scholarly journals Predictors of Institutionalization in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Gyu Park ◽  
Soojin Lee ◽  
Young Min Moon ◽  
Duk L. Na ◽  
Ji Hyang Jeong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
South Korea

scholarly journals Scientometric Analysis of Medicinal and Edible Plant Coptis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhibang Huang ◽  
Zhengkun Hou ◽  
Fengbin Liu ◽  
Mei Zhang ◽  
Wen Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Mapping ◽  
Edible Plant ◽  
Research Hotspots

Objective: A scientometric analysis to obtain knowledge mapping of Coptis revealed the current research situation, knowledge base and research hotspots in Coptis research.Methods:Coptis-related documents published from 1987 to 2020 were selected through the Web of Science Core Collection. CiteSpace, VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel were used to construct knowledge maps of the Coptis research field.Results: A total of 367 documents and their references were analyzed. These papers were primarily published in mainland China (214), followed by Japan (57) and South Korea (52), and they each formed respective cooperation networks. The document co-citation analysis suggested that the identification of Coptis Salisb. species, the production of alkaloids, and the mechanisms of action of these alkaloids formed the knowledge bases in this field. A keyword analysis further revealed that the research hotspots were primarily concentrated in three fields of research involving berberine, Coptis chinensis Franch, and Coptis japonica (Thunb) Makino. Oxidative stress, rat plasma (for the determination of plasma alkaloid contents), and Alzheimer’s disease are recent research hotspots associated with Coptis.Conclusion:Coptis research was mainly distributed in three countries: China, Japan, and South Korea. Researchers were concerned with the identification of Coptis species, the production of Coptis alkaloids, and the efficacy and pharmacological mechanism of the constituent alkaloids. In addition, the anti-oxidative stress, pharmacokinetics, and Alzheimer’s disease treatment of Coptis are new hotspots in this field. This study provides a reference for Coptis researchers.

scholarly journals 1472Spatial clusters and affecting factors on Alzheimer's disease death in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujin Yum ◽  
Kwan Hong ◽  
Jeehyun Kim ◽  
Raquel Elizabeth Gomez Gomez ◽  
Byung Chul Chun
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Spatial Regression ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Service Usage ◽  
Term Care

Abstract Background The prevalence of dementia is increasing worldwide; and dementia deaths are also increasing. In South Korea, deaths from Alzheimer's disease (AD) ranked 9th in the 2018 cause of death statistics, and the ranking has risen. Methods We collected 2009 to 2018 AD deaths and related data from Statistics Korea and Community Health Survey. SaTScan software was used for detecting and evaluating the clusters with high risk in AD deaths, and R version 4.0.3 was used for mapping and analysis of affecting factors. Results A total of 39,412 people died from AD during 10 years in Korea, 7.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. While 98.7% of deaths were above-65 age, the proportion of under 65 was also rising. The global Moran index of 10 years’ AD deaths was 0.2 (P < 0.01), and the clusters were detected primarily in southern rural region. According to the spatial regression analysis, AD deaths in 2018 were increased in area with lower dementia screening rate, long-term care workers, and higher home-care service usage rate in long-term care, inhabitants educated about dementia. Conclusions Some clusters of AD deaths were identified, and they were influenced by institutional factors. It is necessary that the local government considers characteristics of each region when implementing the dementia policies. Key messages AD deaths in South Korea were increasing from 2009 to 2018, and their clusters were observed in southern regions. AD deaths in 2018 were influenced by dementia-related policies.

P3-137: CLINICAL PROGRESSION OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN SOUTH KOREA

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. P678-P678
Author(s):  
Bora Yoon ◽  
YongSoo Shim ◽  
Dong Won Yang ◽  
Kee Ook Lee ◽  
Yong-Duk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Clinical Progression ◽  
Early Onset Alzheimer’S Disease

The Neurocognitive Criminology of Avenging Memories: Dissociative Violence in Young-ha Kim’s The Mnemonics of a Murderer

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-324
Author(s):  
Haerin Shin
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
Serial Killer ◽  
First Person ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Violence

Abstract Young-ha Kim’s 2013 crime thriller The Mnemonics of a Murderer is a tale of neurocognitive apocalypse, wherein selfhood built upon dissociative violence turns on its own self. In the novel, a retired psychopathic serial killer suffering from Alzheimer’s disease awakens back to action upon detecting his own kind on his trail, only to discover that all was merely an elaborate construct of his deteriorating mind. The outcome is no less deadly, however, for the revelation condemns him to exposure at the hands of his own prized faculties—his memories and deeds as a murderer. Expanding on the first-person narrator’s imploding microcosm, I claim that Mnemonics demonstrates the reflexive mechanism of dissociative violence by superimposing the two-pronged neuropathology of psychopathy and dementia upon the macrocosmic climate of anomy and degeneracy in postmillennial South Korea. The recent plague of spree killings attests to a deep-seated discontent with the growing chasm of socioeconomic inequalities that betray the rosy prospects of abundance and security from the 1990s. Showing how the legacies of compressed modernity have become a reflexive mechanism of self-destruction, Mnemonics offers a chilling psychosomatic allegory of dissociative social violence in its portrayal of a system avenged by its own depravity.

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