• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.19-25
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• 1992

The pressure pain thresholds of head and neck muscles of patients suffering from tensiontype headache220, all female, ages ranged from 13 to 50 years (28.4$\pm$9.6) and 39 healthy controls, all female, ages ranged from 14 to 46 years (24.4$\pm$9.2) were recorded by the electronic algometer (Electyronic Algometer Type I, Somedic, Stockholm, Sweden). And the obtained results were as follows : 1. The pressure pain thresholds of patient group were lower than those of controls in superior sternocleidomastoid muscle, middle sternocleidomastoid muscle, and trapezius insertion muscle (P<0.001) 2. The pressure pain thresholds of patient group were not different from those of controls in anterior temporal, middle temporal, posterior temporal, deep masseter, anterior masseter, inferior masseter, medial pterygoid, posterior digastric, splenius capitus and upper trapezius muscle (P>0.05). 3. Seventy-one percent of tension-type headache patients had more than one muscle, of whicb pressure pain threshold was lowered significantly (less than mean of control - 1.5SD). 4. The pressure pain thresholds of head and neck muscles should be considered as a criterion for the diagnosis of tension-type headache.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2021

Background: It is known that some analgesics as well as pain can affect the immune system. The aim of this study was to investigate the analgesic effect and immunomodulation of pregabalin (PGB) in a mouse incisional pain model. Methods: A postoperative pain model was induced by hind paw plantar incision in male BALB/c mice. Mice were randomly divided into four groups (n = 8): a saline-treated incision (incision), PGB-treated incision (PGB-incision), sham controls without incision or drug treatment (control), and a PGB-treated control (PGB-control). In the PGB treated groups, PGB was administered intraperitoneally (IP) 30 minutes before and 1 hour after the plantar incision. Changes of the mechanical nociceptive thresholds following incision were investigated. Mice were euthanized for spleen harvesting 12 hours after the plantar incision, and natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity to YAC 1 cells and lymphocyte proliferation responses to phytohemagglutinin were compared among these four groups. Results: Mechanical nociceptive thresholds were decreased after plantar incision and IP PGB administration recovered these decreased mechanical nociceptive thresholds (P < 0.001). NK activity was increased by foot incision, but NK activity in the PGB-incision group was significantly lower than that in the Incision group (P < 0.001). Incisional pain increased splenic lymphocyte proliferation, but PGB did not alter this response. Conclusions: Incisional pain alters cell immunity of the spleen in BALB/c mice. PGB showed antinocieptive effect on mouse incisional pain and attenuates the activation of NK cells in this painful condition. These results suggest that PGB treatment prevents increases in pain induced NK cell activity.

• 대한수학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.611-625
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• 1999

We consider ΜΑΡ/G/ 1 finite capacity queue with mul-tiple thresholds on buffer. The arrival of customers follows a Markov-ian arrival process(MAP). The service time of a customer depends on the queue length at service initiation of the customer. By using the embeded Markov chain method and the supplementary variable method, we obtain the queue length distribution ar departure epochs and at arbitrary epochs. This gives the loss probability and the mean waiting time by Little's law. We also give a simple numerical examples to apply the overload control in packetized networks.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.643-658
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• 1998

In this paper we analyze the performance of a statistical ATM multiplexer with bursty input traffic and two thresholds in the buffer by using queueing model. Two priority levels are considered for source traffic which is modeled by Markov Modulated Poisson Process to represent the bursty characteristics. Service time distributions of two priority sources are assumed to be same and deterministic for ATM environment. The partial buffer sharing scheme with one threshold may experience a sensitive state change around the threshold. But the proposed multiplexer with two thresholds avoids this hysterical phenominon to improve the system operation.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.73-81
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• 1997

Objects: This study aimed to evaluate the role of somatic delusion on the pain perception in patients with schizophrenia. It was hypothesized that pressure pain thresholds would be rather higher in schizophrenic patients who had somatic delusion than patients with other delusion. Methods The subjects were consisted of 3 groups, 23 men with schizophrenia who had somatic delusion, 25 men with schizophrenia who had other delusion, and 22 normal healthy controls. By using Algometer, pressure pain thresholds were examined to subjects on three non-tender sites with 6 weeks interval. The severity of delusion was evaluated in both patient groups. Statistically, Chi-square test, One-way ANOVA, Multivariate ANOVA, and Scheffe's test were used. Results : 1) There was significant difference between somatic and other delusion groups and normal control group at initial stage. 6 weeks later even when severity of delusion was thought to be ameliorated, this finding were sustained. 2) The severity of the components of delusion, conviction and preoccupation, were significantly decreased in both somatic delusion group and other delusion group according to the time interval. The decrements of the severity of delusion seems to be related with changes in pressure pain thresholds in both patient groups. Conclusions : We re-confirmed that both schizophrenic patient groups showed higher pressure pain thresholds compared to normal healthy control. However we failed to find the role of somatic delusion on pain perception in schizophrenia. Delusion, including somatic delusion, as a whole, seems to affect the increased level of pressure pain threshold due to attention deficit and decreased motivation in patients with schizophrenia.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제4권7호
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• pp.1781-1787
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• 1997

최근에 네트워크의 사용량이 증가하고, 다양한 대역폭을 요구하는 응용이 증가함에 따라 이를 지원하기 위하여 유연성이 뛰어난 통신 프로토콜로서 ATM을 사용하게 되었다. ATM은 다양한 대역폭을 요구하는 응용 서비스를 제공하나, 셀의 손실과 지연이라는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 ATM망에서의 셀 손실과 셀 지연의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 기존의 트래픽 제어기법을 분석하고, 클래스별로 버퍼의 크기를 할당하는 통합 버퍼 관리기법과 트래픽 특성에 따른 다중 임계를 이용한 ATM 스위치 모델과 트래픽 제어기법을 제시한다. 또한, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 기존의 연구와 본 논문에서 제안된 기법을 비교하여 성능향상을 분석하고 검증한다. 분석 결과, 제안된 기법은 평균 셀 손실율의 측면에서 버퍼 크기에 비례하여 성능이 향상됨을 알 수 있다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2015

고추 탄저병 요방제 수준을 설정하기 이하여 시험한 결과 노지 고추 수량에 영향을 주지 않는 수준의 탄저병 방제적기는 발생정도가 0.9% 이하이었으며, 노지고추 탄저병 발생정도와 수량과의 회귀식은 Y = -16.83X + 327.57, $R^2=0.83$ 성립하였다. 비가림 재배(무강우 조건) 고추의 수량에 영향을 주지 않는 수준의 탄저병 방제적기는 발생정도가 1.7% 이하이었으며, 고추탄저병 발생정도와 수량과의 회귀식은 Y = -4.92X + 361.02, $R^2=0.84$ 성립하였다. 비가림 재배(강우 조건) 고추의 수량에 영향을 주지 않는 수준의 탄저병 방제적기는 발생정도가 2.3% 이하이었으며, 고추 탄저병 발생정도와 수량과의 회귀식은 Y =-5.91X + 359.71, $R^2=0.76$ 성립하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 1995

This paper proposes a segmentation algorithm using gray-level discontinuity and surface reflectance ratio of input images obtained under different illumination conditions. Each image is divided by a certain number of subregions based on the thresholds. The thresholds are determined using the histogram of fusion image which is obtained by ANDing the multiple input images. The subregions of images are projected on the eigenspace where their bases are the major eigenvectors of image matrix. Points in the eigenspace are classified into two clusters. Images associated with the bigger cluster are fused by revised ANDing to form a combined edge image. Missing edges are detected using surface reflectance ration and chain code. The proposed algorithm obtains more accurate edge information and allows to more efficiently recognize the environment under various illumination conditions.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1081-1087
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• 2015

This article aims to provide a design method of warning thresholds for active safety systems based on the performance-based approach considering driver behaviors. Both positive and negative consequences of warnings are considered, and the main idea is to choose a warning threshold where the positive consequence is maximized, whereas the negative consequence is minimized. The process of the performance-based approach involves: Defining the operating scenarios; setting the trajectory models, including human characteristics; estimating the alert and nominal trajectories; estimating the performance metrics; generating a performance-metric plot; and determining the alert thresholds. This paper chose a lane-departure warning system as an example to show the usefulness of the performance-based approach. Both human and sensor characteristics were considered in the system design, and this paper provided a quantitative method to include human factors in designing active safety systems.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2011

가을재배 배추에서 담배거세미나방 접종시기와 접종밀도에 따라 배추 수량에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 수량감소율에 따른 요방제 수준을 설정하였다. 포장조건에서 담배거세미나방 접종밀도가 다르게 접종하고 3주 동안 배추의 피해엽율을 조사하여 접종밀도와 수량감소율과의 관계식을 산출한 결과, 정식초기(정식 5일 후)는 Y=-21.85X+1300 ($R^2=0.997$)였고, 정식중기(정식 20일 후)는 Y=-12.1X+1382 ($R^2=0.998$)였다. 담배거세미나방 유충밀도와 수량과의 관계식으로 배추 수량 5%를 경감시키는 담배거세미나방 밀도는 정식초기는 2.9마리/100주, 정식중기는 5.6마리/100주 였다.