• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.606-625
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• 2023

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) was introduced in 1977 with the administration of chemotherapeutic agent to gelatin sponge particles through the hepatic artery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and was established as conventional TACE using Lipiodol in the 1980s. In the 2000s, drug-eluting beads were developed and applied clinically. Currently, TACE is a commonly used non-surgical treatment modality for patients with HCC who are unsuitable for curative treatment. Considering the vital role of TACE in the management of HCC, it is crucial to organize current knowledge and expert opinions regarding patient preparation, procedural techniques, and post-treatment care in TACE, which can enhance therapeutic efficacy and safety. A group of 12 experts in the fields of interventional radiology and hepatology, convened by the Research Committee of the Korean Liver Cancer Association (KLCA), has developed expert consensus-based practical recommendations in TACE. These recommendations have been endorsed by the Korean Society of Interventional Radiology and provide useful information and direction in performing TACE procedure as well as pre- and post- procedural patient care.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2024

Background: Learning from incidents for accident prevention is a two-stage process, involving the investigation of past accidents to identify the causal factors, followed by the identification and implementation of remedial measures to address the identified causal factors. The focus of past research has been on the identification of causal factors, with limited focus on the identification and implementation of remedial measures. This research begins to contribute to this gap. The motivation for the research is twofold. First, previous analyses show the recurring nature of accidents within the Ghanaian mining industry, and the causal factors also remain the same. This raises questions on the nature and effectiveness of remedial measures identified to address the causes of past accidents. Secondly, without identifying and implementing remedial measures, the full benefits of accident investigations will not be achieved. Hence, this study aims to assess the nature of remedial measures proposed to address investigation causal factors. Method: The study adopted SMARTER from business studies with the addition of HMW (H - Hierarchical, M - Mapping, and W - Weighting of causal factors) to analyse the recommendations from 500 individual investigation reports across seven different mines in Ghana. Results: The individual and the work environment (79%) were mostly the focused during the search for causes, with limited focus on organisational factors (21%). Forty eight percentage of the recommendations were administrative, focussing on fixing the problem in the immediate affected area or department of the victim(s). Most recommendations (70.4%) were support activities that only enhance the effectiveness of control but do not prevent/mitigate the failure directly. Across all the mines, there was no focus on evaluating the performance of remedial measures after their implementation. Conclusion: Identifying sharp-end causes leads to proposing weak recommendations which fail to address latent organisational conditions. The study proposed a guide for effective planning and implementation of remedial actions.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.127-141
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• 2017

인터넷과 모바일 관련 기술의 발전과 기기의 보급은 물리적 공간의 제약을 극복하게 하고, 다양한 상품과 서비스를 소비자에게 제공함으로써, 소비자에게 선택의 폭을 넓히는 기회를 제공하는 반면, 많은 시간과 노력을 기울이고도 소비자가 자신의 기호에 적합한 품목을 선택하기 힘들어지는 부작용을 낳았다. 이에 따라, 기업은 추천 시스템을 활용하여 소비자가 원하는 품목을 더 쉽게 찾는 수단을 제공하고 있다. 상품 간의 연관성을 통계적으로 분석하는 연관 규칙 마이닝 기법은 직관적인 형태의 척도를 규칙과 함께 제공함으로써, 이로부터 도출된 규칙에 포함된 품목 간의 관계를 이해하고, 이를 추천에 적용하기 쉽다는 강점을 갖는다. 그러나, 서로 다른 규칙의 척도가 일관되게 어느 한 쪽의 규칙이 더 우위에 있음을 알려주지 못한다면, 수많은 품목 중 추천에 적합한 품목을 적절히 선별해내기 힘든 상황이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 추천 상품의 순위를 결정할 수 있도록 연관 규칙 마이닝 기법에 회귀분석모형을 보완적으로 적용하는 방안을 제시하고자 수행되었다. 연관 규칙 마이닝에서 보편적으로 사용되고 있는 지지도, 신뢰도, 향상도를 활용하여 모형을 구현함으로써, 직관적으로 이해하기 쉬울 뿐만 아니라, 실무에서도 활용하기 쉬운 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 국내 최대규모의 온라인 쇼핑몰의 주문 데이터를 활용한 실험을 통해, 제안된 모형으로부터 얻어진 추천 점수를 기반으로 추천상품을 결정하고, 이를 추천에 적용함으로써 추천 적중률을 향상시킬 수 있음을 보였다. 특히, 최근 모바일 상거래가 빠르게 확산됨에 따라, 제한된 화면에 한정된 수의 추천 품목을 제시해야 하는 상황에서 적합한 추천 기법임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.59-76
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• 2008

Studies of recommender systems have focused on improving their performance in terms of error rates between the actual and predicted preference values. Also, many studies have been conducted to investigate the relationships between customer information processing and the characteristics of recommender systems via surveys and web-based experiments. However, the actual impact of recommendation on product pages for customer browsing behavior and decision-making in the commercial environment has not, to the best of our knowledge, been investigated with actual clickstream data. The principal objective of this research is to assess the effects of product recommendation on customer behavior in e-Commerce, using actual clickstream data. For this purpose, we utilized an online bookstore's clickstream data prior to and after the web site renovation of the store. We compared the recommendation effects on customer behavior with the data. From these comparisons, we determined that the relevant recommendations in product pages have positive relationships with the acquisition of customer attention and elaboration. Additionally, the placing of recommended items in shopping cart is positively related to suggesting the relevant recommendations. However, the frequencies at which the recommended items were purchased did not differ prior to and after the renovation of the site.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an evidence-based guideline for fever management for critically ill adult patients after a brain injury. Methods: Development of the guideline process was done according to the De Novo development Korean Medical Guideline Information Center (KoMGI) and consists of 12 steps. Results: This developed guideline included 3 domains and 19 recommendations. The number of recommendations for each domain was 7 on measuring temperature, 9 on managing fever, and 3 on managing shivering. The level of evidence was as follows: 58% were at level I, and 42% at level II. Of the recommendations, 58% were graded as A, 37% as B, and 5% as C. Conclusion: These findings indicate that this guideline can be used as a guide for nursing in critically ill adult patients with brain injury. This guideline can also contribute to improvements in the quality of nursing care for critically ill adult patients with brain injury.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.75-85
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• 2017

전자 상거래 산업에서 많이 사용되고 있는 개인화 추천은 많은 분야에서 효과를 입증하고 있다. 개인화 추천을 위해서는 개인 정보를 포함하여 아이템을 재 분류해야하는 추가 작업이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 개인 정보를 사용하지 않고 아이템을 재분류 하지 않는 추천 기법에 대해 제안한다. 음악 추천 영역으로 제한하여 실험하였으며, 실제 청취 이력 데이터를 사용하였다. 실험 분석을 통해 적은 데이터로도 유의미한 추천을 이끌어 낼 가능성을 살피고, 상황별 추천을 위한 아이템 수 분석과 추가 기법을 제안한다.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.238-247
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was done to develop an evidence-based practice guideline for catheter dysfunction in hemodialysis patients. Methods: Development of the guideline process was done according to the De Novo development version 1.0 by NECA which consists of 12 steps. Results: The developed guideline consisted of 5 domains and 14 recommendations. The number of recommendations for each domain were: 3 on catheter dysfunction assessment, 1 on conservative management of catheter dysfunction, 7 on drug management of catheter dysfunction, 1 on catheter function test and 2 on maintenance management. Of the recommendations, 7.15% were marked as A grade, 52.85% of B grade, and 50% of C grade. Conclusion: Findings in this study indicate that this guideline can be added to the evidence-based practice guidelines for fundamentals of practice and that this guideline can be disseminated to nurses nationwide in order to improve the care of hemodialysis patients with catheter dysfunction.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.159-170
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was designed to examine the validity of the evidence-based guideline on pain developed by Registered Nurses Association of Ontario(RNAO) translated into Korean based on the experts' opinions. Methods: The panel consisted of experts of 60 registered nurses in surgical units, medical doctors and nursing managers who were experts in pain assessment and management. The validity of translated RNAO guideline was evaluated in terms of appropriateness, applicability, and utilization in current practice. Appropriateness and applicability of each recommendation were measured with 9 point scale, whereas utilization was measured by yes/no question. Data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and percent. The experts' opinions were analyzed by content analysis method. Results: In general, most of the recommendations in the guideline received above 7 point in appropriateness and applicability. However, above 20% of recommendations showed less than 50% of utilization rates in current practice. Conclusion: The reasons for low utilization of recommendations in current practice are in need for investigation. This study can be used for the development of guideline more acceptable in Korean health care settings and improve the quality of care for the abdominal surgery patients suffering from pain in Korea.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.350-360
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• 2000

In Korea, the dose limits are reduced and are set at the ICRP-60 iimits. However, derived limits tabulated as MPC in air and water are still specified in Notice No.98-12. There are some discrepancies between the primary dose limits and MPCs in air and water. Therefore, in order to accept ICRP-60 recommendations fully, derived limits such as ALI, DAC, ECL for radiological protection against ionizing radiation based on ICRP-60 recommendations were calculated using modified methods of those of 10 CFR part 20, dose limits and committed effective dose coefficients of the Basic Safety Standards of the IAEA. The derived limits in this study were also compared with those prescribed in 10 CFR part 20 as well as MPCs of Notice No. 98-12 in order to analyze the impact of implementing derived limits on nuclear facilities. ECLs in air and water for the control of radioactive discharge into the environment in this study are shown to have lower values (i.e. more conservative), for most part, than those in Notice No. 98-12. Especially, for uranium elements, ECLs in water are approximately a magnitude in the order of two lower than those in Notice No.98-12.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.497-513
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• 2019

A wind tunnel test was conducted that measured surface fluctuating pressures aft of a ramp at transonic speeds. Dynamic pressure test data was used to perform a study to determine best locations for streamwise sensor pairs for shocked and unshocked runs based on minimizing the error in root-mean-square acceleration response of the panel. For unshocked conditions, the upstream sensor is best placed at least 6.5 ramp heights downstream of the ramp, and the downstream sensor should be within 2 ramp heights from the upstream sensor. For shocked conditions, the upstream sensor should be between 1 and 7 ramp heights downstream of the shock, with the downstream sensor 2 to 3 ramp heights of the upstream sensor. The shock was found to prevent the passage coherent flow structures; therefore, it may be desired to use the shock to define the boundary of subzones for the purpose of loads definition. These recommendations should be generally applicable to a range of expansion corner geometries in transonic flow provided similar flow structures exist. The recommendations for shocked runs is more limited, relying on data from a single dataset with the shock located near the forward end of the region of interest.