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Algorithm detecting an evoked potential using the ensemble averaged bispectrum (The ensemble averaged bispectrum을 이용한 유발전위 검출 알고리즘)

  • Choi, J.M.;Bae, B.H.;Kim, S.Y.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1994 no.12
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    • pp.124-127
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    • 1994
  • A technique based on bispectrun averaging is described for generally recovering the signal waveform from a set of noisy signals with variable signal delay. The technique does not require explicit tune alignment of signals and any initial estimate of signal. The new method is suggested and is compared with other methods. This method are numerically investigated using computer generated-data and a physiological signal and noise Some experimental results for the evoked potential studios that demonstrate the technique are given. The results show the effectiveness of the technique: various potential applications of the technique might be expected.

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Study on the Body Shapes and Features of Four Constitutional Types Based on Physical Measurements 1 (신체계측법에 의한 사상체질별 체형기상 연구 1)

  • Kim Jong-Won;Kim Kyu-Kon;Lee Eui-Ju;Lee Yong-Tae
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.268-272
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    • 2006
  • In this study, when physician make a diagnosis of Sasang constitution of patients, anthropometric data are applied to seek the classification function into Sasang constitution. Data used in the analysis are the anthropometric data of 550 patients who had been treated in nine oriental medical hospital, and our data have no missing value in 12 anthropometric variables. In order to improve the accuracy of classification function into Sasang constitution, we consider one method of variable transformation of anthropometric data based on oriental medicine.

Functional Characteristics of Soybean Oligosaccharide (콩 함유 올리고당의 기능적 특성)

  • 정명근;이재철
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.48
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    • pp.58-64
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    • 2003
  • To enjoy a healthy life, it is important to have a well-balanced diet. However, in today's society, there is an increase in the consumption of preprocessed foods and frequency of eating out. Also the western diet, which is becoming move popular worldwide, contains relatively high levels of protein and fat, and a low amount of fiber, Furthermore, the increased availability of favorite foods has created a condition were the individual diet is less variable. With these conditions, it is difficult to maintain a diet that is nutritionally balanced. With these unbalanced diets, which are difficult to change, there has been an increase in adult disease and health problems, such as colon and breast cancer, It is speculated that metabolites for carcinogens are produced from diet components and that intestinal bacteria contribute to the production of these metabolites. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the relationships between health, diet, and intestinal microflora. Soybean oligosaccharide is composed of water-soluble saccharides that have been extracted from soybean whey, a by-product from the production of soy protein. This is mainly a mixture of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasac-charides, with the principle components being the oligosaccharide raffinose and stachyose. When consumed by humans, the oligosaccharides cannot be digested in the human duodenal and small intestinal mucosa, and these are selectively utilized by beneficial bifidobacteria in intestines. The results of acute and subacute toxicity tests, soy-bean oligosaccharides were nonpoisonous. Soybean oligosaccharides promote the growth of indigenous bifido-bacteria in the colon which by their antagonistic effects, suppress the activity of putrefactive bacteria. Also, they reduce toxic metabolites, detrimental enzymes and plasma lipid, and increase in the frequency of bowel evacuation and fecal quantities. Consequently, soybean oligosaccharides as functional foods components have potential roles in the prevention and medical treatment of chronic adult diseases. The study of processing property and physiological function of soybean oligosacchavides and development of high oligosaccharide variety allow the creation of new and exciting foodstuffs that aye functional healthy.

Osmoprotective Effect of Glycine Betaine on Foreign Protein Production in Hyperosmotic Recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Cultures Differs among Cell Lines

  • Ryu, Jun-Su;Kim, Tae-Gyeong;Jeong, Ju-Yeong;Lee, Gyun-Min
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.313-316
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    • 2000
  • When 3 recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (rCHO) cell lines, CHO/dhfr-B-22-4, $CS13-1.00^{\ast}$ and $CSl3-0.02^{\ast}$, were cultivated in hyperosmolar media resulting from NaCl addition, their specific foreign protein productivity increased with medium osmolality. Glycine betaine was found to have a strong osmoprotective effect on all 3 rCHO cell lines. Inclusion of 15 mM glycine betaine in hyperosmolar medim enabled rCHO cell lines to grow at 557-573 mOsm/kg where they could not grow in the absence of glycine betaine. However, effect of glycine betaine inclusion in hyperomolar medium on foreign protein production differed among rCHO cell lines. CHO/dhfr-B22-4 cells retained enhanced specific human thrombopoietin (hTPO) productivity in the presence of glycine betaine, and thereby, the maximum hTPO titer obtained at 573 mOsm/kg was increased by 72% over that obtained in the control culture with physiological osmolality (292 mOsm/kg). On the other hand, enhanced specific antibody productivity of $CSl3-1.00^{\ast}$ and $CSl3-0.02^{\ast}$ at elevated osmolality decreased significantly in the presence of glycine betaine at a cost of the recovery of cell growth. As a result, the maximum antibody titer at 557 mOsm/kg was similar to that obtained in the control culture with physiological osmolality. Taken together, efficacy of the simultanous use of hyperosmotic pressure and glycine betaine as a means to improve foreign protein production was variable among different rCHO cell lines.

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Influence of a Choice Attribute of Hotel Banquet Event Menu on Customer Satisfaction - Focusing on the P Hotel - (호텔 연회장 이벤트 메뉴 선택 속성이 고객 만족에 미치는 영향 - P호텔을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, In-Sung;Lee, Sang-Won;Lee, Kwang-Ock
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to examine customer behavior when choosing event menu at the banquet restaurant of a five-star hotel and analyze the factors of choosing the menu and its customer satisfaction. Based on the results of this study, it is possible for hotel mangers to develop good banquet event menu choices and use them when changing menu. This study adopts the Enter Method, and "t" defines 3 variables such as physiological intent, quality of food, and reasonable price. However, the other factors such as sensory images of food, contents of menu, promotion menu, cleanliness and services prove not to be important variables in this study. Among most important 3 variables, quality of food with the highest figure($\beta$ .416) is the most important variable to customer satisfaction followed by physiological intent ($\beta$ .283) and resonable price($\beta$ .134).

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Development of a Model for Physiological Safe Work Load from a Model of Metabolic Energy for Manual Materials Handling Tasks (에너지 대사량을 고려한 인력물자취급시의 생리적 안전 작업하중 모델 개발)

  • Kim Hong-Ki
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.90-96
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    • 2004
  • The objective of this study was to develop a model for safe work load based on a physiological model of metabolic energy of manual material handling tasks. Fifteen male subjects voluntarily participated in this study. Lifting activities with four different weights, 0, 8, 16, 24kg, and four different working frequencies (2, 5, 8, 11 lifts/min) for a lifting range from floor to the knuckle height of 76cm were considered. Oxygen consumption rates and heart rates were measured during the performance of sixteen different lifting activities. Simplified predictive equations for estimating the oxygen consumption rate and the heart rate were developed. The oxygen consumption rate and the heart rate could be expressed as a function of task variables; frequency and the weight of the load, and a personal variable, body weight, and their interactions. The coefficients of determination ($r^2$) of the model were 0.9777 and 0.9784, respectively, for the oxygen consumption rate and the heart rate. The model of oxygen consumption rate was modified to estimate the work load for the given oxygen consumption rate. The overall absolute percent errors of the validation of this equation for work load with the original data set was 39.03%. The overall absolute percent errors were much larger than this for the two models based on the US population. The models for the oxygen consumption rate and for the work load developed in this study work better than the two models based on the US population. However, without considering the biomechanical approach, the developed model for the work load and the two US models are not recommended to estimate the work loads for low frequent lifting activities.

24-Epibrassinolide Modulate Cellular and Organogenic Response of Explants of Brassica Species, in vitro Culture

  • Rocha Andrea da S.R.;Coutinho Camila M.;Braga Eugenia J.B.;Peters Jose A.;Binsfeld Pedro Canisio
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 2005
  • Brassinosteroids are steroidal plant hormones and are known to modulate physiological and cellular response in a wide range of plant species. Considerable insights has been achieved of the physiological role of brassinosteroid in Brassica species in the past few years, but their effect on direct organogenesis has not been extensively studied. In this sense, under optimal basal media and growth conditions we tested the cellular and organogenic response of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) in a variable concentration (0.1 to $5.0\;{\mu}M$) and Zeatin (Z) (1.0 to $100\;{\mu}M$) and their synergic effect on hypocotyl explants of cauliflower and broccoli. The isolated EBL accelerated cell elongation and promotes direct organogenesis. One micromolar EBL + $10\;{\mu}M$ of Z was the most efficient combination for cell elongation, cell differentiation as well as for organogenesis. A suppressing effect on root induction was confirmed for all the tested hormone levels. The general results indicate a synergic effect of EBL-Z and EBL potentates Zeatin activity, at least in certain tissues. Besides de genetic factors, we can speculate that the natural hormone concentration in the explants might affect the responses by application of exogenous growth regulators. Experiments with new plant growth regulators, like brassinolide, are important aiming to maximize or accelerate plant regeneration for in vitro multiplication or for genetic transformation.

Analysis of Psychological and Physiological Changes According to the Experience of the Care Farm of Fire-fighters (소방공무원의 치유농장 체험 활동에 따른 심리·생리적 변화 분석)

  • Jang, Hye Sook;Yoo, Eunha;Kim, Jeong Hee;Jeong, Sun-Jin;Kim, Jae Soon;Ryu, Doo Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.71-83
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    • 2021
  • This study conducted a survey and analysis of saliva cortisol and psychological questionnaire in order to find out the psychological and physiological changes according to the experience of the care farm targeting fire-fighters. In the program to experience care farms, the total cortisol concentration as a stress hormone decreased after participation, and there was a statistically significant difference (z = 2.858, p <.01). As a result of the risk distribution analysis of the level of post-traumatic stress symptoms of firefighting officials who participated in the program to experience care farms, the high-risk group was found to be as high as 31.2%. In addition, the relative explanatory power of the independent variables that influence the loyalty of the care farm experience activity was found to have an effect in the order of program satisfaction, age, and reliability, and among them, program satisfaction was found to be the most influential variable. Therefore, it is believed that the care farm experience activities as the application of the healing program will have a positive effect on the activation of care farms in each region and the relief of stress symptoms of fire-fighters.

Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN) in Insects (곤충의 페로몬 생합성 활성화 신경펩타이드(PBAN))

  • Choi, Man-yeon
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.61 no.1
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2022
  • Neuropeptides produced in neurosecretory cells are the largest group of insect hormones. They regulate various physiological functions, such as fat body homeostasis, feeding, digestion, excretion, circulation, reproduction, metamorphosis, and behavior throughout all life stages. The PRXamide peptide family (X, a variable amino acid) is a well-characterized neuropeptide component with a common amino acid sequence, PRXamide (NH2), at the C-terminal end conserved across Insecta. The PRXamide peptides are classified into three subfamilies, each having diverse biological roles in insects: (1) pyrokinin (PK) includes the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) and the diapause hormone (DH), (2) the capability (CAPA) peptides, and (3) the ecdysis-triggering hormone (ETH). PBAN as a member of PK subfamily was first identified to stimulate pheromone biosynthesis in moths three decades ago. Since then, PBAN peptides have been extensively studied by various research groups from a broad spectrum of arthropods. In this paper, we briefly review insect PBAN molecules with emphasis on gene structure and expression, signal transduction, physiological mechanism in sex pheromone biosynthesis, and application for pest management.

An Analyses of Research Trend and Proposition Related to Self-care (자가간호에 관한 연구동향 및 명제분석)

  • Kang, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Won-Ock;Hyun, Kyung-Sun;Cho, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Jeong-Hwa;Wang, Meong-Ja;Paik, Seung-Nam;Won, Jeong-Sook;Jeong, Heoun;Sok, So-Hyune;Lee, Eun-Mi;Jang, Jeong-Mi
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.1013-1026
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    • 1998
  • This study was performed to analyse the tendency of the self-care studies, to investigate the variables related to self-care, which could be applied for the data establishing the theory of self-care. To accomplish the objectives of this study, the researchers analyzed 83 studies available that contained the area of self-care, which was published in local and foreign areas between 1981 and Feb. 1997. The findings of this study are as follows : 1) Studies published in Korea were about twice more than foreign studies. According to the statistics, the number of studies in this study tended to increase year by year. Between 1991 and 1995 were most. Analysis on the subject of those studies showed, that they were most dealt with chronic diseases an adaults. 2) The theoretical definition of self-care were most referred to Orem's self-care. For the main concept of studies, self care performance was the most. 3) The correlational study was most often used design and experimental study is tended to increase. The questionnares were the most often used data collection method. There was lots of different variable measuring technique to evaluate main concepts. 4) In the results of analysis on the propositions related to the self-care performance, a client's education, social support, self-efficacy, and level of knowledge as a causal variable were found. Also, the physiological index improved and quality of life were found to be significant effective variables.

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