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History and Activities of Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture (한국의료복지시설학회의 역사와 활동)

  • Yu, Youngmin
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: Since the establishment of Korea Society for the Study of Hospital Architecture, Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture have carried out various activities to improve the level of healthcare architecture in Korea. Despite of more diverse activities than the beginning, the history and activities of early days of the Society and Institute could be forgotten and omitted. So this paper aims to describe accurately the process of establishment of Korea Society for the Study of Hospital Architecture and Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture and the activities of the Society and Institute. Methods: Publications and documents issued by Korea Society for the Study of Hospital Architecture and Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture have been surveyed. And to identify the unwritten activities, personal memo and interviews were also used. Results: The result of this study can be summarized into two points. The first one is that some of the unwritten and uncertain history and activities of the beginning of the KIHA could be identified. The second one is that not also the activities of Korea Society for the Study of Hospital Architecture and Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture but the activities prior to the Society for the Study could be described. Implications: This research could be the basic data to arrange the history and activities of KIHA.

Job Analysis of the Staff Nurse in Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (심장외과 중환자실 일반간호사의 업무분석)

  • Ko, Yu-Kyung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.265-282
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    • 2003
  • Purpose : This study was conducted to provide for a basic resource, which can be used to set up a efficient management system in Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Units(CSICU). Method: 1) Questionnaires were administered and observation methods were used, to examine the nursing activities performed in the CSICU after having reviewed related literatures and a review by the experts. Thus, the nursing activities were designating 254 activities and classified into 28 categories. 2)The 22 nurses in the 2 CSICUs filled out questionnaires about nursing activities from 12 April, 2002 to 17 April, 2002. The frequency of the nursing activities in the 28 categories counted and new nursing activities added by directly observing 12 nurses by two trained research staffs for 4 day. 3)In terms of validity, the 264 nursing activities were analysed by the 25 experts. As a result, 231 nursing activities were found valid and remained as appropriate nursing activities to be used for the careful analysis of the nursing activities in CSICUs. Result: The 22 categories are as below: assessment, monitoring, respiration management, nutrition management, elimination/drainage management, mobility management, sanitation management, safety management, temperature management, specimens collection, preparation and assistance of treatment, skin/wound management, infection management, medication management, education/support, dying patient care, recording/keeping, supplies management, environment management, communications, evaluations, professional development Conclusion : The manifest job description of the staff nurse will contribute to improving the efficiency of the nursing activities and to reducing the role conflicts among the medical staffs.

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Influences of Participation Motivation and Satisfaction of Nursing Students on Continuance Willingness of Voluntary Activities (간호대학생의 자원봉사활동 참여 동기와 만족도가 자원봉사활동 지속 의향에 미치는 영향)

  • Yang, Ya Ki
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.415-423
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study was done to examine the relationship between participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities of nursing students, and to identify factors influencing continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Methods: The research participants were 175 nursing students in the nursing departments of 3 universities located in G city and J province in Korea. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Results: Participants' scores for participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities were $3.24{\pm}0.76$, $3.11{\pm}0.83$ and $3.03{\pm}0.85$ respectively. Participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Factors influencing nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities included participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities. And these variables explained 74% of the variance in continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Conclusion: The findings show that development and application of educational programs to increase participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities are important and will improve nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities.

The Effects of POE Science Class Emphasizing Explanation Phase on Elementary School Students (설명 단계를 강조한 POE 과학수업이 초등학생들에게 미치는 효과)

  • Lee, Hyo-hyen;Kim, Soon-shik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.367-377
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to see the influences of POE science class that emphasizes explanation on science research ability, motivation of science class as well as scientific attitude of elementary students. The results drawn from this analysis were as below. Firstly, positive relationship was found between science research ability and POE science class was shown among research group. This shows that science research ability was improved as POE science class encouraged the research activities of students. It indicates that POE science class emphasizing explanation is effective in improving science research ability of students. Secondly, positive relationship was found between motivation of science class and POE science class among research group and this means that POE science class that emphasizes explanation stimulates intellectual curiosity of students and improves their attitude by actively promoting research activities. Thirdly, there was a positive relationship between scientific attitude and POE science class among research group. This presents that POE science class emphasizing explanation is effective in improving students' attitude toward science by promoting research activities. Above results show that POE science class emphasizing explanation is highly effective for elementary students. It is considered that scientific writing, discussion and debate classes have positive influences on research ability, motivation of science class and scientific attitude of elementary students. Thus, it is needed to apply POE science class to current science class as it can promote wider scientific activities among students.

Contents of Polyphenols and Limonoids in Citron (Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka) Seed Extracts and Their Antioxidant Properties

  • Choi, In-Wook;Choi, So-Yeon;Nam, Bo-Ra;Kim, Yoon-Sook;Choi, Hee-Don
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.373-378
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    • 2008
  • Contents of phytochemicals in citron (Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka) seeds and their effects on antioxidant activities were investigated. Methanol extract of defatted citron seeds contained the highest amounts of total polyphenols followed by 70% ethanol and water extracts. Neohesperidin was the most predominant citrus flavanones in these extracts. The highest amounts of limonoids were found in methanol extract, and this extract was the most efficient in scavenging both DPPH and ABTS radicals. All 3 extracts also exhibited good antioxidant activities against attack of linoleate free radicals on $\beta$-carotene. When methanol extract was sequentially fractionated into ether, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water fractions, butanol fraction contained the highest amounts of polyphenols otherwise most of limonoids were concentrated in ethyl acetate fraction. A positive relationship between radical scavenging activities and total polyphenol contents in fractions was observed while antioxidant activity on $\beta$-carotene seemed more related with contents of limonoids and other hydrophobic polyphenols.

Screening of Anti-atherogenic Substances from Insect Resources (곤충자원으로부터 항동맥경화 활성물질 탐색)

  • Park, Doo-Sang;Yoon, Mi-Ae;Xu, Ming-Zhe;Yu, Ha-Na;Kim, Ju-Ryoung;Jeong, Tae-Sook;Park, Ho-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.35 no.3 s.138
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    • pp.233-238
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    • 2004
  • Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase $A_2\;(Lp-PLA_2)$ is a potential biomarker of coronary heart disease and plays an important proinflammatory role in the progression of atherosclerosis. Also acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) playa key role in atherosclerosis, respectively. And so, the inhibitory activities of the methanol extracts of 42 insect resources were examined on $Lp-PLA_2$, ACAT, and LDL oxidation for screening of anti-atherogenic substances. Among them, the methanol extracts of Eurydema rugosa significantly inhibited all of upper three activities. Several kinds of tested insects having high inhibitory effect with the methanol extracts were extracted with n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and acetone, and their inhibitory activities were tested.

Growth-Inhibiting Effects of Herb Plants on Human Intestinal Bacteria

  • Kim, Moo-Key;Park, Byeoung-Soo;Kim, Byung-Su;Lee, Hoi-Seon
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.185-189
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    • 2001
  • Essential oils of 21 herb plant samples, using spectrophotometric and paper disc agar diffusion methods under anaerobic conditions, were tested in vitro for their growth-inhibiting activities against Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. longum, Lactobacillus casei, Clostridium perfringens, and Escherichia coli. The responses varied with bacterial strains and plant oils. At 10 mg/disk, all essential oils did not inhibit beneficial intestinal bacteria, except for the oil of Alpinia officinarum and Melaleuca alternifolia against L. casei. Due to their strong growth-inhibitory activities against C. perfringens, E. coli, and L. casei, the activites of nine oils were evaluated at low concentrations. In test with C. perfringens at 1 mg/disk, the oils of Amyris balsamifera, Curcuma longa, M. alternifolia, and Trachyspermum ammi showed moderate activities. Moderate activities against E. coli were observed with the oils of M. alternifolia and T. ammi. These results may be indications of at least one of the pharmacological actions of the four herb plants.

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Preparation and Characteristics of Sulgidduk Containing Different Amounts of Black Garlic Extract (흑마늘 추출물의 첨가량을 달리한 설기떡의 제조와 품질특성)

  • Shin, Jung-Hye;Kim, Yun-Ah;Kang, Min-Jung;Yang, Seong-Mi;Sung, Nak-Ju
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.559-566
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    • 2010
  • This study was performed to confirm of characteristics of Sulgidduk containing different amounts of black garlic extract: 0% (T0), 1% (T1), 5% (T5), 10% (T10) or 15% (T15). Samples were analyzed for their physicochemical characteristics and antioxidant activities. According to the results, increasing the level of black garlic extract in the formulation caused the moisture contents of the sample to decrease (38.66~36.79%). Additionally, the L value decreased while the a and b values increased as the contents of black garlic extract in sample increased. Analysis of the texture of Sulgidduk containing different amounts of black garlic extract, found that hardness, gumminess, and adhesiveness decreased, whereas springiness increased; cohesiveness and chewiness did not significantly change. The antioxidant activities of Sulgidduk containing different amounts of black garlic extract were evaluated by measuring 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and, 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activities. In these assays, the Sulgidduk containing different amounts of black garlic extract presented significant radical scavenging activities in a dose-dependent manner.

Inhibitory Effects of Proanthocyanidin Extracted from Distylium racemosum on ${\alpha}-Amylase$ and ${\alpha}-Glucosidase$ Activities (조록나무 Proanthocyanidin의 ${\alpha}-Amylase$${\alpha}-Glucosidase$에 대한 저해 효과)

  • Ahn, Jin-Kwon;Park, Young-Ki;Park, So-Young;Kim, Yong-Mu;Rhee, Hae-Ik;Lee, Wi-Young
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.35 no.4 s.139
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    • pp.271-275
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    • 2004
  • Distylium racemosum Sieb. Et Zucc contains some compounds inhibit -amylase activity in experimental conditions. The inhibitory test showed that 50% acetone extracts from the bark and leaves of the plant strongly inhibited salivary -amylase activity. Proanthocyanidin(PA) which has strong inhibitory activity was extracted from the leaves by chromatography on Sephadex LH-20. The inhibitory activities and the inhibition kinetics of the PA were studied against three kinds of enzymes: human salivary ${\alpha}-Amylase$ (SAA), pork pancreatin ${\alpha}-Amylase$ (PAA) and yeast ${\alpha}-Glucosidase$ (AG). Then the activities of PA against SAA, PAA and AG were compared with those of acarbose, a commercial agent. The inhibitory activities of PA were stronger than those of acarbose. Inhibition kinetics of the PA showed competitive inhibition for SAA and PAA, and non competitive inhibition for GA.

Study on The Anti-HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus) Activity of Korean Traditional Prescriptions (Herb complexes) (한약 탕제분획의 항 Herpes simplex virus 활성에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Bong-Joo;Ko, Byung-Seob;Yang, Ki-Sang;Park, Kap-Joo
    • Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.417-429
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    • 1996
  • Herpes simplex viruses(HSV) are one of the most common infectious virus of man. Though chemotherapies and antibiotics against HSV have been developed in many countries, but anti-HSV agents were not satisfactory to mankind by their toxic reaction and side effects. In order to search for anti-HSV agents from Korean traditional prescriptions, we extended the number of specimens. Both methanol extract and boilling water extract of the Korean traditional prescriptions were screened to detect anti-HSV activities by MTT assay. Korean traditional prescriptions showing anti-HSV activities as methanl extracts were Paekyopsan, Chesupwilyungtang, Yongdamsagantang, and prescription 11. Four methanol extracts showing anti-HSV activities were freationated by hexane and their efficacies were tested. Hexane freationations of Paekyopsan, Chesupwilyungtang, and prescription 11 showed in anti-HSV activities both haxane and methanol fractionation.

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