cancer is the most common malignancy in Korea. In recent years, mortalities associated with gastric cancer have decreased markedly in some Asian countries due to health-care policies that introduced screening tests for early detection of gastric cancer. Since curative treatment is possible when tumors are resectable, screening modalities that detect gastric cancers when they are still resectabl...

By radiating the power in the direction of choice, electronicallyswitched directional (ESD) antennas can reduce network contention and avoid packet loss. There exists some ESD antennas for wireless sensor networks, but so far researchers have mainly evaluated their directionality. There are no studies regarding the link dynamics of ESD antennas, in particular not for indoor deployments and othe...

The high current and ESD effects on VLSI interconnect metallization have been characterized and a model for heating under ESD conditions is presented. I t is shown that thermal breakdown occurs when the resistances increase by a factor of >3.6 due to melting of metal lines. After the metal is molten, the thermal stress is required to exceed the fracture strength of the oxidelnitride layers in o...

New diode structures without the field-oxide boundary across the p/n junction for ESD protection are proposed. A NMOS (PMOS) is especially inserted into the diode structure to form the NMOS-bounded (PMOS-bounded) diode, which is used to block the field oxide isolation across the p/n junction in the diode structure. The proposed N(P)MOSbounded diodes can provide more efficient ESD protection to ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is reported to be an efficient treatment with a high rate of en bloc resection for large colorectal tumors in Japan and some other Western and Asian countries. ESD is considered less invasive than laparoscopic colectomy. However, ESD carries a higher risk of perforation than endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). Various devices and training methods for color...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is increasingly being considered an essential component of treatment for early gastrointestinal cancers and subepithelial tumors. The ESD technique owes its popularity to the development of sophisticated instruments used for ESD. With an increase in the number of ESD procedures performed, there is rapid development in the number and types of endoscopic acc...

Behavioral science is increasingly considered foundational for addressing various sustainable development challenges. change and action competence have also become important goals in Education Sustainable Development (ESD), complementing interacting with other educational such as the of sustainability-relevant knowledge, skills, values, attitudes. We argue that these interconnected learning ESD...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early esophageal cancer is being performed more frequently. Perforation and stricture are well-known complications of esophageal ESD, but delayed bleeding is very rare. This is the first report of delayed bleeding after esophageal ESD. An 82-year-old man was admitted to our hospital to undergo esophageal ESD for a superficial esophageal cancer 60mm in ...

As this minitrack celebrates its ninth year of existence, one of its major theoretical contributions is the development, verification and validation of the evolutionary system design (ESD) paradigm for supporting negotiation. In ESD, we advocate a process that helps antagonists evolve along with the dynamics of negotiation in hope of finding a consensus. When encountering an impasse, negotiatio...

This paper presents the design and development of a VLE for a M.Sc. programme on information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education for sustainable development (ESD) driven by a learning paradigm that merges three theories of learning, namely: experiential learning, constructivist learning and transformative learning (ExConTra) funded by the European Commission. Learning activities ...