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Korean Red Ginseng alleviates dehydroepiandrosterone-induced polycystic ovarian syndrome in rats via its antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities

  • Choi, Jong Hee;Jang, Minhee;Kim, Eun-Jeong;Lee, Min Jung;Park, Kyoung Sun;Kim, Seung-Hyun;In, Jun-Gyo;Kwak, Yi-Seong;Park, Dae-Hun;Cho, Seung-Sik;Nah, Seung-Yeol;Cho, Ik-Hyun;Bae, Chun-Sik
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제44권6호
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    • pp.790-798
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    • 2020
  • Background: Beneficial effects of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) on polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) remains unclear. Methods: We examined whether pretreatment (daily from 2 hours before PCOS induction) with KRG extract in water (KRGE; 75 and 150 mg/kg/day, p.o.) could exert a favorable effect in a dehydroepian-drosterone (DHEA)-induced PCOS rat model. Results: Pretreatment with KRGE significantly inhibited the elevation of body and ovary weights, the increase in number and size of ovarian cysts, and the elevation of serum testosterone and estradiol levels induced by DHEA. Pretreatment with KRGE also inhibited macrophage infiltration and enhanced mRNA expression levels of chemokines [interleukin (IL)-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6), and inducible nitric oxide synthase in ovaries induced by DHEA. It also prevented the reduction in mRNA expression of growth factors (epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta (EGF, TGF-β)) related to inhibition of the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cell pathway and stimulation of the nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2 pathway. Interestingly, KRGE or representative ginsenosides (Rb1, Rg1, and Rg3(s)) inhibited the activity of inflammatory enzymes cyclooxygenase-2 and iNOS, cytosolic p-IκB, and nuclear p-nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW264.7 cells, whereas they increased nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2 nuclear translocation. Conclusion: These results provide that KRGE could prevent DHEA-induced PCOS via antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities. Thus, KRGE may be used in preventive and therapeutic strategies for PCOS-like symptoms.

Perceptional Change of a New Product, DMB Phone

  • Kim, Ju-Young;Ko, Deok-Im
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.59-88
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    • 2008
  • Digital Convergence means integration between industry, technology, and contents, and in marketing, it usually comes with creation of new types of product and service under the base of digital technology as digitalization progress in electro-communication industries including telecommunication, home appliance, and computer industries. One can see digital convergence not only in instruments such as PC, AV appliances, cellular phone, but also in contents, network, service that are required in production, modification, distribution, re-production of information. Convergence in contents started around 1990. Convergence in network and service begins as broadcasting and telecommunication integrates and DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting), born in May, 2005 is the symbolic icon in this trend. There are some positive and negative expectations about DMB. The reason why two opposite expectations exist is that DMB does not come out from customer's need but from technology development. Therefore, customers might have hard time to interpret the real meaning of DMB. Time is quite critical to a high tech product, like DMB because another product with same function from different technology can replace the existing product within short period of time. If DMB does not positioning well to customer's mind quickly, another products like Wibro, IPTV, or HSPDA could replace it before it even spreads out. Therefore, positioning strategy is critical for success of DMB product. To make correct positioning strategy, one needs to understand how consumer interprets DMB and how consumer's interpretation can be changed via communication strategy. In this study, we try to investigate how consumer perceives a new product, like DMB and how AD strategy change consumer's perception. More specifically, the paper segment consumers into sub-groups based on their DMB perceptions and compare their characteristics in order to understand how they perceive DMB. And, expose them different printed ADs that have messages guiding consumer think DMB in specific ways, either cellular phone or personal TV. Research Question 1: Segment consumers according to perceptions about DMB and compare characteristics of segmentations. Research Question 2: Compare perceptions about DMB after AD that induces categorization of DMB in direction for each segment. If one understand and predict a direction in which consumer perceive a new product, firm can select target customers easily. We segment consumers according to their perception and analyze characteristics in order to find some variables that can influence perceptions, like prior experience, usage, or habit. And then, marketing people can use this variables to identify target customers and predict their perceptions. If one knows how customer's perception is changed via AD message, communication strategy could be constructed properly. Specially, information from segmented customers helps to develop efficient AD strategy for segment who has prior perception. Research framework consists of two measurements and one treatment, O1 X O2. First observation is for collecting information about consumer's perception and their characteristics. Based on first observation, the paper segment consumers into two groups, one group perceives DMB similar to Cellular phone and the other group perceives DMB similar to TV. And compare characteristics of two segments in order to find reason why they perceive DMB differently. Next, we expose two kinds of AD to subjects. One AD describes DMB as Cellular phone and the other Ad describes DMB as personal TV. When two ADs are exposed to subjects, consumers don't know their prior perception of DMB, in other words, which subject belongs 'similar-to-Cellular phone' segment or 'similar-to-TV' segment? However, we analyze the AD's effect differently for each segment. In research design, final observation is for investigating AD effect. Perception before AD is compared with perception after AD. Comparisons are made for each segment and for each AD. For the segment who perceives DMB similar to TV, AD that describes DMB as cellular phone could change the prior perception. And AD that describes DMB as personal TV, could enforce the prior perception. For data collection, subjects are selected from undergraduate students because they have basic knowledge about most digital equipments and have open attitude about a new product and media. Total number of subjects is 240. In order to measure perception about DMB, we use indirect measurement, comparison with other similar digital products. To select similar digital products, we pre-survey students and then finally select PDA, Car-TV, Cellular Phone, MP3 player, TV, and PSP. Quasi experiment is done at several classes under instructor's allowance. After brief introduction, prior knowledge, awareness, and usage about DMB as well as other digital instruments is asked and their similarities and perceived characteristics are measured. And then, two kinds of manipulated color-printed AD are distributed and similarities and perceived characteristics for DMB are re-measured. Finally purchase intension, AD attitude, manipulation check, and demographic variables are asked. Subjects are given small gift for participation. Stimuli are color-printed advertising. Their actual size is A4 and made after several pre-test from AD professionals and students. As results, consumers are segmented into two subgroups based on their perceptions of DMB. Similarity measure between DMB and cellular phone and similarity measure between DMB and TV are used to classify consumers. If subject whose first measure is less than the second measure, she is classified into segment A and segment A is characterized as they perceive DMB like TV. Otherwise, they are classified as segment B, who perceives DMB like cellular phone. Discriminant analysis on these groups with their characteristics of usage and attitude shows that Segment A knows much about DMB and uses a lot of digital instrument. Segment B, who thinks DMB as cellular phone doesn't know well about DMB and not familiar with other digital instruments. So, consumers with higher knowledge perceive DMB similar to TV because launching DMB advertising lead consumer think DMB as TV. Consumers with less interest on digital products don't know well about DMB AD and then think DMB as cellular phone. In order to investigate perceptions of DMB as well as other digital instruments, we apply Proxscal analysis, Multidimensional Scaling technique at SPSS statistical package. At first step, subjects are presented 21 pairs of 7 digital instruments and evaluate similarity judgments on 7 point scale. And for each segment, their similarity judgments are averaged and similarity matrix is made. Secondly, Proxscal analysis of segment A and B are done. At third stage, get similarity judgment between DMB and other digital instruments after AD exposure. Lastly, similarity judgments of group A-1, A-2, B-1, and B-2 are named as 'after DMB' and put them into matrix made at the first stage. Then apply Proxscal analysis on these matrixes and check the positional difference of DMB and after DMB. The results show that map of segment A, who perceives DMB similar as TV, shows that DMB position closer to TV than to Cellular phone as expected. Map of segment B, who perceive DMB similar as cellular phone shows that DMB position closer to Cellular phone than to TV as expected. Stress value and R-square is acceptable. And, change results after stimuli, manipulated Advertising show that AD makes DMB perception bent toward Cellular phone when Cellular phone-like AD is exposed, and that DMB positioning move towards Car-TV which is more personalized one when TV-like AD is exposed. It is true for both segment, A and B, consistently. Furthermore, the paper apply correspondence analysis to the same data and find almost the same results. The paper answers two main research questions. The first one is that perception about a new product is made mainly from prior experience. And the second one is that AD is effective in changing and enforcing perception. In addition to above, we extend perception change to purchase intention. Purchase intention is high when AD enforces original perception. AD that shows DMB like TV makes worst intention. This paper has limitations and issues to be pursed in near future. Methodologically, current methodology can't provide statistical test on the perceptual change, since classical MDS models, like Proxscal and correspondence analysis are not probability models. So, a new probability MDS model for testing hypothesis about configuration needs to be developed. Next, advertising message needs to be developed more rigorously from theoretical and managerial perspective. Also experimental procedure could be improved for more realistic data collection. For example, web-based experiment and real product stimuli and multimedia presentation could be employed. Or, one can display products together in simulated shop. In addition, demand and social desirability threats of internal validity could influence on the results. In order to handle the threats, results of the model-intended advertising and other "pseudo" advertising could be compared. Furthermore, one can try various level of innovativeness in order to check whether it make any different results (cf. Moon 2006). In addition, if one can create hypothetical product that is really innovative and new for research, it helps to make a vacant impression status and then to study how to form impression in more rigorous way.

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횡성호의 육수학적 조사와 인부하 (The Limnological Survey and Phosphorus Loading of Lake Hoengsung)

  • 권상용;김범철;허우명
    • 생태와환경
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    • 제37권4호통권109호
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    • pp.411-422
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    • 2004
  • 횡성호에서는 수중폭기 기간에도 수온약층이 형성되었으며, 수중폭기로 인한 영향이 크지 않은 것으로 판단된다. 모든 정점의 표충(0-5m)평균 탁도는 0.1-8.5NTU로 우기 이후에 중층 및 심층에서 높았다. 투명도는 0.9-3.5m의 범위로 댐 하류(St. 1)정점에서 크게 나타났으며, 상류로 갈수록 낮았다. 용존산소는 2000년 7월과 8월에 전 지점의 0m에서 $8.4-14.1\;mgO_2\;{\cdot}\;L^{-1}$로 높았으나 심층에서는 고갈 상태를 보였다. 또한 2001년 7월과 9월에도 정점 1의 심층에서 $1\;mgO_2\;{\cdot}\;L^{-1}$ 내외로 매우 낮았다. 전 정점의 표층 (0-5 m)평균 총인 농도는 5-46 mgP ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$로 초봄의 turnover 직후 및 우기이후에 높았으며 용존 무기인 농도는 0.2-13.2 mgP ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$로 2001년 9월을 제외하고는 대부분10mgp ${\cdot}$ $m^3$이하 이였다. 횡성호의 연간 인부하량은 약 4.45ton 정도로 유역내에서 발생되는 총인 발생량 71.34ton중 약 6.2%만이 호수내로 유입되는 것으로 나타났다. 수면적당 인부하량은0.77 gp ${\cdot}\;m^2\;{\cdot}\;yr^{-1}$으로 횡성호의 환경용량이라 할 수 있는 과잉임계부하량 0.72 gp ${\cdot}\;m^2\;.\;yr^{-1}$을 0.05 gP ${\cdot}\;m^2\;.\;yr^{-1}$ 초과한 수준이다. 전 정점 표층 (0-5 m)평균 총질소 농도는 0.83-3.55 mgN ${\cdot}\;L^{-1}$로 우기 이후에 중충 이하 지역에서 높았다. 질산성 질소는 전 정점의 표층(0-5m)평균이 0.09-3.33 mgN ${\cdot}\;L^{-1}$로 2001년 6월에 가장 낮았다. 암모니아성 질소는 전 정점의 표층(0-5m)평균이 0.04-0.23 mgN ${\cdot}\;L^{-1}$이였다. 전 정점 표층 (0-5 m)평균 규소농도는 0.5-9.6 mgSi ${\cdot}\;L^{-1}$로 봄철에 낮았으며, 우기이후에 다시 증가하였다. 평균 TSI는 2000년과 2001년에 각각 59와 57이었다. 전 정점 표층 (0-5 m)평균 엽록소 a농도는 0.3-32.4 mg ${\cdot}\;m^{-3}$로 여름철에 높은 경향을 보였으며, 정점별로는 상류지역에서 높았다. 식물플랑크톤은 2000년 7월에 녹조류인 Scenedesmus sp.가 10,480 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$,8월과 9월에는 남조류인 Microcystis sp.가 각각 3,492와 296 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$로 우점하였다. 10월에는 녹조류인 Coelastrum microporum이 133 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$, 11월에는 규조류인 Asterionella formosa가 2,654 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$, 12월에는 규조류인 .Aulacoseira granulata가 29 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$우점종이였다. 특히 2000년 여름철에 우점종이였던 남조류가 2001년에는 출현하지 않았으며 종 다양성 (diversity)지수는 2000년 7월에 2.22로 가장 높았으며, 생물량도 조사기간중 36,640 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$로 가장 많았다.

2.5D 전자선 선량계산 알고리즘 개발 (Development of 2.5D Electron Dose Calculation Algorithm)

  • 조병철;고영은;오도훈;배훈식
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 1999
  • 본 연구에서는 외부조사 전자선에 대한 3 차원 선량계산 알고리즘 모델을 개발하기 위한 기초연구로서 기존의 2D 펜실빔 알고리즘을 확장시켜 3 차원 geometry를 적절히 고려할 수 있는 선량계산 모델을 개발하고자 한다. 선량계산 모듈은 IDL5.2(Reseach Systems Inc. 미국)를 사용하여 프로그램하였으며, Hogstrom의 펜실빔 모델에 의한 선량계산에 필요한 중심축 상의 깊이선량분포는 Siemens M6740의 12MeV 전자선에 대한 측정치를 사용하였고, 전자선의 공기 및 불에서의 선형저지능 (linear stopping power), 선형산란능 (linear scattering power) 은 ICRU 보고서 35로부터 인용하여 사용하였다. 선량계산의 정확도를 확인하기 위하여 정형 조사면에 대한 선량분포 공기 간격 효과 인체 외곽 보정에 대해 전리함, 필름 등을 사용하여 얻은 측정값과 비교, 분석하였다. PC(Pentium III 450MHz) 상에서 프로그램 실행 결과 단일 조사 빔에 대한 선량계산에 약 120초가 소요되어, 선량계산 알고리즘의 최적화를 통한 선량계산 시간 단축이 필요하다 하겠다. 선량 평가에 대한 비교 결과, 정형 및 비정형 조사변에 대한 선량분포는 선량변화가 급격한 반음영 (penumbra) 영역에서 $\pm$3mm 이내의 오차를 보였으며, 측방 선량분포에 따른 비교 결과, 측정치와 5% 이내에서 일치하였다. 또한 공기 간격 및 인체 외곽선 보정의 경우, $\pm$10% 내외에서 측정값과 일치하였다. 결론적으로, 전자선에 대한 2 차원 펜실빔 모델을 확장하여 3 차원 치료계획에 적합하게 3 차원상의 임의의 단변 선량계산이 가능하도록 구현되었다. 또한 비정형 조사변에 대한 선량계산 뿐만 아니라, 인체외곽 및 공기 간격 등과 같이 3 차원적 geometry에 대한 보정이 필요한 경우에 대하여도 이를 선량계산 시 적절히 고려함을 확인할 수 있었다. 추후, CT를 통한 비균질 보정방식을 구현할 계획이며, 이들 선량계산 모듈은 교육 및 연구용으로 적절히 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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