BACKGROUND In South Korea, an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) occurred in 2015. It was the second largest MERS outbreak. As a result of the outbreak in South Korea, 186 infections were reported, and 36 patients died. At least 16,693 people were isolated with suspicious symptoms. This paper estimates the basic reproduction number of the MERS coronavirus (CoV), using data on t...

Optical Binary-Phase-Shift-Keying Modulation of 10 GHz Using an Integrated Hybrid Device Myunghun SHIN∗, Jiyoun LIM, Jeha KIM1, Jeong-Soo KIM1, Kwang-Eui PYUN1 and Songcheol HONG Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, Taejon 305-701, South Korea 1Telecommunication Basic Research Laboratory, Electronics Tele...

Seong Cheol Jeong, Si Young Choi, Jae Jun Kim and Yong Hwan Kim* Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea * Corresponding author. Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital 65-1, Geumo-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, 480-821, South Korea. Tel: +82-31-8203586; fax: +82-31-8472934; e-mail: cmccs@na...

Since the early 2000s, East Asia has witnessed a significant increase in consumption of luxury wines. Both Hong Kong and Singapore have become two most valuable wine trading hubs world, while surrounding regions such as South Korea Japan also experienced increases trade. In particular, mainland China important market that many makers traders now focus on. Nevertheless, how been transformed into...

Abstract In this paper,using a structural decomposition analysis (SDA) and the latest available input-output tables we investigate the sources of labor productivity growth in Norway, South Korea and Iran. Then, the contribution of each source in the growth of labor productivity is discussed. The results show that among six factors, value added coefficient is the most influencing factoracross al...

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 thes...

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 thes...

1 Institute of Nanoproduct Safety Research, Hoseo University, Asan 336-795, Republic of Korea 2Toxicology Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 3Haematology and Molecular Medicine Department, The University of the Witwatersrand, 25 Hospital Street, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 4Green Nanotechnology Center, School of Mechani...

Department of Pharmacology and PharmacoGenomics Research Center, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan 614-735, South Korea (H.-Y.K., H.-J.A., K.-A.S., H. K.,J.-G..S., J.-H.S, K.-H.L.), Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Frontier Inje Research for Science and Technology, Inje University, Busan, Korea (J.-G.S., K.-H.L.), Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Inje University B...

Objective According to previous social survey, a high number of North Korean refugees (NKRs) in South Korea had suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study is to examine the related factors for suicidal ideation among NKRs by gender in South Korea. Methods We examined the sample of NKRs, 701 subjects (men=160, women=-541) residing in South Korea, the participants were enrolled from October 2...