• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.186-192
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• 2011

Objective: Since IVF program was first established, various types of media and culture systems have been developed either in-house or commercially. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of in-house Maria Research Center (MRC) media to that of commercially available Sydney IVF media in human day 3 embryo transfer cycles. Methods: Three hundred sixty nine couples were included in this prospective, randomized, and comparative study. All couples undergoing IVF treatment at the Maria Fertility Hospital were randomly assigned to either Sydney IVF (n=178) or MRC (n=191) media. Results: No difference was observed between the MRC media and Sydney IVF media groups with respect to fertilization rate (74.4% vs. 75.5%). The clinical pregnancy and implantation rates of MRC media (47.1% and 20.0%, respectively) were also similar to those of Sydney IVF media (44.4% and 19.4%, respectively). However, the proportion of embryos with good quality on day 3 was significantly higher in the MRC media group than the Sydney IVF media group (50.2% vs. 43.2%) ($p$ <0.05). Conclusion: MRC media were as effective as Sydney IVF media for sustaining embryo development and pregnancy rates. The present study implies that MRC media can be a suitable alternative to commercially available media for human IVF-ET program.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.61-87
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• 2005

This paper has two primary objectives: (1) to propose a comprehensive theoretical model that incorporates valuable insights from two complementary streams of research, and (2) to empirically test the model that explain the task-media fit and satisfaction of customer contact center users. The comprehensive model was tested using LISREL analysis on the sample of 232 users who have experience with the customer contact center. The model was supported in customer contact center context, accounting for 29% of the variance in the task-media fit, 53% of the variance in the perceived ease of use, 61% of the variance in the perceived usefulness, and 52% of the variance in the user satisfaction. The results showed that the task-media fit, the perceived ease of use, and the perceived usefulness play a significant role in influencing the user satisfaction of the customer contact center. In addition, task analyzability, media richness, media interactivity, and self-efficacy were found to influence the task-media fit. The paper concludes with discussions and implications for researchers and practitioners.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.9-19
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• 2021

Enterobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) causes meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, and bacteremia in neonates and children and has a high mortality rate. For rapid E. sakazakii detection, various differential and selective media containing α-glucosidase substrates, such as 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (BCIG) or 4-methylumbelliferyl-α-D-glucoside (α-MUG), have been developed as only E. sakazakii exhibits α-glucosidase activity in the genus Enterobacter. However, Escherichia vulneris (family: Enterobacteriaceae) can also utilize α-glucosidase substrates, thereby resulting in false positives. Various iron sources are known to promote the growth of gram-negative bacteria. This study aimed to develop a selective medium containing α-glucosidase substrates for E. sakazakii detection that would eliminate false positives, such as those of E. vulneris, and to determine the role of iron source in the medium. Three previously developed (TPD) media, i.e., Oxoid, OK, and VRBG, and the medium developed in this study, i.e., NGTE, were evaluated using 58 E. sakazakii and 5 non-E. sakazakii strains. Fifty-four E. sakazakii strains appeared as fluorescent or chromogenic colonies on all four media that were assessed. Two strains showed colonies on NGTE medium and not on TPD media. In contrast, the remaining two strains showed colonies on TPD media and not on NGTE medium. None of the non-E. sakazakii strains showed fluorescent or chromogenic colonies on any of the evaluated media except E. vulneris, which showed colonies on TPD media and not on NGTE medium. This study demonstrated that the newly developed NGTE medium was not only equally efficient in promoting the growth of bacterial colonies when compared with the currently available media but also eliminated false positives, such as E. vulneris.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.168-169
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• 2008

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1235-1238
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• 2007

There are several researches on 2D gaze tracking techniques to the 2D screen for the Human-Computer Interaction. However, the researches for the gaze-based interaction to the stereo images or 3D contents are not reported. This paper presents a gaze-based 3D interaction technique on autostereoscopic display system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.296-296
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.254-254
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06d
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• pp.193-195
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 모바일 환경에서 이동중에 사용자에게 스포츠 경기를 관전할 수 있는 실시간 중계 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 문자 중계를 기본으로 하여 소셜 미디어와 TV 중계 영상을 이용한 하이라이트 동영상 서비스와 소셜 미디어 요약 서비스를 함께 제공한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.277-294
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• 1998

In this study, the writer explained what have been the problems of school education and of school library media center in our country In the problems of school library media center, the writer point out especially poor quantity of teacher-librarians at the field of school education in our country. And then explained how school library media center can be developed. Finally the writer suggested how the problems of school education can be resolved by the school library media center.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.257-260
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• 2004

HRTF 를 사용하여 가상적인 음향 효과를 내는 시스템에서의 음의 왜곡은 필수적이다. 하지만 음성과 같은 사람이 민감하게 느끼는 부분에서의 음의 선명도 저하는 다른 대역의 왜곡보다 더욱 크게 느껴진다. 그리고 모노 및 두 채널의 주파수 특성이 비슷한 스테레오에서는 음질을 보상할 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 음의 선명도의 저하를 유발하게 하는 가상 음향 발생 필터의 특징을 분석하고, 간단한 필터 설계에 의해서 본래의 가상 음향을 그대로 유지하면서 선명도를 높일 수 있는 방법을 제시한다. 제시한 방법은 특히 모노 및 뉴스모드와 같이 음성이 많이 들어 있는 부분에서 뛰어난 성능을 보인다.