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Agent Orange-related Chemical Exposure: Health Effects and Compensation Policy in Korea (한국인에서 고엽제 관련 노출과 건강영향 및 보상정책)

  • Yi, Sang-Wook;Ohrr, Heechoul;Lim, Hyun-Sul
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.197-210
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    • 2013
  • Several US veterans stationed in Korea have told the press that around 250 fifty-five gallon drums of herbicides, including Agent Orange, were buried at Camp Carroll in 1978. Joint Korean-US Agent Orange investigation and environmental and health studies were started in July 2011. Korean soldiers and military personnel who served in Vietnam during 1964-1973 or near the demilitarized zone in Korea during 1967-1970 were exposed to dioxincontaminated Agent Orange. The joint Korean-US Agent Orange investigation team found that herbicides, pesticides, solvents and other chemicals -not Agent Orange- were buried at Camp Carroll. However, there remains the possibility that Agent Orange was stored and buried at Camp Carroll or other military camps in Korea. Adverse health effects have not been clearly explained despite a number of health studies among veterans in Korea with potential Agent Orange exposure. Although the Korean government has been compensating veterans and military personnel with 18 presumptive-service-connected-diseases and their offspring with three diseases, there are many veterans, military personnel and civilians who require the government°Øs support. The environmental study on contaminated sites and health studies among veterans and civilians were initiated three or four decades after possible Agent Orange contamination and exposure. Several toxic chemicals, including dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, could remain in the environment and could have hazardous effects on the health of exposed people for more than several decades. Further environmental investigations and health studies are needed to ensure public safety and health, and government support should be guaranteed for people potentially exposed to these toxic chemicals.

According to the information age, Army reserve training center study on effective management : Third Field Army (정보화시대에 따른 육군 보유 훈련장의 효율적인 관리방안에 관한 연구 : 3 야전군)

  • Shin, Kwang-Shig;Kim, Haeng-Jo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.8 no.8
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    • pp.1257-1264
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    • 2013
  • The study is about the national defense 2020 plan. According to the reduction of military bases, It should be needed to be integrated as a high-tech camp. So we researched and did a fact-finding survey mainly in Gyeonggi Province. After the research, first, It should be reset the regional development planning and the retention criteria of harmonized camp. Second, the neglected and scrapped camps should be put into order to activate the local economy by handling procedure. Third, it should have dedicated consultative bodies, exclusive departments and professional staff to communicate with the military authorities and the citizens. Fourth, if there are any causes of civil appeals such as shooting ranges should be in the underground. Lastly, To get support smoothly, it should be reflected by enacted special laws and ordinance regulations. This material could be used when the Ministry of National Defense has a discussion with Gyeonggi Province.

Study of Life History of Elderly Women who had Six Times of Imprisonment (여섯 번의 수감 생활을 한 여성 노인의 생애사 재구성)

  • Yang, Eun-Sook;Lee, Dong-Hun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.210-226
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    • 2018
  • This study was to explore the life history of an elderly woman who had six times of imprisonment and entered a Samchung re-education camp. This study of life history followed the analysis of Mandelbaum(1973) pointing three perspectives of life: dimensions, turnings, and adaptations. Participant's dimensions of life were exploitation of labor, hostess life for U.S. military, prison life, Samchung re-education camp, marriage with the disabled, life of a farm worker. Turnings of life were serving as a maid, confinement of prison, life of hostess for living, being remanded to Samchung re-education camp by state violence, marriage and divorce, denial of social welfare service. Adaptations of life were downright adaptation in early life, exaggerated act in juvenile reformatory, prostituted women as a simple fortune-maker, adaption as a good wife and wise mother after marriage, resistive adaption as a self-employed. and farm worker. Based upon this results outcome, discussions and implications were suggested.

Criteria for the Program Development for Science Gifted Children Extracted from a Science Camp Activity (과학캠프 활동 평가를 통해 추출한 과학 영재 프로그램의 적절성 준거)

  • Park, Jong-Seok;Oh, Won-Kun;Park, Jong-Wook;Chung, Byung-Hoon
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.329-339
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    • 1999
  • The 34 gifted children at 4th grade to 5th grade had attended the science camp for 3days. After the camp. they were asked to write which activities were most or least interesting, and most or least fruitful for themselves. By analyzing these answers, we could conclude that the activities which have novelty. give curiosity. or give opportunities to participate were thought to be interesting to them.They considered that a profitable activity should have something worth-learning. From these result. the effective activities in science gifted education gave the opportunity for self-doing and stimulate the curiosity with new phenomenon.

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Seasonal Abundance of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Collected by Mosquito Magnet$^{(R)}$ in Northern Gyeonggi-do (Province), Korea

  • Kim, Heung Chul;Bellis, Glenn A.;Kim, Myung-Soon;Klein, Terry A.;Chong, Sung-Tae;Park, Jee-Yong
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2014
  • Biting midges (Culicoides: Ceratopogonidae) were collected by Mosquito Magnet$^{(R)}$ traps at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) camp and Daeseongdong village inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and near the military demarcation line (MDL) separating North and South Korea and at Warrior Base (US Army training site) and Tongilchon 3 km south of the DMZ in northern Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea (ROK), from May-October 2010-2012, to determine their seasonal distributions. A total of 18,647 Culicoides females (18,399; 98.7%) and males (248; 1.3%) comprising 16 species were collected. Overall, the most commonly collected species was Culicoides nipponensis (42.9%), followed by C. erairai (29.2%), C. punctatus (20.3%), C. arakawae (3.3%), C. pallidulus (1.8%), and C. circumscriptus (1.4%), while the remaining 10 species accounted for only 1.1% of all Culicoides spp. collected. The seasonal distribution of C. nipponensis was bimodal, with high numbers collected during May-June and again during September. C. erairai was more frequently collected during June-July, followed by sharply decreased populations from August-October. C. punctatus was collected in low numbers from May-September with high numbers collected during October. C. erairai was predominantly collected from the NNSC camp (85.1% of all C. erairai collected) located adjacent to the MDL at Panmunjeom in the northernmost part of Gyeonggi-do (Province), while other sites yielded low numbers of specimens.

Immunomodulatory Effect of cAMP-Elevating Agents on Macrophage- and T cell-Mediated Immune Responses (cAMP 증가 유도 약물의 대식세포- 및 T 세포-매개성 면역반응 조절작용)

  • Rhee, Man-Hee;Cho, Jae-Youl
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2007
  • To investigate the immunomodulatory roles of cyclic AMP (CAMP) on macrophage- and T lymphocyte-mediated immune responses, CAMP elevating agents were employed and carefully re-examined under the activation conditions of the cells. Various inhibitors tested dose-dependently blocked tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ production with IC$_{50}$ values ranged from 0.04 to 300 ${\mu}$M. Of the inhibitors, cAMP-elevating agents showed lower cytotoxicity assessed by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, suggesting less toxic and more selective. In particular co-treatment of dbcAMP with a protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine displayed the synergistic inhibition of TNF-${\alpha}$ production. The modulatory effect of dbcAMP on TNF-${\alpha}$ and nitric oxide (NO) was significantly affected by treatment time of dbcAMP. Thus, post-treatment of dbcAMP (three hours before LPS) abrogated dbcAMP's inhibitory activity and rather enhanced TNF-${\alpha}$ level up to 60%. In contrast, additional NO production was shown at the co-treatment of dbcAMP with LPS. Unlike simultaneous treatment of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and interferon (IFN)-${\gamma}$co-treatment, the combination of dbcAMP with other NO-inducing stimuli did not show drastic overproduction of NO. cAMP elevating agents also diminished splenocyte proliferation stimulated by concanavalin (Con) A, phytohemaglutinin A (PHA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In addition, dbcAMP but not rolipram strongly suppressed CD8$^+$ T cells (CTLL-2). Finally, cAMP elevating agents were differentially involved in regulating CD98-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Thus, dbcAMP and rolipram significantly enhanced the cell-cell adhesion, whereas forskolin blocked. Therefore, our results suggest that CAMP elevating agents participate in various immune responses mediated by macrophages and T cells with a different fashion depending on cellular environments and activation signals.

An analysis of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Usage and Risk Factor in the Camp Site (야영장 내 액화석유가스 사용실태 및 위험요소 분석)

  • Lee, Duk-Gwon;Lee, Seung-Kuk;Lee, Yeon-Jae;Kim, Hie-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2016
  • The number of camping population and sites are rapidly increasing with to the expansion of camping culture and the advancement of leisure culture. It is necessary to develop an effective strategy of safety management, as a lot of accidents occur due to the increase of population and sites for camping. Particular attention needs to be paid for accident prevention in the increasing accidents of explosion awing to the overheating of bytane gas, and carbon monoxide poisoning due to the use of non-ventilated areas. In this study, the direction of safety management strategy is analyzed by a survey and analysis of risk factors in campsite about gas facilities and gas appliances in camp site. Accordingly, some directions are suggested. Conclusively, it is expected that the results of this study could help to improve efficiency management for camping.