• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.12-25
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• 2018

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to analyze the use of herbal medicine for the treatment of urticaria in case studies and to find the general tendency of herbal medicine treatment and to establish the primary treatment direction of urticaria. Methods : In the domestic databases, Oriental medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS), Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal (KTKP), National Discovery for Science Leader (NDSL), Research Information Sharing Service (RISS), we selected among the case study papers published in the last 20 years using search terms related to "urticaria". Reports related to Sasang Constitutional medicine were excluded and total of 15 papers were finally selected. Results : 23 prescriptions were retrieved from 15 papers. The most commonly used prescription was Seungmagalgeun-tang (升麻葛根湯), and Bangpoongtongsung-san (防風通聖散) and Pyeongwi-san (平胃散) were presented twice. Commonly used herbs are Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (甘草), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (生薑), and Scutellariae Radix (黃芩). 18 out of 78 herbs are belonging to heat-clearing medicinal (淸熱藥) and 16 out of 78 herbs are belonging to exterior-releasing medicinal (解表藥). Concurrent therapies such as acupuncture, pharmacoacupuncture, moxibustion, cupping therapy, ice pack applying therapy were performed and several evaluation methods were used, patient's subjective remission rate was the most used. Conclusions : Through this study, we were able to discover the tendency of herbal medicine prescription for the treatment of urticaria.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.116-124
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• 2014

Purpose: To investigate the frequency and clinical significance of detected incidental lung nodules found on computed tomography (CT) simulation images for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) and a physician review. Materials and Methods: Sixty-seven treatment-$na{\ddot{i}}ve$ HCC patients treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and radiotherapy (RT) were included for the study. Portal phase of simulation CT images was used for CAD analysis and a physician review for lung nodule detection. For automated nodule detection, a commercially available CAD system was used. To assess the performance of lung nodule detection for lung metastasis, the sensitivity, negative predictive value (NPV), and positive predictive value (PPV) were calculated. Results: Forty-six patients had incidental nodules detected by CAD with a total of 109 nodules. Only 20 (18.3%) nodules were considered to be significant nodules by a physician review. The number of significant nodules detected by both of CAD or a physician review was 24 in 9 patients. Lung metastases developed in 11 of 46 patients who had any type of nodule. The sensitivities were 58.3% and 100% based on patient number and on the number of nodules, respectively. The NPVs were 91.4% and 100%, respectively. And the PPVs were 77.8% and 91.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Incidental detection of metastatic nodules was not an uncommon event. From our study, CAD could be applied to CT simulation images allowing for an increase in detection of metastatic nodules.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.165-184
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• 2007

Recently, blogging has been regarded as a promising media for information sharing and relationship building. However, it is not quite sure if the technology acceptance model could be completely adopted also in relationship-based system such as blog. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to identify the factors affecting the usage of blogs. To do so, content analysis methodology is applied to extract meaningful factors affecting the usage of blogs in the opinions of the bloggers in a Korean portal site : Naver. We investigates the causal relationship among three factors ; perceived usefulness, perceived encouragement, and actual use in blogging. Moreover, public self-consciousness, self disclosure and telepresence are also considered as the determinants. The results show that public self-consciousness and self disclosure are significant elements affecting perceived usefulness and perceived encouragement, while perceived usefulness and perceived encouragement both affecting the actual use of blogs.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.2 no.3 s.5
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• pp.81-92
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• 2002

The objective of this paper is to help to make decision of the appropriate structural types in long span structured building due to range of span. For the intention, based on 7 forces of structural element, it is analized the relationships among 6 configurations of structural element(d/1), 25 structural types, 4 materials, and span-length known with 186 sample from 1850 to 1996. 1) bending forces: $club(1/100{\sim}1/10),\;plate(1/100{\sim}1/10),\;rahmen(steel,\;10{\sim}24m)\;simple\;beam(PC,\;10{\sim}35m)$ 2) shearing forces: $shell(1/100{\sim}1/1000)\;hyperbolic\;paraboloids(RC,25{\sim}97m)$ 3) shearing+bending forces: plate, folded $plate(RC21{\sim}59m)$ 4) compression axial forces: club, $arch(RC,\;32{\sim}65m)$ 5) compression+tension forces: shell, braced dome $shell(RC,\;40{\sim}201m),\;vault\;shell(RC,\;16{\sim}103m)$ 6) compression+tension axial forces: $rod(1/1000{\sim}1/100)$, cable(below 1/1000)+rod, coble+rod+membrane(below 1/1000), planar $truss(steel,\;31{\sim}134m),\;arch\;truss(31{\sim}135m),\;horizontal\;spaceframe(29{\sim}10\;8m),\;portal\;frame(39{\sim}55m),\;domical\;space\;truss(44{\sim}222m),\;framed\;\;membrane(45{\sim}110m),\;hybrid\;\;membrane\;(42{\sim}256m)$ 7) tension forces: cable, membrane, $suspension(60{\sim}150m),\;cable\;\;beam(40{\sim}130m),\;tensile\;membrane(42{\sim}136m),\;cable\;-slayed(25{\sim}90m),\;suspension\;membrane(24{\sim}97m),\;single\;layer\;pneumatic\;structure(45{\sim}231m),\;double\;layer\;pneumatic\;structures(30{\sim}44m)$

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.315-328
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• 2004

After M. Porter proposed the concept of industrial cluster, a lot of academic papers and industry surveys have suggested that industrial cluster is the key factor to competitive edge and long-term economic growth. Industrial cluster is often defined as geographical concentrations of interconnected entities in a particular industrial field. And the agglomeration economy is regarded the key factor of developing the industrial clusters. The industrial clusters often have been growing over the territory of local governments. Therefor, the institutes supporting the industrial clusters and the companies in great-sphere level is required. The purpose of this paper is for comparing and analysing the institutes supporting the industrial clusters and the companies in great-sphere level including various local governments. As the result of this research, four types of the cooperative industrial supporting systems among various local governments are divided: 1. inducing foreign direct investment into domestic area by regional development agency, 2. co-developing research parks or industrial parks by some local governments, 3. taking regional industrial statistics and writing development strategies over the boundary of the local governments, 4. constructing internet portal sites networking the local companies, universities, research centers of the same industrial cluster.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.134-138
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• 2007

Brodie abscess is a localized form of subacute or chronic osteomyelitis which is common in children but may also occur in adulthood. When Brodie abscess is located in the posterior metaphysis of the proximal tibia, open biopsy and curettage have a difficulty in approach to the lesion and can cause neurovascular injury or soft tissue contamination. We report a case wherein a novel surgical technique was used to treat a Brodie abscess in the posterior proximal tibial metaphysis in 48 year-old-male with endoscopic-assisted curettage by commercial anterior cruciate ligament targeting device(Rigid Fix; Mitek, Johnson & Johnson, Norwood, MA). Two portals were created toward the abscess site and, through each portal interchangeably, the granulation tissue and sclerotic bone could be excised. We believe that endoscopic-assisted curettage presents safe technique, decreased morbidity, accurate assessment of the extent of the abscess and possible improvement in long-term outcomes.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.275-282
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• 2020

Social interest on high-quality specialty coffee is increased due to customers' growing experience upon coffee and recent change of coffee culture, which is taking one step further from putting emphasis on not just price and quality but also psychological satisfaction. As a culture of drinking coffee and giving much value on its taste and flavor, a number of customers increasingly demand coffee which is probable to suit one's taste. Likewise, the number of specialty coffee shops is increasing with growing qualities of their coffee. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the main attributes of specialty coffee and to build a marketing system for specialty coffee shops. The text mining on domestic web portal sites by online big-data analysis is used to extract components of properties of specialty coffee and analyze the degree of how the elements affect the properties. According to the result of the study, words related to coffee taste, coffee beans and baristas were found to play a central role in the properties of specialty coffee.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.171-191
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• 2016

This research was examined to evaluate whether the websites of 6 policy research institutes provide web resources which were collected and provided as information resources, and that they were sure that the web resources had value as policy information by content analysis method. Web resources provided as policy information in policy research institutes were classified into and evaluated by 4 categories. Evaluation had been conducted on 10 items in the 4 categories of content, design, accessibility and meta data. From the result, the information content have been found to be reliable and up-to-date although more thorough description is required. Navigation and the search function in the design category were found to be excellent, but dead links were present in all of the institutions. The accessibility was proven to be great as it was able to access information with only three clicks. However, it has been found that a comprehensive review of the meta data is required in order to improve the accuracy of search functions. In conclusion, improvements to the dead link problems, quality control of the meta data, systematic and professional management plan of policy research information, and the establishment of a comprehensive policy research information portal system have been proposed.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.147-160
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• 2006

GATA transcription factors are widespread eukaryotic regulators whose DNA-binding domain is a class IV zinc finger motif in the form $CX_{2}CX_{17-20}CX_{2}C$followed by a basic region. In fungi, they act as transcriptional activators or repressors in several different processes, ranging from nitrogen source utilization to mating-type switching. Using an in-house bioinformatics portal system, we surveyed 50 fungal and 9 out-group genomes and identified 396 putative fungal GATA transcription factors. The proportion of GATA transcription factors within a genome varied among taxonomic lineages. Subsequent analyses of phylogenetic relationships among the fungal GATA transcription factors, as well as a study of their domain architecture and gene structure, demonstrated high degrees of conservation in type IVa and type IVb zinc finger motifs and the existence of distinctive clusters at least at the level of subphylum. The SFH1 subgroup with a 20-residue loop was newly identified, in addition to six well-defined subgroups in the subphylum Pezizomycotina. Furthermore, a novel GATA motif with a 2f-residue loop ($CX_{2}CX_{21}CX_{2}C$, designated 'zinc finger type IVc') was discovered within the phylum Basidiomycota. Our results suggest that fungal GATA factors might have undergone multiple distinct modes of evolution resulting in diversified cellular modulation in fungi.

• The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.52-60
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• 2016

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze studies about the effects of topical application of Chinese herbal medicine for allergic rhinitis within randomized controlled trials (RCT). Methods The search database includes KJTK (Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal), OASIS (Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated system), CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), PubMed, and EMBASE. We used the following key search terms: "allergic rhinitis", "traditional Chinese medicine", "traditional Korean medicine", "Chinese herbal medicine", "randomized controlled trial", "clinical study", "nasal spray", and "nasal drop" Results Five studies were selected for analysis. Three studies used nasal spray of Chinese herbal medicine and two studies used nasal drops of Chinese herbal medicine for the intervention. Frequently used herbs were Magnoliae Flos (辛夷), Scutellariae Radix (黃芩), Coptidis Rhizoma (黃連), and Astragali Radix (黃芪). For the outcome measures, studies used symptom score, questionnaire of Quality of Life, nasal airway resistance, or laboratory studies. From all 5 studies, it has been shown that topical application of Chinese herbal medicine was effective for improving symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Two out of five studies showed statistical difference between study group and control group. Conclusions This study shows that topical application of Chinese herbal medicine can improve symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Well-designed RCT studies with low risk of bias and studies with outcome measures for assessing the immunomodulatory effects are necessary to confirm these findings.