• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2023

Hamstring flexibility is an important factor that affects muscle performance of the lower extremities and is closely associated with sports injuries. Therefore, evaluation of flexibility is important in clinical practice. Results of evaluation are determined by types of tests and cut-off values used; therefore, accurate and detailed understanding of these is necessary before examination. Although the straight leg raise and sit and reach tests are used to evaluate hamstring extensibility, structures including the nerves, fascia, and other muscles can significantly confound the results of these tests. The knee extension test is performed at 90° of hip flexion to minimize the posterior pelvic tilt that occurs during the straight leg test. The knee extension test is most recommended for selective evaluation of hamstring flexibility. The knee extension test is classified into active and passive tests. The cut-off value is usually set at 20° for the active and at 10° for the passive knee extension test. Although a strong association is observed between the two tests, the active knee extension test is preferred in clinical practice because it can be performed by a single examiner, which serves as an advantage. Age, sex, and warm-up exercise tend to affect flexibility; therefore, results should be interpreted with caution. Detailed understanding of each flexibility test is important for reliable evaluation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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• pp.183-186
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• 1997

This paper presents the new MR rotary brake with a permanent magnet, based on the shear operating mode. Due to the permanent magnet, the MR rotary brake can give the nominal resistance to the external disturbance and give the fail safe capacity to the system even when the power supply is accidentally cut off. As we apply the positive or negative current to the electric magnet coil, the resistance torque of the MR rotary brake can be reduced to the value less than the nominal resistance or increased up to the magnetic saturation point.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2005

고농도 비소 오염토양에 대한 fold규모 연속 토양세척공정의 적용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 경상남도 D광산 광미 혼합토양에 대하여 적용하였다. 초기 비소오염 농도는 $321\pm32 mg/kg$ dry soil 이었으며 pilot규모 실험에서 도출된 기본 운전조건을 적용한 결과, 세척된 토양의 잔류 비소농도는 2.03 mg/kg dry soil로서 $99\%$의 높은 제거효율을 나타내었다. 경제성 및 효율성을 개선하기 위하여 세척제의 농도, cut-off size, 진탕비를 조절하며 운전한 결과, 토양세척 공정 운전시 원활한 운전관리와 처리단가 등을 고려한 최적의 운전조건은 1) 각 단계의 세척제 농도 0.2M HCl-1.0M HCl-1.0M NaOH, 2) cut-off size 0.15mm(sieve $\sharp$100), 3) 진탕비 1:3으로 처리한 결과 세척된 토양의 잔류 비소농도는 2.03mg/kg이었으며 세척유출수 처리에서는 형성된 Hoc의 과포화로 인한 침전방해가 발생하지 않는 pH 6이 (33 ppb) 최적의 처리조건으로 판단되었다. 최종 배출된 청정자갈 및 토양, 티ter cake에 대하여 TCLP법을 적용한 용출실험 결과, 각각 1.04, ND, 0.07 mg/L 모두 용출비소 농도기준(5 mg/L)을 만족하며, 탈수슬러지의 함수율$(48\%)$도 폐기물관리법의 슬러지 수분함량 기준$(85\%)$을 만족하여 매립처리가 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구의 field 규모 연속 토양세척공정은 고농도 비소 오염부지의 정화를 위한 기술로 적용 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

The AWJM(Abrasive Water-jet Machining) technology is one of the cutting technologies, which can cut various materials with 2 or 3 times of the speed of sound. In this study, processing conditions such as jet-pressure, cutting speed, orifice diameter and stand-off distance, are used by following the design of experiments with 3 levels. Al6061 material which is normally applied on the field, is applied. Through the S/N ratio analysis with measured values, the optimization value of processing conditions to minimize the surface roughness and taper value is obtained. The order of significance is as follows; jet pressure, cutting speed, abrasive mixing ratio, orifice diameter and stand-off distance. RSM(Response Surface Method) is applied to find the optimal processing conditions to minimize both the surface roughness and the taper value by using jet pressure, cutting speed and abrasive mixing ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.477-505
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• 2005

This paper gives a computer code that gives p-value's for Kendall's Tau table. The code centers around finding the cumulative frequency of a given Sigma value. Current tables usually give critical values for given cut-off percentages. For small sample sizes the critical values may be inexact, and for large samples the values are not be published. SPSS has a built in function for finding the Kendall rank correlation, but the output does not include the Sigma value. Before the code is given, this paper will concentrate around how to find the Sigma value, and the related tau statistic. The computer code is written in MATLAB, but the ideas can be easily transferred to different languages.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2009

목적: 악성 종양 환자의 F-18 FDG PET/CT에서 우연히 발견된 부신 종양의 특성에 대해 알아보고 양성 및 악성 부신 종양을 감별하는 데 있어서 F-18 FDG PET/CT의 진단 능력에 대해 평가해 보았다. 대상 및 방법. 2005년 3월부터 2008년 8월까지 시행한 F-18 FDG PET/CT에서 우연히 부신 종양이 발견된 75명의 악성 종양 환자들(89개의 부신 종양)을 대상으로 하였다. 평균 연령은 $60.8{\pm}10.2$(35-87)세였으며, 남자는 46명, 여자는 29명이었다. 정량 분석을 위해 89개의 부신 종양의 장경(cm), HU, SUVmax, SUVratio를 각각 측정하였다. 부신 종양의 SUVmax를 간의 8번 분절의 SUVmax인 SUVliver로 나눈 값을 SUVratio로 하였다. 부신 종양은 조직학적 확진, 방사선학적 평가(HU<0: 양성), 임상적 판단에 따라 최종 진단하였다. 결과: 양성과 악성 부신 종양을 감별하는데 크기, HU, SUVmax, SUVratio의 4가지 변수는 모두 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 그리고, SUVratio가 가장 정확도가 높았다. SUVratio는 cut-off value 1.0에서 민감도 90.9%, 특이도 75.6%를 보였다. 1.5 cm 크기 이하의 작은 부신 종양에서는 양성과 악성 부신 종양을 감별하는데 SUVratio만 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). SUVratio는 cut-off value 1.0에서 민감도 80.0%, 특이도 86.4%를 보였다. 결론: 악성 종양 환자에서 우연히 발견된 부신 종양을 양성과 악성으로 감별 진단하는데 있어서 정량 분석을 통해 F-18 FDG PET/CT가 비조영증강(nonenhanced) CT에 비해서 더 정확한 정보를 제공할 수 있다고 생각된다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2019

Due to developing environmental concern use of renewable energy source is very essential. The great demand for the energy supply coupled with inadequate energy sources creates an emergency to find a new solution for the energy shortage. The appropriate wind energy distribution is the fundamental requirement for the assessment of wind energy potential available at the particular site essential for the design of wind farms. Hence the proper specification of the wind speed distribution plays a vital role. In this paper the Bimodal Weibull distribution is used to estimate the Capacity factor at the proposed site. The shape and scale parameters estimated using Maximum likelihood method is used as the initial value for extrapolation. Application of this model will give an accurate result overwhelming the concept of overestimation or underestimation of Capacity factor.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.7381-7384
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• 2015

This study was conducted to 1206 women who had cervical cancer screening at Chonburi Cancer Hospital. The spilt-sample study aimed to compare the efficacy of abnormal cervical cells detection between liquid-based cytology (LBC) and conventional cytology (CC). The collection of cervical cells was performed by broom and directly smeared on a glass slide for CC then the rest of specimen was prepared for LBC. All slides were evaluated and classified by The Bethesda System. The results of the two cytological tests were compared to the gold standard. The LBC smear significantly decreased inflammatory cell and thick smear on slides. These two techniques were not difference in detection rate of abnormal cytology and had high cytological diagnostic agreement of 95.7%. The histologic diagnosis of cervical tissue was used as the gold standard in 103 cases. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, false positive, false negative and accuracy of LBC at ASC-US cut off were 81.4, 75.0, 70.0, 84.9, 25.0, 18.6 and 77.7%, respectively. CC had higher false positive and false negative than LBC. LBC had shown higher sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy than CC but no statistical significance. In conclusion, LBC method can improve specimen quality, more sensitive, specific and accurate at ASC-US cut off and as effective as CC in detecting cervical epithelial cell abnormalities.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.329-342
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• 2017

In this paper, the dispersion characteristics of elastic waves propagation in sandwich nano-beams with functionally graded (FG) face-sheets reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is investigated based on various high order shear deformation beam theories (HOSDBTs) as well as nonlocal strain gradient theory (NSGT). In order to align CNTs as symmetric and asymmetric in top and bottom face-sheets with respect to neutral geometric axis of the sandwich nano-beam, various patterns are employed in this analysis. The sandwich nano-beam resting on Pasternak foundation is subjected to thermal, magnetic and electrical fields. In order to involve small scale parameter in governing equations, the NSGT is employed for this analysis. The governing equations of motion are derived using Hamilton's principle based on various HSDBTs. Then the governing equations are solved using analytical method. A detailed parametric study is conducted to study the effects of length scale parameter, different HSDBTs, the nonlocal parameter, various aligning of CNTs in thickness direction of face-sheets, different volume fraction of CNTs, foundation stiffness, applied voltage, magnetic intensity field and temperature change on the wave propagation characteristics of sandwich nano-beam. Also cut-off frequency and phase velocity are investigated in detail. According to results obtained, UU and VA patterns have the same cut-off frequency value but AV pattern has the lower value with respect to them.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제61권5호
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• pp.582-591
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• 2018

Objective : To evaluate the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features that have a statistically significant association with the need for a tracheostomy in patients with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) during the acute stage of injury. Methods : This study retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 130 patients with cervical SCI. We analyzed the factors believed to increase the risk of requiring a tracheostomy, including the severity of SCI, the level of injury as determined by radiological assessment, three quantitative MR imaging parameters, and eleven qualitative MR imaging parameters. Results : Significant differences between the non-tracheostomy and tracheostomy groups were determined by the following five factors on multivariate analysis : complete SCI (p=0.007), the radiological level of C5 and above (p=0.038), maximum canal compromise (MCC) (p=0.010), lesion length (p=0.022), and osteophyte formation (p=0.015). For the MCC, the cut-off value was 46%, and the risk of requiring a tracheostomy was three times higher at an interval between 50-60% and ten times higher between 60-70%. For lesion length, the cut-off value was 20 mm, and the risk of requiring a tracheostomy was two times higher at an interval between 20-30 mm and fourteen times higher between 40-50 mm. Conclusion : The American Spinal Injury Association grade A, a radiological injury level of C5 and above, an MCC ${\geq}50%$, a lesion length ${\geq}20mm$, and osteophyte formation at the level of injury were considered to be predictive values for requiring tracheostomy intervention in patients with cervical SCI.