This paper provides a star comparison of manufacturing productivity levels in China, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan with the US as the reference country for the period 1963-1993. South Korea and Taiwan showed prolonged catch up in labour productivity with the US, whereas the other countries had long periods of relative stagnation. This is reflected in relative performance of seven det...

INTRODUCTION Guidelines recommend insulin progression for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with inadequate glycemic control. The Multinational Observational Study Assessing Insulin use (MOSAIc [ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT01400971]) study is a 2-year observational study, investigating factors that influence insulin progression in T2D patients. In this first of two reports, we describe ...

Background and objectives: Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a herbaceous and a small shrub of the Compositae family. It is native to certain regions of South America. Since 1970s, Stevia extracts have been extensively used in many countries as a sugar substitute. Stevia is cultivated in many countries: Paraguay, USA, Mexico, Central America, Japan, China,...

This study is an attempt to examine the effects of external shocks on macroeconomic variables in selective small open emerging economies in Southeast Asia. A quarterly Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) model, including 33 countries, was used throughout 1979–2013. The empirical results showed that the target countries were affected by external shocks, especially the shocks in the U.S, Euro are...

Who will be the third party registry, the government or private industry? The CA in Japan is established by the Japanese government. And even in US, EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer) which is a method for transferring money automatically by computer during e-commerce transactions is run by the Automated Clearing House which is closely associated with the Federal Reserve Bank of US (Lieberman, 1997...

BACKGROUND The number of North Korean refugees entering South Korea has increased recently. The health status of refugees is a significant factor in determining their success in resettlement; therefore, this study examined both the self-rated health status of North Korean defectors who have settled in South Korea and the factors associated with their self-rated health status. METHODS This stu...

Pesticide poisoning has been recognized as an important public health issue around the world. The objectives of this study were to report nationally representative figures on mortality from and the incidence of pesticide poisoning in South Korea and to describe their epidemiologic characteristics. We calculated the age-standardized rates of mortality from and the incidence of pesticide poisonin...

JKSMRM 15:226-233(2011) Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Institution of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea Received; October 24, 2011, revised; November 17, 2011, accepted; November 24, 2011 Corresponding...

This paper investigates height and weight differences between the two Koreas by comparing national anthropometric data published by the South Korean Research Institute of Standard and Science with United Nations survey data collected inside North Korea in 2002. For socioeconomic reasons, pre-school children raised in the developing country of North Korea are up to 13 cm shorter and up to 7 kg l...

Trilateralism among the United States, Japan and Korea has significantly contributed to the peace and security of East Asia in the last fifty years. The most important links in the US-Japan-Korea triangle are the US’s bilateral alliances with Japan and South Korea. But trilateralism has been important in issue areas such as policy coordination regarding North Korea. Building on this success, th...