• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.286-292
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• 2016

This study evaluates the change of computer tomography (CT) number in the case of the metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithm, using the phantom. The images were obtained from dual CT using a gammex 467 tissue characterization phantom, which is similar to human tissues. The test method was performed by dividing pre and post MAR algorithm and measured CT values of nonmagnetic materials within the phantom. In addition, the changes of CT values for each material were compared and analyzed after measuring CT values up to 140 keV, using the spectral HU curve followed by CT scan. As a result, in the cases of N rod (trabecular bone) and E rod (trabecular bone), the CT numbers decreased as keV increasing but were constant above 90 keV. In the cases of I rod (dense bone) and K rod (dense bone), the CT numbers also decreased as keV increased but were uniform above 90 keV. The CT numbers from 40 keV to 140 keV were consistent in the cases of J rod (liver), D rod (liver), L rod (muscle), and F rod (muscle). For A rod (adipose), G rod (adipose), B rod (breast) and O rod (breast), the CT numbers increased as keV increased but were constant after 90 keV. The CT numbers from 40 keV to 140 keV were consistent in the cases of C rod (lung (exhale)), P rod (lung (exhale)), M rod (lung (inhale)) and H rod (lung (exhale)). Conclusively, because dual CT exhibits no changes in image quality and is able to analyze nonmagnetic materials by measuring the CT values of various materials, it will be used in the future as a useful tool for the diagnosis of lesions.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.173-179
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• 2009

The analysis of serum free light chains (sFLCs) can improve the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias. As with other immunoassays, sFLCstests are subject to potential antigen excess and heterophilic antibody interference. We describe 9 cases of sFLCs antigen excess in patients with multiple myeloma using the FreeliteTM Human Kappa and Lambda Free Kits (The Binding Site ltd., Birmingham, UK) and the Hitachi7600 P module turbidimetric system. A total of 1,247 consecutive samples from 250 patients with multiple myeloma were assayed for sFLCs from April to September, 2009. The samples were assayed using an initial dilution of 1 :5and subsequent dilutions of 1 :50 and 1: 100. The same samples were analyzed for the presence of monoclonal gammopathies using serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE). There were 9 samples (0.72%) of antigen excess with 3 cases of kappa (0.24%) and 6 cases of lambda (0.48%). These cases represents an example of antigen excess or "hook effect" using the serum free light chain assays and mandates high level of attention to falsely low sFLC levels due to antigen excess, especially when it is disaccordant to other assay results or clinical manifestations.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.408-417
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• 2016

Purpose: Yield monitoring systems are an essential component of precision agriculture. They indicate the spatial variability of crop yield in fields, and have become an important factor in modern harvesters. The objective of this paper was to review research trends related to yield monitoring sensors for grain crops. Methods: The literature was reviewed for research on the major sensing components of grain yield monitoring systems. These major components included grain flow sensors, moisture content sensors, and cutting width sensors. Sensors were classified by sensing principle and type, and their performance was also reviewed. Results: The main targeted harvesting grain crops were rice, wheat, corn, barley, and grain sorghum. Grain flow sensors were classified into mass flow and volume flow methods. Mass flow sensors were mounted primarily at the clean grain elevator head or under the grain tank, and volume flow sensors were mounted at the head or in the middle of the elevator. Mass flow methods used weighing, force impact, and radiometric approaches, some of which resulted in measurement error levels lower than 5% ($R^2=0.99$). Volume flow methods included paddle wheel type and optical type, and in the best cases produced error levels lower than 3%. Grain moisture content sensing was in many cases achieved using capacitive modules. In some cases, errors were lower than 1%. Cutting width was measured by ultrasonic distance sensors mounted at both sides of the header dividers, and the errors were in some cases lower than 5%. Conclusions: The design and fabrication of an integrated yield monitoring system for a target crop would be affected by the selection of a sensing approach, as well as the layout and mounting of the sensors. For accurate estimation of yield, signal processing and correction measures should be also implemented.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2019

From October 2015 to August 2018, tapeworm proglottids were obtained from 10 patients who were residents of Daegu and Gyeongbuk provinces and had a history of raw beef consumption. Most of them had no overseas travel experience. The gravid proglottids obtained from the 10 cases had 15-20 lateral uterine branches. A part of internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) DNA of the 10 cases, amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and digested with AleI restriction enzyme, produced the same band pattern of Taenia saginata, which differentiated from T. asiatica and T. solium. Sequences of ITS1 and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) showed higher homology to T. saginata than to T. asiatica and T. solium. Collectively, these 10 cases were identified as T. saginata human infections. As taeniasis is one of the important parasitic diseases in humans, it is necessary to maintain hygienic conditions during livestock farming to avoid public health concerns.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2014

의인화는 시각커뮤니케이션 비롯한 여러 문화콘텐츠에 사용되는 매우 흔한 표현기법 중 하나이며 특히 아동용 콘텐츠는 거의 대부분 의인화 기법에 의존하고 있다. 또한 의인화는 시 문학을 비롯한 다른 여러 문화예술 분야에서도 다양한 사례를 살펴볼 수 있다. 함축된 언어로 이미지와 내용을 전달하는 시의 의인화와 역의인화 사례를 분석해보면 의인화 요소 가운데 인간과 인간이 아닌 것 사이에 대등한 작용과 역작용이 가능한 것을 확인 할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 의인화에 대한 개념과 요소를 재정립하고 이를 토대로 역의인화에 대한 개념을 정의하고 그 사례에 대해 분석하였다. 또한 역의인화 기법으로 소통하는 여러 양질의 사례 가운데 단편 애니메이션 "TheEmployment고용"의 캐릭터 분석은 향후 시각문화콘텐츠 분야의 역의인화 기법에 대한 학문적 자료로 활용 될 수 있다.

• 복식
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• 제63권8호
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• pp.43-57
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• 2013

The purpose of this research is to systemize the fashion digital storytelling by analyzing the communication method and its elements, and extracting the characteristics and processes of digital storytelling. Based on the previous study on the characteristics and types of storytelling the following things have been researched: 1) the process of digital storytelling in the communication process, 2) the concept and the feature of the academia of digital storytelling 3) storytelling in the document research. On the groundwork of the document research, we were able to sort out the various types, and formed a system of the features in the fashion digital storytelling cases, mainly in the four collections (Milan, Paris, London, New York) from 2000's to recent years of 2010. The types of fashion digital storytelling are episode type, narrative type, and creative type. The characteristics of each of the types are as follows. Firstly, the episode type communicates through the digital media based on the information or fact of the fashion designer brand. Secondly, narrative type communicates with the consumers using previous literature or an existing idea of the original cultural form that is rearranged in digital story expressed by the digital media. Lastly, creative type makes the designer's and consumer's susceptibility and creativity communicate through the newly made story, which expresses the unique originality of the designer. It seems that the cases and studies of using the fashion digital storytelling will increase because of its short history and lack of the case study. Fashion designer brands will show their brand image using the digital storytelling because they are able to better express originality, creativity and imagination of the fashion designer, which were factors that could not be conveyed through fashion alone.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2013

에너지 산업시설물은 다양한 종류의 가스나 유해물질을 다루고 있어 화재, 폭발, 독성물질 노출로 인한 대규모 중대사고로 전이되어 산업시설 종사자뿐만 아니라 외부 민간인에게도 치명적인 피해를 입힐 수 있다. 이러한 사고를 방지하기 위해 정량적 위험성평가를 활용하여 인체나 건물에 미칠 수 있는 영향에 대한 정량화를 시도하고 있지만 예외적인 상황에 즉각적인 처리가 어렵고 시나리오를 위한 전문가적 지식이 많이 필요하였다. 본 논문은 에너지 대규모 산업시설에서 실제 환경의 데이터를 실시간으로 이용함으로써 동적인 시나리오를 생성하여 예외적인 상황과 전문가적 지식을 최소화하고 개인 인지적 환경에 적합하게 위험을 표현하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 실시간 정보를 기반으로 현 시점의 지역 내 위험도를 실시간으로 연산할 수 있는 데이터베이스와 증분적 모델을 적용한 지역기반 위험 분석 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2012

Objectives: Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C)and vascular endothelial growth factor feceptor-3 (VEGFR-3) in laryngeal squamous carcinoma and its relationship to lymph node metastasis were investigated. Methods: VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 gene expression in 30 cases of normal laryngeal mucosa tissue (NLM), primary laryngeal carcinoma cell carcinomas (PLC) and cervical lymph nodes (CLN) was examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Protein levels of VEGF-C expression were determined by immunohistochemical staining in 60 cases of PLC. Results: Expression of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 different among NLM, PLC and CLN in the same patient. In PLC, expression was significantly higher in lymph node positive group than in the lymph node negative group and associated with histological grade of differentiation; Expression of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 was not linked with age, sex, site or T stage. Conclusions: A close correlation was found between VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 expression and lymph node metastasis in PLC, suggesting a role in metastasis of laryngeal carcinomas.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2018

천연가스는 폭발성 유체로 고압의 매설 배관 파손시 심각한 인적/물적 손해를 야기할 수 있으며, 최근에도 실제 매설 배관의 파손으로 상당한 인명피해가 발생한 사례가 보고되고 있다. 국내의 경우, 급속한 성장 및 보급에도 불구하고 천연가스 배관의 운영 길이와 운영기간이 짧아 가스배관의 사고원인 등에 대한 유효한 사고데이터의 확립이 부족한 실정이다. 국내에서 사고 사례에 대한 데이터베이스를 체계적으로 구축하기 위하여 국내보다 천연가스 배관의 운용 역사가 길고, 긴 배관망을 갖고 있는 해외 주요국에서 발생한 최근의 천연가스 배관관련 사고의 원인과 빈도를 분석하는 것이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 해외 주요국에서 가스배관의 사고원인별 발생 빈도의 추이를 파악한 후 이를 비교 분석하여 국내 고압가스 운송 배관망의 안정성 확보의 토대를 구축하고자 하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권2호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2012

Background: DNA damage-inducible 1 (Ddi1), one of the ubiquitin-like and ubiquitin-associated family of proteins, may function in the regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, which has been validated as a target for antineoplastic therapy. We investigated Ddi1 expression in human lung cancer tissues and evaluated the relationship of this expression pattern with clinicopathological factors in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: Ddi1 expression was examined by immunohistochemistry in tumor tissues from 97 patients with stage I NSCLC, who had undergone curative surgical resection at two tertiary referral hospitals from 1993~2004. None of the patients received preoperative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Results: Thirty-nine (40.2%) of the 97 cases were positive for Ddi1. Ddi1 expression was dominantly seen in cytoplasm rather than in the nuclei of cancer cells in all histological types, whereas adjacent nontumoral lung tissue showed negative Ddi1 staining in most cases. Ddi1 expression tended to increase in well-differentiated tumors but without statistical significance. Positive Ddi1 expression was associated with a tendency for better disease-free survival and disease-specific survival, although the difference was not significant. Conclusion: Ddi1 expression is a property of NSCLC. Because Ddi1 could be a potential target for cancer therapy, more research is needed to evaluate its role in NSCLC.