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HISTOLOGIC COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE BONE-IMPLANT INTERFACE OF HYDROXYLAPATITE AND TITANIUM PLASMA SPRAY COATED IMPLANTS (Hydroxylapatite 및 Titanium Plasma Spray 피복임프란트와 골조직 계면의 조직학적 비교 연구)

  • Cho, Ju-Oh;Song, Kwang-Yeob;Park, Charm-Woon
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.492-516
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    • 1995
  • This study evaluated the responses of mandibular bones of mongrel dogs to loaded hydro xylapatite(HA) and titanium plasma spray(TPS) coated endosseous dental implants, using unloaded ones as the control group. after HA and TPS coated implants were implanted, their bone reactions with vital bones have been observed with light and scanning electron microscope(SEM) at the three periods of the 4th, 12th and 20th week. These reactions have been also compared in a histomorphometric method. The elemental distribution state of implants and the interface neighboring bone tissues have been measured with the energy dispersive analysis of X-rays(EDAX). The following results were obtained ; 1. The light microscopic analysis showed osseointegration in both the control group and the occlusal force loaded group ; Its degree was shown to be higher in the long-maintained and occlusal force groups. 2. The SEM analysis showed that both groups had osseointegration, In the case of TPS-coated implants, the coated layer was divided on the bone interface. In the case of HA-coated implants, there appeared a division between the metal and coated interface. 3. In the histomorphometric analysis, the measured ratio contaction bone of TPS-coated implants was $70{\pm}19$% in the case of no occlusal force ; it was $84{\pm}13$% in the case of occlusal force. The measured ratio contacting bone of HA-coated implants was $75{\pm}18$% in the case of no occlusal force ; it was $94{\pm}9$% in the case of occlusal force. However, there was no significant difference statistically(p>0.05). 4. Both groups showed that the ratio of calcium and phosphorous increased more in the bone tissues than on the bone to implant interface.

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Pharmacological Evidence that Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide is Implicated in Cerebral Autoregulation

  • Hong, Ki-Whan;Pyo, Kwang-Min;Yu, Sung-Sook;Rhim, Byung-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1994.04a
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    • pp.287-287
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    • 1994
  • In the present study, it was aimed to asses the possibility that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) released in response to transient hypotension may contribute to the reflex autoregulation of cerebral blood flow as a putative modulator. Changes in pial arterial diameter (mean, 33.0 ${\pm}$ 1.1 $\mu\textrm{m}$) with changes in systemic arterial blood pressure (mean, 101.9 ${\pm}$ 2.7 mmHg) were observed directly through a closed cranial window in anesthetized normotensive rats. Image of the pial vessels was captured with a stereoscope connected to a CCD video camera and the diameter was measured with a microscaler. In the capsaicin-treated rats (one day prior to experiment, 50 nmol capsaicin injected intracisternally), both vasodilater and vasoconstrictor responses evoked by a transient hypotension and the reverse of blood pressure were markedly attenuated or almost abolished. When changes in pial arterial diameter were plotted as a function of changes in blood pressure, the slopes of both regression lines (for vasodilators and vasoconstrictors ) were markedly reduced. Similar reductions were evidenced under treatment wi th the CGRP antibody serum (1:1,000) and following CGRP receptor desensitization. However, the autoregulatory mechanics were neither affected by treatment wi th spantide (1 ${\mu}$M), substance P antagonist, nor by substance P receptor desensitization. Suffusion wi th mock cerebrospinal fluid containing CGRP and cromakalim caused a vasodilatation in a concentration-dependent manner, respectively and their effects were antagonized by glibenclamide. Substance P produced a vasodilatation, which was, however, little affected by glibenclamide. These observations indicate that the CGRP released from the perivascular sensory fibers in response to a hypotension is implicated in the modulation of the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow.

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A Study on the Effectiveness of Formative Assessment Program in CRESST Focused on the Algebra Domain in the 7th Grade (CRESST 형성평가 프로그램(PowerSource(c))의 효과성 - 중학교 1학년 대수 관련 내용을 중심으로 -)

  • Choe, Seung-Hyun;Hwang, Hey-Jeang;Ryu, Hyun-Ah
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.243-262
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    • 2010
  • CRESST(the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA) is now carrying out the research, which was scheduled for a five year period from 2007 to 2011. This research aimed at testing the effectiveness of the formative assessment program by continuously conducting the program on the target group and steadily applying the recurring feedback, in order to reform the teachers' teaching and to facilitate students' learning. To do this, CRESST has set out to develop the material for 7th graders since January 2007, and KICE(Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation) have been running a collaborated research since July 2007, while sharing the instructional materials developed by CRESST. In 2008, the pre-test was conducted prior to this study in 2009. Especially, this paper deals with the Korean 7th graders' scholastic achievements in algebra domain measured by PowerSource(c). In addition, this study would examine the responses of teachers and students on its application.

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The Effects of Gubo-eum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) on the Pulmonary Thromboembolism and the Immediately Type Hypersensitivity (구보음(九寶飮)과 가미구보음(加味九寶飮)이 폐혈전색전(肺血栓塞栓) 및 즉시형(卽時型) Allergy반응(反應)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Kim, Gyoung-Min;Gang, Byoung-Ryoung;Park, Dong-Il;Jeong, Gwang-Sik
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.633-639
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    • 2000
  • Objective : Experimental studies were done to research the effects of Gubo-eum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) on the pulmonary thromboembolism and the immediately type hypersensitivity. Methods : For measuring the response about the pulmonary thromboembolism, we investigated a survival rate after the intravenous injection of sodium arachidonate and adenocine diphophate(ADP). For measuring the response about the immediately type hypersensitivity, we did the intravenous injection of histamin and serotonin, and phlebotomized and excoriated skin and investigated the amount of escaped pigment. Results : The each solid extract of Gubo-eum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) revealed significant decrease effect on viscosity of mucin solution. The each solid extract of Gubo-eum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) revealed significant effect on the pulmonary thromboembolism induced by sodium arachidonate and adenocine diphophate(ADP). The each solid extract of Guboeum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) revealed significant on vascular permeability responses to intradenmal histamine and serotonine. conclusions : The each solid extract of Gubo-eum(Jiubao-yin) and Kamigubo-eum(Jiameijiubao-yin) revealed significant effect on the immediately type hypersensitivity and the pulmonary thromboembolism.

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Research on Analysis of Factors Affecting Mathematics Academic Achievements: a Case Study of an Elementary School in Busan (수학 학업성취도의 영향 요인 분석 연구 - 부산광역시 동구의 초등학교 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Dong-Joon;Choi, Soo-Yeong
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.383-398
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    • 2009
  • We conduct a survey on mathematics academic achievement to 4th, 5th, and 6th grade elementary school students at Dong-Gu in Busan in order to provide teachers in elementary schools with basic research data. The survey questionnaire includes home background, private education, the difficulty degree of mathematics textbook, practical usage of computers, group-teaching, teaching methods, preview, review, homework amount, learning attitude, problem solving ability, interest for mathematics, and the relationships of a home room teacher and friends. Based on survey data we perform factor analysis to find major factors affecting mathematics academic achievement. We identify if there are statistically significant differences in responses of survey for gender group and grade group with regard to survey questions belonging to the major factors obtained in factor analysis.

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A Survey on the Utilization of Teaching Material for Elementary School Science (초등과학 탐구수업 지도자료의 활용 실태)

  • Shin, Young-Joon;Jang Myoung-Duk;Bae Jin-Ho;Kwon Nan-Joo;Yeo Sang-Ihn;Lee Heui-Soon;Noh Suk-Goo
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.160-173
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    • 2005
  • In this study, we had tried to present a plan for improving the actual conditions of practical utilization of teaching material for 6th grade science developed by Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development and distributed to all elementary schools in Korea. Also we presented ways of better utilization of the teaching material after investigating the actual conditions of practical utilization. A survey was made to investigate and collect all data in the major metropolitan cities, the Kangwon, Chungcheong, Honam, and Kyeongsang area, respectively. We surveyed 316 6th grader teachers to investigate the actual conditions of distribution and utilization of teaching material as a general research. In addition, we surveyed 46 teachers to investigate the organization and content of teaching material as a particular research. The results are as follows. First, the teaching material was not approximately transmitted and kept to 6th grader teachers. Second, the utilization guide was not made. Third, it was reported that the thematic divisions of teaching material was a strong point, but the less detailed experiment manual was a weak point. Fourth, the consideration of content difficulties and simplicity was necessary to improve the material. Fifth, additional items should be included in the introductory presentation, convenience of reorganization, activity material causing learning interest, guidance of substitution experiment, and more concrete notice of experiment activity. Finally, there were positive responses of more than 4.0 point of Likert scale (1 to 5 point scale) in detail investigations of thematic items, which could have possibility that the teaching material was helpful to elementary school science field.

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Responses of Javanese Muslims to Islam: Analysis of Three Religious Texts (이슬람의 유입과 자바 무슬림의 능동적 대응: 종교 텍스트에 대한 분석을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hyung-Jun
    • The Southeast Asian review
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.155-182
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of Islamization in Java, focusing on religious discourse among Muslim intellectuals. How Islamic tradition and knowledge have been perceived and utilized and how they have interacted with those of non-Islamic origin will be discussed. For this, three Islam-related books written in different phases of Islamization are to be analyzed: Babad Tanah Jawi compiled by Mataram court in the 17th century, Serat Cabolek written by a court poet in the late 18th or early 19th century, and Fikih Anti-korupsi published by reformist and scriptural organization of Muhammadiyah in 2006. Babad portrays conversion to Islam as a process which does not demand a dramatic outward change in religious practice. Scriptural tradition of Islam and the dichotomy between what is Islamic and what is not were not mentioned in order to explain conversion. Spiritual and mystical enlightenment was emphasized heavily, and for this, the importance of non-Islamic traditions was fully acknowledged. Serat tells us that this period was characterized by the surge of scriptural and shariah-minded Islam, maintenance of non-Islamic traditions, clashes between scriptural Islam and old religious traditions, and Javanese efforts to harmonize these. In Fikih, non-Islamic tradition is replaced by scriptural Islam and disappears totally. Interpretations based on the Scriptures, however, do not monopolize it and are used together with mode of analysis from the West. It is too much to call this 'intellectual syncretism', in that Islamic Scriptures and Western knowledge do not mix but stand side by side. Three books under examination reveal that the process of Islamization in Java has not been uniform. It has been conditioned and shaped by local socio-cultural and historical circumstances, where active engagement and intellectual exercise of Javanese Muslims have played key roles. Even Islamization in the last few decades is not an exception. The surge of scripturalism and fundamentalism does not simply bring about a move to Arabization. Interacting with local intellectual and socio-cultural milieu, this has produced a sort of intellectual hybridity, which is unique to Muslim society of Java.

An Aspect of Medical Life and Yakro in Joseon in the 19th Century Based on the Records of Sin Dae-woo's Family, Seo Yugu, and Lee Kyugyung (19세기 조선 의약 풍경과 '약로(藥露)' - 신대우 가계 기록물과 서유구, 이규경의 저술을 중심으로)

  • JEON Jong-wook
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.135-147
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    • 2022
  • Sin Dae-woo was a scholar representing the Ganghwa School in the late Joseon Dynasty. He was Jeong Je-du's grandson-in-law and also in charge of organizing Jeong Je-du's collection of writings. His three sons had a particularly close relationship with their father, so even when they published a collection of writings after his father's death, the names of the three were combined and marked as Jin-jak-shin. The records they left include Seokcheon Il-seung, who described the history of the family along with the collection of writings, Seongdo Il-rok, a diary of the time of Seongcheon Busa, and many letters exchanged over time. These records draw attention as they contain records of medical life, such as eye diseases that the family suffered, infectious diseases that caused many casualties, and Yakro (distilled herbal essence) that showed records of being used for treatment at the time. In this paper: 1) We examine the medicines, prescriptions, acupuncture, and medication used to treat eye diseases. 2) We carefully examine the epidemic, the responses of the parties to it, and the attitudes of those who stood at the boundary between death and life. 3) We look for clues to the use of Western-origin drugs called Yakro. Intellectuals of the time looked deeper into Lee Kyugyung's book and Seo Yu-gu's book on how they were reflected in Joseon's medical life. In conclusion, in the 18th and 9th centuries, we see that the influential families of the Ganghwa school freely brought in famous acupuncturists, used prescriptions that were included in medical books or not, and used Yakro from western origin that were not traditional methods of Joseon. Thus, we reveal that doctors of the Joseon had the capacity to pursue their medical life more actively and had open-minded exchanges than our existing perceptions.

Anti-allergic Effects of Samhwangsasim-tang ($S{\bar{a}}nhu{\acute{a}}ngxi{\grave{e}}x{\bar{i}}nt{\bar{a}}ng$) on Ovalbumin-induced Allergic Model in Mice (삼황사심탕(三黃瀉心湯)이 난황 알부민으로 유도된 알레르기 Mouse모델에서 항알레르기 효과)

  • Choi, Chong-Hwan;Keum, Seon-Oh;Lee, Se-Won;Kim, Il-Hyun;Lee, Ha-Il;Song, Yung-Sun
    • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.71-85
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    • 2014
  • Objectives In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of Samhwangsasim-tang (S.H) on the allergic response caused by ovalbumin(OVA) sensitization and challenge in BALB/c mice. Methods The experimental animals were divided into five groups; 1) normal as negative control, 2) OVA-sensitized mice, 3) OVA-sensitized mice treated with 200 mg/kg of S.H 200, 4) OVA-sensitized mice treated with 400 mg/kg of S.H 400, and 5) OVA-sensitized mice treated with 5 mg/kg of Dexamethasone (Dex). Antigen sensitization for allergic mouse model was performed with twice injection of OVA for 2 weeks. After secondary injection, S.H was administrated orally into mice every day for 13 days and the inhibitory effect of S.H on allergic responses was evaluated. Results Treatment of S.H into allergic mice reduced significantly ear edema and infiltration of immune cells in ear tissues induced with OVA challenge in a dose-dependent manner. S.H reduced significantly the serum levels of Total Immunoglobulin(Ig)G and IgE, and particularly inhibited the production of OVA-specific IgE, but not OVA-specific IgG. The serum level of proinflammatory cytokine TNF-${\alpha}$ and Th2-associated cytokine IL-4 also were significantly decreased by S.H adminstration in a dose denpendent manner. S.H attenuated OVA-induced secretion of IFN-${\gamma}$, but not IL-12 which is a cytokine inducing the development of Th1 cells. It also reduced significantly the secretion of IL-4, which is a cytokine inducing the development of Th2 cells, after splenocytes were stimulated with OVA. However the secretion of IL-5 and IL-13 was influenced weakly or a little. Conclusions These results indicate that S.H could reduce the allergic response through inhibition of antigen-specific IgE and Th2-inducing cytokines. It suggest that S.H may be available clinically for the treatment of allergic patients.

Fine Structure on the Pigment Epithelial Cell and the Bruch's Membrane of the Rat Retina after X-Irradiation (X-선 조사를 받은 흰쥐 망막의 색소상피세포와 기저복합층의 미세구조)

  • Ko, Jeong-Sik;Shin, Ki-Ho;Ahn, E.Tay;Yang, Nam-Gil;Park, Kyung-Ho;Kim, Jin-Gook
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.11-26
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    • 1993
  • This experiment was performed to study the morphological responses of the pigment epithelial cell and the Bruch's membrane of the retina of rat following X-ray irradiation. Male rats were divided into normal and experimental groups. The heads of the rats, under sodium thiopental anesthesia, were exposed to 3,000 rads or 6,000 rads of radiation in a single dose, respectively. The source was a Mitsubishi Linear Accelerator ML-4MV. The target to skin distance was 80cm, and the. dose rate was 200 rads/min. The experimental groups were sacrificed on the 6th hour, 2nd and 6th day after X-ray irradiation. Under anesthesia, 1% glutaraldehyde-1% paraformaldehyde solution(0.1M Millonig's phosphate buffer, pH 7.3) was perfused through the left ventricle and ascending aorta. Pieces of the tissue taken from the posterior region of the retina were fixed in 2.5% glutaraldehyde-1.5% paraformaldehyde(0.1M Millonig's phosphate buffer, pH 7.3) and 1% osmium tetroxide(0.1M Millonig's phosphate buffer, pH7.3), and embedded in araldite mixture. The ultrathin sections contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate were observed with JEM 100 CX-II electron microscope. The results were as follow; 1. The morphological changes of the pigment epithelial cells were not pronounced after exposure to 3,000 rads of X-ray. But on the 6th hour after exposure to 6,000 rads of X-ray, bulging nuclear membrane protruding into the cytoplasm and nuclear chromatin clumped into numerous masses along the nuclear membrane were observed. At the 2nd and 6th day post-irradiation, partial cytolysis or necrosis were seen. 2. The thickness of the Bruch's membrane of the experimental groups were increased in the time and dose range covered by this study, and splitting or diffusing basal laminae of the choriocapillary layer were observed frequently in the experimental group. Above results suggest that large amount(6,000 rads) of head irradiation induce direct hazardous effects on the pigment epitherial cells and Bruch's membrane of the retina of the rat, but pigment epithelial cells are more radioresistant than Bruch's membrane.

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