• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.484-488
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• 2013

Objective : To examine the synergistic effects of both computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation (CACR) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive function in patients with stroke. Methods : The current double-blind, sham-controlled study enrolled a total of 11 patients who were newly diagnosed with stroke. The patients of the tDCS group (n=6) completed sessions of the Korean computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation program five times a week for 30 minutes a session during a mean period of 18.5 days concomitantly with the anodal tDCS over the bilateral prefrontal cortex combined with the CACR. The patients of the control group (n=5) also completed sessions of the sham stimulation during a mean period of 17.8 days. Anodal tDCS over bilateral prefrontal cortex (F3 and F4 in 10-20 EEG system) was delivered for 30 minutes at an intensity of 2 mA. Cathode electrodes were applied to the non-dominant arm. All the patients were evaluated using the Seoul Computerized Neuropsychological Test (SCNT) and the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination. Results : Mann-Whitney U test revealed a significant difference between the two groups. The patients of the tDCS group achieved a significant improvement in the post/pre ratio of auditory continuous performance test and visual continuous performance test on the SCNT items. Conclusion : Our results indicate that the concomitant use of the tDCS with CACR to the prefrontal cortex may provide additional beneficial effects in improving the cognitive dysfunction for patients with stroke.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2020

Objective : We investigated the effect of hypnotics on sleep quality, cognitive function, and depressive mood in patients with insomnia following brain tumor resection. Methods : From patients who underwent brain tumor resection, we recruited 10 patients with insomnia who received hypnotics for more than 1 week during a 3-week follow-up period (insomnia group). We also recruited 12 control patients with brain tumors but without insomnia (control group). We evaluated sleep quality at baseline and 3 weeks later using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS), and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and investigated cognitive function and depression using the Computerized Neuropsychological Test and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results : At baseline, SSS, ISI, PSQI, and BDI scores were significantly higher and visual continuous performance test (VCPT) and auditory continuous performance test (ACPT) scores were significantly lower in the insomnia than in the control group. Three weeks later, the patients who had received hypnotics had significantly higher ISI, PSQI, ESS, VCPT, ACPT, visual span forward and backward, and visual recognition test scores, and significantly lower BDI scores. Conclusion : Quality of sleep in patients with insomnia following brain tumor resection was initially poor but improved significantly after taking hypnotic medication. Further, the hypnotic medications appeared to contribute to the amelioration of cognitive impairments and depressive moods in patients who previously underwent brain tumor resection. We thus recommend the use of hypnotics for patients with brain tumors with insomnia.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.273-286
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• 1997

본 연구는 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉행동장애 환아에서 사건관련전위와 연속과제수행에 대한 methylphenidate(MPH)의 영향을 평가하고 사건관련전위의 변화와 연속과제수행의 변화 사이의 상관성을 알아보고자 시행되었다. 11명의 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉행동장애 남아에서 MPH(0.5mg/kg)의 급성효과를 알아보기위하여 사건관련전위와 연속과제수행검사를 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 약물 투여후, Fz에서 표준자극에 대한 P3 잠복기가 유의하게 감소하였고 Pz, Oz에서 표적자극에 대한 P2 진폭, 그리고 Cz에서 표적자극에 대한 P3 진폭이 유의하게 증가하였다. 또한 CPT-X 파라다임에서 탈락수와 오보수, 그리고 CPT-AX 파라다임에서 오보수가 유의하게 감소하였으며 CPT-X 파라다임의 반응의 정확도(the number of correct responses to targets, Hits)와 민감도(Perceptual sensitivity, d') 그리고 CPT-AX 파라다임의 민감도가 유의하게 증가하였다. 마지막으로 Fz에서 표적자극에 대한 P3 잠복기의 변화와 CPT-AX 파라다임의 민감도의 변화사이에는 음의 상관(p<0.05)이 있었고 Pz에서의 표적자극에 대한 P2 진폭의 변화와 CPT-X 파라다임의 민감도의 변화 사이에는 유의한 양의 상관(p<0.05)이 있었다. 결론적으로 MPH는 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉행동장애 아동에서 변화지향반응, 과제와 연관된 자극에 대한 반응, 정확도, 민감도를 개선시키며 비표적자극으로부터 표적자극을 구별하는 능력의 증가는 큰 기억요소를 요하는 과제에서는 자극 평가시간의 단축을 반영하며 단순과제에서는 변화지향반응의 개선을 반영하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2014

이 연구는 생물의 서식기반 제공 효과가 있는 다공질의 부석 및 포러스 콘크리트와 대사 작용 및 항산화작용에 의해 유기 오염물질을 분해시켜 오염된 하천수의 수질정화 효과가 있는 유용미생물을 동시에 이용하여 장기간 연속흐름시험을 통한 수질정화 특성을 검토하고자 하였다. 특히 기존의 미생물 탈리 등의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 이 연구에서는 16S rDNA 염기서열 분석법에 의해 동정된 유용 미생물을 포러스 콘크리트 제조과정에서 각 단계별로 3차 처리하였으며, 최적의 연속흐름 실험을 위한 농도 및 체류시간별에 따른 기초실험을 통하여 운전조건을 검토하였다. 실험 결과 유용미생물을 적용한 포러스 콘크리트는 수질 및 생물에 대한 독성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 일반 포러스 콘크리트 보다 유용미생물을 적용한 포러스 콘크리트가 우수한 제거효율을 나타내었으며, 150일 이상 큰 변화를 나타내지 않아 장기간 운전이 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 이와 같이 유용미생물을 적용한 포러스 콘크리트의 장기간 연속흐름 실험으로 오염물질 처리성능에 대한 검토를 통하여 오염된 수질을 향상시킬 수 있을 것이라고 판단되며, 실험과정 중 나타난 문제점들이 보완된다면 하천에 적용하여 유입되는 비점오염원을 저감시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.85-96
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• 2017

사물인터넷(IoT: Internet of Things)과 클라우드(Cloud) 컴퓨팅의 융합에 기반한 소위 IoT-Cloud 서비스들이 ICT 기반의 창의적이고 다양한 미래지향적인 응용 서비스를 구현하는 핵심 모델로 부상하고 있다. IoT 부분의 기기에서 부족한 컴퓨팅 능력을 공유형 클라우드로 보완하는 IoT-Cloud 서비스의 실증은 컨테이너(container)를 활용한 마이크로서비스(microservice) 기반 구현이 효율적이다. 마이크로서비스로 구현된 응용 서비스의 품질은 서비스 기능(function)들을 서로 연결(inter-connect)하는 서비스기능체이닝(SFC: service function chaining) 과정에서 발생하는 특정 기능 또는 이들의 연결에 따른 병목(bottleneck) 등에 영향 받는다. 전체 서비스의 정상작동을 보장하기 위해 서비스 환경 변동을 감안한 다양한 테스트 과정이 필요하며, 이를 통한 지속적인 개선 노력이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 Node.js 기반의 IoT-Cloud 서비스를 대상으로 DevOps(개발운영병행체제) 기반 지속적인 통합 도구와 응용 성능 모니터링(application performance monitoring) 기법을 활용하여 지속적인 통합을 실험적으로 실증하고 그 효과를 논하고자 한다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2007년 가을학술발표회
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• pp.611-622
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• 2007

In the design and construction of the coastal/offshore structures, it is very important to evaluate the geotechnical characteristics of marine soils, which support the structures. Although the offshore site investigation is much more difficult than onshore, safe and precise jobs have not been accomplished in Korea because of the insufficiency of the test equipments especially for the site with deep water depth. The main objective of this study is to develop a new type of marine cone penetration testing(CPT) system, which can be utilized to even deep sea and high depth of soil layer. The system is one of seabed types and employs the conventional cone, which shows more reliable results than miniature cone. The most important parts of the marine CPT including continuous rod system, cone penetration system with wheel drive, automatic cone rod assembly/dissembly system etc., were designed and manufactured. Some tests to verify the developed marine CPT system were performed at both onshore and offshore sites as well as mechanical test in laboratory. The test results show the consistent and promising performance of the new equipment, and thereafter the system would be applicable to various sites with practical/economical advantages.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2012

An APU(Auxiliary Power Unit) for helicopters has been developed in Korea and tested at the AETF(altitude engine test facility) in KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) for the purpose of the military qualification. A cell correlation test was performed before the official test, and the results are within the tolerance. The APU has the capability of supplying electric power as well as compressed air to the helicopters. It was tested at bleed extraction conditions, electric power extraction conditions, and maximum continuous concurrent power conditions within the entire helicopter flight envelop. Some special test equipments were implemented for the measurement of air flowrate, electric power and so on. The tests were successfully performed and their results satisfy the requirements of the helicopters.

• 한국경영공학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.73-86
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• 2018

Most electric products produced during the manufacturing process are produced after design and mass production under a given control standard. In particular, the development phase should present the criteria for the production process by setting appropriate limits based on the performance being targeted. Even if the standard of performance is set considering the performance of the process, measuring the performance of the product after actual production results will cause nonconformities with the expected results. Among the performance of electrical products, Energy standards represented by energy consumption efficiency continue to be of importance, and are mandatory standards that correspond to national standards in most countries. Therefore, statistical quality control of these standards shall basically have a large number of test equipment for each product, ensure sufficient test time and continuous sampling of product samples. In the end, companies that produce and sell electric appliances are striving to control mass production at a great cost, but this is not acceptable. This study presents basic characteristics of the energy efficiency of electrical products and proposes and conducts a case study on statistical production control methods for performance variation across products under the standards about domestic and international regulations.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.481-490
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• 1998

A computer vision system to measure low flow rate of solid particles was developed and tested to examine its performance with various sized 7 kinds of seeds, perilla, mung bean, paddy, small red bean, black soybean, Cuba bean and small potato tuber. The test was performed for two types of particle flow, continuous and discontinuous. For the continuous flow tested with perilla, mung bean and paddy, the tests resulted correlation coefficients for the flow rates measured by the computer vision and direct method about 0.98. Average errors of the computer vision measurement were in a range of 6∼9%. For the discontinuous flow tested with small red bean, black soybean, Cuba bean and small potato tuber, the tests resulted correlation coefficients for the flow rates measured by the computer vision and direct method 0.98∼0.99. Average errors of the computer vision measurement were in a range of 5∼10%. Performance of the computer vision system was compared with that of the conventional optical sensor to count particles in discontinuous flow. The comparison was done with black soybean, Cuba bean and small potato tuber, and resulted that the computer vision has much better performance than the optical sensor in a sense of precision of the measurement.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.349-360
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• 2009

The cone penetration test(CPT) has gained its popularity in site characterization indebted by its reliability, speed, economy, and automatic measurement system since its development in the 1930s. The CPT results, commonly consisting of cone tip resistance, sleeve friction, and pore water pressure measurements, allow us to classify soils as well as to reveal their engineering characteristics. The site condition at which the CPT is allowable is often dependent on the capacity of a CPT system. In Korea, it has been considered that the CPT could be appled only to soft soils in most cases because CPT systems available for stiff soils are very rare due to their expensive procurement and maintenance cost. Luoisiana Transportation Research Center(LTRC) has developed and implemented a field-rugged continuous intrusion miniature cone penetration test(CIMCPT) system since the late 1990s. The miniature cone penetrometer has a sectional cone area of $2cm^2$ allowing system capacity reduction compared to the standard $10cm^2$ cone penetrometer. The continuous intrusion mechanism allows fast and economic site investigation. Samsung Engineering & Construction has recently developed and implemented a similar CIMCPT system based on its original version developed in LTRC. The performance of the Samsung CIMCPT system has been investigated by calibration with the standard CPT system at a well-characterized test site in Pusan, Korea. In addition, scale effect between the miniature cone penetrometer and the standard cone penetrometer has been investigated by comparing the field test results using the both systems.