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Discriminating Factors of Stages of Change in Bone Mass Promoting Behaviors after Bone Mineral Densitometry (골밀도 검사를 받은 여성의 골량증진행위 변화단계 판별요인)

  • Lee, Eun Nam;Son, Haeng Mi
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.389-400
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    • 2007
  • Purposes: This study was designed to explore the stage distribution of subjects according to stage of change for calcium intake and for exercise, and to identify factors that could discriminate among subjects in various stages. Methods: The sample consisted of 142 subjects who had taken bone mineral densitometry tests. The instruments used in this study were the Stage Placement Instrument for Calcium Intake and Exercise, the Osteoporosis Health Belief Scale and the Osteoporosis Knowledge Test, and the Osteoporosis Self Efficacy Scale. Data were analyzed using chi square, ANOVA, and discriminant analysis by using the SPSS 12.0 program. Results: For calcium stages, economic level, calcium knowledge, positive social norms for calcium intake, & educational level showed high standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients. For exercise stages, exercise efficacy, susceptibility, exercise benefit, educational level, positive social norm to exercise, educational level, and exercise barrier showed high standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients. Conclusion: This study implies that bone mass promoting program incorporating a stages of change model can be applied as useful nursing intervention.

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Analysis of residential natural gas consumption distribution function in Korea - a mixture model

  • Kim, Ho-Young;Lim, Seul-Ye;Yoo, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.36-41
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    • 2014
  • The world's overall need for natural gas (NG) has been growing up fast, especially in the residential sector. The better the estimation of residential NG consumption (RNGC) distribution, the better decision-making for a residential NG policy such as pricing, demand estimation, management options and so on. Approximating the distribution of RNGC is complicated by zero observations in the sample. To deal with the zero observations by allowing a point mass at zero, a mixture model of RNGC distributions is proposed and applied. The RNGC distribution is specified as a mixture of two distributions, one with a point mass at zero and the other with full support on the positive half of the real line. The model is empirically verified for household RNGC survey data collected in Korea. The mixture model can easily capture the common bimodality feature of the RNGC distribution. In addition, when covariates were added to the model, it was found that the probability that a household has non-expenditure significantly varies with some variables. Finally, the goodness-of-fit test suggests that the data are well represented by the mixture model.

UBVI CCD PHOTOMETRY OF YOUNG OPEN CLUSTERS. II. BOCHUM 7

  • SUNG HWANKYUNG;BESSELL M. S.;PARK B.-G.;KANG Y. H.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.109-117
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    • 1999
  • UBVI CCD photometry has been obtained for a region around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 12. We found two young stellar associations in the observed field: the nearer one comprises the field members of Vela OBI association at d = 1.8kpc, while the farther one is the young open cluster Bochum 7 (Bo 7) at d = 4.8kpc. The stars associated with Bo 7 showed no central concentration which suggests that Bo 7 is not a young open cluster but simply a local concentration in the density of young stars belonging to the OB association (Vel OB3). These two associations have similar ages but remarkably different mass function slopes ($\Gamma$ = -2.1 $\pm$ 0.3 for Vel OBI and -1.0 $\pm$ 0.3 for Bo 7). The stars in Vel OBI shows an evident age spread (${\Delta}T\~ 9Myr$). We also found two strong H$\alpha$ emission stars - WR 12 and $\sharp$1066 - from narrow band H$\alpha$ photometry.

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Maturity of the Crater Rim Walls as a function of the Crater Size

  • SIM, Chae Kyung;Kim, Sungsoo S.;Jeong, Minsup
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.45.3-46
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    • 2015
  • Space weathering agents such as micrometeoroids and solar wind particles continuously age the uppermost regolith of the lunar surface by comminuting as well as darkening and reddening. Among several maturity indices, we investigate median grain size () and optical maturity (OMAT) of the crater rim walls. Crater rim wall is the most immature place among the impact crater features because the vertical mixing process by mass-movement can enhance the gardening of regolith and the supply of immature materials in the deeper layer to the surface. More than 140 simple and complex craters were considered. Both and OMAT values of the inner rim wall initially increase as the crater size increases until ~10-20 km, then decrease. This transition crater size happens to correspond to the transition diameter from simple to complex craters. For larger craters, i.e., complex craters, it is clear that the inner rim wall of the craters formed in recent eras tend to remain fresh and become mature along with time. For the simple crater case, smaller craters are more mature, which is opposite to the case of complex craters. This is thought to be because smaller craters become flattened more quickly, thus have smaller vertical mixing in the regolith due to mass-movement. We will also discuss on the maturity indices of the crater rim walls at high latitudes as a function of the position angle to see the latitude dependence of the space weathering process.

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Topology Optimization of the Primary Mirror of a Multi-Spectral Camera (인공위성 카메라 주반사경의 위상최적화)

  • Park, Kang-Soo;Chang, Su-Young;Lee, Eung-Shik;Youn, Sung-Kie
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.1194-1202
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    • 2002
  • A study on the topology optimization of a multi-spectral camera for space-use is presented. The optimization is carried out under self-weight and polishing pressure loading. A multi-spectral camera for space-use experiences degradation of optical image in the space, which can not be detected on the optical test bench on the earth. An optical surface deformation of a primary mirror, which is a principal component of the camera system, is an important factor affecting the optical performance of the whole camera system. In this study, topology optimization of the primary mirror of the camera is presented. As an objective function, a measure of Strehl ratio is used. Total mass of the primary mirror is given as a constraint to the optimization problem. The sensitivities of the objective function and constraint are calculated by direct differentiation method. Optimization procedure is carried out by an optimality criteria method. For the light-weight primary mirror design, a three dimensional model is treated. As a preliminary example, topology optimization considering a self-weight loading is treated. In the second example, the polishing pressure is also included as a loading in the topology optimization of the mirror. Results of the optimized design topology for the mirror with various mass constraints are presented.

A Comparison between C4 and Cation-exchange Columns as a Pre-separation Method for Mass Spectrometric Analysis to Characterize a Global Identification of Phosphopeptides and Phosphorylation Sites (세포내 총체적인 인산화 펩타이드 및 인산화 위치 규명을 위해 질량분석기 전 단계의 C4 및 양이온 교환수지 칼럼 이용 방법의 비교)

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong;Baek, Moon-Chang
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.59 no.3
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2015
  • Protein phosphorylation is one of most important post-translational modifications (PTMs) and plays an important role in regulation of protein function. Here we develop a method for a global identification of phosphopeptides and phosphorylation sites using nano-LC MS/MS. We compared two separation methods, C4 and strong cation ion exchange (SCX). Before phosphopeptides enrichment with $TiO_2$, total proteins from Rat 1 cells have been separated using C4 column or tryptic peptides of proteins from the cells have been separated using SCX column. Finally, we have detected 52 phosphorylation sites on 41 proteins from SCX method and 375 phosphorylation sites on 252 proteins from C4 method, and determined the function and localization of identified phosphoproteins using DAVID software. In particular, we showed new phosphorylation sites from membrane proteins related to various cell signaling mechanisms. This method may contribute to study global signal networks induced by various signals including ligands and drugs.

A Study on the Characteristics of Fashion in Wanna-Be Phenomenon (워너비 현상 (Wanna-Be Phenomenon)에 나타난 패션의 특정 연구)

  • Yum Hae-Jung;Kim Ji-Seon;Kim Eun-Jung;Park So-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.53-63
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the background and characteristics of fashion in wanna-be phenomenon. The primary source of data has been a collection of recent books, news repots, many articles from various kinds of mass media and fashion internet cite. The results of this study can be summarized as follow. First, The wanna-be phenomenon can be divided the background into three parts : change to entertainment society, increase of mass consumption, increase mutual communication with star and fan. Second, the function of fashion in wanna-be phenomenon can be divided with the following: the function of self-expression, guide book of trendy lifestyle, and play for pleasure. Third, fashion style in wanna-be phenomenon can be divided with the following : chic & gorgeous style, sexy casual & chav style, bohemian mix & match style.

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Investigation on the pressure drop characteristics of oscillating flow through regenerators under pulsating pressure conditions (맥동압력조건에서 재생기를 통한 왕복유동의 압력강하 특성에 대한 연구)

  • 최성열;남관우;정상권
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2003
  • This paper proposes a new oscillating flow model of the pressure drop through the regenerator under pulsating pressure. In this oscillating flow model. pressure drop is expressed by the amplitude and the phase angle with respect to the inlet mass flow rate. In order to generalize the oscillating flow model. non-dimensional parameters, which are Reynolds number, Valensi number, gas domain length ratio, oscillating flow friction factor and phase angle of pressure drop, are derived from the capillary tube model of the regenerator. Correlations for the oscillating flow friction factor and the phase angle are obtained from the experiments for the twill-square screen regenerators under various operating frequencies and inlet mass flow rates. The oscillating friction factor is a function of the Reynolds number alone and the phase angle of pressure drop is a function of the Valensi number and the gas domain length ratio. Experiment is also performed to examine the effect of the weave style of screen. Experimental data demonstrate the superiority of the oscillating flow model over the previous steady flow model.

Survival of Colorectal Cancer in the Presence of Competing-Risks - Modeling by Weibull Distribution

  • Baghestani, Ahmad Reza;Daneshvar, Tahoura;Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin;Asadzadeh, Hamid
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.1193-1196
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    • 2016
  • Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the commonest malignancy in the lower gastrointestinal tract in both men and women. It is the third leading cause of cancer-dependent death in the world. In Iran the incidence of colorectal cancer has increased during the last 25 years. Materials and Methods: In this article we analyzed the survival of 447 colorectal patients of Taleghani hospital in Tehran using parametric competing-risks models. The cancers of these patients were diagnosed during 1985 - 2012 and followed up to 2013. The purpose was to assess the association between survival of patients with colorectal cancer in the presence of competing-risks and prognostic factors using parametric models. The analysis was carried out using R software version 3.0.2. Results: The prognostic variables included in the model were age at diagnosis, tumour site, body mass index and sex. The effect of age at diagnosis and body mass index on survival time was statistically significant. The median survival for Iranian patients with colorectal cancer is about 20 years. Conclusions: Survival function based on Weibull model compared with Kaplan-Meier survival function is smooth. Iranian data suggest a younger age distribution compared to Western reports for CRC.

A Study on the Design Characteristics of Steel Frame in Modern Architecture (근대건축과 철구조의 디자인특성에 관한 연구)

  • 이정욱
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.6
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 1995
  • This research aims at proving the fact that the forms, spaces and many other design concepts of Modernism are much related with the changes of materials, struc-tures, and the way of construction as well as the idealis-tic and aesthestic things through the history of steel, one of the most important materials of the style. The meaning steel has in the modern architecture can be studied in the structure and industrial production system. 1) Steel frame broadened the range of understanding the space and created the new form through the skeleton/skin structure by reinterpreting the existing space fac-tors while it was being adopted to the architecture. Walls could be freed from the traditional function of bear-ing wall and roofs gave the transparancy to the interior by being linked with the glass. Posts lost the function which confines the space in the frame of the grid system and gave the flexibility to the interior due to the economical materials. These changes made the movable partition, screen with various materials and the system furniture which divides the space more important. 2) In the aspect of the industrialized architecture, it be-came the moment that the most of the archtectural com-posing parts were in mass production as they were standarized, high qualified, and generalized by the indus-trial characteristics of steel, and the specialization of structure and cladding, but the neither of the efforts to make the building itself by mass production or to standarize it was fulfilled. The high-tech architecture which borrows its archtectural manifestation from the high technology, however, is consistently paying efforts on such industrialization.

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