Sung-Gyung Jo

Purpose: Inconsistent findings have been reported regarding the effect of ambient temperature on ischemic stroke. Furthermore,little is known about how underlying disease and low socioeconomic status influence the association. We, therefore, investigatedthe relationship between ambient temperature and emergency department (ED) visits for ischemic stroke, and aimed to identifysusceptible populations. Materials and Methods: Using medical claims data, we identified ED visits for ischemic stroke dur

Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of ambient air pollution on emergency department (ED) visits in Seoul for asthma according to patients’ prior history of allergic diseases. Methods: Data on ED visits from 2005 to 2009 were obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. To evaluate the risk of ED visits for asthma related to ambient air pollutants (carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], ozone [O3], sulfur dioxide [SO2], and part

This study explores Dylan Thomas’ poems in terms of his creating process as an anarchic writing, in which words through images represent some meanings while constantly subverting these meanings at the same time. Despite some critics dealing with the poly-vocal meanings in his poetic words, there are few of those who connect the poly-vocality of these poems to their possibilities of deferring the violence of representation system. This paper addresses such voids by attempting to enlarge the issue

There have been increasing interests in techno-poetics and posthuman aesthetics in recent literary studies. This work harnesses this critical energy and re-reads Ulysses as a work that embodies this posthuman ethos and explores its affiliation with technology and mechanical movements of language. This essay attempts to articulate Ulysses’s machine-like qualities using Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus as a theoretical framework. Just like Deleuze and Guattari’s desiring-machine, Ulysses is a m

This thesis attempts to read from Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 a range of social investments in the capitalist system through the window of Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus, which have the two results of paranoia and schizophrenia. Many critics have pointed out the importance of paranoia as one of the novel’s central issues. Some emphasize the transcendental experiences in the pursuit of Oedipa’s paranoid quest of meaning and order in the world. Other critics, in contrast, focus on t

Karen Tei Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange explores ways to make genuine human interactions possible between different cultures, interactions that are more than just “interactive-like.” Yamashita’s novel portrays the multicultural world where racial diversity is a new norm and a source of good stories to sell in the public media. Tropic is Yamashita’s critical engagement with the everyday practices of multicultural ideas where one’s blind acceptance of multiculturalism becomes a basis for solidifyin

This study explores the evolution of reading practices in response to technological and cultural shifts, focusing on their implications for literary criticism and education. From the rise of “close reading” in the 20th century to contemporary methods such as “surface reading,” “reader-response theory,” “distant reading,” and AI-driven analysis, the paper examines how reading has adapted to changing media environments. It hightlights key moments, including the 19th-century shift toward faster, fr