Engineering of AlON interlayer in Al₂O₃/AlON/In_0.53Ga_0.47As gate stacks by thermal atomic layer deposition

Lee, Woo Chul,Cho, Cheol Jin,Park, Suk-In,Jun, Dong-Hwan,Song, Jin Dong,Hwang, Cheol Seong,Kim, Seong Keun ELSEVIER 2018 CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS Vol.18 No.8

<P>The presence of an AlN interfacial layer in high-k/In0.53Ga0.47As gate stacks improves the interfacial properties and enhances the electrical performance of devices. However, pure AlN is rarely grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) because of the low reactivity of NH3 toward the common Al-precursor and the predisposition to oxidation of the grown AlN layer. Although a plasma-enhanced ALD technique significantly suppresses the oxygen content in the grown AlN layer, the deterioration of the interface properties by plasma-damage is a critical issue. In this work, an AlON interlayer was engineered by optimizing the NH3 feeding time in thermal ALD to improve the interface quality in Al2O3/AlON/In0.53Ga0.47As capacitors. It was determined that a mere increase in the NH3 feeding time during the ALD of the AlON film resulted in a higher nitrogen incorporation into the AlON interlayer, leading to a reduction in the interface trap density. Furthermore, the out-diffusion of elements from the In0.53Ga0.47As layer was effectively suppressed by increasing the NH3 feeding time. This work demonstrates that simple process optimization can improve the interface quality in high-k/In0.53Ga0.47As gate stacks without the use of any plasma-activated nitrogen source.</P>

The Implication of Cardiac Injury Score on In-hospital Mortality of Coronavirus Disease 2019

Kim In-Cheol,Song Jin Eun,Lee Hee Jung,Park Jeong-Ho,Hyun Miri,Lee Ji Yeon,Kim Hyun Ah,Kwon Yong Shik,Park Jae Seok,윤종찬,Hwang Jongmin,Lee Cheol Hyun,Cho Yun-Kyeong,Park Hyoung-Seob,Yoon Hyuck-Jun,Nam 대한의학회 2020 Journal of Korean medical science Vol.35 No.39

Backgrounds: The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide. Cardiac injury after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a major concern. The present study investigated impact of the biomarkers indicating cardiac injury in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on patients' outcomes. Methods: This study enrolled patients who were confirmed to have COVID-19 and admitted at a tertiary university referral hospital between February 19, 2020 and March 15, 2020. Cardiac injury was defined as an abnormality in one of the following result markers: 1) myocardial damage marker (creatine kinase-MB or troponin-I), 2) heart failure marker (N-terminal-pro B-type natriuretic peptide), and 3) electrical abnormality marker (electrocardiography). The relationship between each cardiac injury marker and mortality was evaluated. Survival analysis of mortality according to the scoring by numbers of cardiac injury markers was also performed. Results: A total of 38 patients with COVID-19 were enrolled. Twenty-two patients (57.9%) had at least one of cardiac injury markers. The patients with cardiac injuries were older (69.6 ± 14.9 vs. 58.6 ± 13.9 years old, P = 0.026), and were more male (59.1% vs. 18.8%, P = 0.013). They showed lower initial oxygen saturation (92.8 vs. 97.1%, P = 0.002) and a trend toward higher mortality (27.3 vs. 6.3%, P = 0.099). The increased number of cardiac injury markers was significantly related to a higher incidence of in-hospital mortality which was also evidenced by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis (P = 0.008). Conclusion: The increased number of cardiac injury markers is related to in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19.

스포츠에 있어서의 美의 探究

김인희,황철문 釜山大學校 附設 體育科學硏究所 1993 體育科學硏究所 論文集 Vol.9 No.-

The purpose of this study was to identify the aesthetic in sport. This study focused on aesthetic qualities of sport activities and concluded as following: 1) The value of aesthetic implies two directions both mental meaning and sensible cognition. Its the same meaning when the concept applied to sport, that is, aesthetic is expressed when it accomplished harmony of interinsic feeling and actual activity. 2) There are two ways in which 'aesthetic' is used. (1) evaluation, and (2) conceptual. The former is to use of the term in a positive evaluation way, and is roughly equivalent to 'graceful' or 'aesthetically pleasing'. But conceptual way includes both the beautiful and the ugly: the graceful and the clumsy: the aesthetically interesting and the aesthetically uninteresting. One importance characteristic is that aesthetic is a non-functional of non-functional or non-purposive concept. To take a central example, when we are considering a work of from the aesthetic point of view we are not considering it in relation to some external function or purpose it serves. 3) Purposive sport, which we may call, and which from the great majority, where the aesthetic is normally relatively unimport. This category would include football, climbing, track and field events, orienteering and squash. In each of these sports the purpose can be specified independently of the manner of achieving it as long as it conforms to the limits set by the rules or norms. Aesthetic sport is a category of sports in which the aim cannot be specified in isolation from the aesthetic, for example, synchronised swimming, trampolining, gymnastics, figure-skating and diving. 4) In Aesthetic sport it is of the first important that there should be no wasted energy and no superfluous movements. We can suggest that the same consideration purposive sports from the aesthetic point of view is to reduce the gap between means and end. 5) A movement cannot be considered aesthetically in isolation, but only in context of a particular action in a particular sport. And there is a danger of aesthetic quality. Any feelings is intelligible only if it can be identified by its typical manifestation in behaviour.

한국인 알코올 의존 환자에서 알코올 대사 효소 유전자형 빈도의 남녀 차이

김성곤,김철민,이덕기,황인복,이현숙,김성연,전은숙,송영상,박제민,최병무,김명정 大韓神經精神醫學會 2005 신경정신의학 Vol.44 No.2

Objectives : There are a number of preceding epidemiological studies reporting gender differences in the genetic etiology of alcohol dependence. The author investigated gender difference in the frequencies of ADH2 and ALDH2 genoypes between the patients with alcohol dependence and normal control. Methods : The subjects were 141 alcohol dependent patients (104 males, 37 females) and 138 normal control (79 males, 59 females). The frequencies of 1/1 and 1/2+2/2 (2+ afterward) genotypes for ADH2 and ALDH2 were investigated in male and female between alcohol dependence and normal control group. DNA was extracted from WBC in peripheral venous blood and PCR-RFLP method was used out for genotyping. Results : First, the frequency of ADH2 1/1 genotype was significantly higher in alcohol dependent patients than normal control in both genders. Second, while there was no gender difference in the frequency of ADH2 1/1 genotype in normal controls, in the patient group however, the frequency was significantly higher in females than males. Third, in male subjects with alcohol dependence, the frequency of ALDH2 1/1 genotype was significantly higher than in male normal control subjects. On the other hand, in female subjects with alcohol dependence, the frequency of ALDH2 2+ genotype was significantly higher than in female normal control subjects. Conclusion : These results suggest that while the risk of alcohol dependence is predominantly affected by ALDH2 1/1 geno-type in male, the female ADH2 1/1 genotype is mainly associated with the risk of alcohol dependence. This means that there are gender differences in the genetic etiology of alcohol dependence.

유기용제 취급근로자들의 요중대사물질과 말초임파구 자매염색분체교환 발현빈도에 관한 조사연구

김돈균,황인경,류철인,이수일,정갑열,이용환,이충렬,현원일,김석봉,전용덕 大韓産業醫學會 1990 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.2 No.1

저자들은 유기용제 취급여성근로자 90명을 대상으로 1988년 7월부터 1989년 8월까지 말초혈액임파구에서의 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도를 조사하고 이들의 업종, 근속연수, 요중마뇨산 농도등이 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으며 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 유기용제 취급근로자들의 말초혈액임파구에서의 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도는 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 증가되었다. 2. 말초혈액임파구에서의 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도가 가장 높은 업종은 프라스틱제품 제조업이었다. 3. 근속연수가 말초혈액임파구에서의 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도에 미치는 영향은 현저하지 않았다. 4. 요중마뇨산농도와 말초혈액임파구에서의 자매염색분체교환의 발현빈도간에는 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. In order to know the possibility of utilizing the sister chromatid exchanges as an index which could evaluate the effect of organic solvents on the health in industrial workers, the authors studied the effects of the inductivity of sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes from 90 female workers expoxed to organic solvents and 20 non-exposed female workers. The results obtained were as follows : 1. The frequency of sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes from 90 female workers exposed to organic solvents was significantly increased in comparison with 20 control subject. 2. The frequency of sister chromatid exchanges was significantly increased in the workers who were employed in the manufacture of plastic materials than the other manufactures. 3. There were no significant differences in the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges by carriers of the exposed workers.

톨루엔 디이소시아네이트 폭로 근로자들의 작업방법에 따른 대사물질의 비교 및 면역능에 관한 연구

이수일,조병만,황인경,이철호,박정래 大韓産業醫學會 1998 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.10 No.3

Following recent advanced industrialization, the amount of polyurethane to use as thermal insulating materials, upholstery, mattresses and packing materials in automotive and furniture industry is increasing world-widely, and the number of polyurethane-producing worker will be increased. Because the numerous organic solvents are used in polyurethane-producing factory, the workers in this work site is exposed to many organic solvents. Of the organic solvents, Toluene Diisocyanate(TDI) has many hazardous effects to human. The effects of TDI on human are the irritation to respiratory mucosa and gastrointestinal symptoms. Conjunctival irritation, dermal inflammation (redness, pain, vesicular formation) and gastrointestinal symptom(nausea, vomiting. abdominal pain) are reported just after short-term exposure of TDI. TDI is known to give rise to bronchial asthma, as the immune disorder. And because of strongly volatile characteristics of TDI, it is suggested as a more injurious material to human health, especially human immune system, than other organic solvents. Bronchial asthma inducing mechanism of TDI is not clearly known, but on the analogy of TDI induced symptoms and recent studies, early-onset asthma is type I hypersensitivity reaction mediated by immunoglobulin E(IgE), and late-onset asthma is maybe type III hypersensitivity reaction by circulating IgG. And we know that the complicated human immune function is likely to move in such that mechanisms, there are not studies on immune indices evaluating the bronchial asthma-related immune function. The evaluation of change patterns of humoral immunity including IgE and IgG and cellular immunity including T-helper cell. T-suppressor cell and T-cytotoxic cell will be helpful to evaluate exposure degrees and prognosis in TDI exposed workers. Because TDA(toluene diamine) as a biological exposure index of TDI becomes the focus of interest, we know that a study on the correlation between urinary TDA and air TDI and immunological indices will make a contribution to biological effect monitoring indicies. We examined human immunity indicators such as WBC, %Lymph (percentile of Lymphocyte in WBC), %T-cell(percentile of T-lymphocyte in total lymphocyte). CD4, CD8, C3, C4, IgA, IgG, IgM, IgE in peripheral blood to evaluate the health hazard of the TDI-exposed workers. And we examined TDA to evaluate correlation between exposure and effect. Total 90 subjects was selected, 45 workers who worked in the polyurethane-producing factories as an exposed group, and 45 cases who were office workers(10 cases), other blue collors(27 cases), and medical college students(8 cases) as a control group. And the results were as follows; 1. The logarithm of IgE-Log10(IgE)±SD-in peripheral blood of a exposed group was significantly higher than a control group, 2.22 ±0.62 in case group compared with 1.98±0.53 in control group. (p<0.05) 2. IgA and IgM in the polyurethane-producing workers were 261.02±83.12㎎/㎗, 151.97 ±59.64 ㎎/㎗, respectively, and 292.77±100.45, 179.17±100.78 in control group. IgA and IgM was slightly lower in polyurethane-producing group than control.(p>0.05) 3. WBC, %Lymph. %T-cell, C3, C4, CD4, CD8, CD4/CD8 ratio and IgG in case group were 6.391.1 ea/㎖, 37.53 %, 59.54 %, 76.68 ㎎/㎗, 0.76×10(9) ea/L, 0.63×10(9) ea/L, 1.39, and 1606.29 ㎎/㎗, respectively, and 6,974.7 ea/㎖, 35.12 %, 59.64 %, 71.95 ㎎/㎗, 33.94 ㎎/㎗, 0.80×10(9) ea/L, 0.61×10(9) ea/L, 1.39, and 1581.51 ㎎/㎗ in control group. There was no statistical significance between two groups.(p>0.05) 4. In the comparison of each other companies, average of individual urinary TDA in polyurethane paint manufacturing companies is higher than that of polyurethane sponge foaming companies. And, the concentration of 2.6-TDA which is a metabolite of well-vaporized 2.6-TDI is higher than that of 2.4-TDA in the polyurethane sponge foaming companies. But, the concentration of 2.4-TDA which is a metabolite of illvaporized but well skin-absorbed 2.4-TDI is higher in polyurethane paint manufactures. 5. There were no statistical significance in the correlations between individual urinary TDA and immunologic indices.

경정배양에 의한 카네이션(Dianthus caryophyllus L.)의 기내증식과 순화

양회형,조경철,김광수,황인택 全南大學校 農業科學技術硏究所 1999 農業科學技術硏究 Vol.34 No.-

본 실험은 카네이션의 경정배양을 통한 기내증식체계를 확립하고 기내증식과정 중 발생하는 투명묘의 발생을 억제하기 위하여 실시하였으며, 발근과 순화과정을 통합함으로써 그에 따르는 경비와 노동력을 절감할 수 있는 방안을 마련하는 한편, 기내에서 얻은 묘를 직접 재배에 이용할 수 있는 방법을 개발하기 위하여 실시하였다. 경정배양에서 생존율은 Benzyladenine (BA) 또는 Kinetin (KI) 0.1㎎/ℓ 첨가한 모든 배지에서 80%이상이었으나 그 이상의 농도에서는 농도가 증가할수록 생존율이 감소하였으며, Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) 또는 Indoleacetic acid (LAA) 0.1㎎/ℓ 혼합첨가시에는 2.0㎎/ℓ까지는 농도에 관계없이 모든 처리구에서 생존율이 75%이상이었다. 경정배양에서 얻은 신초의 증식배양에서 LAA나 NAA의 첨가에 관계없이 KI보다 BA를 첨가하면 신초발육이 더 좋았다. MS배지의 무기염류를 4배로 첨가한 4MS배지에서는 신초가 모두 고사하였고, 1 MS배지에서 신초의 발육이 가장 좋았다. Sucrose 무첨가 배지에서 신초의 발육이 가장 좋았다. Sucrose 무첨가 배지에서 신초의 발육은 거의 이루어지지 않았고, sucrose 20㎎/ℓ첨가배지에서 신초의 발육이 가장 좋았다. 한천보다 겔라이트 첨가배지에서 신초의 발육이 좋았다. 배지 pH는 5.0에서 신초의 발육이 가장 양호하였다. 투명화묘의 발생은 경정배양과 계대배양 전과정에서 발생하였고, 한천 또는 겔라이트의 농도를 높여주었을때에 억제되었다. 발근 및 순화단계에서 신초의 발육과 근형성은 sand, vermiculite배지에서 보다 perlite배지에서 더 좋았다. This study was carried out to establish a system for clonal multiplication and preventing vitrification in shoot tip culture of carnation. Combining the two steps of rooting and acclimatization, it may possibly reduce the cost and save the labor for clonal propagation. In addition, the plantlets raised by this one step rooting and acclimatization could be directly transferred to soil. The survival rate was over 80% in the media containing 0.1㎎/ℓ benzyl-adenin (BA) or kinetin (KI), but decreased as the concentration increased. When auxins were added in combination with cytokinins, the survival rate was over 75% regardless of the cytokinin concentration up to 2.0㎎/ℓ. When the in vitro shoots were subcultured, shoot development was better in the media containing BA than those containing KI regardless of addition of indoleacetic acid (LAA) of α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). Shoot development was the best in the standard MS medium(1xMS), while all the shoots on the medium containing 4 times the inorganic salts of MS medium(4xMS) died. Shoot development in MS medium free of sugar was not noticed. The MS medium containing 20g/ℓsucrose resulted in the best shoot growth. Shoot development was better on the media containing gelrite than those containing agar. The MS medium at pH 5.0 favored the shoot development. Vitrification of shoots occurred during the initial shoot culture as well as during the subculture of the in vitro shoots, but it was suppressed when the concentration of gelrite or agar in the media was increased. As the substrate for rooting and acclimatization of the in vitro shoots, perlite was better than sand or vermiculite.

Clinical impact of admission hyperglycemia on in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients

Kim, Eun Jung,Jeong, Myung Ho,Kim, Ju Han,Ahn, Tae Hoon,Seung, Ki Bae,Oh, Dong Joo,Kim, Hyo-Soo,Gwon, Hyeon Cheol,Seong, In Whan,Hwang, Kyung Kuk,Chae, Shung Chull,Kim, Kwon-Bae,Kim, Young Jo,Cha, Kwa Elsevier 2017 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY Vol.236 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>Acute hyperglycemia on admission is common in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients regardless of diabetic status, and is known as one of prognostic factors. However, the effect of hyperglycemia on non-diabetic patients is still on debate.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>A total of 12,625 AMI patients (64.0±12.6years, 26.1% female) who were enrolled in Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry-National Institute of Health between November 2011 and December 2015, were classified into 4367 diabetes (65.4±11.6years, 30.4% female) and 8228 non-diabetes (63.3±13years, 23.9% female). Patients were analyzed for in-hospital clinical outcome according to admission hyperglycemic status.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>In diabetic patients, independent predictors of in-hospital mortality were old age, high HbA<SUB>1</SUB>C, pre-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow 0, left ventricle ejection fraction<40%, cardiogenic shock and ventricular tachycardia. In non-diabetic patients, independent predictors of in-hospital mortality were old age, high admission glucose (≥200mg/dL), pre TIMI flow 0, failed percutaneous coronary intervention, low left ventricle ejection fraction<40%, cardiogenic shock, stent thrombosis and decreased Hb≥5g/dL. In hospital mortality was significantly higher in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic patients (5.0% vs. 3.4%, <I>p</I> <0.001). However, non-diabetic patients with hyperglycemia have significantly higher mortality compared to diabetic patients (17.4% vs. 7.2%, <I>p</I> <0.001). Comorbidity including cardiogenic shock (<I>p</I> <0.001), cerebral hemorrhage (<I>p</I> =0.012), decreased Hb≥5g/dL (<I>p</I> =0.013), atrioventricular block (<I>p</I> <0.001) and ventricular tachycardia (<I>p</I> =0.007) was higher in non-diabetic with hyperglycemia than in diabetic patients.</P> <P><B>Conclusions</B></P> <P>These findings underscore clinical significance of admission hyperglycemia on in-hospital mortality in non-diabetic AMI patients.</P>

Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry-National Institutes of Healt

Kim, Min Chul,Jeong, Myung Ho,Sim, Doo Sun,Hong, Young Joon,Kim, Ju Han,Ahn, Youngkeun,Ahn, Tae Hoon,Seung, Ki Bae,Choi, Dong-Joo,Kim, Hyo-Soo,Gwon, Hyeon Cheol,Seong, In Whan,Hwang, Kyung Kuk,Chae, S Elsevier 2018 The American journal of cardiology Vol.121 No.11

<P>The optimal timing of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), complicated by acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), is unclear. A total of 1,027 patients with NSTEMI complicated by ADHF who underwent successful PCI were analyzed using a Korean multicenter registry. All patients were divided into 4 groups by the timing of PCI: group 1 (PCI < 2 hour after admission, n = 149), group 2 (2 to 24 hours, n = 577), group 3 (24 to 72 hours, n = 189), and group 4 (≥72 hours, n = 112). We analyzed the incidences of 12-month mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), target-vessel revascularization, and rehospitalization because of HF. The prevalence of ADHF in patients with NSTEMI was 15.2% at initial presentation, and in-hospital mortality was higher in group 1 than in the other groups. There were no significant differences in mortality, nonfatal MI, target-vessel revascularization, or rehospitalization for HF during the 12-month follow-up between groups, regardless of initial PCI timing, except for a higher 12-month mortality in patients who received PCI within 24 hours (vs ≥24 hours) (hazard ratio 1.52, 95% confidence interval 1.09 to 2.29, p = 0.046). Early PCI did not reduce adverse clinical outcomes in patients with NSTEMI complicated by ADHF. Delayed PCI after stabilization may be reasonable in such high-risk patients.</P>

Comparison of prasugrel versus clopidogrel in Korean patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing successful revascularization

Park, Keun-Ho,Jeong, Myung Ho,Kim, Hyun Kuk,Ahn, Tae Hoon,Seung, Ki Bae,Oh, Dong Joo,Choi, Dong-Joo,Kim, Hyo-Soo,Gwon, Hyeon Cheol,Seong, In Whan,Hwang, Kyung Kuk,Chae, Shung Chull,Kim, Kwon-Bae,Kim, Elsevier 2018 Journal of cardiology Vol.71 No.1

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>Although there have been several reports that prasugrel can improve clinical outcomes, the efficacy and safety of prasugrel is unknown in Korean patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing successful revascularization.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>A total of 4421 patients [637 patients were prescribed prasugrel (60/10 or 5mg, loading/maintenance dose) and 3784 patients clopidogrel (600 or 300/75mg)] with AMI undergoing successful revascularization were enrolled from the core clinical cohort of Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry-National Institute of Health.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>After propensity score matching (637 pairs), there were no significant differences in baseline clinical and procedural characteristics and in-hospital medications between the two groups. The primary efficacy endpoint, defined as the composite of cardiac death, MI, stroke, or target vessel revascularization at 6 months showed no significant difference between prasugrel and clopidogrel (2.4% vs. 2.9%, <I>p</I> =0.593). Also, no difference was observed in the composite of cardiac death, MI, or stroke during hospitalization between two groups (0.8% vs. 0.9%, <I>p</I> =0.762). However, the incidence of in-hospital Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) major or minor bleeding was significantly higher in prasugrel compared with clopidogrel (5.3% vs. 2.7%, <I>p</I> =0.015). In multivariate linear regression analysis, trans-femoral intervention, use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, use of calcium channel blocker, and use of prasugrel were independent predictors of in-hospital TIMI major or minor bleeding [odds ratio (OR)=6.918; 95% confidence interval (CI)=2.453–19.510, OR=2.577; 95% CI=1.406–4.724, OR=4.016; 95% CI=1.382–11.668, OR=2.022; 95% CI=1.101–3.714].</P> <P><B>Conclusions</B></P> <P>Our study shows that the recommended dose of prasugrel had significantly higher in-hospital bleeding complications without reducing ischemic events compared with clopidogrel. However, further large-scale, long-term, randomized clinical trials are required to accurately assess the efficacy and safety of prasgurel and to find out the optimal dose for Korean AMI patients.</P>