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Public Awareness of Colorectal Cancer in a Turkish Population: Importance of Fecal Occult Blood Testing

  • Bas, Koray;Guler, Tolga;Gunay, Levent Mert;Besim, Hasan;Uygur, Dilek
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.195-198
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    • 2012
  • To date, there was no controlled-study regarding awareness and knowledge of colorectal cancer in the Turkish population. We therefore designed a questionnaire consisting of items related to socio-demographic parameters, medical and family history and questions of awareness and knowledge about colorectal cancer for use in a descriptive cross-sectional study. An interviewer-administered technique was applied and 450 subjects were interviewed in the outpatient clinics at Near East University Hospital. Among all subjects, 337 were found to be eligible for the study group. Exclusion criteria were age below 18 years, any cancer history, family history of colorectal cancer, current colorectal problems, history of any diagnostic or therapeutic interventions for colorectal diseases. All participants stated that they heard about colorectal cancer. When asked about the lifetime risk of colorectal carcinoma, only 25.4% of women and 37.9% of men estimated correctly. Univariate analysis revealed that the total awareness score was significantly correlated with age, marital status, parenthood and fecal occult blood testing history. On multivariate analysis of independent predictors for awareness of colorectal cancer were found to be history of fecal occult blood testing, age and marital status were found to be the most important determinants. As a conclusion, opportunistic screening with fecal occult blood test by physicians from non-gastrointestinal specialties not only helps to reduce the mortality but also increases the awareness of colorectal cancer.

Earthquake response of a core shroud for APR1400

  • Jhung, Myung Jo;Choi, Youngin;Oh, Chang-Sik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.8
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    • pp.2716-2727
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    • 2021
  • The core shroud is one of the most important internal components of the reactor vessel internals because it meets the neutron fluence directly emitted by the nuclear fuel. In particular, dynamic effects for an earthquake should be evaluated with respect to the neutron irradiation flux. As a prerequisite to this study, simplified and detailed finite element models are developed for the core shroud using the ANSYS Design Parametric Language. Using the El Centro earthquake, seismic analyses are performed for the simplified and detailed core shroud models. Modal characteristics are obtained and their results are used for a time history analysis. Response spectrum analyses are also performed to access the degree of seismic excitation. The results of these analyses are compared to investigate the response characteristics between the simplified and detailed core shroud models from the time history and response spectrum analyses.

A research on elementary school students with atopic dermatitis in Je-Cheon (제천 지역 소재 초등학교 학생들의 아토피 피부염에 대한 설문조사 연구)

  • Son, Son-Jung;Kim, Hee-Taek;Hong, Seung-Ug
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.163-175
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    • 2009
  • Objective : The aim of this study was to take a census of elementary school children who have atopic dermatitis(AD) especially the residents of Je-Cheon. Method : We conducted a questionnaire survey of the elementary school children in Je-Cheon who have atopic dermatitis. 96 patients with AD were involved in the survey. The questionnaire was made up of their family history, past history, weaning food, breast-fed or not, dietary treatment and Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index(CDLQI), etc. The student's T-test was used for statistical analysis. Results : Parents and siblings brothers and sisters past history has an effect on patients with AD. With regard to past history of patients, allergic rhinitis was the most common ailment. Formula feeding was common in the group under 6 months of age and the mean age of the start of weaning was 7.25 months. Fruit juice and weaning food of powder type were the first weaning foods in this study. Many parents introduced a grain diet, live diet, bone - soup, egg, milk, cheese and bean curd to their children under 12 months of age. A restricted diet was the most common dietary treatment method in this study. The highest scoring question for CDLQI was itching; the lowest one was related to bullying. Conclusion : We analyzed the patients' family history, past history, weaning food, dietary treatment and Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index(CDLQI), etc. Through this survey, we better understand the actual conditions of elementary school children who had AD in Je-Cheon.

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A Study on the Development Plans of Social Enterprises by Regional Comparison of Growth Decisions (사회적기업의 성장결정요인의 지역별 비교를 통한 발전 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Ham, JaeBong;Yoon, BokMan;Park, Keun
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.101-113
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    • 2020
  • Since the number of social enterprises have been increased more than double over the past five years, the determinant of their growth by regional comparison is examined in this paper. In terms of the sale determinant, experimental results show that the total number of workers, business history, and capital intensity in Seoul metropolitan area, the total number of workers, business history, and capital intensity in Gyeongsang area, the total number workers, business history, and the dependence on government subsidies in Chungcheong area, the total number of workers, and the capital intensity in Jeolla/Jeju area have showed positive effects. In terms of asset determinants, experimental results show that the total number of workers, business history, and capital in Seoul metropolitan area, the capital in Gangwon area, the total number of workers, business history, and capital in Gyeongsang area, the total number of workers, business history, and capital intensity in Chungcheong area, the total number of workers, capital, and capital intensity in Jeolla/Jeju area have showed positive effect.

Generation of Artificial Time History Earthquake Record Family using the Least Squares Fitting Method (최소오차 최적합화 방법에 의한 인공 시간이력 지진기록군의 생성)

  • Kim, Yong-Seok
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2008
  • Recently the necessity of time history analyses is increasing for the seismic analyses of a structure, and the seismic design provisions of IBC2003, ASCE and KBC2005 require the use of a minimum of seven earthquake records for the time history analyses. Earthquake records for the time history analyses could be selected from the database of the field-measured earthquake records having similar site conditions with the designed site, or from simulated sites satisfying the design spectrum. However, in this study seven earthquake records were generated using 50 earthquake records, classified as records measured at the rock, in the database of the Pacific Earthquake Research Center (PEER). Seven earthquake records were first selected by the least squares fitting method comparing the scaling factored response spectra with the specified design spectrum, and a family of seven artificial time history earthquake records was ultimately generated by multiplying scaling factors, which were calculated by the least squares fitting method and the SRSS averaging method, to the corresponding selected earthquake records.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: DISCIPLINARY LINKS AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS (지식경영: 학문적 연계성과 연구방향)

  • Kim, Lin-Su
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2000
  • Knowledge management has recently emerged as an appealing subject in management literature. Although its history is short, it can benefit greatly from the long history of other related disciplines in building its theories. Innovation, organizational learning, knowledge creation, organizational capability building, technology transfer and network, information technology, organizational behavior, and intellectual capital are the disciplines that have accumulated theories related to knowledge management. This paper first presents a conceptual framework that integrates three dimensions: the characteristics of knowledge (tacit and explicit), knowledge process (acquisition, creation, diffusion, storing, measurement, and application of knowledge), and the unit of analysis (individual, organization, sector, and nation). The conceptual framework produces a number of cells that need to be filled by new theories in order to understand knowledge management better. It then reviews existing theories available in the related disciplines that may be used as building blocks in constructing new theories for these cells. Finally, based on the theories available in other disciplines, the paper suggests a set of future research directions for knowledge management at the level of individual, organization, sector, and nation.

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Why did the medical missionaries study traditional Chinese drugs in 19th century in China? (19세기 중국에서 활동한 의료선교사(醫療宣敎師)는 왜 중약(中藥)을 연구하였을까)

  • Jo, Jeong-Eun
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2014
  • The paper describes the practice and purpose of the medical missionaries research on the traditional Chinese drugs(中藥). Searches were made using the journal of the China Medical Missionary Association. The China Medical Missionary Association established the committee of the Chinese Materia Medica in 1890. This committee aimed to research on the traditional Chinese drugs. Then why did the medical missionaries study traditional Chinese drugs? This is because the western drugs(西洋藥)was not easy to acquire, especially in land areas. Also, some western drugs have poor quality and expensive. Therefore they need to understand that Chinese drugs will help in the production of the western drugs. But from around 1920, the main purpose of the research was changed. The scientific and systematic investigation on the Chinese medicine itself became more important. And this change partly influenced that medical missionaries' views on traditional Chinese drugs.

Estimation of Thermal History in XLPE Insulated Cable during Heat Cycle Test (Heat Cycle Test에서 XLPE 절연체에 인가되는 열이력의 추정)

  • Kim, Young-Ho;Lee, Sang-Jin;Lee, Gun-Joo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07d
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    • pp.1425-1427
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    • 1998
  • The thermal history of XLPE insulated cable during heating cycle voltage test specified by IEC 840 was examined by DSC(differential scanning calorimetry) method, of which the principal is on the basis of the phenomenon that the crystals in polyethylene are rearranged as it is annealed near/below the melting temperature. From the result, it can be estimated that XLPE insulation near the conductor was exposed at the temperature of about $100^{\circ}C$ with the electrical stress through the test.

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