This study aims to examine the public's perception of the appropriateness of metaphorical expressions used by medical professionals in medical discourse. A sample of 142 individuals were asked to evaluate the appropriateness of ten metaphorical expressions used by health-care experts. Additionally, questions were posed about the effects of using metaphors. The ten items showed variability in the degree of appropriateness, with metaphors being considered more appropriate when the target was familiar and the similarity between the source and target domains was high. Positive aspects of metaphor use by medical professionals included aiding in understanding, with respondents perceiving such professionals as kind, considerate of patients, and trustworthy. Negative aspects included difficulties in understanding when the similarity between the metaphorical targets was low, requiring lengthy and complex thought processes, and potential misunderstandings of scientific facts. Approximately 15% of respondents reported their own experiences with metaphorical expressions in medical discourse, noting that these metaphors helped them understand the illness and treatment, and induced positive behavioral changes.

Proper use of health and medical data helps develop the medical industry and promote national health. In particular, Korea has a national health insurance system, so a huge amount of information, including health examination records, drug prescription records, and insurance qualifications, is collected from public institutions such as the National Health Insurance Corporation and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. It has favorable conditions for data utilization in that it is possible to systematically collect and manage data. However, there are various evaluations on whether such policies to revitalize the use of health and medical data are actually successful. According to the ‘Ministry of Public Administration and Security’s evaluation of the operation status of public data provision’, the level of public data management system was good, while the level of private use support and information quality were insufficient. Data governance is being emphasized to promote the use of health and medical data along with the legislation. This is because the participation of experts and public-private agreements are important due to the nature of health and medical data, and securing social trust in personal information protection is important. In relation to this, we tried to present specific measures by reviewing the inspection of the current health care big data platform and measures to strengthen and improve it in a comparative manner. The Policy Deliberation Committee within these platforms is stipulated as a directive and is in charge of deliberation on not only policy deliberation but also research purposes and de-identification measures. It was proposed to legalize the basis for the composition of the Policy Deliberation Committee, focus its functions on policy decision-making, and to specialize in de-identification judgment by establishing a separate professional deliberation agency. As an organization dedicated to judging the de-identification of health and medical data, a plan was proposed to establish governance for professional deliberation of health and medical data and to establish a deliberation committee to deliberate on the adequacy of de-identification. The National Health Insurance Service, the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the Korea Health Industry Promotion Agency, and the National Cancer Center, which are currently combined specialized institutions, can supplement de-identification deliberations. The governance of such health and medical data review can provide policy advice to the Policy Deliberation Committee within the health and medical data platform.

General end-mill is considered and chosen by kinds and properties of material before machining, but in case of orthopedic surgery, cutting performance of orthopedic end-mill must be always best because bone condition is checked after operative preparation including skin incision. Generally hard metal end-mill is used for high cutting performance in industrial fields. To apply hard metal end-mill to robotic orthopedic surgery, prototypes with STS are manufactured and tested for determining proper number of flutes and helix angle, additionally proper overhang length of end-mill from sleeve end was determined by checking deflection under cutting load and critical speed using FEM program. As a result helix angle, blade number and overhang length are determined as 45∘, 3, 7cm respectively.

This Study aims at looking into the use of oriental medical services in treating hypertension. The first objective to be explored through this study is the morbidity caused by the disease, classifying them by age, gender, and occupation. The second is to determine the regular use of anti-hypertensive medicine and their efficacy in controlling blood-pressure. The third is to investigate the use-rate and satisfaction of oriental medical service. 838 households across the country, were asked to answer questionnaires for the period of time from Apr. to Jun. 2005. The conclusion from the survey can be summarized as following. The age of which the first medical diagnosis of hypertension were made showed lower in males, those with higher education and income. The study showed females were more active in blood-pressure control, with their frequent monitoring of blood-pressure for the past year. With age, people in under 50 age group proved to be less active. The management of high blood pressure was more effective in group with regular dosage compared to group with irregular use of anti-hypertensive medication, but their difference was minimal. Also, group with no medication showed signs of blood-pressure control. The use of oriental medical service for the past year, were more frequent in groups with lower education, either low or high income, old age, females and occupations in agriculture, forestry and fishing industry. Results were similar in both general population and high blood-pressure patient group. Females, people over 51 years old and with lower education showed more intentions in utilizing oriental medical services in the future. Results were similar in both general population and high blood-pressure patient group. It is necessary to offer a more accurate information on oriental medical treatments. Also, a systematic reform to reduce the patient's share of the treatment cost, as well as, heightening public awareness on the infirmity of present blood-pressure management system is crucial.

병원에서 방사선을 차폐하는데 있어 납은 매우 유용하게 사용되고 있다. 하지만 납은 독성을 가지고 있고 대체물질에 대한 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있으며, 대표적으로 텅스텐을 대체물질로 한 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서 납과 텅스텐의 물리적 특성 및 반가층 실험을 진행한 결과 원자번호가 높은 납 원소의 반응단면적이 텅스텐에 비해 높게 나타났으나, 텅스텐의 밀도가 높아 동일한 크기일 경우 텅스텐의 전자밀도가 납에 비해 약 1.7배 높은 것으로 나타났다. MCNPX를 이용한 모의 모사에서도 에너지 따라 다소 차이가 있지만 텅스텐이 납에 비해 약 1.4배 차폐효과가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 텅스텐이 납에 비해 우수한 차폐효율을 갖고 있는 것으로 확인 되었다. 하지만 경제적 측면을 고려할 때 텅스텐은 희소금속으로 납에 비해 가격이 약 25배 높아 납에 대한 대체물질로는 부적당한 것으로 사료되었다.