• 생물정신의학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.205-215
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• 2015

Objectives Sex hormones exposure during the prenatal period has an effect on cerebral lateralization. Male brains are thought to be more lateralized than female brains. Bipolar disorder was known to show abnormalities in cerebral laterality whose characteristics could be estimated by electroencephalography (EEG) coherences. We studied sex-related differences of EEG coherences between healthy controls and patients with bipolar disorder to examine the sex effects in the genesis of bipolar disorder. Methods Participants were 25 patients with bipolar disorder (11 male, 14 female) and 46 healthy controls (23 male, 23 female). EEG was recorded in the eyes closed resting state. To examine dominant EEG coherence associated with sex differences in both groups within five frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma) across several brain regions, statistical analyses were performed using analysis of covariance. Results Though statistically meaningful results were not found, some remarkable findings were noted. Healthy control females showed more increased interhemispheric coherences than control males in gamma frequency band. There were no differences in the intrahemispheric coherences between the healthy control males and females. In patients with bipolar disorder, female dominant pattern in interhemispheric coherences was attenuated compared with healthy control. Conclusions Sex differences of EEG coherences, which could be a marker for cerebral laterality, were attenuated in patients with bipolar disorder compared with healthy controls. These results imply that abnormal sex hormone exposure during early development might play some role in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.50-63
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 외식전공 대학생들의 생물학적 성과 성역할 정체감 유형에 따른 진로태도성숙도의 차이를 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 경기도, 대전, 대구광역시에 소재한 2년제 전문대학 4개교에서 외식관련 분야를 전공하는 300명의 표본을 추출하였고 34부의 설문지를 제외한 총 266부의 설문지를 최종분석에 사용하였다. 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 진로태도성숙 수준은 외식관련 여성전공자 보다 남성 전공자가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 진로태도성숙 수준은 양성성 유형의 외식관련 전공자의 성숙도가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며 다음으로 남성성, 여성성, 미분화의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 외식관련 남성 전공자 중 양성성, 남성성, 미분화로 분류된 전공자의 진로에 대한 결정성, 목적성, 확신성이 여성 전공자보다 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 여성 전공자 중 여성성으로 분류된 전공자의 진로에 대한 결정성, 목적성, 확신성이 남성 전공자보다 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 외식관련 전공자의 생물학적 성과 성역할 정체감을 고려한 진로지도가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 이러한 결과는 양성성 유형의 전공자가 진로발달에 바람직하고 긍정적인 것을 보여준다. 그러므로 외식관련 전공자의 생물학적 성별에 따른 양성성을 강화할 진로상담프로그램이 개발되어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2024

본 연구의 목적은 함정트랩으로 포획된 맹꽁이 개체들의 형태적 특성을 분석하여 맹꽁이의 기초적인 정보를 수집하는 것이다. 연구 대상지는 서울특별시 강동구 고덕동 일대로, 이곳에 서식하는 맹꽁이를 대상으로 2016년 7월부터 2020년 11월까지 총 4년간 포획함정(pitfall trap)을 이용하여 총 1,063개체를 포획하였다. 맹꽁이는 길이(SVL)를 통하여 성체와 미성숙 개체를 구분하였으며, 성체를 대상으로 성비와 성별에 따른 형태 차이를 확인하였다. 그 결과, 성체 수컷은 모두 배면에 한 쌍의 흰띠가 관찰되었으며, 암컷은 배면에 알이 확인되었다. 선행연구들을 통해 배면에 한쌍의 흰띠는 수컷의 생식선(Gonads)으로 판단 되었으며, 일부 미성숙 개체들에서도 확인되었다. 이러한 배면에 위치한 한 쌍의 흰띠 존재 유무로 맹꽁이의 성별을 구분할 수 있었으며, 이는 현장에서 확인 가능한 성별 구분방법으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 연구기간 동안 성체 성비는 수컷 697개체(65.57%)와 암컷 366개체(34.43%)가 확인되어 수컷이 더 많은 것으로 확인되었다. 이와 같은 맹꽁이의 성비와 암수 구분 방법은 추후 맹꽁이의 종 복원과 개발로 인한 이주, 대체서식처 모니터링뿐만 아니라 다양한 생태연구와 기초적인 자료로 활용될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.78-96
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to synthesize the literature on the sex education programs for Korean college students and to provide a basis for developing effective sex education programs for this population. Methods: Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review method guided this review of studies conducted from 2000 to 2019. Articles were identified through three electronic databases and scholarly web sites. Fifteen articles met the inclusion criteria. Results: Three studies were descriptive, and 12 described interventions. In most of the reviewed studies, sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and sexual autonomy improved after sex education interventions. Before providing sex education, the researchers assessed student's needs for sex education and the various topics provided through sex education programs. Conclusion: When developing sex education programs, we need to a) focus on practical sexual knowledge including contraceptive methods, b) provide repeated and continuous education of a sufficient duration, c) provide comprehensive sex education beyond biological sex, and d) use various teaching methods to allow participants to gain a better understanding. Additionally, sex education should be conducted by experts such as nurses or trained educators to provide systematic and comprehensive education for young adults.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2012

The sex ratio and spatial structure of different sexes are major components that affect the reproductive success and population persistence of dioecious plants. The differential reproductive costs between male and female plants are often believed to cause a biased sex ratio and spatial segregation of the sexes through slower growth and/or lower female survivorship. In this study, we examined the sex ratio and spatial structure of one population of $Torreya$ $nucifera$ trees in Jeju Island, Korea. We also tested the effects of the current tending actions in relation to tree vitality. At the population level, the sex ratio of the 2,861 trees was significantly biased toward males; however, it also showed considerable variation among different diameter at breast height classes and across habitats according to terrain level (from upper to lower). In 1999, before tree management (tending) began, among the ecological traits examined, only climber coverage correlated with tree vitality. Intensive tending such as climber removal since 1999 clearly enhanced the vitality of the majority of trees, but its effects were more conspicuous in medium-sized trees than in small ones, in upper terrain trees than those in other terrains, and in females than in males. Both male tree domination in small and large trees and tending effects on females are likely to reflect the effects of female reproductive costs regarding growth and/or survivorship. Spatial segregation between males and females was not observed in $T.$ $nucifera$. Habitat heterogeneity created by the forest's rocky ground and its implications regarding sex ratios and spatial structure require further studies.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.117-120
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• 2002

Scelionid eggParasitoids Play an important role in biological control of some economically important pentatomids. Stink bug (Canthecona furcellatta Wolff,) is an important predator of Tasar silkworm larvae (Antheraea mylitta D.) and causes 30-40 percent loss in tasar silk industry. Psix striaticeps (Scelionid: Hymenoptera) has been found to be an important egg parasitoid. The parasitization potential of f striaticeps is mere than 60 percent and the sex ratio is female oriented. Studies indicate that the maintenance of existing scelionid population by avoiding harmful practices and the augmentation of scelionids either directly releasing them in the field or by indirectly making the field environment more favorable for them is an important aspect to control the pentatomid population in sericulture. Female bias sex ratio is advantageous to increase the parasitoid population in the field. 24-hour-old egg of stink bug and one-day old parasitoid is suitable for producing maximum progeny. 1 : 30 of parasitoid: host ratio is needed to regulate the estimated population in silkworm rearing field.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2013

Sexual behavior is crucial in life, yet comparatively little is known about the mechanisms in the sexual response in humans. A lot of theories and models have been developed to explain about the process of the sexual response in humans. The first model of sexual function was described by Masters and Johnson, defined the four-phase model (phases of excitation, plateau, orgasm and resolution). Helen Kaplan proposed a slightly different model of human sexual response by adding the conception of the desire phase. Some years later, a new model of circular sexual response pattern was described by Whipple and Brash-McGreer, who acknowledged the cyclic nature of women's sexual response. Basson presented an alternative model of women's normative sexual function, which featured a responsive form of desire in women's sexual response. Bancroft developed a new theoretical model, the Dual Control Model, which postulates sexual response and arousal is ultimately determined by the balance between the sexual activation or excitation system and the sexual inhibition system. The Sexual Tipping Point is a model created by Perelman, suggesting that a sexual response is determined by a balance between excitatory or inhibitory factors that may be psychological, organic, psychosocial, or cultural. A comprehensive understanding of sexual response and function is of paramount importance for the psychiatrist to study sex, offer counseling to the patient on sex, and practice sex therapy. In this literature, models of sexual response would be reviewed to understand the knowledge of the sexual functioning in humans.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.224-233
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• 2023

This research was conducted at Langgur City, Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Eastern Indonesia from November 2020 to February 2021 to study biological aspects of roundscads (Decapterus spp.) which consist of species composition, sex ratio, gonad maturation level, size distribution, length-weight relationship and condition factor. Samples were collected at traditional fish market in Langgur City. Fish samples collected at the market were put into cool box and then brought to the laboratory for further examination. Fish samples were identified, separated based on species, dissected to determine their sex and gonad maturation stage and then measured. Totally, there were 290 specimen collected which consist of five species namely Decapterus kurroides, D. macarellus, D. macrosoma, D. muroadsi and D. russelli. Sex ratio between male and female for all species showed 1:1. Gonad maturation level showed that stage I and II have higher percentage than stage III and IV indicates immature fish more dominant compare to mature one. Among five species found, D. macarellus has larger size while the smaller belongs to D. muroadsi. Results of length-weight relationship analysis showed that roundscads inhabiting Southeast Maluku waters have isometric and negative allometric growth pattern with relative condition factor around 1.00.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2006

내분비 교란물질들이 연안 어류의 정상적인 성적 발달을 위협할 수 있다는 사실은 잘 알려져 있지만, 해산 어종에 대한 이러한 위협을 파악하는 데 이용할 수 있는 적절한 시험 어종은 아직 개발되지 못했다. 그 이유 중의 하나는 성분화 초기에 어류의 생식소가 외형으로나 조직학적으로 암수 구분이 불분명한 경우가 많기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 조피 볼락 Sebastes schlegeli의 자연 성비, 생식소 구조, 그리고 외인성 성스테로이드 호르몬에 의한 성분화 교란 여부 등을 조사하여 이 종이 시험 어종으로 개발될 수 있는 지를 조사하였다. 1년생 조피볼락 240마리의 생식소를 조사한 결과, 이들의 성비(암수 비율)는 통계학적으로 1:1을 벗어나지 않았으며, 암컷은 유백색의 두터운 생식소를, 수컷은 검은색의 가느다란 생식소를 가지고 있었다. 성분화 시기의 조피볼락 치어를 $estradiol-17\;{\beta}(E_2)$ 또는 $17\;{\alpha}-methyltestosterone$ (MT)으로 처리하여 성분화 교란 여부를 조사한 결과, $E_2$ 처리는 93%의 암컷 유도율을 보였으나, MT 처리의 경우 수컷은 53%였고, 38%가 암수의 생식소 구조를 모두 갖는 intersex로 나타났다. 본 연구에 의하면 조피볼락은 미성숙 시기에도 암수 생식소의 형태가 뚜렷이 다르고, 외인성 성스테로이드 호르몬에 의해 뚜렷한 성분화 교란 현상이 초래되어 시험 어종으로 개발될 수 있는 가능성 있다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate sex differences in the effect of body mass index (BMI) and stress on high-risk diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods: Secondary analysis of data from 4,271 male and female adults participating in the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015 was performed. The participants were evaluated using questionnaires and blood tests. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ${\chi}^2-test$, and multiple logistic regression analysis (SPSS 24.0). Results: To identify sexspecific effects, interaction variables were included. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level was higher in men than in women, and the risk of DM decreased 0.31 times in women compared to that in men. As age increased, the odds of risk DM increased 1.03. The risk of DM increased 1.99 times in overweight individuals and 2.79 times for obese individuals compared to that in individuals with normal weight. Stress levels were higher in women than in men, but stress is not an influential factor in high-risk DM. In age-sex interaction, the odds of risk DM increased 1.02 in women compared to that in men as age increased. Conclusion: HbA1c level was affected by age-sex interaction, and age and sex should be considered in the application of HbA1c in the diagnosis of DM.