• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup3호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2016

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in females (27% of the total) and the main cause of death (16%) due to cancer in women in developed and developing countries. Variations in its incidence rate among geographical areas are due to various contributing factors. Since there have been a lack of studies on this topic in our country, the present spatial analysis of breast cancer incidence in Iran in 2009 was conducted using data from the national cancer registry system. The reported incidences of the disease were standardized according to the World Health Organization population and the direct method. Then data was inserted into the GIS software and finally, using the Hot Spot Analysis (Geties-Ord Gi), high-risk areas were drawn. Provinces with incidences 1.96 SD higher or lower than the national average were considered as hot spots or cold spots, at the significance level of 0.05%. In 2009, a total of 7,582 cases of BC occurred in Iran. The annual incidence was 33.2 per hundred thousand people. Our study showed that the highest incidence of BC in women occurred in the central provinces of the country, Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, Markazi and Fars. The results of hot spots analysis showed that the distribution of high-risk BC was focused in central parts of Iran, especially Isfahan province (p <0.01). The other provinces were not significantly different from the national average. The higher incidence in central provinces may be due to greater exposure to carcinogens in urban areas, a Western lifestyle and high prevalence of other risk factors. Further epidemiological studies about the etiology and early detection of BC are essential.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.320-328
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• 2009

"후기산업사회로의 이행과 연관된 경제, 사회변동의 결과 사람들의 생애기간에 직면하는 위험들"로 규정되는 새로운 사회적 위험은 가족구조의 불안정, 노동시장의 유연화, 세계화의 움직임 등으로 가시화되고 있다. 특히 구사회적 위험뿐 아니라 새로운 사회적 위험에 노출되어 있는 대상으로 여성이 상당부분을 차지한다. 전통적 가족구조의 붕괴, 세계화에 따른 노동시장의 유연화, 여성의 빈곤화, 사회보장제도의 제한된 접근성 등은 여성들이 직면한 변화의 위험을 대표한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 시대에 따른 사회적 위험의 변화를 전통가족의 붕괴로 인한 사회적 위험, 인구의 노령화와 노동인구의 감소로 인한 사회적 위험 그리고 신자유주의 이데올로기로 인한 사회적 위험 등으로 규명하고, 여성들이 당면한 새로운 사회적 위험의 내용을 분석하여 젠더중립적 관점에서 새로운 복지국가의 토대를 마련하는데 노력하고자 한다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2003

주사전자현미경을 이용한 전자빔의 직접조사에 의해 실리콘 캔틸레버 위에 탄소상 탐침을 성장하였다. 오일확산 펌프의 잔류가스 분위기에서 실리콘 캔틸레버와 전자빔을 수직으로 정렬한 다음 전자현미경의 스폿 모드를 통해 전자빔을 일정시간 동안 조사시켜 탄소상 탐침을 성장시켰다. 주사전자현미경의 제어변수인 조사시간, 가속전압, 방출 전류, 전자빔 프로브 전류 등을 변화시킴으로써 다양한 종횡비를 가지는 탐침을 성장시킬 수 있었으며, 성장 위치의 표면 형상과 무관하게 탐침을 성장시킬 수 있었다. 그 결과 유효길이 0.5 $\mu\textrm{m}$, 바닥직경 90 nm,콘의 반각 $3.5^{\circ}$인 탐침을 성장시켰다. 탐침이 없는 캔틸레버에 고종횡비 탄소상 탐침을 성장시킬 수 있는 기술은 PZT 박막구동기가 집적화된 AFM 캔틸레버의 탐침 형성 과정에서 발생하는 제작과정의 번거로움을 극복하는데 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to isolate bacteriocin-producing bacteria with antagonistic activities against pathogens from the intestines of pigs for probiotic use. Lactobacillus sp. AP 116 possessing antimicrobial property was selected from a total of 500 isolates. The AP 116 strain showed a relatively broad spectrum of inhibitory activity against Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium perfringens, Pediococcus dextrinicus, and Enterococcus strains using the spot-on-lawn method. Bacteriocin activity remained unchanged after 15 min of heat treatment at $121^{\circ}C$ and exposure to organic solvents; however, it diminished after treatment with proteolytic enzymes. Maximum production of bacteriocin occurred at $34^{\circ}C$ when a pH of 6.0 was maintained throughout the culture during fermentation. According to a tricine SDS-PAGE analysis, the molecular weight of the bacteriocin was approximately 5 kDa. The isolate tolerated bile salts and low pH, and also induced nitric oxide (NO) in mouse peritoneal macrophages. Bacteriocin and bacteriocin-producing bacteria, such as Lactobacillus sp. AP 116, could be potential candidates for use as probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics in the pig industry.

• 약학회지
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2010

Development of alternative testing methods for the replacement of hazardous reagents with less hazardous ones is strongly enforced because exposure of human and environment to hazardous reagents are restricted and hazardous reagents are gradually prohibited from using in various testing methods. Thus, in this study, we developed 8 monographs from the Korean Pharmaceutical Codex by substituting the use of the hazardous reagents including ICH class 1 such as benzene, chloroform and dioxane to the use of less toxic ones like ICH class 2 or 3 reagents. We also improved their qualification and quantification performance. Among 8 monographs, the 6 newly developed TLC methods for the identification of nifedipine, oxolamine citrate, ketoprofen lysinate, chlorquinaldol, retinol acetate, and riboflavin showed a clear spot of corresponding material without any interference in spite of the replacement with ICH class 2 or 3 reagents. For the quantification of domperidone and trimebutine, HPLC methods were developed for the substitution of UV/VIS spectrometry and titrimetry, respectively. These HPLC methods were validated for the linearity, recovery, reproducibility, and inter-laboratory variations. In conclusion, the newly developed methods could be expected to become valuable tools for revising the Korean Pharmaceutical Codex.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 1978

황변미독(黃變米毒)의 일종인 luteoskyrin의 동정(同定) 및 정량법(定量法)을 검토한 후 변질미에서 분리된 Pen. islandicum의 luteoskyrin 생성능(生成能)을 추구한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) Luteoskyrin은 0.5 N oxalic acid impregnated silicagel G plate로서 acetone : n-hexane : water(6:3:1.5, upper layer)를 전개용매로하는 TLC방법에서 분리(分離)가 가장 좋았다. 분리된 황색물질의 최대흡수파장(吸收波長)은 426, 448nm이었으며 chromatogram을 태양광선에 $2{\sim}3$시간 노출시 자색(紫色)으로 변하였다. 2) Luteoskyrin의 정량법으로서 TLC전개(展開)후 용출비색법(溶出比色法)에서는 4 ppm, densitometry에서는 0.1 ppm이 검출한계(檢出限界)이었다. 미곡 중의 허용량(許容量)을 3.68 ppm이하로 정설할 경우 곡류시료 중 luteoskyrin의 검색(檢索)에는 densitometry가 적합할 것이다. 3) Pen. islandicum에 의한 luteoskyrin 생성능은 Czapek 액체배지에서는 균계체(菌系體) 1g당 11mg, 가압살균한 쌀에서는 1g당 40mg이었다.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.31-47
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• 2019

This study focuses on women and fashion in Korea between the 1960s and 1970s, when the government regulated the socio-cultural aspects of individuals while achieving remarkable economic industrialization, particularly through the representative popular weekly magazine 'Sunday-Seoul'. The scope of this study included 168 issues from September 22, 1968 to December 26, 1971. Two research methods were applied, literature research and content analysis research. First, the literature on Korean society, culture, women's fashion, the sociological, feminine and popular cultural studies were reviewed. Thereafter, the contents, cover, articles, pictorials were collected and analyzed for classification and identification of the women's images and women's fashion. In the case of fashion articles, the contents of vocabulary and description texts were highlighted, and in the case of pictorials, the visual elements such as images, silhouettes of clothes, details of features, and patterns of materials were assessed. The images of women in Sunday Seoul's articles and pictorials exhibited extreme opposite, presenting the most important purpose of marriage, 'wise mother and good wife' and 'image of sexual object' for men. The two images of women differed; however, there was one more female image 'industrial laborer' which was placed in the blind spot of interest. The characteristics of fashion which appeared in 'Sunday-Seoul' were 'uniform modern elegance' based on neat mini-style, and 'sexual image of exposure fashion' which endeavored to selectively borrow from overseas pictorials and trend-oriented articles. This could be viewed as a 'transformation of traditional Hanbok', 'avant-garde trend' and 'de-sexualization & indifference of fashion'.

• Infection and chemotherapy
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.319-327
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• 2018

Background: Lancet-related needlestick injuries (NSIs) occur steadily in clinical practices. Safety-engineered devices (SEDs) can systematically reduce NSIs. However, the use of SEDs is not active and no study to guide the implementation of SEDs was known in South Korea. The lancet-related NSIs may be eliminated to zero incidence using a SED lancet with effective sharp injury protection and reuse prevention features. Materials and Methods: We implemented a SED lancet by replacing a conventional prick lancet in a tertiary hospital in a sequential approach. A spot test of the new SED was conducted for 1 month to check the acceptability in practice and a questionnaire survey was obtained from the healthcare workers (HCWs). A pilot implementation of the SED lancet in 2 wards was made for 1 year. Based on these preliminary interventions, a hospital-wide full implementation of the SED lancet was launched. The incidence of NSIs and cost expenditure before and after the intervention were compared. Results: There were 29 cases of conventional prick lancet-related NSIs for 3 years before the full implementation of SED lancet. The proportion of prick lancet-related NSIs among yearly all kinds of NSIs during two years before the pilot study was average 11.7% (22/188). Pre-interventional baseline incidence of all kinds of NSIs was 7.01 per 100 HCW-years. After the full implementation of SED lancet, the lancet-related NSIs became zero in the 2nd year (P = 0.001). The average direct cost of 18,393 US dollars (USD) per year from device and post-exposure medical care before the intervention rose to 20,701 USD in the 2nd year of the intervention. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was 210 USD per injury avoided. Conclusion: The implementation of a SED lancet could eliminate the lancet-related NSIs to zero incidence. The cost increase incurred by the use of SED lancet was tolerable.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2024

Under the influence of atmospheric turbulence, a star's point image will shake back and forth erratically, and after exposure the originally small star point will spread into a huge spot, which will affect the ground calibration of the star sensor. To analyze the impact of atmospheric turbulence on the positioning accuracy of the star's center of mass, this paper simulates the atmospheric turbulence phase screen using a method based on a sparse spectrum. It is added to the static-star-simulation device to study the transmission characteristics of atmospheric turbulence in star-point simulation, and to analyze the changes in star points under different atmospheric refractive-index structural constants. The simulation results show that the structure function of the atmospheric turbulence phase screen simulated by the sparse spectral method has an average error of 6.8% compared to the theoretical value, while the classical Fourier-transform method can have an error of up to 23% at low frequencies. By including a simulation in which the phase screen would cause errors in the center-of-mass position of the star point, 100 consecutive images are selected and the average drift variance is obtained for each turbulence scenario; The stronger the turbulence, the larger the drift variance. This study can provide a basis for subsequent improvement of the ground-calibration accuracy of a star sensitizer, and for analyzing and evaluating the effect of atmospheric turbulence on the beam.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2024

Background: The present study aimed to analyze several aspects of the working conditions and health status of platform workers in the Republic of Korea, such as ergonomic and emotional hazards. We also compared the health status of the platform workers with that of the general population. Methods: A total of 1,000 platform workers participated in this survey from August 7 to August 17, 2022. The participants included 400 designated drivers, 400 food-delivery drivers, and 200 housekeeping managers. A face-to-face survey with a structured questionnaire was conducted by researchers who had received specific instructions. The focus of the survey extended to the work environment, encompassing factors such as workplace violence, as well as physical, chemical, and ergonomic hazards. Health-related data for the previous year were also collected, covering a range of issues such as hearing problems, skin problems, musculoskeletal symptoms, headaches, injuries, mental health issues, and digestive problems. Subsequently, we compared the health symptom data of the responders with those of the general population in the Republic of Korea. Results: Platform workers, including designated drivers, food-delivery drivers, and housekeeping managers, existed in the blind spot of social insurance, facing frequent exposure to physical and chemical hazards, ergonomic risk factors, and direct or indirect violence. The prevalence of health problems, including musculoskeletal symptoms, general fatigue, and depressive symptoms, in each occupational group was statistically higher than that in the general population after standardization for age and gender. Conclusion: The results revealed unfavorable working environment and inferior occupational health of platform workers compared with those of the general population.