• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권1호
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• pp.84-84
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• 2021

• 대한치매학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.112-113
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• 2023

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.212-222
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• 2021

Multiple waves of COVID-19 highlighted one crucial aspect of this pandemic worldwide that factors affecting the spread of COVID-19 infection are evolving based on various regional and local practices and events. The introduction of vaccines since early 2021 is expected to significantly control and reduce the cases. However, virus mutations and its new variant has challenged these expectations. Several countries, which contained the COVID-19 pandemic successfully in the first wave, failed to repeat the same in the second and third waves. This work focuses on COVID-19 pandemic control and management in Saudi Arabia. This work aims to predict new cases using deep learning using various important factors. The proposed method is called Deep Learning and Dynamic Weighing-based (DLDW) COVID-19 cases prediction method. Special consideration has been given to the evolving factors that are responsible for recent surges in the pandemic. For this purpose, two weights are assigned to data instance which are based on feature importance and dynamic weight-based time. Older data is given fewer weights and vice-versa. Feature selection identifies the factors affecting the rate of new cases evolved over the period. The DLDW method produced 80.39% prediction accuracy, 6.54%, 9.15%, and 7.19% higher than the three other classifiers, Deep learning (DL), Random Forest (RF), and Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM). Further in Saudi Arabia, our study implicitly concluded that lockdowns, vaccination, and self-aware restricted mobility of residents are effective tools in controlling and managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제15권sup1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put focus on the importance of a healthy immune system for recovery from infection and effective response to vaccination. Several nutrients have been under attention because their nutritional statuses showed associations with the incidence or severity of COVID-19 or because they affect several aspects of immune function. Nutritional status, immune function, and viral infection are closely interrelated. Undernutrition impairs immune function, which can lead to increased susceptibility to viral infection, while viral infection itself can result in changes in nutritional status. Here, we review the roles of vitamins A, C, D, and E, and zinc, iron, and selenium in immune function and viral infection and their relevance to COVID-19.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2023

본 연구의 목적은 코로나에 대한 일반적 특성에 따른 매년 백신접종 의향 여부, 백신접종 경험에 따른 매년 백신접종 의향 여부, 백신접종 관련 지식/태도에 따른 매년 백신접종 의향 여부, 매년 백신접종 의향에 부정적인 응답의 인자들을 파악함으로써 매년 예방접종 의향에 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위하여 2021년 1월경에 1개 K 대학병원을 대상으로 규격화한 설문을 통해 조사하였다. 통계분석은 일반적 특성, 백신접종 경험에 따른 제 변수 및 백신접종 관련 지식/태도에 따라 향후 COVID-19 백신접종을 매년 실시하라는 정책이 나오면 접종에 대한 의향은 빈도와 백분율을 산출하고 카이제곱 검정(-test) 시행하였고, 카이제곱 검정에서 유의했지만, 기대도수가 5보다 작은 범주가 25% 이상이면 피셔 정확 검정(Fisher's exact test)으로 비율 차이 검정을 하였다. 단순 분석에 유의한 변수들을 이용한 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통해 향후 백신 예방접종 여부의 예측모형과 각 독립 변수들이 미치는 효과 크기를 추정하였다. 단순 로지스틱 회귀분석에서 매년 백신접종 의향에 맞지 않겠다고 응답한 이유는 백신접종을 한 이유가 '나의 감염을 예방하기 위하여' 응답한 경우보다 '가족과 병원 내원객의 감염 예방하기 위하여'의 응답한 경우가 11.0배 높았고 '지역사회와 국가의 집단면역 형성을 위하여' 응답한 경우가 3.67배 높았다. 1, 2차 예방접종 후 경험한 이상 반응에서 접종 부위 통증 경험한 경우가 8.42배 높았고, 붓거나 발적 경험을 한 경우 4.00배, 관절통을 겪은 경우가 5.69배 피로감을 느낀 경우가 5.57배 높게 매년 접종 의향이 없었다. 또한 백신접종에 대한 불안 정도를 느낄수록 매년 백신을 맞지 않겠다는 의향이 2.94배씩 높았다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.408-421
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• 2021

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not only affected human health but also diverted the focus of research and derailed the world economy over the past year. Recently, vaccination against COVID-19 has begun, but further studies on effective therapeutic agents are still needed. The severity of COVID-19 is attributable to several factors such as the dysfunctional host immune response manifested by uncontrolled viral replication, type I interferon suppression, and release of impaired cytokines by the infected resident and recruited cells. Due to the evolving pathophysiology and direct involvement of the host immune system in COVID-19, the use of immune-modulating drugs is still challenging. For the use of immune-modulating drugs in severe COVID-19, it is important to balance the fight between the aggravated immune system and suppression of immune defense against the virus that causes secondary infection. In addition, the interplaying events that occur during virus-host interactions, such as activation of the host immune system, immune evasion mechanism of the virus, and manifestation of different stages of COVID-19, are disjunctive and require thorough streamlining. This review provides an update on the immunotherapeutic interventions implemented to combat COVID-19 along with the understanding of molecular aspects of the immune evasion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which may provide opportunities to develop more effective and promising therapeutics.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.19.1-19.10
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• 2023

Endemic human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have been evidenced to be cross-reactive to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although a correlation exists between the immunological memory to HCoVs and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity, there is little experimental evidence for the effects of HCoV memory on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Here, we investigated the Ag-specific immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in the presence or absence of immunological memory against HCoV spike Ags in a mouse model. Pre-existing immunity against HCoV did not affect the COVID-19 vaccine-mediated humoral response with regard to Ag-specific total IgG and neutralizing Ab levels. The specific T cell response to the COVID-19 vaccine Ag was also unaltered, regardless of pre-exposure to HCoV spike Ags. Taken together, our data suggest that COVID-19 vaccines elicit comparable immunity regardless of immunological memory to spike of endemic HCoVs in a mouse model.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.113-128
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• 2021

본 연구는 코로나바이러스감염증-19(이하 코로나바이러스) 백신에 대한 사회적 의견을 파악하기 위해 트위터에서 작성된 백신 관련 게시물들을 분석하였다. 2020년 3월 16일부터 2021 3월 15일까지 1년간 트위터에서 작성된 코로나바이러스 백신 이름을 키워드로 포함한 45,413개의 게시물을 수집하여 분석하였다. 데이터 수집을 위해 활용된 코로나바이러스 백신 키워드는 총 12개이며, 수집된 게시물 수순으로 '화이자', '아스트라제네카', '모더나', '얀센', '노바백스', '시노팜', '시노백', '스푸트니크', '바라트', '캔시노', '추마코프', '벡토르'이다. 수집된 게시물들은 수기와 자동화된 방법을 동시 활용하여 키워드 분석, 감성 분석, 및 토픽모델링을 통하여 백신들에 대한 의견을 탐색하였다. 연구결과에 따르면 전반적으로 백신에 대한 부정적인 반응이 많았으며, 백신 접종 후유증에 대한 불안 및 백신의 효능에 대한 불신이 백신들에 대한 부정적인 주요 요소로 파악되었다. 이와는 반대로, 백신 접종에 따른 코로나바이러스 확산 억제에 대한 기대감이 백신에 대한 긍정적인 사회적 요소인 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 기존의 선행연구들이 뉴스 등 대중매체 데이터를 통해 코로나바이러스 백신에 대한 사회적 분위기를 파악하고자 했던 것과 달리, 소셜 미디어 데이터 수집 및 이를 활용한 키워드 분석, 감성 분석, 토픽 모델링 등의 여러 분석방법들을 사용하여 대중들의 의견을 파악하는 것으로 학술적 의의를 지닌다. 또한, 본 연구의 결과는 백신에 대한 사회적 분위기를 반영한 백신 접종 권장 정책 수립 기여라는 실질적 함의를 시사한다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.643-662
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• 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand an individuals' COVID-19 vaccine acceptance intention during the peak of the pandemic by utilizing the coping theory and technology threat avoidance theory (TTAT) as a framework. Specifically, we focused on understanding how inward and outward emotion-focused coping (EFC), such as psychological distancing and emotional support seeking, affect problem-focused behavior (PFC), which is vaccine acceptance. Furthermore, we investigate how the individuals' cognitive appraisal to- ward COVID-19, consisted of perceived threat and perceived avoidability act as an antecedent of EFC. Methods: A PLS-SEM analysis was conducted to find the causal relation between the variables. An online survey was conducted targeting vaccination recipients on April, 2021. Participants were asked about their perception toward the virus, their coping strategy, and vaccine acceptance intention. A total of 186 valid samples were collected and used for the analysis. Furthermore, to analyze the out-of-sample predictive power of the research model and ensure the generalizability of the results, a PLSpredict analysis was conducted. Results: The results of the PLS-SEM analysis show that perceived threat toward COVID-19 significantly affect an individuals' EFC strategy. Furthermore, both types of inward EFC (psychological distancing, wishful thinking) negatively affected vaccine acceptance intention. On the other hand, emotional support seeking, which is a type of outward EFC, positively affected vaccine acceptance. The result of the PLSpredict analysis confirms the generalizability of the PLS-SEM result. Conclusion: The results of our study could be utilized to decrease vaccine hesitancy and prevent global pandemics by accelerating and increasing vaccination. Our study provides several meaningful implications to researchers and practitioners regarding vaccine acceptance and threat coping behavior.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.239-261
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• 2022

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore and compare changes in tourist opinion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the COVID-19 outbreak has caused changes in all areas of our lives, the conditions related to confinement during a lockdown have led to changes in tourists' habits and behaviors. Design/methodology/approach To analyze opinion changes about tourist attractions, this study performed topic modeling by summarizing topics into five dimensions: management, scenery, price, suggestion, and safety; then, based on the topic modeling results, sentiment analysis and emotion analysis were conducted to explore the change of tourists' opinion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings According to the results, this study confirmed the pandemic's positive effect on tourists' opinions about attractions after the COVID 19 outbreak. Presumably due to the absence of lines and crowed. Moreover, the dimension 'Safety' started to appear in US tourists' attractions reviews only in the period after the outbreak and during the mass vaccination. These results mean that tourists started to care more about safety due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.