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The ability of panoramic radiography in assessing maxillary sinus inflammatory diseases

  • Nah, Kyung-Soo
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.209-213
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    • 2008
  • Purpose : To evaluate the relative diagnostic accuracy of panoramic radiography and Water's projection in maxillary sinus inflammatory diseases by comparing the radiodensities of the images with those of CT. Materials and Methods : Panoramic radiographs, Waters' projection, and CT images from 55 subjects (11O sinuses) were included in this retrospective study. The radiodensity of each maxillary sinus in panoramic radiography was recorded separately as upper and lower divided horizontally by hard palate. In Waters' projection, the overall sinus radiodensity was recorded. The CT images were considered as gold standard. Results : In panoramic radiography, 83 sinuses had same upper and lower radiodensity and 72 of these were consistent with those of CT, 26 sinuses had different upper and lower radiodensity and 15 of these, upper radiodensity was consistent with CT, the remaining 11, lower radiodensity was consistent with CT. One sinus had upper radiolucency with lower radiopacity and both were consistent with those of CT. Altogether 73 (66.4%) among 110 sinuses in panoramic radiography showed full agreement with CT, 26 (23.6%) showed partial agreement with CT. 9 sinuses had no lower image under the hard palate in panoramic radiography due to the smaller size of sinus. In Waters' projection, the radiodensity of 105 sinuses (95.5%) were consistent with that of CT. Conclusion : The panoramic radiography showed 90.0% of the sinus conditions fully or partially which may appear less accurate than that of Water's view (95.5%) but with more detailed information of the inferior part of sinuses. (Korean J Oral Maxillofac Radiol 2008; 38 : 209-13)

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A Study for Developing Diagnosis Model of Global Innovation Capabilities of SMEs (중소기업 글로벌 혁신역량 진단 모형 개발 연구)

  • Roh, Dong-Gi;Roh, Hyun Sook;Choi, Yun-Jeong;Seo, Jong-Hyen
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.295-303
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, due to the instability of the domestic market, global competition is intensifying in the current situation of global capacity building of SMEs for the purpose of developing a diagnostic indicator placed on the purpose. In this model, the results of applying several companies overall global innovation pilot enterprises and non-rated global innovative companies awarded significant difference between the score and the ability to believe the show. Non-global innovation companies, the relative firm size factor and R&D investment and patent number of factors are lacking appeared shone This is a common small business nature of the majority of companies small and R&D investment, the absolute amount is insufficient to reflect that, but the global innovator in the case of firm size and the relatively large amount of investment that never shows.

Statistical Analysis on the Sources of Variance in Proficiency Test of Quantitative Analysis of Medicines (의약품 함량분석 정도관리에서의 변이 요인에 대한 통계분석)

  • Cho, Jung-Hwan
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.27-37
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    • 2007
  • Proficiency test is an essential tool far ensuring analytical ability of analytical chemists and analytical institutes. Usually, the standard protocol for proficiency test is focused on acceptability of reported analytical results of participants by calculating z-scores and related diagnostic parameters. The ultimate goal of this process is to reveal the sources of variability of analytical results and to find the way to reduce their influence. In this study, the method of analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to the analytical data collected from qualify control departments of pharmaceutical companies in KyungIn province in Korea in the year of 2000. As influencing factors of variability of analytical results, the use of internal standards for liquid and gas chromatograpy, the educational and professional background of participants, geological locations and yearly production sizes of participating companies were evaluated. To evaluate the variability in accuracy of analytical results, absolute differences from sample mean and sample median were used and to evaluate variability in precision of individual participants, the reported standard deviation of each participant was used. As a result, the use of internal standards in gas chromatographic analysis, participants' academic background and the yearly production sizes of pharmaceutical companies showed statistically significant influence to the accuracy and the precision of the reported analytical results used in this study.

Studies on the Plant Plant Pathogenic Corynebacteria; The Synthesis of B Group Vitamins by Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (Corynebacterium 속 식물병원세균에 관한 연구 -식물병원세균의 Vitamin B군의 합성 -)

  • Kim Jong-wan;Mukoo Hideo
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.14 no.3 s.24
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 1975
  • The results of studies on the synthesis of B group vitamins by plant pathogenic bacteria indicate that most bacteria utilize thiamine, nicotinic acid, biotin and P-Aminobenzoic acid as growth factors. Riboflavin (vitamin $B_2$) was produced by most bacterial genera including the Corynebacteria but with the exception of C. rathay and C.fasciant. The results suggest that the ability to produce riboflavin is not a generic characteristic of Corynebacterium, and that the accuracy of the ultra-violet light method (one of the diagnostic tests for potato bacterial ring rot disease caused by Corynebacterium sepedonicum) must he reconsidered.

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Class-Labeling Method for Designing a Deep Neural Network of Capsule Endoscopic Images Using a Lesion-Focused Knowledge Model

  • Park, Ye-Seul;Lee, Jung-Won
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.171-183
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    • 2020
  • Capsule endoscopy is one of the increasingly demanded diagnostic methods among patients in recent years because of its ability to observe small intestine difficulties. It is often conducted for 12 to 14 hours, but significant frames constitute only 10% of whole frames. Thus, it has been designed to automatically acquire significant frames through deep learning. For example, studies to track the position of the capsule (stomach, small intestine, etc.) or to extract lesion-related information (polyps, etc.) have been conducted. However, although grouping or labeling the training images according to similar features can improve the performance of a learning model, various attributes (such as degree of wrinkles, presence of valves, etc.) are not considered in conventional approaches. Therefore, we propose a class-labeling method that can be used to design a learning model by constructing a knowledge model focused on main lesions defined in standard terminologies for capsule endoscopy (minimal standard terminology, capsule endoscopy structured terminology). This method enables the designing of a systematic learning model by labeling detailed classes through differentiation of similar characteristics.

Developing an Evaluation Model for the CRM Level of Corporation Based on AHP Method. (AHP기법을 이용한 CRM 수준 평가 모형 개발에 관한 연구: 기업의 운영 성과를 중심으로)

  • 이규태;이주연;김영균
    • Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.214-225
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    • 2003
  • Now a day, the company must strengthen the contact-point of the customer who the company has and has to block the secession of the customer by providing services or goods on time. Under this market situation, the corporation extends the CRM for the customer management and strategic management, and set the CRM-strategies up for managing the customer relationship. For this, the present enterprise's level and the business-ability for the management of the customer relationship should be considered. Therefore, in this study, we will analyze the critical factors to set the CRM up as a strategy by studying the literature review. In the critical factors, the factors of enterprise level as well as the technical factor will be included. Secondly, as you know, the BSC is used to evaluate the corporation as a index. In this study the BSC model is changed and rearranged for the applied BSC model to measure the C3M level of companies. Thirdly, based on the model developed, the factors in the first step are classified by levels and weighted values are calculated by using AHP method. As a result, we will show the diagnostic model for check the operational performance of management, marketing and sales etc.

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Current status of research on radionuclides used in nuclear mediccine (중성자선 실험 및 발암연구의 현황과 미래)

  • Kim, Hui-Seon
    • Radioisotope journal
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.46-60
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    • 2006
  • In recent years the progress of nuclear medicine advanced dramatically in imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy is able to open op exciting perspectives as standard diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, complementing conventional modalities. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) technology with FDG has been developed clinically in less than 10 years as a routine standard in oncological imaging, including a number of other fluorinated radiopharmaceuticals being evaluated for their ability to complement FDG. However, the limitation of FDG-PET such as non-specific uptake and its short half-life is not compatible with the time necessary for optimal tumour targeting. Therefore, a development of innovative positron-emitting radionuclides with half-lives longer than 10 h is needed. For therapeutic applications, the injection of higher activities is required to reach efficient adsorbed doses in radioresistant solid tumours, while limiting the irradiation of vital organs. In this application, the longer half-life of radiolsotopes are more fit well for radionuclide therapy. To achieve this, researches have to be carried in a largor spectrum of radionuclides for diagnosis and therapy. In the context of rapidly growing nuclear medicine and strong demanding innovative radionuclides, a high-energy (100 MeV), high-intensity (-mA) accelerator with proton (PEFF at KAFRI). will be operating in 2011. The priorities of PEFP will include supporting the nuclear medicine research community by providing those radionuclides with current limited availability by means of a high-energy, high-intensity accelerator.

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Prevalence of ischemic heart disease with respect to lifestyle changes in diagnostic patients of CAD

  • Shaik, Mohammad akram;Ahmad, Mohd hameed;Parray, Shabir ahmad;Zohaib, Sharique
    • CELLMED
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.19.1-19.5
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    • 2018
  • A majority of the peoples in Indian cities depend on high fat diet, smoking, ghutka chewing and improper sleep, these all are lifestyle changes, can cause ischemic heart disease. Globally, ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading killer. Unani System of medicine not only provides well-based medical cures for diseases, but its holistic approaches as it possess unique principles of diet, lifestyle and particularly therapeutics, to balance and enrich all aspects of physiology and psyche. All diseases are the result of poor management of the six governing (or essential) factors, beyond the ability of physics or Tabiat to maintain and restore homeostasis. In this context, lifestyle diseases can be prevented by conscious changes to the person's diet, behavior and environment. The holistic approach of Unani medicine is well placed to cover the two main pillars of lifestyle diseases, namely, prevention and treatment. In this paper, we report on the prevalence of CAD in patients with known diagnosis of CAD and try to find out its relationship with different lifestyle changes.

Diagnostic evaluation and educational intervention for learning disabilities (학습장애의 진단 평가와 교육학적 개입)

  • Hong, Hyeonmi
    • Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2022
  • Learning disabilities (LD), also known as learning disorders, refers to cases in which an individual experiences lower academic ability as compared to the normal range of intelligence, visual or hearing impairment, or an inability to peform learning. Children and adolescents with learning disabilities often have emotional or behavioral problems or co-existing conditions, including depression, anxiety disorders, difficulties with peer relationships, family conflicts, and low self-esteem. In most cases, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder coexists. As learning disabilities have the characteristics of a difficult heterogeneous disease group that cannot be attributed to a single root cause, they are diagnosed based on an interdisciplinary approach through medicine and education, such as mental health medicine, education, psychology, special education, and neurology. In addition, for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities, the diagnosis, prescription, treatment, and educational intervention should be conducted in cooperation with doctors, teachers, and psychologists. The treatment of learning disabilities requires a multimodal approach, including medical and educational intervention. It is suggested that educational interventions such as the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and the Response to Invention (RTI) should be implemented.

Development of Digital Contents for ADHD Treatment Specialized for VR-based Children

  • Dae-Won Park;Chun-Ok Jang
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.302-309
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    • 2023
  • This study aimed to develop a VR-based digital therapeutic intervention for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. The research combined medical data with virtual reality technology to develop an algorithm for ADHD diagnostic scales and implemented a VR-based digital therapeutic platform using a head-mounted display (HMD). This platform can be used for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents. Additionally, we four VR games were developed, including archery timing, Antarctic exploration, grocery shopping, and rhythm-based drumming(RBD), incorporating various psychiatric treatment techniques based on cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT). To evaluate the usability of this digital therapeutic intervention, a group of experts specialized in counseling psychology participated in the study. The evaluations received highly positive feedback regarding the ability to access the system menu while wearing the HMD, the consistency of terminology used in menus and icons, the usage of actual size for 3D graphic elements, and the support for shortcut key functionality. The assessments also indicated that the games could improve attention, working memory, and impulse control, suggesting potential therapeutic effects for ADHD. This intervention could provide a daily treatment method for families experiencing financial constraints that limit hospital-based therapies, thereby reducing the burden.