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Analysis of Infertility Keywords in the Largest Domestic Mom Cafe Bulletin Board in Korea Using Text Mining

  • Sangmin Lee
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to examine consumers' perceptions of domestic infertility support policies based on infertility-related keywords and the trends of their changes. To this end, Momsholic, a mom cafe which has the most active infertility-related bulletin boards on Naver, was selected as the analysis target, and 'infertility' was selected as a keyword for data search. The data was collected for three months. In addition, network analysis and visualization were performed using R for data collection and analysis, and cross-validation was attempted using the NetDraw function of 'textom 1.0' and the UCINET6 program. As a result of the analysis, the main keywords were cost, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, freezing, harvest, ovulation, and how much. Next, looking at the central value of the degree of connection, it was found that the degree of connection between the words cost, cost, how much, problem, public health center, and artificial insemination was high. According to the results of this study, women who visit mom cafes due to infertility in Korea are more interested in the cost. It is believed to be closely related to infertility treatment as well as in vitro fertilization and egg freezing. Therefore, by examining keywords related toinfertility, it has academic significance in that it is possible to identify major factors that end users are interested in. Furthermore, it is possible to redefine the guidelines for domestic infertility support policies by presenting infertility support policies that reflect the factors of interest of end consumers.

Chlorosis of Ogura-CMS Brassica rapa is due to down-regulation of genes for chloroplast proteins

  • Jeong, Seok-Won;Yi, Hankuil;Song, Hayoung;Lee, Soo-Seong;Park, Youn-Il;Hur, Yoonkang
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2017
  • Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait leading to loss of the ability to produce fertile pollen and is extensively used in hybrid crop breeding. Ogura-CMS was originally generated by insertion of orf138 upstream of atp8 in the radish mitochondrial genome and transferred to Brassica crops for hybrid breeding. Gene expression changes by dysfunctional mitochondria in Ogura-CMS result in pollen developmental defects, but little is known about gene expression patterns in vegetative tissue. To examine the interaction between nuclear and organellar regulation of gene expression, microarray and subsequent gene expression experiments were conducted with leaves of $F_1$ hybrid Chinese cabbage derived from self-incompatible (SI) or Ogura-CMS parents (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Out of 24,000 genes deposited on a KBGP24K microarray, 66 genes were up-regulated and 26 genes were down-regulated by over 2.5 fold in the CMS leaves. Up-regulated genes included stress-response genes and mitochondrial protein genes, while genes for ascorbic acid biosynthesis and thylakoid proteins were down-regulated. Most of the major component genes for light reactions of photosynthesis were highly expressed in leaves of both SI and CMS plants, but most of the corresponding proteins were found to be greatly reduced in leaves of CMS plants, indicating posttranscriptional regulation. Reduction in thylakoid proteins and chlorophylls led to reduction in photosynthetic efficiency and chlorosis of Ogura-CMS at low temperatures. This research provides a foundation for studying chloroplast function regulated by mitochondrial signal and for using organelle genome introgression in molecular breeding.

Microbial Inactivation of Grains Used in Saengshik by Corona Discharge Plasma Jet (코로나방전플라즈마제트를 이용한 생식용 곡류의 미생물 저감)

  • Youn, Geum-A;Mok, Chulkyoon
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.70-74
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    • 2015
  • Inactivation of microorganisms in grains used for saengshik, a formulated health food, was attempted by corona discharge plasma jet (CDPJ). The initial microbial counts of the grains were in the range of $1.7{\times}10^3-9.9{\times}10^5CFU/g$. The CDPJ-inactivation effect was increased with electric current in the range of 1-1.5 A. Regarding span length between the tips of the electrodes and the treatment surface, the highest inactivation effect was observed at 25 mm. The inactivation pattern fitted well to the Singh-Heldman model. Bacteria were more labile to the CDPJ inactivation than yeasts and molds. Among tested grains, white rice showed the highest sterility followed by pressed barley and brown rice. Despite the inactivation by plasma, the thiobarbituric acid content of the grains remained unchanged over 10 min of treatment. Our results indicated the potential of the CDPJ treatment to improve the hygiene of saengshik products with no remarkable changes in lipid quality.

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Pulmonary Endometriosis -Report of 1 Case- (흉강경을 이용한 폐 자궁내막증의 절제 -1예 보고-)

  • Cho, Seong Joon;Rhyu, Se Min;Kim, Woo Jin;Lee, Seung-Joon;Kim, Yeon Soo
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.60 no.5
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    • pp.576-580
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    • 2006
  • Pulmonary endometriosis is an uncommon disease, and usually detected by catamenial hemoptysis. Treatment of pulmonary endometriosis may be medical(hormone therapy) or surgical. Since hormone therapy may cause sterility, most of patients who wish to conceive usually choose surgical resection. Although video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) has advantage of small scar, reducing postoperative pain and shortening hospital stay, it is not easy to locate the precise lesion and resect whole endometrial tissue not to be remained. 17 years old female with catamenial hemoptysis was treated sucessfully with a partial resection of the lung using VATS, and has been asymptomatic for 7months since the operation.

An Analysis of Health Problems Experienced by the Clients Receiving Hemodialysis (혈액투석 환자들이 경험한 건강문제 분석)

  • 신미자
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.903-916
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study was to discover practical health problems which hemodialysis clients experienced so as to present basic data for development of a health assessment tool. The research subjects were 70 clients receiving hemodialysis in Seoul and Inchon from Mar. 1996 to Sep. 1996. Data were collected by researcher's informal indepth interview and nurses' open ended question. Content analysis was applied to collect similar contents and common experiences in order to derivate concepts and categories for better understanding of hemodialysis clients' experiences. As a result, 9 categories derivated to identify the health problems of clients receiving hemodialysis were as follows : 1) They experienced 'the decreased digestive function' which contained the changed appetite, nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea. 2) They experienced 'the decreased respiratory and circulatory function' which contained dyspnea, changed blood pressure, tingling sensation and the fear of aggrevated vascular condition. 3) They experienced 'the aggrevated oral condition' which contained dry mouth and destruction of teeth and their soft tissue. 4) They experienced 'the decreased sensory function' which contained visual disturbances, sensation difficulty, and hearing loss. 5) They experienced 'the aggrevated skin condition' which contained dark brown skin color, dry skin (and hyperpigmentatic freckle, seborrheric keratosis, scale), itching sense, and alopethia. 6) They experienced 'the decreased urinary reproductive function' which contained anuria or oliguria, dysmenorrhea, sterility and decreased libido. 7) They experienced 'the restricted activity' which contained decreased activity, muscle cramp and stiffness of joint. 8) They experienced 'the changed mental status' which contained memory disturbance, decreased cognition, disorientation, neurosis and psychosis. 9) They experienced 'the aggrevated general condition' which contained kyphosis, weight loss, fatigue, sleep disturbance, bleeding tendency, inflammation, generalized edema and foul oder of uremia.

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Embryological Characteristics on Seed Sterility of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hoit. (천궁의 종자불임에 관한 발생학적 특성)

  • Park, Chung-Heon;Lee, Man-Sang;Namkoong, Seung-Bak;Yu, Hong-Seob;Park, Hee-Woon
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.209-213
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    • 2004
  • Ligusticum chuanxiong is receiving much attentions as one of the important medicinal crops with the increasement of the crude drug demands. This study was conducted to obtain the basic informations of breeding of Ligusticum chuanxiong. Embryological characteristics were examined to elucidate the process of male and female gametophytic development and fertilization. Meiosis and nucleus division of megaspore and microspore were proceeded normally. With regard to the formation of female gametophyte, only a half of female gametophyte developed to normal egg apparatus. While another 50% showed abnormal egg apparatus with poly-nuclei or non-nuclei ovule. The pollens developed from the micros pore were formed more than 90 % of normal pollen. It was difficult to observe fertilization because ovule tissue was very compact and cell was extremely tiny, but could be easely observed proembryo and embryo formation. Only 30 percent developed into proembryo and subsequently into embryo, and the others were degenerated.

A Case of Pulmonary Endometriosis Resected by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (흉강경술로 제거한 폐 자궁내막증 (Pulmonary Endometriosis) 1예)

  • Ham, Hyoung Suk;Chung, Man Pyo;Lee, Byung-Wook;Han, Kyung Hoon;Kim, Hojoong;Han, Joungho;Shim, Yong Mog;Kwon, O Jung
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.542-549
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    • 2004
  • Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare condition caused by thoracic endometriosis that presents as tracheobronchial or pulmonary endometriosis. While hormonal treatment may cause virilization and sterility, due to the antiestrogenic effect, its surgical removal via thoracotomy is a particularly invasive procedure and is not recommended as the first choice treatment in young woman. Successful surgical removal by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has recently been reported, and may be indicated for young patients who at some stage would like to become pregnant. Herein, a case of a 25-year-old unmarried woman with catamenial hemoptysis, cured by VATS, is reported.

Effects of Shading at Heading Stage on Yield Components in Rice (출수기 차광이 벼 수량 관련형질에 미치는 영향)

  • 김기식;김승경;허범량;윤경민
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 1991
  • Experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of light shading around the heading stage on grain yield and its components of rice. Early, medium, and late-maturing varieties were trected with the light shading of 50% and 75% from the reduction division stage to 20 days after heading date. Heading date were delayed 2-3 days, whereas the mid -late varieties, Sangpung- byeo, and Bongkwang- byeo were no significantly affected. Culm length was increased and panicle exsersion was reduced as the shading treatments become higher, and the degree of the shading effect was more intensive at 75% of shading. The rate of spikllet degeneration was higher at the secondary rachis branches than the primary rachis branch. The early maturing varieties showed the higher rate of spikelet degeneration. Spikelet number was reduced 12-15, spikelet sterility was increased and ripening rate was declined by the shading treatments. Grain yield was decreased by 30-40% at the shading treatment of 50%, and 50% at the shade treatment of 75%.

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Occurrences and Characteristics of the Off-type Rice Plant in Farmer's Paddy Field (농가포장에서 벼 이형주의 발생양상과 종실 특성 분포)

  • 김동관;진일두;송동석;김용재
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 2001
  • This study was carried out to investigate the distribution and characteristics of off-type rice plant in farmer's paddy field. The ratio of the field contaminated by off-type rice was highest in the southwestern area, followed by the southeastern area, the central area in Korea. The occurrence density of off-type rice was higher in the southern area than the central area. The short-grain red rice was the most dominant off-type rice group, followed by extremely late and sterile rice group and long-grain red rice group in Korea. The long-grain red rice group was dominant in Jeonnam and Kyongnam, and the extremely late and sterile rice group was dominant in Jeonbuk, and the short-grain red rice group in the other provinces. The culm length of most off-type rice groups growing in the farmer's paddy fields was longer than the farmer's cultivars, and the long-grain red rice group and the short-grain red rice group were especially longer. The number of spikelets per panicle of the off-type rice groups were generally greater than the farmer's cultlvars, and in particular, the extremely late and sterile rice group and the long-grain normal rice group had more spikelet per panicle. Most of the off-type rice groups were extremely sterile.

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Mass Propagation by Stem Cutting in Ligusticum chuangxiong Hort. (토천궁(土川芎)의 줄기삽목에 의한 대양번식(大量繁殖))

  • Yu, Hong-Seob;Bang, Jin-Ki;Kim, Young-Guk;Lee, Bong-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.200-204
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    • 1999
  • Ligusticum chuanxiong has been an important oriental crude drug and cultivated for a long time in Korea. Ligusticum chuanxiong has been vegetatively propagating crop without seed due to its sterility and would be an allodiploid derived from the hybridization of two allied species. Generally, vegetative propagation is more costly per unit propagule than sexual(seedling) propagation. This study was conducted to find out the techniques of mass propagation by stem cutting for reduced seedling cost. When cutted on August 30 with 1st to 2nd internode, its highest rooting percentage was 81 percent. Rhizome yield of plants cutted in 50 percent on September 1 decreased to 9 percent less than control (rhizome propagation). Rooting percentage of rooted cutting plants after field planting on October 25 was the highest being 87 percent. Rhizome yield with planting appeared 127 and 120kg/10a on September 25 and October 25, respectively.

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