Developing an environmentally sustainable planning framework for South Korea : lessons from local plan-making in England

Sustainable development has attracted attention from both English and Korean planning systems. Whilst embracing this concept within planning, both countries have attempted to reform their local plan-making systems to flexibly respond to changing circumstances. This similarity of direction towards reformation of the planning sector raises questions for this research. Given that England embarked on promoting sustainability within its plan-making system ahead of Korea and reforming its planning system in the same direction as Korea, there may be a possibility that the current English planning system shows how far Korea can progress in the pursuit of a more environmentally sustainable planning system in the future.With this in mind, the research deals with two domains: understanding the environmental sustainability of the local plan-making systems in the two countries and discussion of the transferability of the lessons extracted from the comparative analysis. The findings reveal that many of the lessons learnt from the English experience could be adaptable in a Korean context under the existing legislation and that an amendment of national directives, in particular, Directive on Urban Planning could expand transferability. For instance, by designing the process of community participation and integration in greater detail in the Directive and suggesting detailed process of strategic environmental assessment as in the English system, there is a greater possibility for the local plan-making system in Korea to support environmental sustainability within planning more substantially. Together with this, findings on transferability anticipate that a potential conflict could exist due to the financial and administrative burden which may be imposed on local planning. Furthermore, the consensual knowledge held by actors involved in the plan-making process could facilitate the transferability of the suggested lessons. However, the current Korean politics which is focused on economic concerns surrounding the reformation of the plan-making process could create potential obstacles in accomplishing the suggested lessons.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Status and Needs of Continuing Education for Trauma Nursing

Purpose This study was conducted to status and needs for continuing education for trauma hospital nurses in Korea. Methods Thirty nurses from the seven level I trauma center hospitals or trauma treatment systems were randomly selected and surveyed. The survey was conducted from March 1 to May 31, 2017. Categorical data were analyzed with Pearson chi-square tests and Continuous variables were analyzed with ANOVA. Results Only 86 out of 204 nurses had received continuing education (42.1%). The current status of continuing education programs, delivering institution (p<0.001), education method (p<0.001), education period (p=0.003), number of participants (p=0.007), and instructors (p=0.014) were also significantly different from trauma center to trauma center. There were 108 (52.9%) nurses who responded that continuing education programs were “needed” 92 (45.1%) and “very much needed 16 (7.8%). According to each trauma center’s characteristics were significantly differences in the need for continuing education (p=0.089), subject selection method (p<0.001) and the number of continuing education sessions (p=0.043) depending on the hospital. Conclusions It is necessary to consider differences between the hospitals to develop continuing education programs that reflect the needs of nurses, in order to improve the efficiency of and satisfaction with the educational programs

A HISTORICAL APPROACH TO SYPHILIS INFECTION IN KOREA

From the end of the 15th century, syphilis spread worldwide, posing a serious threat to public health. Venereal syphilis has been a major research topic, not only in clinical medicine but also in paleopathology, especially because it is a disease of questionable origin and of high prevalence until the discovery of antibiotics. Syphilis in history has been studied extensively in Europe and the Americas, though less so in Asia. In this review, based on extant historical documents and available paleopathological data, we pinpoint the introduction and trace the spread of venereal syphilis in Korea to the end of the 19th century. This review provides fundamental information that will be of great help to future research on pre-20th century syphilis in Korea

Challenges and Research Directions in Medical Cyber-Physical Systems

Medical cyber-physical systems (MCPS) are lifecritical, context-aware, networked systems of medical devices. These systems are increasingly used in hospitals to provide highquality continuous care for patients. The need to design complex MCPS that are both safe and effective has presented numerous challenges, including achieving high assurance in system software, intoperability, context-aware intelligence, autonomy, security and privacy, and device certifiability. In this paper, we discuss these challenges in developing MCPS, some of our work in addressing them, and several open research issue

Occurrence of patulin in various fruit juices from South Korea: An exposure assessment

This research article published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2010To determine patulin in various fruit juices, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was optimized and validated. For validation of HPLC method, a linearity, accuracy, precision, detection limit, and quantification limit were determined. Linearity (R2 = 0.99995), accuracy (96.1–115.7%), precision (3.31–9.52), detection limit (6 ng/mL), and quantification limit (8 ng/mL) were in agreement with performance criteria for patulin as set by the European Commission hence proved that HPLC can be used to detect patulin in fruit juices. After validation, the method was applied to estimate the prevalence of patulin in fruit juices (apple, grape, and orange juices). Nine samples (12.5%, 3 apple, 2 orange, and 4 grape juices) of 72 samples were positive for patulin in the range 2.8 to 30.9 ng/mL. According to the monitoring results, daily intake was estimated to be 0.17 ng/kg BW/day which was lower than the provisional maximum tolerable daily intake (0.4 μg/kg) established by Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives. These results indicate that the detection method coincides with the performance criteria and is appropriate for analysis of patulin, and continuous monitoring of patulin in various fruit juices from Korea is necessary

Localized histopathological effects of high-salt intake on the aorta and kidney in rats

BackgroundExcessive dietary sodium intake is a major global public health concern, responsible for approximately 1.89 million deaths annually. High salt consumption disrupts systemic homeostasis and elevates blood pressure, thereby increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, including arterial stiffness, atherosclerosis, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Additionally, excessive salt adversely affects renal structure and function by inducing glomerular and tubular injury, promoting extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation and fibrosis, ultimately accelerating chronic kidney disease.ObjectiveTo investigate the histopathological changes and differences in the heart, aorta and kidneys of Sprague Dawley rats subjected to normal and high-salt diets.MethodsThis experiment examined male Sprague Dawley rats, aged 6 weeks, which were divided into a normal diet group (control, n = 9) and a high-salt diet group (high salt, n = 10), and were observed over 12 weeks. Blood pressure (BP) changes were measured, and histological analyses of the heart, aorta and kidney tissues were performed.ResultsOur results revealed localized histological alterations in the aorta and kidneys following high-salt intake. Aortic wall thickening was observed specifically at Zone 0 (A2, p &lt; 0.05), without significant collagen deposition. In the kidneys, the high-salt group showed significant capsular space narrowing (p &lt; 0.05), glomerular hypertrophy, and tubular dilatation, accompanied by increased interstitial collagen deposition (p &lt; 0.0001), indicative of renal fibrosis. In contrast, no significant pathological or fibrotic changes were detected in the left ventricle aside from body weight–related variation.ConclusionThese findings indicate that a high-salt diet induces localized histopathological changes in specific regions of the aorta and kidneys. This study provides foundational data for understanding the pathological mechanisms of high-salt intake and offers insight into potential prevention strategies for salt-induced aorta and renal injury