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How regional economic structure matters in the era of COVID-19: resilience capacity of U.S. states
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unexpected-extreme event and has considerably impacted the national and regional economies. This paper emphasizes the importance of industrial structure for a region’s resistance to...
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Open AccessComparative genomic analysis of plasmids encoding metallo-β-lactamase NDM-5 in Enterobacterales Korean isolates from companion dogs
Carbapenems are broad-spectrum antibiotics widely used for the treatment of human infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. However, emerging carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteral...
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Open AccessGenomic diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: pangenomic approach for highlighting unique genomic features with newly constructed complete genomes
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is a causative agent of Johne’s disease, which is a chronic granulomatous enteropathy in ruminants. Determining the genetic diversity of MAP is necessary to under...
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Urban-Rural Gap of Healthcare and Cultural Service Accessibility in South Korea
After the legislation of “Special Act on Improvement in Quality of Life for Residents in Agricultural and Fishing Villages,” the South Korean government has been implementing various supporting plans, includin...
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Cross-Border Sustainable Tourism Development for Busan-Fukuoka Megapolitan Cluster in Northeast Asia
Using the historic annual visitor data, this study analyzed the recent trends of inbound visitors to Busan and Fukuoka Metros and estimated the economic impact of Japanese (or Korean) visitor spending in Busan...
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Recovery process for trimethyl-indium (TMIn) precursor used in compound semiconductors such as InGaN
TMIn is used as a metal organic precursor for MOCVD to grow InGaN or InN, which form the basis of solar cells or green LEDs. However, TMIn has a residual amount of about 10% in a used TMIn canister. This study...
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Genomic Characterization of a Newly Isolated Rhizobacteria Sphingomonas panacis Reveals Plant Growth Promoting Effect to Rice
This article reports the full genome sequence of Sphingomonas panacis DCY99T (=KCTC 42347T =JCM30806T), which is a Gram-negative rod-shaped, non-spore forming, motile bacterium isolated from rusty ginseng root in...
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Out-migration from the epicenters of the housing bubble burst during and in the aftermath of the Great Recession in the USA
During the Great Recession in the USA, the four Sand States—Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada—suffered from plunging home prices, massive layoffs and much slower population growth. Some metro areas in th...
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Labor Market Distortion with Discouraged Worker Effects in Korea
This paper examines skill mismatch problems in regional labor markets due to discouraged worker effects in South Korea. In Seoul metropolitan areas (SMAs), supply surplus for highly educated workforce among th...
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Contributions of human capital investment policy to regional economic growth: an interregional CGE model approach
The purpose of this paper is to examine the regional impact of educational investment policies on migration and economic growth utilizing an interregional computable general equilibrium (ICGE) model with a hum...
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Triglyceride enhances susceptibility to TNF-α-induced cell death in THP-1 cells
Monocytes and macrophages play a major role in atherosclerosis development. Previously, we found that triglyceride (TG) promoted cell death of PMA-differentiated THP-1 macrophages. In this study, we compared t...
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Triglyceride down-regulates matrix metalloprotease-12 expression in THP-1 macrophages through activation of the NF-κB pathway
Triglyceride (TG) is known to be associated with inflammatory diseases including atherosclerosis. At the cellular level, TG can act as an immunomodulatory stimulus for macrophages. In this study we show that T...
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Triglyceride (TG) down-regulates expression of MCP-1 and CCR2 in PMA-derived THP-1 macrophages
Triglycerides (TGs) are implicated in the development of atherosclerosis. A key contributing factor for atherosclerosis is the migration of macrophages to atherosclerotic lesions. MCP-1 is a major chemoattract...
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Does wage differential driven migration continue to exist? Tests on the role of regional economic structure in wage differential driven migration
This paper explores the role of regional economic structure in the wage differential driven migration among the US Metropolitan Statistical Areas for three discrete time periods from 1993 to 2004. Rapidly incr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Learning Cooperation in a Tangible Moyangsung
Tangible Moyangsung is a collaborative virtual heritage environment that employs tangible interfaces to encourage group social interaction and cooperation. It is designed for a group of users to play fortifica...
