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2020 Year of the nurse and the midwife: a call for strengthening midwifery in response to South Korea's ultra-low birth rate

  • Kim, Yun Mi
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.255-259
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    • 2020
  • Along with the low birth rate in Korea, the aging of mothers is progressing very rapidly. Recent studies have reported that the obstetric infrastructure is crumbling due to the accelerating closures of obstetric medical institutions resulting from the low birth rate and low reimbursement rates for obstetric procedures. The number of birth centers has also decreased, but women's interest in natural birth has actually increased, such that deliveries at birth centers now account for 11.8% of deliveries in obstetric clinics. In the Netherlands, Japan, and the United Kingdom, initiatives to promote natural birth through care provided by midwives increased the rate of natural births, decreased the number of cesarean sections, and lowered the rate of postpartum complications. In light of these examples, South Korea should also encourage natural delivery by midwives. A national support system for midwife applicants is necessary, and the requirements for institutions that train midwives should be revised. Independent birth centers should have emergency prescription privileges, and women should be given the choice to have a natural delivery by creating birth centers within hospitals.

OFF-SITE MANUFACTURE OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS

  • Neville Boyd
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.304-310
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    • 2011
  • The populations of major cities in Australia are increasing rapidly and facing an acute housing shortage. Traditional apartment procurement techniques involve lengthy lead-times and factory-based, or offsite manufactured (OSM) multi-storey apartment buildings may offer the opportunity to help fulfill the need by significantly reducing build times. Other advantages of OSM may include superior quality, low weight ratios, economies of scale achieved through repetition of prefabricated units, use on infill sites, sustainable design standards and better occupational health and safety. There are also positive labour and training implications, which may help to alleviate an industry-wide shortage of skills through use of semi-skilled labour. Previous uncertainties about the adoption of offsite due to the high capital costs and perception issues were generally based on pre-cast concrete structures, which are quite a different building type in terms of flexibility, construction, delivery and finishes. Identification of drivers and constraints assists in the determination of current industry status, allows for a benchmark to be established and future opportunities and directions for OSM to be determined.

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A Study on the Measurements of Optical Parameters in Photosensitizer by Light Scattering (농도가 진한 매질에서 광증감제에 의한 광학적 파라미터측정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Jun;Lee, Jou-Joub
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.102-108
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    • 2011
  • The study of wave propagation and scattering in biological media has become increasingly important in recent years. The propagation of light within tissues is an important problem that confronts the dosimetry of therapeutic laser delivery and the development of diagnostic spectroscopy. In the clinical application of photodynamic therapy(PDT) and in photobiology, the photon deposition within a tissue determines the spatial distribution of photochemical reactions. Scattered light is measured as a function of the distance (r) between the axis of the incident beam and the detection spot. Consequently, knowledge of the photosensitizer(Chlorophyll-a) function that characterizes a phantom is measured. To obtain the results of scattering coefficients(${\mu}s$) of a turbid material from diffusion described by experimental approach. It was measured the energy fluency of photon radiation at the position of penetration depth. From fluorescence experimental method obtained the analytical expression for the scattered light as the values of $(I/I_o)_{wavelength}$ vs the distance between the center of the incident beam and optical fiber in terms of the condition of "in situ spectroscopy(optically thick)" and real time by fluorometric measurements. The result was compromised with transport of intensities though a random distribution of scatters.

Controllable Movement of the Azobenzene Linked Crown Ether Conjugated Liposome

  • Seo, Eun-Seok;Kim, Soo-Hyun;Kim, Jin-Seok;Kim, Byung-Kyu
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1158-1162
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    • 2005
  • Drug delivery systems have been developed to reduce the side toxicity of drugs by localizing them in the site of action. But it depends on the circulation of the blood and it doesn't have the function of locomotive mechanism of itself for searching for the region of disease. However, this problem could be solved by nanobot which have the locomotive function. So, we mimic the movement of cell that can move in a human body. In this paper, to polymerize the encapsulated actin within the liposome, electroporation technique is employed. In order to optimize polymerization and depolymerization of the liposome, we compare the time of polymerization and depolymerization by concentration of crown ether. we synthesis the liposome which contain azobenzene Linked crown Ether conjugated Actin protein. Azobenze linked crown ether holds the K+ ion by exposure of UV light and this disturbs the actin polymerization. In result, UV light could control the liposome growth. Finally, we could develop the liposome robot and control the growth and degeneration of the liposome by external stimuli such s UV light. The merit of the controlling by UV light doesn't need to inject proteins which induce polymerization and depolymerization of actin protein.

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A Study on the Maintenance Data Analysis of Vehicle Parts of Yongin Light Rail and Condition-Based Prediction Maintenance (용인경전철 차량부품 정비 데이터 분석 및 상태기반 예지 유지보수 방안 연구)

  • Lee, Kyeong Ho;Lee, Joong Yoon;Kim, Yeong Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2022
  • The Yongin Light Rail train was manufactured by Bombardier Transportation in Canada in 2008 and is a privately invested railway line that has been operating in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, since 2013. When the frequency of train failure increases due to aging, and there is a delay in the delivery period of imported parts used in the Bombardier manufactured trains, timely vehicle maintenance may not be performed due to lack of parts. To solve this problem, it is necessary to build a 'vehicle parts maintenance demand forecasting system' that analyzes the accurate and actual maintenance demand annual based on the condition of vehicle parts. The full scope of analysis in this paper analyzes failure data from various angles after opening of Yongin light rail vehicle to analyze failure patterns for each part and identify replacement cycles according to possible failures and consumption of parts. Based on this study, it is expected that Yongin Light Rail's maintenance system will change from the existing time-based replacement (TBM) concept to the condition-based maintenance (CBM) concept. It is expected that this study will improve the efficiency of the Yongin Light Rail maintenance system and increase vehicle availability. This paper is a fundamental for establishing of a system for predicting the replacement timing of vehicle parts for Yongin Light Rail. It reports the results of data analysis on some vehicle parts.

The Effects of Triamcinolone Acetonide by Iontiophoretic Transdermal Delivery on Inflammation Induced Rat (백서에서 유발된 염증에 대한 Triamcinolone Acetonide 이온도입 경피투과 효과)

  • Jung Dae-In;Kim Tae-Youl;Kim Kye-Yoep;Kim Myong-Hoon
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.182-195
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    • 2003
  • This study investigated the effects of triamcinolone acetonide by iontophoretic transdermal drug delivery on anti-inflammatory action into the rats and which had carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia and edema in the feet, trauma-induced tissue damage in the thigh. Each group was treated under the fellowing conditions. 1. Group I : Control group 2. Group II : Application of direct current 3. Group III : Application of 0.1$\%$ triamcinolone acetonide solution 4. Group IV : Iontophoresis of 0.1$\%$ triamcinolone acetonide solution The degree of anti-inflammation was evaluated by the paw withdrawal latency, the change in volume of foot the change of paw edema, histological change in rats. 1. In paw withdrawal latency, group IV showed the most significant therapeutic effect than the other groups at 0, 3, 6 and 9 hours(p < 0.001). 2. In paw edema experiment in the foot, group IV showed the most significant effect than group I at 0, 3, 6 and 9 hours. It meant that there was effective anti-inflammatory reaction in group I (p < 0.001). 3. In the light microscopic observation, group IV showed the most significant reduction of haemorrhage, hyperemia and infiltrative inflammation. From the results, the iontophoresis with triamcinolone acetonide is more effective than using each groups. It is one of the effective physical agent which delivered large molecular weight drug into the body. The continuous study is needed for many interesting issues of iontophoretic transdermal drug delivery in new future.

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An Analysis of Delivery/Transport Documents Content in Relation to the Contract of Carriage under Incoterms 2020 Rules

  • Jeon, Soon-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Trade
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.203-219
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    • 2021
  • Purpose - The purpose of this study is to review and analyzes the contract of carriage and delivery/transport document in light of the major changes made to the Incoterms® 2020 rules forced into effect on January 1st, 2020. Design/methodology - This study analyzed responsibility for the loading and unloading of goods under the contract of carriage in Incoterms 2020® rules forced into effect by the ICC from January 1, 2020, and what document must be presented as evidence of delivery by the seller. Findings - A review revealed that in Rule C, the costs of unloading at the place of destination are determined by the terms of the contract of carriage, and in the DAP and DDP rules, if the seller bears the unloading costs, such unloading costs cannot be recovered from the buyer. To settle this issue, the seller needs to make a contract of carriage by sea with the carrier on FI terms. Furthermore, in the case of containerized goods that the FCA should be used, FOB was misused because the seller could not present an on-board bill of lading in the L/C transaction. However, it was confirmed that in FCA, the parties can use an optional mechanism to issue an on-board bill of lading. Originality/value - Incoterms 2020® rules are still widely used in international trade by parties to contract sales around the world, just like Incoterms 2010® rules. This study attempts to reduce or eliminate disputes that may arise from interpretative misunderstandings between the parties in the contract of sales concluded by the seller and the buyer.

Recent advances in excimer-laser-based crystallization for active-matrix displays

  • Turk, Brandon A.;Herbst, Ludolf;Simon, Frank;Paetzel, Rainer
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.12-15
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    • 2007
  • Excimer-laser-based crystallization is ideallysuited for forming crystalline Si films on glass substrates for use in active-matrix displays. In this paper, we will report on recent and significant technical advances in light sources and beam delivery systems targeted at enabling ultra-uniform mura-free low-temperature polycrystalline silicon active-matrix backplanes while simultaneously lowering production costs and increasing throughput.

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Characteristics of Micro-stereolithography Apparatus Using UV Lamp as Light Source (UV램프 광원 마이크로 광 조형장치의 성능평가)

  • Lee I.H.;Choi J.S.;Lee S.P.;Ko T.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.161-162
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    • 2006
  • Micro-stereolithography technology is used for fabricating of 3-dimensional micro-structures. In some cases, this technology is more economical and simpler than MEMS and LIGA technologies based on semiconductor process. In this research, the micro-sterolithography apparatus that is more economical and simpler than current micro-stereolithography apparatus was developed. This apparatus uses UV lamp and optical fiber as a light source and tight delivery system, respectively.

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Development of Micro-stereolithography using UV Lamp and Opical Fiber (UV 램프와 광섬유를 이용한 마이크로 광 조형기술의 개발)

  • Choi J.S.;Lee I.H.;Ko T.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.885-887
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    • 2005
  • Recently, many three-dimensional micros-structures were fabricated using micro-stereolithography technology. However, for most conventional micro-stereolithography apparatus. an expensive laser was used as light source and complex optical systems were used. In this research. new type of micro-stereolithography apparatus which has UV lamp as light source and optical fiber as beam delivery system was developed. This apparatus is cheaper and simpler then conventional micro-stereolithography apparatus.

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