Surface Soil Moisture (SSM) is a key factor for understanding the physical process between the land surface and atmosphere. With the advancement of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology and backscattering models, retrieval of SSM over the land su...
Analysis of spatial and temporal changes of long-term precipitation and extreme precipitation distribution at a local scale is very important for the prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters. In the present study, we have analyzed the lon...
Every year, floods disrupt the lives of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Their impacts are further intensified by climate change, rapid urbanization, and land-use changes, making it crucial to identify areas most susceptible to flooding. Whi...
20 December 2021
Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most commonly performed surgeries worldwide since it can improve pain, quality of life, and functional outcome. Due to the expansion of hospitals specialized in joint surgery, the topography of TKA implemen...
The Kosi River, draining through Nepal and north Bihar, India, has been known for excessive sediment (commonly called silt) deposition—a primary cause of several hazards. However, there are still no good estimates of the volume of silt accumula...
Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters in India. Typically, the Kosi and Gandak river basins are well-known for lingering flood affected basins in North Bihar every year, which lies in the eastern part of India. There were no such compr...
Background: South Korea has documented HIV cases since 1985; however, comprehensive longitudinal analyses integrating incidence, mortality, transmission dynamics, and immunological staging across the full surveillance period remain limited. This stud...
Background: Notifiable infectious diseases impose a substantial, evolving burden on public health systems. This study characterized long-term epidemiological trends, inter-class associations, and age-stratified patterns of notifiable infectious disea...
Accurate meteorological estimates are critical for process-based hydrological simulation and prediction. This presents a significant challenge in mountainous Asia where in situ meteorological stations are limited and major river basins cross internat...
The purpose of this study was to examine the socioeconomic value of dance curricula as public education for sustainable development. To demonstrate the legitimacy of dance programming in the arts curriculum, we sought to determine which of the contin...
The study aims to prioritise investment projects of local Korean governments through priority analysis and provide basic data to secure sustainability by measuring the operational performances of these projects. We utilised the AHP technique to draw...
Commercial fishing, one of the most dangerous sectors globally and, particularly, in South Korea, faces fatal accident rates significantly exceeding other industries, and an urgent improvement in safety measures is necessary to reduce these numbers e...
Background and Objectives: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk classification depends on reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and kidney-damage markers such as albuminuria or proteinuria. National screening statistics can identify popula...
16 July 2021
The outbreak of the novel COVID-19, declared a global pandemic by WHO, is the most serious public health threat seen in terms of respiratory viruses since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic. It is surprising that the total number of COVID-19 confirmed...
Background: South Korea reports one of the highest adolescent suicide rates among OECD countries. Both psychological factors (perceived stress, depression) and somatic/behavioral factors (atopic disease, obesity, diet, physical activity) have been pr...
Background/Objectives: Korea has experienced rapid and heterogeneous shifts in cancer epidemiology since 1999. We aimed to characterize divergent incidence trajectories across the 24 major cancer types, quantify sex-specific burdens, and project case...
Background/Objectives: Korea has undergone rapid epidemiological transitions in cancer incidence over the past two decades. Using a 25-year nationwide dataset (1999–2023), we characterize long-term trends for 61 cancer types, examine inter-canc...
We apply the Support Vector Regression (SVR) machine learning model to estimate surface roughness on a large alluvial fan of the Kosi River in the Himalayan Foreland from satellite images. To train the model, we used input features such as radar back...
The importance of producing bioenergy using agricultural by-products is increasing in response to energy depletion and climate change caused by dependence on fossil fuels. In particular, rice straw is one of the most abundant agricultural by-products...