• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.413-417
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• 2014

Background: Prisoners represent a population group that is disadvantaged, socially deprived and underprivileged, needing particular attention with regard to provision of necessary oral health care, health promotion and motivation and tobacco cessation. Considering the situation in prisons, smoking and tobacco chewing are burning issues related to health deterioration and economic loss that seem to be overlooked by the public health sectors. Aim: To assess prisoners' perception of tobacco use and cessation in Chhatisgarh, India. Materials and Methods: A pre-tested, close ended questionnaire was administered in the form of extensive face to face interviews, to assess perceptions regarding tobacco use and cessation in the central jail of Durg District of Chhattisgarh state, India. Results: Prevalence of tobacco usage amongst the prisoners was found to be 61%. Some 27% reported smoking, 44% used tobacco in the chewable form and 29% indulged in consuming tobacco in both forms i.e. smoked as well as chewed. Results suggest several recommendations for policy relevance such as provision of a prison dentist, a tobacco cessation counseling program and targeted eradication of oral cancer by educating the prisoners. Conclusions: Health is a fundamental human "right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental well-being". This applies to prisoners just as it does to every other human being. The alarming findings in the study suggest the need for dental treatment facilities and tobacco cessation counseling in prisons.

• 대한수사과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.52-80
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• 2007

In the rapidly changing current society, the Korean National Police(KNP) is facing a lot of demands from the citizens like the protection of subject/victim rights, independence of investigation authority, disclosure of actual truth, and prevention & eradication of crimes. It is widely recognized among the Korean people and the police that the KNP is always standing for the rights of the people and it is high time that the KNP should be restored as the pioneer for the protection of human right. In this situation, the tremendous emphasis is given on the importance of investment in investigative training through the long-term master-plan in order to renovate its constitution, to level up its quality, and to cope with the highly sophisticated crime patterns. Korean police have already shown its outstanding investigative skills of identification of the deceased throughout large cases like Daegu subway arson and tsunami in Southeast Asia. In addition, the skills of cyber crime investigation are highly recognized by foreign law enforcement agencies. However, the investigative skills and abilities are being degraded and the morale of the investigative personnel are falling due to the insufficiently of the finite training budget. Lack of financial support results in the lack of training program and poor training environment, which subsequently leads to the inefficiency of training. Additionally, no long-term budget for fostering specialized investigative agents is allotted. Considering the fact that more than 95% of crimes in Korea are being primarily investigated by the Korean police, we have to understand the importance of the police. By the tremendous investment in investigative training which can lead to the high-quality investigations, the Korean police can ultimately contribute to the protection of safety and life of its people.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.362-376
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• 2023

The IUU Fishing Index is composed of 40 indicators. These indicators were grouped by state responsibilities (flag, coastal, port, and general including market) defined in the FAO IPOA-IUU (2001) and then by type into vulnerability, prevalence, and response. A total of 152 coastal nations was surveyed. Korea's total combined IUU Fishing Index was 2.49 in 2019 and 2.91 in 2021, indicating a drop in the ranking to the third worst out of 152 countries followed by China and Russia in 2021. The indicators that increased the IUU fishing risk in 2021 compared to 2019 included seven indicators of prevalence and two indicators of response while those reducing the risk included one prevalence and one response indicator. The IUU Fishing Index revealed that many fisheries observers and monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) practitioners active in the waters of RFMOs jurisdiction where Korean distant water vessels operate have mentioned concerns about the compliance with RFMO conservation measures or fishing practices. It suggested that strengthening management intervention in the fishing sector is needed. The primary tool for management is the MCS system. Given the logistical difficulty of oversight from land, air and at-sea, there is a need to enhance MCS strategies through logbook data, at-sea observer and electronic monitoring program. It also suggested that MSC fisheries certification and fisheries improvement projects, which are widely used for improving fishing sector performance, could contribute to the eradication of IUU fishing and the promotion of sustainable distant water fisheries.

• 식물병연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.306-313
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• 2017

최근 한국에서 화상병이 발생하였으며, 그 이후로 이병에 대한 박멸프로그램이 가동되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2가지 항혈청기반 진단 스트립의 국내 분리 화상병균 Erwinia amylovora (Ea)에 대한 특이성과 검출민감도 그리고 현장진단에 적용을 평가하였다. 상업화된 Ea AgriStrip과 본 연구에서 개발한 EB strip은 검정에 사용한 모든 한국 Ea 균주들과 가지검은마름병을 일으키는 대부분의 Erwinia pyrifoliae (Ep)에 양성반응을 보여주었다. 사과나무 가지마름병을 일으키는 Pusedomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss)의 사용한 모든 균주에 음성반응을 보여주었다. 2 스트립 사이에 검출민감도는 유사하였다. 현장진단의 경우, 2가지 스트립은 화상병이 발생한 모든 과수원에서 채취한 화상병징 세균추출액에 대하여 양성반응을 보였다. 그러나 겨울철에 진행된 한 곳의 화상병 현장진단에서는 화상병병징 세균추출액에 음성반응을 보였다. 또한 2가지 스트립은 가지검은마름병이 발생한 과수원에서 채집한 가지검은마름병징 세균추출액에 대해서 양성반응을 보여주었다. 이상의 결과는 Ea AgriStrip과 EB strip이 화상병 현장진단에 유용할 것으로 암시한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.31-46
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• 1988

In order to designate a present status necessary for establishment of preventive measures and guidelines of health education against hepatitis B in the course of secondary school education, knowledge and practice toward hepatitis B virus infection was surveyed by a questionnare method on total of 4,855 college entrants in the academic year of 1987 and analyzed the data collected using IBM PC(Trigem 88-II) with SAS package program. About two per cent of college entrants had past history of HBV infections not showing any difference between both sexes and geographical regions. About one third(33.7%) of total students had tested hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg), only 4% had tested hepatitis B surface antibody(HBsAb) and vaccination rate amounted to 24.6%, one fourth of total subjects. Both serological tests and vaccination were most commonly performed during adolescence, showing higher rates in female students than in male students. The rates also seemed to be higher in those from urban cities than those from rural cities. Students who had acquired correct knowledge that hepatitis B was infected by virus were amounted to 78.5% of college entrants, and remaining 21.5% had misunderstood that rickettsia, bacteria, fungi or parasites were causal agents. Female students were better aware of the causal agents than male students but there was no difference between places of growth. As for mode of transmission of HBV, 51.5% of male students and 47.7% of female students had correct knowledge. A very few student had known that fact that HBV was transmitted by body fluids such as tear(6.9%), nasal discharge(10.1%) and semen or vaginal secretion(19.2%) and majority(75%) of students had misunderstood that hepatitis B virus would be transmitted per os through food ingestion. Approximately one half(48.9%) of college entrants had knew correctly whom to be vaccinated. Approximately one half of the students knew that hepatr;ma(57.8%) and liver cirrhosis(57.4%) might complicate with hepatitis B virus infection, whereas 12.0% of the students responded that bronchitis was one of the complications of hepatitis B infection. In summary of the above results, we highly recommend that health education program for eradication of hepatitis B virus infection should be introduced in curricula of secondary school education in this country.

• 식물병연구
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.269-275
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• 2016

E. pyrifoliae에 의한 과수 가지검은마름병은 국내에서 1995년 최초 발생이래 2016년까지 꾸준히 발생하여 과수농가에 피해를 주고 있는 세균병해이다. 가지검은마름병 발생 농가의 폐원조치 및 공적방제로 인한 경제적 피해 감소를 위하여, 병징이 관찰되는 이병조직 및 건전조직 내의 병원 세균을 검출하여 효율적 관리방안을 마련하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 가지검은마름병원세균의 검출은 genomic DNA 추출과정을 생략한 순수 균총만을 이용하는 colony-PCR을 이용하였으며, 이를 위해 ERIC 지역에서 제작된 가지검은마름병원세균 특이 프라이머 EpSPF/EpSPR 프라이머쌍을 선발하였다. 특이 프라이머를 활용한 colony-PCR 방법으로 2014-2015년 4-10월까지 사과나무 생육기간 동안 가지검은마름병 발생상황을 모니터링한 결과, $25^{\circ}C$ 일 평균 온도 기간인 5월 중순부터 7월 초순까지 발병이 가장 빈번하였다. 발병가지 내 병원세균의 존재유무 검정 결과 병징 부위와 이로부터 20 cm 내 건전조직에서만 병원세균이 지속적으로 검출되었다. 따라서 이미 발생한 가지검은마름병을 효율적으로 관리하기 위해 이병조직과 건전조직 경계 부위로부터 20 cm 이상에서 가지치기를 하는 것이 매우 적절할 것으로 판단된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.177-181
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• 2016

This cross-sectional descriptive and qualitative study was aimed to study the people participation and their approaches toward the human carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, prevention and control in Ban Chaun sub-district administrative organization (BCSAO) and Bamnet Narong sub-district municipality (BNSM), Bamnet Narong district, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand between June 2013 and February 2014. Participants were purposive selected, included chiefs of sub-district administrative organizations, sub-district municipalities, sub-district health promotion hospitals (SHPHs), heads of village, and a further sample was selected with a multi-stage random sampling for public health volunteers, and villagers. The pre-designed questionnaire contained items for individualized status and the participatory steps of sharing ideas, decision-making, and planning, procession, evaluation, and mutual benefit, for the project O. viverrini prevention and control (POPC). In-depth interviews were used for collection of need approaches to POPC. With 375 participants who completed the questionnaire, it was found that people had a high level regarding to participate in the POPC, particularly in the process stage ($\bar{X}=3.78$, S.D. = 0.56), but the lowest level was found in sharing ideas, decision making, and planning step ($\bar{X}=3.65$, S.D. = 0.63). By comparison, participant status and organization did not significantly differ with people participation. In each step, Ban Chaun sub-district had a high level of participation in the step of sharing ideas, decision making, and planning toward POPC, more than Bamnet Narong sub-district municipality (t=2.20, p=0.028). Approaches for POPC in Ban Chaun sub-district and Bamnet Narong sub-district municipality included requirements for budget support, annual campaigns for liver fluke prevention and control, campaign promotion, risk group observation, home visiting, community rules regarding reducing raw fish consumption in their communities, and a professional public health officer for working in their communities, BCSAO, BNSM, and SHPH, for O. viverrini prevention and control. This study indicates that people realize that eradication of the liver fluke needs a continuous people participation for O. viverrini prevention and control in their communities.

• 식물병연구
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2022

Erwinia amylovora에 의해 발생하는 화상병은 2015년에 국내에서 처음으로 보고된 이후 2021년 기준으로 전국 22개 지역으로 전파되었다. 우리나라는 식물방역법에 따라 화상병이 발생한 사과 및 배 과원은 발생주율을 기준으로 모든 기주식물들을 완전히 제거하여 구덩이에 매몰처리한다. 이후, 3년간 화상병균 전파를 막기 위해 매몰지 위에 기주식물 식재를 금하고 있다. 매몰처리법에 의한 화상병균 박멸 효과를 확인하기 위하여, 화상병 감수성 식물을 미끼식물로 이용하여 매몰지에 식재 후 화상병 재발 유무를 확인하였다. 이를 위해, 2019년부터 2021년에 매몰처리한 경기도 안성시와 충북 충주시 소재 매몰지 3곳을 선정하여 미끼식물 감시시설을 설치하였다. 화상병 감수성 식물인 사과(부사)를 미끼식물로 선정하고, 각 감시시설당 5주를 식재하였다. 감시시설은 울타리와 그물로 격리하였다. 또한, 실시간 모니터링을 위한 CCTV와 동작감지기, 그리고 현지 기상상황을 기록하는 센서를 설치하였다. 감시시설을 주기적으로 방문하여 육안으로 화상병 발병 유무를 확인하였다. 미끼식물로부터 화상병 의심 증상을 나타내는 표본을 채취하고 화상병균 특이적 프라이머를 이용하여 loop-mediated isothermal amplification polymerase chain reaction (PCR)과 conventional PCR을 통해 화상병균 감염 유무를 확인하였다. 그 결과, 현재까지 어떠한 미끼식물에서도 화상병균은 검출되지 않았다. 따라서, 현재 시행되고 있는 매몰 후 화상병 기주식물 3년 식재 금지 조항을 완화하는 근거로 본 연구 결과를 제시하고자 하며, 이를 통해 국내 과수산업과 농가의 피해를 최소화하는 데 기여할 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.163-184
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• 2003

This study was conducted to survey the farm which suffered from disease similar to classical swine fever(CSF) in Gyeongbuk province. Clinical signs appeared first in a few number of growing pigs which showed specific signs of diarrhea, depression, sleepiness, and reluctance to get up or to eat. Younger piglets may have appeared chilled, shiver and huddle together. As the disease progresses the affected pig's skin went red and purple. In histopathological signs, there were many haemorrhages throughout the body and larger haemorrhages in some organs such as lymph nodes. And there is a precipitous fall in the number of circulating leukocytes in the blood. In spite of insisting of farmer which did not vaccinate to classical swine fever, significant antibody production was detected in these affected pigs at enzyme-linked immuonsorbent assay. According to the above results at first glance, these affected pig suspected with CSF in clinical signs and histopathological lesions only. Because the symptoms and post-mortem picture were very similar to CSF, these false positive results would have been dangerous to diagnostician. But by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and comparative nucleotide sequence analysis, the disease was correctly diagnosed with post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome(PMWS) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome(PRRS) compoundly. And the antigen which were detected the lesion similar to CSF virus, was confirmed with LOM vaccine strain of CSF. In most national CSF eradication program and in countries which are free of the CSF virus, vaccination against CSF is not practiced and generally is not allowed. But now in Korea, routine vaccination is practiced because of outbreaking the CSF repeatedly. When CSF is diagnosed the whole herd and other in contact animal are slaughtered continuously.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2007

The tube agglutination test has been used for bovine brucellosis diagnosis in Korea since middle 1950s. The reported high specificity was its value in eradication program. However, the reading of reaction mostly depends on personal experience, thus here we report a way to improve accuracy and uniformity of reading. The tube agglutination was conducted according to the protocol provided by Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The intensity of reaction was measured by spectrophotometer. The relationship between turbidity and percentage clearing was generally in direct proportion and linear. The correspondent percent transmittance at 75, 50, and 25% clearing were 91, 82, and 73, respectively. Then, the degree of percentage of clearing at given international unit was measured. With about 1.5 unit of serum, the maximum percentage clearing was observed. The international unit showing 25, 50, and 75 percentage clearing were 0.61, 0.83 and 1.35, respectively. Based on the information obtained using international standard serum, the calculation of international unit of test serum was available. According to the protocol for bovine brucellosis diagnosis which provided by Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the available range of detectable international unit was between 15 and 538. And the corresponding international units for suspicious case ranged between 42 and 127. Of the 35 sera from B abortus infected cattle, about half of them had more than 538 international units. Collectively, the reading of turbidity using spectrophotometer and application to international unit improved accuracy and uniformity of reading.