• 제목/요약/키워드: Diagnostic tests

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절연파괴시험법을 이용한 3.3[kV] 유도전동기의 절연물 열화특성 분석 (Analysis of Aging Insulation Characteristics of 3.3[kV] Class Induction Motor with AC Breakdown Test)

  • 이주;김현일;김윤현;손영규
    • 조명전기설비학회논문지
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    • 제21권10호
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 2007
  • 본 논문은 유도전동기 고정자권선의 절연물에 대하여 비파괴 및 파괴시험을 실시하여 절연물의 비파괴특성과 내전압강도와의 상호관계를 비교, 평가, 분석함으로써, 향후 전동기의 절연상태 평가시 수명 및 절연진단의 신뢰성을 도모하고자 제안하였다. 본 논문에서는 비파괴시험과 파괴시험과의 상관관계를 평가하기위하여 비파괴시험으로 절연저항시험, 성극지수시험, 유전정접시험, 부분방전시험을 실시하였으며, 파괴시험은 60[kV] AC 내전압를 이용하여 실시하였다. 또한 장기간 사용된 전동기 권선의 절연물에 대한 연구결과로부터 기존 선진국의 진단방법 및 판정기준이 국내에서 제작된 전동기에 대한 절연특성 평가 및 분석에도 타당함을 증명하였으며, 향후 본 논문에서 제시한 자료들은 유사조건의 산업현장에서 운용중인 유도전동기의 수명 및 상태 평가를 위한 기초자료로 유용하게 사용될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

Screening Sarcopenia in Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Korea

  • KIM, Mi-Kyoung;LEE, Ji-Yeon;GIL, Cho-Rong;KIM, Bo-Ram;CHANG, Hee-Kyung
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • 제8권4호
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    • pp.64-76
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: Several screening tools have been developed to identify sarcopenia in rural community-dwelling older adults. We aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of two such tools, namely the SARC-F and SARC-CalF assessments. Methods: This cross-sectional study on 388 community-dwelling older adults comprised 254 women and 134 men with a mean age of 77.8 ± 6.26 year in Korea. We assessed muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance using a bioimpedance analysis device, hydraulic hand dynamometer, and 4 m gait speed test, respectively. Three widely-used diagnostic criteria [the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS), European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, and the International Working Group on Sarcopenia] were applied. Sensitivity and specificity analyses were performed on the SARC-CalF and SARC-F tests. We used receiver-operating characteristic curves and the area under the curves (AUCs) to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the assessments with regard to sarcopenia. Results: An analysis using four sets of diagnostic criteria showed that the prevalence of sarcopenia was 27.6% to 41.0%. Using the AWGS 2019 criteria as a reference standard, the SARC-CalF had a sensitivity of 83.02% and a specificity of 53.71% in the entire study population, whereas the SARC-F had a sensitivity of 79.87% and a specificity of 41.92%. The AUCs for the SARC-CalF and SARC-F tests were 0.725 (95% confidence interval 0.678-0.769) and 0.645 (95% confidence interval 0.595-0.693), respectively (p<001). In the analyses using the other three diagnostic criteria, similarity was also confirmed. Conclusion: SARC-CalF showed better sensitivity than did SARC-F when diagnosing sarcopenia in rural community-dwelling older adults. Further studies are needed to verify this finding in different populations.

Clinical Usefulness of LabChip Real-time PCR using Lab-On-a-Chip Technology for Diagnosing Malaria

  • Kim, Jeeyong;Lim, Da Hye;Mihn, Do-CiC;Nam, Jeonghun;Jang, Woong Sik;Lim, Chae Seung
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제59권1호
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    • pp.77-82
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    • 2021
  • As malaria remains a major health problem worldwide, various diagnostic tests have been developed, including microscopy-based and rapid diagnostic tests. LabChip real-time PCR (LRP) is a small and portable device used to diagnose malaria using lab-on-a-chip technology. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of LRP for detecting malaria parasites. Two hundred thirteen patients and 150 healthy individuals were enrolled from May 2009 to October 2015. A diagnostic detectability of LRP for malaria parasites was compared to that of conventional RT-PCR. Sensitivity of LRP for Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, and P. ovale was 95.5%, 96.0%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. Specificity of LRP for P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, and P. ovale was 100%, 99.3%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. Cohen's Kappa coefficients between LRP and CFX96 for detecting P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, and P. ovale were 0.96, 0.98, 1.00, and 1.00, respectively. Significant difference was not observed between the results of LRP and conventional RT-PCR and microscopic examination. A time required to amplify DNAs using LRP and conventional RT-PCR was 27 min and 86 min, respectively. LRP amplified DNAs 2 times more fast than conventional RT-PCR due to the faster heat transfer. Therefore, LRP could be employed as a useful tool for detecting malaria parasites in clinical laboratories.

알레르기 검사의 실제 (Allergy tests in clinical practice)

  • 이재천
    • Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2018
  • Allergy is conditions when a hypersensitivity reaction happens with a certain element, called as an allergen, which is commonly not reactive to ordinary individuals. Allergic diseases involve various organs or systems in the body. The purpose of allergy tests is to make a diagnosis of allergic diseases and to identify the affecting allergens. In vivo tests, more relevant in clinical situation, include skin test, patch test and provocation test. In in vitro tests, there are specific IgE test, histamine releasing assay, and lymphocyte activation test, safer and more objective than in vivo tests. In the view point of clinical practice, skin test, provocation test, total IgE test and specific IgE test were reviewed in depth.

6.6 kV 전동기 고정자 권선의 절연진단과 절연내력 평가 (Estimation of Insulation Diagnosis and Dielectric Strength in 6.6 kV Motor Stator Windings)

  • 김희동;공태식
    • 전기학회논문지
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    • 제63권6호
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    • pp.780-785
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    • 2014
  • To assess the deterioration condition of stator insulation, diagnostic and AC dielectric strength tests were performed on five high voltage (HV) motors (2,000 HP, 6.6 kV) for boiler feed-water pump (BFP). Two HV motors for BFP were installed per unit. Following the long term rewinding program, the diagnostic test was performed on five 6.6 kV motors during the planning maintenance period. After completing diagnostic test, AC dielectric strength test was done on the stator windings of HV motors. The AC dielectric strength test was conducted at 15 kV for one minute. Dielectric strength test and diagnostics test results confirmed that the stator insulation was judged to be in serviceable condition in the five 6.6 kV motors.

코로나19 신속진단검사는 얼마나 정확한가? (How accurate are rapid diagnostic tests for covid-19?)

  • 여인권
    • 응용통계연구
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    • 제35권3호
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    • pp.435-443
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    • 2022
  • 이 논문에서는 질병관리청에서 제공한 코로나 진단검사 관련 자료를 이용하여 신속진단키트의 민감도 및 특이도에 따른 확진 비율과 신속검사에서 음성이 나왔을 때 실제로는 확진이었을 확률에 대해 알아본다. 또한 양성 반응 중 실제 확진의 확률을 알 때 민감도와 특이도 간의 관계를 유도하고 이를 통해 질병관리청의 자료에 따른 신속진단키트의 실제 민감도가 얼마나 되는지 알아 본다.

Diagnostic Performance of Three Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits for Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

  • Park, Seo Hye;Jegal, Seung;Ahn, Seong Kyu;Jung, Haneul;Lee, Jinyoung;Na, Byoung-Kuk;Hong, Sung-Jong;Bahk, Young Yil;Kim, Tong-Soo
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제58권2호
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    • pp.147-152
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    • 2020
  • Malaria is a potent burden on public healthcare worldwide due to requiring rapid diagnosis and treatment. Nowadays, prompt diagnosis with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has been widely accepted as an effective diagnostic technique in malaria-endemic countries, primarily due to their easy operation, fast output, and straightforward interpretation. The global availability and use of RDTs have gradually grown over recent decades as field-applicable diagnostic tests for the reliable confirmation of malaria infection and proper case management. This study was conducted to evaluate diagnostic performance of 3 commercially available malaria RDT kits : BIOCREDITTM Malaria Ag Pf(pLDH), Malaria Ag Pf(pLDH/pHRPII), and Malaria Ag Pf/Pv(pLDH/pLDH) (where pLDH and pHRPII stand for plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase and histidine-rich protein 2, respectively) for the specific detection of Plasmodium falciparum. A total of 1,129 blood samples including 95 blood samples, confirmed as vivax malaria infection by microscopic examinations and a nested-PCR method, were tested for falciparum malaria infection. The overall sensitivity and specificity of Malaria Ag Pf(pLDH/pHRPII), Malaria Ag Pf/Pv(pLDH/pLDH), and Pf(pLDH) for P. falciparum were 99.0% and 100%, 95.8% and 100%, and 100% and 100%, respectively. It is proposed that the 3 RDT kits perform reliable level of diagnostic accuracy of detection for P. falciparum parasites.

물리보다 수학을 잘 해야 물리를 잘 한다: 입학 전 수학진단점수의 일반물리학 성취도 예측타당성 검증 (Mathematical Preparedness Predicts College Grades in Physics Better than Physics Preparedness: the Predictive Validity of the Mathematical Diagnostic Test on the Freshmen's Physics Grades)

  • 신윤경;박규열;이아름;정종원
    • 공학교육연구
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2019
  • This study aims to elucidate the relationship between physics and mathematics to predict achievement for the college level of engineering courses. For the last 4 years, more than 3,000 engineering college freshmen of this study took the diagnostic tests on three subjects, which were physics, mathematics, and chemistry before enrollment. We studied how strongly these diagnostic scores can predict each general college course grades. The correlation between the physics diagnostic scores and the course grades in physics was .264, which was significantly lower than the correlation between the mathematics scores and the physics grades, .311. This stronger prediction of the mathematical diagnostic scores for the general course grades was not found when predicting the grades in chemistry. We therefore conclude that mathematical preparation can unexpectedly predict future achievement in physics better than physics preparation due to the academic interrelationships between mathematics and physics.

신생아 혈액 응고질환: 출혈 경향을 보이는 신생아에 대한 진단적 접근 (Neonatal Coagulation Disorder: Diagnostic Approaches for Bleeding Neonates)

  • 김천수
    • Neonatal Medicine
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.6-13
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    • 2011
  • All newborn infants with clinically significant bleeding should be evaluated for a hemostatic deficit. Medical history should include the following data: familial bleeding disorders, maternal illness and medication, age of bleeding onset, and prophylactic administration of vitamin K. The first essential step for evaluating bleeding neonates is determining whether the baby is sick or well. The physician should also evaluate the extent of the bleeding, features of bleeding lesions, and other abnormal findings from the physical examination. Skeletal anomalies may provide diagnostic clues. Depending on the clinical features and results of screening tests, other tests including coagulation factors may be useful for determining the diagnosis. All laboratory results must be considered in the context of age-related reference values. The platelet function analyzer provides a promising alternative to bleeding time. Fibrin degradation products and D-dimers are used for screening and specially testing fibrinolytic activity, respectively. The Apt test may help to rule out factors derived from maternal blood. Radiologic imaging studies are important because asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhages are common in neonates.

대용량 수치발전기의 절연진단에 의한 절연상태평가 (Assessment of Insulation Condition for Hydro-generator)

  • 이광호;박종진;김기원;이은웅
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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    • pp.1810-1812
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    • 2002
  • This test was performed to assess the insulation deterioration condition of the stator winding of Chung-Ju hydrogenerator #4 and Dae-Cheong hydrogenerator #2 which had been in service after being constructed 1980. The insulation diagnostic tests include resistance polarization index(P.I.) AC current, dissipation factor(Tan ${\delta}$) and partial discharges ($Q_{max}$). The results of diagnostic tests were compared to factory test measurements.

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