• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.513-519
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• 2004

A sensitive method for quantification of pinaverium bromide in human plasma was established using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry(LC-ESI-MS/MS). Glimepiride was used as internal standard. Pinaverium bromide and internal standard in plasma sample were extracted using tert-butylmethylether(TBME). A centrifuged upper layer was then evaporated and reconstituted with mobile phase of acetonitrile-5 mM ammonium formate (80/20, pH 3.0). The reconstituted samples were injected into a $C_{18}$ reversed-phase column. Using MS/MS with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, pinaverium and glimepirde were detected without severe interference from human plasma matrix. Pinaverium produced a protonated precursor ion $([M+H]^+)$ at m/z 510.3 and a corresponding product ion at m/z 228.9. Internal standard produced a protonated precursor ion $([M+H]^+)$ at m/z 491.5 and a corresponding product ion at m/z 352.0. Detection of pinaverium bromide in human plasma was accurate and precise, with limit of quantitation at 0.5 ng/ml. The method has been successfully applied to bioavailability study of pinaverium bromide tablet in Korean healthy male volunteers. Pharmacokinetic parameters such as $AUC_t,\;C_{max},\;T_{max},\;K_{el}\;and\;t_{1/2}$ were calculated.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.254-260
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• 2013

Purpose: Recently, vitamin D insufficiency has increased and has been correlated to growth and puberty in children. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of subclinical vitamin D insufficiency and its influence on school-aged children in Korea. Methods: The subjects of this study were 397 children aged 7 to 15 years who had been tested for 25-OH vitamin D3 among the outpatients of the Department of Pediatrics in Eulji General Hospital from March 2007 to February 2011. Data for age, sex, comorbidities, serum 25-OH vitamin D3, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and sunlight exposure time were collected before and after 3 months of vitamin D administration, retrospectively. Results: Vitamin D insufficiency was present in 343 (86%) of the subjects. In the vitamin D insufficient group, chronological age was $8.96{\pm}1.72$ years, mean height (z-score [z]) was $0.51{\pm}1.26$, mean BMI (z) was $0.81{\pm}2.20$, and bone age was $10.26{\pm}1.75$ years. In the vitamin D sufficient group, chronological age was $9.61{\pm}1.77$ years, mean height (z) was -$0.66{\pm}0.98$, mean BMI (z) was -$0.01{\pm}1.16$, and bone age was $9.44{\pm}2.12$ years. A paired t-test showed that three months after vitamin D administration, the mean 25-OH vitamin D3 level in the insufficient group increased to $24.38{\pm}10.03$ ng/mL and mean BMI (z) decreased to $0.67{\pm}1.06$. Conclusion: In Korean school-aged children, vitamin D insufficiency were relatively higher and may be closely related with higher BMI. Insufficient rise of the level of vitamin D after supplementation suggest the new supplementation guidelines, especially for Korean children.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.837-847
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• 2011

For an integer $m{\geq}3$, every integer of the form $p_m(x)$ = $\frac{(m-2)x^2(m-4)x}{2}$ with x ${\in}$ $\mathbb{Z}$ is said to be a generalized m-gonal number. Let $a{\leq}b{\leq}c$ and k be positive integers. The quadruple (k, a, b, c) is said to be universal if for every nonnegative integer n there exist integers x, y, z such that n = $ap_k(x)+bp_k(y)+cp_k(z)$. Sun proved in [16] that, when k = 5 or $k{\geq}7$, there are only 20 candidates for universal quadruples, which h listed explicitly and which all involve only the case of pentagonal numbers (k = 5). He veri ed that six of the candidates are in fact universal and conjectured that the remaining ones are as well. In a subsequent paper [3], Ge and Sun established universality for all but seven of the remaining candidates, leaving only (5, 1, 1, t) for t = 6, 8, 9, 10, (5, 1, 2, 8) and (5, 1, 3, s) for s = 7, 8 as candidates. In this article, we prove that the remaining seven quadruples given above are, in fact, universal.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.145-153
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of instrument compliance on the polymerization shrinkage stress measurements of dental composites. The contraction strain and stress of composites during light curing were measured by a custom made stress-strain analyzer, which consisted of a displacement sensor, a cantilever load cell and a negative feedback mechanism. The instrument can measure the polymerization stress by two modes: with compliance mode in which the instrument compliance is allowed, or without compliance mode in which the instrument compliance is not allowed. A flowable (Filtek Flow: FF) and two universal hybrid (Z100: Z1 and Z250: Z2) composites were studied. A silane treated metal rod with a diameter of 3.0 mm was fixed at free end of the load cell, and other metal rod was fixed on the base plate. Composite of 1.0 mm thickness was placed between the two rods and light cured. The axial shrinkage strain and stress of the composite were recorded for 10 minutes during polymerization. and the tensile modulus of the materials was also determined with the instrument. The statistical analysis was conducted by ANOVA. paired t-test and Tukey's test (${\alpha}<0.05$). There were significant differences between the two measurement modes and among materials. With compliance mode, the contraction stress of FF was the highest: 3.11 (0.13). followed by Z1: 2.91 (0.10) and Z2: 1.94 (0.09) MPa. When the instrument compliance is not allowed, the contraction stress of Z1 was the highest: 17.08 (0.89), followed by FF: 10.11 (0.29) and Z2: 9.46 (1.63) MPa. The tensile modulus for Z1, Z2 and FF was 2.31 (0.18), 2.05 (0.20), 1.41 (0.11) GPa, respectively. With compliance mode. the measured stress correlated with the axial shrinkage strain of composite: while without compliance the elastic modulus of materials played a significant role in the stress measurement.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

For A bounded subset G of a metric Space (X,d) and $\chi \in X$, let $f_{G}$ be the real-valued function on X defined by $f_{G}$($\chi$)=sup{$d (\chi, g)\in:G$}, and $F(G,\chi)$={$z \in X:sup_{g \in G}d(g,z)=sup_{g \in G}d(g,\chi)+d(\chi,z)$}. In this paper we discuss some properties of the map $f_G$ and of the set $ F(G, \chi)$ in convex metric spaces. A sufficient condition for an element of a convex metric space X to lie in $ F(G, \chi)$ is also given in this pope.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.86-90
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• 2002

The structure of N-(Diphenylmethylene)aminomethylphosphonate has been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The crystal system is triclinic, space group P(equation omitted), unit cell constants, a＝8.967(2) (equation omitted), b＝9.309(2) (equation omitted), c＝ 10.981(2) (equation omitted), α＝101.42(2)°, β＝92.22(2)°, γ＝92.23(2)°, V=896.8(3) (equation omitted), T＝296 K, Z＝2, D/sub c/＝1.227 Mgm/sup -3/. The intensity data were collected on an Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 Diffractometer with graphite monochromated MoKα radiation (λ＝0.7107(equation omitted)). The molecular structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares to a final R＝7.3% for 979 unique observed F/sub o/>4σ(F/sub o/) refections and 209 parameters.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 1995

The crystal structure of 1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-4-[N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino]-3-phenylsulfonylpyrrolidind [C24H36O8N2S] has been from single crystal x-ray diffraction study ; C24H36O8N2S triclinic, p1, a=11.363(8)Å, b=11.589(6)Å, c=11.013(10)Å,α=95.32(6)°,β=98.64(7)°,γ=79.57(5)°,V=1406.8(18)Å3, t=293K, Z=2, CuKα(λ=1.5418Å). The molecular structure was solved by diredt method and refined by full-matrix least squares to a final R=9.78% for 3621 unique observed [F≥4σ(F)] reflections and 703 paramenters.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.98-102
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• 1995

The crystal structure of -Ethyl-1,4-dihydro-7-methyl-1,8-naphthyridin-4-one-3-carboxylic acid [Nalicixic Acid] has been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction study; C12H12N2O3, monoclinic, P21/c, a=8.910(2)Å, b=13.145(3)Å, c=9.370(3)Å, β =100.06(2)°, V=1080.6Å, T=293K, Z=4, CuKα(λ=1.5418Å). The molecular structure was solved by direct method and refined by full-matrix least squares to a final R=0.055 for 1555 unique observed [F0>4σ(F0)] reflections and 166 parameters. The conformation of the molecule is stabilized by an intramolecular O(17)-H(17)…O(14) hydrogen bond [2.525(2)Å, 144.3(10)°].

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.88-91
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• 2001

The complex [NiL₃]Cl₂·3H₂O (1) (L=trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane) has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The compound 1 crystallizes in the cubic space group P2₁3, with a=13.830(1) Å, V=2645.9(2) ų, Z=4, R₁(wR₂) for 1500 observed reflections of [I> 2σ(I)] was 0.0766 (0.2068).

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.6-10
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• 1993

11 β ,17 β -dihydroxy-9a-fluoro-l7a-methyl androst-4-en-3-one (Fluoxymesterone), CgoH29 FO,, orthorhombic, P2,2,2,, a=13.468(5) A, b= 19.554 (2)A, c=6.578(9)A, a=b=r=90˚, A (CuKa)=1.5406 A , Dm=1.289cm-3, Dc=1.299cm-3 and Z=4 at T=298k. The structure was solved by direct method using seminvariants of ggg Parity group and refined by the full-matrix least-square method, resulting model with reliability factor R=0.069 for 1098 unique reflection over 3σ . Ring A is an 1β-2a-half chair, 5 ring has a highly symmetrical chair conformation, C ring is in a distorted chair conformation and D ring is a 13aenveLope conformation. In the crystal structure, the molecules are packed with a hydrogen bond of 011-H23‥‥03(0.5+x, 1.5-y, 1.0-z) [1.94(9) A of H‥‥0.2.786(9)A of 0‥‥0 and 165(8) ˚ of