Malignancy was one of the most serious risk factor for death in our patients with IIM. Early discovery of malignancy is important, and an extensive investigation for common malignancies in each region should be done at diagnosis and for a minimum of 2 years thereafter. As minimally elevated CPK levels in ILD patients may be associated with fatal ILD, an early evaluation and a more aggressive treatment of ILD should be considered in these patients.

ABSTRACT. As a city is urbanized, its landscape becomes more complex owing to the construction of high-rise buildings. The small scale wind-field in an urban district may change frequently owing to the complex terrain, the diverse land use, and high-rise buildings. It also leads to dynamic changes in the air pollution in that area. Conventional urban-scale air quality management systems, however, are unable to effectively manage detailed aspects of such changes. In this study, we set up a micro-scale air quality management system (MAMS) testbed over Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. A wireless sensor network and a CFD modeling data management system were combined to support the MAMS sensor service. The sensor-based monitoring system showed reasonably good performance for temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide from inter-comparison studies against conventional large format analyzers. However, the real-world application of a sensor network for air quality monitoring has many limitations, such as limited installation points for 3-dimentional monitoring, limited power availability for continuous monitoring, and limited sensitivity to ambient concentrations. We therefore developed the concept of a "virtual sensor" to provide micro-scale personal air pollution information services, using a CFDbased air quality modeling system. Based on the information provided by the virtual sensors, we developed a futuristic air quality service of the MAMS application for the mobile platform. We found that the combination of CFD-based modeling data with a fast large volume data management system and a mobile visualization system will be a successful intermediate solution for a user-based air quality service before an actual ubiquitous sensor-based system is available to produce micro-scale environmental information for entire urban areas.

Malignancy was one of the most serious risk factor for death in our patients with IIM. Early discovery of malignancy is important, and an extensive investigation for common malignancies in each region should be done at diagnosis and for a minimum of 2 years thereafter. As minimally elevated CPK levels in ILD patients may be associated with fatal ILD, an early evaluation and a more aggressive treatment of ILD should be considered in these patients.

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