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Population Inquiry Regarding Mammography in Postmenopausal Women in Southern Brazil

  • Romeiro-Lopes, Tiara Cristina;Dell'Agnolo, Catia Millene;Rocha-Brischiliari, Sheila Cristina;Gravena, Angela Andreia Franca;de Barros Carvalho, Maria Dalva;Pelloso, Sandra Marisa
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.11
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    • pp.6839-6844
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to analyze the prevalence of non-performance of mammography, and associated factors, among postmenopausal women. This analytical, exploratory, cross-sectional study, of a domicile population inquiry type, was performed in the municipality of Maringa, Parana, Brazil. A total of 456 women were interviewed, aged 45 to 69 years, who presented with natural menopause and cessation of menstruation for at least twelve months. Statistical associations were found between the non-performance of mammography and schooling of less than seven years, paid employment, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, the non-use of hormone replacement therapy, not having consulted a doctor in the previous year, not having consulted a gynecologist, lacking a family history of breast cancer, not having performed the Papanicolaou test, not having performed clinical breast examination, and not having difficult access to health services. After logistic regression analysis, not performing mammography was associated with reports of a fair or bad health status. The study data revealed factors "responsible" for the non-performance of mammography, and the results should contributing to improvement/enhancement of healthy behaviour of Brazilian women in the post-menopausal phase.

The improvement of sewerage fee imposition system for efficient rainwater management (효율적 빗물관리를 위한 하수도 요금체계 개편 방안)

  • Park, Kyoo-Hong;Kang, Byong-Jun;Park, Joo-Yang;Park, Wan-Kyu;Kim, Sung-Tae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.517-527
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    • 2014
  • As sewer flooding frequents due to localized and concentrated stormwater and increased non-permeable surface area after urbanization, building cities with sound water recycle and accordingly efficient management of rainwater is demanded. To do this, the existing sewage (including rainwater) fee imposition system should be philosophically evaluated. This study presents problematic issues of the existing domestic sewage fee imposition system considering the principle of sharing costs on the service of sewage and rainwater collection and treatment. Four methods to improve the existing sewage fee imposition system are suggested: 1) imposing stormwater fee according to Polluter Pays Principle, 2) clarification of the share of public sector, 3) reducing or exempting the sewerage fee for inhabitants reducing urban runoff by constructing their own rainwater management facilities, 4) imposing charge for discharging rainwater to sewers due to new development action. Short, mid, or long term planning for rainwater management is recommended considering the situation of each municipality.

Improvement Method of ELIS Local Laws and Regulations Format for Personal Information Protection (개인정보보호를 위한 ELIS의 자치법규서식 개선방안)

  • Choi, Chul-Jae;Lee, Young-Sik;Lee, Tae-Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.11 no.11
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    • pp.1017-1024
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we have figured out status and demand about personal information in local laws and regulations of the four major city out of the municipality 18 institutions of Gangwon Province. To take advantage of the autonomous regulations Information System(ELIS), and research and analysis in the autonomy regulations of local governments to object to the attachment format. To object to the Attachment to the request of the resident registration number notation is a super key. There is a disclosure resistance sense of personal information, and research analysis of the smart phone number and home phone number. We have proposed the urgent development of automatic search engine of PIMS compliance with personal information.

Seasonal characterization and present status of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Varanasi, India

  • Dasgupta, Betty;Yadav, Vijay Laxmi;Mondal, Monoj Kumar
    • Advances in environmental research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2013
  • The paper aims to characterise the waste generated in municipality of Varanasi, the most populated city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. MSW is a heterogeneous waste and composition of the waste varied from season to season. The generation, collection and management of waste have become a major environmental problem in most of the developing cities. MSW was collected from open dumping grounds for 2 consecutive years. Each year was classified into 3 seasons of 4 months. On analysis it was found that the biodegradable fraction is always more than other fractions with a minimum of 48.25% in rainy season. With such a high fraction of biodegradable wastes, options such as composting and biomethanation could be tried to convert waste into energy. The average weight of waste generation at present is 0.460 kg per capita per day. The study showed that waste generation and collection were increasing every year, which may be attributed to increase in population.

Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women in Brazil

  • Borghesan, Deise Helena Pelloso;Dell'Agnolo, Catia Millene;Gravena, Angela Andreia Francam;de Oliveira Demitto, Marcela;Lopes, Tiara Cristina Romeiro;de Barros Carvalho, Maria Dalva;Pelloso, Sandra Marisa
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.3587-3593
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: To analyze risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. Methods: The present case-control study included 600 women treated at a cancer center reference hospital in a municipality in the South of Brazil. Results: Totals of 100 patients and 500 control subjects were evaluated. The mean age of the women was $52.5{\pm}11.9$ years; the average was $57.4{\pm}11.8$ years, and the average age of the control subjects was $51.5{\pm}11.7$ years. The risk factors for breast cancer that were considered included an age ${\geq}40$ years, postmenopausal status, a body mass index $(BMI){\geq}30kg/m^2$, and reduced physical activity. Variables like postmenopausal status and an obese BMI were associated with cases of breast cancer. Women who were postmenopausal or obese were 3.80 or 1.80 times more likely to develop breast cancer, respectively, and physically inactive women were 1.72 times more likely to develop breast cancer. Conclusions: Obesity and postmenopausal status are associated with the occurrence of breast cancer in this population. Being over 40 years of age was also a statistically significant factor for postmenopausal women.

Problems and Improvement of Provincial Rotation Hunting System in Korea (우리나라 도별(道別) 순환수렵제도(循環狩獵制度)의 문제점(問題點)과 개선방향(改善方向))

  • Lee, Jung-Joo;Lee, Woo-Shin;Rhim, Shin-Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.90 no.3
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    • pp.346-354
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    • 2001
  • This study was conducted to investigate the status and problems, and suggest the proper improvement of provincial rotation hunting system in Korea. There were many problems in recently provincial rotation hunting system, such as, difficulty of budget interiority, low participation rate of hunters, low specialization degree of officers on their job, and extremity of illegal capture of wildlife by the absence of wildlife manager. The municipal hunting system, which have many merits, such as, increase of hunters' participation and income of municipality, creation of engagement, and prohibit of illegal capture of wildlife would be suggest for the improvement of hunting system.

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A study on the algal growth-related water quality of the Dongbok laka

  • Kim, Jong-Min;Kim, Hyun-Ku;Huh, Yu-Jeong;Jeong, Jong-Bum
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.25-25
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    • 2004
  • We studied algal growth-related water quality of the Dongbok lake which is the drinking water reservoir for the Gwangju municipality. Peridinium cinctum and several diatomic algal species frequently caused water bloom throughout the lake from early spring to late autumn. With the heaviest predominance of Peridinium cintum in May 2003, COD was 13.7 mg/I in the surface layer. Highly turbid surface water with 46.8 mg/I of SS was also caused by Perdinium bloom. Peridinium bloom decisively eliminated cyanobacterial growth in the lake, otherwise cyanobacterial bloom resulted. Dense algal layer was confined in the upper several meters of the water column above the thermocline, which gives relatively algae-free water in deeper layer suitable for drinking source water supply. Upon collapse of thermocline, water quality of the surface layer was improved while deeper layer was deteriorated in terms of water quality. This paper deals with some details of water quality changes with algal growth in the Dongbok lake past two years.

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Rapd Analysis of Trichoderma Isolates for Superior Selection for Biopesticide Preparation

  • Parvin, Shahnaj;Islam, Abu Taher Mohammad Shafiqul;Siddiqua, Mahbuba Khatoon;Uddin, Mohammad Nazim;Meah, Mohammad Bahadur
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.56 no.1
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2011
  • Thirty five isolates of Trichoderma species collected from seven different locations of Bangladesh were studied for morphological characters and molecular variation. Mycelial diameters of the isolates varied from 8.28 cm to 9.00 cm. Based on colony colour, isolates were grouped into five such as dark green, green, light green, yellowish green and whitish green. Maximum isolates were green and light green. On the basis of growth habit and colony consistency, the isolates were categorized into three groups, in which most species had fast growth and were compact in appearance. PCR-based Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique employing 3 decamer primers produced 36 scorable bands of which all (100%) were polymorphic. The co-efficient of gene differentiation (Gst) was 1.0000 reflecting the existence of high level of genetic diversity among the isolates. The Unweighted Pair Group Method of Arithmetic Means (UPGMA) dendrogram constructed from Nei's (1972) genetic distance produced 2 main clusters (13 isolates in cluster 1 and 22 isolates in cluster 2). The result indicating their genetic diversity has opened new possibility of using the most efficient and more isolates of Trichoderma in the preparation of biopesticide and decomposition of municipality waste.

Association between Shopping Items and the Demographics of Foreign Tourists in South Korea

  • Jeong, Dong-Bin
    • East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.63-73
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    • 2019
  • Purposes - In this research, we look over and investigate associations between shopping items and the demographics of foreign tourists in South Korea. The related seven variables are gender, age, occupations, country of residence, visit month, visit purpose and trip type. In addition, we can graph twenty-one shopping items in association with the demographics of foreign tourists by computing their dissimilarity or similarity on two dimension planes granting that the association exists between the underlying variables. Research design and methodology - This research is performed by Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2017 and investigated 13,200 foreign tourists from 20 countries. For analyzing the detailed relationships between shopping items and the demographics of foreign tourists, we take advantage of both independent test and correspondence analysis as key statistical techniques. Results - The findings show that shopping items which foreign tourists purchase are closely associated with the three different demographics variables such as country of residence, tour type and visit purpose by monitoring significant p-value of chi-squared statistic Conclusions - This study suggests Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism must explore ways toward tourism infrastructure such as global marketing, municipality strategy for attracting foreign tourists, development of diverse shopping items and services and so on.

Evaluation of Standard Crossing Light Timing in accordance with the Characteristics of Pedestrians (보행자 특성에 따른 횡단보도표시등 표준시간의 평가)

  • Jung Hwa Shik;Kim Woo Youl;Jung In Ju
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2005
  • An investigation was conducted to evaluate both the time required and the time allowed for persons to cross streets. Currently, the local municipality uses a standardized formula to determine the time allotted for 'WALK' signals to function allowing pedestrian traffic to cross thoroughfares. The formula to determine the 'Theoretical Time(in seconds)' is the width of the street(in meter) divided by 1.2m/s. The basis of the denominator is 'normal' walking speed. Initially, 3 locations were chosen to evaluate the time between the appearance of the 'WALK' signal and the appearance of the 'DON'T WALK'. The interval between the two signals was assumed to allow a person to begin crossing the street at the appearance of the 'WALK' signal and terminate their crossing at the appearance of the 'DON'T WALK' signal. Of the 3 locations, 2 locations(elementary?middle schools and general hospital areas), the duration of the 'WALK' signal were not properly set and therefore need more time for those who use these cross walks. Specific details regarding the crossing locations and validity of the standardized formula were also presented and discussed.