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A Case of Seizures after Zolpidem Withdrawal (고용량 졸피뎀 복용 중단 이후 발생한 경련발작 1례)

  • Moon, Hyung Jun;Lee, Jung Won;Yoo, Byeong Dae
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.127-129
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    • 2013
  • The imidazopyridine, zolpidem, a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic drug, is widely-prescribed for insomnia. It is regarded as a good alternative to benzodiazepine because of the reduced possibility for abuse and development of dependence. However, more recently, due to the reduced possibility for abuse and development of dependence, it is regarded as a good alternative to benzodiazepine. adverse effects of zolpidem have been recognized. The objective of this report is to provide information on the potential for occurrence of benzodiazepine-like withdrawal seizure in patients who chronically take zolpidem continually. We present and discuss a case of seizure after sudden interruption of the protracted use of an abusively high dose of zolpidem. Zolpidem may not be the ideal drug for longterm pharmacotherapeutic management of insomnia. Clinicians should administer zolpidem at a low-dose for a short period of time for prevention of drug abuse and dependence and the potential for occurrence of benzodiazepine- like withdrawal seizure.

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Composition and Temperature Dependence of Structural Changes in Borosilicate Glasses by Spectrometer (분광계에 의한 Borosilicate계 글라스의 조성 및 온도의존성 평가)

  • Park Sung-Je;Ryu Bong-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.786-790
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    • 2005
  • We investigated the particularity of temperature and composition changes in $xNa_2O{\cdot}(52.5-x)B_2O_3{\cdot}47.5SiO_2$ glasses by use of FT-IR, $^{11}B$ NMR, Raman spectrometer. From FT-IR and $^{11}B$ NMR spectrometer, we thought that tetrahedral boron, $BO_4$ units are created $N_4$ increasing tendency generated near $600^{\circ}C$. It's expected that composition ana heat treatment directly contributed to structural changes, this changes are following to $Na_2O$ increasing or decreasing. caused by $N_4\;and\;BO_4$ units are caused by relatively increasing or decreasing in the glasses' structure. Particularly, $BO_4$ units are converted to $BO_3$ units after $600^{\circ}C$ heat treatment for 50h in the composition of $x<18(R<0.5,\;R=Na_2O/B_2O_3\;mol\%)$. On the order hand, $BO_3$ units are converted to, $BO_4$ units after $600^{\circ}C$ heat treatment for 50h in the composition of $x{\geq}18\;(R>0.5)$. This particularity of composition and temperature dependence of structural changes are similarly represented by Raman analysis results.

A Comparative Analysis on the Performance Factors of CDMA and WIPI Technology Policies : Focusing on System of Innovation, Governance Structure, and Path Dependence (CDMA와 WIPI 기술정책의 성과요인 비교분석 : 혁신시스템, 거버넌스구조, 경로의존성을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyo Jin
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.171-190
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    • 2019
  • This study comparatively analyzes the cases of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and WIPI (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability) to find out the success and failure factors of technology policies in the field of mobile communication industry. For this purpose, the two cases are analyzed through a new analysis framework, which is made by combining System of Innovation with a range of variables derived from precedent studies, such as external environment, institutions, technological system, governance structure, and interactions of actors. The results of analysis show that in the CDMA case, the following factors led to success ; Korea made good use of the external opportunities in the early stage of digital communication technology and adopted a suitable governance structure for the technological system. Main actors in Innovation System had strong will for success and engaged in cooperative interaction. For the WIPI, however, the timing of technology policy was inappropriate and a unsuitable governance structure for technological system was chosen because of path dependence. The Innovation System failded to respond efficiently to the situation where conflicts among actors had intensified, US trade pressure had increased and innovative smartphones emerged. The results of this study provide the practical implications for the success of technology policy; namely it is important to choose a governance structure that suits the external environment and characteristics of technology and to activate cooperative interactions among actors in Innovation System.

The U.S. Contagion Effects on Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Developing Countries

  • HEMA, Itsarawadee;OSATHANUNKUL, Rossarin
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.55-67
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to measure the lower tail dependence as risk contagion from the U.S. economy to 18 developing countries affecting FDI inflows using time-series data from 2005 to 2019. Firstly, we utilize four dynamic copula models, namely, Student-t, Clayton, rotated survival Gumbel, and rotated survival Joe, to measure the tail dependence structure between the U.S. and each developing country's real GDP growth. Secondly, we use the regression model to explore the contagion effects on FDI inflows. The results show that there is evidence of the tail dependence between the U.S and developing economies, indicating the presence of the contagion effects. Primarily, we observe that the degree of contagion effects of the global financial crisis varies across countries; a strong impact is observed in Chinese, South African, Russian, Colombian, and Mexican economic growth. Furthermore, we found significant contagion risk affecting FDI inflows positively in China, Indonesia, Columbia, Morocco, and negatively in the Philippines, Bulgaria, and South Africa. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the copulas model in terms of examining contagion. Our findings shed light on the influence of sound policies and regulations to cope with both positive and negative consequences of the contagion on the capital movement.

Analysis of Determinants of Regional Unemployment Rate Using Dynamic Spatial Panel Model (동적공간패널모형을 이용한 지역 실업률 결정요인 분석)

  • Kim, So-Youn;Ryu, Su-Yeol
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.277-288
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    • 2022
  • Purpose - This study analyzed the determinants of local unemployment rate in Korea using panel data from 16 metropolitan cities and provinces from 2000 to 2018. Design/methodology/approach - We use a dynamic spatial panel model that considers characteristics of the regional unemployment rate such as the common factors effect, spatial dependence, and serial correlations. Findings - The local unemployment rate is affected by the past and present values of the national unemployment rate. And it is significantly affected by the past local unemployment rate and the past neighboring unemployment rate because spatial dependence and serial correlations are clearly present. In addition, when the industrial structure diversity and labor productivity were high, the regional unemployment rate decreased, and when the education level was high, the regional unemployment rate increased. Research implications or Originality - In order to reduce regional unemployment rate, it is necessary to plan and establish regional customized industrial structure policies under the stance of diversification rather than specializing the regional industrial structure and accompany improvement of the quality of education with the number of years of education. In addition, the redistribution of labor from low labor productivity sectors to high labor productivity sectors through technology development will help to reduce the local unemployment rate.

Clinical Guidelines for Anti-anxiety Drug Use (항불안제 사용의 임상지침)

  • Lim, Ki-Young
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.31-39
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    • 1994
  • Anxiety and anxiety disorders are one of the most common and most serious psychiatric problems. Anti-anxiety drugs are one of the most effective treatment method for these problems. Benzodiazepines have various side-effects and the risk of overuse and abuse. Therefore, physicians should prescribe benzodiazepines carefully. However, they should not be discouraged from prescribing benzodiazepines when they have a knowledge of the pharmacological characteristics of these drugs and there is a clear indication for their use. Generally speaking, problems of benzodiazepine use such as dependence withdrawal symptoms, and cognitive impairment are more likely to occur with high dose, long-term use(more than 4 months), in geriatric patients and patients with a history of alcohol or other sustance abuse. But long-term or high-dose use can be jusified for patients with panic disorder of agoraphobia, and medically-ill patients with persistent anxiety that cannot be otherwise treated. In summary, there cannot be a general prescribing formulation for benzodiazepine use. Physician should always make their decision based on the individual patient's risk/benefit factors.

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Cooling Performance of LED Head Lamp with Heat Sink and Cooling Fan (팬과 히트 싱크를 이용한 LED 전조등의 냉각성능 해석)

  • Ko, Man-Seok;Lee, Ju-Han;Oh, Sang-June;Cho, Hyen-Seok;Seo, Tea-Beom
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.12
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    • pp.947-951
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    • 2009
  • LED has the merits of high reliability, semi-permanent life, rapid-response and its small size for use as light source of head lamp. But the dependence of its performance and life on temperature affect on its practical use. Which dependence makes problem when the LED is heated up to a higher temperature level by self-generation of heat, due to "highly integration" to get enough quantity of light. To solve this problem, effective cooling system is needed that consider conduction, convection and radiation. This study points out the limits of natural convection cooling system and propose of forced convection with heat sink. Also, it describes a correlation between heat sink area and fluid velocity using numerical analysis to optimize the cooling system.

A Study on Evaluation Model based Characteristics of Website (구축목적에 따른 웹사이트평가 모형에 관한 연구 - 평가모형 개발 방법을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim Jung-Ja;Lee Jung-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 2005
  • Internet website is widely used as strategic mean for making profits as well as corporate advertisement. Therefore, website becomes necessary to evaluate for improving the efficiency of the website. Especially companies construct the website with different purposes, so applying the universal web evaluation model is inefficient. Also existing research about website evaluation model don't consider about the dependence of each evaluation factor. In this paper, we propose the developing methodology of website evaluation model considering the dependence of evaluation factors. This developing methodology use FSM and the inference algorithm using levelized FCM.

Research on Asocial Behavior by Types of Internet Addiction in Elementary School Students (인터넷 중독에 따른 초등학생의 비사회 행동 연구)

  • Hong, Seung-Pyo;Lee, Hee-Joo
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.205-216
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    • 2007
  • An internet addiction measure(Park et al., 2001) and an asocial behavior measure(K. J. Lee, 1997) were administered to 232 6th-grade students. Statistical analyses were by mean-difference scores and t-test. Results showed that all aspects of internet addiction(preoccupation, compulsive use, relapse, tolerance/dependence and impediments in daily life) were related to both the inner asocial behaviors of depression, social withdrawal and over-anxiety and the external asocial behaviors of aggressiveness, delinquency and hyperactivity. The only exception was that tolerance/dependence was not related to delinquency. Boys addicted to the internet were more socially withdrawn, aggressive, delinquent and hyperactive than girls. From the results, it can be suggested that internet education should be carried out from the elementary educational level.

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Regression Analysis of Longitudinal Data Based on M-estimates

  • Jung, Sin-Ho;Terry M. Therneau
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.201-217
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    • 2000
  • The method of generalized estimating equations (GEE) has become very popular for the analysis of longitudinal data. We extend this work to the use of M-estimators; the resultant regression estimates are robust to heavy tailed errors and to outliers. The proposed method does not require correct specification of the dependence structure between observation, and allows for heterogeneity of the error. However, an estimate of the dependence structure may be incorporated, and if it is correct this guarantees a higher efficiency for the regression estimators. A goodness-of-fit test for checking the adequacy of the assumed M-estimation regression model is also provided. Simulation studies are conducted to show the finite-sample performance of the new methods. The proposed methods are applied to a real-life data set.

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