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Characteristics of Vibrio isolated from cultured file fish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer in Korea (우리나라 양식 쥐치, Stephanolepis cirrhifer에서 분리된 비브리오의 특성)

  • Lee, Bo-Young;Bang, Jong-Deuk;Cho, Mi-Young;Kim, Jin-Woo;Won, Kyoung-Mi;Cho, Young-Ah
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2011
  • An epidemic was occurred in Stephanolepis cirrhifer during acclimation in laboratory tanks (water temperature was about $17^{\circ}C$). Diseased fish showed an unique external sign, large cloudy skin surface. We investigated the cause of the disease, and isolated one pure cultured bacterium, that was identified as Vibrio anguillarum by biochemical analysis and sequence analysis of the l6S rRNA and recA genes. During the outbreak, about 30% of S. cirrhifer showed the large cloudy skin surface, and approximately 10% of the stocked fish died. Fish were effectively cured by treatment with oxolinic acid.

A Study on the Fitness Recommendation System Utilizing Mobile Sensor Control Mechanism (모바일 센서 제어 메커니즘을 활용한 휘트니스 추천 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Won;Kim, Dong-hyun;Park, Sang-no;Jung, Hoe-kyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.600-602
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    • 2015
  • WHO(World Health Organization) as specified due to the global epidemic of obesity in the nation and the social costs associated with health increase. If treating diseases of the existing research targets the medical field with increasing interest in the welfare and well-being sector due to the improvement in earnings, and gradually change to advance the prevention and management. In this paper, we consider these social changes, we propose a personalized recommendation system fitness. This makes it possible that the recommendation is effective to the movement by the movement mechanism by which user. Mobile sensor is overcome by software and having hardware limitations for this purpose, proposes an optimized sensor control mechanism.

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Psychological Motives for Suicide Terrorism of Islamic Suicide Terrorists and Countermeasures (이슬람 자살폭탄테러범의 심리적 범행동기와 대비책)

  • Choi, Kee-Nam
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.15 no.6_2
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    • pp.107-119
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    • 2015
  • The key objective of terrorism is to create favorable conditions for certain political, ideological, or religious interests through deliberate social chaos and the spread of fear. Accordingly, terrorist groups rally the means and methods capable of spreading fear among the public through shocking violence. Consequently, as terrorism manifests the progress in modern civilization and the structure of international community, its concepts, means, and methods evolve organically with the progress. The characteristics of the modern terrorism include that it has evolved as a means of war against countries by non-state militant groups, and suicide terrorism is spreading like epidemic as it fits the strategies of Islamic extremist and terrorist organizations as a part of international politics based on terrorism. The humanity's efforts to eliminate the threat of terrorism led to decades of implementing premature policies of military force, but they were found ineffective and resulted in the spread of extreme threat of suicide terrorism. For prevention of suicide terrorism, the efforts must be made to dismantle the basis of suicide attacks through addressing religious alienation and antipathy against a civilization using the notions similar to treatment of pathology considering psychological motives of suicide terrorists.

Comparison of the 3D Digital Photogrammetry and Direct Anthropometry in Unilateral Cleft Lip Patients (일측성 구순열 환자에서 3차원 수치사진측량 스캔과 직접계측 방법의 비교)

  • Seok, Hyo Hyun;Kwon, Geun-Yong;Baek, Seung-Hak;Choi, Tae Hyun;Kim, Sukwha
    • Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2013
  • Background: In cleft lip patients, the necessity of a thorough preoperative analysis of facial deformities before reconstruction is unquestioned. The surgical plan of cleft lip patient is based on the information gained from our preoperative anthropometric evaluation. A variety of commercially available three-dimensional (3D) surface imaging systems are currently introduced to us in plastic surgery for these use. However, few studies have been published on the soft tissue morphology of unrepaired cleft infants described by these 3D surface imaging systems. Methods: The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of facial anthropometric measurements obtained through digital 3D photogrammetry and to compare with direct anthropometry for measurement in unilateral cleft lip patients. We compared our patients with three measurements of dimension made on both sides: heminasal width, labial height, and transverse lip length. Results: The preoperative measurements were not significantly different in both side of labial height and left side of heminasal width. Statistically significant differences were found on both side of transverse lip length and right side of heminasal width. Although the half of preoperative measurements were significantly different, trends of results showed average results were comparable. Conclusion: This is the first study in Korea to simultaneously compare digital 3D photogrammetry with traditional direct anthropometry in unilateral cleft lip patients. We desire this study could contribute the methodological choice of the many researchers for proper surgical planning in cleft lip reconstruction field.

Estimation of the case fatality ratio of MERS epidemics using information on patients' severity condition (환자 상태 정보를 활용한 메르스 치사율 추정법)

  • Hwang, Seonyeong;Oh, Changhyuck
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.599-607
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    • 2016
  • The first patient of Middle East respiratory syndrome caused by a novel coronavirus infection in Korea was confirmed on May 20, 2015. After that, MERS spread over the country. In recent years, patients of MERS have been found around the Arabian Peninsula and the case fatality ratio of MERS in those area was been reported to range from 30 to 40%. In this paper, we estimate the case fatality ratio of MERS of Korea using data of 186 infections until December 1, 2015. In this study we propose a novel estimator of the case fatality ratio using information of the patients severity condition as well as records on the days of confirmation and death or recovery of the patient. By using publicly available data of the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control, we evaluate a performance of the estimator and demonstrate a stability of the estimator from the early stage of the epidemic.

A Study on knowledge and attitude of college nursing students to patient with HIV\ AIDS (간호과 학생의 HIV/AIDS에 대한 지식 및 태도에 대한 조사연구)

  • Han Young Ran;Lee Kwang-Ok
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.201-220
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    • 1998
  • Given the gloval impact of the AIDS pandemic. it is necessary to take every measure to prevent an epidemic this disease in Korea. Health care givers. especially nurses, have the primary responsibility of AIDS prevention and providing comfort care of those patient with HIV/AIDS. In spite of this responsibility, many nurses are afraid of AIDS patients and refuse to care the patient with HIV/AIDS because they have a little information of AIDS and a fear of HIV infection from AIDS patient at worksite. The purpose of this descriptive study was (1) to examine nursing students' knowledge and attitude to AIDS patient. (2) to identify demographic variables influencing knowledge and attitude to AIDS patient. and (3) to examine correlation between knowledge and attitude. The subject of this study was 162 nursing students. The findings of this study can be summarized as follows. 1) The mean overall knowledge score was estimated to be 61.33 of 101. especially the mean score of transmission route according to sexual behavior was estimated to be 3.03 of 7. 2) The mean attitude score was estimated to be 32.37 of 45. 3) The total knowledge score of AIDS was influenced by these two factors; the experience of AIDS education class and religion. In the end, the study concludes that it is necessary to develop comprehensive AIDS education programs to improve knowledge about the disease as well as to allay the fears and anxiety of the nurses.

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A study of the application of Hwangchil Tree (黃漆樹 Dendropanax morbiferus H.Lév.) in East Asia (동아시아에서 황칠수(黃漆樹)의 활용에 대한 연구(硏究))

  • Ahn, Young-su;Lyu, Jeong-ah
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.43-57
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    • 2020
  • Essence of the Hwangchil tree (黃漆樹 Dendropanax morbiferus H.Lév.) has been used for various purposes, like waxing emperor's armors, covering an astrology board, or, during the Silla Dynasty, burying it to block something bad in the soil symbolically. Essence of the Hwangchil tree was known to have remarkable preservation effects such as waterproofing, damp-proofing, rust-proofing, and moth-proofing as well as not being easily peeled off from even soft surfaces like paper. There is a record in Prescriptions for Epidemic diseases of Cows, Horses, Sheep, and Pigs (牛馬羊猪染疫病治療方), published in 1541, of Hwangchil that is local to Jeju Island being used instead of benzoin (安息香), of burning Hwangchil, and of making cows inhale its smoke to prevent plague among them. Along the same lines, there are records in the Local Chronicle of Tamra (耽羅志) and the Book of Earth Geography (輿地圖書) that identify Hwangchil with benzoin. In Seonghosaseol (星湖僿說), a book written by Lee Yik in around 1760, it is acknowledged that Hwangchil could be medicinal herb. In 2000, Ahn Duk-Kyun registered the roots and branches of Hwangchil tree as 'Boncho' (本草 herbal medicine) in the Pictorial Book of Korean Medicinals (韓國本草圖鑑) and presented the method of taking it for medical purpose. Researchers have suggested that Hwangchil essence as well as diverse parts of the plant such as its roots, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, and gum have various meaningful medicinal properties. Regarding the history and recent researches of using Hwangchil tree, it has various medicinal probabilities such as, 'dispersing miasma' (辟邪), 'opening holes' (開竅), 'waking the heart' (醒心), 'smoothing spirits' (安神), 'piercing the block' (疎泄), 'removing the old and welcoming the new' (去故生新). This paper contributes ideas about how to expand the uses of Hwangchil Tree.

Literature on Applications of Prescriptions Including Pueraria Thunbergiana Bentham in Dongueibogam ("동의보감(東醫寶鑑)" 중 갈근(葛根)이 주약(主藥)으로 배오(配伍)된 방제(方劑)의 활용(活用)에 대한 고찰(考察))

  • Jeon, Kyung-Hye;Kook, Yoon-Bum
    • Herbal Formula Science
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.29-43
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    • 2009
  • This report carried out to study 59 prescriptions related to the use of Pueraria thunbergiana bentham in Dongueibogam This study is based on Dongueibogam which has been widely used for herbal clinic in Korea. And this study is investigated to make sure of the range of treatment, nature of disease, the pathology and the dosage of Pueraria thunbergiana bentham in Dongueibogam. The following conclusions were reached through investigations on the prescriptions that used in Dongueibogam as a various role. 1. The prescriptions that Pueraria thunbergiana bentham was taken as a 15 for monarchy, 15 for attendant, 11 for assistance and valet herb are utilized for therapeutic treatments such as cough, fever etc, mainly Sanghan syndromes in the chapter of Wind. 2. The Pueraria thunbergiana bentham was also utilized as a key ingradients in the chapter of Eye and Onyeok epidemic. 3. The most frequent mass of the Pueraria thunbergiana bentham when used as a monarchy herb is 2jeon, and the standard limited range of adding Pueraria thunbergiana bentham to medical prescription is 7pun$\sim$5jeon per dose. But, when used as a attendant herb, an typical and regular adding dose is the range of 3pun5ri$\sim$1yang2.5jeon,and 3pun$\sim$1.5jun in the case of assistant. 4. The phathogenic factors and phathology of Pueraria thunbergiana bentham in the prescription are based on the chapter of Cold when used as a monarchy herb and on the chapter of Wind in the case of attendant herb. 5. The Seungmagalgeontang is the most useful base prescription which use the Pueraria thunbergiana bentham as the main ingredient.

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A study of medical of Han Byung Lyun(韓秉璉) on Eui Bang Shin Gam (『醫方新鑑』) (『의방신감(醫方新鑑)』에 나타난 한병연(韓秉璉) 의학사상)

  • Kim, Dan Hee;Kim, Nam Il
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.31-45
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    • 2009
  • Eui Bang Shin Gam("醫方新鑑") is a classic on oriental medicines written by Shin Oh (新塢) Han Byung Lyun (韓秉璉) in 1913. It was written under the base of the writer's own experience as well as in the light of 36 other classics on oriental medicines such as Dong Eui Bo Gam ("東醫寶監"), Eui Hak Yip Mun ("醫學入門"), and Kyung Ak Jeon Seo ("景岳全書"). In an attempt to avoid difficult theories and list only the essential informations and formulas for clinical purposes, it attained its own characteristics of not only reorganizing Dong Eui Bo Gam in a pragmatic way but also explaining diseases classified in western medicines in oriental medicines' point of view as well as suggesting medicine formulas regarding such explanations. As a result, it is a complete and efficient medical classic through which one can gain knowledge in both classic oriental medicines and combination of western and oriental medicines. Its special features are making a separate chapter for cholera and Lao Zhai (勞瘵), which is also a contagious disease, and trying in the chapter to explain the diseases in words of oriental medicines; listing details of nine major epidemic and matching them with the diseases known in oriental medicines; and recording a case of enforcing sterilization and preventive injection against contagious diseases. The basic medical theory in Eui Bang Shin Gam are the yin-yang theory, the thesis of fire and water, the thesis of the exterior and the interior, Yun Qi Lun (運氣論), and four institutions of human body. In explaining the basic theories, the writer emphasized strengthening the yang of the body, under the influence of the thoughts of Zhang Ga Bin (張介賓). Since he put the importance of diagnosis first, the first chapter is about diagnosis. There are five different ways of diagnosing a patient mentioned in the book, and acupuncture, pulse, and medicines was considered crucial.

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Milk Production of Dairy Cattle from Organic Farming in Germany and Development Trends in Korea (독일의 유기축산에 의한 젖소사육 현황과 무리나라의 발전 방향)

  • 류종원
    • Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.25-34
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    • 2002
  • In view of increasing environmental pollution, the organic farming in animal production is becoming increasingly urgent. The problems of veterinary medicine have not diminished through the most dangerous epidemic diseases. Organic farming attempts to function in harmony with the environment. The first criterion of the organic farm is that the animal must be self-sustaining. Their food must be produced to a large extent on the farm. The position of ruminants in biological systems is determined by the fact that this group of farm animals is provided with a digestive system which optimizes the utilization of the products of gut microfloral fermentation. The cattle do not require large amounts of concentrate feeling nor gross ugly farm building for intensive rearing. The economic profitability of a cow depends. on the first instance, on the level of milk production and the number of lactations. The length of life is an important factor since the tilde to maturing is relatively high in a cow. The result is that dairy cows in organic farming have greater length of live, and produce more milk in their life time than the shorter lived high input cow. This paper. therefore, discussed the problems of modern cattle farming and development trends of organic farming in Germany and Korea.

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