The Role of Zinc in Copper Homeostasis of .

Copper is an essential metal ion that performs many physiological functions in living organisms. Deletion of which is a copper-responsive transcriptional activator in , results in a growth defect on aspergillus minimal medium (AMM). Interestingly, we found that zinc starvation suppressed the growth defect of the strain on AMM.

Predictors of patient satisfaction with tertiary hospitals in Korea.

This study examined the general and system-related predictors of outpatient satisfaction with tertiary health care institutions in Korea. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was employed. The subjects were 1,194 outpatients recruited from 29 outpatient clinics of a university medical center in Korea.