• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.171-182
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• 2000

This study was performed to investigate the effect of kangaroo care on body weight, physiological responses and behavioral states in premature infants. The subjects were 32 premature infants, fifteen for the kangaroo care group and seventeen for the control group, who hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit at a university-affiliated hospital. The kangaroo care was applied 8 times during the twenty five days with 40 minutes for each session. The kangaroo care provides the skin-to-skin contact during which a premature infant wearing a diaper and a hat is placed on its mother's chest. As for the measures, body weight was measured everyday. The levels of epinephrine, norepinephrine and 17-OHCS were measured twice, before beginning the first intervention and after finishing the last intervention. While each session of the care is undergoing, such physiological responses were measured periodically as heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen saturation, core temperature and skin temperature. The results were as follows : 1. The weight gain was significantly greater in the kangaroo care group than that in the control group during the period of performing the kangaroo care. 2. No significant difference was revealed between the two groups in heart rate, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and core temperature. The kangaroo care group also showed significant increases in the skin temperature. 3. The differences in the levels of epinephrine, norepinephrine and 17-OHCS were not significant between the kangaroo care and the control groups. The level of norepinephrine in the two groups was significantly increased over time. 4. Sleep pattern changed significantly in the kangaroo group from a very restless sleep to a very quiet sleep. These results suggest that kangaroo care is an effective nursing intervention for premature infants in gaining weight, achieving stable physiological responses and facilitating a quiet sleep.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1851-1856
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• 2012

Immigration to a nation with a stronger anti-smoking environment has been hypothesized to make smoking less common. However, little is known about how environments influence risk of smoking across the lifecourse. Research suggested a linear decline in smoking over the lifecourse but these associations, in fact, might not be linear. This study assessed the possible nonlinear associations between age and smoking and examined how these associations differed by environment through comparing Koreans in Seoul, South Korea and Korean Americans in California, United States. Data were drawn from population based telephone surveys of Korean adults in Seoul (N=500) and California (N=2,830) from 2001-2002. Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (lowess) was used to approximate the association between age and smoking with multivariable spline logistic regressions, including adjustment for confounds used to draw population inferences. Smoking differed across the lifecourse between Korean and Korean American men. The association between age and smoking peaked around 35 years among Korean and Korean American men. From 18 to 35 the probability of smoking was 57% higher (95%CI, 40 to 71) among Korean men versus 8% (95%CI, 3 to 19) higher among Korean American men. A similar difference in age after 35, from 40 to 57 years of age, was associated with a 2% (95%CI, 0 to 10) and 20% (95%CI, 16 to 25) lower probability of smoking among Korean and Korean American men. A nonlinear pattern was also observed among Korean American women. Social role transitions provide plausible explanations for the decline in smoking after 35. Investigators should be mindful of nonlinearities in age when attempting to understand tobacco use.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.469-476
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• 2020

해상교통 분야와 같이 선박, 항해사, 관제센터, 해운선사, 기상시스템, 지리정보시스템 등의 복잡하고 넓은 범위의 요구사항을 갖는 시스템의 모델링 및 시뮬레이션(Modeling and Simulation, M&S)을 위해서는 인간을 포함한 체계가 필요하다. 해상교통을 모의하기 위해서는 주요 요소인 항해사의 인적요인에 대한 모델링이 필요하다. 즉, 현실감 있는 해상교통 상황의 재현 및 예측을 위해 항해사의 행동양식, 항해전문성, 항해오류 등을 모델링하여 반영하는 것이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 에이전트 기반의 해상교통 시뮬레이션을 위해서 항해사의 충돌회피를 위한 행동 분석을 수행하였으며, 기초 데이터의 확보를 위해 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문조사를 통해 분석된 정보를 이용하여 선박 충돌상황에서 항해사의 행동과 유사한 에이전트 기반의 항해행동 모델을 개발하였으며, 해상교통분석 시뮬레이션 플랫폼의 개발을 위해 활용될 것이다.

• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.47-55
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• 1996

This study developed a comprehensive and easily applicable nuclear reactor control system evaluation method using reactor operators behavioral and mental workload database. A proposed control panel design cycle consists of the 5 steps: (1) finding out inconvenient, erroneous, and mentally stressful factors for the proposed design through evaluative experiments, (2) drafting improved design alternatives considering detective factors found out in the step (1), (3) comparative experiements for the design alternatives, (4) selecting a best design alternative, (5) returning to the step (1) and repeating the design cycle. Reactor operators behavioral and mental workload database collected from evaluative experiments in the step (1) and comparative experiments in the step (3) of the design cycle have a key roll in finding out defective factors and yielding the criteria for selection of the proposed reactor control systems. The behavioral database was designed to include the major informations about reactor operators' control behaviors: beginning time of operations, involved displays, classification of observational behaviors, dehaviors, decisions, involved control devices, classification of control behaviors, communications, emotional status, opinions for man-machine interface, and system event log. The database for mental workload scored from various physiological variables-EEG, EOG, ECG, and respir- ation pattern-was developed to indicate the most stressful situation during reactor control operations and to give hints for defective design factors. An experimental test for the evaluation method applied to the Compact Nuclear Simulator (CNS) installed in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) suggested that some defective design factors of analog indicators should be improved and that automatization of power control to a target level would give relaxation to the subject operators in stressful situation.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.231-246
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• 2000

Acupuncture has been used for treatment of numerous diseases, especially for pain control in the oriental culture. However, the mechanism of pain control by acupuncture was not clear so far. The present study was examined that the effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) applied to the acu-point of extra-segmental area on modulation of formalin induced pain in Sprague - Dawley rats. In order to apply EA to acu-points in the plantar area of right fore paws, a pair of teflon - coated stainless steel wires were implanted in HT 7 (shin-mun) and PC 7 (dae-neong) 5 days before behavioral test. A behavioral test was performed by means of video camera after injection of 5% formalin ($50{\mu}l$) into the lateral plantar region of left hind paw. EA was delivered by a constant current stimulator at 4~5 mA, 2 ms, and 10 Hz for 30 min. The electromyographic activities were recorded in the biceps femoris muscle under chloral hydrate anesthesia. Test stimuli with 1~9mA were applied to the sural nerve territory including the medial portion of the 4th toe and the lateral portion of the 5th toe. Behavioral responses including favoring, flinching and bitting were occured in the biphasic pattern, such as the lst phase (0~5 min) and the 2nd phase (20~45 min) after formalin injection. However, EA (4~5 mA, 2 ms, 10 Hz) significantly inhibited Che behavioral responses. EMG activities of flexor reflex had a latency of 100~300 ms and thresholds of test stimuli for EMG were 4~5 mA in normal rats. Injection of formalin decreased threshold of test stimuli and increased EMG activities for 2hrs after injection. However, EA significantly inhibited EMG activities of flexor reflex increased by formalin and recovered EMG evoked thresholds. These results suggest that contralateral extra-segmental EA inhibits the first and second phases of formalin induced pain but their mechanism be needed to examine additionally.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.405-417
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• 2023

The submerged floating tunnel (SFT) is tethered by mooring lines anchored to the seabed, therefore, the structural integrity of the anchor should be sensitively managed. Despite their importance, reaction forces cannot be simply measured by attaching sensors or load cells because of the structural and environmental characteristics of the submerged structure. Therefore, we propose an effective method for estimating the reaction forces at the seabed anchor of a submerged floating tunnel using a structural pattern model. First, a structural pattern model is established to use the correlation between tunnel motion and anchor reactions via a deep learning algorithm. Once the pattern model is established, it is directly used to estimate the reaction forces by inputting the tunnel motion data, which can be directly measured inside the tunnel. Because the sequential characteristics of responses in the time domain should be considered, the long short-term memory (LSTM) algorithm is mainly used to recognize structural behavioral patterns. Using hydrodynamics-based simulations, big data on the structural behavior of the SFT under various waves were generated, and the prepared datasets were used to validate the proposed method. The simulation-based validation results clearly show that the proposed method can precisely estimate time-series reactions using only acceleration data. In addition to real-time structural health monitoring, the proposed method can be useful for forensics when an unexpected accident or failure is related to the seabed anchors of the SFT.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2009

본 연구는 경주마 생산 육성에 중요한 종빈마의 패독과 방목지에 있어 군별 및 개체별 행동양식을 조사하여 경주마 사양관리의 기초자료로 활용하기 위해 실시하였다. 방목 중인 포유 종빈마군에서는 채식이 62%, 기립 휴식이 31%, 음수가 3%, 횡와 휴식이 1%, 보행이 1%, 수유 행동은 2%가 발현되었는데 러닝은 발현되지 않았다. 포유 종빈마 개체별(3필) 행동발현비율의 평균은 채식이 295분으로 55%, 기립 휴식이 193분으로 36%, 보행과 음수가 각각 18분, 15분으로 3%, 수유가 13분으로 2%, 횡와 휴식이 6분으로 1%였다. 개체들은 평균적으로 grooming 11회, 배뇨 2회, 배분 1회의 행동발현이 관찰되었다. 패독에서 관리 중인 임신 종빈마 군에서는 기립 휴식이 48%, 채식 44%, 횡와 휴식 2%, 보행 4%, 음수 2%를 발현하였다. 임신 종빈마 개체별(3필) 발현 비율 평균은 채식 52%, 기립 40%, 보행 6%, 음수 2%였다. 개체들은 평균적으로 grooming 15회, 배뇨 1회, 배분 3회, 투쟁 1회, 구르기 2회의 행동발현이 관찰되었다. 이동패턴의 경우 옆 패독과 인접해 있는 곳에 집중되는 경향을 보였다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제62권3호
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• pp.25.1-25.9
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• 2022

Canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes cognitive and behavioral disorders and reduces the quality of life in dogs and their guardians. This study reviewed the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for CDS and compared the diagnosis and therapy of CAM between CDS in canines and dementia in humans. The evaluation tools for the diagnosis of CDS and dementia were similar in the neurological and neuropsychiatric examinations, daily life activity, cognitive tests, and neuroimaging, but the evaluation for dementia was further subdivided. In CAM, pattern identification is a diagnostic method for accurate, personalized treatment, such as herbal medicine. For herbal medicine treatment of cognitive impairment in canines and humans, a similar pattern identification classified as deficiency (Qi, blood, and Yin) and Excess (phlegm, Qi stagnation, and blood stasis) is being used. However, the veterinary clinical basis for verifying the efficacy and safety of CAM therapies for CDS is limited. Therefore, based on CAM evidence in dementia, it is necessary to establish CDS-targeted CAM diagnostic methods and therapeutic techniques considering the anatomical, physiological, and pathological characteristics of dogs.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2022

본 논문은 낮은 연산 복잡도를 지니는 초음파 혈관 패턴 영상 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 혈관 패턴 영상 알고리즘은 혈류의 흐름 만 감지하여 혈관 패턴을 영상화하는 알고리즘이며 손가락 혈관의 패턴 영상을 추출하는 실시간 신호처리 하드웨어에 적용할 수 있다. 기존의 초음파 의료영상장비의 혈류영상 모드와 달리 제안하는 알고리즘은 혈류의 흐름 만 감지하여 영상으로 복원한다. 즉, 제안하는 영상 알고리즘은 I/Q 복조를 사용하지 않으며 클러터 필터의 출력 신호의 절대 값을 누적하는 방식으로 혈류 흐름의 유무를 검출하기 때문에, 알고리즘의 구조가 비교적 간단하다. 제안하는 영상 알고리즘의 복잡도를 검증하기 위해, Field-II 프로그램을 이용하여 손가락 혈관을 모사하는 시뮬레이션 모델을 구현하였다. 행위모사 시뮬레이션을 통해, 제안하는 알고리즘의 연산시간이 일반적인 color-flow 모드보다 약 54배 작은 것으로 확인되었다. 제안하는 영상 알고리즘에서 요구되는 주요 구성 블록과 연산량을 고려할 때, 제안하는 알고리즘은 FPGA 또는 ASIC과 같은 하드웨어에 구현되기에 용이하다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2002

꽃사슴의 효율적인 사양관리를 위한 기초자료의 제시를 위해 근전도(EMG) Telemetry system을 이용한 사슴의 채식행동 조사가 실시되었다. 사슴은 다른 반추가축에 비해 빈번하고 불규칙한 채식행동 양식이 나타났다. 일중 채식과 반추에 소비한 시간은 각각 261분과 291분이었다. 사슴은 반추행동시에 일중 총 647회의 식괴와 1반추기당 평균 21.6회의 식괴를 토출했으며 1식괴당 26.9초의 반추시간을 나타냈다. 반추기간중 총 저작시간은 245.3분이었다. 총 저작수는 20,405회였으며 식괴당 31.5회, 분당 83.4회의 저작회수를 나타냈다. 시간대별 평균 식괴토출수는 09∼15시 사이에 15.3회로 가장 낮았고 15∼21시 사이에 26회로 가장 높았으며 이후 점차 저하되었다. 매 6시간 간격의 1식괴당 평균 저작회수는 시간이 경과함에 따라 증가되었다. 한편 섭취건물 100g당 채식시간과 반추시간은 각각 23.3분과 26.2분이었다. 결과적으로 사슴은 다소 불규칙하고 빈번한 채식과 반추 그리고 적은 식괴크기와 낮은 저작회수 등으로 인해 타 반추가축과는 다른 행동양식을 갖고 있기 때문에 이에 적합한 사양 관리가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.