Phylogenetic relationships and genetic variations among cinereous vultures Aegypius monachus in South Korea

2021 ◽  
pp. 175815592110647
Author(s):  
Mu-Yeong Lee ◽  
Seon-Mi Lee ◽  
Seung-Gu Kang ◽  
Hye Sook Jeon ◽  
Hee-Jong Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Population Structure ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
Source Population ◽  
The South ◽  
K Value ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Cinereous Vulture

Mature individuals of the cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus, number 15,600–21,000 birds worldwide and population size of the bird has been in decline due to poisoned baits and the decreasing availability of food. Approximately 12–16% of the global population of cinereous vultures spend their winters in Korean regions that are hence important areas. In this study, the population structure and genetic diversity of the cinereous vulture in South Korea were evaluated to clarify the relationships between the Mongolian and South Korean populations with genetic diversity assessed using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and microsatellite markers. In the South Korean population, two unique haplotypes (Hap8 and Hap9) were newly discovered in their mtDNA, with three polymorphic sites and low-level genetic diversity. Most of the cinereous vultures in South Korea were represented by a single haplotype, Hap8, and analyses of phylogenetic trees and the haplotype network illustrated that Hap8 was clustered in Lineage D (Mongolia). Notably, the other haplotype, Hap9, was only identified in one individual in South Korea with an unexpected clustering in Lineage C (Caucasus region, Armenia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan populations), which indicated that it might have been a vagrant bird. The microsatellite loci ( n = 21) isolated from South Korean cinereous vultures indicated comparatively lower genetic variation, with a K value of 1. These results indicate that the origin of the South Korean population is most likely from one source population of the Far Eastern cluster (Mongolian population), which was also supported by the outcome of mtDNA analysis. This study improves our understanding of the population structure and genetic diversity between the Mongolian and South Korean cinereous vulture populations.

Weeping by the Water: Hydraulic Affects and Political Depression in South Korea after Sewol

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-125
Author(s):  
Dong Sung Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
The South ◽  
Southwest Coast ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Water Hydraulic ◽  
Affective Impact

Sewol names both the senseless mass drowning of schoolchildren in a 2014 ferry disaster off the southwest coast of South Korea and its abiding affective impact on the South Korean population and diaspora. Anchoring itself in the tide of emotion washing from the broadcasted images of Pangmok Harbor where families and friends wept and awaited news of lost loved ones, but also reactivating the image from Psalm 137 of earlier weeping by another body of water (“By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion…”), this essay explores the affective possibilities of water as an elemental archive or repository of emotion beyond the constricting confines of the national. The essay also argues that a generalized concept of affect will not suffice to do justice to Sewol. A Korean tragedy evokes a Korean affect, and that affect the essay locates in the Korean concept of Han.

scholarly journals Meat Demand in South Korea: An Application of the Restricted Source-Differentiated Almost Ideal Demand System Model

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shida Rastegari Henneberry ◽  
Seong-huyk Hwang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Korea ◽  
The United States ◽  
System Model ◽  
Demand System ◽  
Almost Ideal Demand System ◽  
The South ◽  
Meat Demand ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Meat Market

The first difference version of the restricted source-differentiated almost ideal demand system is used to estimate South Korean meat demand. The results of this study indicate that the United States has the most to gain from an increase in the size of the South Korean imported meat market in terms of its beef exports, while South Korea has the most to gain from this expansion in the pork market. Moreover, the results indicate that the United States has a competitive advantage to Australia in the South Korean beef market. Results of this study have implications for U.S. meat exports in this ever-changing policy environment.

The emergence of oral cavity cancer and the stabilization of oropharyngeal cancer: Recent contrasting epidemics in the South Korean population

Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (10) ◽  
pp. 1638-1647
Author(s):  
Yuh‐Seog Jung ◽  
Jungirl Seok ◽  
Seri Hong ◽  
Chang Hwan Ryu ◽  
Junsun Ryu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Oropharyngeal Cancer ◽  
Oral Cavity Cancer ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean

Influence of Human Leukocyte Antigen in the Pathogenesis of Me´nie`re's Disease in the South Korean Population

2002 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 851-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang W. Yeo ◽  
Shi-Nae Park ◽  
Eun-Ju Jeon ◽  
Heung-Youp Lee ◽  
Chul-Woo Pyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Leukocyte Antigen ◽  
Human Leukocyte ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
The South ◽  
Leukocyte Antigen ◽  
South Korean

Changes in Twinning Rates in South Korea: 1981–2002

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoon-Mi Hur ◽  
Jun Soo Kwon
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
The South ◽  
Older Mothers ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Record Data ◽  
Birth Data ◽  
National Statistical Office

AbstractThe present study investigates the twinning rate trends in South Korea for the years 1981 to 2002 utilizing the birth record data from the South Korea National Statistical Office. The twinning rates between 1981 and 1991 remained nearly constant and were slightly less than 10 twin individuals, that is, approximately five pairs per thousand births. Since the early 1990s, however, the twinning rate has increased sharply and reached 19.30 twin individuals, that is, around 10 pairs per thousand births in the year 2002. Application of the Weinberg method to birth data for the years 2000 to 2002 revealed that the dizygotic twin rate in South Korea increased almost threefold between 1981 to 1991 and 2002. In the 1980s the effect of maternal age on twinning rates appeared to be minimal. In the 1990s, however, increases in twinning rates occurred more markedly among older mothers than among younger mothers. We speculate that the rapid rise in twinning rates in South Korea in the 1990s is probably attributable to the spread of Assisted Reproductive Technologies among older mothers who seek treatments for infertility. The present study also examined whether residing in industrial areas is associated with multiple births in the South Korean population. The results did not support the recent finding of higher twinning incidence in industrialized regions.

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in a World Collection of Brassica napus Accessions with Emphasis on South Korea, Japan, and Pakistan

Crop Science ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1537-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjaya Gyawali ◽  
Dwayne D. Hegedus ◽  
Isobel A. P. Parkin ◽  
Jenny Poon ◽  
Erin Higgins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Population Structure ◽  
Brassica Napus ◽  
South Korea ◽  
World Collection

MODERNIZATION OF SOUTH KOREA: ORIGINS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND THE EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Leonid KISTERSKY ◽  
◽  
VASYL MARMAZOV ◽  
Igor PILIAIEV ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
World Order ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The South ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Republic

Considered the causes and results of the economic achievements of South Korea, which for one generation’s lifetime had managed to leapfrog from poverty to the top of the world’s advanced economies. Analyzed the similarity between the problems of the Republic of Korea, which has been at war with its northern neighbor for more than 70 years, and Ukraine since 2014, as both countries are at the epicenter of strategic conflicts in Eurasia, in which basic interests of world powers collide. Confucianism is analyzed as a model of social and personal relations that has absorbed the wisdom and experience of the millennia-old civilization, demonstrated its exceptional viability, capacity to dynamically modernize and creatively assimilate the achievements of other cultures and civilizations. There is a unique synthesis of values of the two most competitive systems of work ethic in the modern world – Confucianism and Protestantism, which ensured the phenomenal success of the South Korean modernization. It is argued that the very combination of strong socially responsible state, competitive structural democracy and social and labor ethics based on the amalgam of Confucian and Christian values gave effect to the “Miracle on the Han River.” It is shown that Ukraine and South Korea have a common position on the key issues of world order as well as promising bilateral relations, whereas the South Korean experience of economic modernization and development is of interest to Ukraine. Promising areas of Ukrainian-South Korean economic cooperation, such as electronics and IT technologies, renewable energy, aerospace and aviation industry, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and healthcare are substantiated. Ukraine may benefit from the ROK’s positive experience in developing such areas as private entrepreneurship, small and medium business support, that would help practically solve the problem of microcredit and attract investment in the real sector of Ukraine's economy.

ICT-Supported Education for Sustainable Development of South Korean Rural Communities

2012 ◽  
pp. 769-785
Author(s):  
K. P. Joo
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The South ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Rural And Urban

The rural communities in South Korea have faced serious challenges as the country has gradually opened the agricultural market and extended the conclusion of Free Trade Agreement with more and more countries. Moreover, due to the national socio-economic and political structures, South Korea has been undergoing the technological imbalance between rural and urban areas. In order to cope with these vital social challenges, the South Korean government has exerted considerable investment and effort in establishing ICT knowledge and skills as well as infrastructure in rural areas. Thus, conceptualizing ICT in the context of adult education, this chapter addresses three ICT-supported adult education programs oriented toward developing ICT skills and competencies of people in agricultural areas of South Korea. The South Korean cases of agricultural ICT education represent the vast and concentrated national efforts in integrating ICT across rural areas in this fast changing global situation.

An Eternal Parting: Staging Internal Diaspora, Performing South Korean Nationalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
HYUNJUNG LEE
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Group Movement ◽  
Performance Group ◽  
Korean Diaspora ◽  
Ethnic Populations ◽  
Korean Nationalism

The myth of Korean-ness is reconstructed via the figures of minorities in a documentary/performance, An Eternal Parting, performed by the South Korean performance group Movement Dang-Dang in 2011 and 2013. It showcases the phenomena of Korean diaspora, starting with the deportations of Korean exiles from Siberia under Stalin during the 1930s, and hinges on the presence of the descendants of exiled Korean ethnic populations in contemporary South Korea, including how they are both accepted and excluded by their countrymen. However, although An Eternal Parting tries to redefine the myth of Korean-ness from a marginal viewpoint, its fundamental ambivalence does not escape hegemonic Korean ideologies of nationalism, bloodline, family and home.

OP64 Economic Impact Of Cardiac Device Remote Monitoring In South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 28-28
Author(s):  
Jeonghoon Ahn ◽  
Kim Eung Ju ◽  
Justin Yoo ◽  
Irene Colangelo ◽  
Loredana Morichelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Healthcare Resource ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Healthcare Payer ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean

INTRODUCTION:The reduction of healthcare costs and societal cost due to remote monitoring (RM) of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) has been demonstrated in several countries; however, to the best of our knowledge it does not exist for South Korea. This work aims at providing an estimation of the potential benefit of RM versus standard care (SC) of CIEDs in term of healthcare costs in South Korea, in order to provide additional substance to the currently ongoing societal debate about the value of telemedicine.METHODS:Healthcare resource consumption was taken from the results of the TARIFF study, a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter clinical trial designed in Italy to assess the economic benefits of RM follow-up in comparison with standard follow-up in 209 patients (107 SC, 102 RM). The main results demonstrated that RM reduced healthcare resource consumption by 54 percent from a healthcare services perspective (SC: EUR1,044.89±1,990.47 versus RM: EUR482.87±2488.10, p<.0001 (1).In order to perform a cost analysis from the perspective of the South Korean healthcare payer, the following unit costs were assigned to resources collected in TARIFF (hospitalizations, visits, examinations): fee-for-service tariffs, emergency tariffs and outpatient tariffs. Remote follow-up costs were considered as zero.RESULTS:From the perspective of the South Korean healthcare payer, the overall mean annual cost/patient in the RM group is 53 percent lower than in SC group (SC: EUR405,439±40,135 versus RM: EUR189,96±725,52, p<.0001) (SC: KRW 497,145±49,2137 versus RM: KRW 232,936±890,181, p<.0001). This is mainly due to a significant cost reduction in device-related hospitalizations, examination tests and visits in the follow-up period.CONCLUSIONS:RM of CIED patients is cost-saving from the perspective of the South Korean healthcare system. Introducing appropriate reimbursement for remote monitoring of CIED is not likely to change this result and should make RM sustainable for the provider and encourage widespread adoption of RM.

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