Sang-hoon Lee

This study examines the influence of social support from intermediary organizations on innovativeness and subjective happiness in community-based tourism (CBT). The authors collected data from 236 residents who had participated in the Tour Dure project in South Korea. The analysis, using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), shows that social support from intermediary organizations has a positive effect on the innovativeness of residents. Further, the more innovativeness t

This study investigated defect risks in residential buildings using the Loss Distribution Approach (LDA), a method of identifying and quantifying operational risks in economic terms. Analysis was performed on 7554 defects in 48 residential buildings where defect disputes occurred between 2008 and 2017. Defects were classified into eight types: affected functionality, broken items, corrosion, detachment, incorrect installation, missing task, surface appearance, and water problems. Work types were

Randomized Controlled Double Blind Study ofBee Venom Therapy on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Effects of Bee Venom on the pain, edema, and acute inflammatory reactant of Rheumatoid Arthritis patientsLee Sang-hoonLee Hyun-jongKim Su-young, Park Jae-kyungHong Seung-jaeYang Hyung-inKim Keon-sikLee Jae-dongChoi Do-youngLee Doo-ikLee Yun-ho

Abstract Despite the evidence suggesting emotional solidarity as an antecedent of placement attachment, tourism research has maintained the monolithic view where place attachment antecedes emotional solidarity. To challenge the conventional view, survey data from rural tourists in South Korea were collected and analyzed. Stepwise regression analysis results confirmed that the two constructs were bi‐directionally related and the model assuming emotional solidarity as a predictor of place attachme

Objectives : This study was performed to observe effect of acupuncture stimulation on heart rate variability in stroke patients. Methods : Data were obtained from heart rate variability of 29 stroke patients. Heart rate variability was measured total five times(before and after needle insertion, before and after needle removal, and 10 minutes after needle removal) for five minutes each time. Results : Heart rates were continuously decreased until 10 minutes after needle removal. SDNN, Total powe

Despite the importance of intermediary organizations in promoting community-based tourism, little is known about how different types of social support from intermediary organizations assist residents’ capacity building, such as their innovativeness or empowerment. To address this research gap, this study collected survey responses from 353 South Korean residents participating in a government-supported community-based tourism initiative and examined via structural equation modeling the relationsh

This study examines happiness determinants from a regional disparity perspective. Data from a national leisure survey conducted in South Korea was used. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression was performed. Findings indicate that leisure satisfaction, vacationing, participation in club activities, participation in volunteer activities, gender, marital status, household income, and education level were significantly related to respondents’ happiness. These determinants were further investigated

We present theory and evidence highlighting the role of natural amenities in neighborhood dynamics, suburbanization, and variation across cities in the persistence of the spatial distribution of income. Our model generates three predictions that we confirm using a novel database of consistent-boundary neighborhoods in U.S. metropolitan areas, 1880-2010, and spatial data for natural features such as coastlines and hills. First, persistent natural amenities anchor neighborhoods to high incomes ove

This study examines how nostalgia influences the relationships between emotional solidarity, tourists’ satisfaction, and destination loyalty in heritage cities. An online survey of tourists in South Korea was administered. Through the data analysis techniques of PLS-SEM, we found that the three dimensions of tourists’ emotional solidarity with local residents, consisted of feeling welcomed, emotional closeness, and sympathetic understanding, are significantly related to satisfaction, but only fe

목 적: 경추 추간판 절제술 및 자가 삼면 피질골을 이용한 전방 유합술은 경추 퇴행성 추간판 질환에서 그 유용성이 입증된 수술방법이나 골이식 공여부의 이환이 임상결과를 좋지 않게 만드는 요인이었던 바 이를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 자가 장골에서 소량의 해면골만을 얻어 골유합을 이루는 추체간 케이지가 사용되어 왔으나 그 임상적 결과에 대한 보고는 드물다. 저자들은 polyetheretherketone (PEEK) 케이지를 사용한 단분절 경추 전방유합술의 방사선 및 임상적 결과를 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: PEEK재질인 Solis®케이지(Stryker spine, South Allendale, NJ, USA)와 자가장골에서 채취한 해면골을 이용한 전방 유합술을 시행 받은 환자 38예를 대상으로 하였으며, 방사선학적으로 수술 분절의 추간판 간격의 변화, 케이지의 종판내 함몰(subsidence), 골유합의 여부, 경추부 시상정렬 변화를 측정하였고, 경부통, 상지 통증 및 골이식 공여부의