• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.377-383
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• 1994

Objective : We retrospectively analysed $^{99m}Tc$-MDP bone and $^{67}Ga$ scans to evaluate therapeutic response of bone lymphoma among patients with complete remission. Subjects and Methods : We reviewed 35 cases with an increased uptake finding $^{99m}Tc$-MDP bone scans and 16 $^{67}Ga$ scans that were follow-up studies during and after therapy. The $^{99m}Tc$-MDP bone and $^{67}Ga$ scans were graded visually from 1 to 4 in which grade 3 means same uptake density as that of normal sacroiliac articulation in bone scan and normal liver in $^{67}Ga$ scan, respectively. Results: The improvement findings during and after therapy were found in 66.0% (19/ 29) and 72.7% (24/33) with $^{99m}Tc$-MDP bone scan, 84.6% (l1/13) and 86.7% (13/15) with $^{67}Ga$ scan, respectively. The mean grades of the uptake density in $^{99m}Tc$-MDP bone scan were 3.06 before, 2.34 during, 1.75 after therapy. Those in the $^{67}Ga$ scan were 3.22 before, 1.42 during 1.30 after therapy. Conclusion. $^{67}Ga$ scans appeared more sensitive than bone scans in evaluating therapeutic response of bone lymphoma.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.77-83
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• 1996

Platelet-activating factor(PAF) is a phospholipid mediator of pulmonary inflammation, and immunologic reaction. In this study, the role of PAF on tumor necrosis factor$(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production by rat alveolar macrophages(AM) was examined. When PAF $(10^{-12}{\sim}10{-16}\;M)$ alone was added to AM culture, $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production was not significantly increased above the resting level. In contrast, the combined addition of PAF $(10^{-6}\;M)$ and muramyl dipeptide(MDP) $(1.0\;{\mu}g\ml)$ to AM cultures markedly enhanced $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production with 8.2 fold increase compared with AM culture in resting state. This potentiative effect was 313% above the sum of the separate effects of PAF and MDP. To characterize MDP effects on $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production, the dose-response of AM cultured with various concentrations of MDP was tested. High level of MDP $(10\;{\mu}g\ml)$ could not significantly enhance the potentiation effect on $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production compared with AM cultures with low level of MDP $(0.1\;{\mu}g\ml)$, i.e. 112.5% vs 107.8%, respectively when $10^{-10}$ M of PAF was simultaneously added to the cell culture. These data support that the potentiation of TNF. g production in AM culture is mediated by PAF rather than MDf It was also evaluated whether the similar result was obtained in silica, respirable toxic particle-treated AM culture. $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production was also significantly enhanced in the PAF $(10^{-6}\;M)$ and silica $(50\;{\mu}g\ml)$-added cell cultures with 4.7 fold above the value of silica alone-stimulated cells. These results indicate that PAF can potentiate $(TNF_{-{\alpha}})$ production by MDP-or silica- stimulated AM and suggest that PAF may play a potent role in lung inflammation and disease associated with microbe and occupational dust exposures.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.264-270
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• 2023

Background: Resin-based dental materials release residual monomers or other substances from incomplete polymerization into the oral cavity, thereby causing adverse biological effects on oral tissue. 10-Methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate (10-MDP), an acidic monomer containing dihydrogen phosphate and methacrylate groups, is the most commonly used component of resin-based dental materials, such as restorative composite resins, dentin adhesives, and resin cements. Although previous studies have reported the cytotoxicity and biocompatibility in various cultured cells, the effects of resin monomers on cellular aging have not been reported to date. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of the resin monomer 10-MDP on cellular senescence and inflamm-aging in vitro. Methods: After stimulation with 10-MDP, MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells were examined for cell viability by WST-8 assay and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by flow cytometry. The protein and mRNA levels of molecular markers of aging were determined by western blotting and RT-PCR analysis, respectively. Results: Treatment with 0.05 to 1 mM 10-MDP for 24 hours reduced the survival of MC3T3-E1 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. The intracellular ROS levels in the 10-MDP-treated experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group. 10-MDP at a concentration of 0.1 mM increased p53, p16, and p21 protein levels. Additionally, an aging pattern was observed with blue staining due to intracellular senescence-associated beta-galactosidase activity. Treatment with 10-MDP increased the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and IL-8, however their expression was decreased by mitogen-activated-protein-kinase (MAPK) inhibitors. Conclusion: Taken together, these results suggest that the exposure of osteoblast-like cells to the dental resin monomer 10-MDP, increases the level of cellular senescence and the inflammatory response is mediated by the MAPK pathway.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.133-138
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• 2001

본 연구는 랫드에서 Freund's complete adjuvant를 랫드의 후지에 투여하여 인의적으로 유발된 관절염을 진단하기 위한 방법으로 $^{99m}Technetium-MDP (^{99m}Tc_MDP$)을 이용한 골 스캔의 임상적 의의를 찾고자 하였다. 성숙 Sprague-Dawley 암컷 랫드를 대조군과 실험군으로 분리하고, 골의 스캔은 0.05mCi의 $^{99m}Tc_MDP$를 정맥 주사하여 3시간 후에 전신 영상을 얻었다. 골의 스캔과 방사선학적 평가를 비교한 겨과 관절염 유발 7일 후부터 관절염의 병변이 관찰되었지만, 방사선학적 소견에서는 14일 후부터 병변이 관찰되었다. 골의 스캔에서 관절염 유발 7일 후에 유의적으로 골의 이상적 섭취 증각가 관찰되었고(p<0.05), 21일 후에는 전지와 후지의 모든 부위에서 골의 이상적 섭취 증가가 관찰되었지만, 방사선학적 소견에서는 후지에서만 병변 부위가 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과에서 $^{99m}Tc_MDP$을 이용한 골의 스캔은 류마티스 관절염을 임상적으로 진단하는데 방사선학적 진단보다 효과적인 방법임을 알 수가 있었고, 골의 스캔은 류마티스 관절염을 초기에 진단하는데 유효한 진단방법임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.77-86
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• 1994

The bone scan reflects the metabolic reaction of bone to a disease process, whether neoplastic, traumatic or inflammatory. In normal bone tissue, the labeled diphosphate complexes accumulate in the perivascular fluid next to the marrow cavity at the interface between uncalcified and calcified bone matrix. HMDP has the most rapid plasma clearance among the commonly used diphosphonate followed by MDP and then HEDP. I have studied about bone scan time by use of $^{99m}Tc-MDP$, and got 336 images from 112 patients. The result obtained as follow; 1. Accumulation rate of $^{99m}Tc-MDP$ is higher than other age groups in below 30-year old group. 2. Accumulation rate, in 10year old group, is 75.85% on 120min. but other groups are most high on 180 min. 3. The density differants between bone and soft tissue increased with time. 4. Image contrast is good in younger group than old.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.168-171
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• 1998

We present a case in which a patient with acute hemorrhagic gastritis demonstrated abnormal gastrointestinal accumulation of radiotracer during $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate(MDP) skeletal scintigraphy. A hemorrhagic gastritis was subsequently demonstrated by endoscopy. The mechanism for the intestinal localization of $^{99m}Tc$-MDP in this patient is not clear, but we guess that the extravasated blood containing the radiopharmaceutical cannot recirculate and stays at the bleeding site, so we can see the intestinal activity.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.361-371
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• 2013

Public domain defect data sets, such as NASA data sets which are available from the NASA MDP and PROMISE repositories, make it possible to compare the results of different defect prediction models by using the same data sets. This means that repeatable and general prediction models can be built. However, some recent studies have raised questions about the quality of two versions of NASA data set, and made new cleaned data sets by applying their data cleaning processes. We find that there are two ways in the NASA MDP versions to determine the defectiveness of a module, 0 or 1, and the two results are different in some cases. This serious problem, to our knowledge, has not been addressed in previous studies. To handle this ambiguity problem, we define two kinds of module defectiveness and two conditions that can be used to determine the ambiguous cases. We meticulously analyze 5 projects among the 13 NASA projects by using our ambiguity analysis method. The results show that JM1 and PC4 are the best projects with few ambiguous cases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.06c
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• pp.319-323
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• 2007

실세계의 여러 문제들은 마르코프 결정 문제(Markov decision problem, MDP)로 표현될 수 있고, 이 MDP는 모델이 알려진 경우에는 평가치 반복(value iteration) 이나 모델이 알려지지 않은 경우에도 강화 학습(reinforcement learning) 알고리즘 등을 사용하여 풀 수 있다. 하지만 이들 알고리즘들은 시간 복잡도가 높아 크기가 큰 실세계 문제에 적용하기 쉽지 않아, MDP를 계층적으로 분할하거나, 여러 단계를 묶어서 수행하는 등의 시간적 추상화(temporal abstraction) 방법이 제안되어 왔다. 이러한 시간적 추상화 방법들의 문제점으로는 시간적 추상화의 디자인에 따라 MDP의 풀이 성능이 크게 달라질 수 있으며, 많은 경우 사용자가 이 디자인을 직접 제공해야 한다는 것들이 있다. 최근 사용자의 간섭이 필요 없이 자동적으로 시간적 추상화를 만드는 방법들이 제안된 바 있으나, 이들 방법들 역시 결과물에 대한 이론적인 성능 보장(performance guarantee)은 제공하지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 MDP의 구조와 그 풀이 성능을 연관짓는 복잡도 척도에 대해 살펴본다. 이를 위해 MDP로부터 얻은 상태 경로 그래프(state trajectory graph)의 위상적 성질들을 여러 네트워크 척도(network measurements) 들을 이용하여 측정하고, 이와 MDP의 풀이 성능과의 관계를 다양한 상황에 대해 실험적, 이론적으로 분석해 보았다.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.63-72
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• 2015

This paper presents the issue that is predicting the movement of an agent in an enclosed space by using the MDP (Markov Decision Process). Recent researches on the optimal path finding are confined to derive the shortest path with the use of deterministic algorithm such as $A^*$ or Dijkstra. On the other hand, this study focuses in predicting the path that the agent chooses to escape the limited space as time passes, with the stochastic method. The MDP reward structure from GIS (Geographic Information System) data contributed this model to a feasible model. This model has been approved to have the high predictability after applied to the route of previous armed red guerilla.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.128-134
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• 2003

섬유성 골이형성증은 비정상적인 섬유성 골조직으로 대체되며 느리게 진행하는 골병변이다. 섬유성 골이형성증과 부갑상선기능항진증은 흔하게 관찰되는 질환이나 McCune-Albright 증후군 없이 일차성 부갑상선기능항진증에 동반된 섬유성 골 이형성증은 거의 보고된바가 없다. Tc-99m MDP 골스캔이 섬유성 골이형성증의 진단에 유용하다고 알려져 있으나, Tc-99m MIBI 영상은 아직 보고된 바가 없다. 저자들은 McCune-Albright 증후군이 없이 부갑상선기능항진증에 동반된 섬유성 골 이형성증의 Tc-99m MIBI 스캔과 Tc-99m MDP 골스캔의 영상을 비교하였다. Tc-99m MDP 골스캔상 병변 부위에서 증가된 섭취 소견을 보였으며, Tc-99m MIBI 조기영상에서도 동일한 위치에서 섭취증가가 관찰되었다. 2시간 지연 Tc-99m MIBI 영상에서는 Tc-99m MIBI의 섭취가 배출되는 소견을 보였다. 섬유성 골이형성증 병변에서 Tc-99m MIBI 스캔이 유용할 것이라고 생각하며, 섬유성 골이형성증 병변에서 Tc-99m MIBI의 섭취를 증가시키는 인자에 대한 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.