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Comparative Efficacy of Four Imaging Instruments for Breast Cancer Screening

  • Mehnati, Parinaz;Tirtash, Maede Jafari
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.15
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    • pp.6177-6186
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    • 2015
  • Sensitivity and specificity are the two most important indicators in selection of medical imaging devices for cancer screening. Breast images taken by conventional or digital mammography, ultrasound, MRI and optical mammography were collected from 2,143,852 patients. They were then studied and compared for sensitivity and specificity results. Optical mammography had the highest sensitivity (p<0.001 and p<0.006) except with MRI. Digital mammography had the highest specificity for breast cancer imaging. A comparison of specificity between digital mammography and optical mammography was significant (p<0.021). If two or more breast diagnostic imaging tests are requested the overall sensitivity and specificity will increase. In this literature review study patients at high-risk of breast cancer were studied beside normal or sensitive women. The image modality performance of each breast test was compared for each.

Analysis of luminous efficacy of a PDP cell using a hybrid simulation with an electron-fluid and ion-particle model

  • Lee, Hae-June;Shim, Seung-Bo;Song, In-Cheol;Lee, Ho-Jun;Park, Chung-Hoo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.24-27
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    • 2009
  • A hybrid model has been developed which adopts a fluid model for electrons and a particle-in-cell (PIC) model for ions. Using the hybrid simulation, the discharge characteristics are investigated with the diagnostics for the electric field and the wall charge profile, density distributions of charged and excited particles, distributions of ultraviolet lights on phosphor, and the visible lights emitted from the PDP cell. Also, energy and angle distributions of the ions at the MgO protective layer are obtained for the analysis of material effect. The comparison of hybrid simulation results with experimental results as well as that with the conventional fluid simulation shows that the new model is more adequate for the simulation of PDP cells.

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Comparison of Pharmacological Effects of Magnoliae officinalis, Magnolia and Machilus Barks (후박(厚朴)의 약효(藥效)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Lee, Soung-Ro;Lee, Sagn-In
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.199-205
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    • 1986
  • It has been known that Magnolia officinalis, Magnolia and Machilus Barks are reputed to be effective in 'Hagi', 'Sanman' and to be analgesic but there was differences of efficacy of these crude drugs against the kinds and habitates. For this reason, this study was conducted to compare the acute toxicities, analgesic effects and motilities of isolated intestine. This results obtained in this work were summarized as follow: 1. In the test of acute toxicies, Machilus bark was found to be more toxic than the others. 2. Both these was found to have analgesic effect. 3. In the effects against the motility of isolated intestine, Magnolia officinalis and Magnolia barks were found to be relaxant, Machilus bark was found to be contractive. From these results, Magnolia officinalis and Magnolia barks might have analgesic effect and relaxant effect of intestine.

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Development of Outdoor 50W-LED Module using Heat-pipe and Stack-fin (히트파이프 및 스택핀을 이용한 50W급 옥외용 LED 모듈개발)

  • Hong, Seok-Gi;Jeong, Hee-Suk;Ryeom, Jeong-duk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.29 no.12
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2015
  • We proposed 50W-LED modules of using Heat-pipe and Stack-fin and produced LED modules was evaluated heat dissipation characteristics with comparison of the conventional die-casting type. It verified the application of products by applying it to 150W-LED road luminaires through simulation. The LED module was measures aimed design temperature of the Stack-fin and showed 26% upward heat dissipation effect than a conventional die-casting type. The luminous efficacy of 150W-LED road luminaires using this LED module reached over 112lm/W, and the simulation results showed average of horizontal luminance, overall luminance uniformity($U_O$) and lane luminance uniformity($U_I$) that is suitable for five-lane road with the KS standards.

A Literature Study about Childhood Epilepsy - Focused on Chinese Medical Journals - (소아간질에 관한 문헌고찰 - 최근 중의학 저널을 중심으로 -)

  • Kang, Kyung Ha;Park, Eun Jung
    • The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 2015
  • Objectives The goal of this study is to investigate childhood epilepsy based on the recent literature of Eastern and Western medicine and look for better treatment. Methods This study reviewed definition, etiology and therapy method of childhood epilepsy based on 24 studies about the treatment of epilepsy in children Results and Conclusions Based on the comparison studies, not only herbal medication has shown better efficacy than anti-epileptics, but also as a monotherapy, or as combination therapies, herbal medications were superior in childhood epilepsy.

Efficient CT Image Segmentation Algorithm Using both Spatial and Temporal Information

  • Lee, Sang-Bock;Lee, Jun-Haeng;Lee, Samyol
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.505-510
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    • 2004
  • This paper suggests a new CT-image segmentation algorithm. This algorithm uses morphological filters and the watershed algorithms. The proposed CT-image segmentation algorithm consists of six parts: preprocessing, image simplification, feature extraction, decision making, region merging, and postprocessing. By combining spatial and temporal information, we can get more accurate segmentation results. The simulation results illustrate not only the segmentation results of the conventional scheme but also the results of the proposed scheme; this comparison illustrates the efficacy of the proposed technique. Furthermore, we compare the various medical images of the structuring elements. Indeed, to illustrate the improvement of coding efficiency in postprocessing, we use differential chain coding for the shape coding of results.

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Analysis of the self-concept in the cyberspace, self-efficacy, relationship with friends, subjective well-being and academic grade: Comparison of adolescents who are addicted to Internet to non-addicted adolescents (청소년의 사이버 자기개념,자기효능감, 친구관계, 주관적안녕감과 학업성취도: 인터넷 중독인식집단과 비중독집단의 비교)

  • Uichol Kim;Young-Shin Park;Soo-Yeon Tak;Jung-Hee Kim;Mi-Seon Oh
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.285-318
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this research is to examine the self-concept in the cyberspace, self-efficacy, relationship with friends, subjective well-being and academic grade among adolescents who are addicted to Internet and those who are not addicted to Internet. A total of 1,057 adolescents (male=545, female=512), 326 from middle school, 361 from high school, and 370 from special education school, participated in the study. The results are as follows. First, qualitative analysis of the conception of self in the cyberspace indicates that those adolescents addicted to Internet reported that in the cyberspace they have fun, followed by they are the same as in real life, they spend time in cyberspace and they can become an imaginary person. Those adolescents not addicted to Internet reported that in the cyberspace they are the same as in real life, followed by they spend time in cyberspace and they can become an imaginary person. When they play Internet games, majority of adolescents in both groups reported that it is fun, followed by they become engrossed and they become aggressive. Second, those adolescents who are not addicted to Internet had higher scores on self-efficacy than those adolescents who are addicted to Internet, including self-regulatory efficacy for learning, relational efficacy, and resiliency of efficacy. Third, the number of friends and close friends that adolescents who are not addicted to Internet were not significantly different from those adolescents who are addicted to Internet. However, those adolescents who are not addicted to Internet were more likely receive social support from friends and were less likely to be social excluded than those adolescents who are addicted to Internet. Fourth, those adolescents who are not addicted to Internet had significantly higher scores on subjective well-being than those adolescents who are addicted to Internet. Fifth, those adolescents who are not addicted to Internet had significantly higher scores on both subjective and objective academic grade than those adolescents who are addicted to Internet.

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Evaluation of UTE Signal Acquisition Efficacy in Molecular MRI (분자 MR영상에서 UTE 신호의 효용성 평가)

  • Lee, Sang-Bock;Choi, Gui-Rack
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.305-311
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    • 2012
  • This study compares the TE and UTE is to evaluate. We was programming by DWT of Matlab Tool-box for evaluation. M-program used feature value extract between TE Images and UTE Images. Two images using the extracted feature values were compared. Comparison of similar features two images phase was found to have value.

Studies on Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay(ELISA) for Detection of Antibody to Mycobacterium bovis in Serum and Milk (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay(ELISA)를 이용한 혈청 및 원유 중의 Mycobacterium bovis 항체 검출에 관한 연구)

  • 심항섭;국정희;박병옥;김성열;박유순
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.133-142
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    • 1997
  • In order to supplement a diagnostic method for detection of infectious cattle to bovine tuberculosis, performed ELISA for detection of antibody to if bovis in serum and milk. The diagnostic efficacy of the established ELISA was compared with test of the tuberculin skin test for bovine tuberculosis. The positive corresponding rate of serum ELISA and tuberculin skin test showed 84.3%, milk ELISA and tuberculin skin test showed 75.0%, milk ELISA and serum ELISA showed 75.0% respectively. Comparison of the serum and milk to tuberculin antibody concentration in tuberculin positive cattle, the milk contained 1/100-1/150 concentration compared serum tuberculin concentration. The established ELISA was considered efficient for detection of antibodies to M bovis in serum and milk.

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Performance Comparison of GA, DE, PSO and SA Approaches in Enhancement of Total Transfer Capability using FACTS Devices

  • Chandrasekar, K.;Ramana, N.V.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.493-500
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    • 2012
  • In this paper the performance of meta-heuristics algorithms such as GA (Genetic Algorithm), DE (Differential Evolution), PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) and SA (Simulated Annealing) for the problem of TTC enhancement using FACTS devices are compared. In addition to that in the assessment procedure of TTC two novel techniques are proposed. First the optimization algorithm which is used for TTC enhancement is simultaneously used for assessment of TTC. Second the power flow is done using Broyden - Shamanski method with Sherman - Morrison formula (BSS). The proposed approach is tested on WSCC 9 bus, IEEE 118 bus test systems and the results are compared with the conventional Repeated Power Flow (RPF) using Newton Raphson (NR) method which indicates that the proposed method provides better TTC enhancement and computational efficacy than the conventional procedure.