• The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.169-190
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine acupuncture treatment suggested in the papers of endometrisis in Chinese Medicine Journals and to establish the further direction. Methods: The papers which were associated with endometrisis and acupuncture published between 2000 and 2012 in China Academic Journal were reviewed. Results: 25 studies met the condition. Acupuncture is reported as significant in improving clinical symptoms and reducing the size of endometrisis, which covers acupuncture, moxibustion, and burning acupuncture. Conclusions: Acupuncture treatment seems to be effective on endometrisis, from the paper research. It would be necessary to fulfill further study with a diversity of remedies and establish standard of evidence of them.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1683-1686
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• 2015

Different types of treatment are available for patients with breast cancer, the most being radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and combination therapy. Recently, nanoparticles have been emerging as promising agents for cancer therapy and are being investigated as contrast agents, drug carriers, radiosensitizers and also for hyperthermia effects. In this review the focus is on approaches for targeted treatment of breast cancer by combining nanoparticles, chemodrugs and radiation. The availble data suggest the possibility of increased roles for combined therapy, particularly by reducing the dose of each treatment modality, and consequently minimizing related side effects.

• Toxicological Research
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 1990

Effect of red ginseng treatment on experimentally induced hyperkeratosis was investigated by light microscopic observation scanning electron microxcope (SEM) examination, epidermal enzyme activities nd lipid contents. Both light microscopic observation and SEM examination showed that hexadecane induced epidermal hyperplasia, hypertrophy and hyperkeratosis by increasing the numbers as well as the sizes of epidermal cells including desquamating horny cells. The superficial horny cells were protruded around the base of hair shaft. Among red ginseng components, only saponin treatment inhibited epidermal hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis by reducing the thickness of epidermis and arranging the cornified cells. Saponin from korean red ginseng inhibited abnormally increased epidermal LDH, ICD and G6PDH activities and reduced the contents of epidermal lipids induced by hexadecane. It seems that red ginseng saponin has preventive effect on experimental hyperkeratosis possibly by controlling the enzyme activities involved in epidermal cellular metabolism, resulting in reduced amounts of abnormal epidermal lipids.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.60-70
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• 1996

Scuffing and severe wear of the highly stressed sliding components have been very critical problems in the development of a rotary compressor. In order to improve durability and reliability of the compressor, plasma ion-nitriding was applied on the shaft and the vane surface. The effects of different treatment conditions on the mechanical and tribological properties of the ion-nitrided surfaces were investigated. Ion-nitrided surfaces showed better tribological performances than untreated surfaces. The best wear performance was observed when the shaft was nitrided in the condition of 450$\circ$C, 7 hours, $N_2:H_2=1:4$ gas mixture by forming a ductile nitrided layer which has $\gamma'$ phase microstructure. As nitrogen gas pressure increased, $\varepsilon$ phase layer was formed. This hard phase layer was observed to be more beneficial for the vane in reducing friction and wear.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.355-358
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• 2014

It is not yet clear that treatment for infertility with uterine myoma or adenomyosis. And myomectomy has the risk of side effects and reducing pregnancy rate. Therefore myoma or adenomyosis who want to be pregnant is ecessary. In this study, the patient who had uterine myoma and adenomyosis was treated by Oriental medical treatments such as herbal medicine and acupuncture. After treatment, the patient's menstrual condition was improved and became pregnance. This case report shows that the Oriental medical treatment is effective for infertility patients with uterine myoma or adenomyosis.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.70-77
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• 2011

Sewage treatment plants, consuming 1,756[GWh] which is 0.53[%] of national wide electricity consumption, is one of the electricity consuming facilites. At the research of electricity consumption and power quality analysis on sewage treatment plants, average utilization of transformer was less than 40[%] because peak load was very lower than its capacity due to excess capacity. So reduction of power loss can be achieved by transformer design optimization. The achievement in this research, is to meet reduction of power loss through optimizing the capacity and to improve as high efficiency-low loss transformer while the transformer is operating.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.58 no.8
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• pp.275-282
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• 2015

While the incidence of nephrotic syndrome (NS) is decreasing in Korea, the morbidity of difficult-to-treat NS is significant. Efforts to minimize treatment toxicity showed that prolonged treatment after an initial treatment for 2-3 months with glucocorticosteroids was not effective in reducing frequent relapses. For steroid-dependent NS, rituximab, a monoclonal antibody against the CD20 antigen on B cells, was proven to be as effective, and short-term daily low-dose steroids during upper respiratory infections reduced relapses. Steroid resistance or congenital NS are indications for genetic study and renal biopsy, since the list of genes involved in NS is lengthening.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.97-101
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• 1994

Tobacco stalks were cut and removed from the field after harvest, and urea was treated by placing it on the cutting portions of the remaining tobacco stumps. Relative virus infectivity of the root residue(compared to the fresh root residue infected with TMV) was reduced to 14.6% in December, 1993(before overwintering) and to 8.5% in March, 1994 just before transplanting, indicating that the TMV infectivity decreased remarkably, but was preserved still in the root residue in the field soil. There was no significant difference in infectivity of remaining root tissue between the treated and untreated root residue. However, as roots with urea treatment had been extensively decayed, only about one - fifth of the initial root volume remained after overwintering. TMV occurred less (by one - third) in the urea treatment than in the control, suggesting that urea treatment effectively provented tobacco from TMV infection by reducing the inoculum potential.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.74-77
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• 2006

Thin $AuO_x$ layer was formed by $O_2$ plasma treatment on Au electrode. The surface work function of plasma treatment showed higher by 0.5 eV than that of bare Au, reducing the hole injection barrier at the Au/pentacene interface. Using $O_2$ plasma-treated Au source-drain electrodes, the field-effect mobility of bottom-contact pentacene-OTFT was increased from 0.05 to 0.1 $cm^2/Vs$.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.11-16
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• 1994

Cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)(cisplatin) is one of the most effective antitumor agents currently available for cancer therapy. However, its clinical use has been limited by its severe side effects, especially nephrotoxicity. To evaluate the effect or radical scavengers on cisplatin nephrotoxicity in rats, cisplatin and Vitamin C were given intraperitoneally. Remarkable protective effects of Vitamin C against nephrotoxicity of cisplatin were observed when Vitamin C was administered to rats 1hr before cisplatin injection. hepatotoxicity induced by combination treament of cisplatin and Vitamin C was evaluated by measuring serum glutamic pyruvate transmainase(sGPT) and serum glutamic oxalate transminase(sGOT). Combination treatment did not affect the levels of sGPT and sGOT, and any combination treatment did not induce metallothionein biosynthesis in kidny, Vitamin C which has radical scavenging effect induce metallothionein biosynthesis in kidney. Vitamin C which has radical scavenging effect directly reduced nephrotoxicity of cisplatin in vivo. Thus, it seems that free radical is the cause of cisplatin nepthrotoxicity. Also, combination treatment did not reduce anticancer activity of cisplatin. The present results indicate that Vitamin C, when it is given with cisplatin, may provide protection against cisplatin nephrotoxicity without reducing anticancer activity.