• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.135-147
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• 2011

As the number of elderly people living alone has been increasing in the recent years, systems for their safety have been required, and some related services or pilot systems have been operating. These systems provide the monitoring service for the activities of the elderly people living alone with indoor location tracking technology using the various sensors. However, most systems provide services on expensive infrastructure such as attached tags and mobile devices. In this point, this paper attempts to suggest a system based on low cost sensors to collect event data in home environment. And a main characteristic of the system is that people can monitor the results of provided services through web browser in real time and the system can provide related context information to guardians and health care managers through SMS of mobile phone.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2023

Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) has been reported to promote colitis and colon cancer through the secretion of B. fragilis toxin (BFT), a zinc-dependent metalloprotease. In colonic epithelial cells, BFT induces the cleavage of E-cadherin into the 80 kDa ectodomain and the 33 kDa membrane-bound intracellular domain. The resulting membrane-tethered fragment is then cleaved by γ-secretase forming the 28 kDa E-cadherin intracellular fragment. The 28 kDa cytoplasmic fragment is then degraded by an unknown mechanism. In this study, we found that the 28 kDa E-cadherin intracellular fragment was degraded by the proteasome complex. In addition, we found that this sequential E-cadherin cleavage mechanism is found not only in colonic epithelial cells but also in the human breast cancer cell line, BT-474. Finally, we report that staurosporine also induces E-cadherin cleavage in the human breast cancer cell line, MCF7, through γ-secretase. However, further degradation of the 28 kDa E-cadherin intracellular domain is not dependent on the proteasome complex. These results suggest that the BFT-induced E-cadherin cleavage mechanism is conserved in both colonic and breast cancer cells. This observation indicates that ETBF may also play a role in the carcinogenesis of tissues other than the colon.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.164-172
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim was to measure the real-time trans-mission effect of blood-pressure and blood-glucose value based on u-healthcare for saving the time and effort of nursing recording time. Methods: This study used a u-healthcare system based on the international standards for the exchange of health information. In order to verify the effectiveness of the u-healthcare, a clinical trial for the system regarding blood-pressure and blood-glucose targeting of patients with endocrine disorders at KNUH from February 7 to 9, 2012 was performed. Results: According to the analyzed results, of the 86 times the 11 patients were tested, measuring blood-pressure and blood-glucose using the u-healthcare system, we found the time differences between the real-time transfer recording method and existing hospital records that were used in the hospital. Based on the average time interval, there was a difference of 1,090.45 seconds (18.17 minutes). Conclusion: Therefore, it's cumbersome that nurses in the hospital have to record the numerical values of the measured blood-pressure and blood-glucose manually and input the recorded values directly into the electronic nursing record system. However, it was found in terms of the newly designed system, that it could save time and effort for nurses, since measured information is sent to the hospital information system on a real-time basis.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.58-64
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• 2012

In this paper, we proposed a distributed gateway for ubiquitous healthcare system. We also designed and implemented protocol conversion and processing algorithms to exchange a seamless information, the bio signals between the databases and the receiving devices from ZigBee to gateway and from the gateway to database and network. The distributed gateway system consists of the bio signal acquisition, ZigBee modules, distributed databases, and gateways. The bio signals detected by the ZigBee module are sent to the gateway. The distributed gateway analyzes the data being transferred, sends those to the receiving devices, and lets the authorized personnel access. The proposed system can be utilized in various fields including activity analysis for the elderly, security systems, home network service, and so on.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.185-191
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• 2016

Recently, various medical services are provided with the advance of IT. However, there is a problem that a third party would exploit medical information when the information is sent and received through wired or wireless connection. In this paper, a patient information management scheme using group index information for the third party not to illegally exploit a patient's medical information without his consent is proposed. This proposed scheme creates index information in each hierarchical level to be used with access information so that not only medical staff can have access to patient's medical information hierarchically but also it can manage access level in groups. The scheme aims to enable the medical staff to minimize the time spent to analyze the type of disease and to prescribe for it so that they can improve patients' satisfaction. Plus, the scheme aims to improve work efficiency by minimizing the medical staff's workload according to the authority to access patients' medical information.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.60 no.1
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• pp.86-92
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• 2022

Recently, the bio-healthcare market is enlarging worldwide due to various reasons such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them, biometric measurement and analysis technology are expected to bring about future technological innovation and socio-economic ripple effect. Existing systems require a large-capacity battery to drive signal processing, wireless transmission part, and an operating system in the process. However, due to the limitation of the battery capacity, it causes a spatio-temporal limitation on the use of the device. This limitation can act as a cause for the disconnection of data required for the user's health care monitoring, so it is one of the major obstacles of the health care device. In this study, we report the concept of a standalone healthcare monitoring module, which is based on both triboelectric effects and electromagnetic effects, by converting biomechanical energy into suitable electric energy. The proposed system can be operated independently without an external power source. In particular, the wireless foot pressure measurement monitoring system, which is rationally designed triboelectric sensor (TES), can recognize the user's walking habits through foot pressure measurement. By applying the triboelectric effects to the contact-separation behavior that occurs during walking, an effective foot pressure sensor was made, the performance of the sensor was verified through an electrical output signal according to the pressure, and its dynamic behavior is measured through a signal processing circuit using a capacitor. In addition, the biomechanical energy dissipated during walking is harvested as electrical energy by using the electromagnetic induction effect to be used as a power source for wireless transmission and signal processing. Therefore, the proposed system has a great potential to reduce the inconvenience of charging caused by limited battery capacity and to overcome the problem of data disconnection.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.405-413
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• 2022

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the active utilization of new health care service utilizing the ICT technology and data science such as telemedicine, smart hospital, AI dignosis has been increasingly found. In this study we examined the business model of Amazon healthcare which leads disruptive innovation in U.S. health care industry with the introduction of hybrid model of telemedicin, in-person care and customer-centric online drug delivery, home-use diagnostic kit, characterized by the integrated model combining medical care, drug delivery and the use of diagnostic kit. We showed using the multiproduct competition model that the synergy effect between the Amazon's original business areas and the healthcare business area causes the active market penetration and the increase in the customer value from utilization of the Amazon care. Using Hotelling's spatial competition model, we also showed that the competition in the health care market can be greater when consumer's choice of health care providers are available in telemedicine platform. In the long, run the issue of competition being weakened due to the exit of less competent healthcare providers may arise, to which the policymakers in the charge of fair competition in health care industry should pay attention.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.476-479
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• 2020

본 논문은 전기 자극 장치에 관한 것으로서, 운동상황에 맞게 인공지능 기능이 음악을 선별해 주고 음악의 BPM(beats per minute)에 맞게 전기 자극 장치에서의 PWM(pulse width modulation)신호가 동기화 되어 재활 기능과 더불어 헬스 케어와 관련된 추가적인 기능 및 효과를 제공할 수 있는 개선된 전기 자극 장치에 관한 것이다. 언제 어디서나 간편하게 셀프 운동케어와 할 수 있도록 AR기술을 이용한 카메라가 있는 디지털 디바이스를 활용하며, 해당 신체의 운동부위를 지정하게 되면 이에 맞는 운동방법을 AI기술을 이용하여 적용할 수 있다. 수행자가 잘못 운동을 하는 것을 올바르게 개선시키기 위하여 실시간 AI 음성기능과 텍스트 코칭을 통해서 올바르게 운동할 수 있게 제안하며, 이에 대한 과정과 결과를 시각적으로 보여주면, 결과에 대해서는 리포팅을 하여 사용자가 올바르게 운동을 하고 효과적으로 운동을 했는지에 대해서 정량적인 수치의 운동횟수와 운동량에 대해서 표현해준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.395-396
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• 2015

This paper preseints new pose analysis techniques that use a kinnect. This Viision-based system is augmented with a natural interface that enables the user to refine the suggested rectification. This makes it very easy for observer to execute fast and continuous commands.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06c
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• pp.545-548
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• 2008

건강과 미용에 대한 관심은 IT 기술의 발전과 결합하여 유-헬스케어 산업의 부흥을 이끌고 있다. 특히, 향상된 디지털 영상 장비를 통한 각종 신체 정보 분석이 가능해짐에 따라 피부 자가 진단 시스템 등에 대한 연구 및 제품 출시가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이진 영상의 각 축에 대한 밀도 분석을 통해 특징점을 검출하는 방법을 소개하고 이를 토대로 자외선 광으로 촬영한 피부 현미경 영상에서 피지 부위를 자동 검출하는 기법을 제안하며 실험을 통하여 성능을 분석한다.