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Estimated dietary isoflavone intake among Korean adults

  • Lee, Min-June;Kim, Jung-Hyun
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.206-211
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    • 2007
  • This study estimated the isoflavone intake level in Koreans using Food Frequency Questionnaire and analyzed related variables. The results showed that the average daily intake of isoflavone in adults was shown as 23.1 mg. The isoflavone intake level at 50 percentile was 16.9 mg ($0{\sim}90\;mg$), and 10% of adults took almost 50 mg of isoflavone a day and 10% took about 5 mg a day. The major food sources for isoflavone in Koreans were in the order of soybean, soybean paste, soy milk, soybean curd (tofu), and bean sprouts; the intake was different depending on age, educational background, occupation, economic standard, and family type. The result showed higher isoflavone intake levels in the group over 30 years old and the highest isoflavone intake in subjects working in farming/fishery, followed by housemakers. According to the differences by families the families with elderly members showed 50% higher isoflavone intake than young families with friends or siblings. Depending on related ecological variables, therefore, various nutrition education programs should be developed for a variety of intakes of soybean foods, along with easy and simple cooking methods as parts of continuous research.

Assessment of Rainwater Harvesting Potential in Ibadan, Nigeria

  • Lade, Omolara;Oloke, David
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.91-94
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    • 2013
  • Recently Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria has been facing severe water shortage due to the increase of population, social and economic activities. In order to meet the shortfall, attempts to utilize rainwater harvesting (RWH) have been made to provide an alternative source of water supply. A desk study was conducted to review various RWH technologies locally, regionally and globally. A hydrological analysis was also carried out using rainfall data for 30 years from two meteorological stations, with the aim of providing a more sustainable RWH system for water supply to private individuals, organizations, and government agencies. RWH is found to be technically feasible based on the prevailing rainfall pattern with over 90% of households having a rooftop constructed from technically appropriate materials. Results of the study indicate that an average roof of $80m^2$ will collect 82,835 L/yr (45 L/person/day) for a family of five people which is about the required water demand for drinking and cooking purposes. Hence, the capacity of storage tanks and the catchment area required for an all-purpose water supply system based on RWH are quite large. These can be reduced to affordable sizes, by collecting and storing water for cooking and drinking only while non-potable uses are supplemented by water from other sources. However, it must be highlighted that due to the type of roofing material, rainwater should go through proper treatment in order to be used for potable purposes. This study clearly shows that Ibadan city has a good rainwater harvesting potential.

Open heart surgery in the first two years of life (2 세 이하 유아기의 개심술)

  • Park, Lee-Tae;Seo, Gyeong-Pil
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.431-443
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    • 1983
  • A hundred and fifty-one patients with congenital heart disease less than 24 months old underwent intracardiac repairs from January 1982 to July 1983, which consists 24.2% of all the patients with congenital heart diseases operated during the same period. There were 98 patients[64.9%] with acyanotic congenital heart disease and 53 patients[35.1%] with cyanotic congenital heart disease, and 55 patients[36.4%] were less than 1 year of age. Twenty-two patients died within 30 days after surgery and 3 patients died after postoperative 30th day: Ventricular septal defect, four of 90 patients; Tetralogy of Fallot, five of 23 patients; Transposition of great arteries, nine of 17 patients; Tricuspid atresia, four of 5 patients; Pulmonary atresia, all of 2 patients; Single ventricle, one of single patients. Over all mortality was 16.6% and mortality of acyanotic congenital heart disease, cyanotic congenital heart disease and patients less then 1 year of age was 4.1%, 39.6% and 20.0% respectively. Still the mortality of cyanotic congenital heart disease is high. Careful preoperative evaluation of the detailed intracardiac anatomy and hemodynamics of the patients and proper selection of surgical treatment yield better clinical results.

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Clinical evaluation of chest trauma (흉부손상의 임상적 고찰)

  • 김영호
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.414-421
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    • 1982
  • 200 patients admitted to the Chest Surgery Department of Jeonbug National University Hospital from January, 1974 to December, 1981 were analyzed clinically. The ratio of male to female was 7: 1, which showed male predominance. Distribution of patients according to age disclosed that over half [62%] of the patients was social age between 20 and 49 years. The most common cause of chest trauma was traffic accident [39%], and the next were stab wound, fall down [17.5%], and hit [8.5%] in decreasing order. Common lesions due to chest trauma were as follows; rib fracture [51%], hemopneumothorax, hemothorax, and pneumothorax in decreasing number. The most common cause of rib fracture was traffic accident [50%] and the associated organ injuries were long bone fracture, head injury, spine and pelvic bone fracture, spleen rupture, and liver laceration. Hemothorax, pneumothorax, and hemopneumothorax were treated with insertion of thoracic catheter in 90 cases, pure thoracentesis in 11 cases, and emergency thoracotomy in 11 cases. In flail chest, 6 patients were treated by intramedullary insertion of Kirschner`s wire and the results were good. The incidence of complication was 17%, including atelectasis [11 cases], pyothorax, fibrothorax, pneumonia, and acute respiratory failure. Four patients were died [2%], and the causes were acute respiratory failure in 2 cases, spinal cord injury in one case and head injury in one case.

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Epidural Ketamine for Control of Postoperative Pain (수술후 경막외강내에 주입한 케타민의 진통효과)

  • Choi, Ryung;Woo, Nam-Sick;Um, Dae-Ja;Kil, Hae-Keum
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.87-90
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    • 1988
  • In recent years the use of epidural opiates has increased and although this method of pain relief has shown good results in clinical practice It is still subject to certain drawbacks, the most serious of which appears to be delayed respiratory depression. Since ketamine administered systemically is unlikely to produce respiratory depression it seemed worthwhile to investigate the possibility of exploiting the potent analgesic property to ketamine by its epidural administration. The analgesic effect of ketamine 4 mg, administered epidural space, was evaluated. The duration of pain relief varied from less than 3 hours in 20% to over 24 hours in 30% of the cases. In 62.5% of the cases pain relief exceeded 6 hours. There was no evidence of respiratory depression, and there no postoperative neurologic sequelae. The present results indicated the need for further studies to compare the efficacy and safety of epidural ketamine with the response to epidural opioids for the relief of postoperative pain.

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A Study on the System of Dual Purpose Officer and Education Curriculums in Korea (우리나라 운항사 제도 및 교육과정의 비교연구)

  • 윤명오
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.79-90
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    • 1993
  • As the trend of ship's automation has spreaded over from 1950's , it caused shipping industries to develop new concept of ship's officer to operate new type of ships with high technologies. As a result, French started the education of Dual Purpose Officer (DPO) from 1967 for mariners who has skills and knowledge in navigation and engineering area. these experiments were concerned mainly with an improved carrier structure for officers, efficiency in ship's operation and subsequent cost saving, and in these years, many advanced countries in shipping business have been interested in the DPO system and adopted it especially in the Northern Europe and Japan. In Jorea there were researches for DPO based on experience of those in foreign countries in the middle of 1980's and established it with revision of relevant domestic regulation in 1990. Korean shipping industry will meet first graduates from DPO program in the near future but it seems that there were not sufficient studies to prepare actual practice. In the paper it was tried to analyze korean DPO system in the structure of education and certification by comparing them with foreign one and found that curriculums of the two maritime universites in Korea are quite suitable under circumstances of domestic shiping industry but some amendments are needed in relevant regulations.

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Ultraviolet Protection Property of Green Tea Extract Dyed Fabrics (녹차추출물로 염색한 직물의 자외선 차단성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sin-Hee
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.18 no.6 s.91
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    • pp.80-87
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    • 2006
  • Nowadays, interests of ultraviolet(UV) protection increased, since the UV dosage on the earth surface has increased over years. Overdose of UV can cause various skin, eye, and even DNA damages. Therefore, it is need to develop a proper mean to protect human skin and eye from UV radiation. In this study, the UV protective effect of green tea extract dyed fabrics with various fiber types were examined. Green tea has an active moiety called 'catechin' having benzene rings in its structure, which would exert a proper UV protective property. Green tea dyed fabrics showed the increase in UV protection, and silk showed the highest increase in UV protection (from 52.2% to 84.5% in UV-A, from 66.1% to 90% in UV-B). The order of UV-A protection increase is silk, wool, nylon and acrylic, PET, and cotton. The order of UV-B protection increase is silk nylon, wool, acrylic, cotton, and PET. In case of silk and nylon, the UV protection property gradually increased as the concentration of green tea extract increased. As a result, it was proven that green tea extract dyeing can improve UV protection property of dyed fabrics in environment-friendly and biocompatible manners.

Pangasiid Catfish Pangasius hypophthalmus Farming in Bangladesh: a Rural Survey in the Mymensingh Region

  • Sarkar, Reaz Uddin Md.;Khan, Saleha;Haque, Mahfuzul Md.;Khan, Mohammed Nurul Absar;Choi, Jae-Suk
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.94-101
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    • 2007
  • The status of recently expanded exotic pangasiid catfish Pangasius hypophthalmus, Pangasiidae farming in rural Bangladesh has been studied for finding research needs, through knowing the culture methods, associated activities and problems, to make the farming sustainable. Data were collected using participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools in nine villages in three upazilas (sub-district) of Mymensingh district. The farmers have not got any formal training and have developed their knowledge on farming the fish through practice over years and sharing of knowledge among fellow farmers. Linked industries, e.g. hatcheries, nurseries, feed mills, trading of feed and fish etc. have developed that created employment opportunities. Most of the farmers produce two crops a year. About 90% of the farmers were found to practice mono culture of pangasiid catfish at high stocking density. The feeding rates started from 10-15% of the body weight per day at fingerling stage that reduced to 4-6% with growth. The average yield was found to be 25 tonslha/year. The livelihood of the farmers has been improved through farming the fish. Women and children were rarely engaged in the activities. The identified major problems in farming the fish were water quality deterioration, high feed costs and declining consumer demand and market price.

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Effect of Controlled Atmosphere and Modified Atmosphere Storage on the Chemical Properties of Fresh and Red Ginseng (CA(controlled atmosphere storage) 및 MA(modified atmosphere storage)저장이 수삼 및 홍삼의 화학적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 전병선;박채규
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 1998
  • In order to stabilize the price of fresh ginseng by extension of seasonal variation and marketing structure, and to reduce the cost of production by works of intensive and short term, studies were carried out. As fresh ginseng of 4 years old by the MA (modified atmosphere storage) and CA (controlled atmosphere storage) was stored for 12 week at 4$^{\circ}C$, samples were collected after every 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 weeks for processing red ginseng. Chemical characteristics on ginseng steamed red for the quality evaluation are summarized as follows. The composition of free sugar was consisted of fructose, glucose, sucrose, and maltose in fresh ginseng. And small change was revealed in free sugar composition during the storage period. Glucose and sucrose were largely increased in both treatments of MA (modified atmosphere storage) and CA (controlled atmosphere storage) after 4 week, wherein maltose was decreased. Fifteen different amino acids were identified, and total amount of histamine and arginine were over 40%. Phenylalanine was slightly decreased. As the volatile components in control red ginseng, six different ones including triisopropyl benzene were detected. B-1 ($CO_2$ : $O_2$ : N2=6 : 4.90, DF-100) of CA and E-1 (CPP, DF-100) of MA did not shown triisopropyl benzene as the volatile components. And ${\gamma}$-muurolene, guaiaene, and beta-patchoulene were reduced, but the other components showed the trend of increase.

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Data Driven Approach to Forecast Water Turnover (데이터 탐색 기법 활용 전도현상 예측모형)

  • Kwon, Sehyug
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.90-96
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    • 2018
  • This paper proposed data driven techniques to forecast the time point of water management of the water reservoir without measuring manganese concentration with the empirical data as Juam Dam of years of 2015 and 2016. When the manganese concentration near the surface of water goes over the criteria of 0.3mg/l, the water management should be taken. But, it is economically inefficient to measure manganese concentration frequently and regularly. The water turnover by the difference of water temperature make manganese on the floor of water reservoir rise up to surface and increase the manganese concentration near the surface. Manganese concentration and water temperature from the surface to depth of 20m by 5m have been time plotted and exploratory analyzed to show that the water turnover could be used instead of measuring manganese concentration to know the time point of water management. Two models for forecasting the time point of water turnover were proposed and compared as follow: The regression model of CR20, the consistency ratio of water temperature, between the surface and the depth of 20m on the lagged variables of CR20 and the first lag variable of max temperature. And, the Box-Jenkins model of CR20 as ARIMA (2, 1, 2).