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IoT Enabled Intelligent System for Radiation Monitoring and Warning Approach using Machine Learning

  • Muhammad Saifullah ;Imran Sarwar Bajwa;Muhammad Ibrahim;Mutyyba Asgher
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • 제23권5호
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    • pp.135-147
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    • 2023
  • Internet of things has revolutionaries every field of life due to the use of artificial intelligence within Machine Learning. It is successfully being used for the study of Radiation monitoring, prediction of Ultraviolet and Electromagnetic rays. However, there is no particular system available that can monitor and detect waves. Therefore, the present study designed in which IOT enables intelligence system based on machine learning was developed for the prediction of the radiation and their effects of human beings. Moreover, a sensor based system was installed in order to detect harmful radiation present in the environment and this system has the ability to alert the humans within the range of danger zone with a buzz, so that humans can move to a safer place. Along with this automatic sensor system; a self-created dataset was also created in which sensor values were recorded. Furthermore, in order to study the outcomes of the effect of these rays researchers used Support Vector Machine, Gaussian Naïve Bayes, Decision Trees, Extra Trees, Bagging Classifier, Random Forests, Logistic Regression and Adaptive Boosting Classifier were used. To sum up the whole discussion it is stated the results give high accuracy and prove that the proposed system is reliable and accurate for the detection and monitoring of waves. Furthermore, for the prediction of outcome, Adaptive Boosting Classifier has shown the best accuracy of 81.77% as compared with other classifiers.

Radiation effects to acupuncture in mice embryos

  • Tano Kaori;Itokawa Yuka;Maenaka Toshihiro;Sakazaki Takahiko;Yamashita Takenori;Nakamura Takashi;Cho Kwang-Ho;Choi Jung-Sook;Ahn Kyoo-Seok;Ishida Torao;Gu Yeun-Hwa
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.245-251
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    • 2006
  • We examined the radioprotection effects of acupoint (acupuncture point) stimulation during organogenesis stages of ICR mice. Pregnant mice received 1.5 Gy whole body X-irradiation on day 8 of gestation, which is the early stage of organogenesis. The embryonic death rate and teratogenesis rate by radiation were examined. Electroacupuncture to the leg acupoints and/ or transcutaneous stimulation to the back acupoints on the pregnant mice showed no protective effect against irradiation on embryonic or fetal death rate. On the contrary, the strong stimulation resulted in increase in the mortality after irradiation rather than protection. However acupoint stimulation to the pregnant mice never showed harmful effects by itself on embryos. It tended to reduce the skeletal malformations induced by X-ray irradiation. We suspect that acupoint stimulation removed the cells injured by irradiation during embryonic development, resulting in an increase in embryonic death rate and reduction in skeletal anomalies.

Senotherapeutics and Their Molecular Mechanism for Improving Aging

  • Park, Jooho;Shin, Dong Wook
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.490-500
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    • 2022
  • Aging is defined as physiological dysfunction of the body and a key risk factor for human diseases. During the aging process, cellular senescence occurs in response to various extrinsic and intrinsic factors such as radiation-induced DNA damage, the activation of oncogenes, and oxidative stress. These senescent cells accumulate in many tissues and exhibit diverse phenotypes, such as resistance to apoptosis, production of senescence-associated secretory phenotype, cellular flattening, and cellular hypertrophy. They also induce abnormal dysfunction of the microenvironment and damage neighboring cells, eventually causing harmful effects in the development of various chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, pharmacological interventions targeting senescent cells, called senotherapeutics, have been extensively studied. These senotherapeutics provide a novel strategy for extending the health span and improving age-related diseases. In this review, we discuss the current progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of senotherapeutics and provide insights for developing senotherapeutics.

원적외선의 브라운관에의 응용과 생체에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구(I) (A Study on Application of FIR to the Braun tube and Lnfluence of Braun tube of FIR-radiation Type to a Living Organism(I))

  • 김헌수;박종환
    • 한국조명전기설비학회지:조명전기설비
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.30-36
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    • 1995
  • 지금까지 TV와 모니터에서 발생되는 유해한 전자파와 정전기에 대해서는 단순한 차폐방법으로만 대응해 왔다. 본 연구에서는 이와는 달리 생체에 유익한 특성을 역으로 제공하는 방법에 착상하여 생체에 유익한 것으로 알려진 원적외선이 방사되도록 특수세라믹스를 브라운관에서 적용하고 이를 이용하여 생체실험을 한 결과, 일반 TV와 모니터에서보다 국화는 약 1.5배, 초파리와 올챙이는 약 2배 향상된 생명력이 나타났다. 결과적으로 원적외선이 방사되는 특수처리한 브라운관이 생체유익효과를 제공한다는 사실이 입증되었다.

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Study of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Present in Deep Soil of the Malwa Region of Punjab State of India Using Low Level Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

  • Srivastava, Alok;Chahar, Vikash;Chauhan, Neeraj;Krupp, Dominik;Scherer, Ulrich W.
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.16-21
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    • 2022
  • Background: Epidemiological observations such as mental retardation, physical deformities, etc., in children besides different types of cancer in the adult population of the Malwa region have been reported. The present study is designed to get insight into the role of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in causing detrimental health effects observed in the general population of this region. Materials and Methods: Deep soil samples were collected from different locations in the Malwa region. Their activity concentrations were determined using low-level background gammaray spectrometry. High efficiency and high purity germanium detector capped in a lead-shielded chamber having a resolution of 1.8 keV at 1,173 keV and 2.0 keV at the 1,332 keV line of 60Co was used in the present work. Data were evaluated with Genie-2000 software. Results and Discussion: Mean activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in deep soil were found to be 101.3 Bq/kg, 65.8 Bq/kg, and 688.6 Bq/kg, respectively. The mean activity concentration of 238U was found to be three and half times higher than the global average prescribed by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). It was further observed that the activity concentration of 232Th and 40K has a magnitude that is nearly one and half times higher than the global average prescribed by UNSCEAR. In addition, the radioisotope 137Cs which is likely to have its origin in radiation fallout was also observed. It is postulated that the NORM present in high quantity in deep soil somehow get mobilized into the water aquifers used by the general population and thereby causing harmful health problems. Conclusion: It can be stated that the present work has been able to demonstrate the use of low background gamma-ray spectrometry to understand the role of NORM in causing health-related effects in a general population of the Malwa region of Punjab, India.

저선량 X-선 조사가 쥐의 정자에 미치는 생물학적효과 (The Effects of Rat's Sperm Bioassay for Low Dose X-Ray)

  • 진계환;민수영;이상복;이삼열;박종배;이준행
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.184-189
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    • 2007
  • 저선량 방사선에 의한 생물학적 효과를 규명하기 위하여, 쥐의 전신에 저선량 X-Ray을 조사하여 쥐의 정자에 미치는 생물학적효과를 관찰하였다. 실험용 동물인 Sprague-Dawley(SD) rat 총 36마리를 6마리씩 구분하여, 각각 대조군, 10 mGy, 20 mGy, 50 mGy, 100 mGy, 200 mGy의 X-Ray을 전신 조사하였다. 0.1g 당 정자수는 각각 $14.216{\times}10^6,\;13.901{\times}10^6,\;14.153{\times}10^6,\;13.831{\times}10^6,\;14.137{\times}10^6,\;14.677{\times}10^6$로 통계적인 차이는 나타나지 않았고, 정자의 운동성은 각각 50.9%, 49.5%, 55.1%, 54.3%, 48.0%, 52.2%이었다. 그리고 남성호르몬은 대조군에 비하여 모두 증가함을 보였고, 현미경 시야에서 고환조직을 확인한 바로는 정세관, 정소세포에서 공포화가 나타나지 않았다. 이 같은 결과로부터 과학기술부와 보건복지부의 법령에서 제한하는 선량이하에서 피폭선량이 관리된 SD rat에게 유해한 효과가 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 이와 같은 연구의 결과는 제한된 숫자의 동물에게서 확인한 결과이므로 인체에서 동일한 효과가 나타난다고 주장할 수 없다. 그러므로 향후 다른 동물과 궁극적으로 인체에 나타나는 효과에 대한 추가적인 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

In vitro Screening of Jeju Medicinal Plants for Cosmeceutical Materials

  • Kim, Sang-Suk;Hyun, Chang-Gu;Lee, Jong-Sung;Lim, Ji-Hee;Kim, Ji-Young;Park, Deok-Hoon
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제50권4호
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2007
  • One of the important functions of skin is protection from harmful environments. Many studies have explored how to prevent skin from wrinkling and the occurrence of pigmentation changes. Skin wrinkling and pigmentation changes could be caused by unusual disruption of connective tissue, the formation of free radicals and ultraviolet radiation. In this study, extracts obtained from 254 different kinds of Jeju medicinal plants were screened for inhibitory effects on tyrosinase and elastase, and for free radical scavenging effects. Four herbs, Phormium tenax, Morus bombycis, Morus alba, and Cudrania tricuspidata, were potent inhibitors of tyrosinase ($IC_{50}$ values 4.62, 5.46, 8.17, and 64.17 ${\mu}g$/mL, respectively). Aleurites fordii [$IC_{50}$: 5.29 ${\mu}g$/mL, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)], Distylium racemosum ($IC_{50}$: 6.14 ${\mu}g$/mL), Acer palmatum ($IC_{50}$: 5.44 ${\mu}g$/mL), and Spiraea salicifolia ($IC_{50}$: 5.25 ${\mu}g$/mL) showed good antioxidative effects. Furthermore, Distylium racemosum ($IC_{50}$: 7.51 ${\mu}g$/mL), Diospyros kaki ($IC_{50}$: 15.1 ${\mu}g$/mL), Cornus macrophylla ($IC_{50}:$ 16.59 ${\mu}g$/mL), and Psidium guajava ($IC_{50}$: 40.25 ${\mu}g$/mL) exhibited potent inhibitory effects on elastase. These results suggest that medicinal plants possessing several biological activities may be potent inhibitors of the processes involved in pigmentation increases and aging. Further investigations will focus on in vivo assays and on the chemical identification of the major active components responsible for whitening and anti-aging activity in the screened efficacious extracts.

원적외선의 브라운관에의 응용과 생체에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구(II) (A Study on Application of FIR to the Braun Tube and Influence of Braun Tube of FIR-Radiation Type to a Living Organism II)

  • 김헌수;박종환;노현모;지철근
    • 한국조명전기설비학회지:조명전기설비
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 1995
  • 원적외선이 생체에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위하여 포유동물인 흰쥐를 대상으로 실험을 실시하였다. 원적외선이 발생되도록 특수설계된 장치를 이용하여 흰쥐의 생리상태, 생식활동 및 생존능력에 변화와 차이를 유발시키는지의 여부를 관찰한 결과, 물과 먹이의 소모량, 체중, 수태율, 출산율 및 새끼의 성비(性比)에 있어서 자연상태와 동일하였기 때문에 원적외선이 하등의 유해작용을 발생시키지 않는다는 사실을 확인하였고, 가혹한 실험상황에서 흰쥐의 생존력이 자연상태의 흰쥐보다 약 122% 증가한다는 결과를 얻으므로써 원적외선이 흰쥐의 체력과 지구력을 증강시키는 역할을 한다는 새로운 사실을 관찰하였다.

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Projected lifetime cancer risk from cone-beam computed tomography for orthodontic treatment

  • Jha, Nayansi;Kim, Yoon-Ji;Lee, Youngjun;Lee, Ju Young;Lee, Won Jin;Sung, Sang-Jin
    • 대한치과교정학회지
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    • 제51권3호
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    • pp.189-198
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    • 2021
  • Objective: To estimate the projected cancer risk attributable to diagnostic cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) performed under different exposure settings for orthodontic purposes in children and adults. Methods: We collected a list of CBCT machines and their specifications from 38 orthodontists. Organ doses were estimated using median and maximum exposure settings of 105 kVp/156.8 mAs and 130 kVp/200 mAs, respectively. The projected cancer risk attributable to CBCT procedures performed 1-3 times within 2 years was calculated for children (aged 5 and 10 years) and adult (aged 20, 30, and 40 years) male and female patients. Results: For maximum exposure settings, the mean lifetime fractional ratio (LFR) was 14.28% for children and 0.91% for adults; this indicated that the risk to children was 16 times the risk to adults. For median exposure settings, the mean LFR was 5.25% and 0.58% for children and adults, respectively. The risk of cancer decreased with increasing age. For both median and maximum exposure settings, females showed a higher risk of cancer than did males in all age groups. Cancer risk increased with an increase in the frequency of CBCT procedures within a given period. Conclusions: The projected dental CBCT-associated cancer risk spans over a wide range depending on the machine parameters and image acquisition settings. Children and female patients are at a higher risk of developing cancer associated with diagnostic CBCT. Therefore, the use of diagnostic CBCT should be justified, and protective measures should be taken to minimize the harmful biological effects of radiation.

Examination History and Abnormal Thyroid and Breast Lesions According to Residential Distance from Nuclear Power Plants

  • Lim, Young-Khi
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.402-408
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    • 2016
  • Background: Ascertainment bias are common in epidemiologic studies to assess the association between thyroid cancer risk and living near nuclear power plants because many thyroid cancers are diagnosed by chance through health examination. We surveyed the ultra sonography (USG) examination history and conducted thyroid and breast USG in residents living near nuclear power plants. Materials and Methods: The study population comprised 2,421 residents living near nuclear power plants in Korea. Information on demographic characteristics, including diagnostic examination history, was collected by interview using questionnaires. USG examination was conducted to evaluate the presence of thyroid nodules and breast lesion. Study participants were divided into 3 groups according to the distance of their respective villages from a nuclear power plant. The proportions of USG examination history and prevalence of thyroid nodules and breast lesions were compared between groups. Results and Discussion: Examination histories of thyroid USG were 23.1%, 13.7%, and 10.5% in men and 31.3%, 26.7%, 18.3% in women in the short, intermediate, and long distance groups, respectively. There were significant inverse associations between thyroid USG history and the distance from nuclear power plants (P for trend = 0.001 for men and 0.017 for women). However, there was no association between the distance of villages from nuclear power plants and prevalence of thyroid nodules. Conclusion: Our results suggest that there may be an ascertainment bias in population-based studies examining the harmful effects of NPPs examination and researchers should pay attention to ascertainment bias resulted from differential health examination. Correction for ascertainment bias, active follow-up and examination for all study population to remove differential health examination is needed.