The Overactive Bladder Symptom Score, International Prostate Symptom Score–Storage Subscore, and Urgency Severity Score in Patients With Overactive Bladder and Hypersensitive Bladder: Which Scoring System is Best?

Fei-Chi Chuang,Sheng-Mou Hsiao,Hann-Chorng Kuo 대한배뇨장애요실금학회 2018 International Neurourology Journal Vol.22 No.2

Purpose: To evaluate the correlations among the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS), International Prostate Symptom Score–Storage Subscore (IPSS-S), and the modified Urgency Severity Scale (USS) in patients with overactive bladder (OAB) and hypersensitive bladder (HSB) and to identify the most useful diagnostic tool for classifying the severity of OAB. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of consecutive patients with OAB who visited our urologic clinics for treatment. All patients underwent a detailed history, physical examination, urinalysis, uroflowmetry, and postvoid residual volume measurement, and completed a 3-day voiding diary. All patients answered the Chinese versions of the IPSS, OABSS, and USS, according to which they were classified as having wet or dry OAB based on whether their chief complaint was urgency urinary incontinence or urgency without incontinence. HSB was defined as a functional bladder capacity <350 mL and a USS of 0 or 1. Results: The records of 325 OAB patients (99 women and 226 men) were reviewed. The OAB subgroups included HSB (n=31), OAB-dry (n=74), and OAB-wet (n=220). One-way analysis of variance showed significant differences among the OAB subgroups evaluated using each scoring system. Each scoring system was significantly correlated with the OAB subgroups. The Spearman rho was 0.983 for the USS, 0.651 for the OABSS, and 0.428 for the IPSS-S. Conclusions: The IPSS-S, OABSS, and USS showed good correlations with the OAB subgroups. Their ranking in terms of discriminant ability for classifying OAB severity as HSB, OAB-dry, and OAB-wet was USS>OABSS>IPSS-S. The simplest survey, the USS, with a single item scored from 0 to 4, had the strongest correlation with the OAB severity subgroups.

Emergency Loan of Bank after Disaster in China

Fei Chi,An Chen 위기관리 이론과 실천 2011 Journal of Safety and Crisis Management Vol.1 No.2

Emergency loan of bank after disaster is significant to the recovery and reconstruction of stricken area. In this research, the characteristics of emergencies with the requirement of emergency loan are firstly described. The classifications and functions of emergency loan are also explained. Then the criteria including risk assessment of the borrower selection in emergency loan are discussed in detail. The factors for risk assessment are analyzed, and the assessment models for the emergency loan which afforded to both enterprises and individuals are proposed based on AHP method. Finally, the preferential measures and risk control measures are discussed.

Lower Levels of Urinary Nerve Growth Factor Might Predict Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Women

Fei-Chi Chuang,Hsin-Tzu Liu,Hann-Chorng Kuo 대한배뇨장애요실금학회 2016 International Neurourology Journal Vol.20 No.1

Purpose: To investigate the changes in urinary nerve growth factor (uNGF) levels after acute urinary tract infection (UTI) and to assess the role of uNGF in predicting UTI recurrence in women. Methods: Women with uncomplicated, symptomatic UTIs were enrolled. Cephalexin 500 mg (every 6 hours) was administered for 7–14 days to treat acute UTIs. Subsequently, the patients were randomized to receive either sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim 800 mg/160 mg daily at bedtime, or celecoxib 200 mg daily for 3 months and were monitored for up to 12 months. NGF levels in the urine were determined at baseline, 1, 4, and 12 weeks after the initiation of prophylactic therapy, and were compared between women with first-time UTIs and recurrent UTIs, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and celecoxib-treated women, and no UTI recurrence and UTI recurrence that occurred during the follow-up period. Twenty women free of UTIs served as controls. Results: A total of 139 women with UTI and 20 controls were enrolled in the study, which included 50 women with a firsttime UTI and 89 women with recurrent UTIs. Thirty-seven women completed the study. Women with recurrent UTIs (n=23) had a trend of lower uNGF levels than women with first-time UTIs (n=14). During follow-up, 9 women had UTI recurrence. The serial uNGF levels in women with UTI recurrence were significantly lower than those in women who did not have UTI recurrence during the follow-up period. Conclusions: The lower levels of uNGF in women with recurrent UTI and the incidence of UTI recurrence during follow-up suggest that lower uNGF might reflect the defective innate immunity in women with recurrent UTI.

An Investigation of Chinese Mathematics Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Case of Teaching Area and Perimeter

지비(Chi, Fei) 한국비교교육학회 2014 比較敎育硏究 Vol.24 No.2

본 논문은 중국 중학교 수학 교사의 도형 면적 및 둘레 개념에 관한 교수학적 내용지식에 대한 연구이다. 네 명의 교사들이 면적과 둘레 교수에 대한 그들의 지식과 관련하여 설문조사에 응하였고, 설문에 답변한 후 그 설문 내용에 대한 보다 상세한 설명을 위해 인터뷰가 함께 실시되었다. 수집된 자료의 분석은 PCK의 세 가지 하위 요소인(1) 수학 지식에 대한 학습자의 이해, (2) 내용에 대한 학습자의 어려움과 오개념에 대한 지식, (3) 유용한 교수 전략에 대한 지식으로 분류하여 분석되었다. 분석 대성이 된 네 명의 교사 중 세 명의 교사들은 문제 해결과 관련하여 학생들의 이전 수학 지식에 대한 이해뿐만 아니라 내용에 대한 학생들의 어려움과 오개념에 대한 지식에서 높은 수준을 보였다. 그리고 그들은 학생들에게 수학적 아이디어를 잘 전달할 수 있는 다양한 전략들을 사용할 수 있었다. 그러나 나머지 한 명은 분석의 세 요수에서 낮은 수준의 PCK를 보였다. 이 연구는 예비 수학교사들의 교육을 위한 교육 과정의 개편이 PCK에 대한 강조를 수반해야 함을 시사하고 있다. This study investigated Chinese middle school teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge(PCK) for teaching perimeter and area. Four mathematics teachers completed a questionnaire concerning their knowledge about teaching perimeter and area, and were interviewed about their responses. These responses were analyzed in 3 components of PCK: (1) knowledge of students' mathematical understanding, (2) knowledge of subject specific difficulties and misconceptions, and (3) knowledge of useful instructional strategies. The results showed that Chinese teachers possessed a high level of understanding students' prior mathematics knowledge relevant to solving problems as well as a good knowledge of students' difficulties and misconceptions. And they were able to use various strategies to make mathematical idea comprehensible to students. But one of the teachers showed a low level of PCK in the 3 components. This study further discussed implications about development of teachers preparation program.

Intelligent Management System: Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Automatic Attribute Recognition in IP Surveillance Networks

Chien-Chi Kao,Yung-Chang Lai,Jung Pei,Chih-Wei Chang,Fei-Hua Kuo,Jin-Yuan Shun 한국통신학회 2020 한국통신학회 APNOMS Vol.2020 No.09

In recent years, IP surveillance networks are expected to enable various practical applications, such as finding suspects, monitoring pedestrians, and securing societies (e.g., securing a city, a company and a data center). With these applications, IP surveillance network is regarded as one of the potential technologies toward developing smart cities. To support the concept of IP surveillance networks, automatic attribute recognition systems have emerged as a promising intelligent management system. To automatically recognize attributes of pedestrians (e.g., gender and clothing), we apply deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and the main contributions of this paper are threefold: (1) we proposed a practical system architecture for intelligent management of surveillance networks; (2) we implemented different deep CNNs, and an ensemble-learning method that leverages these multiple deep-learning models; (3) we evaluated the models using the real data of IP surveillance networks.

Pollutants emission from sludge drying and incineration

( Bo Li ),( Fei Wang ),( Yong Chi ),( Jian-hua Yan ) 한국폐기물자원순환학회 2023 I-CIPEC Vol.2012 No.0

The Correction Factors of Symptom Distress and Nursing Needs in Postoperative Patients with Trans Catheter Arterial Embolization

Hsieh Mei Fei,Chin Chi Chun 한국간호과학회 2009 한국간호과학회 학술대회 Vol.2009 No.10

The Study of International Cooperation on Emergencies

CHEN An,CHEN JingRui,CHI Fei 위기관리 이론과 실천 2017 위기관리 이론과 실천 세미나발표논문집 Vol.2017 No.-

비상 사태 시 국제 협력은 이러한 비상 사태에 대응하기 위해 매우 중요한 요소입니다. 첫번째로, 비상 시 국제 협력의 의미 및 특성을 분석하였습니다. 두 번째로, 국제 협력이 필요한 전형적인 경우, 국제 협력에 참여하는 국가의 종류, 및 비상 시 국제 협력의 전형적인 방법에 대해서 분석하였고, 이를 통해 국제 협력 방식을 설명하였습니다. 마지막으로, 비상 시 이뤄지는 국제 협력의 일부 전략들을 제안하였습니다. 더 나은 국제 협력을 위해서는 비상 시 국제 협력의 방법이 비상 상황의 종류, 국가의 및 참여 단체의 상황에 따라 결정돼야 한다는 결론을 도출하였습니다. International cooperation on emergencies is significant to the response of these emergencies. Firstly, the connotation and characteristics of international cooperation on emergencies were analyzed. Secondly, the typical types of emergencies in need of international cooperation, the types of countries involved in international cooperation and the typical types of international cooperation modes on emergencies were analyzed in order to explain the mechanism of international cooperation. Finally, some strategies of international cooperation on emergencies were proposed. The result shows that, in order to have a better international cooperation, international cooperation modes on emergencies should be determined according to the types of emergencies, the situations of countries and organizations involved in it.

Aromatic Diamino-bridged Bis(β-cyclodextrin) as Fluorescent Sensor for the Molecular Recognition of Bile Salts

Zhao, Yan,Gu, Juan,Chi, Shao Ming,Yang, Yong Cun,Zhu, Hong You,Wang, Yu Fei,Liu, Jian Hong,Huang, Rong Korean Chemical Society 2008 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.29 No.11

The Surgical Management of Traumatic Lower Cervical Spondylolisthesis with Posterior Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation

Peng Luo,Wen-Fei Ni,Yao-Sen Wu,Ai-Min Wu,Xiang-Yang Wang,Hua-Zi Xu,Yong-Long Chi 대한척추외과학회 2015 Asian Spine Journal Vol.9 No.2

We reported a technical report of traumatic lower cervical spondylolisthesisca used by bilateral pedicle fracture, without neurological compression. The patient was treated with the minimally invasive technique of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation. Fracture healing and normal cervical motion were confirmed by plain films and physical examinations onthe18-monthpostoperatively. The technique of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation might be an alternative strategy for the treatment of traumatic lower cervical spondylolisthesis with pedicle fracture.