• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2841-2846
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• 2014

Background: When dealing with breast cancer, early detection is closely associated with determining and closely monitoring high risk groups. The aim of this study was to determine the preventable risk factors that are specific for our country, and to understand which risk factors were most predominant. Materials and Methods: The study was planned as a case-control design. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who visited the Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Radiation Oncology outpatient clinics of the Izmir Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) School of Medicine were accepted as the case group. Then a control group matched for age was established among females who visited the outpatient clinics on the same days. A questionnaire prepared by the researchers was implemented using a face-to-face interview technique. The Mann-Whitney U test was used in the comparisons of the group averages, and the Pearson chi-square test in the comparisons between groups. In order to determine the dominant risk factors, binary logistical regression test was implemented. Results: A total of 138 patients, 69 cases and 69 controls, were included in the study. A significant difference can be detected between the groups in terms of BMI, smoking, breast cancer prevalence among first degree family members, presence of breast cancer among distant family members, existence of other types of cancers among family members and the age of onset of menopause (p<0.05). Logistical regression analysis revealed that the presence of breast cancer among first degree relatives increased the risk of developing breast cancer 5.7 times. Conclusions: Although some results of this study are compatible with findings in the literature, some are not. In order to determine unique risk factors, there is a clear need for large-scale studies.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2008

Background: Shoulder joint injection is currently performed under fluoroscopic or computed tomography scan guidance. We performed this study to determine if an ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval would have clinical usefulness. Methods: A total of 17 volunteers [12 women, 5 men; mean age 28 yr (23-32 yr)] received shoulder joint injection under multilinear ultrasound (5-10 MHz). Volunteers were positioned supinely on a table with their arm in a neutral position. The anterior shoulder region of the patient was sterilized using povidone iodine. A 24 gauge needle was introduced and directly visualized in real time as it passed obliquely from the skin surface to the inferior space of the biceps tendon. If there was little or no resistance to the injection, a contrast media (omnipaque) was injected and checked fluoroscopically. Results: Ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval was successful in all cases. The average time taken for the procedure was $27.5{\pm}16.5sec$. The vertical distance from skin to the inferior space of the biceps tendon was $1.6{\pm}0.4cm$ and the distance of needle from the skin to the inferior space of biceps tendon was $2.8{\pm}0.6cm$. The procedure was well tolerated by all volunteers. Conclusions: Ultrasound guided shoulder joint injection through rotator cuff interval is an effective, rapid, and easy-to-perform injection technique. Ultrasound guided injection enables exact needle placement and avoids the use of both ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast material.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.80-88
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• 2010

In order to offer a better understanding of air pollution of China as well as East Asia we attempted to characterize the chemical properties of the raw coal materials mined in China and their combusted bottom ashes generated from coal fired power plant. To this end, we measured the chemical characteristics of individual bottom ashes and feed coal fragments collected at a coal fired power generator which was operated with the raw coal dug at a coal mine in China. The chemical properties of these two sample types were determined by a synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) microprobe method. Through an application of such technique, it was possible to draw the 2D elemental maps in and/or on raw coal fragments and fired bottom ashes. The pulverized fine pieces of feed coal mainly consisted of mineral components such as Fe, Ca, Ti, Ca, and Si, while Fe was detected as overwhelming majority. The elemental mass of combusted bottom ash shows strong enrichment of many elements that exist naturally in coal. There were significant variations in chemical properties of ash-to-ash and fragment-to-fragment. Although we were not able to clearly distinguish As and Pb peaks because of the folding in their X-ray energies, these two elements can be used as tracers of coal fire origin.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2016

실내 고속 데이터 전송을 목표로 하는 밀리미터파 무선통신 시스템은 고 품질의 무선 링크에 대한 요구 사항이 매우 중요하다. 그러나, 이러한 주파수 대역에서 전자기파는 상대적으로 작은 파장으로 인하여 발생하는 높은 전파 손실을 감수해야 한다. 이러한 상황에서 방사전력을 특정 방향으로 집중하여 링크 품질을 향상시킬 수 있는 빔포밍 기법은 밀리미터파 대역 무선통신에서 가장 중요한 기법 중의 하나가 되었다. 최근 몇 년간, 무선 시스템의 성능을 향상시키기 위한 빔포밍 관련 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다중절차와 3상 빔 선택을 기반으로 한 단순화된 코드북 기반의 빔포밍 기법의 성능을 평가한다. 이 단순화된 기법은 전수검색, IEEE 802.15.3c 표준이 적용된 2-레벨 검색 및 기존의 멀티레벨 기법과 비교하여 빔포밍 준비에 필요한 시간 감소를 달성할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제4B권2호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2004

PV power generation, which directly converts solar radiation into electricity, contains numerous significant advantages. It is inexhaustible and pollution-free, silent, contains no rotating parts, and has size-independent electricity conversion efficiency. The positive environmental effect of photovoltaics is that it replaces the more polluting methods of electricity generation or that it provides electricity where none was available before. This paper highlights a novel simple method to abstract the entire parameters of the solar cell. In development, design and operation of PV power generation systems, a technique for constructing V-I curves under different levels of solar irradiance and cell temperature conditions using basic characteristic values of the PV module is required. Everyone who has performed manual acquisition and analysis of solar cell I versus V data would agree that the job is tedious and time-consuming. A better alternative is to use an automated curve tracer to print out the I versus V curves and compute the four major parameters; $V_{oc}$, $I_{sc}$, FF, and . Generally, the V-I curve tracer indicates only the commonly used solar cell parameters. However, with the conventional V-I curve tracer it is almost impossible to abstract the more detailed parameters of the solar cell; A, $R_{s}$ and $R_{sh}$ , which satisfies the user, who aims at the analysis of the development of the PV power generation system, that being advanced simulation. In this paper, the proposed method provides us with satisfactory results to enable us to abstract the detailed parameters of the solar cell; A, $R_s$ and $R_{sh}$.>.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1995년도 제8회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.36-36
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• 1995

The cubic (zinc blende) CdSe eppilayers were grown on GaAs(100) substrates by electron beam (e-beam) evapporation technique. X-ray scans with copper $K\alpha$ radiation indicate that the CdSe eppilayers are zinc blende. The lattice pparameter obtained from the (400) reflection is 6.077$\AA$, which is in excellent agreement with the value repported in the literature for zinc blende CdSe. The orientation of as-grown CdSe eppilayer is determined by electron channeling ppatterns(ECpp). The crystallinity of heteroeppitaxial CdSe layers were investigated based on the double crystal x-ray rocking curve(DCRC). The deppendence of the rocking curve width on layer thickness was studied. The FWHM(full width at half maximum) of CdSe eppilayers grown on GaAs(100) substrates is decreasing with increasing eppilayer thickness. The carrier concentration and mobility of the as-grown eppilayers deduced Hall data by van der ppauw method, are about 7$\times$1017 cm-3 and 2$\times$102 $\textrm{cm}^2$ / sec at room tempperature, resppectively. The energy gapp was determinded from the pphotocurrent sppectrum. In pphotocurrent sppectrum of a 1-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$-thick CdSe eppilayer at 30K, the ppeak at 1.746 eV is due to the free exciton of cubic CdSe. In summary, We have shown that eppilayers of zinc blende CdSe can be grown on GaAs(100) substrates by e-beam, desppite the large mismatch between eppilayer and substrate, as well as the natural ppreference for CdSe to form in the wurtzite structure.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1593-1596
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• 2013

Background: To evaluate outcomes using a Thai herbal medicine, Vilac Plus (G716/45) with standard radiotherapy in comparison with historic controls from literature reports of the results of treatment in stage IIIB cervical cancer. Materials and Methods: Between March 2003 and June 2005, thirty patients with advanced cervical cancer stage IIIB-IV who had a poor performance status were treated by palliative radiotherapy along with an adjuvant daily dose of 15-30 ml of Thai herbal tonic solution (Vilac Plus G716/45) administered orally three times after meals as an additional supportive therapy. The results were analyzed from the aspect of the overall survival rates with curves estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Results:.The median follow -up time for stage IIIB was 4.2 years with a range of 7.9 months - 6.1 years. The overall 1, 3, and 5 year survival rates for stage IIIB were 88%, 60% and 52%. Conclusions: The overall 5 year survival rate for stage IIIB with a poor performance status was 52% when compared with 34-54.8% for historic controls. The combined complementary palliative radiotherapy (CCPR) had low rates of radiation morbidity. It was a simple technique and feasible for developing countries. The pilot study was limited by the small number of patients and further research will be necessary to assess interrelated and confounding factors in treatment of cervical cancer patients.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2004

원격탐사 기법은 식생 및 토지이용과 같은 지형조건과 관련된 증발산량을 산정하기 위한 하나의 수단으로 효과적으로 이용될 수 있다. 지표면에서 발생되는 증발산량을 지배하는 인자는 기온, 습도, 바람, 일사량 및 토양조건 둥 매우 복잡하게 구성된다. 식생은 그 지점의 증발산량에 영향을 주고 있으며, 증발산량을 지배하는 복잡한 인자는 식생의 성장조건에 직접적으로 영향을 미친다. 결국 증발산량과 식생조건 사이에는 강한 상관관계가 성립될 수 있음을 예상할 수 있다. 비교적 넓은 지점에 대한 식생상태를 파악을 위해서는 NOAA/AVHRR 자료가 효과적으로 이용될 수 있으며, 이로부터 얻어지는 식생지수(NDVI)를 이용함으로서 증발산량과 NDVI 사이의 강한 상관관계를 생각할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 점을 근거로 하여 NDVI와 기상자료를 조합하는 간편한 방법에 의한 실제증발산량 산정방법을 제안한다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2006년도 제27회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.399-402
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 장시간 연소로 인한 인젝터 면의로의 열로부터 인젝터를 보호하고 열전달량을 측정하는 기술을 확립하는 것이다. 기존 설계 데이터베이스를 참고로 하여 물을 이용한 재생냉각 분사기를 설계/제작 하였으며, 기존 분사기와의 성능 검증을 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 안전을 위해서 연소실험은 3, 10, 30, 60초 120초순으로 단계적으로 시행하였다. 연소실 및 노즐에 적용되던 기존 식과 실험 결과와 차이는 대류 열전달량의 과도한 계산으로 인한 것으로 사료된다. 인젝터 면에서의 경우 유속은 거의 무시가 가능하므로 대류 열전달 보다 복사 열전달이 중요한 요인이 된다. 10, 30, 60, 120 초의 연소실험은 좋은 재현성을 보여주고 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권1B호
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• pp.114-124
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 실내 전파환경에서의 페이딩을 분석하기 위하여 영상법 기반의 3차원 광선추적법에 패치산란모델을 첨가한 모델을 제시하였다. 영상법 기반의 광선추적법은 정확한 경로를 얻을 수 있다는 장점 때문에, 안테나의 빔패턴 및 편파, 그리고 전파의 진행에 따른 편파를 고려함으로써 페이딩 특성 분석이 가능하다. 또한 실내 구조물을 모델링하기 위한 패치산란모델은 패치형태의 직사각형 평면에 대한 RCS (Radar Cross Section)를 이용하여 입사에 대한 산란현상을 정의한 것으로써, 책상이나 테이블 같은 평면적인 실내 구조물에 대한 산란현상을 각각의 구조물에 대한 영상 안테나를 발생시키는 복잡한 과정 없이 간단하게 해석하기 위한 것이다. 제안된 모델은 신호강도 뿐만 아니라 채널의 페이딩 특성을 예측할 수 있기 때문에 안테나 종류별 편파 다이버시티 기법의 성능을 분석하는데 이용될 수 있다.