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Development a draft of the Inclusive Needs Child (IN-Child) record

  • OTA, Mamiko;KIM, Haena;HAN, Changwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.391-392
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    • 2016
  • In Japan, the children with problem behavior have been called the difficult children. However, the definitions of the difficult children in the medical, health, childcare and education are different. As a result, it is difficult to support for the needs of children. In addition, the difficult children have been influenced by the subjectivity of the teachers. IN-Child (Inclusive Needs Child) is defined by the result of this study. IN-Child means "Child in need of inclusive education by a team, including experts. It does not depend on intellectual and developmental delays due to physical, mental, home environment." We developed the IN-Child record that enables the educational diagnosis of IN-Child. IN-Child record was made to organize and analyze of the items by experts including 3 researchers and 2 teachers. As a result, it was classified into two domains of "cause" and "effect". The domain of "cause" is classified by two domains of "physical" and "mental". The domain of effect is classified by two domains of "daily living" and "learning".

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Formation of the Digital Generation in a Distance Learning Environment

  • Nataliіa, Levchenko;Nataliia, Sukhostavets;Lesia, Zelman;Alla, Kulichenko;Kseniia, Balabanova
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.335-341
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    • 2022
  • This article is devoted to the study of the process of formation of the digital generation in a distance learning environment. With the introduction of quarantine due to the spread of COVID-19, opponents of digital technologies were forced to turn to relevant resources, while supporters identified new opportunities for the development of didactics and education in general. The irreversibility of the former educational reality became apparent and only the scale of the vision of potential change by interested and disinterested groups differed. Using a comprehensive approach, the authors consider the issues related to the direct and indirect impact of distance learning on children and young people born after the beginning of the XXI century. The article reveals the prerequisites and implications of distance education for the interaction of participants in the educational process. IC technologies during the educational process in the primary grades, in addition to identifying the student's learning deficit, should provide the transmission of non-verbal signals, which are important for children of this age. At the same time in the secondary school IR-technologies are designed to replace frontal learning during the assimilation of knowledge and at the same time not to worsen the quality of the educational process. Formation of students in the HEI takes place in the political science format, constant discussion of problem situations, so the task of introducing IC technology in this process is the accurate transfer of the content of the discussions. Individualization and autonomization of the educational process, its dependence on the results of the choice of educational content, and the use of pedagogical management tools change the philosophy of education for children and youth. The authors conclude that the formation of a digital generation, characterized by an increased level of digital literacy of children and youth, the possession of a certain level of digital capacity requires the use of strategies aimed at optimizing the learning process in a digital educational environment.

Evaluation of the Effect of Pentoxifylline on Cisplatin-Induced Testicular Toxicity in Rats

  • Fallahzadeh, Ali Reza;Rezaei, Zohreh;Rahimi, Hamid Reza;Barmak, Mehrazd Jafari;Sadeghi, Hossein;Mehrabi, Sadrollah;Rabani, Seyed Mohammadreza;Kashani, Iraj Ragerdi;Barati, Vahid;Mahmoudi, Reza
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.255-263
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    • 2017
  • Chemotherapy is associated with male infertility. Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloro-platinum (II) (CDDP) as a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of cancers has been reported to most likely induce testicular toxicity. Administration of antioxidants, such as pentoxifylline (PTX) may reduce some Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) of CDDP. Therefore, this study investigated the potentially protective effects of PTX on CDDP-induced testicular toxicity in adult male rats. For this purpose, 42 male rats were randomly divided into 7 groups. The rats were orally pretreated with PTX at the 3 doses of 75, 150, and 300 mg/kg once a day for 14 successive days. On the $14^{th}$ day of the study, they were intraperitoneally (IP) administered with a single dose of CDDP (7 mg/kg). Finally, the sperm/testis parameters, serum levels of reproductive hormones, including testosterone, Luteinizing Hormone (LH), and Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) as the pivotal endocrine factors controlling testicular functions, and histopathological changes of testis tissue were examined. Pretreatment with the two doses of 75 and 150 mg/kg PTX indicated significant increases in the sperm count and motility induced by CDDP administration. The right and significantly left testis weights were decreased following the treatment with 300 mg/kg of PTX plus CDDP. However, 75 mg/kg of PTX plus CDDP showed the best near-to-normal histopathological features. The results demonstrated that PTX alone enhanced some parameters, such as the sperm count, while reducing other parameters, including sperm fast motility and germ layer thickness. Furthermore, despite testosterone or LH levels, the mean serum FSH level was significantly augmented by the doses of 75 and 150 mg/kg. It was concluded that PTX administration cannot reduce CDDP-induced testicular toxicity even at high doses (e.g., 300 mg/kg), while it seemed to partially intensify CDDP toxicity effects at a dose of 75 mg/kg. Thus, further research is required in this regard.

Determination of Aflatoxin B1 in Rice, Barley, and Feed by Non-instrumental Immunochromatographic Strip-test and High Sensitive ELISA

  • Shim, Won-Bo;Kim, Jung-Sook;Kim, Ji-Young;Choi, Jin-Gil;Je, Jung-Hyun;Kuzmina, Nina Sergeevna;Eremin, Sergei Alexandrovich;Chung, Duck-Hwa
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.623-630
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    • 2008
  • A non-instrumental immunochromatographic (ICG) strip-test and direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DC-ELISA) for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) determination were developed and optimized. The detection limits of ICG strip-test and DC-ELISA were 0.5 and 0.004 ng/mL, respectively, and these methods possessed a cross-reaction to aflatoxins. The results of spiked samples by both methods were coincided with the amount spiked AFB1 and the comparative analyses of 172 real samples by 2 immunoassays and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) showed a good agreement. Especially, the ICG strip-test is easier to perform and quicker, but less sensitivity than DC-ELISA. Both methods could analyze a high sample throughput with short time, but the sample throughput of ICG strip-test was better. Therefore, the ICG strip-test can be used as a simple, easy, non-instrumental, and fast screening technique for AFB1 determination.

Complications reported with the use of orthodontic miniscrews: A systematic review

  • Giudice, Antonino Lo;Rustico, Lorenzo;Longo, Miriam;Oteri, Giacomo;Papadopoulos, Moschos A.;Nucera, Riccardo
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.199-216
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    • 2021
  • Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the complications and side effects associated with the clinical use of orthodontic miniscrews by systematically reviewing the best available evidence. Methods: A survey of articles published up to March 2020 investigating the complications associated with miniscrew insertion, in both the maxilla and mandible, was performed using 7 electronic databases. Clinical studies, case reports, and case series reporting complications associated with the use of orthodontic miniscrew implants were included. Two authors independently performed study selection, data extraction, and risk-of-bias assessment. Results: The database survey yielded 24 articles. The risk-of-bias assessment revealed low methodological quality for the included studies. The most frequent adverse event reported was root injury with an associated periradicular lesion, vitality loss, pink discoloration of the tooth, and transitory loss of pulp sensitivity. Chronic inflammation of the soft tissue surrounding the miniscrew with mucosal overgrowth was also reported. The other adverse events reported were lesion of the buccal mucosa at the insertion site, soft-tissue necrosis, and perforation of the floor of the nasal cavity and maxillary sinus. Adverse events were also reported after miniscrew removal and included secondary bleeding, miniscrew fracture, scars, and exostosis. Conclusions: These findings highlight the need for clinicians to preliminarily assess generic and specific insertion site complications and side effects.

Isolation and Characterization of Jeju Island Bovine Rotavirus (JBR) (제주도 Bovine Rotavirus의 분리와 그 특성)

  • Yu, Jae-Hyeun;Lee, Young-Kun;Ju, Ji-Sun;Kim, You-Seong;Kim, Soon-Jae;Ebina, T.;Nakagomi, O.;Urasawa, S.;Taniguchi, K.;Greenberg, Harry B.
    • The Journal of Korean Society of Virology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.181-189
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    • 1996
  • Fecal samples of calf diarrhea were taken on farms in Jeju island, rotavirus was isolated and cytopathic effect (CPE) was determined after infection to MA104 cell. Morphological evaluation on electron microscopy proved it as rotavirus. Also, its infection to MA104 cell was reidentified using a fluorescence antibody method. Genotype of Jeju island bovine rotavirus (JBR) analyzed through PAGE was 4: 2: 3: 2 pattern, which was unique in bovine and that analyzed through general PAGE was somewhat different from NCDV, UK, KK3, A5-3A, 61A, B223 and similar to N stool-5, N culture-5 and Kawatabi (Japan). By titration after plaquing, the level was $1-3\;{\times}\;10^6\;PFU/ml$, which was lower than those of NCDV and UK. Electrophoresis analysis of RNA-RNA hybridization, ELISA, and first and second PCR products of VP7 and VP4 in 1% agarose ($TAE+1{\mu}l$ EtBr) revealed that the rotavirus was a serotype of G6P11.

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Human anti-peptidoglycan-IgG-mediated opsonophagocytosis is controlled by calcium mobilization in phorbol myristate acetate-treated U937 cells

  • Kim, Min Jung;Rah, So-Young;An, Jang-Hyun;Kurokawa, Kenji;Kim, Uh-Hyun;Lee, Bok Luel
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.36-41
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    • 2015
  • Recently, we demonstrated that human serum amyloid P component (SAP) specifically recognizes exposed bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN) of wall teichoic acid (WTA)-deficient Staphylococcus aureus ${\Delta}$tagO mutant cells and then induces complement-independent phagocytosis. In our preliminary experiments, we found the existence of human serum immunoglobulins that recognize S. aureus PGN (anti-PGNIgGs), which may be involved in complement-dependent opsonophagocytosis against infected S. aureus cells. We assumed that purified serum anti-PGN-IgGs and S. aureus ${\Delta}$tagO mutant cells are good tools to study the molecular mechanism of anti-PGN-IgG-mediated phagocytosis. Therefore, we tried to identify the intracellular molecule(s) that is involved in the anti-PGN-IgG-mediated phagocytosis using purified human serum anti-PGN-IgGs and different S. aureus mutant cells. Here, we show that anti-PGN-IgG-mediated phagocytosis in phorbol myristate acetate-treated U937 cells is mediated by $Ca^{2+}$ release from intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ stores and anti-PGN-IgGdependent $Ca^{2+}$ mobilization is controlled via a phospholipase C${\gamma}$-2-mediated pathway.

Critical Care Nursing Courses in Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs : Present and Future Directions (간호학 학사과정 내 중환자 간호학 교육의 운영 현황과 발전 방향)

  • Yi, Young Hee;Son, Youn-Jung;Kang, Jiyeon;Kim, Bog Ja;Kim, Jung Yeon;Lee, Yun Mi;Choi, Su Jung;Choi, Eun Hee;Ha, Yi Kyung
    • Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2017
  • Purpose : This study examined the status of critical care nursing education in bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) to suggest future directions. Methods : The target of the survey was 185 BSN programs that were certified by the Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education as of October 31, 2016. We structurally reviewed the curriculums and the course syllabi. Results : Forty-eight courses of 42 BSN programs were analyzed. Only five programs offered both theoretical and practical courses in critical care nursing; 22 offered theoretical courses and 26 offered practical courses. Most courses were offered as electives with 1 or 2 credits, and were taught by faculty who were experts in adult health nursing. Conclusion : The results show that there is a quantitative shortage of critical care nursing education in the curriculum of BSN programs in Korea. The lack of knowledge and skills on critical care can lead to a burden of new intensive care unit nurses and is a threat to patients' health. It is necessary to develop a practical and integrative curriculum for critical care nursing education.

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Production of Recombinant Human Interleukin-11 (IL-11) in Transgenic Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Plants

  • Sadeghi, Abdorrahim;Mahdieh, Majid;Salimi, Somayeh
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.432-437
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    • 2016
  • Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a cytokine that plays a key regulatory role in the immune system. Recombinant human IL-11 (rhIL-11) exerts a preventative effect against apoptotic cell death and inhibits preadipocyte differentiation. IL-11 also is used to stimulate the bone marrow to produce platelets in order to prevent low platelets that may be caused by chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the high production cost of IL-11 associated. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of transgenic plants for the cost-effective production of rhIL-11. Production of rhIL-11 proteins in whole-plant expression system will be more economical when compared to the current E. coli based expression system. The human rhIL-11 gene was codon optimized to maximize plant host system expression. IL-11 expression vector under the control of a constitutive cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (CaMV 35S) promoter was introduced into tobacco by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The 5'-leader sequence (called ${\Omega}$) of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as a translational enhancer was added to construct. Transgenic tobacco plants expressing various levels of rhIL-11 protein were generated. Western blotting of the stably transformed lines demonstrated accumulation of the appropriately sized rhIL-11 protein in leaves. This research demonstrated the efficacy of using tobacco as an expression system for the production of rhIL-11.

Practice of Breast Self-Examination Among Women in Malaysia

  • Al-Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed;Bobryshev, Yuri V.;Al-Jashamy, Karim
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.3829-3833
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    • 2012
  • Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the practice and associated factors of breast self-examination (BSE) among Malaysian women. Methods: For this cross-sectional study 250 women were selected by a simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was consisted of three parts: socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge about BSE, and practice of BSE. Obtained data was analyzed using SPSS version 13. T-test and ANOVA test were used to explore the relation between socio-demographic characteristics and the practice of BSE. Results: About 32% of the participants reported that they have had family history of cancer and about 20% of the participants reported that they have had family history of breast cancer. The majority of the participants (88.8%) have heard about breast cancer and 78.4% of the participants have heard about BSE. Race, marital status, residency, regular exercise, awareness about breast cancer, belief that breast cancer can be detected early, belief that early detection improves the chance of survival, family history of cancer, family history of breast cancer, awareness about BSE, and belief that BSE is necessary, significantly influenced the practice of BSE among women. Practice of BSE on monthly basis was found to be 47.2% among the study participants. Conclusions: The socio-demographic characteristics significantly influence the practice of BSA among women in Malaysia. The findings of this study might not only influence the planning of specific screening interventions and strategies in Malaysia but might also be important for the relevant international communities, interested in the peculiarities of BSE incidence in different countries.