• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.1531-1535
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• 2005

The present study was designed to investigate the antidiabetic effect of Cordyceps militaris on activities of hepatic glucose-regulating enzymes, such as glucokinase (GK), pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and acetyI-CoA carboxylase (ACC). We have isolated the active compounds, CM-A and CM-B from C. militaris and the extracts are under investigation to determine their mechanism of action. Hepatic GK, PDH and ACC activities were significantly (p < 0.05) increased compared with the control. Treatment with CM-A led to a rise in percentage of enzymes by 380$\%$,396$\%$ and 286$\%$, respectively, relative to control levels. CM-B were 329$\%$, 312$\%$ and 239$\%$, respectively. The increase in GK and ACC activities was linearly proportional with increased ratio of CM-A. Our findings suggest that C. militaris exerted antihyperglycemic potency, which is thought to be mediated through activation of GK, PDH and ACC enzymes related to glucose metabolism directly or indirectly and therefore C. militaris is promising as antidiabetic functional foods.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.43
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• pp.255-284
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• 2016

This article aims at a discourse analysis on the selected 1970s Myungrang Manwhas, in the cases of Ggubungi, Doggaebi Gamtu, Yochul Balmyungwang. For the analysis, the history, pre-censorship, and distribution structure of Myungrang Manwha are referenced, as well as the considerable changes and developments on the definition of 'myungrang' since the 1920s. In employing Foucauldian discourse analysis to the texts, the selected Myungrang Manwhas are analyzed as discursive formation, which emerged within the social relations of the era; the characters' dialogues are analyzed as statement. The analysis examines the discourses that the texts disseminated, and the social context of the utterance. It is demonstrated that the Myungrang Manwhas are forms of representation, which implies 'the contested acquisition on capital and power', 'the emphasis on nationalist aspects', and 'the interpellation and discipline of subject active' of the time. Moreover, it is revealed that the forms of control, such as pre-censorship, were the articulation of the will to power, which drove the discoursive formation to function as an apparatus that meticulously constituted the ruling ideology. In conclusion, the Myungrang Manwhas are rather texts that encompasses political and social context of the era than a mere comic relief.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.115-135
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• 2010

Regarding the figure painting of the T'ang period, by Yeomipbon, a representative painter of the early T'ang period, shows a traditional painting style. Figure paintings of the Prosperous T'ang period, influenced by Odoja's painting style, are characterized as illustrating the lives of noble women delicately with brilliant colors. They include Janghwon's and in which Chinese traditional and Western painting styles were combined. , and , which were painted by Jubang in the mid T'ang period, were the developmentally succeeded the figure painting style of the previous times, illustrating even the psychological and emotional states of painted figures in a sophisticated way. Skin make-ups shown in figure paintings of the T'ang period are mostly baekjang in type. Besides, other different types of the make=up such as bihajang, dohwajang and juwoonjang can be seen. The paintings, show that the tone of skin got more and more red as the times moved from the early to the late T'ang periods because rouge was more and more used as the times passed between the periods. As a type of forehead make-up, aekhwang is found in Janghwon's and of the late T'ang period. Hwajeon is seen in lots of figure paintings made between the Prosperous the late T'ang periods. Most eyelid make-ups shown in the figure paintings are round-shaped wolmi and yuhyeopmi in type. Besides, other creative types like gyeyeopmi, paljami and iljami are found. Lips are found made up clearer and more red as the times went from the early and the late T'ang periods. The types of cheek make-up like sahong and jangyeop can't be found in figure paintings of the T'ang period.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.686-692
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• 2016

This study was done to investigate the antidiabetic effect of ethanol extract from Platycodon grandiflorum root in Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by intravenous injection of STZ at a dose 45mg/kg.b.w. dissolved in citrate buffer(pH4.5). The ethanol extract of Platycodon grandiflorum root was orally administrated once a day for 7 days. The contents of serum glucose, triglyceride(TG) and total cholesterol were significantly decreased(p<0.05) in Platycodon grandiflorumt root treated group compared to the those of STZ-control group. Also the contents of hepatic glycogen and HDL-cholesterol, the activities of glucose-phosphate dehydrogenase(G-6-PDH) and glucokinase(GK) were significamtly increased (p<0.05). These results indicated that ethanol extract of Platycodon grandiflorum root would have antidiabetic effect in STZ-induced diabetic rats.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.1314-1324
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the effects of problem solving nursing counseling and intensified walking exercise on diabetic self-care, coping strategies, and glycemic control among older adults with DM type II. Method: Ninety nine DM patients who were older than 50 were recruited from DM clinics or public health centers and conveniently assigned into three groups: the Polar(n=41), counseling(n=30) and control groups (n=28). Participants in both Polar and counseling groups attended weekly problem solving nursing counseling for 12 weeks. Polar heart rate monitors were used in the Polar group to intensify walking exercise. Data was collected from November 2003 to August 2004 and analyzed by ANOVA or ANCOVA using the SPSS WIN program. Result: After a 12 week intervention, participants in both the Polar and counseling groups reported increased diabetic self care behaviors and decreased blood glucose levels, which is significantly different from those in the control group. There were no distinctively different program effects between the Polar and counseling groups. Conclusion: Based on the findings, we concluded that problem solving counseling alone could have positive effects on diabetic self care and glycemic controls for older adults with DM. Future research is needed to identify long-term effects of the program.

• The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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• no.52
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• pp.171-212
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• 2017

Music has been created and played in various environments over a long time, with each piece having distinct sentiments and stories. Different people can have varying interpretations of one song depending on their viewpoints shaped by personal experiences and attitudes. In fact, the audience's understanding may differ greatly from the songwriter's intended message. Knowing this, music can serve as a reflection of one's contemporary sentiment. In the works of art such as music, the creator's intention becomes the background of the work or, sometimes, the main meaning. However, given that popular music is often under the control of companies and distributors and influenced by "capital," creators are required to adjust to mainstream preferences and, therefore, cannot fully express themselves in their music. On the other hand, indie music allows creators to pursue their own music given its "independence" from capital. With this, this study aims to collect and analyze data on the activities that Korean indie bands carry out, and examine their meaning and significance in society.

• Journal of Korean Historical Folklife
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• no.52
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• pp.197-250
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• 2017

Many kinds of ritual manual books for the four ceremonies (coming-of-age, wedding, funeral, and ancestral rites) were published and transcribed during the Japanese Colonial Period. The ritual manuals are classified by 5 different types: 'ritual standards', 'ritual books for the four ceremonies', 'ritual books for the written prayers', 'religious ceremonial books', and 'general manners books'. All of them contributed much to the formation of folk rituals and religions, even though the purpose and contents of each book were different. The ritual manuals were not intellectual results of elites, but rather compilations of pre-modern ritual books and contemporary manners. These were widely spread among the people with the help of modern printing techniques. The ritual manuals aimed at common readers who wanted to look for ritual references easily. They were not just made for the special upper class. We can understand the contexts and characteristics of folk ritual and religion of the $20^{th}$ century by comprehending the ritual manuals of the Japanese Colonial Rule.

• (The)Study of the Eastern Classic
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• no.35
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• pp.447-470
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• 2009

"Haerincheokso" is a collection of 279 letters, including the last one Gong Heon-gyeong sent to Lee Sang-jeok in 1865, which were sent by 61 people from 1830. This study examined the career and activities of each of the 61 senders based on their personal details. First, it was found that the senders had special relationships with Lee Sang-jeok. One of them, for example, published "Eunsongdangjip", a collection of poems written by Lee Sang-jeok. Second, many of the senders were from Jiansu Province, Shanxi Province and Zhejiang Province. Third, more than 50 percent of people Lee Sang-jeok had a friendship with were outstanding intellectuals who were Jinsa or Geoin. Fourth, all of the senders except for a monk and the owner of a ginseng shop did vigorous cultural activities in Yanjing at the time. If the reader read "Haerincheokso" based on information above, he will be able to reduce mistakes of misreading the book. Furthermore, the book offers some materials necessary to grasp the cultural exchanges between Korea and China in the 19th century.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.89-96
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• 2022

This study examines the strategy of delivering the drama's poet Kim Soo-young and his literary works to the public through the drama (2004). This drama shows Kim's inner self and his literary view by inserting poems into scenes where the poet suffers internal conflict, while presenting relatively less well-known poems to broaden the public's understanding of poetry. In addition, the drama maintains viewers' interest by properly placing elements of conflict, and effectively shows how the conflict affected his life and the world of time. Therefore, the drama is a meaningful text that embodies a poet named Kim Soo-young in three dimensions along with the historical transformation and social problems of the time and the literary chapter of the time through the video.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.402-406
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• 1988

The aim of the presented paper was to elucidate the physiological background of ethanol inhibition on glucose uptake, ethanol production and cell growth in Z. mobilis. Data obtained from batch and continuous cultures showed that the rates of glucose uptake and ethanol production were not affected but growth rate was apparently reduced by ethanol produced. In order to know the effects of ethanol on the anabolism and the catabolism in Z. mobilis, enzyme activities of the Enter-Doudoroff pathway, viz. hexokinase, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, were analyzed with the cell grown at different concentration of ethanol produced. As results, it was found that the activities of the glucose kinase and the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase were not affected greatly by the concentration of ethanol where the glucose uptake rates revealed a relatively constant value. However it was very interesting to note that transketolase, which is an essential enzyme to provide the important precursors for cell growth, was affected more apparently to reduce by increasing ethanol levels. Those results might suggest that the apparent reduction of growth rate at ethanol concentration above 20 g/$\ell$ would be caused by the reduction of the transketolase activity, which in turn provide less precursor for the cell growth.