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Isolation Rate of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Nasal cavity inferior regions and Cellular phones

  • Kim, Chung Hwan;Lee, Jun Young;Kim, Mi Kyeong;Kim, Sung Hwan;Park, Geun Young;Bae, So Yeon;Seo, Myeong Jin;Go, In Hyeog
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제44권3호
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    • pp.118-123
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    • 2012
  • Nosocomial infection and community-acquired infection with Staphylococcus aureus, especially methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), has become a strong concern in human body sites and related effects. The aim of this study is investigate the isolation rate of MRSA from nasal cavity inferior regions and cellular phones to assess the risk factor of nosocomial infection and community-acquired infection. 34.7% and 37.2% isolates were MRSA from the nasal cavity inferior regions and cellular phones according to a Mannitol salt agar (added oxacillin $6{\mu}g/mL$) culture and PCR according to S. aureus specific 16S rRNA and mecA primers. Thus, the distribution of S. aureus and the isolation rate of MRSA represent a very high risk factor regards nosocomial infection and community-acquired infection.

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경남 남부지방에서 사육 중인 송아지의 설사병에 관한 역학적 연구 (An epidemiological study on the calves with clinical diarrhea in southern Gyeongnam)

  • 허정호;조명희;이국천;박미남;조은정;최만수;김충희;강정부;김의경;김종수
    • 한국동물위생학회지
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.305-313
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    • 2008
  • The present study was conducted to investigate the epidemiological characteristics such as isolation rate and antimicrobial drug susceptibility of etiological agents. The specimens (stool or intestine) were collected from 319 calves with clinical diarrhea from 195 farms in Gyeongnam south area (Gosung, Tongyung, Hadong) from June 2005 to August 2006. The isolation rate of Salmonella spp was higher in summer (8.4%) than in winter (4.8%) and the average was 7.2% (23/319 head). Some of Salmonella spp isolated were resistant to penicillin, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, and cephalexin (>90%), but some of them were susceptible to norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and amikacin(>30%). There was no statistical difference in the isolation rate of Eimeria spp between summer(48.9%) and winter(42.3%). For the evaluation of infection level of Eimeria spp oocyst per gram of feces (OPG) was examined, and severe, moderate and light infection level were 11.9%, 12.5% and 22.3%, respectively. In the isolation rates of Eimeria spp the calves under 19 days was lowerthan those over 60 days, but there was not different among herd size.

E-Isolation : High-performance Dynamic Testing Installation for Seismic Isolation Bearings and Damping Devices

  • Yoshikazu Takahashi;Toru Takeuchi;Shoichi Kishiki;Yozo Shinozaki;Masako Yoneda;Koichi Kajiwara;Akira Wada
    • 국제초고층학회논문집
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.93-105
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    • 2023
  • Seismic isolation and vibration control techniques have been developed and put into practical use by challenging researchers and engineers worldwide since the latter half of the 20th century, and after more than 40 years, they are now used in thousands of buildings, private residences, highways in many seismic areas in the world. Seismic isolation and vibration control structures can keep the structures undamaged even in a major earthquake and realize continuous occupancy. This performance has come to be recognized not only by engineers but also by ordinary people, becoming indispensable for the formation of a resilient society. However, the dynamic characteristics of seismically isolated bearings, the key elements, are highly dependent on the size effect and rate-of-loading, especially under extreme loading conditions. Therefore, confirming the actual properties and performance of these bearings with full-scale specimens under prescribed dynamic loading protocols is essential. The number of testing facilities with such capacity is still limited and even though the existing labs in the US, China, Taiwan, Italy, etc. are conducting these tests, their dynamic loading test setups are subjected to friction generated by the large vertical loads and inertial force of the heavy table which affect the accuracy of measured forces. To solve this problem, the authors have proposed a direct reaction force measuring system that can eliminate the effects of friction and inertia forces, and a seismic isolation testing facility with the proposed system (E-isolation) will be completed on March 2023 in Japan. This test facility is designed to conduct not only dynamic loading tests of seismic isolation bearings and dampers but also to perform hybrid simulations of seismically isolated structures. In this paper, design details and the realization of this system into an actual dynamic testing facility are presented and the outcomes are discussed.

Shigella spp.의 연차적 추이에 관한 조사연구 (A Study on Changing Patterns of Shigella spp. by Years)

  • 신현성;오시환
    • 대한미생물학회지
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.453-462
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    • 1987
  • A total of 3,879 cases of feces and rectal swab from patient was collected in H. hospital from January 1974 to December 1986 in Seoul. Among the materials, the number of cases of Shigella spp. isolated were 197 strains of 139 patients. Infectous pattern and antibiotic sensitivity of Shigella spp. were as follows; The range of percentage of an identified Shigella spp. among total feces and rectal swabs was $1.5{\sim}12.5%$ yearly. The isolation ratios of Shigella spp. per each patient 1.35 for male and 1.19 for female. The isolation ratio of male to female was 1.28:1 in whole group. The isolated Shigella species was 81.0% in S. flexneri, 1.1% in S. boydii and 17% in S. sonnei. The highest number of Shigella spp. was found in August and September according to monthly isolation, on the other hand the lowest number of Shigella spp. was obserbed in March. The seasonal isolation rate of Shigella spp. was 31.7% in Fall, 27.3% in Summer, 21.6% in Winter and 19.3% in Spring. The age specific frequency of Shigellosis was 46.8% in $0{\sim}9$ year group, 8.6% in $10{\sim}19$, 7.2% in $40{\sim}49$ and 6.5% in $50{\sim}59$. The antibiotics showing over 80% susceptibility against Shigella spp. were gentamicin, kanamycin, amikacin, tobramycin, cefoperazone, cefoxitin, cefamandole nafate, cefotaxine and sisomycin.

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Rapid identification of Burkholderia glumae from diseased seeds

  • Noh, Tae-Hwan;Song, Wan-Yeob;Kang, Mi-Hyung;Hyung Moo kim;Lee, Du-Ku;Park, Jong-Cheol;Shim, Hyeong-Kwon
    • 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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    • pp.136.1-136
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    • 2003
  • Bacterial grain rot by Burkholderia gluae cause severe damage in seedling and grain of rice after heading season. This seed-borne pathogen play a role as first infection agent that could be cause disease following cropping season. Until now the direct isolation of the bacteria has some trouble by interference of other bacteria existed inside seed. This study established convenient identification method as simple isolation with KB medium from seed showing symptom and using PCR identification. By this isolation method, B. glumae was isolated from 40 to 50% in brown rice and inner hull, however, there were saprophytic bacteria and fungi outer hull. In PCR identification with Ogf4 and Ogr3 primer to these 25 isolates, the amplified products were presented in all of the collections but not in 10 saprophytic germs. The isolation rate was constant to 3 months stored seeds. This result provide a rapid and convenient isolation and identification of B. glumae.

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Performance Comparison of GPS Fault Detection and Isolation via Pseudorange Prediction Model based Test Statistics

  • Yoo, Jang-Sik;Ahn, Jong-Sun;Lee, Young-Jae;Sung, Sang-Kyung
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • 제7권5호
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    • pp.797-806
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    • 2012
  • Fault detection and isolation (FDI) algorithms provide fault monitoring methods in GPS measurement to isolate abnormal signals from the GPS satellites or the acquired signal in receiver. In order to monitor the occurred faults, FDI generates test statistics and decides the case that is beyond a designed threshold as a fault. For such problem of fault detection and isolation, this paper presents and evaluates position domain integrity monitoring methods by formulating various pseudorange prediction methods and investigating the resulting test statistics. In particular, precise measurements like carrier phase and Doppler rate are employed under the assumption of fault free carrier signal. The presented position domain algorithm contains the following process; first a common pseudorange prediction formula is defined with the proposed variations in pseudorange differential update. Next, a threshold computation is proposed with the test statistics distribution considering the elevation angle. Then, by examining the test statistics, fault detection and isolation is done for each satellite channel. To verify the performance, simulations using the presented fault detection methods are done for an ideal and real fault case, respectively.

Effects of 20-day litter weight on weaned piglets' fighting behavior after group mixing and on heart rate variability in an isolation test

  • Sun, YaNan;Lian, XinMing;Bo, YuKun;Guo, YuGuang;Yan, PeiShi
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of 20-day litter weight on behavior and heart rate variability (HRV) of piglets under stress. Methods: Forty four original litters were categorized as high litter weight (HW) litters (n = 22) and low litter weight (LW) litters (n = 22) by 20-day litter weight. From each original HW litter, three males and three females were randomly selected after weaning and the 12 piglets from two original litters with similar age of days were regrouped into one new high litter weight (NHW) litter (11 NHW litters in total). The original LW litters were treated with a same program, so that there were 11 new low litter weight (NLW) litters as well. The latencies to first fighting, fighting frequencies and duration within three hours were recorded after regrouping and the lesions on body surface within 48 hours were scored. Besides, HR (heart rate, bpm, beats per minute) and activity count (ACT), time domain indexes and frequency domain indexes of the piglets were measured in an isolation trial to analyze the discrepancy in coping with stress between the original HW and LW litters. Results: The results exhibited that piglets from the HW litters launched fighting sooner and got statistically higher skin lesion score than those from the LW litters (p = 0.03 and 0.02, respectively). Regarding the HRV detection, compared with the HW litters, the LW litters exhibited a lower mean HR (p<0.05). In the isolation test, a highly significant higher ACT value was observed between the HW litters, compared to the LW litters (p<0.01). Significant differences were observed in standard deviation of R-R intervals, standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals, and most frequency-domain indicators: very low-frequency, low-frequency, and high frequency between the HW and LW litters as well. The difference in LF:HF was not significant (p = 0.779). Conclusion: This study suggests that compared with litters of low 20-day litter weights, litters with higher 20-day litter weight take more positive strategies to cope with stress and have stronger HRV regulation capacity; HW litters demonstrate better anti-stress and adaptation capacity in the case of regrouping and isolation.

면진받침의 내진성능평가를 위한 실험 시 속도의존성과 수직하중의 영향 (Investigating the Influence of Rate Dependency and Axial Force on the Seismic Performance Evaluation of Isolation Bearing)

  • 박민석;채윤병;김철영
    • 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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    • 제27권6호
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    • pp.22-29
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    • 2023
  • 재료 및 부재의 내진성능평가 실험 시 재하속도와 수직하중은 성능에 중대한 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 반복 가력 및 하이브리드 실험 시 재하속도는 입력 변위와 출력 변위 사이의 시간 지연현상으로 인해 고속으로 제어하기 어려우며 횡방향 변위에 의해 수직하중을 일정하게 유지하는 것이 어려워 일정한 수직하중이 유지되는 고속 및 실시간 실험은 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 면진받침의 속도 의존성과 수직하중의 영향을 조사하기 위해 저속 및 고속 반복 가력 실험과 실시간 하이브리드 실험을 수행하였다. 실험에서 수평 변위와 수직 하중의 실시간 제어를 위해 Adaptive Time Series(ATS) 보정 방법과 State estimator가 포함된 FLB System을 구축하였다. 고속 또는 실시간으로 재하되는 수평 변위 제어 속도와 상부구조물에 의한 수직하중은 면진받침의 강도 및 지진 시 거동에 상당한 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 확인하였으며 내진성능평가를 위한 실험 시 실제와 유사하도록 구현되어야함을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 내진성능평가를 위해 구축하고 사용된 시스템의 우수한 성능을 보여주며 정확하고 효율적인 내진성능평가가 가능하도록 하였다.

실험용 설치류의 피부사상균 보균실태와 albino rat에서 분리한 Trichophyton mentagrophytes의 완전형 (Asymptomatic carrier state of dermatophytes on laboratory rodents and the perfect state of Trichophyton mentagrophytes isolated from albino rats)

  • 이헌준;최원필;전무형
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 1990
  • The present study was conducted in order to elucidate the asymptomatic carrier state of dermatophytes on the laboratory rodents in Korea during the period from August 1986 to April 1987. A total of 988 laboratory rodents, comprising 393 albino rats, 285 albino mice, 238 guinea pigs and 72 hamsters, were randomly selected for the isolation of dermatophytes from 6 research institutes and 2 breeding farms. And the mating experiments were performed to identified the perfect states of Trichophyton mextagrophytes isolated from albino rats. Dermatophytes were recovered from 94 of 393(23.9%) albino rats and from 3 of 5 colonies. Isolation rate of each colony was 38.4%, 32.0% and 9.8%, respectively, and the albino rats over 2 months old(28.2%) were higher than below 2 months old(2.9%) in the isolation rate of dermatophytes. Among 94 strains of dermatophytes isolated from albino rats, all the strains were identified T mentagrophytes, except 1 strain of Microsporum gypseum, and its perfect states were Arthroderma $vanbreuseghemii^+$.

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장염환자에서의 Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni 분리율 (Isolation Rate of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Enteritis Patients)

  • 정윤섭;이귀녕;이삼열
    • 대한미생물학회지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 1982
  • C. fetus suhsp. jejuni has been reported to be an important enteric pathogen in many parts of the world. Although the infection has been reported in Korea, the incidence is not known. In this study the results of stool culture during the period of August 1981 to July 1982 at Yonsei Medical Center was analyzed and the following results were obtained. 1. C. fetus subsp. jejuni was isolated from 0.8% of stool specimens. The isolation rate was lower than that of salmonella(3.3%) and shigella(7.1%). The isolation was most frequent in June and from $\leq$15-year-old patients. 2. All of the isolates from the patients were susceptible to chloramphenicol and erythromycin. It was noteworthy that 4 isolates were resistant to all of the aminoglycosides, i.e., amikacin, gen tamicin, kanamycin and tobramycin. 3. We also isolated C. fetus subsp. jejuni from chicken. When the susceptibility of the isolates was compared to that of the isolates from human the former were less susceptible to erythromycin(34.1%) and tetracycline(38.6%).

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