User Sentiment Analysis Based on Securities Application Elements.

Designing securities applications for mobile devices is challenging due to their inherent complexity, necessitating improvement through the analysis of online reviews. However, research applying deep learning techniques to the sentiment analysis of Korean text remains limited. This study explores the use of Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA) as an effective alternative to traditional user research methods for securities application design.

CT Evaluation of Long-Term Changes in Common Bile Duct Diameter after Cholecystectomy.

Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the frequency and extent of compensatory common bile duct (CBD) dilatation after cholecystectomy, assess the time between cholecystectomy and CBD dilatation, and identify potentially useful CT findings suggestive of obstructive CBD dilatation.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 121 patients without biliary obstruction who underwent multiple CT scans before and after cholecystectomy at a single center between 2009 and 2011. The maximum short-axis diameters of the CBD and intrahepatic duct (IHD) were measured on each CT scan.

A Study on the Effectiveness of IT Application Education for Older Adults by Interaction Method of Humanoid Robots.

Education using humanoid robots can have a positive impact in many fields, including in medical or physical training. This study investigated the effects of robot interactions with respect to facial expressions, gestures, voices and their combinations on the education of the elderly regarding information and communications technology (ICT) from functional and emotional perspectives. In this study, the robot's interaction methods were divided into four categories: (1) voice, (2) voice and expression, (3) voice and gesture, and (4) voice and expression and gesture.

Association of dynamic susceptibility contrast- and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging parameters with molecular marker status in lower-grade gliomas: A retrospective study.

Purpose: Molecular marker status is clinically relevant for treatment planning and predicting the prognosis of gliomas. This study aimed to assess whether quantitative imaging parameters from dynamic susceptibility contrast- (DSC-) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict the molecular marker status of lower-grade gliomas (LGGs).

Materials And Methods: Overall, 132 patients with LGGs who underwent DSC- and DCE-MRI were retrospectively enrolled.

Effects of a conflict resolution training program on nursing students: A quasi-experimental study based on the situated learning theory.

Background: Conflict among nurses within the healthcare system negatively impacts them and patient outcomes. Therefore, it is essential to prepare nursing students for conflict resolution in clinical practice.

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a conflict resolution training program based on the situated learning theory (SLT) for nursing students and to verify the impact of the program on abilities of communication, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.

Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Practice of Sexual Health Care: Preliminary Study for Developing Training Program.

Health professionals contribute toward addressing the sexual health care (SHC) of cancer patients, given the frequency of contact with their patients. This study investigated nurses' and physicians' SHC attitudes, practices, and educational needs relating to cancer patients' SHC. Using a cross-sectional study design, we assessed South Korean health professionals' attitudes, practice, and training needs related to cancer patients' SHC.

Gain Switching for a Detection System to Accommodate a Newly Developed MALDI-Based Quantification Method.

In matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF), matrix-derived ions are routinely deflected away to avoid problems with ion detection. This, however, limits the use of a quantification method that utilizes the analyte-to-matrix ion abundance ratio. In this work, we will show that it is possible to measure this ratio by a minor instrumental modification of a simple form of MALDI-TOF.

Quantification of Carbohydrates and Related Materials Using Sodium Ion Adducts Produced by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization.

The utility of sodium ion adducts produced by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization for the quantification of analytes with multiple oxygen atoms was evaluated. Uses of homogeneous solid samples and temperature control allowed the acquisition of reproducible spectra. The method resulted in a direct proportionality between the ion abundance ratio I([A + Na])/I([M + Na]) and the analyte concentration, which could be used as a calibration curve.

[Influence of Nurse Managers' Authentic Leadership on Nurses' Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: Focused on the Mediating Effects of Empowerment].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effect of empowerment in the relationship of nurse managers' authentic leadership, with nurses' organizational commitment and job satisfaction.

Methods: The participants in this study were 273 registered nurses working in five University hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. The measurements included the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire, Condition of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and Korea-Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire.

Effects of ethics education on moral sensitivity of nursing students.

Background: While nursing ethics education is commonly provided for undergraduate nursing students in most nursing colleges, consensus on the content and teaching modules for these ethics courses have still not been established.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of nursing ethics education on the moral sensitivity and critical thinking disposition of nursing students in Korea.

Research Design: A one-group pre- and post-test design was used.

Acquisition of the depth profiles and reproducible mass spectra in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization of inhomogeneous samples.

Rationale: In our previous analysis of the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) spectra of peptides, we treated their depth profiles in solid samples as homogeneous. Here, we wanted to determine if the reproducible MALDI spectra and linear calibration curves reported previously would be obtained even when the depth profiles were inhomogeneous.

Methods: We derived a formula relating shot-number-dependent ion abundance data in temperature-controlled MALDI with the analyte depth profile in a solid sample.

Investigations of Some Liquid Matrixes for Analyte Quantification by MALDI.

Sample inhomogeneity is one of the obstacles preventing the generation of reproducible mass spectra by MALDI and to their use for the purpose of analyte quantification. As a potential solution to this problem, we investigated MALDI with some liquid matrixes prepared by nonstoichiometric mixing of acids and bases. Out of 27 combinations of acids and bases, liquid matrixes could be produced from seven.

Quick quantification of proteins by MALDI.

Previously, we reported that the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization spectrum of a peptide became reproducible when an effective temperature was held constant. Using a calibration curve drawn by plotting the peptide-to-matrix ion abundance ratio versus the peptide concentration in a solid sample, a peptide could be quantified without the use of any internal standard. In this work, we quantified proteins by quantifying their tryptic peptides with the aforementioned method.

Spectral reproducibility and quantification of peptides in MALDI of samples prepared by micro-spotting.

Previously, we reported that MALDI spectra of peptides became reproducible when temperature was kept constant. Linear calibration curves derived from such spectral data could be used for quantification. Homogeneity of samples was one of the requirements.

Moral sensitivity and critical thinking disposition of nursing students in Korea.

This study aimed to examine the level of moral sensitivity and critical thinking disposition among baccalaureate nursing students in Korea. A convenience sample of 142 undergraduate nursing students was surveyed on moral sensitivity using the Korean version of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (K-MSQ) and on critical thinking disposition using the Critical Thinking Disposition Questionnaire (CTDQ). Data were collected from June 2009 to July 2010.

Matrix suppression as a guideline for reliable quantification of peptides by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization.

We propose to divide matrix suppression in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization into two parts, normal and anomalous. In quantification of peptides, the normal effect can be accounted for by constructing the calibration curve in the form of peptide-to-matrix ion abundance ratio versus concentration. The anomalous effect forbids reliable quantification and is noticeable when matrix suppression is larger than 70%.

Efficient methods to generate reproducible mass spectra in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization of peptides.

In our previous matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) studies of peptides, we found that their mass spectra were virtually determined by the effective temperature in the early matrix plume, Tearly, when samples were rather homogeneous. This empirical rule allowed acquisition of quantitatively reproducible spectra. A difficulty in utilizing this rule was the complicated spectral treatment needed to get Tearly.

Quantitative reproducibility of mass spectra in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization and unraveling of the mechanism for gas-phase peptide ion formation.

In a previous study on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) of peptides using α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) as a matrix, we found that the patterns of single-shot spectra obtained under different experimental conditions became similar upon temperature selection. In this paper, we report that absolute ion abundances are also similar in temperature-selected MALDI spectra, even when laser fluence is varied. The result that has been obtained using CHCA and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid as matrices is in disagreement with the hypothesis of laser-induced ionization of matrix as the mechanism for primary ion formation in MALDI.

A simple method for quantification of peptides and proteins by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry.

Even though matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) is a powerful technique for mass spectrometry of peptides and proteins, it is not quite useful for their quantification that is one of the outstanding problems in quantitative proteomics. The main difficulty lies in the poor reproducibility of MALDI spectra. In this work, a simple method to circumvent this problem has been developed.

[Effects of a short-term life review on spiritual well-being, depression, and anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients].

Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of a short-term life review on spiritual well-being, depression, and anxiety in patients with terminal cancer.

Methods: The study used a pre posttest quasi experimental design with a nonequivalent control group. Measurement instruments included the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual scale (FACIT-Sp12) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

[Development of key indicators for nurses performance evaluation and estimation of their weights for management by objectives].

Purpose: This methodological research was designed to develop performance evaluation key indicators (PEKIs) for management by objectives (MBO) and to estimate their weights for hospital nurses.

Methods: The PEKIs were developed by selecting preliminary indicators from a literature review, examining content validity and identifying their level of importance. Data were collected from November 14, 2007 to February 18, 2008.

International comparison study on the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in short-term life review interviews among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the primary concerns of terminally ill cancer patients in a Short-Term Life Review among Japanese, Koreans, and Americans to develop intervention programs to be tailored to patients in other countries.

Method: Twenty Japanese, 16 Korean, and 7 American terminally ill cancer patients who were in the hospice wards of general Christian hospitals in each country participated in this study. Medical staff members (nurses, social workers, clinical psychologists) performed Short-Term Life Review Interviews with each patient.

WSTF regulates the H2A.X DNA damage response via a novel tyrosine kinase activity.

DNA double-stranded breaks present a serious challenge for eukaryotic cells. The inability to repair breaks leads to genomic instability, carcinogenesis and cell death. During the double-strand break response, mammalian chromatin undergoes reorganization demarcated by H2A.

Histone H2B deacetylation at lysine 11 is required for yeast apoptosis induced by phosphorylation of H2B at serine 10.

Chromatin alterations, induced by covalent histone modifications, mediate a wide range of DNA-templated processes, including apoptosis. Apoptotic chromatin condensation has been causally linked to the phosphorylation of histone H2B (serine 14 in human; serine 10 in yeast, H2BS10ph) in human and yeast cells. Here, we extend these studies by demonstrating a unidirectional, crosstalk pathway between H2BS10 phosphorylation and lysine 11 acetylation (H2BK11ac) in yeast.

Impact of a nurse short message service intervention for patients with diabetes.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a nurse short message service by cellular phone and the Internet on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and adherence to diabetes control recommendations. The patients with diabetes were asked to input their blood glucose levels every day by cellular phone or the Internet. Optimal recommendations were sent weekly to each patient by short message service.