• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
• /
• v.8 no.1
• /
• pp.1-11
• /
• 2005

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between H. pylori infection and recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children and to evaluate the effects of eradication therapy on RAP. Methods: From January 1998 to January 2005, 166 children with RAP (61 male, 105 female) aged $10.0{\pm}3.3$ years were included. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopies were performed for all the patients. All H. pylori infected children (n=70) received the eradication therapy and were divided into two groups: Group Ia (n=52); eradicated, Group Ib (n=18); non-eradicated. H. pylori-negative children (n=96) were divided into three groups according to the medication: Group IIa (n=67); no medication, Group IIb (n=13); acid-suppressant, Group IIc (n=16); both acid-suppressant and antibiotics. Questionnaire for symptoms were asked at the first, 6th, 12th, 24th, and 36th months following the treatment (grade 0; completely resolved, grade 1; definitely improved, but there are occasional episodes of mild abdominal pain, grade 2; no change in the frequency and intensity of abdominal pain). Results: In about 90% of H. pylori positive children, RAP improved in the both H. pylori-eradicated and non-eradicated children in a follow-up survey. In about 75% of H. pylori-negative children, RAP also improved among in the three groups of patients regardless of medication. Conclusion: These results suggest that there was no correlations between improvement of RAP and eradication of H. pylori, and between improvement of RAP and medication. Consequently the reassurance that the children with RAP have no serious organic cause was important to improvement of RAP.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
• /
• v.26 no.4
• /
• pp.403-410
• /
• 1994

Changes in physical and chemical characteristics of industry-type kochujang were investigated during 105 days of storage at $37^{\circ}C$. Reducing sugar content of kochujang decreased rapidly up to the 15th day of storage and then decreased slowly thereafter. Total free amino acid contents decreased by 22.3% after 60 days and by 35% after 90 days of storage. The activities of amylase and protease did not show any significant changes, however, the activity of neutral protease increased slightly. The moisture content and water activity of the kochujang decreased linealy during storage and the correlation coefficient between the moisture content and water activity showed 0.964. Apparent viscosity of kochujang increased with an increase in storage time. It was found that water activity was more responsible for the increase of apparent viscosity than water content.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
• /
• v.36 no.1
• /
• pp.58-68
• /
• 2015

Objectives : To evaluate the long-term survival effects of traditional Korean medicine (TKM) on refractory metastatic lung cancer and small cell lung cancer (SCLC), which have historically poor survival rates. Methods : A retrospective study was conducted using the medical records of two patients in Daejeon University hospital. The first patient, with SCLC, was treated from January 2000 to December 2009 and the other, with metastatic pulmonary cancer from primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), was treated from September 2004 to February 2014. The patients were treated with herbal medicines at one-month intervals. During hospitalization, acupuncture and indirect moxibustion were performed concurrent with the administration of Western therapy. Treatment efficacy was assessed monthly using chest radiography, chest computed tomography, and laboratory examination data, and by measuring patient performance status. Results : Both patients exhibited a stable disease course for more than 9 years after the initial diagnosis of intractable lung cancer, suggesting that their disease status was controlled by TKM. Conclusions : We suggest that a combination of TKM with conventional Western therapy for refractory lung cancer patients is effective in controlling various symptoms related to lung cancer and improving quality of life, and may potentially prolong overall survival.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
• /
• v.48 no.3
• /
• pp.425-434
• /
• 2006

Press ham were manufactured to investigate the effects of ginseng powder on quality characteristics of press ham. Each treatment added pork loin basis with Ginseng powder(0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0%) were stored until 28 days at 4℃. The changes in shear force value, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), fatty acid composition and sensory evaluation of each treatment were measured until 28 days at 4℃. Shear force value was not significantly different between the control and ginseng treatment groups. The value for all treatments were decreased significantly by the passage of storage time (P<0.05). Remarkable differences were found in sensory properties(color, flavor and acceptability) among control and ginseng treatment groups. This was not clearly changed by the passage of storage time. Ginseng treatment groups showed significantly (p<0.05) lower TBARS value than the control. TBARS value was increased significantly during storage in all treatments. Fatty acid composition did not significantly differ between the control and ginseng treatment groups. Summing up the a forementioned results, press ham manufacturing with ginseng powder was not affected in shear force value, sensory evaluation, TBARS and fatty acid composition. Also, it may be assumed that the high quality press ham can be manufactured with the extend of storage period and saponin accumulation.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
• /
• v.41 no.4
• /
• pp.310-317
• /
• 2013

This research has been carried out to evaluate the durability characterization of larch wood used for woody erosion control dam. Wood deterioration and strength properties were analyzed according to installed position and duration. Optical and scanning electron microscope were used for examining wood deterioration, and an universal testing machine was applied for compression and shearing strength. As a result, deposited wood in water was maintained almost similar anatomical and physical properties compare to normal wood, even though it was used for seven years. In non-deposited wood which was installed on the side of the dam, heartwood did not show any significant change during seven years, while sapwood was significantly deteriorated in five years. Also, strength properties of sapwood were significantly decreased according to installed duration whereas, degree of decrease in heartwood were relatively smaller than that in sapwood.

• Journal of Labour Economics
• /
• v.25 no.1
• /
• pp.47-74
• /
• 2002

Since the Economic Crisis at the end of 1997, unemployment rate soared up to the record-high 8.6% (February 1999) and, for youth aged 15~29, it was 14.6% (27.8% for aged 15~19). In spite of economic recovery after the crisis, new participants in labor market at the school-to-work transition have faced with difficulties in finding their first jobs and, even further, the ratio of youth at out-of the labor force but not in school has remained at a higher level. It is important to calibrate the negative effects of nonemployment in the short-run as well as in the long-run, but there has been few study on the school-to-work transition in Korea. This study focus on the nonemployment duration to first job after formal education and comparison of its pattern before and after the crisis. A proportional hazard model, considering job prenaration before graduation (21.4% of the sample), with the semi-parametric baseline hazard is applied to the sample from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Survey(1998~2000) and its Youth Supplemental survey(2000). Interview of the Survey is conducted, by the Korea Labor Institute, to the same 5,000 household and 13,738 individual sample, guaranteeing nationwide representativeness. The Supplemental Survey consists of 3,302 young individuals aged 15 to 29 at the time of survey and 1,615 of them who are not in school and provide appropriate information is used for the analysis. The empirical results show that there exists negative duration dependence at the first three or for months at the transition period and no duration dependence since a turning point of the baseline hazard rate and that unemployment rate reflecting labor demand conditions has a positive effect on exiting the nonemployment state, which is inconsistent with a theoretical conclusion. Estimation with samples separated by the date of graduation before and after the crisis shows that the effect of unemployment rate on the hazard was negative for the pre-crisis sample but positive for the post-crisis sample.

• Food Science and Preservation
• /
• v.17 no.1
• /
• pp.23-29
• /
• 2010

The effects of vinegar, alcohol, and vitamin C on the color, microorganism count, volatile flavor components, free sugar level, free amino acid concentration, and free fatty acid level of minced ginger were investigated during storage for 17 weeks at $10^{\circ}C,\;20^{\circ}C\;or\;30^{\circ}C$. Bacterial levels remained unchanged during storage and mold was not initially detected. Yeast levels in minced ginger were $5{\times}10^1$ CFU/g initially, and yeast was not detected after 2 weeks. The color values increased during storage at high temperature. The volatile flavor component levels decreased during high-temperature storage. The free sugars of minced ginger were glucose, sucrose, and fructose. Sugar levels did not vary greatly with storage temperature. Free amino acid content decreased during high-temperature storage, and glutamine, valine, alanine, asparagine, tyrosine, and leucine were detected. Free fatty acid content increased during storage and the ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids was 3:7.

• Food Science and Preservation
• /
• v.10 no.4
• /
• pp.454-458
• /
• 2003

This study was conducted to enhance the quality and peach (Yumyung) by ozone treatment. The ozone concentration and treatment time in soaking of peach were 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 ppm and 30 min respectively. Fruit brix degree, titratable acidity, hardness, colors values, and rotten rate were determined in ripening grade Yumyung peach and when fruits were placed at ambient temperuture(25$^{\circ}C$) during 20 days. No great difference occured between control group and all ozone treatment samples in the changes of brix degree, titratable acidity, hardness and color values at my sampling period. However, the rotten rate of ozone-treated peach stored at 25$^{\circ}C$ was lower than that of control sample. The orders of rotten rate in peaches stored for 15 days at 25$^{\circ}C$ were control products > 0.1ppm ozone-treated > 0.3ppm ozone-treated) 0.5ppm ozone-treated. Therefore, optimal renditions of Yumyung peach stored by ozone treatment at ambient temperature during 20 days were ozone concentration of 0.5ppm, treatment time of 30min, and ozone treatment frequency of four times.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
• /
• 2003.04a
• /
• pp.142.1-142
• /
• 2003

저장 중 단감은 과피 및 과육의 변색 발생으로 인한 품질저하가 심각하게 발생하고 있는데, 아직까지 이를 방지하기 위한 원인 규명은 매우 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 단감의 재배지, 수확시기, 크기, 예조기간, 저장온도, 저장기간, 포장재의 두께 등을 달리하여 저장하면서 처리조건에 따른 단감 과육의 갈변 발생 관련성을 조사하였다. 단감의 변색발생 증상은 저장 1개월 이후부터 일부 나타나기 시작하여 저장기간이 경과할수록 심하였다. 단감의 갈변 발생률 및 갈변 정도를 실험 처리구별로 살펴보면 과수원, 수확시기, 예조기간, 저장온도, 포장재의 두께, 포장 내 가스조성에 따라 차이를 보였는데 단감의 수확시기가 늦을수록, 수확후 예조기간이 짧을수록, 저장을 위해 사용한 포장필름의 두께가 얇을수록 갈변발생정도가 심하였다. 또한 단감의 과수원에 따라서도 갈변의 발생률이 차이를 보여 동일지역이더라도 재배조건에 의하여서도 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합하여 보면 단감 과육의 갈변발생은 수확 전 및 수확 후 인자들의 단독적인 영향이기보다는 복합적인 영향에 의한 것으로 추정되었다.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
• /
• v.15 no.1
• /
• pp.245-261
• /
• 1998

본 논문은 다기간 대리모형에서 나타날 수 있는 대리비용 중에서 대리인과 위임자의 의사 결정고려기간(decision-making horizon)의 차이로 인해서 발생할 수 있는 과소투자유인을 연구 대상으로 하고 있다. 대리인인 경영자는 자신의 명성을 고려해서 투자효과가 자신의 임기내에 나타나는 투자안에 높은 관심을 가질 것이다. 그런데 계속기업을 전제로 하면 대리인인 경영자는 위임자인 주주보다 투자의사결정시 고려하는 기간이 짧아서 과소투자의 가능성이 존재한다. 동적최적화 기법을 이용한 이론적 모형의 결과도 대리계약기간이 짧을수록 투자수준이 낮을 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 내용을 한국상장기업들을 대상으로 임원근속기간과 설비투자수준의 관계에 대해서 실증분석한 결과, 이론적 기대와 일치하지만 통계적 유의성은 낮은 편이었다. 이같은 결과는 전문경영체제가 확립되어 있지 않은 한국기업환경의 특성에 기인한다고 생각된다.