• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1285-1288
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• 2012

Background: The Fagerstrom Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) (formally FTND) is widely used for measuring physical dependence on nicotine. Objective: To explore the cross cultural validity and reliability of FTCD amongst Arabic speaker cigarette consumers who chew khat leaf, a stimulant green leaf. Methods: The psychometric properties of the FTCD were assessed in a subsample (91regular cigarette smokers) of purposively selected 204 UK-resident Yemeni khat chewers recruited during random visits to khat sale outlets. Data were collected via a structured face-to-face interview. Data analyses included descriptive tests and factor analysis. Results: Two factors were obtained by a principle axis factor analysis and these were termed as urgency of restoring the level of nicotine after abstinence during sleeping and maintaining the level of nicotine during waking. The internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) of the whole FTCD is low (.68) as well as for the two subscales (.60) and (.62) respectively. Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the FTCD scale in this sample of Yemeni khat chewers who smoked regularly confirmed what has been established in other cultural settings. The findings of this study have yet to be cross validated amongst other appropriately representative sample of Arabic speakers.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.142-144
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• 2018

This paper discusses the development of semi-automatic search program for crown delineation in stand level. The crown of an individual tree was delineated by applying the Watershed (WS) and Valley Following (VF) algorithms. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images were used in the semi-automatic search program to delineate the crown area. The overall accuracy and Khat were used in accuracy assessment. WS algorithm's model showed the overall accuracy and Khat index of 0.80 and 0.59, respectively, in Plot 1. However, the overall accuracy and Khat of VF algorithm's model were 0.78 and 0.51, respectively, in Plot 2.

• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.31-34
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• 2023

Background: There is no research on antiviral treatment using the Koryo Hand Acupuncture Therapy(KHAT). Purpose: The purpose was to observe the effect of KHAT therapy stimulation on patients infected with Herpesvirus-2. Results: As a result of daily observation while stimulating the acupuncture points of 3 subjects, patients in their 20s were cured on the 3rd day, those in their 50s on the 4th day, and those in their 70s on the 5th day. Conclusion: Cells destroyed by viral infection were regenerated by stimulation of hand acupuncture therapy, and viral proliferation in cells also disappeared. This means that antiviral treatment using KHAT is effective.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2009.03a
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• pp.22-25
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• 2009

본 논문은 기 구축된 환경부의 중분류 토지피복도를 올해 KOMPSAT-2 화상으로 갱신하기 위한 예비연구에서 분류결과의 정확도 평가를 중점적으로 나타낸다. KOMPSAT-2 화상기반의 중분류 토지피복도는 객체지향의 분류기법을 이용하였고, 경계선 수정의 경우 반자동 기법에 의해 제작되었다. 계통표집과 임의표집에 의한 Kappa 분석에서 계통 표집의 KHAT값은 0.81, 임의표집의 KHAT값은 0.89를 각각 가지므로 거의 완벽의 일치성을 표시한다. 따라서 전술한 지도화 방법을 통해 제작된 KOMPSAT-2 화상의 중분류 토지피복도는 이용자에게 토지피복정보의 신뢰성도 함께 제공한다.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2001.03a
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• pp.71-76
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• 2001

인공위성을 이용하여 산불피해지역을 분석하기 위해 KT(Kauth-Thomas)변환기법과 IHS(Intensity-Hue-Saturation)변환기법을 적용하여 비교해 보고 산불피해등급지도를 작성하였다. 방사보정과 지형보정을 수행한 영상을 각각 IHS와 KT로 변환시킨 후 최대우도법에 의하여 분류하였다. 정확도 평가에서 KHAT statistic은 각각 0.67와 0.76을 나타내었다. 현장데이터가 부족하여 cross-validation을 수행하였으며, 일관되게 KT변환기법에 의한 분류결과가 IHS기법에 의한 분류결과보다 더 높은 정확도를 보여주었다. 또한 KT feature space 와 IHS 컴포넌트의 분광 분포를 그래프 상에서 분석해 보았다. 3개의 KT feature 중, greenness와 wetness가 brightness 보다 각 클래스에 대해서 보다 높은 분리성을 제공하였다. 하니만 IHS 컴포넌트의 분광분포는 뚜렷한 분리성이 나타나지 않고 서로 섞여 있는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 따라서, KT변환기법이 IHS변환기법보다 산불피해지역을 추출함에 있어 더 높은 정확도를 나타내고, 산불과 관련된 지표의 물리적 특성을 더 잘 반영한다고 할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.151-156
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 2000년 LANDSAT ETM+ 수도권 영상을 이용하여 도시지역 10개소, 식생지역 10개소를 선정해서 각각에 대해 표준화 주성분 분석을 적용하여 두 지역간의 고유벡터 매트릭스를 비교ㆍ분석해보았다. 도시 지역과 식생 지역각각에 대해 총 6개의 주성분이 생성되었으며 PC-2와 고유벡터 부호가 변한 밴드(band2, band7)를 RGB로 조합하여 수원지역을 대상으로 분류(Classification)한 결과의 정확도를 분광서명 분별 분석(Signature Separability Analysis)통해 얻은 밴드조합(band1, band3, band5) 영상의 분류결과와 비교해 보았다. 수원지역 2000년 IKONOS 영상의 다중분광 밴드(4×4m)와 전정색 밴드(1x1m)를 융합한 영상이 분류 정확도를 판단하는 기준으로 사용되었다. 비교결과 분류 전체 정확도는 각각 87.7%, 77.29% Khat 지수는 0.83, 0.68로 나타나 PC-2, 밴드2, 밴드7을 이용했을 때 분류 정확도를 높일 수 있다는 결과를 얻었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.4335-4338
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• 2015

Background: Oral cancer is the third most common malignancy in Saudi Arabia, the highest incidence of which is reported from Jazan province. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of various locally used substances, especially shamma, with oral cancer in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was designed and patient records were scanned for histologically confirmed oral cancer cases. Forty eight patients who were recently diagnosed with oral cancer were selected as cases. Two healthy controls were selected for each observed case and they were matched with age (+/- 5 years) gender and location. Use of different forms of tobacco such as cigarettes, pipe-smoking and shamma (smokeless-tobacco) was assessed. Khat, a commonly used chewing substance in the community was also included. Descriptive analysis was first performed followed by multiple logistic regression (with and without interaction) to derive odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (CIs). Results: Mean age of the study sample (56% males and 44% females) was 65.3 years. Multinomial regression analysis revealed that shamma use increased the odds of developing oral cancer by 29 times (OR=29.3; 10.3-83.1). Cigarette (OR=6.74; 2.18-20.8) was also seen to have an effect. With the interaction model the odds ratio increased significantly for shamma users (OR=37.2; 12.3-113.2) and cigarette smokers (OR=10.5; 2.88-3.11). Khat was observed to have negative effect on the disease occurrence when used along with shamma (OR=0.01; 0.00 - 0.65). Conclusions: We conclude that shamma, a moist form of smokeless tobacco is a major threat for oral cancer occurrence in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. This study gives a direction to conduct further longitudinal studies in the region with increased sample size representing the population in order to provide more substantial evidence.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.270-279
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• 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the new drugs that recently have shown rapid increase and provide solutions to eradicate them. Method: This study used the relevant preceding studies, statistics, and overseas materials to identify the new drug problems and suggest solutions. Result: Compared to the past, the numbers of criminals detected for the administration, distribution, and production of drugs are rapidly increasing. According to the statistical data on drugs in 2021, the number of drug-related cases decreased compared to the previous year. However, there are concerns because the amount of detected drugs increased more than three times, and the age group of drugrelated criminals are getting younger. Such results are largely affected by the spread of new drugs. In particular, it is deemed to be affected by the spread of new drugs, such as fentanyl, yaba, khat, kratom, etc., as well as the new psychoactive drugs and hemp-related materials. Conclusion: In response to spread of new drugs, this study suggests simplifying the temporary classification of drugs, enforcing control of foreign drug users, strengthening the cooperation with relevant institutions, such as Korea Customs Service and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and intensifying the punishment on the drug users in order to strengthen the countermeasure against the new drugs.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.85-94
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• 2009

This paper presents the capability to use QuickBird imagery for effects of forest disturbance in Okgye burned area. Particular attention of this paper deals with the NBR-derived mapping burn severity on QuickBird imagery to locate reliable rehabilitation(namely, secondary succession) over postfire surface. Comparisons of the mapping forest disturbance derived from QuickBird NBR data and the mapping burn severity derived from Landsat ${\Delta}NBR$ data show substantial agreement (KHAT value =0.7886). The method calculated from the correlation between QuickBird wetness and Landsat ETM+ band7 may have application to forest harvest disturbance.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1913-1918
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• 2014

Background: The study is the first of its kind to be conducted in Saudi Arabia (KSA), aiming to analyze the effectiveness of an intervention program in improving the knowledge of oral cancer among the youth. Materials and Methods: A total of 1,051 young Saudis (57% males and 43% females with a mean age of $20.4{\pm}1.98$) were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Knowledge assessment was accomplished using a closed-ended questionnaire which was subjected to reliability tests. Prevalence of risk factors in relation to gender was analyzed using the chi-squared test. Effectiveness was calculated by comparing the pre- and post-intervention means, using the two-tailed paired t-test. Multiple logistic regression was employed in order to determine factors associated with awareness of risk habits, signs/symptoms and prevention of oral cancer. The significance level in this study was set at 0.05. Results: Females were seen to be more into the habit of sheesha smoking (3.3% rather than the use of other forms of risk factors. Prevalence of diverse risk factors such as cigarette smoking (20%), sheesha (15.3%), khat (27%) and shamma (9%) was seen among males. Gender and the use of modifiable risk factors among the study sample were significantly (p<0.001) associated with effectiveness of the intervention. The intervention program was highly effective (p<0.001) in improving the knowledge of oral cancer among the youth in Jazan, KSA. Multivariate analysis revealed that age and gender are the most significant factors affecting knowledge. Conclusions: The study gives a direction for further public health initiatives in this oral cancer prone region.