• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권17호
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• pp.7357-7362
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• 2014

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a central proinflammatory cytokine, maintains immune homeostasis and also plays important roles in cervical cancer. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate any associations of IL-6 gene polymorphisms at positions -174 and -572 with predisposition to cervical cancer in a Chinese population. The present hospital-based case-control study comprised 518 patients with cervical cancer and 518 healthy controls. Polymorphisms of the IL-6 gene were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Patients with cervical cancer had a significantly higher frequency of the IL-6 -174 CC genotype [odds ratio (OR) =1.52, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.06-2.19; p=0.02], IL-6 -572 CC genotype (OR =1.91, 95% CI = 1.16-3.13; p=0.01) and IL-6 -174 C allele (OR =1.21, 95% CI = 1.02-1.44; p=0.03) compared to healthy controls. When stratifying by the FIGO stage, patients with III-IV cervical cancer had a significantly higher frequency of IL-6 -174 CC genotype (OR =1.64, 95% CI =1.04-2.61; p=0.04). The CC genotypes of the IL-6 gene polymorphisms at positions -174 and -572 may confer a high risk of cervical cancer. Additional studies with detailed human papillomavirus (HPV) infection data are warranted to validate our findings.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2012

본 논문은 2006년 태풍 에위니아와 빌리스의 영향으로 강원 영서지역에서 발생한 집중호우에 의한 산사태 발생 원인과 특성에 대하여 분석한 결과이다. 강원 영서지역은 편마암, 화강암이 풍화된 화강풍화토가 주를 이루는 지역으로 집중호우 시 산사태 및 토석류의 피해에 취약한 것으로 나타났으며 강우특성 분석결과, 산사태 발생은 3일 이내의 누적강우량과 밀접한 관계가 있었고 지역별 발생빈도의 차이는 최대시우량의 영향으로 나타났다. 영서지역에서 발생한 산사태 860개소에 대한 자료의 분석 결과, 파괴 형태는 전이형 슬라이드로 시작되어 유동성 슬라이드로 변화되는 양상을 보였으며, 사면 경사는 $20{\sim}30^{\circ}$ 사면 길이는 11~20m 범위, 사면 폭은 6~10m 범위에서 발생빈도가 높은 것으로 나타났고, 영서지역의 산사태는 사면 폭이 좁은 소규모 형태로 편마암, 화강암 지대의 산사태 전형으로 분석되었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권8B호
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• pp.787-795
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• 2002

본 논문에서 OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) 시스템용 2K/4K/8K-point 복소 FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) 프로세서의 구조와 그 구현방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 프로세서의 구조는 긴 길이의 DFT를 짧은 길이의 다차원 DFT로 분할하기 위하여 쿨리-투키 알고리듬에 기반 한다. 전치 메모리, 셔플 메모리, 메모리 합성 방법은 다차원 변환을 위한 메모리의 능률적 조작을 위해 사용한다. Booth 알고리듬과 CORDIC (COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer) 프로세서는 각 차원에서 트위들 팩터 곱셈을 위해 사용한다. 또한, CORDIC 프로세서에는 트위들 팩터를 저장하기 위해 필요한 ROM의 사용을 막기 위해 트위들 팩터 발생 방법을 제안한다. 전체 2K/4K/8K FFT 프로세서는 600,000 게이트를 사용하며, 1.8V, 0.18${\mu}m$ CMOS를 이용해 구현한다. 제안하는 프로세서는 8K-point FFT를 273${\mu}s$마다, 2K-point를 68.26${\mu}s$마다 수행할 수 있으며, SNR은 DVB-T의 OFDM을 위해 충분한 48dB를 넘는다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate pain relief and functional recovery after total knee replacement. Methods: The treatment was performed by dividing individuals into a control group ($n_1=5$), ultrasound treatment group ($n_2=5$), and micro-current treatment group ($n_3=5$). The control group applied the hot pack for 15 minutes, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for 15 minutes, and Continuous Passive Movement (CPM) for 40 minutes. The ultrasound therapy group applied the frequency of 1 MHz, intensity of 1.0 $W/cm^2$ for five minutes following the same treatment as the control group. The micro-current therapy group applied the intensity of 25 ${\mu}A$, and pulsation frequency 5 pps for 15 minutes following the same treatment as the control group. After treatment, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Korean Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (K-WOMAC), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Range of Movement (ROM) and wound length was measured. Results: VAS showed significant effect in the control group and micro-current therapy group during the treatment period. According to the treatment of K-WOMACK, BBS, ROM, and Healing wounds showed main effects between groups. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, data showed improvement of pain relief, wound healing effects, and range of motion recovery. Thus, these selected treatments were effective after total knee replacement. In other words, electrical treatment continues to influence pain relief and functional recovery after total knee replacement.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.871-877
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 생체 실험용 극저주파 자기장 발생장치를 설계하였다. 생체실험 대상 동물이 유동적이지 않고 고정될 경우, 인가 자기장의 방향성에 대한 영향이 있을 수 있다. 이 방향성 영향을 줄이기 위해 2 축에 4개씩, 총 8개의 코일을 사용하여 2축 4중 Helmholtz 코일 구조의 장치를 설계하였다. 정육면체 구조의 자기장 발생 장치를 원통형으로 근사화시킨 수식을 유도하여, 원하는 특정 자기장을 위한 권선수 및 전류치를 계산하였으며, 각 코일의 최적 위치 및 최적 권선비는 수치계산을 통하여 구하였다. 이렇게 얻어진 수치들을 MATLAB 으로 제작한 계산 프로그램에 적용하여, 발생장치 주변에서의 자기장 분포를 계산 해보았으며, 공간에 따른 자기장 세기의 균일도를 평가하여 균일 자기장 분포영역 또는 생체 실험가능 영역을 도출하였다. 잘 설계된 장치의 해석 결과, 임의 기준 자기장에 대해 약 95 %의 균일도를 만족시키는 공간은 정육면체 구조에서 축길이의 60 % 이상이 됨을 확인하였다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2002

A study was performed to develop as a screening tool the Simple Evaluation Questionnaire for Screening the Over-weight-type Dietary Pattern in 30 to 49 Year Old Adults. We used the data from the 30 to 49 year old subjects who participated in the three surveys - the health behavior survey, the dietary habit survey and the food intake survey - as the National Health and Nutrition Survey 1998. The 3,598 adults were classified into to two body fatness groups of normal (including underweight) and overweight (including obese) on the basis of their relative body weight (RBW) When comparing variables between the two groups, significant differences were found in gender, education, job, employment status, perceived health status, sadness / depression state, stress level, age, number of diseases, age when overweightedness started, maximum body weight, sleep length, drinking pattern (yes/no) , amount of alcoholic drinks, frequency of intoxication or drunkeness, amount of alcoholic drinks when drunk, intensity of exercise, frequency of exercise, exercise duration, skipped meals, small meals and drug supplements. In terms of food intake, there were significant differences in the daily food intake in terms of breakfast, dinner, daily kimchi and dairy products. In terms of mealtimes, we found differences in the amount of cooked rice at breakfast, kimchi at lunch, soup / kuk at dinner, fresh vegetables for snacks, fried foods for snacks between breakfast and lunch, and fruits /juices for snacks between lunch and dinner. After developing questions with indicators and analyzing the indicators by logistic regression analysis three times, we chose 10 questions for a simple evaluation of dietary patterns for the overweight-type category in order to give one point each. Among them we selected two questions to add one additional point and one question to add two additional points. The average scores of the overweight and normal groups, as shown by the developed questionnaire, were $5.97 \pm 2.36 \pm 7.36 \pm 2.21$, respectively. A score of seven points was selected as the cut-off point. We examined the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of the questionnaire to the results of 67%, 59% and 62%, respectively.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.113-122
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• 2015

Objectives: The aim of this paper was evaluating the ratios of electrical impedance measurements reported in previous studies through a correlation analysis in order to explicit it as the contributing factor to the accuracy of electronic apex locator (EAL). Materials and Methods: The literature regarding electrical property measurements of EALs was screened using Medline and Embase. All data acquired were plotted to identify correlations between impedance and log-scaled frequency. The accuracy of the impedance ratio method used to detect the apical constriction (APC) in most EALs was evaluated using linear ramp function fitting. Changes of impedance ratios for various frequencies were evaluated for a variety of file positions. Results: Among the ten papers selected in the search process, the first-order equations between log-scaled frequency and impedance were in the negative direction. When the model for the ratios was assumed to be a linear ramp function, the ratio values decreased if the file went deeper and the average ratio values of the left and right horizontal zones were significantly different in 8 out of 9 studies. The APC was located within the interval of linear relation between the left and right horizontal zones of the linear ramp model. Conclusions: Using the ratio method, the APC was located within a linear interval. Therefore, using the impedance ratio between electrical impedance measurements at different frequencies was a robust method for detection of the APC.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.123-132
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was done to analyse nursing records to identify the nature of pain and actual conditions of pain management in patients hospitalized in one university hospital. Methods: The participants in this study were 783 patients with a length of stay of 3 to 30 days who were discharged from medical wards between June 1 and June 30, 2009. Data on nursing records related to pain management from these patients were reviewed using the Electronic Nursing Records (ENRs) system. Results: Over 30 percent of 10,702 nursing records related to pain assessment had no record on region, severity, nature or frequency of pain. About 30 percent of 13,638 nursing records related to pain intervention showed non-drug pain management techniques. Conclusion: Accurate and complete records on pain assessment including region, severity, nature and frequency of pain are essential to effectively manage patients' pain. Improvement in ENRs system for better assessment and management of pain is required as well as education programs on a standardized measuring tool for both nurses and patients.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.34-52
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• 2023

In this study, text mining was conducted on the product names of skirts, pants, shirts/blouses, and dresses to analyze the characteristics of keywords appearing in online shopping product names. As a result of frequency analysis, the number of keywords that appeared 0.5% or more for each item was around 30, and the number of keywords that appeared 0.1% or more was around 150. The cumulative distribution rate of 150 terms was around 80%. Accordingly, information on 150 key terms was analyzed, from which item, clothing composition, and material information were the found to be the most important types of information (ranking in the top five of all items). In addition, fit and style information for skirts and pants and length information for skirts and dresses were also considered important information. Keywords representing clothing composition information were: banding, high waist, and split for skirts and pants; and V-neck, tie, long sleeves, and puff for shirts/blouses and dresses. It was possible to identify the current design characteristics preferred by consumers from this information. However, there were also problems with terminology that hindered the connection between sellers and consumers. The most common problems were the use of various terms with the same meaning and irregular use of Korean and English terms. However, as a result of using co-appearance frequency analysis, it can be interpreted that there is little intention for product exposure, so it is recommended to avoid it.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.73-91
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• 2024

This paper has focused on presenting vibration analysis of trapezoidal sandwich plates with a damaged core and FG wavy CNT-reinforced face sheets. A damage model is introduced to provide an analytical description of an irreversible rheological process that causes the decay of the mechanical properties, in terms of engineering constants. An isotropic damage is considered for the core of the sandwich structure. The classical theory concerning the mechanical efficiency of a matrix embedding finite length fibers has been modified by introducing the tube-to-tube random contact, which explicitly accounts for the progressive reduction of the tubes' effective aspect ratio as the filler content increases. The First-order shear deformation theory of plate is utilized to establish governing partial differential equations and boundary conditions for the trapezoidal plate. The governing equations together with related boundary conditions are discretized using a mapping-generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method in spatial domain. Then natural frequencies of the trapezoidal sandwich plates are obtained using GDQ method. Validity of the current study is evaluated by comparing its numerical results with those available in the literature. After demonstrating the convergence and accuracy of the method, different parametric studies for laminated trapezoidal structure including carbon nanotubes waviness (0≤w≤1), CNT aspect ratio (0≤AR≤4000), face sheet to core thickness ratio (0.1 ≤ ${\frac{h_f}{h_c}}$ ≤ 0.5), trapezoidal side angles (30° ≤ α, β ≤ 90°) and damaged parameter (0 ≤ D < 1) are carried out. It is explicated that the damaged core and weight fraction, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) waviness and CNT aspect ratio can significantly affect the vibrational behavior of the sandwich structure. Results show that by increasing the values of waviness index (w), normalized natural frequency of the structure decreases, and the straight CNT (w=0) gives the highest frequency. For an overall comprehension on vibration of laminated trapezoidal plates, some selected vibration mode shapes were graphically represented in this study.