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Effects of post-deposition annealing on temperature-dependent electrical characteristics of Ni/(Al0.1Ga0.9)2O3/4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes
We investigated morphological properties of vertical heterojunction Schottky diodes based on (Al0.1Ga0.9)2O3/4H-SiC (AGO) thin films and analyzed the effect of post-annealing on their temperature-dependent electr...
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Open AccessThe VP53 protein encoded by RNA2 of a fabavirus, broad bean wilt virus 2, is essential for viral systemic infection
Plant viruses evolves diverse strategies to overcome the limitations of their genomic capacity and express multiple proteins, despite the constraints imposed by the host translation system. Broad bean wilt vir...
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Comparison of electrical characteristics of aerosol-deposited Ga2O3/4H-SiC heterojunctions as a function of thickness
Ga2O3/4H-SiC heterojunction diodes were fabricated by depositing Ga2O3 thin films on 4H-SiC substrates using aerosol deposition (AD). X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that all Ga2O3 peaks increased with in...
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Effects of post-deposition annealing on BaTiO3/4H-SiC MOS capacitors using aerosol deposition method
High-k oxide materials for metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors and metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) structure on SiC have been explored to enhance SiC-based device performance. In our experiments...
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Effect of artificial intelligence–based computer-aided diagnosis on the screening outcomes of digital mammography: a matched cohort study
To investigate whether artificial intelligence–based computer-aided diagnosis (AI-CAD) can improve radiologists’ performance when used to support radiologists’ interpretation of digital mammography (DM) in bre...
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Open AccessAppropriate screening mammography method for patients with breast implants
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the benefits and losses of mammography with and without implant displacement (ID) and propose an appropriate imaging protocol for the screening of breasts with implants. We ...
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Open AccessEvaluation of safety and anti-obesity effects of DWP16001 in naturally obese dogs
The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-obesity effects of DWP16001, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2 inhibitor), in naturally obese dogs. A total of 20 dogs were divided into four equal group...
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Prediction of pathologic complete response on MRI in patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to molecular subtypes
This study aimed to investigate the predictability of breast MRI for pathologic complete response (pCR) by molecular subtype in patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and investig...
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Open AccessLong-term clinical course and progression of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a single lung transplant referral centre in Korea
We aimed to describe the clinical features of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in Korean patients and identify factors associated with progressive disease (PD). Clinical features of 54 patients with definite or ...
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Open AccessDuctal carcinoma in situ: a risk prediction model for the underestimation of invasive breast cancer
Patients with a biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) may be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer after excision. We evaluated the preoperative clinical and imaging predictors of DCIS that were ...
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Open AccessClinical impact of pneumothorax in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and respiratory failure in an HIV-negative cohort
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) with acute respiratory failure can result in development of pneumothorax during treatment. This study aimed to identify the incidence and related factors of pneumothorax in ...
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Open AccessThoracic skeletal muscle quantification using computed tomography and prognosis of elderly ICU patients
In elderly ICU patients, the prevalence of skeletal muscle loss is high. Longitudinal effect of thoracic muscles, especially in elderly ICU patients, are unclear although skeletal muscle loss is related with t...
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Open AccessDecreased annual risk of tuberculosis infection in South Korean healthcare workers using interferon-gamma release assay between 1986 and 2005
Tuberculosis (TB) has been a major public health problem in South Korea. Although TB notification rate in Korea is gradually decreasing, still highest among the member countries of the Organization for Economi...
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Open AccessSex differences in risk factors for depressive symptoms in patients with COPD: The 2014 and 2016 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Although depression is a common comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the role of sex remains unexplored. We evaluated sex differences of risk factors of depressive symptoms in adults wi...
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Non-mass lesions detected by breast US: stratification of cancer risk for clinical management
To develop a classification system using imaging features to interpret breast non-mass lesions (NMLs) detected on US and to stratify their cancer risk.
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Open AccessDeep learning-based computer-aided diagnosis in screening breast ultrasound to reduce false-positive diagnoses
A major limitation of screening breast ultrasound (US) is a substantial number of false-positive biopsy. This study aimed to develop a deep learning-based computer-aided diagnosis (DL-CAD)-based diagnostic mod...
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Open AccessEfficacy of low dose pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: real world experience from a tertiary university hospital
Pirfenidone is an antifibrotic agent that has been proven to slow down the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of low-dose pirfenidone (that i...
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Open AccessPrognostic impact of the ratio of the main pulmonary artery to that of the aorta on chest computed tomography in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
In many clinical disorders, there is a relationship between the ratio of the diameter of the main pulmonary artery (mPA) to that of the aorta (Ao) on chest computed tomography (CT). The aim of this study was t...
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Open AccessThoracic skeletal muscle quantification: low muscle mass is related with worse prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
Sarcopenia can contribute to negative outcomes in patients with various lung diseases. However, whether sarcopenia affects prognosis in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has not been reported. ...
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Comparison of synthetic and digital mammography with digital breast tomosynthesis or alone for the detection and classification of microcalcifications
To compare the performance of synthetic mammography (SM) and digital mammography (DM) with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) or alone for the evaluation of microcalcifications.