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Effects of the Mind Map for Emotional Labor and Burnout: A Survey of Nurses in Outpatient Departments of Cancer Hospitals (마인드맵이 감정노동과 소진에 미치는 효과: 암전문병원 외래간호사를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Jin A;Park, Seok Won;Kim, Kyeong Ji;Paik, Hyun Ok;Jeon, Eunyoung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.511-518
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate the effect of a mind map for relief of emotional labor and burnout among nurses in outpatient departments in cancer hospitals. Methods: We developed a mind map to reduce emotional labor and burnout. A quasi-experimental study was used with a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from December 2012 to April 2013. Participants were 35 nurses working in the outpatient department of a cancer hospital. The experimental group participated in the mind map program biweekly for 10 weeks. Data were analyzed using $x^2$-test, Mann-Whitney U test, paired t-test, and Wilcoxon sign rank test with the SPSS 21.0 program. Results: The physical burnout and total burnout scores decreased significantly in the intervention group which took the mind map program. Conclusion: Findings indicate that the mind map is an effective intervention to reduce burnout in outpatient department nurses.

A Comparison Study of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Quality Assurances Using Portal Dosimetry and MapCHECK 2

  • Jin, Hosang;Jesseph, Fredrick B.;Ahmad, Salahuddin
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2014
  • A Varian Portal Dosimetry system was compared to an isocentrically mounted MapCHECK 2 diode array for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) QA. A Varian TrueBeam STx with an aS-1000 digital imaging panel was used to acquire VMAT QA images for 13 plans using four photon energies (6, 8, 10 and 15 MV). The EPID-based QA images were compared to the Portal Dose Image Prediction calculated in the Varian Eclipse treatment planning system (TPS). An isocentrically mounted Sun Nuclear MapCHECK 2 diode array with 5 cm water-equivalent buildup was also used for the VMAT QAs and the measurements were compared to a composite dose plane from the Eclipse TPS. A ${\gamma}$ test was implemented in the Sun Nuclear Patient software with 10% threshold and absolute comparison at 1%/1 mm (dose difference/distance-to-agreement), 2%/2 mm, and 3%/3 mm criteria for both QA methods. The two-tailed paired Student's t-test was employed to analyze the statistical significance at 95% confidence level. The average ${\gamma}$ passing rates were greater than 95% at 3%/3 mm using both methods for all four energies. The differences in the average passing rates between the two methods were within 1.7% and 1.6% of each other when analyzed at 2%/2 mm and 3%/3 mm, respectively. The EPID passing rates were somewhat better than the MapCHECK 2 when analyzed at 1%/1 mm; the difference was lower for 8 MV and 10 MV. However, the differences were not statistically significant for all criteria and energies (p-values >0.05). The EPID-based QA showed large off-axis over-response and dependence of ${\gamma}$ passing rate on energy, while the MapCHECK 2 was susceptible to the MLC tongue-and-groove effect. The two fluence-based QA techniques can be an alternative tool of VMAT QA to each other, if the limitations of each QA method (mechanical sag, detector response, and detector alignment) are carefully considered.

NEHARI MANIFOLD AND MULTIPLICITY RESULTS FOR A CLASS OF FRACTIONAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS WITH p-LAPLACIAN

  • Ghanmi, Abdeljabbar;Zhang, Ziheng
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.1297-1314
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    • 2019
  • In this work, we investigate the following fractional boundary value problems $$\{_tD^{\alpha}_T({\mid}_0D^{\alpha}_t(u(t)){\mid}^{p-2}_0D^{\alpha}_tu(t))\\={\nabla}W(t,u(t))+{\lambda}g(t){\mid}u(t){\mid}^{q-2}u(t),\;t{\in}(0,T),\\u(0)=u(T)=0,$$ where ${\nabla}W(t,u)$ is the gradient of W(t, u) at u and $W{\in}C([0,T]{\times}{\mathbb{R}}^n,{\mathbb{R}})$ is homogeneous of degree r, ${\lambda}$ is a positive parameter, $g{\in}C([0,T])$, 1 < r < p < q and ${\frac{1}{p}}<{\alpha}<1$. Using the Fibering map and Nehari manifold, for some positive constant ${\lambda}_0$ such that $0<{\lambda}<{\lambda}_0$, we prove the existence of at least two non-trivial solutions

Developing a Work Procedure for Efficient Map Generalization (효율적인 일반화 자료처리를 위한 작업공정 개발)

  • Choi, Seok-Keun;Kim, Myung-Ho;Hwang, Chang-Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2003
  • This paper proposes a work procedure for generalizing large-scale digital maps ver. 2.0(1/5,000) into a small-scale digital map(1/25,000). Unlike a existent digital map, the digital map ver. 2.0 has a variety of attribute data as well as graphic data. To perform an efficient map generalization with these structural properties, we establish a work procedure as follow; firstly, delete layers which don't exist in small-scale digital map's feature code, and secondly, generalize features which have been classified into 8 layers, and finally merge 8 layers which have been generalized into 1 layer. Therefore, we expect that a work procedure which is proposed in this paper will play a fundamental role in automated generalization system and will contribute to small-scale digital mapping and thematic mapping.

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Background Gradient Correction using Excitation Pulse Profile for Fat and $T_2{^*}$ Quantification in 2D Multi-Slice Liver Imaging (불균일 자장 보정 후처리 기법을 이용한 간 영상에서의 지방 및 $T_2{^*}$ 측정)

  • Nam, Yoon-Ho;Kim, Hahn-Sung;Zho, Sang-Young;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.6-15
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    • 2012
  • Purpose : The objective of this study was to develop background gradient correction method using excitation pulse profile compensation for accurate fat and $T_2{^*}$ quantification in the liver. Materials and Methods: In liver imaging using gradient echo, signal decay induced by linear background gradient is weighted by an excitation pulse profile and therefore hinders accurate quantification of $T_2{^*}$and fat. To correct this, a linear background gradient in the slice-selection direction was estimated from a $B_0$ field map and signal decays were corrected using the excitation pulse profile. Improved estimation of fat fraction and $T_2{^*}$ from the corrected data were demonstrated by phantom and in vivo experiments at 3 Tesla magnetic field. Results: After correction, in the phantom experiments, the estimated $T_2{^*}$ and fat fractions were changed close to that of a well-shimmed condition while, for in vivo experiments, the background gradients were estimated to be up to approximately 120 ${\mu}T/m$ with increased homogeneity in $T_2{^*}$ and fat fractions obtained. Conclusion: The background gradient correction method using excitation pulse profile can reduce the effect of macroscopic field inhomogeneity in signal decay and can be applied for simultaneous fat and iron quantification in 2D gradient echo liver imaging.

LIE TRIPLE DERIVATIONS ON FACTOR VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS

  • Liu, Lei
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.581-591
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    • 2015
  • Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a factor von Neumann algebra with dimension greater than 1. We prove that if a linear map ${\delta}:\mathcal{A}{\rightarrow}\mathcal{A}$ satisfies $${\delta}([[a,b],c])=[[{\delta}(a),b],c]+[[a,{\delta}(b),c]+[[a,b],{\delta}(c)]$$ for any $a,b,c{\in}\mathcal{A}$ with ab = 0 (resp. ab = P, where P is a fixed nontrivial projection of $\mathcal{A}$), then there exist an operator $T{\in}\mathcal{A}$ and a linear map $f:\mathcal{A}{\rightarrow}\mathbb{C}I$ vanishing at every second commutator [[a, b], c] with ab = 0 (resp. ab = P) such that ${\delta}(a)=aT-Ta+f(a)$ for any $a{\in}\mathcal{A}$.

Restriction and transcription maps of mitochondrial DNA of trimorphomyces papilionaceus

  • Jeoung, Won-Jin;Hong, Soon-Gyu;Won, Kang-Young;Jung, Hack-Sung
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.149-153
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    • 1995
  • Mitochondrial DNA has been isolated from Trimorphomyces papilionaceus. By analyzing DNA fragments digested by restriction enzymes, a restriction site map has been constructured. The mtDNA of T. papilionaceus amounts to 48.5 kb in size and is circular in structure. Entire mitochondrial DNA was cloned in E coli plasmids and Northern blot hybridization was done using cloned and subcloned DNAs as probes. Based on hybridization results of mitochondrial RNA transcripts, a transcription map was prepared.

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A study on the implementation of MMS in Mini-MAP (Mini-MAP에서의 MMS 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, H.;Kang, M. S.;Park, M.;Lee, S. B.;Kong, H. T.;Choi, M. S.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1990.10a
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    • pp.745-748
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    • 1990
  • MMS (Manufacturing Message Specification) is a communications standard of MAP (Manufacturing Automation Protocol), which is a Network Protocol for Industrial Automation. In the environment of Mini-MAP, MMS is situated in the application layer and on the LLC (Logical Link Control) layer. In this paper, MMS software is implemented on the basis of ISO DIS 9506. The implemented software was tested with Token Passing Bus Network Interface Unit, which was designed in our laboratory and performs the actions of layer 1 and 2.

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Characterization of Tetracycline Resistance Plesmid of Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (다제내성 황색포도상구균이 가지고 있는 테트라사이클린 내성 플라스미드의 동정)

  • 이대운;문경호
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.6-9
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    • 1995
  • The clinical isolate Staphylococcus aureus SA2 had four kinds of plasmids and was resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, methicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline and tobramycin. Transformation experiment demonstrated that 4.44 kb plasmid(pKH6) encoded resistance to tetracycline. The cleavage map of pKH6 was determined by restriction enzyme mapping techniques. The cleavage map is given for EcoRV, HindIII, HpaI, HpaII, KpnI and Xbal. Restriction endonucleases BamHl, BglI, BGIII, BstEII, EcoRI, HaellI, PstI, PvuII, SalI, Smal, and Xhol have no site on this plasmid. The restriction map revealed extensive structural homology between pKH6 and pT181.

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Purification and Characterization of Mitogen -Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase from Mammalian Tissue Cells (동물 조직세포로부터 Mitogen-activated Protein (MAP) Kinase의 분리 및 성격규명)

  • 김태우;정동주;김윤석
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 1996
  • MAP kinases are a family of serine/threonine specific protein kinases becoming activated in response to different proliferative stimuli by phosphorylation at both threonine and tyrosine residue. Present study shows that MAP kinase was purified from P388 murine leukema cells by SP sephadex C-50, phenyl superose and Mono Q column chromatography and identified with anti-ERKl antibody by western blotting. Immnublotting analysis to the crude extract of P388 cell lysate shows 44 kD and other minor bands but partial purified fraction eluted from phenyl supherose column have 44kD and 66 kD isoform. Subcloned GST-fusion protein from N-terminal of $p56^{kk}$ was tested as a substrate for MAP kinase phosphorylation. It was showed that the wild type and mutant forms(S42A) were fully phosporylated by purified MAP kinase fraction as com-pare with the other mutant form(S59A). This finding suggest that those GST-fusion proteins may be used as substrate for the in vitro test of MAP kinase.

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