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Abstract: Recently, many Universities in Korea have been encouraging English Medium Instruction (EMI) to cope up with globalization, but many problems have emerged. We use the Structural Equation Model (SME) to understand the causal relationship among potential factors on engineering student’s satisfaction on the EMI. In addition, we develop Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) to estimate the student’s satisfaction about EMI, based on the proposed SEM. This satisfaction index is used to improve the currently employed EMI. In addition, we suggest some alternatives using the cluster analysis. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

We describe the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Korean stumpy bullhead Pseudobagrus brevicorpus, which is an endangered species in Korea. The circle genome (16,526 bp) consists of 13 protein coding, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes and 1 control region. It has the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou masou , is an economically important fish species in the Far East and occurs in two life history forms: sea-run migratory (anadromous) and freshwater resident (non-anadromous). The non-anadromous form has recently become a popular freshwater food and game fish during a well-known Korean winter festival. However, the genetic background of this species remains largely unknown, partly due to a lack of molecular genetic markers. In this study, we developed new polymorphic microsatellite markers for masu salmon using next-generation sequencing technology. From 40 primer sets, 11 primer sets (27.5% of the primer sets selected) were successfully amplified with 106 alleles (range 2–9) in 64 individuals from different populations: two wild and one hatchery. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.304 to 0.947 and 0.278 to 0.865, respectively. Significant departures from the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium were detected for four markers (OMM11, OMM17, OMM28, and OMM33) in a single population. All pair-wise F ST values were highly significant between the wild and hatchery populations (range 0.084–0.183, P < 0.0001). We identified a set of robust microsatellite markers that worked well even in formalin-fixed samples, which will be suitable for biogeographical and population structure analyses of the masu salmon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on a report regarding the mitochondrial genome of a Korean Phoca largha (KPL). It states that Phoca largha is an endangered marine mammal that has a small genetic variety. Arnason and his colleagues mention the similarity of the nucleotides of KPL and Alaskan Phoca largha which run from 99.4% adenosine triphosphate 6 (Atp6) to 99.9% (12S rDNA). Furthermore, it says that the mitochondrial genomes of Phoca vitulina have low level similarity compared to Phoca largha.