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Efficiency of Embolization for Kidney Injury (신손상 환자에서 혈관 색전술의 효용성)

  • Kwon, Young-Kee;Chang, Hyuk-Soo;Kim, Byung-Hoon;Park, Choal-Hee;Kim, Chun-Il
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.16-20
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: High-grade (III, IV, V) renal injury may need interventional management. We investigated whether the selective embolization of the renal artery is effective for the treatment of major renal injury in comparison with emergency renal exploration. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical and radiologic records of patients who underwent surgery or embolization for renal injury (Grade III, IV, V) between January 1990 and December 2007. We analyzed the change in treatment method before and after 2000, the blood pressure, the hemoglobin at the time of visit, the hospital days and the complications in patients who received surgery or embolization. Preserved renal functions of the embolized kidneys were identified by using enhanced CT. Results: Cases of surgery and embolization were 37 and 13, respectively: 5 and 4 in renal injury grade III, 17 and 6 in grade IV and 13 and 3 in grade V. Cases of surgery and embolization were 33 and 1 before 2000 and 2 and 12 after 2000, repectively: embolizations increased after 2000. No significant differences in mean diastolic pressure, hemoglobin, hospital days and complications existed between the surgery and the embolization groups (p>0.05). However, the transfusion volume was significantly smaller in the embolization group (p<0.05). One postoperative complication occurred in the surgery group. We identified the preserved renal functions of the embolized kidney by using enhanced CT. Conclusion: Embolization could be one treatment method for high-grade renal injury. Thus, we might suggest selective embolization a useful method for preserving the renal function in cases of high-grade renal injury.

A Report of Two Cases of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (폐에 생긴 점액표피양 암종 2예)

  • Kim, Joon-Hee;Kim, Yong-Bok;Kim, Chul-Soo;Kim, Dong-Soon;Kim, Re-Hwe;Kim, Chang-Ho;Suh, Yeon-Lim
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.58-66
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    • 1993
  • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung can be divided into low grade and high grade varieties, like their major salivary glands counterparts. This carcinoma comprises only. about 0.5% of all pulmonary neoplasma. Their clinical and biologic behaviors are closely related with histologic grade of carcinoma. We have experienced two cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Case 1 occurred in a 16 years old male and showed the histologic features of low grade type. This carcinoma arised from the right upper lobe bronchus which was removed by the right upper lobectomy. Case 2 occurred in a 41 year old male was the high grade carcinoma located at the distal left main bronchus which was removed by the left pnemonectomy.

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Preparation of High-grade Silica Sand for Metallurgical-grade Si Using a Physical Beneficiation (금속급 실리콘용 고순도 규사 제조를 위한 물리적 정제 특성)

  • Yang, Young-Cheol;Jeong, Soo-Bok;Chae, Young-Bae;Kim, Seong
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.191-197
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    • 2009
  • It is very important to raise the purity of silica for manufacturing metallurgical-grade silicon because the purification of silicon in the smelting process is very difficult. In present study, the silica sand which is obtained from Vietnam was mineralogically analyzed. Based on the results, a novel process to separate impurities from the silica sand was developed, which consisted of classification, specific gravity and magnetic separation steps. Using the developed process, high-grade silica sand concentrate containing over 99.8 wt% $SiO_2$ was prepared, being suitable for manufacturing the metallurgical-grade silicon.

The Analysis on Question's Patterns in Elementary School Science Teacher's Guidebooks of 5, 6th Grade under the 2009 Revised Curriculum (2009 개정 교육과정에 따른 5, 6학년 초등과학과 교사용 지도서에 제시된 발문 유형 분석)

  • Kim, Gyeong-ah;Lee, Hyeong-cheol
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze question's patterns in elementary school science teacher's guide books of 5, 6th grade under the 2009 revised curriculum. A modified analysis framework based on Blosser's classified system was used to analyze 1,982 questions extracted from elementary science teacher's guide books by grade, by domain, and by teaching and learning stage. The findings of this study were as follows. First, of the 1,982 questions, the most prominent type of question was the propositional question and the following was the reproductive question. And, in comparing the question's patterns between 5, 6th grade, it was found that 6th grade had higher rate of close typed question, while 5th grade had higher rate of open typed question in its curriculum. Secondly, a comparative study about two domains, material and energy science domain and earth and life science domain, showed that the number of questions of each domain was not much different. However, it was found that propositional questions and applicable questions showed a higher rate in material and energy science domain, and anticipated questions and open typed questions including divergent and evaluative question showed higher rate in earth and life science domain. Moreover, although the total number of questions from integration and my fun research domain's contents was small, the rate of open typed questions was higher than any other domains. Finally, as a result of comparing and analyzing question's pattern in teaching and learning stages, the rate of reproductive question and anticipated questions was high at the stage of introduction. At the stage of development, the rate of propositional and reproductive questions was high. At the stage of conclusion, the rate of synthetic and applicable questions was high.

A study on the quantitative risk grade assessment of initial mass production for weapon systems (초도양산 군수품에 대한 정량적 위험등급평가 방안 연구)

  • Jung, Yeongtak;Ham, Younghoon;Roh, Taegoo;Ahn, Manki;Ko, Kyungwa
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.441-452
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study quantitative risk grade assessment for objective government quality assurance activities based on risk management in initial mass production for weapon systems. Methods: The Defense quality management regulations and foreign risk assessment documents are referred to analyze problems performing quality assurance actives. The failure rate data, maintainability and cost of products have been studied to quantify the risk Likelihood and impact. The analyzed data were classified as risk grade assessment through K-means Cluster Analysis method. Results: Results show that a proposed method can objectively evaluate risk grade. The analyzed results are clustered into three levels such as high, middle and low. Two products are allocated high, eleven low and seven middle. Conclusion: In this paper, quantitative risk grade assessment methods were presented by analyzing risk ratings based on objective data. The findings showed that the methods would be effective for initial mass production for weapon systems.

A Study on the Functionality of the Fabrics Dyed with Pine Needles Extract (1) (솔잎 추출물을 이용한 염색직물의 기능성에 관한 연구[1])

  • Park Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.56 no.2 s.101
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2006
  • In this study 1, the dyeability and sun protection characteristic of the fabrics dyed with pine needles extract was investigated. In the test of color difference, the surface color of all the dyed fabric of both cotton and silk came to light as greenish yellow. In the test of dyeing colorfastness, the colorfastness to sunlight of dyed cotton fabric was below 2nd grade and the one of dyed silk fabric was below 3rd grade. The colorfastness to laundry for the degree of discoloration showed a difference as to mordants, but the colorfastness to laundry for the degree of contamination was excellent as all the dyed fabrics were 4th-5th grade. The colorfastness to perspiration was excellent as the degree of discoloration was more than 3rd grade and the degree of contamination was more than 4th-5th grade. The colorfastness to rubbing showed the excellent result as all the dyed fabrics were 4th-5th grade. In the test of sun protection factor(SPF), the cotton and silk fabrics dyed with $FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_{2}O$ mordant showed very high sun protection characteristic as the SPF was each 36.1 and 42.5. In the test of sun protection rate for UV-A and UV-B, the cotton and silk fabrics dyed with $FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_{2}O$ mordant showed the very high sun protection rate of more than $90\%$.

Polymorphism of p53 Gene Codon 72 in Endometrial Cancer: Correlation with Tumor Grade and Histological Type

  • Kafshdooz, Taiebeh;Tabrizi, Ali Dastranj;Ardabili, Seyyed Mojtaba Mohaddes;Kafshdooz, Leila;Ghojazadeh, Morteza;Gharesouran, Jalal;Abdii, Ali;Alizadeh, Hamideh
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.22
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    • pp.9603-9606
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    • 2014
  • Background: Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women in developed countries. Patients with endometrial cancer may benefit from systemic chemotherapy alone or in combination with targeted therapies if the disease is clinically diagnosed prior to spread and metastasis to other organs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic role of p53 polymorphism and its correlation with tumor grade in human uterine endometrial carcinomas. Materials and Methods: A total of 75 patients with endometrial carcinomas were studied for possible mutations in exon 4 of the p53 gene using polymerase chain reaction and restricting fragment length polymorphism techniques and sequencing. Results: In recent study, The rate of homozygote genotype of pro/pro or Arg/Arg in high grade group was higher than in comparison with low grade one. In addition samples that were undigested in RFLP, showed mutation in exone 4. Conclusions: Our findings showed that high grade endometrial carcinomas are highly associated with TP53 polymorphisms in comparison with low grades.

Significance of Cytologic Detection of Endometrial Carcinoma in Papanicolaou Smear: The Relevance of Histologic Type, Grade and Stage (Papanicolaou smear에서 자궁내막암의 세포학적 진단의 의의 : 조직유형, 분화도 및 병기와의 관련성)

  • Hong, Sung-Ran;Kim, Hy-Sook;Park, Jong-Sook
    • The Korean Journal of Cytopathology
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 1993
  • The cytologic detection of endometrial carcinoma in Papanicolaou(Pap) smear according to histologic type, grade and stage was studied in 49 patients. The smears of patients who had histologically confirmed were retrospectively evaluated by the Bethesda System. The cytologic diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma was made in 61% (39/49) of patients, atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGCUS) in 16% (8/49) and within normal limits in 23% (11/49). The positive rate for AGCUS and carcinoma was correlated to the histologic type, grade and stage. The cytologic grade revealed a good correlation with histologic grade, too. In conclusion, the presence of cancer cells in Pap smear suggests the tumor in high grade and high stage. Additionally, cytologic detection of AGCUS or carcinoma needs a further diagnostic evaluation. The Pap smear is a valuable method to screen for endometrial carcinoma.

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Review on sodium corrosion evolution of nuclear-grade 316 stainless steel for sodium-cooled fast reactor applications

  • Dai, Yaonan;Zheng, Xiaotao;Ding, Peishan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.11
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    • pp.3474-3490
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    • 2021
  • Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is the preferred technology of the generation-IV fast neutron reactor, and its core body mainly uses nuclear-grade 316 stainless steel. In order to prolong the design life of SFRs to 60 years and more, it is necessary to summarize and analyze the anti-corrosion effect of nuclear grade 316 stainless steel in high temperature sodium environment. The research on sodium corrosion of nuclear grade 316 stainless steel is mainly composed of several important factors, including the microstructure of stainless steel (ferrite layer, degradation layer, etc.), the trace chemical elements of stainless steel (Cr, Ni and Mo, etc) and liquid impurity elements in sodium (O, C and N, etc), carburization and mechanical properties of stainless steel, etc. Through summarizing and constructing the sodium corrosion rate equations of nuclear grade 316 stainless steel, the stainless steel loss of thickness can be predicted. By analyzing the effects of temperature, oxygen content in sodium and velocity of sodium on corrosion rate, the basis for establishing integrity evaluation standard of SFR core components with sodium corrosion is provided.

Priority Based Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Real-Time Monitoring of Weapon Flight Test Using WSNs

  • Min, Joonki;Kim, Joo-Kyoung;Kwon, Youngmi;Lee, Yong-Jae
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.18-27
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    • 2013
  • Real-time monitoring is one of the prime necessities in a weapon flight test that is required for the efficient and timely collection of large amounts of high-rate sampled data acquired by an event-trigger. The wireless sensor network is a good candidate to resolve this requirement, especially considering the inhospitable environment of a weapon flight test. In this paper, we propose a priority based multi-channel MAC protocol with CSMA/CA over a single radio for a real-time monitoring of a weapon flight test. Multi-channel transmissions of nodes can improve the network performance in wireless sensor networks. Our proposed MAC protocol has two operation modes: Normal mode and Priority Mode. In the normal mode, the node exploits the normal CSMA/CA mechanism. In the priority mode, the node has one of three grades - Class A, B, and C. The node uses a different CSMA/CA mechanism according to its grade that is determined by a signal level. High grade nodes can exploit more channels and lower backoff exponents than low ones, which allow high grade nodes to obtain more transmission opportunities. In addition, it can guarantee successful transmission of important data generated by high grade nodes. Simulation results show that the proposed MAC exhibits excellent performance in an event-triggered real-time application.