• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.141-145
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• 2011

Pertussis is an acute respiratory infection characterized by paroxysmal cough and inspiratory whoop for over 2 weeks. The incidence of pertussis has decreased markedly after the introduction of DTwP/DTaP vaccine, but the incidence of pertussis has increased steadily among young infant and among adolescents and adults in many countries. Td vaccine was used in this age group but the increase in pertussis has lead to the development of a Tdap vaccine. The Tdap vaccine is a Td vaccine with a pertussis vaccine added and is thought to decrease the incidence and transmission of pertussis in the respective age group. In Korea, two products are approved by the KOREA FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION, which are ADACEL$^{TM}$ (Sanofi-Pasteur, Totonto, Ontario, Canada) and BOOSTRIX$^{(R)}$ (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium) for those aged between 11-64. This report summarizes the recommendations approved by the Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Korean Pediatric Society.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2003

Food irradiation has been steadily increasing in many countries in line with increasing international trade and concerns about naturally occurring harmful contaminants in food. Although irradiation provides an excellent safeguard for the consumer by destroying almost 100% of harmful bacteria, it is necessary to ensure the safety of irradiated foods. This study was performed to investigate the effect of an irradiated diet on lipid peroxidation in the plasma, liver, small intestinal mucosa, and lymphocyte DNA damage in mice. Eight-week old ICR mice were assigned to two groups to receive either non-irradiated or irradiated (10 kGy) diets containing 20.38% fish powder and 6.06% sesame seeds for 4 weeks. The resulting changes in the degrees of lipid peroxidation were evaluated based on the level of plasma and liver thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), transmission electron micrograph of jejunal mucosa, and free radical-induced oxidative DNA damage in lymphocytes, as measured by alkaline comet assay (single cell gel electrophoresis). The peroxide values of the gamma irradiated diet were measured every week, and the sample for comet assay was taken at the end of the four week experimental period. There was no significant difference in food efficiency ratio between the two groups. The peroxide values of the diet were immediately increased to 35.5% after gamma irradiation and kept on increasing during storage. After 4 weeks, no differences in tissue or plasma TBARS value were observed between the two groups, but epithelial cells of jejumum showed osmiophillic laminated membranous structures, considered as myelin figures,. The oxidative DNA damage expressed as tail moment (TM) increased 30% in the blood lymphocytes of the mice fed the irradiated diet. In conclusion, the comet assay sensitively detected differences in lymphocyte DNA damage after feeding with the irradiated diet for 4 weeks. However, in order to ensure the safety of irradiated foods, it would be more useful to conduct a long-term feeding regimen using an irradiated diet and examine the level of lipid peroxidation and the state of oxidative stress in a greater range of organs.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.76-85
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• 1999

프랙탈 부호화 방식에서의 블록 손실 효과는 DCT 기반 블록 부호화 방식에서와는 달리 손실 블록의 참조에 의한 에러 전파 효과 때문에 보다 심각한 화질 저하를 초래한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 Jacquin 방법에 의해 프랙탈 부호화된 영상을 ATM 망과 같은 손실망을 통해 전송할 경우 발생할 수 있는 블록 손실을 복구하는 방법을 제안한다. Jacquin 의 프랙탈 부호화 체계는 중요도에 따라 머리부호와 본체 부호의 2계층 부호화 체계로 구성된다. 제안된 블록 손실 복구 알고리듬의 핵심 기법은 블록 특성이 손실 블록과 유사한 인접 치역 블록들의 축소 사상 파라미터들을 사용하여 손실 화소들을 추정하는 츠랙탈 외삽이며, 이는 복호화 과정에서 반복적으로 손실 블록들에 적용된다. 실험을 통하여, 제안된 복구 알고리듬이 주관적 화질 뿐만 아니라 PSNR 에서도 우수한 성능을 갖고 있음을 보인다.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.116-127
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• 2003

태국 북서부의 Tak 지방에 KoFlux(Korean Flux Network) 연구의 일환으로서 플럭스 관측소(Tak flux measurement, TFM site)가 설립되었다. 이곳에서 이산화탄소와 물, 그리고 에너지 플럭스를 관측하기 위해 와 공분산시스템(eddy covariance system)을 적용하였으며 관측된 자료는 실시간 자료 감시 및 모사 시스템(Real time monitoring and simulation system, RTMASS)을 이용하여 처리되어 전송된다. RTMASS는 KoFlux-DIS(Data information system)의 핵심 구조이고 원격지 시스템과 중앙 시스템으로 나누어지며 자료의 수집 및 전송. 자료의 저장 및 처리가 본 시스템의 주된 기능이다. 난류특성과 미기상학적인 분석 자료에 따르면, TM 관측소는 열대 낙엽수림에 대한 다양한 플럭스 및 에너지 수지를 관측하고 분석하는데 적합하다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.489-494
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• 2004

In this paper, we investigated impurities content and thermal properties showing by changing the content of carbon black which is semiconductive materials for underground power transmission. Specimens were made of sheet form with the three of existing resins and the nine of specimens for measurement. Impurities content of specimens was measured by ICP-AES(Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer), and density of specimens were measured by density meter. And then heat capacity(${\Delta}H$) and melting temperature(Tm), specific heat(Cp) were measured by DSC(Differential Scanning Calorimetry). The dimension of measurement temperature was $0[^{\circ}C]\;to\;200[^{\circ}C]$, and rising temperature was $4[^{\circ}C/min]$. Impurities content was highly measured according to increasing the content of carbon black from this experimental result also density was increased according to these properties. Specially, impurities content values of the A1 and A2 of existing resins were measured more than 4000[ppm]. Heat capacity, melting temperature, and specific heat from the DSC results were simultaneously decreased according to increasing the content of carbon black. Because metallic impurities of carbon black having Fe, Co, Mn, A1 and Zn are rapidly passed kinetic energy increasing the number of times breaking during the unit time with the near particles according to increasing vibration of particles by the applied heat energy.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2021

The rapid and reliable detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) plays a key role in isolating infected patients and preventing further viral transmission. In this study, we evaluated the clinical diagnostic performances of a commercial real-time reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RRT-LAMP) assay (Isopollo^® COVID-2 assay, M-monitor, Daegu, Korea) using eighty COVID-19 suspected clinical samples and compared these with the results of a commercial real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay (Allplex^TM 2019-nCoV rRT-QPCR Assay, SeeGene, Seoul, Korea). The results of the RRT-LAMP assay targeting the N or RdRp gene of SARS-CoV-2 showed perfect agreement with the RT-qPCR assay results in terms of detection. Furthermore, the RRT-LAMP assay was completed in just within a 20-min reaction time, which is significantly faster than about the 2 h currently required for the RT-qPCR assay, thus enabling prompt decision making regarding the isolation of infected patients. The RRT-LAMP assay will be a valuable tool for rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human or unexpected animal clinical cases.

• Biomedical Engineering Letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2018

Uninterrupted monitoring of multiple subjects is required for mass causality events, in hospital environment or for sports by medical technicians or physicians. Movement of subjects under monitoring requires such system to be wireless, sometimes demands multiple transmitters and a receiver as a base station and monitored parameter must not be corrupted by any noise before further diagnosis. A Bluetooth Piconet network is visualized, where each subject carries a Bluetooth transmitter module that acquires vital sign continuously and relays to Bluetooth enabled device where, further signal processing is done. In this paper, a wireless network is realized to capture ECG of two subjects performing different activities like cycling, jogging, staircase climbing at 100 Hz frequency using prototyped Bluetooth module. The paper demonstrates removal of baseline drift using Fast Fourier Transform and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform and removal of high frequency noise using moving average and S-Golay algorithm. Experimental results highlight the efficacy of the proposed work to monitor any vital sign parameters of multiple subjects simultaneously. The importance of removing baseline drift before high frequency noise removal is shown using experimental results. It is possible to use Bluetooth Piconet frame work to capture ECG simultaneously for more than two subjects. For the applications where there will be larger body movement, baseline drift removal is a major concern and hence along with wireless transmission issues, baseline drift removal before high frequency noise removal is necessary for further feature extraction.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제33권
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• pp.89-97
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• 2021

목 적: 본 연구에서는 자궁경부암 방사선치료 시 전산화치료계획에 없던 직장 내 가스 용적 변화에 따른 선량변화를 비교 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 인체모형 팬텀(Anderson Research Laboratories Inc, RANDO^TM phantom, USA)의 전산화 단층촬영 영상에 전산화치료계획시스템(Eclipse^TM Treatment Planning System, Varian, Palo Alto, version 15.6, USA)으로 9개의 필드를 이용한 정적 세기조절방사선치료계획(Static Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, S-IMRT)과 Full arc로 두 방향의 체적변조회전방사선치료계획(Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, VMAT)을 수립하였다. 임의의 가스 변수는 0.5 cm 단위로 2.0 cm까지 변화를 주어 계획표적체적(Planning Target Volume, PTV)에 포함될 수 있도록 하였다. 표적에 대한 처방선량지수(Conformity Index, CI), 선량균질지수(Homogeneity Index, HI), PTV D_max를 구하였고, 손상위험장기(Organ At Risk, OAR)에 대한 최소선량(Minimum Dose, D_min)과 평균선량((Mean Dose, D_mean), 최대선량(Maximum Dose, D_max)을 계산하여 비교하였다. T-검정을 실시하여 p-value를 구했으며 유의수준은 0.05로 설정하였다. 결 과: S-IMRT와 VMAT의 HI 결정계수(R²)는 0.9423, 0.8223으로 상관관계가 비교적 명확하였고, PTV D_max 결과 임의의 가스 용적이 커질수록 최대 2.8%까지 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. OAR의 경우 두 전산화치료계획 모두 방광에서 유의한 차이가 없었고, 직장의 경우 +1.0 cm 이상의 가스 용적에서 두 전산화치료계획 모두 D_mean 700 cGy 이상의 유의한 선량 차이가 나타났다. 방광의 D_mean을 제외한 모든 값에서 p-value 0.05 이하로 통계적인 유의한 차이를 확인하였다. 결 론: 기준 전산화치료계획에 없던 가스 발생 시 가스 용적 크기가 커질수록 PTV의 선량 변화와 직장에 전달되는 선량이 증가하였다. 방사선치료 진행 시 직장 가스의 용적이 클 경우 발생 할 수 있는 선량 전달 오류를 최소화하기 위한 노력이 반드시 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. 향후 가스 용적의 다양한 크기와 위치를 변수로 설정하여 추가적인 연구가 진행되어진다면 유익한 평가가 이루어 질 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.602-607
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• 2013

포장 콩나물의 유통 중 품질향상을 위한 기초연구를 실시하고자 포장 필름의 종류 및 산소투과도에 따른 저장 중 포장 콩나물의 품질 변화를 조사하였다. 시판 중인 비포장 벌크 콩나물(제조일로부터 1일) 각 $320{\pm}20g$을 산소투과율 $3,000cc/m^2{\cdot}day{\cdot}atm$ 범위의 다양한 포장 필름으로 밀봉포장하고 $5^{\circ}C$에서 7일간 저장하면서 품질변화를 측정하였다. 품질유지에 적합한 산소투과도 선정을 위한 예비 실험 결과 산소유지율이 높은 $10,000cc/m^2{\cdot}day{\cdot}atm$의 산소투과도를 가지는 OPP 필름(대조구)과 $15,000cc/m^2{\cdot}day{\cdot}atm$의 산소투과도를 가지는 OPP (OP15) 및 CPP (CP15) 필름을 선정하였고, 이들 필름으로 포장한 콩나물의 저장 중 중량감소율, pH, 산소, 이산화탄소 및 관능적 품질변화를 조사하였다. 저장 중 중량감소율은 모든 구에서 10% 미만으로 OP15의 중량감소율이 가장 작게 나타났다. 저장 중 pH는 저장일의 증가에 따라 증가하고 있으며 유의적인 차이는 없으나 CP15에서 더 크게 나타났다. 저장에 따른 포장 내부의 산소함량은 감소하고 이산화탄소의 함량은 증가하고 있는데, 산소투과율이 높을수록 저장 중 높은 산소유지율을 나타내었다. 이산화탄소의 축적률은 저장 7일경 대조구와 OP15, CP15 각각에서 15.6%, 15.4% 및 14.3%로 대조구에서 가장 높은 수준의 축적률을 나타내었다. 저장 중의 관능품질은 저장 7일경 상업적 품질이 상실되어 OP15의 경우 강한 이취가 CP15에서 강한 녹변이 발생하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3653-3661
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• 2013

Along with rapid economic growth and enhanced agricultural productivity, particulate matter emissions in the northern cities of Thailand have been increasing for the past two decades. This trend is expected to continue in the coming decade. Emissions of particulate matter have brought about a series of public health concerns, particularly chronic respiratory diseases. It is well known that lung cancer incidence among northern Thai women is one of the highest in Asia (an annual age-adjusted incidence rate of 37.4 per 100,000). This fact has aroused serious concern among the public and the government and has drawn much attention and interest from the scientific community. To investigate the potential causes of this relatively high lung cancer incidence, this study employed Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) transmission spectroscopy to identify the chemical composition of the $PM_{2.5}$ collected using Quartz Fibre Filters (QFFs) coupled with MiniVol$^{TM}$ portable air samplers (Airmetrics). $PM_{2.5}$ samples collected in nine administrative provinces in northern Thailand before and after the "Haze Episode" in 2013 were categorised based on three-dimensional plots of a principal component analysis (PCA) with Varimax rotation. In addition, the incremental lifetime exposure to $PM_{2.5}$ of both genders was calculated, and the first derivative of the FTIR spectrum of individual samples is here discussed.