• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.35-40
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• 2021

This study attempted to derive important factors of emerging infectious diseases by collecting and analyzing text data onto emerging infectious diseases. For this purpose, articles in the Naver News database were directly crawled, pre-processed, and used for data analysis. In addition, additional analysis was performed using Big Kinds. As a result of the priority analysis, the importance was shown in the order of corona, infectious disease, quarantine, vaccine, outbreak, virus, infection, and development. As a result of the proximity centrality analysis, the importance was shown in the order of government, death, and plan, and the analysis result of Big Kinds showed that Covid-19 and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were important. Based on the results of this study, it can be said that the government's policy support is needed to raise public awareness of new infectious diseases, prevent disease, and develop vaccines and treatments.

• Journal of Appropriate Technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.216-224
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• 2021

Purpose: Global collaboration to accelerate development and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines was launched with the name of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), and this initiative owes its expertise to the lessons learned of the global health organizations. To date, the comprehensive mechanisms and potential effects of the initiative remain largely unknown. Methods: This study reviewed the programs of Gavi, the Global Fund, Unitaid, and ACT-A, which mitigating barriers to greater use of health technology with an analytic framework. Results and conclusion: The study findings are as follows. First, programs to alleviate the absence of necessary technology include the International Finance Facility for Immunization and Covax Facility. Second, Pooled Procurement Mechanism and Accelerated Order Mechanism are examples of mitigating the inability to access technology. Third, programs to overcome reluctance to adopt accessible technology include health system strengthening efforts such as the capacity-building health workforces. Further actions of Korea are needed to collaborate with the initiatives to enhance health outcomes.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.886-891
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• 2009

Cancer/testis (CT) antigens are immunogenic in cancer patients, exhibit highly tissue-restricted expression, and are considered promising target molecules for cancer vaccines. We investigated the expression of 13 CT genes in 29 Korean patients with primary breast carcinoma. The most frequently expressed CT genes were MAGE-3 (66%) and MAGE-1 (57%), followed by LAGE-1 (55%), NY-SAR-35 (49%), MAGE-4 (41%), NY-ESO-1 (38%), CT-7 (24%) and SSX-4 (24%), whereas SSX-1, SSX-2, MAGE-10 and NY-TLU-57 were found to be expressed significantly less often (3-7%) and SCP-l not all. Expression of at least one antigen was observed in 28 breast cancer samples. Immunohistochemistry was performed for NY-ESO-l and MAGE-3 protein expression in breast tumor samples. NY-ESO-l and MAGE-3 proteins were expressed in 11 of 29 (38%) and 12 of 29 (41 %) breast tumors. Our results suggest that CT antigens may be potential candidates for polyvalent immunotherapy in Korean breast cancer patients.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.46 no.12
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• pp.1217-1223
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• 2003

Purpose : This study was conducted to assess clinical practices related to the evaluation and treatment of patients with acute gastrointestinal infection(AGI) in infants and children. This survey also evaluated the current opinion regarding the use of rotavirus vaccine. Methods : This survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire provided to 82 pediatricians in private clinics of Jeonbuk province. From April to June, 2002, 63 of 82 pediatricians(76.8 %) responded to the survey. Results : The annual proportion of patients with AGI was 13%. The highest proportion of patients with diarrhea were reported for the months of October through December. For the treatment of diarrhea, pediatricians preferred to prescribe lactobacillus products, oral rehydration solution, enzyme products, anti-emetics, anti-diarrheal formula, nothing by mouth(NPO) and bowel movement inhibitors in descending order of frequency. Most pediatricians(79.4%) prescribed antibiotics in less than 20% of patients with AGI. Amoxicillin was the most commonly prescribed antibiotics followed by trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole(TMP/SMX) and amoxicillin/clavulanate. Clinical manifestations that pediatricians considered as important factors in prescribing antibiotics were bloody diarrhea, mucoid diarrhea, high fever, persisting disease and abdominal pain. Diagnostic procedures that pediatricians preferred for AGI patients were stool examination(rotavirus antigen, RBC, WBC), abdominal X-ray, and serum electrolytes. Pediatricians had a strong interest in rotavirus vaccine(71.4%). Conclusion : Acute gastrointestinal illness remains a common problem, especially during the winter months in Korea. AGI manifesting as watery diarrhea is appropriately treated with commonly available agents but pediatricians appear ready to consider additional approaches to decrease the sizable disease burden of AGI among children in Korea.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.89-98
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• 2006

Purpose : The prevalence of serotypes can be changed with respect to age of the patients, regions and times of the surveillance. The aim of this study is to analyze changes in serotype distribution of pneumococcal isolates from Korean pediatric patients. Methods : Four hundred and sixty five strains of S. pneumoniae were isolated from various clinical specimens at the Seoul National University Children's Hospital during a 15 year-period, from 1991 to 2005, were subjected to serotype and penicillin susceptibility. The study period was divided into three 5 year-periods, 1991~1995(period I), 1996~2000(period II), and 2001~2005(period III). Results : Common serotypes were 19F, 23F, 19A, 6B, 14, 6A and 9V in decreasing orders of frequency, and these 7 serotypes accounted for 79% of total 465 strains. In the serotype distribution of invasive infection isolates from children <60 months of age, similar serotypes accounted for 70% of 101 strains. In total strains, the proportion of serotype 19A and 6A increased, while that of serotype 19F and 14 decreased. The majority(75~92%) of vaccine types and cross-reactive types from invasive infection isolates was penicillin-resistant, whereas 34.4% of non-vaccine types was penicillin-resistant. Conclusion : Distribution of serotypes of S. pneuomoniae isolated from Korean children has changed significantly over the last 15 years. The surveillance for pneumococcal serotypes should be continued to monitor changes in serotype distribution which are essential for the establishment of pneumococcal vaccine policy.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.163-173
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• 2006

Purpose : To reduce the number of injections necessary to vaccinate young infants, various combined vaccines have been developed. The $Comvax^{TM}$ manufactured by Merck & Co. is a combination of Hepatitis B and PRP-OMP conjugate Haemophilus influenzae Type b vaccine. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of $Comvax^{TM}$ in Korean infants. Methods : The infants who were vaccinated at 0 months of age with Hepatitis B vaccine, were recruited for this study after parental informed consent was obtained. The subjects were vaccinated with $Comvax^{TM}$ at 2 and 4 months of age. At each visit, infants were also immunized with DTaP, inactivated poliovirus vaccine, and pneumococcal vaccine when indicated. The serum anti-PRP and anti-HBs were measured at 2 months after the 1st dose(4 months age), and the 2nd dose(6 months age) by the ELISA and chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay method, respectively. The local and systemic adverse reactions of vaccination were monitored for 3 consecutive days after each immunization. Results : Among sixty-five healthy infants(35 male infants) enrolled in this study; fifty eight(32 male infants) completed the scheduled immunizations. The geometric mean titers (GMTs) of anti-PRP at 2 months after the 1st dose and the 2nd dose were 1.96 ${\mu}g/mL$ (95% CI; 1.38~2.78) and 10.02 ${\mu}g/mL$ (95% CI; 7.04~14.26), respectively. Anti-PRP ${\geq}1.0$ ${\mu}g/mL$, was obtained in 63.2%(95% CI; 53.75~72.65) after 1 dose, and 96.6%(95% CI; 93.05~100) after 2 doses. The GMTs of anti-HBs were 38.32 mIU/mL(95% CI; 22.42~65.51), and 101.17 mIU/mL(95% CI; 65.94~155.25) at 2 month after the 1st dose and 2nd dose of $Comvax^{TM}$, respectively. Anti-HBs ${\geq}10$ mIU/mL was observed in 73.7%(95% CI; 65.07~82.33) after 1 dose and 94.8%(95% CI; 90.45~99.15) after 2 doses. Most of the adverse reactions after vaccination were mild. Irritability, the most common systemic reaction, was observed in 24.8%, followed by drowsiness(19.2%), poor feeding(19.2%) and fever(7.2%). Among the local reactions tenderness was observed in 25.6%, redness(${\geq}5$ mm) in 19.2% and swelling(${\geq}5$ mm) in 4.8%. Conclusion : The $Comvax^{TM}$ vaccine was highly immunogenic for PRP and safe in Korean infants. Although the hepatitis B vaccine component was administered at 0, 2, 4 months, this study showed good immunogenicity against HBsAg.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.566-569
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• 1998

병원성대장균에 의한 자돈의 대장균증 중 대표적인 것이 신생 및 포유자돈에서 주로 발생하는 설사병과 이유자돈의 부종병을 들 수 있다. 이러한 자돈의 대장균증은 돼지유행성설사병(PED)이나 전염성위장병(TGE)처럼 폭발적인 발생을 하지는 않지만 지역이나 계절에 관계없이 광범위하게 지속적으로 발생하고 있기 때문에 전체적인 피해는 오히려 폐사율은 높으나 주기적이고 산발적인 발생을 하는 바이러스성 설사병보다도 많을 것으로 추정된다. 이러한 자돈의 대장균설사증 대책으로 몇종의 백신이 사용되고 있으나 완벽한 장관면역을 형성시켜주는 예방약은 아직 세계적으로도 개발되어 있지 않은 실정이고, 치료대책으로 사용하고 있는 항생제도 내성균 확산으로 치료제 사용이 한계에 이르고 있다. 더욱이 부종병의 경우 치료 및 예방대책이 없어 양돈농가로서는 속수무책인 실정이다. 수의과학연구소에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 대장균증을 동시에 치료, 예방할 수 있는 병원성대장균에 대한 난황항체를 개발하여 실험실 및 야외적용시험을 실시한 결과 대장균설사증은 물론 부종병치료에도 탁월한 효과를 나타내었기에 소개드리고자 한다.

• Monthly Korean Chicken
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• v.2 no.7 s.13
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• pp.2-8
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• 1996

육류중 유해물질 검사 강화 - 육계 초기 사료제한 연구 - 잔류 항생제 정성검사 키트 개발 - 일본인 육류섭취량 증가추세 - 축산폐수 단속기중 강화 - 축산물 소비촉진 홍보대책 필요 - 사료용 부연료 할당관세 $2.5{\%}$적용 - 가금티푸스 예방약 개발 - 가금인플루엔자 방역대책 시급 - 종계 ND 발생지역 백신 프로그램 - 수입종란 외래질병 매개 가능성 - 안전축산물 생산운동연합회 발족 - 중국, 닭고기 산업 잠재력 무한 - 삼계탕 수출 급속 성장중 - 소비자 단체 임원 닭 생산현장 방문 - 산란노계 처리 계속 어려워 - 인도, 육계수입 규제완화 재검토 - 축산기자재 구입 외화자금 사용가능 - 미국, 도계전 급이중단 실험 - 러시아, 수입쿼터제 부과 - 호주, 브로일러 산업 지속적 성장 - 배합사료업체 사료원료 선물구매 기피

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.222-225
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• 2003

BT에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 식물 종자 및 작물의 배양 기술에 관한 연구가 활발해 지고 있다. 이 연구들은 주로 백신, 종자 등에 대해 연구가 이루어지고 있는데, 이를 위해 다양한 연구 환경의 구축이 필요한 시점이다. 본 논문에서는 여러 가지 분야 중에서도 빛의 파장대에 따른 작물의 배양 조건 분류를 위한 특수램프 개발에 주목적을 두고 인버터 최적조건 설계를 위하여 Ansys S/W를 사용, 램프 전원용 인버터의 열 분포를 시뮬레이션 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.53-55
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• 2012

스마트폰의 보급과 더불어 개인 정보를 유출하는 악성 프로그램의 위협 또한 증가하고 있다. 악성 프로그램의 위협으로부터 사용자의 데이터를 보호하기 위해 다양한 모바일용 백신이 시중에 나와있는 상황이다. 하지만 일반 컴퓨팅환경의 경우를 보듯이 소프트웨어만으로는 모든 악성 프로그램의 위협에 대처하는 것은 상당히 어렵다. 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해서 하드웨어의 도움을 받는 선행연구들이 있었지만 스마트폰과 같은 Soc 구조에 적용하기에는 무리가 따른다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 임베디드시스템의 보안성 향상을 위한 IP를 개발/실험 할 수 있는 soc 플랫폼을 구현하도록 한다.