Analysis on the relationship between fisheries economic growth and marine environmental pollution in China's coastal regions.

The rapid development of China's fisheries economy is accompanied by intensified marine environmental pollution over the period covered by this study. Based on data from multiple sources, this paper attempts to measure the relationship between fisheries economic growth and marine environmental pollution among China's coastal regions over the past 17 years. For this purpose, it firstly quantifies changes in fisheries economy and fisheries population.

Development of a Breastfeeding Effectiveness Scale (BES).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate breastfeeding effectiveness scale to measure effectiveness of breastfeeding for mothers in the early postpartum period.

Methods: A conceptual framework was constructed from properties of effective breastfeeding (Yang and Seo, 2011), and item construction was derived from literature review and analysis of the data along with interviews with breastfeeding mothers. Content validity was tested by experts.

[A structural model for primiparas' breastfeeding behavior].

Purpose: The study was done to construct and test a structural model to explain primipara breastfeeding behavior.

Methods: The participants were 213 primiparas on postpartum wards. Data were analyzed using the PASW 18.

Postpartum Depressive Score and Related Factors Pre- and Post-delivery.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the scores of postpartum depression(PPD) on the first day, 1st week, and 6th week after the delivery and to explore their related factors before and after delivery in postpartum women.

Methods: With a survey design, 293 postpartum women were recruited from a postpartum unit, Ilsin Christian hospital in Pusan via convenience sampling and were followed at 1st week and 6th week in the outpatient clinic.

Results: Results showed that the scores of PPD(EPDS score) were low at postpartum 1st day, 1st week and 6th week but prevalence of PPD(EPDS > or =13) was 3.

Activation of intrarenal complement system in mouse model for chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.

Purpose: Local activation of the complement system plays a role in target organ damage. The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of cyclosporine (CsA)- induced renal injury on the complement system in the kidney.

Materials And Methods: Mice fed a low salt (0.

Induction of PPAR gamma mRNA and protein expression by rosiglitazone in chronic cyclosporine nephropathy in the rat.

Purpose: We recently reported that rosiglitazone (RGTZ), a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) agonist, has a protective effect against cyclosporine (CsA)- induced renal injury. Here we report the effect of RGTZ on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) expression in an experimental model of chronic cyclosporine (CsA) nephropathy.

Materials And Methods: Chronic CsA nephropathy was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by administering CsA (15mg/kg per day) for 28 days, and control rats were treated with vehicle (VH group, olive oil 1mL/kg per day) for 28 days.

Influence of angiotensin II on expression of toll-like receptor 2 and maturation of dendritic cells in chronic cyclosporine nephropathy.

Background: Angiotensin (Ang) II plays an important role in immune regulation. We evaluate the influence of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the innate immune response caused by cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced renal injury.

Methods: Two separate studies were performed in Sprague Dawley rats.

Effect of FTY720 on chronic cyclosporine nephropathy in rats.

Background: Long-term treatment with cyclosporine A (CsA) causes tubulointerstitial inflammation and fibrosis in the kidney. To define the role of lymphocytes in this process, the novel lymphocyte-specific inhibitor FTY720 was administered to rats with experimental model of chronic CsA nephropathy.

Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were treated daily for 4 weeks with CsA (7.