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에어버스 컨소시엄의 생성과정과 교훈

  • Heo, Hui-Yeong
    • Aerospace Industry
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    • v.38
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    • pp.12-19
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    • 1996
  • 한국중형항공기사업조합(KCDC)이 현판을 내 건지 2년째로 접어들었다. 그러나 정책과제로 입안되어 수년간의 타당성 검토를 거친 사업조합의 가시적 성과는 아직까지 확인되지 않고 있다. 그동안 막대한 기반시설의 투자와 소요된 시간을 생각하면 업계로서는 여간 조급한 일이 아니다. 이즈음에서 우리 업계와 정부 당국은 잠깐 물러서서 조급함을 달래는 여유를 가질 것을 제안하고 싶다.

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Survey on Quality of Life, Mental Health and Subjective Health Status of Community Dwelling Cancer Patients (일 지역에 거주하는 암환자의 삶의 질, 정신건강 및 주관적 건강상태 조사)

  • Lee, Bo-Young;Jo, Heui-Sug;Kwon, Myung-Soon
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.49-60
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: This study investigated the quality of life, mental health and subjective health status of community dwelling cancer patients. Methods: Subjects were 212 out-patients with cancer at Kangwon University Hospital. The study was conducted from July 10 to August 14, 2008. Quality of life as determined by the Euro Quality of life-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) was measured using Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC). Mental health and subjective health status were measured using KCDC. Results: EQ-5D determined degrees of difficulty were 25.5%(mobility), 25.2%(anxiety or depression), 23.6%(pain or discomfort), 20.3%(activities of daily living), and 13.7%(self care). An analysis of the association between several factors and mental health showed that the statistically significant factors were age, gender, medical coverage, and private insurance. An analysis of the association between several factors and subjective health status showed that the statistically significant factor was occupation. Conclusion: Cancer patients suffer from significant psychological distress. Programs that address mental and physical health would be beneficial.

An overview of the national immunization policy making process: the role of the Korea expert committee on immunization practices

  • Cho, Hee-Yeon
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2012
  • The need for evidence-based decision making in immunization programs has increased due to the presence of multiple health priorities, limited human resources, expensive vaccines, and limited funds. Countries should establish a group of national experts to advise their Ministries of Health. So far, many nations have formed their own National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs). In the Republic of Korea, the Korea Expert Committee on Immunization Practices (KECIP), established by law in the early 1990s, has made many important technical recommendations to contribute to the decline in vaccine preventable diseases and currently functions as a NITAG. It includes 13 core members and 2 non-core members, including a chairperson. Core members usually come from affiliated organizations in internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, microbiology, preventive medicine, nursing and a representative from a consumer group, all of whom serve two year terms. Non-core members comprise two government officials belonging to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and the Korea Food and Drug Administration. Meetings are held as needed, but at least twice a year, and sub-committees are formed as a resource for gathering, analyzing, and preparing information for the KECIP meetings. Once the sub-committees or the KCDC review the available data, the KECIP members discuss each issue in depth and develop recommendations, usually by a consensus in the meeting. The KECIP publishes national guidelines and immunization schedules that are updated regularly. KECIP's role is essentially consultative and the implementation of their recommendations may depend on the budget or current laws.

A Comparative Study of Microarray Data with Survival Times Based on Several Missing Mechanism

  • Kim Jee-Yun;Hwang Jin-Soo;Kim Seong-Sun
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.101-111
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    • 2006
  • One of the most widely used method of handling missingness in microarray data is the kNN(k Nearest Neighborhood) method. Recently Li and Gui (2004) suggested, so called PCR(Partial Cox Regression) method which deals with censored survival times and microarray data efficiently via kNN imputation method. In this article, we try to show that the way to treat missingness eventually affects the further statistical analysis.

Different Characteristics of Toxic Substance/poison Exposure Data that Collected from Pre-hospital Telephone Response and Emergency Department (일부 지역의 전화상담을 통해 얻어진 독성물질 노출정보와 응급실 기반 중독 정보 분석)

  • Kim, Su-Jin;Choa, Min-Hong;Park, Jong-Su;Lee, Sung-Woo;Hong, Yun-Sik
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find differences in the demographics of toxic exposed patients and substance between call based poison information data and hospital based poison information data. Methods: Seoul 1339 call-response data were used as call based poison data and toxic related injury surveillance data of the Korean center for disease control and prevention (KCDC) were used as hospital based poison data. Age, sex, the kind of exposed substance, reasons for exposure, and exposure routes were compared between two data sets. We analyzed the presence or not of documentation on the name and amount of exposed substance, symptoms after exposure in call based poison data. Results: Seoul1339 poison data included a total of 2260 information related to toxic exposure and KCDC poison data included 5650 poison cases. There was no difference in sexual distribution. Pediatric exposure and accidental exposure were more common in call based poison data. The most common exposed substances were household products in call based poison data and medicines in hospital based poison data, respectively. Documents regarding amount and time of toxic exposure and symptoms after toxic exposure were not recorded exactly in call based poison data. Conclusion: There were significant differences in age, reasons for toxic exposure, and the kinds of exposed substances. Poison information data from both pre-hospital and hospital must be considered.

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Health Damages and Lessons of the Use of Humidifier Disinfectants in Korea (가습기살균제 피해사건과 교훈)

  • Choi, Ye-Yong;Lim, Heung-Kyu;Lim, Sin-Ye;Paek, Do-Myung
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.166-174
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    • 2012
  • Introduction: After 17 years since the first production of humidifier disinfectants in Korea, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced that the odds ratio of lung injury related with humidifier disinfectant usage was 47.3 (95% confidence interval 6.0-369.7) according to a case-control study with 18 adult cases, including 8 pregnant women at a university hospital in Seoul. Results: From September 2011 to April 2012, one-hundred and seventy four victim cases have been reported to an environmental non-governmental group (NGO). We summarized timetable of humidifier disinfectants accidents, analyzed health outcomes (death, lung or lung and heart transplantation, pulmonary disease) of reported victims, and classified some information for humidifier disinfectants with health outcomes, and government action for this accident. Among the victims, number of death cases are 52 (30.0%), including 26 babies less than 3 years old. Sixty-nine victims come from twenty-seven family with 2 to 4 members per family. About twenty types of humidifier disinfectant products and about 600,000 product items a year have been sold. Fifty-two death cases used 7 different types of disinfectant products, including imported goods and some private brands of well-known supermarkets. KCDC confirmed inhalation toxicity of 6 products through an animal experimental test, and based on this observation recalled disinfectants containing PHMG (polyhexamethylene guanidine) and PGH (Oligo(2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxyethyl guanidinium chloride). Discussions: The use of these biocides involved highly fatal consequences among biologically vulnerable victims, such as pregnant women, several family member victims after semi-acute exposure. This is the first biocide disaster in Korea with non-specific targets, and unknown scale of victims, warranting concerns on use of biocides in the living environment. Conclusions: Special administrative agency for chemical safety and compensation act for environmental health victims are needed to prevent similar problems.

Study on the eating habits and food preferences by obesity in Korean adults (한국 성인의 비만도에 따른 식습관 및 음식기호에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Eun;Kim, Jung-Hyun;Ahn, Youn-Jhin;Park, Chan;Jung, In-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.44 no.10
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2006
  • This study was performed investigate eating behaviors and their association with obesity in Korean elderly people. A total of 9,408 (male 4,487, female 4,921) Korean adults aged 40 to 69 years were interviewed and examined from May 2001 to Feb 2002. The subjects were classified into 4 weight status groups based on body mass index (BMI, $kg/m^2$): under weight, BMI<18.5; normal, $18.5{\leq}BMI\leq24.9$; overweight, $25.0{\leq}BMI\leq29.9$; obesity, $BMI\geq30.0$. Anthropocentric parameters, eating behavior, and preference of cooking method and taste were examined. In male, distribution of weight status by BMI was under weight 2.4%, normal 58.1%, over weight 36.7%, obesity 2.8%. As the BMI increased, the rate of skipping meal, snacks, and eating out were increased and the rate of eat alone was decreased. When compared according to the weight status by BMI, the frequency of the steamed, roasted, fried, seasoned, and soup intake rates were increases in the cooking methods and preference of greasy taste was increased by degree of obesity. In female, distribution of weight status by BMI was under weight 1.4%, normal 52.8%, over weight 38.6%, obesity 7.2%. There were differences in the rate of eating out, snacks, the frequency of fried food intake rates, and preferences of salty, hot, greasy taste according to the weight groups by BMI. In this results, we suggests that keep regular meal and keep away from the high-fat, salty, stimulative foods for prevent and administer the obesity in Korean adults meal and female.