• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2015

Objective: The purposes of this study were 1) to classify lingual dental arch form types based on the lingual bracket points and 2) to provide a new lingual arch form template based on this classification for clinical application through the analysis of three-dimensional virtual models of normal occlusion sample. Methods: Maxillary and mandibular casts of 115 young adults with normal occlusion were scanned in their occluded positions and lingual bracket points were digitized on the virtual models by using Rapidform 2006 software. Sixty-eight cases (dataset 1) were used in K-means cluster analysis to classify arch forms with intercanine, interpremolar and intermolar widths and width/depth ratios as determinants. The best-fit curves of the mean arch forms were generated. The remaining cases (dataset 2) were mapped into the obtained clusters and a multivariate test was performed to assess the differences between the clusters. Results: Four-cluster classification demonstrated maximum inter-cluster distance. Wide, narrow, tapering, and ovoid types were described according to the intercanine and intermolar widths and their best-fit curves were depicted. No significant differences in arch depths existed among the clusters. Strong to moderate correlations were found between maxillary and mandibular arch widths. Conclusions: Lingual arch forms have been classified into 4 types based on their anterior and posterior dimensions. A template of the 4 arch forms has been depicted. Three-dimensional analysis of the lingual bracket points provides more accurate identification of arch form and, consequently, archwire selection.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2020

본 논문은 농식품 소비자패널 데이터에서 소비자의 유형을 나눌 때에 변수간 연관성이 많은 장바구니 분석에서 전처리 방법과 차원축소의 방법을 제안한다. 군집분석은 다변량 자료에서 관측 개체를 몇 개의 군집으로 나눌 때 널리 사용되는 분석기법이다. 하지만 여러 개의 변수가 연관성을 가진 경우에는 차원축소를 통한 군집분석이 더 효과적일 수 있다. 본 논문은 1,987 가구를 대상으로 조사한 식품소비 데이터를 K-means 방법을 사용하여 군집화하였으며, 군집을 나누기 위해 17개의 변수를 선정하였고, 17개의 다중공선성 문제와 군집을 나누기 위한 차원축소의 방법 중 주성분 분석과 요인분석을 비교하였다. 본 연구에서는 주성분분석과 요인분석 모두 2개의 차원으로 축소하였으며 주성분분석에서는 3개의 군집으로 나뉘었지만 분석하고자 하였던 소비 패턴에 대한 군집의 특성이 잘 나타나지 않았으며 요인분석에서는 분석가가 보고자 하는 소비 패턴의 특징이 잘 나타났다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.116-121
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• 2014

Background Understanding risk factors that increase readmission rates may help enhance patient education and set system-wide expectations. We aimed to provide benchmark data on causes and predictors of readmission following inpatient plastic surgery. Methods The 2011 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataset was reviewed for patients with both "Plastics" as their recorded surgical specialty and inpatient status. Readmission was tracked through the "Unplanned Readmission" variable. Patient characteristics and outcomes were compared using chi-squared analysis and Student's t-tests for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Multivariate regression analysis was used for identifying predictors of readmission. Results A total of 3,671 inpatient plastic surgery patients were included. The unplanned readmission rate was 7.11%. Multivariate regression analysis revealed a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (odds ratio [OR], 2.01; confidence interval [CI], 1.12- 3.60; P=0.020), previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (OR, 2.69; CI, 1.21-5.97; P=0.015), hypertension requiring medication (OR, 1.65; CI, 1.22-2.24; P<0.001), bleeding disorders (OR, 1.70; CI, 1.01-2.87; P=0.046), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 3 or 4 (OR, 1.57; CI, 1.15-2.15; P=0.004), and obesity (body mass index ${\geq}30$) (OR, 1.43; CI, 1.09-1.88, P=0.011) to be significant predictors of readmission. Conclusions Inpatient plastic surgery has an associated 7.11% unplanned readmission rate. History of COPD, previous PCI, hypertension, ASA class 3 or 4, bleeding disorders, and obesity all proved to be significant risk factors for readmission. These findings will help to benchmark inpatient readmission rates and manage patient and hospital system expectations.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2015

Purpose: Intraabdominal abscess is one of the most common reasons for re-hospitalization after gastrectomy. This study aimed to develop a model for estimating the probability of intraabdominal abscesses that can be used during the postoperative period. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathological data of 1,564 patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer between 2010 and 2012. Twenty-six related markers were analyzed, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to develop the probability estimation model for intraabdominal abscess. Internal validation using a bootstrap approach was employed to correct for bias, and the model was then validated using an independent dataset comprising of patients who underwent gastrectomy between January 2008 and March 2010. Discrimination and calibration abilities were checked in both datasets. Results: The incidence of intraabdominal abscess in the development set was 7.80% (122/1,564). The surgical approach, operating time, pathologic N classification, body temperature, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein level, glucose level, and change in the hemoglobin level were significant predictors of intraabdominal abscess in the multivariate analysis. The probability estimation model that was developed on the basis of these results showed good discrimination and calibration abilities (concordance index=0.828, Hosmer-Lemeshow chi-statistic P=0.274). Finally, we combined both datasets to produce a nomogram that estimates the probability of intraabdominal abscess. Conclusions: This nomogram can be useful for identifying patients at a high risk of intraabdominal abscess. Patients at a high risk may benefit from further evaluation or treatment before discharge.

• Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.184-188
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• 2018

Background: The risk factors of nocturia in older adults remain unclear. We aimed to investigate factors associated with nocturia using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. Methods: Among 40,790 participants, 4,698 participants aged ${\geq}65$ years were included from the NHANES dataset between 2005 and 2012. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the odds ratio (OR) for nocturia. A subgroup analysis was conducted based on sex and underlying diseases. Results: In the multivariate logistic regression model, obesity (OR, 1.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-1.68), hypertension (OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.07-1.52), and diabetes mellitus (DM) (OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.11-1.45) were significantly associated with nocturia. These factors were associated with nocturia regardless of sex. In a subgroup of participants with hypertension, obesity (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.25-1.67) and DM (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.09-1.45) were associated with nocturia. In the additional analysis on patients with DM, nocturia was associated with obesity (OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.06-1.67) and duration of DM (OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.03). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that hypertension, DM, and obesity were significantly associated with the prevalence of nocturia in older adult patients regardless of sex. In particular, obesity was associated with nocturia in every subgroup analysis.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.216-238
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• 2023

In intelligent transportation systems, traffic management is an important task. The accurate forecasting of traffic characteristics like flow, congestion, and density is still active research because of the non-linear nature and uncertainty of the spatiotemporal data. Inclement weather, such as rain and snow, and other special events such as holidays, accidents, and road closures have a significant impact on driving and the average speed of vehicles on the road, which lowers traffic capacity and causes congestion in a widespread manner. This work designs a model for multivariate short-term traffic congestion prediction using SLSTM_AE-BiLSTM. The proposed design consists of a Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory(BiLSTM) network to predict traffic flow value and a Convolutional Neural network (CNN) model for detecting the congestion status. This model uses spatial static temporal dynamic data. The stacked Long Short Term Memory Autoencoder (SLSTM AE) is used to encode the weather features into a reduced and more informative feature space. BiLSTM model is used to capture the features from the past and present traffic data simultaneously and also to identify the long-term dependencies. It uses the traffic data and encoded weather data to perform the traffic flow prediction. The CNN model is used to predict the recurring congestion status based on the predicted traffic flow value at a particular urban traffic network. In this work, a publicly available Caltrans PEMS dataset with traffic parameters is used. The proposed model generates the congestion prediction with an accuracy rate of 92.74% which is slightly better when compared with other deep learning models for congestion prediction.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.402-411
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• 2023

Background: We hypothesized that fatty liver disease (FLD) is associated with a high prevalence of hearing loss (HL) owing to metabolic disturbances. This study aimed to evaluate the association between FLD and HL in a large sample of the Korean population. Methods: We used a dataset of adults who underwent routine voluntary health checkups (n=21,316). Fatty liver index (FLI) was calculated using Bedogni's equation. The patients were divided into two groups: the non-FLD (NFLD) group (n=18,518, FLI <60) and the FLD group (n=2,798, FLI ≥60). Hearing thresholds were measured using an automatic audiometer. The average hearing threshold (AHT) was calculated as the pure-tone average at four frequencies (0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz). HL was defined as an AHT of >40 dB. Results: HL was observed in 1,370 (7.4%) and 238 patients (8.5%) in the NFLD and FLD groups, respectively (p=0.041). Compared with the NFLD group, the odds ratio for HL in the FLD group was 1.16 (p=0.040) and 1.46 (p<0.001) in univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses, respectively. Linear regression analyses revealed that FLI was positively associated with AHT in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Analyses using a propensity score-matched cohort showed trends similar to those using the total cohort. Conclusion: FLD and FLI were associated with poor hearing thresholds and HL. Therefore, active monitoring of hearing impairment in patients with FLD may be helpful for early diagnosis and treatment of HL in the general population.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2019

본 연구는 컨테이너 해운산업의 경쟁력 제고와 발전을 위해 다변량 시계열 모형을 이용한 컨테이너선 시장의 실증적 분석에 기초하여 컨테이너 해운시장의 동태적 움직임에 대한 전략을 제시하고자 했다. 분석 방법론으로는 벡터자기회귀모형(VAR), 벡터오차수정모형(VECM) 등의 다변량 시계열 모형을 사용했다. 실증분석을 위해 컨테이너선 시장의 연간 운송량, 선박량, 운임 자료를 활용했다. 분석 결과에 따르면, 가장 외생적 변수인 운송량 변수가 전체 컨테이너선 시장의 동태적 움직임에 가장 큰 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 실증분석 결과에 기초하여 본 논문은 선박 투자, 운임 예측, 선사의 전략 수립 등에 대한 시사점을 제시했다. 선박 투자와 관련해서는 해운시장의 외생 변수인 운송량이 운임 불확실성에 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 있기 때문에 미래 운임수입 흐름에 기반한 프로젝트 금융 보다는 운항 선주의 재무적 안정성을 강조하는 기업 금융 방식이 컨테이너선 투자의 위험관리에 적합하다는 것을 알 수 있다. 운임예측과 관련해서는 미래 예측대상 시점의 변수 값을 사용하는 단순 회귀 예측에 비해 과거의 값만으로 예측값을 도출할 수 있는 VAR 모형 또는 VECM 모형이 보다 현실성이 있다는 점을 살피고 있다. 마지막으로 선사의 전략 수립과 관련하여 시황과 연계한 원리금 상환 계약과 화주와의 운송 계약 도입을 권고하고 있다.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.376-386
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• 2023

기후변화로 인해 우리나라의 산사태 피해는 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 사방사업 등 산사태 피해저감을 효과적으로 수립하기 위해서는 기후변화 영향을 고려하여 장기간의 산사태 위험도를 추정할 필요가 있다. 이 연구에서는 다변량 회귀분석을 통해 기후변화에 따른 산사태 피해면적의 변화를 예측하였다. 1980-2010 년의 산사태 피해면적과 강우관측자료를 학습자료로 적용하여 다변량 회귀모형을 구축하였다. 이때 강우관측자료를 통해 SSP 시나리오에서는 제공하는 7가지 강우인자를 추출하였다. 이후 분산팽창지수로 다중공선성을 검정하고 주성분 분석을 통해 차원을 축소하여 2개의 주성분을 독립변인으로 하여 산사태 피해면적 추정 모형을 도출하였다. 기후변화 시나리오를 활용하여 2030-2100년까지의 산사태 피해면적 변화를 추정한 결과, 산사태 피해면적은 1981년-2010년의 연평균 산사태 면적의 최대 2배 이상으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과는 미래 기후변화를 고려한 산사태 피해저감 대책 수립 및 보강의 필요성을 제시하는 기초자료로 활용 가능할 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was performed to elucidate whether the obesity or body image is a barrier to breast screening compliance in Korean women. Methods: We included 54,017 women aged between 35 to 70 years from the Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) 2014 dataset. To identify whether a mutual relationship exists between weight perceptions and breast cancer screening rates, the participants were divided into three groups according to the level of concordance between Body Mass Index (BMI) and a subjective body image. Descriptive analyses, a chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: After covariate adjustment, the screening rate of the overweight group was 1.09 times higher than the normal weight group (odds ratio [OR], 1.09; confidence interval [CI], 0.00-0.16; p= .038) and the severe obesity group was 1.20 times lower (OR, 0.83; CI, -0.36-0.00; p= .047). Weight misperception also had a significant influence on breast cancer screening. Especially, The overweight distortion group was less likely to undergo breast cancer screening (OR, 0.93; CI, -0.15-0.00; p= .037). Conclusion: Obesity and weight misperceptions are associated with lower compliance with breast cancer screening guidelines.