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The Effect of Meridian Massage on Muscle Power, ROM, and ADL in Persons with Cerebral Palsy (경락 마사지가 뇌성마비장애인의 근력, 관절운동범위 및 일상생활활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh Mi-Jung;Choi Kyong-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.68-77
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: This study analyzed the effects of meridian massage on the muscle power, ROM, and ADL in persons with cerebral palsy. Method: A non-equivalent pre-test/post-test design was used. The data were collected from August to October, 2000 from 10 persons with cerebral palsy (a control group of 5 and an experimental group of 5). Muscle power was evaluated with the Brunnstrom-Dennen gravity test, ROM with a goniometer, and ADL with a self developed ADL scale. T-test, repeated measure ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. Result: The results are; 1. For muscle power, both time series group difference (F=10.66, p=0.000) and the total period group difference (F=72.67, p=0.000) were significant between the two groups. 2. ROM was not significantly different between the two groups. 3. For ADL, both time series group difference (F=7.09, p=0.001) and total period group difference (F=35.99, p=0.000) were significant between the two groups. Conclusion: Overall, this study shows that Meridian massage is effective for muscle power, ROM, and ADL in persons with cerebral palsy person. So it can be used to develope effective nursing programs to improve the function of motion of persons with cerebral palsy.

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Test and evaluation of a large scale composite rotor blade for wind turbine (풍력발전용 대형 복합재 회전날개의 구조시험 및 평가에 관한 연구)

  • ;;;Y. Sugiyama
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2001
  • A structural test of the wind turbine rotor blade is to evaluate the uncertainty of design due to selection of material, design concepts, production processes and so on, and their possible impacts on the structural integrity. In the full-scale static strength test, the measuring parameters are strain and displacements vs. loads, weight and the center of gravity. In order to simulate the aerodynamics load, the three-point loading method is applied. There is slight difference between the measured results and the predicted results for the reference fiber volume fraction of 60% . However, the agreement between the measured results and the predicted results with the actual fiber volume fraction of 52.5% is good. Even though a slightly non-linearity from 80% loading to 100% loading exists, a linear static solution is sufficient for the design purpose due to te small amount of non-linearity. Comparison between measured and predicted strain results at the maximum thickness positions of the blade profile for 0.236R(5.56m), 0.493R(11.59m) and 0.574R(13.43m), under 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% loadings for the upper part of the blade. The predicted values are in good agreement with the measured values.

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Development of Fuzzy Inference Engine for Servo Control Using $\alpha$-level Set Decomposition ($\alpha$ -레벨집합 분해에 의한 서보제어용 퍼지 추론 연산회로의 개발)

  • 홍순일;이요섭
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.50-56
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    • 2001
  • As the fuzzy control is applied to servo system, the hardware implementation of the fuzzy information systems requires the high speed operations, short real time control and the small size systems. The aims of this study is to develop hardware of the fuzzy information systems to be apply to servo system. In this paper, we propose a calculation method of approximate reasoning for fuzzy control based on $\alpha$ -level set decomposition of fuzzy sets by quantize $\alpha$ -cuts. This method can be easily implemented with analog hardware. The influence of quantization Bevels of $\alpha$-cuts on output from fuzzy inference engine is investigated. It is concluded that 4 quantization levels give sufficient result for fuzzy control performance of dc servo system. The hardware implementation of proposed operation method and of the defuzzification by gravity center method which is directly converted to PWM actuating signal is also presented. It is verified useful with experiment for dc servo system.

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A Study on Type Classification and Recognition Using Structural Information in Character Pattern of HANGEUL Shape (한글 Shape 문자 Pattern에서의 구조적 정보를 이용한 형식분류와 인식 관한 연구)

  • 전종익;조용주;남궁재찬
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.180-195
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    • 1991
  • In this paper, we studied on new method of recognition using structural information to recognize character pattern in orginal shape of Hangeul. First, for the purpose of knowing location of character in input image. it processed Making block. Second, after we investigated. whether vertical vowel exited or not in character image accordingly the center of gravity of Hangeul. each character was classified into Type of Hangeul by searching location and length for horizontal vowel and short pole. Last, we processed it by means of template matching which calculate Uclid's distance on each Jaso in accordance to type classified. This paper made an experiment on 2350 characters and obtained 98.3% classifing rate and 95.2% recognizing rate.

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Vehicle Reference Dynamics Estimation by Speed and Heading Information Sensed from a Distant Point

  • Yun, Jeonghyeon;Kim, Gyeongmin;Cho, Minhyoung;Park, Byungwoon;Seo, Howon;Kim, Jinsung
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.209-215
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    • 2022
  • As intelligent autonomous driving vehicle development has become a big topic around the world, accurate reference dynamics estimation has been more important than before. Current systems generally use speed and heading information sensed from a distant point as a vehicle reference dynamic, however, the dynamics between different points are not same especially during rotating motions. In order to estimate properly estimate the reference dynamics from the information such as velocity and heading sensed at a point distant from the reference point such as center of gravity, this study proposes estimating reference dynamics from any location in the vehicle by combining the Bicycle and Ackermann models. A test system was constructed by implementing multiple GNSS/INS equipment on an Robot Operating System (ROS) and an actual car. Angle and speed errors of 10° and 0.2 m/s have been reduced to 0.2° and 0.06 m/s after applying the suggested method.

A Study of interior design process and 6sigma application - Focused on display space design improvement in department store - (실내디자인 프로세스와 6시그마 적용 사례 연구 - 백화점내 연출 공간 디자인 개선을 중심으로 -)

  • Yeom, Dae-Keon
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.16 no.2 s.61
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    • pp.322-330
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    • 2007
  • Because 6sigma is doing innovative success In management whole, estimate that can exert direct effect in interior Design management. Therefore, this study did by purpose that 6sigma that is scientific method that do customers satisfaction by ultimate purpose acts as basic study that can heighten practical use Possibility and result of interior Design management and value by interior design standardization process. Need to use marketing data that is scientific design component at schematic design step for successful interior design that can improve result. Hereupon, this study is doing to big dimension that utilizes 6sigma and makes standard process of only Interior Design, and did to dimension that present study phase verifies if '6sigma' is practical use possibility by intoner design process. Did by method that verification method of 6sigma practical use possibility analyzes "Information transmission efficiency improvement of department store display space" 6sigma project example. When see that example project is analyzed on Improvement constituent that "Design improvement" out of Vital few Xs of statistical analysis item must heighten the customers satisfaction rate conclusively, target process might be established because design becomes center of gravity if did design improvement very first time. Finally, possibility that 6sigma can utilize in process of interior design is verified, and it is scientific methodology that can utilize to all business members that there are not any special category of business even if is in practical use. Such scientific 6sigma method need persistent study that make standard process analyzing a lot of problems that is expected to be beaconed and happens substantially in here after to management development of interior design.

Low-Power Walking Trajectory Generation of Biped Robot and Its Realization (이족 로봇의 저전력 보행 궤적 생성 및 구현)

  • Park Sang-Su;Kim Byung-Soo;Oh Jae-Joon;Choi Yoon-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.443-448
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a novel method is proposed for generating the low-power and stable walking trajectory of biped robots, and then a biped robot with 25 DOFs(degrees of freedom) is designed and implemented for the realization of the low-power walking trajectory generated by the proposed method. In our method, first a stable VPCG(vertically projected center of gravity) trajectory is generated, and then the trajectories of ankle and pelvis of a biped robot are planned to follow the preplanned stable VPCG trajectory, which produces a waking pattern without bending its knees and enables a biped robot to walk with less power consumption. On the other hand, a biped robot implemented in this paper has the mechanical structure of foot that enables a biped robot to support on the ground well, and the mechanical structure of pelvis that enables a biped robot to move flexibly. From results of the walking experiment and power consumption measurement, it was confirmed that the proposed method can generate the more stable and flexible trajectory with less power consumption compared with the existing methods which do not use the ankle of a biped robot.

An recognition of printed chinese character using neural network (신경망을 이용한 인쇄체 한자의 인식)

  • 이성범;오종욱;남궁재찬
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.1269-1282
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    • 1993
  • In this paper, we propose to method of recognizing printed chinese characters which combine the coventional deterministic methods and the neural networks. Firstly, we extract four directional vector of strokes from chinese characters. Secondly, we make the mesh of the center of gravity in the vector and then constitute the H x8 feature matrix using black pixel lenth from each meshs. This normalized feature matrix value offer as the input of neural network for classifying into the 14 character types. And this calssified character classify again into Busu group by the Busu recognizing neural network. Finally, we recognize each characters using the distance of similarity between input characters and reference characters. The usefulness of the proposed algorithm is evaluated by experimenting with recognizing the chinese characters.

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A Study on Tetrahedron's Properties related with Intersection of Segments and Planes Using the Principle of the Lever (사면체에서 지렛대의 원리를 이용한 선분들 및 평면들의 교차에 관한 성질 연구)

  • Lee, Kwang-Rok;Son, Jin-O;Song, A-Rom;Baek, Soo-Hean;Chung, Ki-Young;Han, In-Ki
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.663-676
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    • 2007
  • In this paper we study tetrahedron's properties related with intersection of segments and planes using the principle of the lever. We analyze proof method using the principle of the lever, and describe how to prove intersection of segments and planes using the principle of the lever in tetrahedron.

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Kinematic Comparative Analysis of Short Turns between Skilled and Unskilled Alpine Skiers

  • Jo, Hyun Dai
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.219-226
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding of short turn mechanism by describing short turns after kinematic analysis and provide skiers and winter sports instructors with data through which they are able to analyze right postures for turns in skiing in a systematic, rational and scientific manner. Method: For this, a mean difference of kinematic variables (ski-hip angle, ski-shoulder twist angle, pole checking angle, the center of gravity (CG) displacement, trunk forward lean angle) was verified against a total of 12 skiers (skilled and unskilled, 6 persons each), regarding motions from the up-start to down-end points for short turns. Results: There was no difference in a ski-hip twist angle. The ski-shoulder twist angle was large at the up-start point while a pole-checking angle was high at the down-end point in skilled skiers. Concerning the horizontal displacement of CG, skilled skiers were positioned on the right side at the upstart point. No significant difference was observed in the trunk forward lean angle. Conclusion: According to the ski-shoulder twist angle and CG horizontal displacement results, the upper body should be kept leant toward the pole. In addition, big turns should be made via edging and angulation. During pole checking, the hand holding the pole should be thrown and released toward a vector direction of the forearm.