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Performance Evaluation of Medical Image Transmission System using TH UWB-IR Technology

  • Lee, Yang-Sun;Kang, Heau-Jo
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.97-100
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, the transmission service for medical image is proposed via IEEE 802.15.4a on WPAN environment. Also, transmission and receiving performance of medical image using TH UWB-IR system is evaluated on indoor multi-path fading environment. On the results, the proposed scheme can solve the problem of interference from the medical equipment in same frequency band, and minimize the loss due to the indoor multi-path fading environment. Therefore, the transmission with low power usage is possible.

Human Environment for being a Great doctor - from case to construction - (훌륭한 의사를 기르는 인적환경 - 사례에서 구조까지 -)

  • Ryue, Soo-hee
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2007
  • Purpose How can be a great doctor with excellence and ethics? In this study, I wanted to find out the characteristics of human environment to make a great doctor. Methods: First, I researched factors and construct of the human environment. So I conceived a model for analyzing human environment with two construction model : Howard Gardner's System Model and Bron-fenbrenner's ecological systems model. Second, I analyzed the life of the Oliver R. Evison M.D. and Ki Ryu Jang M.D. Oliver R. Evison was the pioneer of medicine of Korea and establisher of the Severance Hospital and medical college. Dr KiRyu Jang, who was called 'Schweitzer of Korea', was a good doctor of the poor and weak patients in Korea. Third, I tried to find out a new human environment model to make a great doctor. Results One model for analyzing human environment was made of relationship based on emotion. relationship teaching knowledge and skill, and relationship communicating on value. In the light of analyzing of two great doctors. Oliver R. Evison M.D. and KiRyu Jang M.D, I found out special interrelationship, Hardie, Allen, Severance for Evison, Kyosin Kim, Kyucheol Choi etc. for Ki Ryu Jang These special people were religious actors or social thinkers. Conclusions: To be a great doctor to excel and innovate medical field, medical students should have the chance to meet with people based on religious, ethical and social action, discuss on value across social fields, and can construct the idea to make and realize higher value of medical action. In sum, another important human environment for medical students would be a person who could be communicate with true value.

Cohort Profile: Gachon Regional Occupational Cohort Study (GROCS)

  • Lee, Wanhyung;Lee, Yongho;Lee, Junhyeong;Kim, Uijin;Han, Eunsun;Ham, Seunghon;Choi, Won-Jun;Kang, Seong-Kyu
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.112-116
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    • 2022
  • Background/Aims: The Gachon Regional Occupational Cohort Study (GROCS) is a large-scale longitudinal study of occupational safety and health data (covering Work Environment Monitoring, Workers' Health Surveillance, and Occupational Health Service) conducted by the Gachon University Gil Medical Center (GUGMC) in Incheon, Republic of Korea. We conducted GROCS to identify the health effects of workers' occupational risks, behavior, socioeconomic status, and life style. Methods: The GROCS includes data from Work Environment Monitoring, Workers' Health Surveillance, and Occupational Health Service. The baseline year for all data collection was 2018. Work Environment Monitoring was conducted in 240 companies located in Incheon. General Health Examination and Special Health Examination were performed on 32,725 and 9,504 workers, respectively. Occupational Health Services were provided to 16,883 workers in 171 companies. These data have been collected and operated at an external data management institution and were provided as a retrospective cohort after removing personal identification information. Results: In 2018, the total number of companies was 2,854, among which which 488 special Health Examination, 171 Work Environment Monitoring, and 240 Occupational Health Service. The proportion of companies undergoing Special Health Examination was 17.1%, the proportion of companies undergoing Work Environment Monitoring was 8.4%, and the proportion of Companies undergoing Occupational Health Service was 6.0%. Conclusion: GROCS expects researchers to utilize its useful and reliable resource for occupational health and surveillance with for academic or political purposes to lead to improved workers' health and working environment.

Current Evidence on the Association between rs3757318 of C6orf97 and Breast Cancer Risk: a Meta-Analysis

  • Hong, Yuan;Chen, Xue-Qin;Li, Jiao-Yuan;Liu, Cheng;Shen, Na;Zhu, Bei-Bei;Gong, Jing;Chen, Wei
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.19
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    • pp.8051-8055
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    • 2014
  • Background: A common genetic variant rs3757318, located in intron of C6orf97, was firstly identified to be associated with breast cancer (BC) risk by a genome-wide association (GWA) study. However, subsequent validation studies with different ethnicities have yielded conflicting results. Materials and Methods: We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize all available data for evaluating the precise effect of this variant on BC susceptibility. Results: A total of 8 articles containing 11 studies with 62,891 cases and 65,635 controls were included in this meta-analysis. When compared to the G allele, the rs3757318-A allele was significantly associated with BC risk with the pooled OR of 1.21 (95% CI=1.15 - 1.29, P<0.001) but with obvious between-study heterogeneity (P=0.040). Stratified analysis suggested that diversity of ethnicity along with control source may explain part of the heterogeneity. Similarly, significant associations were also identified in heterozygote, homozygote, dominant and recessive genetic models. Sensitivity and publication bias analyses indicated robust stability of our results. Conclusions: Our present meta-analysis demonstrated that the variant rs3757318 is associated with increased BC risk. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to clarify the underlying biological mechanisms.

Reflection on the Experience of Medical Professionalism Education at Yonsei University College of Medicine (연세대학교 의과대학 의학전문직업성 교육 경험의 반성적 고찰)

  • An, Shinki;Bu, Sunghee
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2012
  • For decades medical educators have continually emphasized medical professionalism, which is reflective response to the challenges of a rapidly changing medical environment. This study aimed to review the experience of implementing medical professionalism education at Yonsei University College of Medicine (YUCM). YUCM introduced a new curriculum in 2004 designed by Curriculum Development Project 2004 (CDP2004), a project that was launched in 2001. CDP2004 reorganized lectures as organ-based integrated lectures, introduced an introductory course for clinical medicine and medical humanities courses for premedical and medical students. Problem-based learning (PBL), elective courses, and self-study sessions in the afternoon were implemented in order to equip students with a self-directed learning attitude as medical professionals. Professors were asked by the CDP2004 curriculum to spend more time on student education and to adopt new teaching methods. Experiences of the CDP2004 curriculum reveals 1) difficulty of motivating professors to be PBL tutors 2) students' dissatisfaction with the medical humanities course (major critique was that the course was impractical and unrealistic), and 3) students' optimistic understanding about their future role as medical professionals in influencing and helping people in spite of their perception of the general medical environment not as promising. To foster professionalism, the following are necessary in our experiences: 1) faculty development of medical humanities and medical professionalism, 2) establishment of an environment throughout the whole institution to support medical professionalism education and to integrate the concept into praxis, 3) emphasis on the fact that medical professionalism education is not contradictory to biophysical medical education.

A Study on the Patient Privacy Protection of Medical Information For Internet (인터넷 환경에서의 의료정보화와 환자개인정보보호 방안)

  • Ji, Hye-Jung;Shin, Seung-Jung;Kim, Jung-Ihl
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2008
  • Please Interests in the medical service are increasing in internet environment as life quality of the people improves because of development in information and medical technology. The medical information in today's modern internet environment can violate privacy of the patients. Many medical institutions in Korea are very passive in the privacy protection of patients in the internet environment. The law, standard scheme and systematic guidance to prevent drain of medical information are not developed. This study examines cases of infringement pattern on information of each patient in the internet environment. This study will also try to find a solution to protect the personal information of patients in the internet environment in the measures of law system, technique and management.

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A Study on Medical Service Quality affecting percieved value, Satisfaction and Intention of Revisit in Middle Hospitals (중소병원 환자가 인지하는 의료서비스 품질이 서비스 가치, 고객만족, 재이용 의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Ji, Kyung-Ja
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.18-38
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to analyze the effect of quality of health care on perceived value, patient satisfaction and revisit intention. Especially, it was focused on outdoor environment, indoor environment, admission procedure, hospital image, service quality of physicians nurses medical technicians medical staff that patients perceived. Inpatients and outpatients were selected from three hospital in D city Questionnaire survey was employed to collect data from the subjects. For inpatients, indoor environment, admission procedure, hospital image and service quality of physicians have an effect on perceived value. Admission procedure, hospital image and service quality of physicians nurses medical technicians has an effect on the patient satisfaction. Hospital image and service quality of physicians nurses medical technicians have an effect on revisit intention. Perceived value have an effect on the patient satisfaction. Perceived value have an effect on revisit intention. Patient satisfaction have an effect on revisit intention. For outpatients, Admission procedure, hospital image and service quality of physicians medical technicians have an effect on perceived value. Indoor environment, hospital image and service quality of physicians medical technicians medical staff has an effect on the patient satisfaction. Indoor environment, hospital image and service quality of physicians medical technicians have an effect on revisit intention. Perceived value have an effect on the patient satisfaction. Perceived value have an effect on revisit intention. Patient satisfaction have an effect on revisit intention. They should evaluate customer satisfaction on their services and analyze various factors that affect on it to improve middle hospitals.

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The Influence of Change in Climatic Environment during the Song-Yuan Dynasty Had on the Development of Medical Science and Disease Emergence (송원(宋元)시대 기후환경변화가 질병과 의학발전에 미친 영향)

  • Kim, Ji-Soo;Jung, Ji-Hun;Park, Hae-Mo
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2018
  • It is known that the development of medical science is influenced by various social environmental factors. Historically, Chinese Medicine developed the most during the Song Yuan dynasty, and the reason for this was known to be due to socio-political factors. According to recent studies, however, this period also had severe changes in climate and environment. Therefore, this study was conducted under the premise that this change in climate and environment influenced medical development. When looking at the coldness of the 11th~12th century and data indicating warming before and after this period, the Song Yuan dynasty went through drastic periods of climate change. Therefore, diseases related to heat such as bubonic plague, measles, and malaria were common. Furthermore, due to occasional wars during the Song Yuan dynasty, social unrest was aggravated and infectious diseases spread due to land development and environmental pollution. As the health of people were threatened due to these factors, the printing and distribution of medical text were encouraged, and during this process, the great 4 doctors of Jin-Yuan appeared. The reason why they studied cures for infectious diseases due to heat was related to climatic environment change. The development in medical science is closely related to socio-political factors, however the change in climatic environments are inevitably related to disease emergence as well. Therefore, it should always be taken into consideration as an important factor that promotes development in medical science.

The Effect of the Working Environment of Nurses Working in Emergency Departments in Medically Vulnerable Areas on Work Dissatisfaction and Turnover Intention (의료취약지역 응급실 전담간호사 근무환경이 근무 불만족과 이직의도에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Yang, Heejung;Lee, Jin-Hee
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 2021
  • Background: The purpose of this study is to identify factors that affect work dissatisfaction and turnover intention for dedicated nurses working in emergency departments of vulnerable areas of health care. The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors related to the working environment that influence job dissatisfaction and intention to turnover among dedicated nurses working in emergency rooms in areas of medical vulnerability. Methods: We conducted a survey of nurses working in emergency rooms in vulnerable areas of medical care, and the survey was conducted for two consecutive years. A logistic regression analysis was performed with the working environment variable as the independent variable and the work environment dissatisfaction and turnover intention as dependent variables, respectively. Results: The variables that significantly affected both dissatisfactions with the working environment and turnover intention at the current institution were age, overlapping work in other departments, and the total work experience of nurses. Annual salary, the average number of double-duty (continuous work) per month, type of work, and work experience of nurses at the current institution had a significant effect only on dissatisfaction with the working environment. Conclusion: The results of this study are thought to be of great help if the government takes reference when establishing medical policies in vulnerable areas in the future.