• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 1988

The usefulness of hypertermia for cancer therapy have well been established. The purpose of the present investigation was to ascess the effect of step-up $(42^{\circ}{\rightarrow}44^{\circ}C$ sequence) and step-down $(44^{\circ}{\rightarrow}42^{\circ}C$ sequence) heating on the skin of the hind foot of the mouse. Hyperthermic treatments were given by immersion the hind foot of the mouse in circulating water baths. Skin response was studied by the leg reaction, which was scored according to a numerical scoring system proposed by Urano et al (1980). The results were as follows 1. The skin damage of $44^{\circ}C$ control group was more severe than $42^{\circ}C$ control group (P<0.05), except for 15 min. heating group. 2. The Skin damage of step-down group was more severe than step-up group (P<0.05). 3. The skin damage of $44^{\circ}C$ control group was more severe than step-up group when there is no difference in $44^{\circ}C$ heating time of step-up group from $44^{\circ}C$ control group (P<0.05). 4. In step-down group, the skin damage was more severe than $44^{\circ}C$ control group after preheating 45 min at $44^{\circ}C$ (P<0.05). Therefore, the above findings suggest the normal tissue damage by step-up heating was correlated with heating time of post step-up. The dropping of heating temperature in late phase had more severe damage of the skin than that in early phase during hyperthermia, and so contineous control of satisfactory temperature should be considered as the one of the most important factor for prognosis, complications of clinical hyperthermia

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2000

Objective: The objective of this study is to influence of sequential embryo transfers in an invitro fertilization was examined. Method: After in vitro fertilization, a maximum of 6 fertilized oocytes was enrolled in this study. At day 3 after an oocytes retrieval, embryos with good quality were transferred (mean 4.9), remaining embryos (mean 2.0/cycle) were cryopreserved at blastocyst stage (Group 1). At day 5 after oocytes collection, second a embryo transfer (mean 1.2/cycle) was performed, if one of these embryos had reached the blastocyst stage (Group 2) using P1 supplemented with 10 SSS and 30% Follicular fluid. No statistical difference in the pregnancy rate could be seen between the group without a second embryo transfer (n=21; 28.6%) and the group with a second transfer (n=52; 28.8%). Results: The incidence of multiple pregnancy rate per embryo transfer was not statistically different between both group and no high-rank multiple pregnancy (greater than triplete) were observed (0.9%, 15.4%, respectively, p=0.74, ${\chi}^2$). Out of 114 cycles (506 embryos) cultured embryos in group 2, 52 cycles (159 embryos, 29.8%) reached the blastocyst stage. Conclusion: The second transfer did not have a significant effect on the pregnancy rate. The most important factor for the pregnancy seems to be the quality of the embryos transferred on day 3 following oocyte retrieval. We recommend embryo transfer is performed only one, day $2{\sim}3$ or D5.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1265-1272
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• 2015

잡곡의 하나인 식용피는 폴리페놀과 수용성 식이섬유성분이 풍부하고 전분함량이 타 곡류보다 낮으면서 단백질 함양이 높아 영양학적 건강지표가 높은 잡곡이다. 본 연구에서는 항염증 활성이 강하게 확인된 밀양3호를 선발하여 이의 항당뇨 활성에 관해 조사하였다. 식용피 밀양3호의 80% 에탄올(EtOH) 추출물을 당뇨모델인 C57BL/KsJ-db/db mice에 600 mg/kg로 8주간 투여하여 혈당과 혈중 지질에 대한 영향을 조사한 결과, 공복혈당이 당뇨 대조군에 비해 유의적으로 감소하여 개선 되었으며, 경구 내당성도 1주 투여 시부터 개선되는 효과를 보이다가 8주간의 투여 시는 양성대조군인(메트포민 100 mg/kg) 수준으로 경구 내당성이 개선됨을 확인하였다. 이때 체중증가는 메트포민 투여군(10.36±3.15)에는 못 미치나 8.54±2.24로 당뇨 대조군 체중 증가(8.71±1.64)의 수준이었으며, food efficiency rates를 고려하면 식용피가 식이 섭취에는 큰 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 사료되었다. 총 콜레스테롤 농도는 당뇨 대조군의 총콜레스테롤(229.3±47.8)에 비해 식용피 EtOH 추출물 투여군(160.7±7.6)과 메트포민 투여군(176.0±25.6)에서 유의적으로 감소하였다. LDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 식용피 투여군에서 메트포민 투여군 수준으로 당뇨 대조군에 비해 약 41%정도 감소한 것에 반해, 중성지방은 식용피 추출물의 영향을 받지 않았다. 간독성은 식용피 추출물군의 GOT 값이 메트포민 투여군 보다 더 낮았으며, GPT 활성도는 모든 실험군들 간에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 이상의 연구 결과는 식용피 밀양3호가 항 당뇨 관련 우수한 소재 함유 곡류로 관련 질환 예방과 치료에 활용할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2015

Objective: The aim of the current study was to determine the predictive value of anti-$M{\ddot{u}}llerian$ hormone (AMH) levels for pregnancy outcomes in patients over 40 years of age who underwent in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) cycles. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 188 women aged 40 to 44 years who underwent IVF/ICSI-fresh ET cycles due to unexplained infertility in the fertility center of CHA Gangnam Medical Center. Patients were divided into group A, with AMH levels <1.0 ng/mL (n=97), and group B, with AMH levels ${\geq}1.0ng/mL$ (n=91). We compared the clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) in the two groups and performed logistic regression analysis to identify factors that had a significant effect on the CPR. Results: The CPR was significantly lower in group A than group B (7.2% vs. 24.2%, p<0.001). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, AMH levels were the only factor that had a significant impact on the CPR (odds ratio, 1.510; 95% confidence interval, 1.172-1.947). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for AMH levels as a predictor of the CPR was 0.721. When the cut-off level of AMH was set at 1.90 ng/ mL, the CPR was 6.731-fold higher in the group with AMH levels ${\geq}1.90ng/mL$ than in the group with AMH levels <1.90 ng/mL (p<0.001). Conclusion: Our study showed that AMH levels were predictive of clinical pregnancy in infertility patients over 40 years of age. Further prospective studies should be conducted to validate the predictive capability of AMH levels for the outcome of clinical pregnancy.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.342-346
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• 1999

This study was performed to investigate the effect of cyclosporine (CsA) on glucose tolerance and peripheral insulin sensitivity in normal Sprague-Dawley rats. After daily treament of CsA (10 mg/kg, i.p.) for two weeks, glucose tolerance tests were carried out by the treatment of glucose (Glu, 2 g/kg, i.p.) alone or in conjunction with exogenous insulin (Ins; human regular insulin, 5 U/kg, s.c.) and measured the decrement of area under the time-plasma glucose concentration curve ($AUC_{o\longrightarrow120}$; g.min/ml) by the trapezoidal rule. The rats were divided into three groups (Glu- (Control), Ins+Glu- and CsA+Ins+Glu-, n=7 in each group). The $AUC_{o\longrightarrow120}$ of the CsA+Ins+Glu-group was significantly (p<0.01) lower than that of Glu-group (61.0% of control) and significantly (p<0.05) higher than that of Ins+Glu-group (197.4% of Ins+Glu-). The CsA+Ins+Glu- grou showed higher levels of maximal blood glucose concentration and higher $AUC_{o\longrightarrow120}$ than those of Ins+Glu-group in normal rats. Besides direct pancreatic toxicity of CsA previously reported (Hahn et al., 1972), these results suggest that CsA also make the possibility to induce peripheral insulin insensitivity and glucose intolerance in normal rats.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2005

Purpose: This research was carried out to examine if music therapy is effective in decreasing elderly people's depression level and in increasing their life satisfaction level Methods: This study used the quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control group and the pre-test and post-test design, and was conducted from the 26th of July to the 26th of September in 2004. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed by Y.esavage et al. (1983) to measure depression level and one developed by Yoon (1982) to measure life satisfaction level. The subjects were 80 elderly people who were the members of an elderly welfare center in G city. The subjects were divided into an experimental group (n=40) and a control group (n=40). Results: The first hypothesis 'The depression level will be lowered in the experimental group who received music therapy' was supported (t=3.856, p=.000). The second hypothesis 'The life satisfaction level will be raised in the experimental group who received music therapy' was supported (t=2.040, p=.045). The results above suggest that music therapy can be an effective nursing intervention for reducing the depression level and increasing the life satisfaction level of elderly people.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.456-464
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• 2005

Purpose: To determine the effects of hand massage on nausea and vomiting, and anxiety in children with Iymphocytic leukemia receiving high dose chemotherapy. Method: The children were assigned to an experimental group(15) or a control group(15). All of the children were diagnosed with acute Iymphocytic leukemia and admitted for high dose chemotherapy at C University Medical Center in Seoul. The hand massage was performed for 10 minutes twice a day over three days. To measure the effects of hand massage, the Index of Nausea and Vomiting by Rhodes et al. and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for children by Spielberger were used. The level of anxiety was measured by systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and pulse rate. Results: The score for nausea and vomiting decreased in the experimental group. State anxiety for the experimental group was significantly more positive than for the control group at the 2nd measurement. There was a significant difference in systolic blood pressure between the two groups. The level of diastolic blood pressure in the two groups decreased significantly over time. Conclusion: Hand massage could be effective in decreasing nausea and vomiting, state anxiety, pulse rate and blood pressure in children with acute leukemia receiving high dose chemotherapy.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2013

연안생태계의 영양상태와 환경적 질을 평가하기 위하여, 2007년 2월 남해연안의 총 25개 소해역, 131개 정점을 대상으로 표층 퇴적물의 입도조성, 광합성 색소, 총유기탄소, 총질소, 생화학적 조성(단백질, 탄수화물, 지질) 등을 분석하였다. 다차원 분석 결과 4개의 그룹으로 나뉘었으며, 일원분산분석에서 단백질, 탄수화물, biopolymeric carbon 농도의 차이가 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 이를 토대로 퇴적물 내 생화학적 조성을 이용한 영양상태 기준을 설정하였으며, 조사해역의 영양상태를 평가한 결과 산업폐수 및 생활하수 유입이 많은 마산만, 진해만, 행암만을 포함한 I그룹을 과영양 상태, 양식시설이 밀집한 통영, 고성 자란, 거제연안 등의 II그룹은 부영양 상태로 추정되었으며, 가막만, 득량만, 여자만 등의 III그룹은 중영양 상태로, 나머지 신안, 진도, 무안을 포함한 IV그룹은 빈영양 상태로 추정되었다. 본 연구결과로 퇴적물의 생화학적 조성을 이용한 영양상태 구분은 연안역의 영양도 평가를 위하여 유용한 방법으로 사용되어 질 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1211-1216
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• 1998

Bis(diethyldithiocarbamato)ioxomolybdenum(VI), cis-MoO2(S2CNEt2)2, 1, reacted with chlorotrimethylsilane (Me33SiCl) to give a seven-coordinate, pentagonal bipyramidal complex MoOC12(S2CN]Et2)2, 3, in which the oxo ligand is trans to the chloride ligand and the two chloride ligands are mutually cis. The monooxo molybdenum complex bis(diethyidithiocarbamato)oxomolybdenum(IV), MoO(S2CNEt2)2, 2, reacted with phenyl isocyanate (PhNCO) to give an Mo dimer MO2{μ-N(CONPh)Ph}(μ-NPh)(NPh)2(S2CNEt2)2, 4, which contains an Mo-Mo bond, two diethyldithiocarbamato ligands, two terminal imido (NPh) ligands, and two bridging hnido (NPh) ligands. One of the two bridging NPh ligands seemed to have been attacked by the electrophilic phenyl isocyanate carbon, which suggests that the bridging imido NPh ligand is more nucleophilic than the terminal one. Crystallographic data for 3: monoclinic space group P21/c, a=8.908(l) Å, b=17.509(3) Å, c=12.683(2) Å, β=110.15(1)°, Z=4, R(wR2)=0.0611(0.1385). Crystallographic data for 4-THF: orthorhombic space group P212121, a=17.932(4) Å, b=22.715(5) Å, c=11.802(3) Å, Z=4, R(wR2)=0.0585(0.1286).

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.347-352
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• 2014

Pueraria mirifica 뿌리를 실온에서 70% EtOH 수용액으로 추출하고 이 추출물을 EtOAc 분획, n-BuOH 분획, $H_2O$ 분획으로 나누었다. EtOAc 분획에 대하여 silica gel, octadecyl silica, 및 Sephadex LH-20 c.c.를 반복 실시하여 4종의 화합물을 분리, 정제하였다. Nuclear magnetic resonance, infrare, 및 mass spectrometry의 spectroscopic data를 해석하여, 화합물 1-4를 각각 megastigm-5-en-3,9-diol, linarionoside B, 3,5,6,9-tetrahydroxy-megastigm-7-ene 및 3,4,9-trihydroxymegastigma-5,7-diene으로 구조를 결정하였다. 화합물 1-4 모두 P. mirifica에서는 이번에 처음으로 분리된 화합물이다.