• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.147-164
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• 1993

A study has been conducted on developing questionnaires to serve as on site diagnostic tools for the early detection of neuropsychiatric impairment among workers chronically exposed to low-level organic solvents. Two drafts of tentative questionnaires have been developed as follows; several question items were selected from questionnaires which were administered to workers exposed to organic solvents in previous studios and were grouped into each symptom category based on the presence of its association using Guttman scaling method, then these selected items were reviewed by neuropsychiatry specialists. The final draft of the questionnaire (total symptom score=36) was developed by selecting 33 question items which had more than a 0.88 Guttman coefficient of reproducibility in each symptom category from a pilot study in which these tentative questionnaires were administered to workers manufacturing soles. Three plants using organic solvents and one plant never using organic solvents as a control group were selected to test the reliability and validity of the developed questionnaires. The major organic solvent in the workplace environment detected by a personal air sampler and GC/MSD nab toluene. The concentration of toluene in air from the department using organic solvent was statistically different from that of the department never using organic solvent. The concentration of toluene from almost all of the workplace did not exceed the allowable level. There was no statistically significant difference between the concentration of urinary hippuric acid from the workers of the department using organic solvent and that of the department never using it. Total symptom score of the plant never using organic solvents was 9.8 and those of the three plants using organic solvents were 15.6, 14.7, and 13,7 respectively. In order to evaluate the validity of the questionnaires, the workers from two different departments of the plant in which usage of organic solvents are totally dofferemt were compared. The total symptom score was 17.8 for workers of the department using organic solvent and 13.5 for the department never using organic solvent and scores of each symptom group between exposure and non-exposure group also showed statistically significant difference. The finding that total symptom score of the exposure group increased as the duration of employment increased indirectly suggests the usefulness of the developed questionnaire to assess the health effects of chronic exposure to organic solvents. The correlation coefficient, which was calculated to evaluate the test-retest reliability, was 0.581 (p=0.001). The coefficient of Crohnbach which reflects the internal consistency of the questionnaire was 0.91. In conclusion, the reliabilty of the questionnaire was well maintained over the time lapse between the two administrations of the questionnaire and despite the seasonal difference.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2012

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine about workers' oral health status and oral health behavior practice. Methods : Questionnaire survey was carried out targeting 331 workers within the industrial complex of Jeonju city in 2011. As a result of surveying and analyzing workers' oral health status, habit related to oral health, activity restriction, which is oral disease phase, and oral health practice level by using SPSSWIN 12.0. Results : 1. Workers' experience of visiting dental hospital(clinic) for the past one year was indicated to be the highest with 64.9% in the working period with 10 years-under 20 years(p<0.001). Experience of scaling was indicated to be averagely 38.8%. 2. The oral health status perceived by workers was the highest with 40.5% in 'having something abnormal'. A problem was the highest with 28.0% in 'dental caries'. A cause was indicated to be 42.6% in 'because of being naturally weak in tooth or the gum.' The biggest reason for having failed to receive the dental treatment at a proper time was indicated to be the highest with 24.8% in 'because of feeling burdensome about dental expense. '3. 58.4% of male workers were smoking. The use of dental hygiene device was the highest with 40.6% in mouth-rinse. 4. Absence caused by oral disease was indicated to be the highest with 13.8% in the household income in more than 3,500,000won, thereby having shown the significant difference(p<0.05). Early leaving was indicated to be the highest 13.9% in more than 50s age, thereby having shown the significant difference(p<0.05). Also, as for factors of absence and early leaving, a pain was the highest with 64.7%. 5. Workers' oral health practice level was the highest with 2.85 points in 'Brushing teeth before going to bed'. Conclusions : Synthesizing these findings, the oral management could be known to be made negligently in the workers with the older age, the lower academic background, and the lower income. The institutional foundation is considered to be necessary for which the oral health education can be efficiently performed in addition to a need of periodic oral examination for these classes.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.569-582
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• 2007

The author aims at first securing basic material required for developing and operating proper oral health care education programs though making an investigation into the undergraduates of S College of Education on the actual status of oral health care and perceptions of oral health care education. The obtained results were as follows 1. In the actual status of oral care based on whether or not they have experiences in taking oral health care education, undergraduates with teeth brushing for more than three minutes a time were found to be 25.9% and 15.7% respectively according to the existence and nonexistence of experiences in the education(pM0.020), and undergraduates with teeth brushing in a circular motion was found to be 64.7% and 51.7% respectively, showing statistically significant differences(pM0.015). 2. In the actual status of preventative oral care according to whether or not they have experiences in taking oral care education, degrees of awareness of the usefulness of dental cleansers among the undergraduates were found to be 37.6% and 21.5% respectively according to the existence and nonexistence of experiences in the education(pM0.001), undergraduates with experiences in scaling were found to be 51.8% and 34.9% respectively(pM0.002) and undergraduates with experiences in having dental sealants were found to be 26.5% and 16.9%(pM0.031), showing statistically significant differences. 3. In the survey on perceptions of oral health care according to the existence and nonexistence of experiences in oral health care education, it was revealed that the case that they indicated 'the necessity of oral health care education' was 87.1% and 64.0% respectively according to the existence and nonexistence of the experience(pM0.000), and undergraduates intended to 'participate in oral care education for students(at mid and high schools and so on) after being teachers' were 77.6% and 65.7% respectively, showing statistically significant differences(pM0.011). 4. In general characteristics according to awareness of the necessity of cultivating oral health professionals, groups with awareness of the necessity consisted of 31.8% of freshmen and juniors(pM0.001), 55.69b of female undergraduates(pM0.001), 80.8% of non-smokers(pM0.012), 38.9% of large city residents(pM0.002) and 32.3% of undergraduates living in their own houses (pM0.028), showing statistically significant differences.

• 환경생물
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2016

본 연구는 중북부지방 적응성 자운영 선발 및 수집 계통간 형태적, 유전적 근연관계를 분석한 것으로서 총 수집된 16개 자운영 계통 중 파주종은 엽각이 적고, 지하부의 발육이 좋아 형태적 형질이 월동에 적합한 초형이었다. 또한 구례 수집종은 개화기가 타 수집종에 비해 일주일 가량 빨랐다. 유전적 근연관계를 검정하기 위해 8개 primer 조합으로 AFLP를 실시한 결과 총 579개의 밴드를 얻었으며, 이 중 polymorphism을 갖는 밴드는 61.54%인 336개 밴드였다. AFLP 데이터를 이용해 군집분석을 실시한 결과 계통 간 유사도 지수는 0.826~0.939 사이의 값을 가지며, 구례와 파주 수집종은 타 수집종과 유전적 유사도에서 비교적 큰 차이를 보였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.258-266
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• 2012

본 연구는 일부 대학생들의 흡연행태와 흡연자와 비흡연자 간의 흡연에 대한 인식과 구강건강관리행태를 알아보고자 경상북도, 대구광역시, 강원도에 위치한 4년제 대학교에 재학 중인 대학생 260명을 대상으로 흡연에 대한 인식과 구강건강관리행태에 대해 조사한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 흡연자의 하루 평균 흡연량은 반 갑 미만이, 흡연기간은 1년~3년 미만이 가장 높았으며, 흡연을 시작하게 된 동기는 호기심과 주변 권유가 가장 높았고, 흡연이유는 스트레스 해소, 습관적 순으로 나타났다. 2. 흡연유무에 따른 구강건강관리행태 중 1회 잇솔질 시간, 정기적 치과 내원, 최근 치과 내원시기, 치과 방문 목적, 스켈링 및 구강보건교육 경험에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 3. 흡연유무에 따른 구강건강에 대한 인식 중 주관적 구강건강상태에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 4. 흡연유무에 따른 흡연에 대한 인식 중 담배, 한 두 개피 정도의 담배, 식후의 담배 및 간접흡연이 건강에 미치는 영향에 대한 인식에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 볼 때 흡연자는 비흡연자에 비해 구강건강관리행태 및 구강건강에 대한 인식, 흡연에 대한 인식이 부족하므로, 대학생들을 위한 금연교육과 구강보건교육 프로그램 개발의 활성화가 필요하다고 사료된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.115-128
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• 2016

This study examined the relationship between macrobenthic distribution patterns and environmental factors in salt marsh vegetation in Donggeomdo, Ganghwa on the west coast of Korea. Nine stations were fixed on a transect across the salt marsh vegetation, and field sampling was carried out monthly from July 1997 to June 1998. A total of 38 species of macrobenthos were recorded: each of faunal groups, 13 (34.2%) Arthropoda, 12 (31.6%) Polychaeta, 8 (21.1%) Mollusca, and 5 (13.2%) others. The mean density was $2,659individuals/m^2$, with a mean biomass of $178.6gWWt/m^2$. Mollusca dominated in terms of abundance and biomass, with a mean density of $2,172individuals/m^2$ (81.7%) and a mean biomass of $131.9gWWt/m^2$ (73.9%). The number of species decreased in winter (January-February), while mean density increased in the spring (May-June). The biomass was relatively in Summer and Fall (July-November), than any other season. The number of species was high in pure stands of Suaeda japonica in the lower salt marsh vegetation, and the mean density and biomass were high in mixed halophyte communities in the middle salt marsh vegetation. Two Mollusca, the bivalve Glauconome chinensis and gastropod Assiminea lutea, were dominant. The densities of these two species were high in mixed halophyte communities in the middle salt marsh vegetation. Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (nMDS) showed that the study area could be divided into four groups corresponding to the vertical distribution of tidal levels and halophytes. Spearman's rank correlation revealed that the distribution patterns and community structure of macrobenthos were related to environment variables such as salinity of the substrates, exposure time, and grain size compositions of the sediment in the salt marsh vegetation. Particularly, the distribution and density of some dominant species showed differences along the vertical distributions of halophytes.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2005

전자 부품의 크기가 점점 줄어들고 고집적화됨에 따라 전자 패키지 내부에 사용되는 금속간 간격이 줄어들고 있다. 이에 더하여 고온 고습한 환경에서 금속간에 전압이 인가되면 금속의 이온화가 촉진, 금속으로 이루어진 필라멘트가 형성되어 결국 절연파괴에 이르게 된다. 이러한 현상이 electrochemical migration(ECM)이다. 이에 인쇄회로기판을 사용하여 ECM 특성 평가를 수행하였다. 항온/항습조건($85^{\circ}C,\;85{\%}RH$)에서 PCB의 $300 {\mu}m$의 단자간격을 가진 through-hole via 표면에서 발생하는 ECM 현상은 CAF가 절연파괴의 주된 메커니즘이었다. solder를 구성하는 Sn과 Pb 조성 분석을 통해 Pb 의 이온 이동도가 Sn의 이온 이동도보다 큰 것을 알 수 있었으며 이는 급격한 양극용해 거동을 보이는 pure Pb의 분극거동과 상관관계가 있는 것으로 사료된다. 또한 시간에 따른 절연파괴시간 시험을 통하여 ECM에 의한 절연파괴시간이 인가전압에 의존하며 인가전압 의존성 지수값(n)은 2로 나타났다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.145-157
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• 2000

Cytotoxic substances in dental calculus and root cementum of periodontally diseased teeth inhibit new attachment and regeneration. The purpose of scaling and root planing is to remove pathologic structures harboring these cytotoxic substances in order to create a biologically acceptable root surface. However, these procedures inevitably leave a non-biocompatible smear layer. Conventionally, the smear layer has been removed with low pH etching agents such as citric acid, phosphoric acid and tetracycline hydrochloride(TC). Lately, a supersaturated neutral pH etching solution of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid(EDTA) has been found to be as effective as low pH etchants with respect to smear removal and to be superior in exposing root surfaceassociated collagen. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of root surface treatment using EDTA on the initial attachment of human gingival fibroblasts. 27 human teeth, extracted due to severe periodontitis, were cut into dentin slices after root planing. The specimens were divided into TC group(treated with $50㎎/m{\ell}$ tetracycline-HCl, pH 1.52), EDTA group(treated with 17% EDTA, pH 7.4), and non-treated control group. After sterilization, 5th subcultured human gingival fibroblasts were seeded in each culture well containing a prepared root slice and incubated for 15 min., 60 min., and 4 hours in 5% $CO_2$ incubator at $37^{\circ}C$. At each incubation time, the number of attached fibroblasts were counted on the microphotographs taken at a magnification of x100. The difference of the number of attached cells between groups was statistically analyzed by the ANOVA followed by Duncan test in SPSS/PC＋programs. The results were as follows : 1. After incubation for 15 min, the attached cells were significantly more in EDTA group and TC group than non-treated control group(p<0.05), but there was no significance in the difference between EDTA group and TC group(p>0.1). 2. After incubation for 60 min and 4 hours, there was no significant difference in the number of attached cells between all groups(p>0.1). 3. In both EDTA group and TC group, there was no significant difference in the number of attached cells between different incubation(p>0.1). But in control group, the number of attached cells was significantly increased after incubation for 60 min, compared with incubation for 15 min(p<0.05). The above results suggest that root surface treatment using EDTA could enhance the initial attachment of gingival fibroblasts to root surface as effective as tetracycline-HCl.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of compliance with supportive periodontal therapy(SPT), to determine if any significant differences existed in the characteristics of compliant, erratically compliant and non-compliant patients and to identify reasons for poor compliance. Materials and methods: Four hundred five patients who initially visited between July 2003 and December 2004 and were treated until June 2005 were retrospectively evaluated for their compliance with SPT in terms of attendance for a recommended schedule of visits. Patients' compliance was classified as complete compliance(attended more than 80% of the recommended appointments), erratic compliance(attended less than 80% of the recommended appointments or discontinued) and non-compliance(did not return for SPT). Analysis was made for each group to correlate the degree of compliance with gender, age, smoking, distance between their houses and the hospital, disease severity, type of therapy, implant, plaque control instruction and systemic diseases. Tele research of erratically compliant and non-compliant patients was carried out to identify reasons for their poor compliance. Results: Only 24.7% of the patients were in complete compliance. The highest drop-out rate(32.4%) occurred in the first year. A significantly greater percentage of non-smokers and patients who finished plaque control instruction were in complete compliance. A significantly greater percentage of patients without implant and patients who had been treated by only scaling and root planing were in non-compliance. More males were found to be compliant with SPT, although this was marginally significant. There were no significant differences between compliant, erratically compliant and non-compliant patients with regard to age, distance, disease severity and systemic disease. The survey revealed that the main reasons for poor compliance with SPT were inconvenient location and insufficient time. Conclusion: Patients' compliance with SPT was poor and the highest drop-out rate(32.4%) occurred in the first year. Significant relationships were found between the degree of compliance and smoking, type of therapy, implant, plaque control instruction and gender.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.489-498
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• 2005

최근 콘크리트 구조물의 성능 저하는 염해, 중성화, 동결융해 및 기타 요인에 의해 증가하고 있고 콘크리트 성능 저하를 방지하기 위해 다양한 대책이 강구되고 있다. 이러한 콘크리트 성능 저하를 방지하기 위한 방법 중에 콘크리트 표면을 보호함으로써 성능 저하 요인을 차단할 수 있는 콘크리트 표면 처리제가 종종 사용되고 있다. 콘크리트 보수$\cdot$방수재료는 에폭시와 같은 유기계 재료가 많이 사용되고 있으며, 이런 재료는 초기접착력과 내약품성이 우수한 장점을 가지고 있다 그러나 이런 유기재료는 콘크리트와의 탄성계수 및 수축팽창율이 차이로 시간이 경과함에 따라 박리, 들뜸 현상이 발생하는 등 내구성에 문제가 있는 것으로 지적되고 있다. 한편 최근 콘크리트 구조물의 내구성 및 방수성능을 향상시키기 위해 무기질계 침투형 보수$\cdot$방수재의 사용사례가 증가하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 콘크리트 표면을 강화시켜 $CO_2$ 가스, 염화물 이온 등의 열화물질을 차단시키며 동시에 방수성능을 부여할 수 있는 콘크리트 침투형 성능개선제를 개발하였다.