Solar urticaria in Korean patients

( Sung Min Kim ),( Young Ah Cho ),( Ji Su Lee ),( Ji Youn Hong ),( Jin Hee Kim ),( Joo Ran Hong ),( Hye In Cheon ),( Yang Won Lee ),( Yong Beom Choe ),( Kyu Joong Ahn ) 대한피부과학회 2020 대한피부과학회 학술발표대회집 Vol.72 No.1

Background: Solar urticaria (SU) is an uncommon type of photodermatoses characterized by erythematous wheal with pruritus after sunlight exposure, which shows a female predominance. Only a few studies to analyze the clinical features of SU were reported in Asia. Objectives: We aimed to analyze the clinical and photobiological characteristics of SU in Korea. Methods: We retrospectively investigated the medical records of patients with SU who visited the department of dermatology, Konkuk university medical center from January 2005 to January 2020. Results: Of a total of 44 patients, 36 (81.8%) were male and 8 (18.2%) were female. The mean age at onset was 17.6 years (range, 5-47) and the mean threshold time was 19.7 minutes. Among 32 patients who underwent phototesting, the action spectrum most commonly implicated was ultraviolet (UV) A only in 12 (37.5%), and then visible light (415nm) only was responsible for SU in 8 (25.0%). Three patients (9.4%) were induced by both UVA and visible light (415nm). Even 4 patients (12.5%) were triggered by only natural sunlight. Serum immunoglobulin E levels were measured in 33 patients, and 17 (51.5%) showed values higher than normal. The treatment most widely used were oral antihistamine (43.2%), followed by phototherapy (13.6%). Conclusion: SU is a rare photodermatosis in Korea, which shows a male preponderance. In this study, UVA and visible light (415nm) were predominant action spectrum of SU.

Do Firms Rebalance Capital Structure? Evidence from Korean Retail Firms

Kim,Sang-Su,Lee,Jeong-Hwan 한국유통과학회 2019 KODISA ICBE (International Conference on Business Vol.2019 No.-

The existence of capital structure adjustment costs affects the test of the trade-off theory of capital structure significantly. We analyze whether there exist economically significant capital adjustment costs for the Korean retail firms. We use the duration model of Leary and Roberts (2005) to estimate the hazard rate of capital structure adjustments. The publicly traded retail firms listed in the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets are analyzed from 2000 to 2016. Our empirical analysis finds infrequent capital structure adjustments for the Korean retail firms, which is in line with the U.S. evidence. However, our duration analysis argues that the role of fixed adjustment cost is important in the determination of capital structure adjustments, unlike the existing studies emphasizing both of fixed and convex cost components. This paper confirms the existence of capital structure adjustment costs for the Korean retail firms. However, our results argue for the significance of fixed adjustment costs in capital structure adjustments, inconsistent with the existing studies.

Arabidopsis cell death in compatible and incompatible interactions with Alternaria brassicicola

Su’udi, Mukhamad,Kim, Min Gab,Park, Sang-Ryeol,Hwang, Duk-Ju,Bae, Shin-Chul,Ahn, Il-Pyung Springer-Verlag 2011 Molecules and cells Vol.31 No.6

논문 : 김세화 교수의 반론과 활성 경로 이론의 제한 및 확장

김성수 ( Sung Su Kim ) 한국논리학회 2015 論理硏究 Vol.18 No.2

인과 관계가 결과와 원인 간의 반사실적 의존 관계로 분석될 수 있다는 직관은 설득력이 있다. 활성 경로 이론은 단순한 형태의 반사실적 인과이론의 문제점을 피하면서도 이 직관을 유지하기 위해 제안된 이론이다. 하지만 이 이론 역시 심각한 반례에 직면한다. 김세화 교수는 최근의 논문에서 이러한 반례를 반박하고자 제시된 기존의 해결책이 갖는 문제점을 설득력 있게 비판하였다. 이 논문은 김세화 교수의 비판을 논의하고 더 나아가 활성 경로이론에 대한 반례를 극복할 수 있는 또 다른 해결책을 논의한다. 특히 활성 경로 이론의 적용 범위를 제한하고 이렇게 제한된 이론을 다시 확장하는 방식을 제시함으로써 활성 경로 이론을 그 반례로부터 방어하는 방법을 제안한다. The idea that an effect counterfactually depends on its cause is simple and intuitive. However, this simple idea runs into various difficulties. The active route account, in order to avoid the difficulties, analyzes causation in terms of counterfactual dependence under certain control. In her recent article, Seahwa Kim criticizes Sungsu Kim’s earlier attempt to defend the active route account from its counterexamples. Her criticisms are convincing, and defenders of the active route account or counterfactual analysis of causation in general need another defense. In response, a two-step defense is proposed. First, the scope of the active route account is restricted to ‘proximate’ causal relation. Second, a control over factors that are in proximate causal relation is offered to figure out ‘distant’ causal relation. The result is that with proper control, an effect indeed counterfactually depends on its cause.

Wireless pressure sensor integrated with a 3D printed polymer stent for smart health monitoring

Park, Jongsung,Kim, Ji-Kwan,Kim, Dong-Su,Shanmugasundaram, Arunkumar,Park, Su A,Kang, Sohi,Kim, Sung-Ho,Jeong, Myung Ho,Lee, Dong-Weon Elsevier 2019 Sensors and actuators. B Chemical Vol.280 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The primary objective of this study was to deploy a promising wireless pressure sensor system capable of monitoring real-time biological signals in an experimental object. MEMS-based micromachining technology was used to fabricate the proposed SU-8 wireless pressure sensor. The sensor utilizes a capacitor-inductor resonant circuit that can operate the sensor without any external power supply. The variable capacitor in the pressure sensor is designed to change the resonance frequency (130, 183 MHz) in response to applied pressure. The fabricated wireless pressure sensor was integrated into a polymer-based smart stent to minimize the discomfort of medication administration and hospital visits. A 3D bio-printing-based manufacturing technique was employed for the production of a smart polymer stent with complicated shapes. The proposed method is considerably more comfortable than the conventional metal stents fabrication process. The polymer smart stent made of the biocompatible polycaprolactone (PCL) material which can be fully absorbed by the body after a medication period. After integrating the fabricated wireless pressure sensor with the polymer smart stent, various basic experiments such as the working distance of the sensor were performed using a simple experimental setup. The biocompatibility of the proposed polymer stent and the wireless pressure sensor was also successfully confirmed using an experimental animal. The preliminary investigation results indicate that the proposed wireless sensor can be used to obtain necessary information in various parts of the human body as well as the stent.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Fabrication of SU-8 based wireless pressure sensor for battery-less operation. </LI> <LI> Manufacturing of biodegradable polymer stent using 3D printing technique. </LI> <LI> Integration of wireless pressure sensor into polymer stent for real-time blood pressure monitoring. </LI> <LI> Verification of the biocompatibility of smart stent and its operation with experimental animals. </LI> <LI> Continuous measurement of blood pressure change in animals for more than 3 months. </LI> </UL> </P>

디스크 레이저를 이용한 순 타이타늄의 비드용접시 비드색에 따른 용접특성

김지성(Ji-Sung Kim1),박수한(Su-Han Park),송무근(Moo-Keun Song),김종도(Jong-Do Kim) 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2018 한국마린엔지니어링학회지 Vol.42 No.7

랜덤 키 분할을 이용한 모바일 RFID 사용자의 프라이버시를 보호하는 상호 인증 프로토콜

정윤수(Yoon-Su Jeong),김용태(Yong-Tae Kim),박길철(Gil-Cheol Park),이상호(Sang-Ho Lee) 한국통신학회 2011 韓國通信學會論文誌 Vol.34 No.9

이동 통신망에 RFID 기술을 접목한 모바일 RFID는 사용자 자신이 휴대한 휴대전화로 제품에 부착된 RFID태그의 식별자를 읽고, 이 식별자를 이동통신망을 통해 네트워크로 전달하여 제품에 대한 정보를 얻는 기술이다. 그러나 모바일 RFID는 기존 RFID에서 요구되어지는 보안 요구사항 중 프라이버시 문제가 여전히 존재하는 문제점이 있다. 이 논문에서는 모바일 RFID 사용자가 태그 정보를 백 엔드 서버로부터 안전하게 전달받기 위해서 초기화 과정과 상호 인증과정에서 모바일 RFID 리더와 태그가 생성한 랜덤키를 임의의 크기로 분할하여 프라이버시 보호가 필요한 태그에 대해서 모바일 RFID 리더가 매 세션마다 난수생성기에 의해 항상 다른 하부키 값을 생성함으로써 태그의 어떤 정보도 제 3자에게 제공하지 않도록 하고 있다. 성능 평가 결과 제안 프로토콜은 등록 계산량과 로그인 계산량에서 모듈러 연산을 사용하는 기존 프로토콜과 달리 일방향 해쉬 함수를 사용하여 사용자의 정보를 등록하기 때문에 MARP 기법<SUP>[7]</SUP>과 Kim 등의 기법<SUP>[12]</SUP>보다 저장 공간과 계산량에서 효율성이 높았다. Mobile RFID which integrates mobile network with RFID technique is the technique to get the information of products by transmitting the identifier through mobile network after reading the identifier of RFID tag. It attached on the equipment as the mobile phone. However, mobile RFID has the privacy-related problem among requested secure problems required from the existing RFID. In this paper, the random key created by mobile RFID reader and Tag during the inter-certificating and initialization procedure for mobile RFID users to receive tag information from backend server securely is divided into random sizes and any information on the tag which requires the protection of privacy shouldn't be provided to anyone. In performance analysis, previous protocol used modulo operation in registration and login computation. But the proposed protocol has higher efficiency in saving space and computation volume than MARP scheme<SUP>[7]</SUP> and Kim. et. al<SUP>[12]</SUP> scheme because our protocol is accomplished by mutual authentication and registering user information through one-way hash function.

치매(痴?)의 침구치료(鍼灸治療)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察)

김동석,서상수,권순철,Kim, Dong-Suk,Seo, Sang-Su,Kwon, Sun-Chul 경락경혈학회 2004 대한침구의학회지 Vol.21 No.2

Objectives : This study is designed to investigate the pathology, acupuncture and moxibustion therapy applicable of the dementia through literature of oriental medicine. Results : The findings of this study are as follows ; 1. The cause of dementia is internal damage of seven emotions(七情內傷), deficiency of the kidney essence(腎精不足), retention of dampness in the mental(痰迷心竅). 2. The acupuncture meridians used often for dementia are $Tok-maek(GV),\;Chok-t'aeyang\;Pang-gwang-Ky\check{o}ng(BL),\;Chok-yangm\check{o}yng\;Wi-Ky\check{o}ng(ST),\;Su-gwor\check{u}m\;Shimp'o-Ky\check{o}ng(PC),\;Su-so\check{u}m\;Shim-Ky\check{o}ng(HT)$. 3. The spots on the body suiTable for acupuncture used for therapy of the dementia are 98 points and extra points are 6 points, total therapeutic acupunture points are 104 points. And acupunture points are frequently used Shinmun(神門-HT7, 24), Paek'oe(百會-GV20, 19), Chok-samni(足三里-ST36, 18), Sugu(水溝-GV26, 17), P'ungnyung(豊隆-ST40, 16), Taech'u(大椎-GV14, 14), $Sam\check{u}mgyo(三陰交-SP6,\;14)$, Shimsu(心兪-BL15, 14), $Taen\check{u}ng(大陵-PC7,\;11)$, Nogung(勞宮-PC8, 11), Sosang(少商-LU11, 10), Kansa(間使-PC5, 10), Naegwan(內關-PC6, 10). 4. The acupoints used often on moxibustion are Paek'oe(百會-GV20), Chang-gang(長强-GV1), Taech'u(大椎-GV14), Kansa(間使-PC5). Conclusion : It is recommended that further study of many sided investigations in the future.

Plasma estradiol-17βand estrogen receptor increased during the artificial induce sexual maturation and it influence choriocapillary layer of eye in Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Ji-Yeon Hyeon,Sung-Pyo Hur,Jun-Hwan Byun,Eun-Su Kim3,Shin-Kwon Kim,Han-Jun Kim,Se-Jae Kim,Akihiro Takemura 한국수산해양기술학회(구 한국어업기술학회) 2018 한국수산해양기술학회 학술발표대회 Vol.2018 No.11

치매(痴매)의 침구치료(鍼灸治療)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察)

김동석 ( Dong Suk Kim ),권순철 ( Sun Chul Kwon ),서상수 ( Sang Su Seo ) 대한경락경혈학회 2004 Korean Journal of Acupuncture Vol.21 No.2

Objectives: This study is designed to investigate the pathology, acupuncture and moxibustion therapy applicable of the dementia through literature of oriental medicine. Results: The findings of this study are as follows; 1. The cause of dementia is internal damage of seven emotions(七情內傷), deficiency of the kidney essence(腎精不足), retention of dampness in the mental(痰迷心竅). 2. The acupuncture meridians used often for dementia are Tok-maek(GV), Chok-t`aeyang Pang-gwang-Kyong(BL), Chok-yangmyong Wi-Kyong(ST), Su-gworum Shimp`o-Kyong(PC), Su-soum Shim-Kyong(HT). 3. The spots on the body suiTable for acupuncture used for therapy of the dementia are 98 points and extra points are 6 points, total therapeutic acupunture points are 104 points. And acupunture points are frequently used Shinmun(神門-HT7, 24), Paek`oe(百會-GV20, 19), Chok-samni(足三里-ST36, 18), Sugu(水溝-GV26, 17), P`ungnyung(豊隆-ST40, 16), Taech`u(大椎-GV14, 14), Samumgyo(三陰交-SP6, 14), Shimsu(心兪-BL15, 14), Taenung(大陵-PC7, 11), Nogung(勞宮-PC8, 11), Sosang(少商-LU11, 10), Kansa(間使-PC5, 10), Naegwan(內關-PC6, 10). 4. The acupoints used often on moxibustion are Paek`oe(百會-GV20), Chang-gang(長强-GV1), Taech`u(大椎-GV14), Kansa(間使-PC5). Conclusion: It is recommended that further study of many sided investigations in the future.