The Quality of Democracy in Korea
Three Decades after Democratization
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) probiotics in radiation enteritis using in vivo mice. A total of 40 mice were randomly assigned to four groups: control, p...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment outcomes and potential dose-response relationship of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for pulmonary metastasis of sarcoma.
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In the modern era of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) staging, the benefit of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been controversial. This study evaluated ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment efficacy and safety of re-irradiation (re-RT) using stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) and initial SABR for primary, recurrent lung cancer or metas...
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We tested the feasibility of pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrial (LA) posterior wall isolation using non-invasive stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) and investigated pathological changes in irradia...
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Mucin 1 (MUC1) is a transmembrane glycoprotein involved in tumorigenesis of diverse cancers. However, the role of MUC1 in glioblastoma (GBM) has not yet been fully explored. In this study, the anticancer mecha...
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Purpose To elucidate the radiosensitizing effect and underlying mechanism of a new kind of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitor with biological availability. Methods A novel non-nucleoside compound, designated ...
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The aim of this study was to compare the plan quality of magnetic-resonance image-based intensity modulated radiation therapy (MRI-based-IMRT) with the MRIdian Linac system to that of volumetric modulated arc ...
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The aim of this study was to develop and validate a short form (SF) of the Smart Management Strategy for Health Assessment Tool (SAT) for cancer patients.
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The concluding chapter begins by pointing out that all the chapters of this book come to a common conclusion: that democracy has been regressing over the course of the first decades after democratization, and ...
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This introduction offers a synopsis of the overall rationale behind the book and its individual chapters as well as an overarching argument about the quality of democracy in South Korea and more generally. It ...
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The chapter examines the nature and trends of economic inequality in Korea in relation to social welfare policy. To that end, it examines “dualization” trends in three dimensions: the labor market, social welf...
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Paraquat is a fatal herbicide following acute exposure. Previous studies have suggested that multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) might help remove paraquat from the lungs and the kidney. MDR1 single-nucleoti...
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This study investigated the effect of an endothelin 1 (EDN1) T-1370G polymorphism on blood lead levels and lead-related blood pressure (LBP) of male Korean workers who had exposure to lead. A cross sectional s...
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A new triterpene glycoside was isolated from the fruits of Acanthopanax chiisanensis and identified as 3-O-β-d-[(6-carboxymethyl)-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl]-olean-12-en-28-oic acid by spectral...
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To investigate the sensitivity of various gamma criteria used in the gamma-index method for patient-specific volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) quality assurance (QA) for stereotactic body radiation thera...
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Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) is an iron transporting membrane protein important for dietary iron uptake and as a carrier of other metals, such as zinc, copper, and lead. This study evaluated the possibl...
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The aim of this study was to understand the practice patterns of palliative radiation therapy for bone metastasis in Korea among Korean radiation oncologists by survey and to determine the decision factors af...
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This study was investigated the association between Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) polymorphism on blood lead levels and lead-related blood pressure of exposed male workers from Korea. A cross sectional s...