• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.699-704
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• 2013

메밀 속성장은 메밀과 콩으로 제조된 별미장이다. 항균 및 효소활성이 우수한 B. subtilis HJ18-4 균주를 starter로 사용하여 메밀 속성장을 제조하였다. 메밀 속성장 제조과정 중, starter 첨가 시기는 메주 제조단계(Treat-1) 및 염수 첨가단계(Treat-2)로 접종시기를 달리하였다. 발효 중 아미노태질소 함량, 환원당, 효소활성(protease, amylase)의 이화학적 품질특성과 총균 수, 유산균 수 및B. cereus 양 변화 등의 미생물학적 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 총균 수는 발효 15일부터 7~8 log CFU/mL로 증가되었고 아미노태 질소함량은 발효기간 동안 65.38~202.52 mg%로 증가되었다. 반면, 환원당과 효소활성(amylase, protease)은 모든 처리구 에서 감소하였다. 발효기간 중 PlcR 발현에 미치는 영향을 측정한 결과, Treat-1 처리구에서 발효 23일 이후 검출되지 않았다. 메주 제조단계에서 B. subtilis HJ18-4를 접종한 Treat-1이 발효관련 이화학적 특성과B. cereus 저해효과가 우수하였다. 단일 균을 접종하여 제조되는 개량식장 제조 시, 자연발효에 제조된 장의 품질을 재현하기가 매우 어려운 실정이다. 본 연구는 자연발효방법으로 제조되는 메밀 속성장에 항균 및 효소활성이 우수한B. subtilis HJ18-4 균주를 스타터 적용하여 장류 품질개선 방법을 제시하였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.487-491
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• 2007

새싹 채소 중 무순의 위생적인 재배 조건을 위한 종자에 대한 이산화염소수와 열수처리 효과를 조사하였다. 이산화염소수와 열처리를 단독처리 또는 복합처리를 통하여 무종자의 발아율과 미생물의 감소를 조사한 결과, 단독처리시 100 ppm 농도 이상의 이산화염소수로 10분 이상 처리시 대조구와 비교하여 1 log cycle이상 감소하였으나, 열수처리 온도 $45^{\circ}C{\sim}55^{\circ}C$에서는 미생물의 감소가 1 log cycle 이하의 미미한 감소효과를 나타내었다. 발아율은 이산화염소수의 처리에 의한 영향은 없었으며 열처리 온도 $45^{\circ}C{\sim}50^{\circ}C$에서는 열처리에 의한 발아율이 증가한 반면, $55^{\circ}C$/10분 이상 처리구에서 발아율이 감소하여 $55^{\circ}C$/20분 처리 시 대조구에 비하여 발아율 약 10% 이상 감소하였다. 이산화염소수 50 ppm, 100 ppm과 열수 온도 $45^{\circ}C,\;50^{\circ}C$간의 복합처리는 발아율의 증가와 미생물의 감소효과를 나타내었으며, 특히, 100 ppm의 농도에서 병행 처리 시 약 2 log cycle의 미생물 감소효과와 발아율이 $97.0{\sim}97.7%$로 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 결론적으로, 이산화염소수와 열수의 복합처리는 무 새싹채소의 종자에 미생물적 안전성을 증가 시킴과 동시에 발아율을 증가시키는 것으로 판단된다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.221-226
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• 2010

Physical detection methods, photostimulated luminescence (PSL), thermoluminescence (TL) and electron spin resonance (ESR) were applied to detect electron beam-irradiated agricultural products, such as red pepper, black pepper, raisin, walnut, beef seasoning and pistachio. The absorbed irradiation doses for representative samples were controled at 0, 1, 3, 5 and 10 kGy. PSL values for non-irradiated samples were <700 counts/60s (lower threshold, $T_1$) except beef seasoning, whereas those of irradiated samples were more than 5,000 photon counts, upper threshold ($T_2$) in black pepper, raisin, and beef seasoning and intermediates values of $T_1-T_2$ in red pepper, walnut, and pistachio. Minerals seperated from the samples for TL measurement showed that non-irradiated samples except pistachio (TL ratio, 0.12) were characterized by no glow curves situated at temperature range of $50{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ with TL ratio (0.01~0.08), while irradiated samples except pistachio at only 1 kGy (TL ratio, 0.08) indicated glow curve at about $150{\sim}250^{\circ}C$ with TL ratio (0.28~3.10). ESR measurements of irradiated samples showed any specific signals to irradiation. The samples of both red pepper and pistachio were produced specific signals derived from cellulose radicals as well as single line signals for black pepper and walnut, and multiple signals derived from crystalline sugar radicals for raisin and beef seasoning. In conclusion, The ESR methods can apply for detection of pistachio exposed to electron beam but PSL and TL are not suitable methods. Furthermore, TL and ESR suggeted that both techniques were more useful detection method than PSL to confirm whether red pepper, walnut and beef seasoning samples have been exposed to electron beam.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.291-298
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• 2021

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a standard diagnostic method for mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy. Although rare, fatal infectious complications can occur following EBUS-TBNA. However, to date, there is a lack of effective preventive strategies to reduce these complications. We started a trial to investigate the effect of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on the prevention of microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA. Methods: This study is a single-center, parallel-group, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT). We will enroll 112 adult participants undergoing EBUS-TBNA using a convex probe, and randomly assign them to two groups at a 1:1 ratio. The intervention group will gargle for 1 minute with 100 mL of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate before EBUS-TBNA, while the control group will have no mouthrinse before the procedure. Immediately after completion of EBUS-TBNA on all targeted lesions with an aspiration needle, a needle wash sample will be taken by instilling 5 mL of sterile saline into the used needle. The primary outcome is colony forming unit (CFU) counts in aerobic cultures of the needle wash samples. Secondary outcomes are CFU counts in anaerobic cultures, fever within 24 hours after EBUS-TBNA, and infectious complications within 4 weeks after EBUS-TBNA. Conclusion: This trial was designed as the first RCT to investigate the effect of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on the prevention of microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA. Results from this trial can provide clinical evidence for a simple, safe, and cost-effective strategy to prevent infectious complications following EBUS-TBNA (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04718922, registered on 22 January 2021).

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.326-332
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• 2021

Background: The association of invasive tracheobronchial aspergillosis (ITBA) with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is not well established. We aimed to compare clinical characteristics between patients who exhibited ITBA with IPA and those who exhibited isolated ITBA (iITBA). Additionally, the usefulness of serum or bronchial galactomannan (GM) tests in diagnosing ITBA was evaluated. Methods: This retrospective single-center case-control study was conducted over a period of 4 years. Fifteen patients were enrolled after confirming the presence of ITBA using bronchoscopy-guided biopsy (iITBA, 7 vs. ITBA+IPA, 8). Clinical characteristics of patients and results obtained from serum or bronchial GM tests were compared between the two groups. Mortality was assessed using data collected from a 6-month follow-up period. Results: The ITBA+IPA group showed a higher prevalence of hematologic malignancy (75% vs. 14%, p=0.029), a greater number of patients with multiple bronchial ulcers (75% vs. 14%, p=0.029), lower platelet counts (63,000/μL vs. 229,000/μL, p<0.001), and a mortality rate which was significantly higher (63% vs. 0%, p=0.026) than the iITBA group. In the ITBA+IPA group, 57% of patients tested positive according to the serum GM assay, whereas in the iITBA group, all patients tested negative (p=0.070). The bronchial GM level was high in both groups, but there was no significant difference between them. Conclusion: Patients with ITBA+IPA had a greater number of hematologic malignancies with lower platelet counts and a poorer prognosis than patients diagnosed with iITBA. Findings obtained from bronchoscopy and bronchial GM tests were more useful in diagnosing ITBA than the serum GM test results.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1265-1272
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• 2020

Objective: We investigated the prevalence of pneumonia in novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients using chest radiographs to identify the characteristics of those with initially negative chest radiographs, who were positive for pneumonia on follow-up. Materials and Methods: Retrospective cohort data of 236 COVID-19 patients were reviewed. Chest radiography was performed on admission, with serial radiographs obtained until discharge. The 'positive conversion group' was defined as patients whose initial chest radiographs were negative but were positive for pneumonia during follow-up. Patients with initially positive chest radiographs were defined as the 'initial pneumonia group.' Patients with negative initial and follow-up chest radiographs were defined as the 'non-pneumonia group.' Clinical and laboratory findings were compared between groups, and predictors of positive conversion were investigated. Results: Among 236 patients, 108 (45.8%) were in the non-pneumonia group, 69 (29.2%) were in the initial pneumonia group, and 59 (25%) were in the positive conversion group. The patients in the 'initial pneumonia group' and 'positive conversion group' were older, had higher C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate dehydrogenase levels, and lower absolute lymphocyte counts than those in the 'non-pneumonia group' (all p < 0.001). Among patients with negative initial chest radiographs, age ≥ 45 years (odds ratio [OR]: 3.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.76-8.75, p = 0.001), absolute lymphocyte count < 1500 cells/μL (OR: 2.25, 95% CI: 1.03-4.89, p = 0.041), and CRP > 0.5 mg/dL (OR: 3.91, 95% CI: 1.54-9.91, p = 0.004) were independent predictors for future development of pneumonia. Conclusion: More than a half of COVID-19 patients initially had normal chest radiographs; however, elderly patients (≥ 45 years of age) with abnormal laboratory findings (elevated CRP and low absolute lymphocyte counts) developed pneumonia on follow-up radiographs.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1973

The most commonly used methods for determining thyroxine binding globulin(TBG) concentration as the total thyroxine-binding capacity utilize electrophoretic seperation of serum. Although technically simple, the electrophoretic method is time consuming and is limited in the number of samples which can be run in a single assay. The author presented a single $T_4$ load ion exchange resin method as an approach to simplify the technique as with clinical practicability and results were analyzed. For construction of the standard curves, serum mixtures were diluted with barbital buffer.which effectively blocked $T_4$-binding to TBPA. For each serum dilution, a constant amount of $T_4-^{125}I$ and increments of unlabelled $T_4$ were added. After incubation in water bath, resin beads were dispensed to the samples which binded all $T_4$ not bound to TBG. The radioactivity in the supernatant was counted in the gamma scintillation counter. Each standard curve was plotted from the percent counts in the supernatant and total $T_4$ in each tube. Unknown samples were diluted to 1:40 and ran at a single $T_4$ loading concentration, and the TBG capacity of the samples was able to be read on the standard isobars. The following results were obtained. 1) Mean and standard deviation for TBG capacity in normal population was $28.6{\pm}5.09{\mu}g\;T_4/100ml$. 2) $24.9{\pm}3.87{\mu}g\;T_4/100ml$ in hyperthyroidism showed low TBG capacity comparing to normal population.(p<0.025) 3) $31.0{\pm}2.40{\mu}g\;T_4/100ml$ in hypothyroidism showed high TBG capacity tendency comparing to normal population. 4) Reversed correlationship existed between TBG capacity and $T_3$ resin uptake(r=-0.624), TBG capacity and serum $T_4$ value (r=-0.859), and TBG capacity and free thyroxine index(r=-0.623). The author assumes that this method of assay is considerably simpler in instrumentation and technique than any other assays traditionally being used, and seems to be more practical for routine clinical laboratory use.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.284-292
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• 2016

사업체 급식소 조리종사원을 대상으로 위생교육을 한 후 교육 효과를 평가하고자 위생 교육 전후에 조리종사원 손의 미생물 수준을 검사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 조리종사원의 개인위생관리 실태 조사 결과 위생복 위생모 위생화는 전원 착용하였으나 위생화를 착용한 채 화장실을 가는 경우가 전체의 96%였다. 또한 조리종사원 손 씻기 방법은 비누 세척${\rightarrow}$헹굼${\rightarrow}$건조${\rightarrow}$소독을 하는 경우가 20%였고, 온수 사용은 32%, 일회용 종이수건으로 건조하는 경우는 36%였다. 손을 씻는 경우는 용변을 본 후(100%), 식사 후(76%), 일회용 장갑 착용 전(76%) 등이 많았고, 작업이 바뀔 때(24%)가 가장 낮았다. 그리고 조리작업 전 조리종사원 손의 미생물학적 위해분석 결과 일반세균수는 평균 5.53 log CFU/hand, 대장균군수는 평균 2.95 log CFU/hand, 황색포도상구균의 검출률은 10%였고, 조리작업 중의 조리종사원 손의 위해 분석 결과는 일반세균수가 평균 6.49 log CFU/hand, 대장균군수가 평균 3.92 log CFU/hand, 황색포도상구균의 검출률은 5%였다. 총 4회의 위생교육 후와 추후관리를 위한 미생물 검사 결과에서 위생교육 전에 비해 조리종사원 손의 미생물 검출량은 조리작업 전 일반세균수(P<0.01)와 대장균군수(P<0.001), 조리작업 중 일반세균수(P<0.001)와 대장균군수(P<0.001)가 모두 유의적으로 감소하였고, 황색포도상구균은 1회차 위생교육 시행 후부터 추후관리 검사 결과까지 조리작업 전과 조리작업 중에 조리종사원의 손에서 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 위의 결과를 종합해볼 때 조리종사원의 손 위생 수준은 다양한 교육매체와 도구를 활용하여 체계적으로 위생교육을 했을 때 효과적으로 개선할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2005

본 연구는 3축 가속도센서를 소형 센서모듈로 구성하고 이를 사람의 신체 부위에 부착하여 센서의 3차원적 방향에 구애되지 않고 동작에 의한 중력방향의 가속도를 계산할 수 있는 장치와 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 센서모듈을 이용하여 컴퓨터 시스템에 의해 사람의 보행 및 동작을 측정하기 위해서는 정량적인 처리가 가능하도록 데이터를 가공하여야 한다. 센서모듈로부터 데이터의 획득, 가능한 범위의 직교 좌표계로 변환, 중력방향의 단일 스칼라 값 변환의 과정으로 센서 출력 데이터를 정규화 하였다. 정규화된 센서 데이터를 사용하여 보행 패턴 중에서 걷기 횟수를 구분할 수 있는 알고리즘을 적용한 개인휴대정보단말용 응용 프로그램을 작성하였다. 연구실 환경에서의 실험에서 개발된 알고리즘 및 장치의 보행수 측정 정확도는 약 97%이었다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.446-457
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• 2017

In order to reduce the size of frame memory or bus bandwidth, frame memory compression (FMC) recompresses reconstructed or reference frames of video codecs. This paper proposes a novel FMC design based on discrete wavelet transform (DWT) - set partitioning in hierarchical trees (SPIHT), which supports fine-scalable throughput and is area-efficient. In the proposed design, multi-cores with small block sizes are used in parallel instead of a single core with a large block size. In addition, an appropriate pipelining schedule is proposed. Compared to the previous design, the proposed design achieves the processing speed which is closer to the target system speed, and therefore it is more efficient in hardware utilization. In addition, a scheme in which two passes of SPIHT are merged into one pass called merged refinement pass (MRP) is proposed. As the number of shifters decreases and the bit-width of remained shifters is reduced, the size of SPIHT hardware significantly decreases. The proposed FMC encoder and decoder designs achieve the throughputs of 4,448 and 4,000 Mpixels/s, respectively, and their gate counts are 76.5K and 107.8K. When the proposed design is applied to high efficiency video codec (HEVC), it achieves 1.96% lower average BDBR and 0.05 dB higher average BDPSNR than the previous FMC design.