Development of examination objectives for the Korean paramedic and emergency medical technician examination: a survey study.

Purpose: The duties of paramedics and emergency medical technicians (P&EMTs) are continuously changing due to developments in medical systems. This study presents evaluation goals for P&EMTs by analyzing their work, especially the tasks that new P&EMTs (with less than 3 years’ experience) find difficult, to foster the training of P&EMTs who could adapt to emergency situations after graduation.

Methods: A questionnaire was created based on prior job analyses of P&EMTs.

Anesthetics and long-term survival after cancer surgery-total intravenous versus volatile anesthesia: a retrospective study.

Background: Intravenous anesthesia has been reported to have a favorable effect on the prognosis of cancer patients. This study was performed to analyze data regarding the relation between anesthetics and the prognosis of cancer patients in our hospital.

Methods: The medical records of patients who underwent surgical resection for gastric, lung, liver, colon, and breast cancer between January 2006 and December 2009 were reviewed.

Automated classification of gastric neoplasms in endoscopic images using a convolutional neural network.

Background: Visual inspection, lesion detection, and differentiation between malignant and benign features are key aspects of an endoscopist's role. The use of machine learning for the recognition and differentiation of images has been increasingly adopted in clinical practice. This study aimed to establish convolutional neural network (CNN) models to automatically classify gastric neoplasms based on endoscopic images.

The effects of intermittent aeration on the characteristics of bio-cake layers in a membrane bioreactor.

The effects of a sequencing variation for dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations on the membrane permeability in a submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) were studied. An MBR was continuously operated under alternating DO conditions, e.g.