• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.414-422
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• 2023

Hearing assessment is critical in dogs and cats. Hearing loss in dogs and cats may be congenital or secondary to a central nervous system disorder or ear disease. The brainstem auditory-evoked response (BAER) test has been developed as an electrophysiological test for auditory function assessment. Modern BAER equipment is based on a computerized system. Thus, auditory function assessment can be performed using this objective, safe, and noninvasive method. No study has yet investigated the interspecies differences between BAER test results of dogs and cats. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the differences in BAER test results between dogs and cats. The test was conducted on four healthy adult dogs and four healthy adult cats. Regarding latency, lower values were obtained for all waveforms above 50 dB in cats compared to dogs. Regarding amplitude, cats showed higher values than dogs at intensities above 50 dB. Through a comparative analysis in this study, it was concluded that the two species had statistically significant differences. The BAER data of dogs cannot be applied to cats, and vice versa.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제81권6호
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• pp.1492-1496
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• 2020

장간막 혈전정맥염은 장의 허혈 및 경색을 일으킬 수 있는 드문 질환으로, 게실염이나 충수돌기염 등의 염증성 장질환으로 인해 이차적으로 발생한다. 게실 질환에 의해 발생한 장간막 혈전정맥염의 빈도는 매우 낮고 증상이 비특이적이므로 영상학적 진단이 매우 중요하다. 저자들은 61세 여성의 전산화단층촬영에서 말단 회장의 게실염에 동반된 상장간막 혈전정맥염으로 진단받고 항생제, 경구 항응고제 치료 및 우반 결장 절제술 후 혈전정맥염이 소실된 증례를 경험하여 보고한다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1260-1283
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• 2023

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been extensively applied in the study of multiple sclerosis (MS), substantially contributing to diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and disease monitoring. MRI studies have significantly contributed to the understanding of MS through the characterization of typical radiological features and their clinical or prognostic implications using conventional MRI pulse sequences and further with the application of advanced imaging techniques sensitive to microstructural damage. Interpretation of results has often been validated by MRI-pathology studies. However, the application of MRI techniques in the study of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) remains an emerging field, and MRI studies have focused on radiological correlates of NMOSD and its pathophysiology to aid in diagnosis, improve monitoring, and identify relevant prognostic factors. In this review, we discuss the main contributions of MRI to the understanding of MS and NMOSD, focusing on the most novel discoveries to clarify differences in the pathophysiology of focal inflammation initiation and perpetuation, involvement of normal-appearing tissue, potential entry routes of pathogenic elements into the CNS, and existence of primary or secondary mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2024

Currently, the second most devastating form of cancer in people, particularly in women, is Breast Cancer (BC). In the healthcare industry, Machine Learning (ML) is commonly employed in fatal disease prediction. Due to breast cancer's favorable prognosis at an early stage, a model is created to utilize the Dataset on Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer (WDBC). Conversely, this model's overarching axiom is to compare the effectiveness of five well-known ML classifiers, including Logistic Regression (LR), Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF), K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Naive Bayes (NB) with the conventional method. To counterbalance the effect with conventional methods, the overarching tactic we utilized was hyperparameter tuning utilizing the grid search method, which improved accuracy, secondary precision, third recall, and finally the F1 score. In this study hyperparameter tuning model, the rate of accuracy increased from 94.15% to 98.83% whereas the accuracy of the conventional method increased from 93.56% to 97.08%. According to this investigation, KNN outperformed all other classifiers in terms of accuracy, achieving a score of 98.83%. In conclusion, our study shows that KNN works well with the hyper-tuning method. These analyses show that this study prediction approach is useful in prognosticating women with breast cancer with a viable performance and more accurate findings when compared to the conventional approach.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of dizziness in adults and to identify factors associated with dizziness. Methods: This cross-sectional study used secondary data from the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Participants included 10,265 older adults aged≥40 years. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-squared test, and multinomial logistic regression with the SPSS/WIN 27.0 program. Results: The prevalence of dizziness was 26.2%, with 20.9% reporting episodic dizziness and 5.3% reporting chronic dizziness. Compared to that noted in the control group participants without dizziness, the risk of episodic or chronic dizziness was higher in women and in participants with older age, low education level, low income level, high perceived stress level, depression, tinnitus, and occupational noise exposure. Moreover, the risk of chronic dizziness was higher among those with a body mass index of <25 kg/m², stroke, cardiovascular disease, or severe hearing loss. Conclusion: The study underscores the need to comprehensively identify risk factors associated with dizziness and to develop interventions to prevent and manage the occurrence and chronicity of dizziness in the general population.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.290-298
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• 2024

K-Maryblyt has been developed for the effective control of secondary fire blight infections on blossoms and the elimination of primary inoculum sources from cankers and newly emerged shoots early in the season for both apple and pear trees. This model facilitates the precise determination of the blossom infection timing and identification of primary inoculum sources, akin to Maryblyt, predicting flower infections and the appearance of symptoms on various plant parts, including cankers, blossoms, and shoots. Nevertheless, K-Maryblyt has undergone significant improvements: Integration of Phenology Models for both apple and pear trees, Adoption of observed or predicted hourly temperatures for Epiphytic Infection Potential (EIP) calculation, incorporation of adjusted equations resulting in reduced mean error with 10.08 degree-hours (DH) for apple and 9.28 DH for pear, introduction of a relative humidity variable for pear EIP calculation, and adaptation of modified degree-day calculation methods for expected symptoms. Since the transition to a model-based control policy in 2022, the system has disseminated 158,440 messages related to blossom control and symptom prediction to farmers and professional managers in its inaugural year. Furthermore, the system has been refined to include control messages that account for the mechanism of action of pesticides distributed to farmers in specific counties, considering flower opening conditions and weather suitability for spraying. Operating as a pivotal module within the Fire Blight Forecasting Information System (FBcastS), K-Maryblyt plays a crucial role in providing essential fire blight information to farmers, professional managers, and policymakers.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.176-188
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• 2009

목적 : 복막투석요법은 말기 신부전 환아에서 신이식 다음으로 추천되는 신대체 요법으로 현재 말기 신부전 환아들의 장기 생존율 향상으로 복막투석요법 환아 수가 점차 증가하고 있다. 현재 한국 내 복막투석요법 소아에 대한 현황을 파악하고자 이번 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 2008년 5월 국내 4개 대학병원을 대상으로 전자우편 설문조사를 시행하였고 현재 3개월 이상 복막투석 중인 103명의 소아를 대상으로 자료를 분석하였다. 결과 : 대상 환아 103명의 남녀비는 1.6:1로 남아가 많았고, 평균 연령은 $11.5{\pm}4.9$세(0-19세), 투석시작 전 말기 신부전의 원인 중 원발성 사구체 질환이 34%로 가장 많았다. 복막투석의 형태는 지속적 외래 복막투석법이 42.7%로 가장 많았고, 주간 전체 Kt/V는 $2.1{\pm}0.7$ (0.3-4.1), 복막평형검사상 저 투과성이 36.8%, 저평균 투과성이 31.6%으로 가장 많은 비율을 차지했다. 체중 표준편차점수(Z-score)는 $-1.00{\pm}1.20$(-4.54-+2.50), 신장 표준편차점수(Z-score)는 $-1.55{\pm}1.65$(-9.42-+1.87)였고, 성장호르몬은 24.3%에서 투여 중이었다. 38.8%의 환아에서 이완기 혹은 수축기 혈압 95 백분위수 이상의 고혈압을 보였고, 64.0%의 환아가 항고혈압제 투여 중이었다. 평균 혈청 혈색소는 $10.5{\pm}1.4$ g/dL, 평균 혈청 칼슘은 $9.7{\pm}0.7$ mg/dL, 평균 혈청 인은 $5.4{\pm}1.4$ mg/dL, 평균 부갑상선 호르몬은 $324.2{\pm}342.8$ pg/mL였다. 결론 : 국내 복막투석요법 소아에서 원발성 사구체 질환이 소아 말기 신부전의 가장 흔한 원인이고, 지속적 외래 복막투석법이 가장 흔히 사용되는 복막투석 형태이며, 복막평형검사상 저 투과성과 저평균 투과성이 가장 많았다. 대부분의 환아가 적절한 신장과 체중을 유지하고 있었으나 저신장 환아의 경우 성장 호르몬 치료가 제대로 이루어지지 않고 있었고 여전히 많은 환아에서 빈혈과 고혈압이 관찰되었다. 혈청 칼슘과 인은 비교적 정상범위를 유지하고 있으나 많은 환아가 이차성 부갑상선 기능 항진증을 보였다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.571-581
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• 2009

Background : Early in November 2002, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began to spread throughout thirty-two countries around the world. A total of 5,327 cases were reported in China, including 1,755 cases in Hong Kong and 655 in Taiwan. The total number of cases reported from Canada and Singapore was more than 200. The total number of SARS cases world-wide reached 8,437 with incidences. Mortality from SARS is estimated at around 11%. Under the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO), clinical studies on the use of integrated herbal medicine and western medicine for treating SARS were carried out in China and Hong Kong. The official report suggested that integrated treatment was more effective than western medicine alone in clinical symptoms, lung inflammation, blood oxygen saturation, immunological functions and others. Objective : To overview the treatment principle and the prescriptions according to the regimens and the stages for SARS of the reports, and further to broaden our knowledge of treatment of acute infectious diseases using natural herbal medicine. Methods : We reviewed nine of WHO SARS reports that comprehensively described the principles and methods of treatment and summarized them into eight treatment methods. We analyzed the herbal formulae on the basis of their treatment principles, evaluated them in accordance with warm disease study, listed frequently used herbs, and assessed patent prescriptions and herbal injections that were mentioned in the reports. Results and Conclusion : The reports divided the course of SARS into 3 to 6 stages such as high fever stage, fastigium stage, and convalescent stage. Frequently used herbs were Radix Scutellariae, Radix Paeoniae, Radix Astragali, Semen Armeniacae, Radix Pseudostellariae, Radix Ophiopogonis, and Fructus Schizandrae. Herbal decoctions were the primary method of treatment, while extracts or injections were secondary. Prescriptions were mainly based on the warm disease study. SARS is a viral disease caused by corona virus, and herbal medicine is proven to be effective against it. We believe that evidences and experiences from SARS cases can be a good reference to further researches on acute infectious diseases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.593-606
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• 1984

With the ligation of patent ductus arteriosus by Gross in 1938, surgeons first entered the field of congenital heart disease. Interruption of a ductus is one of the most satisfactory and curative operations in the field of surgery for congenital heart disease. 27 cases of isolated patent ductus arteriosus were operated from Jan. 1978 to July 1984 at the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery in Kyung-Hee University Hospital. Retrospective clinical analysis of these patients were: 1. Sex ratio, female: male, was 2:1. 2. Mean age at operation was 9.85\ulcorner.58 years. The youngest patient was a 23 month-old girl and the oldest one was a 24 year-old male. 3. More than half of the patients had less than 50 percentile of growth retardation. 4. Chief complaints of the patients were frequent URI [52%], dyspnea on exertion [33%], generalized weakness [22%], palpitation [7%], but 7 patients [26%] had no subjective symptoms. 5. Continuous machinery murmur could be heard at the 2nd or 3rd intercostal space on the left sternal border in 22 patients [81%]. The other S patients made systolic murmur with accentuation of the second heart sound and those were associated with pulmonary hypertension. 6. Radiologic findings of Chest P-A were cardiac enlargement in 15 patients [55%], enlargement of pulmonary conus and/or increasing density of pulmonary vascularity in 20 patients [74%]. 7. Electrocardiographic findings of the patients were within normal limit in 13 patients [48%], LVH in 4 patients [15%], biventricular hypertrophy in 3 patients [11%]. 8; echocardiogram was obtained from 11 patients. Ductus was directly visualized in 7 patients. Left atrial enlargement is the secondary change of left to right shunt, 10 patients had LA/Ao ratio more than 1.2. 9. Cardiac catheterization performed in 25 patients. The mean value of the results were:SO2[PA-RV]= 14.72\ulcorner6.01%, Qp/Qs=2.22\ulcorner.80, peak systolic pulmonary arterial pressure=48.28\ulcorner1.60 mmHg. 10. 26 patients were operated through the left posterolateral thoracotomy: closure of ductus by double ligation in 14 cases, triple ligation in 5 cases, and division with suture in 8 cases. One patient suffer from aneurysmal rupture of main pulmonary artery, endocarditis, hemopericardium was treated with cardiopulmonary bypass via median sternotomy and closure of ductus through the ruptured main pulmonary artery. 11.There was no death associated with the operation, but 3 cases were experienced with intraoperative rupture around the ductus resulting in massive bleeding. The other complications were transient hoarseness in one patient, atelectasis in left lower lobe in 3 patients, and postoperative systemic hypertension in 4 patients with unknown etiology. 12. Pulse pressure was reduced, 11.47+5.92 mmHg, postoperatively, as compare to preoperative status. 13. Intraoperative wedge lung biopsy from lingular segment for the evaluation of the pulmonary vascular disease was taken in S patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. The result was Heath-Edward grade I in one case, grade II in two cases, and grade III in two cases.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.114-127
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• 2018

본 연구는 허혈성 심뇌혈관질환자의 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 위험정도를 파악하고 그 영향요인을 규명하기 위해 시도되었다. 심뇌혈관집중치료실에 입원한 허혈성 심뇌혈관질환자 141명을 대상으로 구조화된 자가설문지 사용하였고, 펄스 옥시미터를 사용하여 세 시점에서 수면 중 혈중산소포화도를 측정하였으며 SPSS/WIN 20.0을 이용하여 통계분석을 시행하였다. 연구 결과 대상자의 평균연령은 $64.4{\pm}11.1$세였고 남자가 61%였다. 심뇌혈관질환자의 21.3%가 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 고위험군으로 파악되었고 71.6%에서 수면의 질이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 고위험군의 수면 중기와 말기에 측정한 산소포화도는 저위험군보다 통계적으로 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 다중회귀분석 결과, 심뇌혈관질환자의 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 영향요인으로서 과거흡연, 잦은 코골이, 비만, 운동부족이 확인되었다. 따라서, 본 연구결과는 심뇌혈관질환 간호에 있어 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 또는 잦은 코골이를 위험요인으로 중요하게 인식하고, 심뇌혈관질환의 이차적 재발 예방을 위해 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 고위험군의 조기선별 및 환자와 가족을 지지하고 건강행태 개선을 위한 상담과 퇴원교육을 강화하기 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.