No abstract available.
Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Quality Control*

No abstract available.
Dementia* ; Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Prevalence*

Atretic cephalocele is a rare congenital cranial anomaly. We have experienced 3 cases of atretic cephalocele at the Department of Neurosurgery, Kyungpook University Hospital between 1990 and 1993. Clinical features, operative considerations, and outcome are discussed.
Encephalocele* ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Neurosurgery

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Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Prospective Studies*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this research was to delineate the effects of organizational injustice on negative behaviors of employees with the mediating effects of trust. METHODS: A survey was conducted among 550 nurses in 11 departments of 3 hospitals located in the Pohang area. Data were analyzed using frequency, descriptive statistics. correlation coefficients, regression analysis. RESULTS: Procedural injustice (beta=-.48, p<.001) had the greatest negative effect on organizational trust, followed by interactional injustice(beta=-.15, p<.001) and distributive injustice(beta=-.14, p<.001). For supervisor trust, both procedural (beta=-.11, p=.006) and interactional (beta=-.63, p<.001) injustice had a negative effect. While supervisor trust (beta=-.28, p<.001) had greater negative effects on organizational negative behaviors of nurses compared to organizational trust (beta=-.21, p<.001), supervisor trust (beta=-.29, p<.001) had negative effects on personal negative behaviors but organizational trust had no significant effect on personal negative behaviors. CONCLUSION: To reduce the negative organizational behaviors of nurses, an organizational effort is needed to reduce procedural injustice by introducing fair organizational management and to reduce interactional injustice through formal or informal communication channels between supervisors and nurses.
Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Humans ; Negotiating*

3D histology is a imaging system for the 3D structural information of cells or tissues. The synchrotron radiation propagation phase contrast micro-CT has been used in 3D imaging methods. However, the simple phase contrast micro-CT did not give sufficient micro-structural information when the specimen contains soft elements, as is the case with many biomedical tissue samples. The purpose of this study is to develop a new technique to enhance the phase contrast effect for soft tissue imaging. Experiments were performed at the imaging beam lines of Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL). The biomedical tissue samples under frozen state was mounted on a computer-controlled precision stage and rotated in 0.18° increments through 180°. An X-ray shadow of a specimen was converted into a visual image on the surface of a CdWO4 scintillator that was magnified using a microscopic objective lens (X5 or X20) before being captured with a digital CCD camera. 3-dimensional volume images of the specimen were obtained by applying a filtered back-projection algorithm to the projection images using a software package OCTOPUS. Surface reconstruction and volume segmentation and rendering were performed were performed using Amira software. In this study, We found that synchrotron phase contrast imaging of frozen tissue samples has higher contrast power for soft tissue than that of non-frozen samples. In conclusion, synchrotron radiation propagation phase contrast cryo-microCT imaging offers a promising tool for non-destructive high resolution 3D histology.
Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Octopodiformes ; Synchrotrons*

No abstract available.
Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies*

Several different methods of posterior wiring and fusion have been advocated for treatment of the odontoid process fractures, regardless of direction of displacement. Between 1983 and 190, 8 cases of type II odontoid process fracture underwent posterior wiring and fusion at Kyungpook National University Hospital. Among them, three cases were posteriorly displaced fractures. For these three cases, the authors modified wiring method and applied acrylic resin. The authors thought this procedure is not complex and a good method for posteriorly displaced type II fractures in which conventional posterior wiring may actually create a tration effect that further displaces the fractured odontoid into the spinal canal.
Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Odontoid Process* ; Spinal Canal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the sources, extent and related factors in South Korean doctors. METHODS: The study subjects were 934 doctors in Taegu, Kyungpook Province, Korea(540 independent practitioners, 105 employed at hospitals and 289 residents in training). Information concerning job stress was obtained using a 9-item questionnaire. Information regarding related factors such as demographic characteristics(age, sex, marital status), perceptions on the socioeconomic status of doctors and working conditions(work time, on-call days per week) was also obtained by self-administered questionnaire during April and May, 2000. RESULTS: Major sources of job stress included clnical responsibility/judgement factor, patient factor and work loading factor. The job stress score of residents was the highest among three groups. The score was lower in older doctors. The score was low among those who thought doctors socioeconomic status was not good. The longer the work time, the higher the job stress score was. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to control for the mutual influence of independent variables. In regression analysis, the score of residents was higher than practitioners. Work time and socioeconomic status perception had negative effects on job stress score. CONCLUSION: The average job stress score of the doctors was high. Age, work type, working conditions and perceptions of socioeconomic status were found to besignificantly related to job stress score. Although the job stress of doctors is somewhat inevitable due to the nature of the doctor's job, control of work time, development of coping tools and other intervention methods are needed to reduce job stress of doctors. Further studies are required to understand the characteristics of job stress and reduce the job stress of doctors.
Daegu ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Humans ; Questionnaires ; Social Class

No abstract available.
Eosinophils* ; Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E* ; Skin*