• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.111-128
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• 2023

Trigger finger is a common cause of hand disability that results in finger catching, clicking, or locking. Conventional treatment options such as medication, injection, and surgery have limitations. Studies have indicated that acupuncture and acupotomy can be effective in treating trigger finger. However, no review regarding these treatment modalities has been published yet. This review included randomized controlled trials published until January 2023, investigating acupuncture-related interventions. The primary outcomes of interest included the effectiveness rate (ER) and pain intensity, measured using a visual analog scale (VAS) and Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and secondary outcomes were the Quinnell grade (QG) and recurrence rate (RR). Adverse events (AEs) have also been reported wherever available. Overall, 19 studies were included, and results demonstrated that arcedge acupuncture improved the ER and QG and reduced NRS, and acupuncture was effective in reducing VAS. Compared with conventional surgery, acupotomy alone improved the ER and QG and lowered VAS and RR, with relatively fewer AEs. Acupotomy add-on treatment was more effective than conventional treatment; however, careful interpretation is needed for VAS. Acupotomy add-on treatment was more effective than acupotomy alone. However, the overall results must be interpreted with caution because of study quality, small sample size, and heterogeneity of the results.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.615-624
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• 2020

An effective sampling method is necessary to monitor potato tuber moths (Phthorimaea operculella) because they are the biggest concern in potato-cultivating areas. In this study, a sequential sampling method was developed based on the results of field surveys of potato tuber moths in South Korea. Potato tuber moths were collected in fields cultivating potatoes at six sites, and their spatial distribution was investigated using the Taylor power law. The optimal sampling size and cumulative number of potato tuber moths in traps to stop sampling were determined based on the spatial distribution pattern and mean density of the collected potato tuber moths. Finally, the developed sampling method was applied to propose a control action, and its sampling efficiency was compared with that of the traditional sampling method using a binomial distribution. The potato tuber moths tended to aggregate; the optimal number was approximately 5 - 16 traps for sampling, and the number varied with the mean density of potato tuber moths according to the sampling sites. In addition, one, two, and three sites might require the following actions: Continued sampling, control, and no control, respectively. Sampling with the binomial distribution showed the minimum sample size was 12 when considering the economic threshold level. Here, we propose an effective sampling method that can be applied for future monitoring and field surveys of potato tuber moths in South Korea.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.772-779
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• 2013

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) plays an important role in genomic selection and mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL). In this study, the pattern of LD and effective population size ($N_e$) were investigated in Chinese beef Simmental cattle. A total of 640 bulls were genotyped with IlluminaBovinSNP50BeadChip and IlluminaBovinHDBeadChip. We estimated LD for each autosomal chromosome at the distance between two random SNPs of <0 to 25 kb, 25 to 50 kb, 50 to 100 kb, 100 to 500 kb, 0.5 to 1 Mb, 1 to 5 Mb and 5 to 10 Mb. The mean values of $r^2$ were 0.30, 0.16 and 0.08, when the separation between SNPs ranged from 0 to 25 kb to 50 to 100 kb and then to 0.5 to 1 Mb, respectively. The LD estimates decreased as the distance increased in SNP pairs, and increased with the increase of minor allelic frequency (MAF) and with the decrease of sample sizes. Estimates of effective population size for Chinese beef Simmental cattle decreased in the past generations and $N_e$ was 73 at five generations ago.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.74-86
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• 2000

Objectives : This is the experimental paper to study the curative and preventive effects of Dansambohyultang, Methods : Oriental herb medicine for gastro-intestinal disease caused by stress, on the rats put under the stress through starvation, heating and immoblization, the author used four different group; the normal group, which was not put under stress and well fed, and the control group, to which the drug was not administered and put under the stress through starvation, heating and immoblization, the Sample I, to which the drug was administered before they were put under stress, the Sample lI, to which the drug was administered after they were put under stress. Results : When a Masson's trichrome stain method was applied to the control group, a small size of ulcer was found in the fundus and the pylorus, and atrophy was observed in the neck region of mucous membrane. When the drug was administered to the Sample I and the Sample II, the former recovered from the ulcer and atrophy to almost normal and showed better results than the latter. When a Masson's trichrome stain method was applied to the control group, atrophy of mucous membrane was found all over the intestines. When the drug was administered to the Sample I and the Sample ll, the curative and recovered effects was seen in both, but the former showed better results than the latter. After application of Mayer's hematoxylin stain method, the observation of numerical changes of goblet cells in the small intestines showed the most significant decrease in the control group. In the Sample I, the number of the cells in the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum returned to an almost normal level. In the Sample II, a slight increase was observed only in the ileum. After application of Mayer's hematoxylin stain method, the observation of numerical changes of goblet cell in the large intestines showed a significant decreased in the control group. Both the Sample I and the Sample II showed an increase in the number of goblet cells in comparison with the control group. When a serotonin-immunoreaction test was applied, the control group showed a general decrease in the number of gastro-entero-endocrine cells, The Sample I showed the effect in all over gastro.intestinal tract as compared with control group and the Sample II showed the effect in all over gastro-intestinal tract except the duodenum and the former showed better results than the latter. Conclusion : According to the above results, the regions which are most sensitive to stress were observed to the ileum and the colon. It was concluded that Dansambohyultang has a remedical value particularly on the abnormalities caused by stress in all over gastro-intestinal tract and it was found to be more effective in the Sample I than in the Sample ll. Judging from the fact that the Sample I showed better results than the Sample ll, Dansambohyultang can be said to have a preventive effect more than a curative effect on gastro-intestinal tract disease.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.2945-2950
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• 2015

경질 폴리우레탄 폼(RPUF) 제조에서의 단열성 향상을 위하여 사용되는 PFA (Perfluoroalkane)는 액상의 발포 기핵제로서 성능은 뛰어나지만 매우 고가일 뿐만 아니라 불소화합물로서 환경 유해성 물질이다. 따라서 이를 대체할 수 있는 고성능의 대체 기핵제 개발에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이에 대하여 다중벽 탄소나노튜브(MWCNT)를 고상 기핵제로 사용하여 제조한 샘플에서의 셀 크기 및 단열 성능과 기계적 물성에 미치는 영향을 비교 연구하여 보고자 하였다. 셀의 평균크기는 $165.6{\mu}m$에서 $162.9{\mu}m$로 상대적으로 더 작아졌으며, 표준 편차 역시 각각 45.6 및 35.2로서 상대적으로 더 균일한 셀 크기 분포를 가진 것으로 나타났다. k-factor 값 역시 0.01763 및 $0.01745kcal/m.hr.^{\circ}C$의 값으로서 1.02%가 감소된 더 작은 값을 나타내었다. 또한 압축 응력 시험에서의 초기 모듈러스는 상대적으로 더 큰 값을 나타내었으나 압축항복 응력은 약 $0.030{\times}105Pa$로서 거의 같은 값을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과들로 부터 MWCNT는 매우 우수한 기핵제로 작용함을 알 수 있었고, 따라서 소량의 MWCNT를 기핵제로 사용하여 경제적이면서도 우수한 단열효과와 기계적 물성을 지닌 친환경적인 경질 폴리우레탄 폼을 제조할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2013

복합재료 중 가장 많이 사용되는 탄소계 나노복합재의 성능 향상에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 나노 사이즈의 탄소나노튜브(CNT)와 마이크로 사이즈의 그레파이트(Graphite) 입자를 일정한 형태로 배열하여 나노복합재를 제작하였다. 입자를 배열하기 위하여 전기장을 활용하였다. 일정한 방향 혹은 형태로 배열된 입자는 에폭시 기지 속에서 섬유강화 복합재 처럼 일정한 방향으로 강성의 향상을 나타낸다. 복합재의 구조적 강성이나 물리적 특성은 강화 입자의 배열상태에 따라 매우 달라지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 특히 탄소나노튜브와 그레파이트 강화입자의 전기장 배열에 의해서 만들어진 나노복합재의 강성 및 방사능 차폐특성을 규명하였다. 전기장에 의한 입자의 배열로 만들어진 탄소계 복합재는 구조적 성능뿐만 아니라 물리적인 방사능 차폐에서도 훌륭한 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제109권3호
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• pp.291-299
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• 2020

본 연구는 경상북도 봉화군 춘양면 애당리 수확 벌채 지역을 대상으로 다양한 표본추출방법을 적용하여 재적을 산출한 후 실제 벌채량 및 설계서상의 재적 값과의 비교를 통해 보다 정확하고 비용 효율적인 표본추출방법을 제시하고자 수행하였다. 연구에 사용된 표본추출방법으로는 1) 임의추출법, 2) 계통추출법, 3) 선상추출법을 적용하였으며, 각 표본추출방법별로 이동시간, 추정된 재적평균의 표본 오차율, 조사시간, 조사원 규모, 시간당 임금, 표본점 개수 등을 이용하여 표본추출방법에 대한 산림조사의 비용 효율성을 분석하였다. 각 표본추출방법별로 10개의 표본점을 추출하였으며, Bootstrap 기법을 이용하여 표본 강도의 타당성을 검증하였다. 분석결과, 선상추출법이 임의 및 계통추출법보다 실측된 재적 값과의 재적 편차가 상대적으로 가장 적은 것으로 나타났고, 산림 조사 비용 측면에서는 목표 표준오차율에 상관없이 임의추출법을 활용한 산림조사가 조사비용이 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과에 따르면, 선상추출법과 임의추출법을 통한 산림조사 방법이 계통추출법을 이용한 방법보다 비용 효율적이며 재적의 정확도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 사례 연구의 특성상, 연구에서 분석된 결과의 일반화에는 한계가 있어, 향후 국내의 다양한 지역을 대상으로 동일한 방법의 연구가 진행된다면, 국내 산림의 환경적 특성을 반영한 표본추출방법이 제시될 것으로 기대된다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.171-182
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• 2000

분류기법에 의해 원격탐사 영상으로부터 취득된 면속성 수치 지도는 GIS 의사결정자료로 사용되기 이전에 그 정확성에 관한 신뢰도 검증과정을 거쳐야 한다. 분류 정확도를 평가하기 위해서는 오분류행렬(confusion matrix)을 사용하여 전체 정확도, 사용자 정확도, 제작자 정확도 등을 얻게 되는데, 이때 오분류행렬을 구성하기 위해서는 기준자료(reference data)에 대한 표본추출이 이루어져야한다. 기준자료의 표본을 추출하는 기법간의 비교 및 표본 크기를 줄이고자 하는 연구는 많이 이루어져 왔으나, 추출된 표본들간의 거리를 줄임으로서 정확도 평가 비용을 감소시키고자 하는 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 프랙탈 분석을 통하여 기준자료의 표본을 추출하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 기존의 표본추출의 기법과 정확도 차이 및 비용효과 측면을 비교 분석하였다. 연구 결과 , 프랙탈 분석을 통하여 표본을 추출하는 기법은 그 정확도 추정에 있어 기존의 표본추출 기법과 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 추출된 화소들이 가까운 저리에 군집에 있어 비용효과측면에서 유리함을 확인하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.44-56
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• 1974

Very few studies regarding the effects of preoperative nursing intervention on children's welfare after surgery have been conducted. The purpose of this study was 1) to evaluate the effects of preoperative nursing instructions on children's physical recovery and emotional state after surgery and 2) to analyse the relationship between the effects of preoperative nursing instructions and the age and general anxiety of child. The study was conducted flow: August 15th to October 30th at Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea. A total of 41 Pediatric surgical Patients, between the age of 4 to 14, participated in the study. Twenty patients, randomly selected, were visited by the experimenter in the evening before, surgery and received specific preoperative nursing instructions. These instructions were designed to alleviate emotional stress and were adopted to the age of child. The postoperative recovery of these patients were then compared with a randomly selected control group of 21 patients who received only the routine preoperative care by the staff in the hospital Dependent variable were vomiting, pain medication, ability to void, elevation of temperature, infection, the between surgery and hospital discharge and postoperative emotional stress which was measured by the vital signs. Because of the limitation of the sample size it was difficult to obtain valid statistical results. However, the analysis of the raw data indicates that: 1) the preoperative nursing instructions appears to promote physical recovery and it seems especially effective in preventing elevation of temperature and shortening the length of the hospital stay, 2) the preoperative nursing instruction also seems to be effective in relieving the child's emotional stress(situational anxiety) after surgery, 3) the patient's general anxiety level preparatively seems to be a predictor of postoperative problems, 4) the preoperative nursing instructions were an effective means of promoting physical recovery in every age group as long as the child understood the instructions. The above data would seem to indicate that all preoperative pediatric patients four years of age or older, if they can understand, should have preoperative nursing instruction in order to alleviate postoperative stress and enhance physical recovery. The level of general anxiety preparatively deserves special attention since the amount of nursing instruction needed seems to vary with tile level of anxiety.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.79.2-79.2
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• 2015

The $M_{BH}-{\sigma}$ relation for galaxies is a stand-out illustration of the co-evolution of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes (SMBHs); however, how this co-evolution occurs and whether this relation holds for SMBHs of the early universe is still a matter of debate. In order to study this at higher redshifts, quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) are the best targets, due to their large sample size and effective $M_{BH}$ estimation. Nevertheless, it is difficult to examine properties of their host galaxies, simply due to the sheer brightness of the QSO itself. Here, we discuss a distinctive method in studying these QSO host galaxies, via gravitational lensing (GL). GL offers a unique approach in determining the mass of the lens object, in this case the host galaxy. QSOs from the SDSS quasar catalog were searched in the Hubble Space Telescope archives, and GL features around them were visually inspected. One such candidate is SDSS J1114-00; to increase its robustness as a GL system candidate, it was observed with the Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera & Spectrograph (IMACS) on the Magellan Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, to check whether the GL features have identical colors, meaning they are likely to originate from the same source. After confirmation of such GL systems, a sufficiently large sample will enable us to examine the $M_{BH}-{\sigma}$ relation at various redshifts, and in turn, investigate the co-evolution of SMBHs and their host galaxies.