• 제목/요약/키워드: GammaMed

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한국원자력연구소에서 개발한 Ir-192 선원의 감마메드 치료기 호환성 연구 (Study on the Compatibility for an Ir-192 Source Manufactured by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in GammaMed Brachytherapy Machine)

  • 정동혁;이강규;김수곤;문성록
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.78-85
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구에서는 한국원자력연구소에서 제작한 Ir-192 밀봉선원(IRRS20, KAERI, Korea)을 감마메드 근접치료기에 장착하고 치료기와의 호환성을 조사하였다. 기계적 호환성의 평가로서 선원의 이동간격, 채널별 이동간격, 와이어의 최소 곡률 반경, 비상시 작동을 검사하였다. 약 45일 동안 수회에 걸쳐 기준 거리에서 공기커마세기를 측정하였으며, 필름을 사용하여 기존의 선원과 선량분포를 비교하였다. KAERI 선원의 감마메드 장비와의 기계적호환성은 양호하였다. 시간에 따른 방사능 특성도 계산과 잘 일치하였으며, 선원주변의 선량분포에 있어서 기존 선원과 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다.

NMED-01과 NMED-02의 간기능 개선에 대한 인체 효능 평가 (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to the efficacy and Safety of NMED-01 and NMED-02 in Mild Alcoholic Liver Subjects)

  • 박상욱;권용범;김기태;신선미;임강현;고흥;송미경;정윤철;김호철;박주연
    • 대한본초학회지
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine whether NMED-01 or NMED-02 improves laboratory test results in participants with liver function disorder. Methods : This is a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in which participants, treating physicians and data management staff were blinded to treatment group. The study was conducted at Semyung university oriental medicine hospital in Jecheon where participants with high level of serum ${\gamma}$-GTP (60-350 U/L) were enrolled. The intervention consisted of three times daily ingestion of either two capsules of placebo, NMED-01 (NeuMed. co. ltd., Seoul), or NMED-02 (NeuMed. co. ltd., Seoul) for twelve weeks. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of NMED-01 and NMED-02, we primarily evaluated the degree of decrement of serum ${\gamma}$-GPT level among three groups. Secondarily the decrement of serum ALT, AST, and triglyceride level in each group were also evaluated. Adverse effects were monitored during the twelve weeks treatment. Results : The change of ${\gamma}$-GTP level of NMED-01 group was lower than that of placebo group at the end of 12-week administration ($28.1{\pm}38.7U/L$ vs. $9.3{\pm}27.0U/L$, p=0.046). Other variables including AST, ALT, and triglyceride level were not significantly reduced. The decrement of ${\gamma}$-GPT, AST, ALT, and triglyceride level of NMED-02 group was not significant. There were no significant adverse effects or toxicities during treatment period. Conclusions : Participants receiving NMED-01 had improvement in laboratory test results. Despite a modest sample size, our results suggest that NMED-01 are safe and may be potentially effective in improving liver function. However, NMED-02 have lack of a detectable effect in this study.

Immunostimulating Effects of Polysaccharides of Panax ginseng by Oral Administration into BALB/c Mice

  • Kang, Mi-Hyeon;Park, A-Young;Yang, Ae-Hee;Park, Ye-Eun;Hong, Seung-Hye;Park, Gab-Soon;Jung, Suk-Yul
    • 대한의생명과학회지
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2014
  • Ginsan, polysaccharide isolated from the root of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, has been shown to be a potent immunomodulator, producing several cytokines and stimulating lymphoid cells to proliferate. In this study, ginsan was orally inoculated into BALB/c mice up to 39 days and the activity of immune cells containing macrophages and T cells was analyzed. Moreover, the production of cytokines, e.g., tumor necrotic factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), interferon-${\gamma}$ (IFN-${\gamma}$), GM-CSF and IL-12 was also analyzed. In results, the phagocytosis of macrophages was increased. About 13% cytotoxicity of NK cells was observed in 22 days and 29 days of administration. But, oral administration did not highly affect the proliferation of T cells. In cytokine analysis, 150 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg at 22 days and 29 days showed three times more increase in TNF-${\alpha}$ than the controls. IFN-${\gamma}$ showed 1.07 and 1.16 times more increase at 150 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg over 22 days, respectively more than the controls. 32 days of 150 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg induced GM-CSF of about 1.3 times more than the controls. IL-12 was not induced in samples more than the controls. Ginsan could be a potential immunostimulator. Therefore, our study suggests that it can be adapted as an immunostimulator that requires a relatively short oral administration.

Monitoring Time-Series Subsidence Observation in Incheon Using X-Band COSMO-SkyMed Synthetic Aperture Radar

  • Sang-Hoon Hong
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제40권2호
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    • pp.141-150
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    • 2024
  • Ground subsidence in urban areas is mainly caused by anthropogenic factors such as excessive groundwater extraction and underground infrastructure development in the subsurface composed of soft materials. Global Navigation Satellite System data with high temporal resolution have been widely used to measure surface displacements accurately. However, these point-based terrestrial measurements with the low spatial resolution are somewhat limited in observing two-dimensional continuous surface displacements over large areas. The synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) technique can construct relatively high spatial resolution surface displacement information with accuracy ranging from millimeters to centimeters. Although constellation operations of SAR satellites have improved the revisit cycle, the temporal resolution of space-based observations is still low compared to in-situ observations. In this study, we evaluate the extraction of a time-series of surface displacement in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea, using the small baseline subset technique implemented using the commercial software, Gamma. For this purpose, 24 COSMO-SkyMed X-band SAR observations were collected from July 12, 2011, to August 27, 2012. The time-series surface displacement results were improved by reducing random phase noise, correcting residual phase due to satellite orbit errors, and mitigating nonlinear atmospheric phase artifacts. The perpendicular baseline of the collected COSMO-SkyMed SAR images was set to approximately 2-300 m. The surface displacement related to the ground subsidence was detected approximately 1 cm annually around a few Incheon Subway Line 2 route stations. The sufficient coherence indicates that the satellite orbit has been precisely managed for the interferometric processing.

A Homogeneous Immunoassay Method for Detecting Interferon-Gamma in Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection

  • Wu, Fei;Wang, Lin;Guo, Qiaomei;Zhao, Mingna;Gu, Hongchen;Xu, Hong;Lou, Jiatao
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.588-595
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    • 2016
  • IFN-γ release assays (IGRAs) have been developed as viable alternative diagnostic tools for detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). A customized homogeneous sandwich luminescent oxygen channeling immunoassay (LOCI) was used to quantify IFN-γ levels in IGRAs. Samples were collected from healthy volunteers (n = 40) who were T-Spot-negative and T-Spot-positive patients (n = 32) at rest. Then the amount of IFN-γ in the supernatant of IGRAs was measured by LOCI. The results demonstrated a low background, and high sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and reproducibility, and a short assay time (only 30 min) with LOCI for IFN-γ. The recovery range was 81.63-102.06%, the coefficients of variation were below 5%, and the limit of detection was 19.0 mIU/ml. Excellent agreement between LOCI IFN-γ and the T-SPOT.TB test was obtained (97.2% agreement, κ = 0.94). The LOCI IFN-γ concentrations were significantly higher in T-Spot-positive patients than in the healthy group (p < 0.001). Moreover, as observed for the comparative LOCI IFN-γ assay, IFN-γ concentrations were related to the numbers of T-SPOT.TB spots. We have established an in vitro blood test for LTBI diagnosis, defined as LOCI IFN-γ. A high level of agreement between the LOCI IFN-γ method and T-SPOT.TB assay was observed in clinical studies that showed the LOCI IFN-γ method could determine LTBI. This study shows acceptable performance characteristics of the LOCI IFN-γ assay to diagnose LTBI.

Non-linear modelling to describe lactation curve in Gir crossbred cows

  • Bangar, Yogesh C.;Verma, Med Ram
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제59권2호
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    • pp.3.1-3.7
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    • 2017
  • Background: The modelling of lactation curve provides guidelines in formulating farm managerial practices in dairy cows. The aim of the present study was to determine the suitable non-linear model which most accurately fitted to lactation curves of five lactations in 134 Gir crossbred cows reared in Research-CumDevelopment Project (RCDP) on Cattle farm, MPKV (Maharashtra). Four models viz. gamma-type function, quadratic model, mixed log function and Wilmink model were fitted to each lactation separately and then compared on the basis of goodness of fit measures viz. adjusted $R^2$, root mean square error (RMSE), Akaike's Informaion Criteria (AIC) and Bayesian Information Criteria (BIC). Results: In general, highest milk yield was observed in fourth lactation whereas it was lowest in first lactation. Among the models investigated, mixed log function and gamma-type function provided best fit of the lactation curve of first and remaining lactations, respectively. Quadratic model gave least fit to lactation curve in almost all lactations. Peak yield was observed as highest and lowest in fourth and first lactation, respectively. Further, first lactation showed highest persistency but relatively higher time to achieve peak yield than other lactations. Conclusion: Lactation curve modelling using gamma-type function may be helpful to setting the management strategies at farm level, however, modelling must be optimized regularly before implementing them to enhance productivity in Gir crossbred cows.

학습과 기억의 뇌파 (Electroencephalography of Learning and Memory)

  • 전현진;이승환
    • 생물정신의학
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2016
  • This review will summarize EEG studies of learning and memory based on frequency bands including theta waves (4-7 Hz), gamma waves (> 30 Hz) and alpha waves (7-12 Hz). Authors searched and reviewed EEG papers especially focusing on learning and memory from PubMed. Theta waves are associated with acquisition of new information from stimuli. Gamma waves are connected with comparing and binding old information in preexisting memory and new information from stimuli. Alpha waves are linked with attention. Eventually it mediates the learning and memory process. Although EEG studies of learning and memory still have controversial issues, the future EEG studies will facilitate clinical benefits by virtue of more developed and encouraging prospects.