• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.904-910
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• 2003

Thoracoscopic bullectomy (VATS-B) is now the preferred treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax despite of higher recurrence rate than open thoracotomy. Several methods have been used to prevent this problem. The effectiveness of staple line reinforcement (SLR) in VATA-B using endostaplers was assessed by clinical and experimental study. Meterial and Method: In experimental study, canine lungs were harvested immediately (group I N=5) and 48 hours (group II N=5) after stapling. The pressures at which initial air leaks occurred were measured. In clinical study from February 1997 to March 1999, 106 procedures in 104 patients undergoing VATS-B for spontaneous pneumothorax were classified into two groups according to the presence of SLR and were compared. Result: The average pressure of the initial air leakage was significantly higher in SLR than that of staples alone (18$\pm$1.6 vs 48$\pm$3 mm Hg in group I; 23.8$\pm$1.9 vs 54$\pm$4.6 mm Hg in group II, p<0.001). In the clinical data, there were significant differences seen in the duration of drainage, the total length of endostaplers used, and the duration of the postoperative hospital stay between patients with staple alone and patients with SLR (4.4$\pm$1.4 vs 3.1$\pm$1.1 days in duration of drainage, 92.3$\pm$28.1 vs 71.1$\pm$30.6 mm in total length of endostaplers used, 5.9$\pm$1.9 vs 4.6$\pm$1.7 days in postoperative hospital stays, p<0.001). Conclusion: SLR was effective for preventing prolonged air leakage and responsible for shorter hospital stays after VATS-B for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.39-48
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• 2004

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of continuous feeding of probiotics on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood urea nitrogen(BUN) and immune responses in pigs. Treatments were 1) Control(basal diet), 2) P-O.l(basal diet + 0.1% probiotics) and 3) P-0.2(basal diet + 0.2% probiotics). In growth trial, a total of sixty pigs(6.17 $\pm$ 0.45 kg average body weight) weaned at 21 days of age were used. All pigs were assigned according to sex and body weight, and each treatment had 5 replicates of 4 pigs per pen in a randomized complete block(RCB) design. During 0${\sim}$8 weeks, there was no significant difference in average daily gain(ADG), average daily feed intake(ADFI) and gain:feed ratio(GfF) among treatments. During 9 - 20 weeks, ADG was improved significantly in pigs fed P-O.I or P-0.2 diets when compared to the pig fed control diet(P <0.05), but there was no significant difference in ADFI and GfF ratio. During overall period, ADG, ADFI and GfF ratio were not significantly different among treatments. In the first metabolic trial(17.93 $\pm$1.45kg average body weight), apparent digestibility of OM, protein, fat in pigs fed P-O.l and P-0.2 diets were greater than in pigs fed control diet(P <0.05) and ash digestibility in pigs fed P-0.2 diet was significantly higher than in pigs fed control diet(P <0.05). Calcium digestibility in pigs fed P-0.2 diet was significantly higher than in pigs fed control and P-O.I diets(P <0.05). Fecal-N excretion was lower in pigs fed P-O.! and P-0.2 diets than in pigs fed control(P <0.05). In the second metabolic trial(41.80 $\pm$ 2.68kg average body weight), there was no significant difference among treatments in apparent digestibility of nutrients and N-retention. In blood assay for the BUN and immune responses investigations, there was no significant difference among treatments during overall period of experiment. Therefore, this experiment suggested that probiotics supplementation could improve growth performance and nutrient digestibility of pigs.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.260-265
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• 2011

Plantago asiatica L. (P. asiatica) has been used as one of the popular folk medicines in Asia for human health care practices. Various activities of P. asiatica have been reported, such as anti-oxidant, anti-glycation, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity. Therefore, the potential of P. asiatica to reduce oxidative stress has been studied in several ways for over 20 years, especially at liver and kidney. However no investigation has been reported revealing its protective effect on prostate. Method: Treatment of P. asiatica leaf ethanolic extract (PLE) (1 g/kg body weight (b.w.), 2 g/kg b.w., or 4 g/kg b.w.) were given separately to animals for pretreatment once per day for 7 days, and on the seventh day ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA; 0.24 mmol Fe/kg b.w.), which is known as an oxidative stress-inducer at prostate, was administrated by i.p to negative control group. At the end of the study period, dissection was carried out for detecting the prostate protective effect of PLE. Result: Fe-NTA-treated animals produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in depletion of antioxidant biomaker, such as glutathione (GSH), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione s-transferase (GST) and increase of lipid peroxidation in prostate. However, PLE pretreatment resulted in an increase in the GSH, GST and GR levels concentration dependent manner and in an significant decrease in the levels of lipid peroxidation. Conclusion: Our data suggest that PLE may be effective in protecting oxidative stress-induced damage of prostate, and PLE may be an chemopreventive agent against Fe-NTA-mediated prostate oxidative damage.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.305-308
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• 1990

In order to clone the gene coding for 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of Muyveromyces fragilis, a shuttle plasmid vector pHNll4 was used. It can serve as a cloning vector in Saccharomyces cerevisiae DBY746 for other Sau3AI-cleaved DNA segment of Kluyveromyces fragilis. Two cloned fragments which complement the leu2 mutation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and E, coli were obtained. Their length was 4.4 kb an 3.5 kb, and their orientation was opposite each other. From the fact that the two recombinant plasmids were expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and E, coli, probably the two inserts had the promoter of Ktuyveromyces fi-agilis and that of Kluyveromyces fiagilis was efficiently assosiated with RNA polymerase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and E. coli. According to the result of Southern hybridization, we thought that the cloned fragment has low homology with 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase coding region of E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.284-294
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• 1992

합성용질확산법으로 GaP단결정을 성장시키고 몇가지 성질을 조사하였다. 정지상태에서 결정의 성장속도는 1.75[mm/day]이었고 결정성장용 석영관을 전기로내에서 하강시키므로써 양질의 GaP 단결정을 성장하였다. 에치피트밀도는 결정의 성장축 방향으로 3.8*$10^{4}$[$cm^{-2}$]부터 2.3*$10^{5}$[$cm^{-2}$] 까지 증가하였다. 성장된 GaP결정의 이동도와 캐리어농도는 실온에서 197.49[$cm^{2}$/V.sec]와 6.75*$10^{15}$[$cm^{-3}$]이었고 77K의 온도에서는 266.91[$cm^{2}$ /V.sec]와 3.13*$10^{14}$[$cm^{-3}$]이었다. 에너지갭의 온도의존성은 실험적으로 $E_{g}$(T)=2.3383-(6.082*$10^{-4}$) $T^{2}$/(373.096+T)[eV]로 구하여졌다. 저온에서 측정된 광루미네센스 스펙트럼은 구속된 여기자의 복사재결합과 재결합 과정에 포논의 참여로 인하여 에너지갭 부근의 복잡한 선 스펙트럼이 나타났고 얕은 준위의 Si도너와 Zn억셉터준위 사이에서의 복사재결합 및 이에 대한 1LO, 2LO의 포논복제가 나타났으며 S $i_{Ga}$ -S $i_{p}$의 쌍방출에 의하여 1.8932[eV]에서 넓은 반치전폭의 피크가 나타났다. GaP의 적외선 흡수는 TO, LO, LA, T $A_{1}$, T $A_{2}$ 포논들의 이중결합모드와 G $a_{2}$O의 진동모드 및 Si도너와 Zn억셉터들에 의하여 일어났다. Zn를 확산시키어 제작한 p-n GaP발광다이오드는 실온에서의 발광중심피크가 6250[.angs.]이었고 최대광출력은 0.0916[mW], 양자효율은 0.51%이었다.이었다.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.133-142
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• 1996

In this paper, two different techniques for mixed-mode type engineering fracture mechanics are investigated to estimate the stress intensity factors by using p-version finite element model. These two techniques are displacement extrapolation with COD and CSD method and J-integral with decomposition method. By decomposing the displacement field obtained from p-version of finite element analysis into symmetric and antisymmetric displacement fields with respect to the crack line, Mode-I and Mode-II stress intensity factors can be determined using aforementioned techniques. The example problems for validating the proposed techniques are centrally and centrally oblique cracked panels under tension. The numerical results associated with the variation of oblique angle and the ratio of crack length and panel width (a /W ratio) are compared with those by theoretical values and empirical solutions in literatures. Very good agreements with the existing solutions are shown.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.221-230
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• 1991

Various Models of the moisture content-capillary pressure hysteresie based on the approach of domain concept in porous media are compared with each other, Model III-1(Mualem, 1984) is superio to others as expected. A new model based on Model III-1 is proposed of which asuumption is the linearization of P$$($\theta$) accounting for the pore blockage effect against air-entry. The feature of this model is that only one branch of boundary curve is needed to calibrate it, which is the advantage to Model III-1. The prediction of boundary drying curve from boundary wetting curve using this model is better than that using Model I-1, II-1 compared with the experimental data. This model is to simulate scanning curves, while Model I-1, II-1 is not.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1988.07a
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• pp.888-891
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• 1988

Recently, with the expansion of electronic equipment and computer facilities, good quality of services is required. This paper describes how to improve distribution system voltage by the Tap position seletion of P. Tr, by the decision of the optimal sending voltage in substation and we also developed three phase load flow program in distribution system. Besides we have developed the digital recording voltmeter that will be utilized with personal computer system. This meter will be useful, economical and powerful.

• Proceedings of the Korean Printing Society Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.13-17
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• 1995

헤테로원자(X=O, S, Se)의 변환에 따라 용액상에서 Merocyanine색소 및 Cyanine색소의 헤테로원자X는 p궤도의 원자보다 d궤도의 원자가 공명에 관여하여 공역계확장에 기여하였고, 유전률이 큰 용매 일수륵 Merocyanine색소는 장파장으로 흡수극대치가 이동하였다. 또 Cyanine색소의 기저상태는 $I^-$이온과 정전하 발색단을 가진 이온성 화합물로 되어 있으므로 극성용매에서 $I^-$ 이온의 전하가 색소본체로 전하 이동전이가 발생하여 단파장화 하였다. 고상에서 색소의 농도가 높을 수록 색소분자간의 거리가 가까워져 색소 상호작용이 변화하여 흡수스펙트럼에서는 전체적으로 폭이 넓은 형태로 나타났으며 이것은 농도가 높을 수록 색소분자간의 거리가 가까워져 색소 상호작용이 변화한 때문이라고 생각된다. 또한 3차원 형광의 저농도에서 보이지 않는 새로운 스펙트럼이 Cyanine색소에서 나타났으며 이 스펙트럼은 색소고유의 흡수에 기인한 것으로 Eximer형광으로 생각된다. 광전특성에 있어서는 Merocyanine색소가 Cyanine색소보다 활성화에너지가 낮아 전하이동도가 커짐에 따라 높은 광전특성을 나타내었다. 그리고 Merocyanine색소 헤테로원자(X)의 비교에서 광전특성은 O

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.265-273
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• 2000

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a highly prevalent, age-related disorder in men which place a considerable burden on health care resources worldwide. While BPH and hypertension are apparently diverse disease processes, they have some features in common(e.g. underlying etiology of the sympathetic nervous system). The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms using I-PSS(international prostate symptom score) and to investigate the association of hypertension with I-PSS. This study was carried out to 390 men(40~86 year old) at 3 Myun in Chungju City from July to August, 1997. Subjects answered on questionnaire for I-PSS and were checked age, education, marital status, annual income, blood pressure. The mean age of subjects was 59.8 year old. The mean of I-PSS were increased by age decades(40~49, 50~59, 60~69, 70~86) and it's scores were 4.4, 7.0, 8.2, 12.3 respectively. Strong correlations were observed between the I-PSS and the QUL(quality of life)(P=0.0001). I-PSS(mean-value) were 7.85 in hypertensive group and 8.39 in normotensive group but there was no statistically significance between the two groups(P>0.05). The proportion of mean scoring greater than 8 was 42.5%. There have been reports of association between lower urinary tract symptoms and hypertension, but there was no consistent suggestion that such an association could be casual. The need for high-quality epidemiological information and consequent increased prospects for prevention is obvious.