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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Silicone Index Tooth Tray impression system which does not use gingicord has a shortcoming. It takes time to remove internal wall of Silicone Index Tooth Tray for space of wash impression material. PURPOSE: This study was to evaluate whether providing certain space to impression body can prevent from doing complicated laboratory work. MATERIAL AND METHODS: After mounting metal dies with shoulder and chamfer margins arbiturarily, SITT was produced using Blu-mousse(R). In one experimental group, wash impression was taken using Fit-tester(R) without removing interior surface of SITT and in the other group, wash impression was taken using Fit-tester(R) providing 0.5mm space in the SITT and then compared the differences in two groups. RESULTS: 1. There was no significant difference between a group which did not allow space and a group which granted equal 0.5mm space. 2. There was no significant difference between gingival diameter, occlusal diameter of metal die that has shoulder margin and gingival diameter, occlusal diameter of metal die that has chamfer margin. 3. There was no significant difference between a group which did not take pick-up impression and a group which took pick-up impression through relining method using SITT. 4. There was no significant difference between a group that poured immediately after taking primary impression and a group that poured after removing poured stone die. CONCLUSIONS: When taking an impression of an abutment using SITT impression system, it is considered to obtain clinically identical results between a group that did not grant a 0.5mm space within SITT for wash impression and a group which invest a space. Furthermore, it is considered possible to produce an individual die through secondary pouring.
Financing, Organized ; Shoulder ; Silicones* ; Tooth*

STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to present updated information on the research support programs offered by the National Research Foundation of Korea. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: The research support programs offered by the National Research Foundation of Korea are an important cornerstone for obtaining other grants from the government and commercial companies. However, no information has yet been provided in the literature about these programs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Review of the relevant literature. RESULTS: The research support programs offered by the National Research Foundation of Korea are complex. However, it is possible to find appropriate grants. It is necessary to focus on the individual basic research program. CONCLUSIONS: Novel proposals have a greater chance of receiving funding, especially if the appropriate background and preliminary data are provided.
Financial Management ; Financing, Organized ; Korea*

The 22nd World Congress of Dermatology, held in Seoul, marked a milestone in the history of Korean dermatology. It is anticipated that Korean dermatological science will continue noticeable progress in the foreseeable future. At this point in time, I think it is essential to look back upon our previous advancements in various fields of dermatology. Therefore, I reviewed the history of Korean Society of Dermatopathology (KSDP) focused on the activities of Korean Dermatology Association (KDA) members. It includes foundation of KSDP, establishment of dermatopathology symposium, performance of dermatopathology training program, granting research funds of KDA, and academic interchange between the members through periodical study meetings. The KSDP has a relatively long history among member societies under KDA. Therefore, we need to take the initiative and set an example for other members to follow.
Dermatology ; Financial Management ; Financing, Organized

Recently, there has been a rapid adoption of a variety of information technologies to scholarly journal publishing. For example, the digital object identifier application launched in 2000 has become an international standard of journal networks. In 2012, Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) and CrossMark were launched. Further, FundRef began its service in 2013. Since most medical journals from Korea are published by academic societies themselves, editors should understand these projects and apply them to their journals. ORCID is a unique identifier of every researcher and contributor in the world. In Korea, there are particularly many people who have the same name, and hence, a unique identifier becomes mandatory. Any researcher can register with ORCID and receive a unique ID for life for free. CrossMark is an update system for checking the final version of a paper as there may be errata, corrigenda, retractions, or other changes. Readers can determine whether the paper that they are viewing is the final version or not by clicking on the CrossMark logo. Likewise, FundRef provides a standard method for reporting the funder's name and the grant number for a paper. Once the funding agencies from Korea are registered with FundRef, authors can provide the funder and the grant number information to the publisher. To apply ORCID, CrossMark, and FundRef easily, the production of a Journal Article Tag Suite extensible markup language file is mandatory. Owing to the advanced level of information technology in Korea, it should be possible to apply ORCID, CrossMark, and FundRef at a very reasonable cost. Therefore, now is the time for journal editors to introduce the above mentioned standards to journal publishing.
Financial Management ; Financing, Organized ; Korea

The purposes of this study were to analyze the gap between foodservice personnel and inpatients, to urge foodservice providers to reconsider by identifying the problems in service delivery for customer satisfaction, and to deduce the priority for foodservice quality improvement. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : the average perception score of personnel (4.32 out of 5) was higher than that of customers (3.90). In particular, the customers' perceptions of 17 attributes, which included 'removal service of tray by foodservice personnel', 'nutrition and health-related information service', 'handling inpatient's complaint ASAP', 'delicious meals' and 'salty enough meals' and so on, was significantly lower than personnel's. Both service providers and customers perceived that 'personnel attitude' was the highest and 'meal quality' was the lowest among the 4 factors, but there was significant difference on 'meal quality' (p<.001), 'customer reception' (p<.001) and 'personnel attitude' (p<.05) between the two groups. As a results of quadrant analysis, 'removal service of tray by foodservice personnel', 'handling inpatient's complaints ASAP' and 'meal service according to doctor's orders were categorized into Quadrant A with meaning of high personnel's perceptions and low customers'. Therefore service providers have to perceive the gap between the two viewpoints and grant priority to these attributes in improving foodservice quality.
Financing, Organized ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Quality Improvement

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of nurses' patient safety behavior during inter-hospital transfer. The study was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). METHODS: A descriptive survey design was used. Data were collected with a self-administrated 39-item questionnaire completed by 111 nurses from a university hospital in Seoul, South Korea. The questionnaire was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) guideline and included measure of self- reported past patient safety behaviors, intentions, attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral controls. Ethical approval was granted by the hospital review board. Hierarchical regression analyses were carried out. RESULTS: The average score of patient safety behavior was 4.21±0.63 (5 point scale). The TPB variables explained 49.9%of the variance in patient safety behavior. Intention and subjective norm were the most significant predictors of nurses' patient safety behavior. Attitude was related to nurses'patient safety behavior. CONCLUSION: TPB variables predicted the nurses'patient safety behavior during inter-hospital transfer of patients except for perceived behavioral controls. The results of this study suggest that better strategies for subjective norms and intentions related to patient safety behavior will be helpful in safety culture reform.
Financing, Organized ; Humans ; Intention ; Korea ; Patient Safety* ; Safety Management ; Seoul

Molecular imaging is a bioimaging that can detect biochemically and genetically relevant events in molecular level in cells and tissues via quantitative imaging signal. Molecular imaging provides potential advantages to examine early diagnosis of specific diseases, to screen new candidates of a drug, to monitor therapeutic effects in real time, and to communicate with both diagnosis and therapeutics. These diverse advantages of molecular imaging can be allowed by development of nanoplatform technology. The nanoplatform-based probes for molecular imaging is widely investigated to grant multimodal molecular imaging and drug delivery together with medical imagings, which includes the issues of biocompatibility, targeting moiety, proteasespecific peptide substrate, quenching/dequenching system etc. In this paper, nanoplatformbased probes are reviewed in aspects of cancer targeting for diagnosis and therapy and multimodal molecular imaging with inorganic/organic hybrid nanoparticles.
Chimera ; Early Diagnosis ; Financing, Organized ; Molecular Imaging ; Nanoparticles ; Organothiophosphorus Compounds

Molecular imaging is a bioimaging that can detect biochemically and genetically relevant events in molecular level in cells and tissues via quantitative imaging signal. Molecular imaging provides potential advantages to examine early diagnosis of specific diseases, to screen new candidates of a drug, to monitor therapeutic effects in real time, and to communicate with both diagnosis and therapeutics. These diverse advantages of molecular imaging can be allowed by development of nanoplatform technology. The nanoplatform-based probes for molecular imaging is widely investigated to grant multimodal molecular imaging and drug delivery together with medical imagings, which includes the issues of biocompatibility, targeting moiety, proteasespecific peptide substrate, quenching/dequenching system etc. In this paper, nanoplatformbased probes are reviewed in aspects of cancer targeting for diagnosis and therapy and multimodal molecular imaging with inorganic/organic hybrid nanoparticles.
Chimera ; Early Diagnosis ; Financing, Organized ; Molecular Imaging ; Nanoparticles ; Organothiophosphorus Compounds