• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.512-519
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• 2018

Phthalates widely used in the manufacture of plastics have deeply penetrated into our everyday lives. Recently, a concern over the toxicity of phthalates on thyroid, has been raised but in most of cases, the doses employed were unrealistically high. To investigate the effects of phthalates on thyroid, we investigated the effects of the repeated oral exposure to low to high doses (0.3, 3, 30 and 150 mg/kg) di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) from weaning to maturity for 90 days in juvenile rats on the thyroid. The histological examination revealed that DEHP significantly induced hyperplasia in the thyroid from the doses of 30 mg/kg, which was confirmed with Ki67 staining. In line with this finding, increased mRNA expression of thyrotropin releasing hormone (Trh) was observed in the thyroid of female at 0.3 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg as determined by RNAseq analysis. Moreover, significantly increased expression of parathyroid hormone (Pth) in the female at 0.3 mg/kg, and thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid hormone responsive (Thrsp) in the male at 0.3 mg/kg were noted in the blood, of which changes were substantially attenuated at 150 m/kg, alluding the meaningful effects of low dose DEHP on the thyroid hormone regulation. Urinary excretion of mono-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (MEHP), a major metabolite of DEHP was determined to be 4.10 and 12.26 ppb in male, 6.65 and 324 ppb in female at 0.3 and 30 mg/kg DEHP, respectively, which fell within reported human urine levels. Collectively, these results suggest a potential adverse effects of low dose phthalates on the thyroid.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.50-61
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• 1973

Despite the intensive family Planning program of the government, which has reduced the :average population growth to 2.0 percent in 1970, the continuing high fertility rates and poor family planning services in urban slum areas has been continually pointed out by various evaluation seminars. Thus, it was felt that a study of the current status of family planning in an urban slum population was needed. The aims of the study were to: (1) delineate the general characteristics of the urban slum population (2) discover the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of family planing. (3) determine what was felt to be the ideal number of children. (4) determine the status of induced abortion. A random stratified sample of 200 women was selected from a population of 3, 118 married women, 20-49 years of age, living in the Yonsei Community Health Project area and registered at the Yonhee Community Health Service Institute. The respondents were interviewed by the investigates, using a pretested questionary, from the period of October 1 to October 30, 1972. The findings of the Study were as follows: 1. Afore than half of the respondents were in the high fertility age group (25-34): of lower educational level (under primary School) : from rural areas: and with unstable sources of income. 2. The average respondent had 3.6 living children. 3. Most of the respondents had knowledge of contraceptive methods such as the Loop(78, 5%) and Oral pill (87.0%). 4. Seventy seven percent of the respondents recognized the Health Center as an available source for family planning. 5. About seventy percent of the respondents approved of family planning. 6. Eighty four point five percent of all the respondents answered that using contraceptives is harmful to maternal health. 7. Currently, 21.0 percent of the respondents were using contraceptives, while 40.0 percent of the respondents were current users or had used contraceptives. 5. Of the respondents who had ever stopped using contraceptives, 78.0 percent gave side effects as the reason they discontinued the method. 9. The average number of ideal children reported by the respondents was 3.5. 10. If they had only 2 daughters, 85.5 Percent of the respondents thought they must have more children. 11. Sixty nine point five percent of the respondents approved of induced abortion for unwanted pregnancies, while 34.5 percent of the respondents had experienced induced abortion for unwanted pregnancies. The mean number of induced abortion for unwanted pregnancies was 0.7. 12. The result of this study showed that such urban slum population would be one of the most important target of the family planning services, therefore further social-psychological researches with technical development on this area are recommended.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3455-3459
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• 2013

Background: Smoking and smokeless tobacco use are almost always initiated and established during adolescence. More than 80% of adult smokers begin smoking before 18 years of age. The main objective of the present study is to assess the feasibility of preventing adolescent tobacco use with the help of a specially designed tobacco control program. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey on tobacco use and related health effects was conducted using a structured questionnaire in 13 randomly selected schools in Kannur district of Kerala. These students were followed for a period of one academic year with multiple spaced interventions such as anti-tobacco awareness classes, formation of anti-tobacco task forces, inter-school competitions, supplying IEC (information, education and communication) materials and providing a handbook on tobacco control for school personnel. Final evaluation was at the end of one year. Results: There were 4,144 school children who participated in the first phase of the study. The prevalence of tobacco smoking and chewing habits were 9.85% and 2.24% respectively. Ninety-one percent had parental advice against tobacco use and only 3.79% expressed desire for future tobacco use. The final evaluation witnessed a sharp decline in the current tobacco use as 4.68%. We observed a statistically significant difference towards the future use of tobacco (p<0.001) and awareness about the ill effects of passive smoking (p<0.001) among boys and girls. Further a significantly increased knowledge was observed among boys compared to girls about tobacco and oral cancer (p=0.046). Conclusions: The comprehensive school based tobacco control project significantly reduced the tobacco use pattern in the target population. School tobacco projects incorporating frequent follow ups and multiple interventions appear more effective than projects with single intervention.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.181-186
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• 2016

Glucose tolerance tests have been devised to determine the speed of blood glucose clearance. Diabetes is often tested with the standard oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), along with fasting glucose level. However, no single test may be sufficient for the diagnosis, and the World Health Organization (WHO)/International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has suggested composite criteria. Accordingly, a single multi-class trait was constructed with three of the fasting phenotypes and 1- and 2-hour OGTT phenotypes from the Korean Association Resource (KARE) project, and the genetic association was investigated. All of the 18 possible combinations made out of the 3 sets of classification for the individual phenotypes were taken into our analysis. These were possible due to a method that was recently developed by us for estimating genomic associations using a generalized index of dissimilarity. Eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were found to have the strongest main effect are reported with the corresponding genes. Four of them conform to previous reports, located in the CDKAL1 gene, while the other 4 SNPs are new findings. Two-order interacting SNP pairs of are also presented. One pair (rs2328549 and rs6486740) has a prominent association, where the two single-nucleotide polymorphism locations are CDKAL1 and GLT1D1. The latter has not been found to have a strong main effect. New findings may result from the proper construction and analysis of a composite trait.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.327-334
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• 2017

Epidemiologic interest in particulate matter (PM) is growing particularly because of its impact of respiratory health. It has been elucidated that PM evoked inflammatory signal in pulmonary epithelia. However, it has not been established $Ca^{2+}$ signaling mechanisms involved in acute PM-derived signaling in pulmonary fibroblasts. In the present study, we explored dust particles PM modulated intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ signaling and sought to provide a therapeutic strategy by antagonizing PM-induced intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in human lung fibroblasts MRC5 cells. We demonstrated that PM10, less than $10{\mu}m$, induced intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ signaling, which was mediated by extracellular $Ca^{2+}$. The PM10-mediated intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ signaling was attenuated by antioxidants, phospholipase blockers, polyADPR polymerase 1 inhibitor, and transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) inhibitors. In addition, PM-mediated increases in reactive oxygen species were attenuated by TRPM2 blockers, clotrimazole (CLZ) and N-(p-amylcinnamoyl) anthranilic acid (ACA). Our results showed that PM10 enhanced reactive oxygen species signal by measuring DCF fluorescence and the DCF signal attenuated by both TRPM2 blockers CLZ and ACA. Here, we suggest functional inhibition of TRPM2 channels as a potential therapeutic strategy for modulation of dust particle-mediated signaling and oxidative stress accompanying lung diseases.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2022

Background: Temporary crown resins are used prior to prosthesis placement, indicating the importance of aesthetics. The aim of this study was evaluate the color stability of various staining solutions according to the color of temporary crown resins using VITA Easyshade^Ⓡ V. Methods: The temporary crowns used were the powder-liquid type and included four shades. A total of 36 specimens were fabricated in the form of disks with a diameter of 1.8 mm and a depth of 2 mm. They were divided into four groups of nine each, and staining was performed for seven days by precipitation in 3 mL of three staining solutions composed of distilled water, black coffee, and red wine. Color and color stability evaluations were performed by a trained examiner using a digital spectrophotometer (VITA Easyshade^Ⓡ V). Color stability was analyzed using the ΔE value. Results: Because of the color stability evaluation using the ΔE value, the difference between three and seven days was significant in the specimen I and III groups (p<0.05). Further, post hoc analysis showed that the ΔE value of red wine was significant, indicating that the color stability in red wine was low. The ΔE values in group II between days three and seven were statistically significant (p<0.05). Post hoc analysis showed that distilled water, coffee, and wine had the highest ΔE values on day three. On day seven, the ΔE value for wine was significant, and the color stability was low. There was no significant difference in group IV according to the staining period and staining solution; therefore, color stability was high (p>0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that most temporary resin restorations exhibited color stability in the staining solution. The darker the color of the temporary resin restoration, the higher the color stability against extrinsic staining.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.445-456
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• 2015

본 연구는 40세 이상 중 노년 남녀의 대사증후군과 치주질환, 상실치의 관련성을 조사하여 대사증후군과 구강질환의 효과적인 관리법을 모색하고자 국민건강영양조사 제5기(2010, 2012년) 자료를 이용하여 8,225명을 최종 분석하였고, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 남자의 치주질환에 영향을 미치는 대사증후군 구성요소는 공복혈당으로 정상군에 비해서 비정상군에서 교차비가 1.27배(95% CI, 1.04~1.54) 높았다. 여자의 치주질환에 영향을 미치는 대사증후군 구성요소는 HDL 콜레스테롤, 복부비만으로 HDL 콜레스테롤이 정상군에 비해 비정상군에서 1.45배(95% CI, 1.22~1.72) 높았고, 복부비만이 정상군에 비해 비정상군에서 치주질환 교차비가 1.44배(95% CI, 1.17~1.77) 높았다. 대사증후군에 따른 치주질환 연관성은 정상군을 기준으로 위험군에서 여자의 치주질환 교차비가 1.55배(95% CI, 1.19~2.01) 높았고, 대사증후군에서 교차비가 2.25배(95% CI, 1.68~3.02) 유의하게 높았다. 여자의 상실치에 영향을 미치는 대사증후군 구성요소는 고혈압으로 혈압이 정상인 군에 비해 비정상군에서 상실치 교차비가 1.41배(95% CI, 1.10~1.82) 높았다. 여자의 대사증후군에 따른 상실치 연관성은 정상군을 기준으로 대사증후군에서 상실치 교차비가 1.48배(95% CI, 1.07~2.04)로 유의하게 높았다. 치주질환과 상실치는 대사증후군의 구성요소가 많아질수록, 위험군보다 대사증후군에서 더 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2015

본 연구는 창원시 M 초등학교 양치교실 운영에 따른 효과를 평가하고 추후 효과적인 사업 운영을 위한 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 실시되었다. 연구대상은 양치교실이 운영되고 있는 M 초등학교 347명을 실험군으로, 양치교실이 운영되지 않는 J 초등학교 289명을 대조군으로 하여 구조화된 설문지와 DMFT index, DMFS index, 치면세균막지수를 검사하여 조사 분석하였다. 수집된 자료는 IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 19.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 양치교실 운영여부에 따라 FT index (p<0.001), SeT index (p<0.001), FS index (p<0.001), MS index (p<0.01), SeS index (p<0.001), DMFS index (p<0.001), 치면세균막지수(p<0.001)에서 실험군과 대조군 간에 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 칫솔질 횟수가 적을수록(t=-2.704, p<0.01) DMFT index가 높아지는, 통계적으로 유의미한 부적관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 칫솔질 횟수가 적을수록(t=-2.413, p<0.05), 회전법이 아닌 경우(t=-2.003, p<0.05) DMFS index가 높아지는, 통계적으로 유의미한 부적관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 양치교실이 운영되는 경우(t=-4.010, p<0.001) 치면세균막지수는 낮은 것으로 나타나 통계적으로 유의미한 부적관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 학교 내 양치교실의 설치 및 운영은 초기 교육 이후 구강보건전문가의 계속적인 도움 없이도 아동들의 식사 후 칫솔질 습관을 지속적으로 인식시켜 학생 스스로가 구강건강관리 능력을 배양할 수 있는 구강건강 예방사업이다. 따라서 효과적인 양치교실의 지속적인 운영을 위해서는 학교장과 보건교사, 담임선생님의 학생들에 대한 꾸준한 관리 감독이 절실히 요구되며 또한 지역 내 관할 보건소와 인근 대학 관련전공학과와 체계적인 협력구축을 통한 지속적인 구강보건교육과 인근 초등학교 내 양치교실 설치사업의 확대를 제언한다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.170-179
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• 2022

이 연구는 국내 소아청소년의 저작 능력을 평가하고 관련 요인들을 조사하고자 하였다. 유구치의 조기 상실, 제1대구치의 교합 정도, 제1대구치의 교합 관계, 전치부 반대교합의 유무를 고려하였다. 2020년 3월부터 2021년 7월까지 56명의 만 6세에서 12세 사이 소아청소년을 대상으로 하였다. 혼합능력지수(MAI)가 소아청소년의 저작 능력을 평가하기 위해 계산되었고 유구치의 조기 상실 개수에 따라 세 집단으로 분류한 연구대상자는 정상 치열, 유구치 1 - 2개 상실, 유구치 3개 이상 상실한 경우 각각 23명, 18명, 15명이었다. 정상치열군과 1 - 2개 유구치 상실군에서는 MAI 값에서 차이가 없었으나, 3개 이상 유구치를 상실한 경우 MAI 값이 감소했으며, 유의한 차이가 관찰되었다. 이 연구는 국내 소아청소년의 저작 능력을 평가한 최초의 연구로, 성인과 저작 능력을 비교하였으며, 임상에서 소아청소년의 저작 능력 증진을 위해 노력하는 소아치과 의사에게 도움이 될 수 있다.

• 한국인구학
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.105-130
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• 1981

This study was conducted to compare the characteristics of high performane areas for family planning with that of low performance areas and to find factors which strongly affected contraceptive practice behavior. For the study, eight areas were selected from 274 rural family planning canvassing areas of Korean Population Policy and Program Evaluation Study, which was an action study operated in all areas of Cheju Island from July 1, 1976 until December 31,1979. As a first step of the action study, Cheju Island was devided up 318 family planning canvasser areas Each area was consisted of 200 households in rural district and 300 households in urhan one Duriog the period of project, each canvassing area had been managed by a female family planning canvasser, selected by director of health center considering several individual conditions needed for family planning activities Basic activities of canvassers were to counsell all the eligihie couples in own charged area about family planning methods and also to distribute contraceptives such as condoms and oral pills. In case couples desire to accept sterilization including vasectomy and tubal-ligation, the canvassers played a linking role connecting potential client with family planning field workers. Canvassng areas shows significant differentce in performance for family planning, nevertheless they are supposed to have almost the same conditions regarding family planning distribution channel. Because the purpose of the Cheju project was to eliminate all the problems that existed in governmental distribution system, that is to remove geographic, economic, cognitive and administrative barriers Accumulated performances of family planning methods accepted by residents in each area were calculated by eligible women aged 14-49. And then canvassing areas were ranked according to performance score. Consequently, 4 areas in extremely high and low family planning performance areas were selected respectively. Major results were obtained by comparing characteristics of high performance area with that of low performance areas, which are as follows: 1. The mean number of living children was about the same both in high and low performance areas for family planning. But respondents' mean age (38.5) in high performance areas was higher than that (37.0) in low performance areas 2. Respondents' perception in the expectant educational level of others' children in high performance areas was higher than that in low performance areas, although respondents educational level, monthly expenditure and ratio of children in high school and above was not different. 3. Ratio of ownerships of TV and newspaper in high performance areas was highen than that in low performance areas 4. The duration of canvasser' charge in high performance areas was longer than that of low performance areas, showing the fact that canvassers didn't move cut in high performance areas 5. In high performance areas, canvassers' houses were relatively located in the center part of the village. And so villagers resided in near distances from the anvasser's house 6. 4H clubs' activities in high performance areas were more active than those in low performance areas Therefore it was assumed that cohesiveness of community in high performance areas were stronger than that in low areas. 7. Canvassers' family planning practice rate was higher than that in low performance areas, and also canvassers' human relationship was more sociable than that of canvassers in low performance areas. 8. Fourteen variables which showed relatively high significance level in $X^2$ and F test were selected as independent variables for stepwise regression analysis. According to the results of regression analysis. five of 14 variables-distributors education level ($R^2$=.4439), duration of distributor's charge ($R^2$=.6166), 4H club activities ($R^2$=.6697), canvasser's contraceptive practice ($R^2$=.7377) and location of distributions house ($R^2$=.8010) explained 80.1 percent of total variance.