background: despite growing interest in the public health of sexual minority, youth around the world due to the high rates of suicidal ideation and attempts in this population, few studies on the sexual orientation of korean adolescents have been conducted. therefore, this study investigated the relationship between the sexual orientation of korean adolescents and their suicide-related behavior...

  The main purpose of present study is to analyze the relationship between stock and exchange markets in two Asian countries, Iran and South Korea. A monthly time series of stock price and exchange rate are used over the period 2002: 05 - 2012: 03. The data is collected from the Central Bank of each country and WDI. The calculated stock return and real exchange rate change are used in analysis....

This study aims to a comparative study of development plans of Iran and South Korea over the past four decades with an emphasis on economic and political development using comparative historical; research method. Theoretical framework is derived from Amartya Sen, Shils and Adrian Leftwich theories. Results of this study depict that under development approach of South Korea, priority has been co...

In a recent issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology (APJMT), the importance of empowering medical toxicology in the Asia Pacific Region has been discussed. In the editorial by Dr. Afshari, it has been stated that national societies of medical toxicology are important infrastructure for the development of medical toxicology, and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology ...

Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan-Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Int...

  The paper uses economic and energy data analysis and econometric modeling to study the prospects and challenges of Korea’s 2003 FTA Roadmap (MOFAT 2013) in the form of potential comprehensive partnerships with its major trade and energy partners. It first reviews Korea’s international economic and trade relations in recent years with a focus on its major merchandise export destinations an...

background and aims. digital imaging continues to gain acceptance in dentistry and video display used for this becomes important. the aim of this study was to assess the influence of the display monitor on observer performance on caries detection. materials and methods. artificial enamel lesions were created in 40 extracted teeth at random using 1/4 and 1/2 round burs. teeth were mounted in den...

Byunghwee Lee,1 Daniel Kim,2 Hawoong Jeong,1, 3, 4 Seunghye Sun,5 and Juyong Park6, 7, ∗ 1Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea 2Natural Science Research Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea 3Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Kor...

1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea Departments of 3Preventive Medicine and Public Health and 4Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea 5Department of Neurology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 6Department of Neur...

in Alexandrite Single Crystal * T. H. Yeom, S. H. Choh , K. S. Hong , H. Y. Yeom, Y. H. Park , and Y. M. Yu a Department of Physics, Chongju University, Chongju 360-764, Korea b Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea c Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul Branch, Korea University Campus, Seoul 136-701, Korea d Department of Physics, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-180, Ko...