• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.555-558
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• 2008

Committee for pediatric subspecialty board certification of the Korean Pediatric Society (KPA) was established for the subspecialty certification and formal training programs in 2005. Pediatric allergy and pulmonology was the first pediatric subspecialty among 9 subdivisions of KPA to petition for the certification in 2006, and 7 additional subdivisions of KPA, pediatric cardiology, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, pediatric infectious diseases, neonatology, pediatric nephrology, pediatric neurology, respectively, were followed in 2007. Finally, pediatric hemato-oncology joined this program in 2008. An overview and the future of Korean pediatric subspecialties are described.

• 한국환경농학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경농학회 2009년도 정기총회 및 국제심포지엄
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• pp.228-239
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• 2009

The observations on climate change show a clear increase in the temperature of the Earth's surface and the oceans, a reduction in the land snow cover, and melting of the sea ice and glaciers. The effects of climate change are likely to include more variable weather, heat waves, increased mean temperature, rains, flooding and droughts. The threat of climate change and global warming on human and animal health is now recognized as a global issue. This presentation is described an overview of the latest scientific knowledge on the impact of climate change on zoonotic diseases. Climate strongly affects agriculture and livestock production and influences animal diseases, vectors and pathogens, and their habitat. Global warming are likely to change the temporal and geographical distribution of infectious diseases, including those that are vector-borne such as West Nile fever, Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, bluetongue, malaria and visceral leishmaniasis, and other diarrheal diseases. The distribution and prevalence of vector-borne diseases may be the most significant effect of climate change. The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed by a majority of countries. Emerging zoonotic diseases are increasingly recognized as a global and regional issue with potential serious human health and economic impacts and their current upward trends are likely to continue. Coordinated international responses are therefore essential across veterinary and human health sectors, regions and countries to control and prevent emerging zoonoses. A new early warning and alert systems is developing and introducing for enhancing surveillance and response to zoonotic diseases. And international networks that include public health, research, medical and veterinary laboratories working with zoonotic pathogens should be established and strengthened. Facing this challenging future, the long-term strategies for zoonotic diseases that may be affected by climate change is need for better prevention and control measures in susceptible livestock, wildlife and vectors in Korea. In conclusion, strengthening global, regional and national early warning systems is extremely important, as are coordinated research programmes and subsequent prevention and control measures, and need for the global surveillance network essential for early detection of zoonotic diseases.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 COVID-19 확진자의 이동경로 정보를 데이터 표준화 및 품질관리 기반으로 구축 및 관리하고 활용 할 수 있는 체계 개발을 위한 연구 수행 내용과 실제 시스템을 통해 구축한 데이터에 대한 분석 결과를 제시하였다. 해외 국가들과는 달리 우리나라는 적극적인 감염병 방역을 위해 감염병 예방법을 근거로 확진환자에 대한 빠른 역학조사와 함께 확진자의 이동경로 정보를 지방자치단체별로 적극 공개하고 있다. 하지만 국내 지자체별 제공 정보의 비표준화로 정보의 통합적인 관리와 공유 및 활용이 쉽지 않은 상황이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 COVID-19 확진자 이동경로 DB 구축 및 제공 절차를 재난안전정보 공유 플랫폼을 기반으로 정립하고 데이터 가공 지침, 표준 항목이 적용된 데이터 입력시스템, 데이터 제공 오픈 API 서비스 개발을 통해 COVID19 확진자 이동경로 정보 공유 체계를 구축하였다. 플랫폼 기반의 COVID-19 확진자 이동경로 정보 공유 체계는 다른 감염병 사례에도 적용 가능하므로 지속적으로 발생하는 감염병 재난 대응 및 예방에 활용 및 보탬이 되길 기대한다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.18.1-18.27
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• 2024

Mastitis is one of the most widespread infectious diseases that adversely affects the profitability of the dairy industry worldwide. Accurate diagnosis and identification of pathogens early to cull infected animals and minimize the spread of infection in herds is critical for improving treatment effects and dairy farm welfare. The major pathogens causing mastitis and pathogenesis are assessed first. The most recent and advanced strategies for detecting mastitis, including genomics and proteomics approaches, are then evaluated. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, potential research directions, and future perspectives are reported. This review provides a theoretical basis to help veterinarians select the most sensitive, specific, and cost-effective approach for detecting bovine mastitis early.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this article was to assess epidemiological characteristics and recommendations for strengthening national response and preparedness after MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea, 2015. Methods: The author reviewed epidemiological reports and policy recommendations on MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea, 2015. Results: There was no evidence that genetical difference between the MERS viruses in the Republic of Korea and recent viruses in the Middle East. From the index case to last laboratory-confirmed case, there were 186 laboratory-confirmed cases that included 36 deaths(19.4%), all of whom appear epidemiologically linked to the index cases or subsequent secondary, tertiary, and quaternary cases. This outbreak spread to hospitals through nosocomial transmission. At least, three large clusters were investigated. However, there was at least one case of community transmission of MERS-CoV. Several factors had contributed to the MERS outbreak in Korea, 2015 that including epidemiological characteristics, and infrastructure of national healthcare system for preventing and controlling emerging infectious diseases. Conclusions: It is very important that to share experiences and identify underlying causes of this outbreak for prevention and control of emerging infectious disease in the future; including epidemiology, clinical features, and public health response and preparedness.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.95-107
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• 2019

Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the infection management awareness and infection prevention management status of students who participated in occupational therapy and clinical practice. Methods : The study was carried out from June 27th to August 4th, 2017, to survey the awareness and practice of infection control in 11 practice institutes among 193 students who had experience in 8 universities. Results : A total of 93.3 % of the respondents said that they needed education about infectious diseases, but 53.3 % of them did not receive infection prevention education at school or in clinical trial institutes. Hygienic practices for infection prevention and infection control practices related to handwashing were high, but the use of protective equipment was poor in the observation of swallowing disorder treatment. It is also important to educate students who have been trained in infection control. However, infection prevention training at universities and training centers is insufficient suggesting the importance of future infection education. Conclusion : Infection control education to prevent infection is necessary not only for clinicians but also for students participating in on-the-job training. Effective efforts are also needed in universities and clinical practice institutes so that infectious disease prevention education can be implemented. This study provides basic data for infection control education in universities and practice educational institute that perform clinical training and occupational therapy.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.225-233
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• 2022

The recent outbreak of corona virus (COVID-19) infectious disease had made its forecasting critical cornerstones in most scientific studies. This study adopts a machine learning based time series model - Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model to forecast COVID-19 confirmed cases in Botswana over 60 days period. Findings of the study show that COVID-19 confirmed cases in Botswana are steadily rising in a steep upward trend with random fluctuations. This trend can also be described effectively using an additive model when scrutinized in Seasonal Trend Decomposition method by Loess. In selecting the best fit ARIMA model, a Grid Search Algorithm was developed with python language and was used to optimize an Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) metric. The best fit ARIMA model was determined at ARIMA (5, 1, 1), which depicted the least AIC score of 3885.091. Results of the study proved that ARIMA model can be useful in generating reliable and volatile forecasts that can used to guide on understanding of the future spread of infectious diseases or pandemics. Most significantly, findings of the study are expected to raise social awareness to disease monitoring institutions and government regulatory bodies where it can be used to support strategic health decisions and initiate policy improvement for better management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2022

From the 1970s to the present, the number of new infectious diseases such as SARS, Ebola virus, and MERS has steadily increased. The new infectious disease, COVID-19, which began in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, has pushed the world into a pandemic era. As a result, Countries imposed restrictions on entry to foreign countries due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, which led to a decrease in the movement of tourists. Due to the restriction of travel, keywords such as "Corona blue" have soared and depression has increased. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the stress meaning network of the COVID-19 era to derive keywords and come up with a plan for a travel-related platform of the Post-COVID 19 era. This study conducted analysis of travel and stress caused by COVID-19 using TEXTOM, a big data analysis tool, and conducted semantic network analysis using UCINET6. We also conducted a CONCOR analysis to classify keywords for clustering of words with similarities. However, since we have collected travel and stress-oriented data from the start to the present, we need to increase the number of analysis data and analyze more data in the future.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.506-522
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• 2023

COVID-19 is an acute infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has infected more than 700 million people around the world and left many deaths. In Korea and China, Korean medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine were used to treat COVID-19, and the key element between them was herbal medicine. Clinical guidelines for herbal medicine have been published in Korea and China. In this review, the Korean and Chinese guidelines were compared and analyzed. This review was based on the latest revised clinical guidelines. The Korean guidelines covered all three guidelines published by The Association of Korean Medicine and The KM Professor Council of Internal Medicine of the Respiratory System. The Chinese guideline was published by the China National Health Commission. Based on research trends, a comprehensive comparison was made of the suggested prescriptions for each severity of COVID-19. It is expected that this review will be used as a reference for the treatment of COVID-19 or new infectious diseases in the future.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.194-203
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• 2021

코로나바이러스감염증-19(COVID-19) 발생이후 항만으로 입항하는 외국선박의 외국인 선원을 통해 지역감염이 확산되었다. 그러나 항만 인근에는 지역주민들의 반발로 임시생활시설 지정에 큰 어려움을 겪고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 항만에서 외국인 선원을 통한 코로나 바이러스 감염확산 방지를 위해 항만구역 내에 외국인 선원을 위한 전용 부유식 임시생활시설을 계획하는 것이 목적이다. 부유식 임시생활시설 계획의 구체적인 내용으로 입지선정, 시설규모계획, 유닛시설계획, 유닛시설 조합계획을 제시하였다. 향후 항만구역 내 부유식 임시생활시설은 제1급감염병 확산방지에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.