• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2021

Background Despite evidence supporting the safety of breast implants, some women associate their implants with adverse health effects and have called this syndrome "breast implant illness." We sought to characterize breast implant illness symptoms and to report how implant removal affects their symptoms. Methods An anonymous 20 question survey was administered to the Facebook group: "UTAH Breast Implant Illness" to characterize the symptoms these women attributed to their breast implants. Several questions allowed us to evaluate how implant removal affected women's symptoms. Results Of the 182 respondents, 97% report that implants negatively affect their health and 95% identify these symptoms with breast implant illness. Ninety-six percent of respondents had implants placed for cosmetic reasons and 51% had silicone implants. The most common symptoms associated with breast implant illness are brain fog (95%), fatigue (92%), joint pain (80%), and hair loss (74%). Sixty percent of respondents learned about breast implant illness from family/friends and/or social media platforms (56%), 40% of respondents had their implants removed, and 97% report relief of their symptoms post-removal (23% complete, 74% partial). Following explantation, there was a significant improvement in all but one reported symptom. An association was found between the number of symptoms reported prior to explantation and the number of symptoms resolving following explantation. Conclusions Breast implant illness is a syndrome characterized by fatigue, decreased focus, hair loss, and joint pain after the placement of breast implants. Nearly all patients report improvement of symptoms after implant removal. Significant efforts should be made to better understand breast implant illness and its etiology.

• 영어영문학
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.885-906
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• 2009

In terms of class, race, or gender, critical literacy takes seriously the problem of inequality and injustice embedded in texts. Texts are considered as tools that are used for maintaining the status quo by constructing and communicating our identities, particularly in relation to others. While reading texts and identifying our roles in society, some feel empowered, and others, marginalized. Thus we need to challenge the characterization and the message included in those texts by asking problem-posing questions. In this paper I have demonstrated how to read and teach four versions of "Snow White" from a critical literacy stance. By the use of problem-posing questions, students are led to discover that one of Grimms' fairy tales, the original version of "Snow White," was written from the perspective of men with power, thus marginalizing women in general, as well as the seven dwarfs. Through a critical analysis of Snow White's personality, the typical theme of fairy tales - good is rewarded while evil is punished - should be challenged. In the animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, power is given to the marginalized people in the original, the seven dwarfs and women in general. In "Snow Night,"a feminist short story, women in general are empowered while men, who should be judged by their looks, are powerless. "Snow-Drop"reminds us of the original, but challenges stereotypes, prejudices, and the theme inherent in the story. In those three stories many parts from the original are rewritten from the perspectives of the marginalized, but still some people are described prejudicially. So students should be guided to write another story from a new perspective. When those four works were taught with problem-posing questions in a university, this approach proved to be quite successful: most students acknowledged the effectiveness of critical literacy in teaching literary works.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2024

폐암은 크기가 다양하고 유사한 밝기값을 갖는 주변 구조물이 존재하기 때문에 흉부 CT 영상에서 폐암을 정확하게 분할하는 것이 어렵다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 심층 감독을 포함하고 UNet3+를 백본으로 사용하는 폐암 분할 네트워크를 제안한다. 또한, 픽셀 기반, 영역 기반 및 형태 기반의 3가지 구성 요소로 이루어진 하이브리드 병변 초점 손실함수를 제안한다. 이를 통해 배경에 비해 작은 영역을 차지하는 폐암 부분에 집중하고, 불명확한 경계를 처리하는데 도움이 되는 형태 정보를 고려할 수 있다. 제안 방법을 UNet 및 UNet3+와 비교 실험을 통해 검증하였고, 제안 방법은 모든 폐암 크기에서 DSC 측면에서 가장 우수한 성능을 보였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3997-4003
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• 2014

Background: Infection with certain human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes is the most important risk factor related with cervical cancer. The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of HPV infection, the distribution of HPV genotypes and HPV E6/E7 oncogene mRNA expression in Turkish women with different cervical cytological findings in Mersin province, Southern Turkey. Materials and Methods: A total of 476 cytological samples belonging to women with normal and abnormal cervical Pap smears were enrolled in the study. For the detection and genotyping assay, a PCR/direct cycle sequencing approach was used. E6/E7 mRNA expression of HPV-16, 18, 31, 33, and 45 was determined by type-specific real-time NASBA assay (NucliSENS EasyQ$^{(R)}$HPV v1.1). Results: Of the 476 samples, 106 (22.3%) were found to be positive for HPV DNA by PCR. The presence of HPV was significantly more common (p<0.001) in HSIL (6/8, 75%) when compared with LSIL (6/14, 42.9%), ASC-US (22/74, 29.7%) and normal cytology (72/380, 18.9%). The most prevalent genotypes were, in descending order of frequency, HPV genotype 66 (22.6%), 16 (20.8%), 6 (14.2%), 31 (11.3%), 53 (5.7%), and 83 (4.7%). HPV E6/E7 oncogene mRNA positivity (12/476, 2.5%) was lower than DNA positivity (38/476, 7.9%). Conclusions: Our data present a wide distribution of HPV genotypes in the analyzed population. HPV genotypes 66, 16, 6, 31, 53 and 83 were the predominant types and most of them were potential carcinogenic types. Because of the differences between HPV E6/E7 mRNA and DNA positivity, further studies are required to test the role of mRNA testing in the triage of women with abnormal cervical cytology or follow up of HPV DNA positive and cytology negative. These epidemiological data will be important to determine the future impact of vaccination on HPV infected women in our region.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제37호
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• pp.319-344
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• 2008

이 연구의 목적은 첫째, 국가간 복지인식 균열의 차이가 존재하는지를 분석함으로써 각국의 제도적 특징이 복지인식 결정구조에 어떻게 반영되는지를 살펴보는 것이다. 둘째, 한국의 경우 다른 복지레짐에 속한 국가들과 비교해 볼 때 복지인식 결정구조에 어떤 특징을 보이는지 분석하고, 한국 복지인식의 특성을 명확히 함으로써 한국복지국가 발전을 위한 연대와 분열 지점을 밝혀내고자 한다. 이는 한국복지국가 발전을 위한 전략 마련의 단초가 될 수 있다. 이를 위해 우선, 각 복지레짐에 속한 스웨덴, 프랑스, 미국의 복지에 대한 국가책임 인식점수를 비교하였다. 다음으로 성, 연령, 교육수준, 소득계층, 고용지위 등이 복지인식에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 분석결과, 스웨덴, 프랑스, 미국은 복지에 대한 국가책임 인식에 차이를 보이며, 스웨덴, 프랑스 미국의 순으로 인식점수가 높다. 한국의 경우 미국보다 인식점수가 더 낮으며, 이 차이는 의미 있는 차이로서 한국 복지인식 구조에 대한 심층적인 해석을 필요로 한다. 국가별 복지인식 결정구조의 경우, 스웨덴과 프랑스는 복지인식 결정요인에 큰 차이가 없으며, 미국, 한국은 각각 고유한 특성을 보인다. 성, 계층, 고용지위에 대해 스웨덴, 프랑스, 미국이 동일한 결과를 보인다. 여성일수록, 소득계층이 낮을수록, 고용지위가 불안정할수록 국가의 복지책임에 대한 인식수준은 높아진다. 연령의 경우 스웨덴, 프랑스, 한국은 연령이 높을수록 복지책임 인식수준이 높아지는데 반해 미국은 반대의 결과를 보인다. 또한 미국은 교육수준이 높을수록 복지인식 점수가 낮다. 한편 한국은 스웨덴, 프랑스, 미국과 다른 복지인식 결정구조를 갖고 있다. 여성이 오히려 남성보다 복지인식 점수가 낮으며, 계층은 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않는다. 이러한 복지인식 구조에 대한 파악은 복지패러다임 전환을 위한 합의와 갈등 지점을 제시함으로써 복지국가 전략 구축의 기반이 된다.

• 동양고전연구
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• 제56호
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• pp.267-295
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• 2014

본 논문은 1920~30년대 근대 척독집에 실려 있는 여성 서간문의 자료 상황을 정리하여 제시하고, 척독집 소재 여성 서간문에 나타난 젠더의식의 특징적 양상을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 20~30년대 대표적인 척독집 다섯 종에 실려 있는 여성 서간 55편의 자료 상황을 정리하여, 서간의 대상이 주로 가문의 '남성'이고 '답서'의 형태라는 점을 지적하였다. 이는 척독집 저자들이 여성의 한문 서간을 주도적인 의사소통의 매체로써보다는 남성과의 피할 수 없는 소통의 필요 상황에 대응하게 하기 위한 수단으로 인식하고 있다고 보았다. 척독집 내 여성 서간에 나타난 젠더 의식의 양상은 첫째, 여성들을 가족 내적 위치와 역할로 호명하고 재설정함으로써 전통적인 성별 질서를 재확인하고 있다는 것이다. 두 번째 젠더 의식의 양상은 근대적 젠더 질서를 반영한 듯한 여성 학업 소재가 실상 매우 제한적이고 회의적인 시선 하에서 언급되고 있다는 것이다. 세 번째 젠더 의식의 특징적 양상은 척독 소재 여성 서간에서 유독 '경제 활동에 대한 훈계'라는 모티프가 두드러진다는 점이며, 이러한 설정은 척독집 저자들이 생계 유지와 가계 관리의 책무를 여성에게 전가하는 한 방편이라고 보았다. 척독집의 여성 서간은 근대 여성 한문 글쓰기의 가능성을 보여준다는 점에서 주목되는 자료이지만, 본고의 분석에 따르면 철저히 남성중심적 상상력 안에서 재단된 여성 형상과 여성 글쓰기를 보여주는 텍스트이다. 즉 여성 서간 텍스트는 척독집 자료군의 보수적 회귀성을 더 선명하게 읽어볼 수 있게 하는 의의를 가진다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3419-3423
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• 2013

Of all gynecologic cancers, endometrial cancer is the most common cancer in the US and Europe. In addition, it is presently the second most common gynecologic cancer in the world. As a result of increasing menopausal, obese and tamoxifen use women, the incidence of the cancer seems to be on the increase. Surgery is the major treatment, whereas postoperative radiation therapy in high-intermediate risk patients many prevent locoregional recurrence. Adjuvant chemotherapy can improve progression free survival in advanced or recurrent cancers. Molecular targeted therapies are now a focus of attention including anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). They may provide useful future strategies for control of endometrial malignancies in developing countries and across the world.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.157-171
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was (1) to assess the level of financial management and financial goal attainment on housing purchase and children's educational expenditure, (2) to identify individual, family and environment variables which influence financial goal attainment, and (3) to investigate causal relation of variables which affect financial goal attainment. Data were collected from questionnaire with 772 married women who were residents of Jeonju. The major finding were as follows; (1) The levels of financial management and financial goal attainment on housing purchase and children's educational expenditure were middle. (2) The variables which exerted direct effects on financial goal attainment on housing purchase were time orientation of consumption life, asset, income stability, easiness in extending credit, financial planning, and financial implementing. the most powerful predictor of financial goal attainment on housing purchase was asset. (30 The variables which exerted direct effects on financial goal attainment on children's educational expenditure were time orientation of consumption life, asset, children's presence on the camp8us, easiness I extending credit, financial planning, and financial implementing. The most powerful predictor of financial goal attainment on children's educational expenditure was financial planning.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2011

We present methods for studying the log-density ratio, which allow us to select which predictors are needed, and how they should be included in the logistic regression model. Under multivariate normal distributional assumptions, we investigate the form of the log-density ratio as a function of many predictors. The linear, quadratic and crossproduct terms are required in general. If two covariance matrices are equal, then the crossproduct and quadratic terms are not needed. If the variables are uncorrelated, we do not need the crossproduct terms, but we still need the linear and quadratic terms.

• 대한수학회보
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.303-315
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• 2001

In this paper, we investigate the topology of complex Finsler manifolds. For a complex Finsler manifold (M, F), we introduce a certain condition on the Finsler metric F on M. This is a generalization of Kahler condition for the Hermitian metric. Under this condition, we can produce a Kahler metric on M. This enables us to use the usual techniques in the Kahler and Riemannian geometry. We show that if the holomorphic sectional curvature of $ M is\geqC^2>0\; for\; some\; c>o,\; then\; diam(M)\leq\frac{\pi}{c}$ and hence M is compact. This is a generalization of the Bonnet\`s theorem in the Riemannian geometry.