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A Case of Cerebral Infarction Patient Complaining Post-Stroke Aggression Accompanying Anxiety Treated with Combined Korean Medical Treatment (뇌졸중 후 불안을 동반한 공격성을 호소하는 뇌경색 환자에 대한 복합 한의치험 1례)

  • Dabin Lee;Seon-Uk Jeon;Geun Young Kim;Ki-Ho Cho;Sang-Kwan Moon;Woo-Sang Jung;Seungwon Kwon;Han-Kyul Lee
    • The Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2023
  • Post-stroke aggression refers to aggressive behaviors and languages which are occurred after stroke. In stroke patients, over 15% suffer from the anger and the symptom lowers the quality of life of the patients, family, and caregivers. After diagnosing post-stroke aggression, selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor(SSRI) and beta-blocker, beta adrenergic agonist treatment usually underwent to treat the anger and anxiety of the patient. In the present case, a 81-year-old female patient with post-stroke aggression underwent Korean medical treatment by Jodeungsan and Ukgansan for 49 days. The effect of the treatment was assessed with State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory(STAXI) per a week, roaming time per a week and roaming frequency per a week. After the treatment, STAXI score, roaming time, and roaming frequecy decreased, and the patient could successfully cease to take beta-blocker, which she started to take for treating her aggression, without any side-effects. This case report suggests that Ukgansan might be an effective option with post-stroke aggression patients taking medication including beta-blocker.

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Depression masquerading as chest pain in a patient with Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

  • Madabushi, Rajashree;Agarwal, Anil;Tewari, Saipriya;Gautam, Sujeet KS;Khuba, Sandeep
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.262-265
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    • 2016
  • Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome is a condition in which there is an aberrant conduction pathway between the atria and ventricles, resulting in tachycardia. A 42-year-old patient, who was treated for WPW syndrome previously, presented with chronic somatic pain. With her cardiac condition in mind, she was thoroughly worked up for a recurrence of disease. As part of routine screening of all patients at our pain clinic, she was found to have severe depression as per the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) criteria. After ruling out sinister causes, she was treated for depression using oral Duloxetine and counselling. This led to resolution of symptoms, and improved her mood and functional capability. This case highlights the use of psychological screening tools and diligent examination in scenarios as confusing as the one presented here. Addressing the psychological aspects of pain and adopting a holistic approach are as important as treatment of the primary pathology.

PRIVATE DEVELOPERS' UNDERSTANDING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PARTNERING IN THE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

  • Faridah Muhamad Halil;Mohammad Fadhil Mohammad;Rohana Mahbub;Ani Saifuza Shukor
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.542-549
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    • 2011
  • This research will attempt to reveal that private developers in the Malaysian construction industry have been practicing strategic partnering in their organizations. While the investigation was conducted using quantitative and qualitative approaches, this paper will only reveal results obtained from the questionnaire survey. Results from the questionnaire survey indicate that private developers in the Malaysian construction industry had implemented strategic partnering in their organizations. The elements of the partnering process, which are partnering formation, partnering application and partnering completion or reactivation were tested. The results show that all the elements of the partnering process have been exercised in their projects. Thus it can be surmised that strategic partnering has been practiced by private developers in the Malaysian construction industry.

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Looking beyond Piriformis Syndrome: Is It Really the Piriformis?

  • Shivam Sharma;Harmanpreet Kaur;Nishank Verma;Bibek Adhya
    • Hip & pelvis
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2023
  • Piriformis syndrome is a common differential diagnosis related to sciatica. The following review provides a concise synopsis of the diagnosis, management, history, and alternatives to diagnosis of piriformis syndrome. A search of the literature for research articles related to piriformis syndrome and associated differential diagnosis of sciatica was conducted. A thorough review of the included articles found that the condition known as piriformis syndrome is over-diagnosed and that potential anatomic and biomechanical variations originating in the pelvic region might be related to the complaint of sciatica. The criteria for diagnosis are based on findings from both physical examination and radio imaging. Piriformis syndrome resembles a variety of clinical conditions; therefore, conduct of future studies should include development of a validated method for evaluation as well as clinical criteria for diagnosis of piriformis syndrome.

A Numerical Study on Combustion and Emission Characteristics in Heavy Duty Diesel Engine with Post Injection (후분사를 적용한 대형디젤엔진의 연소 및 배기 특성에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Choi, Minsu;Bae, Jaeok;Suh, Hyunuk;Lee, Byunghwa;Jeon, Chunghwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.193-201
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    • 2014
  • A numerical study has been carried out to analyze the combustion characteristics in heavy duty diesel engine with post injection for reducing NO emission. For verification of numerical study results, calculated cylinder pressure was matched to experimental data. In this study, post injection timing and amount of post injection were modified as parameters, but the total amount of injection fuel was maintained. As the results, maximum cylinder pressure increases above minimum 2% by post injection and end of pressure curve is decreased rapidly. The more dwell time and amount of post injection fuel are, the more pressure drop occurs. And trade-off relation of NO and soot are appeared. In the results, NO was reduced without deterioration of cylinder pressure under condition of $10^{\circ}$ CA dwell time and main 60%, post 40% fuel portion.

Gel Color and Texture of Surimi-like Pork from Muscles at Different Rigor States Post-mortem

  • Kang, Geun-Ho;Yang, Han-Sul;Jeong, Jin-Yeon;Moon, Sang-Hoon;Hur, Sun-Jin;Park, Gu-Boo;Joo, Seon-Tea
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.1127-1134
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    • 2007
  • Gels were made from surimi-like pork (SLP) made from muscles obtained at 1, 24 and 72 h post-mortem. The SLP from pre-rigor muscle had higher pH and moisture percentage compared to in- or post-rigor muscles. Also, SLP from pre-rigor muscle showed higher concentration of water-soluble protein that was washed out during the process. Gel from post-rigor muscle exhibited higher a* and b* value, and also resulted in higher Chroma and lower hue values. The dark color of gel from post-rigor muscle was related to higher concentration of sarcoplasmic protein in SLP and denser structure in the gel matrix. SDS-PAGE showed higher intensity of the phosphorylase in the sarcoplasmic protein fraction from pre-rigor muscle. Gel from post-rigor muscle showed higher hardness and sensory firmness, and the greater firmness was related to higher concentration of protein in SLP, and a compact network with smaller pockets in the gel matrix.

Antidiabetic activity of Argyreia speciosa (sweet) (Burm.f.)Boj. in normoglycemic and Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

  • Habbu, P.V.;Mahadevan, K.M.;Kulkarni, V.H.;Marietta, P.;Pratap, V.;Thippeswamy, B.S.;Veerapur, V.P.
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.90-102
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    • 2010
  • Effect of ethanol (ASE) and water (ASW) extracts of Argyreia speciosa on blood glucose and lipid profile was investigated in normoglycemic and Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic animals. In oral glucose and sucrose tolerance test, treatment with ASE and ASW (100 and 200 mg/kg) and Glidenclamide (10 mg/kg) significantly improved the glucose and sucrose tolerance in normal animals. In addition, respective treatment for fifteen-day resulted in significant percentage reduction in serum glucose (SG) ie., 30.39% (lower dose of ASE) and 33.21% (higher dose of ASW). In standardized STZ (50 mg/kg, iv)-induced diabetic rats, a single dose of ASE and ASW treatment exhibited reduction in SG levels at different time intervals compared to basal levels. Administration of both the doses of ASE and ASW for fifteen-day days exhibited greater percentage reduction in glycemia (24.6%, 24.7%, 23.9% and 21.9% respectively) and also ameliorated restored to near normal value of all tested lipid parameters. Further, treatment also exhibited significantly improved glucose tolerance over the period of 120 min compared to diabetic control group. Eventhough treatment failed to increase serum insulin levels significantly but peripheral utilization of insulin was increased as evident by insulin tolerance test. Taken together, present study supports the traditional usage of title plant in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.