• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2022

지난 2년 동안 중증급성호흡기증후군 코로나바이러스-2(SARS-CoV-2)는 점점 더 많은 사람들에게 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 논문에서는 COVID-19 폐 CT 이미지를 분할하고 분류하기 위해서 서브코딩블록(SCB), 확장공간파라미드풀링(ASSP)와 어텐션게이트(AG)로 구성된 혼합 모드 특징 추출 방식의 새로운 U-Net 컨볼루션 신경망을 제안한다. 그리고 제안된 모델과 비교하기 위하여 FCN, U-Net, U-Net-SCB 모델을 설계한다. 제안된 U-Net-MMFE 는 COVID-19 CT 스캔 디지털 이미지 데이터에 대하여 atrous rate가 12이고, Adam 최적화 알고리즘을 사용할 때 다른 분할 모델에 비하여 94.79%의 우수한 주사위 분할 점수를 얻었다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2022

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated the importance of implementing strategic management that prioritizes the safety of frontline nurse professionals. In this sense, this research was aimed at identifying factors associated with the illness of nursing professionals caused by COVID-19 according to socio-demographic, clinical, and labor variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three Brazilian university hospitals with 859 nursing professionals, which include nurses, technicians, and nursing assistants, between November 2020 and February 2021. We present data using absolute and relative frequency. We used Chi-square test for hypothesis testing and multiple logistic regression for predictive analysis and chances of occurrence. Results: The rate of nursing professionals affected by COVID-19 was 41.8%, and the factors associated with contamination were the number of people in the same household with COVID-19 and obesity. Being a nurse was a protective factor when the entire nursing team was considered. The model is significant, and its variables represent 56.61% of the occurrence of COVID-19 in nursing professionals. Conclusion: Obesity and living in the same household as other people affected by COVID-19 increases the risk of contamination by this new coronavirus.

• 셀메드
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.20.1-20.23
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• 2021

Background: The pandemic COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2 has spread like a forest fire. This disease may have serious consequences for pregnant women. Presently, no specific drugs or vaccines exist to battle this disease and researches are underway. Unani medicine has a unique role in prevention and management during epidemics. Here, we reviewed the overview of COVID-19 infection and pregnancy, concept and practices in Unani medicine for flu-like epidemics in general and pregnancy, and safety of Unani drugs for the prevention and treatment of mild symptomatic cases of COVID-19 during pregnancy. Methodology: Unani classical texts and pharmacopoeia were meticulously explored for concepts and practices for flu-like epidemic diseases. Further, we browsed scientific databases such as PubMed, Scopus and others for an overview, epidemics and Unani medicine, effectiveness and safety of Unani drugs in COVID-19 and pregnancy. Results: Unani medicine includes prevention and management of flu-like epidemic include quarantine and isolation, aromatic herbal drugs fumigation and spraying for environmental disinfection, ilaj bid tadbir for health promotion and use of health-protecting drugs and symptom-specific drugs in general and related to pregnancy. Lahsun, asalussus, behidana, banafsha, zanjabeel, unnab, etc are in use since antiquity for the prevention and treatment of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic pregnant women during infectious and epidemic diseases. Conclusion: Currently, the aforementioned plants are proven for antiviral, antioxidant, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activities, probably useful in the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, scientific studies have provided new insight into the mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of Unani medicines that are safe in pregnancy.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2022

본 연구는 지각된 취약성(Perceived Susceptibility)에 있어서 왜곡현상이라고 할 수 있는 낙관적 편견 외에, 지각된 통제성(Percived Controllbility)에 있어서의 왜곡현상인 통제성 편향(Illusion of Control)을 포함하여 이들 두 변인이 COVID 19 관련 개인방역행동 및 사회적 거리두기 실천과 어떠한 영향관계를 가지는지 검증하고자 하였다.이를 위해 마크로밀 엠브레인의 온라인 패널을 활용하여 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 마스크 착용, 손씻기, 손소독제 사용 등의 개인방역행동을 독립변인으로 하여, 통제성 편향과 낙관적 편견에 어떻게 영향을 주는지를 분석하고, 아울러 낙관적 편견이 사회적 거리두기에 어떠한 영향을 주는지를 회귀분석방법을 통해 분석하였다. 분석 결과, COVID 19 개인방역행동 중 손씻기 실천을 제외하고는 통제성 편향에 유의적인 영향을 주고 있지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 통제성 편향이 낙관적 편견에 영향을 주는 변인인 것으로 나타났으며, 특히 성별과 연령 등 인구학적 변인에 따라 개인방역행동이 통제성 편향에 주는 영향, 통제성 편향이 낙관적 편향에 주는 영향, 그리고 낙관적 편향이 사회적 거리두기에 주는 영향이 다르게 나타났다. 이는 향후 사회적 거리두기 촉진을 위한 개입 프로그램을 마련하는 과정에서 타겟별 차별화된 전략 및 메시지를 마련할 수 있는 근거를 제시해 줄 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.423-432
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 의약업 기업에 대한 경영효율성 분석을 실시한다. 이는 COVID-19 인해 치료제 개발로 인해 의약업은 기업가치는 상승하지만 치료제 개발이 지체되고 해외시장의 개척은 COVID-19 인한 국경봉쇄로 인해 어려움을 겪고 있다. 따라서 이들 기업의 경영효율성이 분석을 실시하여 각 기업들이 효율적인 경영 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 연구방법으로는 유가증권 의약업을 대상으로 자료포락분석을 이용하여 비효율적인 기업이 효율적인 프론티어 도달하기 위한 벤치마킹 할 수 있는 기업의 참조집합을 확인하고, 투사값을 제시하고자 한다. 분석결과, 코로나 이전과 이후의 경영효율성은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 특정기업은 경영효율성이 하락함을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 기업의 생존경쟁력과 경영전략을 판단 할 수 있으며, 더 나아가 지속적인 성장과 경쟁력 제고를 위한 방안을 제시하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2022

COVID-19 struck labor markets around the world, exposing and exacerbating the gender inequalities within the human capital structure. The last, in its turn, jeopardizes the return of the national economies to the growth trajectory undermined by pandemic impact. The authors assume that COVID-19 disproportionately affected the employment rates of women and men, which led to increased gender inequality in the labor market, which, in turn, affected GDP growth rates in the EU. To prove this hypothesis two research questions are discovered: 1) whether there was a different correlation between the number of COVID-19 cases in the EU and indicators of the labor market for women and men; and 2) whether there was a link between the growth of gender inequality in the EU labor market and the GDP dynamics in these countries. The analysis of the correlation between the number of cases of COVID-19 and indicators of the labor market in the EU revealed faster growth of women's unemployment rates compared to men's ones as the COVID-19 incidence unfolded. Multiple linear regression and factor analysis have been used to investigate the influence of gender inequality in the labor market on GDP dynamics. Despite the methodological limitations, the proposed model is both a sound argument and an analytical basis in favor of gender-responsive economic recovery backed by the systematic and consistent gender equality policy of a government.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.337-347
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• 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 are directly associated with hyper-activation of innate immune response that excessively produce pro-inflammatory cytokines and induce cytokine storm, leading to multi-organ-failure and significant morbidity/mortality. Currently, several antiviral drugs such as Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) and molnupiravir are authorized to treat mild to moderate COVID-19, however, there are still no drugs that can specifically fight against challenges of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Panax ginseng, a medicinal plant widely used for treating various conditions, might be appropriate for this need due to its anti-inflammatory/cytokine/viral activities, fewer side effects, and cost efficiency. To review Panax ginseng and its pharmacologically active-ingredients as potential phytopharmaceuticals for treating cytokine storm of COVID-19, articles that reporting its positive effects on the cytokine production were searched from academic databases. Experimental/clinical evidences for the effectiveness of Panax ginseng and its active-ingredients in preventing or mitigating cytokine storm, especially for the cascade of cytokine storm, suggest that they might be beneficial as an adjunct treatment for cytokine storm of COVID-19. This review may provide a new approach to discover specific medications using Panax ginseng to control cytokine storm of COVID-19.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.444-455
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• 2022

Purpose: This study explored the meaning of the social perceptions of nurses in online news articles during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: A total of 339 nurse-related articles published in Korean online newspapers from January 1 to December 31, 2020, were extracted by entering various combinations of OR and AND with the four words "Corona," "COVID," "Nursing," and "Nurse" as search keywords using BIGKinds, a news database provided by the Korea Press Foundation. The collected data were analyzed with a keyword network analysis and topic modeling using NetMiner 4. Results: The top keywords extracted from the nurse-related news articles were, in the following order, "metropolitan area," "protective clothing," "government," "task," and "admission." Four topics representing keywords were identified: "encouragement for dedicated nurses," "poor work environment," "front-line nurses working with obligation during the COVID-19 pandemic," and "nurses' efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19." Conclusion: The media's attention to the dedication of nurses, the shortage of nursing resources, and the need for government support is encouraging in that it forms the public opinion necessary to lead to substantial improvements in treating nurses. The nursing community should actively promote policy proposals to improve treatment toward nurses by utilizing the net function of the media and proactively seek and apply strategies to improve the image of nurses working in various fields.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 2023

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)는 호흡기계 뿐만 아니라 소화기계에도 감염을 일으킨다. 이중 SARS-CoV-2가 급성 췌장염을 일으키는 경우는 성인과 소아를 포함하여coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 확진 환자의 약 0.16% 정도이다. COVID-19에 확진된 소아 환자에서의 급성 췌장염은 그 동안 소아다기관염증증후군이나 중증의 코로나 감염 환자에서 동반 질환으로 보고되는 게 대부분이며 단독으로 급성 췌장염만 일으키는 사례는 거의 없었다. 저자들은 SARS-CoV-2에 감염된 소아 환자에게서 단독으로 급성 췌장염이 발생한 예를 경험하였고 성공적으로 치료하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.80-91
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• 2022

Objective : Hospital workers' mental health has deteriorated because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of hospital workers and its determinants. Methods : Two surveys were conducted among employees working in a hospital that received COVID-19 patients from the early phase of the pandemic in South Korea. Data on demographics, perceived threat, workplace evaluation, resilience, and mental health status were collected using the Korean General Health Questionnaire-20 in the initial phase (February 2020) and during the third wave of COVID-19 (December 2020) for 467 and 545 workers, respectively. The mental health of hospital workers in the two phases was compared, and the risk and protective factors during the third wave were investigated. Results : The proportion of patients in the psychiatric high-risk group increased from 2.8% in the initial phase to 11.4% during the third wave. The perceived threat, workplace evaluation, and resilience of respondents deteriorated. Risk factors for mental health during the third wave included the perceived threat items of job stress, loss of control, and considering resignation. Protective factors included presence of children, workplace satisfaction, and hardiness in resilience. Conclusion : Hospital workers' mental health deteriorated as the pandemic progressed. General stress and tension such as job stress, loss of control, considering resignation rather than COVID-19-specific stress had negative effects on mental health of hospital workers. Therefore, care for work stress itself can be helpful to maintain the mental health of hospital workers. Also, governance to improve workplace satisfaction or hardiness in resilience can be a potential protective factor for hospital workers' mental health during the prolonged pandemic.