• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2014

Objectives Adhesive capsulitis (AC) is a restricted shoulder range of motion. Rotator cuff disease (RCD) has been believed to be a major etiologic factor of AC, however, how soon is the development time from RCD to AC (DTRA) has not been elucidated. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the correlation between the ultrasonographic characteristics of RCD and the DTRA. Methods Total 40 patients who were diagnosed as AC were recruited. The clinical characteristics of RCD were diagnosed by ultrasonography and classified with the Southern California Orthopedic Institute for Rotator Cuff Classification. The correlation was analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test and one-way analysis of variance. Results 60% of full thickness tear and 40% of partial thickness tear patients (10 male and 30 female, mean age of $54.0{\pm}8.4$ years) and 38% of bursitis and 21% of neovascularization were observed. The mean value of DTRA was $74.8{\pm}131.3$ days. There were no correlation between DTRA and gender (p=0.63), location of the partial tear (p=0.63), the severity of the partial thickness tear (p=0.63), full thickness tear (p=0.66) and completeness of the tear (p=0.16). The presence of bursitis or neovascularization was not associated with DTRA (p=0.60, p=0.61). Conclusions Although RCD is a major etiologic factor of AC, the severity, the type of RCD and the presence of bursitis and neovascularization were not statistically correlated with the DTRA in our study. Comprehensive consideration about etiologic factor analysis of AC will be needed with prospective study design for future study.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.105-117
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• 2012

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the concentration of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) in blood and factors controlling their exposure among Koreans. Methods: Study subjects were selected to include 718 members of the general population residing in five metropolitan cities and the Gangwon Province area from August 2008 to January 2009. A questionnaire was administered to investigate lifestyle, socio-demographic characteristics, and other related factors. Blood samples were collected and extracted using solid-phase extraction and anion-exchange methods, and quantified by high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC, Agilent 1200 Series) coupled with a Triple Quad LC-MS/MS system (Agilent 6410). Results: Geometric mean concentrations of PFOA and PFOS in the blood were measured as 1.82 and 6.06 ng/ml, respectively. Mean PFOA and PFOS concentrations generally increased with age in both genders. Blood PFOA concentration was significantly different according to such variables as age, family income, residential district, and province. Blood PFOS concentration was significantly different by such variables as gender, age, lifestyle factors such as regular exercise, alcohol consumption, and smoking status. Also, family income, hazardous facilities, job classification, and province contributed significantly to differences in blood PFOS concentration levels. Conclusions: Blood PFOA and PFOS concentrations in Koreans were similar with those found in Japan, the USA, and Germany, but less than those in Australia. PFOA and PFOS exposure seems to be affected by a variety of factors in Korea. Therefore, investigation is required for each factor to assess the relative contribution of different variables.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.119-135
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• 2020

Objective : To investigate the epidemiology of newly-diagnosed, histologically-confirmed (NDHC) central nervous system (CNS) tumours and its changes over a 21-year period in a regional hospital in Hong Kong. Methods : This is a single-institute retrospective descriptive study of patients undergoing surgery for CNS tumours in a regional hospital of Hong Kong in the period from January 1996 to December 2016. The histological definition of CNS tumours was according to the World Health Organization classification, while the site definition for case ascertainment of CNS tumours was as set out by the Central Brain Tumour Registry of the United States. Patients of any age, who had NDHC CNS tumours, either primary or secondary, were included. The following parameters of the patients were retrieved : age at diagnosis, gender, tumour location, and histological diagnosis. Population data were obtained from sources provided by the Government of Hong Kong. The incident rate, estimated by the annual number of cases per 100000 population, for each histology grouping was calculated. Statistical analyses, both including and excluding brain metastases, were performed. Statistical analysis was performed with Microsoft Excel, 2016 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA). Results : Among the 2134 cases of NDHC CNS tumours, there were 1936 cases of intracranial tumours and 198 cases of spinal tumours. The annual number of cases per 100000 population of combined primary intracranial and spinal CNS tumours was 3.6 in 1996, and 11.1 in 2016. Comparing the 5-year average annual number of cases per 100000 population of primary CNS tumours from the period 1996-2000 to 2011-2015, there was an 88% increase, which represent an increase in the absolute number of cases by 4.52 cases/100000 population. This increase was mainly contributed by benign histologies. In the aforementioned periods, meningiomas increased by 1.45 cases/100000 population; schwannomas by 1.05 cases/100000 population, and pituitary adenomas by 0.91 cases/100000 population. While gliomas had a fluctuating 5-year average annual number of cases per 100000 population, it only had an absolute increase of 0.51 cases/100000 population between the 2 periods, which was mainly accounted for by the change in glioblastomas. Conclusion : This retrospective study of CNS tumour epidemiology revealed increasing trends in the incidences of several common CNS tumour histologies in Hong Kong, which agrees with the findings in large-scale studies in Korea and the United States. It is important for different geographic locations to establish their own CNS tumour registry with well-defined and structured data collection and analysis system to meet the international standards.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제38권
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• pp.3.1-3.9
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• 2016

Background: This study was performed to evaluate their 5-year survival rates and identify the factors affecting the prognosis of oral cancer patients who had undergone surgical treatment only. Methods: Among 130 patients who were diagnosed with malignant tumor of oral, maxillofacial, and surgical treated in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Chonnam National University Hospital within a period from January 2000 to December 2010, for 11 years, 84 patients were investigated who were followed up for more than 5 years after radical surgery; oral cancer is primary and received only surgical treatment. The survival rate according to gender, age, type and site of cancer, TNM stage, cervical lymph node metastasis and its stage, recurrence or metastasis, time of recurrence and metastasis, and differentiation were investigated and analyzed. Results: Overall, 5-year survival rate in patients who received only surgical treatment was 81.2 %, and disease-specific 5-year survival rate was 83.1 %. The disease-specific 5-year survival rate based on TNM stage, metastasis of cervical lymph node, N stage, and presence of recurrence/metastasis was a significant difference (p < 0.05). The disease-specific 5-year survival rate based on sex, age, type of tumor, primary site, and differentiation was not a significant difference (p > 0.05). Conclusions: These results suggest that good survival rate can be obtained with surgical treatment only, and stage of oral cancer, cervical lymph node metastasis and stage, recurrence or metastasis, time of recurrence, and metastasis have a significant effect on survival rate in oral cancer patients.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.157-171
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• 2001

The study was designed to provide the fundamental information for understanding discomfort of bone marrow donors and for promoting an individual comfort by comparing the difference on discomfort between unrelated donors and related donors. The subject of the study was fifty related donors and thirty unrelated donors who was in the C University Hospital. This survey had been carried out and collected from October, 1998 to March, 1999. The scale of discomfort of donors associated with bone marrow donation were assessed by the questionnaire deviced by Kim Sang Dol and amended by the researcher. Data was analyzed by $x^2-test$, t-test, two-way ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation Coefficients. The results were as follows. 1. Considering the general characteristics of bone marrow donors according to gender, male was consisted of $60\%$ and female was consisted of $40\%$. Of those related donors are consisted for $62.5\%$ and accounted for $37.5\%$ of those unrelated donors. Considering the classification to the job, employee of company were major donors which was $35\%$, and next order was student, individual businessman, and housewife. Considering the education level. college students were $48.7\%$ and students who have less than high school level were $42.5\%$. 2. According to the above the results regarding discomfort of bone marrow donation, it is especially shown that the major cause for discomfort of bone marrow donors is on physical factor. The concrete examples for physical factor are pain in the region of bone marrow harvest and pain in the injection part by fluid therapy and blood-sampling, an immovability of the body after bone marrow harvest, and difficulties on walking. Considering physiological factor, there are an uneasiness about leading to injure their health, vague fear about the hospital. and a tedium at hospital. Environmental factors for discomfort of bone marrow donors are insufficient explanation for needle gauge and procedure of bone marrow donation and difficulty on following medical schedule. Therefore. it is necessary to establish more effective and systematically organized program for nursing intervention based on the research results. An effective program is only useful in getting rid of discomfort of bone marrow donors.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.19-43
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• 2007

한국공학교육학회는 1994년에 설립되었으며 공학교육연구 논문지는 1998년부터 발행되고 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 1998년부터 2005년까지 발행된 126편의 모든 논문들에 대한 연구 방법론과 내용을 분석하는 것이다. 모든 논문의 내용을 분석하여 코딩한 후 SPSS(버전 15.0)로 통계 처리하였다. 연구의 내용으로는 연도별 발행 논문수 실태와 연구자의 특성(성별, 소속기관별, 전공분야별, 저자 수 등)에 대하여 분석하였고, 또한 게재된 논문들의 연구방법론과 내용에 대하여 분석하였으며, 이 분석된 내용을 바탕으로 논의를 함으로써 논문지의 개선 방안을 모색하였다. 연구 결과로서 연구자들은 개발 연구 방법을 가장 많이 사용하였고, 전기전자전공의 논문이 가장 많았으며, 논문의 저자 수는 연세대가 가장 많았다. 조사 연구에서는 전수 조사, 목적 표집, 임의 표집, 유층 표집, 기타의 방법으로 표집을 하였고, 논문의 89.5%가 설문지를 사용하였고, 논문의 50%가 빈도/%의 기술 통계 방법을 사용하였다. 실험 연구에서는 이질집단 사후검사 설계와 단일집단 전후검사 설계 모형을 사용하였다. 끝으로 논의 및 제언 부분에서는 공학교육연구 논문지의 질적 개선을 위한 연구 방법론의 개선점을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.430-436
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• 2001

Objective : The proliferative potential of intracranial glioma affects the histological malignancy and prognosis of patients with these tumors. In this study, we present the relationship between MIB-1 labeling index(LI) and clinical variables which might play the major role in determining the prognosis of patient with astrocytic tumors. Patients and Methods : Excised tumor specimens from a total of 52 patients were stained to detect monoclonal MIB-1-Ki-67 antibody by avidin-biotin complex immunohistochemistry. The MIB-1 LI was evaluated with histological grades, demograpghic data, and survival time. The statistical significance of their correlation was analyzed by Pearson correlation test. Results : The 52 patients included 30 male patients and 22 female patients. The tumors according to the criteria of the World Health Organization(WHO) classification were verified as pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in one, pilocytic astrocytomas 4, astrocytomas 1, anaplastic astrocytomas 3, and glioblastomas 31. MIB-1 LI in astrocytic ttumors showed no correlation with age and gender. However, the patients under 10 years had the longest survival time, whereas short survival time was observed in the older patients. The mean MIB-1 LI of different tumor grades were as follows : pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, $4.40{\pm}0.00$ ; pilocytic astrocytoma, $4.53{\pm}3.09$ ; astrocytoma, $5.50{\pm}6.03$ ; anaplastic astrocytoma, $12.68{\pm}12.50$ ; Glioblastoma, $21.31{\pm}19.63$. Although the levels of MIB-1 LI were varied in individual tumors, the MIB-1 LI was increased in parallel with the histological grades. Glioblstomas showed significantly higher MIB-1 LI compared with that of anaplastic astrocytomas and low grade astrocytomas (p = 0.001). The mean survival time of entire group of patients was also well correlated with MIB-1 LI in astrocytic tumors(p = 0.015). Moreover, the mean survival time of the entire group of patients with Lis < 10 was $125.33{\pm}113.57weeks$, and the mean survival of those with $Lis{\geq}10$ was $60.71{\pm}62.58weeks$. This difference was also statistically significant(p = 0.004). Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that MIB-1 LI correlates with histological grades and might play a significant role in predicting the survival of patients with astrocytic tumors.

• 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.33-50
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• 2007

우리 학생들의 수학에 대한 자신감이나 호감과 같은 정의적 요인에 대한 긍정적인 태도 정도는 국제적인 비교를 통해서 드러난 바와 같이 매우 낮은 실정이다. 그런데 학생들의 수학에 대한 정의적 태도는 그들이 왜 수학을 기피하는가 하는 이유와 밀접하게 관련되어 있다. 따라서 학생들이 수학을 싫어하는 이유를 정확히 파악 할 수 있다면 문제의 해결을 위한 효율적인 전략을 마련하는 것이 훨씬 수월할 것이다. 이 연구에서는 학생들이 수학을 싫어하는 이유에 대해서 요인분석을 통하여 수학 기피유형을 설정하고 개별 학생들의 수학 기피유형을 판정하기 위한 검사 도구인 '수학 기피유형 검사지'를 제작하였다. 그리고 수학 성취수준과 이들 수학 기피유형사이의 상관계수를 조사 분석함으로써 이 도구의 활용법과 함께 수학 성취수준별, 성별 차이에 따른 학생들의 수학 기피경향에 관한 특성을 분석하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2008

The fyn-related kinase (FRK) belongs to the tyrosine kinase family of protein kinases. Recent studies have shown that Frk affects pancreatic beta cell number during embryogenesis and promotes beta cell cytotoxic signals in response to streptozotocin. To investigate the genetic association between FRK polymorphisms and the risk of obesity in Korean population, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the FRK gene region were selected and analyzed. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated, and biochemical data (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, hemoglobin A1C, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, and low density lipoprotein) of blood sample from each subject were also measured. One hundred fifty five healthy control and 204 overweight/obesity subjects were recruited. Genotype frequencies of six SNPs [rs6568920 (+8391G>A), rs3756772 (+56780A>G), rs3798234 (+75687C>T), rs9384970 (+68506G>A), rs1933739 (+72978G>A), and rs9400883 (+75809A>G)] in the FRK gene were determined by Affymetrix Targeted Genotyping Chip data. According to the classification of Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, control (BMI 18 to < 23) and overweight/obesity (BMI$\geq$23) subjects were recruited. For the analysis of genetic data, EM algorithm, SNPStats, Haploview, HapAnalyzer, SNPAnalyzer, and Helixtree programs were used. Multiple logistic regression analysis (codominant, dominant, and recessive models) was performed. Age and gender as covariates were adjusted. For biochemical data, Student's t test was used. The mean value of BMI in the control and overweigh/obesity groups was 21.1${\pm}$1.2 (mean${\pm}$SD) and 25.6${\pm}$2.0, respectively. All biochemical data of the overweight/obesity group were statistically significance, compared with the control group. Among six SNPs, two linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks were discovered. One block consisted of rs1933739 and rs9400883, and the other comprised rs3756772 and rs3798234. One SNP (rs9384970, +68506G>A) showed an association with overweight/obesity in the codominant model (p=0.03). Interestingly, the AA genotype distribution in the overweight/obesity group (n=7, 3.5%) was higher than those in the control group (n=1, 0.6%), which is not found in either Japanese or Chinese subjects. Therefore, the AA genotype of rs9384970 may be a risk factor for development of obesity in Korean population. The results suggest that FRK may be associated with overweight/obesity in Korean population.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.351-360
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• 2016

본 연구는 부위마취로 수술을 받는 노인환자의 간호요구를 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상자는 일개 종합병원과 일개 준 종합병원에 입원하고 있는 60세 이상의 척추마취, 경막외마취, 신경차단하에 수술을 받은 126명으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 2012년 10월 1일부터 10월 30일까지 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 기술통계, t-test와 ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test로 분석하였으며 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 노인환자의 부위마취 수술 중 간호요구의 평균은 $3.08{\pm}0.38$점이었고, 영역별로는 교육적($3.47{\pm}0.50$점), 영적($3.37{\pm}0.78$점), 신체적($3.31{\pm}0.46$점), 정서적($2.72{\pm}0.50$점), 환경적($2.51{\pm}0.47$점) 간호요구의 순으로 나타났다. 일반적인 특성에 따른 간호 요구는 성별, 종교, 배우자 유무에서 유의한 차이를 보였고, 수술관련 특성에 따른 간호 요구는 수술과, 수술시간, ASA 신체분류에서 유의한 차이를 보였다. 본 연구결과 부위마취 수술 노인 환자에게 수술과 마취에 대한 교육을 제공하는 것이 필요하며, 연구결과를 토대로 부위마취 수술 노인환자의 간호요구를 충족시키기 위한 교육지침 및 중재프로그램을 개발하고 평가하는 연구를 제언한다.