• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2005년도 국제학술대회
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• pp.45-72
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• 2005

C. neoformans-associated cryptococcosis is primarily a disease of immunocompromised persons, has a world-wide distribution, and is often spread by pigeons in the urban environment. In contrast, C. gattii causes infection in normal hosts, has only been described in tropical and semi-tropical areas of the world, and has a unique niche in river gum Eucalyptus trees. Cryptococcosis is acquired through inhalation of the yeast propagules from the environment. C. gattii has been identified as the cause of an emerging infectious disease centered on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. No cases of C. gattii-disease were diagnosed prior to 1999; the current incidence rate is 36 cases per million population. A search was initiated in 2001 to find the ecological niche of this basidiomycetous yeast. C. gaftii was found in the environment in treed areas of Vancouver Island. The highest percentage of colonized-tree clusters were found around central Vancouver Island, with decreasing rates of colonization to the north and south. Climate, soil and vegetation cover of this area, called the Coastal Douglas fir biogeoclimatic zone, is unique to British Columbia and Canada. The concentration of airborne C. gattii was highest in the dry summer months, and lowest during late fall, winter, and early spring, months which have heavy rainfall. The study of the emerging colonization of this organism and subsequent cases of environmentally acquired disease will be informative in planning public health management of new routes of exposure to exotic agents in areas impacted by changing climate and land use patterns. Cryptococcosis is an infection associated with an encapsulated, basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. The route of entry for this organism is through the lungs, with possible systemic spread via the circulatory system to the brain and meninges. There are four cryptococcal serogroups associated with disease in humans and animals, distinguished by capsular polysaccharide antigens. Cryptococcus neoformans: variety grubii (serotype A), variety neoformans (serotype D), and variety gattii (serotypes B and C) (Franzot et at. 1999). C. neoformans variety gattii has recently been elevated to species status, C. gattii. C. neoformans val. grubii and var. neoformans have a world-wide distribution, and are particularly associated with soil and weathered bird droppings. In contrast, C. gattii (CG) is not associated with bird excrement, is primarily found in tropical and subtropical climates, and has a restricted environmental niche associated with specific tree species. (Ellis & Pfiffer 1990) Ellis and Pfeiffer theorize that, as a basidiomycete, CG requires an association with a tree in order to become pathogenic to mammals. In Australia, CG has been found to be associated with five species of Eucalypts, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. tereticornis, E. blakelyi, E. gomphocephala, and E. rudis. Eucalypts, although originally native to Australia, now have a world-wide distribution. CG has been found associated with imported eucalypts in India, California, Brazil, and Egypt. In addition, in Brazil and Columbia, where eucalypts have been naturalized, native trees have been shown to harbour CG (Callejas et al. 1998; Montenegro et al. 2000). In British Columbia, Canada, since the beginning of 1999, there have been 120 confirmed cases of cryptococcal mycoses associated with CG in humans, including 4 fatalities (data from British Columbia Centre for Disease Control), and over 200 cases in animal pets in BC (data from Central Laboratory for Veterinarians). What is remarkable about the BC outbreak of C. gattii-cryptococcosis is that all of the cases have been residents of, or visitors to, a narrow area along the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, BC, from the tip of the island in the south (Victoria) to Courtenay on the north-central island as illustrated in Figure 1. Of the first 38 human cases, 58% were male with a mean age of 59.7 years (range 20 - 82): 36 cases (95%) were Caucasian. Ten cases (26%) presented with meningitis, the remainder presented with respiratory symptoms. Cultures recovered from cases of cryptococcosis associated with the outbreak were typed as serogroup B, which is specific to CG (Bartlett et al. 2003). This was the first reported outbreak of CVG in Canada, or indeed, the world. Where infection with CG is endemic, for example, Australia, the incidence of cryptococcosis ranges from 1.8 - 4.7 per million between the southern and northern states (Sorrell 2001). However, the overall incidence of cryptococcosis in immunocompenent individuals has been estimated at 0.2 per million population per year (Kwon-Chung et al. 1984). The population of Vancouver Island is approximately 720,000,consequently, even if the organism were endemic, one would expect a maximum of 0.15 cases of cryptococcal disease annually.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.628-634
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• 2008

최근 치과계에는 교차감염의 문제가 점차 대두되고 있으며, 그 감염경로에는 혈액이나 구강 분비물을 통한 직접접촉과 진료실 장비 등에 의한 간접접촉이 있다. 또한 병원 등 한정된 공간 내에 많은 인원이 수용된 환경에서는 공기 중을 떠다니는 오염물질에 의한 공기 감염에 보다 많은 관심이 모아지고 있으며, 치과 진료실에서는 고속회전 핸드피스에서 발생하는 분무에 의한 감염이 가장 우려되고 있는 상황이다.따라서 본 실험에서는 치과 진료실 내 핸드피스 분무에 의한 공기 중 세균 감염 위험성을 파악하고 실제 진료 시, 감염 방지에 도움을 주는데 그 목적을 두었으며, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 핸드피스를 사용해 진료한 군 97.4 cfu, 핸드피스를 사용하지 않고 진료한 군 5.6 cfu로 핸드피스를 사용해서 진료한 군에서 박테리아 군집의 수가 높게 나타났으며 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.01). 2. 핸드피스 사용 시 러버댐을 같이 사용한 진료는 22.4 cfu로 러버댐을 사용하지 않고 진료하는 경우보다 박테리아 군집의 수가 낮게 나타났으며,통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.01).3. 핸드피스 물 공급원으로 관주용액을 사용한 경우와 증류수를 사용한 경우를 비교 시 관주용액을 사용한 경우 cfu는 22.4 cfu, 증류수의 경우 17.0 cfu로 측정되었으나, 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. (P>0.05). 4. 핸드피스를 사용해 진료하는 경우, 0.5m와 1.5m 거리에서 측정 시 97.4cfu와 22.0 cfu로 0.5m 거리에서 박테리아 군집의 수가 높게 나타났으며 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(P<0.01). 또한 원거리에서도 핸드피스 분무에 의해 박테리아가 검출되었다. 5. 박테리아균을 분류한 결과 그램양성 구균의 수가 73.9%로 가장 많은 비중을 보였고, 그램음성 구균, 그램음성 간균, 그램양성 간균의 순이었다.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.252-260
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• 1987

답후작으로 시설재배되는 상치에 발생한 균핵병의 발생생태에 대하여 조사연구한 결과, 상치 균핵병은 전생육기간을 통하여 발생하였는데, 특히 유묘기에 피해가 심하였다. 후병지$(30\times30\times5cm)$내의 균핵수는 유묘기에 22.0개, 수확기에는 5.3개가 검출되었다. 이상치 균핵병 (S. sclerotiorum)의 균사생장적온은 $25^{\circ}C$였고, $15^{\circ}C$이하의 온도에서는 $20^{\circ}C$이상의 온도에서보다 균핵의 형성수는 적었으나 큰 균핵을 형성하였고 건물중도 높았다. 토양깊이 및 시기별로 균핵을 매몰하였을 때 3월, 4월 9월의 매몰구에서는 토양깊이 3cm구까지 자양반을 형성하였으나, 6월, 12월의 매몰구에서는 90일간의 조사기간내에는 자 반을 형성하지 않았다. 그리고 중력수만 제거한 토양과 담수토양내에서 균핵을 $25^{\circ}C$와 $30^{\circ}C$로 5주간 처리하였을 때 $100\%$의 균핵이 사멸하였다. 고압멸균된 상치 식물체절편과 함께 균핵을 상치에 접종하였을 때 균핵의 균사형성에 의한 감염이 일어났으며, 포장주위식물에 대한 병원성 조사에서는 조사식물 9과 31종중 화본료 식물을 제외한 8과 25종의 식물에 병원성을 나타냈다. 그러므로 답리작으로 시설재배되는 상치에 발생한 균핵병의 전염원은 포장주위의 기주식물에 형성된 균핵이라고 생각된다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.327-340
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• 2017

This article reviews the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during 2016. It is intended to understand the status of current research in the areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation, and indoor environments of buildings and plant facilities. Conclusions are as follows. (1) The research works on the thermal and fluid engineering have been reviewed as groups of flow, heat and mass transfer, the reduction of pollutant exhaust gas, cooling and heating, the renewable energy system and the flow around buildings. CFD schemes were used more for all research areas. (2) Research works on heat transfer area have been reviewed in the categories of heat transfer characteristics, pool boiling and condensing heat transfer and industrial heat exchangers. Researches on heat transfer characteristics included the results of the long-term performance variation of the plate-type enthalpy exchange element made of paper, design optimization of an extruded-type cooling structure for reducing the weight of LED street lights, and hot plate welding of thermoplastic elastomer packing. In the area of pool boiling and condensing, the heat transfer characteristics of a finned-tube heat exchanger in a PCM (phase change material) thermal energy storage system, influence of flow boiling heat transfer on fouling phenomenon in nanofluids, and PCM at the simultaneous charging and discharging condition were studied. In the area of industrial heat exchangers, one-dimensional flow network model and porous-media model, and R245fa in a plate-shell heat exchanger were studied. (3) Various studies were published in the categories of refrigeration cycle, alternative refrigeration/energy system, system control. In the refrigeration cycle category, subjects include mobile cold storage heat exchanger, compressor reliability, indirect refrigeration system with $CO_2$ as secondary fluid, heat pump for fuel-cell vehicle, heat recovery from hybrid drier and heat exchangers with two-port and flat tubes. In the alternative refrigeration/energy system category, subjects include membrane module for dehumidification refrigeration, desiccant-assisted low-temperature drying, regenerative evaporative cooler and ejector-assisted multi-stage evaporation. In the system control category, subjects include multi-refrigeration system control, emergency cooling of data center and variable-speed compressor control. (4) In building mechanical system research fields, fifteenth studies were reported for achieving effective design of the mechanical systems, and also for maximizing the energy efficiency of buildings. The topics of the studies included energy performance, HVAC system, ventilation, renewable energies, etc. Proposed designs, performance tests using numerical methods and experiments provide useful information and key data which could be help for improving the energy efficiency of the buildings. (5) The field of architectural environment was mostly focused on indoor environment and building energy. The main researches of indoor environment were related to the analyses of indoor thermal environments controlled by portable cooler, the effects of outdoor wind pressure in airflow at high-rise buildings, window air tightness related to the filling piece shapes, stack effect in core type's office building and the development of a movable drawer-type light shelf with adjustable depth of the reflector. The subjects of building energy were worked on the energy consumption analysis in office building, the prediction of exit air temperature of horizontal geothermal heat exchanger, LS-SVM based modeling of hot water supply load for district heating system, the energy saving effect of ERV system using night purge control method and the effect of strengthened insulation level to the building heating and cooling load.