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1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS (직접법과 간접법으로 수복한 복합레진의 1년간의 임상적인 평가)

  • Park, Sung-Ho
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.284-289
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    • 2002
  • Background : The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the direct and indirect composite restorations which had been placed for 1 year Methods : The composite restorations which had been placed between 1999. Mar and 1999, Dec was evaluated after 1 year For direct restorations. Spectrum (Dentsply, USA) and Z100 (3M, USA) were used in the anterior teeth and Surefil (Dentsply, USA) were used. For class V restorations of anterior and posterior teeth. Spectrum was used. For indirect restorations, Targis/Vectris system (Vivadent/Ivoclar, Liechtenstein) was used 2 examiners evaluated marginal quality, proximal contact. discoloration, presence of 2$^{nd}$ caries, loss of filling and hypersensitivity of restorations. The restorations was clinically evaluated by modified methods based on USPHS. Results : 60 teeth were evaluated. 59 were clinically acceptable and 1 restoration which was placed in class v cavity in the posterior tooth was fallen out. In most cases, the restorations were clinically accept-able. For restorations which had been directly placed in the class II cavities, loose proximal contact was indicated as the main complaints. Conclusions : Most of Anterior and posterior restorations which bad been directly or indirectly placed for 1 year were clinically acceptable. For posterior teeth, loose proximal contact was indicated as the main problem in the directly placed Class II restorations. Long term clinical study is needed.

Estimation of Source Contribution of Particulate Matter in Taegu Area using Factor Analysis (다변량 통계분석법을 이용한 대구지역 부유분진의 오염원 기여도 추정)

  • 최성우;송형도
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2000
  • The objective of this study was to identify the sources and to estimate the source contributions to the atmospheric TSP(total suspended particulate matter) and PM-10(particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 10$\mu\textrm{m}$) concentration in Taegu area. A total of 84 samples was collected during the January to December 1999. TSP and PM-10 were collected on filters by portable air sampler, and heavy metals in TSP and PM-배 were analyzed by ICO(Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometery) after preliminary treatment. The results were follow as : First, annual average of TSP and PM-10 concentration was 123 and 69$\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ respectively. The concentration of TSP and PM-10 were highest in winter season compared to other seasons. Second, the concentration of Al, Fe, Mn were higher in TSP than in PM-10, indicating that these heavy metals are generally associate with natural contributions. Third, metal combinations showed that a high correlation among concentrations of heavy metals were follows: As Al, Fe and Mn in TSP ; Ni, Cr, Cd and Pb in PM-10. Finally, Statistical analysis was performed using Principal Components Analysis(PCA) in order to find possible sources of the pollutants. The factor analysis was permitted to identify four major sources(soil/road dust resuspension, waste incineration, furl combustion, vehicular emission) in each fraction. These source accounted for at least 83, 85% of variance of TSP and PM-10 concentration in Taegu area.

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Four Crystal Sturctures of Dehydrated Ag$^+$ and Tl$^+$ Exchanged Zeolite A, Ag$_{12-x}Tl_x$-A, x = 2, 3, 4, and 5

  • Kim, Duk-Soo;Song, Seong-Hwans;Kim, Yang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.303-308
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    • 1988
  • Four crystal structures of dehydrated Ag(I) and Tl(I) exchanged zeolite A, $Ag_{12-x}Tl_x$-A, x = 2, 3, 4, and 5, have been determined by single-crystal x-ray diffraction techniques. Their structures were solved and refined in the cubic space group Pm3m at $21(1)^{\circ}C$. All crystals were ion exchanged in flowing streams of mixed $AgNO_3\;and\;TlNO_3$ aqueous solution, followed by dehydration at $350^{\circ}C$ and $2{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr for 2 days. In all of these structures, one-sixth of the sodalite units contain octahedral hexasilver clusters at their centers and eight $Ag^+$ ions are found on threefold axes, each nearly at the center of a 6-oxygen ring. The hexasilver cluster is stabilized by coordination to eight $Ag^+$ ions. The Ag-Ag distance in the cluster, ca. 2.92 ${\AA}$, is near the 2.89 ${\AA}$ bond length in silver metal. The remaining five-sixths of the sodalite units are empty of silver species. The first three $Tl^+$ ions per unit cell preferentially associate with 8-oxygen rings, and additional $Tl^+$ ions, if present, are found on threefold axes in the large cavity.

A Study on the Familiarity of Information Labeling (정보 항목의 레이블링 친숙성에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Kyoung-Hee;Kim, Hyoung-Rae;Jeon, Do-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.459-462
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    • 2008
  • 레이블링은 웹 사이트의 요소가 되는 글로벌 네비게이션, 서브 메뉴, 컨텐츠 등에 명칭을 붙이고 체계를 확립해 주어 사용자들에게 이해를 돕기 위한 가이드라인이다. 특히, 취업 정보 시스템에서 이력서나 채용공고 등과 같은 정보 입력 항목의 레이블로 사용하는 용어는 정확한 예측과 빠른 이해가 있어야 입력시간을 단축 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 웹사이트를 사용하는 다양한 요구와 사고들을 충족하면서 많은 입력 정보 항목의 이해도를 높여 이력서나 채용공고 등과 같은 정보를 입력 시 정확한 예측과 빠른 이해를 도와 입력시간을 단축시킬 수 있는 레이블명에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 연구 방법으로는 국내 취업사이트 중 상위 랭킹에 있는 사이트를 중심으로 정보 입력 항목의 이명 레이블을 벤치마킹하고 다양한 레이블 중 사용자가 친숙하면서도 직관적으로 생각하는 레이블을 설문 조사한다. 설문 조사 결과를 바탕으로 취업사이트에서 벤치마킹한 최빈도 사용 레이블명이 높은 친숙도 평가값을 받은 항목의 레이블과 비교하여, 향후 취업 정보 시스템을 구성 할 경우 정보 항목의 레이블을 효과적으로 결정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하고 그 유효성을 확인하고자 한다.

Performance of Weaner Lambs on Conventional Feeds or Supplemented with Mango Seed Kernel (Mangifera indica) and Babul Pods Chuni (Acacia nilotica) under Intensive Production System

  • Saiyed, L.H.;Parnerkar, S.;Wadhwani, K.N.;Pandya, P.R.;Patel, A.M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.1469-1474
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    • 2003
  • Twenty four weaner lambs, eight each of Marwari, Patanwadi and Merino${\times}$Patanwadi breeds (9.9 to 10.8 kg) were randomly divided into two dietary treatments on body weight basis Viz. $T_1$-conventional (Maize-38%, GN Cake-25%, Rice Polish-24%, Jaggery solution-10%, Mineral mixture-3%) and $T_2$-supplemented non conventional group (GN Cake-25%, Rice Polish-14%, Mango seed kernel-25%, Babul Pods chuni-23%, Jaggery solution-10%, Mineral mixture-3%). The Jaggery solution was prepared by mixing 6.5 kg Jaggery and 3.5 kg water. The average final body weight at the end of the experiment was recorded to be $19.33{\pm}0.76$ and $19.72{\pm}0.8kg$ in conventional and non-conventional groups, respectively. The total dry matter intake (DMI) during the entire experiment period was recorded to be $89.56{\pm}5.19$ and $95.08{\pm}1.06$ (kg/head) and $532.83{\pm}9.94$ and $566.75{\pm}10.49g/d$ in conventional and nonconventional groups, respectively. The body weight gain and body measurements did not influenced by diet. The ration effect was found to be significant when the DMI was expressed in terms of g/d. The crude protein (CP) and digestible crude protein (DCP) intake/head and per kg gain observed during experiment under conventional and non-conventional treatment group did not differ from each other. However, the total digestible nutrients (TDN) intake per kg gain was significantly (p<0.05) higher in supplemented non-conventional group. The intake values of DCP and TDN were more or less in agreement with Indian Council Agricultural Research (1985) recommendations. The estimated total feed cost (Rs./animal) for experimental lambs was $274.16{\pm}8.57$ and $242.67{\pm}5.10$ in conventional and non- group, respectively. The non-conventional group had significantly (p<0.05) lower feed cost (11.6%). The return as percent of feed cost and feed cost/kg dressed weight were $92.89{\pm}5.58$ (%) and Rs. $35.40{\pm}1.11$ and $122.61{\pm}5.06$ (%) and Rs.$30.47{\pm}1.71$ in conventional and non-conventional group (p<0.05), respectively which is the reflection of significantly lower total feed cost incurred during feeding in non-conventional group. Lambs fed non-conventional based diet had similar live weights as those fed conventional diets but costed less money to achieve those weights.

A Research Program for Modeling Strategic Aspects of International Container Port Competition

  • Anderson, Christopher M.;Luo, Meifeng;Chang, Young-Tae;Lee, Tae-Woo;Grigalunas, Thomas A.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Port Economic Association Conference
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2006
  • As national economies globalize, demand for intercontinental container shipping services is growing rapidly, providing a potential economic boon for the countries and communities that provide port services. On the promise of profits, many governments are investing heavily in port infrastructure, leading to a possible glut in port capacity, driving down prices for port services and eliminating profits as ports compete for business. Further, existing ports are making strategic investments to protect their market share, increasing the chance new ports will be overcapitalized and unprofitable. Governments and port researchers need a tool for understanding how local competition in their region will affect demand for port services at their location, and thus better assess the profitability of a prospective port. We propose to develop such a tool by extending our existing simulation model of global container traffic to incorporate demand-side shipper preferences and supply-side strategic responses by incumbent ports to changes in the global port network, including building new ports, scaling up existing ports, and unexpected port closures. We will estimate shipper preferences over routes, port attributes and port services based on US and international shipping data, and redesign the simulation model to maximize the shipper's revealed preference functions rather than simply minimize costs. As demand shifts, competing ports will adjust their pricing (short term) and infrastructure (long term) to remain competitive or defend market share, a reaction we will capture with a game theoretic model of local monopoly that will predict changes in port characteristics. The model's hypotheses will be tested in a controlled laboratory experiment tailored to local port competition in Asia, which will also serve to demonstrate the subtle game theoretic concepts of imperfect competition to a policy and industry audience. We will apply the simulation model to analyze changes in global container traffic in three scenarios: addition of a new large port in the US, extended closure of an existing large port in the US, and cooperative and competitive port infrastructure development among Korean partner countries in Asia.

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A Study on the Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Available Water Resources of Eastern Coastal Area, Korea (동해안지역 가용수자원의 시공간적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sang-Deok;Sim, Jae-Hyeon
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.165-175
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    • 1997
  • This is to study the characteristics of available water resources (AWR) of the eastern coastal area in Korea. A rating curve was suggested at Yangyang water level station of the Yangyangnamdai river. Annual mean precipitation of this area is 1365.8mm. Annual mean precipitation in central and northern area of eastern coastal area is more than that of southern area because of orographic precipitation occurred by the north-easterly air flow from the East sea. By the correlation analysis of monthly rainfall depths between rainfall gauging stations it is presented that the rainfall gauging stations located in coastal region have the regional representativity, but the rainfall gauging stations located in the westward of mountains have a strong locality. AWR of eastern coastal area by the application of runoff coefficient 0.665 is 1134.5X106m3 and 28.6 percentage for total water resources. In each watershed AWR is 193.7X106m3 in the Yangyangnamdai river, 109X106m3 in the Kangnungnamdai river, and 146.0X106m3 in the Samcheokosip river. The seasonal changes of 30/3% in summer and 19.1% in water, and those of the AWR to total water resources are 86.3% in winter, 60.1% in spring, 50.1% in autumn, and 25.7% in summer. The results of this study may be used to establish the water resources planning of eastern coastal area.

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Prognostic Value of MAC30 Expression in Human Pure Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Lung

  • Ding, Hui;Gui, Xian-Hua;Lin, Xu-Bo;Chen, Ru-Hua;Cai, Hou-Rong;Fen, Yan;Sheng, Yun-Lu
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.2705-2710
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    • 2016
  • Recent evidence haas indicated that meningioma-associate protein (MAC30) exhibits different expression patterns in various tumors. However, little is known about the value of MAC30 in human squamous cell carcinoma of lung (SQCLC). The purpose of our study was to investigate the expression of MAC30 and to explore its clinical significance in SQCLC patients. A total of 156 Chinese patients diagnosed with SQCLC were selected for this study. The expression of MAC30 in all tissues was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. Quantitative real-time PCR was performed to analyze MAC30 mRNA expression in 32 cases of SQCLC patients with corresponding non-tumor lung tissues. We observed enhanced mRNA expression of MAC30 in SQCLC as compared to control samples. Further, elevated MAC30 protein expression was strongly associated with poor tumor differentiation, TNM stage, and lymph node metastasis. In addition, we observed that patients with increased MAC30 expression demonstrated poor overall survival. Multivariate analysis explicated that increased MAC30 expression was a valuable independent predictable factor for poor tumor differentiation and short survival in SQCLC patients. Our present study suggests that MAC30 may serve as a biomarker for poor tumor differentiation and outcomes of patients with SQCLC.

Characteristics of Low Dielectric Constant SiOF Thin Films with Post Plasma Treatment Time (플라즈마 후처리 시간에 따른 저유전율 SiOF 박막의 특성)

  • 이석형;박종완
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.167-272
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    • 1998
  • The fluorine doped silicon oxide (SiOF) intermetal dielectric (IMD) films havc been of interest due to their lower dielectric constant and compatibility with existing process tools. However, instability issues related to hond and increasing dielectric constant due to water absorption when the SiOF film was exposured to atmospheric ambient. Therefore, the purpose nf this research is to study the effect of post oxygen plasma treatment on the resistance of nioisture absorption and reliability of SiOF film. Improvement of moisture ahsorption resistance of SiOF film is due to the forming of thin $SiO_2$ layer at the SiOF film surface. It is thought that the main effect of the improvement of moisture absorption resistance was densification of the top layer and reduction in the numher of Si-F honds that tend to associate with OH honds. However, the dielectric constant was inucased when plasma treatment time is above 5 min. In this study, therefore, it is thought that the proper plasma treatment time is 3 min when plasma treatment condition is 700 W of microwave power, 3 mTorr of process pressure and $300^{\circ}C$ of substrate temperature.

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Expression Patterns of Cancer Stem Cell Markers During Specific Celecoxib Therapy in Multistep Rat Colon Carcinogenesis Bioassays

  • Salim, Elsayed I;Hegazi, Mona M;Kang, Jin Seok;Helmy, Hager M
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.1023-1035
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of colon cancer stem cells (CSCs) during chemically-induced rat multi-step colon carcinogenesis with or without the treatment with a specific cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor drug (celecoxib). Two experiments were performed, the first, a short term 12 week colon carcinogenesis bioassay in which only surrogate markers for colon cancer, aberrant crypt foci (ACF) lesions, were formed. The other experiment was a medium term colon cancer rat assay in which tumors had developed after 32 weeks. Treatment with celecoxib lowered the numbers of ACF, as well as the tumor volumes and multiplicities after 32 weeks. Immunohistochemical proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) labeling indexes LI (%) were downregulated after treatment by celecoxib. Also different cell surface antigens known to associate with CSCs such as the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), CD44 and CD133 were compared between the two experiments and showed differential expression patterns depending on the stage of carcinogenesis and treatment with celecoxib. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that the numbers of CD133 cells were increased in the colonic epithelium after 12 weeks while those of CD44 but not CD133 cells were increased after 32 weeks. Moreover, aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 activity levels in the colonic epithelium (a known CSC marker) detected by ELISA assay were found down-regulated after 12 weeks, but were up-regulated after 32 weeks. The data have also shown that the protective effect of celecoxib on these specific markers and populations of CSCs and on other molecular processes such as apoptosis targeted by this drug may vary depending on the genetic and phenotypic stages of carcinogenesis. Therefore, uncovering these distinction roles of CSCs during different phases of carcinogenesis and during specific treatment could be useful for targeted therapy.