• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2019

Carrier selective solar cell structure has allured curiosity of photovoltaic researchers due to the use of wide band gap transition metal oxide (TMO). Distinctive p/n-type character, broad range of work functions (2 to 7 eV) and risk free fabrication of TMO has evolved new concept of heterojunction intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar cell employing carrier selective layers such as $MoO_x$, $WO_x$, $V_2O_5$ and $TiO_2$ replacing the doped a-Si layers on either front side or back side. The p/n-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) layers are deposited by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), which includes the flammable and toxic boron/phosphorous gas precursors. Due to this, carrier selective TMO is gaining popularity as analternative risk-free material in place of conventional a-Si:H. In this work hole selective materials such as $MoO_x$, $WO_x$ and $V_2O_5$has been investigated. Recently $MoO_x$, $WO_x$ & $V_2O_5$ hetero-structures showed conversion efficiency of 22.5%, 12.6% & 15.7% respectively at temperature below $200^{\circ}C$. In this work a concise review on few important aspects of the hole selective material solar cell such as historical developments, device structure, fabrication, factors effecting cell performance and dependency on temperature has been reported.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2017

Purpose: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in early gastric cancer causes an artificial gastric ulcer and local inflammation that has a negative intraprocedural impact on additional laparoscopic gastrectomy in patients with noncurative ESD. In this study, we analyzed the effect of ESD on short-term surgical outcomes and evaluated the risk factors. Materials and Methods: From January 2003 to January 2013, 1,704 patients of the National Cancer Center underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy with lymph node dissection because of preoperative stage Ia or Ib gastric cancer. They were divided into 2 groups: (1) with preoperative ESD or (2) without preoperative ESD. Clinicopathologic factors and short-term surgical outcomes were retrospectively evaluated along with risk factors such as preoperative ESD. Results: Several characteristics differed between patients who underwent ESD-surgery (n=199) or surgery alone (n=1,505). The mean interval from the ESD procedure to the operation was 43.03 days. Estimated blood loss, open conversion rate, mean operation time, and length of hospital stay were not different between the 2 groups. Postoperative complications occurred in 23 patients (11.56%) in the ESD-surgery group and in 189 patients (12.56%) in the surgery-only group, and 3 deaths occurred among patients with complications (1 patient [ESD-surgery group] vs. 2 patients [surgery-only group]; P=0.688). A history of ESD was not significantly associated with postoperative complications (P=0.688). Multivariate analysis showed that male sex (P=0.008) and laparoscopic total or proximal gastrectomy (P=0.000) were independently associated with postoperative complications. Conclusions: ESD did not affect short-term surgical outcomes during and after an additional laparoscopic gastrectomy.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2018

Purpose: Clostridium difficile colonization and infection are commonly associated with poor outcomes in patients with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of C. difficile colonization and infection at the time of diagnosis and to evaluate risk factors associated with the development of C. difficile infection during the course of PIBD treatment. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled a total of 59 children who were newly diagnosed with PIBD at the tertiary medical center. All patients underwent C. difficile toxin assays and cultures initially and at every follow-up during the disease course. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression test were used for statistical analysis. Results: Initial cultures for C. difficile were positive in 13 (22.0%) of 59 PIBD patients, whereas initial toxin assays were positive in 3 patients (5.1%). During treatment, C. difficile cultures converted to positive in 28 (47.5%) in addition to 13 patients who were initially culture-positive, and C. difficile toxins converted to positive in 13 (22.0%) in addition to 3 originally toxin-positive patients. Antibiotic usage alone was significantly associated with the development of C. difficile colonization (p=0.011), and the length of hospitalization was associated with the development of C. difficile infection (p=0.032). Conclusion: C. difficile colonization and infection occur frequently during the disease course of PIBD. Antibiotic usage and longer hospital stay were significant risks factors for the conversion of C. difficile status in PIBD patients undergoing treatment.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 제36회 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.277-279
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• 2005

Recently, due to the increase of power conversion devices and nonlinear loads with the development of information, communication and control technologies, the instantaneous minute interruption factors such as voltage & current harmonics, surge occurring frequency, instantaneous voltage variation, voltage unbalance, flicker etc. have greatly threatened the power quality, and the deterioration of electric power facilities and the functional error of controllers are increasing. As such an instantaneous minute interruption appears to be small and local, accurate evaluation with measurement is difficult and total analysis system is required through a wide range of power quality effect analysis such as the simultaneous measurement on various power supply phenomena and the analysis on the interrelation with system loads. Most of conventional power quality diagnosis equipments have beer developed and applied, which were able to measure the stability rate of frequency, the stability rate of voltage, the electricity-failure duration etc, However, they were insufficient to analyze the system present situation, understand the cause of the failure occurred by the problem of power quality and analyze out the phenomena. Accordingly, this study will address the development of the system for a wide range of power quality diagnosis over the present level, the system for supporting the determination such as the analysis on risk factors, failure mode and impact, the system for harmonic evaluation based on international standards(IEC 61000 Series) and the total power quality diagnosis network & system with the extension and openness as a local and national-scale broadband power quality diagnosis system.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2000

산림에 대한 화재 위험성 평가는 산불의 예방, 진화 및 관리에 있어서 우선적으로 고려되어야 할 부분이다. 단일 화재로서는 축내 최대 규모인 1997년 4월에 발생한 강원도 고성산불과 2000년 4월에 발생한 강원도 영동지방 산불은 이러한 화재위험성 평가의 필요성을 절실히 요구하고 있다. 현재 국내에서의 사용하고 있는 위험도의 표현은 기상인자에 의해 연료가 화재에 노출될 수 있는 위험을 나타낸 것으로 습도측정봉 무게 환산식을 통해 산불 발생 위험지수 산정하여 산불경보시스템을 사용하며 나타내고 있다. 앞으로, 지역별 종합적인 산림화재 위험성 평가를 위해서는 주요 인자들의 위험성을 측정하고 통계적 고찰을 통한 위험성 평가를 표현할 필요성이 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 먼저 통계적 고찰을 통해 발생 빈도와 피해의 심각성을 분석하여 위험성을 평가하였고 수목의 열량적 가치를 시차주사열량계 실험을 통해 분석하여 수목분포도에 따를 열적 상대 위험성을 평가하였다

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2008

Blood pressure refers to the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, and chronical elevation of blood pressure is known as hypertension. Although hypertension is affected by genetic and environmental factors, the genetic background of hypertension is not fully understood. One of the candidate genetic factors, Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2), is a membrane-bound enzyme, catalyzing the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin, and recently SNPs of PTGS2 gene was associated with hypertension in Japanese population. Therefore the association of PTGS2 polymorphisms was investigated with blood pressure in healthy Korean subjects, 470 unrelated individuals randomly selected from Ansung and Ansan cohorts. The 25 SNPs of PTGS2 gene were identified by the sequencing analysis of 24 Korean samples. Among identified polymorphisms, three SNPs (rs689466, -1329A>G; rs5275, +6365T>C; rs4648308, +8806G> A) were selected for further association analysis, and rs689466 located in promoter region was associated with blood pressure as well as triglyceride level in the blood. By in silico analysis, rs689466 locates in v-Myb transcription factor binding site, and the v-Myb site disappears when the SNP is changed from A to G nucleotide. Individuals with A/G and G/G genotype in rs689466 have higher blood pressure than those with A/A genotype, and the regression p-value is 0.008 for systolic and 0.004 for diastolic blood pressure. In summary, the PTGS2 polymorphism (rs689466) is associated with blood pressure in Asian populations based on this and Japanese studies, shedding light on it as a genetic risk marker of hypertension.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.73-103
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• 2005

본 연구는 청년패널 자료(2002-2003)를 활용하여 청년취업자의 노동이동 및 고용형태 전환의 실태를 파악하고 고용형태의 전환에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하고자 하는데 그 목적이 있다. 주요 분석 결과 및 정책적 함의를 제시하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청년취업자의 비정규직 고용은 약간의 감소를 보이지만, 같은 기간 취업청년계층이 정규직에서 비정규직이나 실업(혹은 비경제활동인구)으로 대거 전환되는 된 것으로 나타나, 우리나라의 청년계층의 고용이 매우 불안정하게 이루어지고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 특히 여성이나 저학력자의 비정규직 고용현상이 두드러지게 나타났고, 실업이나 비경제활동 인구로 전환되는 현상이 심화되고 있는 것으로 나타나 이들 계층의 고용안정화를 위해 정부차원의 차별적인 정책이 요구된다. 둘째, 청년계층의 구직활동이 공식적인 경로에 의해 이루어진 경우나 직장에서 배치된 직무가 적절할수록 비정규직 함정에 빠질 위험이 낮아진다는 결과를 보여주어, 청년계층에 대한 취업의 경로를 공식화하고 청년계층의 교육이나 기능(기술)수준에 적합한 직무배치를 통해 고용의 질적인 수준을 향상시켜야 할 것이다. 셋째, 본 연구에서는 기업의 규모가 큰 대기업일수록 비정규직 함정에 빠지게 될 위험이 낮아지는 것으로 분석되었으나, 최근 청년계층의 대기업 정규직 채용이 매우 제한적으로 이루어지는 것을 감안할 때, 오히려 소규모 사업체나 중소기업의 경쟁력을 강화하여 청년계층의 입직을 증가시키는 방안이 모색될 필요가 있다. 마지막으로, 청년취업자의 직장형태가 정부관련 기관일수록 비정규직 함정에 빠질 위험이 커지는 것으로 나타났는데, 이와 같은 결과는 제한적인 연구기간으로 인해 단언하기는 어렵지만, 우리나라의 청년실업정책이 공공근로나 인턴제와 같은 비정규직 고용을 중심으로 실시되고 있는 현실을 반영하는 것이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 현행 청년실업 정책은 청년계층으로 하여금 안정된 직업경력을 확보하거나 정규직으로 전환을 촉진시키는 가교역할을 할 수 있는 고용정책으로 변화되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.347-352
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• 1999

승모판막 질환에 흔히 동반되는 심방세동은 판막수술 후 종종 동율동으로 전환되어지는데 수술 후 동율동의 유지는 술후 불안정한 혈역학을 보이는 환자의 회복에 매우 중요할 영향을 미칠 뿐 아니라 술후 혈전색전증의 발생 빈도를 떨구어 주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 1986년 6월부터 1996년 12월까지 성남 인하병원 흉부외과에서 시행된 후천성 판막질환 환자에서 승모판막 수술이 포함된 환자 중 184례를 대상으로 술전과 술후 심장율동의 양상 및 변화를 의무기록을 중심으로 후향적으로 관찰 분석하여 술후 동율동으로의 전환과 이의 유지에 관련인자를 규명하고자 하였다. 술전 율동이 심방세동이었던 환자 139례 중 술후 54례가 술후 동율동으로 전환되어 38.8%의 전환율을 보였으나 퇴원시를 기점으로 41례의 환자에서 다시 심방세동이 재발하여 75.9%의 재발율을 보였다. 심방세동이 재발한 환자들의 평균 동율동 유지기간은 8.2$\pm$5.9 일이었다. 또한 만기추적시 15례의 환자만이 동율동을 유지하고 있었으며 평균 추적기간은 84.4$\pm$34.7개월이었다. 환자의 연령 및 증상의 기간과 술전 심방세동의 기간, 좌심방 크기 및 술 전 폐동맥압이 술후 동율동의 유지에 관련인자로 생각된 반면, 술전 심방세동의 기간 및 박출계수만이 심방세동 재발의 위험인자로 생각되었다. 이상의 결과, 술후 동율동으로의 전환 및 유지의 빈도를 높이기 위하여는 조기수술이 강력히 요망되며, 더 나아가 본 연구의 높은 심방세동의 재발율이 \ulcorner사하는 바와 같이, 판막수술에 더불어 심방세동에 대한 적극적인 수술요법이 필요할 것으로 생각되어진다.ner1례등이 있었다. 결과: 수술사망은 2례로 조기사망률은 6.7%였다. 수술생존자 28명중 4명은 장기추적관찰이 불가능하였으며, 총 2091환자.월(평균 74.7$\pm$68.4개월, 최장 187개월)동안 관찰하였다. 이 기간중 판막의 혈전, 혈전색전증 및 항응고치료에 따른 출혈등의 합병증은 없었으나, 조직판막을 이용한 10례중 8례에서 술후 평균 87.1$\pm$23.6개월에 판막기능부전으로 재수술하였으며(이중 2례는 타 병원에서 수술함), 기계판막을 치환한 1례에서 판막주위누출과 감염으로 술후 3개월째 재수술하였다. 재수술시 사망례는 없었다. 만기사망은 1례로 방실중격결손증 교정술후 잔존 승모판폐쇄부전으로 승모판치환술을 받은 7세환아로 판막치환술후 4개월에 확장성심근염으로 사망하였다. 조직판막의 경우 생명표분석에 의한 판막실패가 없는 장기누적률은 6년째 75.0%, 7년째 50.0%, 8년째 12.5%의 기록을 보여 술후 6년에서 8년에 걸쳐 격감하는 양상을 보였다. 수술사망 2례를 제외한 28명의 장기생존률을 Kaplan-Meiyer법에 의해 분석하였을때 4개월째 생존률이 96.0%로 그 이후로는 사망례가 없었다. 결론:이상의 결과로 보아 소아 심장판막치환술은 비교적 안전하고, 술후 적절한 추적관찰이 행해질 경우 항응고요법에 따른 합병증은 거의 없으나, 5세이하 소아나 판막치환술 이전에 심장수술을 한 경우는 위험도가 여전히 높은 것으로 사료된다. 지표들 면에서 통계학적으로 차이가 없고(p>0.05), 육안적으로 광배근을 관찰하였을 때 그룹 A에서는 광배근의 유착 및 염증소견이 모두에서 있었고 그중 2마리에서는 광배근의

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the causes of accidents related to the 3 phase 170 kV gas insulated switchgear of a power system collected from accident sites to secure data for the prevention of similar accidents and provide important points of view regarding diagnosis for the prevention of accidents involving gas insulated switchgears. The analysis results of the causes of accidents involving gas insulated switchgears showed deformation of the manipulation lever installed at the S-phase, disconnection of the insulation rod connection, melting of the upper conductor, a damaged tulip, damage to the lower spacer and the spacer at the breaker, etc. It is believed from this result that the potential for accidents has expanded due to accumulated energy as a result of repeated deterioration. The carbonization depth of a GIS was formed near the screw (T2, T3) used to secure the lower pole of the S-phase tulip. It is not known what has caused the screws to be extruded and melted. However, it is thought that an unbalanced electromagnetic force, micro-discharge, surface discharge, etc., have occurred at that point. In addition, even though 16 years have passed since its installation, there was no installation defect, act of arson, accidental fire, etc. General periodical inspection and diagnosis failed to find the factors causing the accidents. As a system contained in a closed metal container, it has a high risk factor. Therefore, it is necessary to design, install and operate a GIS in accordance with the standard operational procedure (SOP). In addition, it is necessary to apply conversion technology for periodical SF6 gas analysis and precision safety diagnosis. It is expected that tracking and managing these changes in characteristics by recording the results on the history card will provide a significant accident prevention effect.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.281-292
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• 1986

Infection by hepatitis B virus is one of the major health problems of this nation. HBsAg positive rates of general population and school children were known to be as about 8 percent and 3.9 to 5.9 percent respectively. To study the incidence rate of hepatitis B infection in school children of rural area, author had examined 475 school children of relatively isolated agricultural area for baseline prevalence of hepatitis B virus serologic markers and followed up 415 school children during 10 months to determined the frequency of serologic conversion. The major results are summarized as followings: 1) Among the 278 susceptible children who were followed up, 26 had seroconversion for HBsAg or Anti-HBs. Therefore, the cumulative incidence rate during 10 months is estimated 9.4%. 2) The incidence rate of hepatitis B infection tends to increase with age (6-9yrs: 3.2%, 10-14yrs: 9.5%, 15-17yrs: 18.9%), and the incidence rate in male (13.0%) was higher than in female (5.7%). 3) The incidence rates of hepatitis B virus infection were not different statistically among three economic classes (The rates of lower, middle and higher class were 11.8%, 7.1% and 10.5%.). 4) The incidence rates of hepatitis B virus infection were not different statistically between visitors and non-visitors of clinic or hospital, dental clinic, persons received IV and not received IV, and persons with familial history and without familial history of liver diseases. Therefore all of these factors were not identified as risk factor of hepatitis B virus infection. And the transmissibility within the class of school was not recognized, too. 5) Among the 25 children who were HBsAg positive when enrolled, 15 (60%) were still HBsAg positive, who were identified as chronic carrier 15 of 415 school children were chronic carriers, then chronic carrier rate was estimated 3.6%, and there was no difference between sexes. 6) Of 38 children who had been Anti-HBs positive when enrolled, 5 (13.2%) lost Anti-HBs. Therefore, the loss rate of Anti-HBs per year is estimated to be 15.8%.