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A Study on the Prevention System of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Korea and Other Countries (근골격계질환예방을 위한 국내외 제도)

  • Lee, Dong-Kyung;Kim, Jeung-Ho
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.423-433
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    • 2010
  • The presence of musculoskeletal burden tasks and work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) at Industrial workers was not well-known until 2000 in Korea. Since The Occupational Safety & Health Law was registered a business of proprietor duty in preventing work-related MSDs of workers In July of 2003 WMSDs became a big issue in Korea. A social previous interest was focused on the manufacturing industry just like auto and shipping industry in manufacturing sectors but nowadays it is spreading out to non-manufacturing fields gradually. Nevertheless, we have WMSD prevention Law and System in Korea to reduce WMSDs effectively and systematically we recognized some mistakes and problems of WMSD Law and System. In this paper we study these recent problems in Korea from about 10 years experience and proposed some proposals as discussion.

Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Identifies Novel Transcripts in Regenerating Hydra littoralis

  • Stout, Thomas;McFarland, Trevor;Appukuttan, Binoy
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.286-289
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    • 2007
  • Despite considerable interest in the biologic processes of regeneration and stem cell activation, little is known about the genes involved in these transformative events. In a Hydra littoralis model of regeneration, we employed a rapid shotgun suppression subtractive hybridization strategy to identify genes that are uniquely expressed in regenerating tissue. With an adaptor-PCR based technique, 16 candidate transcripts were identified, 15 were confirmed unique to mRNA isolated from hydra undergoing regeneration. Of these, 6 were undescribed in GenBank and allied expressed sequence tag (EST) databases (GenBank + EMBL + DDBJ + PDB and the Hydra EST database). BLAST analysis of these sequences identified remarkably similar sequences in anonymous ESTs found in a wide variety of animal species.

Comprehensive Effect from Affective Factors of Oral Health on Oral Health Behaviors and Quality of Oral Health Life in Industrial Workers (산업장 근로자의 구강보건 정의적 요인이 구강건강 행위와 구강건강 삶의 질에 융합적으로 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Gyu-Yil;Kim, Kyung-Mi;Yun, Hyun-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that the affective factors of oral health in industrial workers would have on oral health behaviors and quality of oral health life. A survey was performed of 100 subjects selected from 5 industrial companies located in Chungcheongbuk-do through simple random sampling method from January 19 to 23, 2018, using the questionnaires. The data collected from the survey were analyzed with frequency analysis, independent t-test, and multiple regression analysis by using the SPSS 18.0 statistical program. The results showed that the affective factors of oral health had an influence on oral health behaviors and that the influence on quality of oral health life was greater when the oral health practice intention was stronger. Based on aforesaid results, effective oral health programs, conducive to bringing changes to the affective factors of oral health, would need to be developed in order to enhance oral health behaviors and quality of oral health life in industrial workers.

A Study on the Beauty Action of the High-School Girl with the Beauty, Beauty Products, and Multi-function Beauty Product Interest (여고생의 뷰티관심도, 뷰티제품 및 멀티기능 뷰티제품 관심도에 따른 뷰티행동 연구)

  • Barng, Keejung
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.124-139
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    • 2013
  • Teenage girls under the influence of the physical changes due to the rapid physical development and appearance are interested. 200 parts were used for the statistical analysis of this research against the common excitation high school student positioned in Seoul. First, there was lots of the girl student managing the appearance due to the psychological satisfaction. And the girl student without the friend of the opposite sex managed the appearance at the psychological satisfaction. Because to be more important, thing including the studying, and etc. was the priority the girl student who doesn't the appearance management did not do the appearance management. Second, the factor found out over one month allowance 50,000 circle to be the very important factor through the beauty action high of the high beauty product concern degree and girl student action of the beauty product concern degree and girl student where there is the friend of the opposite sex. Third, the more the concern degree about the beauty product was high as the concern degree about the beauty was high, the girl student in high school could know that beauty action was high as the concern degree about the multi function beauty product was high.

Optimal Region of Interest Location of Test Bolus Technique in Extra Cranial Carotid Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography

  • Choi, Kwan-Woo;Na, Sa-Ra;Son, Soon-Yong;Jeong, Mi-Ae
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.234-237
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    • 2017
  • This study is aimed to optimize a location of region of interest (ROI) in test bolus carotid contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) at 3.0T. A total of consecutive 270 patients with no cardiovascular and vessel diseases were selected. Patients underwent elliptical centric 3D CE-MRA with the test bolus technique to identify the individual arterial arrival time. Quantitative measurements were performed by drawing ROIs of $25mm^2$ and signal intensities (SI) were measured in the center of common carotid artery (CCA), internal carotid artery (ICA) and aortic arch (AA). As a result, ROIs located within AA showed a significantly clarified arterial peak and over three times increased SI, while no significant arterial peak time differences were observed compared to ROIs located within CCA. In conclusion, it was demonstrated that the aortic arch is the optimal position to locate ROI in test bolus images of the carotid CE-MRA.

The Evaluation of Nutrients and Health${\cdot}$Functional Elements Presented at Nutrition Labels of Various Beverages in the Market (영양표시에 나타난 각종 시판음료의 영양 및 건강${\cdot}$기능성 성분평가)

  • Chang, Soon-Ok
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.558-565
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    • 2007
  • On the basis of the increasing interest for the selection of beverages, this study aimed to evaluate the contents of nutrients and health ${\cdot}$ functional elements in the beverages. Total 161 beverages that bear nutrition lable (NL) as nutrition table and health ${\cdot}$ functional elements information were collected and classified to 8 groups. The evaluated nutrients that are obligatory for NL in Korea were total calorie, carbohydrate, protein, fat, and sodium. Presented values showed that milk & yogurt and soy milk are the most wholesome beverages while the total caloric contents also were higher among 8 groups. Sodium contents in soy milk were higher than any other groups. The caloric contents of other beverage groups come mainly from carbohydrate presumably simple sugar. The caloric content of sports drinks is the lowest but the sodium content is variable among products showing the range of 0 - 100 mg/100 ml. Nonobligatory nutrients for NL frequently expressed are Ca, Fe, vitamin C, folate, and dietary fiber. Their content per serving size does not exceed the tolerable upper intake level, however, habitual multiple intakes of certain product require attention for the prevention of overintakes. Many health ${\cdot}$ functional elements as catechin, carnitine, polyphenol, and nucleic acids etc were listed in NL without presenting the content and their functions appear to be exaggerated compared to the known scientific evidence.

Red ginseng monograph

  • So, Seung-Ho;Lee, Jong Won;Kim, Young-Sook;Hyun, Sun Hee;Han, Chang-Kyun
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.549-561
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    • 2018
  • Ginseng has been traditionally used for several millennia in Asian countries, including Korea, China, and Japan, not only as a nourishing and tonifying agent but also as a therapeutic agent for a variety of diseases. In recent years, the various effects of red ginseng including immunity improvement, fatigue relief, memory improvement, blood circulation improvement, antioxidation, mitigation of menopausal women's symptoms, and anticancer an effect have been reported in clinical as well as basic research. Around the world, there is a trend of the rising consumption of health functional foods on the level of disease prevention along with increased interest in maintaining health because of population aging and the awareness of lifestyle diseases and chronic diseases. Red ginseng occupies an important position as a health functional food. But till now, international ginseng monographs including those of the World Health Organization have been based on data on white ginseng and have mentioned red ginseng only partly. Therefore, the red ginseng monograph is needed for component of red ginseng, functionality certified as a health functional food in the Korea Food and Drug Administration, major efficacy, action mechanism, and safety. The present red ginseng monograph will contribute to providing accurate information on red ginseng to agencies, businesses, and consumers both in South Korea and abroad.

Effects of early menarche on physical and psychosocial health problems in adolescent girls and adult women

  • Yoo, Jae-Ho
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.59 no.9
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    • pp.355-361
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    • 2016
  • The menarcheal age of Korean women has been rapidly decreasing for the last 50 years, and the average menarcheal age of women born in the 1990s is approaching 12.6 years. In addition, interest in early puberty has been increasing recently owing to the rapid increase in precocious puberty. Generally, out of concern for short stature and early menarche, idiopathic central precocious puberty in female adolescents is treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs. Studies to date have described the association between early menarche and psychosocial problems such as delinquency and risky sexual behavior, as well as physical health problems such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and breast cancer throughout the lifespan of women. However, the pathophysiological mechanism underlying this association has not been clarified thus far. In this article, we review and discuss the existing literature to describe the current understanding of the effects of early menarche on the physical and psychosocial health of adolescent girls and adult women.

A study on some college student's awareness of oral health and relevant influential factors (일부 대학생들의 구강건강인식과 그 영향요인 분석)

  • Lee, Sun-Mi
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to provide information about the development of curricula geared toward improving the oral health of college students and of oral-health education programs in an effort to teach college students to be knowledgeable about oral health throughout their lives. The subjects in this study were 455 students at three different colleges in Gyeonggi province, on whom a survey was conducted. As for the basic oral health care of the college students investigated, 54.5 percent had ever visited a dental clinic over the last year, and 34.7 percent had their teeth scaled over the last year. Regarding self-awareness of current oral health state, 77 percent felt there s something wrong with their oral health. Concerning the correlation of their oral health behavior and knowledge to each selected variable, better internal and external locus of control led to better oral health promotion behaviors and better oral health knowledge. As to their self-perception of oral health and influential factors, better toothbrushing, better dietary habits and periodical oral examination, which belonged to oral health promotion behaviors, were followed by better oral health locus of control, and higher concern for oral health led to better oral health locus of control as well. Better toothbrushing, better dietary habits, periodical oral examination and better internal locus of control were concurrent with higher interest in oral health. Better external locus of control and stronger concern for oral health were accompanied by better oral health promotion behaviors.

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A Study on the Recognition for Health Food of Residents in Seoul Area (서울지역 거주자의 건강식품에 대한 인식 연구)

  • 남궁석
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.446-454
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    • 2001
  • With the rapid expansion of the economy, consumers' interest in health has also grown and the consumption of health foods is also growing at a rapid rate. However, because of the lack of understanding and Information about health foods, there is growing discontentment societally and in relation to the consumers' individual health. This study was conducted to get consumers to use the health food soundly and provide useful information to consumer behavior researchers of health food by researching consumers' past consumption experience and recognition of health foods. 662 people over the age of 20 in the Seoul area were sampled for this study. Through the results of this study, it was revealed that 71.5% of the respondents said they consumed health foods in the past year. The people surveyed said they thought they were health on the whole(3.72) and were slightly concerned (3.30) with their health. Lastly. the results of the studying the recognition of health food, respondents believe that health foods help to maintenance of good health(3.63) recover from fatigue(3.59), prevent of disease(3.32). They also believe that it is not harmful to the body(2.85) but were concerned about additives(3.24) and side effects(3.24) The study also found consumers to think that health foods are expensive(4.03) but is not of the highest quality(2.84) and that the dosage is not exact(2.84). In addition. they believe the labeling to be accurate(2.89), the ads to be exaggerated(3.88). information about the products to be lacking(3.71) and finally refund or exchange to be difficult(3.85).

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