• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1337-1340
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to evaluate the microbial safety of raw beef used to produce Korean beef jerky, The raw beef samples harbored large populations of microorganisms. In particular, psychrophilic bacteria were found to be most numerous ($9.2{\times}10^3-1.0{\times}10^5\;CFU/g$) in the samples. Mesophilic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria were present in average numbers ($10^3-10^5\;CFU/g$). Spore-forming bacteria and coliforms were not detected below detection limit. Yeast and molds were detected at $2.2{\times}10^1-7.8{\times}10^2\;CFU/g$ in the raw beef. Ten samples of raw beef were analyzed for the presence of pathogenic bacteria. Bacillus cereus was isolated from sample B, G, and H. The B. cereus isolates from raw beef samples were identified with 99.8% agreement according to the API CHB 50 kit.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.38-56
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• 2021

Objective This study was devised to create a new diagnosis and an assessment index by Soeumin's Ordinary Symptoms. Method First, a Working Committee and an Advisory Committee were formed for development, and the development goals were set. Then, the Soeumin's disease diagnosis indicators were extracted from the previous Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sasang Constitutional Medicine. To increase the clinical applicability, the extracted diagnosis indicators were focused on ordinary symptoms, and translated into Korean. The translated diagnosis and assessment indicators for Soeumin were surveyed to the Advisory Committee using the Delphi technique, and the inclusion, importance, and validity of each indicator were investigated accordingly. Result The translated diagnosis and assessment indicators were finally revised based on the surveyed inclusion and translation validity opinions, and the weight of each indicator was set based on the investigated importance, and a draft of the diagnosis and assessment index was developed. Conclusion This developed index can help to make effective diagnose about Soeumin's diseases by clinical doctor. In the future, a clinical study of this index can be conducted to consider the reliability, validity, and cut-point, and through this process, the actual clinical applicability will be improved.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2023

Perceived age is defined as age estimated based on physical appearance. Perceived age is an important indicator of the overall health status of the elderly. This is because people who appear older tend to have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than people of the same chronological age. Although perceived age is an important indicator, there is a lack of objective methods to quantify perceived age. In this paper, we construct a quantified perceived age model from face images using a convolutional neural network. The face images are enlarged to super-resolution and the skin, an important feature in perceived age, is made clear. Moreover, through Tanh-polar transformation, the central area of the face occupies a relatively larger area than the boundary area, helping the neural network better recognize facial skin features. The experimental results show mean absolute error (MAE) of 6.59, showing that the proposed model is superior to existing method.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.234-241
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• 2024

Objectives: Health development is a key element of national development. The goal of improving health development at the societal level will be readily achieved if it is directed from the smallest social unit, namely the family. This was the goal of the Healthy Indonesia Program with a Family Approach. The objective of the study was to analyze variables of family health indicators across all provinces in Indonesia to identify provincial disparities based on the status of healthy families. Methods: This study examined secondary data for 2021 from the Indonesia Health Profile, provided by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, and from the 2021 welfare statistics by Statistics Indonesia (BPS). From these sources, we identified 10 variables for analysis using the k-means method, a non-hierarchical method of cluster analysis. Results: The results of the cluster analysis of healthy family indicators yielded 5 clusters. In general, cluster 1 (Papua and West Papua Provinces) had the lowest average achievements for healthy family indicators, while cluster 5 (Jakarta Province) had the highest indicator scores. Conclusions: In Indonesia, disparities in healthy family indicators persist. Nutrition, maternal health, and child health are among the indicators that require government attention.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2016

Objective: The decision to use in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), or split insemination (IVF-ICSI) in the first cycle is based on the number of motile sperm. Hence, total fertilization failure (TFF) often occurs during IVF cycles, despite normozoospermia. To investigate whether the cumulative motile swim-up spermatozoa percentage at 22 hours post-insemination (MSPPI) is an indicator for ICSI, we analyzed TFF, fertilization, blastocyst development, chemical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates. Methods: This prospective study was performed using data obtained from 260 IVF cycles. At 22 hours after insemination, the remaining swim-up spermatozoa were observed and divided into six groups according to MSPPI (<10%, 10% to <30%, 30% to <50%, 50% to <70%, 70% to <90%, and 90% to 100%). Results: Regardless of the ejaculated motile sperm concentration ($0.6-280{\times}10^6/mL$ motile spermatozoa), the incidence of TFF significantly increased when MSPPI was <10%, and the fertilization rate significantly decreased when MSPPI was <30%. We found that cumulative MSPPI correlated with the cumulative fertilization rate (Spearman correlation, 0.508, p<0.001). Regarding embryo development, we observed no significant differences in the rates of blastocyst development, chemical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, or live birth among all groups. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that MSPPI is a viable indicator for split IVF-ICSI and ICSI. Taken together, by employing the MSPPI test in advance before IVF, ICSI, or split IVF-ICSI cycles, unnecessary split IVF-ICSI and ICSI may be avoided.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.85-107
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• 2005

기관 리포지토리에 대한 평가지표를 개발하기 위하여 국내외 기관 리포지토리에 대한 문헌 연구를 통하여 평가요소를 도출하였으며, 도출된 평가 요소들이 도서관 업무 현장에서의 적용가능성과 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 국내외 16개 대학도서관을 대상으로 사례연구와 20개 대학도서관을 대상으로 델파이조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 4개 평가영역과 29개 평가지표를 도출하였다. 제안된 평가지표는 향후 dCollection 사업을 수행하는 대학도서관의 운영현황을 객관적으로 평가하여 바람직한 방향으로 운영을 개선할 수 있는 하나의 지침으로써 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2015

Purpose: In order to keep the acceptable level of the radiation oncology linear accelerators, it is necessary to apply a reliable quality assurance (QA) program. Materials and Methods: The QA protocols, published by authoritative organizations, such as the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), determine the quality control (QC) tests which should be performed on the medical linear accelerators and the threshold levels for each test. The purpose of this study is to increase the accuracy and precision of the selected QC tests in order to increase the quality of treatment and also increase the speed of the tests to convince the crowded centers to start a reliable QA program. A new method has been developed for two of the QC tests; optical distance indicator (ODI) QC test as a daily test and gantry angle QC test as a monthly test. This method uses an image processing approach utilizing the snapshots taken by the CCD camera to measure the source to surface distance (SSD) and gantry angle. Results: The new method of ODI QC test has an accuracy of 99.95% with a standard deviation of 0.061 cm and the new method for gantry angle QC has a precision of $0.43^{\circ}$. The automated proposed method which is used for both ODI and gantry angle QC tests, contains highly accurate and precise results which are objective and the human-caused errors have no effect on the results. Conclusion: The results show that they are in the acceptable range for both of the QC tests, according to AAPM task group 142.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.297-324
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• 2010

본 연구는 최근 우리나라에서 다양한 형태로 펼쳐지고 있는 지역사회복지네트워크를 대상으로 한국적 특성에 맞는 사회자본 척도를 개발하는데 있다. 이를 위해 문헌연구와 심층인터뷰를 통한 질적 분석으로 신뢰, 규범, 네트워크와 관련된 개념들을 도출하였다. 도출한 개념은 양적 측정지표 문항으로 전환, 선행 사회자본 측정지표와의 비교분석, 전문가집단의 문항내용 검토와 예비조사를 통해 총 90개의 예비문항으로 개발되었다. 본조사를 통해 최종적으로 확정된 지표는 총 79개 문항으로 신뢰 30개, 규범 22개, 네트워크 27개로 구성되었다. 각 영역에 대한 Cronbach's Alpha 값은 신뢰 .948, 규범 .899, 네트워크 .906으로 높은 신뢰도를 나타냈다. 또한 탐색적 요인분석에 의해 추출된 요인들과 질적연구에서 도출된 신뢰, 규범, 네트워크 영역별 범주와의 연결에 있어서도 양호하게 연결되었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 지역사회 사회자본 척도는 지역사회복지네트워크의 운영 실태에 대한 객관적 파악 및 이를 통해 지역사회복지네트워크의 활성화를 위한 효율적인 방안마련이 가능할 것으로 본다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2007

The slaughter process for cattle will inevitably transfer some bacteria onto the carcasses. The goal of food safety programs is to minimize and effectively remove this contamination. This study was attempted by the Verif $EYE^{TM}$ machine-vision technology that might be useful for reducing microbial indicator counts and could reduce the contamination chance of E coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp on beef carcasses. For the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Verif $EYE^{TM}$ technology, 80 samples were examined by the inspection device over 15 days. On an examination of FDS-positive samples compared to negative controls from the same carcasses, aerobic plate counts were bigger than the negative control samples (5.26 vs 4.60 log). Enterobacteriaceae counts were greater on the positive samples than the corresponding negative control samples (2.07 vs 1.17log). There was a consistent correlation between samples detected by the Verif $EYE^{TM}$ system with detectable counts. For example, 100% of positive samples had detectable APC and 91.2% of positive samples had detectable TCC. Therefore, if areas detected as positive for contamination by the Verif $EYE^{TM}$ system were removed from the carcasses, significant sources of microbial contamination will be reduced for objective compliance with HACCP. This results suggest that the use of Verif $EYE^{TM}$ machine-vision technology might be useful for reducing microbial indicator counts (APC, TCC) and could help reduce the risk of presence of E coJi O157:H7 and Salmonella spp on Beef carcasses.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.173-184
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• 2004

기상예보모형 중 장기예측에 널리 사용되는 CGM모의결과를 이용하여 확률론적 불확실성 해석기법의 적용을 통해 유역단위로 관리되는 국내 수자원 운영에 대한 활용 가능성을 분석하였다. 연구된 기법은 GCM 모의값이 관측값의 크고 작음을 얼마나 잘 구분하는지를 확률적으로 분석하는 방법으로 Kolmogorov-Smirnov 검정을 사용한다. GCM 모의값으로는 ECMWF에서 AMIP-II 형태로 모의한 결과로부터 표면강수량을 추출하여 사용하였으며, 관측값은 국내 7개 유역에 대해 면적강우량을 산정하여 사용하였다. 또한, 어느 정도의 구분능력이 적정한가를 판단하기 위한 유의수준(significance threshold)을 결정하기 위해 Monte Carlo 모의를 사용하였다. 이러한 분석을 통해 우리나라의 7개 유역에 대해서는 ECMWF 의 GCM 자료가 우기(6월∼9월)에 대해 인근 노드점의 자료를 평균하여 사용되어 질 경우 효율적인 것으로 나타났으나, 건기(10월∼5월)의 경우 구분 능력이 부족한 것으로 판단된다.