• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.114-122
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• 2008

Objectives: To determine the factors affecting the assessment of Oriental medical institutions under the Oriental Medical Institution Assessment System and thereupon, provide for some basic data and alternative measures for assessment of Oriental medical institutions. Methods: The researcher sampled 320 people employed by 26 Oriental medical institutions designated as model Oriental medical institutions subject to assessment in 2008 and 2009 and thereupon, used a structured and open-ended survey table for them to collect the data. The size of the final sample was n=302. Results: The Oriental medical institution staff were highly aware of the Oriental medical institution assessment (OMIA), After adjusting the other factors by multiple regression, the factors affecting such recognition were different significantly depending on age (those in their 30's), types of job (nurses and treatment assistants) and locations of hospital (GyeongSang-do). The staff expected the OMIA could helpful for improving facilities and system of hospitals, thus promoting satisfaction of patients. To do so, they felt it necessary to develop an assessment scale reflecting the special conditions besetting the Oriental medical institutions as well as the indices for improvement of Oriental medical service quality. Conclusion: It is hoped that this study will be followed up by future studies which will comparatively analyze Oriental medical institution staff's perception of the assessment system before and after its operation and thereby, suggest some ideal policy alternatives for assessment of the Oriental medical institutions. Furthermore, future studies are requested to research into Oriental medical institution staff's needs and consumers' needs as well in consideration of the characteristics of the Oriental medical institutions and thereupon, suggest some alternatives for continued education, development of the assessment tools, methods and policies.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.169-177
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• 2014

Recently, this government is implementing the "eradication of four social evils" policy to root out social evils which includes sexual violence, school violence, domestic violence and substandard food. In retrospect, these social evils are the crimes that have sprung from rapid social changes in Korea. These main four crimes not only badly affect certain victims but also spread their viciousness to broad population. Moreover, the prevention of the occurrence of the crime and the problem solving as an individual unit are hardly possible. Due to their critical effects and continuity, governmental safety policy enforcement is achieving higher support. As an alliance with the calling from the public for happier and safer life, this paper especially focus on regulating substandard food issue, according to the idea that food safety is an essential prerequisite for the healthy and happy life of the people. Through the reviewing, definition of the substandard food will be cleared and specified substandard food crimes will be introduced as well. And the paper will also pose questions in order to propose improved legal measures against the existing regulations, such as newly adding additional penalty article to food sanitation law.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• v.1 no.4
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• pp.313-320
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• 2007

This study sought to compare intake levels of major dish items and food groups between normal and obese Korean children in order to understand obesity-related eating behaviors. The study was also conducted to apply the information on the differences in major dish items and food groups found in this study to development of a brief food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for children's obesity-related eating behaviors. Finally, the developed FFQ was evaluated for reliability. A total of 290, 24-hour dietary recall data from 9-11 year-old normal or obese participants in the 2001 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) were reviewed to identity dish items and food groups showing outstanding differences between the normal and obese groups. Based on the level of intake amount between the two groups, a total of 7 items, including ddeokbokggi, spaghetti, ham roast, pork cutlet, dairy products & ices, kimchi, and fruits, were selected to be included in the FFQ. The former 5 items were seen to be consumed more in the obese group, while the latter 2 items were so in the normal group. The questionnaire was formatted into a frequency response section of a seven-category option and reference period of the last 7 days. Test-retest reliability of the developed FFQ was examined by administering it to 153, 9-11 year-old children at a public elementary school in Seoul twice at a month interval. The level of reliability was found to be reasonably high. In conclusion, this study suggests that high consumption of several high-calorie dish items and low consumption of kimchi and fruits may be important eating behaviors in relation to obesity risk among 9-11 year-old children who need nutrition educators' attention. The current study also implies that a simple FFQ can be utilized to reliably assess 9-11 year-old children's diets.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.1052-1056
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• 2011

이 연구는 동위원소실에 근무하는 임상병리사들의 방사선 방어에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위수준을 조사하여 상관관계를 파악하고 방사선 안전관리에 대한 행위에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하기 위해 시행하였다. 설문지는 2010년 10월부터 11월까지 대전 충청권 및 서울 경기권 동위원소실 임상병리사를 연구 대상자로 하여 연구자자 임의로 선정 직접설문, 또는 우편방식으로 조사하였고, 수집된 자료는 SPSS12.0 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도와 백분율, T-검정, ANOVA, 다중회귀분석법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 방사선 안전관리에 대한 지식 점수는 평균은 11.5점이었으며 표준편차는 ${\pm}$1.9 분포를 보였다. 방사선 안전관리에 대한 태도 점수는 평균 69.0점, 표준편차는 ${\pm}$5.4이었다. 방사선 방어에 대한 행위점수는 평균은 57.1점, 표준편차 ${\pm}$3.5이었다. 방사선 안전관리 행위에 있어 이론적으로 알고 있는 내용에 비해 수행이 현저히 떨어진 결과가 나왔으며, 방사선 안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도, 행위와의 상관성은 통계적으로 유의한 상관관계를 보였다(p<0.01). 행위점수에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 종사자법정교육, RI 면허취득, 지식, 태도로 나타났다. 결론적으로 동위원소실에 근무하는 임상병리사의 방사성동위원소 안전관리 행위는 태도에 비하여 수행이 현저히 떨어진 결과가 나왔고, 안전관리 행위에 영향을 주는 인자로 종사자법정교육, RI 면허취득, 지식점수, 태도점수를 알 수 있었다. 업무 진행에 있어 잘못된 지식의 습득 및 태도를 취할 수 있는 가능성이 충분히 있으며 이를 바로 잡을 수 있도록 안전관리에 대한 지속적인 교육을 실시함과 더불어 RI면허 취득, 방사선 종사자에게 교육의 효과를 더욱 높이기 위한 적절한 교육 자료의 개발이 필요하다고 할 수 있다.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.83-87
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• 2004

To investigate the effects of dietary phytate reduction and zinc supplementation on biochemical iron parameters in elderly Korean women consuming inadequate iron, fifteen healthy women aged 64-75 years were recruited for a feeding study. A high-phytate diet (27.8 phytate:zinc molar ratio) was provided for 9 days, followed by a nine-day low-phytate diet(12.3) and a subsequent 28-day period of unregulated meals with zinc supplementation (22 mg/d as zinc gluconate). Serum iron increased significantly with the low-phytate diet (130.4 $\mu g$/L) but returned to the level observed during the high-phytate diet (113.0 $\mu g$ /L) period when subjects were taking zinc supplements (105.8 $\mu g$ /L). However, serum ferritin in the subjects decreased significantly with the low-phytate diet (73.8 $\mu g$ /L) as well as with zinc supplementation (57.2 $\mu g$ /L), compared to levels following consumption of the high-phytate diet (89.6 $\mu g$ /L). Transferrin receptor and transferrin saturation were unchanged with the treatments. In summary, zinc supplementation might result in deteriorated iron status in elderly Korean women who consume inadequate iron, while there was no significant effect from reducing dietary phytate.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

To investigate acute drug intoxication trends in the elderly visited Emergency Medical Centers, Data was collected from the records of poisoning patients visited Five different Hospitals from January 1. 2007 to December 31. 2007. The analysis was conducted by using 135 cases of 624 cases. When considering only the elderly and making comparisons between the urban areas and the rural areas the following data was produced. In regard to patients with acute drug intoxication, the main substance of choice was pesticides. Cases of acute drug intoxication are definitely higher for those categorized as the rural elderly (75.0%) when compared with those categorized as the urban elderly (44.1%). The male to female ratio, those living together as a family, past suicide attempts, mental state and sobriety condition when they came, monthly distribution etc. between the two groups did not demonstrate a difference between them. In regard to reasons given for acute drug intoxication, suicide was the highest at 60.7% of the cases. When comparing accidental reasons for poisoning, the urban elderly, at 34.2% of their cases, were higher than in the rural elderly, at 23.7%. After first aid was administered, the admission rate was higher for the rural elderly (47.4%) than for the urban elderly (33.9%). This shows that the rural elderly have a more severe acute drug intoxication poisoning problem than the urban elderly do.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.248-252
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• 1999

본 연구는 진도개, 풍산개 및 잡종견의 혈액학 및 혈액화학치의 차이를 비교하고자 본 실험을 수행하였다. 총 80두가 본 조사에 이용되었으며 경기도지방, 제주도, 서울 및 전남지방을 대상으로 실시하였다. 각각 진도개 30두, 풍산개 20두 및 잡종견 30두로 구성되었으며 성비는 각 군간에 차이가 없었다(진도개: 수캐=16, 암캐=14, 풍산개 : 수캐=9, 암캐=11, 잡종견: 수캐=15, 암캐=15). 연령은 진도개, 풍산개 및 잡종견 각각 1.3$\pm$0.9(년), 1.3$\pm$1.0(년), 1.3$\pm$ 1.6(년)이었다. 체종분포는 진도개, 풍산개 및 잡종견은 각각 9.0$\pm$4.5 kg, 9.8$\pm$4.0 kg, 8.4$\pm$4.7 kg이었다. 잡종견의 백혈구와 호중구수가 다른 두품종에 비해 유의성있게 높았다 (p<0.05). 풍산개의 림프구와 호산구수는 진도개와 잡종견의 수보다 높았다(p＜0.05). 하지만 풍산개의 단핵구 수는 진도개와 잡종견보다 유의성있게 낮았다(p<0.05). 진도개의 콜레스테롤과 무기인 수준은 풍산개와 잡종개의 수준보다 낮았다. 잡종견의 중성지방(triglyceride)의 수준은 진도개와 풍산개의 수준보다 낮았다. 잡종견의 나트륨 농도는 진도개와 풍산개의 수준보다 낮았으며 진도견의 칼륨농도는 풍산개와 잡종견의 농도와 비교하여 높았다. 바베시아 검사에서 모든 품종에서 음성이었으며 심장사상충 검사결과 양성율은 잡종견, 진도견과 풍산견 각각 20%, 10%, 10%이었다.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.163-170
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• 1971

Since the report in 1946 on the first isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus in Korea, the disease is known to occur every year and has occasionally spread in epidemic proportion among human populations. Because of its public health importance, it was deemed highly desirable to gain specific information as to natural history of the disease in Korea if we are to accomplish our ultimate objective of controling the disease in Korea. There still remain, however, unknown factors as to the ecology of Japanese encephalitis virus in Korea. This paper presents the results of serologic study on Korean cattle, hog and horse by means of hemagglutination inhibition (H.I.) test. The serum specimens were collected from Korean cattle, hog and horse their estimated ages being 3 to 9 years, 6 to 24 months and 2 to 14 years respectively, by jugular puncture; in Seoul and Kyung-Ki are a from the first part of May to November last, 1968. The strain used was designated by M 5/596. The methods of H.I. test employed in this study were essentially simillar to those employed by Clark and Fred. The results obtained summarized as follows; 1. Of samples of cattle sera tested, 183 (98%) was found to be positive, H.I. antibodies showing the highest proportion, on September. The lowest proportion showed 81 (68%) of 117 samples, on June. 2. One hundred and ninety-five and 114 swine serum samples tested were all of positive in both on September and October respectively. The lowest proportion showed 92 (29%) of 314 on June too. 3. Ninety (99%) of 91 equine serum samples tested contained demonstrable H.I. antibodies the highest proportion, on August. The lowest proportion was 19 (27%) of 70 samples on June. 4. Implications of these findings in the ecology of Japanese encephalitis Seoul and Kyung-Ki area were discussed.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.291-295
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• 2009

A dead stray cat was necropsied for zoonotic feline disease monitoring. Grossly, there were no specific lesions. Major microscopic lesions included lymphocytic meningoencephalitis, malacia, and tissue cysts in the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. The size and shape of tissue cysts were identical to those of Apicomplexa including Toxoplasma (T.) gondii. Bradyzoites in the tissue cyst were strongly positive for T. gondii by immunohistochemistry. Electron microscopy revealed that bradyzoites within the tissue cyst were similar to the morphological features of T. gondii. Fresh tissue samples were examined by a polymerase chain reaction assay and resulted in a specific band of T. gondii only in the brain. Based on the results, this case was diagnosed as toxoplasmosis. This is the first case of toxoplasmic meningoencephalitis in a cat in Korea.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.178-188
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• 2019

Objective: To determine the clinical pregnancy (CP) and live birth (LB) rates arising from frozen embryo transfers (FETs) that had been generated under the influence of in vitro fertilization (IVF) adjuvants given to women categorized as poor-prognosis. Methods: A registered, single-center, retrospective study. A total of 1,119 patients with first FETs cycle include 310 patients with poor prognosis (109 treated with growth hormone [GH], (+)GH group vs. 201 treated with dehydroepiandrosterone, (-)GH group) and 809 patients with good prognosis (as control, (-)Adj (Good) group). Results: The poor-prognosis women were significantly older, with a lower ovarian reserve than the (-)Adj (Good) group, and demonstrated lower chances of CP (p< 0.005) and LB (p< 0.005). After adjusting for confounders, the chances of both CP and LB in the (+)GH group were not significantly different from those in the (-)Adj (Good) group, indicating that the poor-prognosis patients given GH had similar outcomes to those with a good prognosis. Furthermore, the likelihood of LB was significantly higher for poor-prognosis women given GH than for those who did not receive GH (p< 0.028). This was further confirmed in age-matched analyses. Conclusion: The embryos cryopreserved from fresh IVF cycles in which adjuvant GH had been administered to women classified as poor-prognosis showed a significant 2.7-fold higher LB rate in subsequent FET cycles than a matched poor-prognosis group. The women with a poor prognosis who were treated with GH had LB outcomes equivalent to those with a good prognosis. We therefore postulate that GH improves some aspect of oocyte quality that confers improved competency for implantation.