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Education Plan of Human Resources required in Convergence Industry of Medical and IT (의료 IT 융합 서비스 산업을 위한 인재 양성방안)

  • Woo, Sung-hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2014.05a
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    • pp.844-847
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    • 2014
  • 'Healthcare 3.0' paradigm, which comes from the convergence of medical and department of ICT(Information and Communication Technology), meets the government's 'creative economy'. It has emerged as new higher value-added markets and industries, created jobs, and got the 'land of opportunity'. Despite of the global recession, the health care market in the world from 2009 to now has earned a steady growth. The annual growth rate in domestic industrial scale is expected to more than 10% higher based on 153 trillion won in 2010. In particular, combination of health care and ICT, BT(BioTechnology), NT(NanoTtechnology), which is so called 'super-convergence', leap in the health care industry, is expected to open up a new paradigm. In addition, by 2020 all of the health care industry, the IT convergence industries account for the largest proportion, and more than 50,000 of the employment are to be expected. In this study, we survey and analyze problems of medical and IT convergence technology, the future of the medical and health care industry, the demanded healthcare IT staff, finally suggest education plan of human resources required in convergence industry of medical and IT.

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Solid Phase Synthesis of Lysine-exposed Peptide-Polymer Hybrids by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP를 이용한 Lysine 말단기를 가진 펩타이드-고분자 하이브리드 합성)

  • Ha, Eun-Ju;Kim, Mijin;Kim, Jinku;An, Seong Soo A.;Paik, Hyun-Jong
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.550-556
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    • 2014
  • Recently, the peptide(or protein)-polymer hybrid materials (PPs) were sought in many research areas as potential building blocks for assembling nanostructures in selective solvents. In PPs, the facile routes of preparing well-defined peptide-polymer bio-conjugates and their specific activities in various applications are important issues. Our strategy to prepare the peptide-polymer hybrid materials was to combine atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method with solid phase peptide synthesis. The standard solid phase peptide synthesis method was employed to prepare the PYGK (proline-tyrosine-glycine-lysine) peptide. PYGK is an analogue peptide, PFGK (proline-phenylalanine-glycine-lysine), which interacted with plasminogen in fibrinolysis. The peptide and the peptide-initiator were characterized with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and $^1H$ NMR spectrometer. The peptide-polymer, pSt-PYGK was characterized by GPC, IR, $^1H$ NMR spectrometer and TLC. Spherical micellar aggregates were determined by TEM and SEM. Current synthesis methodology suggested opportunities to create the well-defined peptide-polymer hybrid materials with specific binding activity.

Effect of Supplementary or Heating Lamps on the Yield, Vase Life, and Leaf Color of Cut Rose (보광등과 난방등이 절화장미 수확량, 절화수명, 엽색에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Kyeong Jin;Yun, Jae Gill;Chon, Young Shin;Shin, Hyun Suk;Lee, Sang Woo
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.158-165
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    • 2018
  • The effects of different kinds of supplementary lighting or heating lamps on the yield, cut flower life, and leaf color of cut rose were compared and analyzed. For this purpose, light emitting diode lamp (LED), metal halide lamps (MH), and high-pressure sodium lamps (HPS) as the supplementary lamps, and carbon fiber infrared lamp (NCFI) were installed on hydroponic cultivation bed in a cut rose farm. The yield of cut flower rose and the number of marketable flowers were greatly increased in spring and autumn by HPS treatment, but not in winter. The length of flower stalk was longer than that of control in the spring but decreased in winter. It seemed likely that the shorter flower stalk in winter was due to the shortened period of vegetative growth compared to the control because flowering was promoted by supplementary lighting. Vase life was not different among treatments in the autumn when the lighting time was short, but in winter, it was prolonged to 3 more days by only HPS, compared with the control. Leaf color was significantly affected by light treatment in winter rather than autumn. Leaf color was darkened in all supplementary lamps (LED, MH, HPS) treatment, whereas NCFI was similar to the control in leaf color. In conclusion, HPS is considered to be a very good supplementary lamp because it increases the length of flower stalk and the yield and prolongs vase life in cut roses. Even though NCFI could function as a heating lamp radiating a lot of heat, it was considered that the role as a supplementary light is unsatisfactory because the number of marketable flowers decreases and the quality index of cut rose deteriorates by NCFI.

Effect of nanosilica and TEOS in hydrophilic coating solution on the surface characteristics of solar cell glass panel (나노실리카와 TEOS가 함유된 친수성 코팅액의 태양광 유리팬널에 미치는 표면 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Soo;Kim, Seung Hye;Hwang, Heon
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.152-162
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    • 2017
  • A hydrophilic coating solution was prepared by adding a silane coupling agent and a nano-inorganic oxide in aqueous surfactant solution to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation due to the introduction of antifogging and antifouling properties on the glass surface of the solar cell module. Addition of $Ludox^{(R)}$, a nano-inorganic oxide, to 1% hydrophilic coating solution showed improved hydrophilicity and excellent antifogging effect regardless of $Ludox^{(R)}$ concentration. However, the antifouling effect on the glass surface was showed only when Ludox was added more than 10%. In the case of addition of 0.7% of hydrolyzed TEOS at pH 4, the antifogging effect was maintained as a result of the steam test as well as the antifouling effect even after the coated glass surface was rubbed 100 times with a wet Kimwipe. In addition, from the surface roughness ($R_q$) calculated using AFM data, the higher surface roughness with irregular surface shape was obtained with the higher concentration of TEOS. The addition of 0.7% of TEOS showed relatively high surface roughness and well organized surface condition which can help to improve transmittance of light. In conclusion, $Ludox^{(R)}$ is not required only for the antifogging property. However, at least 10% of Ludox should be added to show antifouling effect and 0.7% of TEOS should be added for good durability.

Analysis for Concentration Range of Fluorescein Sodium (플루오레신나트륨의 농도 범위 분석)

  • Lee, Da-Ae;Kim, Yong-Jae;Yoon, Ki-Cheol;Kim, Kwang-Gi
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2020
  • Brain tumors or gliomas are fatal cancer species with high recurrence rates due to their strong invasiveness. Therefore, the goal of surgery is complete tumor resection. However, the surgery is difficult to distinguish the border because tumors and blood vessels have the same color tone and shape. The fluorescein sodium is used as a fluorescence contrast agent for boundary separation. When the external light source is irradiated, yellow fluorescence is expressed in the tumor, which helps distinguish between blood vessels and tumor boundaries. But, the fluorescence expression of fluorescence sodium depends on the concentration of fluorescein sodium and such analytical data is insufficient. The unclear fluorescence can obscure the boundaries between blood vessels and tumors. In addition, reduce the efficiency of fluorescence sodium use. This paper proposes a protocol of concentration range for fluorescence expression conditions. Fluorescent expression was observed using a near-infrared (NIR) color camera with corresponding dilution using normal saline in 1 ml microtube. The flunoresence emission density range is 1.00 mM to 0.15 mM. The fluorescence emission begin to 1.00 mM and the 0.15 mM discolor. The discolor is difficult to fluorescence emission condition obserbation. Thus, the maximum density range of the bright fluoresecein is 0.15 mM to 0.30 mM. When the concentration range of fluorescein sodium is analyzed based on the gradient of fluorescence expression and the power measurement, the brightest fluorescence is expected to facilitate the complete resection of the tumor. For the concentration range protocol, setting concentration ranges and analyzing fluorescence expression image according to saturation and brightness to find optimal fluorescence concentration are important. Concentration range protocols for fluorescence expression conditions can be used to find optimal concentrations of substances whose expression pattern varies with concentration ranges. This study is expected to be helpful in the boundary classification and resection of brain tumors and glioma.

Conjugated Linoleic Acid Induces Apoptosis by Activating AMPK in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells (MCF-7 유방암 세포에서 AMPK 활성에 의한 conjugated linoleic acid의 apoptosis 유도에 관한 연구)

  • Lin, Sun-Kyo;Kim, Hyun-Sook;Park, Ock-Jin;Kim, Young-Min
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.1679-1685
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    • 2008
  • Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a naturally occurring compound found in dairy and beef products. It has been shown to suppress cancer cells and to induce apoptosis. Practically, there is emerging evidence that CLA can inhibit chemically induced carcinogenesis in various tissues. However, the molecular mechanisms of CLA on human MCF-7 breast cancer cells have not been clearly explained yet. In this report, we investigated the anti-cancer activity of CLA in MCF-7 cells. It was found that CLA could inhibit the growth of the MCF-7 cells and induce apoptosis, through modulating AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). AMPK acts as a cellular fuel gauge and responds to decreased cellular energy status by inhibiting ATP-consuming pathways and increasing ATP-synthesis. CLA treatment with variable concentrations and different time of same-dose CLA on MCF-7 cells resulted in a strong activation of AMPK and an inhibition of COX-2 expression. It supports that CLA induces apoptosis in CLA-treated MCF 7 cells. Therefore, the effects of CLA induced COX-2 expression via activating AMPK can provide new possibility into the understanding the molecular mechanisms of anti-cancer component.

SHA-256 based Encapsulated Electronic Medical Record Document Storage System (SHA-256 기반의 캡슐화된 전자의무기록 문서 저장 시스템)

  • Lee, Hyo-Seung;Oh, Jae-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.199-204
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    • 2020
  • With the development of IT. convergence systems are applied and operated in many different fields. A representative field among them is medical service, which develops in diverse types in combination with nano-technology and bio technology. However, there is a lack of technical innovation in terms of medical data operation and management. For example, data and documents are saved and integrated separately depending on their forms when electronic health records or data like SAM files are transmitted or kept. In other cases, such records and data are still kept after being recorded in paper. This study tries to design and implement the EMR system that makes it possible to capsulize forms of data and documents and to digitalize documents in work process as they are in terms of operation and storage. The system is expected to support efficient operation of electronic documents in the aspects of work and management.

Influence of Deposition Method on Refractive Index of SiO2 and TiO2 Thin Films for Anti-reflective Multilayers

  • Song, Myung-Keun;Yang, Woo-Seok;Kwon, Soon-Woo;Song, Yo-Seung;Cho, Nam-Ihn;Lee, Deuk-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.45 no.9
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    • pp.524-530
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    • 2008
  • Anti-Reflective (AR) thin film coatings of $SiO_2$ (n= 1.48) and $TiO_2$ (n=2.17) were deposited by ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD) with End-Hall ion source and conventional electron beam (e-beam) evaporation to investigate the effect of deposition method on the refractive indicies (n) of the fIlms. Green-light generation using a GaAs laser diode was achieved via excitation of the second harmonic. The latter resulted from the transmission of the fundamental guided-mode wave of 1064 nm through periodically poled $LiNbO_3$. Large differences in the refractive indicies of each of the layers in the multilayer coating may improve AR performance. IBAD of $SiO_2$ reduced its refractive index from 1.45 to 1.34 at 1064 nm. Conversely, e-beam evaporation of $TiO_2$ increased its refractive index from 1.80 to 2.11. In addition, no fluctuations in absorption at the wavelength of 1064 nm were found. The results suggest that films prepared by different deposition methods can increase the effectiveness of multilayer AR coatings.

Effects of Slander Glasswort (Salicornia herbacea L.) Extract on Improvements in Bowel Function and Constipation Relief (함초 추출물의 장 기능 개선과 변비 해소 효과)

  • Cho, Young-Sim;;Han, Young-Sil
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.326-331
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    • 2008
  • This study investigated the effects of dietary slander glasswort extract on improvements in bowel function and constipation relief. Balb/C mice were used to measure transit movement of a charcoal meal after slander glasswort extract was added to their drinking water at 0.36, 0.72, and 1.5 mg/mL concentrations. The extract's constipation relief effects were investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats with loperamide-induced constipation by adding 2, 3, and 4 mg/mL of the extract to their drinking water, and by feeding yogurt containing 0.0, 0.25, and 0.50% slander glasswort extract mixed into a 10-fold amount of water. The mice receiving the extract at 1.5 mg/mL via drinking water had a 16.4% increase in the rate of transit as compared to the controls. In addition, the rats receiving the extract via drinking water and yogurt had increased in constipation relief from 128 to 156% and from 107 to 150%, respectively, as compared to the controls. Based on the results, slander glasswort is considered to have effects on improving bowel function and relieving constipation.

A Study on Convergence Education: A case of Hanbat National University (융합교육의 현황 및 향후 방향: 한밭대학교 사례중심으로)

  • Yun, Rin;Kim, In-Sun;Choi, Byung-Uk
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2011
  • This paper deals with the characteristics of the various fields of convergence studies and the current status of convergence education in domestic universities, based on a case study of Hanbat National University. Each case of convergence education for domestic universities is categorized and analyzed based on the disciplines of the convergence studies. Based on this analysis, a direction for the convergence education policy of university is suggested. The first suggestion is that convergence education should be based on the voluntary recognition of the necessity and meanings of it for both students and educators. Second is that the content of convergence education should be created according to the characteristics of the universities and related industrial structures. Finally, institutional and financial support from the universities should be extended to the self-organized student study groups.