Correlation between Demographic Characteristics and Indoor Allergen Sensitization among a Farming Community (FC), a Local Community (LC), and an Urban Region (UR) in South Korea

2011 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. AB115-AB115
Author(s):  
K.S. Park ◽  
H.H. Jung ◽  
J.W. Kwon ◽  
S.Y. Lee ◽  
S. Hong
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Indoor Allergen ◽  
Allergen Sensitization ◽  
Farming Community

scholarly journals Benefits of Gardening Activities for Cognitive Function According to Measurement of Brain Nerve Growth Factor Levels

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sin-Ae Park ◽  
A-Young Lee ◽  
Hee-Geun Park ◽  
Wang-Lok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Nerve Growth ◽  
Nerve Growth Factors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Garden Plot

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of gardening activities in senior individuals on brain nerve growth factors related to cognitive function. Forty-one senior individuals (age 76.6 ± 6.0 years) were recruited from the local community in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea. A 20-min low-to-moderate intensity gardening activity intervention, making a vegetable garden, was performed by the subjects in a garden plot located on the Konkuk University (Seoul, South Korea) campus. The gardening involved six activities including cleaning a garden plot, digging, fertilizing, raking, planting/transplanting, and watering. To determine the effects of the gardening activities on brain nerve growth factors related to memory, blood samples were drawn twice from each subject before and after the gardening activity by professional nurses. The levels of brain nerve growth factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), were analyzed. Levels of BDNF and PDGF were significantly increased after the gardening activity. This study revealed a potential benefit of gardening activities for cognitive function in senior individuals.

Going green in baseball – a case study of the SK Wyverns

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon-Seo Andrew Choi
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Baseball Team ◽  
Cost Issue

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketing journey of a professional baseball team in South Korea (the SK Wyverns), from the conception of a new “green” campaign to the resulting environmental, social and economic gains of the local community and of Korean baseball in general. Design/methodology/approach The investigator interviewed 12 constituents of the SK’s green marketing campaign, participated as an observer at seven separate field trips to the SK stadium and meetings, and collected and analyzed corporate documentation and physical artifacts. The role of the researcher as an advisor to the Wyvern’s green marketing initiative from the onset provided rare access to these multiple and different sources of evidence, which helped to establish the trustworthiness of the results (Yin, 2003). Findings By taking unconventional steps to find new funding opportunities, the team managed to achieve a triple benefit-of environmental, social and economic gains from green marketing. In the big picture, one will recognize that the SK Wyverns’ story is less about the opportune timing of its funding strategy, and more about its capacity for innovative thinking to address the big issue of meeting up-front costs. Originality/value The significance of the SK Wyverns’ green marketing program is that it shows how even a team in a non-major baseball market like South Korea can accept a big challenge and deliver the desired results by solving the cost issue in a proactive, creative way. The hope is that other sport franchises around Asia, in other regions faced with growing environmental concerns, may regard this case as a benchmark and find inspiration for their own creative solutions in going green.

Lack of association between indoor allergen sensitization and asthma morbidity in inner-city adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan P. Wisnivesky ◽  
Hugh Sampson ◽  
Stephen Berns ◽  
Meyer Kattan ◽  
Ethan A. Halm
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Indoor Allergen ◽  
Allergen Sensitization ◽  
Asthma Morbidity

The Role of Indoor Allergen Sensitization and Exposure in Causing Morbidity in Women with Asthma

2002 ◽  
Vol 165 (7) ◽  
pp. 961-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Lewis ◽  
Scott T. Weiss ◽  
Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills ◽  
Harriet Burge ◽  
Diane R. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Allergen ◽  
Allergen Sensitization

scholarly journals The Energy Landscape versus the Farming Landscape: The Immortal Era of Coal?

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 7008
Author(s):  
Iwona Markuszewska
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
State Government ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Land Use Conflict ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Scientific Papers

This article explores the land use conflict. Coal exploitation precludes agricultural production and, as a result, mining-energy projects come across NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) opposition from the farming community. An investigation was carried out in two rural communes: Krobia and Miejska Górka in the Wielkopolska Region in Poland. The aim was to obtain an answer to the following questions: (1) if acting in the name of energy security, should we accept the state government interest and start exploitation of the lignite resource? (2) If acting in the name of landowners’ rights, should we accept the local community interest and maintain the current farming production? and (3) is it possible to reconcile the interests of the conflict beneficiaries? The following qualitative methods were used: keyword and content analysis of word data, such as scientific papers, legal documents, and parliamentary questions (PQs), while the discourse analysis was focused on the policy and procedural conflicts. In the results section, possible solutions for heading off the conflict are presented. The results contribute to an integrated understanding of conflicts over mining and farming land use.

scholarly journals Public Chambers of the Municipality in Various Models of Local Self-Government

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (91) ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
S.I. Shishkin ◽  
◽  
D.A. Safin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Russian Federation

The phenomenon of differentiation of the genesis of public chambers of municipalities from the model of organization of local self-government is established The factors that substantiate the reasons for such differentiation are determined. These reasons are associated with the demographic characteristics of municipalities, the specifics of the local community and other factors. The variety of models of organization of local self-government in the legislation of the Russian Federation is considered. It was established that these models determine the organization of local authorities, the procedure for filling positions in the municipality. It is concluded that there is a stable causal relationship between the procedure for organizing local self-government and the formation of public chambers of the municipality. The most substantiated schemes for organizing public chambers of municipalities are proposed. This is carried out on the basis of an analysis of legislation, municipal regulatory legal acts, using the method of legal modeling. These schemes allow taking into account the specifics of such chambers and the polarization of their activities. This polarization depends on the place of the public chamber in the system of local self-government bodies in the implementation of local issues. Within the framework of a comparative analysis, it is concluded that for some models of local self-government, the creation of a public chamber is not advisable. For other models, it is necessary to consider the balance of power between the head of the municipality and the representative body of local government. This is necessary so that the public chamber does not turn into an instrument for settling political scores and promoting the activities of the local administration. In most models of local self-government, it is advisable to exclude the head of the municipality from the procedure for forming the composition of the public chamber.

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