Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has recently attracted attention as a potential health risk following environmental contamination. However, information detailing exposure to perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) other than PFOA is limited. We measured the concentrations of PFCAs (from perfluorohexanoic acid to perfluorotetradecanoic acid) in serum samples obtained from patients in Japan (Sendai...

This paper compares and contrasts the determinants of outward foreign direct investment from the People’s republic of China (PrC) with those of outward foreign direct investment from Japan, republic of Korea, and Taipei,China. The paper examines descriptively and econometrically the motives and factors behind the investment abroad from these four Asian economies. The hypotheses being tested inc...

OBJECTIVE Lethality of the chosen method during a suicide attempt is a strong risk factor for completion of suicide. We examined whether annual changes in the pattern of suicide methods is related to annual changes in suicide rates among older adults in South Korea and Japan. METHODS We analyzed annual the World Health Organization data on rates and methods of suicide from 2000 to 2011 in Sou...

Aim: Transmission of high quality moving-image is essential for telemedicine, which needs standardization of medical techniques and healthcare beyond geographical borders. The aim of this study is to establish a broad-banded medical network between hospitals in Korea and Japan using Digital Video Transport System (DVTS) over Internet protocol. Method: We used Asia Pacific Internet Infrastructur...

1Division of Convergence Computer & Media, Mokwon University, Daejeon 302-729, Republic of Korea 2Department of Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa 359-1192, Japan 3Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy 4Department of Industrial Security, College of Business and Economics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 1...

Kwang-Hyun Cho, Jin Hwa Jang, Hyun-Jong Jang, Myung-Jun Kim, Shin Hee Yoon, Takaichi Fukuda, Frank Tennigkeit, Wolf Singer, and Duck-Joo Rhie Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Catholic Neuroscience Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, S. Korea; Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institu...

During 2013, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was diagnosed in 35 persons in South Korea. Environmental temperature probably affected the monthly and regional distribution of case-patients within the country. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the isolates from Korea were closely related to isolates from China and Japan.

Paddy rice in monsoon Asia plays an important role in global food security and climate change. Here we documented annual dynamics of paddy rice areas in the northern frontier of Asia, including Northeastern (NE) China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan, from 2000-2014 through analysis of satellite images. The paddy rice area has increased by 120% (2.5 to 5.5 million ha) in NE China, in compar...

India’s population has skyrocketed to about 122 crores .In such a scenario a high speed train technology for a swift transportation of the ever-increasing population is required .Not only speed is the sole aim but passenger safety, comfort and punctuality in railways is the need of the hour. Indian railways are subjected to regular delays in their railway setup. This comparative study focuses o...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to compare of the research trends for home care services in Japan and the Republic of Korea (Korea). In particular, it was compared as the research design, the method of data collection, and key words by literature review. METHODS Original articles on home care services were selected from Japanese and Korean journals published from the year of 2004 to 2...