• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.94-104
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• 2015

Objectives: Mental health disorders and suicide are an important and growing public health concern in Korea. Evidence has shown that both globally and in Korea, obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing some psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we examined the association between distorted body weight perception (BWP) and suicidal ideation. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutritional Evaluation Survey (KNHANES), an annual cross-sectional nationwide survey that included 14 276 men and 19 428 women. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the associations between nine BWP categories, which combined body image (BI) and body mass index (BMI) categories, and suicidal ideation. Moreover, the fitness of our models was verified using the Akaike information criterion. Results: Consistent with previous studies, suicidal ideation was associated with marital status, household income, education level, and perceived health status in both genders. Only women were significantly more likely to have distorted BWP; there was no relationship among men. In category B1 (low BMI and normal BI), women (odds ratio [OR], 2.25; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.48 to 3.42) were more likely to express suicidal ideation than women in category B2 (normal BMI and normal BI) were. Women in overweight BWP category C2 (normal BMI and fat BI) also had an increased OR for suicidal ideation (OR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.48 to 3.42). Those in normal BWP categories were not likely to have suicidal ideation. Among women in the underweight BWP categories, only the OR for those in category A2 (normal BMI and thin BI) was significant (OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.13 to 1.59). Conclusions: Distorted BWP should be considered an important factor in the prevention of suicide and for the improvement of mental health among Korean adults, especially Korean women with distorted BWPs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1836-1843
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• 2019

Objective: Social genetic effects (SGE) are an important genetic component for growth, group productivity, and welfare in pigs. The present study was conducted to evaluate i) the feasibility of the single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) approach with the inclusion of SGE in the model in pigs, and ii) the changes in the contribution of heritable SGE to the phenotypic variance with different scaling ${\omega}$ constants for genomic relationships. Methods: The dataset included performance tested growth rate records (average daily gain) from 13,166 and 21,762 pigs Landrace (LR) and Yorkshire (YS), respectively. A total of 1,041 (LR) and 964 (YS) pigs were genotyped using the Illumina PorcineSNP60 v2 BeadChip panel. With the BLUPF90 software package, genetic parameters were estimated using a modified animal model for competitive traits. Giving a fixed weight to pedigree relationships (${\tau}:1$), several weights (${\omega}_{xx}$, 0.1 to 1.0; with a 0.1 interval) were scaled with the genomic relationship for best model fit with Akaike information criterion (AIC). Results: The genetic variances and total heritability estimates ($T^2$) were mostly higher with ssGBLUP than in the pedigree-based analysis. The model AIC value increased with any level of ${\omega}$ other than 0.6 and 0.5 in LR and YS, respectively, indicating the worse fit of those models. The theoretical accuracies of direct and social breeding value were increased by decreasing ${\omega}$ in both breeds, indicating the better accuracy of ${\omega}_{0.1}$ models. Therefore, the optimal values of ${\omega}$ to minimize AIC and to increase theoretical accuracy were 0.6 in LR and 0.5 in YS. Conclusion: In conclusion, single-step ssGBLUP model fitting SGE showed significant improvement in accuracy compared with the pedigree-based analysis method; therefore, it could be implemented in a pig population for genomic selection based on SGE, especially in South Korean populations, with appropriate further adjustment of tuning parameters for relationship matrices.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권3_spc호
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• pp.434-442
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• 2021

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the influence of dietary flavonoids on the growth performance, blood and intestinal profiles, and carcass characteristics of broilers by employing a meta-analysis method. Methods: A database was built from published studies which have reported on the addition of various levels of flavonoids from herbs into broiler diets and then monitored growth performance, blood constituents, carcass proportion and small intestinal morphology. A total of 42 articles were integrated into the database. Several forms of flavonoids in herbs were applied in the form of unextracted and crude extracts. The database compiled was statistically analyzed using mixed model methodology. Different studies were considered as random effects, and the doses of flavonoids were treated as fixed effects. The model statistics used were the p-values and the Akaike information criterion. The significance of an effect was stated when its p-value was <0.05. Results: Dietary flavonoids increased (quadratic pattern; p<0.05) the average daily gain of broilers in the finisher phase. There was a reduction (p<0.01) in the feed conversion ratio of the broilers both in the starter (linear pattern) and finisher phases (quadratic pattern). The mortality rate tended to decrease linearly (p<0.1) with the addition of flavonoids, while the carcass parameter was generally not influenced. A reduction (p<0.001) in cholesterol and malondialdehyde concentrations (both linearly) was observed, while super oxide dismutase activity increased linearly (p<0.001). Increasing the dose of flavonoids increased (p<0.01) the villus height (VH) and villus height and crypt depth (VH:CD) ratio (p<0.05) in the duodenum. Similarly, the VH:CD ratio was elevated (p<0.001) in the jejunum following flavonoid supplementation. Conclusion: Increasing levels of flavonoids in broilers diet leads to an improvement in growth performance, blood constituents, carcass composition and small intestinal morphology.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.402-412
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• 2020

Objective: To evaluate the performance of predicting early recurrence using preoperative factors only in comparison with using both pre-/postoperative factors. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 549 patients who had undergone curative resection for single hepatcellular carcinoma (HCC) within Milan criteria. Multivariable analysis was performed to identify pre-/postoperative high-risk factors of early recurrence after hepatic resection for HCC. Two prediction models for early HCC recurrence determined by stepwise variable selection methods based on Akaike information criterion were built, either based on preoperative factors alone or both pre-/postoperative factors. Area under the curve (AUC) for each receiver operating characteristic curve of the two models was calculated, and the two curves were compared for non-inferiority testing. The predictive models of early HCC recurrence were internally validated by bootstrap resampling method. Results: Multivariable analysis on preoperative factors alone identified aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index (OR, 1.632; 95% CI, 1.056-2.522; p = 0.027), tumor size (OR, 1.025; 95% CI, 0.002-1.049; p = 0.031), arterial rim enhancement of the tumor (OR, 2.350; 95% CI, 1.297-4.260; p = 0.005), and presence of nonhypervascular hepatobiliary hypointense nodules (OR, 1.983; 95% CI, 1.049-3.750; p = 0.035) on gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as significant factors. After adding postoperative histopathologic factors, presence of microvascular invasion (OR, 1.868; 95% CI, 1.155-3.022; p = 0.011) became an additional significant factor, while tumor size became insignificant (p = 0.119). Comparison of the AUCs of the two models showed that the prediction model built on preoperative factors alone was not inferior to that including both pre-/postoperative factors {AUC for preoperative factors only, 0.673 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.623-0.723) vs. AUC after adding postoperative factors, 0.691 (95% CI, 0.639-0.744); p = 0.0013}. Bootstrap resampling method showed that both the models were valid. Conclusion: Risk stratification solely based on preoperative imaging and laboratory factors was not inferior to that based on postoperative histopathologic risk factors in predicting early recurrence after curative resection in within Milan criteria single HCC patients.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2012

복숭아혹진딧물(Myzus persicae)의 온도에 따른 발육시험을 실내 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, $30^{\circ}C$의 6개 항온, 광주기 14L:10D, 상대습도 50~60% 조건과 고추 비닐하우스에서 3월 23일부터 8월 20일까지 6회 접종하여 수행하였다. 실내사망률은 저온에서는 1~2령충의 사망률이 높았고 온도가 증가할수록 3~4령충의 사망률이 높았으며 고온에서는 66.7%까지 높아졌다. 실내와 포장조건 모두 온도가 증가할수록 발육기간이 짧아지는 경향을 보였으며 포장조건 8월 접종에서 6.03일로 가장 짧았다. 온도와 발육률과의 관계를 보기 위해 선형 및 3개의 비선형 모형(Briere 1, Lactin 2, Logan 6)을 이용하여 분석한 결과, 선형모형을 이용하여 전체약충의 발육영점온도는 $3.0^{\circ}C$였으며 발육유효적산온도는 111.1DD 였다. 3가지 비선형 모형중 Logan-6 모형이 전약충, 후약충 전체약충 단계에서 AIC와 BIC 값이 가장 적어 온도와 발육율과의 관계를 잘 설명하였으며, 발육단계별 발육완료분포는 3-parameter Weibull 함수를 사용하였으며 전약충, 후약충, 전체약충에서 $r^2$ 값이 0.95~0.97로 높은 값을 보여 양호한 모형 적합성을 보였으며 정식시기별 성충 발생 예측치와 포장 조사치가 일치하여 방제적기 추정에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.421-429
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• 2012

목화진딧물 (Aphis gossypii)의 온도에 따른 발육시험을 실내 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, $30^{\circ}C$의 6개 항온, 광주기 14L:10D, 상대습도 50~60% 조건과 오이 비닐하우스에서 3월 23일부터 8월 20일까지 6회 접종하여 수행하였다. 실내사망률은 저온에서는 2~3령충의 사망률이 높았고 온도가 증가할수록 3~4령충의 사망률이 높았으며 고온에서 전체 사망률이 높았다. 전체 약충의 발육기간은 실내에서 $15^{\circ}C$에서 12.2일로 가장 짧았으며 변온의 $28.5^{\circ}C$에서 4.09일로 가장 짧았다. 온도와 발육율과의 관계를 보기위해 선형 및 3개의 비선형 모형(Briere 1, Lactin 2, Logan 6)을 이용하여 분석한 결과, 선형모형을 이용하여 전체약충의 발육영점온도는 $6.8^{\circ}C$였으며 발육유효적산온도는 각각 111.1DD였다. 3가지 비선형 모형중 Logan-6 모형이 전약충, 후약충 전체약충 단계에서 AIC와 BIC 값이 가장 적어 온도와 발육율과의 관계를 잘 설명하였으며, 발육단계별 발육완료분포는 3-parameter Weibull 함수를 사용하였으며 전약충, 후약충, 전체약충에서 $r^2$값이 0.88~0.91로 높은 값을 보여 양호한 모형 적합성을 보였으며 정식시기별 성충 발생 예측치와 포장 조사치가 일치하여 방제적기 추정에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.840-848
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• 2021

본 연구는 제주마의 연도별 주파기록 특성을 파악하고 경주기록에 대한 환경효과 분석을 위해 수행되었다. 한국마사회가 2002년부터 2019년까지 수집한 제주마 2,167두의 48,645개 관측치 정보가 분석에 사용되었다. 환경효과 분석을 위하여 관측치 빈도가 가장 높은 800 m 기준으로 주파기록은 보정되었다. 거리별 경주기록은 동일거리 기준으로 변환되었으며 연도별 비교가 가능했다. 그 결과 표현형에서 매년 주파기록이 0.242초(R²=0.66) 단축됨을 알 수 있었다. 보정된 주파기록에 대한 환경효과의 유의성 검증 위해 일원분산분석을 수행하였고 모형에서 설정한 모든 변수에서 고도의 유의성을 나타내었다(p<0.001). 이들 변수에 대해 단계적 변수 선발법을 적용, AIC 값 산출을 통해 모형 적합도를 평가하였으며 연도, 부담구분, 기수 순위, 조교사 순위, 주로상태, 날씨, 마령, 성별 순으로 변수 선택 시 가장 낮은 AIC 값을 갖는 모형이 수립되었다. 최종적으로 주파기록에 영향하는 환경효과 분석을 위하여 기수, 조교사 순위 및 마령 3가지 변수를 임의효과로 가정하였다. 그 결과 기수와 마령을 임의효과로 설정하였을 때 주파기록에 영향하는 환경효과 분석에 가장 적합한 모형인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 도출된 결과는 제주마 유전능력 평가를 위한 모형설정 시 기초자료로 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.