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Foreign bodies in the digestive system in the diarrheic Hanwoo calves: A retrospective study

  • Dong-Gun, Park;Byung-Hoon, Ko;Won-Jae, Lee
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.293-304
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    • 2022
  • Among several diseases of calves, diarrhea is the most prevalent disease and has been a major cause of economic loss to the cattle industry. The main etiologic agents of diarrhea in calves are bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, but non-infectious factors including foreign bodies obstruction in the digestive system also focused as the cause of calf diarrhea in the recent days. Because there is still limited information for foreign body-related diarrhea in calves, especially in Hanwoo, the present retrospective study reviewed the medical records for diarrheic calves with foreign body in the digestive system (n=32). The morbidity was determined as 3.03% and more than half of them presented the acidosis, hyponatremia, and azotemia. The mortality in laparotomy-operated calves to remove foreign bodies or in non-operated ones was 28% or 85.7%, respectively, implied the importance of aggressive decision for laparotomy when the foreign bodies were determined in the digestive system in diarrheic calves. During laparotomy, trichobezoars (hair balls) and hays were the main foreign bodies and prevalently placed in the abomasum. In the trials to predict prognosis by several clinical factors, the time for laparotomy over 2 days after first diagnosis, acidosis, and foreign body in the abomasum were highly associated with mortality. Therefore, we believe that prompt surgical procedure (laparotomy) is necessary upon obstruction in the digestive system by foreign bodies is tentatively diagnosed in the diarrheic calf. In addition, when differential diagnosis list is made, foreign body-related diarrhea is necessary to be included in case of diarrheic calf.

A study on baby face makeup to create a baby face image (동안이미지 연출을 위한 동안 메이크업에 관한 연구)

  • Yong-Shin Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.146-159
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    • 2023
  • As a makeup technique for a baby-faced image, there will be a difference in perception of the expression technique of baby-faced makeup according to general matters.' Two hypotheses were supported: 'There will be a difference in perception of the expression technique of baby face makeup depending on the general characteristics', and the makeup technique for creating a baby face image is an important function for both men and women, as well as appearance. As a 'physical resource' for social activities, it was confirmed that there is an improvement in the efficiency of the body and mind and an outstanding improvement in mental ability in daily life. Through the results of the study on 'expression of baby face image makeup', awareness and interest in baby face images are high, but research on the production of baby face images is needed. The need for facial expression elements for baby face makeup is expected to be used as basic data for developing baby face images, and this study focuses on external face management for baby face images and baby face makeup.

Study on the direction of serious contents design for training skills in U-healthcare: Focused on elderly learners (U-헬스케어를 위한 학습용 기능성콘텐츠 설계방향 : 노인 대상자를 중심으로)

  • Ha, Dong-One;Lee, Chang-Jo
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2010
  • U-healthcare provides people with many conveniences and keeps their health. As facility centered medical environment is being changed to patient centered one, however, various problems are emerging. These problems range from institutional problems to technological, producer related, and user related ones. The researcher took interested in problems originating from users, in particular, elderly patients and guardians taking care of an elderly patient. The main focus of this study is the direction of serious contents design for training skills in HMI of U-healthcare equipment and developing emergency coping abilities. In this study, I started from research on elderly cognitive psychology and elders' motor reactions and interconnected the characteristics of various digital content forms. The results of this study are expected to be useful for the rapidly expanding elderly population and in the U-healthcare industry.

Comparison of Effects of Taping Methods on Menstrual Pain, Menstrual Symptoms, and Body Temperature in Women of Reproductive Age (테이핑 기법에 따른 가임기 여성의 월경통, 월경 증상 및 체온에 미치는 영향 비교)

  • Eun-jin Lee;Jae-myoung Park;Tae-sung In;Kyoung-sim Jung
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2023
  • Background: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of taping techniques on menstrual pain, body temperature, and menstrual symptoms in women of reproductive age. Methods: This study targeted 40 female students enrolled at G university with menstrual pain rated above 5 on the visual analog scale (VAS). The participants were randomly assigned to four groups: the Kinesio taping, spiral taping, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and control groups. The intervention was applied one day after the onset of menstruation, and menstrual pain, menstrual symptoms, and body temperature were measured before the intervention and 24 hours after the intervention application. We measured menstrual pain using the VAS. Additionally, we evaluated menstrual symptoms using the menstruation symptom scale and measured body temperature of the abdomen and feet using digital infrared thermal imaging. Results: After the intervention, all three experimental groups showed significant improvement in menstrual pain and menstrual symptoms compared to the control group, and there was no significant difference among the three groups. After applying Kinesio taping, there was a slight decrease in the temperature difference between the abdomen and feet, but no statistically significant difference was observed. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that kisesio and spiral taping have similar effects as with anti-inflammatory medication in relieving menstrual pain and menstrual symptoms. Taping can be considered as an effective method to replace medications in order to alleviate menstrual pain.

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Re-defining Named Entity Type for Personal Information De-identification and A Generation method of Training Data (개인정보 비식별화를 위한 개체명 유형 재정의와 학습데이터 생성 방법)

  • Choi, Jae-hoon;Cho, Sang-hyun;Kim, Min-ho;Kwon, Hyuk-chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.206-208
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    • 2022
  • As the big data industry has recently developed significantly, interest in privacy violations caused by personal information leakage has increased. There have been attempts to automate this through named entity recognition in natural language processing. In this paper, named entity recognition data is constructed semi-automatically by identifying sentences with de-identification information from de-identification information in Korean Wikipedia. This can reduce the cost of learning about information that is not subject to de-identification compared to using general named entity recognition data. In addition, it has the advantage of minimizing additional systems based on rules and statistics to classify de-identification information in the output. The named entity recognition data proposed in this paper is classified into twelve categories. There are included de-identification information, such as medical records and family relationships. In the experiment using the generated dataset, KoELECTRA showed performance of 0.87796 and RoBERTa of 0.88.

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Real2Animation: A Study on the application of deepfake technology to support animation production (Real2Animation:애니메이션 제작지원을 위한 딥페이크 기술 활용 연구)

  • Dongju Shin;Bongjun Choi
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.173-178
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    • 2022
  • Recently, various computing technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and IoT are developing. In particular, artificial intelligence-based deepfake technology is being used in various fields such as the content and medical industry. Deepfake technology is a combination of deep learning and fake, and is a technology that synthesizes a person's face or body through deep learning, which is a core technology of AI, to imitate accents and voices. This paper uses deepfake technology to study the creation of virtual characters through the synthesis of animation models and real person photos. Through this, it is possible to minimize various cost losses occurring in the animation production process and support writers' work. In addition, as deepfake open source spreads on the Internet, many problems emerge, and crimes that abuse deepfake technology are prevalent. Through this study, we propose a new perspective on this technology by applying the deepfake technology to children's material rather than adult material.

A Survey of Nursing Activities in Small and Medium-size Hospitals: Reasons for Turnover (중소병원 간호활성화를 위한 현황조사 연구)

  • Kim, Myung Ae;Park, Kwang Ok;You, Sun Ju;Kim, Moon Jin;Kim, Eul Soon
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.149-165
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study was done to identify the causes of turnover in nursing staff in small and medium‐size hospitals and prepare measures to decrease turnover. Nurses in these hospitals were surveyed focusing on their nursing activities, reasons for turnover, and content of their work. Method: A mail survey of hospitals with 300 beds or less was conducted using a questionnaire including items on the current state of nursing, performance of nursing tasks, turnover of nurses, working conditions, and supports and policies related to insufficient number of nurses. Results: The average number of nurses per 100 beds was 37.5, 3.3 less than the prescribed level of 40.8. The turnover rate was higher when the level of remuneration for nursing care was low, and the most frequent reason for nurses leaving was 'move to another hospital', showing that there is a continuous chain of moves for nurses. Other frequent reasons were situations related to working conditions such as childbirth, child care, irregular working hours, night work, and low wages. Conclusion: To guarantee adequate nursing coverage in these hospitals, working conditions for nurses should be improved, including higher wages, a more flexible work system, and installation and operation of 24-hour child care facilities.

A Study on the Analysis of Nurses' Perception of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Importance and Performance of Future Core Nursing Competencies in a Tertiary Hospital (일 상급종합병원 간호사의 4차 산업혁명에 대한 인식 및 미래핵심간호역량 중요도-실행도 분석)

  • Kwon, Chi Hye;Kim, Mi Soon
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.95-106
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This study is descriptive survey research on the analysis of nurses' perception of the 4th industrial revolution and the importance and performance of future core nursing competencies in a tertiary hospital located in Seoul. Methods: Data were collected from 149 nurses with more than a year of work experience and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Importance Performance Analysis(IPA) with the IBM SPSS/WIN 25.0 program. Results: The nurses' perception of the 4th industrial revolution was 3.23±0.71 out of 5 points. The importance of future core nursing competencies was 4.31±0.48, and the performance of it was 3.47±0.54. The analysis results of IPA showed that A (area of continuous maintenance) included critical thinking, problem-solving skills, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, communication, quality improvement and safety, professionalism, self-regulation and self-management, and personal literacy. The specific competencies were not included in B (area of priority improvement). Creativity, informatics, healthcare policy, leadership, research ability, and continuing education were included in C (area of progressive improvement). Knowledge and patient-centered care, ability to manage resources as well as professional, legal, and ethical responsibility were included in D (area of overinvestment). Conclusion: The nurses seemed not to be fully prepared for the 4th industrial revolution. However, they were well aware of the importance of the future core nursing competencies. Therefore, if nurses increase the performance of core competencies in order of priority according to the IPA results, they will be able to independently lead the changing nursing field.

Trend in utilization of Global Navigation Satellite System for diseases and E-health (질병 및 E-health에 대한 위성항법시스템 활용 동향)

  • Tae-Yun Kim;Jung-Min Joo;Jeong-Hyun Hwang;Suk-Seung Hwang
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.545-554
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    • 2023
  • In modern industry, the Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS) is utilized in various fields, where PNT information (P: Positioning, N: Navigation, T: Timing) is always provided and the accurate location estimation based on PNT information is required. In particular, in order to prevent the infection and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic situation that began in 2019, the precise GNSS technology and various supporting techniques have been used, and, with active quarantine and efforts for the infection spread restrain around the world, we are facing the transition to an endemic situation. In fields of disease and E-health, the location information of users is absolutely necessary to track and monitor infectionous diseases and provide remote medical services, and GNSS plays a leading role in providing the accurate location information. This paper presents investigation results on the up-to-date research trends in which GNSS technologies are employed in the field of disease and E-health, and analyzes the results.

Managing Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations from the Korean Medicine Mental Health Center

  • Hyo-Weon Suh;Sunggyu Hong;Hyun Woo Lee;Seok-In Yoon;Misun Lee;Sun-Yong Chung;Jong Woo Kim
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.102-130
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: The persistence and unpredictability of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new measures to prevent direct medical intervention (e.g., social distancing and quarantine) have induced various psychological symptoms and disorders that require self-treatment approaches and integrative treatment interventions. To address these issues, the Korean Medicine Mental Health (KMMH) center developed a field manual by reviewing previous literature and preexisting manuals. Methods: The working group of the KMMH center conducted a keyword search in PubMed in June 2021 using "COVID-19" and "SARS-CoV-2". Review articles were examined using the following filters: "review," "systematic review," and "meta-analysis." We conducted a narrative review of the retrieved articles and extracted content relevant to previous manuals. We then created a treatment algorithm and recommendations by referring to the results of the review. Results: During the initial assessment, subjective symptom severity was measured using a numerical rating scale, and patients were classified as low- or moderate-high risk. Moderate-high-risk patients should be classified as having either a psychiatric emergency or significant psychiatric condition. The developed manual presents appropriate psychological support for each group based on the following dominant symptoms: tension, anxiety-dominant, anger-dominant, depression-dominant, and somatization. Conclusions: We identified the characteristics of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed a clinical mental health support manual in the field of Korean medicine. When symptoms meet the diagnostic criteria for a mental disorder, doctors of Korean medicine can treat the patients according to the manual for the corresponding disorder.