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Vaginal Dose, Toxicity and Sexual Outcomes in Patients of Cervical Cancer Undergoing Image Based Brachytherapy

  • Rai, Bhavana;Dhanireddy, Bhaswanth;Patel, Firuza Darius;Kumari, Reena;Oinam, Arun Singh;Simha, Vijai;Sharma, Suresh
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.8
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    • pp.3619-3623
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    • 2014
  • Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the vaginal dose and toxicity in patients of cervical cancer treated with image guided brachytherapy at our institute. Materials and Methods: Thirty-five patients treated with image based brachytherapy for cervical cancer were included. Vaginal contouring was done on MRI at brachytherapy and with CT scans of subsequent brachytherapy fractions. Dose volume parameters (DVH) were reported in accordance with the GEC-ESTRO guidelines. These were correlated with vaginal toxicity (assessed by CTCAE version 3) and quality of sexual life assessed at one year of completion of treatment. Results: Vaginal shortness was observed in 22 out of 30 (62.8%) patients, Nine (25.7%) had vaginal dryness and in 10 (28.5%) patients, there was contact bleeding. No association could be demonstrated between the dose volume parameters and vaginal toxicity in the present study. Conclusions: The lack of association between dose volume parameters of vagina with vaginal morbidity may be due to uncertainties involved in the delineation of vaginal wall and dosimetry. Future research is required to accurately define vaginal dose distribution to study its correlation with vaginal morbidity. Vaginal morbidity needs to be documented in order to improve the sexual outcome in these patients.

Studies on the development of removal technique of residual pesticides in ginseng concentration (인삼농축액의 잔류농약 제거기술 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Sin, Yeong-Min;Son, Yeong-Uk;Lee, Seon-Hwa;Jeong, Ji-Yoon;Won, Young-Jun;Lee, Chang-Hee;Kim, Woo-Seong;Chae, Kab-Ryong;Hong, Moo-Ki
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 2005
  • For the removal of residual pesticides in ginseng extracts, we estabilished the removal process using pilot plant system, the characteristic components of ginseng maintains only. According to the agricultural chemical removal process, we monitored residual pesticides of 155 species, compraing the characteristic components of ginseng. The process of 4 types of agricultural chemical removal process compared to the control test was appeared that the residual pesticides were eliminated. As results above, the most efficient method of the possibility of raising the removal ratio of the agricultural chemical construction process was dried process of hexane after dipping and also remaining quality of the hexane appeared lowly. Besides, the removal process had an effected on the ginsenocide os ginseng, only the residual pesticides will be able to remove.

Characteristics of long-range transported PM2.5 at a coastal city using the single particle aerosol mass spectrometry

  • Cai, Qiuliang;Tong, Lei;Zhang, Jingjing;Zheng, Jie;He, Mengmeng;Lin, Jiamei;Chen, Xiaoqiu;Xiao, Hang
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.690-698
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    • 2019
  • Air pollution has attracted ever-increasing attention because of its substantial influence on air quality and human health. To better understand the characteristics of long-range transported pollution, the single particle chemical composition and size were investigated by the single particle aerosol mass spectrometry in Fuzhou, China from 17th to 22nd January, 2016. The results showed that the haze was mainly caused by the transport of cold air mass under higher wind speed (10 m·s-1) from the Yangtze River Delta region to Fuzhou. The number concentration elevated from 1,000 to 4,500 #·h-1, and the composition of mobile source and secondary aerosol increased from 24.3% to 30.9% and from 16.0% to 22.5%, respectively. Then, the haze was eliminated by the clean air mass from the sea as indicated by a sharp decrease of particle number concentration from 4,500 to 1,000 #·h-1. The composition of secondary aerosol and mobile sources decreased from 29.3% to 23.5% and from 30.9% to 23.1%, respectively. The particles with the size ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 ㎛ were mainly in the accumulation mode. The stationary source, mobile source, and secondary aerosol contributed to over 70% of the potential sources. These results will help to understand the physical and chemical characteristics of long- range transported pollutants.

Differentiation of the Startups Jobs and Their Qualities in Local Labour Market Areas in Korea (지역노동시장권별 창업에 의한 일자리 창출 격차 및 일자리 질 비교)

  • An, Eunkyung;Lee, Hee Yeon
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.168-189
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    • 2015
  • The job creation has been the most pressing issue after financial crisis in many countries around the world. Various policies for creating jobs have been implemented in order to revitalize regional economy in Korea. It has been known that the jobs have been created more in low-wage and part-time work than high-wage and full-time work. The purpose of this study is to analyze the differentiation of startups job in local labor market areas(LLMAs) in terms of job quantity as well as job quality. As the spatial unit, 121 local labor market areas which were delineated based on self-containment rate(demand and supply side of labor market) and numbers of resident workers are used. Also due to difference of the size of employment, LLMAs are classified into 3 groups: large, Medium, small LLMAs. The major results are as follows: First, the characteristics of the job creation are varied among 3 groups in terms of the quantitative and qualitative aspects. Highly waged and highly value-added jobs have been created more in large LLMAs, but full-time jobs created more in small LLMAs. Secondly, the job creation of LLMAs is somewhat weakly correlated to regional economic performance. While the quality of jobs is correlated to regional economic performance in Medium LLMAs, the quantity of jobs is significantly correlated to regional economic performance in small LLMAs. The results of this research give some implications for implementing the effective policy to create jobs related to regional economy, indicating that differentiated strategies for 3 groups of LLMAs is critically important.

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Nutritional Disorders, Analytical Diagnosis and Nutrient Guide for Mulberry, Morus indica L.

  • Singhal, B.K.;Chakraborti, S.;Rajan, Mala V.;Thippeswamy, T.
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2004
  • Due to recent scientific innovations in mulberry cultivation, leaf yield has been increased manifold. However, with successive leaf harvest, a quantum drop in leaf yield and quality has been noted. This inturn has affected the silkworm rearing and farmers suffered by the frequent crop failures. This is mainly due to nutrient deficiencies in mulberry leaf. Moreover, no complete information is available about hunger signs of nutritional disorders, analytical diagnosis and critical levels of nutrients required. The present paper, thus, may serve as an important nutrient guide for identification of hunger signs, leaf nutrients status under deficiency and critical levels of the elements namely N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn requirements for higher leaf yield and quality. The leaf nutrient status provided may help chemist for correcting the soil status. Besides, an integration of mulberry intercropping with legumes and applications of neem and castor oil cakes, VA-mycorrhizal inoculation, biofertilizer and vermicompost are suggested as integrated nutrient management for sustainable sericulture industry. Based on the information described in this paper, a model needs to be framed for maintaining continuous supply of nutrients to obtain desired quantity and quality of mulberry leaf for successful silkworm cocoon crop and increasing overall silk productivity.

Direction and Task of the Livable Community Making Policy (살기좋은 지역 만들기 정책의 방향과 과제)

  • Lee, Jae-Ha
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2007
  • Roh Moo-Hyun government promotes the livable community or region making as a new regionally balanced development policy since 2006. The livable community making is to make a local community into a beautiful, delightful(community with the amenity), and distinctive community by an initiative effort of local autonomy and people to upgrade both quality of space and life. It is appreciated widely that this policy is essential and also timely in terms of the qualitative development of Korean society. However, they must understand and utilize the geographical characteristics of community or region throughly to accomplish the livable community making successfully. This paper examines geographers's participation and contribution to direction and task of the livable community making.

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Effect of Satisfaction with Service Quality of County Level Local Sport Event on Local Image and Re-Visit Intention (군단위 농촌지역의 스포츠이벤트에서 서비스품질 만족이 지역 이미지와 재방문의사에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sang;Park, Duk-Byeong;Kim, Sung-Rok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2017
  • The service quality and image are a central factor in understanding tourists destination choice. Existing literature suggests that sport event and destination image could interact to influence tourism behaviours. The purpose of this study w as to identify the factors influencing local image and re-visit intention in the 68th Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Sport Event held in Yesan city. The results of the study are as follows; First, as a result of factor analysis on the satisfaction with the sports event composed of 17 items, three factors were categorized, which were 'event management', 'event facility' and 'supporting facilities'. Second, satisfaction with local event had a positive effect on local image. Especially, satisfaction with event management had greater effect on local image than event facilities and supporting facilities. Third, as satisfaction with local event had positive effect on re-visitation intention, satisfaction with sports event had positive effect on the success of the sport event itself and re-visitation intention for the region. Fourth, as local image had a positive effect on re-visitation intention, strategic approaches to linking factors of tourism are required to attract visitors in addition to sports events.

Quality Control of Dissolved Nutrient Data in the Jurisdictional Ocean Information Sharing System (JOISS) (관할해역 해양정보 공동활용 시스템(JOISS) 용존영양염 자료의 품질관리)

  • RHO, TAEKEUN;CHOI, SANG-HWA;LEE, JI YOON;KWON, SOYEON;KANG, DONG-JIN;SONG, TAE YOON;SON, PURENA
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.173-193
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    • 2022
  • Dissolved nutrients in seawater are a key variable for understanding the role of the ocean in controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is a major cause of global warming. In order to continuously monitor changes in the marine environment in the waters around the Korean Peninsula, dissolved nutrient data are being measured through regular observations by national institutions and various research projects. To increase the utilization of these data, the Jurisdictional Ocean Information Sharing System (JOISS), which integrates data from each institution, was established. In this study, for the dissolved nutrient data of JOISS, primary quality control was performed using the regional dissolved nutrient concentration range in the waters around the Korean Peninsula, and the correlation between the dissolved nutrient and other oceanographic characteristics or the correlation within dissolved nutrient components. Providing the quality control flags of regional range and primary quality control may increase the reliability of JOISS dissolved nutrient data and promote the utilization of dissolved nutrient data in JOISS. In addition, we proposed a secondary quality control method essential for improving the international comparability of JOISS dissolved nutrients.

A Study on the Design Characteristics of Arne Jacobsen based on Danish Modern - Focused on the Architectural Space Project - (데니쉬 모던을 바탕으로 한 아르네 야콥센의 공간디자인 특성 - 건축 공간 프로젝트를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, A-Ram;Kim, Jong-Jin
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2011
  • Danish Modern has been recognized as simple and comfortable design movement that was matched with its unique regional environment. There are various internationally well known designers such as Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton. Danish Modern movement and International style had vital role to activate these designers' ideas and design quality. This paper aims to study the background and design characteristics of Danish Modern movement as well as some of the spatial projects by Arne Jacobsen. Furniture design of Jacobsen were already throughly studied in various researches. However his spatial projects such as architectural buildings and interior designs were not. This study analyzes three major architectural projects based on the four characteristics of Danish Modern: Formal Simplicity, Simple Functionality, Regional Contextuality, Reasonable Amusement. After the case study, this study discovered that Danish Modern characteristics had unique roles in the design process of Jacobsen's projects. Danish Modern is still valid design philosophy that can be applied to contemporary society.

Treatments of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome(CRPS) (복합부위 통증증후군의 치료)

  • Yang, Jong-Yeun
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.57-61
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    • 2010
  • The complex regional pain syndrome(CRPS) is a painful and disabling disorder that can affect one or more extremities. Unfortunately, knowledge concerning its natural history and mechanism remains very limited. Many current rationales in treatment of CRPS are mainly dependent on efficacy originate in other common conditions of neuropathic pain. This article introduces various treatments for CRPS, but few studies of high methodological quality have been carried out into the effects of those treatments. I think early recognition and a multidisciplinary approach to management seems important in obtaining a good outcome.

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