• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.90-94
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• 2018

Purpose: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level and Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children. Methods: In this case-control study, 70 children with UTI (case group) were compared with 70 healthy children (control group) in terms of serum 25(OH)D levels. The children were between 1 month and 12 years of age. Serum 25(OH)D levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results were analyzed and compared between both groups. Results: Among 70 children with UTI (case group), 5 children (7.2%) were male and 65 (92.8%) were female. Among the healthy children (control group), 9 (12.8%) and 61 children (87.2%) were male and female, respectively (P=0.39). The $mean{\pm}standard$ deviation of age in the case and control groups were $53.2{\pm}35.6$ and $36.1{\pm}60.2months$, respectively (P=0.24). The mean level of serum 25(OH)D in the case group was significantly higher than that of the control group ($20.4{\pm}8.6ng/mL$ vs. $16.9{\pm}7.4ng/mL$, P=0.01) Conclusion: This study showed that there was a relationship between serum 25(OH)D levels and UTI in children. It seems that 25(OH)D plays a role in the pathogenesis of UTI.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.297-302
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• 2016

Microbial electrochemical technology (MET) has recently been studied to improve the efficiency of a traditional anaerobic digestion (AD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of MET in the system when MET was combined with traditional AD (i.e., AD-MET). Electrodes used in the MET were Cu coated graphite electrodes. They were supplied with a voltage of 0.3 V. AD started to generate methane in 80 days. But AD-MET started to generate methane from the initial operation after the system started. It was observed that AD-MET reached steady state faster and produced higher methane yield than AD. During the steady state, the average daily methane productions in AD and AD-MET were 2.3L/d and 4.9L/d, respectively. Methane yields were 0.07-CH₄/g‧CODre in AD and 0.25L-CH₄/g‧CODre in AD-MET. In AD-MET, the production rates of total volatile fatty acids (TVFAs) and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) were 0.12 mg TVFAs/mg VS‧d and 0.35 mg SCOD/mg VS‧d, respectively. They were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than those in AD. However, the concentrations of residual TVFAs in both systems were not significantly (p > 0.05) different from each other, confirming that methane conversion in AD-MET was greater than that in AD.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.459-465
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• 2004

The use of hemofiltration has been proposed to reduce excessive body fluid and inflammatory mediators produced during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants and children. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of hemofiltration in adult cardiac surgery using (CPB). Twenty adult patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to control group without hemofiltration (n=10) or hemofilter group with hemofiltration during CPB (n=lO). CBC and serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), D-dimer, endothelin-l (ET-1), and cortisol were measured at before the initiation and immediately after the termination of CPB (Pre-CPB and End-CPB, respectively). Clinical data were assessed at postoperative period. In hemofilter group hematocrit was significantly higher (30.04±2.63％ vs 23.30±2.71％, P=0.0014) whereas total leukocyte count was lower than in control group (7.71±1.78×10³/㎣ vs 16.01 ±3.12x10³/㎣, P=0.021) at End-CPB. Increased rate of IL-6 (311.56±97.31％ vs 825.45±102.56％, P=0.012) and D-dimer levels (154.55±89.04％ vs 308.33±157.64％, P=0.026) at End-CPB were significantly less in hemofilter group than in control group. Postoperative blood transfusion in hemofilter group was low compared with that of control group (741.00±38.07 ml vs 1,137.50±169.82 ml, P=0.037). There were no significant differences between two groups in platelet count, ET -1, cortisol, pulmonary index, mechanical ventilation, postoperative blood loss, ICU-stay and hospitalization. Hemofiltration technique applied in the present study provided partly beneficial effect in adult cardiac surgery.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.98-123
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• 2002

This study develops a Korean R&D Scoreboard which has originated from the R&D Scoreboard in United Kingdom. The Scoreboard contains details of the R&D investment, sales, growth, profits and employee numbers for Korean companies which are extracted from company annual reports and key ratios calculated, with some movements over time. Companies are classified by the Korea Standard Industrial Classification. The Scoreboard contains 190 companies which consist of 100 largest companies and 30 middle-or small-sized firms listed in Korea Stock Exchange (KSE), and 30 ventures and 30 other firms listed in KOSDAQ. The overall company R&D intensity (R&D as a percentage of sales) is 2.1% compared to the international average of 4.2%. Korea has an unusually large R&D percentage of sales in IT hardware (4.9%) and telecommunication (3.7%). R&D intensity is positively correlated with company performance measures such as profitability, sales growth, productivity and market value. For largest companies listed in KSE and ventures listed in KOSDAQ, the ratio of operating profit to sales is greater for high R&D intensity companies. Sales growth is in proportion to R&D intensity for all companies. Plots of value added per employee or sales per employee vs R&D per employee rise together for the sectors studied, especially for the chemical sectors and automobile sectors, demonstrating a correlation with productivity. The average market value of high R&D companies in the KSE has risen more than 1.6 times that of the KOSPI 200 index. Given the correlation between R&D intensity and company performance and given that R&D is a smaller percentage of surplus (profits plus R&D) than international level (both overall and in several sectors), the challenges facing Korean companies are to maintain the leading position in IT hardware and telecommunication, and to increase the intensity of R&D in many medium-intensive R&D sectors where Korea has an average intensity well below international or US levels.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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• pp.7-13
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• 2008

To obtain a shear-wave velocity profile in geotechnical practice, various seismic investigation methods which have their own strength and weakness are being frequently used. Generally, geotechnical site have lateral variation of the properties, so it is needed to determine 2-dimensional shear wave velocity imaging of the site. In this study, harmonic wavelet analysis of wave (HWAW) method is applied to determination of 2-D $V_s$ imaging. HWAW method which is based on time-frequency analysis using harmonic wavelet transform have been developed to determine phase and group velocities of waves. HWAW method uses the signal portion of the maximum local signal/noise ratio to evaluate the phase velocity to minimize the effects of noise. HWAW method determine detailed local $V_s$ profile because one experimental setup which consists of one pair of receivers with spacing of 1~3m is used to determine the dispersion curve of the whole depth. So, 2-D Vs imaging with relatively high resolution can be determined through a series of HWAW test. In order to estimate the applicability of HWAW method, field tests were performed in 4 sites. Through field applications and comparison with other test results, the good accuracy and applicability of the proposed method were verified.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.7978-7989
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• 2015

이상지질혈증은 심뇌혈관질환의 주된 위험인자로서, 한국 성인의 유병률은 매우 높지만 관리가 미흡하다는 문제점이 제기되어 왔다. 본 연구의 목적은 이상지질혈증의 진단기준이 아닌, 이의 관리를 위한 치료기준에 따라 한국 성인의 유병률, 인지율, 치료율, 그리고 조절률을 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위해 심뇌혈관질환 위험요인과 수준을 평가하여, 위험군 범주에 따라 차등적인 치료목표치를 적용하였다. 표본은 국민건강영양조사 3개년(2010년-2012년)의 공개된 자료에서 추출되었고, 만 20세 이상의 성인 16,236명을 연구대상으로 하였다. 치료기준에 따른 이상지질혈증의 연령 표준화된 유병률은 34.1%이었고, 유병자 기준 연령 표준화된 인지율, 치료율, 그리고 조절률은 각각 19.2%, 9.5%, 그리고 8.7%에 불과하였다. 치료자 중 연령 표준화된 조절률은 47.5%이었다. 남성의 유병률은 여성에 비해 통계적으로 유의하게 높았지만(39.7% vs. 28.8%), 인지율, 치료율, 그리고 조절률은 모두 유의하게 낮았다(각각 16.0% vs. 22.3%, 7.7% vs. 11.3%, 그리고 6.1% vs. 11.2%). 심뇌혈관질환의 위험이 높은 집단일수록, 유병률은 높은 반면 조절률은 낮았다. 당뇨병 환자의 치료기준(LDL-콜레스테롤 ${\geq}100mg/dL$과 중성지방 ${\geq}200mg/dL$)에 따른 이상지질혈증 유병률은 82.5%에 달하였지만, 이들 유병자 중 치료목표 미만으로 지질이 조절되는 사람은 11.9%에 불과했다. 이러한 결과는 이상지질혈증 유병자냐의 낮은 치료율을 개선하기 위한 효과적인 방안이 모색되어야 한다는 것을 제시하며, 이를 위해 국가건강검진에서 특히 심뇌혈관질환 고위험군에 대해 이상지질혈증 유병자의 사후 관리를 강화할 필요가 있다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2010

목 적:요로감염은 1세 미만의 영아에게 가장 많이 발생하는 질환이며, 신장의 장기 예후를 위해 조기 진단과 치료가 매우 중요한 질환이다. 농뇨는 요로 감염의 초기진단에 있어 임상에서 많이 이용하고 있는 것으로, 본 연구에서는 항균제 치료 후 농뇨의 지속기간과 관련된 요인들을 찾아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1995년 1월부터 2005년 12월까지 가톨릭대학교 성빈센트병원의 입원 환자 중 처음 요로 감염을 진단받은 1개월부터 12개월 미만의 영아 374명을 대상으로 하였다. 대상 환자들은 치료 후 농뇨가 3일 미만에 소실되는 군(1군)과, 3일 이상 지속되는 군(2군)으로 나누어 비교하였다. 결 과:성별 및 평균 연령, 총 발열기간, 소변 배양으로부터 동정된 균에 있어 두 군 간 유의한 차이는 없었다. 반면 입원 당시 측정한 말초 혈액 백혈구 수($14,360.86{\pm}5,526.16cells/mm^3$ vs $11,822.55{\pm}5,687.26cells/mm^3$, P <0.001)와 적혈구 침강속도($32.81{\pm}19.34mm/hr$ vs $23.74{\pm}20.43mm/hr$, P <0.001), C-반응단백의 상승 정도($6.84{\pm}5.68mg/dL$ vs $3.78{\pm}3.99mg/dL$, P <0.001)는 2군에서 더 의미있게 높았다. 또한 수신증과 중증 방광 요관 역류도 2군에서 더 자주 동반되었다. 결 론 : 농뇨가 더 오래 지속되는 소아 요로 감염 환자는 중증의 요로 감염증을 시사하며, 중증의 방광 요관 역류를 자주 동반하므로 집중적인 치료와 배뇨 중 방광 요도 조영술을 포함한 적극적인 영상 검사가 필요하리라 여겨진다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2009

Purpose : 본 연구의 목적은 항암치료로 인한 빈혈환자의 치료에서 epoetin alpha (rHuEPO) 피하주사 시, 주일회 요법과 주삼회요법의 헤모글로빈(hemoglobin, Hb) 상승 효과를 비교하는 것이다. Methods : 본 연구는 1999년 3월부터 2005년 3월까지 국립암센터에서 항암치료로 인한 빈혈로 epoetin alpha를 투여 받은 환자를 대상으로 의무기록의 자료를 후향적으로 수집하여 분석하였다. 연구에 포함된 환자는 rHuEPO 10,000 IU 주삼회투여군(n = 127)과 20,000 IU 주일회투여군(n = 81)으로 구분되었으며, 이들은 필요에 따라 경구용 철분보조제를 섭취하였다. Epoetin alpha 치료 시작 후 최대 8주까지 2주 간격으로 Hb 수치변화를 분석하였다. Results : 치료 시작 시점의 rHuEPO 10,000 IU 주삼회투여군과 20,000 IU 주일회투여군의 평균 Hb수치는 유사하였 다 (9.4 g/dL vs. 9.7 g/dL). Epoetin alpha 치료 후 8주까지 두 그룹간의 헤모글로빈 수치의 상승 정도에는 유의한 차이가 없었다 ($1.57{\pm}1.39$ g/dL vs. $1.68{\pm}1.35$ g/dL, p=0.59). 또한 경구용 철분보조제 투여여부, cisplatin 포함 항암제 투여여부 및 성별에 따른 군의 분류에 있어서도 rHuEPO 10,000 IU 주삼회투여군과 20,000 IU 주일회투여군의 평균 Hb 상승수치는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. Conclusion : 한국인에서 항암치료로 인한 빈혈의 치료 시에 rHuEPO 20,000 IU 주일회투여 용법은 10,000 IU 주 삼회투여 용법과 유사한 Hb 상승효과를 가진다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.3187-3190
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• 2012

This study evaluated the relationship between pretreatment hemoglobin (Hb) and prognostic factors in Thai patients with endometrial cancer. Medical records of 228 patients who had undergone surgery between January 2005 and December 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. Associations between clinicopathological variables and pretreatment Hb levels were described using Pearson's chi square test or two-tailed Fisher's exact test. Survival analysis was performed with Kaplan-Meier estimates. Univariate and Cox-regression models were used to evaluate the prognostic impact of various factors, including Hb levels, in term of disease-free survival. The median duration of follow-up was 38.2 months. Eighty-nine patients (39%) had a preoperative Hb level of <12 g/dL, these having significantly higher rates of non-endometrioid histology, advanced FIGO stage, lymphovascular space invasion, cervical involvement, adnexal involvement, positive peritoneal cytology, and lymph node involvement than patients with Hb ${\geq}12$ g/dL. The 5-year disease-free and overall survival were significantly lower in patients with pretreatment Hb levels <12 g/dL compared with those with Hb ${\geq}12$ g/dL (79.3% vs. 89.2%, p=0.044 and 87.6% vs. 99.3%, p<0.001, respectively). In the multivariate analysis only histology, myometrial invasion, and lymphovascular invasion proved to be independent prognostic factors, whereas tumor grading, stage, cervical involvement, adnexal involvement, positive peritoneal cytology, lymph node involvement, and low Hb were not. In conclusion, presence of anemia before treatment may reflect poor prognostic factors in patients with endometrial cancer and low pretreatment hemoglobin level may have a prognostic impact on clinical outcome.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2011년도 제42회 하계학술대회
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• pp.25-26
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• 2011

In this paper, we investigated the effect of various annealing processes on the electrical characteristics of oxide thin film transistors (TFTs). When we annealed the TFT devices before and after source/drain (S/D) process, we could observe the different electrical characteristics of oxide TFTs. When we annealed the TFTs after deposition of transparent indium zinc oxide S/D electrodes, the annealing process decreased the contact resistance but increased the resistivity of S/D electrodes. The field effect mobility, subthreshold slope and threshold voltage of the oxide TFTs annealed before and after S/D process were 5.83 and 4.47 $cm^2$/Vs, 1.20 and 0.82 V/dec, and 3.92 and 8.33 V respectively. To analyze the differences, we measured the contact resistances and the carrier concentrations using transfer length method (TLM) and Hall measurement.