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Background. Candida haemulonii, a yeast species that often exhibits antifungal resistance, rarely causes human infection. During 2004-2006, unusual yeast isolates with phenotypic similarity to C. haemulonii were recovered from 23 patients (8 patients with fungemia and 15 patients with chronic otitis media) in 5 hospitals in Korea. Methods. Isolates were characterized using D1/D2 domain and ITS gene sequencing, and the susceptibility of the isolates to 6 antifungal agents was tested in vitro. Res

다문화 사회는 단순히 정책의 문제만이 아니라 앞으로 한국사회가 나아가야 할 방향을 제시하는 이론적, 사회적, 정책적 문제이기도 하다. 최근에는 다문화주의가 일종의 문화적 코드로 받아들여지고 있으며, 심지어 다문화주의를 지향하는 것이 세계화 시대에 부응하는 선진국의 척도인 것처럼 받아들여지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다문화정책과 관련하여 다양한 정책 문제 및 이슈들을 우리보다 먼저 경험한 선진국가들의 다문화정책을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이러한 연구를 통해 한국 다문화정책의 정체성을 확인하고 앞으로 나아갈 방향과 정책 프로그램에 대한 시사점을 얻고자 하였다. 무엇보다 선진국의 경우에는 다문화정책과 이민정책 등 관련 정책이 긴밀하게 연계되어 두 영역간의 일관된 정책목표를 달성하기 위한 정책 프로그램들이 상호 유기적으로 운영되고 있다. 반면에 한국은 이들 영역간의 상호 연계성이 확보되지 못하여 정부 부처를 비롯한 정책 공급자들의 정책이 분절적으로 운영되고 있다. 그러므로 이에 대한 보다 적

A highly efficient deep red/near-infrared emitting organic solid based on a β-dicyanostyrylbenzene derivative was reported.

Tumor size and EUS features cannot be used to preoperatively predict the risk of malignancy of medium-sized gastric GISTs. A preoperative diagnostic modality for predicting risk of malignancy is necessary to prevent the overtreatment of GISTs with a low risk of malignancy.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The incidence of early colorectal cancer (ECC) has been increasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome and prognosis of ECC treated by endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). METHODS: A total of 129 ECC patients who were initially treated by EMR between April 2005 and August 2007 were enrolled. Clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses were evaluated retrospectively. RESULTS: En bloc resection was performed in 85% of ECC patients, and piecemeal re

The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and echocardiographic predictors for the recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) after ablation during a long-term period.A total of 130 patients with persistent AF who had undergone radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) were enrolled. We analyzed the relation between clinical parameters, echocardiographic parameters, and AF recurrences at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after ablation.During the 2-year follow-up, AF recurred in 61 patie

AIM: It has been demonstrated that atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently recurred after cardioversion (CV) using direct current (DC) or radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in patients with persistent (PeAF) or longstanding persistent AF (LPAF). We hypothesized that the atrial substrate impeding successful CV would also produce difficulty in catheter ablation, and therefore, the outcomes of RFCA for PeAF and LPAF could be predicted by the parameters determined at the time of DC CV. METHOD: From

The discriminative ability of the widely used CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores for risk stratification of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation (AF) is known as modest. Some echocardiographic parameters are known risk factors for thromboembolism. This study aimed to evaluate whether combining echocardiographic parameters with CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores can improve the predictive power for embolic risk in AF.A total of 526 (F/M = 83/433, mean age = 57.6 ± 10.7 years) patients with non-valvular

A novel tissue engineering strategy using 3D bio-print technology has become a promising therapeutic method for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in an animal model. However, the application of 3D bio-printed tissue remains limited due to poor graft survival. Therefore, it is a scientific priority to enhance graft survival by precisely adjusting the 3D environment of encapsulated cells. In this study, novel transplantable 3D cardiac mesh (cMesh) tissue with a porous mesh structure was presented

BACKGROUND: Sex-related differences in the influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on various cardiovascular diseases have been suggested. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sex on the association between MetS and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS: Two hundred ten patients (105 men and age-matched 105 women; mean age: 56.5 ± 10.9 years) undergoing elective coronary angiography for the evaluation of CAD