Impact of water residence time and stratification on water quality improvement of an artificial brackish waterway by Bo-Kyung Kim, Dong Hyeon Kim, Jin Hwan Hwang

“…Study region: The Ara Waterway, an artificial inland brackish waterway in South Korea. Study focus: This study investigates how water residence time and stratification affect water quality in an artificial brackish water system, which has different characteristics from natural environments and is under-researched, using numerical simulations. …”
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Co-occurrence network and pattern of school lunch using big data and text-mining using data from the 2021–2023 school meal menu information on the NEIS open educational information... by Hyeyun Kang, Jimi Kim

“…Methods Between 2021 and 2023, a total of 7,892,456 lunch menus from 17 cities and provinces in South Korea were analyzed using big data from the National Education Information System (NEIS) system. …”
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Mapping Trends and Hotspots Regarding the Use of Lung Ultrasound in the Field of Anesthesiology: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research by Jiang W, Kang K, Zhou X, Chen X, Yu H, Zhang X

“…In the institution, Seoul National University in South Korea published the most articles and had the highest number of citations. …”
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Change in exacerbation rate of COPD patients before and after COVID-19 infection by Joon Young Choi, Kyung Joo Kim, Chin Kook Rhee

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the national insurance reimbursement data of South Korea. Eligible participants included COPD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between January and December 2020. …”
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Predicting nighttime black ice using atmospheric data for efficient winter road maintenance patrols by Jinhwan Jang

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Biocompatibility of variable thicknesses of a novel directly printed aligner in orthodontics by Maximilian Bleilöb, Claudia Welte-Jzyk, Vanessa Knode, Björn Ludwig, Christina Erbe

“…The biocompatibility of appliances made from Tera Harz TA-28 (Graphy Inc., Seoul, South Korea) depends on strict adherence to a standardized production and post-production protocol, including UV curing. …”
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Enhancing Wildlife Detection Using Thermal Imaging Drones: Designing the Flight Path by Byungwoo Chang, Byungmook Hwang, Wontaek Lim, Hankyu Kim, Wanmo Kang, Yong-Su Park, Dongwook W. Ko

“…In this study, an optimized flight path design was developed for monitoring wildlife on Guleopdo Island, South Korea using the DJI Mavic 3T drone equipped with a thermal camera. …”
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State of the art progress of Evolvulus alsinoides in pharmacological activity and plant tissue culture: A potent Chinese medicinal plant by Collince Omondi Awere, Valentine Chikaodili Anadebe, Rakkammal Kasinathan, Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Ramesh Manikandan

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Parametric and non-parametric estimation of reference intervals for routine laboratory tests: an analysis of health check-up data for 260 889 young men in the South Korean military by Taeyun Kim, Hyunji Choi, Sun Min Lee

“…The present study aimed to establish the RIs for routine common blood count (CBC) and biochemistry laboratory tests in homogeneous, healthy, male Korean soldiers in their 20s using a large health check-up data set, comparing parametric and non-parametric estimation.Design A multicentre, cross-sectional study.Setting Seven armed forces hospitals in South Korea.Participants A total of 609 649 men underwent health examination when promoted to corporal between January 2015 and September 2021. 260 889 eligible individuals aged 20–25 were included in the analysis.Main outcomes and measures The RIs were established by parametric and non-parametric methods. …”
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Integrating Pull Request Comment Analysis and Developer Profiles for Expertise-Based Recommendations in Global Software Development by Sara Zamir, Abdul Rehman, Hufsa Mohsin, Elif Zamir, Assad Abbas, Fuad A. M. Al-Yarimi

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Novel transfer learning approach for hand drawn mathematical geometric shapes classification by Aneeza Alam, Ali Raza, Nisrean Thalji, Laith Abualigah, Helena Garay, Josep Alemany Iturriaga, Imran Ashraf

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Assistive Devices Analysis for Visually Impaired Persons: A Review on Taxonomy by Sadia Zafar, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Taher M. Ghazal, Tauqeer Faiz, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan

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How faculty with critical care specialties learn in a university hospital: a qualitative phenomenological study by Hyeyoon Jeong, Hyena Cho, Kyoung-Woo Seo, Janghoon Lee, Miran Kim, Jihye Yu

“…Objectives The study aims to explore the workplace learning experiences of medical faculty in critical care specialties at a university hospital, focusing on how they develop their professional identity and construct the meaning of their work.Design Qualitative, phenomenological study.Setting The current study was conducted at a university hospital in South Korea between November 2022 and October 2023.Participants Five faculty members (two males and three females) from critical care specialties (eg, emergency medicine) with over 15 years of experience, each having served as faculty at a university hospital for more than 5 years.Results Six key themes emerged: cultivating ‘doctor-ishness’ in the realm of critical care, beacon of inner drive: guiding professional growth, nexus for leveraging expertise and fostering professional growth, the challenging reality of becoming an ‘ideal’ faculty, the shifting tides of the medical profession’s role and weaving workplace learning into a unique rhythm of practice. …”
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Using multivariate generalized linear latent variable models to measure the difference in event count for stranded marine animals by R.E. Caraka, R.C. Chen, Y. Lee, T. Toharudin, C. Rahmadi, M. Tahmid, A.S. Achmadi

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Annotation of Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Extractions of Nonfunctional Requirements, and Measurement of Their Tradeoff by Muhammad Asif, Ishfaq Ali, Muhamad Sheraz Arshed Malik, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, Shahzadi Tayyaba, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

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Sex-based disparities in the association between uric acid levels and anxiety: a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide data in Korea by Soohyun Park, Joo O. Kim, Gyu Nam Park, Jae Won Oh, San Lee

“…This study investigated the association between serum uric acid levels and anxiety symptoms, stratified by sex, using nationwide data from South Korea. Methods Data were derived from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which included 2,228 males and 2,805 females. …”
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Post-Implant Global Longitudinal Strain as a Predictor of Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction Undergoing Pacemaker Placement by Sung Soo Kim, Hyung Wook Park, Hyung Ki Jeong

“…Methods: This prospective registry study included patients with preserved EF (≥50%) undergoing de novo permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation for atrioventricular block at Chosun University Hospital, South Korea, from 2018 to 2022. Echocardiographic evaluations were performed pre-implant, post-implant, and at 12 months, with follow-up visits every 3–6 months. …”
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Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in cattle in Mosul city, Iraq by Sadam D. Hasan, Mohammad A. Altaliby, Amer H. Taha, Karam M. Abdulrazzaq

“…Furthermore, in this study, two sequences of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis were deposited in GenBank (PP976335.1 and PP976335.1); phylogenetically the study strains showed 100% identity near MAP strain in Saudi Arabia under the accession number (MN928512.1) and 99.85% identity with Spain, Germany and South Korea strain accession numbers (FJ775181.1, CP053068.1 and CP033909.1) respectively. …”
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Calibration of Low-cost Sensors for Measurement of Indoor Particulate Matter Concentrations via Laboratory/Field Evaluation by Doheon Kim, Dongmin Shin, Jungho Hwang

“…Field evaluation was conducted at Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) from February 12 to March 31, 2022. The LCSs showed generally higher PM mass concentrations than GRIMM 11-D; however, some data points of the LCSs revealed different trends. …”
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Revealing systematic changes in the transcriptome during the transition from exponential growth to stationary phase by Hyun Gyu Lim, Ye Gao, Kevin Rychel, Cameron Lamoureux, Xuwen A. Lou, Bernhard O. Palsson

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