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A combined study of whole-exome sequencing and structural neuroimaging markers in bipolar disorder
Abstract Bipolar disorder (BD) is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder. An increasing number of whole-exome sequencing (WES) studies have been conducted on psychiatric research. However, few studies have investigated the association between single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in WES and structural brain changes in patients with BD.
Suicide attempt history, childhood trauma, and functional brain network alterations in major depressive disorder: a resting-state functional connectivity-based multivariate pattern analysis | Neuropsychopharmacology
Abstract A history of suicide attempts is one of the strongest predictors of future suicidal behavior in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) alterations that specifically differentiate MDD patients with a suicidal attempt history (SD) from those without (NSD) remain poorly understood.
The Sting of Comrade Hornet
Between December 2024 and April 2025, an unlikely alliance emerged in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square. Tens of thousands of Koreans gathered to demand the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who had attempted to stage a military coup. Among the protesters were the solemn, battle-hardened unionists — mostly men — who have been a mainstay of dissent since the 1980s pro-democracy movement. But they were now joined by large numbers of young women, queers, and K-pop fans waving neon lightsticks.
Portraits in Movement
In 1995, Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam declared the death of civic life and associations in his book Bowling Alone. His book struck a cautionary note in the optimistic ’90s, an era of globalization and the golden years of American hegemony. Thirty years later, growing wealth inequality has undermined this optimism, but once-dead associations are alive and thriving for pockets of millennials and Gen-Zers in the hustle of New York City.
All Aboard the Moral Panic | Youbin Kang
On a southbound A train, on February 29, Alton Scott, a subway conductor and 24-year MTA veteran, was performing his job as he had so many times before. At each stop, the conductor peers out at the public from their cabin, making sure the doors close safely, sometimes amid the hectic rush of New York commuters. At 3:40 AM, while Scott was checking the closing doors at Rockaway Avenue station, an unknown individual rushed up and thrust a knife into Scott’s neck, in an apparently random attack.
nonce classic Investment Thesis (1/2)- "Why Crypto Now?"
Crypto as a market for new business opportunities resolves problems existing markets have not been able to address, it boasts of sustainable business models that can create value and maintains a high entry barrier making it difficult for competitors to easily enter the market. This will become an unparalleled business opportunity for entrepreneurs who pursue innovation. Backed by new technology, the era of Web 3.0 has the tools to break down the existing regime of Web 2.0 and begin a new cycle.
Decreased cortical gyrification in major depressive disorder
Background Early neurodevelopmental deviations, such as abnormal cortical folding patterns, are candidate biomarkers of major depressive disorder (MDD). We aimed to investigate the association of MDD with the local gyrification index (LGI) in each cortical region at the whole-brain level, and the association of the LGI with clinical characteristics of MDD. Methods We obtained T1-weighted images from 234 patients with MDD and 215 healthy controls (HCs).
Breaking the Taboo: A Fight for Fair Treatment in Thailand’s Media Industry
One of those few exceptions is The Nation, whose union is headed by journalist Niphawan Kaewrakmuk. “I’d say that 90 percent of Thai media don’t have a union,” she said.
South Korean Truckers Provide a Model for Labor Organizing Among Independent Contractors
In the 1970s, my grandfather bought a three-wheeler mini truck, a small but mobile Kia T-600, with all his savings in South Korea. He did not graduate elementary school and had returned from years of child labor in Japan with some savings for a family he started at a young age. He was economically vulnerable, undereducated, and a typical candidate to dip his toes in urban cargo-transport work in the economically developing country under military dictatorship.
South Korean Truckers Provide a Model for Labor Organizing Among Independent Contractors
Most truckers around the world are owner-operators. In South Korea, 97 percent of truck drivers are not classified as employees and are vulnerable to precarious contracts. As owner-operators, truckers are hired as independent contractors and often receive little to no benefits; are required to purchase or lease their vehicles and pay maintenance and fuel costs out of pocket; and are exempt from a variety of labor laws, including the right to organize and form a union.
Book Review: Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Problems, Progress, and Prospects, by Sarosh Kuruvilla
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Jeon Tae-il Bridge - South Korean Human Rights Monitor
Located among busy tourist hubs of Dongdaemun market and the recently built Cheonggae-cheon, Pyounghwa Market stands its ground. Although comparatively more run-down than its younger counterparts, Pyounghwa Market embodies an important part of contemporary Korean history that is too often forgotten. The market houses many wholesale shops. The building is comprised of three floors, taking up a large chunk of the Chunggae-chun riverside.
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