• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.171-180
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• 1991

Productivity analysis of physician is one of essential factors for the optimal health manpower planning. Among 690 physicians operating clinic and registered on the Kyeongsangnamdo Medical Association, 623 physicians were studied with a structural questionaire from April 1 to May 31, 1990. This study covers the general characteristics and productivity of physicians and attempts to find relevant determinants of their productivity through stepwise multiple regression analysis based on collected data. The mar results were as follows. First, physicians were more prevalent $35{\sim}44$ group (30.2%) in age, male (95.8%) in sex, specialist (76.5%) in specialization,'city (78.0%) in geographical location. Age group of 35-54 and specialist were mere prevalent in cities than in counties, while age group of 25-44 and 55 over and general practitioner in counties (p<0.001). Second, daily outpatients load of all physician were 77.1 persons on average. Age group of $35{\sim}44$ had the most outpatient load (90.3 persons) among all age group, $6{\sim}10$ years group (94.2 persons) in years of duration of practice, 11 hours per day group (83.4 persons) in working hours per day. Specialists had more outpatient load (82.6 persons) than general practitioners (61.1 persons) and physicians in cities had more (80.2 persons) than physicians in counties (66.3 persons). Daily average outpatient load of physicians were significantly different by their age, speciality, number of assistants and years of practice (p<0.001) and working location (p<0.05), but not significantly different by working hours per day of physician (p>0.1). Third, the productivity of physicians operating clinic were significantly affected by the three factors-number of assistants of physician, age of physician and duration of practice at the current clinic. Age of physician had negative regression coefficient.

• 공업화학
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.664-669
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• 2010

우리나라의 산림면적은 전국토의 70%인 6370304 ha이며 강원도 지역이 타지역에 비해 월등히 넓다. 우리나라의 울창한 산림은 자연환경 중에서 가장 기초적인 구성요소이며 과학 및 교육적 가치 등 인간에게 없어서는 안될 중요한 가치들을 지니고 있다. 그러나 1990년대 이후로 산불발생이 증가함에 따라 수목의 손실과 자연환경 생태계 파괴, 경제적인 손실이 발생하고 산불발생시 그 규모도 대형화 되고 있다. 규모가 대형화 되는 원인은 산림 내의 침엽수, 활엽수, 낙엽, 초본류 등이 많기 때문에 화세를 키우는 직접적 문제점이라 할 수 있다. 이런 현실과 달리 국 내외에서는 수종별 연소특성과 열분해특성 연구가 많이 부족한 실정이며 본 논문에서는 대표적 침엽수인 적송을 대상으로 TGA를 이용해 연소특성 및 열분해반응에 대한 연구를 하였다. 적송은 $162^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 발화가 시작되며 열분해는 $197^{\circ}C$에서부터 시작되었다. TGA 분석으로 얻은 데이터는 미분법을 적용하여 전화율 변화에 따라 활성화에너지와 빈도인자를 계산하였다. 열분해반응에서 활성화 에너지는 전화율 증가에 따라 79~487 kJ/mol로 증가하였고 평균활성화에너지는 195 kJ/mol이었다. 연소과정에서의 활성화에너지는 148~133 kJ/mol로 감소하였다.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2004

We consider design factors for a SQUID sensor array to construct a 52-channel magnetocardiogram (MCG) system that can be used to measure tangential components of the cardiac magnetic fields. Nowadays, full-size multichannel MCG systems, which cover the whole signal area of a heart, are developed to improve the clinical analysis with high accuracy and to provide patients with comfort in the course of measurement. To design the full-size MCG system, we have to make a compromise between cost and performance. The cost is involved with the number of sensors, the number of the electronics, the size of a cooling dewar, the consumption of refrigerants for maintenance, and etc. The performance is the capability of covering the whole heart volume at once and of localizing current sources with a small error. In this study, we design the cost-effective arrangement of sensors for MCG by considering an adequate sensor interval and the confidence region of a tolerable localization error, which covers the heart. In order to fit the detector array on the cylindrical dewar economically, we removed the detectors that were located at the corners of the array square. Through simulations using the confidence region method, we verified that our design of the detector array was good enough to obtain whole information from the heart at a time. A result of the simulation also suggested that tangential-component MCG measurement could localize deeper current dipoles than normal-component MCG measurement with the same confidence volume; therefore, we conclude that measurement of the tangential component is more suitable to an MCG system than measurement of the normal component.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3731-3740
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• 2012

Background: There have been few studies of Asian ovarian cancer and benign tumors. The primary aim of this paper was to report the protocol of the Ko-EVE study to examine epidemiological and molecular factors for ovarian cancer and benign neoplasms and to ascertain the major risk factors for ovarian cancer control in Korea. Methods: This case-control study covers incident epithelial ovarian cancers and benign neoplasms, four major centers participating in enrolling incident cases and 3 hospitals enrolling healthy controls among health examinees. Standardized questionnaires were administered by trained interviewers, including sections on socio-demographics characteristics, past medical history, medication usage, family history, lifetime consumption of alcohol and tobacco, diet, physical activity, and reproductive factors for women. Various biological specimens were collected in the biorepository according to the standardized protocol. Annual follow-up for cancer cases and follow-up at the 1st year for benign tumor cases are performing to evaluate treatment effect and progression. Passive follow to see long-term survival will be conducting using record linkage with national data. Results: The total number recruited in 2010-2011 was 246 epithelial ovarian cancer cases, 362 benign epithelial tumors and 345 controls. We are planning to collect subjects for at least 1,500 sets of ovarian cancer, 2,000 benign tumors and 1,500 controls till 2018. Conclusions: The Ko-EVE will provide unique and important data to probe the etiology and natural history of Korean epithelial ovarian cancer. It will be continued by genomic and proteomic epidemiological analyses and future intervention studies for the prevention of ovarian cancer among Koreans.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2018

The characterization of detectors installed in space- and ground-based instruments is important to evaluate the system performance. We report the development of a detector performance test system for astronomical applications using the Andor iKon M CCD camera. The performance test system consists of a light source, monochromator, integrating sphere, and power meters. We adopted the Czerny-Tuner monochromator with three ruled gratings and one mirror, which covers a spectral range of 200-9,000 nm with a spectral resolution of ~1 nm in the visible region. Various detector characteristics, such as the quantum efficiency, sensitivity, and noise, can be measured in wide wavelength ranges from the visible to mid-infrared regions. We evaluated the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) detector performance test system by using the performance verification of the Andor iKon-M CCD camera. The test procedure includes measurements of the conversion gain ($2.86e^-/ADU$), full well capacity ($130K\;e^-$), nonlinearity, and pixel defects. We also estimated the read noise, dark current, and quantum efficiency as a function of the temperature. The lowest measured read noise is $12e^-$. The dark current at 223 K was determined to be $7e^-/s/pix$ and its doubling temperature is $5.3^{\circ}C{\pm}0.2^{\circ}C$ at an activation energy of 0.6 eV. The maximum quantum efficiency at 223 K was estimated to be $93%{\pm}2%$. We proved that the quantum efficiency is sensitive to the operating temperature. It varies up to 5 % in the visible region, while the variation increases to 30 % in the near-infrared region. Based on the comparison of our results with the test report by the vendor, we conclude that our performance test results are consistent with those from the vendor considering the test environment. We also confirmed that the KASI detector performance test system is reliable and our measurement method and analysis are accurate.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2015

This study was aimed to investigate factors that affected the status of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) for handling poultry carcasses with potential exposure to virulent avian infectious agents. A large outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occurred in South Korea in 2014. Many public officers participated for euthanizing and handling livestock carcass. However, several safety issues with using PPE were revealed. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted for 340 people who participated euthanasia and carcass disposal in the place where HPAI mainly occurred in 2014. It was found that 31.8% of the respondents had ever taken off their protective equipment during operations because of its inconvenience. The most inconvenient PPE was goggles (54.6%), followed by mask (20.2%), latex gloves (11.6%), shoe covers (5.9%) and protective clothing (5.3%). The main complaints about this individual PPE was unclear sight, damp emitted toward eye, sweating, tearing easily and sweating, respectively. Considering such problems of PPE, new possible directions for improvement of gloves and goggles were suggested. With newly developed rubber coating fabric gloves and conventionally using latex and fabric gloves, H3N2 influenza virus transmission experiment was conducted. Rubber coating fabric gloves showed similar efficiency for blocking virus transmission with latex laboratory gloves and were not easily torn by sharp claws of chicken. In addition, air flow control safety eyewear was suggested to minimize moisture formation. The air flow control system efficiently suppressed moisture formation inside the goggles. Therefore our study will provide more specific directions about new PPE development for safety protection of actual wearers.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2159-2165
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• 2013

Cancer registries help to establish and maintain cancer incidence reporting system, serve as a resource for investigation of cancer and its causes, and provide information for planning and evaluation of preventive and control programs. However, their wider role in directly enhancing oncology drug access has not been fully explored. We examined the value of cancer registries in oncology drug access in the Asia-Pacific region on three levels: (1) specific registry variable types; (2) macroscopic strategies on the national level; and (3) a regional cancer registry network. Using literature search and proceedings from an expert forum, this paper covers recent cancer registry developments in eight economies in the Asia-Pacific region - Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand - and the ways they can contribute to oncology drug access. Specific registry variables relating to demographics, tumor characteristics, initial treatment plans, prognostic markers, risk factors, and mortality help to anticipate drug needs, identify high-priority research area and design access programs. On a national level, linking registry data with clinical, drug safety, financial, or drug utilization databases allows analyses of associations between utilization and outcomes. Concurrent efforts should also be channeled into developing and implementing data integrity and stewardship policies, and providing clear avenues to make data available. Less mature registry systems can employ modeling techniques and ad-hoc surveys while increasing coverage. Beyond local settings, a cancer registry network for the Asia-Pacific region would offer cross-learning and research opportunities that can exert leverage through the experiences and capabilities of a highly diverse region.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.104-118
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) 모형과 다지점 수문관측 자료를 이용하여 모형의 정확도 향상성을 평가하고자 한다. 대상유역은 한국수자원공사 용담시험유역의 수위자료를 측정하고 있는 용담댐($930.4km^2$), 동향($165.5km^2$), 천천($290.9km^2$), 주천($57.8km^2$), 석정($80.5km^2$) 유역으로 70%이상이 산림유역이다. 모형의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 강수자료는 기상관측소 2개(장수, 금산)관측소와 기상청, 국토부, 수자원공사에서 관리하는 AWS 16개의 2003~2011년 일 강수량 자료를 이용하였다. 2003~2011년의 용담시험유역의 신뢰할만한 실측자료를 바탕으로 5지점의 일 유출량을 이용하여 단일지점(용담댐)과 다지점(동향, 천천, 주천, 석정)의 유출량을 검 보정하여 비교하였다. 모의 결과 단일지점의 소유역(동향, 천천, 주천, 석정)의 $R^2$는 0.84, 다지점은 0.88, 단일지점의 Nash-Sutcliffe의 모형효율계수 0.45, 다지점은 0.70으로 보다 향상된 모의 결과로 나타났다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 뇌경보시스템에 적용하기 위한 센서로 대지전계의 극성과 크기의 측정이 가능한 필드밀에 대하여 연구하였다. 회전날개를 갖는 평면 셔터형 필드밀을 설계 제작하였으며, 필드밀의 교정은 대칭적인 구조의 원형 평판전극을 수직으로 배열하고 이때 얻어지는 평등전계 내에서 수행하였다. 교정실험에서 필드밀의 감도를 0.5[V/kV/m]로 조정하였으며, 측정 가능한 대지전계의 범위는 $200[V/m]{\sim}]20[kV/m]$가 된다. 교정실험 후, 건물 옥상에 필드밀을 설치하고, 뇌운에 의한 대지전계의 변화를 관측하였다. 2006년 7월 1일부터 7월 15일의 기간 중, 뇌운의 생성과 소멸, 이동에 따라 대지전계의 크기는 $+2[kV/m]{\sim}-6[kV/m]$의 범위에서 기록되었다. 적용실험결과로부터 제안한 필드밀은 직류 전계 측정에 충분한 성능이 있음을 확인하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.557-567
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• 2003

High-resolution (3.5 kHz) subbottom profiles were analyzed in order to reveal sedimentation pattern of late Quaternary in the northern South Shetland continental margin and the South Scotia Sea, Antarctica. On the basis of clarity, continuity and geometry of surface and subbottom echoes together with seafloor topography, high-resolution echo characters are classified into eight echo types which represent rock basements (echo type III-1), coarse-grained subglacial till or moraine (echo type I-1), slides/slumps (echo type IV), debris-flow deposits (echo types II-3 and III-2), and bottom-current deposits (echo types I-2, II-1 and II-2). Subglacial till or moraine (echo type I-1) is mostly present in the lower continental shelf and upper continental slope of the northern South Shetland continental margin, which changes downslope to slides/slumps (echo type IV) and debris-flow deposits (echo types II-3 and III-2) in the middle to lower continental slope. This distribution suggests that the continental slopes of the northern South Shetland continental margin were mostly affected by downslope gravitational processes. Further downslope, bottom-current sediments (echo type I-2) deposited by the southwestward flowing Antarctic Deep Water (ADW) occur at the South Shetland Trench, reflecting an Interaction between mass flows and bottom currents in the area. In contrast to the northern South Shetland continental margin, the South Scotia Sea is dominated by bottom-current deposits (echo types II-1 and II-2), indicating that the sedimentation was mostly controlled by the westward flowing ADW. Flow intensity of the ADW has increased in the relative topographic highs, forming thin covers of coarse-grained contourites (echo type II-1), whereas it has decreased in the relative topographic lows, depositing thick, fine-grained contourites (echo type II-2). The poor development of wave geometry in the fine-grained bottom-current deposits (echo type II-2) is suggestive of the unsteady nature of the ADW flow.