• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2022

Background: The IMPPAC cohort (Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial aspects and work ability among Brazilian workers) seeks to understand the impact of the pandemic on Brazilian workers. This article describes the occupational profile, psychosocial aspects, and work ability determined during the baseline and follow-up measurements of the cohort. Methods: Workers were invited to participate through media advertisements, social networks, and emails. From June to September 2020, 1211 workers were included in the cohort. Follow-up measurements finished on October 2021 with 633 workers. Data were collected through standardized questionnaires using Google Forms. Psychosocial aspects were assessed using the COPSOQ II-Br. Work ability was assessed using the Work Ability Index (WAI). Results: At baseline and follow-up, high proportion of workers were in the risk zone with regard to work pace, emotional work demands, influence on work, work-family conflict, burnout, and stress. Approximately 75% of the workers reported good to excellent work ability at baseline and follow-up. Conclusion: The occupational profile, psychosocial aspects, and work ability of Brazilian workers from the IMPPAC cohort were described. Psychosocial aspects and WAI were similar at baseline and follow-up.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an excess mortality from cardiovascular disease which is likely attributed to an atherogenic lipid profile. Among nutritional factors vitamin K has been recently focused as a pivotal nutrient in improvement of lipid related markers. Thus, this study was designed to determine the effects of vitamin K on lipid profile in this disease. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Fifty eight patients with definitive RA were participated in the present double blind placebo controlled study. They were randomly allocated into two groups to receive vitamin $K_1$ as phylloquinone [10 mg/day] (n = 30) or placebo pills (n = 28), for eight weeks. In order to control the effects of probable confounders dietary intakes, anthropometric measurements including weight and height, clinical status using disease activity score-28 (DAS-28), physical activity and anxiety status were evaluated at baseline. Moreover, serum levels of lipid related markers including total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) were measured at baseline and at the end of intervention. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding any of the baseline characteristics. After adjusting for some relevant confounders, in comparison between two groups, we observed no significant changes in lipid related markers at the end of intervention. Also, there was no significant difference between before and after intervention values within groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Function of vitamin $K_1$ in lipid profile modification remains still controversial. This study showed that vitamin $K_1$ has no effect on lipid profile in women with rheumatoid arthritis. Further studies with a longer follow-up are required to determine the effects of vitamin K on atherogenic lipid profile.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.292-294
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• 2007

Recently, for satisfying many application demands such as coding delay, computing power, transporting channel characteristic, etc, many profiles are supported in video coding standards. Therefore, in transcoding between same standards or between other standards, the functional difference of profiles supported by application occur many problems. In this paper, transcoding MPEG-2 main profile to H.264/AVC baseline profile which has restriction in the number of reference frame is focused. In this case, the bidirectional prediction supported in MPEG-2 main profile is not supported in H.264/AVC baseline profile. Also, in the restriction of reference frame, motion vectors in the MPEG-2 decoder as predictor should be adjusted. In this paper, the proposed algorithm is based on the characteristic of which motion. vector is uniform according to the distance from reference frame. The adaptive search techniques through the determination of the uniformity extremely reduce the computational complexity.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.108-123
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• 2007

H.264/AVC 표준이 멀티미디어 어플리케이션 분야를 대표하는 기술로서 인정받게 되면서 H.264/AVC 표준의 성능 향상을 위한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. H.264/AVC 표준에 대한 연구는 알고리즘의 분석과 개선 또는 성능 제한을 일으키는 구조적 문제에 대한 개선 등 여러 가지 방향으로 이루어지고 있는데, 연구의 대상과 방향이 동일하지 않아도 초기 단계에서는 공통적으로 H.264/AVC 표준의 성능에 대한 분석이 이루어지게 된다. 분석 단계는 H.264/AVC 표준이 가지고 있는 문제점을 파악하고, 파악된 문제점에 어떠한 요소가 가장 큰 영향을 미치는지를 결정하는 과정으로서 연구의 전체 방향과 대상을 결정짓는 중요한 단계이다. 본 연구는 H.264/AVC Baseline Profile 디코더의 성능 향상을 위한 연구 진행 시 초기의 성능 분석 단계에서 활용이 가능한 성능 예측 모델을 제안한다. 제안된 모델은 H.264/AVC 디코더의 동작 중 나타나는 다양한 가변 요소들을 반영하여 설계되었으며 각 요소의 변화에 따라 성능이 어떻게 예측되는지를 쉽게 알 수 있도록 고안되었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2009

본 논문은 검증된 수직발사 유도탄을 모델로 고려하여 개발하려는 수직발사 유도탄의 추력을 예측하는 방법을 제안한다. 개발하려는 수직발사 유도탄의 추력을 예측하기위해 모델에 상사법칙과 Pi 이론을 적용하였다. 검증된 수직발사 유도탄의 6-DOF 프로그램에 기반한 예측 결과와 개발하려는 수직발사 유도탄의 모의시험 결과를 비교하여 제안된 방법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• KSTLE International Journal
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2005

A technique for a wear volume calculation is improved and verified in this research. The wear profile data measured by a surface roughness tester is used. The present technique uses a data flattening, the FFT and the windowing procedure, which is used for a general signal processing. The measured value of an average roughness of an unworn surfnce is used for the baseline of the integration for the volume calculation. The improvements from the previous technique are the procedures of the data flattening and the determination of a baseline. It is found that the flattening procedure efnciently manipulates the raw data when the levels of it are not horizontal, which enables us to calculate the volume reasonably well and readily. By comparing it with the weight loss method by using artificial dents, the present method reveals more volume by aroung 3~10%. It is attributed to the protruded region of the specimen and the inaccuracy and data averaging during the weght loss measurement. From a thorough investigation, it is concluded that the present technique can provide an accurate wear volume.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2020

Objectives: Police officers may be at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than the general population due to their highstress occupation. This study evaluated how an educational program based on the health belief model (HBM) may protect police officers from developing CVD. Methods: In this single-group experimental study, 58 police officers in Iran participated in a 5-week intervention based on HBM principles. Outcomes included changes in scores on an HBM scale, time spent on moderate to vigorous physical activity (International Physical Activity Questionnaire), body mass index (BMI), blood lipid profile, blood glucose, and blood pressure. The intervention consisted of 5 HBM-based educational sessions. Follow-up was conducted at 3 months post-intervention. The paired t-test was used to examine differences between baseline and follow-up scores. Results: All aspects of the HBM scale improved between baseline and follow-up (p<0.05), except the cues to action subscale. Self-efficacy and preventive behaviors improved the most. BMI decreased from 26.7±2.9 kg/㎡ at baseline to 25.8±2.4 kg/㎡ at follow-up. All components of the lipid profile, including triglycerides, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein, showed significant improvements post-intervention. Blood glucose and blood pressure also decreased, but not significantly. Nearly 25% of participants who were not physically active at baseline increased their physical activity above or beyond the healthy threshold. Conclusions: A relatively brief educational intervention based on HBM principles led to a significant improvement in CVD risk factors among police officers. Further research is needed to corroborate the effectiveness of this intervention.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.203-216
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• 2004

최근의 영상 압축기술 발달과 이동통신의 급속한 성장으로 고품질의 멀티미디어 서비스를 이동통신과 같은 에러에 노출된 채널 환경 하에서 제공하는 것이 점차로 가능해짐에 따라 이를 뒷받침할 에러 강인 기술에 대한 요구가 커졌다. 본 논문에서는 H.324M 환경에서 MPEG-4 심플 프로파일과 IP 패킷 네트워크 환경에서 H.264/AVC 베이스라인 기술의 성능을 분석하고 평가한다. 특히, MPEG-4 심플 프로파일의 재동기화 기술과 데이터 구분화 기술, 그리고 H.264/AVC 베이스라인의 유연한 매크로블록 순서(FMO) 기술을 여러 산발(Random) 비트와 군집(Burst) 비트에러 조건하에서 복호화된 영상의 객관적인 화질과 압축률 측면에서 평가한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.211-218
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• 1993

The effect of active immunization against porcine somatostatin (SRIF-14) on somatostation and somatotropin secretion profile in 18 gilts was investigated. Gilts were assigned to the following treatments: control (sham injection, n = 6); bovine serum albumin (BSA) (injection of BSA with bacterial protein adjuvant, n = 6); SRIF (injection of BSA-SRIF-14 conjugate with bacterial protein adjuvant n = 6). Serum SRIF and pST were assayed from the blood samples taken on day 7 after the last immunization injection. Anti-SRIF antibody titres were assayed in weekly samples two weeks after the initial immunization to one week after the last immunization. Results revealed that the immunization protocol used in the present investigation failed to produce antibodies capable of neutralizing endogenous somatostatin. In addition, the porcine somatotropin assay revealed no significant differences in baseline pST concentration, mean peak amplitude and number of peaks during a 24 h secretory period among SRIF, BSA and control treatment. There were also no differences in SRIF baseline concentration, peak amplitude, and number of peaks during a 24 h secretory period among any of the three treatments. Circulating concentrations of pST and pSRIF were highly correlated (r = -0.09). Furthermore, anti-SRIF antibody titre was not detected in the serum of the gilts actively immunized against SRIF. These data, collectively, suggest that the protocol employed in the present investigation for active immunization against SRIF is not an effective method for changing SRIF and pST secretion profiles of the gilt and thus to enhance performance.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.110-116
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• 2009

DVR 시스템은 비디오 데이터를 저장/재생해야 하기 때문에 대용량의 비디오 데이터를 압축하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 압축 방법으로 기존의 MPEG-4 압축을 사용하는 고성능 DVR 제품군은 국내외 적으로 다수가 있으나, 성능은 대부분 입력 영상에 비해서, 열화된 영상 크기인 CIF(D1/4)크기를 압축하는 DVR이 대다수이다 본 논문에서는 DSP를 이용하여 M-JPEG과 H.264 코덱을 구현하였다 M-JPEG은 다채널 모니터링을 위한 네트워크 전송용으로 사용하였으며, H.264는 Baseline Profile을 지원하여 기존의 MPEG-4 압축에 비해 $2{\sim}4$배 압축률 상승시켰다. 그 결과 가로 720픽셀, 세로 480픽셀의 고해상도를 지원할 수 있게 되었다.