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The Effects of Life Stress and Stress Coping among Nursing College Students on Health Promotion Behavior (간호대학생의 생활 스트레스, 스트레스 대처가 건강증진행위에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Yooun-Sook;Kim, Mi-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.109-119
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for improving health promotion behavior by identifying the effects of life stress and coping with stress among nursing college students on health promotion behavior. The data was collected from 352 nursing students in 6 colleges in B and K city, and the data was analyzed with SPSS/Win 23.0. Factors influencing health promotion behavior were school life satisfaction (F=9.18, p<.001), happiness score (F=20.64, p<.001), health status (F=12.40, p<.001), eating breakfast (t=-3.31, p=.001), unbalanced diet (t=-4.20, p<.001), time spent sleeping (F=2.64, p=.049), and exercise (t=5.20, p<.001). In the correlations, health promotion behavior was negatively correlated with life stress (r=-.289, p<.001), but it was positively correlated with coping with stress (r=.539, p<.001). The factors influencing health promotion behavior were stress coping (β=.439, p<.001), happiness score (β=.251, p<.001), exercise (β=.172, p<.001), unbalanced diet (β=.125, p=.002), life stress (β=-.121, p=.005), and eating breakfast (β=.083, p=.046). The above variables explained 46.0% for the health promotion behavior. Thus, in order to improve the health promotion behavior of nursing college students, integrated nursing interventions need to be developed through improving coping with stress, creating a sense of happiness, reducing life stress, and maintaining exercise and good eating habits.

The Convergenced Influence of character on adjustment to college life in dental hygiene students: focused on the mediating effects of interpersonal relation (치위생과 학생들의 인성이 학교생활 적응에 미치는 융합된 영향 (-대인관계의 매개효과를 중심으로-))

  • Cheon, Hye Won;Yu, Mi-Sun;Jun, Mee-Jin
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2018
  • The study examined the influence of character on adjustment to college life in focused on the mediating effects of interpersonal relationship 220 dental hygiene students located in G, J regions between July 23, August 20 in 2018. The data was analyzed by descriptive, pearson correlation coefficient and regression in order to mediating interpersonal relationship using SPSS 18.0 program. The dental hygiene students got a mean 3.50 in character. Among the inferior factors of character, it got 3.55 knowing factor and 3.60 feeling factor and 3.38 behaving factor. Character was positively correlated with interpersonal relationship(r=.74, p<0.01) and with adjustment to college life(r=.63, p<0.01). Interpersonal relationship(r=.65, .69, .77, p<0.01) and had a positively correlation with adjustment to college life(r=.56, .56, .68, p<0.01) interpersonal relationship was positively correlated with adjustment to college life(r=.80, p<0.01). Interpersonal relationship had perfect mediating effects on the relationship between the two. The study suggest that the interpersonal relationship of the dental hygiene students did an surely mediating role between character and adjustment to college life.

Effect of Selenium-enriched Japanese Radish Sprouts and Rhodobacter capsulatus on the Cholesterol and Immune Response of Laying Hens

  • Hossain, Md. Sharoare;Afrose, Sadia;Takeda, Iwao;Tsujii, Hirotada
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.630-639
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    • 2010
  • Immune response and yolk cholesterol are crucial factors for commercial chicken producers. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of selenium-enriched Japanese radish sprouts (Se-enriched JRS) and R. capsulatus synergistically on immune response and cholesterol in laying hens. A total of 50 laying hens (20-wk old) were assigned to 5 dietary treatment groups, and fed diets supplemented with 2.5 ${\mu}g/kg$, 5 ${\mu}g/kg$, 10 ${\mu}g/kg$ Se-enriched JRS and 5 ${\mu}g/kg$ Se-enriched JRS+R. capsulatus (0.02%). Egg production and yolk color were significantly improved by the supplementation of Se-enriched JRS+R. capsulatus in the layer diet (p<0.05). Compared to the control, serum cholesterol concentration and triglyceride levels were decreased by all the treatments (p<0.05). After 8-wk of the experiment, supplementation of 5 ${\mu}g/kg$, 10 ${\mu}g/kg$ and Se-enriched JRS+R. capsulatus significantly reduced yolk cholesterol and triglycerides, while the greatest reduction was observed when R. capsulatus was incorporated with Se-enriched JRS. Spleen, bursa and thymus weight were significantly increased by both the 5 ${\mu}g/kg$ and 10 ${\mu}g/kg$ Se-enriched JRS. Compared to the control, supplementation of 5 ${\mu}g/kg$ and 10 ${\mu}g/kg$ Se-enriched JRS significantly increased serum IgG and yolk IgY concentration and foot web index activity by Newcastle Disease Virus (p<0.05). After 4-wk and 8-wk of supplementation, the highest number of leukocytes was observed with Se-enriched JRS+R. capsulatus (p<0.05). The highest concentration of serum and yolk Se was found in Se-enriched JRS plus R. capsulatus treatment. Combined dietary supplementation of Se-enriched JRS and R. capsulatus might be beneficial for better health, disease protection and overall production performance.

Inhibitory Effect of the Leaves of Rumex crispus L. on LPS-induced Nitric Oxide Production and the Expression of iNOS and COX-2 in Macrophages

  • Im, Nam-Kyung;Jung, Yeon-Seop;Choi, Jun-Hyeok;Yu, Mi-Hee;Jeong, Gil-Saeng
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the anti-inflammatory effects of ethanol extract of Rumex crispus L. and its fractions were investigated in RAW 264.7 macrophages. To evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of extract, we studied nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin $E_2$ ($PGE_2$), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha ($TNF-{\alpha}$) levels in RAW 264.7 cells. The ethanol extract of R. crispus L. significantly decreased NO production and the levels of other inflammatory factors, such as PGE2 and $TNF-{\alpha}$, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. We also assessed the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) protein expression by western blot. Ethyl acetate fraction of R. crispus L. had the strongest anti-inflammatory effect. These results suggest that ethyl acetate extract of R. crispus L. might be beneficial in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Nitric Oxide Production in Brain Microglial Cells by Taraxacum officinale (포공영(蒲公英)에 의한 뇌 소교세포에서 산화질소 (NO)의 생성)

  • Im, Mi-Yang;Moon, Seok-Jae
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 1999
  • Nitric oxide (NO) is now recognized as a mediator of several biological and immunological functions, but unlike classical neurotransmitters. NO simply diffuse of the postsynaptic cells and around affecting cells. Taraxacum officinale (Compositae) has been used for maintenance of vitality, and they still occupy an important place in the traditional Korean medicine. We have examined that the effect of Taraxacum officinale water extract on NO synthesis in microglial cells of murine's brain, using the Griess method. And this study was evident that Taraxacum officinale did not induce NO production without recombinant interferon gamma ($rIFN-{\gamma}$), whereas Taraxacum officinale (10-1000 g/ml) with $rIFN-{\gamma}$ effectively produced NO in microglial cells of brain. As result. NO production in microglial cells increased most significantly in dose of 100 g/ml of the Taraxacum officinale and the production of NO was dependent on the dose of Taraxacum officinale, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, competitive inhibitor of NO synthase, reduced the NO production by Taraxacum officinale stimulation with $rIFN-{\gamma}$ in microglial cells of murine. The effect of Taraxacum officinale was mainly dependent on Taraxacum officinale-induced tumor necrosis factor- secretion. Conclusively, this study suggested that Taraxacum officinale stimulate NO production at microglial cells in brain, which may be an important factor for mediating immune and neuroendocrinologic regulation in nervous system.

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Characteristics of Adult Women's Body Somatotype according to Drop Values (성인 여성의 드롭 치수에 따른 체형 특성 연구)

  • Yoon, Ji-Won;Suh, Mi-A
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.529-534
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    • 2012
  • An analysis of adult women's somatotypes classified by drop values can provide important preliminary data in determining standard clothing sizes for mass production of ready-made clothes. This is because the values are based on measurements of girth, which is essential information in the size-setting process. Adult women's body types are classified according to drop values in a standard clothing size system adopted by Korea and several other countries. This study aims to identify somatotype characteristics of adult women aged 20 to 69 by using five types of drop values: bust-waist, hip-waist, hip-bust, abdomen-waist, and hip-abdomen. Statistical cluster analysis of collected data revealed four somatotypes among adult women. Type R, with a developed lower body, accounted for 36.6%, and its bodyline was found to be closest to the average adult woman. Type X, constituting 25.4%, had the curviest contours of all and relatively large hip measurements, with the thinnest figure. Flat abdomen and hips characterized type Y, which accounted for 18.9%. Lastly, 19.0% fell into type H, the most obese figure, in which abdomen girth exceeded hip measurements. Since type H has excess fat deposits in the abdomen, not only hip measurements but also abdomen girth should be considered when designing top longer than torso-length and bottoms.

The Effect of Oligomer Blending on the Flow Properties of Polycarbonate

  • Cho, Sung-Hwan;Kim, Sun-Mi;Cho, Mi-Suk;Lee, Young-Kwan;Kim, Dong-Min;Kim, Whan-Gi
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.1021-1024
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    • 2009
  • We successfully prepared high-flow polycarbonate (PC) by blending commercial PC with a low molecular weight PC oligomer. The oligomer was synthesized by the addition of a large quantity of mono functional phenol groups, and the chain end group was reacted with p-tertiary butyl phenol (PTBP) to block the reactivity. The viscosity average molecular weight ($M_v$) for the oligomer was about 4,000-5,000 g/mol, compared to ~19,000 g/mol for the PC blend obtained by blending 10 wt% of the prepared oligomer with the commercial grade PC ($M_v$ of 21,000 g/mol). The blended PC had a melt flow index of 45, which is 2.5 times higher, and a processing temperature that was $20^{\circ}C$ lower, than that of commercial grade PC having a similar $M_v$.

Effect of Temperature on Winter Growth in Grafted Cactus (Chamecereus silvestrii) 'Hee-Mang' (접목선인장 산취 '희망'의 동절기 온도처리가 생육에 미치는 영향)

  • Nam, Sang-Yong;Soh, Chang-Ho;Park, Sun-Mi;Cho, Chang-Hui;Park, In-Tae
    • FLOWER RESEARCH JOURNAL
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.141-145
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    • 2009
  • This study was carried out to investigate growth response of Chamecereus silvestrii 'Hee-Mang' in accordance to day and night temperature in winter season. The plant height was maximized at $20/15^{\circ}C$ (day/night). Globe height and diameter were the highest in the day temperature of $25^{\circ}C$. Globe diameter was relevant high by increasing day temperature. Hunter 'a' value is significantly lower by decreasing of night temperature whereas 'b' value is higher. Characteristic of de-rooted grafting cactus was continually decreased until 15 days, then started growth again.

Growth characteristics and productivity of oyster mushroom according to adding of Rhus verniciflua sawdust (옻나무톱밥 첨가에 따른 느타리버섯의 생육 특성 및 수량성)

  • Lee, Chan-Jung;Yoo, Young-Mi;Han, Ju-Yeon;Cheong, Jong-Chun;Jhune, Chang-Sung;Moon, Ji-Won;Kong, Won-Sik;Suh, Jang-Sun
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.232-235
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    • 2014
  • This study was carried out to investigated optimum mixing ratio of Korean natural Rhus verniciflua for production of functional oyster mushroom. Mycerial growth was some fast at addition of R. verniciflua sawdust, and not significant difference by increase of R. verniciflua substrate. Yields of fruiting body show the highest to 150.2 g/850 ml of medium which are addition 20% of R. verniciflua sawdust, and diameter of pileus and thick of stipes were the highest at addition 10% of R. verniciflua sawdust. The L value of stipes were the highest at addition 10% of R. verniciflua sawdust and the L value of pileus were decreased by increase of R. verniciflua substrate, but there was no significant difference in the a-value and the b-value.

Effects of Hearing Handicap on Depression and Self-efficacy in the Elderly at Home (재가노인의 청력장애가 우울과 자기효능감에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Young Mi;Ha, Eun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.571-579
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to identify levels of hearing handicap, depression, and self-efficacy, and to determine the effect of hearing handicap on depression and self-efficacy in home-based elderly. Data were collected from August to September 2017. Two hundred and seventy eight elderly living at home in three cities participated in this study. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and by multiple regression analysis using SPSS Ver. 20.0 for Windows. Mean levels of hearing handicap, depression, and self-efficacy were 10.91 (${\pm}19.83$), 4.75 (${\pm}3.90$), and 46.87 (${\pm}6.75$) respectively. A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between hearing handicap and depression (r=.228, p<.001), and significant negative correlations were found between hearing handicap and self-efficacy (r=-.284, p<.001) and between depression and self-efficacy (r=-.526, p<.001). Hearing handicap had a negative effect on self-efficacy (${\beta}=-.161$, p=.008) and its explanatory power was 27.2%. The study results suggest that the developments of multidisciplinary interventions and education programs are important to prevent or minimize hearing handicap in the elderly.