• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.540-547
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• 2009

There needs disease-predictable signs in order to enable preventive diagnosis and therapy. Then traditional Chinese medicine applies various medical diagnostic equipments used in western medicine to diagnosing sub-healthy state. But such data are not originated from inherent oriental medicine, and not obtained easily in ordinary clinical practice. This paper is to provide synopsis of the ante-disease diagno-therapeutics partly and to show predictable data based on the facial shapes and signs, especially of gall bladder's versus bladder's body and masculine versus feminine shape. Ante-disease means not only the complete healthy state, but also the state unseen any symptoms in macrographically in the course of outbreak of disease. It contains two stages, first one is the former state of disease and second one is untransmitted state of disease. The patterns of ante-disease consist of latent disease, pre-disease, transmission type like senescent syndrome, abnormal reactive syndrome(變證), syndrome of transmission and transmutation. The classification with gall bladder and bladder type manifests the differences of shape, color and size of each organ in comparison of the universal and standard figures of the human being. On the other hand, the classification with masculine and feminine shape contrasts the innate sexual difference and the shape, characteristics originated from in itself. These two classification theories have their own pathologic types and syndrome types with each disease so that disease-predictable data can be constructed based on such a relationship. In addition, this diagnostic method by facial shapes and signs is able to be applied to whole stages from prenatal to present state of disease even if the cause and inducement are not clear. Ante-disease diagno-theraputic system by Gall Bladder's versus Bladder's Body and Masculine versus Feminine Shape is getting more important in the chronic and internal disease in comparison of the acute and traumatic disease. So this study is able to make up for the limit of diagnosis on ante-disease in the field of oriental medicine clinic.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권3호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2011

Background: In mediastinal lymph node sampling in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) it is important to determine the appropriate treatment as well as to predict an outcome. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a recently developed, accurate, safe technique in patients with NSCLC for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes. We sought to determine the usefulness of EBUS-TBNA in mediastinal staging with NSCLC considered to be operable. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 142 patients who underwent EBUS-TBNA for mediastinal staging in the Asan Medical Center, Korea from July 2008 to July 2010. If patients were in an operable state, they underwent subsequent surgical staging. Diagnoses based on biopsy results were compared with those based on surgical results. Results: We performed EBUS-TBNA in 184 mediastinal lymph nodes in 142 NSCLC patients. Almost all of the EBUS-TBNA samples were from the lower paratracheal (112, 60.9%) and subcarinal (57, 31.0%) lymph nodes. In 142 patients, 51 patients (35.9%) were confirmed with malignant invasion of the mediastinal lymph node by EBUS-TBNA and 91 (64.1%) patients were not confirmed. Among the 91 patients, 64 patients (70.3%) underwent surgical staging. 3 patients (4.7%) who were misdiagnosed by the EBUS-TBNA were confirmed by surgery. After Diagnostic sensitivity of EBUS-TBNA, the prediction of mediastinal metastatsis was 94.4% and specificity was 100%. The procedures were performed safely and no serious complications were observed. Conclusion: We demonstrated the high diagnostic value of EBUS-TBNA for mediastinal staging.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2941-2946
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• 2016

Background: The limitations of total serum PSA values remain problematic, especially after an initial negative prostate biopsy. In this prospective study of Chilean men with a continued suspicion of prostate cancer due to a persistently elevated total serum PSA, abnormal digital rectal examination and initial negative prostate biopsy were compared with the use of the on-line Chun nomagram, detection of primary malignant circulating prostate cells (CPCs) and free percent PSA to predict a positive second prostate biopsy. We hypothesized that men negative for circulating prostate cells have a small risk of clinically significant prostate cancer and thus may be conservatively observed. Men positive for circulating prostate cells should undergo biopsy to confirm prostate cancer. Materials and Methods: Consecutive men with a continued suspicion of prostate cancer underwent 12 core TRUS prostate biopsy; age, total serum PSA and percentage free PSA and Chun nomagram scores were registered. Immediately before biopsy an 8ml blood simple was taken to detect primary mCPCs. Mononuclear cells were obtained by differential gel centrifugation and identified using double immunostaining with anti-PSA and anti-P504S. Biopsies were classifed as cancer/no-cancer, mCPC detecton test as negative/positive and the total number of cells/8ml registered. Areas under the curve (AUC) for percentage free PSA, Chun score and CPCs were calculated and compared. Diagnostic yields were calculated with reference to the number of possible biopsies that could be avoided and the number of clinically significant cancers that would be missed. Results: A total of 164 men underwent a second biopsy; 41 (25%) had cancer; the AUCs were 0.65 for free PSA, 0.76 for the Chun score and 0.87 for CPC detection, the last having a significantly superior prediction value (p=0.01). Using cut off values of free PSA <10%, Chun score >50% and ${\geq}1$ CPC detected, CPC detection had a higher diagnostic yield. Some 4/41 cancers complied with the criteria for active surveillance, free PSA and the Chun score missed a higher number of significant cancers when compared with CPC detection. Conclusions: Primary CPC detection outperformed the use of free PSA and the Chun nomagram in predicting clinically significant prostate cancer at repeat prostate biopsy.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2019

Pruritus (itching) is classically defined as an unpleasant cutaneous sensation that leads to scratching behavior. Although the scientific criteria of classification for pruritic diseases are not clear, it can be divided as acute or chronic by duration of symptoms. In this study, we investigated whether skin injury caused by chemical (contact hypersensitivity, CHS) or physical (skin-scratching stimulation, SSS) stimuli causes initial pruritus and analyzed gene expression profiles systemically to determine how changes in skin gene expression in the affected area are related to itching. In both CHS and SSS, we ranked the Gene Ontology Biological Process terms that are generally associated with changes. The factors associated with upregulation were keratinization, inflammatory response and neutrophil chemotaxis. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway shows the difference of immune system, cell growth and death, signaling molecules and interactions, and signal transduction pathways. Il1a, Il1b and Il22 were upregulated in the CHS, and Tnf, Tnfrsf1b, Il1b, Il1r1 and Il6 were upregulated in the SSS. Trpc1 channel genes were observed in representative itching-related candidate genes. By comparing and analyzing RNA-sequencing data obtained from the skin tissue of each animal model in these characteristic stages, it is possible to find useful diagnostic markers for the treatment of itching, to diagnose itching causes and to apply customized treatment.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.280-288
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• 2022

본 연구는 정상 가동 중에도 회전수가 변하는 기기의 이상 및 고장 진단 방안을 다루고 있다. 회전수가 변함에 따라 비정상적 시계열 특성을 내포한 센서 데이터에 기계학습을 적용할 수 있는 절차를 제시하고자 하였다. 기계학습으로는 k-Nearest Neighbor(k-NN), Support Vector Machine(SVM), Random Forest을 사용하여 이상 및 고장 진단을 수행하였다. 또한 진단 정확성을 비교할 목적으로 이상 감지에 오토인코더, 고장진단에는 합성곱 기반의 Conv1D도 추가로 이용하였다. 비정상적 시계열로부터 통계 및 주파수 속성으로 구성된 시계열 특징 벡터를 추출하고, 추출된 특징 벡터에 정규화 및 차원 축소 기법을 적용하였다. 특징 벡터의 선택과 정규화, 차원 축소 여부에 따라 달라지는 기계학습의 진단 정확도를 비교하였다. 또한, 적용된 학습 알고리즘 별로 초매개변수 최적화 과정과 적층 구조를 설명하였다. 최종적으로 기존의 심층학습과 비교하여, 기계학습도 가변 회전기기의 고장을 정확하게 진단할 수 있는 절차를 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권6호
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• pp.681-689
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• 2023

Objective : Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a condition characterized by bleeding in the subarachnoid space, often resulting from the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. Delayed cerebral ischemia caused by vasospasm is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in SAH patients, and inflammatory markers such as systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), systemic inflammatory index (SII), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and derived NLR (dNLR) have shown potential in predicting clinical vasospasm and outcomes in SAH patients. This article aims to investigate the relationship between inflammatory markers and cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmatic SAH (aSAH) and evaluate the predictive value of various indices, including SIRI, SII, NLR, and dNLR, in predicting clinical vasospasm. Methods : A retrospective analysis was performed on a cohort of 96 patients who met the inclusion criteria out of a total of 139 patients admitted Trakya University Hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of aSAH between January 2013 and December 2021. Diagnostic procedures, neurological examinations, and laboratory tests were performed to assess the patients' condition. The Student's t-test compared age variables, while the chi-square test compared categorical variables between the non-vasospasm (NVS) and vasospasm (VS) groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of laboratory parameters, calculating the area under the ROC curve, cut-off values, sensitivity, and specificity. A significance level of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results : The study included 96 patients divided into two groups : NVS and VS. Various laboratory parameters, such as NLR, SII, and dNLR, were measured daily for 15 days, and statistically significant differences were found in NLR on 7 days, with specific cut-off values identified for each day. SII showed a significant difference on day 9, while dNLR had significant differences on days 2, 4, and 9. Graphs depicting the values of these markers for each day are provided. Conclusion : Neuroinflammatory biomarkers, when used alongside radiology and scoring scales, can aid in predicting prognosis, determining severity and treatment decisions for aSAH, and further studies with larger patient groups are needed to gain more insights.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.498-511
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• 2023

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of chest computed tomography (CT)-based qualitative and radiomics models for predicting residual axillary nodal metastasis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 226 women (mean age, 51.4 years) with clinically node-positive breast cancer treated with NAC followed by surgery between January 2015 and July 2021. Patients were randomly divided into the training and test sets (4:1 ratio). The following predictive models were built: a qualitative CT feature model using logistic regression based on qualitative imaging features of axillary nodes from the pooled data obtained using the visual interpretations of three radiologists; three radiomics models using radiomics features from three (intranodal, perinodal, and combined) different regions of interest (ROIs) delineated on pre-NAC CT and post-NAC CT using a gradient-boosting classifier; and fusion models integrating clinicopathologic factors with the qualitative CT feature model (referred to as clinical-qualitative CT feature models) or with the combined ROI radiomics model (referred to as clinical-radiomics models). The area under the curve (AUC) was used to assess and compare the model performance. Results: Clinical N stage, biological subtype, and primary tumor response indicated by imaging were associated with residual nodal metastasis during the multivariable analysis (all P < 0.05). The AUCs of the qualitative CT feature model and radiomics models (intranodal, perinodal, and combined ROI models) according to post-NAC CT were 0.642, 0.812, 0.762, and 0.832, respectively. The AUCs of the clinical-qualitative CT feature model and clinical-radiomics model according to post-NAC CT were 0.740 and 0.866, respectively. Conclusion: CT-based predictive models showed good diagnostic performance for predicting residual nodal metastasis after NAC. Quantitative radiomics analysis may provide a higher level of performance than qualitative CT features models. Larger multicenter studies should be conducted to confirm their performance.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.99-113
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• 2018

최근 지구온난화로 인해 모기의 서식지가 넓어짐에 따라, 모기가 매개하는 감염병의 감염기회가 높아지고 있다. 플라비바이러스는 대표적인 모기매개 바이러스로, 아시아 국가 내에서 상대적으로 감염빈도가 높은 플라비바이러스로는 지카 바이러스, 뎅기 바이러스 및 일본뇌염 바이러스가 있다. 이들은 감염증상 및 치료방법이 다르기 때문에 정확한 구별진단이 요구되고 있지만, 아직까지 정확하게 구별 가능한 진단기술이 없다. 본 연구에서는 생물정보학 데이터베이스에 구축된 정보 및 분석도구를 바탕으로 플라비바이러스 구별 진단법에 대해 제안하였다. 3종 플라비바이러스의 면역진단을 위한 표적 단백질로는 외피단백질 및 비구조단백질 1을 선정하였으며, 이들의 아미노산 다중 서열 분석을 통해 상동성을 분석하였다. 이로부터 연속적 10-15개의 펩타이드로 구성된 항원결정기 후보를 선별하였으며, 면역원성 분석과 3차원 구조 예측을 통해 가장 유용한 항원결정기 2종을 제시하였다. 이는 아시아 국가 내에서 감염빈도가 높은 3종의 플라비바이러스의 구별진단을 위한 활용 가치가 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.612-620
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• 2013

본 연구는 기존의 회귀분석과는 달리 금융, 경제, 무역 등 다양한 분야의 수요 예측에 널리 적용되고 있는 시계열 분석 방법을 시도하였다. 인천항의 1996년 1월부터 2013년 6월까지 입항 척수 자료를 바탕으로 정상성 검증, 모형의 식별, 모수의 추정, 진단 과정을 거쳐 장래 해상교통량을 예측하였다. 2014년 1월부터 2015년 12월까지 예측한 결과 2월달의 교통량이 다른 달 보다 적게 예측된 반면, 1월달의 교통량은 다른 달 보다 많을 것으로 나타났다. 또한 인천항은 지수평활법 보다 ARIMA 모형이 적합하며, 계절에 따라 월별 교통량의 차이를 보이는 것을 알 수 있다. 본 연구는 시계열 분석으로 장래 교통량을 월별로 예측하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 또한 기존의 회귀분석으로 예측한 장래 해상교통량보다 시계열 분석으로 예측한 장래 해상교통량이 더 적합한 모형인 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.203-217
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• 1998

Sella는 오랜 동안 교정학에 있어 필수적인 landmark로서 중요한 위치를 차지해 왔다. 그러나 sella turcica는 그 안에 성장호르몬을 비롯한 많은 중요 호르몬을 분비하는 뇌하수체를 함유하고 있는 구조물로서 sella turcica의 크기는 뇌하수체의 크기를 비교적 정확히 반영한다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 만일 뇌하수체의 크기와 그 기능이 서로 비례한다면 두부방사선 사진에서 관찰되는 sella turcica의 크기와 성장호르몬을 비롯한 여러 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비 기전간에 밀접한 관련이 있을 것으로 추측되며 만일 그렇다면 악안면 성장에 중요한 역할을 하는 호르몬 분비 차이에 의한 악골부조화와 이로 인한 III급 부정교합과의 상관관계도 의심해 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 50명의 정상교합자 남녀와 50 명의 III급 부정교합자 남녀를 대상으로 하여 측모 두부방사선사진과 전후방 두부방사선 사진에서 관찰되는 sella turcica의 부피를 구하고 두부방사선 분석을 통해 IIII 부정교합간의 상관 관계를 구하였다. 연구 결과 정상교합군보다 III급 부정교합군에서 sella turcica의 부피가 유의하게 큰 것으로 나타났으며 (p<0.001), III급 부정교합군에서 여성이 남성 보다 더 큰 sella turcica부피를 갖는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 또한 III급 부정교합을 반영하는 APDI, ANB, effective mandibular length등의 항목에서 sella turcica부피와 높은 상관관계를 나타냈고 전두개저 길이에 대한 sella turcica 부피의 비를 표시하는 Sella Index 는 sella turcica 부피 자체보다 III급 부정교합을 더 정확히 반영하였다. 따라서 악안면 발육에 대한 성장호르몬의 효과나 sella turcica부피와 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비량과의 관계에 대한 지속적인 연구, sella turcica부피에 따른 악안면 성장에 대한 장기적인 연구를 바탕으로 Sella Index를 III급 부정교합을 예측하는 지표로서 활용할 수 있을 것이다.