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Reconstruction of Anterior Cruciate Ligament with Human Allograft (동종 이식건을 이용한 전방 십자 인대 재건술)

  • Suh Jeung-Tak;Cheon Sang-Jin;Lee Jung-Sub
    • Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2000
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcomes and radiological changes after reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament with human allograft. Material and Method : Authors analyzed 22 cases of anterior cruciate ligament allograft reconstruction which were done from January, 1995 to December, 1998 and could be followed up for a year or more. All cases were followed and reviewed in terms of anterior drawer test, Lachman test, Pivot shift test, radiographic examination, knee range of motion, and side-to-side difference of anteroior tibial translation using CA-4000 knee motion analyzer, and Lysholm knee scoring system. Result : The mean Lysholm knee score was 54 preoperatively and improved to 81 postoperatively by average of 27. The side-to-side difference of anterior tibial translation using CA-4000 knee motion analyser was less than 3 mm in 16 cases$(73\%)$, between 3 and 5 mm in 4 cases$(18\%)$, and greater than 6 min in 2 cases$(9\%)$. Average tibial tunnel enlargement was 1.5 mm, but there were not any osteoiysis or cystic formation along the tunnel and no relationship between tunnel enlargement and clinical outcome. Conclusion : Although this study had limited cases, clinical results of anterior cruciate allograft reconstruction were similar to those of reconstruction with autograft reported in the literatures. We think that allograft is an acceptable substitute fer autograft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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A Case of Coccidioidomycosis Manifested as Solitary Pulmonary Nodule (고립성 폐결절상을 보인 콕시디오이데스진균증 1예)

  • Yang, Hyun-Suk;Lee, Jae-Chun;Lim, Chae-Man;Lee, Sang-Do;Koh, Youn-Suck;Kim, Woo-Sung;Kim, Dong-Soon;Kim, Won-Dong;Son, Kwang-Hyun;Shim, Tae-Sun
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.266-272
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    • 1999
  • Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection acquired by inhalation of the arthrospore of Coccidioides immitis, and endemic disease in specific geographic areas, such as south central California, south Arizona. Nevada, and New Mexico. Approximately 60 percent of infected people is asymptomatic and the remainders mostly exhibit respiratory complaints, from flu-like coughing to overt pneumonia. Usually the infection due to Coccidioides immitis is self-limited. Symptoms resolve within several weeks but radiographic abnormalities could be resolved more slowly. If the radiographic abnormalities persist more than 8 weeks, the term' chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis' is designated. They take forms of nodules, cavities or progressive pneumonia. When manifested as nodule(s), lung malignancy is suspected as a possible diagnosis and histologic confirmation is needed. Here, we report a case of chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis manifested as solitary pulmonary nodule in a Korean woman who has traveled in Arizona, which is diagnosed finally by lobectomy and histologic examination.

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LC50 Determination of tert-Butyl Acetate using a Nose Only Inhalation Exposure in Rats

  • Yang, Young-Su;Lee, Jin-Soo;Kwon, Soon-Jin;Seo, Heung-Sik;Choi, Seong-Jin;Yu, Hee-Jin;Song, Jeong-Ah;Lee, Kyu-Hong;Lee, Byoung-Seok;Heo, Jeong-Doo;Cho, Kyu-Hyuk;Song, Chang-Woo
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.293-300
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    • 2010
  • tert-Butyl acetate (TBAc) is an organic solvent, which is commonly used in architectural coatings and industrial solvents. It has recently been exempted from the definition of a volatile organic compound (VOC) by the Air Resources Board (ARB). Since the use of TBAc as a substitute for other VOCs has increased, thus its potential risk in humans has also increased. However, its inhalation toxicity data in the literature are very limited. Hence, inhalation exposure to TBAc was carried out to investigate its toxic effects in this study. Adult male rats were exposed to TBAc for 4 h for 1 day by using a nose-only inhalation exposure chamber (low dose, $2370\;mg/m^3$ (500 ppm); high dose, $9482\;mg/m^3$ (2000 ppm)). Shamtreated control rats were exposed to clean air in the inhalation chamber for the same period. The animals were killed at 2, 7, and 15 days after exposure. At each time point, body weight measurement, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) analysis, histopathological examination, and biochemical assay were performed. No treatment-related abnormal effects were observed in any group according to time course. Based on those findings, the median lethal concentration ($LC_{50}$) of TBAc was over $9482\;mg/m^3$ in this study. According to the MSDS, the 4 h $LC_{50}$ for TBAc for rats is over $2230\;mg/m^3$. We suggested that this value is changed and these findings may be applied in the risk assessment of TBAc which could be beneficial in a sub-acute study.

Molecular Identification of the Bloom-forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena from North Han River System in Summer 2012 (북한강 수계 조류대발생 원인종 남조 Anabaena의 분자계통학적 검토)

  • Li, Zhun;Han, Myung-Soo;Hwang, Su-Ok;Byeon, Myeong-Seop;Hwang, Soon-Jin;Kim, Baik-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.301-309
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    • 2013
  • Between May and August 2012, a massive cyanobacterial bloom with Anabaena has been occurred throughout the North Han River. Sampling was conducted at one station on each lake, L. Uham, L. Cheongpyung, and L. Paldang, where occurred a dense bloom, in 13 July. According to the microscopic examination, the blooms was dominated by one specific filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena and other phytoplankton. Morphologically, previous literature proven that this Anabaena species is A. crassa (Lemmermann) Komark.-Legn. & Cronberg. However, identification of species in a mixed population is complicated due to limited morphological differences. Therefore, with live sample including trichome, akinete and heterocyst, the sequences of 16S rRNA gene of Anabaena isolates were cloned and analyzed, and three 16S rRNA gene sequences of 1188~1520 bp in length were obtained. It was shown from the homologous analysis results that the obtained 16S rRNA sequences were highly homologous to the relevant sequences of A. crassa in GenBank. The 16S rRNA sequences of 63 species were retrieved from GenBank, and the phylogenetic tree was constructed by using these sequences.

Global Citizenship Education in the Primary Geography Curriculum of the Republic of Korea: Content Analysis Focusing on the Semantic Structure of 2009 Revised School Curriculum (초등지리 교육과정에 반영된 세계시민교육 관련 요소의 구조적 특성에 관한 연구: 2009 개정 교육과정 성취기준에 대한 내용분석을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Dong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.949-969
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the share of global citizenship education in the 2009 Revised Social Studies (geography area) School Curriculum of the Republic of Korea. I selected the achievement standards of the geography domain in the fifth and sixth grades as the subjects of analysis. The chosen subjects were examined using content analysis: I used KrKwic, a Korean language content analysis tool, to analyze the content and drew a semantic network of the analysis results using UciNet/NetDraw. I found that the geography domain of the 2009 Revised Primary School Curriculum included the concepts of and factors of global citizenship education. However, global citizenship education did not account for a major portion of the curriculum, and the curriculum achievement standards were noticeably nation-state centered. Global citizenship education factors were not closely associated with to other related factors in fact, they even revealed a isolated pattern. These findings suggest that the inclusion of global citizenship education in primary geography education is limited, because the connections between global citizenship education and related contents, such as the environment, sustainable development, conflict, and cooperation, are probably impeded. Globalization accompanies the transformation of territories, identities, and the relations between nation-states and the world, although nation-states continue to play a significant role in the globalized worlds. Therefore global citizenship education, a educational trend focusing on the global community, is particularly important and is required in the geography curriculum of the global era. I expect that the examination undertaken in this study to contribute to future curriculum revisions regarding globalizatin and global citizenship.

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Level of Awareness of Cervical and Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Safe Practices among College Teachers of Different States in India: Do Awareness Programmes Have an Impact on Adoption of Safe Practices?

  • Shankar, Abhishek;Rath, G.K.;Roy, Shubham;Malik, Abhidha;Bhandari, Ruchir;Kishor, Kunal;Barnwal, Keshav;Upadyaya, Sneha;Srivastava, Vivek;Singh, Rajan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.927-932
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    • 2015
  • Background: Breast and cervical cancers are the most common causes of cancer mortality among women in India, but actually they are largely preventable diseases. Although early detection is the only way to reduce morbidity and mortality, there are limited data on breast and cervical cancer knowledge, safe practices and attitudes of teachers in India. The purpose of this study is to assess the level of awareness and impact of awareness programs in adoption of safe practices in prevention and early detection. Materials and Methods: This assessment was part of a pink chain campaign on cancer awareness. During cancer awareness events in 2011 at various women colleges in different parts in India, a pre-test related to cervical cancer and breast cancer was followed by an awareness program. Post-tests using the same questionnaire were conducted at the end of the interactive session, at 6 months and 1 year. Results: A total of 156 out of 182 teachers participated in the study (overall response rate was 85.7 %). Mean age of the study population was 42.4 years (range- 28-59 yrs). There was a significant increase in level of knowledge regarding cervical and breast cancer at 6 months and this was sustained at 1 year. Adoption of breast self examination (BSE) was significantly more frequent in comparison to CBE, mammography and the Pap test. Magazines and newspapers were sources for knowledge regarding screening tests for breast cancer in more than 60% of teachers where as more than 75% were educated by doctors regarding the Pap test. Post awareness at 6 months and 1 year, there was a significant change in alcohol and smoking habits. Major reasons for not doing screening test were found to be ignorance (50%), lethargic attitude (44.8%) and lack of time (34.6%). Conclusions: Level of knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms and screening methods was high as compared to cervical cancer. There was a significant increase in level of knowledge regarding cervical and breast cancer at 6 months and this was sustained at 1 year. Adoption of BSE was significantly greater in comparison to CBE, mammography and the Pap test. To inculcate safe practices in lifestyle of people, awareness programmes such as pink chain campaign should be conducted more widely and frequently.

Perception Level of Nurses and Auxiliary Nurses for Radiological technologist (간호사와 간호조무사가 지각하는 방사선사 인식도)

  • Shin, Seong-Gyu
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.11 no.8
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    • pp.211-220
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    • 2011
  • The study conducted a survey on the perception level for radiological technologists with 321 nurses and auxiliary nurses working at university hospitals in Busan in order to supply preliminary data to enhance the status as well as professional images of radiological technologists. The result shows the perception level of $3.02{\pm}0.42$ with the highest score for the professional image and the lowest score for the business image. By question, 'they are professional' gets the highest score while 'they understand problems of patients well' gets the lowest. Among respondents, those who are well aware of education courses as well as leading organization of examination and who answer as a health care provider or a medical technician under the medical law show a high level of perception while those who answer as technician show a low perception level. Those who agree with radiologists as a career and consider their status as high in medical institutions have a high level of perception. In order to improve the perception level, individuals as well as associations' promotion and strategies are required to fix the title and enhance the negative images through active interests and kind attitudes toward patients. Also, efforts to escape from previous images limited to technical colleges, to vitalize academic conference and remedial education, and to frame the law of professional radiological technologists system are asked to heighten the qualification and status of radiological technologists. More than that, advertising and monitoring via mass media are needed to develop the image as professional career men as well.

Update Frequency Cache Consistency for Reducing Wait Time in Mobile Computing (이동 컴퓨팅 환경에서 대기 시간을 감소시키는 갱신 빈도 캐쉬 일관성 기법)

  • Lee, Chan-Seob;Kim, Dong-Hyuk;Baek, Joo-Hyun;Choi, Eui-In
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.9D no.6
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    • pp.1017-1024
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    • 2002
  • According as mobile computing environment is generalized by development of wireless networking technology and communication device, mobile host uses local cache for extensibility and early response time. and reduction of limited bandwidth. This time, between mobile host and mobile support station cache need consistency interested person of done data accordingly much techniqueses propose. Existent consistency techniques because detection based techniqueses are used mainly and broadcast periodic invalid message considering frequent disconnection. However, these techniqueses increase abort step through increase or delay of transmission message number by accuracy examination of data. Therefore, because mobile host deletes cached data, and extensity are decreased. Techniques that is proposed in this paper did to perform refering update frequency about object that page request or when complete update operation happens to solve these problem. Therefore, have advantage that response is fast because could run write intention declaration or update by update frequency electively asynchronously when update operation consists and abort step decreases. Also, improved extensity running delete or propagation electively according to update frequency about periodic invalid message gone since disconnection.

Measures to Implements the Landscape Conservation and Management in the Seowon Hamyang Namgye inscribed on the World Heritage List (세계유산 등재대상 함양 남계서원의 경관보존관리방안)

  • Choi, Jong-Hee;Moon, Young-Suk;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is a suggestion that it is a way for conservation and management the Namgye Seowon's heritage value based on its landscape visibility and land use; Namgye Seowon is a world heritage registration object. To do this, We had done a field investigation and a literature examination. The investigations are as following; first, setting protection zone through a comprehensive approach beyond uniform cultural properties protection zone is to note current intellectual situations as well as the place related to the locational characteristics and figures of Namgye Seowon. It's to set fore seeable section of landscape by analyzing visibility focusing through on Pungyeongnu, and it consider with protection zone and the present condition of land use. Especially, external view of landscape in Namgye Seowon is visualized with Baekam-san in the distance view of it and Cheonhwang-bong in Daebong-san and nearby large soundproof walls and the towers acts as an impediment factor to the view of landscape. In addition, to recover the original view of landscape of the Namgye Seowon, reckless plans focusing the authenticity of the world heritage should be limited and in case of the vegetation landscape, restoration and maintenance will be made through historical research literature. Through this study, researches on Namgye Seowon and several seowons will be done actively and its aims are to become the framework of landscape conservation and management measures to meet world heritage criteria.

Conceptualization of Defense Industrial Security in Relation to National Security (국가 안보와 연계한 방위산업 보안 개념 정립)

  • Go, Hee-Jae;Lee, Yong-Joon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.265-270
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    • 2019
  • In order to protect the advancement of defense technology that has a tremendous e?ect on both the national security and the economy, the Republic of Korea established the Defense Technology Security Act in 2015. As the new enactment brought changes to the landscape of the defense industry and defense industrial security, a new examination of the concept of the defense industrial security has now become necessary. Even after taking into consideration the undisclosed nature of defense industrial security research, and the fact that only the limited number of firms participates in the subject matter, scientific studies related to the topic have not been active. However, with the new enactment of the Defense Technology Security Act, it is necessary to expand the scope of security and to redefine the concept of defense industrial security. In this paper, we analyzed the research works on related technology protection policies and our environment of the defense industry in order to conceptualize defense industrial security. The established concepts are expected to provide a systematic way to protect the confidential and defense technology.