• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권11호
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• pp.1720-1724
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• 2012

This study describes an oscillometric-based blood pressure measuring algorithm by detecting turning points of oscillation signal from digitally filtered cuff signals of an automatic sphygmomanometer. The blood pressure measuring algorithm uses a characteristic ratios method from the turning points. The accurate values of the systolic/diastolic blood presures(SBP/DBP) are calculated using the peaks in the ranges of characteristic ratios. Performances of the proposed algorithm and four automatic sphygmomanometers are compared with the mercury manometer(manual type sphygmomanometer), regarding the SBP and DBP values of manual sphygmomanometer as the reference values. The performance test showed the proposed algorithm revealed the best results in errors and a statistical analysis. Therefore this algorithm can be usable in any automatic sphygmomanometers.ssure states. This may be compromising results for subject-independent sensibility evaluation using EEG signal.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.109-121
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• 1991

For the analysis of mercury in blood and urine, many literatures have been reffered and many kinds of reducing agents for mercury reduction and many acids for pretreatmr are known to be varied. $So HNO_{3}$ and $H_{2}SO_{4}$ among acids and $SnCl_{2}$ and $NaBH_{4}$ as a reducing agent being chosen for the establishment of more efficient and less erroneous analysis, and comparing the absorbance by using vapor generator, the results are followings. 1. The difference of absorbance from concentration of $HNO_{3}$ and $H_{2} SO_{4}$ was not nearly found when mercury reduced by $NaBH_{4}$ after pretreatment. But for more precise analysis, conc acid treatment need to be used. 2. Higher absorbance was shown by using conto acid treatment (P<0.005) when mercury reduced by $NaBH_{4}$ after treating acid primer. And sample which has 99.5% reliability in T-test, treated by conc $H_{2}SO_{4}$(P<0.005) was shown higher absorbance than treat by CORC $HNO_{3}$. 3. The difference of absorbance was not in the slightest in higher 0.1 w/v% $NaBH_{4}$ proved by uruskal-wallis H-Test 4. Some difference of absorbance in $SnCl_{2}$(P<0.005) having 99.5% reliability was found but there was no difference in these 20 w/v% , 25 w/v% and 30 w/v% SnCl$_{2}$ by the experiment of T-test. 5. According to these test results, organic materials were much affect the absorballce when reducing mercury by using $SnCl_{2}$ rather than by $NaBH_{4}$. For bio sample which is contained various organic substances, reduclng agent $NaBH_{4}$ is a lot more efficient to reduce the error then $SnCl_{2}$. 6. analytic method for this study is as following. 7. As the recovery test was done by this, the rate of recovery was shown form 94% to 100.7% .

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 포공영의 에탄올 추출물의 중금속 중독에 의한 손상 억제 효과를 측정하였다. 현대 사회에서 환경으로부터 오염이 우려되는 납과 수은을 실험동물에 노출시켰고, 납과 수은에 노출된 흰쥐에서 포공영이 이러한 중금속 노출로 영향을 받는 체중변화, 간 및 신장에 미치는 영향을 혈액세포분석 및 혈액 내의 생화학적 분자에 대한 조사하였다. 실험 결과, 포공영을 투여 받은 실험군은 중금속 투여로 인하여 발생하는 체중감소의 개선효과가 나타났고, 혈액세포의 변화에 있어서도 중금속 노출로 감소되었던 RBC의 수를 증가시켰고, 증가된 WBC 및 platelet의 수를 정상수준으로 회복시켰다. 간 및 신장의 손상 지표들로 측정한 Bilirubin, ALP, GOT, GPT, LDH, ceatinine 및 BUN에 있어서도 중금속 노출로 증가된 수치를 농도의존적으로 감소시켰다. 또한 혈액내에서의 중금속 잔존량을 측정한 결과, 포공영 추출물 투여로 인하여 농도의존적으로 그 잔존량이 감소하였다. 따라서, 포공영 에탄올 추출물은 체내 노출된 납과 수은에 대한 독성을 완화시켜주는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.17-27
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the decreasing effects of Korean garlic against the accumulation of mercury levels in maternal and fetal organs in pregnant Fischer 344 rats, based on the theory and information that neutral amino acids have protective effects against mercury poisoning and garlic contains a large of neutral amino acids. The results obtained are as follows: 1. On the 20th day of gestation, the maternal body weight in 20 mg/wt$\cdot$kg methyl mercuric chloride groups was 76.1% of those in control group, but those recovered to be 81.2% and 93.6% by treating with garlic (0.5 g/wt$\cdot$kg and 1.0 g/wt$\cdot$kg). 2. The mercury levels in maternal organs were reduced 6.2% and 47.2% (p<0.05) in kidney, 8.2% and 42.1% (p<0.05) in spleen, 9.7% and 40.9% (p<0.05) in blood, 35.6% (p<0.05) and 67.2% (p<0.05) in liver, 38.0% (p<0.05) and 57.6% (p<0.05) in brain, by treating with garlic (0.5 g/wt$\cdot$kg and 1.0 g/wt$\cdot$kg). 3. The mercury levels were reduced 22.4% and 44.3% (p<0.05) in placenta, and 34.7% (p<0.05) and 54.9% (p<0.05) in fetal body, by treating with garlic (0.5 g/wt$\cdot$kg and 1.0 g/wt$\cdot$kg). 4. The mercury levels in fetal organs were reduced 17.5% and 46.7% (p<0.05) in kidney, 15.1% and 37.0% (p<0.05) in brain, 30.2% (p<0.05) and 46.7% (p<0.05) in liver, by treating with garlic (0.5 g/wt$\cdot$kg and 1.0 g/wt$\cdot$kg). 5. Mercury levels in maternal kidney were 6.73~7.71 times higher than those in fetal kidney, but those in fetal liver and brain were 1.67~2.25 times and 1.98~2.93 times higher than those in maternal liver and brain, respectively. In conclusion, Korean garlic decrease the accumulation of mercury levels in maternal and fetal organs in pregnant Fischer 344 rats as increasing the dose.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.347-361
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• 2012

Limited studies are available concerning the effect of heavy metal exposure on cardiovascular diseases. As environmental pollution increases, food contamination, including heavy metal contamination of fish, also increases. However, researches based on the intake of heavy metals, cardiovascular disease, and fish intakes are inconclusive. We assessed an association of heavy metal exposure with cardiovascular disease and fish intake in a nationally representative group of general Korean adults. We used data from the combined 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), and analyzed the data of 5,139 Koreans who participated in KNHANES. All participants were older than 20 years, and were diagnosed with stroke, ischemic heart disease, or hypertension. The mean blood cadmium, lead concentration, and mercury concentration of subjects were $1.07{\pm}0.01{\mu}g/L$, $2.49{\pm}0.02{\mu}g/dL$, and $5.19{\pm}0.08{\mu}g/L$, respectively. We used the survey logistic regression model to account for the complex sample design of the cardiovascular disease risk in order to estimate the odds ratios (OR). After adjusting for age, education, income, alcohol, smoking, and BMI, the increase of serum cadmium in blood was associated with the increase in the prevalence of hypertension. Further, the increase in blood cadmium concentration was associated with the increase of both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Although higher fish intakes were significantly associated with higher blood mercury concentration (p for trend < 0.0001), fish intakes did not affect either blood cadmium or lead concentration. Comparing the highest fish intake group with the lowest intake group, the OR of hypertension was 0.31 (95% CI: 0.19-0.59) in the crude model for total fish. However, these associations were no longer significant after the adjustment for potential confounding factors. In conclusion, cadmium in blood was associated with an increased risk of hypertension in the general Korean adult population. However, we found no evidence of a clear relationship between cardiovascular disease and frequency of fish consumption.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.350-360
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• 2017

본 연구는 제5기 (2010~2011) 국민건강영양조사를 이용하여, 초경 후 여자 청소년, 폐경 전 여성과 폐경 후 여성을 대상으로 철 영양상태 및 식품 섭취 빈도와 혈중 중금속 농도와의 상관성을 규명하고자 수행되었고, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 폐경 후 여성, 폐경 전 여성, 여자 청소년 순으로 혈중 납, 수은, 카드뮴 농도가 높았다. 수은 중독 비율은 폐경 후 여성에서 가장 높았다. 2) 철 영양 상태와 결핍은 초경 후 청소년의 경우, 혈청 페리틴 농도의 평균값이 가장 낮았고, 폐경 전 여성의 경우 헤모글로빈, 헤마토크릿 농도의 평균값이 가장 낮았고, 헤모글로빈, 헤마토크릿, 혈청 페리틴, 철 결핍비율이 가장 높았다. 3) 철 영양상태와 혈중 중금속 농도 관계에서 초경 후 청소년은 철 영양 상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도가 높았다. 폐경 전 여성도 철 영양 상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도가 높았으나, 혈중 납 농도, 혈중 수은 농도는 낮아 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 후 여성은 철 영양 상태가 좋을수록 혈중 납 농도는 낮았고, 혈중 수은 농도, 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았다. 4) 혈중 중금속 농도와 식품군별 섭취빈도의 상관성은 초경 후 청소년의 경우, 혈중 납 농도는 우유 및 유제품 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 곡류, 우유 및 유제품 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 전 여성의 경우, 혈중 납 농도와 서류, 육류 및 난류, 과일 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였고, 곡류, 서류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 서류, 육류 및 난류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 폐경 후 여성의 경우, 혈중 납 농도는 패스트푸드 및 튀긴 음식 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 혈중 수은 농도는 서류 섭취 빈도와 음의 상관관계를 보였고, 과일섭취 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 폐경 후 여성의 혈중 중금속 농도와 중독비율이 다른 여성에 비해 더 높았고, 폐경 전 여성의 철 영양상태가 초경 후 청소년과 폐경 후 여성에 비해 좋지 않았다. 초경 후 청소년은 철 영양상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았으며, 우유 및 유제품의 섭취 빈도는 혈중 납 농도, 혈중 카드뮴 농도와 음의 상관관계에 있었다. 폐경 전 여성의 경우, 철 영양상태가 나쁠수록 혈중 카드뮴 농도는 높았으며, 생선 및 어패류 섭취 빈도가 많을수록 혈중 수은 농도가 높아졌다. 결론적으로 여성의 연령, 월경여부 등으로 인해 철 영양상태가 상이함에 따라 혈중 중금속 종류에 따른 농도와의 상관성이 달랐으며, 식품군 섭취빈도와의 상관관계도 다르게 나타남을 확인하였다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.1-22
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• 1987

Measurements of kidney, liver, lung along with blood trace metal levels were obtained in 20 exposed and 40 control cattle. The level of cadmium, mercury and arsenic were the highest in the kidney while copper, lead and zinc concentrations were the highest in the liver. Statistically significant correlation between the kidney and the liver were found for cadmium, copper, zinc, mercury and arsenic. No significant differences were observed between the area, sex and age in this study. The levels found were generally within the ranges compared with those found in similar studies in and outside.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to develop a new cuff to improve the accuracy of blood pressure measurement, and to evaluate the performance of the developed system. We added a small bladder to the normal cuff, which we refer to as the double bladder system. The system that we developed for blood pressure measurement was based on the oscillometric method using a double bladder. This system was developed in order to reduce the oscillation noise and to amplify the signal of pure blood pressure. An oscillometric signal database based on the developed system was evaluated according to the ANSI/AAMI/SP10-1992 standard. The correlation coefficients between the cuff of the double bladder and the normal cuff were 0.98 for systolic pressure and 0.94 for diastolic pressure. The mean differences and the standard deviations between the average blood pressure obtained from a mercury manometer and that obtained from an automated sphygmomanometer were -0.7mmHg and 4.9mmHg for systolic, and -1.4mmHg and 5.4mmHg for diastolic pressure. We conclude that the proposed double bladder-based cuff system improves the accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure measurement. The developed system reduces the range of error by about $44{\sim}62%$ for systolic pressure and about $6{\sim}21%$ for diastolic pressure compared to the most recently developed, commercially available sphygmomanometers.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop the new cuff improving the accuracy of blood pressure measurement, and to evaluate the performance of the developed system. We added a small bladder to the normal cuff which is called the double bladder system. The developed system for blood pressure measurement was based on the oscillometric method using a double bladder. This system was developed in order to reduce the oscillation noise and to amplify the signal of pure blood pressure An oscillometric signal database based on the developed system were evaluated following the standard ANSI/AAMI/SP10-1992. The correlation coefficients between cuff of double bladder and normal cuff were 0.98 for systolic and 0.94 for diastolic. Mean differences and the standard deviations between average blood pressure of mercury sphygmomanometer and automated sphygmomanometer were -0.7mmHg and 4.9mmHg for systolic, and -1.4mmHg and 5.4mmHg for diatolic, respectively. We conclude that the proposed double bladder based cuff system improves the accuracy of the oscillometric blood pressure measurement. The developed system reduces the error range about $44\~62\%$ for systolic and about $6\~21\%$ for diastolic compared to the recently developed commercially available sphygmomanometers.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2024

Accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential for classifying an individual's disease, identifying blood pressure-related risks, and managing health. Due to the environmental and health hazards of mercury sphygmomanometers, automatic sphygmomanometers using the oscillometric method are widely used in hospitals as well as in general homes, and have established themselves as a practical standard sphygmomanometer. In this study, we developed a blood pressure simulator using an actuator that provides simulated pressure to an automatic blood pressure cuff. The developed blood pressure simulator adopts an arm-shaped cylindrical shape similar to the situation in which a person measures blood pressure with an automatic blood pressure monitor, and implements a method of transmitting pressure to the cuff using a pressure plate. Accuracy was evaluated through the mean and standard deviation of the difference with the commercialized blood pressure simulator BP PUMP 2, and reproducibility was confirmed using two automatic blood pressure monitors. The developed blood pressure simulator enables automatic blood pressure monitoring in a simple manner and also meets the evaluation standards for accuracy and reproducibility. In the future, as a standardized blood pressure simulator, it is expected to be of great help in evaluating and verifying the performance of automatic blood pressure monitors by supplementing precise hardware and software and building a blood pressure database.