• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.27.2-27.2
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.1782-1786
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• 2008

To investigate the characteristics of elemental components of atmospheric particles in Cheonan, atmospheric particles were sampled using a high volume air sampler equipped with a 5-stage cascade impactor during 2006. 16 elemental concentrations in fine and coarse particles were determined using ICP-AES and ICP-MS. The total mass concentrations of fine and coarse particles were 33.23 and $20.66{\mu}g/m3$, respectively, and the total elemental concentrations were 1.27, $1.71{\mu}g/m3$, occupying 3.8 and 8.3% of the total mass. Fe, Al, Ti were the most abundant elements in both fine and coarse particles, and the total Pb concentration was 84.55ng/m3, below the National standard. Enrichment factor for Sc, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sn, Pb in fine particles were above 1,000. This indicates that the elements in fine particles are mainly from the anthropogenic sources including automobiles.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.27-36
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 뇌의 하부구조인 해마를 정확하게 분석하기 위한 형상 정규화 방법과 정상인과 간질 환자의 해마를 분류하기 위한 방법을 제시한다. 해마에 대한 형상 분석 과정은 크게 형상 표현을 구축하는 과정, 형상의 유사도를 측정하는 과정, 정상인 집단과 환자 집단을 분류하는 과정으로 이루어진다. 본 연구에서는 해마의 형상 표현으로 메쉬, 골격, 복셀로 이루어진 하이브리드 옥트리 자료구조를 구축하였다. 또한 Iterative Closest Point (ICP) 알고리즘을 사용하여 해마 골격을 기반으로 한 정규화를 수행하였다. 그리고 정규화된 해마 형상을 전역적, 국부적으로 분석하여 최종적으로 입력된 해마가 정상인 또는 간질 환자에 속하는지를 학습된 데이터를 이용하여 분류하였다. 본 논문에서 제시한 ICP 기반의 정규화 방법은 3차원 해마 형상을 정확하게 분석하게 해주고, 골격의 정점 수를 조절함으로써 정규화 시간을 감소시킬 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라 3차원 해마 모델의 형상을 신경망을 통하여 학습시킴으로써 해마의 형상이 변형된 환자 집단과 정상인 집단을 분류하는데 이용할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.26-31
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• 2014

Objective : Early decompressive craniectomy (DC) has been used as the first stage treatment to prevent secondary injuries in cases of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Postoperative management is the major factor that influences outcome. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of postoperative management, using intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and including consecutive DC on the other side, on the two-week mortality in severe TBI patients treated with early DC. Methods : Seventy-eight patients with severe TBI [Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score <9] underwent early DC were retrospectively investigated. Among 78 patients with early DC, 53 patients were managed by conventional medical treatments and the other, 25 patients were treated under the guidance of ICP monitoring, placed during early DC. In the ICP monitoring group, consecutive DC on the other side were performed on 11 patients due to a high ICP of greater than 30 mm Hg and failure to respond to any other medical treatments. Results : The two-week mortality rate was significantly different between two groups [50.9% (27 patients) and 24% (6 patients), respectively, p=0.025]. After adjusting for confounding factors, including sex, low GCS score, and pupillary abnormalities, ICP monitoring was associated with a 78% lower likelihood of 2-week mortality (p=0.021). Conclusion : ICP monitoring in conjunction with postoperative treatment, after early DC, is associated with a significantly reduced risk of death.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2000

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.79-84
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• 2007

This study was aimed to establish analytical method of Bi to develop a guideline of the bioequivalence test of tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate (TDB). For this purpose, a simple, specific and sensitive inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP/MS) method were developed and validated in human plasma. Various concentrations of bismuth standard solution (0-25ng/mL) were prepared with distilled water and human blank plasma. To 10mL of the volumetric flasks, 2mL of blank plasma was added with 8ml of distilled water. Bi standard solution was added to prepare the calibration samples and injected into ICP-MS. The plasma samples obtained from volunteers given 3 tablets of bismuth (total 900mg as TDB) were analyzed as described above. As a result, the coefficients of variation were <20% in quantitation limit (0.2 ng/mL) and <15% at the rest of concentrations. The stability test by repeated freezing-thawing cycles showed that the samples were stable only for 24hr. The stability tested for samples with a short-term period of storage at room temperature and pre-treatment prior to the analysis showed very stable over 24hr. In 8 healthy Korean subjects received Denol tablets at the dose of 900mg bismuth, AUC, $C_{max},\;T_{max}$ and half-life $(t_{1/2})$ were determined to be $198.33{\pm}173.78 ng{\cdot}hr/mL,\;64.48{\pm}27.06 ng/mL,\;0.52{\pm}0.21 hr,\;and\;5.15{\pm}2.67 hr$, respectively, from the plasma bismuth concentration-time curves. In conclusion, the method was suitable for the determination of bismuth in human plasma samples and could be applied to bioequivalence test of bismuth tablet.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.63 no.6
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• pp.420-426
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• 2019

Selenoproteins,in Korean blood serum, GPx, SelP, and SeAlb were separated and determined with the use of HPLC-ICP/MS. Deuterium was used as a collision gas and affinity column with ammonium formate was used as an eluting solvent for the accurate quantitation of selenoproteins in human blood serum. Certified reference material BCR 639 (133±12 ng g^-1) was tested for the accuracy and the result was satisfactory 130±6 ng g^-1. Blood serum for the rectal cancer and controlled groups were collected and analyzed to give 84±27 ng g^-1, and 119±28 ng g^-1, respectively. The difference was statistically obvious when t-test was performed (t_cal 4.93 > t_95% 2.04). The decrease for cancer group was more obvious for female and aged group. The distributions of three selenoproteins were similar with each other, which means rectal cancer group did not show any specificity for any selenoproteins. As cancer developed, GPx showed a slight decrease but not obvious while the total concentration was increasing particularly at the second stage of cancer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2010

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.21-27
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• 2001

In this work, analytical performance of a laboratory built double membrane desolvator (DMD) was studies using perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) nebulizer and microconcentirc nebulizer (MCN) in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. Compared with MCN, PFA nebulizer coupled to DMD showed similar analytical sensitivity for aqueous solution and better sensitivity for isopropyl alcohol. Since PFA resisted various acids, HCI, $H_2SO_4$ and HF solution were analyzed with less than 2% RSD. Rinse-out time for the signal reduction to 1% was obtained to be 35 s for PFA but about 45 s for MCN.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.595-598
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• 2011

Cetirizine hydrochloride reacted with $BiI_4^-$ in an acidic aqueous solution to form precipitate. After centrifugation, the atomic emission intensity of $Bi^{3+}$ contained in the supernatant solution was measured at the characteristic wavelength of 206.170 nm. The difference between the spectral signal intensity of the blank solution and that of the supernatant, ${\Delta}I$, was linearly related to the concentration of cetirizine hydrochloride. As a result, a new inductively coupled plasmaatomic emission spectrometric (ICP-AES) method was developed for the analysis of cetirizine hydrochloride. The linear range was from 27.7 to 184.8 $mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.9961 and a detection limit of 9.6 $mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$. This method is simple and accurate, Without using toxic organic solvents, and is feasible for the quality control of cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and capsules.