• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.65-81
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• 2022

Objectives This study aimed to assess the effects of oral administration of deer antler extracts on an osteoporosis-induced animal model. We analyzed the results of using deer antler single extracts on animal models with osteoporosis through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We included osteoporosis studies in animal experiments that administrated deer antler extracts orally. We searched the following 13 databases without a language restriction: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Korean Medical Database (KMbase), National Digital Science Library (NDSL), Korean Traditional Knowledge (Koreantk), Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS), Research Information Sharing Service (RISS), Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), and Koreanstudies Information Service System (KISS). We used Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation's risk of bias tool for assessing the methodological quality of the included studies. Results A total of 299 potentially relevant studies were searched and 11 were included for a systematic review. Nine studies used a single deer antler extract. A study compared the effects of single extracts of deer antler and antler glue, while another study compared the effects of three single extracts of deer antler, old antler, and antler glue. For evaluating the intervention effect, bone mineral density (BMD) was measured as the primary outcome, while the histomorphometric indicators of the bone and serum alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin levels were used as the secondary outcome variables. On conducting a meta-analysis of studies on single deer antler extract, BMD was observed to be significantly increased compared to that in control group (standardized mean difference [SMD]=2.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.58~2.65; Z=7.75; p<0.00001; I²=56%). As a result of meta-analysis, according to the concentration of deer antler, the group with high concentration showed statistically significantly higher BMD than the group with low concentration (SMD=1.28; 95% CI=0.74~1.82; Z=4.63; p<0.00001; I²=9%). Conclusions The research shows that the deer antler extracts have significant anti-osteoporotic effects on the osteoporosis-induced animal model. However the studies included in this research had a high methodological risk of bias. This indicates the requirement of considerable attention in the interpretation of the study results.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.542-558
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• 2022

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of Yigong-san on anorexia in children by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methods: Eleven electronic databases were searched on May 30, 2022 to collect relevant studies. All studies published up to the search date were considered. RCTs reporting the effect of Yigong-san on the treatment of anorexia in children were included. The primary outcome was an improvement in clinical anorexia symptoms after treatment. In this meta-analysis, continuous and binary outcomes were assessed, and the data were presented as the mean difference and risk ratio with their 95% confidence intervals. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool. Results: A total of nine studies were included in this systematic review. The treatment group (Yigong-san only or Yigong-san plus conventional treatment) showed a statistically significant effect compared to the control group (conventional treatment only) in total effective rate (Yigong-san only: RR 1.26, 95% CI 1.17, 1.36, I²=0%; Yigong-san plus conventional treatment: RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.18, 1.47, I²=0%), clinical symptoms, some of the anthropometric outcomes, and biological markers related to appetite and growth in children with anorexia. No serious adverse events related to Yigong-san were reported. Conclusions: Yigong-san showed statistically significant effects as a treatment for anorexia in children. However, the number of studies included in the meta-analysis was insufficient, and the herbs contained in the Yigong-san used in the included studies were not standardized. Future research should focus on the implementation of methodologically robust clinical research.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2023

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe a methodological procedure to quantify the heat production (HP) partitioning in basal metabolism or fasting heat production (FHP), heat production due to physical activity (HPA), and the thermic effect of feeding (TEF) in roosters. Methods: Eighteen 54-wk-old Hy Line Brown roosters (2.916±0.15 kg) were allocated in an open-circuit chamber of respirometry for O₂ consumption (VO₂), CO₂ production (VCO₂), and physical activity (PA) measurements, under environmental comfort conditions, following the protocol: adaptation (3 d), ad libitum feeding (1 d), and fasting conditions (1 d). The Brouwer equation was used to calculate the HP from VO₂ and VCO₂. The plateau-FHP (parameter L) was estimated through the broken line model: HP = U×(R-t)×I+L; I = 1 if t<R or I = 0 if t>R; Where the broken-point (R) was assigned as the time (t) that defined the difference between a short and long fasting period, I is conditional, and U is the decreasing rate after the feed was withdrawn. The HP components description was characterized by three events: ad libitum feeding and short and long fasting periods. Linear regression was adjusted between physical activity (PA) and HP to determine the HPA and to estimate the standardized FHP (st-FHP) as the intercept of PA = 0. Results: The time when plateau-FHP was reached at 11.7 h after withdrawal feed, with a mean value of 386 kJ/kg^0.75/d, differing in 32 kJ from st-FHP (354 kJ/kg^0.75/d). The slope of HP per unit of PA was 4.52 kJ/mV. The total HP in roosters partitioned into the st-FHP, termal effect of feeding (TEF), and HPA was 56.6%, 25.7%, and 17.7%, respectively. Conclusion: The FHP represents the largest fraction of energy expenditure in roosters, followed by the TEF. Furthermore, the PA increased the variation of HP measurements.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.61-77
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• 2023

목적 : 본 연구는 노인들의 인지기능과 구강건강관련 삶의 질 사이의 연관성을 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 연구방법 : 2020년에 수집된 제8차 고령화연구패널조사에 참여한 지역에 거주하는 45세 이상의 중고령자를 대상으로 인구통계학적 및 임상적 특성을 추출하여 활용하였다. 독립변수는 한국형 간이정신상태검사 점수를 기준으로 분류한 인지기능, 종속변수는 구강건강관련 삶의 질을 측정하기 위한 노인구강건강평가지수이다. 인지기능 그룹 간 공변량의 차이를 보정하기 위해 성향점수 활용법 중 역확률가중치를 적용 후 인지기능과 구강건강관련 삶의 질의 연관성을 분석하기 위해 역확률가중치 적용 전의 다중회귀분석과 적용 후의 다중회귀분석 결과에 차이가 있는지 결과를 비교하였다. 결과 : 연구 대상자는 총 6,116명으로 인지정상군 4,367명, 경도 인지손상군 1,155명, 중증 인지손상군 594명으로 구성되었다. 성향점수 역확률가중치 적용 결과로 표준화된 평균 차이(standardized mean difference)를 확인하여 0.2 이상인 변수를 다시 통제하고 분석한 다중회귀모델에서 인지기능 그룹과 구강건강관련 삶의 질 간의 부정적인 연관성이 있었다(정상 vs. 경도: β = -2.534, p < .0001; 정상 vs. 중증: β = -2.452, p < .0001). 결론 : 본 연구 결과에서 인지손상과 구강건강관련 삶의 질은 음의 연관성을 나타내었다. 성향점수 활용 후 중증 인지손상보다 경도 인지손상에서 더 부정적인 연관성을 나타낸 결과는 인지손상은 저하된 정도와 관계없이 구강건강관련 삶의 질에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것을 의미한다. 따라서 인지기능의 감퇴가 나타난 모든 환자들은 구강관리의 중요성과 교육이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.531-550
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• 2023

Purpose: The unique nature of life-and-death healthcare services sets them apart from other service industries. While many studies exist on the relationship between healthcare services and customer satisfaction, most of them focus on mildly ill patients, ignoring the differences between critically ill and non-seriously ill patients. This study discusses the actual quality of healthcare services for patients who are facing life-threatening illnesses and are on life support, as well as their right to protection and dignity. Methods: The survey conducted to 149 patients with the four major illnesses: cancer, heart disease, brain disease and rare and incurable disease, those who have experiences with senior general hospitals. Results: The basic statistics of this study are adequate to represent the four major critical illnesses, and the reliability and validity of this study's hypotheses, which were measured by multiple items, were analyzed, and the internal consistency was judged to be high. In addition, it was found that the convergent validity was good and the discriminant validity was also secured. When examining the goodness of fit of the hypotheses, the SRMR, which is the standardized root mean square of residuals that measures the difference between the covariance matrix of the data variables and the theoretical covariance matrix structure of the model, met the optimal criteria. Conclusion: The academic implications of this study are differentiated from other studies by moving away from evaluating the quality of healthcare services for mildly ill patients and focusing on the rights and dignity of patients with life-threatening illnesses in four senior general hospitals. In terms of academic implications, this study enriches the depth of related studies by demonstrating the right to protection and dignity as a factor of patient-centeredness based on physical environment quality, interaction quality, and outcome quality, which are presented as sub-factors of healthcare quality. We found that the three quality factors classified by Brady and Cronin (2001) are optimized for healthcare quality assessment and management, and that the results of patients' interaction quality assessment can be used to provide a comprehensive quality rating for hospitals. Health and human rights are inextricably linked, so assessing the degree to which rights and dignity are protected can be a superior and more comprehensive measurement tool than traditional health level measures for healthcare organizations. Practical implications: Improving the quality of the physical environment and the quality of outcomes is an important challenge for hospital managers who attract patients with life and death conditions, but given the scale and economics of time, money, and human inputs, improving the quality of interactions and defining them as performance indicators in hospital quality management is an efficient way to create maximum value in the short term.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.243-248
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• 2006

목적: 다른 기관들에 비해 간에서는 상대적으로 FDG 섭취 양상이 매우 불규칙하며, 악성 병변이 없는 간에서 비정상적으로 FDG 섭취가 증가하기도 한다. 하지만, 이제까지 이러한 다양한 간의 FDG 섭취를 간의 다른 양성 질환과 연관시킨 연구가 없어, 저자들은 이 연구에서 간에서의 FDG 섭취 양상과 지방간, 간 기능 검사, 지질 프로필을 포함하는 다양한 임상 요인과의 관계를 밝히고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 건강검진 목적으로 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT를 시행한 188명 (남/여: 120/68, 평균나이: $50{\pm}9$세)을 대상으로 분석하였다. 간의 FDG 섭취에 영향을 줄 수 있는 당뇨 및 내당증 장애 환자, 심한 간질환이나 오랜 약물 복용의 기왕력이 있는 환자는 연구대상에서 제외하였다. PET/CT의 횡단면에서 간의 5번 분절에 해당하는 부위에 관심영역을 설정하고 이 부위의 평균 SUV를 구하여, 지방간이 있는 군과 없는 군 사이의 차이를 분석하였다. 또한 혈중 간 기능(ALT, AST), 알코올성 간질환(${\gamma}-GT$), 총 콜레스테롤, 중성지방 수치와 간의 FDC 섭취와의 관계를 알아보았다. 지방간 환자들의 체질량지수, 음주력을 조사하여 이 인자들이 간의 FDG 섭취에 미치는 영향도 분석하였다 결과 지방간이 있는 군의 평균 SUV가 지방간이 없는 군보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05). 혈중 총 콜레스테롤과 중성지방 수치는 간의 FDG 섭취와 유의한 상관관계를 보인 반면, 다른 요인들은 상관관계를 보이지 않았다. 또한, 지방간 환자에서 음주나 체질량 지수의 위험군과 비위험군 사이에 간의 FDG 섭취 정도는 차이는 보이지 않았다. 다변량 분석 결과, 지방간의 유무와 혈중 중성지방 수치가 간의 평균 SUV에 영향을 주는 유의한 독립 인자였다. 결론: 결론적으로 간의 FDG 섭취 정도는 지방간의 유무에 영향을 받으며, 중성지방 수치와 유의한 상관관계를 보였다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.64-78
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• 1992

In this study, elementary school students of both urban and rural areas as its subjects were asked to draw 'A beautiful landscape' by employing the perspective representation technique, i. e., the Perception Map, and to write down the elements comprising 'A beautiful landscape' in the questionnaire sheets. By doing so, an attempt was made 1) to analyze whether there are differences in perceiving 'A beautiful landscape' according to the differences of the environment in which they were brought up ; and, if there are differences. 2) to identify them ; and based on that , 3) to present basic data for evaluation on landscape, on its preference analysis and for Park Planning. The summary of this study is as follows ; 1) The main elements, elementary school students think, comprising 'A beautiful landscape' are 25 ones such as Sky(7), Sea(2), Water(2), Topography(5), Plants(5), Animals(3), School(1), Rural village(1). The natural elements showing a difference are ; Water fall in urban areas and School landscape in rural areas ; the artificial elements are ; City groups(Structures, Facilities, Necessities, Transportation means and Space) in urban areas and School groups in rural areas. Especially, in case of rural area children, they regard 'Trees' as an essential element to be 'A beautiful landscape' comparing to those in urban areas. 2) According to the analysis result on the correlation between the elements comprising a beautiful rural landscape and a beautiful ruban landscape, the correlation between boys and girls is high, showing the same trend with any difference. In comparison of urban areas with rural areas, there is no difference between natural elements, but in artificial elements(7 groups without family) the correlation is quite low, showing that all comprising elements are not the same between rural schools and cities, between schools within the same areas, and between schools of different areas. 3) In identifying the names of elements comprising 'A beautiful landscape', Back-Du Mountain and Sorak Mountain are shown the highest frequency in the category of mountains. In the names of trees and flowers, the elementary school children are thought to consider the kinds of trees and flowers they can see always at hand, i. e., those in their school ground where they spend most of their day time. 4) In the analysis of the numbers of comprising elements according to the responses in the questionnaire sheets and in the Perception Map, 'less than 10' is the most frequently counted number of comprising elements by individual students regardless of rural and urban differences. When the total frequency is divided by the number of students, the mean score is 6-7 without any differences between rural and urban areas, implying that there are no differences in the expression ability between urban and rural schools. 5) According to the result of classyfying and analysizing the landscape appeared on the Perception Map by similar elements and by similar scenes, 'A beautiful landscape' thought by elementary school children is defined not as a standardized form but as 11 types such as the landscape of fields, the landscape of a sea, the landscape of a rural village, a type where elements are assembled, the landscape of cities, the landscape of a school, the landscape coming out of a imagination, and other landscape. Both rural and urban children all consider the landscape of mountains and field and the landscape where several elements are assembled as a commonly beautiful one. Among the landscapes showing rural and urban differences, it can be analyzed that urban children regard the landscapes of cities, imagination, and waterfalls as something characteristic, while rural children regard the landscape of schools and rural villages as something characteristic.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.882-893
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• 1996

연구배경: 고립성 폐결절의 3분의 1이상이 악성결절로 알려져 있으나 고립성 폐결절로 발견될 때는 상당수에서 치유 가능한 병기이다. 국내는 특성상 결핵종이 많아 고립성 폐결절의 진단에 주의를 요한다. 현재 까지 사용되고 있는 진단수기들로 진단이 되지 않아 때에 따라서는 불필요한 개흉술을 해야되는 경우가 많은 실정이다. 최근 새로운 비침습적 진단수기인 FDG-PET가 악성과 양성의 감별진단에 활발히 사용되고 있다. 방법: 1994년 9월부터 1995년 9월까지 삼성서울병원에 내원한 환자중 6cm 마만의 고립성 폐 결절을 가진 34명의 환자를 대상으로 전향적 연구를 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 단순흉부방사선촬영, 흉부전산화단층촬영 그리고 FDG-PET를 시행한 후 FDG-PET의 결과와 객담세포진 검사 경피적흡인세침술, 기관지경검사와 개흉술 의 조직학적 결과와 비교하여 FDG-PET의 정확도를 비교하였다. PET영상은 SUV 값이 4.0이상이고 시간-방사능 곡선(t ime-activity curve)이 지속적으로 증가하는 경우를 악성으로 판정하였다. 결과: 1) 악성결절($3.1{\pm}1.5cm$, $mean{\pm}SD$)과 양성결절($2.8{\pm}1.0cm$, $mean{\pm}SD$)의 크기에는 의의있는 차이가 없었다(P=0.407). 2) 악성결절의 최대 SUV는 $6.9{\pm}3.7$($mean{\pm}SD$)로써 양성결절의 $2.7{\pm}1.7$($mean{\pm}SD$) 보다 의미있게 높았으며 시간-방사능 곡선은 악성결절에서 지속적인 증가를 보였다(P< 0.05). 3) FDG-PET는 18명의 악성결절중 15명을 악성으로 진단하고 3 례의 위음성을 보였다. 3 례의 위음성은 모두 2cm미만의 비점액성의 세기관지폐포암이었다. 4) FDG- PET는 83% 의 민감도, 100%의 특이도, 100%의 양성예측도와 84%의 음성예측도를 보였다. 결론: 고립성 폐결절에서 FDG-PET는 악성결절과 양성결절의 감별진단에 높은 정확도를 보이는 비침습적 진단수기로써 불필요한 시술로 인한 이환율과 사망율을 줄이고 필요시는 개흉술의 근거를 줄 수 있는 새로운 진단수기 로 사료된다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2009

목적: 분화성 갑상선 암에서 원발 종양의 F-18 FDG 섭취 정도와 여러 병리학적, 면역조직화학적 지표들과의 연관성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본원에 내원하여 수술 전 F-18 FDG PET/CT 스캔을 시행한 후 갑상선 전 절제술 및 림프절 제거술을 시행한 분화성 갑상선암 환자들을 대상으로 하였다. PET/CT 영상에서 원발성 종양의 SUVmax를 구한 후 SUVmax와 종양의 크기, 림프절 전이, 종양의 다발성, 갑상선 밖으로의 침습, 갑상선염 동반 여부와 같은 병리학적 인자들과 Ki-67 표지을, EGFR, COX-2, 그리고 Galectin-3 같은 면역조직화학적 지표들과 관계가 있는지를 독립표본 T 검정을 사용하여 알아보았다. 결과: 106명의 환자 중 102명은 유두상암이었고 4명은 여포상암이었다. 1 cm보다 큰 종양에서의 평균 SUVmax는 1 cm이하 종양에서의 평균 SUVmax보다 의미 있게 높았다($7.8{\pm}8.5$ vs. $3.6{\pm}3.1$, p=0.004). 그 외 림프절 전이, 종양의 다발성, 갑상선 밖으로의 침습, 갑상선염 동반 유무, Ki-67 표지율, EGFR, COX-2, Galectin-3 발현 유무에 따라 분화성 갑상선 암의 SUVmax는 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결론: 분화성 갑상선 암에서 F-18 FDG의 섭취 정도는 원발성 종양의 크기와 통계적으로 유의한 연관성이 있었다. 그러나 Ki-67 표지율, EGFR, COX-2, Galectin-3 발현 유무와 F-18 FDG섭취 정도는 유의한 관련성이 없었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.1018-1023
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• 2010

기후변화에 따른 농업기후자원량 변화와 기후자원의 효율적인 이용을 위하여 농업기후자원 요소 가운데 과거 30년 (1931~1960)과 최근 30년 (1971~2000)의 평년 기온을 중심으로 작기의 변화와 생육반응을 분석하였다. 과거 30년간의 이앙기조한은 지역별로 4월 28일에서 5월 23일 이었으나, 최근 30년은 4월 24일에서 5월 16일로 4~7일 빨라졌다. 그리고 과거 30년의 안전출수기만한은 지역별로 8월 22일에서 9월 12일인 반면에 최근 30년은 8월 22일에서 9월 15일로 약 3일 늦어졌다. 출수기별 등숙기온 분포는 과거 30년의 경우, 출수기가 7월 26일 때 등숙기 40일간의 평균기온은 $25{\sim}26^{\circ}C$ 전후였고 출수기가 10일 정도 늦어질수록 등숙기온은 $1{\sim}2^{\circ}C$정도 낮아졌다. 반면에, 최근 30년의 경우는 전체적인 경향은 비슷하였으나, 과거 30년에 비하여 약간 높은 경향이었다.