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Development and feasibility test of sit-to-stand transfer assistive device

  • Ha, SinHo;Jeong, SeYeon;Hong, SoungKyun;Choi, Wonjae;Lee, Kwangkook;Park, Donghwan;Son, SangJun;Shin, HyeonHui;Lee, GyuChang
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2022
  • Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a sit-to-stand transfer assistive device, and to conduct a feasibility test. Design: A technical note. Methods and results: In this study, we developed a sit-to-stand transfer assistive device for the elderly and the disabled who have difficulty standing up independently from sitting positions. The sit-to-stand transfer assistive device allows the user to transfer the weight from a sitting position to a standing position while shifting the weight forward by grabbing and pulling a support stand. Ten healthy adults participated in the feasibility test of the device. Each participant used the developed sit-to-stand transfer assistive device and investigated supplementation through a brief interview. As a result of the feasibility test, the opinion was that the device could assist the sit-to-stand transfer to some extent. There were opinions that it needed a function to adjust the height of the knee protective plate in the sitting position according to the user's physical characteristics. Because of the inconvenience of operating the lock device for fixing the position and adjusting inclination, there was an opinion that the improvement for a locking device is needed. There were opinions that it would be better to reduce the size of the device due to its inconvenience of portability. Conclusion: In this study, we developed the sit-to-stand transfer assistive device for the elderly and the disabled who have difficulty standing up independently from sitting positions. In addition, it is considered that the upgrade of the device is necessary for the future since there are supplementary opinions on some points.

A Study on the educational direction of Dental Technology Department in the 21st century (21C 치과 기공과 교육의 방향에 대한 연구)

  • Park, J.H.
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.153-163
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    • 1999
  • The 21st centurt, the era of change-space, is requesting us to readjust our education system. In other words, we should renew it by looking back into the past cultivate more advanced ideas. As a matter of fact junior colleges have been considered just as miniture of universities in every way such as curriculum, prossor emploment, school affairs, etc. Therefore we should change our existing education system not to be criticized for the next century. May students are trained for industry as dental technicians in our department of college. We should educate experiment and practice substantially as college professors as well as exert ourselves in developing our abilities to adapt to high diverse industrial technique, putting emphasis on practice more than theory. It is mecessary for us to sufficiently teach the technique to good students and make them display their abilities in order to produce high quality goods. Reinvestment ineducation is a condition precedent. Dental laboratories have just employed the students that graduated from our college. However it's time for a change. They should pay attention to our education and assist us in all respects with the thought of equally educating professional dental technicians together with us. The field practice system is subject to reinforcement so that our students have more opporunities of utilizing the tools and materials for practice. Finally we should not only carry out new reserch more deeply no less than dental technicians who are experienced in business for development of education system but endeavor to meet pratical education by adding what is pratically needed in dental laboratories to the existing education system.

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Improving the Development of Korean Fashion Illustrations Textbooks (교육 과정 개선을 위한 국내 패션일러스트레이션 교재 콘텐츠 연구)

  • Kim, Mihyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.65 no.5
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2015
  • This study examines the fashion illustrations textbooks that have been published in the domestic market, and identifies its characteristics and problems in regards to its use in developing creative students. The purpose of the study is to propose ways to improve the development of the fashion illustration textbooks. The research method of this study are as follows: First, the teaching materials on fashion illustration in Korea were researched to examine the current state of publication. Second, its contents were analyzed to identify its characteristics. Third, an improvement plan of educational materials on fashion illustration in Korea were proposed. As for the scope of study, 18 volumes of fashion illustration teaching materials published in Korea during 2004-2014 were targeted. It should be noted that translated publications, digital fashion illustration materials and teaching materials for specialized and professional organizations were excluded. Conclusions of this study are as follows: First, examination of the textbooks revealed that additional content is needed regarding theoretical understanding of fashion illustration, as well as illustrations of men and children, as there was an insufficient amount of those topics. Second, the contents on the illustration application using current trends were lacking in the unit on illustration application. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop contents that reflect these trends. Lastly, the textbooks should be packaged with compact discs CDs containing video clips to assist students to get a better grasp of the material. The result of this study can be used to develop new teaching materials on fashion illustration, and be utilized as basic information in the curriculum design of fashion illustration.

An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Care Worker Scheduling

  • Akjiratikarl, Chananes;Yenradee, Pisal;Drake, Paul R.
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.171-181
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    • 2008
  • Home care, known also as domiciliary care, is part of the community care service that is a responsibility of the local government authorities in the UK as well as many other countries around the world. The aim is to provide the care and support needed to assist people, particularly older people, people with physical or learning disabilities and people who need assistance due to illness to live as independently as possible in their own homes. It is performed primarily by care workers visiting clients' homes where they provide help with daily activities. This paper is concerned with the dispatching of care workers to clients in an efficient manner. The optimized routine for each care worker determines a schedule to achieve the minimum total cost (in terms of distance traveled) without violating the capacity and time window constraints. A collaborative population-based meta-heuristic called Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is applied to solve the problem. A particle is defined as a multi-dimensional point in space which represents the corresponding schedule for care workers and their clients. Each dimension of a particle represents a care activity and the corresponding, allocated care worker. The continuous position value of each dimension determines the care worker to be assigned and also the assignment priority. A heuristic assignment scheme is specially designed to transform the continuous position value to the discrete job schedule. This job schedule represents the potential feasible solution to the problem. The Earliest Start Time Priority with Minimum Distance Assignment (ESTPMDA) technique is developed for generating an initial solution which guides the search direction of the particle. Local improvement procedures (LIP), insertion and swap, are embedded in the PSO algorithm in order to further improve the quality of the solution. The proposed methodology is implemented, tested, and compared with existing solutions for some 'real' problem instances.

Use of Ultrasonic beam transmissivity for investigating the structural features in plastic pipe cased borehole (초음파의 매질 투과성을 이용한 시추공 케이싱 배면의 암상 및 절리구조 조사 연구)

  • 김중열;김유성
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.03a
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    • pp.751-758
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    • 2002
  • Boreholes that are drilled in soft or unconsolidated materials such as gravels and coals are prone to collapse. To maintain the hole, some kinds of casing pipes are needed. If thereby a plastic pipe e.g. PVC is used for the casing, Televiewer tool is still capable of detecting structural features such as fractures in the borehole wall behind the pipe, whereas other borehole-imaging logging devices such as BIPS (Borehole Image Processing System) and FMS(Formation Micro Scanner) won't provide any information about that. Televiewer's primary component is a piezoelectric transducer centered in the hole. It acts as both a transmitter and receiver, and sends an ultrasonic beam. That is reflected, in the same manner as the seismic wave propagation, from the both sides(inner and outer surfaces) of the casing pipe, transmits through the pipe and then reflected from the borehole wall. With an appropriate choice of time-windowing, it is possible to capture the returning signals from both the borehole wall and the outer side of casing pipe as well. A suite of laboratory tests were performed on various physical models composed of plastic pipes with different diameters. Although the amplitudes of returning signals were reduced to about half the usual value due to the transmission loss, the dynamic range of Televiewer tool was sufficient to observe the structural features behind the casing pipe. Besides, several representative case studies at various research areas in our country are presented. The results demonstrate the usefulness of the transmissivity of Televiewer acoustic km, which will assist in further structural interpretation.

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A Design of Statistical Analysis Service Model to Analyze AR-based Educational Contents (AR기반 교육용 콘텐츠분석을 위한 통계분석서비스 모형 설계)

  • Yun, BongShik;Yoo, Sowol
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 2020
  • As the online education market expands, educational contents with various presentation methods are being developed and released. In addition, it is imperative to develop content that reflects the usability and user environment of users who use this educational content. However, for qualitative growth of contents that will support quantitative expansion of markets, existing model analysis methods are urgently needed at a time when development direction of newly developed contents is secured. In this process of content development, a typical model for setting development goals is needed, as the rules of the prototype affect the entire development process and the final development outcome. It can also provide a positive benefit that screens the issue of performance dualization between processes due to the absence of communication between a single entity or between a number of entities. In the case of AR-based educational content which is effective to secure data necessary for development by securing samples of similar categories because there are not enough ready-made samples released. Therefore, a big data statistical analysis service is needed that can easily collect data and make decisions using big data. In this paper, we would like to design analysis services that enable the selection and detection of intuitive multidimensional factors and attributes, and propose big data-based statistical analysis services that can assist cooperative activities within an organization or among many companies.

A Survey on SW Club Activities in Science Core High Schools (과학중점 고등학교에서의 SW동아리 활동 실태 조사)

  • Lee, Jaeho;Shin, HyunKyung;Park, Hee Gyun
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.971-987
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    • 2015
  • This paper aims at analyzing SW club acitivities on the science core high school using information disclosure. Targeting 103 schools across the nation science core high schools, the factors influencing the SW Club was analyzed. And science core high school education plans, business plans and management reports were analyzed in SW club activities. It was the most influencing on the SW club in Creative-Experiential activities organization of computer courses. So computer curriculum reform is urgently needed. SW extra subject activities and funding was having a positive effect. Tuition reimbursement rates was having a negative effect. But academic achievement did not significantly affect. Therefore as many students as possible should be able to assist the SW extra subject activities. And it is required Programs and budget support that reflect the characteristics of local and school. Also, as science core high schools have STEAM education, science, mathematics and technology home economics teachers etc were leading the SW club activities by fusing the their curriculum and SW education. As these activities are consistent with the purpose of SW education, research should be more active autonomic consisting of various teachers.

Chest Radiographic Parameters of Mediastinal Hemorrhage in Patients with Traumatic Aortic Injury Patients (외상성 대동맥손상 환자에서 관찰한 종격동 출혈의 흉부방사선 소견)

  • Choi, Wook Jin;Im, Kyoung Soo;Lee, Jae Ho;Ahn, Shin;Kim, Won
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2005
  • Background: Traumatic rupture of the aorta is a life-threatening injury that must be diagnosed as rapidly as possible and treated immediately. The chest X-ray is a valuable tool for screening traumatic rupture of the aorta in blunt chest trauma. And various chest radiologic parameters are being used as diagnostic tools for aortic injury. The purpose of this study is to identify chest radiographic parameters that may assist in the detection of traumatic rupture of the aorta and to compare these findings with those of other reports. Methods: This study involved 30 adult patients with traumatic rupture of the aorta seen at the emergency department of the Asan Medical Center from 1997 to 2004. The control subjects were 30 healthy patients with neither lung nor cardiovascular disease. We retrospectively assessed over 14 parameters on chest X-rays. Results: In 11 of the 14 parameters, there were significant differences between the study group and the control group. There was no significant difference in the M/C ratio (mediastinumto-chest width ratio) between the two groups, and neither the left nor the right paraspinal interface was statistically significant (p value>0.05). Our study indicates that new criteria for the MC ratio and for the paraspinal interfaces are needed for screening traumatic aorta injury. The other radiographic parameters for traumatic rupture of the aorta need to be further assessed through a prospective study.

A Study of the Conditions on applying Electronic Commerce to the Process of Export by the Firms in Pusan (부산지역(釜山地域) 수출기업(輸出企業)의 전자상거래(電子商去來) 활용실태(活用實態)에 관한 고찰(考察))

  • Oh, Hyun-Soon;Yun, Kwang-Woon
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.67-86
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    • 1999
  • As we increase installing computers, traditional commerce by paper document is replaced by Electronic Commerce, paperless document commerce. Electronic Commerce proves to be an intermediary for increasing efficiency on work, which makes us use it more. This study aims to contribute to streamline local export by analyzing trade firms and manufacturers' using status of Electronic Commerce on work in Pusan. I sent questionnaires to 202 firms working on trade in Pusan to do survey. The sample of this study consists of 96 of them. I analyze using status of Electronic Commerce on work based on those data. The result shows that the more the firms install facility to be able for Electronic Commerce and the better they understand Electronic Commerce related laws, the more they select that on work. Generally The firms in Pusan rarely select Electronic Commerce on work and even acknowledges how much that is needed on work. Considering all of them, this study shows the method of streamlining local export by Electronic Commerce as follows; First, all kinds of Electronic Commerce such as trade related site in Internet should be systemized. Second, the laws on Electronic Commerce should be established in details. Third, workers on firms should be educated on Electronic Commerce. Forth, the firms should install the facility for Electronic Commerce, assist financially and make marketing strategy for selecting Electronic Commerce on each step in work. In conclusion, export in Pusan would be streamlined when the use of Electronic Commerce, effective intermediary, is motivated and we take that method to use on work properly.

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A Prospective Clinical Study of Crystalloid and Colloid Solutions as Priming Additive Fluids for Cardiopulmonary bypass of the Small Children (소아에서 인공심폐기 충전액의 첨가용액으로서 사용한 crystalloid와 colloid 용액에 관한 임상연구)

  • Han, Jae-Jin;Seo, Gyeong-Pil
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.469-479
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    • 1992
  • Searching for the clinical effects of colloid solutions that used to increasing the oncotic pressure of priming solutions at the cardiopulmonary bypass, 29 patients [who were diagnosised as simple VSD around 10kg of body weight and scheduled to be operated from June 1990 to December 1990 at Sejong General Hospital] were divided randomly and prospectively to the two groups: A group [15] was received 4gm% albumin as addition to the priming solutions and B Group [14] the same amount of Ringer`s lactated solution. 34 clinical parameters [Body weight, sex, age, body surface area, Qp/Qs, pulmonary arterial pressure, cardiopulmonary bypass time, anesthetic time, intraoperatively infused crystalloid and colloid amount, hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum sodium concentration, serum osmolarity, urine osmolarity, urine specific gravity, serum concentration, serum osmolarity, urine osmolarity, urine specific gravity, serum protein, serum albumin concentration, urine output, central venous pressure, postoperatively infused colloid amount, immedediate post-operative peak inspiratory pressure, cardiac index, blood pressure and pump flow during cardiopulmonary bypass, inotro-pic assist, diuretics, extubation period, total drain amount, duration of ICU] were measured and compaired between the two groups. There were no differences of preoperative and operative clinical parameters. And postoper-atively, practically there were no nearly differences at the clinical outcomes between the two groups, but some parameters [cardiac index, PIP, BP and pumpflow during CPB, etc] contributed to being preferable to the Group A at certain times [P<0.05]. Conclusively, it might be thought that the priming solution of cardiopulmonary bypass added by colloid solution had some beneficial effects on the patients, especially younger and associated with complex anomaly to be expected taken longer time of cardiopulmonary bypass, and more studies about the neonatal and complex anomaly cases were needed in that points.

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