• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-29
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• 2009

As foreign investors' share holdings in Korean firms have dramatically increased since 1998 following the financial deregulation on the limit of foreign stock investment, the concern over the negative impacts the foreign investors would bring on the firms' financial policy has been growing too. Foreign investors were perceived to require the firms of excessive payments of cash dividends sometimes with threat of hostile takeover trials detering the firm from investing its cash flow in the physical facilities and RandD eroding their potential growth capabilities. We examine the impact of foreign investment on the firms' dividend policy using 234 listed firms' panel data over the sample periods of 1998 to 2005 employing various panel regression methodology. Foreign shareholders are found not to be related or even negatively related to the payout ratio(dividend/net income), but positively and statistically significantly related to the ratio of cash dividends to book of asset, negatively to the dividend yields. Considering the payout ratio is the most appropriate measure for the dividend payment, we can not support the arguments that the foreign investors' holdings have induced the excessive dividend level in Korean firms.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.903-910
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• 2004

Background: The total aortic arch replacement is one of the most difficult operations with high mortality rate. But the arch first technique with subclavian arterial perfusion has been reported to be a safe methods for arch replacement. Material and Method: Between Feb 2003 and July 2004, 18 patients, 10 men and 8 women, underwent total aortic arch replacement with arch first technique. Their mean age was $59.3\pm12.9$ years. The patietns received 11 acute aortic dissections, 3 chronic aortic dissectiong aneurysms, and 4 ruptured aortic arch aneurysms. Result The mean admission period was $20.2\pm7.4$ days. There was one early mortality case which died of low cardiac output syndrome and another late mortality case which died of cerebral hemorrhage. The others were discharged without any sequelae and they were followed up for an average period of $180\pm156.3$ days. Conclusion: The total aortic arch replacement with arch first technique and subclavian arterial perfusion is a good method that will reduce the surgical mortality and the possibility of secondary late reoperation from the remnant distal aortic problems.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 1982

Typical stratigraphic sequences of Paleozoic form the Baegunsan Syncline (equal to Hambaeg Syncline) and Taebaegsan Group is the basement in the southern part of Kangweon Province. Deformation pattern depends on their stratigraphic site and their internal properties. In the biotite schists and meta-sandstones of Pre-Cambrian sequences, flow folds and ptygmatic folds are developed, and high strain deformation is pervasive. Deformational patterns of Cambro-Ordovician are variable because of their various formations. Fracturing is pervasive in the Jangsan Quartzite and Daegi and Maggol Limestone. Welldeveloped slaty cleavage and angular folds of kink and chevron types are the prevailing structures of pelitic rocks. The most characteristic feature of limestone alternated with argillite is the "Compositional cleavage (Author's proposal)" known as the "Worm-eatern" structures. It was known that this structures have a sedimentary origin. But their preferred orienation of long axis of erosional lime holes, originated from tectonic deformation of folding. And this structures have the same character as the axial plane cleavages. Fracturing and long wave concentric folds are dominant characters of the Upper Paleozic sequences. In this area, two folds are superimposed. Field studying and analysis of structures show that the cross-folds of NS-direction are pervasive and were deformed by the EW-directional Baegunsan Syncline. The cross-folding is the major and penetrative deformation and prior to Baegunsan Syncline.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 2007

Purpose: To investigate the characteristics and chronological changes of gastric cancer in Korea, the Information Committee of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association performed nationwide survey for 2004. Materials and Methods: The data on patients who underwent gastric cancer surgery in 2004 were collected from 57 institutes and compared with those of 1995 and 1999 which were reported in 2002. Fourteen factors (sex, age, tumor location and size, gross type, approach to operation, radicality, operative method, reconstruction method, WHO and Lauren classification, UICC stage, and numbers of positive and retrieved lymph nodes) were analyzed. According to the annual number of gastric cancer operations, 57 institutes were divided into 4 groups (group 1, <100; 100 ${\leq}$ group 2 < 200 operations; 200 ${\leq}$ group 3 < 500 operations; group 4, ${\geq}500$). Results: Data on 11,293 patients were collected. The sex ratio (M : F) was 2.05 : 1 (7,586/3,705). The mean age was 58.0 years old. The age of highest incidence in both male and female has increased recently. The proportion of early gastric cancer has increased from 28.6% in 1995 and 32.8% in 1999 to 47.4% in 2004. The mean number of retrieved lymph nodes was 34.0 (32.8, 34.0, 36.1, and 32.9 for group 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively). Conclusion: Early gastric cancer has increased in 2004 compared to 1995 and 1999. Gastric cancer surgery seems to be performed with acceptable quality in view of number of retrieved lymph nodes. These data presented in nationwide survey could be used as a fundamental resource for gastric cancer in Korea.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.34 no.5 s.106
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• pp.380-393
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• 2004

The Purpose of this study was to investigate the dentoalveolar compensation according to anteroposterior skeletal discrepancy in normal occlusion and to evaluate cephalometric parameters that quantitatively describe dental compensations. The study consisted of 90 subjects (50 males. 40 females) who were selected among specimens of normal occlusion at Seoul National, University Dental Hospital, Dept. of Orthodontics. Lateral cephalograms in centric occlusion were traced and digitized for each subject. According to the anteroposterior skeletal pattern the sample was divided into three groups. Cephalometric data were analyzed for the three groups using the SPSS program. Independent t-test, correlation analysis and regression analysis were carried out. The results were as fellows: Dentoalveolar compensation was found in upper and lower incisor inclination and occlusal plane inclination. As the mandible located anterior to the maxilla, the maxillary incisors incisors more labially. the mandibular incisors more lingually, and the occlusal plane continued to flatten. The dental parameters most correlated with anteroposterior skeletal discrepancy were L1 to SN and L1 to FH. Among the compensatory dentoalveolar changes, lower incisor inclination was strongly related to the anteroposterior jaw relationship and played au imposrtant role in obtaining a normal incisor relationship U1 to PtGn and L1 to APog were constant irrelevant to anteroposterior skeletal discrepancy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.490-495
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• 2006

Leiomyoma of the bronchus is a very rare benign tumor of the lung. Most endobronchial leiomyomas occur as secondary foci of primary uterine leiomyoma. We herein report a case with endobronchial tumor that had a different pathology from a primary resected uterine leiomyoma and was therefor considered a primary endobronchial leiomyoma. A 51-year-old woman with a history of uterine myoma presented with productive cough and fever. Bronchoscopy revealed a lightly yellow colored mass lesion that totally obstructed the orifice of the left lower lobe of the lung. The diagnosis of leiomyoma was made by histological examination of the obtained specimen. We considered the possibility of a benign metastasizing pulmonary leiomyoma. For treatment and differential diagnosis, a left lower lobe lobectomy of the lung and total hysterectomy with bilateral salphingooopherectomy were performed. The differences between lung and uterine lesions were confirmed by morphologic finding and immunohistochemical staining. The pathological diagnosis was primary endobronchial leiomyoma combined with uterine myoma.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.39-44
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• 1994

For the purpose of supplying the basic knowledge to make Doenjang which is acceptable to Korean people three kinds of koji, namely rice, wheat, and soybean Koji were made with Aspegillus oryzae. Then Doenjangs were made with four different ratio of three Kinds of Koji. Components related to the taste of Boenjang were analyzed, sensory evaluation of Doenjang were made, and correlation between analytical variables and sensory parameters were investigated. The results were as followed 1. Total nitrogen contents of each Doenjang were increased with increasing the ratio of Koji except Doenjang made with soybean Koji. The amounts of amino nitrogen increased with the ratio of koji increases in each Doenjang. Amino nitrogen contents of Doenjang made with soybean Koji were highe. than the others, 2. Reducing sugar contents of rice and wheat Doenjang were similar, but amounts were increased with increasing the ratio of Koji Reducing sugar contents of Soybean Doenjang were lower than the others. pH of the Doenjangs decreased as the ratio of the koji increased. The amount of sweet taste amino acids and MSf; like amino acids were increased, but bitter taste amino acids were decreased as the ratio of the koji increased in rice and wheat Doeujang, The sweet taste amino acids and bitter taste amino acids in soybean Doenjang showed little Changes in amount, but the amount of MSG like amino acids increased as the ratio of the Koji increased from 13% to 25%, 37%, and 50%. The nucleotide contents of wheat Doenjang were higher than other Doenjangs, and there is a tendency to increase the amounts of nucleotide as increasing the ratio of koji in each Doenjang. 3. As a result of sensory evaluation, wheat Doenjang of 13% koji ranked highest in the overall eating quality, and Doenjangs made with 50% and 37% of rice koji ranked next, 4. pH and sweet tast amino acids influenced on the Overall eating quality of the Doenjang, however most compo-nents of the Doenjang seemed to relate to overall eating quality of Doenjang, however most components of the Doenjang seemed to relate to overall eating quality of Doenjang.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.30 no.sup2
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• pp.203-210
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• 2001

Objective : Paraclinoidal aneurysms termed that aneurysms arising from proximal internal carotid artery(ICA) between the site of emergence of the carotid artery from roof of the cavernous sinus and origin of the posterior communicating artery(PCoA). These aneurysms pose conceptual and technical surgical problems with regard to acquisition of proximal control and safe intracranial exposure. The efficiency of surgical technique according to the location of paraclinoidal aneurysm was studied for minimal exposure. Materials and Methods : Over the past four years, the authors treated surgically 171 cases of cerebral aneurysm, among them ten patients were paraclinoidal aneurysms with two patients unruptured aneurysms. Mean age was 47 years old, and all patients were female. Three patients were proximal posterior carotid artery wall aneurysms(one large, one giant), four patients carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysms and three patients superior hypophyseal artery aneurysms. Results : There could be done clip in all cases, there were no deaths and no complication. And no patient developed sustained neurological deficits including visual function except hydrocephalus in one case. Four patients complained of visual disturbance but two patients had recovery after postoperation and two patient were not longer to bad. Conclusion : Our recent experience suggests that preoperative scrutiny of diagnostic angiography allows classification of all paraclinoidal aneurysms regardless of size and surgical technique which this classification has focused on operative approaches unique to each aneurysm projection was helpful to improve the operative outcome with good visual function and to shorten the operative time.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.149-159
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• 2019

This study was conducted to investigate that the mediating effect of interpersonal support in college students. Data were collected from the college located in G province, Korea from April, 1th to May 2th 2017. Data were analyzed by pearson correlation coefficients, and regression method of Baron & Kenny of SPSS 26.0 program, and Sobel test of Amos 16.0 program. The result were as follows; 1) The mean scores were college adaptation 5.30(.75), smartphone addiction 2.30(.48), interpersonal support 4.53(.75). 2) The college adaptation showed negative correlation with smartphone addiction(r=.328, p<.001) and positive correlation with interpersonal support(r=.490, p<.001) significantly. Interpersonal support showed significant negative correlation with smartphone addiction(r=-034, p=.04). 3) Interpersonal support had partial mediating effect(Z=2.16, p=.03) in the relationship between college adaptation and smartphone addiction. Baron & Kenny's three-step test showed that college adaptation(${\beta}=-.37$, p<.000) and interpersonal support (${\beta}=.30$, p=.15) were significant predictor variables for the smartphone addiction. Based on the results of this study, college program which is reinforce interpersonal support need to be applied and for the successful college adaptation and beneficial use of smartphone.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.50-61
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• 2019

The aspects of typhoon-induced surges were classified into three types at the Western coast, and their characteristics were examined. The typhoons OLGA (9907) and KOMPASU (1007) were the representative steep types. As they pass close to the coasts with fast translation velocity, the time of maximum surge is unrelated to tidal phase. However, typhoons PRAPIROON (0012) and BOLAVEN (1215) were the representative mild types, which pass at a long distance to the coasts with slow translation velocity, and were characterized by having maximum surge time is near low tide. Meanwhile, typhoons MUIFA (1109) and WINNIE (9713) can be classified into mild types, but they do not show the characteristics of the mild type. Thus they are classified into propagative type, which are propagated from the outside. Analyzing the annual highest high water level data, the highest water level ever had been recorded when the WINNIE (9713) had attacked. At that time, severe astronomical tide condition overlapped modest surge. Therefore, if severe astronomical tide encounter severe surge in the future, tremendous water level may be formed with very small probability. However, considering that most of the huge typhoons are mild type, time of maximum surge tends to occur at low tide. In case of estimating the extreme water level by a numerical simulation, it is necessary not only to apply various tide conditions and accompanying tide-modulated surge, but also to scrutinize typhoon parameters such as translation velocity and so on.