly for 15 days to 15 healthy Korean people. After single and repeated administration of red ginsengextract, blood sample collection, measurement of blood pressure and body temperature, and routine laboratory test were conducted over 48-h test periods. …”
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Egyedi jellemvonások a modern dél-koreai kereszténységben by Fábian Armin Vincentius

“…Still, instead of Buddhism or Shamanism nowadays Christianity has a central role in the religious life of South Korean people. This study attempts to find the main reasons behind the remarkable popularity of Christianity, as well as to show the unique features of South Korean Christianity resulted by the distinctive development. …”
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Ethnic and Racial Other in Contemporary South Korean Dramas / Этнический и расовый Другой в современных южнокорейских драмах by ZOLOTAIKO OLGA R. / ЗОЛОТАЙКО О.Р., KOSTIUCHENKO ANASTASIIA A. / КОСТЮЧЕНКО А.А.

“…At the same time, dramas occupy one of the most significant places in the cultural life of the Korean people: they serve as an agent of socialization and as a tool for the formation of values and stereotypes in Korean society. …”
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The Aging Slopes of Brain Structures Vary by Ethnicity and Sex: Evidence From a Large Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dataset From a Single Scanner of Cognitively Healthy Elderly People... by Yu Yong Choi, Yu Yong Choi, Jang Jae Lee, Kyu Yeong Choi, Eun Hyun Seo, Eun Hyun Seo, IL Han Choo, Hoowon Kim, Hoowon Kim, Hoowon Kim, Min-Kyung Song, Seong-Min Choi, Soo Hyun Cho, Byeong C. Kim, Kun Ho Lee, Kun Ho Lee, Kun Ho Lee

“…We also presented the normative information on volume estimates of the brain structures of the elderly Korean people in the subdivided age groups. This normative information of the aging brain stratified by ethnicity provides the age-related reference ranges quantified to replace visual judgment and facilitate precise clinical decision-making.…”
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Evaluation and Treatment of Obesity and Its Comorbidities: 2022 Update of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Obesity by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity by Kyoung-Kon Kim, Ji-Hee Haam, Bom Taeck Kim, Eun Mi Kim, Jung Hwan Park, Sang Youl Rhee, Eonju Jeon, Eungu Kang, Ga Eun Nam, Hye Yeon Koo, Jeong-Hyun Lim, Jo-Eun Jeong, Jong-Hee Kim, Jong Won Kim, Jung Ha Park, Jun Hwa Hong, Sang Eok Lee, Se Hee Min, Seung Jun Kim, Sunyoung Kim, Yang-Hyun Kim, Yeon Ji Lee, Yoon Jeong Cho, Young-Jun Rhie, Youn-hee Kim, Jee-Hyun Kang, Chang Beom Lee, Committee of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO)

“…This edition of the guidelines includes criteria for diagnosing obesity, abdominal obesity, and metabolic syndrome; evaluation of obesity and its complications; weight loss goals; and treatment options such as diet, exercise, behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric and metabolic surgery for Korean people with obesity. Compared to the previous edition of the guidelines, the current edition includes five new topics to keep up with the constantly evolving field of obesity: diagnosis of obesity, obesity in women, obesity in patients with mental illness, weight maintenance after weight loss, and the use of information and communication technology-based interventions for obesity treatment. …”
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“Liberation Space” and Times of Resistance in Visual Records by Jeong Sim Yang

“…This study attempts to capture and ruminate on the significance of the moments of Korean peoples’ struggle for the right to live and their political protests to stop the division of the Korean Peninsula under the oppression of USAMGIK.…”
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Life and death in the Korean Bronze Age (ca. 1500 – 400 BC): an analysis of settlements and monuments in the mid-Korean peninsula by Kim, SW

“…These concepts were formed out of the process of a practical adaptation to the Bronze Age landscape and environment in order to practice agriculture as a subsistence economy, but they also exerted a profound influence upon later Korean peoples and their identities. …”

CITRA IBU DALAM LIRIK LAGU KOREA: KAJIAN KRITIK SASTRA FEMINIS by , PUTU THENISYA PURNAMITHA, , Suray Agung Nugroho S.S., M.A.

“…The reason for using mother themed song lyrics as material object is to understand the Korean peoples thought of mothersâ�� figure from the popular literature perspective. …”