• Educational Technology International
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-47
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to investigate online school students' understanding of going to online school and their recognitions of the differences between online schools and brick and mortar schools/homeschool. A qualitative research was conducted with an 8^th grade teacher and sixteen 8^th grade students at an American online school. The findings of this study can be an important first step toward an in-depth understanding of online school learning environments.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.215-219
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• 1984

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of physical and chemical characteristics of lower grade tobacco with treatment of ozone. In ozonization of low grade tobacco, optimum moisture was 20 percentage, and decrease ratio of content of tobacco leaf was 30 percentage in nicotine , 15.9 percentage in total volatile base, 10.5 percentage in petroleum-ether-extract, 29.5 percentage in solanesol, and decrease ratio of cigarette smoke composition was 31 percentage in nicotine, 6.08 percentage in tar.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2871-2877
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• 2015

Background: Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a malignant neoplasm that most commonly occurs in the urinary bladder. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic features, recurrence and progression in patients with bladder urothelial cancer. Materials and Methods: The medical records of patients diagnosed with UC in the state pathology laboratory between January 2006 and July 2014 were retrospectively included. Carcinomas were categorized according to age, gender, histologic grade, tumor configuration, pathologic staging, recurrence status, and progression. Results: A total of 125 (113 men, 12 women) patients were examined. The mean age was 65.9 years and the male-to-female urothelial cancer incidence ratio was 9.4:1. Low-grade UCs were observed in 85 (68%) and high-grade in 40 (32%). A papillary tumor pattern was observed in 67.2% of the UCs. Cases were classified with the following pathological grades: 34 (27.2%) cases of pTa, 70 (56%) of pT1, and 21 (16.8%) of pT2. Recurrence occurred in 27 (21.6%) patients. Ten progressed to a higher stage (pT1 to pT2), and three cases to higher grade (low to high). We also analyzed the results separately for 70 (56%) patients 65 years of age and older. Conclusions: With early detection and diagnosis of precursor lesions in older patients, by methods such as standard urologic evaluation, urinary cytology, ultrasound scanning and contrast urography, and cystoscopy, in addition to coordinated efforts between pathologists and urologists, early diagnosis may reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients with urothelial carcinoma.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.283-292
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• 2016

Objective: Acne scarring is the most common sequela after dermal inflammation caused by acne. Many methods are currently used to treat acne scarring; doctors using traditional Korean medicine have also attempted to treat acne scarring in a new way that was developed from traditional methods. This study examines the effectiveness of re-cell therapy.Method: Eleven patients with various types of acne scars were treated by re-cell therapy. We used the global acne scarring classification (GASC) and ECCA (from the French “echelle d’evaluation clinique des cicatrices d’acne”), both of which are generally used to measure and grade the degree of acne scarring.Results: As a result of the treatment, the conditions of all patients were conspicuously improved in both scales. The GASC scores of the patients changed from grade 19.6±10.4 to grade 4.9±3.3 (p=0.001), and the ECCA scores changed from grade 120.9±28.7 to grade 41.8±18.3.Conclusion: Re-cell therapy showed effectiveness in treating acne scarring and could be applied in clinical cases.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.75-95
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• 2018

Objectives: This study aims to examine a school adjustment trajectory of adolescents from continued single parent families and its associated factors by comparing it to that of adolescents of two-parent families. Methods: We selected 4th grade students from Korean Youth & Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS). Using a multi-level growth modeling, we followed the trajectory of school adjustment until 9th grade and the effects of family income, parenting styles, and academic motivations of adolescents on the intercepts and the slopes. Results: Adolescents' school adjustment were decreased from 4th grade to 7th grade and then increased from 7th to 9th grade. The adolescents of continued single parent families showed a lower school adjustment than those of two parent families and this trend remained constant during the period. The effects of family income, parenting style, and academic motivation were confirmed to explain the gap between the adolescents of single parent and two parent families. Conclusions: The results imply that an earlier intervention is necessary to reduce the gap. We need to offer income support and decent quality of work for single parent family to reduce the economic hardship and also provide parental education that is designed to enhance academic expectations and motivations.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2005

목 적: 반복성 복통(Recurrent abdominal pain)은 소아의 약 10%에서 볼 수 있는 비교적 흔한 증상으로, H. pylori 감염과 반복성 복통과의 연관성에 대한 연구가 일부에서 이루어져 왔으나 아직까지 명확한 관계는 밝혀져 있지 않다. 또 반복성 복통으로 내원하여 H. pylori 감염이 확인된 소아에서 제균 요법이 반드시 필요한지에 대해서도 아직 결론이 내려지지 않은 상태이다. 저자들은 소아에서 반복성 복통증과 H. pylori 감염의 연관성을 확인하고 제균 요법이 반복성 복통의 경과에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1998년 1월부터 2005년 1월까지 반복성 복통으로 서울대학교 어린이병원에 내원하여 상부 위장관 내시경 검사를 받았던 환아 중에서 추적관찰이 가능하였던 166명을 대상으로 하였다. 이 중 H. pylori 감염 환아 70명 모두에서 제균 요법을 시행하였고, 제균 성공한 군(Group Ia) 52명과 실패한 군(Group Ib) 18명에서의 복통의 경과를 관찰하였다. 대조군인 H. pylori 비감염 환아 96명에서는 약제를 전혀 투여하지 않은 군(Group IIa) 67명, 위산억제제를 투여한 군(Group IIb) 13명, 그리고 위산억제제와 항생제를 함께 투여한 군(Group IIc) 16명으로 나누어 복통의 경과를 관찰하였다. 의무기록지 검토와 전화 인터뷰를 시행하여 6개월, 12개월 시점에서 복통의 경과를 판정하였으며, 복통이 완전히 또는 거의 완전히 소실된 경우를 grade 0, 복통이 50% 이상 현저히 호전되었으나 간혹 복통을 호소하는 경우를 grade I, 그리고 복통의 정도와 빈도에 변화가 전혀 없는 경우를 grade II로 정하였다. 결 과: 1) 전체 166명 환아의 연령은 $10.0{\pm}3.3$세, 남녀비는 1:1.72, 내원 전까지의 복통의 지속기간은 $18.2{\pm}19.3$개월, 추적 관찰기간은 $3.0{\pm}2.6$년이었다. 대상 환아의 특성, 증상이 시작될 당시의 연령, 증상의 지속기간, 추적 관찰기간 등에 있어서 H. pylori 감염군과 비감염군 사이에 유의한 차이는 없었다. 2) 상부 위장관 내시경 소견 결과에서 H. pylori 감염군에서 결절성 위염(p<0.001)이나 결절성 십이지장염(p=0.001)의 빈도가 유의하게 높았고, 비감염군의 경우 정상 내시경 소견을 보인 빈도가 유의하게 높았다(p<0.001). 병리 조직검사에서 H. pylori 감염군에서 비감염군에 비해 중등도 만성 위염(71.4% vs 12.8%, p<0.001)과 중증 만성 위염(15.7% vs 1.1%, p<0.001)의 빈도가 유의하게 더 높았다. 3) H. pylori 감염 환아 70명에서 1개월 동안 복통의 경과를 관찰하였을 때, 제균 성공한 군(Group Ia)은 grade 0 69.2%, grade I 19.2%, grade II 11.5%였고 제균 실패한 군(Group Ib)은 grade 0 50.0%, grade I 44.4%, grade II 5.6%로 두 군에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.103). 6개월 동안 복통의 경과를 관찰하였을 때, Group Ia는 grade 0 72.1%, grade I 21.0%, grade II 7.0%였고 Group Ib는 grade 0 50.0%, grade I 30.0%, grade II 20.0%로 마찬가지로 두 군에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(p=0.311). 1년 경과관찰 시에도 Group Ia는 grade 0 75.0%, grade I 12.5%, grade II 12.5%였고 Group Ib는 grade 0 55.6%, grade I 33.3%, grade II 11.1%로 역시 두 군에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(p=0.338). 4) H. pylori 비감염 환아 96명에서 1개월간 복통의 경과를 관찰하였을 때, 약제를 전혀 투여하지 않은 군(Group IIa)은 grade 0 34.3%, grade I 38.8%, grade II 26.9%, 위산 억제제를 투여한 군(Group IIb)은 grade 0 46.2%, grade I 23.1%, grade II 30.8%, 그리고 위산 억제제와 항생제를 함께 투여한 군(Group IIc)은 grade 0 43.8%, grade I 18.8%, grade II 37.5%로 세 군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.533). 6개월간 복통의 경과를 관찰하였을 때, Group IIa는 grade 0 45.6%, grade I 33.3%, grade II 21.1%, Group IIb는 grade 0 50%, grade I 30%, grade II 20%, Group IIc는 grade 0 72.7%, grade I 0%, grade II 27.3%로 마찬가지로 세 군 간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.269). 1년 경과관찰 시에도 Group IIa는 grade 0 58.7%, grade I 17.4%, grade II 23.9%, Group IIb는 grade 0 66.7%, grade I 11.1%, grade II 22.2%, Group IIc는 grade 0 70.0%, grade I 20.0%, grade II 10.0%로 마찬가지로 복통의 경과는 세 군에서 유의한 차이는 없었다(p=0.879). 결 론: 반복성 복통 환아에서 H. pylori 감염 시 제균 요법을 시행하였을 때 대부분에서 복통이 호전되었으나 복통의 경과는 제균의 성공 또는 실패여부와 상관없었다. 이는 반복성 복통과 H. pylori 감염의 연관성이 적음을 시사하는 소견으로 판단된다. 또한 H. pylori 감염이 없는 환아도 약제의 투여 여부와 상관없이 내시경 검사 후 대부분에서 복통이 호전되는 경과를 보였다. 따라서 반복성 복통 환아에서 제균 요법을 포함한 약물 치료를 하는 것보다 환자가 기질적인 병변이 없다는 인식을 갖게 하는 것이 복통의 소실에 더 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 1997

This study evaluates on students' understanding and misunderstanding of homeostasis, classification of animals and plants, and food production in plants, and analyzes the teacher factor as a possible source of students' misconception. A total number of 863 students and 47 biology teachers at the middle and high school were randomly selected. Students' conceptions and misconceptions were measured with concept evaluation statements (CES) which was translated into Korean by author. The CES was developed and validated by Simson and Marek (1988). Teacher's misconceptions were investigated the way in which teachers marked students' work. The supposed answer given to the teachers to mark was based on misconceptions held by students tested in concept evaluation statements. The results of this study are as follows : 1. 0% of 7th Grade students, 4.5% of 9th Grade students and 5.4% of 11th Grade students understood homeostasis. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of homeostasis according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Many students had a tendency of understanding the conception of the homeostasis by experiences and unscientific use of everyday language rather than a scientific concept. 2. 0.4% of 7th Grade students, 3.1% of 9th Grade students and 2.9% of 11th Grade students understood classification of animals and plants. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of classification of animals and plants according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Students classified animals and plants through personal experiences and observations instead of trying to classify through microscopic analysis of animals and plants cell. 3. 1.2% of 7th Grade students, 10.3% of 9th Grade students and 19.4% of 11th Grade students understood food production in plants. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of food production in plants according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Students had a misconception that food production in plants was done by an absorption of nutrients from soil not by photosynthesis. 4. A large proportion of teachers surveyed in this study appear to have misconceptions about homeostasis (38.1%), classification of animals and plants (34.1%), food production in plants (40.4%). The male teachers had. more misconceptions than female teachers(P<0.05). However, they didn't show any significant differences according to schools and teaching experience(P<0.05). 5. According to the investigation of teachers' perception, 29.8% of the teachers acknowledged that they might be a cause for students' misconceptions. This study shows that 38.3% of teachers did not understand the analyzed biological concepts precisely. By comparing the data of students and teachers, it turned out that teachers participate in the students' misconceptions. And teachers themselves acknowledged that students' misconceptions could be caused by them. Therefore. teachers' right understanding of fundamental biological concepts should precede to students' biology education. New training programs for biology teachers seem to be urgent.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.191-195
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• 1993

Among 25 consecutive cases having undergone mitral valve surgery between March 1991 and June 1992 in Gill General Hospital, 11 patients[44%] who had undergone mitral valve reconstruction using prosthetic rings is evaluated and presented. Patients` mean age is 43 + 19 years[range:16-72], and they are consisted with 4 males and 7 females. Mitral valve insufficiency is due to degenerative disease in 6 cases[55%] and rheumatic disease in 5 patients[45%]. Carpentier`s functional classification I is 2 cases, II is 6 cases, and III is 2 cases. Surgical techniques include prosthetic ring annuloplasty[11 patients, 100%], chorda shortening[6, 55%], leaflet mobilization[4,36%], new chorda formation[2, 18%], chorda transposition[1, 9%] commissurotomy[3, 27%], and papillary muscle splitting[3, 27%]. Average number of mitral anatomic lesions per patient are 2.7 and we used average 2.8 procedures upon mitral valve apparatus per patient. There were no surgical mortality and no late valve related admission during the mean follow up period of 17 months. The mean functional class[NYHA] is 2.81 preoperatively and improved to 1.10 postoperatively. Doppler echocardiography showed much improvement from grade II MR [1 case], grade III MR [1 case] and 9 cases of grade IV MR to 6 cases of patients showed no MR, only trace MR in 4 cases, and grade I MR was found only in one patient with NYHA functional class II postoperatively. The postoperative mean mitral valve area is $2.10+0.28cm^2$. We conclude that mitral reconstruction is a predictable and stable operation.

• 한국BIM학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.10-20
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• 2019

As a result, the areas of knowledge that received the highest score in a positive impact were areas of risk management, while those that received the highest score in a negative impact were items of software management. In addition, each project was rated according to the score obtained. The distribution of grades by project was 71% for projects above middle grade and 29% for projects below middle grade. These results show that interest in BIM technology is increasing compared to the past, actual field application and research are actively being conducted, and that real construction sites also enjoy significant positive effects in terms of project management through BIM. In addition, the company is using BIM by applying advanced digital technologies such as AI technology, laser scanning technology and drone technology in line with the era of the fourth industrial revolution. Such a steady progress in future research on BIM technology development will reduce the number of low-grade projects and many middle-grade projects are expected to be upgraded to higher-level ones.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.258-265
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• 2015

Objective : The purposes of this article are to present 5 cases of intracranial meningioma with leptomeningeal dissemination (LD) and investigate the characteristics of this disease. Methods : We present a retrospective case series of 5 females at our institutions (age ranged 21-72 years, mean 54.6 years) diagnosed with LD of an intracranial meningioma after surgery between 1998 and 2013. A database search revealed 45 cases with LD of meningioma in the English literature. Characteristic features were analyzed and compared. Results : The incidence rate at our institutions of LD of meningioma was 0.9% (5/534). World Health Organization (WHO) grade was distributed as follows: I : 2, II : 2, and III : 1. Time to LD ranged from 2.5 months to 6.9 years; the patient with WHO grade III had the shortest interval to LD. The patient with an intraventricular meningioma (WHO grade II) had the second shortest interval to LD (1.7 years), and simultaneously revealed both LD and extraneuronal metastases. Four of 5 patients showed a disease progression, with the survival ranging from 1 month to 3.8 years after LD. Based on the literature, the initial tumor was an intraventricular meningioma in 9 patients, and their time to LD was shorter on average (mean 1.9 years). Histologically, 26 of 45 (58%) were initially diagnosed with a WHO grade II or III meningioma, and 6 of 19 patients (32%) with WHO grade I revealed malignant transformation. Conclusion : This study shows that intraventricular location and histologically aggressive features seem to increase the chance of LD of meningioma.