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Development of University-Industry Cooperation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

  • Abishev, Olzhas;Lee, Joon-Won
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.437-441
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    • 2009
  • With a dramatically increased demand from technology and software industries for higher competence, university-industry cooperation is becoming an increasingly important subject. This cooperation has previously been shown to be for advantage of the industries as well as a suitable tactics to in early stage recruit students. This paper has investigated the relationship and cooperation between universities and industries trough exploratory research (case studies) and comprehensive interviews with relevant contacts at different IT (Information Technology) companies and Universities in Kazakhstan. From the information collected from these interviews, we'll examine and conclude what makes this cooperation beneficial for both parties as well as the issues that arose. Based on these interview results, recommendation for industries as well as universities to improve their cooperation will be presented. Concerning these recommendations of investigated practices and case studies, this document identifies a range of actions to enhance the relationship between universities and industries as well as identify a number of examples of good practice which universities and industries may wish to consider in their cooperation planning.

A Program to Treat Hepatitis B in North Korea: A Model of Antiviral Therapy in a Resource-Poor Setting

  • Lee, Alice Unah;Linton, Heidi;Kilsby, Marcia;Hilmers, David C.
    • Gut and Liver
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.615-622
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    • 2018
  • Despite the well-proven, safe and effective therapies for hepatitis B infection, delivery of treatment remains a significant challenge in resource-poor settings. Geopolitical and economic restrictions present additional difficulties in providing care in North Korea. However, treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B remains a top priority for both the North Korean Ministry of Public Health and international agencies working in North Korean hepatitis healthcare facilities. Working in partnership, a path was created to institute this much-needed program. A consortium of United States and Australian humanitarian non-governmental organizations along with generous individual and corporate donors working in concert with local and national health authorities have succeeded in establishing the first hepatitis B treatment program in North Korea. The essential elements of this program include renovation of existing hepatitis hospitals, access to antiviral medications, establishment of laboratory facilities, creation of medical documentation and record-keeping, training of local health care professionals, and quarterly visits by international volunteer physicians and laboratory experts. Management and treatment decisions are made bilaterally. To date, nearly 1,500 patients have been evaluated, and over 800 have been started on long-term antiviral therapy. It is envisioned that this program will eventually be managed and funded by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Ministry of Public Health. This program's success demonstrates a potential model for delivery of antiviral therapy for patients suffering from hepatitis B in other developing countries.

Limnophila crane flies(Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea

  • Podenas, Sigitas;Park, Sun-Jae;Byun, Hye-Woo
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.117-127
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    • 2022
  • This study is based on crane fly specimens collected during an 80-year period (1937-2017) in the Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and are in collections maintained at the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; the Snow Entomological Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA; and the National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, South Korea. These crane flies are developing in wet places which usually prevail at lower altitudes, but such areas are often used for agriculture and human settlements, making natural habitats scarce and fragmented. Probably because of that, Limnophila crane flies are rare on the Korean Peninsula and were unnoticed by previous researchers. The genus Limnophila Macquart, 1834 with three species being new record for the Korean Peninsula: L. (Limnophila) japonica Alexander, 1913, L. (L.) pictipennis (Meigen, 1818) and L. (L.) politostriata Alexander, 1934a. General information are presented for each species, such as on genus and subgenus, redescriptions of species based on Korean specimens, illustrations of both sexes, elevation range, period of activity, habitat information, general distribution, and a distribution map for the Korean Peninsula.

UV Spectrometric and DC Polarographic Studies on Apigenin and Luteolin

  • Romanova, Darina;Vachalkiova, Anna
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.173-178
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    • 1999
  • Remarks on polyphenolic compounds has been arisen since past few years. the flavonoids appears to be the important groups of compounds with their capability to inhibit DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, to quench free radicals and, at least, anticarcinogenic and antiproliferative effects. On the other hand, their mechanism of action is still unexplained. Apigenin and luteolin are the most wide-spread flavones and they exhibited to be useful in chemoprevention. UV spectrometric and DC polarographic studies on these two compounds have been carried out with regard to changing pH. The most significant changes were observed at basic pH. These results could aid to elucidation of their mechanism of action as pH is one of the important factors for bioprocesses passing in living organisms.

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Innovations of Higher Education in the Republic of Korea

  • Yun, Hyeong-Won
    • 대학교육
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    • s.120
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    • pp.140-159
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    • 2002
  • The paper prepared to present in the one of serial lecture named as"The Problems of University Reform and Its Implication to the Innovation Program of the National University in Korea" among many demonstration program titled in "new millennium - will it be the Asian century" which is planned by the office of International Program of the South Dakota State University(at Thursday, September 12, 2002, South Dakota Art Museum Auditorium; 12:05-12:50).

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Species Diversity and Seasonal Distribution of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Jeju-do, Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Heung Chul;Bellis, Glenn A.;Kim, Myung-Soon;Klein, Terry A.;Gopurenko, David;Cai, Du-Cheng;Seo, Hyun-Ji;Cho, In-Soo;Park, Jee-Yong
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.501-506
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    • 2015
  • Biting midges belonging to the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were collected by Mosquito $Magnet^{(R)}$ and black light traps at 5 sites on Jeju-do, Republic of Korea (Korea), from May-November 2013 to determine species diversity and seasonal distribution. A total of 4,267 specimens were collected, of which 99.9% were female. The most common species was Culicoides tainanus (91.8%), followed by C. lungchiensis (7.2%) and C. punctatus (0.6%), while the remaining 4 species accounted for <0.5% of all Culicoides spp. that were collected. High numbers of C. tainanus were collected in May, followed by decreasing numbers through August, and then increasing numbers through November when surveillance was terminated. Peak numbers of C. lungchiensis were collected during September, with low numbers collected from May-August and October-November. The presence of C. lungchiensis in Korea was confirmed by morphological and molecular analyses.

Re-emerging Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea

  • Chai, Jong-Yil
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.129-143
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    • 1999
  • Plasmodium vivax malaria, which was highly prevalent in the Republic of Korea, disappeared rapidly since 1970s. However, malaria re-emerged with the first occurrence of a patient in 1993 near the demilitarizd zone (DMZ), the border between South Korea and North Korea. Thereafter, the number of cases increased exponentially year after year, totaling 6,142 cases (6,249 if United States Army personnels were included) by the end of 1998. Interestingly enough, the majority of cases (3,743; 61%) was soldiers aged 20-25, camping around the northern parts of Kyonggi-do or Gangwon-do (Province) just facing the DMZ. Among 2.399 civilian cases, 1,144(47.%) were those who Provinces. The re-emerging malaria characteristically revealed a combination type of short and long incubation periods with predominance of the long type. The course of illness was relatively mild, and the treatment was successful in most patients. Vector mosquitoes are Anopheles sinensis and possibly A. yatsushiroensis. Wide-scale preventive and control measures should be operated to eradicate this re-emerging disease. It has been suggested by many authors that the initial source of the re-emerging malaria was infected mosquitoes which had flown from the northern part of the DMZ.

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Extracellular polymeric substances produced by a marine bacterium, Hahella chejuensis

  • Lee, Hong-Kum
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.135-136
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    • 2000
  • A bacterial strain producing a large amount of EPS was isolated from marine sediment sample collected from the Cheju Island, Republic of Korea. In the present study, the isolation and identification of this isolate, which is named Hahella chejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., the effects of nutrients on the production of EPS, and some properties of this EPS are reported.

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The Conceptual System on Compiling Operations for the Dictionary of South & North Korea IT Terminology (남북 IT용어 사전집 발간을 위한 표준체계 연구)

  • Choi, Sung;Kim, Hyun-Sook;Jin, YongOk
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.1702-1705
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    • 2012
  • North-South Korean information technology(IT) terminologies are going to be gradually changed differently as the time is flowed. In accordance with the age of advanced information science and technology, the IT terminologies should be mutually identified and confirmed on the basis of ISO2382 Korean standardization being set up for the international IT terminologies made by the scholars both Republic of Korea(ROK) and Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea(DPRK). In the present study, the results of mutual efforts on IT standardization since 1994 has been firstly analyzed systematically for the advanced North-South Korean IT terminology. Secondly, the differences of the IT terminologies used currently in both ROK and DPRK have been also analyzed and classified in the three categories. Thirdly, the current IT terminologies used in both ROK and DPRK have been summarized on the basis of "Encyclopedia of 21 Century Computer Terminology." Fourth, it has been finally set up the construction scheme of conceptual system on compiling operations for the dictionary of North-South Korean IT terminologies.

Current Status of Korean Otter and Their Conservation

  • Han, Seung Woo;Han, Sung Yong
    • Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2022
  • Among the 13 species of otters in the world, only one Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is found in South Korea. In the Korean Peninsula, otter pelts were historically valuable and expensive commodities used for international trade, and otters have long been poached as hunting animals. Recent rapid economic development in South Korea has increased habitat fragmentation and loss, creating a continuing threat to the natural environment. Otters live only in the area of rivers and streams as a family group and are territorial (linear habitat). Due to these limited conditions of otter habitat, the population size of otter is lower than that of onshore mammals. According to recent research, DNA analyses using microsatellite markers have shown that only approximately 7-21 otter individuals inhabit river systems for a length of 50-230 km. Korea's urban streams are associated with many threats that hinder otters from inhabiting them. Many areas around the urban streams are surrounded by high concrete riverbanks, and the risk of roadkill is also high. Nevertheless, ecological restoration projects in the urban rivers will contribute greatly to the stable inhabitation of otters. Detailed otter conservation strategies, such as the elimination of threat factors, improvement of habitat environment, and restoration of food resources and shelter, will provide a positive restoration effect on otter and river ecosystems as well.