• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.474-480
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• 1995

Background: In spite of initial intensive and long-term chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis, many problems remain in the treatment of the residual lesion. The role of surgical intervention for pulmonary tuberculosis is getting rid of such residual lesion of pulmonary tuberculosis to support the healing process and to induce bacteriologically negative conversion in the end. Method: We experienced 30 cases of pulmonary resection for pulmonary tuberculosis from Aug. 1994 through Apr. 1995 in National Masan Tuberculosis Hospital. We conducted retrospective study to analyze several variables for the cases. Results: 1) The ratio between male and female was 4:1(male 24, female 6) and the age of peak incidence was in 3rd and 4th decades. 2) Indications for pulmonary resection in the radiographic findings were cavitary lesions of 19 cases(63.3%), destroyed one side of 8 cases(26.7%) and destroyed one lobe of 3 cases(10%). 3) 16 of 20 cases with unilateral lesions and all of 10 cases with bilateral lesions on chest X-ray films showed AFB positive on preoperative sputum smears. 14 cases(87.5%) of unilateral lesions and 9 cases(90%) of bilateral ones were converted into AFB negative postoperatively. Negative conversion rates of pneumonectomy and lobectomy cases were 100% and 85.7%, respectively. 4) Preoperative combined disease was 3 cases(10%) of DM and postoperative complications were 2 cases(6.7%) of dead space and no death. Conclusion: Chemotherapy only has some limitation in treatment of all tuberculosis. So, surgical intervention for pulmonary tuberculosis is an effective method as partner of chemotherapy.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.42 no.9
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• pp.1499-1512
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to compare the coffee shop visits of Koreans and Mongolians, and to determine the quality attributes that should be managed by Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). The survey was conducted in Seoul and the Gyeonggi Province of Korea, and at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia from April to May 2012. The questionnaire was distributed to 380 Koreans and 380 Mongolians, with 253 and 250 responses from the Koreans and Mongolians, respectively, used for statistical analyses. From the results, Koreans visited coffee shops more frequently than Mongolians, with both groups mainly visiting a coffee shop with friends. Koreans also spent more time in a coffee shop than Mongolians. In addition, they generally used a coffee shop, regardless of time. In terms of coffee preference, Koreans preferred Americano and Mongolians preferred Espresso. The most frequently stated purpose of Koreans for visiting a coffee shop was to rest, while Mongolians typically visited to drink coffee. The general price range respondents spent on coffee was less than 4~8 thousand won for the Koreans and 2~4 thousand won for the Mongolians. Both Koreans and Mongolians obtained information about coffee shops from recommendations. According to the IPA results of 20 quality attributes of coffee shops, the selection attributes with high importance but low satisfaction were quality, price, and kindness for Koreans, but none of the attributes was found for Mongolians.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.375-381
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to see how wearing either a SCL or a C-SCL effected the dryness of a person's eye depending on how long they wear either type of lens. Methods: This study was carried out on 52 subjects (104 eyes) who were all in their twenties and had previously experienced wearing contact lenses. All of these subjects were required to wear either a SCL or a C-SCL, which were made out of the same material, for three months. Contents such as the McMonnies Questionnaire survey, the blinking rate per min. and the Noninvasive tear break-up time test (NIBUT) were later conducted on the subjects for this study. Results: According to the results of the McMonnies Questionnaire, it was concluded that the longer the subject wore the SCL and C-SCL, the value of the measurements gradually increased. On the other hand, the results from the NIBUT concluded that the longer the subject wore the SCL, the value of the measurements eventually decreased. However, according to the measurements of the blink rate test, it was concluded that neither results had a significant change. Conclusions: It was concluded that long-term wearing of SCL and C-SCL could be the cause of the induction and progression of dry eyes.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.313-321
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• 2005

To know the pollution level concerning the microbes contamination condition in soft contact lenses, 2 experiments were operated with different methods. Firs experiment, we observed lenses surfaces through a scanning electronic microscope after pollution sort contact lenses with the suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Entrobacter aerogenes which can be major bacteria causing keratitis as wearing on soft contact lenses. As 1 hour after pollution with the soft contact lenses, we observed that many bacteria adhered to the lenses, and the pollution condition got worse with passing time increase(2, 4, 6, 12, and 24 hours, respectively). At 12 hours lapse of polluting soft contact lenses with P. aeruginosa, some bacteria adhered to the lenses. And as 24 hours lapsed after pollution soft lenses with E. aerogenes, bacteria adhered to them, and atypical substance was observed some of the surface of lenses. Second experiment, we observed the microbe pollution condition in soft contact lenses by let 21 people in twenties(men & women), who doesn't eye disorders, wear soft contact lenses during 4 hours. As the result, many kinds of bacterium and fungus were observed, and especially, the bacteria could be identified with their colors and the shapes of colony, so we found that single type, two types, and three types of bacteria adhered to their lenses.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.34 no.1 s.102
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• pp.63-70
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• 2004

The midpalatal suture area has some advantages for supporting miniscrews : it has no specific anatomical structure, it is composed of thick cortical bone, and covered with attached gingiva. So it is suitable area for inserting miniscrews. However, the midpalatal suture area appears thinner when seen in ceph. As a result, Clinicians can misunderstand that inserting miniscrews cause the problem, both the risk of perforation and the decrease of stability. The purpose of this article is measuring the vertical bone thickness of the midpalatal suture area for inserting miniscrews. The total of 25patient (male : 13, female : 12), who are in their twenties, were taken CT. The vertical bone thickness of the midpalatal suture area was measures from the transverse section of CT. As a result, We reached a conclusion from the differences of each area. It is as follows: 1. There is no significant difference between the thickness of male group and that of female group. 2. In coronal section, Bone thickness becomes thinner from the midpalatal suture to Left & Right side, in sagittal section, Bone thickness becomes thinner from incisive foramen to PNS. 3. The area that is within 3mm of left and right from the midpalatal suture area transversely and within 25mm backward from the incisive foramen sagittaly is enough for inserting miniscrews.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.319-324
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• 2013

The purpose of the study was to evaluation of the knee lateral collateral ligament (LCL) stability of normal males and females in twenties by using digital telometer. The volunteer subjects agreed the research goal and were 31 normal adults(16 male: $21.1{\pm}1.5$ years, 15 female: $21.2{\pm}1.2$ years) who have not got any illness regarding their knee. X-ray images were taken varus stress on medial femorotibial joint space using by digital telometer, and grade of pain was surveyed. We measured the joint space width (JSW) in the digital radiology. As a result, the JSW of male group were $5.60{\pm}0.76$ mm and JSW of female group were $5.05{\pm}0.55$ mm (p=0.022) on the neutral state of the knee. Based on the result of varus stress on the knee, female group showed much widen than male group but it was not significant difference (p>0.05). When increased varus stress on the knee, all groups were felt pain from 17 daN to 19 daN. The result could be valuable when the varus stress on the LCL by using the digital telometer.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.101-108
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• 1999

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to identify hospice volunteers' perception of the death. Methods : This study was conducted with 327 adults who registered for the hospice volunteer education program in Severance Hospice Center from 1996 through 1999. The 4-years data was collected through a self-reporting questionnaire constructed and revised by the authors. The questionnaire was classified into 5 categories. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS/W. Results : 1) Hospice volunteers were mostly female(93.9%) with an average age of 48 years. The majority(82.6%) of the participants were Protestant. 2) From the 4-years data over 90 percent of participants thought of death as a process of life and responded positively to these three items : 'Death is a temporary separation from family', 'I will die in peace', 'Faith in God results in a freedom from fear of death'. 3) Age were statistically relevant to the following items: 'I often read the obituaries in the newspaper', 'Dying is a tragedy', and 6 items were significantly related to religion: 'I rarely think of dying unexpectedly', 'Death is a temporary separation from family'. 'Dying is a tragedy', 'We have to do our best to prolong life by use of modem medical technology', 'I feel comfortable thinking of death and dying, 'Faith in God results in a freedom from fear of death'. The finding that religiosity was related to perception of death is consistent with other reports. And $40{\sim}50$ year old Protestant women had more positive perception of death than $20{\sim}30$ year old women. Conclusion : The findings indicated an importance of considering the age and religiosity when we educate the hospice volunteers. And that will be a important basic-data to develope program for hospice volunteers.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.1059-1063
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• 2009

모바일 폰의 메뉴 구조는 하이퍼텍스트 형태로 정보를 제공하며 링크의 연결로 페이지 정보를 전달하거나 하부 카테고리로 연결하는 역할을 한다. 모바일 폰 사용자는 메뉴 조작을 통해 기능을 실행하며, 이 과정에서 선형구조, 계층형 구조, 대화형 구조, 데이터베이스 구조, 혼합구조와 같은 다양한 형태를 경험하게 된다. 사용자는 모바일 폰의 다양한 기능을 사용하면서 추상적 개념의 공간 인지를 구체적인 공간으로 이해하려 한다. 즉 UI, GUI에서 제시하고 있는 Label이나 방향표시를 따라 상하좌우라는 공간적 개념으로 은유하여 이해하는 것이다. 하드키 단말의 경우는 상하좌우키를 이용하여 공간을 이해했다면 최근에는 터치 및 제스처 동작 인식이 가능한 폰이 등장하면서 좌우 flick, 상하 flick 등과 같은 구체적인 행동으로 디바이스 화면에서 공간이 이동하는 것으로 이해하고 있다. 본 논문에서 사용자의 공간 은유를 이해하기 위해 상위 depth로 이동하는 [이전] 키의 기능을 중심으로 살펴보고자 한다. 첫째, 기능을 수행하기 위해 순차적으로 진행하는 방법보다는 [취소]를 이용하여 depth를 이동하는 것이 사용자의 모바일 폰의 공간 은유 파악에 더욱 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이라고 예상되기 때문이다. 둘째, [이전], [취소]라는 Label이 가지고 있는 모호성 때문이다. 모바일 폰의 다양한 기능 중에서 [이전]는 전체 사용에 있어 아주 작은 요소에 불과하지만 사용자는 정해진 순서의 process에 따라 기능을 수행할 때와는 다르게 역 방향 Process를 사용하면서 모바일 폰의 구조를 이해하고 모바일 공간을 인지하는 중요한 요소로 사용될 수 있을 것이라고 예상된다. 본 논문에서는 이전으로 돌아가는 [이전]의 기능을 통해 사용자가 메뉴의 층위 구조 및 공간 인지에 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것이다라는 가설을 설정하여 이를 실험을 통해 증명하고자 한다. 실험을 위해 모바일 폰을 자주 사용하고 있는 20~30대 남녀 10명의 피험자에게 전화번호부, 앨범, 문자메시지의 목록화면과 상세보기 화면을 제시한 후 마지막 상세보기 화면에서 실험에서 제시하는 제시어를 보고 어느 화면으로 이동하게 될 것인지를 예상하는 질문을 하였으며, 그러한 이유에 대해서는 인터뷰를 통해 확인하였다. 이 실험을 통해 사용자의 모바일 폰 공간인지는 동일한 레벨의 단계 즉 상세보기의 경우는 수평의 관계라고 보고 있으며, 목록화면과 상세화면의 관계는 상하의 관계라고 이해하고 있다. 이러한 이유를 인터뷰를 통해 질문하였을 때, 상세화면에서 좌우 방향표시가 존재하기 때문이라는 응답이 높았으며, 상세보기 화면이 좌우라고 인식하면 목록화면은 상하의 관계로 이해하고 있다고 응답하였다. 즉 하나의 정해진 공간인지를 통해 다른 공간을 유추하여 생각하고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 또한 결과적으로 실제 단말에서 [이전] 기능을 상위 depth로 이동하도록 설계하였다면 [한단계위]라는 Label 또는 e번과 같은 상위의 개념을 포함한 아이콘을 사용한다면 혼란을 줄일 수 있는 방법으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 현재 논문에서는 [이전]라는 기능으로만 사용자의 공간 개념을 예측할 수 있었지만, 터치스크린의 등장과 함께 플릭과 같은 다양한 제스처에 의한 인터렉션이 가능한 현 시점에서 추상적인 공간은 방향성을 가진 제스처에 의해 구체적인 물리적 공간으로 인식하는 경향이 더욱 뚜렷이 나타나고 있다. 이러한 시점에서 사용자의 공간인지에 도움을 줄 수 있는 Label과 방향성 표시는 더욱 절실히 요구되고 있는 시점이며, 이후 모바일 환경에서 사용자의 공간인지에 대한 구체적인 연구가 필요하리라고 예상된다.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.653-662
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• 2011

As technology in 3D industry has rapidly advanced, a lot of studies primarily focusing on visual function and cognition have become vigorous. However, studies on effect of 3D visual fatigue on autonomic nervous system have not less been conducted. Thus, this study was to identify and determine the effect that might have a negative influence on sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, and cardiovascular system. Fifteen undergraduates (female: 9, mean age: $22.53{\pm}2.55$) participated and were sat on a comfortable chair, viewing a 3D content during about 1 hour. Cardiac responses like SDNN(standard deviation of RR intervals), RMS-SD(root mean squared successive difference), and HF/LF ratios extracted from the measured PPG(Photo-PlethysmoGram) before viewing 3D were compared to those after viewing 3D. The results showed that after subjects watched the 3D, responses in sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system were activated and deactivated, respectively relative to those before watching the 3D. The results showed that HF/LF ratio, Ln(LF), and Ln(HF) after viewing 3D were significantly reduced relative to those before viewing 3D. No significant effects were observed in SDNN and RMS-SD. Results obtained in this study showed that visual fatigue induced by watching 3D adversely influenced autonomic nervous system, and thereby reduced heart rate variability causing sympathetic nervous acceleration.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 1988

Finger injuries are becoming more common with the increasing use of mechanical industrial and household appliances. Among the hand injuries, amputation is the serious disaster to the patient. Recently, application of microsurgical technique to the reattachment of ampuatated digits has been common clinical procedures. We performed microsurgical replantation to the 75 patients with 102 digits from march in 1986 to february in 1988. The following results were obtained. 1. The most common age distribution was third decade and male to female ratio was about 5:1. 2. The ratio of right to left hand was about 1:1 but the dominant to non-dominant hand was about 2:1. 3. The index finger was most commonly injured and the next was middle finger. 4. The most common type of the injuries was the crushing injury and the most common vector was a kind of pressor. 5. The anesthesia was performed in equal ratio between the general and regional anesthesia. 6. The survival rate of microreplantation to the injuries of the zone II was 77.8% and zone III was 80%. 7. The functional result after replantation at zone II was better than zone III. 8. Microreplantation was performed in any case of the type of the injury, the severity of crushing and the ischemic time, and the patients requirement was an important factor.