THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN THAILAND

Neher, Clark D 경남대학교 극동문제연구소 1996 ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Vol.20 No.2

Ion Channels for Communication Between and Within Cells -Annual Review Lecture, October 16th, 1992-

Neher. Erwin 대한생리학회 1993 대한생리학회지 Vol.27 No.1

THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN THAILAND

Neher, Clark D. the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam Un 1996 ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Vol.20 No.2

The essay analyzes the process of democratization in Thailand during the contemporary period. The process has proceeded in fits and starts, and is characterized by difficulty reconciling Westernstyle democracy with Asian traditions. The article points out the differences and similarities between Western and Thai democracy, concluding that the term "semidemocracy" best desribes the Thai system. While Thailand has most of the structures characteristics of Western democracies, behaviorally, the kingdom does not meet the standard criteria. Personalistic patron-client net-works, ruralurban economic gaps, pervasive corruption, voter and candidate buying, weak political parties, and the disproportionate influence character are examples of that undermine democracy's chances in Thailand. Nevertheless, Thailand's movement toward democracy has been inexorable. The article covers the period from the authoritarian regime of General Sarit Thanarat in th 1960s to the present civilian leaders, showing the incremental changes that have moved Thailand closer to democratic standards. The prime ministership of Banharn Silapa-archa set back the clock with the reemergence of old-style money politicians, but in the larger context, his administration was a temporary blip rather than a reversal of the evolutin toward democratic procedures. The article concludes that Thailand is well placed to continue its semidemocracy. Increased communications, pragmatic governments, routinization of democratic processes, stable economic development, population control, and the absence of major internal and external threats bode well for the future of the nation and the future of semidemocracy.

Ion channels : their discovery, their function, and their role in medicine and pharmacology

Erwin NEHER 한국진공학회 2016 한국진공학회 학술발표회초록집 Vol.2016 No.8

Collision Tumor Composed of Meningioma and Cavernoma

Weigel, Jens,Neher, Markus,Schrey, Michael,Wunsch, Peter H.,Steiner, Hans-Herbert The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2017 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.60 No.1

A true collision tumor is a rare entity composed of two histologically distinct neoplasms coinciding in the same organ. This paper reports a unique case of cerebral collision tumor consisting of two benign components. On the first hand, meningioma which is usually a benign lesion arising from the meningothelial cell in the arachnoidal membrane. On the other, cerebral cavernoma which is a well-circumscribed, benign vascular hamartoma within the brain. To our knowledge, there is no previously documented case of cerebral collision tumor consisting of two benign components. A 56-year-old Caucasian male suffered in 2002 from an atypical meningioma WHO $II^{\circ}$ located in the left lateral ventricle. Three years after the tumor extirpation, the patient suffered from a hematoma in the fourth ventricle due to a recurrently haemorrhaged cavernoma. In 2008, a recurrence of the tumor in the left lateral ventricle was discovered. Additionally, another tumor located in the quadrigeminal lamina was detected. After surgical resection of the tumor in the left lateral ventricle, the pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a collision tumor consisting of components of a meningioma WHO $II^{\circ}$ and a cavernoma. Postoperatively, no adjuvant treatment was needed and no tumor recurrence is discovered up to the present. A possible explanation for the collision of those two different tumors may be migration of tumor cells mediated by the cerebrospinal fluid. After 5-years of follow-up, there is no sign of any tumor recurrence; therefore, surgical tumor removal without adjuvant therapy seems to be the treatment of choice.

Superpriming of synaptic vesicles after their recruitment to the readily releasable pool

Lee, Jae Sung,Ho, Won-Kyung,Neher, Erwin,Lee, Suk-Ho National Academy of Sciences 2013 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF Vol.110 No.37

<P>Recruitment of release-competent vesicles during sustained synaptic activity is one of the major factors governing short-term plasticity. During bursts of synaptic activity, vesicles are recruited to a fast-releasing pool from a reluctant vesicle pool through an actin-dependent mechanism. We now show that newly recruited vesicles in the fast-releasing pool do not respond at full speed to a strong Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> stimulus, but require approximately 4 s to mature to a “superprimed” state. Superpriming was found to be altered by agents that modulate the function of unc13 homolog proteins (Munc13s), but not by calmodulin inhibitors or actin-disrupting agents. These findings indicate that recruitment and superpriming of vesicles are regulated by separate mechanisms, which require integrity of the cytoskeleton and activation of Munc13s, respectively. We propose that refilling of the fast-releasing vesicle pool proceeds in two steps, rapid actin-dependent “positional priming,” which brings vesicles closer to Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> sources, followed by slower superpriming, which enhances the Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> sensitivity of primed vesicles.</P>

Modern Linguistics: Theoretical Aspects of the Development of Cognitive Semantics

Nataliia Mushyrovska,Liudmyla Yursa,Oksana Neher,Iryna Pavliuk International Journal of Computer ScienceNetwork S 2023 International journal of computer science and netw Vol.23 No.6

This article presents an examination of the major cognitive-semantic theories in linguistics (Langacker, Lakoff, Fillmore, Croft). The CST's foundations are discussed concerning the educational policy changes, which are necessary to improve the linguistic disciplines in the changing context of higher education, as well as the empowerment and development of the industry. It is relevant in the light of the linguistic specialists' quality training and the development of effective methods of language learning. Consideration of the theories content, tools, and methods of language teaching, which are an important component of quality teaching and the formation of a set of knowledge and skills of students of linguistic specialties, remains crucial. This study aims to establish the main theoretical positions and directions of cognitive-semantic theory in linguistics, determine the usefulness of teaching the basics of cognitive linguistics, the feasibility of using methods of cognitive-semantic nature in the learning process. During the research, the methods of linguistic description and observation, analysis, and synthesis were applied. The result of the study is to establish the need to study basic linguistic theories, as well as general theoretical precepts of cognitive linguistics, which remains one of the effective directions in the postmodern mainstream. It also clarifies the place of the main cognitive-semantic theories in the teaching linguistics' practice of the XXI century.

Phytobiotics and Organic Acids As Potential Alternatives to the Use of Antibiotics in Nursery Pig Diets

Kommera, S.K.,Mateo, R.D.,Neher, F.J.,Kim, S.W. Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2006 Animal Bioscience Vol.19 No.12

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of phytobiotics and organic acids on growth performance of nursery pigs as an alternative to antibiotics. Phytobiotics refer bioactive compounds from plant materials including essential oils and herbal extracts. In Exp. 1,144 pigs, weaned at 23.4${\pm}$0.3 d age, were allotted to three dietary treatments. Treatment diets were: 1) NC (no antibiotics and no phytobiotics); 2) PC (NC+carbadox, 50 mg/kg); and 3) PB (NC+phytobiotics; 0.1% PEP1000-$1^{(R)}$. Each treatment had six replicates with eight pigs per pen. Pigs were fed the experimental diets for 5 wks in 3 phases (phase 1 for 2 wk; phase 2 for 2 wk; phase 3 for 1 wk). In Exp. 2, 192 pigs, weaned at 19.2${\pm}$0.3 d age, were allotted to three dietary treatments: 1) NC; 2) PC; and 3) PBO (NC+phytobiotics; 0.2% or 0.1% PEP1000-$1^{(R)}$ and organic acids; 0.4% or 0.2% $Biotronic^{(R)}$for the phase 1 and 2, respectively) with eight replicates per treatment and eight pigs per pen. Pigs were fed the assigned diets for 5 wks in 2 phases (phase 1 for 2 wk; phase 2 for 3 wk). Body weights were measured at the beginning of the experiment and at the end of each week in both Exp. 1 and 2. Feed intake was measured at the end of each week in both Exp. 1 and 2. Diarrhea score was measured daily during the entire period for Exp. 1 and during the phase 1 for Exp. 2. In Exp. 1, the PC had a higher (p<0.05) overall ADG than the NC, but the overall ADG of the PB did not differ (p>0.05) from the NC or the PC. In Exp. 2, the overall ADG did not differ (p>0.05) among all the treatments during the entire experimental period. The overall ADFI and the overall gain:feed ratio did not differ (p>0.05) among all the treatments during the entire experimental period in both Exp. 1 and 2. The PC had a higher (p<0.05) overall diarrhea score (harder stools) than the NC and the PB in Exp. 1, and a higher (p<0.05) overall diarrhea score than the NC in Exp. 2. The overall diarrhea score of the PB and the PBO did not differ (p>0.05) from the NC or the PC in Exp. 1 and 2. Results from this study show that the growth of pigs fed the diets with phytobiotics or the combination of phytobiotics and organic acids did not differ from those both with antibiotics and without antibiotics when tested in an environmentally controlled research facility. Further experiments are required to study the growth performance in disease challenged conditions.