scholarly journals Examining the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Carcinogenic Emissions in Gyeonggi of South Korea: A Multi-Level Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong-Il Park ◽  
Hye-Seon Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Toxic Chemicals ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Industrial Land Use ◽  
Gyeonggi Province ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Justice Studies

Although South Korea introduced the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register system in 1996, there is relatively limited evidence on how socioeconomic status at both individual and municipal levels is associated with exposure to toxic chemicals in Korea because of limited data sources. Using a multi-level negative binomial model, this study examined the socioeconomic status of both individuals and municipalities with a higher level of exposure to carcinogenic emissions from industrial facilities in Gyeonggi province, South Korea. The results reveal that economic minority individuals (national basic livelihood security recipients, unemployed people, and tenants), municipalities with higher percentages of industrial land use, and foreign-born populations had more facilities that produce carcinogenic emissions. While similar findings have been reported by many environmental justice studies conducted in other countries, this is the first Korean case study that reports the relationship between socioeconomic status at both individual and municipal levels and exposure to toxic chemicals.

Elusive Belonging

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Projected Image ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Everyday Lives

With the unprecedented number of foreign-born population, South Korea has tried to reinvent itself as a multicultural society, but the intense multiculturalism efforts have focused exclusively on marriage immigrants. At the advent and height of South Korea’s eschewed multiculturalism, Elusive Belonging takes the readers to everyday lives of marriage immigrants in rural Korea where the projected image of a developed Korea which lured marriage immigrants and the gloomy reality of rural lives clashed. The intimate ethnographic account pays attention to emotional entanglements among Filipina wives, South Korean husbands, in-laws, and multicultural agents, with particular focus on such emotions as love, intimacy, anxiety, gratitude, and derision, which shape marriage immigrants’ fragmented citizenship and elusive sense of belonging to their new country. This investigation of the politics of belonging illuminates how marriage immigrants explore to mold a new identity in their new home, Korea.

scholarly journals The Sustainability of Regenerative Cafes Utilizing Idle Industrial Facilities in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4784
Author(s):  
Jun-Sik Eom ◽  
Sung-Hoon Yoon ◽  
Dai-Whan An
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Space Utilization ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Architectural Spaces

This study investigates the sustainable values of cafes established using idle industrial facilities that are a part of the cultural heritage of South Korea in terms of the characteristics of the architectural space and consumers’ space utilization. Twenty regenerative cafes in five regions were selected, and five of them were analyzed by comparing their characteristics with those of the conventional cafes. Unlike conventional cafes, regenerative cafes have architectural spaces that seem to be non-everyday and elicit a feeling of the passage of time. Users utilized these cafes as spaces for activities and experiences for long periods compared to conventional cafes. Consequently, regenerative cafes were found to contain sustainable values as complex networking spaces, as cultural heritage that can be experienced and as independent tourist destinations. Regenerative cafes have become unique differentiated architectural spaces utilized by several users.

scholarly journals Repeated toxic injuries of murine liver are tolerated through microsteatosis and mild inflammation

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seddik Hammad ◽  
Christoph Ogris ◽  
Amnah Othman ◽  
Pia Erdoesi ◽  
Wolfgang Schmidt-Heck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Network Inference ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Toxic Chemicals ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Ecm Remodeling ◽  
Acute Response ◽  
Inflammatory State ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Liver Response

The liver has a remarkable capacity to regenerate and thus compensates for repeated injuries through toxic chemicals, drugs, alcohol or malnutrition for decades. However, largely unknown is how and when alterations in the liver occur due to tolerable damaging insults. To that end, we induced repeated liver injuries over ten weeks in a mouse model injecting carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) twice a week. We lost 10% of the study animals within the first six weeks, which was accompanied by a steady deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) regardless of metabolic activity of the liver. From week six onwards, all mice survived, and in these mice ECM deposition was rather reduced, suggesting ECM remodeling as a liver response contributing to better coping with repeated injuries. The data of time-resolved paired transcriptome and proteome profiling of 18 mice was subjected to multi-level network inference, using Knowledge guided Multi-Omics Network inference (KiMONo), identified multi-level key markers exclusively associated with the injury-tolerant liver response. Interestingly, pathways of cancer and inflammation were lighting up and were validated using independent data sets compiled of 1034 samples from publicly available human cohorts. A yet undescribed link to lipid metabolism in this damage-tolerant phase was identified. Immunostaining revealed an unexpected accumulation of small lipid droplets (microvesicular steatosis) in parallel to a recovery of catabolic processes of the liver to pre-injury levels. Further, mild inflammation was experimentally validated. Taken together, we identified week six as a critical time point to switch the liver response program from an acute response that fosters ECM accumulation to a tolerant 'survival' phase with pronounced deposition of small lipid droplets in hepatocytes potentially protecting against the repetitive injury with toxic chemicals. Our data suggest that microsteatosis formation plus a mild inflammatory state represent biomarkers and probably functional liver requirements to resist chronic damage.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity among Mothers of Young Children in an Asian City: The Mediating Role of Household Activities and Domestic Help

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Carver ◽  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
Anthony Barnett ◽  
Robin Mellecker ◽  
Ester Cerin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Significance Test ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicator ◽  
Mediation Analyses

Mothers of preschoolers (3 to 5 years old) risk being physically inactive. This study aimed to examine associations between socioeconomic status (education, employment, income) and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among mothers of preschoolers in Hong Kong. Family functioning (e.g., having a domestic helper, division of household chores and child-related activities) was explored as a potential mediator of associations between socioeconomic indicators and the mother’s self-reported MVPA. Using zero-inflated negative binomial modelling confounder-adjusted associations between socioeconomic indicators and MVPA (total effects) were estimated. Mediation analyses (joint-significance test) were also performed. Using generalized linear mixed models, intermediate pathways were identified. No significant total effects of any socioeconomic indicator on the mother’s MVPA were found. However, mediation analyses identified a complex network of inconsistent mediators partly explaining their associations via eight pathways. Also, whilst non-residents/extended family playing with the child(ren) was not associated with any socioeconomic indicator, this was negatively associated with the mother’s MVPA. A further pathway was mediated by the mother playing with her child(ren). Extended family playing with the child(ren) was inversely associated with the mother doing so. Associations between socioeconomic indicators and MVPA among preschoolers’ mothers are complex and inconsistent, requiring further investigation in diverse contexts. Encouraging active play with their preschoolers may increase mothers’ physical activity levels.

Underrepresentation in Gifted Education in the Context of Rurality and Socioeconomic Status

2020 ◽  
pp. 1932202X2096914
Author(s):  
Jaret Hodges ◽  
Marcia Gentry
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Native American ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Important Goal ◽  
Florida Department ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Subsidy Programs

Proportional identification of students for gifted services in Florida school districts is an important goal. A multi-level model was used to analyze school district data from the Florida Department of Education from the 2011–2016 academic years. Results from the study indicate that the likelihood of identification of students varied by their socioeconomic status. Students who were Black were 59% more likely to be identified for gifted services if they participated in federal meal subsidy programs. However, the likelihood of identification for students who are Latinx or Native American decreased by 47% and 38%, respectively, when compared with peers who did not participate in federal meal subsidy programs.

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