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Dependence Potential of Quetiapine: Behavioral Pharmacology in Rodents

  • Cha, Hye Jin;Lee, Hyun-A;Ahn, Joon-Ik;Jeon, Seol-Hee;Kim, Eun Jung;Jeong, Ho-Sang
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.307-312
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    • 2013
  • Quetiapine is an atypical or second-generation antipsychotic agent and has been a subject of a series of case report and suggested to have the potential for misuse or abuse. However, it is not a controlled substance and is not generally considered addictive. In this study, we examined quetiapine's dependence potential and abuse liability through animal behavioral tests using rodents to study the mechanism of quetiapine. Molecular biology techniques were also used to find out the action mechanisms of the drug. In the animal behavioral tests, quetiapine did not show any positive effect on the experimental animals in the climbing, jumping, and conditioned place preference tests. However, in the head twitch and self-administration tests, the experimental animals showed significant positive responses. In addition, the action mechanism of quetiapine was found being related to dopamine and serotonin release. These results demonstrate that quetiapine affects the neurological systems related to abuse liability and has the potential to lead psychological dependence, as well.

The Theory of Meaning in Hospice Care

  • Starck, Patricia L.
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.221-225
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    • 2017
  • Care for the human spirit is a core component of quality end-of-life care. Logotherapy, based on the premise that the primary motivation of human beings is to find meaning and purpose in life, can be helpful in providing care for patients, families, and loved ones in hospice care. The use of Socratic dialog in posing questions about one's life experiences, values, and attitudes is a useful method of evoking reflection. Guidance for finding meaning, even until one's last moments, can be found in the three categories: (a) tasks or deeds, (b) experiences of love and beauty, and (c) attitudes chosen in spite of a fate that cannot be changed. Self-transcendence, defined as getting outside the self for the good of others, can add meaning to life. A growing body of research concerning meaning-centered therapy is promising for improving spiritual well-being and a sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Effects of Skin Anti-Aging Wellness Program on Factors Related to Wellness Index and Skin Health (피부건강 웰니스 프로그램이 웰니스지수 및 피부건강지표에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyunjun
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.223-230
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    • 2019
  • Purpose : Wellness tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical, psychological, or spiritual activities. The development and verification of a comprehensive wellness program for health care for workers is needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the wellness and skin health effects of skin health programs in order to develop high-value health care services. Methods : The subjects were 15 middle-aged women who understood the research and volunteered and participated in the two-day skin health wellness program. Participants were measured to determine their wellness index and skin health twice: before and after participating in the program. Wellness index measures include comprehensive wellness, physical wellness, mental wellness, emotional wellness, social/cultural wellness, financial wellness, and environmental wellness. Skin health measurement items consisted of skin oil, skin water, skin pore, skin elasticity, skin wrinkle, and skin pigment. The skin wellness program included aerobic exercise, endurance exercise, functional food, cosmetics, herbal tea, massages, spa treatments, meditation, and marine leisure sports. The t-test analysis was used to compare the difference between wellness index and skin health measurement items before and after the program. Results : Among the wellness index items, the comprehensive wellness index (p<.05), mental wellness index (p<.05) and environmental wellness index (p<.05) showed statistically significant differences. Among skin health items, skin oil (p<.05), skin elasticity (p<.01) and skin wrinkle (p<.01) all showed statistically significant differences. There was no statistically significant difference in physical wellness, emotional wellness, social/cultural wellness, financial wellness, skin water, skin pore and skin pigment. Conclusion : This study confirmed that the two-day complex wellness program is an effective program for some items of wellness index and skin health.

Clinical Significance of Brain SPECT in Zipeprol Abusers (Zipeprol 남용환자에서 뇌 단일광자방출 전산화단층촬영술의 임상적 의의)

  • Cho, Dai-Ok;Kim, Jae-Phil;Kim, Deog-Yoon;Yang, Hyung-In;Koh, Eun-Mi;Kim, Kwang-Won;Choi, Young-Kil
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.22-27
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    • 1993
  • Drug abuse is widespread in worldwide and has been associated with neurologic complication. Zipeprol is one of the drugs which been abused for psychological satisfaction in some adolescents. This agent is non-opioid antitussive agent, which is not legally considered as being capable of creating dependence or abuse liability at therapeutic serum levels. But it has been reported that acute or chronic overdose create neurologic complication such as convulsion as well as dependence. Recently we experienced six zipeprol abusers who admitted due to convulsion and variable neurologic symptoms. The aim of our study was to determine the role of $^{99m}Tc$-HMPAO brain SPECT in those patients. EEG and brain CT showed no abnormal finding, but brain SPECT showed focal or multiple perfusion abnormalities in frontal, parietal, occipital cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus and especially at temporal cortex. These results suggest that brain SPECT may be a useful diagnostic tool to evaluate the cerebral dysfunction infused by zipeprol abuse.

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A Study on the costume Styles of Femme Fatale in Film Noir - focused on < Double Indemnity(1944) > - (필름 느와르에 나타난 팜므 파탈의 복식유형 연구 - <이중배상(1944)>을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2011
  • Femme Fatale in Film Noir is a wicked woman character who seduces the male partner to a ruin. In the film, the dress style is of extreme importance for the personality creation of the character as well as the development of the plot. With this background, I have looked over the Femme Fatale dress style that appears in the movie . First, it expresses Femme Fatale which stresses the feminine trait by a dress style with enlarged chest and hip parts and long, slim silhouette with tight waist and knee line. Second, the Femme Fatale with pretended purity presents narcissistic satisfaction like a saint virgin by wearing a neck-high one-piece dress embellished with frills, but the use of mirror represents self-alienation and the vanity of purity. Third, the Femme Fatale with its military dress style presents authoritative sternness which leads seduced male into ruin with its destructive power. Fourth, wearing jersey type or knitted wear that sticks to the body presents sensual Femme Fatale. Fifth, the tulle, chiffon, and white handkerchief used for the creation of grotesque Femme Fatale represents harmlessness and prohibition of immoral behavior, and the black gloves, pillbox, and the number on the tulle present her uneasy psychological state from the fear of being discovered after murdering her husband. On the other hand, the see-through tulle presents alluring sensual beauty. Sixth, the combination of the dialogue in the final sequence and drapery type as in Greek goddess represents the saint virgin of salvation who acknowledges her own fault and returns to her purity again. In addition, accessories and others made from shining material represent hidden conspiracy through simple dress and contradictory dynamics, and shoes embellished with bonbon, etc represent sexual implications in connection with male.

Research on Designing and Development of Sortable Trash Can in Public Spaces of Beijing (베이징 공공장소 쓰레기 분리수거함 디자인 개발 연구)

  • Hao, Qian;Kang, Bum-Kyu
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.9
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    • pp.110-119
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    • 2014
  • Product design should reflect environment and experience of use in consideration of product's role as well as roles in life. In doing so, it is expected to realize interaction between product's role and users. Therefore, design of a recycling bin should also consider not only colors, shape, or materials but also process and experience of use. This study was conducted targeting public recycling bins in Beijing. As for the study method, first concept of a recycling bin was defined while specifying significance of recycling in Beijing City. Also, advanced research on recycling related policies that are currently being promoted was carried out. Second, current status of recycling in Beijing and problems of recycling bins were analyzed through on-campus survey. Lastly, users' psychological demand on a recycling bin was assessed and analyzed to suggest developmental direction of recycling bin design in the future.

A Study on the Reliability and Validity of a Korean translated Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (한국어판 다차원적 체험회피 질문지의 신뢰도 및 타당도 연구)

  • Jung, Ji-Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.517-526
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to translate and examine the reliability and validity of Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ) developed by $G{\acute{a}}mez$, Chmielewski, Kotov, Ruggero, and Watson. 285 college students completed the MEAQ. Exploratory factor analysis supported the six factor structure of the 50 items. Internal consistency of 50 items was .91. 315 college students completed the MEAQ. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed six factor structure of 50 items. 275 students of them completed also Acceptance-Action Questionnaire II, White Bear Suppression Inventory, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Neuroticism, avoidant coping, CES-D, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Psychological Well-Being Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale. Correlations between MEAQ and these scales supported the convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity.

A proposal of the Optimal Angle of Standing Assistant Chair for the Elderly by Comparing of Pressure Distribution on Hip (둔부의 압력분포 비교를 이용한 고령자용 기립보조의자의 기립 최적각도 제안)

  • Chang, Sung-Ho;Baek, Ji-Hoon;Lee, Jung-Eon;Mirazamjon, Nematov;Kang, Seok-Wan;Lee, Wang-Bum
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.108-114
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    • 2018
  • One of the most performed action in daily life is standing up from sitting position. As the population of the world is aging at the high rates, people may face problems with reduced muscle strength as well as psychological changes. This can lead elderly people having difficulties with standing up from chair. Now, with the aging trend worldwide, products are being developed that can support the lives of the elderly. This study examines the distribution of hip pressure in relation to the seating positions of the standing assistance seats under development to prevent standing up accidents in older adults. The currently developing standing assistant chair designed to tilt to a maximum angle of 25 degrees. At over $25^{\circ}$, design considers that older people are at risk of thrown back out of that force and that the forces exerted on their arms and legs can be a significant burden to older people. By considering danger of higher than $25^{\circ}$ for older people which is experimented in the basis of static capturing approach in previous papers, it is experimented people with age group of 20~60 on $0^{\circ}$ to $25^{\circ}$ tilting angle on the basis of dynamic capturing method in order to pick convenient angle of inclination. Moreover, tried to find the optimum angle by comparing the hip pressure distribution when seated at the edge of the seat and at the center of the seat with the pressure distribution sensor.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Improving Parenting Efficacy of Married Immigrant Women (결혼이주여성의 양육효능감 향상을 위한 CBT 부모훈련 프로그램의 개발 및 효과)

  • Kim, Hee Jung;Kim, Jung Min
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.135-148
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to develop cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) to improve the parenting efficacy of married immigrant women, and verify its effectiveness. In the CBT of this study, behavioral technique was added to cognitive reconstruction based on cultural context in order to improve parenting efficacy. The study selected 28 married immigrant women, and randomly divided them into a CBT group(10), a general treatment group(8) and a control group(10). The CBT and the general treatment programs consisted of 10 sessions, approximately 2 hours in duration. The results of the study were as follows. 1) The level of parenting efficacy was improved significantly in the CBT and the general treatment group. 2) The level of negative automatic thoughts and dysfunctional parenting thoughts was significantly decreased only in the CBT group. 3) In the CBT and the general treatment group, the level of parenting stress and acculturative stress was decreased while the level of psychological well-being improved. On the other hand, the level of parent-adolescent communication was improved significantly only in the CBT group. 4) In comparison with the general treatment group, the CBT group showed higher parenting efficacy and lower automatic thoughts and dysfunctional parenting thoughts. This study has significance in its attempt to develop a parent training program to improve the parenting efficacy of married immigrant women by integrating behavioral modification and communication skills training focused on cognitive reconstruction of parenting-related negative thoughts and beliefs in application of the CBT paradigm.

A Study on the Spatial Planning of General Classrooms complies with the contents of the 7th curriculum in High School -Basing on the contents of the level based education- (교육과정 연계 고등학교 일반교실 공간계획 연구 -수준별 교육과정운영을 중심으로-)

  • Yang, Beom-Seuk;Lee, Jae-Rim
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2008
  • A classroom is very crucial space for teaching and learning in school facility. In planning of these spaces, it is analyzed by investigating the present status and surveying the phenomena that students who are users psychologically feel about a classroom, the degree of a classroom's complying with the administration of the 7th curriculum, the contents of curriculum to sincerely approach the primary purpose of education and the results as below were obtained by integrating established cases of study. 1) The classroom of a course that is for exclusive use for administration of curriculum by the level and a class-based classroom is necessary for the administration of the 7th curriculum in the type of a classroom. 2) The scope of learning group for a class by the level is as below as a result of consideration of psychologically stable range of teachers and students who are faithful to curriculum. 3) The scale of classroom that is efficient in administration of curriculum and is psychologically stable is as below. As the result of this study, the capacity of a classroom in high school from now should be designed below 25 students for teachers to be faithful to the administration of curriculum and the classroom should be recognized as being not only for learning but also the space that students live in and in the space plan of a classroom from now, the psychological and mental satisfaction of teachers and students as well as physical satisfaction such as the scale of facility and the array of desks should be considered and the study in support of this is judged to be continued.

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