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Analysis of dynamic performance of redundant manipulators using the concept of aspects

  • Chung, W.J.;Chung, W.K.;Youm, Y.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10b
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    • pp.1664-1670
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    • 1991
  • For kinematically redundant manipulators, conventional dynamic control methods of local torque optimization showed the instability which resulted in physically unachievable torque requirements. In order to guarantee stability of the null space vector method which resolves redundancy at the acceleration level, Maciejewski[1] analyzed the kinetic behavior of homogeneous solution component and proposed the condition to identify regions of stability and instability for this method. 'In this paper, a modified null space vector method is first presented based on the Maciejewski's condition which is a function of a manipulator's configuration. Secondly, a new control method which is based on the concept of aspects is proposed. It was shown by computer simulations that the modified null space vector method and the proposed method have a common property that a preferred aspect is preserved during the execution of a task. It was also illustrated that both methods demonstrate a drastic reduction of torque loadings at the joints in the tracking motion of a long trajectory when compared with the null space vector method, and thus guarantee the stability of joint torque.

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The Comparison of Ultrasonographic Size of Morton's Neuroma measured to Actual Size (Morton씨 지간 신경종의 초음파검사상 크기와 실제 크기의 비교)

  • Kim, J-Young;Lee, Kyung-Tae;Young, Ki-Won;Son, Sang-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.80-83
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: To compare ultrasonographic size of morton's neuroma measured to actual size. Materials and Methods: Thirty-two (twenty-eight patients) of symptomic Morton's neuroma were measured by ultrasonography preoperatively and by manual method that designed by authors intraoperatively from January, 2002 to May, 2003. Two results were stastically compared by paired T-test. Results: Except one, all of cases were women and the mean age of patients was 50.6 years (32-62 years). The most common associated disease was hallux valgus deformity (17 cases). Six of Morton's neuromas located on second intermetatarsal space, sixteen of them did third intemetatarsal space and ten of neuromas located simultaneously second and third intermetatarsal space. The ultrasonographic size of neuroma averaged 3.48 mm and real size was 3.99 mm. The size checked by manual method was larger than by ultrasound with statical meaning. Conclusion: The size of Morton's interdigital neuroma checked by ultrasonography on plantar aspect is smaller than real size. If you checked Morton's interdigital neuroma size by ultrasonography, you can suspect that real size of Morton's interdigital neuroma is larger than that size.

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The Images of Science Education Illustrated in the Books Written by Modern Philosophers of Science (현대 과학철학자들의 저술에 나타난 과학교육의 이미지)

  • Song, Jin-Woong;Chung, Byung-Hoon;Kwon, Sung-Gi;Park, Jong-Won
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.209-224
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    • 1997
  • In this study, the images of science education illustrated in the books written by six major modern philosophers of science (K. R. Popper, N. R. Hanson, T. S. Kuhn, I. Lakatos, P. Feyerabend and J. Ziman) were investigated. In this article, the parts, from the books investigated, which have direct relevance to science education are quoted and the discussions by the researchers on them are added. Particularly, the learning by trial and error (of Popper), the role of context in scientific thinking (of Hanson), science education through the history of science (of Lakatos), science education appreciating individualities and voluntary curiosity (of Feyerabend) and the social aspect of science as a source of its rationality (of Ziman) appear to be the main points which have direct relevances and meaningful implications to science education but which have not been considered or discussed in detail in science education.

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Design, Optimization and Validation of Genomic DNA Microarrays for Examining the Clostridium acetobutylicum Transcriptome

  • Alsaker, Keith V.;Paredes, Carlos J.;Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T.
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.432-443
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    • 2005
  • Microarray technology has contributed Significantly to the understanding of bacterial genetics and transcriptional regulation. One neglected aspect of this technology has been optimization of microarray-generated signals and quality of generated information. Full genome microarrays were developed for Clostridium acetobutylicum through spotting of PCR products that were designed with minimal homology with all other genes within the genome. Using statistical analyses it is demonstrated that Signal quality is significantly improved by increasing the hybridization volume. possibly increasing the effective number of transcripts available to bind to a given spot, while changes in labeled probe amounts were found to be less sensitive to improving signal quality. In addition to Q-RT-PCR, array validation was tested by examining the transcriptional program of a mutant (M5) strain lacking the pSOL1 178-gene megaplasmid relative to the wildtype (WT) strain. Under optimal conditions, it is demonstrated that the fraction of false positive genes is 1% when considering differentially expressed genes and 7% when considering all genes with signal above background. To enhance genomic-scale understanding of organismal physiology, using data from these microarrays we estimated that $40{\sim}55%$ of the C. acetobutylicum genome is expressed at any time during batch culture, similar to estimates made for Bacillus subtilis.

Cerebral Hemodynamics in Premature Infants

  • Rhee, Christopher J.;Rios, Danielle R.;Kaiser, Jeffrey R.;Brady, Ken
    • Neonatal Medicine
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2018
  • Extremely low birth weight infants remain at increased risk of intraventricular hemorrhage from the fragile vascular bed of the germinal matrix; the roles of hypotension (ischemia) and reperfusion (hyperemia) in the development of intraventricular hemorrhage are still debated. Cerebrovascular pressure autoregulation protects the brain by maintaining constant cerebral blood flow despite changes in blood pressure. The ontogeny of cerebrovascular pressure autoregulation has not been well established and uncertainty remains about the optimal arterial blood pressure required to support brain perfusion. Another important aspect of premature cerebral hemodynamics is the critical closing pressure--the arterial blood pressure at which cerebral blood flow ceases. Interestingly, in premature infants, the critical closing pressure approximates the mean arterial blood pressure. Often in this unique population, cerebral blood flow occurs only during systole when the diastolic arterial blood pressure is equal to the critical closing pressure. Moreover, the diastolic closing margin, a metric of cerebral perfusion that normalizes diastolic arterial blood pressure to the critical closing pressure, may be a better measure than arterial blood pressure for defining cerebral perfusion in premature infants. Elevated diastolic closing margin has been associated with intraventricular hemorrhage. This review summarizes the current state of understanding of cerebral hemodynamics in premature infants.

An investigation of tribology properties carbon nanotubes reinforced epoxy composites (표면 개질된 탄소나노튜브를 사용한 에폭시 복합재료의 마모특성에 관한 연구)

  • Sulong A.B.;Goak J.C.;Park Joo-Hyuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.663-667
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    • 2005
  • Surface modified carbon nanotubes were applied into the epoxy composites to investigate its tribological property. Carbon nanotubes reinforced epoxy composites were fabricated by casting. Effects to the tribological property of loading concentrations and types of surface modification of carbon nanotubes were investigated under sliding condition using linear reciprocal sliding wear tester. The results show that the small amount of carbon nanotubes into the epoxy exhibited lower weight loss than the pure epoxy. It is concluded that the effect of an enormous aspect ratio of carbon nanotubes surface area which wider than conventional fillers that react as interface for stress transfer. As increased the contents of carbon nanotubes, the weight loss from the wear test was reduced. And the surface modified carbon nanotubes show better tribological property than as produced carbon nanotubes. It is due that a surface modification of carbon nanotubes increases the interfacial bonding between carbon nanotubes and epoxy matrix through chemical bonding. Changes in worn surface morphology are also observed by optical microscope and SEM for investigating wear behaviors. Carbon nanotubes in the epoxy matrix near the surface are exposed, because it becomes the lubricating working film on the worn surface. It reduces the friction and results in the lower surface roughness morphology in the epoxy matrix as increasing the contents of the carbon nanotubes.

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Analysis of Agricultural Regional Economic Effect by Spatial Dispersal of Wildfire in Korea (산불의 공간적 확산이 농촌지역경제에 미치는 영향 분석)

  • Kwon, J. Younghyun;Kim, Euijune
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to estimate regional economic effects of spatial diffusion of wildfire using Cobb-Douglas production function of agriculture and forestry. The analysis is applied to Gangwon and Gyeongbuk provinces where are the most damaged of wildfire in Korea. The damaged areas are derived from multiplied by the occurrence probability of wildfire and diffusion areas of wildfire for micro-spatial unit level with ArcGIS techniques. The models of wildfire provides that the spatial diffusion of wildfire increases with the rising of highest temperature and average wind speed. Through the production function, value added of Agriculture and Forest sectors get damaged where the Cos-converted slope aspect of mountains are toward the South. The production model provides reductions of regional value added by increasing damaged areas of wildfire. It reveals that the most damaged region is Andong city in Gyeongbuk province, where value added loss is 1.25 billion Won, which is about 0.72% of total value added in agriculture and forestry of the city. As a view of policy makers, it needs to be considered to establish prevention policies against wildfires because regional economic losses from wildfire are depending on geographical conditions and performances of the major industry related to wildfire's diffusion such as agriculture or tourism sector according to the result of analysis.

Nanostructures in Thin Films of Block Copolymers

  • Russell Thomas P.;Hawker Craig J.
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.80-80
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    • 2006
  • As the size scale of features continue to shrink in devices, the use of self-assembly, i.e. a "bottom up" approach, for device fabrication becomes increasingly important. Yet, simple self-assembly alone will not be sufficient to meet the increasing demands place on the registry of structures, particularly nanostructured materials. Several criteria are key in the rapid advancement and technology transfer for self-assembling systems. Specifically, the assembly processes must be compatible with current $^{\circ}{\infty}top\;down^{\circ}{\pm}$ approaches, where standard photolithographic processes are used for device fabrication. Secondly, simple routes must be available to induce long-range order, in either two or three dimensions, in a rapid, robust and reliable manner. Thirdly, the in-plane orientation and, therefore, ordering of the structures, must be susceptible to a biasing by an external, macroscopic means in at least one, if not two directions, so that individual elements can be accessed in a reliable manner. Block copolymers, specifically block copolymers having a cylindrical microdomain morphology, are one such material that satisfy many, if not all, of the criteria that will be necessary for device fabrication. Here, we discuss several routes by which these versatile materials can be used to produce arrays of nanoscopic elements that have high aspect ratios (ideal for templating and scaffolding), that exhibit long-range order, that give access to multiple length scale structuring, and that are amenable to being biased by macroscopic features placed on a surface.

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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOT FORGED AL 6061 ALLOY

  • Kwon Y.-N.;Lee Y.-S.;Lee J.-H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 2003
  • Many researches have been already done on the issues of high temperature deformation and the microstructural evolution. The information has been very useful for the plasticity industry, especially successful for the extrusion. However, the parts made with forging usually have a complex shape. It is difficult to control the distribution of the variables like strain, strain rate and temperature rise due to the working heat during a hot-forging process. Consequently, the microstructural variation could be occurred depending on the plastic deformation history that the forged part would get during a hot forging. In the present study, the microstructural characteristic of a hot-forged 6061 aluminum alloy has been discussed on the aspect of grain size evolution. A forging of 6061 aluminum alloy has been carried out for a complex shape with a dimensional variation. Also, finite element analysis has been done to understand how the deformation variables such as strain, strain rate give an influence on the microstructure of a hot forged aluminum product.

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A Hybrid Monitor (Rib, Boss) Design System with a Function Based Design and a Knowledge Based Design (기능기반설계와 지식기반 형상설계를 이용한 하이브리드 모니터 마스크(리브, 보스) 설계시스템)

  • Lee S.H.;Chun H.J.;Jeon S.M.
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2006
  • It is necessary to change the existing design process to cope with a short life-cycle product and various customer's demands. Also a frequent design change may delay the whole design process and it will increase the unit cost of the production. New alternatives or techniques have emerged to solve the existing design problems, such as a knowledge based engineering, an intelligent CAD, a function based design, and so on. In this paper, we propose a hybrid design system with a knowledge based design methodology and a function based design technique. The knowledge based design is good at a frequent design change and the function based design is effective to extract a core design behavior. In an early design process, the system utilizes a core design behavior through the function based design process. On the other hand, the system manages complicated design issues with the knowledge based design technique in the detailed design process. We conclude that the hybrid design system can bring fair effects on implementing an efficient design environment in aspect of time and expense.