Comorbidity Patterns of Mood Disorders in Adult Inpatients: Applying Association Rule Mining.

This study explored physical and psychiatric comorbidities of mood disorders using association rule mining. There were 7709 subjects who were patients (≥19 years old) diagnosed with mood disorders and included in the data collected by the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey (KNHDS) between 2006 and 2018. Physical comorbidities (46.

Patient handover education programme based on situated learning theory for nursing students in clinical practice.

Aim: If not conducted correctly, nursing handover can threaten patient safety, and so nursing students require good handover education. This study evaluated a handover education programme based on situated learning theory in a clinical practicum.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design and convenience sampling technique were used.

Systematic Review of Quality Improvement Projects Related to Intershift Nursing Handover.

Background: Nursing handover is a real-time process in which patient-specific information is passed between nurses to ensure the continuity and safety of patient care.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of quality improvement (QI) projects in improving the intershift nursing handover process.

Methods: A computerized search was performed of electronic databases for articles published during 2009-2019 in English or Korean for which the full texts were available.

Complex Exercise Improves Anti-Inflammatory and Anabolic Effects in Osteoarthritis-Induced Sarcopenia in Elderly Women.

We investigated the effects of a 15-week complex exercise program on osteoarthritis and sarcopenia by analyzing anabolic effects and the impact on the activities of daily living (ADLs). Nineteen women aged ≥60 years with sarcopenia (SEG, n = 9) or diagnosed with osteoarthritis with sarcopenia (OSEG, n = 10) were enrolled and underwent an exercise program. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), irisin, myostatin, interleukin-10 (IL-10), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) levels were analyzed pre- and post-intervention.

Correlation of eccentric strength of the knee extensors and knee proprioception with dynamic postural control.

Background: It is important for clinicians and researchers to perform dynamic postural control evaluation for predicting musculoskeletal conditions, injury prevention, and rehabilitation.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship (1) between the eccentric strength of the knee extensors and star excursion balance test (SEBT), and (2) between the knee proprioception and SEBT.

Methods: Forty healthy young adults participated in this study.

Overseas Air Medical Repatriation of National Soccer Players Infected With Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Contacted Staff From Austria to South Korea.

Korea rarely has a system to transport patients from abroad. However, single-patient transfers are steadily being performed, and there was an experience of transferring a large number of personnel regardless of whether they were confirmed or not due to coronavirus disease 2019. Recently, a national soccer game was held abroad, and a total of 8 players and staff were infected.

Crystal structure of an apo 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase reveals key structural changes induced by substrate and co-factor binding.

7α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (7α-HSDH) catalyzes the dehydrogenation of a hydroxyl group at the 7α position in steroid substrates using NAD or NADP as a co-factor. Although studies have determined the binary and ternary complex structures, detailed structural changes induced by ligand and co-factor binding remain unclear, because ligand-free structures are not yet available. Here, we present the crystal structure of apo 7α-HSDH from Escherichia coli (Eco-7α-HSDH) at 2.

Molecular cloning and characterization of chemokine C-C motif ligand 34 (CCL34) genes from olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus).

Chemokines are a superfamily of chemotactic cytokines that regulate the migration and immune responses of leukocytes. Depending on the arrangement of the first two cysteine residues, chemokines are divided into four groups: CXC (α), CC (β), C (γ), and CX3C (δ). Chemokine C-C motif ligand 34 (CCL34) is a member of the CC chemokine family and is known as a fish-specific CC chemokine.

Discovery of Association Rules Patterns and Prevalence of Comorbidities in Adult Patients Hospitalized with Mental and Behavioral Disorders.

The objectives of this study were to identify the prevalence of comorbidities of mental and behavioral disorders and to identify the association rules related to comorbidities as a way to improve patient management efficiently. We extracted comorbidities of 20,690 patients (≥19 years old) whose principal diagnosis was a mental disorder from the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey (KNHDS) between 2006 and 2016. Association rules analysis between comorbid diseases using the Apriori algorithm was used.

Raman Scattering Study on the Influence of E-Beam Bombardment on Si Electron Lens.

Microcolumns have a stacked structure composed of an electron emitter, electron lens (source lens), einzel lens, and a deflector manufactured using a micro electro-mechanical system process. The electrons emitted from the tungsten field emitter mostly pass through the aperture holes. However, other electrons fail to pass through because of collisions around the aperture hole.

Modifications of the nucleoprotein of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus showed gain of virulence in intraperitoneally infected rainbow trout.

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) is the cause of an important listed disease in European rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) aquaculture and can be present in a wide range of fish species, including marine fish, which can act as viral reservoir. Recent studies revealed putative genetic virulence markers of VHSV to rainbow trout highlighting the roles of the nucleoprotein, phosphoprotein and non-virion protein. Using reverse genetics, we produced recombinant viruses by introducing parts of or the entire nucleoprotein from a high-virulent isolate VHSV into a low-virulent backbone.

A case study on the evaluation of discussion and debate learning effectiveness in a dental hygiene ethics class.

Introduction: This study introduces the curriculum of a discussion-based learning class for dental hygiene ethics education and evaluates the educational effect of discussion-based learning as applied to a dental hygiene ethics class.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted with 48 sophomores from the Department of Dental Hygiene who took dental hygiene ethics in the second semester of 2019. For the DBL class, the following steps were conducted: (1) a pre-class group activity (discussion); (2) a group presentation and team discussion; and (3) a discussion among all groups.

Role of Zinc-Doped Bioactive Glass Encapsulated with Microspherical Gelatin in Localized Supplementation for Tissue Regeneration: A Contemporary Review.

Gelatin, a natural polymer, provides excellent tissue compatibility for use in tissue rehabilitation. Bioactive glasses (BAG) offer superior capacity in stimulating a bioactive response but show high variability in uptake and solubility. To tackle these drawbacks, a combination of gelatin with BAG is proposed to form composites, which then offer a synergistic response.

Effect of Viscosity on the Formation of Porous Polydimethylsiloxane for Wearable Device Applications.

Medical devices, which enhance the quality of life, have experienced a gradual increase in demand. Various research groups have attempted to incorporate soft materials such as skin into wearable devices. We developed a stretchable substrate with high elasticity by forming a porous structure on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

Surface Characterization, Biocompatibility and Antifungal Efficacy of a Denture-Lining Material Containing Extracts.

Herein, we investigated the surface characterization and biocompatibility of a denture-lining material containing extracts and its antifungal efficacy against . To achieve this, a denture-lining material containing various concentrations of extract and a control group without extract were prepared. The surface characterization and biocompatibility of the samples were investigated.

Advances in biochemistry and the biotechnological production of taxifolin and its derivatives.

Taxifolin (dihydroquercetin) and its derivatives are medicinally important flavanonols with a wide distribution in plants. These compounds have been isolated from various plants, such as milk thistle, onions, french maritime, and tamarind. In general, they are commercially generated in semisynthetic forms.

Electrical Properties of Superconductive Thick Film Wires Obtained from a Melt Process.

YBaCuO superconductive thick film wires were fabricated by employing a melt process with a peak temperature of 1100 °C. Transition temperature and peak critical current density of these YBaCuO superconductive thick film wires were 90 K and 3.5 × 10⁴ A/cm², respectively.

Analysis of Electromagnetic Properties of Bulk Superconductors.

In the present study, a YBa₂Cu₃O bulk superconductor added with 5~10 wt% Ag was fabricated employing Sm123 as a seed to produce a superconductive single crystal. Metallic silver was added to the single crystal of YBa₂Cu₃O to remove defects such as cracks and pores. Electromagnetic properties of the bulk superconductor at 77 K were analyzed based on relationships of magnetic levitation, trapped magnetic force, and critical current density.

Skin-Whitening and Anti-Wrinkle Effects of Bioactive Compounds Isolated from Peanut Shell Using Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction.

Response surface methodology was employed to optimize the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) conditions for simultaneous optimization of dependent variables, including DPPH radical scavenging activity (RSA), tyrosinase activity inhibition (TAI), and collagenase activity inhibition (CAI) of peanut shell extracts. The effects of the main variables including extraction time (5.0~55.

Residual-Based Graph Convolutional Network for Emotion Recognition in Conversation for Smart Internet of Things.

Recently, emotion recognition in conversation (ERC) has become more crucial in the development of diverse Internet of Things devices, especially closely connected with users. The majority of deep learning-based methods for ERC combine the multilayer, bidirectional, recurrent feature extractor and the attention module to extract sequential features. In addition to this, the latest model utilizes speaker information and the relationship between utterances through the graph network.

Complete Genome Sequence of Pedobacter sp. PAMC26386 and Their Low Temperature Application in Arabinose-containing Polysaccharides Degradation.

Pedobacter are a representative genus of soil-associated bacteria. Here we have provided the complete genome sequence of Pedobacter sp. PAMC26386 isolated from Antarctic soil, and functionally annotated the genome, describing the unique features of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) and α-L-arabinofuranosidase (α-L-ABF).

A computational approach to identify CRISPR-Cas loci in the complete genomes of the lichen-associated Burkholderia sp. PAMC28687 and PAMC26561.

The genus Burkholderia and its strains PAMC28687 and PAMC26561 are lichen-associated bacteria isolated from the Antarctic region. Our study is the first to provide the genome sequence of the Burkholderia sp. PAMC26561 strain.