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Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary - A case report - (난소의 성숙기형종에서 발생한 편평세포암종 - 1예 보고)

  • Jo, Hyang-Jeong;Moon, Hyung-Bae
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.1059-1061
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    • 2010
  • Mature cystic teratoma is a common ovarian lesion, approximately 10-20% of ovarian tumor. However, it can undergo a malignant transformation, but incidence of malignant transformation is very low. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of malignant transformation in the mature cystic teratoma. Preoperative diagnosis of malignant transformation in the mature cystic teratoma is very difficult, because malignant transformed tissues are very small in the mature cystic teratoma components. And so most of the carcinoma arising in mature cystic teratoma were diagnosed after histologic examination. We experienced a case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in the mature cystic teratoma of the ovary and report a case with a brief review of the literatures.

Comparisons of Dietary Behaviors and Growth Development with Different Sexual Maturation Velocities in Children of Pubertal Age (성 성숙 속도가 다른 사춘기 아동의 성장 발달과 식행동 비교)

  • Lee, You-Sin;Lee, Sim-Yeol
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.519-532
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to make a comparative analysis of dietary habits, snacks, eating out and fast-food intake between students with a relatively early sexual maturity and others with a relatively late sexual maturity in a bid to grasp the impact of dietary behaviors on sexual maturity. The subjects in this study were 565 boys and girls who resided in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. They included fifth- and sixth-grade school children and seventh-grade middle school students. To classify the selected students according to the level of sexual maturity, the students of the same month age were divided into two groups in consideration of the stage of their sexual maturity and that of the other age groups. The early mature group was significantly taller and weighed more than the late mature group irrespective of gender. According to Tanner stages, the boys of the early mature group reached a 3.03 stage of sexual maturity when the sexual organs were taken into account, and those of the late mature group reached a 1.50 stage of sexual maturity. The girls of the early mature group reached a 3.43 stage of sexual maturity on the basis of breast, and those of the late mature group reached a 2.73 stage of sexual maturity. Concerning eating out, the early mature group ate out more frequently than the late mature group. In regard to snacks, the early mature group had a snack more often. The findings of the study indicated that there were differences in physical development and some dietary behaviors according to sexual maturity. The early mature group had a snack and ate out relatively more often than the late mature group, which showed that some dietary behaviors had an impact on the sexual maturity of the teens who arrived at the age of puberty.

Evolutionary Optimization of Models for Mature microRNA Prediction (Mature microRNA 위치 예측 모델의 진화적 최적화)

  • Kim Jin-Han;Nam Jin-Wu;Zhang Byoung-Tak
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.67-69
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    • 2006
  • MicroRNA (miRNA)는 생체내에서 gene regulation에 관여하는 핵심 small RNA 중 하나이다. miRNA는 Primary miRNA, Precursor miRNA, mature miRNA의 과정으로 processing 된다. miRNA 최종 형태인 mature miRNA의 정확한 위치 예측은 miRNA 예측의 필수적인 부분이다. 본 논문에서는, 진화적 최적화 예측 모델 중 하나인 유전 알고리즘을 이용하여 mature miRNA의 정확한 위치 예측을 수행한다. 제시된 방법은 이미 알려진 mature miRNA 위치를 positive example로 하고 임의로 생성한 위치를 negative example로 하여 서로의 linear scoring function 적합성 함수의 값 차이가 최대한으로 되도록 예측 모델을 진화시킨다. 유전 알고리즘을 이용한 진화적 최적화 모델로부터 mature miRNA 위치 예측에서 약 1.7nt 오차를 보여 기존의 방법 보다 개선된 성능을 보인다.

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Plant Regeneration from Sliced Mature Embryo Fragments of Wheat Cultivars

  • Kim Kyung-Hee;Kang Moon-Seok;Kwon Young-Up;Lee Sang-Kyu;Moon Jung-Hun;Han Sinae;Oh Poo-Reum;Lee Byung-Moo
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.356-360
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    • 2005
  • Mature embryos were aseptically excised with a scalpel and sliced in fragments measuring 0.5 mm in diameter (sliced mature embryo fragment; 4 ${\~}$ 5 fragments/one embryo). Sliced mature embryo fragments of six wheat cultivars were cultured to develop an efficient method of callus induction and plant regeneration. Callus derived from sliced mature embryo fragments showed a good capacity to embryogenesis and regeneration. Furthermore sliced mature embryo fragments decreased contamination from fungi and bacteria. The high efficiency of callus induction were obtained Keumkangmil and Bob­white. For plant regeneration, selected embryogenic calli were transferred to two types regeneration media. An average number of green spots per callus was 4 to 5 in regeneration media after about one week. Percentage of plant regeneration showed high in regeneration medium containing 0.1 mg/l 2,4-D and 5 mg/l zeatin. Especially, Keumkangmil ($27.5\%$) and Bobwhite ($33.3\%$) showed high regeneration efficiency. This regeneration system from sliced mature embryo fragments may provide an effective and convenient explant for plant transformation studies.

Vaginal Removal of Mature Cystic Teratoma in Postmenopausal Woman (성숙 난소 기형종의 질식 적출술 1예)

  • Jung, Ki-Mog;Lee, Hyun-Woo;Kim, Ki-Wan;Koh, Min-Whan
    • Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.293-296
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    • 2001
  • Mature cystic teratomas, commonly called dermoid cysts, are the most common benign germ cell tumors of ovary in women of reproductive age. Mature cystic teratoma that constitutes 10-25% of ovarian tumors and 95% of teratoma, is germ cell tumor of the ovary. This occurs frequently in women less than 20 years old, but it can be found upto 10-20% in postmenopausal women. And in women over the age of 50, a mature cystic teratoma is likely to change into malignant form. Traditional surgical methods of mature cystic teratoma treatment include transabdominal cystectomy, oophorectomy, hysterectomy and(or) bilateral salphingooophorectomy. Recently laparoscopic approach replaces transabdominal surgeries in many cases. Vaginal removal of mature cystic teratoma is unique and rare. Compared with laparotomy, transvaginal approach is characterized by shorter hospital stay and lower morbidity rate. Compared with laparoscopic operation, transvaginal approach has advantages of no visible operative scar and lower intra-operative tumor spillage. The decision for surgical methods is related with patients' situations and surgeon's preference. We report 1 case of vaginal removal of mature cystic teratoma as a part of vaginal hysterectomy in old age patient.

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Application of Economic Risk Measures for a Comparative Evaluation of Less and More Mature Nuclear Reactor Technologies

  • Andrianov, A.A.;Andrianova, O.N.;Kuptsov, I.S.;Svetlichny, L.I.;Utianskaya, T.V.
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.431-439
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    • 2018
  • Less mature nuclear reactor technologies are characterized by a greater uncertainty due to insufficient detailed design information, operational data, cost information, etc., but the expected performance characteristics of less mature options are usually more attractive in comparison with more mature ones. The greater uncertainty is, the higher economic risks associated with the project realization will be. Within a comparative evaluation of less and more mature nuclear reactor technologies, it is necessary to apply economic risk measures to balance judgments regarding the economic performance of less and more mature options. Assessments of any risk metrics involve calculating different characteristics of probability distributions of associated economic performance indicators and applying the Monte-Carlo method. This paper considers the applicability of statistical risk measures for different economic performance indicators within a trial case study on a comparative evaluation of less and more mature unspecified LWRs. The presented case study demonstrates the main trends associated with the incorporation of economic risk metrics into a comparative evaluation of less and more mature nuclear reactor technologies.

Production techniques to Improve the Quality of Steamed and Freeze-Dried Mature Silkworm Larval Powder

  • Ji, Sang-Deok;Son, Jong-Gon;Kim, Seong-wan;Kim, Nam-Suk;Kim, Kee-Young;Kweon, Hae-Yong;Seong, Gyu-Byeong;Koh, Young-Ho
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2017
  • Cooked mature silkworms have received increasing attention as a new source of income for sericultural farms. Quality improvement of these worms as the end-product requires prevention of the following: inclusion of unfertilized silkworm eggs, mixing with impurities, producing undercooked or overcooked mature larvae, and mixing spewed silk substance. Preventing unfertilized eggs and impurities and reducing undercooked or overcooked mature larvae can be achieved by sericultural farms. However, the prevention of spewed silk substance requires the development of new techniques. This study developed new techniques for optimum cold storage temperature, soaking, and hydro-thermal treatment to minimize the spewing of mature larvae prior to steaming: when larvae mature after 7 days on the $5^{th}$ instar, they should be soaked in water at room temperature of $25^{\circ}C$ immediately upon collection and stored at $8^{\circ}C$ for less than 3 days. They should be soaked in boiling water for approximately 10 s immediately before steaming to kill the larvae and cooked with steam. This method allows for the production of high-quality mature larvae without spewed silk substance. These new techniques will considerably improve the production of well-cooked quality mature larvae by minimizing silk substance spewed out from the larvae.

Optimal numbers of mature oocytes to produce at least one or multiple top-quality day-3 embryos in normal responders

  • Shim, Yoo Jin;Hong, Yeon Hee;Kim, Seul Ki;Jee, Byung Chul
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2020
  • Objective: We attempted to identify the optimal cutoff numbers of mature oocytes that would produce at least one or multiple top-quality (grade A) day-3 embryos in normal responders undergoing stimulated in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles. Methods: We selected 210 fresh IVF cycles performed in 170 infertile women at a single center from January 2014 to November 2019. Four to 14 (total) oocytes were obtained in all cycles after conventional ovarian stimulation. A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to find the moderate and extreme cutoff numbers of mature oocytes that would produce ≥ 1, ≥ 2, ≥ 3, ≥ 4, and ≥ 5 top-quality embryos. Results: The cutoff number of mature oocytes was significantly correlated with the number of top-quality embryos (r = 0.467, p= 0.000). The moderate cutoff number of mature oocytes was ≥ 3, ≥ 5, ≥ 5, ≥ 6, and ≥ 6 for obtaining ≥ 1, ≥ 2, ≥ 3, ≥ 4, and ≥ 5 top-quality embryos, respectively. The extreme cutoff number of mature oocytes was ≥ 9, ≥ 9, ≥ 10, ≥ 10, and ≥ 11 for obtaining ≥ 1, ≥ 2, ≥ 3, ≥ 4, and ≥ 5 top-quality embryos, respectively. Conclusion: We present the optimal cutoff numbers of mature oocytes that would yield ≥ 1, ≥ 2, ≥ 3, ≥ 4, and ≥ 5 top-quality embryos with 95% specificity. Our findings could help infertility clinicians to set target mature oocyte numbers in women undergoing stimulated IVF cycles.

Transport Distance Affects the Quality of Both Mature and Ripe Tomato Fruits (수송거리에 따른 녹숙 및 적숙 토마토의 품질변화)

  • Park, Kuen-Woo;Kang, Ho-Min
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.511-513
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    • 1998
  • Tomato fruits(Lycopersicon esculentum $M_{ILL}$.) picked at mature (from mature green to breaker) and ripe (from pink to red) stage were packed into two layers in corrugated fiberbox and transported 200km and 400km from the harvested site. Loss (abrasion + cracking) in marketability was lowest (11.0%) from mature + 200km transport, followed by mature + 400km transport(13.5%), ripe + 200km transport(28.5%), and ripe + 400km transport (45.5%). When data were pooled by fruit maturity, firmness of mature fruit was 1.55 times higher than ripe fruit. However, vitamin C content was 1.25 times higher in ripe fruit than in mature fruit. Fruit transported longer distance and packed in bottom layer within a box exhibited lower firmness and vitamin C content in both maturity. It was concluded that it is desirable to transport relatively shorter distance for ripe tomato and longer distance for less ripe fruit.

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Surgical Findings of a Lumbar Mature Teratoma Accompanying the Preoperative Intracranial Dissemination of Fatty Droplets

  • Oh, Jae-Sang;Im, Soo-Bin;Kim, Bum-Tae;Shin, Won-Han
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.409-412
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    • 2009
  • There are several mechanisms for the dissemination of lipid material from a mature teratoma into the subarachnoid space or ventricles, including iatrogenic or traumatic rupture, but spontaneous rupture of a mature teratoma is rare We report the spontaneous rupture of a spinal mature teratoma into the subarachnoid space and ventricles. However, at surgery, there was no definite evidence of rupture into the perimedullary cerebrospinal fluid. We postulate that the central canal could be a migration pathway for ruptured material into the brain.