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Influence of Habitual Unilateral Support on Scoliosis Angle and Iliac Crest Height of Lumbago Patients (습관적인 편측지지가 요통환자의 측만각과 장골능 높이에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, Woon-Soo;Kim, Yong-Nam;Jeong, Jin-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.73-84
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    • 2007
  • This study aims to examine changes from differences in the lumbar scoliosis angle and iliac crest height due to abnormal and habitual posture shown in unilateral weight load at standing posture and suggest data for preventing and treating lumbago. The subjects of this study are 16 lumbago patients between twenties and forties with chronic lumbago over six months, but without neurological symptoms. As a result of photographing front and back with three conditions such as weight load on both sides and left or right unilateral weight load posture in order to examine changes of lumbar scoliosis and iliac crest according to changes of posture at unilateral weight load, while scoliosis angle and iliac crest height by habitual unilateral support were increased, those by opposite support were decreased. In conclusion, it was found that habitual unilateral weight load may cause continuous distortion of spinal angle and change of iliac crest height and these may be a factor of lumbago. Therefore, if habitual unilateral weight load state is kept continuously, distortion of lumbar angle and iliac crest height may be greater and common efforts to change habitual unilateral weight load are needed.

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Determination of Optimal Pressure Monitoring Locations of Water Distribution Systems Using Entropy Theory and Genetic Algorithm (엔트로피 이론과 유전자 알고리즘을 결합한 상수관망의 최적 압력 계측위치 결정)

  • Chang, Dong-Eil;Ha, Keum-Ryul;Jun, Hwan-Don;Kang, Ki-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of water distribution system is supplying water to users by maintaining appropriate pressure and water quality. For efficient monitoring of the water distribution system, determination of optimal locations for pressure monitoring is essential. In this study, entropy theory was applied to determine the optimal locations for pressure monitoring. The entropy which is defined as the amount of information was calculated from the pressure change due to the variation of demand reflected the abnormal conditions at nodes, and the emitter function (fire hydrant) was used to reproduce actual pressure change pattern in EPANET. The optimal combination of monitoring points for pressure detection was determined by selecting the nodes receiving maximum information from other nodes using genetic algorithm. The Ozger's and a real network were evaluated using the proposed model. From the results, it was found that the entropy theory can provide general guideline to select the locations of pressure sensors installation for optimal design and monitoring of the water distribution systems. During decision-making phase, optimal combination of monitoring points can be selected by comparing total amount of information at each point especially when there are some constraints of installation such as limitation of available budget.

Performance of heat sinks for LED luminaires in office buildings - Focused on the variation of air flow rate in duct - (사무소건물의 LED조명기구 방열장치의 성능 분석 연구 - 덕트 내 유량변화 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Ji-Woo;Ahn, Byung-Lip;Kim, Jong-Hun;Jeong, Hak-Geun;Jang, Cheol-Yong;Song, Kyoo-dong
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2014
  • In recent years, many researchers have considered the building energy consumption reduction accordingly to deal with abnormal climate changes and greenhouse gas reduction. However, the lighting energy use ratio has increased in spite of the development of the high efficiency lighting device. Therefore, the study aims to produce the LED lighting applications for the effective lighting heat removal by using the heat characteristics of LED lighting and analyzing the heat removal effect. In order to increase radiant heat efficiency, the heat pipe and heat sink was attached on PCB as LED lighting applications. Experiment was conducted to verify the temperature and air velocity of inside duct: thermocouples, anemometer. The heat removal effect of LED lighting applications was measured by observing the temperature of the lighting applications and the change of air velocity in duct. The experiment shows that the temperature change in the duct according to air velocity was $0.9{\sim}5.8^{\circ}C$. It is also concluded that heat removal was calculated from 33 to 81W.

Implementation of redundant MAP system (MAP 이중화 시스템의 구현)

  • Moon, Hong-Ju;Park, Hong-Sung;Kim, Won-Cheol;Park, Jung-Woo;Ahn, Sang-Cheol;Woo, Won-Sik;Kwon, Wook-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1992.07a
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    • pp.248-251
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    • 1992
  • In this paper, the RedMAP, i.e. a redundant Mini-MAP system for high reliability is proposed. Redundancy is implemented for LLC, MAC, and Physical layer of ISL-Mini -MAP. The detection of error of the network, the broadcasting of the error event, and the network change sequence are three major functions for the dualized Mini-MAP system. The abnormal operation of the network is mainly detected indirectly with the function of the TBC( token bus controller). The time delay to be required for the change of the networks must be minimized. With the RedMAP, we can achieve successful transmission only with short additional recovery time.

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Channel Characteristics of Sincheon Experimental Catchment using HEC - RAS model (HEC-RAS 모델을 이용한 신천 시험유역의 하도 특성연구)

  • Park, Byeongky;Lee, Myunggu;Hong, Changsu;Lee, Jaekwan;Lee, Young Joon;Choi, Joongdae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.41-56
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    • 2016
  • In recent localized heavy rainfalls have been arising from abnormal climate change. People are concerning about damages with increasing the frequency of flooding. Therefore, we need to understand river hydraulic characteristics and management to reduce damage from flooding. To study hydraulic characterization of Sincheon experimental catchment HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System) model which provided by U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was applied. This study analyzed and compared water level the frequency flood for 100 years and 200 years by clark unit Hydrography. The change of the water level of Daejeon bridge, Sincheon bridge and Singi bridge showed increased for all conditions. The flow rate for the Daejeon bridge and the Sincheon bridge showed an increase, but the Sinki bridge showed a decreasing flow rate overally, except for 1hour-100 years. The verification result showed that the model was able to simulate the water level with 0.4709 coefficient of determination and error ration ranging from 1 to 3%.

The effect of Heulbuchuketang on endometriosis (혈부축어탕(血府逐瘀湯)이 자궁내막증(子宮內膜症) 백서(白鼠)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Oh, Gue-Suk;Hong, Yeong-Wook;Lee, Tae-Kyun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.273-282
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    • 1997
  • To observe the effect of Heulbuchuketang on endometriosis, surgically induced endometriosis in rats was treated with Heulbuchuketang for l00days. The result are as follows: 1. Fragments of right uterine horn were implanted at the serosal wall of small intestine and its adjacent aterial suppling branch. After 4 weeks later endometriosis was observed at the area of implantation of small intestine. 2. After l00-day-treatment, the size of the endometriosis of treated group was much smaller compared to those of the untreated group. Especially the result of the later 60-day-treatment was much better than that of the early 40-day-treatment. 3. In case of inflammation or pustula induced from endometriosis, the size of abnormal endometriosis tissue showed no change after the total treatment and fibrotic change was often founded there, which was not responding to Heulbuchuketang. 4. In the ovary of untreated group, primordial follicle, primary follicle, maturing primary follicle were easily founded and there was no difference in shape and size between the ovary of Heulbuchuketang treated group. From the upper 1 to 4 laboratory result it can be suggested that Heulbuchuketang can be specially effective to mild endometriosis with conservating the ability of fertility.

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A study on the reduction of noise and vibration by acoustic resonance in the tube bank of a circulating fluidized bed combustion boiler (순환 유동층 보일러 관군의 음향공진에 의한 이상소음 발생 및 저감 연구)

  • Park, Eung-Kyu;Song, Keun-Bok;Kim, Won-Hyun;Joo, Won-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2011
  • In the present paper, the phenomena of abnormal noise and vibration due to acoustic resonance of CFBC(Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion) boiler was presented. The acoustic resonance which occurred in the gas path of CFBC boiler system was caused by coincidence of vortex shedding frequency of tube bank and acoustic natural frequency of duct and hopper. And, the phenomena of beating arose from the interference of two closed resonant waves at 66.4Hz and 70.8Hz. There are two control methods for acoustic resonance in this system. The first method is to change the vortex shedding frequency from the structural alterations on the tube bank. And the second method is to change the acoustic natural frequency of the gas path with the installation of anti-noise baffles. The second one which is relatively easy to apply, was adapted in this study. As a result, the noise and vibration level have been decreased by 41dB and 94% at 66.4Hz, respectively. And the improvement of noise and vibration at 70.8Hz was identified by sensory evaluation.

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Change of Diurnal Respiration and Transpiration Rate of Fruits in Kiwifruit during Fruit Growth (참다래 착과 과실의 호흡과 증산속도의 일변화)

  • Han Sang-Heon
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.152-158
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this study is to investigate change in diurnal respiration and transpiration of the fruits of kiwifruit during fruit growth. Three-hourly fruit transpiration and respiration rate were measured by a chamber technique. Results showed a tendency of higher transpiration and respiration in at maturation to commercial harvest period in 1995 fruit than in 1996 fruit. Fruit respiration rates were very similar to the transpiration rates. The air temperature record for the fruit maturation period in 1996 showed a sudden drop on September $19{\sim}24$ and October 14 down to $7{\sim}13^{\circ}C$. These results suggest that abnormal fruit transpiration and respiration rate in the fruit maturation period might be influenced by the air temperature.

Hypointensity on Susceptibility-Weighted Images Prior to Signal Change on Diffusion-Weighted Images in a Hyperacute Ischemic Infarction: a Case Study

  • Kim, Dajung;Lee, Hyeonbin;Jung, Jin-Man;Lee, Young Hen;Seo, Hyung Suk
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.131-134
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    • 2018
  • Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) is well known for detecting the presence of hemorrhagic transformation, microbleeds and the susceptibility of vessel signs in acute ischemic stroke. But in some cases, it can provide the tissue perfusion state as well. We describe a case of a patient with hyperacute ischemic infarction that had a slightly hypodense, patchy lesion at the left thalamus on the initial SWI, with a left proximal posterior cerebral artery occlusion on a magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and delayed time-to-peak on an MR perfusion performed two hours after symptom onset. No obvious abnormal signals at any intensity were found on the initial diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). On a follow-up MR image (MRI), an acute ischemic infarction was seen on DWI, which is the same location as the lesion on SWI. The hypointensity on the initial SWI reflects the susceptibility artifact caused by an increased deoxyhemoglobin in the affected tissue and vessels, which reflects the hypoperfusion state due to decreasing arterial flow. It precedes the signal change on DWI that reflects a cytotoxic edema. This case highlights that, in some hyperacute stages of ischemic stroke, hypointensity on an SWI may be a finding before the hyperintensity is seen on a DWI.

Wavelet Analysis of Swells in the East Sea (동해 너울에 대한 웨이블릿 분석)

  • Kim, Tae-Rim;Lee, Dong-Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.583-588
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    • 2008
  • Swell data observed in the East Sea in February, 2008 were analyzed using wavelet method. The wavelet analyzed results show detailed time series variation of wave group, peak frequency and spectrum. The comparison of time averaged wavelet spectrum with fourier spectrum turn out to be very similar in terms of spectrum shape and peak frequency evolution but the peak frequency wave energy and the significant wave height show discrepancies. Wavelet analysis can detect the change of spectrum in time as well as in frequency and very efficient to study transient and irregular phenomena such as freak waves and abnormal swells in the ocean. More analysis with more wave data are needed for future application.