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A Study on Cyber Punk Fashion Expressed in the Movies (영화에 표현된 사이버 펑크패션에 관한 연구)

  • Jung Yeoun-Ja
    • Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.181-188
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    • 2005
  • This study attempted to investigate the plastic characteristics of cyber punk fashion with a focus on fashion in the cyber punk movies in order to inquire into how the influence of the cyber punk taking the lead in the spiritual culture and way of life of the humankind in the 21th century would be expressed in fashion. For this purpose, it sought to analyze the beauty of new fashion creating the cyber environment and identify its contemporary meaning. An attempt was made to investigate the image of cyber punk fashion with a focus on fashion expressed in the cyber punk movies. As a result, the following findings were obtained: First, the image of cyber punk fashion expressed in the cyber punk movies was simplicity, which was to express the modest silhouette and details exclusive of decoration. In addition to clean and smooth gloss, it contained the modest image of resistance', not 'revolt' by borrowing the partial motive and image from existing punk fashion. The change of cyber punk fashion into the characteristic of concise, smooth external appearance brought about the restraint of its image and symbolism as well as its plastic characteristic. Second, it was characterized by the Eroticism nature of emphasizing the body line while expressing the future and modest image or exposing the body. Cyber punk fashion expressed the avant-garde image by using materials that gave a mysterious and future feelings, as well as unsymmetrical silhouette, the slit of body-conscious line, coarse cutting, the method of do-constructing and reconstructing the silhouette, the method of applying diverse underwears such as corset, brassiere and the like. Third, cyber punk fashion was marked by the nature of mined sex. It had the masculine image by using the black color containing the image of masculinity and resistance in female clothing and expressing the suit, coat and military looks giving an masculine impression. And it expressed the image of mixed sexes with the masculine image in male clothing by borrowing feminine images such as body-conscious line, widely cut neckline, floral decoration, leggings and the like. Fourth, cyber punk fashion was marked by naturalness. It was expressed as clothing made from silhouette, knit, cotton and the like in the atmosphere expressing love, comfortableness and truth. This contained the image of naturalness, a return to the primitive, that human being wanted to return to their original figure in the future element. The cyber punk movie may contain a dismal, gloomy future image on the whole, which can be overcome, and shows the possibility that it may grow into the alternative culture, not the revolting culture. The movie of 'The Fifth Element' demonstrates the meaning and role that shows the bright future image. It is thought that designers should make efforts for cyber punk fashion to perform its role in changing the gloomy future image into the bright image of society

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Incidence of Wolf Teeth in Jeju Ponies and Jeju Pony Crossbreds (제주마와 제주산마에서 이리치아 잔존율)

  • Yang, Jaehyuk;Han, Janet;Hwang, Kyu-Kye;Lim, Yoon-Kyu
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.285-287
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    • 2015
  • Wolf teeth have been reported with incidence rate of 13% to 31.9% in horses of both sexes. However, there is no report about the incidence of wolf teeth in pony breeds. In order to determine the incidence of wolf teeth in Jeju Ponies and Jeju Pony crossbreds, oral examination and palpation of the interdental space of ponies at the Jeju Race Park were performed from 2006 to 2010. Results of this study showed that a total of 90 (3.4%) of the 2,675 examined Jeju Ponies and Jeju Pony crossbreds had wolf teeth. Among 30 Jeju Ponies that had wolf teeth, 22 were male (73.3%) and 8 were female (26.7%). Among 60 Jeju Pony crossbreds that had wolf teeth, 25 were male (41.7%) and 35 were female (58.3%). In Jeju Ponies, wolf teeth were most common in 3-years-old, followed by ${\geq}4$-years-old, then 2-years-old. For Jeju Pony crossbreds, wolf teeth were most common in 3-years-old, followed by 2-yearsold, then ${\geq}4$-years-old. In conclusion, the incidence of wolf teeth in Jeju Ponies and Jeju Pony crossbreds was considerably lower than what has been reported for horses in other countries.

Evaluation of General Toxicity and Genotoxicity of the Silkworm Extract Powder

  • Heo, Hyun-Suk;Choi, Jae-Hun;Oh, Jung-Ja;Lee, Woo-Joo;Kim, Seong-Sook;Lee, Do-Hoon;Lee, Hyun-Kul;Song, Si-Whan;Kim, Kap-Ho;Choi, Yang-Kyu;Ryu, Kang-Sun;Kang, Boo-Hyon
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.263-278
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    • 2013
  • The silkworm extract powder contain 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ), a potent ${\alpha}$-glycosidase inhibitor, has therapeutic potency against diabetes mellitus. Therefore, natural products containing DNJ from mulberry leaves and silkworm are consumed as health functional food. The present study was performed to evaluate the safety of the silkworm extract powder, a health food which containing the DNJ. The repeated toxicity studies and gentic toxicity studies of the silkworm extract powder were performed to obtain the data for new functional food approval in MFDS. The safety was evaluated by a single-dose oral toxicity study and a 90 day repeated-dose oral toxicity study in Sprague-Dawley rats. The silkworm extract powder was also evaluated for its mutagenic potential in a battery of genetic toxicity test: in vitro bacterial reverse mutation assay, in vitro chromosomal aberration test, and in vivo mouse bone marrow micronucleus assay. The results of the genetic toxicology assays were negative in all of the assays. The approximate lethal dose in single oral dose toxicity study was considered to be higher than 5000 mg/kg in rats. In the 90 day study, the dose levels were wet at 0, 500, 1000, 2000 mg/kg/day, and 10 animals/sex/dose were treated with oral gavage. The parameters that were monitored were clinical signs, body weights, food and water consumptions, ophthalmic examination, urinalysis, hematology, serum biochemistry, necropsy findings, organ weights, and histopathological examination. No adverse effects were observed after the 90 day administration of the silkworm extract powder. The No-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level (NOAEL) of silkworm extract powder in the 90 day study was 2000 mg/kg/day in both sexes, and no target organ was identified.

A Surge in the Seroprevalence of Toxoplasmosis among the Residents of Islands in Gangwha-gun, Incheon, Korea

  • Yang, Zhaoshou;Cho, Pyo-Yun;Ahn, Seong-Kyu;Ahn, Hye-Jin;Kim, Tong-Soo;Chong, Chom-Kyu;Hong, Sung-Jong;Cha, Seok-Ho;Nam, Ho-Woo
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.191-197
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    • 2012
  • Seroepidemiological changes of Toxoplasma gondii infection among the residents of the islands of Gangwha-gun, Incheon for 2 years were surveyed and evaluated by ELISA using a crude extract antigen. In 2010, sera of 919 adult residents in Gyodong-myeon and 313 adults in Samsan-myeon were collected and checked for IgG antibody titers, which showed 14.5% (133 sera) and 19.8% (62 sera) positive rates, respectively. In 2011, sera of 955 adults in Gyodong-myeon and 341 adults in Samsan-myeon were examined, which showed an increase of positive rates to 23.8% (227 sera) and 31.7% (108 sera), respectively. Totally, the seroprevalence of the first year was 15.8% and it increased rapidly to 25.8% in the second year. The positive rates of both sexes increased simultaneously with the significant ratio of males to females by 1.7-2.2 fold (P<0.05). In both myeons, 661 sera were collected every year and showed changes in optical density (OD) in 177 sera; newly found as positives in 73 persons (11.0%), negative conversion in 10 persons (1.5%), and maintained or increased in 94 persons (14.2%). This rapid increase in the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in Gangwha islands may be due to in part peculiar changes in the toxoplasmic environment of the islands and presumably the consumption of the pork bred domestically within the islands or imported from high endemic nations. It is necessary to find out symptomatic toxoplasmic patients and confirm the risk factors for further infection in the islands of Gangwha-gun.

Mean Fasting Blood Glucose Level and An Estimated Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus Among A Representative Adult Korean Population (우리나라 성인 인구의 평균 공복혈당치와 당뇨병의 추정 유병률)

  • Kim, J.S.;Kim, Y.J.;Park, S.I.;Hong, Y.P.
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.26 no.3 s.43
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    • pp.311-320
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out along with the 1990 6th National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in order to estimate the prevalence rate of diabetes mellitus among a representative adult Korean population. Fasting blood glucose was measured by diastix (Ames) using glucometer II for seventy seven percent of the population (30 year old or above) residing in 190 enumeration districts randomly sampled from 146,944 general ED. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus of the population was estimated by projecting the ratio of ${\geq}200mg/dl\;PP_2$ of fasting blood sugar level below 120 mg/dl by sex to the study population. Fasting blood glucose and 2 hr. postprandial blood glucose were measured on about 3000 subsampled individuals, and diabetes mellitus was defined by the WHO criteria-FBG${\geq}120mg/dl\;or\;PP_2{\geq}200mg/dl$ when FBG is below 120mg/dl. The results obtained are as follows : 1. Estimated prevalence(age adjusted) of diabetes mellitus was 4.6% for male and 8.1% for female. The age adjusted mean FBG was $93.9{\pm}26.2mg/dl$ for male and $102.9{\pm}31.5mg/dl$ for female. 2. The prevalence increased as age advanced with peak in $60{\sim}69$ years old age group for both sexes. 3. The mean FBG and estimated prevalence rate of diabetes mellitus varied considerably among the populations of fifteen cities and provinces ; it vaired from $87.0{\pm}17.7\;to\;104.6{\pm}34.5mg/dl$ and 1.2% to 8.9% for males, and from $93.3{\pm}25.3\;to\;116.7{\pm}38.6mg/dl$ and 3.4% to 20.8% for females. 4. The mean FBG and prevalence rates were higher among the rural population than those residing in metropolitan areas. 5. The proportion of the people previously treated among the diabetics was estimated to be a little less than one fifth. 6. Factors strongly associated with FBG were age, sex, family history of D. M., BMI, area and educational level among eleven variables.

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Study on Factors affecting to Internet Addiction of Students in Department of Public Health (보건계열학과 대학생의 인터넷 중독 영향요인에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Su Jin;Kim, Hye Sook;Park, Jae Sung
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 2007
  • The study is designed to compare differences between male and female Internet users in present Internet use conditions, Internet addition, self-respect, and deviation from a health life and analyze and understand factors causing compulsive Internet use. The research is aimed at suggesting basic information to guide a desirable direction for healthy and effective Internet use. The survey of 456 students majoring in public health at some universities in the Pusan-Kyungnam areas was made in November, 2006. The results are as follows: As for general information on those surveyed the number of the males was 50(11.0%) and that of the females was 406(89.0%), which shows an absolute higher ratio of the female respondents. On a question of Internet use frequency 62% of the male students and 44.6% of the female students answered they use the Internet everyday. Also the male respondents' Internet use time was longer. 64.0% of the male students use the Internet for games and entertainment, which were the highest ranked reason. 64.4% of the female students said they use the Internet to check e-mails. To all the questions assessing Internet addiction, the male users' answers implied higher addiction levels, but there wasn't statistically significant difference. However, the statistically outstanding distinction between the two sexes on deviation from a health life is shown in smoking, cheating in a test, obscene video/books, and conflicts with parents. The most answered deviations among the male respondents are smoking, cheating in a test, and obscene video/books, while conflicting with parents is for the female students. On self-respect the survey has found statistical differences in five questionnaire items and the female showed higher levels in all those questions. The male students answered cheating in a test(0.399), conflicts with parents(0.391), and Internet use time(0.242) have significant plus(+) influences on their compulsive internet use, while alcohol(-0.308) has a minus(-) influence. The female students answered self-respect(0.114), alcohol(0.097), obscene video/book (0.218), conflicts with parents (0.243), and Internet use time (0.284) factors have plus(+) effects.

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A Marriage Problem Algorithm Based on Duplicated Sum of Inter-Preference Moving Method (중복된 최소 상호-호감도 합 이동방법을 적용한 결혼문제 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Sang-Un
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes a simplified algorithm devised to obtain optimal solution to the marriage problem. In solving this problem, the most widely resorted to is the Gale-Shapley algorithm with the time complexity of $O({\mid}V{\mid}^2{\mid}E{\mid})$. The proposed algorithm on the other hand firstly constructs a $p_{ij}$ matrix of inter-preference sum both sexes' preference over the opposite sex. Secondly, it selects $_{min}p_i$ from each row to establish ${\mid}p_{.j}{\mid}{\geq}2,j{\in}S$, ${\mid}p_{.j}{\mid}=1$, $j{\in}H$, ${\mid}p_{.j}{\mid}=0$, $j{\in}T$. Finally, it shifts $_{min}\{_{min}p_{ST},p_{SH}+p_{HT\}$ for $_{min}P_{ST}$ of $S{\rightarrow}T$ and $p_{SH}+p_{HT}$, $p_{HT}<_{min}p_{ST}$ of $S{\rightarrow}H$, $H{\rightarrow}T$. The proposed algorithm has not only improved the Gale-Shapley's algorithm's complexity of $O({\mid}V{\mid}^2{\mid}E{\mid})$ to $O({\mid}V{\mid}^2)$ but also proved its extendable use on unbalanced marriage problems.

Socio-medical Surveys on the Korean Residents in Japan (재일한국인(在日韓國人)에 對(대)한 사회의학적조사(社會醫學的調査))

  • Kim, Byong-Woo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.101-117
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    • 1973
  • Socio-medical survey was carried out on six hundred and thirty Korean households in the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya in Japan from Nov. 1972 to Dec. 1972, and following results were obtained. 1. Age distribution of households showed the highest occurence in the group of 40 to 49 years of age in the both sexes. Families with five members showed highest occurence, and the average number of familial members was 5.7 persons per one household. 2. More than half of the householders were some independent enterprisers rather than to be the employees and most of the household had one familial member engaged in more or less liberal profession. 3. 19.4% of households moved into these cities from 1941 to 1945. 4. 40.5% of all the households had their own houses. The possession rate of one's own house was higher in the households which had long period of residence in Japan. 5. 83.5% of all households had various medical insurances. And the 6.2% of the household which had no insurance stated that the reason for not being affiliated was 'because to be the foreigner'. Household of shorter dwelling period had less tendency to be affiliated to the various insurances. 6. In 41.3% of all the households, average medical expenditure amounted to 1000-5000 Yen per month. And only 25.6% of household stated that they do not worry about the medical expenditure for the futures. 7. 66.3% of households were consulting to medical doctors for their sickness, such as toothache, severe coughing, profuse sputum, children's fever and stomach pain etc. 8. 59.4% of households were using the facilities of health center services. The health center service was used mainly for individual health service rather than the environmental aspect. And 19.8% of households were not aware of health center activities. 9. It was found that 23.5% of households received the screening test of the tuberculosis and adult diseases. Especially, the rate of screening test of the adult diseases showed as following ; stomach cancer, 8.9% ; hypertension, 7.9% ; diabetes mellitus, 2.1% ; and uterus cancer, 1.6%. 10. Birth control was carried out in 17.3% of households but not in 52.5%. The chief reason of birth control was 'because of poor maternal health' (40.0%) or 'should not be done' (5.4%). 11. Most of them are obtaining the knowledges and informations on family plannings. public nuisance problems and nutritions etc. by means of the mass communications, while those no preventing diseases and the environmental hygiene through the administrative organizations.

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Bacterial Contamination on the hands of the Middle School Students in Seoul City (서울시내 중학생의 손오염에 관한 세균학적 연구)

  • Lee Myung-Won;Chung Tae-Wha;Moon Kwang-Hee;Min Kyung-Hee
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.3 no.1 s.4
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 1988
  • This Study was performed from Feb. 4th Feb. 15th. 1985 in order to investigate if the rate of the contamination of students' hands were affected by sexes and grades of middle school. The sampled 29 students were selected from the 1st. and 2nd. grades of the middle school. The hands-washed salines were cultured for the isolation of microorganisms. The results were as follows: 1. It was found to be contaminated by 17 Genera of bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Micrococcus, Bacillus, Neisseria, Branhamella, Acinetobacter, Moraxella, Ozromobacterium, Alcaligenes, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Actinobacillus, Pasteurella, Vibrio, Enterobacteria and Plesiomonas. 2. The strains from 30 isolates were identified as 9 species, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidemidis, Micrococcus varians, Branhamella catarrhalis, Acinetobacter anitratus, Moraxella bovis, Moraxella urethralis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and plesiomonas shigeiloid. 3. The frequency rates on 17 Genera appearances on Students' hands were Staphylococcus $(96.6\%)$, Enterobacteria $(41.4\%)$, Bacillus $(20.7\%)$, Branhamella $(17.2\%)$ et. 4. There was significant difference in cell number between hans of boys & girls. The rate of contamination of girls' hands, especially 2nd grade girls, was lower than boys' hands. This result showed that girls' hands were more clean.

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Incidence and Morphology of Cysticercus pisiformis (Taenia pisiformis Bloch 1780: Taeniidae) Collected from Rabbits in Korea (토끼에서 분리(分離)된 두상(豆狀) 낭미충(囊尾蟲)의 감염실태조사(感染實態調査) 및 형태학적관찰(形態學的觀察))

  • Kang, Yung-bai
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 1987
  • A total of 213 rabbits was investigated from July 1981 to June 1986, for the survey on the incidence of Cysticercus pisiformis infections and the morphological characteristics were observed for the descriptions on the scolexes of the cysts collected. The results obtained were summarized as follows; The overall infection rate was revealed as high as 21.6% and it increased annually with the secular trend equation Y=7.45X+5.87 when, Y=infection rate estimated, X=year 0(1981) to 5 (1986). The incidence was no relation with the sexes of the host, but it was higher in the short-haired New Zealand White than in the long-haired Angola. It was also revealed that the liver was the most parasitized organ (39.1%) and that 48 cases were double infections in two organs, such as the mesentery, the stomach or the kidney. The mean size of the cysts measured was 7.04mm in length and 4.62mm in width. There were four suckers and a rostellum on the top of the scolex identified inside the cyst. The hooks were arranged in two rows, the large-type inner hooks (mean $250{\mu}m$ in length) and the small-type outer hooks (mean $150{\mu}m$ in length).

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