• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.72-89
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• 2000

Background : Various types of protective footwear have been used to minimize bacterial contamination in operating rooms. In recent years, debate has arisen concerning the need for use of such protective footwear. This study was designed to provide useful data about choosing shoes most suitable for the surgical environment. Methods : Between November, 1999 and January, 2000, we performed this experimental study by comparing effect of three types of shoes (i.e., disposable shoescover, operating room-restricted shoes, and ordinary shoes) on bacterial contamination of operating rooms equipped with two different ventilation systems (i.e., high air-change, low air-change) respectively. Data were collected during two- hour sham operations in which subjects and their activities were strictly standardized. Bacterial flora were sampled from the study area floor and air colony counts were measured. Results : In experiments involving high air-change ventilation system, there was a significant difference of floor contamination between three types of shoes, but no difference of air contamination. Under low air-change system, there was a significant difference of both floor and air contamination between three types of shoes. Conclusion : The results show that protective footwear would be unnecessary in the operating room with high air-change ventilation system, but it is important to choose suitable shoes carefully under low air-change system. Therefore, the use of outdoor shoes can be considered under high air-change system, but it would seem sensible to apply their first use in less bloody operations at the day surgery center or out-patient department to prevent transfer of body fluid into the outside environment.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권22호
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• pp.10003-10008
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• 2014

Background: Cervical cancer has been a leading female cancer in Thailand for decades, and has been second to breast cancer after 2007. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has provided opportunistic screening with Pap smears for more than 30 years. In 2002, the MoPH and the National Health Security Office provided countrywide systematic screening of cervical cancer to all Thai women aged 35-60 years under universal health care coverage insurance scheme at 5-year intervals. Objectives: This study characterized the cervical cancer incidence trends in Songkhla in southern Thailand using joinpoint and age period cohort (APC) analysis to observe the effect of cervical cancer screening activities in the past decades, and to project cervical cancer rates in the province, to 2030. Materials and Methods: Invasive and in situ cervical cancer cases were extracted from the Songkhla Cancer Registry from 1990 through 2010. Age standardized incidence rates were estimated. Trends in incidences were evaluated by joinpoint and APC regression models. The Norpred package was modified for R and was used to project the future trends to 2030 using the power of 5 function and cut trend method. Results: Cervical cancer incidence in Songkhla peaked around 1998-2000 and then dropped by -4.7% per year. APC analysis demonstrated that in situ tumors caused an increase in incidence in early ages, younger cohorts, and in later years of diagnosis. Conclusions: Both joinpoint and APC analysis give the same conclusion in continuation of a declining trend of cervical cancer to 2030 but with different rates and the predicted goal of ASR below 10 or even 5 per 100,000 women by 2030 would be achieved. Thus, maintenance and improvement of the screening program should be continued. Other population based cancer registries in Thailand should analyze their data to confirm the success of cervical cancer screening policy of Thailand.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.663-668
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• 2017

염색 산업에서 발생하는 염색폐수는 적절한 처리가 필요한 유해 폐수로 분류된다. 파이롯트 규모의 선택적 무촉매 환원반응 (SNCR) 실험 장치에서 염색폐수를 연소 배가스에 포함된 질소산화물을 효과적으로 저감할 수 있는 첨가제로 사용하는 연구를 수행하였다. 염색 산업에서 배출되는 염색폐수는 환원제의 첨가제로 사용되기 위해서는 표준화된 제제 형태이어야 하며 이를 위해 여러 단계의 정제과정을 거쳤다. 엄격하게 처리되어야 할 염색폐수는 적어도 유용성 면에서 약 87%의 NO 저감 효율을 보일 정도로 만족할 만한 효율을 보이나, CO 제거에서는 거의 효과가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 첨가제 첨가효과는 $750-1150^{\circ}C$ 구간에서 처음에는 온도가 증가함에 NO 제거 효율이 증가하다가 그 다음에는 감소하는 형태를 보인다. 최적의 온도조건에서 최대의 NO 제거 효율은 87% 이었다. 염색폐수에 포함된 약 1000ppm의 Na 화합물의 영향으로 NO 저감 효율 면에서 약 10%의 효율 향상이 있었으며, 이와 더불어 첨가제를 첨가하지 않은 경우에 비해 $N_2O$ 저감 효율과 SNCR 반응의 반응온도 확장 면에서 뚜렷한 효율 증진을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.5476-5484
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 산학연 공동기술개발사업으로 개발한 가상현실재활시스템이 뇌졸중 환자에게 긍정적인 영향을 주는지 임상 실험으로 알아보고 이를 통해 개발제품의 임상적 사용 가능성을 검증하기 위함이다. 임상실험을 통해 검증하고자 가상현실재활시스템을 재활병원에 입원하고 있는 뇌졸중 24명(뇌출혈 13명, 뇌경색 11명)에게 제공하였다. 실험군(13명)에는 가상현실재활시스템 위주의 훈련을 실시하였고, 대조군(11명)에는 재활치료의 유형인 보편적 기능훈련으로 일상생활활동 훈련, 지필물과 테이블 탑 위주의 인지재활 훈련, 운동조절 훈련을 실시하였다. 실험군과 대조군 모두 주 3회 하루 2회씩 총 8주간 실시하였다. 두 집단 모두 사전사후 기능적 독립 측정(Functional Independent Measure; FIM), 한국형 간이정신상태 검사(Mini-Mental State Examination for Korean; MMSE-K), 자아존중감척도 평가를 실시하였다. 실험결과 가상현실재활시스템을 제공한 집단과 보편적 재활치료를 받은 집단이 일상생활활동, 기초인지, 자아존중감척도에서 유사한 결과를 보였다. 중재 전후를 비교해 본 결과 가상현실재활시스템을 제공한 집단이 중재 전보다 중재 후에 일상생활활동, 기초인지, 자아존중감에서 모두 의미 있는 향상이 있었다(P<.05). 산학공동으로 개발한 가상현실재활시스템이 뇌졸중 환자의 일상생활 기능과 기초 인지능력을 회복시키고, 삶의 만족과 인간행동의 원인이 되는 자아존중감에 긍정적인 영향을 보여 주었기 때문에 가상현실재활시스템의 임상 적용 가능성을 긍정적으로 확인하였다. 추후 연구에서는 가상현실재활시스템을 뇌손상 환자와 치매 환자의 다양한 기능 회복에 대한 임상적 유용성을 검증할 필요가 있다.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.45-68
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• 2020

Objectives : This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of manual and electroacupuncture on glaucoma. Method : We searched 11 electronic databases using index words to identify randomized clinical trials. Meta-analysis of weighted mean difference (WMD) or standardized mean difference (SMD) were used to evaluate the outcomes. Cochrane bias risk assessment tool was used to assess the risk of bias in each clinical study. The collected data was analyzed using RevMan software (ver. 5.3). Results : At the initial stage of data retrieval, 549 papers were searched. After reviewing 37 full texts, a total of 10 RCT studies (426patients, 715 eyes) were selected and 8 RCT studies (357 people, 617 eyes) were involved in meta-analysis. Meta-analysis of 8 RCTs showed that acupuncture alone was more effective in reducing intraocular pressure(IOP) than conventional treatment (WMD = -5.73, 95% CI: [-12.30, 0.83], P = 0.09, I² = 97%) The combination of acupuncture or electroacupuncture with conventional treatment was also effective in lowering IOP (WMD = -1.84, 95% CI: [-2.31, -1.37], P <0.00001, I² = 45%). It was estimated that the combination of acupuncture with conventional treatment was also effective for improving visual field (VF) (WMD = -2.17, 95% CI: [-4.32, -0.02], P = 0.05, I² = 89%) but improvement in visual acuity (VA) was not significant (MD = 0.06, 95% CI: [-0.03, 0.15], P = 0.23, I² = 0%). Subgroup analyzes were performed only for the studies that used open glaucoma as the study's disease and combination of acupuncture or electroacupuncture with conventional therapy would have an effect on lowering intraocular pressure (WMD = -1.68)., 95% CI: [-2.46, -0.90], P <0.0001, I² = 29%). Conclusion : This study suggests that acupuncture treatment for glaucoma may be effective in reducing intraocular pressure and helpful in improving visual field defects. However, due to the small sample size, high risk of bias and high heterogeneity in the methodology, it is expected that further studies will be needed to verify the results. Further studies in large-scale samples based on a minimized biased methodology would be necessary.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.43-65
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• 2010

오늘날 치열한 경쟁과 환경변화로 인해 많은 기업들은 고객관계관리(Customer Relationship Management, 이하 CRM)를 경영혁신의 도구로 인식하고 많은 투자 및 노력을 기울이고 있다. CRM 시스템의 개선 및 전략적 보완을 위한 지속적 노력과 더불어 이에 대한 이론적 연구가 활발하게 실시되었지만, 시스템 도입이 기업성과에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증연구는 포괄적으로 다루어지지 않았다. 최근 국내 금융업, 호텔, 항공 등의 분야에서 고객관계관리 도입으로 인한 기업성과에 대한 실증연구가 실시되었고, 외국에서는 병원관리학을 중심으로 균형성과표의 활용에 대한 연구가 실시되었지만, 국내 제약산업에 대해서는 이러한 연구들이 매우 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 제약회사 고객관리 시스템의 수준이 Kaplan and Norton에 의해 제안된 균형성과표의 이론적 틀에 따라 기업성과에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 연구해 보고자 하였다. 실증분석결과, CRM 시스템 수준은 기업성과에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 시스템이 제공하는 유용한 분석자료들이 고객유지, 고객만족 및 고객수익성 개선에 유의적인 영향을 주어 결과적으로 기업의 수익성, 성장성 및 주주가치 증대에 폭 넓게 기여하며, 효율적 내부 프로세스로 뒷받침되는 바람직한 선순환구조를 제시하고 있다고 생각된다. 그러나 세부분석결과, 영업사원실적평가 시스템은 단기수익성 증대에만 유의적 영향을 주었고, 고객 분석시스템은 기업성과에 미치는 유의성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 제약회사 구성원들의 전통적 업무방식 고수, 단기목표 지향성 및 장기적 기업성과지표에 대한 인식 부족에서 기인한다고 생각된다. 연구결과, 제약기업에 보다 적합한 CRM 시스템의 개발과 보완, 인식률과 활용도 제고의 필요성이 제안되며, 표본 확대 및 대표성 개선을 통해 보다 의미 있는 연구결과가 제시될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.50-63
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• 1997

Background : A pressure sore was defined as any skin lesion caused by unrelieved pressure and resulting in damage to underlying tissue. The health care institutions in the United States were reported the incident rate of pressure sores ranging from 6 to 14 %. Intensive Care Unit needed highest quality of care has been found over 40% incidence rate of pressure sore. Also, Annual expenditures for the care of pressure sores in patients in the United States have been estimated to be $7.5 billion; furthermore, 50 percent more nursing time is required to care for patients with pressure sore in comparison to the time needed to implement preventive measures against pressure sore formation. However, In Korea, there were little reliable reports, or researches, about incidence rates of pressure sore in health care institution including intensive care unit and about the integrated approach like CQI action team for risk assessment, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. Therefore, this study was to develop pressure sore risk assessment tool and the protocol for prevention of pressure sore formation through CQI action team activities, to monitor incident rate of pressure sore and the length of sore formation for patients at high risk, and to approximately estimate nursing time for sore dressing during research period as the effect of CQI action team. Method : CQI action team in intensive care unit, launched since early 1996, reviewed the literature for the standardized risk assessment tool, developed the pressure sore assessment tool based on the Braden Scale, tested its validity, compared on statistics including incidence rate of pressure sore for patients at high risk. Throughout these activities, CQI action team was developed the protocol, called as St. Marys hospital Intensive Care Unit Pressure Sore Protocol, shifted the emphasis from wound treatment to wound prevention. After applied the protocol to patients at high risk, the incident rate and the period of prevention against pressure development were tested with those for patients who received care before implementation of protocol by Chi-square and Kaplan-Meier Method of Survival Analysis. Result : The CQI action team found that these was significant difference of in incidence rate of pressure sores between patients at high risk (control group) who received care before implementation of protocol and those (experimental group) who received it after implementation of protocol (p<.05). 25% possibility of pressure sore formation was shown for the patients with 6th hospital day in ICU in control group. In experimental group, the patients with 10th hospital day had 10% possibility of pressure sore. Therefore, there was significant difference(p<.05) in survival rate between two groups. Also, nursing time for dressing on pressure sore in experimental group was decreased as much as 50% of it in control group. Conclusion : The collaborative team effort led to reduced incidence, increased the length of prevention against pressure sore, and declined nursing care times for sore dressing. However, there have had several suggestions for future study. The preventive care system for pressure sore should be applied to patients at moderate, or low risk throughout continuous CQI team activities based on Bed Sore Indicator Fact Sheet. Hospital-wide supports, such as incentives, would be offered to participants for keeping strong commitment to CQI team. Also, Quality Information System monitoring incidents and estimating cost of poor quality, like workload (full time equivalence) or financial loss, regularly in a hospital has to be developed first for supporting CQI team activities as well as empowering hospital-wide QI implementation. Being several limitations, this study would be one of the report cards for the CQI team activities in intensive care unit of an acute hospital and a trial of quality improvement of health care in Korea.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2009

A hypermarket as the one of the most globally standardized retailing format is also the type of store among various types of stores that the most active in expanding into other foreign markets. Recently, as several Korean retailing companies start to penetrate into Chinese market they differentiate themselves with modern facilities and customers service oriented high-end concept. China and Korea as Far East Asian countries share many common values, however precise and careful analysis should be carried out since there may also be critical differences in socio-economic aspects as well as in consumption patterns due to the level of development stages of retail industry among two countries. Even though precise and careful study is crucial on Chinese retailing market and consumers, none of researches and studies on 'how the quality of service dimensional structure is different between Korea and China', and 'what will be the most important and influential service dimensional factors for Chinese consuers compared to the hypermarkets customers in Korea' in order to improve the level of Chinese consumers satisfaction' have been fulfilled At this point of view, this study uses KD-SQS (Rho Eun Jung & Sir Yong Gu, 2008) which is a measure of Korean hypermarkets service quality to set up a hypothesis on Korean and Chinese consumers, and an empirical analysis is conducted. We try to get the answers about how the comparative importance of Service quality dimensions which decides the level of customer satisfaction is different depending on the cultural dimensions and socio-economic factors among two countries, Korea and China. Based upon the results, we try to give a valuable suggestion of what service dimensional factors should be reinforced to improve the level of CS in Chinese retailing market. Hypotheses for this study are as follows : H1. Each dimension of Service Quality significantly affects the level of CS H2. The effect of 'Basic Benefit' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H3. The effect of 'Promotion' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H4. The effect of 'Physical Aspects'in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in Korea than in China. H5. The effect of 'Personal Interaction' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H6. The effect of 'Policy' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS will be greater in Korean than in China H7. The effect of additional convenience in service quality dimensions on the level of CS will be greater in Korean than in China. More than 1,100 data were collected directly from the surveys of Chinese and Korean consumers in order to verify the hypotheses above. In Korea, stores which have floor space of over $9,000m^2$and opened later than year 2000 were selected for the samples, and thus Gayang, Wolgye, Sangbong, Eunpyeong, Suh-Suwon, Gojan stores and their customers were surveyed. In China, notable differences in the income levels and consumer behaviors between cities and regions were considered, and thus the research area was limited to the stores only in Shanghai. 6 stores which have the size of over $6,000m^2$ and opened later than 2000, such as Ruihong, Intu, Mudanjang, Sanrin, Raosimon, and Ranchao stores were selected for the survey. SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 7.0 were used as statistical tools, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multi-group analysis were conducted. In order to carry out a multi group analysis that decides whether the structure variables which shows the different effects of 6 service dimensions in Korean and Chinese groups is statistically valid, configural invariance, metric invariance, and structural invariance are tested in order. At the results of the tests, 3 out of 7 hypotheses were supported and other 4 hypotheses were denied. According to the study, 4 dimensions (Basic Benefit, Physical Environment, Policy, and additional convenience) were positively correlated with CS in Korea, and 3 dimensions (i.e. basic benefit, policy, additional convenience) were significant in China. However, the significance of the service-dimensions was turned out to be partially different in Korea and China. The Basic Benefit is more influential in deciding the level of CS in china than Korea, however Physical Aspect is more important factor in Korea. 'Policy dimension' did not make significant difference between two countries. In the 'additional convenience dimension', the differences in 'socio-economic factors' than in'cultural background' were considered as more important in Chinese consumers than Korean. Overall, the improvement of Service quality will be crucial factors to increase the level of CS in Chinese market same as Korean market. In addition, more emphases need to be placed on the service qualities of 'Basic Benefit' and 'additional convenience' dimensions in China. In particular, 'low price' and 'product diversity' that constitute 'Basic Benefit' are proved to be comparatively disadvantageous and weak points of Korean companies compared to global players, and thus the prompt strengthening those dimensions would be urgent for Korean retailers. Moreover, additional conveniences such as various tenants and complex service and entertaining area will be more important in China than in Korea. Besides, Applying advanced Korean Hypermaret`s customer policy to Chinese consumers will help to get higher reliability and to differentiate themselves to other competitors. However, as personal interaction, physical aspect, promotions were proved as not significant for the level of CS in China, Korean companies need to reconsider the priority order of resource allocations when they tap into Chinese market.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제23호
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• pp.21-39
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• 2010

현재 도로의 공사뿐만 아니라 각종 공사 현장으로 인하여 자동차의 소통에 위험한 영향을 초래하고 있다. 나아가 공사지역의 주민과 통행자들에게까지 막대한 영향을 미치며 안전조치의 미흡으로 대형 사고를 야기할 가능성도 높다. 이러한 문제의 대안으로 선진국에서는 '교통유도경비'가 시행되고 있으며 특히, 일본의 경우 '교통유도경비' 제도의 시행 이후 교통사고 사망자 수가 크게 감소한 것으로, 교통유도경비가 상당한 역할을 한 것으로 분석되고 있다. 현재 우리나라의 경우 교통유도경비 제도가 시행되고 있지 않으며, 일부 건설 공사장에서 한정적으로 시행되고 있으나 대부분 전문성이 결여된 상태에서 임시적, 임의적으로 이루어지고 있는 상태이다. 우리나라에서 교통유도경비 제도의 도입으로 인하여 교통안전과 교통정체 등 안전문화를 한 단계 앞당길 수 있는 계기로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 시민들의 요구에 기초하여 선진사례를 분석하고 현행 우리의 제도의 비교분석 한 후, 합리적인 교통유도경비 제도의 도입에 대한 대안을 마련하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구를 통해 도출된 우리나라에서 교통유도경비의 도입방안을 제시하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교통유도경비 업무를 국내에 정착시키기 위해서는 경비업무의 종류에 교통유도경비 업무를 추가하는 등 교통유도업무의 법적 검토가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 둘째, 교통유도경비는 교통안전의 증진에 기여할 수 있는 제도로서 사회적 비용의 내부화에 기여할 수 있기 때문에 전문성과 안전지식, 표준화된 교통안전지도가 필요한 교육과 이를 위한 교육 시스템과 커리큘럼, 교재의 제작 등 자격신설을 갖추어야 할 것이다. 셋째, 교통유도경비원의 교육은 구체적인 교육과목을 갖추어 이론교육과 기능교육(실기)으로 구분하여 실시해야 할 것이다. 넷째, 시행방안을 위해서는 교재개발, 실기교육 내용 확정과 전문강사 양성, 운전학원 등 실기교육 공간의 확보가 필요하다. 나아가 교통유도경비 전반에 걸쳐 체계적인 발전을 위한 표준화 노력이 중요하며, 경비업계, 학계, 관련전문가, 관련 연구기관 등 각계의 참여 아래 표준화를 위한 지속적인 협의와 합의 도출이 요청된다. 다섯째, 교통유도경비는 일자리 창출 규모가 크며, 사회적인 파급력이 상당히 크기 때문에 향후 추진사항으로는 다양한 관계기관과의 네트워크 구축이 필요하다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.501-512
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• 2005

본 시험은 약용식물(인진쑥, 오가피, 마늘)의 사료내 첨가가 모돈의 생산성, 포유자돈의 성장율 및 이유자돈에서의 성적 및 혈청 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 시험 1은 3~5산차의 임신 모돈 48두를 공시하여 각각 1) CON(basal diet; Control), 2) MP1(basal diet added 0.05% of medicinal plant mixtures), 3) MP2(basal diet added 0.1% of medicinal plant mixtures) 그리고 4) MP3(basal diet added 0.2% of medicinal plant mixtures)로 하여 처리구당 12두씩 배치하여 21일동안 실시하였다. 시험 기간동안 포유모돈의 일당 사료섭취량은 약용식물을 0.1% 첨가한 처리구가 0.2%를 첨가한 처리구보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 포유자돈의 개시시와 이유시의 체중 변화에서는 약용식물을 0.05% 첨가한 처리구가 대조구에 비하여 유의적으로 증가하는 경향을 보였다 (P<0.05). 혈액내 glucose의 함량에서는 MP3 처리구가 대조구에 비하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 시험 2는 개시시 체중 4.70$\pm$0.63kg의 3원교잡종(Landrace$\time$Yorkshire$\time$Duroc) 이유자돈 120두를 공시하여 20일간 사양시험을 실시하였다. 시험설계는 옥수수－대두박 위주의 사료로서 NRC(1998)의 영양소 요구량에 따라 1) CON(basal diet; Control), 2) MP1(basal diet added 0.05% of medicinal plant mixtures), 3) MP2(basal diet added 0.1% of medicinal plant mixtures) 그리고 4)MP3(basal diet added 0.15% of medicinal plant mixtures)의 4개의 처리구로 하여 처리당 6반복, 반복당 5두씩 완전임의 배치하였다. 전체시험기간 동안의 이유자돈의 일당증체량(linear, P<0.067)과 사효효율(linear, P<0.018)에서는 약용식물을 첨가함으로서 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 사료섭취량(linear, P<0.018)에서는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 건물의 소화율에서는 약용식물을 첨가함에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였다(linear, P<0.004; quadratic, P<0.03). 결론적으로 포유모돈 사료내 약용식물의 첨가는 0.1%까지 첨가 급여시가 모돈의 체손실 감소 및 포유자돈의 증체량의 향상을 가져 왔으며, 이유자돈에서는 약용식물을 0.05-1.0% 첨가시 자돈의 성장율 및 건물의 소화율을 개선시키는 결과를 보였다.