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Evaluation of Manufacturing and Biological Properties of Y Zone Care Hydrogel Solution (Y존 케어 하이드로젤솔루션의 제조 및 생물학적 특성 평가)

  • Eun-Ji Kim;In-Kyoung Kim
    • Journal of Advanced Technology Convergence
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2024
  • In recent industrialization and development due to information and communication technology, modern women in modern society are exposed to physical and mental health due to numerous stresses. Popular inflammations are attributable to a decrease in lactic acid bacteria, frequent antibiotic use, and a decrease in immunity. It is necessary to develop products that are helpful and reflected. The inner care gel currently introduced on the market can increase beneficial bacteria and maintain a healthy y-zone. The inner gel contains a hydrogel component. 90% is made up of water, and other components act as support for supporting water and are formed through crosslinking between polymer chains. Hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) is a hydroxyethyl ethylenetel of cellulose. The purpose of use is to act as a binder, an emulsion stabilizer, a viscosity enhancer (water-soluble), and a film forming agent. CA (crosslinker) is a crosslinking agent and serves to bind. Hydrogel in the beauty field acts as a film forming agent that gently wraps around the skin by forming a thin film and serves as an emulsion stabilizer that helps to prevent separation of other raw materials. It also acts as a thickener by increasing viscosity in cosmetics. In addition, it is used for glucose monitoring, nursing care, cell transplantation, and wound treatment in the bio field. Currently, it is understood that no products using functional hydrogel have been released, so in this study, a Y zone care hydrogel solution was manufactured to find out the antibacterial properties of the functional hydrogel, and a new solution was developed. As a result, it was confirmed that the appropriate Ph was applied to the Y zone, and after culturing Candida albicans in PDB medium, all three products of the Y zone care hydrogel solution showed an antibacterial effect of 0.5-1.0mm

A Measurement System for Color Environment-based Human Body Reaction (색채 환경 기반의 인체 반응 정보 측정 시스템)

  • Kim, Ji-Eon;Jeong, Chang-Won;Joo, Su-Chong
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2016
  • The result of analyzing the cognitive reaction due to the color environment has been applied to various filed especially in medical field. Moreover, the study about the identification of patient's condition and examination the brain activity by collecting the bio-signal based on the color environment is being actively conducted. Even though, there were a variety of experiments by convention the color environment using a light or LED color, it still has a problem that affects the psychological information. Therefore, our proposed system using a HMD (Head Mounting display) to provide a completed color environment condition. This system uses the BMS(Biomedical System) to collect the biometric information which responds to the specific color condition and the human body response information can be measured by the development the Memory and Attention test on Mobile phone. The collection of Biometric information includes electro cardiogram(ECG), respiration, oxygen saturation (Sp02), Bio-impedance, blood pressure will store in the database. In addition, we can verify the result of the human body reaction in the color environment by Memory and Attention application. By utilizing the reaction of the human body information that is collected thought the proposed system, we can analyze the correlation between the physiological information and the color environment. And we also expect that this system can apply to the medical diagnosis and treatment. For future work, we will expand the system for prediction and treatment of Alzheimer disease by analyzing the visualization data through the proposed system. We will also do evaluation on the effectiveness of the system for using in the rehabilitation program.

A Study on Cost-effective Treatment of Wastewater and Odor Reduction for Southeast Asian Market Entry

  • Jung, Min-Jae;Kim, Yong-Do;Kwon, Lee-Seung;Lee, Woo-Sic;Kwon, Woo-Taeg
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2018
  • Purpose - The purpose of this study is to apply a cost effective ultrasonic odor reduction method that generated micro-bubbles using ejector to the Southeast Asian wastewater market. Research design, data, and methodology - A leather maker located in Ansan-city, Gyunggi-do, South Korea was sampled from the collection tank to select experimental materials. Experimental setup consisted of circulating water tank-air ejector-ultrasonic device, and circulating wastewater. Sample analysis was performed by CODcr, T-N, T-P, and turbidity by the National Environmental Science Institute. Results - Experimental results show that it is most effective in removing odors when the frequency range of ultrasonic wave is 60~80 Khz and the output is 200 W. It showed that the concentration of complex odor dropped from a maximum of 14,422 times to a minimum of 120 times. Also, analysis of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in specific odor substances has shown that they were reduced from 1.5 ppm to 0.4 ppm and from 0.6 ppm to 0.1 ppm, respectively. Conclusions - It is possible to shorten more than 12 hours in the treatment of micro-organisms. It can be seen that the processing time of odor after ultrasonic treatment in the pre-treatment facility is reduced by 25% when compared to the resultant micro-organisms after the chemical treatment, that is, the time of the bio-treatment of micro-organisms. Based on the results, it was confirmed that the pre-treatment method using the ultrasonic and the air ejector device of the experiment shows the effect of reducing the water pollutants and odor more effectively in a relatively short time than the conventional advanced oxidation method.

The Education System for Cytotechnologists and Efforts to Improve Professionalism in the United States of America (미국 세포병리사 양성 교육제도와 전문성 향상을 위한 노력)

  • Eun-Suk PARK
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.55 no.3
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    • pp.227-233
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    • 2023
  • The path to becoming a cytotechnologist (also known as a cytologist) in the United States of America (USA) requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree and the completion of a training program certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Aspirants are recognized as cytologists after passing a test administered by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification on completion of a recognized cytotechnology training program. Cytotechnology training programs are currently provided by 18 universities and hospitals. Six of them provide master's level education, unifying existing programs to the master's level, which is necessitated due to a shortage of pathologists and the rapid development of the health care system. The improvement and unification of the curriculum, qualification renewal system, and the effort to change the title of qualified personnel from cytotechnologist to cytologist are seen as measures that would strengthen the capabilities of cytotechnologists as well as assist in keeping pace with the rapidly changing medical system. Knowledge about the educational courses available for cytotechnologists and the efforts to strengthen their expertise in the USA would be helpful to professors who guide students preparing for overseas employment and seeking professional improvement in Korea.

Improvement of Personalized Diagnosis Method for U-Health (U-health 개인 맞춤형 질병예측 기법의 개선)

  • Min, Byoung-Won;Oh, Yong-Sun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.10
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    • pp.54-67
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    • 2010
  • Applying the conventional machine-learning method which has been frequently used in health-care area has several fundamental problems for modern U-health service analysis. First of all, we are still lack of application examples of the traditional method for our modern U-health environment because of its short term history of U-health study. Second, it is difficult to apply the machine-learning method to our U-health service environment which requires real-time management of disease because the method spends a lot of time in the process of learning. Third, we cannot implement a personalized U-health diagnosis system using the conventional method because there is no way to assign weights on the disease-related variables although various kinds of machine-learning schemes have been proposed. In this paper, a novel diagnosis scheme PCADP is proposed to overcome the problems mentioned above. PCADP scheme is a personalized diagnosis method and it makes the bio-data analysis just a 'process' in the U-health service system. In addition, we offer a semantics modeling of the U-health ontology framework in order to describe U-health data and service specifications as meaningful representations based on this PCADP. The PCADP scheme is a kind of statistical diagnosis method which has characteristics of flexible structure, real-time processing, continuous improvement, and easy monitoring of decision process. Upto the best of authors' knowledge, the PCADP scheme and ontology framework proposed in this paper reveals one of the best characteristics of flexible structure, real-time processing, continuous improvement, and easy monitoring among recently developed U-health schemes.

Oral health knowledge, attitude, behavior in middle and high school students and needs for oral health education (중·고등학생의 구강보건지식·태도·행동 및 교육요구도)

  • Choi, Hye-Sook;Hwang, Sun-Hee;Ahn, Se-Youn;Sim, Soo-Hyun;Choi, Boo-Keun;Kong, Young-Mi;Han, Su-Jin;Hwang, Yoon-Sook;Chang, Kee-Wan;Jung, Young-Ran
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.533-546
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    • 2011
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the oral health knowledge, attitude, behavior among 918 secondary students and their needs for oral health education in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Choongbuk Province. Methods : The collected data were analyzed by the statistical package SPSS 18.0, and frequency analysis, correlation analysis, crosstabs, t-test and ANOVA were utilized. Results : The girls proceeded the boys in oral health knowledge, and the high school students were ahead of the middle schoolers in oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior. Those who ever received oral health education surpassed the others who didn't in oral health knowledge and behavior(p<0.01). The students hoped to be provided with oral health education by dental hygienists during regular classroom hours once per semester, 30 minutes to one hour at a once, and their favorite ways of oral health education were videotape watching and practice. As for needs for oral health education, the middle school students had higher needs for that than the high schoolers, and the former's needs scores were above the average(p<0.05). Conclusions : There were differences among the students in oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior according to their school system, gender and oral health education experiences, but oral health education was provided without taking their differences into account. It was recommended, efficient oral health education programs should be developed by focusing on how to take care of and prevent oral diseases, and videotape watching and practice that were preferred by the secondary students should be included in the programs.

The Awareness and Educational Needs of Some Health Major Students on The Forth Industrial Revolution (4차 산업혁명에 대한 일부 보건계열전공 학생들의 인식과 교육요구도 조사)

  • Lee, Mi-Lim;Lee, Hyo-Cheol
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.193-202
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study was to examine relation of awareness and education requirement of the 4th industrial revolution in health care students in attempt to provide basic data of determining the principle and education plan. The subject of study were 280 students of health department of H university in Gwangju and analyzed by gender and grade. The female students were positive awareness of the 4th industrial revolution and the level of influence on the major field was highest in lower grade students. The level of negative factors such as generation gap(p<0.05), gap between rich and poor (p<0.01), personal information infringement(p<0.05), decrease in existing jobs(p<0.05), and abuse of artificial intelligence(p<0.05) was highest in male students. In prepration for the 4th industrial revolution, education on bio and medical device(22.2%) was the most desired. The higher positive awareness, the higher educational demand(p<0.001). It is necessary to develop programs and various education to increase positive factors such as the creation of new jobs and improve the quality of life in the era of the 4th industrial revolution.

Development of an Efficient Management Program for the Home-based Cancer Patient Management Project of Public Health Centers (보건소 재가 암환자 관리사업의 효율적 관리 방안 개발)

  • Cho, Hyun;Son, Joo-Young;Heo, Jeom-Do;Jin, Eun-Hee
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.128-136
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the current state of the home-based cancer patient management project of public health centers throughout the country. The results of the investigation is employed to identify obstacles to the execution of the program and, finally, to develop an efficient management program of home-based cancer patients. Methods: Data on the home-based cancer patient management project were collected and analyzed through visiting interviews or telephone interviews with 225 public health centers throughout the country for six months from July to December, 2006. Results: Obstacles to the present execution of the home-based cancer patient management project were identified. Some of them are : (1) patients' low trust in cancer patient management by local health centers, (2) absence of programs customized to local communities, (3) lack of personnel and vehicles for home-based cancer patient management, (4) lack of education program for personnel in charge of home-based cancer patient management, (5) problems in public health doctors, weak connection to private medical institutions, (6) absence of medical institutions and hospice facilities for cancer patients, and (7) non-standardized volunteer workers, so on. Considering all these problems, some effective management methods are proposed. The basic concept is to keep the autonomy and variety of the local helath centers. And based on this concept, three models of (1) public health center controlled model, (2) medical institutions and hospice facilities-entrusted model and (3) medical institutions and hospice facilities-cooperative model are developed. Conclusion: By adopting an adequate model among proposed three models, the public health centers are expected to achieve an efficient utilization of material resources and manpower. In addition, by inventing their own programs that are proper for the local societies, they can improve the home-based cancer patient management.

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BioPebble: Stone-type physiological sensing device Supporting personalized physiological signal analysis (BioPebble: 개인화된 해석을 지원하는 돌 타입 휴대용 생체신호 측정센서)

  • Choi, Ah-Young;Park, Go-Eun;Woo, Woon-Tack
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 2008
  • In these days, wearable and mobile physiological sensing devices have been studied according to the increasing interest on the healthy and wellbeing life. However, these sensing devices display just the sensing results, such as heart rate, skin temperature, and its daily records. In this work, we propose the novel type of mobile physiological sensing device which deliver the user comfortable grabbing feeling. In addition, we indicate the personalized physiological signal analysis result which be concluded by the different analysis results according to the person to person. In order to verify this sensing device, we collect the data set from 4 different users during a week and measure the physiological signal such as heart rate, hand temperature, and skin conductance. And we observe the result how the analysis results shows the difference between the users. We expect that this work can be applied in the various health care applications in the near future.

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A Development of the Prototypes of Smart Sportswear for Trekking and Jogging (트레킹 및 조깅을 위한 스마트 스포츠웨어의 프로토타입 개발)

  • Kim Young-Jun;Kim Hoo-Sung;Seo Jung-Hoon;Lee Sun-Young;Lee Joo-Hyeon;Hwang Eun-Soo;Cho Hyun-Seung
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a modular model of smart clothing which can integrate various digital devices in clothing, maintaining the inherent attribute of clothing. For achieving this purpose, several technological devices for the smart clothing for listening to music, bio-monitoring, and environment monitoring were developed, through multidisciplinary cooperation. As the result, total four design prototypes of smart sportswear(trekking wear, jogging wear) for the application of entertainment and health care were suggested.

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