• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.202-207
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• 2024

Background Ingrown toenail is a common condition that results in chronic pain, recurrent infections, and difficulty in performing daily activities. Our aim is to compare two surgical methods for the treatment of ingrown toenails: wedge resection with curetting versus wedge resection curetting followed by electrocauterization of the nail bed. Methods A prospective, comparative study that included 130 patients with ingrown toenails. All patients had stage II or III disease. We divided the participants into two groups according to the type of surgery and all patients were followed up for 6 months. The outcomes measured were the incidence of postoperative bleeding and infection, recovery time, patient satisfaction, and recurrence rate 6 months after surgery. Results Of the 130 patients included, 59 (45.4%) underwent excision and curetting of the nail matrix (group 1) and 71 (54.6%) underwent excision, curetting, and electrocauterization of the nail matrix (group 2). The postoperative infection rates were 20.3 and 4.2% in the first and second groups, respectively (p = 0.004). Patient satisfaction was 76.3% among the first group, while 91.5% of patients in the second group were satisfied with the results of surgery. Six months postoperatively, recurrence rates were 25.4 and 4.2% in the first and second groups, respectively (p = 0.001). Conclusion Wedge excision and curettage, followed by electrocauterization of the ingrown toenail is a safe treatment modality with a high success rate, that is evident by a lower recurrence rate, and greater patient satisfaction, with no effect on postoperative pain score or recovery time.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1097-1102
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• 2018

Let A and B be matrices which are polynomials in r pairwise commuting nilpotent matrices over a field. We give a sufficient condition for the null space of $A^i$ to equal that of $B^i$ for all i, in particular, for A and B to be similar.

• Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.719-729
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• 2023

In this article, we present a new notion called "extended metric spaces of type (φ, ρ)" as a generalization of extended b-metric spaces. Also, we establish a fixed point result of a Reich-type contraction on an extended metric space of type (φ, ρ). We also provide several examples to demonstrate the significance of the established results.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.581-590
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• 2018

In this paper, we consider surfaces in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{E}^3$ which are of finite III-type, that is, they are of finite type, in the sense of B.-Y. Chen, corresponding to the third fundamental form. We present an important family of surfaces, namely, tubes in $\mathbb{E}^3$. We show that tubes are of infinite III-type.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.106-110
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• 2005

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum attacks most of the vegetable crops in the Jordan valley. Twenty-five samples/isolates were obtained in a complete coverage of that region. They were characterized for their mycelium incompatibility, and specific gene amplified using the primer SSREV/SSFWD. All isolates gave similar single band around 278 bp. Thirteen isolates were completely incompatible with the other 12 ones. The latter ones fell into four subgroups of mycelium incompatibility. RAPD analysis using three primers (OPA-2, OPA-10, and OPA-18) clustered the 25 isolates into subgroups in agreement with their morphological separation, indicating close correlation between amplified gene(s) and the gene(s) of incompatibility. All highly virulent isolates were among the group of 13, indicating a well established genomic type pathogen in this region.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.371-376
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• 2008

In this paper, it is shown that if f satisfies the following functional inequality (0.1) $${\parallel}\sum\limits_{i,j=1}^3\;f{(xi,yj)}{\parallel}{\leq}{\parallel}f(x_1+x_2+x_3,\;y_1+y_2+y_3){\parallel}$$ then f is a bi-additive mapping. We moreover prove that if f satisfies the following functional inequality (0.2) $${\parallel}2\sum\limits_{j=1}^3\;f{(x_j,\;z)}+2\sum\limits_{j=1}^3\;f{(x_j,\;w)-f(\sum\limits_{j=1}^3\;xj,\;z-w)}{\parallel}{\leq}f(\sum\limits_{j=1}^3\;xj,\;z+w){\parallel}$$ then f is an additive-quadratic mapping.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.129-138
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• 1996

In the result of Industrial development. largeness and highness of techniques. a large amount of Information Is being treated every year. Achive informationization. we must store in computer ,all informations written on paper for a long time and be able to utilize them In right time and place. There Is recurrent neural network as a model rousing the output value In learning neural network for characters recognition. But most of these methods are not so effectively applied to it. This study suggests a new type of recurrent neural network to classifyeffectively the static patterns such as off-line handwritten characters. This study shows that this new type Is better than those of before in recognizing the patterns. such as figures and handwritten characters, by using the new J-E (Jordan-Elman) neural network model in which enlarges and combines Jordan and Elman Model.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.1015-1021
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• 2016

Structures, systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety of nuclear facilities shall be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety functions. Although SSC classification guidelines for nuclear power plants have been well established and applied, those for research reactors have been only recently established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Korea has operated a pool-type research reactor (the High Flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor) and has recently exported another pool-type reactor (Jordan Research and Training Reactor), which is being built in Jordan. Korea also has a plan to build one more pool-type reactor, the Kijang Research Reactor, in Kijang, Busan. The safety classification of SSCs for pool-type research reactors is proposed in this paper based on the IAEA methodology. The proposal recommends that the SSCs of pool-type research reactors be categorized and classified on basis of their safety functions and safety significance. Because the SSCs in pool-type research reactors are not the pressure-retaining components, codes and standards for design of the SSCs following the safety classification can be selected in a graded approach.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.287-291
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• 2012

To verify the validity of Hemiculter eigenmanni (Jordan and Metz, 1913), we conducted morphological analysis on two syntypes of Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) and holotype of H. eigenmanni. Although some morphological differences were recognized between two nominal type specimens, it is concluded intraspecific or geographic variation through comparison with many specimens collected from Korea. Previously suggested synonymy between H. leucisculus and H. eigenmanni was reconfirmed, therefore the latter becomes a junior synonym of the former.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 1994

Two types of sunshine recorders, Jordan and bimetal, were used for measuring the duration of sunshine and percentage of sunshine in Weather Forecast Offices(WFO) and Weather Observation Stations(WOS) in Korea, respectively.These two gauges showed different values in each element observation. To evaluate the solar energy resources by duration and percentage of sunshine, relevant parameter should be adapted to use the two kinds of data for zoning of agricultural climatic area and comparison of regional solar energy distributions. In this respect, the correlation and distribution pattern were found by analyzing data from the two types of sunshine recorders. The results were as follows. The monthly duration of sunshine by the Jordan type was $50{\sim}60$ hours lower than the bimetal type and its value in May was the highest in a year. The percentage of sunshine by the Jordan type was $5{\sim}10%$ lower than the bimetal type. The seasonal difference of sunshine hour data by two types of sunshine recorder became small in winter but large in summer. Standard deviation of monthly duration of sunshine of WFO and WOS was $11{\sim}32$ and $17{\sim}25$ hours and percentage of sunshine was $3{\sim}11$ and $4{\sim}9$ % respectively. The range of deviation in WOS data was smaller than WFO. The highest distribution of duration and percentage of sunshine was in the Southern Coastal Area, whereas the lowest in the Central North Western Area.