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Nanotechnology in reproductive medicine: Opportunities for clinical translation

  • Shandilya, Ruchita;Pathak, Neelam;Lohiya, Nirmal Kumar;Sharma, Radhey Shyam;Mishra, Pradyumna Kumar
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.245-262
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    • 2020
  • In recent years, nanotechnology has revolutionized global healthcare and has been predicted to exert a remarkable effect on clinical medicine. In this context, the clinical use of nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis, fertility preservation, and the management of infertility and other pathologies linked to pubertal development, menopause, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has substantial promise to fill the existing lacunae in reproductive healthcare. Of late, a number of clinical trials involving the use of nanoparticles for the early detection of reproductive tract infections and cancers, targeted drug delivery, and cellular therapeutics have been conducted. However, most of these trials of nanoengineering are still at a nascent stage, and better synergy between pharmaceutics, chemistry, and cutting-edge molecular sciences is needed for effective translation of these interventions from bench to bedside. To bridge the gap between translational outcome and product development, strategic partnerships with the insight and ability to anticipate challenges, as well as an indepth understanding of the molecular pathways involved, are highly essential. Such amalgamations would overcome the regulatory gauntlet and technical hurdles, thereby facilitating the effective clinical translation of these nano-based tools and technologies. The present review comprehensively focuses on emerging applications of nanotechnology, which holds enormous promise for improved therapeutics and early diagnosis of various human reproductive tract diseases and conditions.

Linking Social Network to Education: The Potentials and Challenges

  • RHA, Ilju;BYUN, Hyunjung;KIM, Younyoung;HONG, Seoyon
    • Educational Technology International
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2012
  • Despite the relatively short history of Social Network Sites or Services (SNS), it has quickly gained popularity with more than seven hundred million users all over the globe. The SNS emerged as one of the strongest cultural influences for the contemporary society. The SNS would provide both chances and challenges for Education. The main purpose of the article was to explore the way education react and adapt to the emergence of social network and SNS. It tried to provide major theoretical grounds that bridge education and social network. In the due process, the researchers have examined the curriculum and instructional design process of education from the perspective of disruptive and sustainable aspect of SNS technology. Consequently, four major theoretical grounds were identified and reviewed: Gibson's theory of affordance, Vygotsky's social constructivism, Rha's human visual intelligence theory, and the network theory. By investigating these theories, the educational potentials of social network and SNS were emerged. The SNS was viewed as a new medium with abundant potentials of expanding the learning space, empowering the affective aspects of learning, and facilitating the formation of group intelligence. Finally, some future implications and challenges of SNS were suggested.

Modified Electronic Ballasts to Prevent the Signal Interference

  • Lee, Sang-Jin;Yoon, Dal-Hwan;Min, Seung-Gi;Kim, Kyung-Man
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1871-1875
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    • 2003
  • The cancellation of the output signal occur between output tubs have occurred place an electromagnetic interference and deteriorated the light efficiency of the neon tub. In order to prevent this problems, we have developed the modified electronic ballast for neon(MEBN). The MEBN have used a shielded line to the output and designated partly the half-bridge in the middle of the circuit. In an experimental results, this will be lengthen the life of the neon tub and obtain the effect which shields an electromagnetic wave to injurious to the people’s body.

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Sequence Planning of Machining Features using STEP AP224 (STEP AP224를 이용한 특징 형상의 가공 순서 계획)

  • 강무진
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.175-182
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    • 2004
  • As a bridge between design and manufacturing, process planning is to generate a sequenced set of instructions to manufacture the specified part. Automatic interpretation of manufacturing information incorporated in the design documentation such as CAD file has been a knotty subject for manufacturing engineers since no current data exchange format for product data provides a perfect interface between heterogeneous systems. The recent neutral data exchange format STEp, standard for the exchange of product model data, includes not only geometry but also technical and managerial information. STEP AP(Application Protocol) 224 is specifically dedicated to the mechanical product definition for process planning using machining features. Given a design information in STEP AP 224 format, process planning can be made without human intervention. This paper describes a method to determine the sequence of machining features by using the machining features and the manufacturing information expressed in STEP AP224.

Dynamic behavior of footbridges strengthened by external cable systems

  • Raftoyiannis, Ioannis G.;Michaltsos, George T.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.66 no.5
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    • pp.595-608
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    • 2018
  • This paper deals with the lateral - torsional motion of bridges provided with external cables acting as dampers under the action of horizontal dynamic loads or of walking human crowd loads. A three dimensional analysis is performed for the solution of the bridge models. The theoretical formulation is based on a continuum approach, which has been widely used in the literature to analyze bridges. The resulting equations of the uncoupled motion are solved using the Laplace Transformation, while the case of the coupled motion is solved through the use of the potential energy. Finally, characteristic examples are presented and useful results are obtained.

A Study of Definition of Traditional Korean Medicine as Learning and Discussion for Scientization of Traditional Korean Medicine (학문으로서의 한의학의 정의와 한의학의 과학화를 위한 논의)

  • Kim, Myung-Hyun;Kim, Byoung-Soo
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2015
  • Learning can be defined as its objects, main question for the objects, and its unique way to organize all the knowledge acquired as the results of the question. From the point of view like this, Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) can be defined as learning for human body and its functions, health and diseases based on the theory of the Yin and Yang and of the five elements. Nowaday Many papers based on laboratory work publish for the name of scientization of TKM, but from the viewpoint of definition of learning, they have a problem that there is no basic theory. If TKM could be communicated with western natural science, it has to be solved. And oriental physiology has a same object and same questions with western physiology, so oriental physiology can be useful to make a bridge between TKM and western natural science.

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Physical therapy and Occupational therapy on the hand infections (수부 감염에 대한 물리치료와 작업치료)

  • Jung, Seok;Kim, Jeong-Ja
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.861-877
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    • 1999
  • The hand is a very specialized organ that functions to obtain information and to execute motor acts essential to human interaction with the environment. Loss of hand function through infections affects the mechanical tasks that the hand performs and psychological adjustments to their disability. Infection is a disastrous complication of hand injuries and adequacy of circulation is of greatest importance to prevention of infection. Careful debridement, incision, and adequate drainage and antibacterial treatment are of great importance. Optimal care of the infected hand demands that carefully surgical care, early postoperative exercises and other therapy. Hand rehabilitation has grown as a specialty area of both physical and occupational therapy. It is essential that the surgeon and therapist work together, and communicate freely-all of which generally require daily contact. Treating the psychological loss suffered by the patient with a hand infections is an integral part of the rehabilitation therapy as well. Treatment techniques, Whether thermal modalities or specifically designed exercises, are used as a bridge to reach a further goal of returning to functional performance.

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VIRTUAL REALITY SHIP SIMULATOR

  • Yim, Jeong-Bin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2000.06a
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    • pp.93-105
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    • 2000
  • This paper describes prototype Virtual Reality Ship Simulator (VRSS) that we have recently developed next-generation training equipment based on the virtual reality (VR) technology. The inherent defects of conventional ship simulators are enormous costs and difficult system upgrade due to the system construction, such as large mock-up bridge system, wide visual presentations, In this paper, to cope with those problems, we explored VR technology that can give realistic environments in a virtual world. Then we constructed prototype VRSS system, which is, consists of PC-based human sensors, and Databases set having 3D object models and coefficients of Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). 3D-WEBMASTER authoring tool was used as Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). Using the VRSS system, we constructed Port an Passage Simulator for the harbor of INCHON in Korea, and Ship and Sea State Simulator for an arbitrary given sea environmental states by user. Through many simulation tests, we testified the efficiency of developed prototype VRSS by subject assessment with five participants. Then, we present results on the simulation experiments and conclude with discussion of evaluation results.

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Correction of bony deviation in rhinoplasty

  • Kim, Kook Hyun
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.516-521
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    • 2020
  • In rhinoplasty, osteotomy is becoming more and more frequent as a way to achieve aesthetically pleasing and functional results, as well as patient satisfaction. In procedures to correct a deviated nose, osteotomy to correct the bone plays an essential role in addition to correction of the septum and cartilage, and osteotomy can reduce the wide nose bridge and give a slightly higher appearance in Asian rhinoplasty. However, osteotomy is relatively invasive, and the nasal bones of Asians are often low and thick, so bleeding or swelling during surgery can be somewhat more severe, and a stuffy nose can occur after surgery if osteotomy is performed incorrectly. Since side effects are possible, it is necessary to have a precise understanding of the relevant anatomy and technique. Several articles have described nasal bone osteotomy in rhinoplasty, and this review article introduces the methods presented in various articles, describes indications and limitations, and reviews the relevant anatomical structures and techniques in an accurate manner. We introduce a method that can increase patients' satisfaction and the completeness of surgery through accurate osteotomy, as well as reducing the risk of side effects.

Development of a transcutaneous system for implantable bio-signal measurement (생체신호계측을 위한 체내 이식형 무선송수신 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Seung-Ha
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2008
  • In order to measure bio-signals, it is desirable to build a fully implantable system which connects directly to neural pathways or body tissue. A design scheme for fully implementable measurement system is proposed in this paper. Consisting of an implanted module and an external system, the proposed scheme delivers power and data between the two modules. The external module sends power via inductive link using a simple H-bridge type oscillator. Also, the implanted module sends measured data to the external system utilizing R/F communication technique at a frequency of ISM band. A stable communication and operation is achieved as the two types of channels are separated. Implemented in a compact size enough to be implanted in human body, the system exhibits good performance in experimental studies.