Making “Refugees”: Repatriates, Migrants, and Institutions of Care in Liberated South Korea, 1945–1950

Alyssa Park 서울대학교 규장각한국학연구원 2023 Seoul journal of Korean studies Vol.36 No.2

This article examines the making of “refugees” in post-liberation South Korea (1945–1950). It shows that refugees were produced as a recognized social group through various institutions that coordinated their movement and engaged in care work, including the U.S. military, grassroots relief societies, and organs of the nascent South Korean government. After August 1945, millions of repatriates from Japan, Manchuria, and other parts of the Japanese empire “returned” to Korea. They were joined by migrants from the Soviet-occupied North. These sudden and simultaneous movements had profound demographic and social consequences for the South. The influx of refugees resulted in a near twenty-percent increase in the South’s population and captivated the attention of the public and U.S. occupation forces, which came to see refugees as a critical foreign policy question. Problems wrought by colonial-era war mobilization, postwar shortages, division, and occupation were visibly reflected in the refugee population, especially in Seoul, where they formed communities. The neediest subset of refugees became the new indigent class of the South. Through a focus on refugees and institutions of care, this article places South Korea in broader post-WWII history and eschews the ideological binaries of the Cold War that has guided much of historical scholarship on the period.

The Mechanistic Investigation of Berry Polyphenols on The Regulation of Transintestinal Cholesterol Efflux In Vitro

Bohkyung Kim,Alyssa Perkins,Young-Ki Park,Ji-Young Lee 한국식품영양과학회 2013 한국식품영양과학회 학술대회발표집 Vol.2013 No.11

Applying Situational Crisis Communication Theory to Sports: Investigating the Impact of Athlete Reputational Crises on Team Perception

Kenon A. Brown,Alyssa C. Adamson,Bumsoo Park 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2020 Journal of Global Sport Management Vol.5 No.2

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine key factors (i.e. the type of athlete transgression, the team’s history with athlete transgression) within the SCCT framework in a sports context, while also examining the use of SCCT-recommended response strategies to repair a team’s image when facing athlete reputational crises (ARC). A sample of 426 participants was recruited for an experiment testing the assumptions of SCCT based on an ARC. Findings revealed that while the core assumptions of SCCT surrounding the connection among perceived crisis responsibility, organization reputation, and behavioral intentions are applicable in a sports setting, there is little support for the impact of crisis history. In addition, there were differences in the effectiveness of the response strategies for a performance ARC compared to a non-performance ARC. Theoretical and practical insight is provided for using SCCT to address sports-related crisis situations.

Is extended preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis for high-risk patients necessary before percutaneous nephrolithotomy?

Aaron M. Potretzke,Alyssa M. Park,Tyler M. Bauman,Jeffrey A. Larson,Joel M. Vetter,Brian M. Benway,Alana C. Desai 대한비뇨의학회 2016 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.57 No.6

Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare the rate of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) between patients who received 7, 2, or 0 days of preoperative antibiotics. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed a series of consecutive PCNLs performed at our institution. Patients with infected preoperative urine cultures were excluded. High-risk patients were defined as those with a history of previous urinary tract infection (UTI), hydronephrosis, or stone size ≥2 cm. Patients were treated with 7, 2, or 0 days of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis prior to PCNL. All patients received a single preoperative dose of antibiotics within 60 minutes of the start of surgery. Fisher exact test was used to compare the rate of SIRS by preoperative antibiotic length. Results: Of the 292 patients identified, 138 (47.3%) had sterile urine and met high-risk criteria, of which 27 (19.6%), 39 (28.3%), and 72 (52.2%) received 7, 2, and 0 days of preoperative antibiotics, respectively. The 3 groups were similar in age, sex, and duration of surgery (p>0.05). There was no difference in the rate of SIRS between the groups, with 1 of 27 (3.7%), 2 of 39 (5.1%) and 3 of 72 patients (4.2%) meeting criteria in the 7, 2, and 0 days antibiotic groups (p=~1). Conclusions: Extended preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis was not found to reduce the risk of SIRS after PCNL in our institutional experience of high-risk patients. For these patients, a single preoperative dose of antibiotics is sufficient.

Patient-reported quality of life recovery curves after robotic prostatectomy are similar across body mass index categories

Tullika Garg,Amanda J. Young,Korey A. Kost,Alyssa M. Park,John F. Danella,H. Lester Kirchner 대한비뇨의학회 2017 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.58 No.5

Purpose: To assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on postoperative recovery curve of urinary and sexual function after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). We hypothesized that overweight and obese men have different recovery curves than normal weight men. Materials and Methods: We reviewed preoperative and postoperative surveys from 691 men who underwent RALP from 2004–2014 in an integrated healthcare delivery system. Survey instruments included: sexual health inventory for men (SHIM), urinary behavior, leakage, and incontinence impact questionnaire (IIQ). A repeated measures analysis with autoregressive covariance structure was employed with linear splines with 2 knots for the time factor. We fit unadjusted and adjusted models and stratified by BMI (under/normal weight, overweight, and obese). Adjusted models included age, race/ethnicity, smoking status, diabetes, operation length, prostate-specific antigen, pathologic stage, nerve-sparing status, and surgery year. Results: Mean age was 59 years. Most men were overweight (43%) and obese (42%). There were no significant differences in mean baseline SHIM, urinary behavior, leakage, and IIQ scores by BMI category. All groups had initial steep declines in urinary and sexual function in the first 3 months after RALP. There were no significant differences in postoperative urinary and sexual function score curves by BMI category. Conclusions: The pattern of urinary and sexual function recovery was similar across all BMI categories. Overweight and obese men may be counseled that urinary and sexual function recovery curves after surgery is similar to that of normal weight men.

Electronic nutritional intake assessment in patients with urolithiasis: A decision impact analysis

Avory M. Heningburg,Anand Mohapatra,Aaron M. Potretzke,Alyssa Park,Alethea G. Paradis,Joel Vetter,Adrienne N. Kuxhausen,Leslie D. McIntosh,Anthony Juehne,Alana C. Desai,Gerald L. Andriole,Brian M. Ben 대한비뇨의학회 2016 Investigative and Clinical Urology Vol.57 No.3

Purpose: To evaluate a physician's impression of a urinary stone patient's dietary intake and whether it was dependent on the medium through which the nutritional data were obtained. Furthermore, we sought to determine if using an electronic food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) impacted dietary recommendations for these patients. Materials and Methods: Seventy-six patients attended the Stone Clinic over a period of 6 weeks. Seventy-five gave consent for enrollment in our study. Patients completed an office-based interview with a fellowship-trained endourologist, and a FFQ administered on an iPad. The FFQ assessed intake of various dietary components related to stone development, such as oxalate and calcium. The urologists were blinded to the identity of patients' FFQ results. Based on the office-based interview and the FFQ results, the urologists provided separate assessments of the impact of nutrition and hydration on the patient's stone disease (nutrition impact score and hydration impact score, respectively) and treatment recommendations. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to compare pre-FFQ data to post-FFQ data. Results: Higher FFQ scores for sodium (odds ratio [OR], 1.02; p=0.02) and fluids (OR, 1.03, p=0.04) were associated with a higher nutritional impact score. None of the FFQ parameters impacted hydration impact score. A higher FFQ score for oxalate (OR, 1.07; p=0.02) was associated with the addition of at least one treatment recommendation. Conclusions: Information derived from a FFQ can yield a significant impact on a physician's assessment of stone risks and decision for management of stone disease.