• 방재와보험
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• s.108
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• pp.64-67
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• 2005

여름철에는 덥고 습한 날씨가 이어져 사람들은 최대한 신체를 노출시켜 시원함을 유지하고자 한다. 따라서 뜨거운 수증기나 국물에 데거나 다리미 등의 뜨거운 쇠붙이에 의해 접촉화상을 입는 경우가 흔하다. 이런 경우 심한 통증과 상처가 생기게 되는데, 대부분의 사람들은 당황하여 어떻게 대처해야 할지 몰라 우왕좌왕하기 마련이다. 일부의 사람들은 간장이나 된장, 알로에 등을 상처에 바르는 등 전근대적인 방법으로 상처를 치료하다가 상처를 키워서 병원에 가기도 하고, 심지어는 창상을 그대로 노출시켜 세균에 의한 감염이 발생되어 얕은 화상이 더욱 깊어져 치료만으로 나을 수 있는 상처를 피부이식술 등의 수술을 필요로 하게 되는 결과를 낳기도 한다. 또한 수술을 하는 정도는 아니더라도 화상흉터가 많이 남게 될 수도 있어 초기의 화상관리가 중요하다 하겠다. 과연 독자들은 화상상처에 어떻게 대처하는지? 초기에 상처를 어떻게 돌보는가에 따라 평생 화상흉터의 멍에를 지고 갈수 있다는 것을 알고 있는지? 이러한 많은 문제점들에 대한 관리적인 차원에서 일반인들이 어렵고 복잡하다고 생각할 수 있는 화상관리에 대해 이야기해 보고자 한다. 화상이 생겼을 때의 처치는 일반적인 열창 때의 처치와는 다른 점이 있다. 우선 열에 의해 피부가 손상을 받아 이를 식히는 과정이 필요하며 이 과정(찬물로의 창상세척)이 간과될 경우 이차적 점은 화상에 의한 상처는 손상된 피부로 인해 노출된 생살을 어떻게 세균감염으로부터 보호하느냐 하는 점이 문제가 되며 이를 예방하는 과정이 필요하다는 것이다.

• 건강소식
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.4-5
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• 2008

우리 몸에 상처를 입었거나 상처를 입을 만한 상황에서 느끼는 유쾌하지 않은 감정까지 모두 통증의 범주에 포함된다. 잠재적인 손상을 알리는 통증 즉, 바늘에 찔리거나 불에 데이는 순간에 느끼는 것과 같은 일차적인 통증은 재빠른 회피반사를 일으켜 다가오는 더 큰 조직 손상을 미연에 방지하려는 조기경보시스템이라고 할 수 있다. 반면에 어쩔 수 없이 우리 몸이 손상을 입게 되면 통증은 반사적으로 근육 수축을 일으켜 신체를 움직이지 않게 한다. 골절상을 입었을 때의 통증처럼 움직이면 통증을 더 느끼게 되고, 움직이지 않아야 아프지 않고 뼈가 아물게 되는것이다. 이처럼 통증은 신체의 이상을 신속히 알리고 경고하는 중요한 방어기전 중의 하나이다.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1995 no.11
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• pp.235-238
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• 1995

모든 살아있는 조직은 표면전위(surface electropotentials)를 가지고 있으며, 이는 조직에 손상를 가져오는 상처가 발생되었을 때 그 상처를 치료하는데 큰 역할을 담당하고 있다. 즉, 상처부위에 인위적으로 표면전위의 특성을 가진 전기적인 자극을 가함으로서 상처의 치료효과를 높일 수 있으며, 그 중에서도 상처의 발생 직후에 음(-)의 전기자극을 가할 때 높은 치료효과를 나타내는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 상처의 치료에 전기자극을 사용할 때, 자극의 특성 변화가 치료의 효과를 높일 수 있는가에 대한 기초 연구로서 수행하였다. 즉, 쥐의 복부부위를 일정한 크기로 절개하고, 그 부위에 1mA와 10mA의 자극 펄스를 지속시간을 10msec와 100msec로 변화하면서 $1\sim3$일간 제시한 후 상처가 치료된 정도를 비교하였다. 모든 자극이 끝난 후 상처부위에 대한 조직검사를 수행하여 육아조직(granulation tissue)의 상태를 관찰하였다. 그 결과 전기자극을 전혀 가하지 않은 그룹에 비하여 전기자극을 행한 그룹들의 육아조직에 있어서 그 형성 상태가 양호하였고, 괴사현상이 나타나지 않았으며, 염증의 정도가 낮게 나타났음을 발견하였다. 또한, 자극의 횟수를 증가할수록 전기자극으로 인한 치료의 효과가 크게 나타났음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나, 각 그룹 내에서 자극의 특성을 변화시키며 수행한 검사의 결과는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.71-86
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• 1997

The regeneration and differentiation of the cutaneous pigment system in the goldfish, Carassius auratus during the wound healing process were studied with high magnification electron microscope. The cutaneous pigment cells of the normal tissues were composed of three kinds of dermal chromatophores-xanthophores, leucoiphores and melanophores. While xanthophores contain two kinds of pigment granules-pterinosomes and carotenoid vesicles, leucophores and melanophores contain amorphous pigment granules (leucosomes) and oval shaped electron dense melanin pigment granules (melanosomes) respectively. After injury, primary wound healing responses being carried out by migration of epidermal cells and hemocytes spreading over the wound surface at the day of wounding. And at the time of primary wound closure, 5 to 7 days after wounding, rER rich cells-presumably common precursors of dermal chromatophores-immigrated into the wound area. First redifferentiated chromatophores appeared 3 weeks after wounding. Pigment granules of the chromatophores were emerged from the cytoplasmic Golgi complex via rough endoplasmic reticulum. Pinocytotic vesicles which associated with accumulation of pigment material, appeared only at the inner surface of the chromatophores adhering to the rER rich cells, characteristically. The differentiation of each chromatophore in addition to integumental wound repair were accomplished within 4 weeks after wounding at most cases, however the total numbers and densities of these repaired chromatophores still primitive state. Moreover, It has been revealed that complete repair of chromatophores at wounded tissues from burns requirs more than 3 months in normal environment.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.45-52
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• 2023

In this study, we have investigated the effect of photobiomodulation (PBM) on corneal wound healing, using a low-power light-emitting diode (LED) at different wavelengths. We found that LEDs with wavelengths ranging from 623 to 940 nm had no significant cytotoxic effects on corneal epithelial cells. The effect of PBM on promoting cell migration was analyzed by scratch assay, and it was found that PBM at 623 nm significantly increased cell migration and promoted wound healing. Furthermore, the expression of genes related to cell migration and wound healing was analyzed, and it was found that PBM at 623 nm upregulated the expression of the genes FGF-1 and MMP2, which are known to promote cell proliferation and extracellular matrix degradation. These findings suggest that PBM with low-powered light at specific wavelengths, particularly 623 nm, could be utilized to treat corneal injury.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.201-210
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• 2021

This study was carried out to investigate the Fagopyrum esculentum (F. esculentum) extracts and vitexin are as the results of microarray, cell proliferation, cell wound recovery, cell cycle, microphage pattern and protein analysis for damage improvement caused by UVB-induced damage. Microarray results showed that UVB-induced increase in DRAM1, Atg2a and Atg13 genes was reduced in F. esculentum ethanol extract and vitexin. Cell proliferation, wound repair, cell cycle, and microphage patterns were improved in F. esculentum ethanol extract and vitexin, while buckwheat ethanol extract and vitexin decreased in both DRAM1, Beclin-1, and LC3 I/II in the vitexin treatment group and p-mTOR and survivin were all increased in protein analysis. It is thought that it can recover to normal and control autophagy, one of the causes of cell aging caused by UVB, to inhibit and regenerate cell death. F. esculentum ethanol extract and vitexin can be used as a functional cosmetic ingredient.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.854-860
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• 2004

The result of fingerprint matching is different as the quality or the state of input fingerprint image. We can extract the false direction information when the quality of fingerprint is degraded by the noise or the scars of the ridges. The information of the direction is very important for the elimination of the false minutia, the measurement of the ridge distance, matching, finding of cores and deltas. We need the method which can compensate or correct the false information of directions because the false directions include serious errors in the fingerprint recognition. We propose a method which can compensate or correct the false direction of fingerprint with a \alpha$-trimmed mean filter followed by LPF to reconstruct the false direction information when fingerprints are corrupted by scars.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.87-91
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• 2006

Polysaccharides extracted from mushroom have been most commonly used to enhance the immune system. Also polysaccharides maintaining the moisture extent on epidermal tissue have an effect on the removal of necrotic tissue and the restoration of epidermal tissue through enhancing the immune system at skin layers. In this work, polysaccharides were from Schizophyllum commune studied about the burn and wound healing activity in the epidermal tissue on rats through in vivo experiment and hematological values. And antibacterial activities were examined using pathogenic microorganisms causing the secondary inflammation.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.119-129
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• 2000

The skin is an organ that has many important roles, including protection against infection, regulation of temperature and fluid loss, and sensory function. Injury to the skin, wound repair normally involves: (1) balanced activity of inflammation, (2) the re-epithelial phase and (3) the matrix formation of remodeling phase. Thus, skin wound healing is a finely controlled biological process involving a series of complex cellular interactions. Laser therapy is being implemented with increasing frequency in medicine. Low intensity laser is one that is capable of producing an energy density so low that any biologic alterations are the result of direct irradiation effect, not thermal events. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of low intensity laser therapy on skin wound healing in rabbits. A total of 10 male rabbits (New Zealand White Rabbit), age 8 weeks were used. Skin wound were surgically created dorso-lateral on the flank of 10 rabbits (2$\times$2 cm/damage areas). The experimental animals were treated with 5Hz (830 nm wave length) low-intensity laser (MILTA-01 Model) daily for 10 min (1.6 J/$cm^2$) for 12 days. Control animals were sham treated with the laser head. Laser irradiation animals showed a complete remodeling of the epithelial layer, a positive repair of connective tissues, and enhanced the wound closure rate over time as compared to the control animals. Especially, laser irradiation groups improved fibroblast activity, cellular content, granulation tissue formation, and collagen deposition which is resulted in improving the tensile strength of the wound. These findings suggest that laser photostimulation could accelerate healing of open wound in rabbits, and may be benefit in the treatment of open wound, including decubitis ulcers.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.6425-6431
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• 2015

Invertase, that hydrolyzes sucrose into glucose and fructose, plays a great role in carbohydrate reallocation between the photosynthetic source tissue and various sink tissues. Invertase also occurs in a variety of isoforms for various functions in plants. Insoluble invertases were extracted only in buffer solutions containing high concentrations of salt. Within these classes, acid invertase has an optimum activity at acidic pH (pH 4-5). Induction of insoluble acid invertase (INAC-INV) in leaf, stem, and root tissues in response to physical wounding has been investigated. To detect the localization of INAC-INV within the plant, immunolocalization has been performed. In this study, the accumulation of INAC-INV was noticeable to reach maximum levels on 72 hr after mechanical injuries. INAC-INV was induced in wounded leaves 3 times more than control leaves. Immunolocalization results showed that INAC-INV accumulated in wall appositions and intercellular spaces. INAC-INV was also localized at sieve cell walls in phloem tissues close to the site of wounding. Taken together, this study suggested that INAC-INV induction upon wounding injuries can play a role on responses to the high energy demand for wound healing process.