• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2010

Schwannoma of the brachial plexus region is very rare. There has not been general agreement in terms of surgical outcome from limited number of studies. We analyzed surgical outcomes from 11 cases of schwannomas which occurred in the brachial plexus. From February 2000 to August 2009, 11 patients with schwannomas of the brachial plexus region were surgically treated by a single surgeon. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and MRI of our cases, and evaluated the neurologic deficit and the recurrence of tumors after surgery. All the cases were proven histologically as schwannomas. The mean age of the patients was 52.6(36~67) years old, 4 of them were male and 7 were female. The tumor was located in the left side in 9 patients, and right in 2. The mean postoperative follow-up was 24.7(6~78) months. Initial presentation was usually painless, palpable mass. The mass was located in various level of the brachial plexus such as root, trunk, cord, or terminal branch level. The size of mass was from $1.5{\times}1.5{\times}0.5$ cm to $11.0{\times}10.0{\times}6.0$ cm. Eight of 11 patients showed no neurologic deficit. Three patients showed postoperative neurologic deficit; two of them had transient sensory deficit, and one of them had weakness of flexor pollicis longus and 2nd flexor digitorum profundus. There were no recurrences. The schwannoma of the brachial plexus region should be considered as a curable lesion with an acceptable surgical risk of injury to neurovascular structures. With precise surgical techniques, these tumors can be removed to improve patient's symptoms with minimal morbidity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4335-4340
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• 2016

Background: Bone metastasis is a single condition but presents with various patterns and severities. Skeletal-related events (SREs) deteriorate overall performance status and reduce quality of life. However, guidelines for early detection and management are limited. This study includes a survey of the prevalence of bone metastasis in cases with common cancers in Thailand as well as a focus on survival patterns and SREs. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted using a database of the Chiang Mai Cancer Registry and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry of the OLARN Center, Chiang Mai University. The prevalence of bone metastasis from each type of primary cancer was noted and time-to-event analysis was performed to estimate cancer survival rates after bone metastasis. Results: There were 29,447 cases of the ten most common cancers in Thailand, accounting for 82.2% of the entire cancer registry entries during the study period. Among those cases, there were 2,263 with bone metastases, accounting for 7.68% of entries. Bone metastasis from lung, liver, breast, cervix and prostate are common in the Thai population, accounting for 83.4% of all positive cases. The median survival time of all was 6 months. Of the bone metastases, 48.9% required therapeutic intervention, including treatment of spinal cord and nerve root compression, pathological fractures, and bone pain. Conclusions: The frequency of the top five types of bone metastasis in Thailand were different from the frequencies in other countries, but corresponded to the relative prevalence of the cancers in Thailand and osteophilic properties of each cancer. The results of this study support the establishment of country specific guidelines for primary cancer identification with skeletal lesions of unknown origin. In addition, further clinical studies of the top five bone metastases should be performed to develop guidelines for optimal patient management during palliative care.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 1995

중(中) 산간지대(山間地帶)에 재배(栽培)되는 참당귀(當歸)의 화성유도(花成誘導)에 의(依)한 추밀률(抽蜜率) 감소(減少)를 위(爲)하여 1992년(年) 2월(月)부터 1994년(年) 11월(月)까지 경북농촌진흥원(慶北農村振興院) 북부시험장(北部試驗場)에서 육묘지대(育苗地帶), 육묘기간(育苗期間) 및 유기물(有機物) 시용(施用)에 따른 화성(花成) 및 품질(品質)을 비교(比較) 분석(分析)한 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 육묘지대(育苗地帶)에 따른 추대율(抽臺率)은 표고(標高)가 높을 수록 현저(顯著)히 낮았고, 아울러 지하부(地下部) 생육(生育) 및 수량(收量)이 200, 400m인 지대(地帶)보다 양호(良好)하여 참당귀(當歸)의 육묘적지(育苗適地)는 적어도 표고(標高) 600m 이상(以上)이 적당(適當)하다고 사료(思料)된다. 2. 중(中) 산여(山閭) 지대(地帶)에서는 육묘기간(育苗期間)이 짧아질 수록 추대율(抽臺率)이 현저(顯著)하게 낮아서 수량(收量)은 증수(增收)되었지만, extract 및 decursin 함량(含量)은 육묘기간(育苗期間)이 길어질 수록 증가(增加)하여 육묘기간(育苗期間)과 품질면(品質面)에서는 반대(反對)되는 경향(傾向)이었다. 3. 유기물(有機物) 자원별(資源別)에 따른 추대반응(抽臺反應)은 단비(單肥) 시용구(施用區)보다 유기물(有機物) 시용구(施用區)에서 추대율(抽臺率)이 낮았으며, 특(特)히 볏짚퇴비(堆肥)에서 가장 낮았고 수량(收量) 및 품질반응(品質反應)은 관행재배(慣行栽培)보다 유기물(有機物) 시용구(施用區)에서 양호(良好)하였지만 유기물(有機物) 자원간(資源間)에는 뚜렷한 차이(差異)를 보이지 않았다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.189-193
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• 2009

본 시험은 인삼의 채종종자의 조직을 관찰하여 잠아의 실체를 조사하였고 묘삼의 잠아특성을 산지별로 조사하여 다경이 되는 잠아의 발달경로를 알아보았다. 그리고 묘삼을 본포에 이식하여 3 년생을 채굴하여 4 년생이 될 주아의 생성경로를 조사하였다. 묘삼의 주아는 발아종자의 경근천이부에서 피층조직이 융기하여 돔 (dome)형태의 원잠아 또는 측잠아가 형성된 후 이들 조직이 분화하여 발달하였다. 그리고 묘삼의 단뇌는 90%가 원잠아에서 유래하였으며 쌍뇌는 원잠아와 2 개의 측잠아 중 1 개가 발달되어 형성되었으며 3 뇌는 원잠아와 측잠아 2 개가 발달하여 형성되었다. 본포에서 2 년생과 3 년생은 주아가 단뇌로 형성되어 있어 2 경 개체가 발생하지 않으나 4 년생은 3 년생에서 발달한 쌍뇌 이상의 주아가 있어 2 경 개체이상이 관찰되는 최초의 연생이었다. 4년생의 주아는 종자에서 형성된 원잠아, 측잠아와 2-3년생에서 뇌두부위에서 형성된 피층잠아에서 유래하는 것으로 고년생으로 갈수록 쌍뇌 또는 3뇌는 원잠아에 비해 피층잠아 유래의 주아가 많았다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2002

The objectives of this study were to understand the tolerance mechanism of woody plants to water stress and tolerance changes in relation to mycorrhizal formation. Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Miq. commonly used for erosion control in slopes were raised from seeds and transplanted to 120 plastic pots. Sixty pots received the top soil of a Fraxinus americana forest, while remaining 60 pots received the autoclaved top soil. The forest soil contained 1,200 spores per 100g of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungus, mostly Glomus sp. The plants were raised outside with regular supply of water and mineral nutrients. Two kinds of water deficit treatment and a control were started at the middle of July : cyclic water deficit treatment with 3 cycles of sequential water stress at the point of xylem water potential of about -0.6, -0.6, and -1.7 MPa and recovery, and non-cyclic water deficit treatment with single water stress at about -1.5 MPa. The non-stressed plants received plenty of water throughout the period. In late August the plants were harvested for measurements of dry weight, N, P, carbohydrate contents, net photosynthesis and superoxide dismutase(SOD) activities. Both cyclic and non-cyclic water deficit treatments reduced dry weight by 60% and 40%, respectively, and reduced nitrogen absorption, while increased SOD activities. Water-stressed plants also showed increased carbohydrate contents in the leaves and lowered stomatal conductance. Mycorrhizal inoculation resulted in an average of 40% infection of roots and 2-3 times increase in P absorption in water-stressed as well as non-stressed plants. Mycorrhizal formation also increased shoot-root ratio. The results that SOD activities of water-stressed plants with mycorrhizal infection were significantly lower than those of non-mycorrhizal plants suggest the possibility of improvement of water-stressed condition by mycorrhizal formation. It was concluded that endomycorrhizal formation increased tolerance of Lespedeza cyrtobotrya seedlings to water stress.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2004

메가소닉파을 이용하여 KOH 용액에서의 실리콘 이방성 습식 식각의 특성들을 개선하기 위한 새로운 방법에 관한 연구를 하였다. P형 6인치 실리콘 웨이퍼를 메가소닉파를 이용한 상태와 이용하지 않은 상태에서 식각 실험을 각각 수행하여 식각 특성들을 비교하였다. 메가소닉파는 식각균일도, 표면 조도 등과 같은 습식 식각의 특성들을 개선시키는 것으로 나타났다. 메가소닉파를 이용했을 때 식각 균일도는 전체 웨이퍼 표면의 ${\pm}1\%$ 이하이며, 메가소닉파를 이용하지 않았을 때는 ${\pm}20\%$이상이다. 식각 공정에 사용한 초기의 실리콘웨이퍼의 제곱 평균 표면 조도($R_{rms}$)는 0.23 nm이다. 자기 진동과 초음파 진동을 이용한 식각에서의 평균 표면 조도는 각각 566 nm, 66 nm로 보고 되었지만, 메가소닉파를 이용하여 $37{\mu}m$ 깊이로 식각한 경우 평균 표면 조도가 1.7nm임을 실험을 통하여 검증하였다. 이러한 결과는 메가소닉파를 이용한 식각 방법이 식각 균일도, 표면 평균 조도 등과 같은 식각 특성들을 개선시키는데 효과적인 방법임을 알 수 있다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2017

본 연구는 NaCl 및 jasmonic acid(JA) 처리 시 스피아민트(Mentha spicata)의 생육 및 생리적 반응 변화를 조사하고자 실시하였다. 대조구, JA($20{\mu}M$ JA 전처리), JA+NaCl($20{\mu}M$ JA 전처리+ 50mM NaCl), NaCl(50mM NaCl) 처리 등 4처리구로 구분하여 0.5배 Hoagland 용액에서 3주간 수경 재배한 후 생장반응과 엽록소, 비타민 C, 프롤린, 무기물, DPPH 라디칼 소거 항산화 활성 등을 측정하였다. 스피아민트의 초장, 엽장, 엽폭 및 생체중은 대조구에 비해 모든 처리구에서 감소하였고, 특히 NaCl 처리구에서 현저히 감소하였다. 반면에 건물중은 JA+NaCl 혼용처리구를 비롯하여 모든 처리구에서 증가하였다. 엽록소 a와 b 함량은 JA 처리구가 가장 높았으나 비타민 C와 항산화 활성 및 지상부의 프롤린 함량은 염 스트레스로 생육이 가장 낮았던 NaCl 처리구에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 이온 흡수의 균형 정도를 알 수 있는 K/Na 비율은 JA 단독 처리 시 증가하였고, NaCl처리 및 JA+NaCl 혼용 처리구에서는 $Na^+$ 흡수 증가로 인하여 K/Na 비율이 낮아졌다. 이러한 결과는 낮은 염 스트레스나 JA처리 같은 적절한 스트레스 처리가 항산화 활성과 정유를 포함하는 이차대사물질의 축적을 유도함으로써 스피아민트의 품질을 향상시킬 잠재적인 가능성을 보여준다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2017

This study assessed the feasibility of a dual-channel (DC) compound method for film dosimetry. The red channel (RC) is usually used to ensure dosimetric quality using a conventional fraction dose because the RC is more accurate at low doses within 3 Gy than is the green channel (GC). However, the RC is prone to rapid degradation of sensitivity at high doses, while degradation of the GC is slow. In this study, the DC compound method combining the RC and GC was explored as a means of providing accurate film dosimetry for high doses. The DC compound method was evaluated at various dose distributions using EBT3 film inserted in a solid-water phantom. Measurements with $10{\times}20cm^2$ radiation field and $60^{\circ}$ dynamic-wedge were done. Dose distributions acquired using the RC and GC were analyzed with root-mean-squares-error (RMSE) and gamma analyses. The DC compound method was used based on the RC after correcting the GC for high doses in the gamma analysis. The RC and GC produced comparatively more accurate RMSE values for low and high doses, respectively. Gamma passing rates with an acceptance criterion of 3%/3 mm revealed that the RC provided rapid reduction in the high dose region, while the GC displayed a gradual decrease. In the whole dose range, the DC compound method had the highest agreement (93%) compared with single channel method using either the RC (80%) or GC (85%). The findings indicate that the use of DC compound method is more appropriate in dosimetric quality assurance for radiotherapy using high doses.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2020

최근 2년간 군 기동화력장비의 엔진 생산 공정 중에 발생한 주요 품질문제 중에는 엔진오일 누유가 가장 많은 비중을 차지하고 있다. 이를 최소화하기 위해서는 엔진오일 누유에 대한 근본적인 원인 파악과 다빈도로 발생되는 누유 부위에 대한 파악이 필요할 뿐만 아니라 더 나아가 품질비용 감소를 위해서는 엔진 조립 및 검사공정에서 누유에 대한 사전식별이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 형광염료가 주입된 엔진오일을 통하여 누유를 가시화하고 엔진오일 누유 현상에 대한 식별성을 증대시켜 군 기동화력장비 엔진의 생산품질을 향상시키고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 기존에 사용하는 엔진오일과 형광염료가 주입된 엔진오일의 특성분석을 통하여 대체 가능성에 대해 검토하였으며 엔진오일 주입 공정과 누유검사 공정을 개선하여 엔진오일 누유에 의하여 발생할 수 있는 정비기간 및 시간을 최소화 시키고자 하였다. 최종적으로 본 연구결과를 토대로 군 기동화력장비 엔진의 신뢰도 확보 및 엔진 생산업체의 품질관리 능력 향상을 통하여 엔진 생산 공정간 발생할 수 있는 품질비용을 최소화 시킬 수 있다고 사료된다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.535-542
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of EDTA irrigant according to application time and temperature. 31 human mature extracted teeth with a single canal were sectioned with microtome in 3mm thickness and gained 62 samples of root canals. They were distributed randomly into 6 groups of 10 specimens each and control group of 2 specimens. Each specimen was prepared with GT rotary file (Dentsply, Maillefer Co., Swiss) and irrigated with 3 ml sodium hypochlorite every minute. Then smear layer was removed with EDTA solution (PULPDENT$^{\circledR}$, PULPDENT Co., USA.) except two control specimens. Specimens of each group were irrigated with 17% EDTA. The time and temperature of application were as follows : (Table omitted) All specimens were split longitudinally and prepared for examination by scanning electron microscopy. A set of reference micrographs was used to award a debris score as follows: 0 = no smear layer, all tubules clean and open; 1 = no superficial smear layer, tubule openings visible, but some contain debris plug or soft tissue remnants: 2 = moderate smear layer, some tubules open and others closed; 3 = heavy smear layer, most/all tubule openings obscured. Results were evaluated with Kruskal-Wallis test to determine whether there was statistically significant difference among six groups. Pairs of groups were analyzed using the Student-Newman-Keuls Method and Mann-Whitney test. The results were as follows : 1. Control specimens showed heavy smear layer at the canal walls 2. Among the groups applied with EDTA for 2 minutes, group 1 showed the heaviest smear layer, and there was statistically significant difference between group 1 and the other groups(p<0.05). 3. Among the groups applied with EDTA for 5 minutes, group 4 and group 6 showed smear layer but there was no significant difference between them. 4. Among the groups applied with EDTA for the same temperature, group 1 showed heavier smear layer than group 4, and there was statistically significant difference(p<0.05). 5. Among the groups applied with EDTA for the same temperature, group 2 showed heavier smear layer than group 5 and group 3 showed heavier smear layer than group 6. But there was no statistically significant difference among them. From the results above, it could be concluded, EDTA solution is effective in removing of smear layer when it is applied for 5 minutes. If EDTA is applied for 2 minutes, it should be applied above room temperature.