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An Effect of Yoga Therapy on Relieving Dysmenorrhea ; RCTs(Randomized controlled trials) Review (요가 요법이 월경통 증상 완화에 미치는 효과 고찰)

  • Park, Ki-On;Hwang, Eui-Hyoung;Sul, Jae-Uk;Shin, Mi-Suk
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2011
  • Objectives : This study is to explain the effects of Yoga therapy for relieving dysmenorrhea on the aspect of Oriental Medicine and to identify the therapeutic Yoga asanas applicable to clinic medicine. Methods : We searched papers using Pubmed, CNKI and 7 Korean medical databases. We used "Yoga" and "Dysmenorrhea" as keyword. Limitations were as follows ; the last 20 years of publications and search range only including RCTs. Papers without inclusion criteria were excluded. We classified all the searched RCTs studies into Yoga exercise prescriptions. Results : A total of 47 studies were found. And 38 were excluded during extract screening. Finally 3 RCTs were selected and analyzed out of 9 papers. Blood sampling and survey questionnaires were used in the outcome measure. They reported that Yoga exercise could be used for dysmenorrhea patients, which has a curative effect. Conclusions : Yoga therapy can be explained as Meridian muscle theory in the concept of Oriental Medicine. Also, it may be a favorable choice for dysmenorrhea patients. Further studies to describe the effects of Yoga therapy will be needed more.

Codex Guideline for Organically Grown Food and its Implementation of Organic Crop and Animal Production in Korea (Codex 유기식품규격 내용과 한국 유기경종과 축산의 적응 실천)

  • 손상목
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.17-34
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    • 2000
  • This paper is aim to report the core aspects of Codex guideline for organically grown food which is finalized by FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission on May 2000 in 28th session of the Codex committee on food labelling. The chapter of animal production had discussed for a long time before it was finalized in Ottawa/canada as well as use of GMO(Genetically modified organism), manure from factory farming, animal welfare, and fodder inputs consisting of at least 85% for ruminants and 80% for non-ruminants. As the guideline for Codex set out the several things which is very difficult for Asian country, Organic farmer in Korea should pay an attention to maintain/increase the fertility and biological activity by cultivation of legumes, green manures or deep-rooting plants in an appropriate multi-annual rotation programme, and incorporation in the soil of organic material from holding producing in accordance with the guidelines. Pest, diseases and weeds should be controlled by choice of appropriate varieties, appropriate rotation, mechanical cultivation, diversified ecosystems, flame weeding, animal weeding and steam sterilization. The use of plant growth hormone, GMO and manure from industrial management system are not allowed, and closed recycling system, rotation, resistant seeds again pest and disease should be practiced in organic farming. But these are not unfortunately practiced in the country. In the conclusion it was strongly suggested to enact the Basic Standard for Korean organic agriculture which contains the core principles of Codex guidelines, and to try the importation of the most advanced theory, skills and technology from leading country in organic farming.

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The Pregnant Women's Decision-making Process about Their Infants Feeding Method (어머니의 수유방법에 관한 의사결정과정)

  • Jeong, Geum-Hee;Kim, Shin-Jeong
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.203-217
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study was done to explore the pregnant women's decision-making process about their infants feeding method. Data collection involved the in-depth unstructured interviews with 12 participants from January 1998 to January 1999. Data analysis was done by the grounded theory method. The 112 concepts, 29 sub-categories were confirmed in the analysis. The sub-categories were again grouped into 14 categories: expectation, situational condition, inevitability of breast-feeding, social recognition, self-awareness as mother, harmony, consideration, pursuit of ease, effect of external environments, lack of knowledge, hardening, the best choice, control, and bargain. " Adjustment through recognizing of motherhood" was the key category that was related to all categories. "Adjustment through recognizing of motherhood" was a process in which the mother became aware of mothering and sharing, and in which she considered herself or infant's needs and their priorities. This research will help nurse to understand mother's needs better. Therefore, nurse will be able to assist mother making the best decision for herself and her infant.

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Development of A System Optimum Traffic Control Strategy with Cell Transmission Model (Cell Transmission 이론에 근거한 시스템최적 신호시간산정)

  • 이광훈;신성일
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.193-206
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    • 2002
  • A signal optimization model is proposed by applying the Cell-Transmission Model(CTM) as an embedded traffic flow model to estimate a system-optimal signal timing plan in a transportation network composed of signalized intersections. Beyond the existing signal-optimization models, the CTM provides appropriate theoretical and practical backgrounds to simulate oversaturation phenomena such as shockwave, queue length, and spillback. The model is formulated on the Mixed-Integer Programming(MIP) theory. The proposed model implies a system-optimal in a sense that traffic demand and signal system cooperate to minimize the traffic network cost: the demand departing from origins through route choice behavior until arriving at destinations and the signal system by calculating optimal signal timings considering the movement of these demand. The potential of model's practical application is demonstrated through a comparison study of two signal control strategies: optimal and fixed signal controls.

증(證)의 표준화(標準化) 문제(問題)에 대한 한 견해(見解)

  • Ji, Gyu-Yong
    • Journal of The Association for Neo Medicine
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 1996
  • This study has surveyed the problems raised through the standardization process of differentiation system and searched its solution, reaching the following conclusion. 1. The most serious problem is, most frequently occurred, an wilful application of differentiation system or constitutive classification for disease. 2. To overcome this wilfulness, we must make a definite understanding of the origin and its applicative limit of the theory. 3. And it must be preceded for a correct and objective differentiation to standardize in all choice of the differential diagnostics and its applicative condition. 4. To establish such a corresponding diagnostic scheme, it must be generally agreed on an individuality and inevitability of the suitability to differentiation principles. 5. And, though we can make a prescription through the frequency, degree, and clarified cause of the symptom, its flexibility of application must not be necessarily, ignored. 6. As this study for standardizing the disharmony between liver and pancreas(肝脾不調) shows, accordingly, we must begin by scrutinizing and defining what the chief cause, head, and inevitable symtoms are and discern them from its affinities, making necessarily a great deal attention to minute feelings and degree about its individual symptoms. On the ground of these recognition, we must go further to establish a general standardization and try to get a specific study series.

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The Study on the Inter-Organizational Control of IS Outsourcing Relationship : Building Theory from Case Study (정보시스템 아웃소싱 관계에서 조직간 통제에 관한 연구 : 이론구축을 위한 사례연구)

  • Lee, Sang Kon
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.127-146
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    • 2004
  • Recently, Information systems (IS) outsourcing has been becoming a viable strategic alternative in the management of information systems. Accordingly, the demand of research in practice has been changed from how to decide IS outsourcing to how to manage IS outsourcing. However, there is little known about the management of IS outsourcing in existing literature. Moreover, the existing studies suggest conflicting solutions in accordance with their own perspectives : competitive relationship vs. cooperative relationship. The purpose of this study is to address this conflicting result, and consequently to enhance an understanding of IS outsourcing management by introducing the concept of interorganizational control. To meet this purpose, this study adopts Lee(2003)'s integrative model of IS outsourcing management based on the existing literature from different management disciplines and different perspectives, and then conducts four case studies. The result reveals that users, as well as IS manager, play a critical role in controlling IS outsourcing. Moreover, they implement a portfolio of control modes including both informal and formal modes. The result also suggests that the choice of particular control mechanism depends on client, supplier, task, and relationship characteristics.

A Raid-Type War-Game Model Based on a Discrete Multi-Weapon Lanchester's Law

  • Baik, Seung-Won
    • Management Science and Financial Engineering
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2013
  • We propose a war-game model that is appropriate for a raid-type warfare in which, a priori, the maneuver of the attacker is relatively certain. The model is based on a multi-weapon extention of the Lanchester's law. Instead of a continuous time dynamic game with the differential equations from the Lanchester's law, however, we adopt a multi-period model relying on a time-discretization of the Lanchester's law. Despite the obvious limitation that two players make a move only on the discrete time epochs, the pragmatic model has a manifold justification. The existence of an equilibrium is readily established by its equivalence to a finite zero-sum game, the existence of whose equilibrium is, in turn, well-known to be no other than the LP-duality. It implies then that the war-game model dictates optimal strategies for both players under the assumption that any strategy choice of each player will be responded by a best strategy of her opponent. The model, therefore, provides a sound ground for finding an efficient reinforcement of a defense system that guarantees peaceful equilibria.

Optimal Selection of Energy System Design Using Fuzzy Framework (모호집합론을 사용한 에너지계통 설계의 최적선택)

  • 김성호;문주현
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 1998
  • The present work proposes the potential fuzzy framework, based on fuzzy set theory, for supporting decision-making problems, especially, selection problems of a best design in the area of nuclear energy system. The framework proposed is composed of the hierarchical structure module, the assignment module, the fuzzification module, and the defuzzification module. In the structure module, the relationship among decision objectives, decision criteria, decision sub-criteria, and decision alternatives is hierarchically structured. In the assignment module, linguistic or rank scoring approach can be used to assign subjective and/or vague values to the decision analyst's judgment on decision variables. In the fuzzification module, fuzzy numbers are assigned to these values of decision variables. Using fuzzy arithmetic operations, for each alternative, fuzzy preference index as a fuzzy synthesis measure is obtained. In the defuzzification module, using one of methods ranking fuzzy numbers, these indices are defuzzified to overall utility values as a cardinality measure determining final scores. According these values, alternatives of interest are ranked and an optimal alternative is chosen. To illustrate the applicability of the framework proposed to selection problem, as a case example, the best option choice of four design options under five decision criteria for primary containment wall thickening around large penetrations in an advanced nuclear energy system is studied.

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Estimation Model for Optimum Probabilistic Rainfall Intensity on Hydrological Area - With Special Reference to Chonnam, Buk and Kyoungnam, Buk Area - (수문지역별 최적확률강우강도추정모형의 재정립 -영.호남 지역을 중심으로 -)

  • 엄병헌;박종화;한국헌
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.108-122
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    • 1996
  • This study was to introduced estimation model for optimum probabilistic rainfall intensity on hydrological area. Originally, probabilistic rainfall intensity formula have been characterized different coefficient of formula and model following watersheds. But recently in korea rainfall intensity formula does not use unionize applyment standard between administration and district. And mingle use planning formula with not assumption model. Following the number of year hydrological duration adjust areal index. But, with adjusting formula applyment was without systematic conduct. This study perceive the point as following : 1) Use method of excess probability of Iwai to calculate survey rainfall intensity value. 2) And, use method of least squares to calculate areal coefficient for a unit of 157 rain gauge station. And, use areal coefficient was introduced new probabilistic rainfall intensity formula for each rain gauge station. 3) And, use new probabilistic rainfall intensity formula to adjust a unit of fourteen duration-a unit of fifteen year probabilistic rainfall intensity. 4) The above survey value compared with adjustment value. And use three theory of error(absolute mean error, squares mean error, relative error ratio) to choice optimum probabilistic rainfall intensity formula for a unit of 157 rain gauge station.

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The Research for the New Institutional Analysis in Change of the Separation of the Dispensing of Drugs : On the focus of Rational Choice Institutionalism (의약분업 정책변동의 신제도론적 분석 : 합리적 선택 신제도주의를 중심으로)

  • Park, Min-Jeong
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.1-30
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    • 2007
  • This study aims to analyze the policy change which is caused by conflicts between interest groups when the Separation of the Prescribing from the Dispensing of Drugs (SPDD) was enforced. With the theory of New Institutionalism, the reason why the policy was to be changed can be explained by the concept of property right and transaction cost. As the government did not consider the change of property right and transaction cost between actors before introducing new institution, it was hard to adapt the SPDD. Though, under the established institution, the institutional change can cause the alteration in property right and transaction cost, government just focused on the new institution's execution. Therefore, the group which suffers the loss could not accommodate to the change of institution. For this reason, the adaptation of SPDD also caused huge conflicts between doctors and pharmacists. Then, this research shows that the reason why they conflict to the some issues in the content of PSPDD and why the issues was changed with the property right and transaction cost.