• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.15 no.4 s.40
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• pp.351-365
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• 1991

본 연구에서는, 수면환경의 열적 쾌적도의 측정방법으로서 생리적 반응 뿐만 아닌 국소자극의 반응에 대한 평가법 (Allesthesial Response)에 의 한 가능성을 제시 하고자 하였다. 피험자는 19세에서 22세의 건강한 독일 여자 대학생 5명이며, 실험은 12월과 1월 독일의 KASSEL에 있는 Marburg대학 연구소의 인공기후실에서 이루어졌다. 사용의복은 면 $100\%$의 잠옷이며, 침구는 메트리스와 Wool 담요(두께 180 mm)를 사용하였다. 국소자극 반응의 온도는 $20.0^{\circ}C,\;22.5^{\circ}C,\;25.0^{\circ}C,\;27.5^{\circ}C,\;30.0^{\circ}C,\;32.5^{\circ}C$의 set가 사용되었으며, 온도자극은 Pottier Thermode type PKE 36 HO2-1 (독일, Peltroil사)로서, 온도의 도달정 밀도는 60내지 90초 동안에 각 자극온도의 변화조절이 가능하였다. 수면환경 온도는 $15^{\circ}C,\;18^{\circ}C,\;21^{\circ}C,\;24^{\circ}C,\;27^{\circ}C$의 다섯 환경으로 조절하였으며, 습도는 RH $45\%$였다. 수면환경 $18^{\circ}C$에서 $24^{\circ}C$까지에서는, 수면전, 수면후 모두, 피험자는 약간의 Hypothermia의 경향을 보였지만 Neutral Situation과 큰 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 수면전과 수면후의 체온조절 반응의 차이가 Allesthesial Response와 국소의 쾌적한 온도 선택의 두 실험결과 모두에서 현저히 나타났다. 생리적 반응의 결과에서도 $18^{\circ}C$에서 $21^{\circ}C$까지의 수면환경이 가장 쾌적하게 나타났다. 또한, 실험결과에서 행동적 온도 조절 반응이 생리적 반응에 앞서 보다 민감하게 이루어짐을 볼 수 있었다

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.133-138
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• 1997

Prader Willi Syndrome(PWS) was first recognized and reported by Prader-Willi. The etiology of the syndrome is not fully understood, but 50-70% of the patients show small deletion in chromosome 15. Manifested symtoms vary according to developmental age. In early life, hypotonia, areflexia, feeding difficulties, hypothermia, microgenitalia, hypoplastic scrotum, cryptochordism were observed. But in several years, hypotonia disappears, and polyphagia, decreased satiety, psychomotor retardation, obesity, hypogonadism and short stature become main problems. Behavioural problems including temper and aggressive outbursts, stealing food, hoarding food, and self excoriating skin picking, trichotillomania are more prominent during adolescence and young adulthood. Also, irritable, depressed mood are described. Lots of psychological and behavioural problems explain the reason why psychiatrists have managed and reported this syndrome. However, there has been no official report of PWS in our country. So authors report the clinical characteristics and issues in management of a patient with PWS.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.487-494
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• 2014

This study investigates thermoregulatory behaviors of obese children for their thermal comfort. Nine normal-weight children (NWC) and nine obese children (OC) participated in the study. All subjects were fourth-graders and sixth-graders in elementary school. An informed consent form was obtained from each child and his or her mother. The questionnaire method was used, and the experiment was conducted to determine the preferred amount of clothing at $17^{\circ}C$ and the preferred temperature at $33^{\circ}C$. According to the results, OC were more susceptible to heat than NWC, whereas there was no significant difference in their susceptibility to cold. There were no significant differences of the oral temperature and the mean skin temperature between the two groups, but changes in forearm blood flow were less in OC than in NWC. There was no significant difference in the preferred amount of clothing between OC and NWC, and the preferred temperature was higher in NWC than in OC. The results based on the questionnaire are consistent with those based on the experiment. A compositive study of physical exercise, eating behavior, and wearing behavior should be useful for developing programs for preventing and treating obese children.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.45 no.11
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• pp.1533-1543
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• 2016

The anti-stress effects of Punica granatum L. (family Lythraceae, PG) on $H_2O_2$/corticosterone (CORT)-induced stress in cells and sleep-deprived rats were investigated. The PG extract showed neuroprotective effects in SH-SY5Y cells against $H_2O_2$/CORT-induced stress. Sleep deprivation led to behavioral, hormonal, and biochemical alterations in the animal model. The effects of P. granatum on physiological, behavioral, and biochemical parameters aggravated by sleep deprivation were investigated. Sleep deprivation impaired physiological (survival, body weight, and drowsiness scores) and behavioral (rotarod, passive avoidance, hot hyperalgesia, and Y maze) parameters as well as biochemical factors (cortisol, serotonin, dopamine, testosterone, and growth factor I contents in serum). These parameters were significantly recovered by PG extract in a concentration-dependent manner. The PG extract also enhanced catalase, superoxide dismutase, and non-enzymatic antioxidative activities such as glutathione compared to sleep-deprived rats. On the basis of these results, our findings suggest that Punica granatum prevents impairment of body functions induced by sleep deprivation and related oxidative damage.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.245-263
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• 2016

This study was conducted to investigate the thermoregulatory behavior of young males in terms of self-identified thermal tolerance. We recruited 436 male students from Seoul ($24.0{\pm}4.6yr$ in age, $175.3{\pm}5.5cm$ in height, $70.1{\pm}10.6kg$ in body mass, and $23.0{\pm}2.7$ in BMI) in accordance with four types of self-identified thermal tolerance: 1) tolerable of both cold and heat, BCH (N=15); 2) heat tolerable only, HTO (N=118); 3) cold tolerable only, CTO (N=162); and 4) neither cold nor heat tolerable, NCH (N=141). The questionnaire consisted of 55 questions regarding preference to cold or heat environment, seasonal thermoregulatory behaviors including clothing habits, seasonal sleeping environments, health care/physical fitness, and anthropometric items. The results showed that: 1) BCH preferred less auxiliary heating devices, gloves/hats, or thermal underwear in winter and had very few experiences with cold/heat injuries or catching a cold, whereas NCH showed the opposite behavior and experiences as BCH; 2) thermoregulatory behaviors were not symmetrical between summer and winter. Most male students preferred cold beverage/foods to using cooling devices to lower body temperature in summer, whereas auxiliary heating devices were preferred to warm beverage/foods to maintain body temperature in winter; 3) thermoregulatory behaviors of NCH had more items in common with HTO than CTO, while the behaviors of BCH were more closely related to CTO than the behaviors of BCH were more closely related to CTO than HTO. Overall, we confirmed that thermoregulatory behaviors were apparently classified by self-identified thermal tolerance, and such behaviors could be adjusted by improving cold or heat tolerance.