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유행성 질병이 공공도서관의 대출책수에 미치는 영향: 메르스 사태를 중심으로 (A Study on the Impact of the Epidemic Disease on the Number of Books Checked Out of the Public Libraries: Based on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus)

  • 김완종
    • 정보관리학회지
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.273-287
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    • 2015
  • 본 연구는 국민들에게 불안감을 야기하고 전반적인 사회활동을 위축시키는 메르스와 같은 질병의 유행이 공공도서관의 이용에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 국립세종도서관에 위치하고 있는 "공공도서관 빅데이터 수집 및 분석 플랫폼"을 통해 전국 303개 공공도서관에서 수집된 18,711,453건의 대출기록을 분석하였다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 메르스가 유행했던 2015년도는 64,645.05권으로 2014년보다 하루 평균 6,300권 가량 대출책수가 감소하였다. 둘째, 2014년의 경우 7월 5일부터 8월 19일까지의 일평균 대출책수가 4월 4일부터 5월 19일까지와 5월 20일부터 7월 4일까지보다 많은 것으로 나타났다. 이는 학생들의 여름방학이 공공도서관의 대출책수 증가에 영향을 주었을 것으로 파악할 수 있다. 셋째, 메르스가 발생했던 2015년의 경우 메르스 유행 후 기간의 일평균 대출책수가 메르스 유행기간인 5월 20일부터 7월 4일까지보다 많은 것으로 나타났으나 메르스 유행 전 기간과는 유의한 차이가 존재하지 않았다. 넷째, 2014년과 2015년의 메르스 유행 전 기간의 일평균 대출책수와 2014년과 2015년의 메르스 유행 기간의 일평균 대출책수에는 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 2014년과 2015년의 메르스 유행 후 기간의 일평균 대출책수에서는 유의한 차이가 있었다. 연구 결과 국민들에게 불안감을 가져다 준 메르스는 질병의 유행 기간 보다는 오히려 유행 후 기간 동안 공공도서관의 일평균 대출책수에 영향을 주었음을 확인할 수 있었다.

방풍통성산(防風通聖散)의 문헌(文獻) 및 형상의학적(形象醫學的) 고찰(考察) (Documentational Study and Observation from the View of Hyungsang Medicine on Bangpungtongseong-san)

  • 석민희;김준홍;이용태
    • 동의생리병리학회지
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2008
  • The following conclusions were obtained from the studies on Bangpuntongseongsan both from the documents and Hyungsang medicine. Bangpungtongseong-san was created by Yu Wan-so to relieve both interior and exterior of disease from the pathogenic fire, and it cures wind syndrome and dry syndrome. Bangpungtongseong-san is of light herbal combination and it works in the upper part of the body and is mainly applied to skin disease. Perspiration without harming the exterior and purgation without hurting the interior shows that it is not a severe prescription belonging to meditation therapy. It is mostly used for curing the disease of internal heat caused by over drinking and consuming heavy food, and it has special relationship with Yangmyung meridian. It is mentioned in the chapters of spirit, head, face, eye, ear, nose, throat, skin, hair, prescription, wind, dryness, fire, internal damage, epidemic infectious disease, carbuncle and cellulitis, ulceration, and pediatrics of ${\ulcorner}$Donguibogam${\lrcorner}$. It is usually applied to those who belong to Yangmyung type of the six meridian types or wind type, who has excessive heat, people with red complexion, reddened nose, pimples over the face and nose, coarse heel, loss of hair due to wind-heat, and to those who tend to have dandruff. Through examination over the cases treated with Hyungsan medicine, Bangpungtongseong-san was found efficacious in bloodshot eyes, brandy nose, loss of hair, various skin problems, tetanus, acute alcoholism, paralysis of hand and foot, deafness, and tinnitus.

The Health Effects of Asian Dust in Korea

  • Kwon Ho-Jang
    • 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한예방의학회 2004년도 동계 국제 심포지움
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    • pp.49-64
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    • 2004
  • o The risk of being admitted with respiratory disease is increased by 9% on the Asian dust day o The risk of cardiovascular admission is increased by 5% o During the great dust event in 2002, the counts of respiratory admission seems to be increased, but we couldn't observed the epidemic of respiratory disease o The Asian dust events are weakly associated with daily mortality

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코로나-19 진행에 따른 SIR 기반 예측모형적용 연구 (Research on Application of SIR-based Prediction Model According to the Progress of COVID-19)

  • 김훈;조상섭;채동우
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2024
  • Predicting the spread of COVID-19 remains a challenge due to the complexity of the disease and its evolving nature. This study presents an integrated approach using the classic SIR model for infectious diseases, enhanced by the chemical master equation (CME). We employ a Monte Carlo method (SSA) to solve the model, revealing unique aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission. The study, a first of its kind in Korea, adopts a step-by-step and complementary approach to model prediction. It starts by analyzing the epidemic's trajectory at local government levels using both basic and stochastic SIR models. These models capture the impact of public health policies on the epidemic's dynamics. Further, the study extends its scope from a single-infected individual model to a more comprehensive model that accounts for multiple infections using the jump SIR prediction model. The practical application of this approach involves applying these layered and complementary SIR models to forecast the course of the COVID-19 epidemic in small to medium-sized local governments, particularly in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The results from these models are then compared and analyzed.

우간다의 Human Trypanosomiasis 대유행(大流行)에 관한 역학적(疫學的) 관찰(觀察) (Epidemiological Observation on the Current Epidemic of Human Trypanosomiasis in Uganda)

  • 주혜란;임한종;주인호
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.5-15
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    • 1980
  • The first recorded trypanosomiasis epidemic in Uganda took place at the beginning of this century in the islands and in a strip along the northern shores of Lake Victoria, which resulted in deaths of 1/3 million people. The disease was partly controlled by early 1930's and continued to occur sporadically in certain localized foci. The disease has however flared up in an explosive outbreak in Busoga district along Lake Victoria since 1977. The incidence of disease in northern district adjacent to Southern Sudan is also increasing lately. This paper describes the three month observation on the surveillance and control activities in the epidemic areas and of various health units including the Vector Control Division, the Tsetse fly Control Division, Tororo Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, medical units in Busoga, and Acholi districts. Data analysis and review were made of disease information so far collected by various health units in the Ministry of Health and district health offices. The findings may be summarized in the following: 1) A total of 12, 100 patients and 38 deaths: have occured in Busoga district since 1977 onward, and over 100 cases of diseases arc occuring in the Northern region bordering Southern Sudan. 2) the distribution of trypanosomiasis is characterized with two district patterns. The disease caused by Trypanosoma rhodesiense occurs in Busoga and is transmitted by Glossina palpalis, G. fuscipes infested in the islands and in the northern shore of forests of Lake Victoria. Another type caused by Trypanosoma gambiense occurs in Madi and Acholi in the north and is transmitted by Glossina morsitans in Savannah. 3) The house survey in Rusoga indicated that most of patients keep domestic animals in their house premises, and are engaging in either farming or fishing. Practically all the patients remembered that they had been bitten by tsetse in the field. 4) The routine diagnostic methods in the hospital laboratory is carried out through the microscopic examination of trypanosome with Giemsa stain of blood and cerebro-spinal fluid, The measurement of ESR and IgM has been used by Tororo Tryponosomiasis Research Institute for field screening.

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도축장 출하차량 이동의 사회연결망 특성 분석 (Properties of a Social Network Topology of Livestock Movements to Slaughterhouse in Korea)

  • 박혁;배선학;박선일
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.278-285
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    • 2016
  • Epidemiological studies have shown the association between transportation of live animals and the potential transmission of infectious disease between premises. This finding was also observed in the 2014-2015 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Korea. Furthermore, slaughterhouses played a key role in the global spread of the FMD virus during the epidemic. In this context, in-depth knowledge of the structure of direct and indirect contact between slaughterhouses is paramount for understanding the dynamics of FMD transmission. But the social network structure of vehicle movements to slaughterhouses in Korea remains unclear. Hence, the aim of this study was to configure a social network topology of vehicle movements between slaughterhouses for a better understanding of how they are potentially connected, and to explore whether FMD outbreaks can be explained by the network properties constructed in the study. We created five monthly directed networks based on the frequency and chronology of on- and off-slaughterhouse vehicle movements. For the monthly network, a node represented a slaughterhouse, and an edge (or link) denoted vehicle movement between two slaughterhouses. Movement data were retrieved from the national Korean Animal Health Integrated System (KAHIS) database, which tracks the routes of individual vehicle movements using a global positioning system (GPS). Electronic registration of livestock movements has been a mandatory requirement since 2013 to ensure traceability of such movements. For each of the five studied networks, the network structures were characterized by small-world properties, with a short mean distance, a high clustering coefficient, and a short diameter. In addition, a strongly connected component was observed in each of the created networks, and this giant component included 94.4% to 100% of all network nodes. The characteristic hub-and-spoke type of structure was not identified. Such a structural vulnerability in the network suggests that once an infectious disease (such as FMD) is introduced in a random slaughterhouse within the cohesive component, it can spread to every other slaughterhouse in the component. From an epidemiological perspective, for disease management, empirically derived small-world networks could inform decision-makers on the higher potential for a large FMD epidemic within the livestock industry, and could provide insights into the rapid-transmission dynamics of the disease across long distances, despite a standstill of animal movements during the epidemic, given a single incursion of infection in any slaughterhouse in the country.

외감열병(外感熱病)의 원인(原因)과 치법(治法)에 대한 통시적(通時的) 고찰(考察) (A Study on the Pathogenic Factors and Treatments of Exogenous Febrile Disease with Time)

  • 양광열
    • 대한한의학원전학회지
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.295-302
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    • 2008
  • Until the middle of the 20th century, exogenous febrile disease was the most common disease that threatened the human health. For a long time, oriental medicine doctors developed many ways to cure this disease by studying pathogenic factors. The phthogenic factors and treatments of exogenous febrile disease with time are as followings. "Naegyeong(內經)" : Cold pathogen. Diaphoretic therapy, purgation therapy. Hwata : Cold pathogen. Diaphoretic therapy, emetic therapy, purgation therapy. Jangjunggyeong(張仲景) : Cold pathogen. Eight principal therapeutic methods except diaphoretic therapy with pungent and cool properties. Yuhagan(劉河間) : Fire pathogen. Diaphoretic therapy with pungent and cool properties. Idongwon(李東垣) : Improper diet and overstrain. Reinforcing therapy. Ouga(吳又可) : Epidemic pathogenic factors. Diaphoretic therapy with pungent and cool properties, Heat-reducing therapy. purgation therapy Seopcheonsa(葉天士) : Warm pathogen. diaphoretic therapy, Heat-reducing therapy, expel Heat therapy, cooling the blood and eliminating stagnation of blood. Oguktong(吳鞠通) : Six pathogenic factors. Eight principal therapeutic methods including diaphoretic therapy with pungent and cool properties.

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곡류에서의Fusarium속 곰팡이 독소의 오염 (Natural Occurrence of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Cereals)

  • 이인원;김진철
    • 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 1993
  • Species of the genus Fusarium are worldwide in their distribution. They are saprophytes as soil inhabitants and parasites of cultivated plants. Some isolates of certain species car capable of producing mycotoxins. Mycotoxicoses, including moldy corn toxicosis, alimentary toxic aleukia, fusariotoxicosis, and rel mold disease are known to be associated with trichothecene-producing fungi. Historically severe epidemic of cereal scab occred in the southern part of Korea in 1963. The epidemic caused a social problem because of not only heavy economic losses but also mycotoxicoses to humans and farm animals. However the toxic principles were remained unknown until some publications in 1980's indicated that trichothecenes and zearalenone were major mycotoxins in Korea cereals contaminated with Fusarium moniliforme have been found to be associated with human and animal disease such as leukoencephalomalacia in horses, pulmonary edema in swine and esophageal cancer in humans. High concentrations of fumonisins have been detected in corn samples from high espohoageal cancer risk areas of South Africa and China. Thus fumonisins have been implicated in the etiolgy of human esophageal cancer in those high incidence countries. Recently increase of imported cereals from foreign countries demands to assess the safety of mycotoxins in Korea. The informations on the natural occurrence of mycotoxins are needed to solve the toxicological problems in humans and farm animals associated with the consumption of moldy cereals.

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오국통(吳鞠通)의 "온병조변(溫病條辨)"중(中) 상초(上焦)에 관한 연구(硏究) (A Study on the Ohguktong(吳鞠通)'s Upper Burner[上焦] in "The Sections of Warm Disease(溫病條辨)")

  • 김영두;신승열;조경종;이석재;금경수;이시형
    • 대한한의학원전학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.177-258
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    • 2008
  • An Epidemic disease is regarded as warm disease by Korean Medicine. Warm disease is highly contagious and shows an unfavorable condition, and that is characteristic of being widely prevalent. Warm disease study cope with this epidemic disease opportunely. In the Myeong[明] and Cheong[淸] Dynasty, warm disease study got into the region of Korean medicine of today and "The Sections of Warm Disease(溫病條辨)" contributed to the cause of the study was really great. "The Sections of Warm Disease" written by Ohguktong(吳鞠通) in the Cheong Dynasty are divided into the three sections of Upper burner[上焦], Middle burner[中焦] and Lower burner[下焦]. Ohguktong, dealing with the contents of Defense-aspect[衛分], Gi-aspect[氣分], Construction-aspect[營分], Blood-aspect[血分], and so forth in all "Sections of Warm Disease", made use of Seopcheonsa(葉天士)'s Defense Gi[衛氣], Construction, and Blood pattern identification with Triple burner[三焦] pattern identification and six channel pattern identification. And he, having a correct understanding of the nature of medicine, suggested in detail that the directions of medicine and described the processing according to method and the method to take medicine. To conclude, Ohguktong(吳鞠通) Tong in "The Sections of Warm Disease" not only formulated the system of the practical theory of warm disease but also solidified the foundation covering warm disease and its treatment as well, He established the new method of treatment and formula related to warm disease and made a definite distinction between cold damage[傷寒] and warm disease[溫病].

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