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Analysis of microsurgery task for developing microsurgery manipulator (미세수술용 매니퓰레이터의 개발을 위한 미세수술 작업 분석)

  • 송세경;김완수;조형석
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.1631-1634
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    • 1997
  • Since surgery is usually a difficult task because of physiological tremor, eye strain, and tremor, contagious and radioactive hazard, it is necessary to develop micro-surgery telerobotic system using improved tools suitable for their specific tasks. Nowadays the growth of interest on microsurgery and medical applications of robotics has been so rapid. But the medical robots are only practical applications of the industrial robots. This paper identifies five general areas of advanced microsurgery based on the current technological background and expertise, and analyzes the motion, tool and accuracy with respect to microsurgery task, and proposed the criteria to evaluate micro-surgical manipulator. The analysis of microusrgery can be heplful to clarify some basic concept and design of micro-surgical manipulators. With these data we will alos propose an efficient in-parallel-platform manipulator having special kinematic structrue structure suitable for microsurgery.

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Immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR for pathogenesis of Newcastle disease in chickens (닭 뉴캣슬병의 발병기전 규명을 위한 RT-PCR 및 면역조직화학적 연구)

  • 이민권;진영배;문운경;김순복
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.63-73
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    • 2004
  • The present experiment was carried out to study the pathogenesis of Newcastle disease(ND), ND virus (NDV) antigens and genes in various organs from NDV inoculated chickens were detected by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. Immunohistochemically, NDV antigens were detected in the spleen, thymus, cecal tonsil, proventriculus, trachea and lungs at 12 hour post-inoculation (hpi). Viral antigens were localized mainly in the cytoplasm of lymphocytes and macrophages. After 48 hpi, clinical findings of the affected chickens were open-mouth breathing, conjunctivitis, watery diarrhea and edema around the eye and neck. After 72 hpi, chickens showed muscular tremor, paralysis of the legs and wings, and coma. Histopathological results consist of multi-focal necrosis with hemorrhages in lymphoid aggregates of the intestinal tracts, necrosis of the lymphoid tissues, neuronal degeneration and necrosis, and perivascular cuffing. Using RT-PCR, virus genes were detected in the spleen and proventriculus at 48 hpi, and in the brain at 60 hpi.

The Impacts of Nurses' Working Environment on Health Problems (간호사의 근로환경이 건강문제에 미치는 영향)

  • Jang, Hyunjoo;Choi, Eunsuk
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of work environment on health problems of nurses. Methods: The subjects of the study were 395 nurses who were wage workers among KWCS (Korean Working Conditions Survey) respondents in 2014. The work environments were measured by the KWCS questionnaire. Results: 48.5% of the 395 nurses had health problems. The prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases (34.7%) was the highest among all health problems. The ergonomic work environment was significantly related to musculoskeletal disorders, headache and eye strain, and fatigue. In addition, the increase in work-individual interface area was significantly related to fatigue. Conclusion: The work environment of nurses affects health problems. It is therefore important to develop strategies that improve the health problems of nurses by reducing ergonomic and psycho-social risk factors.

A Study on the Mechanical Properties of Fabrics Treated with Water Soluble Resin (수용성 수지처리 직물의 물성변화)

  • Kwon, Yoon-Jung;Lee, Mun-Soo
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.357-361
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    • 2001
  • This paper is concern with the effect of various conditions on mechanical properties of textile fabrics by water soluble resin treatment. Resin treatment of cotton, acetate, viscose rayon, polyester, nylon and acryl fabrics were made by aqueous resin treatment to improve the mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of fabrics, the breaking strength and strain were measured and surface reflectance was measured by color eye. The breaking strength and surface reflectance of fabrics by water soluble resin treatment showed difference by the different treatment concentration. The surface reflectance was increased by water soluble resin treatment. The breaking strength was lower in fabrics with resin treatment than fabrics with none treatment.

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Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of napA Genes from Helicobacter pylori Strains Associated with Iron-Deficiency Anemia

  • Hong, Myung-Hee;Choe, Yon-Ho;Cho, Yang-Je;Ahn, Bo-Young;Lee, Na-Gyong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.866-872
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    • 2005
  • H. pylori is known to cause severe gastric diseases, including peptic ulcers and gastric cancers, and a link has also been suggested with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). However, little is known about the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated IDA. In the present study, to determine whether H. pylori strains are correlated with the prevalence of IDA, we analyzed and compared the sequences of the napA genes encoding a bacterioferritin-like protein in H. pylori strains. A total of 20 H. pylori strains were isolated from antral biopsies of patients with and without IDA, and the napA genes amplified from the genomic DNA were sequenced. A comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences for NapA revealed two sites with major variations. At residue 70, five out of the 12 non-IDA strains ($41.7\%$) contained serine, while only one of the 8 IDA strains ($12.5\%$) contained serine, indicating a significantly higher frequency of serine in the non-IDA strains. In addition, the NapA proteins from all 17 Western strains available on Web sites were found to contain serine residues at this position. Meanwhile, the other major variation was located at residue 73, where all eight IDA strains ($100\%$) contained leucine, while this was only true for eight of the 12 non-IDA strains ($66.7\%$). Therefore, these results indicated that the strains within each group were more genetically related to each other than to strains in the other group. When the expression level of the napA genes in the H. pylori strains was measured using RT-PCR, no significant difference was observed between the two groups, suggesting a similar intensity for the inflammatory responses induced by the NapA protein among the strains. Consequently, when taken together, the present data suggest that the occurrence of H. pylori-associated IDA may be partly determined by the infecting H. pylori strain, and the non-IDA strains are more closely related to Western strains than the IDA strains.

Attention and Attention Shifts of 5th General and Mathematically Gifted Students Based on the Types of Mathematical Patterns (수학 패턴 유형에 따른 5학년 일반학생과 수학영재학생의 주의집중과 주의전환)

  • Yi, Seulgi;Lee, Kwangho
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2019
  • This study examined the attention and attention shift of general students and mathematically gifted students about pattern by the types of mathematical patterns. For this purpose, we analyzed eye movements during the problem solving process of 5th general and mathematically gifted students using eye tracker. The results were as follows: first, there was no significant difference in attentional style between the two groups. Second, there was no significant difference in attention according to the generation method between the two groups. The diversion was more frequent in the incremental strain generation method in both groups. Third, general students focused more on the comparison between non-contiguous terms in both attributes. Unlike general students, mathematically gifted students showed more diversion from geometric attributes. In order to effectively guide the various types of mathematical patterns, we must consider the distinction between attention and attention shift between the two groups.

The Changes of The Eye and a Correlation Depending on Watching a Smartphone and taking in Alcohol (스마트폰 시청과 알코올 섭취에 따른 눈의 변화와 상관관계)

  • Lee, Jeong-Yun;Yun, Eon-Jeong;Kim, Sung-Min;Hwang, Hye-Kyung;Park, Gyeung-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.473-479
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This article tried to find the changes of the eye and a correlation depending on watching a smartphone and taking in alcohol. Methods: This paper conducted the refraction inspection, the radius of corneal curvature, tonometry and the corneal thickness measurement and analysis for 31 persons (18 males and 13 females) who have healthy drinking habit, not having the medical history of taking medicine related with disorders of the eye, a mental disease, systemic disease and alcohol metabolism. Results: Of respirations depending on watching a smartphone, the alcohol concentration was significantly decreased in 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes and the convalescent stage. (p<0.01, p<0.001) As the result of comparing the refraction inspection after and before watching a smartphone when drinking alcohol, there was a significant difference in the cylindrical power and the axis. (p=0.005, p=0.001) The change of intraocular pressure depending on watching a smartphone after drinking alcohol was decreased significantly from 30 minutes (p<0.001), and watching a smartphone didn't have any significant effect on the corneal thickness depending on the elapsed time from when drinking alcohol. Conclusions: Watching a smartphone and taking in alcohol had a significant effect on the cylindrical power and the axis. Watching a smartphone and taking in alcohol which may cause the visual function-strain are the factors that need to consider before the refraction inspection.

Changes in Accommodative Function after VDT Work (VDT 작업 후의 조절기능 변화)

  • Seo, Eun-Sun
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.285-291
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to research any effect on visual function related to accommodation by VDT work. Methods: The refraction power, accommodative lag, accommodative facility, relative accommodation, amplitude of accommodation and blink rate were measured before and after VDT work for 2 hours on 48 university students (16 males and 32 females), without abnormal accommodative function and systemic and ocular disease, who had never undergone corrective eye surgery. All examinations were performed with distant refraction, and a survey was conducted on the items related to subjective symptoms of VDT syndrome. Results: After 2 hours of VDT work, refractive power increased by 0.23 D, the amount of change in accommodative lag were $0.17{\pm}0.42D$ in the right eye and $0.23{\pm}0.47D$ in the left eye (t=2.26, p=0.03). There were statistically significant differences. Both the accommodative facility and relative accommodation and amplitude of accommodation were decreased after work. However, blink rate were increased. After VDT work, 33.4% of the subjects showed subjective symptoms of asthenopia and 33.3% of them showed shoulder pain. Conclusions: As a result, the accommodative lag increased in response to the two hours of VDT work, and overall accommodative functions were decreased. In addition, as symptoms of providing visual strain, asthenopia showed the most prominent subjective symptoms.

Development of a live vaccine strain of duck viral hepatitis using a Korean isolate (국내 분리주를 이용한 오리 바이러스성 간염 생백신주의 개발)

  • Sung, Haan-woo;Kim, Jae-hong;Song, Chang-seon;Han, Myung-guk;Lee, Youn-jeong;Mo, In-pil;Kim, Ki-seuk
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.110-116
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    • 2000
  • Duck viral hepatitis is an acutic, highly infectious viral disease of young ducklings. The most practical means for controlling duck viral hepatitis is the vaccination of ducklings or of a breeding stock. We attempted to develop a vaccine strain of duck hepatitis virus (DHV) using a Korean isolate by serial chicken embryo passages. The propagation of DHV in chicken embryos was carried 140 passages. After the $50^{th}$ passage, of which the virus was non-pathogenic for ducklings, approximately every $20^{th}$ passage of the virus was tested for vaccinal efficacy. Both the $70^{th}$ and $90^{th}$ passage of the virus gave good protection against challenge infection to a DHV-DRL reference strain(type 1) and a virulent Korean isolate. The $110^{th}$, $125^{th}$ and $140^{th}$ passage of the virus were less protective than the $70^{th}$ and $90^{th}$ passage, which means that more than $110^{th}$ passage may lead to over-attenuation of the virus. Ducklings vaccinated with the chicken-embryo-adapted virus by oral, intramuscular or eye drop administration showed earlier resistance to challenge infection from 3 to 7 days postvaccination. Of the above methods, ducklings vaccinated intramuscularly presented the most rapid resistance against challenge. The minimum immune dose of the chicken-embryo-adapted virus in ducklings was also studied. Ducklings inoculated with a dose of $10^{2.0}\;ELD_{50}$ and below were not fully protected against challenge with a virulent DHV, showing a protection rate of 67% to 73%, but ducklings inoculated with a dose of $10^{3.0}\;ELD_{50}$ and over were completely protected. The virus yield of the chicken-embryo-adapted DHV was examined at 24hrs and 48hrs of the incubation time in the allantoic fluid, embryo head and embryo minus head of the embryonating egg. In all three components, the titer of the virus was higher at 48 hours than that at 24 hours after incubation. And the titer of the virus was higher in the embryo minus head, embryo head and the allantoic fluid, in order. Field trials for evaluating the efficacy of the attenuated DHV as a live vaccine were done in duck farms with about 25% mortality of flocks resulting from duck viral hepatitis. After the use of the experimental vaccine, the mortality due to duck viral hepatitis was dramatically reduced in the farms. These results indicated that the attenuated DHV using a Korean isolate could be a good candidate as a live vaccine strain of DHV in Korea.

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Antibacterial effect of ethylacetate fraction of Orostachys japonicus on Enterococcus faecalis causing Endophthalmitis

  • Kim, Hanwoo;Park, Indal;Lee, Sangjun;Shin, Dongyoung;Kim, Jiyeun Kate
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.113-113
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    • 2018
  • Endophthalmitis is a disease that causes ocular inflammation and has a catastrophic effect on eyesight. Recent studies show that Enterococcus faecalis is rapidly increasing causative bacterium of endophthalmitis. It is predicted that the increased endophthalmitis by E. faecalis is presumable due to the high resistance of E. faecalis to moxifloxacin (MFX), which is a common antibiotic used for eye drop. Because of the need for therapeutic agents to overcome this problem, this study sought to explore the feasibility of developing a combination therapy using Orostachys japonicus. The ethylacetate fraction of O. japonicus (OJA) used in this study. Antimicrobial activity was tested 13 E. faecalis strains including one E. faecalis standard strain, eight clinically isolated E. faecalis strains and four quinolone resistant E. faecalis strains using CLSI antibiotic susceptibility test method. Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of OJA was confirmed to be $500{\mu}g/ml$ for all 13 strains. Then we tested for the synergistic effect of OJA to MFX using checkboard test method. The MIC of MFX was $0.25{\mu}g/ml$ for the standard strain and 8 for the clinical isolates, and $16{\sim}64{\mu}g/ml$ for the quinolone - resistant strains. When OJA was mixed with MFX, no synergistic effect was observed in all strains, but the antibacterial activity of OJA remained unchanged. Most ocular other strains can be removed by MFX except the MFX resistant E. faecalis, which can be removed by OJA in combination therapy. Therefore, OJA can be a potential candidate for the combined treatment endophthalmitis.

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