No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

Primary retroperitoneal mucinous tumor is very rare. In the worldwide literature, only 14 cases have been reported. Herein, we report two cases of retroperitoneal mucinous tumor found at laparotomy. The patients were females, aged 24 and 21 years, respectively. They had bilateral normal ovaries. Histologically, one was mucinous cystadenoma and the other showed borderline histology. The connective tissue wall resembling ovarian stroma was noted in one case. The pathogenesis was discussed.
Female ; Humans

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing 6th graders' alcohol drinking. METHODS: Data were collected by questionnaires from 524 6th-graders in G City. The data were analyzed using SAS 9.1.3 programme. RESULTS: Of the children, 63.7% had no education about drinking, implying that drinking prevention education is not done properly in elementary schools. In addition, 70.6% of the children experienced drinking. Among those who had drinking experience, 24.9% experienced the first drinking before entrance into elementary school and this was the highest percentage. Logistic regression analysis showed that the predictors are religion, family type, mother's drinking frequency, and alcohol attitude. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that complementing home environment and parenting education would be effective for reducing children's drinking. Also, it is recommended that drinking prevention programs for children should be developed in consideration of various factors affecting children's drinking including the factors identified in the present study, and the effectiveness of those programs should be assessed.
Alcohol Drinking ; Child ; Complement System Proteins ; Drinking ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Phenothiazines ; Republic of Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The reservoir hosts of Thelazia callipaeda were examined. The eyes of the 76 dogs raised at farm, 78 military dogs (shepherds), 96 cattle, and 105 pigs were investigated for the presence of eyeworm. Among them, six worms of T. callipaeda were collected from two dogs raised at farm (2.7%), and 188 worms from 26 shepherds (33.5%). No worms were recovered from the cattle or pigs. These results suggest that the dogs, especially the military dogs are serving as a reservoir host of T. callipaeda. in Korea.
Animals ; Cattle ; Disease Reservoirs/*veterinary ; Dog Diseases/epidemiology/*parasitology ; Dogs ; Eye/parasitology ; Female ; *Host-Parasite Interactions ; Korea/epidemiology ; Male ; Prevalence ; Spirurida Infections/epidemiology/parasitology/*veterinary ; Swine ; Thelazioidea/*isolation & purification

No abstract available.
Bone Marrow* ; Necrosis* ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*

PURPOSE: Adriarnycin induced cardiomyopathy is irreversible and may procede to clinical congestive heart failure. Recently, it has been suggested that adriamycin may exert cardiomyopathy due to inhibition of transport across mitochondrial membranes rnediated by the carnitine palmitoyltransferase system(CPT I). The effect of adriamycin on fatty acid metabolisrn according to cumulative dose was not clarified. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the acute effect of adriamycin on lipid and fatty acid metabolism accoring to cumulative dose. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups. The first group was control. The second group was given intraperitoneal injection with adriamycin(5mg/kg) twice a week for 2 weeks. Serum lipid (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol) and fatty acid levels were analyzed on the first day, 8th day, and 11th day after injection of adriamycin. RESULTS: Total cholesterol, triglyceride, and LDL cholesterol were significantly higher in adriamycin group compared to the control group. HDL cholesterol was similar in both groups. Total cholesterol and LDL choleterol level significantly increased over the adriamycin dose. Total fatty acid levels were significantly higher after injection of adriamycin. Long chain fatty acids such as palmitic acid, linoleic acicl and oleic acid levels were significantly elevated in the adriamycin group. CONCLUSION: Serum lipid and fatty acid levels increased significantly after injection of adriamycin.
Animals ; Cardiomyopathies* ; Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase ; Cholesterol ; Cholesterol, HDL ; Cholesterol, LDL ; Doxorubicin* ; Fatty Acids ; Heart Failure ; Injections, Intraperitoneal ; Metabolism* ; Mitochondrial Membranes ; Oleic Acid ; Palmitic Acid ; Rats* ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Triglycerides

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors contributing to internet addiction in 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from low income families. METHODS: Participants for this study were 201 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from low income families living in Taegu. Data were collected from March, 2 to May, 29, 2013 using self-report structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS/Win 20.0 programme. RESULTS: Among the students, 78.6% were regular users, 14.4% were potential users, and 7.0% were high-risk users. The factors influencing internet addiction, in order of importance, were; conversation with family, followed by depression. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that efforts should make to monitor use of internet by elementary school children from low income families, and preventive strategies should be developed taking into consideration factors that influence internet addiction.
Child ; Daegu ; Depression ; Humans ; Internet* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to find out the effects of hospice care in public health centers by evaluating the quality of life of terminal cancer patients and care-giver burden of their families. METHODS: From January to December 2007, 32 terminal cancer patients and their familes were selected as subjects for this study based on the research criteria. The data were collected using the questionnaire along with interviews. Instruments used for this study were C-QOL(Cancer-Quality of Life) that was developed by Lee(2007) and care-giver burden of families that was developed by Seo et al(1993). The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage and paired t-test. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant differences in the global overall quality of life between before and after receiving the comprehensive hospice care(t=18.997, p=.000). There was a statistically significant differences in the level of the quality of life of the hospice patients in physical aspects(t=21.196, p=.000), in emotional aspects(t=11.803, p=.000), in social aspects(t=24.310, p=.000) between before and after receiving the comprehensive hospice care. There was a statistically significant differences in care-giver burden of families between before and after receiving the comprehensive hospice care(t=36.468, p=.000). CONCLUSIONS: Hospice care in the public health center could be considered as an effective intervention to improve general quality of life of the terminally ill out patients and to decrease of care-giver burden of families with terminal cancer patients. It is recommended that hospice care in public health centers for the terminally ill out clients and their families should be increased.
Hospice Care ; Hospices ; Humans ; Outpatients ; Public Health ; Quality of Life ; Terminally Ill ; Surveys and Questionnaires

This study was performed to establish the cephalometric standards and to observe the nature of anatomic fit in the internal structural relationship of the craniofaciodental complex of the normal Korean by means of Moyers' method. Lateral cephalograms of 143 males and 144 females with normal occlusion and acceptable profile from 6 to 25 years of age, which were consisted of 5 groups that were 6 year-, 9 year-, 12 year-, 15 year- and adult-group were obtained. Data were gathered by traced digitizing the cephalograms and were statistically analyzed. The findings can be summerized as follows. 1. Norms of Korean males, females and both sexes in each group were established. 2. There was little significant sexual dimorphism in the form of craniofacial skeleton of all age groups. 3. The height and length of craniofacial skeleton was alike in each sexes in the 6 year-, 9 year- and 12 year-group, whereas it was larger in male than in female in the 15 year- and adult-group. 4. There were no significant sexual differences in the internal structural relationship of the craniofacial skeleton in all age groups.
Female ; Humans ; Male ; Skeleton

Despite a rapid increase in male older adults living alone, relatively little is known about their life satisfaction and related factors. Based on Levine’s conservation model, this study aimed to explore predictors of life satisfaction among older men living alone in South Korea. Methods: Using logistic regression, a cross-sectional secondary data analysis was conducted among male older adults living alone (N=548) from the 2020 National Survey of Older Koreans. Results: The factors associated with a risk of lower life satisfaction in older men living alone were income lower than the standard median income, unemployment, living in rural areas, moderate-high nutritional risk, declined sensory function, depression, and social isolation. Conclusion: To enhance the life satisfaction of older men living alone, customized interventions are required, including comprehensive health assessment with a holistic perspective. Addressing economic stability alongside prevention and multidimensional interventions is needed to mitigate nutritional risks, sensory function decline, depression, and social isolation. Healthcare providers and policymakers in local communities should understand the sociocultural characteristics of older Korean men living alone and provide well-suited formal and informal support programs to address these needs.