Objective: This study aimed to reveal the relationship between social capital, the happiness of others, and the happiness of Korean adults. Methods: Data from 4,890 participants (2,092 males [42.78%] and 2,798 females [57.22%]) aged 19 to 79 years were used. Data used in the analysis were provided by the Survey on Koreans’ Happiness and Quality of Life (2019) conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. Results: First, age, education, marital status, and subjective economic level were found to be significantly related to individual happiness. Second, social capital, which including trust and social participation, was positively related to individual happiness. Third, the key result of this study was that the happiness of close people was positively associated with individual happiness. Fourth, belonging showed a significant moderating effect on the relationship between the happiness of others and individual happiness. Conclusion This study contributes by examining the relationship between the happiness of others and individual happiness after controlling for social capital and demographic variables and examining the moderating effect of social capital on the relationship between the happiness of self and others. These results are expected to help understand the factors that determine the happiness of Korean adults.

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Humans* ; Lymphocytes* ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium*

For evaluating the reproductive performances of GTD patients, we found 115 cases of GTD patients, 77 HM and 38 GTT, who became pregnant after the completion of treatments and follow-up period. The results of this study suggest subsequent pregnancies after the completion of treatments may promise normal reproductive outcomes regardless of the chemotherapy.
Drug Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease* ; Humans ; Pregnancy

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to understand nursing college life experiences of North Korean Defectors and identify their meanings. METHODS: The study collected data through individual in-depth interviews among six undergraduates or graduates from nursing colleges, using phenomenological research methodology of Colaizzi-one of qualitative research approaches. RESULTS: Six categories drawn as a result of research include ‘Be bumped against hard reality wall’, ‘Bondage of discrimination and prejudice’, ‘Endure and stand with strength of faith’, ‘Myself grown up along with work’, ‘Becoming one amid differences’, and ‘Stepping towards unification’. CONCLUSION: The result of this study would contribute to understanding academic and interpersonal difficulties North Korean defectors might experience at nursing colleges. And it may also help people to learn that they would play an important role in integration of the nursing fields of South and North Korea as well as the nation's unification. Along the way, the results of the study could be basic data to establish national policy helping North Korean defectors adapt to nursing college life, and develop the supporting system of colleges as well as setting up appropriate supports and measures from the perspective of the nursing field.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Discrimination (Psychology) ; Life Change Events ; Nursing ; Qualitative Research ; Research Design

Simultaneous occurrence of remote intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and intracranial aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is very rare. We report on a case of concurrent hypertensive ICH at the left thalamus and rupture of an intracranial aneurysm at the bifurcation of the single A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery in a 64-year-old woman, which was clipped previously, with review of the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case report demonstrating bleeding of previously clipped aneurysm with simultaneous hypertensive ICH. Hypertensive crisis following ICH seems to have provoked rupture of the residual aneurysm.
Aneurysm ; Anterior Cerebral Artery ; Cerebral Hemorrhage ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm ; Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive ; Middle Aged ; Rupture ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ; Thalamus

Exercise-induced ischemic ST responses were analyzed in 36 patients who presented with chest pain and had exercise test and the results were compared with their coronary angiographic findings. Among 36 exercise test positives, the incidences of one-, two- and three vessel disease, and left main disease were 25%(9 cases), 30%(11 cases), 25%(9 cases) and 9%(3 cases), respectively. The incidence of multivessel disease(i.e., two-to three vessel disease or left main disease) in patients with ST depression > or =2.0mm was 72% and that in those with ST depression of 1.0-1.9mm was 45%. In patients with downsloping ST depression, the incidence of multivessel disease was significantly higher than that of one vessel disease(86% vs 14%, p<0.001). But both incidences of one vessel disease and multivessel disease were similar in patients with flat and slowly upsloping ST depression. More than two thirds of patients with ischemic ST depression appearing in the first 6 minutes of exercise or those lasting past 7 minutes in recovery were associated with multivessel disease. It is concluded that attention to depth, type, appearance time and duration of ST depression during exercise test is particularly helpful in detecting patients with advanced coronary disease.
Chest Pain ; Coronary Artery Disease* ; Coronary Disease ; Coronary Vessels* ; Depression ; Electrocardiography* ; Exercise Test ; Humans ; Incidence

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of telomerase activity in gestational trophoblastic disease and the association of telomerase activity in complete hydatidiform mole and subsequent development of persistent gestational trophoblastic tumor. By using the standard telomerase repeat assay, we examined telomerase activity in 2 normal placentas, 31 complete hydatidiform moles, 7 invasive moles, 5 choriocarcinoma tissues and choriocarcinoma cell line (JEG-3). Telomerase activity was detected in 13 of 15 (86.7%) complete hydatidiform mole patients who eventually had chemotherapy for the treatment of persistent gestational trophoblastic tumor. All of the 9 patients with metastatic disease (FIGO Stage III) had telomerase activity in their initial molar tissue. In contrast, telomerase activity was evident in only two of 16 (12.5%) complete hydatidiform mole patients with spontaneous remission. While telomerase activity was not detected in normal placentas, high level of telomerase activity was detected in all of 7 invasive moles, 5 choriocarcinoma tissues and choriocarcinoma cell line (JEG-3). The presence of telomerase activity in a complete hydatidiform mole is associated with the development of persistent gestational trophoblastic tumor, such as invasive mole and choriocarcinoma.
Cell Line ; Choriocarcinoma ; Drug Therapy ; Female ; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease* ; Humans ; Hydatidiform Mole ; Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive ; Molar ; Placenta ; Pregnancy ; Remission, Spontaneous ; Telomerase* ; Telomere ; Trophoblastic Neoplasms

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HL-60 Cells* ; Humans ; Luminescence* ; Tretinoin*

Postoperative emesis is still a troublesome problem in patients undergoing general anesthesia. We compared the efficacy and safety of ondansetron, a selective antagonist of serotonin 5HT3 receptors, within the 24hours postoperative period. Forty patients between the ages of 12 and 75 and ASA class I-III, having general anesthesia, undergoing elective abdominal surgery (except gynecologic surgery) were assigned to one of two treatment groups according to uncontrolled parallel comparative study design. A standard anesthetic technique consisting of thiopental-atracurium for induction and N2O-Enflurane for maintenance of anesthesia was used. The data showed that intravenous ondansetron 4mg i.v. before induction was significantly more effective in preventing emesis (n=20, 85%) than placebo (n=20, 60%). Nausea severity scores were also significantly decreased from 1.5+/-0.6 (mean+/-SE) in placebo group to 0.30.1 in ondansetron group (p<0.05). All patients receiving of ondansetron 4mg intravenously tolerated their treatment well, without any special adverse events. Conclusion; Ondansetron(4mg) given intravenously before induction to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery was effective and safe.
Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, General ; Humans ; Nausea ; Ondansetron* ; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting* ; Postoperative Period ; Serotonin ; Vomiting

This is a report revealing statical cause of death brought to the department of forensic medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine based on the result of autopsy. The summary of result is as follows. 1. The number of autopsy made during 1998 were 356, of these 225 cases (63.2%) were male, and 131 (36.8%) were female. 2. 30's, 40's, 20's and 50's was the order according to the number of violent death, and in case of natural death, 30's, 50's, 40's was the oder. 3. August is the period during which autopsies are made most, with December placing second, and the other months are similar. 4. In distributing deaths by cases, violent deaths were 241 cases (67.7%), natural deaths were 105 (29.5%) and unknown cases were 10 (2.8%). 5. For the violent deaths, deaths due to injury were 128 cases (53.1%), asphyxia were 63 (26.1%), intoxications were 30 (12.4%) and abnormal temperature were 19 (7.9%). According to relationship with deaths, homicide is outstanding with 101 cases (41.9%), while suicide and accidental death was the same with 62 cases (25.7%). 6. For death due to injury, death due to blunt injury were 48 cases, sharp force injury which was used most in case of homicide were 43. 7. For the asphyxia, drowning is the most 20 cases, 13 cases of which is accidental death. 8. The deaths of intoxication is the largest part of suicide, and most of intoxication were involved in agrochemical. 9. Of 105 cases of natural death, deaths due to the disease of cardiovascular system were 51 cases (48.6%), of which deaths due to myocardial infraction were 35 cases. 10. Of all autopsy, alcohol intake were checked out in 90 cases and 21 cases of medical controversy took places. 11. Of all violent deaths, the cases involved in the discord between man and woman occupied percentage of 9.6. Of these, homicides were 18 cases, with all sacrificed being females, and of 16 cases of suicide, 13 cases were female.
Asphyxia ; Autopsy* ; Cardiovascular System ; Cause of Death ; Daegu* ; Drowning ; Female ; Forensic Medicine ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Homicide ; Humans ; Male ; Suicide ; Wounds, Nonpenetrating