Ara Cho
Biographic Data
| ID | 5026763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ara Cho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ara |
| FAMILY NAME | Cho |
| SIGNATURE | CHO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4609-5207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Neurophysiological indicators of self-efficacy in internet gaming disorder
Objective: This study investigated late positive potentials (LPP) and levels of self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships in internet gaming disorder (IGD), and examined their potential correlation to elucidate the relationship between neurophysiological and psychological aspects of IGD. Methods: A total of 91 participants were recruited, including 46 individuals with IGD (39 males, seven females; age range: 18-42 years) and 45 healthy contro…
Infrastructure-led urban development does not have to come at the expense of environmental sustainability
Advancing Australia’s tobacco control policy and taxation strategies to reduce illicit trade, improve health equity, and resist industry narratives
There is strong evidence for the effectiveness of tobacco taxes on reducing smoking at a population level, both in Australia and internationally. While Australia has implemented tobacco taxation at levels in line with the WHO's recommendations, critics claim this policy has unintended negative impacts on health equity and has caused growth in the illicit tobacco trade (ITT). Higher tobacco prices can drive consumers to seek cheaper illicitly trad…
Bargaining between Giants
The US-China confrontation over Taiwan presents US regional partners with a common challenge: balancing Washington’s demands for military support against China with Beijing’s pressure to prevent external interference. Between neutrality and direct military participation, regional partners face a spectrum of potential military roles. This paper examines South Korea, analyzing four military roles: status quo, low-enabling, high-enabling, and direct…
Knowledge and Concerns About Smoking‐Related Health Risks
The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia
P - CMBs are associated with reduced smoking cessation. Reducing opportunities for industry to promote purchasing-related CMB options, such as by standardising pack sizes and reducing the price differential between RYO and manufactured cigarettes could increase the effectiveness of tax increases
Risk of psychological distress by decrease in economic activity, gender, and age due to Covid-19
Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2-virus. COVID-19 has officially been declared as the latest in the list of pandemics by WHO at the start of 2020. This study investigates the associations among decrease in economic activity, gender, age, and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic considering the economic status and education level of countries using multinational surveys. M…
Tobacco purchasing in Australia during regular tax increases
RYO, large-sized packs and products with a low upfront cost (eg, small RYO pouches and small-sized economy brand packs) may appeal to people on low incomes. Australia's diverse tobacco pack and pouch sizes allow the tobacco industry to influence tobacco purchases. Standardising pack and pouch sizes may reduce some price-related marketing and especially benefit people who have a low income, are highly addicted and have no quit intention
Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace Is Associated With Depression in Korean Workers
Background: Smoking negatively affects health, and previous studies argue that secondhand smoke (SHS) has a significantly negative health effect. We investigated whether SHS in the workplace influences workers' depression. Methods: Three years of data (2014, 2016, and 2018) from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Participants who were not current smokers were classified into the occupational SHS exposed and…
The Association Between the Number of Consecutive Night Shifts and Insomnia Among Shift Workers
Objectives: There is a need to determine the optimal limit of consecutive night shift work to reduce insomnia caused by the accumulation of sleep problems among night shift workers. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of insomnia caused by consecutive night shifts and evaluate the night shift duration that worsens insomnia the most, using a large amount of medical examination data. Methods: Night shift profiles and baseline demographic…
Characteristics of Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis
(1) Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the leading causes of death in newborns despite improvements in the care of critically ill neonates. Approximately 50-70% of the cases are managed by medical therapy. However, the remaining patients require surgical intervention. The purpose of our study was to analyze the factors associated with patients requiring surgical treatment compared to patients requiring only medical treatment; (…
Occupational Noise Exposure and Incidence of High Fasting Blood Glucose
The role of hazardous occupational noise exposure on the development of prediabetes is not well researched. We aimed to elucidate exposure to hazardous occupational noise as an independent risk factor for high fasting blood glucose (FBG). Participants exposed/non-exposed to occupational noise were recruited from the Common Data Model cohorts of 2013/2014 from two centers and were followed-up for 3 years. Multivariate time-dependent Cox proportion…
Association between Self-Perceived Social Support in the Workplace and the Presence of Depressive/Anxiety Symptoms
This study aimed to investigate the association of support from colleagues and supervisors at the workplace on depressive and anxiety symptoms in wage earners from Korea. The data used in this study were from the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) conducted in 2017 and analyzed using a multivariate logistic regression model. Furthermore, we measured the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of depressive and anxiety symp…
Post‐tsunami recovery and reconstruction
Post‐disaster governance is a popular discussion topic in disaster research, but in practice understanding of the issue is limited. This paper discusses recovery governance since the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, focusing on two dimensions: decentralisation and citizen participation in local governance. Regional Japan's socio‐spatial vitality has been shrinking and weakening under the developmental state system. The 2011 disaster exposed …
Post‐tsunami recovery and reconstruction
Post‐disaster governance is a popular discussion topic in disaster research, but in practice understanding of the issue is limited. This paper discusses recovery governance since the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, focusing on two dimensions: decentralisation and citizen participation in local governance. Regional Japan's socio‐spatial vitality has been shrinking and weakening under the developmental state system. The 2011 disaster exposed …
Post‐tsunami recovery and reconstruction
Post‐disaster governance is a popular discussion topic in disaster research, but in practice understanding of the issue is limited. This paper discusses recovery governance since the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, focusing on two dimensions: decentralisation and citizen participation in local governance. Regional Japan's socio‐spatial vitality has been shrinking and weakening under the developmental state system. The 2011 disaster exposed …
The Association Between the Number of Consecutive Night Shifts and Insomnia Among Shift Workers
Objectives: There is a need to determine the optimal limit of consecutive night shift work to reduce insomnia caused by the accumulation of sleep problems among night shift workers. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of insomnia caused by consecutive night shifts and evaluate the night shift duration that worsens insomnia the most, using a large amount of medical examination data. Methods: Night shift profiles and baseline demographic…
Characteristics of Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis
(1) Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the leading causes of death in newborns despite improvements in the care of critically ill neonates. Approximately 50-70% of the cases are managed by medical therapy. However, the remaining patients require surgical intervention. The purpose of our study was to analyze the factors associated with patients requiring surgical treatment compared to patients requiring only medical treatment; (…
Occupational Noise Exposure and Incidence of High Fasting Blood Glucose
The role of hazardous occupational noise exposure on the development of prediabetes is not well researched. We aimed to elucidate exposure to hazardous occupational noise as an independent risk factor for high fasting blood glucose (FBG). Participants exposed/non-exposed to occupational noise were recruited from the Common Data Model cohorts of 2013/2014 from two centers and were followed-up for 3 years. Multivariate time-dependent Cox proportion…
Association between Self-Perceived Social Support in the Workplace and the Presence of Depressive/Anxiety Symptoms
This study aimed to investigate the association of support from colleagues and supervisors at the workplace on depressive and anxiety symptoms in wage earners from Korea. The data used in this study were from the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) conducted in 2017 and analyzed using a multivariate logistic regression model. Furthermore, we measured the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of depressive and anxiety symp…
Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace Is Associated With Depression in Korean Workers
Background: Smoking negatively affects health, and previous studies argue that secondhand smoke (SHS) has a significantly negative health effect. We investigated whether SHS in the workplace influences workers' depression. Methods: Three years of data (2014, 2016, and 2018) from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Participants who were not current smokers were classified into the occupational SHS exposed and…
Risk of psychological distress by decrease in economic activity, gender, and age due to Covid-19
Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2-virus. COVID-19 has officially been declared as the latest in the list of pandemics by WHO at the start of 2020. This study investigates the associations among decrease in economic activity, gender, age, and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic considering the economic status and education level of countries using multinational surveys. M…
Tobacco purchasing in Australia during regular tax increases
RYO, large-sized packs and products with a low upfront cost (eg, small RYO pouches and small-sized economy brand packs) may appeal to people on low incomes. Australia's diverse tobacco pack and pouch sizes allow the tobacco industry to influence tobacco purchases. Standardising pack and pouch sizes may reduce some price-related marketing and especially benefit people who have a low income, are highly addicted and have no quit intention
The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia
P - CMBs are associated with reduced smoking cessation. Reducing opportunities for industry to promote purchasing-related CMB options, such as by standardising pack sizes and reducing the price differential between RYO and manufactured cigarettes could increase the effectiveness of tax increases
Knowledge and Concerns About Smoking‐Related Health Risks
Neurophysiological indicators of self-efficacy in internet gaming disorder
Objective: This study investigated late positive potentials (LPP) and levels of self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships in internet gaming disorder (IGD), and examined their potential correlation to elucidate the relationship between neurophysiological and psychological aspects of IGD. Methods: A total of 91 participants were recruited, including 46 individuals with IGD (39 males, seven females; age range: 18-42 years) and 45 healthy contro…
Infrastructure-led urban development does not have to come at the expense of environmental sustainability
Advancing Australia’s tobacco control policy and taxation strategies to reduce illicit trade, improve health equity, and resist industry narratives
There is strong evidence for the effectiveness of tobacco taxes on reducing smoking at a population level, both in Australia and internationally. While Australia has implemented tobacco taxation at levels in line with the WHO's recommendations, critics claim this policy has unintended negative impacts on health equity and has caused growth in the illicit tobacco trade (ITT). Higher tobacco prices can drive consumers to seek cheaper illicitly trad…
Bargaining between Giants
The US-China confrontation over Taiwan presents US regional partners with a common challenge: balancing Washington’s demands for military support against China with Beijing’s pressure to prevent external interference. Between neutrality and direct military participation, regional partners face a spectrum of potential military roles. This paper examines South Korea, analyzing four military roles: status quo, low-enabling, high-enabling, and direct…
Medicine (8 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Logistic regression (4 works) · Odds ratio (4 works) · Tobacco control (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Confidence interval (3 works)