• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.549-556
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 인셋 급전 구조에서 마이크로스트립 패치 안테나 소형화를 위해 접지면에 CSLR 9개 적용한 안테나('CSLR 09' 안테나)와 8개 적용한 안테나('CSLR 08' 안테나)를 설계한 후, 유전율 2.5, 두께 0.787 mm인 기판으로 안테나를 제작하여 반사손실과 복사패턴에 대한 이론 결과와 실험 결과를 비교하였다. 'CSLR 09'와 'CSLR 08' 안테나의 이론 결과에서는 공진주파수 2.82 GHz에 반사손실이 각각 -25.35 dB와 -16.77 dB를 보였고, 측정결과에서는 공진주파수 2.885 GHz에 반사손실이 각각 -30.72 dB와 -14.90 dB를 나타내어 두 경우 모두에서 거의 일치하는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 E-면과 H-면 복사패턴에 대한 실험 결과에서도 이론 결과와 거의 일치하는 양호한 결과를 얻었다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.163-173
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the clinical and metabolic determinants of circulating soluble leptin receptor (CSLR) and free leptin index (FLI) in pre-pubertal obese male children. Methods: We conducted a preliminary cross-sectional study at three tertiary hospitals and one public primary school. Eighty obese male children without growth and developmental abnormalities aged 5-9 years were recruited. In these children, obesity was solely caused by excessive food intake, and not by acute illness, medications, endocrine abnormalities, or any syndrome. Body mass index (BMI), body fat mass, carbohydrate intake, fat intake, high density lipoprotein cholesterol level, low density lipoprotein cholesterol level, triglyceride level, and Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance are the potential determinants for leptin regulation, which is represented by CSLR level and FLI. Results: Carbohydrate was the main source of energy. BMI and body fat mass had negative weak correlation with CSLR and positive weak correlation with FLI. Furthermore, carbohydrate intake was found to be independently associated with CSLR based on the results of the multiple linear regression analysis. Following an increase in carbohydrate intake, CSLR level decreased progressively without any negative peak. Conclusion: Leptin regulation in prepubertal obese male children is associated with body composition and dietary intake. Carbohydrate intake is useful for predicting CSLR. Lipid profiles and insulin resistance are not related to both CSLR and FLI. Treatment and prevention of leptin resistance in obese children should focus on reducing BMI, fat mass, and carbohydrate intake.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.921-926
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 CSLR(Complementary Single Loop Resonator)을 이용한 인셋 급전 마이크로스트립 안테나의 특성에 대해 연구하였다. SLR(Single Loop Resonator) 단일 구조에서 시뮬레이션 셋업 과정을 통해 산란계수로부터 실효투자율을 계산하였으며, 실효투자율이 음의 값을 갖는 주파수에서 SLR 구조의 치수를 선택하였다. 그리고 인셋 급전된 마이크로스트립 안테나의 접지면에 SLR 구조의 쌍대 구조인 CSLR을 $3{\times}3$으로 배열하여 최적 안테나를 설계하였다. 설계한 안테나의 반사손실과 복사패턴을 구하였으며, 공진주파수 2.82 GHz에서 기존의 인셋 급전 안테나와 크기를 비교하면 면적 대비 약 56.8%가 감소하는 결과를 얻었다. 사용된 툴은 3차원 FEM 툴인 Ansoft사의 HFSS를 사용하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.1047-1052
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 인셋 급전한 패치의 접지면에 Complementary Single Loop Resonators(: CSLRs)을 배열한 안테나의 복사패턴을 개선하기 위하여 도체 반사판 사용을 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나의 반사판은 패치의 접지면으로부터 약 ${\lambda}_0/4$ 아래에 위치하고, 크기는 패치의 약 2배 정도이다. 유전율 2.5, 두께 0.787 mm인 마이크로스트립 기판을 사용하여 안테나를 설계, 제작하여 실험하였고, Finite Element Method(: FEM) 기반의 3D EM Solver인 HFSS를 사용하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 실험결과, 반사판이 있는 경우의 안테나 공진주파수와 정합특성은 반사판이 없을 때와 거의 동일하게 변화가 없었으나, 복사패턴은 반사판에 의해 상당히 개선되었음을 확인하였다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2014

The present study examined epenthetic vowels produced by Korean learners of English in read sentences, in terms of acoustic measures and extra-phonological factors. The results demonstrated three main findings. First, epenthetic vowels had relatively high F1 values and a wide range of F2 values. Most of the epenthetic vowels were inserted near Korean high central vowels, but some vowels were inserted near front vowels due to co-articulation with surrounding vowels. Second, vowel epenthesis was affected by the context. The results showed that the epenthesis was frequently seen with word junctions between obstruents (e.g., stops-fricatives). Third, Korean learners were not affected by English background and were very weakly affected by orthography. English experience, which is one of the extra-phonological factors, was not related to epenthesis production. However, orthography, the other extra-phonological factor, very weakly affected the amount of epenthesis production. Nine percent of all epenthesis production was affected by the English past-tense suffix '-ed'; approximately 70% of the participants were affected by this suffix. The findings of the present study contributed to understanding vowel epenthesis. First, the study revealed that the epenthetic vowels produced by Korean learners of English were close to the high central vowel, supporting previous studies that the epenthetic vowel is quite close to the shortest vowel. Second, the study examined the various phonetic environments of epenthetic vowels, revealing that vowel epenthesis occurred more frequently in a certain phonetic circumstance.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2016

The goal of the current study is to investigate how the sound change is reflected in production or in perception, and what the effect of lexical frequency is on the loss of sound contrasts. Specifically, the current study examined whether the vowel length contrasts are retained in Korean speakers' productions, and whether Korean listeners can distinguish vowel length minimal pairs in their perception. Two production experiments and two perception experiments investigated this. For production tests, twelve Korean native speakers in their 20s and 40s completed a read-aloud task as well as a map-task. The results showed that, regardless of their age group, all Korean speakers produced vowel length contrasts with a small but significant differences in the read-aloud test. Interestingly, the difference between long and short vowels has disappeared in the map task, indicating that the speech mode affects producing vowel length contrasts. For perception tests, thirty-three Korean listeners completed a discrimination and a forced-choice identification test. The results showed that Korean listeners still have a perceptual sensitivity to distinguish lexical meaning of the vowel length minimal pair. We also found that the identification accuracy was affected by the word frequency, showing a higher identification accuracy in high- and mid- frequency words than low frequency words. Taken together, the current study demonstrated that the speech mode (read-aloud vs. spontaneous) affects the production of the sound undergoing a language change; and word frequency affects the sound change in speech perception.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

The current study investigated whether Korean learners' English-learning environments, especially target English accent (General American English (GAE) vs. Southern British English (SBE)) and English-language experience affected their production of English vowels. Thirty six EFL learners, 27 ESL-US learners, and 33 ESL-UK learners produced 8 English vowels with a bVt frame (beat, bit, bet, bat, bought, bot, boat, boot). The learners' productions were acoustically analyzed in terms of F1 and F2 frequencies. The overall results revealed that the learners' target accent had an effect on their production of some English vowels. The EFL and ESL-US learners' (especially, female learners') production of bought, bot, boat, and boot, which show characteristic differences between the GAE and SBE accents, was closer to that of the native American English (AE) speakers than the native British English (BE) speakers. In contrast, the ESL-UK learners' production of bought and bot demonstrated the opposite pattern. Thus, the impact of target accent was not demonstrated across the board. The effect of the learners' different English-language experience was also rather limited. This was because the EFL learners' production was not much different from the ESL-US learners' production, in spite of the ESL-US learners' residence in the US for more than 9 years. Furthermore, the Korean learners, irrespective of their different English-language experience, tended to produce bit and bat with lower F1 than the native AE and BE speakers, thus resulting in bit and bat to be produced similarly to beat and bet, respectively. This demonstrates the learners' persistent L1 effects on their English vowel production despite the learners' residence in the English speaking countries or their high English proficiency.