• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.559-565
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• 2008

Members of the TGA family of basic domain/leucine zipper transcription factors regulate defense genes through physical interaction with NON-EXPRESSOR OF PR1 (NPR1). Of the seven TGA family members, TGA4/octopine synthase (ocs)-element-binding factor 4 (OBF4) is the least understood. Here we present evidence for a novel function of OBF4 as a regulator of flowering. We identified CONSTANS (CO), a positive regulator of floral induction, as an OBF4-interacting protein, in a yeast two-hybrid library screen. OBF4 interacts with the B-box region of CO. The abundance of OBF4 mRNA cycles with a 24 h rhythm under both long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) conditions, with significantly higher levels during the night than during the day. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that OBF4 binds to the promoter of the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene, a direct target of CO. We also found that, like CO and FT, an OBF4:GUS construct was prominently expressed in the vascular tissues of leaf, indicating that OBF4 can regulate FT expression through the formation of a protein complex with CO. Taken together, our results suggest that OBF4 may act as a link between defense responses and flowering.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.433-433
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• 2012

As the requirement in patterning geometry continuously shrinks down, the termination of etch process at the exact time became crucial for the success in nano patterning technology. By virtue of real-time optical emission spectroscopy (OES), etch end point detection (EPD) technique continuously develops; however, it also faced with difficulty in low open ratio etching, typically in self aligned contact (SAC) and one cylinder contact (OCS), because of very small amount of optical emission from by-product gas species in the bulk plasma glow discharge. In developing etching process, one may observe that coupon test is being performed. It consumes costs and time for preparing the patterned sample wafers every test in priority, so the coupon wafer test instead of the whole patterned wafer is beneficial for testing and developing etch process condition. We also can observe that etch open area is varied with the number of coupons on a dummy wafer. However, this can be a misleading in OES study. If the coupon wafer test are monitored using OES, we can conjecture the endpoint by experienced method, but considering by data, the materials for residual area by being etched open area are needed to consider. In this research, we compare and analysis the OES data for coupon wafer test results for monitoring about the conditions that the areas except the patterns on the coupon wafers for real-time process monitoring. In this research, we compared two cases, first one is etching the coupon wafers attached on the carrier wafer that is covered by the photoresist, and other case is etching the coupon wafers on the chuck. For comparing the emission intensity, we chose the four chemical species (SiF2, N2, CO, CN), and for comparing the etched profile, measured by scanning electron microscope (SEM). In addition, we adopted the Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithm for analyzing the chose OES data patterns, and analysis the covariance and coefficient for statistical method. After the result, coupon wafers are over-etched for without carrier wafer groups, while with carrier wafer groups are under-etched. And the CN emission intensity has significant difference compare with OES raw data. Based on these results, it necessary to reasonable analysis of the OES data to adopt the pre-data processing and algorithms, and the result will influence the reliability for relation of coupon wafer test and whole wafer test.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.480-486
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• 2005

Since the year 2000, lung cancer has become the leading cause of cancer death in South Korea as in many other parts of the world. The current multidisciplinary approach for lung cancer includes a wide range of modalities, not only surgery, radiotherapy, medical drug therapy but also pain control, as well as social and psychological support. Therefore, thoracic surgeons, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, anesthetists, psychologist, nurses and social workers as well as medical doctors care for lung cancer patients. Sharing a common treatment protocol and optimal communication are vital aspects of shared care both from a medical and cost-effectiveness point of view. We developed a shared electronic medical record (SEMR) for treating patients with lung cancer in a university hospital to facilitate the sharing protocols and communications between doctors involved in a lung cancer clinic. A SEMR system was developed within a order communication system(OCS) for a lung cancer clinic. The records of radiological, laboratory and pathological studies as well as the records of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy were stored and presented to all doctors who treat the same patient. Every doctor was allowed to change his/her own records. They could review other doctor s records but could not alter them. With the SEMR, it was expected that the time to complete the medical records for one patient could be reduced because it was easy to review all the data from the other doctors who share the same patient. In addition, the confidence of the doctors who share a common treatment protocol would be higher. Therefore, a shared electronic medical record is expected to improve the quality of patient care.

• 청정기술
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.285-299
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• 2011

2007년 6월 시행된 유럽 신(新)화학물질관리제도(REACH, Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals)에서 물질 제조자가 공급망 상 제공해야 하는 법적 의무 사항인 확장된물질안전보건자료(eSDS, extended Safety Data Sheet)에 대하여, 본 총설에서는 eSDS의 개념 파악과 함께 노출시나리오(ES, Exposure Scenario) 작성 방법에 대한 유럽의 개발 동향을 기반으로 노출시나리오의 구성요소 및 각 구성요소별 주요 입력정보 그리고 단계별 노출시나리오 작성 방법을 알아보았다. 노출시나리오 작성에 필요한 정보로는 용도기술어 시스템(UDS, Use Descriptor System), 작업조건(OC, Operational Condition) 및 위해성관리대책(RMM, Risk Management Measure)이 조사되어 이에 대해 구체적인 이해를 도모하였다. 근로자, 환경, 소비자를 평가 대상으로 하는 기존의 주요 노출 평가 툴의 특징을 살펴보고, REACH 하의 노출시나리오 생성을 실행하기 위해 유럽화학물질청(ECHA, European Chemicals Agency)에서 최종 개발하여 발표한 노출 평가 툴인 Chesar (Chemical Safety Assessment and Report tool)의 구성을 알아보았다. EU 집행위에서 개발한 유기용매 분야의 일반 노출시나리오 (GES, Generic Exposure Scenario) 사례를 소개하였고, 3단계로 구분할 수 있는 노출시나리오 작성 과정 중에서 국내 수출 중소기업에서 담당할 부분 및 활용 방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.1124-1131
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• 2006

의료 정보통신기술의 발달은 병원이 주변 환경에 맞춰 비용을 줄이고 의료의 질을 향상시키는 의료정보시스템, 의료영상저장전송시스템(PACS), 처방전달시스템, 전자의무기록시스템 등으로 개발되고 있다. 특히 최근의 유비쿼터스 및 관련기술은 의료정보시스템을 관련 정보시스템들과 통합되는 방향으로 진화해가고 있으며, 앞으로도 그 가속도는 더 할 전망이다. 이런 변화와 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경의 의료정보산업 발달은 의료정보시스템의 근본적인 변화를 요구한다. PACS 컴포넌트는 기존에 의료정보 환경에서 구축되었던 병원의 시스템을 RFID 미들웨어와 모바일 환경으로 구축하는 것을 말한다. 그러므로 언제, 어디서든지 의료진의 접근이 가능하게 됨으로써 진료 서비스 강화 및 업무의 효율 향상과 실시간 업무 처리 및 유지보수 비용의 절감을 통한 수익성 증대에도 중대한 역할을 하게 된다. 본 논문은 모바일 환경에서의 RFID 기반의 서버 및 모바일 클라이언트 의료정보시스템을 구현하고, 실제 병인내의 여러 디바이스가 연결된 데이터 베이스를 통합적으로 관리하는 환자진료 및 실시간 원무 관리의 자동화를 위한 태그 매니저와 기존 시스템의 호환을 위한 데이터 베이스 서버와의 연동을 위한 에이전트를 설계 및 구현하였다. 다양한 의료정보시스템에서 모바일 환경의 PACS 응용 컴포넌트 구현은 환자의 진료카드에 태그를 부착하여 기본적인 환자의 접수, 진료, 검사시간의 단축을 위한 데이터를 처리한다.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.359-395
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• 2012

In a broad term, health and medical data means all patient information that has been generated or circulated in government health and medical policies, such as medical research and public health, and all sorts of health and medical fields as well as patients' personal data, referred as medical data (filled out as medical record forms) by medical institutions. The kinds of health and medical data in medical records are prescribed by Articles on required medical data and the terms of recordkeeping in the Enforcement Decree of the Medical Service Act. As EMR, OCS, LIS, telemedicine and u-health emerges, sharing and protecting digital health and medical data is at issue in these days. At medical institutions, health and medical data, such as medical records, is classified as "sensitive information" and thus is protected strictly. However, due to the circulative property of information, health and medical data can be public as well as being private. The legal grounds of health and medical data as such are based on the right to informational self-determination, which is one of the fundamental rights derived from the Constitution. In there, patients' rights to refuse the collection of information, to control recordkeeping (to demand access, correction or deletion) and to control using and sharing of information are rooted. In any processing of health and medical data, such as generating, recording, storing, using or disposing, privacy can be violated in many ways, including the leakage, forgery, falsification or abuse of information. That is why laws, such as the Medical Service Act and the Personal Data Protection Law, and the Guideline for Protection of Personal Data at Medical Institutions (by the Ministry of Health and Welfare) provide for technical, physical, administrative and legal safeguards on those who handle personal data (health and medical information-processing personnel and medical institutions). The Personal Data Protection Law provides for the collection, use and sharing of personal data, and the regulation thereon, the disposal of information, the means of receiving consent, and the regulation of processing of personal data. On the contrary, health and medical data can be inspected or delivered of the copies, based on the principle of restriction on fundamental rights prescribed by the Constitution. For instance, Article 21(Access to Record) of the Medical Service Act, and the Personal Data Protection Law prescribe self-disclosure, the release of information by family members or by laws, the exchange of medical data due to patient transfer, the secondary use of medical data, such as medical research, and the release of information and the release of information required by the Personal Data Protection Law.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.150-154
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• 2007

Objectives : The aim of this study is to identify factors determining the purchase of private health insurance under the mandatory National Health Insurance(NHI) system in Korea. Methods : The data were collected by the National Cancer Center in Korea. It includes cancer patients who were newly diagnosed with stomach (ICD code, C16), lung(C33-C34), liver (C22), colorectal cancer(C18-C20) or breast(C50) cancer. Data were gathered from the hospital Order Communication System (OCS), medical records, and face-to-face interviews, using a structured questionnaire. Clinical, socio-demographic and private health insurance related factors were also gathered. Results : Overall, 43.9% of patients had purchased one or more private health insurance schemes related to cancer, with an average monthly premium of \65,311 and an average benefit amount of \19million. Females, younger aged, high income earners, national health insurers and metropolitan citizens were more likely to purchase private health insurance than their counterparts. Conclusions : About half of Korean people have supple-mentary private health insurance and their benefits are sufficient to cover the out-of-pocket fees required for cancer treatment, but inequality remains in the purchase of private health insurance. Further studies are needed to investigate the impacts of private health insurance on NHI, and the relationship between cancer patients' burden and benefits.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2015

신규 의료기기 개발 기술의 발전으로 다양한 형태로 손쉽게 생체 정보 및 의료 정보를 얻을 수 있는 기술이 증가하고 있다. 이러한 정보 수집 기술과 기기들의 증가로 생체 정보는 일상생활의 라이프로그와 함께 의료서비스의 주요 정보로 활용되고 있다. 그러나 다양한 생체신호의 활용성이 증가하고 있지만 보안적인 측면을 고려하지 않는 문제점을 갖고 있다. 또한, 의료현장에서 환자의 생체신호와 의료영상정보는 개별적인 디바이스에 의해 생성되며, 통합 관리되지 못하는 실정이다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서, 본 논문에서는 생체신호와 의사의 소견정보를 포함하여 QR 코드화하고 이와 연계된 의료영상정보와 통합하고자 한다. 이를 위해, 의료영상정보 표준인 DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine)과 기존 생체신호 계측기들로부터 수집된 생체신호를 QR 코드화하여 의료영상정보에 통합한 이미지 파일 스킴을 제시한다. 그리고 시스템 구현 환경은 의료영상기기와 생체신호 수집을 위한 생체신호 계측기 그리고 스마트 디바이스와 PC로 구성하였다. 의료기기나 생체 신호 계측장치로부터 데이터를 전송 받기 위한 의료영상이미지 정보와 생체신호의 ROI 추출을 위하여 .NET Framework를 사용하여 QR 서버 모듈을 윈도우 서버 2008 운영체제에서 운영되도록 구현하였다. QR 서버 모듈의 주요기능은 의료영상기기로부터 생성된 DICOM파일을 파싱하고, 식별 ROI 정보를 추출하여 데이터베이스에 저장하여 관리한다. 또한, EMR, OCS와 같은 환자의 의료정보는 기본 정보 및 긴급상황 시 필요한 ROI 정보를 추출하여 QR코드화 하여 관리한다. 또한 생체 계측 기기로 환자 식별에 사용될 PID (patient identification) 와 함께 생체 정보를 전송 받을 경우 생체 정보의 크기에 따라 이를 해당 환자의 ROI와 함께 QR코드화 하여 관리하며, 생체 정보 파일 또한 저장하여 관리한다. 전송받은 생체정보가 QR코드로 변환할 최대 사이즈 이상일 경우 서버를 통해 생체정보에 접근할 수 있는 URL 정보를 QR코드화 한다. 또한 QR 코드 형태로 제공되는 정보는 .NET 프레임워크가 설치된 PC와 Android기반의 스마트 단말기상에 뷰어 프로그램을 통해 확인함으로 인증된 클라이언트만이 관련 정보를 확인할 수 있도록 하였다. 끝으로 응용 서비스의 수행결과를 통해 기존 의료영상정보와 생체신호 그리고 환자의 건강정보가 통합되어 의료현장에서 적용하는데 적합한 의료정보 서비스를 제공함을 보였다.