• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.127-136
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• 1985

To evaluate change of serum $beta_2-microglobulin$ concentration$(s\beta_2-MG)$ and the usefulness of $s\beta_2-MG$ and $s\beta_2-MG/serum$ creatinine concentration(sCr) ratio in various renal diseases, $s\beta_2-MG$ and sCr were measured in 25 normal controls and 90 patients of various renal diseases(16 cases of glomerulonephritis, 12 cases of acute renal failure, 8 cases of chronic renal failure, 24 cases of nephrotic syndrome, 15 cases of tubulointerstitial diseases and 15 cases of lupus nephritis) using $Phadebas^\circledR$ $Beta_2-Micro$ Test kits. The results were as follows; 1) In normal control, the mean value of $s\beta_2-MG$ was $1.65{\pm}0.41mg/l$ and the mean value of $s\beta_2-MG/sCr$ ratio was $0.14{\pm}0.05$. 2) In various renal diseases, the mean value of $s\beta_2-MG$ was $6.74{\pm}5.47mg/l$. The mean value of $s\beta_2-MG/sCr$ ratio was $0.24{\pm}0.11$ and significantly elevated than that of normal control. (p<0.05) 3) The correlation between $s\beta_2-MG$ and sCr in glomerular and tubulointerstitial disease was log $s\beta_2-MG-0.90$ log sCr-0.48 and its correlation coefficient was 0.78(p<0.05). 4) In glomerular disease, the correlation between $s\beta_2-MG$ and sCr was log $s\beta_2-MG-0.89$ log sCr-0.46(r - 0.76) and in tubulointerstitial disease, it was log, $s\beta2-MG-0.95$ log sCr-0.59 (r-0.87). There was no significant difference between the two groups(p<0.05). 5) Among 32 cases of glomerular and tubulointerstitial disease patients, whose sCr was within normal range, 17 cases showed elevated $s\beta_2-MG$. The mean values of $s\beta_2-MG/sCr$ ratio in these patients was $0.30{\pm}0.14$ and significantly elevated than that of normal control(p<0.05). 6) In 15 cases of lupus nephritis, 12 cases showed elevated $s\beta_2-MG$ with normal sCr and 12 cases showed elevated $s\beta_2-MG/sCr$ ratio. With above results, it was found that the $s\beta_2MG$ can be used as an index of glomerular filtration rate as in the case of sCr and that $s\beta_2-MG/sCr$ ratio can be used as a tool in early detection of slightly decreased glomerular filtration rate and in detection of the renal disease of increased $\beta_2-MG$ production.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.40-52
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• 2001

The ratio of the elderly population is rapidly growing due to socio-economic development and better medical services. As the average life-span of the Korean elderly becomes longer, the proportion of the elderly is increasing. Therefore, the elderly need to sustain a high quality of life. However, all these factors, such as sensory loss, decreased endurance, mobility limitation, and a loss of independence, act to diminish the quality of life among the elderly. It is necessary for elders to adapt themselves to aging, to maintain their physical functions and especially, it is important to keep their independence in activity of daily living and self care. Therefore, this study was designed to identify the degree of activity in daily living and exercise of a self-care agency and to investigate the relationship between activity of daily living and self-care agency. Also, this research aimed to contribute to nursing interventions that maintain and promote quality of life of the elderly and to enable themselves to live independently. The subject of this study were 160 elders, over age 65, who were sampled in C city. Data were collected by observation and questionnaires from May,1999 to December, 1999. The measurement tools were Barthel Index(1979), Lawton & Brody(1969) for activity of daily living and Kearney & Fleischer(1979) for self-care agency. Data were analyzed by SAS PC+ package and included descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Cronbach's alpha. The conclusions of this study are summarized as follows; 1. The mean of ADL and IADL was 96.09 and 16.38, respectively. The score described activity of daily living among the elders in C province as moderate. Particularly, in the items of IADL, the item of medication was the highest score. 2. The mean for exercise of self-care agency was 76.48, a moderate degree. 3. The degree of ADL and IADL according to demographic characteristics was significantly different statistically in pocket money, the presence of disease, perceived health status and in occupation, pocket money, family type, the presence of disease, and perceived health status, respectively. 4. The dagree of selt-care agency according to demographic characteristics was significantly different statistically in gender, education level, economic status, and pocket money. 5. There was a significant positive correlation between activity in daily living and self-care agency. Based on these results, further research is suggested to discover the variables influencing the activity of daily living and self-care agency to develop nursing strategies for improving self-care and activity of daily living among the elderly.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.2731-2737
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• 2013

Background: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of applying the Katz's Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale in an Iranian sample of elderly oncologic patients following initial cancer treatment. Materials and Methods: The scale was translated with the forward-backward procedure to give an Iranian version. The ADL scale was then applied in a random sample of 400 oncologic patients aged 60 and older following initial cancer treatment. Assessment of the scale stability was twice, with a 14-days (two weeks) interval, to 30 (of the 400) eligible elderly cancer patients in March 2012. To measure treatment effects, the index was run with 150 patients in a three month recall, following oncology processing. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed for assessment of construct validity of the Katz's ADL. Reliability was measured with internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha co-efficient), and test/retest (Spearman's r value) of the instrument. Criterion validity was evaluated by comparing the Katz with Physical Function (PF) subscale of SF 36. Known-group validity was approved by comparing of Katz' ADL between quartile groups of PF subscale of SF 36. Results: In our study the ADL demonstrated a high degree of internal homogeneity (Cronbach's alpha 0.923). There was a high correlation between scores of two time measurement of Katz's ADL (p value of two- related- samples test was 0.3). Construct validity showed a correlation coefficient of 0.572 between the ADL and PF scores. In factor analysis, 2 factors were extracted. Evidence for the reliability of the questionnaire was good and known group validity was approved by significant differences of ADL score between quartiles of the PF subscale of SF36. Conclusions: The results suggest that the Iranian version of ADL applied for oncologic older adult patients following initial cancer treatment is a reliable and a valid clinical instrument and comparable to those reported in other studies.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.87-99
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• 2018

Purpose - The Export Infrastructure Strengthening Program(EISP) is a project to expand exports of agri-food products through providing customized export information to food distribution companies and supporting overseas information activities. A total of 39.6 billion won was provided by 2016. So, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether EISP is effective for expanding exports of agri-food products. Research design, data, and methodology - A simple average difference between the export performance of the policy beneficiaries and the non-policy beneficiaries can be biased if the export capacity or inherent characteristics of the enterprise are not taken into consideration. In order to solve the problem of such a bias, the propensity score matching(PSM) method has been employed in this study. PSM is a method of converting the characteristics of an export company into an index through logit analysis and then reducing the matching to one dimension to improve the accuracy of the performance measurement. Results - The balancing test was conducted to determine how the characteristics of the policy beneficiary group and the matched policy non-beneficiary group corresponded to each other. As a result of the test, we could not reject the null hypothesis that there was no difference between the two groups, so that after the matching, the two groups were similar and the explanatory variables were well controlled. Using the nearest neighbor matching with propensity score estimating through logit analysis, we estimated average treatment effect on the treated(ATT). The food companies participating the EISP had the effect of increasing the exports of $ 5.88 million. As a result, the number of export contracts increased by 11.77, the number of exporting countries by 7.52, the number of export items by 47.51, and the number of buyers' consultation by 3.50. And overseas marketing expenses increased by 35.92 million won. Except for the number of export contracts, other export performance results showed statistically significant results. Conclusions - As the EISP has a positive effect on the expansion of agro-food exports, efforts should be made to find out the limitations or problems of the policy in the future and to make a greater contribution to the increase of exports.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.151-163
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• 2012

이매패류의 소화맹낭은 고도로 발달된 리소솜 시스템을 지니고 있어 소화작용과 함께 오염물질의 해독과 배출작용을 담당한다. 따라서 소화맹낭의 리소솜 시스템은 환경변화에 민감하게 반응한다고 알려져 있다. 이 연구에서는 동결절편을 이용한 조직학적 방법으로 조간대에 서식하는 참굴 소화맹낭의 리소솜 활동을 측정하였다. 참굴은 2010년 6월 광양만 내만의 초남대교, 차면리와 외만의 신덕리, 평산리 조간대에 서식하는 굴을 채집하였다. 제작된 동결절편을 이용하여 lysosomal membrane stability(LMS) 및 lipofuscin(LF) 축적, neutral lipid(NL) 축적, 소화맹낭 위축도(digestive gland atrophy, DGA)를 평가하였다. 비만도 및 소화맹낭 위축도는 내만에 서식하는 참굴이 다른 지역에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다(P<0.05). LMS는 내만이 외만에 비해 짧은 리소솜 막 불안정화 시간을 보였지만 지역별 통계적인 유의차는 없었다. LF 축적은 내만에 서식하는 참굴이 유의적으로 높은 축적을 보였지만(P<0.05), NL 축적의 경우 외만에 서식하는 참굴이 유의적으로 높은 축적을 보였다(P<0.05). DGA와 LF의 경우 내만과 외만에서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였고, 이는 환경오염의 수준과 관련 있을 것으로 사료된다. 따라서 이 두 가지 분석항목은 연안환경평가에서 좋은 biomarker로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2003년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.537-541
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• 2003

강유전체(SrTiO$_3$) 박막을 게이트 절연층으로 하여 수소화 된 비정질 실리콘 박막 트랜지스터를 유리 기판위에 제조하였다. 강유전체는 기존의 SiO$_2$, SiN 등과 같은 게이트 절연체에 비하여 유전특성이 매우 뛰어나 TFT의 ON 전류를 증가시키고 문턱전압을 낮추며 항복특성을 개선하여 준다. PECVD 에 의하여 증착된 a-Si:H 는 FTIR 측정 결과 2,000 $cm^{-}$1 과 635 $cm^{-}$l 및 876 cm-1 에서 흡수 밴드가 나타났으며, 2,000 $cm^{-1}$ / 과 635 $cm^{-1}$ / 은 SiH$_1$ 의 stretching 과 rocking 모드에 기인 한 것이며 876 $cm^{-1}$ / 의 weak 밴드는 SiH$_2$ vibration 모드에 의한 것이다. a-SiN:H 는 optical bandgap 이 2.61 eV 이고 굴절률은 1.8 - 2.0, 저항률은 $10^{11}$ - $10^{15}$ $\Omega$-cm 정도로 실험 조건에 따라 약간 다르게 나타난다. 강유전체(SrTiO$_3$) 박막의 유전상수는 60 - 100 정도이고 항복전계는 1MV/cm 이상으로 우수한 절연특성을 갖고 있다. 강유전체를 이용한 TFT 의 채널 길이는 8 - 20 $\mu$m, 채널 넓이는 80 - 200 $\mu$m 로서 드레인 전류가 게이트 전압 20V에서 3 $\mu$A 이고 Ion/Ioff 비는 $10^{5}$ - $10^{6}$, Vth 는 4 - 5 volts 이다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제95권1호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2006

본 연구는 우리나라 천연활엽수림의 대표적 수종인 신갈 굴참나무를 대상으로 흉고직경 생장량 패턴을 알아보고, 14개의 임목 측정인자와 직경생장량과의 관계를 규명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 본 생장량 자료는 강원도 천연활엽수림지역에서 벌도 된 83본의 신갈 및 굴참나무에 대하여 수간석해를 통하여 분석하였다. 두 수종 모두 우세목의 경우 평균적으로 15~20년까지 흉고직경생장률이 높게 나타나다가 그 이후부터는 일정한 생장량을 갖고, 매년 0.09~0.83 cm/yr의 흉고직경생장을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 최근 5년간의 연년직경생장량은 신갈나무가 평균 0.28 cm/yr로 굴참나무 평균 0.27 cm/yr 자라는 것으로 실측되었으며, 두 수종 모두 우세목, 준우세목, 중간목, 피압목 순으로 생장이 좋은 것으로 확인되었다. 특히, 신갈나무의 경우는 수관급간에 직경생장량이 매우 유의적인 차이 (p<0.0001)가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 14개의 입목 측정인자와 조제변수를 이용하여 최근 5년간의 연년직경생장량과 Pearson 상관분석을 실시한 결과, 신갈나무의 경우 상대직경(r=0.64), 상대수고(r=0.61), 노출된 수관투영면적(r=0.58), 전체 수관투영면적(r=0.56)순으로 상관관계가 높게 나타났으며, 굴참나무는 흉고직경(r=0.57), 수관폭(r=0.55), 연령(r=0.39), 경쟁지수(r=-0.39), 수고(r=0.35)순으로 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.536-545
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate osteopenia and osteoporosis prevalence of radius and tibia using Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) and to identify affecting factors of osteoporosis. A total of 4,340 women aged 40 - 69 years, living in Ansung (rural) and Ansan (mid-sized) area, and free of illnesses affecting bone metabolism participated in the community-based cohort study. Among them 4,059 subjects measured radius bone density and 4,089 measured tibia. The T-score threshold, defined as < -1.0 and $\le$-2.5, was used to identify subjects with osteopenia and osteoporosis by WHO criteria. The crude prevalence of osteoporosis in radius and tibia was $8.4\%$ and $23.3\%$ respectively; after adjustment for age, it changed $6.3\%$ and $18.8\%$. In simple logistic regression analysis, the prevalence of osteoporosis increased by aging, non-marital status, low education, low income. Otherwise, high intakes of Ca/P, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, and vitamin E were decreased osteoporosis prevalence. Compared to the normal BMI (body mass index) group 08.5 $\le$ BMI < 23), the odds ratio (ORs) of the low BMI group (BMI < 18.5), and high BMI groups (BMl25-30, BMI $\ge$ 30) were significantly increased. The OR of osteoporosis decreased across increasing quartiles of intakes of Ca, P and Ca/P. Therefore, maintaining normal BMI and increasing Ca intake and Ca/P ratio may have a beneficial effect on bone health of Korean women.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1273-1280
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 섬유가공공정 중 머서화공정으로부터 가성소다액를 회수하기 위한 최적의 운전조건을 확립하고자 하였다. 주요 인자들로는 NF/RO막의 적용을 위해 세라믹 막을 이용하여 파울링 지수를 평가, 고분자 막의 적용을 위해 가성소다액의 회수율을 측정, 막의 재생율 향상, 화학세정 조건, 유기물부하, 탁도 및 색도의 최적 제거조건, 그리고 세라믹 막과 고분자막의 복합공정에서의 투과플럭스를 조사하였다. 결과에 따르면, 1단계 공정의 세라믹 한외여과막과 2단계 공정의 나노여과막은 총부유고형물, 잔류유기물, 색도를 포함한 탁도의 제거 그리고 가성소다 용액의 회수에 적합한 공정구성임을 확인하였다. 한외여과막만을 단독으로 사용했을 경우, 총 부유물질과 탁도를 99.0%이상 제거하였고, 색도와 TOC는 각각 74.7%와 49.2%의 제거효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 반면에 세라믹 UF+NF 복합막 공정에서는 총 부유물질과 탁도를 99.9%이상 제거할 수 있었고, 색도는 87.7%, TOC는 78.2%의 제거효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 특히, 복합막 공정에서는 83.7%의 부피회수율일 때 91.3% 가성소다를 성공적으로 회수 할 수 있었다. 이러한 측면에서 복합공정을 통해 가성소다 폐수로부터 순도 높은 가성소다액을 회수할 수 있었으며, 회수된 가성소다액은 공정 내에 재사용이 가능하여 경제적인 이득을 기대할 수 있다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2016

Purpose: This experiment was conducted to detect water stress in terms of the moisture content of cucumber seedlings under water stress condition using a hyperspectral image acquisition system, linear regression analysis, and partial least square regression (PLSR) to achieve a non-destructive measurement procedure. Methods: Changes in the reflectance spectrum of cucumber seedlings under water stress were measured using hyperspectral imaging techniques. A model for estimating moisture content of cucumber seedlings was constructed through a linear regression analysis that used the moisture content of cucumber seedlings and a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). A model using PLSR that used the moisture content of cucumber seedlings and reflectance spectrum was also created. Results: In the early stages of water stress, cucumber seedlings recovered completely when sub-irrigation was applied. However, the seedlings suffering from initial wilting did not recover when more than 42 h passed without irrigation. The reflectance spectrum of seedlings under water stress decreased gradually, but increased when irrigation was provided, except for the seedlings that had permanently wilted. From the results of the linear regression analysis using the NDVI, the model excluding wilted seedlings with less than 20% (n=97) moisture content showed a precision ($R^2$ and $R^2_{\alpha}$) of 0.573 and 0.568, respectively, and accuracy (RE) of 4.138% and 4.138%, which was higher than that for models including all seedlings (n=100). For PLS regression analysis using the reflectance spectrum, both models were found to have strong precision ($R^2$) with a rating of 0.822, but accuracy (RMSE and RE) was higher in the model excluding wilted seedlings as 5.544% and 13.65% respectively. Conclusions: The estimation model of the moisture content of cucumber seedlings showed better results in the PLSR analysis using reflectance spectrum than the linear regression analysis using NDVI.