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A study on Functional Status of Women after Childbirth (산후 여성의 기능적 상태에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Young-Sook;Sim, Mi-Jung;Lee, Sook-Hee
    • 모자간호학회지
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.64-77
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    • 1993
  • Recovery of functional status and affecting factors it were examined at 1 and 2 months after delivery in 111 women who defined as the resumption of household, self-care, social & community, and occupational activities, and assumption of infant care responsibilities. The data were collected by Tulman & Fawcett (1988)'s IFSAC questionnaire at 2 local hospitals & health center in Kwangju city & Chonnam province. The results were as follows : 1. Total mean scores of functional status were 2.3 points and increased in total functional status between 1 & 2 months after childbirth. The analysis revealed significant changes in 3 dimensions-household, social & community, and occupational activities-of IFSAC between 1 & 2 months after childbirth. 2. Mean scores of 5 dimensions of IFSAC were : self-care activities, 1.9 points : household activities, 2.7 points ; infant care responsibilities, 3.6 points ; occupational activities, 1.5 points ; and social & community activities, 1.6 points. 3. The job affected significantly the household, occupational activities and infant care responsibilities. And the complication of infant or mother affected significantly the infant care responsibilities in association with recovery functional status. Based on the findings and a review of the literature in regard to our understanding of recovery of functional status, the following recommendations were derived. 1. Future research needs to be policied concerning length of maternity leave after delivery on a firmer basis throught longitudinal study. 2. The data also nay be used to develop individual interventions to facilitate recovery from childbirth. 3. The IFSAC may be used to clinical assessments of functional status in the case of women cancer or obstetric and gynecologic operation.

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Seismic loss-of-support conditions of frictional beam-to-column connections

  • Demartino, Cristoforo;Monti, Giorgio;Vanzi, Ivo
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.527-538
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    • 2017
  • The evaluation of the loss-of-support conditions of frictional beam-to-column connections using simplified numerical models describing the transverse response of a portal-like structure is presented in this paper considering the effects of the seismic-hazard disaggregation. Real earthquake time histories selected from European Strong-motion Database (ESD) are used to show the effects of the seismic-hazard disaggregation on the beam loss-of-support conditions. Seismic events are classified according to different values of magnitudes, epicentral distances and soil conditions (stiff or soft soil) highlighting the importance of considering the characteristics of the seismic input in the assessment of the loss-of-support conditions of frictional beam-to-column connections. A rigid and an elastic model of a frame of a precast industrial building (2-DoF portal-like model) are presented and adopted to find the minimum required friction coefficient to avoid sliding. Then, the mean value of the minimum required friction coefficient with an epicentral distance bin of 10 km is calculated and fitted with a linear function depending on the logarithm of the epicentral distance. A complete parametric analysis varying the horizontal and vertical period of vibration of the structure is performed. Results show that the loss-of-support condition is strongly influenced by magnitude, epicentral distance and soil conditions determining the frequency content of the earthquake time histories and the correlation between the maxima of the horizontal and vertical components. Moreover, as expected, dynamic characteristics of the structure have also a strong influence. Finally, the effect of the column nonlinear behavior (i.e. formation of plastic hinges at the base) is analyzed showing that the connection and the column are a series system where the maximum force is limited by the element having the minimum strength. Two different longitudinal reinforcement ratios are analyzed demonstrating that the column strength variation changes the system response.

Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Biosensors on Metal Nanoparticles with the Design of Bioreceptors

  • Kim, Min-Gon;Park, Jin-Ho;Byun, Ju-Young;Shin, Yong-Beom
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.126-126
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    • 2014
  • Label-free biomolecular assay based localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of noble metal nanoparticles enables simple and rapid detection with the use of simple equipment. Nanosized metal nanoparticles exhibit a strong absorption band when the incident light frequency is resonant with the collective oscillation of the electrons, which is known as the LSPR. Here we demonstrate localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) substrates such as plasmonic Au nanodisks fabricated by a nanoimprinting process and gold nanorod-immobilized surfaces and their applications to highly sensitive and/or label-free biosensing. To increase detection sensitivity various bioreceptors weree designed. A single chain variable fragment (scFv) was used as a receptor to bind C-reactive protein (CRP). The results of this effort showed that CRP in human serum could be quantitatively detected lower than 1 ng/ml. Aptamers, which were immobilized on gold nanorods, were used to detect mycotoxins. The specific binding of ochratoxin A (OTA) to the aptamer was monitored by the longitudinal wavelength shift of LSPR peak in the UV-Vis spectra resulting from the changes of local refractive index near the GNR surface induced by accumulation of OTA and G-quadruplex structure formation of the aptamer. According to our results, OTA could be quantitatively detected lower than 1 nM level. Additionally, aptamer-functionalized GNR substrate was quite robust and can be regenerated many times by rinsing at 70 OC to remove bound target. During seven times of washing steps, the developed OTA sensing system could be reusable. Moreover, the proposed biosensor exhibited selectivity over other mycotoxins with an excellent recovery for detection in grinded corn samples, suggesting that the proposed LSPR based aptasensor plays an important role in label-free detection of mycotoxins.

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Comparison of Sound Pressure Level and Speech Intelligibility of Emergency Broadcasting System at Longitudinal Corridor (장방향 복도 공간의 비상방송설비에 대한 음압 레벨과 음성 명료도 비교)

  • Jeong, Jeong-Ho;Lee, Sung-Chan
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2018
  • In this study, in order to investigate whether or not the emergency broadcasting sound generated from an emergency broadcasting speaker is clearly transmitted to the occupant through architectural sound simulation, when the loudspeaker for emergency broadcasting is installed at intervals of 25 m according to NFSC 202 for a rectangular hallway. The sound pressure level and speech intelligibility index were analyzed according to changes in building finishing materials. With a reflective material finishing, sound pressure level satisfied the standard while speech intelligibility index was low. As a result of applying the sound absorbing material finishing, clarity and speech transmission index was improved to a level that could be understood by the occupant, whereas the sound pressure level delivered to the occupant decreased in the same space.

Light and Electron Microscopic Study on the Development of Nosema Bombyics Naegeli in the Midgut of Silkworm Bombyx Mori L.

  • Jyothi, N.B.;Patil, C.S.
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 2011
  • Infection effect of $Nosema$ $bombyics$ on the midgut of silkworm $Bombyx$ $mori$ and subsequent appearance of spores and the performance of larvae was studied. Autopsy of larvae showed white pustules on the surface of midgut at 5 days of post infection (pi). At later stage, important organs like midgut, silk gland and gonads reduced in size and all these organs showed white pustules. Light microscope observation of pustules revealed enormous spores. Spore multiplication was at a faster rate in young larvae. Infection of the adult larvae resulted in pebrinized pupa and moths. Larval weight, cocoon weight and cocoon shell ratio reduced as the post infection period increased. Transverse sections of midgut showed $N.$ $bombycis$ infection limited to a few columnar cells at 3-5 days of pi. At 7 days pi, cell volume increased, cells were swollen and elongated. Heavily infected cells looked like sacks filled with parasite and the apical region of certain cells were bulging into the gut lumen. Later at 8-9 days of pi, spores or its developing stages leaked into the lumen either freely or enclosed within the globules of host cytoplasm. Besides columnar cells, development of $N.$ $bombycis$ was observed in the regenerative cells and rarely in goblet cells. Development of $N.$ $bombycis$ was also observed in both longitudinal and circular muscles at the late pi period. The histopathological changes, deformities and spore production time in the host were all influenced by the spore dosage and age of the host.

Experimental Analysis of 2-Dimensional Rolling Ftiction Occurred in Semi-Spherical CVT (구면무단변속기에서 발생하는 2 차원 구름 마찰력의 실험적 해석)

  • Kong Jinhyung;Yoon Youngmin;Lee Eung-shin;Lim Wonsik;Park Yeongi;Kim Dongjo;Lee Jangmoo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.134-141
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    • 2005
  • Semi-Spherical Continuously Variable Transmission(SS-CVT) is the CVT which transmits power by rolling friction between dry metals, and its outstanding advantage is the ability of realizations of neutral, forward and reverse states without relying on any other devices. A spherical shaped variator transmits power and also changes gear ratio where keeping contact with a output disk. The frictional direction to transmit power and the other direction to change gear ratio are perpendicular to each other, so we can describe that two dimensional rolling friction is occurred in the contact point between the variator and the disk. Since magnitudes or relations of the two forces are completely unknown, they were analyzed by the experiments in this study. We determined the variables related with the friction phenomena by the dimensional analysis, and manufactured the SS-CVT test bench which could measure the related variables. Finally, the empirical formula for evaluating the two friction forces was proposed based on the experimental results.

Numerical simulation of dense interflow using the k-ε turbulence model (k-ε 난류모형을 이용한 중층 밀도류의 수치모의)

  • Choi, Seongwook;Choi, Sung-Uk
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.50 no.9
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    • pp.637-646
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    • 2017
  • This study presents a numerical model for simulating dense interflows. The governing equations are provided and the finite difference method is used with the $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. The model is used to simulate a dense interflow established in a deep ambient water, resulting velocity and excess density profiles. It is observed that velocity decreases in the longitudinal direction due to water entrainment in the vicinity of the outlet and rarely changes for increased Richardson number. Similarity collapses of velocity and excess density are obtained, but those of turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate are not. A shape factor for the dense interflow is obtained from the simulated profiles. The value of this shape factor can be used in the layer-averaged modeling of dense interflows. In addition, a buoyancy-related parameter ($c_{3{\varepsilon}}$) for the $k-{\varepsilon}$ model and the volume expansion coefficient (${\beta}_0$) are obtained from the simulated results.

Time, Money and Health Promoting Behavior of Aged Men: Looking Through the Lens of Capability Theory (중고령 남성의 시간-소득자원 확보와 건강증진행동의 관련성: 가용이론의 적용)

  • Cha, Seung-Eun
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.173-194
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the association between time-income availability and health-promoting behavior (physical practice, smoking, alcohol consumption) of older males (55-69). This study attempted to shed light on health-behavior changes during the transition period of male retirement. The availability of time resources was examined by addressing the amount of weekly paid labor hours. The availability of financial resources was calculated by using the debt-income ratio. The study sample comprised 1,372 (age range 55-69) male respondents of the 2006 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006 KLOSA wave 1). The results of CHAID (CHi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection) analysis uncovered four distinctive combinations of resource types: time-money poor, time rich, money rich, time-money rich. According to logit results, these four groups had different socio-demographic profiles and different health-behavior risks. The time-money poor males were unlikely to perform physical activities needed to improve their health or to quit smoking or alcohol consumption. This group was also more likely to consume alcohol compared to the time-money resource types. In contrast, the time-money rich group was more likely to exercise longer and more frequently than the reference group (time and money poor). The time-rich types, those who have time-only resources and less money, were likely to be smokers and have problems with alcohol consumption.

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Seepage Characteristics of Agricultural Reservoir Embankment Considering Filter Interval (필터간격을 고려한 농업용저수지 제체의 침투특성)

  • Lee, Young Hak;Lee, Dal Won
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.60 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2018
  • This study analyzed pore water pressure, seepage and leakage quantity, height of seepage and critical hydraulic gradient in order to suggest the seepage characteristics of agricultural reservoir embankment considering filter interval. The seepage characteristics of a deteriorated reservoir embankments were conducted according to the horizontal filter intervals range using three- dimensional finite element analysis. The wider the horizontal filter interval, the higher the pore water pressure increased, and the pore water pressure ratio in the center of the core has a greater effect than the base part. The seepage and leakage quantity appeared largely in the two-dimensional analysis conditions (case 1), where the filter was constructed totally in the longitudinal direction of the embankment, the wider the horizontal filter interval was gradually reduced. The reasonable filter intervals to yield efficient seepage characteristics were within 30 m for the pore water pressure of the core and the height of the seepage line. The stability of the filter installation was able to evaluate the stability of the piping by the critical hydraulic gradient method. The deteriorated reservoir with no filters or decreased functionality can significantly reduce the possibility of piping by simply installing a filter on the downstream slope. In the future, the deteriorated reservoir embankment should be checked for the reservoir remodeling because the core and filter functions have been lost or decreased significantly. In the case of a new installation, the seepage characteristic behavior due to the core and filter changes should be applied to the field after obtaining a reasonable horizontal filter interval that satisfies the safety factor by a three-dimensional analysis.

The effect of ambiguity of information on Covid-19 patients' contact trace on intention to visit the commercial district: Comparison of residents in Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu (코로나19 확진자 동선정보의 모호성 차이가 유관 상권 방문의도에 미치는 영향 연구: 강남구민과 서초구민의 비교)

  • Min, Dongwon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.179-184
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to investigate the effect that local government's information release range on Covid-19 patients' contact trace on consumer sentiment in the region. One hundred twenty-eight residents of Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu participated in the study. The results showed that when ambiguity of information increased perceived anxiety on Covid-19 patients' contact trace, which in turn led lower intention to visit the commercial district near the Covid-19 patients' contact trace. Based on the findings, several suggestions was proposed for future research, including longitudinal studies covering even the "long-term" changes in consumer sentiment, the effect of implicit anxiety, and the behavioral difference between residence and non-residence.