Exploring the Relationship Between Avatar Ego Types and Communication: A Comparative Study of South Korea and the United States Based on the Expectation Confirmation Model.

This research explores the significance of avatar communication in the virtual world, where individuals can create new identities and establish relationships beyond real-world limitations. Avatar users engage in virtual interactions to fulfill their desires, enjoy entertainment, and experience surrogate satisfaction. This study integrates the Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM) and Impression Management Theory (IMT) to investigate the impact of various avatar ego types on communication satisfaction and continued intention to use.

A Study on the Monitoring of spp. in Various Children's Play Facilities in the Republic of Korea (2016-2021).

spp. is a zoonotic soil-transmitted parasite that infects canids and felids, which causes toxocariasis in humans, migrating to organ systems, including the lungs, the ocular system, and the central nervous system. Since spp.

The Role of Social Presence in Relationships Among Gender Stereotypes, Sexism, and In-Game Sexual Harassment Among Young Korean Gamers.

Despite the rapidly increasing number of female gamers worldwide, female players are still experiencing discrimination, stereotyping, and objectification in digital games. The present study examined the relationships among gender stereotypes, sexism, and sexual harassment in online games, and further investigated how enhanced social presence contributes to intensifying the effects of gender stereotypes and sexism on sexual harassment. An online survey was conducted among 521 young male Korean gamers who regularly play two genres of online games: role-playing games and first-person shooter games.

Development of a dried blood spot sampling method towards therapeutic monitoring of radotinib in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia.

What Is Known And Objective: Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling is a minimally invasive method of blood sampling that enables monitoring of drug concentrations to be more convenient. This study aimed at developing a DBS sampling method for an accurate and precise prediction of radotinib plasma concentrations (C ) in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).

Methods: Dried blood spot and venous blood samples were simultaneously collected from fifty CML patients who had been receiving radotinib for at least a week.

Art therapy based on appreciation of famous paintings and its effect on distress among cancer patients.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy based on appreciation of famous paintings on the distress of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. In particular, we focused on anxiety, depression, and cancer-related symptoms.

Methods: Between October 2015 and February 2016, cancer patients receiving radiotherapy were recruited prospectively to participate in the art therapy based on famous painting appreciation.

Art therapy using famous painting appreciation maintains fatigue levels during radiotherapy in cancer patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of art therapy to control fatigue in cancer patients during course of radiotherapy and its impact on quality of life (QoL).

Materials And Methods: Fifty cancer patients receiving radiotherapy received weekly art therapy sessions using famous painting appreciation. Fatigue and QoL were assessed using the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) Scale and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) at baseline before starting radiotherapy, every week for 4 weeks during radiotherapy, and at the end of radiotherapy.

Imatinib withdrawal syndrome and longer duration of imatinib have a close association with a lower molecular relapse after treatment discontinuation: the KID study.

The aim of the Korean Imatinib Discontinuation Study was to identify predictors for safe and successful imatinib discontinuation. A total of 90 patients with a follow-up of ≥12 months were analyzed. After a median follow-up of 26.

Change of health-related profiles after Imatinib cessation in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients.

The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in health-related profiles including quality-of-life (HRQoL) in the chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who discontinued imatinib (IM). An HRQoL survey composed of 43 parameters about IM-related adverse events (AEs), physical health-related and mental health-related was provided at baseline and 6 months post-discontinuation. A total of 55 patients with a sustained UMRD over 6 months were analyzed.

The clinical impact of 18F-FDG PET in papillary thyroid carcinoma with a negative 131I whole body scan: a single-center study of 108 patients.

Objective: To assess whether FDG PET could localize the recurrent or metastatic lesions in papillary thyroid cancer patients with negative radioiodine scan.

Methods: Whole body PET was performed after injecting 370-555 MBq of 18F-FDG in 108 patients, who were suspected of having recurrence or metastasis and whose 131I whole body scans were negative. Recurrence or metastasis occurred in 63 patients by pathology or clinical assessment, whereas 45 patients remained in remission.

Correlation between serum CEA level and metabolic volume as determined by FDG PET in postoperative patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.

To determine the correlation between serum CEA level and the metabolic volume by FDG PET in postoperative patients with recurrent colorectal cancer, FDG PET was performed in 29 consecutive patients with recurrent or metastatic colorectal cancer whose CEA levels were higher than 5 ng/ml. A whole body emission scan was performed 60 minutes after injecting 370-555 MBq of F-18 FDG. "PET volume" and "PET metabolic volume" of tumors were measured on FDG PET images.