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The oceanic condition of the Tsushima Warm Current region the southern part of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) In June, 1996

  • Lee Chung Il;Cho Kyu Dae
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2003
  • Oceanic conditions of the Tsushirm Wann Current (1WC) region in the southern area if the East Sea (the Japan Sea) are examined using data obtained from a CREAMS (Circulation Research if the East Asian Marginal Seas) cruise in June 1996. In 1990s, a lower temperature appears in $19\%$ and in this period, two branch of the TWC exist and the first branch of the TWC flows inshore if the Japanese coastal region compared to tfr1t in the other years, especially in the sfr1llower water layer at less th:1n about 2mm. The TWC cored with the higher salinity (>34.6 psu) is clearly observed over the continental shelf zone in the Japanese coastal region and offshore and identified by geostrophic calculation Intrusion if the TWC into the East Sea through the Korea Strait (the Tsushima Strait) makes the density structure in the water column change and the water mass in the TWC region is unstable based on Brunt- Vaisala frequency.

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Cancers among South-East Asian Nationals in Brunei Darussalam

  • Chong, Vui Heng;Telisinghe, Pemasari Upali;Lim, Edwin;Tan, Jackson;Chong, Chee Fui
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.845-849
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    • 2016
  • Background: Worldwide, the incidence of cancers is increasing and is becoming a major public health issue, including those in the Asia Pacific region. South-East Asia is a region with diverse populations with different disease spectra. This study looked at the spectrum of cancers among South-East Asians working in Brunei Darussalam. Materials and Methods: The cancer registry from 1994 to 2012 maintained by the State Laboratory was retrospectively reviewed. Crude incidence rates were calculated based on the population census of 2010. Results: Altogether, there was a total of 418 cancer cases diagnosed among South-East Asians, giving an incidence of 5.1% (n=418/8,253). The affected nationals in decreasing frequency were Malaysians (53.1%), followed by Filipinos (25.8%), Indonesians (15.3%), Thais (3.8%), Myanmese (1.7%) and Vietnamese (0.2%) with no recorded cases for Singapore and the People's Republic of Laos. The overall mean age of diagnosis was $46.1{\pm}4.2$ years old, with an increasing trend over the years (p<0.05 ANOVA). The overall gender ratio was 42.3:57.7 (male:female), more females among the Filipinos and Indonesians, more males among the Thais, and equal representation among the Malaysians and the Myanmese. The most common were cancers of the digestive system (19.9%), followed by female reproductive/gynecologic system (16.0%), breast (15.6%), hematological/lymphatic (12.0%) and head/neck (8.1%). There were differences in the prevalence of cancers among the various nationalities with highest crude incidence rate among the Myanmese (141.2/100,000), followed by the Malaysian (88.5/100,000), and the Filipinos (40.6/100,000) and the lowest among the Thais (18.4/100,000), Indonesians (10.5/100,000) and the Vietnamese (6.3/100,000). Conclusions: Cancers among South-East Asian residing in Brunei Darussalam accounted for 5.1% of all cancers. The most common cancers were cancers of the digestive, gynecologic/female reproductive system and breast with certain types slowly increasing in proportions. There mean age of diagnoses was increasing.

한국의 전통적 위생상의 풍습에 대한 문헌적 고찰 (III)

  • 이정숙;이성우
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.229-242
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    • 1992
  • A Bibliographical Studies were designed under the purpose of the prevention and remedy in a cold, scarlatina, the addominal region disease, disease a lung sickness, a swelling sore throat, brains disease, lumbago, a burn, poisoning and administer first aid by the Korean Traditional Sanitary Customs and a Superstition. The method of the Korean Traditional Folk Remedy used in this area was mainly food, which can be easily found around their house and easy to use.

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The Influence of Busan Fish Cakes' Quality and Brand on Customer Preferences (부산어묵의 품질과 브랜드가 소비자 기호도 만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Jung, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2007
  • This study determine the influence of the quality and brand factor of fish paste on the customer preferences with the aim of promoting marine products in the Busan region and especially of expandong the base of the fish paste market. A sample survey was conducted to analyze the customers among Busan citizens who purchase fish paste. The result showed that the quality and brand factor of fish paste have a significantly positive (+) influence on the customers' preferences.

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A Study on Responsible Strategy as North-East Asian Economical Base in Korean Ports Management (동북아 경제중심지로서의 우리나라 항만의 대응 전략)

  • 남금식
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.189-206
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    • 2003
  • This Paper deals with the development of Incheon International Airports and Pusan and Kwangyang Ports as Hub Ports in order to systemize nationwide logistics networks. Now, Korea has core competences in terms of social overhead capital, telecommunication, information technologies, all fields of manufacturing plants, and the other infra-structure. As the environments of North-East Asian countries changes dynamically, at least we should keep up with the situations which require to meet the globalized level of international logistics services in Pusan and Kwangyang Ports to be a competitive Hub Ports in this region.

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A Study on Responsible Strategy as North-East Asian Economical Base in Korean Ports Management (동북아 경제중심지로서의 우리나라 항만의 대응 전략)

  • 남금식
    • Proceedings of the Korea Port Economic Association Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.325-342
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    • 2003
  • This Paper deals with the development of Incheon International Airports and Pusan and Kwangyang Ports as Hub Ports in order to systemize nationwide logistics networks. Now, Korea has core competences in terms of social overhead capital, telecommunication, information technologies, all fields of manufacturing plants, and the other infra-structure. As the environments of North-East Asian countries changes dynamically, at least we should keep up with the situations which require to meet the globalized level of international logistics services in Pusan and KwangYang Ports to be a competitive Hub Ports in this region.

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Decoupling and Sources of Structural Transformation of East Asian Economies: An International Input-Output Decomposition Analysis

  • Ko, Jong-Hwan;Pascha, Werner
    • East Asian Economic Review
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.55-81
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    • 2014
  • This study aims to answer two questions using input-output decomposition analysis: 1) Have emerging Asian economies decoupled? 2) What are the sources of structural changes in gross outputs and value-added of emerging Asian economies related to the first question? The main findings of the study are as follows: First, since 1990, there has been a trend of increasing dependence on exports to extra-regions such as G3 and the ROW, indicating no sign of "decoupling", but rather an increasing integration of emerging Asian countries into global trade. Second, there is a contrasting feature in the sources of structural changes between non-China emerging Asia and China. Dependence of non-China emerging Asia on intra-regional trade has increased in line with strengthening economic integration in East Asia, whereas China has disintegrated from the region. Therefore, it can be said that China has contributed to no sign of decoupling of emerging Asia as a whole.

Key Public Health Issue Priorities in Asian Countries (아시아지역 국가들의 보건문제 우선과제에 대한 조사연구)

  • Yu Myeong-Ae;Oh Won-Taek;Lee Cherl-Ho
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.164-170
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    • 2006
  • Asian Branches of International Life Science Institute (ILSI), i.e. China, India, Japan, Korea and South East Asian Region, identified five key public health issue priorities of each region and compared the results. In case of China, India and South East Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand etc. ASEAN countries), communicable diseases were the first priority issue, while elderly issue and food safety were prime issues for Japan and Korea, respectively. Malnutrition was the second priority issue for India and ASEAN countries, whereas non-communicable disease like cancer and degenerative diseases was for Korea and China, and obesity far Japan. Typical issues were smoking for China, nutrition education for China and Japan, biotechnology aiming GMO for India, and functional food causing health claim problem for Korea and Japan. Although the priority varied with the socioeconomic situation of each county, food and water safety recorded the highest priority of all the countries. The key public health issues of Korea were discussed in detail.

International Environmental Security and limitations of North-East Asian Countries (국제 환경안보와 동북아 국가들의 한계)

  • Choi Byung-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.39 no.6 s.105
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    • pp.933-954
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    • 2004
  • This paper considers critically the conceptual development of international environmental security, and to explore some limitations which seem to have made difficult the construction of regional environmental governance among North-East Asian countries. The recently emerging concept of environmental security has turned the traditional or realistic meaning of security to the neo-liberal and the political-economic one. On the basis of a reconsideration of these newly developed meanings of security, this paper has reviewed critically some work which have focused on the concepts of environmental regime and of environmental governance. To formulate a true environmental governance, it is suggested that we need a theoretical analysis on the economic and political contexts and a practical development of civil society. From this point of view, the economic structure of labour division, the political tension and military opposition in the region, and the immaturity and exclusiveness of civil consciousness can be pointed out as some limitations of environmental security to be constructed in the North-East Asian region. A true environmental security in this region requires formation of reciprocal economic relationship, development of regional institutions for political trust among countries, and improvement of interaction between non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Monetary Regionalism and North-east Asian Economic Base (동북아 경제중심에 대한 금융적 지역주의 접근)

  • 박석근
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.177-202
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    • 2003
  • Balassian Approach of regional economic integration has been mainly aimed at improving conditions for regional trade since 1960s. After the financial crises of the late 1990s, however, the theoretical approach to regional integration will have to be a different one as regionalism have to offer enhanced protection against crises. The aim of this paper, above all, is to provide a theoretical framework for the emerging new monetary regionalism. Regions that wish to strengthen their co-operation in monetary and financial affairs today have the option of monetary regionalism without trade agreement. East Asian region will become an increasingly important domain within which to explore enhanced protection against financial crises. And as Korea seems to play a crucial role in building regional integration among ASEAN+3(Korea, China and Japan) countries, alternative policy for Korean economy to be the North-east Asian Economic Base need to be schemed on the basis of Balassian as well as monetary regionalism.

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