• ALGAE
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2010

To test the feasibility of using chlorophyll ${\alpha}$ fluorescence to assess the establishment success of seagrass transplants, photosynthetic characteristics of eelgrass Zostera marina transplants were measured using a Diving-pulsed amplitude modulation fluorometer in Jindong Bay on the southern coast of Korea. Maximum quantum yield ($F_v/F_m$), photosynthetic efficiency ($\alpha$), saturating irradiance ($E_k$) and maximum electron transport rate ($ETR_{max}$) of transplants and reference plants in a nearby transplant site were measured using the fluorometer for 5 months. Additionally, shoot morphology, individual shoot weight and productivity of transplants and reference plants were also monitored. Shoot height, leaf weight and productivity of transplants were significantly reduced during the first two or three months after transplantation compared to those of reference plants, and then increased to the levels of reference plants Characteristics of chlorophyll a fluorescence, including $F_v/F_m$, $\alpha$, $E_k$ and $ETR_{max}$ of transplants were also significantly reduced in the initial period, but recovered slightly sooner than shoot morphology or leaf productivity. These results indicated that after transplantation, Z. marina transplant photosynthesis recovered faster than shoot morphology, biomass or productivity. Thus, chlorophyll a fluorescence can be used as an indicator for early assessment of the status of eelgrass transplants without destructive sampling.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권4C호
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• pp.351-363
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• 2006

우리나라의 지상파 DTV 전송 방식인 8-VSB 변조 방식은 크기에 정보를 실어서 보내기 때문에 다중경로에 의한 심벌간 간섭에 다소 취약한 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 지상파 DTV 수신기에서는 판정 궤환 등화기를 사용하여 채널 등화를 수행해 왔다. 하지만 SFN(single frequency network) 환경과 같은 열악한 채널에서는 판정 오류로 인한 에러전파로 안정적인 등화를 수행하지 못한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 주파수 영역에서 직접 채널의 역을 곱해서 채널등화를 수행하는 zero forcing 등화 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해서 채널 정합 필터와 비인과 필터를 사용하여 비최소 위상(nonminimum phase) 채널을 최소 위상(minimum phase) 채널로 근사화시킴으로써 채널의 역의 안정성을 보장할 수 있게 하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 SFN 채널 환경에서 제안된 주파수 영역 등화기가 기존의 판정 궤환 등화기에 비하여 안정성과 SER(symbol error rate) 측면에서 모두 향상된 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 보인다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1991

Single smooth muscle cells of the rabbit pulmonary artery were isolated by treatment with collagenase and elastase. Using the patch clamp technique, potassium channel activity was recorded from the inside-out membrane patch. The channel had a sin히e channel conductance of about 360 pS in symmetrical concentration of K on both sides of the patch, 150 mM, and had a linear current-voltage relationship. During the application of 10 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA) to the intracellular membrane surface, the amplitude of single channel current was reduced and very rapid flickering appeared. The open probability $(P_0)$ of this channel was increased by increasing positivity of the potential across the patch membrane, with e-fold increase by 20 mV depolarization, and by increasing the internal $Ca^{2+}$ concentration. These findings are consistent with those of large conductance Ca-activated K channels reported in other tissues. But the shortening of the mean open time by increasing $[Ca^{2+}]_i$, was an unexpected result and one additional closed state which might be arisen from a block of the open channel by Ca binding was suggested. The $P_0-membrane$ potential relationship was modulated by internal pH. Decreasing pH reduced $P_0$. Increasing pH not only increased $P_0$ but also weakened the voltage dependency of the channel opening. The modulation of Ca-activated K channel by pH was thought to be related to the mechanism of regulation of vascular tone by the pH change.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.681-688
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• 2009

본 연구는 22명의 오른손 잡이로 신경학적 이상이 없는 장노년층을 대상으로 경두개 자기자극 후 우측 단무지 외전근에서 운동 유발 전위를 측정함으로써 빠르고 느린 동작에 대한 수동적 혹은 능동적 운동 관찰과 연상을 시행할 때 피질척수로의 흥분도에 있어 변화가 일어나는지 알아보고자 시행되었다. 대상자에게 빠르고 느린 무지의 외전 운동을 수동적으로 관찰하거나(수동관찰), 연상하거나(운동 연상), 능동적으로 따라하려는 마음으로 관찰하도록한 상태(능동 관찰)에서 각각 운동 유발 전위의 진폭과 잠시를 측정하였고 안정 시에 측정된 값과 비교하였다. 수동관찰, 운동연상, 능동 관찰법에 따른 운동 유발 전위의 차이와 느리고 빠른 운동 속도에 따른 운동 유발 전위의 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과 안정 시 보다 수동 관찰, 운동 연상 혹은 능동 관찰 모두에서 운동 유발 전위의 촉발이 일어나며, 능동적 관찰은 수동적 관찰에 비해 유의하게 높은 운동유발전위를 촉발이 일어나나, 빠르고 느린 동작에 있어 유의한 차이를 보이지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• 감성과학
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.13-22
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• 1998

The sense of touch has both objective and subjective characteristics. During hand evaluation of the fabrics. psycho physiological processes such as emotion and stimulation. On other site, the mode of touch (passive vs. active) is also capable to modulate somatosensory responses. I.e., suppress somatocensory perception during active electrocortical responses to passive and active touch of the textiles with different subjective emotional preference. The study was carried out on 36 female college students. Physiological signals were acquired by Grass and BIOPAC 100 systems with AcqKnowledge variables, namely heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), pulse transit time (PTT), respiration rate (RSP) and skin conductance parameters (SCL, amplitude, risetime and number of SCRs) were analyzed for baseline and stimulation conditions. Analysis was manifested in a form of moderate HR acceleration. RSP increase, RSA decrease (lowered vagal tone), decreased PTT and increased electrodermal activity (increased SCL, several SCRs) that reflects general sympathetic activation. Parietal EEG effects (on contra-lateral side to stimulated hand)were featured by short-term alpha-blocking, slightly reduced theta, significantly increased delta and enhanced fast beta activity with few variations across stimuli. The main finding of the study was that most and least preferred textures exhibited significant differences in autonomic (HR, RSP, PTT, SCR, and at less extent in RSA and SCL) and electrocortical responses (delta, slow and fast alpha, fast beta relative power). These differences were recorded both in passive and active stimulation modes, thus demonstrating reproducibility of distinction between most and least emotionally preferred tactile stimuli, suggesting influence of psychological factors, such as emotional property of stimulus, on physiological outcome.

• 천문학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2004

This is a proposal to probe local part of the interplanetary dust (IPD) cloud complex and retrieve mean volume emissivity of the local IPDs at mid-infrared wavelengths. This will be done by monitoring, with Infrared Camera (IRC) aboard the ASTRO-F, the annual modulation of the zodiacal emission. In pointing mode of the ASTRO-F mission the spacecraft can make attitude maneuvering over approximately ${\pm}1^{\circ}$ range centered at solar elongation $90^{\circ}$ in the ecliptic plane. The attitude maneuvering combined with high sensitivity of the IRC will provide us with a unique opportunity observationally to take derivatives of the zodiacal emission brightness with respect to the solar elongation. From the resulting differential of the brightness over the ${\pm}1^{\circ}$ range, one can directly determine the mean volume emissivity of the local IPDs with a sufficient accuracy to de-modulate the annual emissivity variations due to the Earth's elliptical motion and the dis-alignment of the maximum IPD density plane with respect to the ecliptic. The non-zero eccentricity ($e_{\oplus}$= 0.0167) of the Earth's orbit combined with the sensitive temperature dependence of the Planck function would bring modulations of amplitude at least $3.34\%$ to the zodiacal emission brightness at mid-infrared wavelengths, with which one may determine the IPD temperature T(r) and mean number density n(r) as functions of heliocentric distance r. This will in turn fix the power-law exponent $\delta$ in the relation $T(r) = T_o(r/r_o)^{-\delta}$ for the dust temperature and v in $n(r) = n_o(r/r_o)^-v$ for the density. We discuss how one may de-couple the notorious degeneracy of cross-section, density, reference temperature $T_o$ and exponent $\delta$.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.106-112
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Bee Venom Herb-Acupuncture on the jaw opening reflex evoked by tooth pulp stimulation. Rats were anesthetized with thiopental sodium given intraperitoneally in an initial dose of 80mg/kg. Maintenance doses of 5mg/kg thiopental sodium were given through a cannular in the femoral vein as required to maintain light anesthesia. To apply noxious stimuli, a pair of enameled wires were inserted into the tooth pulp of the lower incisor. The effects of conditioning stimuli were estimated as an indicator of the degree of suppression of the digastric muscle electromyogram(dEMG) in the jaw opening reflex. Bee Venom Herb- Acupuncture(0.2% solution 0.1ml/rat) was injected to Hapgok(LI4) loci. In addition, Normal Saline (0.1ml/rat) was injected to Hapgok loci so as to compare the degree of suppression elicited from Bee-Venom. By administration of Bee Venom Herb-Acupuncture, the amplitude of dEMG was maximally suppressed to $67.5{\pm}3.38%$ ipsilaterally, 73.33{\pm}8.00%$ contralaterally. Generally, the dEMG activities caused by electrical stimulation were gradually suppressed during the stimulation and maximal suppressive effect showed at 15min after its onset. However the dEMG activities by Be Venom Herb-Acupuncture were immediately suppressed after its onset and the suppressive effect continued for a long time compared to electrical stimulation. In conclusion, Bee Venom Herb-Acupuncture may have a different mechanism of analgesia from that of electro-acupuncture and contribute to the modulation of pain analgesia.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2011

광음향 분광학 연구에 빈번히 사용되는 최소 부피 개방형 광음향 셀을 이용하여 광음향 신호를 측정할 경우 최소 부피 광음향셀의 밀폐상태는 광음향 신호의 재현성에 큰 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 최소 부피 광음향 셀의 밀폐 효율을 높일 수 있는 고무오링 밀폐재를 적용한 구조를 설계하고 제작한 후, 제작한 구조체를 이용하여 다양한 재질의 고무 오링에 대한 광음향 신호를 주파수 별로 측정하고 분석하였다. 실험 결과 진공 그리스를 이용하여 광음향 셀을 밀폐하는 기존의 방식과 비교했을 때, 실리콘 고무 오링을 밀폐재로 사용하는 경우 광음향 신호의 진폭과 위상의 재현성이 각각 최대 53.4%와 80.4%까지 향상될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2010

OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 시스템은 다수 반송파 전송의 특수한 형태로 주파수 선택적 페이딩이나 협대역 간섭에 대한 강건함이 증가하기 때문에 차세대 무선 광대역 통신 시스템의 전송 방식으로 큰 관성을 받고 있다. 하지만 출력 신호의 크기가 Rayleigh 분포를 갖기 때문에 무선 통신 환경에서 TWTA (Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier)와 같은 고출력 증폭기 (High Power Amplifier; HPA)의 비선형 특성으로 인하여 단일 반송파 전송 방식보다 심각한 비선형 왜곡이 발생하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 HPA의 비선형성에 의한 비선형 왜곡을 보상하기 위해 SCPWL (Simplicial Canonical Piecewise-Linear) 모델 기반의 새로운 디지털 사전왜곡기를 제안한다. 제안된 사전왜곡기의 성능평가를 위해 AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise) 채널 하에서 16-QAM과 64-QAM 변조 방식을 이용하고, 1024-point FFT/IFFT로 구현된 OFDM 시스템에서 다양한 실험을 실시하였다. 모의실험 결과, HPA에 의해 발생하는 비선형 왜곡을 효과적으로 보상함으로써 우수한 성능 향상이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.964-970
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• 2013

본 논문은 적층된 칩 사이의 3차원 대역 통과 무선 통신 인터페이스를 제안한다. 제안 방법은 적층된 칩 사이의 작은 커패시턴스를 포함한 3차원 공진기를 이용하여 자주 주파수 발진기(free running oscillator)를 구성하고, 이 발진기를 진폭 변조하여 추가적인 정합회로 없이 수신단에서 포락선 검파를 통해 신호를 검출한다. 제안 방법을 검증하기 위해 110 nm CMOS 공정을 사용하여 송수신 칩을 설계하고, 제작하여 50 ${\mu}m$ 두께의 칩 사이에 2 Gb/s의 데이터 전송 속도를 확인하였다. 제작한 칩은 동작전압 1.2 V를 사용하며, 송수신 칩을 합하여 4.32 mW의 전력을 소모한다. 칩의 크기는 송신단은 0.045 $mm^2$이고, 수신단은 0.029 $mm^2$이다.