• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.829-842
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• 2003

최근 화상 회의, 화상 전화, 모바일 환경에서의 화상 통신, 얼굴 인식을 이용한 보안 시스템 등의 상업화에 힘입어 비디오에서의 얼굴 검출 및 추적 기술은 눈부신 발전을 이룩하였다. 또한, 얼굴 요소 검출은 요소 그 자체뿐 아니라 정화한 얼굴 영역 검출을 위한 필수 단계로서 중요한 연구 주제가 되고 있다. 그러나 영상에 나타난 복잡한 배경과 카메라 조작 및 조명에 의한 색상 왜곡 그리고 다양한 조명 조건 둥은 얼굴 검출 및 추적, 요소 검출에 있어 여전히 큰 장애가 되고 있다. 이에 따라, 본 논문에서는 실시간 화상 통신을 위한 새로운 얼굴 영역 검출 및 추적 알고리즘과 검출된 얼굴 영역에서 효과적으로 눈 영역을 검출할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 얼굴 검출 알고리즘은 복잡한 배경과 다양한 조명 조건에 관계없이 얼굴을 검출하고 추적하기 위해 웨이블릿 변환된 세 종류의 부 영역을 이용하여 얼굴 형판을 생성하고 웨이블릿 변환된 입력 영상과의 유사도를 측정하여 얼굴을 검출한다. 특히 다양한 조명 조건을 극복하기 위해 최소-최대 정규화와 히스토그램 평활화를 혼합 적용하여 매우 밝거나, 매우 어두운 영상에서의 얼굴 오 검출 및 놓침을 줄일 수 있었으며 세 가지 크기의 얼굴 형판을 이용함으로써 입력 영상에 존재하는 다양한 크기의 얼굴도 검출할 수 있었다. 또한 효과적인 얼굴 추적 알고리즘을 통해 다음 프레임에서의 얼굴 위치를 예측하고 예측된 얼굴 위치를 중심으로 탐색 영역을 정해 형판 정합을 수행함으로써 얼굴 검출률을 높이면서 수행 시간도 단축시킬 수 있었다. 수직, 수평방향 투영을 이용한 합리적인 눈 검출 알고리즘은 어두운 조명이나 부정확한 얼굴 영역에서도 만족스러운 결과를 보여주었다.26$이었으며, 점차 감소, 다시 증가하여 담금 10일에는 $3.42{\sim}3.69$이었다. 시험구별로는 KKR이 가장 낮았다. 총산은 담금 1일에 $0.29{\sim}0.82%$였으며 담금 6일에 $1.75{\sim}2.53%$로 최고값을 나타내었으며 그 후 감소하여 담금 10일에는 $1.61{\sim}2.34%$였다. 시험구간에는 KKR, SKR이 비교적 높은 값을 나타내었다. 무기질 함량은 발효기간이 경과할수록 증하였고 Ca는 $2.95{\sim}36.76$, Cu는 $0.01{\sim}0.14$, Fe는 $0.71{\sim}3.23$, K는 $110.89{\sim}517.33$, Mg는 $34.78{\sim}122.40$, Mn은 $0.56{\sim}5.98$, Na는 $0.19{\sim}14.36$, Zn은 $0.90{\sim}5.71ppm$을 나타내었으며, 시험구별로 보면 WNR, BNR구가 Na만 제외한 다른 무기성분 함량이 가장 높았다.O to reduce I/O cost by reusing data already present in the memory of other nodes. Finally, chunking and on-line compression mechanisms are included in both models. We demonstrate that we can obtain significantly high-performance

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권7호
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• pp.824-831
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• 2009

목 적 : HIE의 치료법으로 줄기 세포가 대안으로 떠오르고 있다. mMSC가 성인 동물 모델에서의 뇌졸중 및 퇴행성 뇌질환에 유의한 기능 회복을 보인다는 보고가 많이 있으나 미성숙 동물 모델에서의 연구 보고는 거의 없는 상태이다. 이에 HIE가 유발된 미성숙뇌에 mMSC를 투여하여 기능 회복에 대한 효과를 평가하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 생후 7일된 수컷 Sprague-Dawley 흰쥐를 sham 대조군, 뇌 손상 대조군, 고용량 mMSC 이식군 및 저용량 mMSC 이식군으로 나누었으며 저산소 허혈 뇌 손상 유도 2주 후에 mMSC를 병변부 국소 이식을 시행하였다. 세포 이식 2, 4, 6 및 8주째에 개방장 시험을 시행하여 운동 기능 회복 정도를 평가하였고, 이후 1주일 동안 Morris 수중 미로 시험을 3개 부문으로 시행하여 학습 및 기억력 회복 정도를 평가하였다. 결 과 : 개방장 시험 결과 네 군간에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(F=0.412, P=0.745). 공간 획득 검사에서 네 군간 평균 탈출 시간에 서로 차이가 있었고(F=380.319, P<0.01), 고용량 mMSC 이식군 및 sham 대조군은 뇌 손상 대조군에 비해 검사 2일째부터 5일째까지 각각 평균 탈출 시간이 감소하였으며(P<0.05), 시간이 갈수록 더 유의하게 차이를 보였다(F=16.034, P<0.01). 참조 기억 검사에서는 네 군간 차이는 없었으며 시각 검사에서는 다섯번째 시행 검사에서만 고용량 mMSC 이식군과 뇌 손상 대조군간에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(P<0.05). 결 론 : 일부 검사에서만 고용량 mMSC 이식의 효과가 뚜렷하였고 그 외의 검사에는 통계적으로 유의한 결과는 보이지는 않았으나 산술적인 호전을 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 최적의 효과를 보이는 줄기 세포의 농도와 이식 시기를 결정하는 연구가 필요할 것으로 보이며 HIE에서 mMSC가 대안적인 치료 수단으로 이용될 수 있다고 생각된다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.253-266
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• 2018

본 연구는 질의 응답(QA) 시스템에서 사용하는 개체명 인식(NER)의 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 시퀀스 태깅 방법론을 적용한 새로운 방법론을 제안한다. 사용자의 질의를 입력 받아 데이터베이스에 저장된 정답을 추출하기 위해서는 사람의 언어를 컴퓨터가 알아들을 수 있도록 구조화 질의어(SQL)와 같은 데이터베이스의 언어로 전환하는 과정이 필요한데, 개체명 인식은 사용자의 질의에서 데이터베이스에 포함된 클래스나 데이터 명을 식별하는 과정이다. 기존의 데이터베이스에서 질의에 포함된 단어를 검색하여 개체명을 인식하는 방식은 동음이의어와 문장성분 구를 문맥을 고려하여 식별하지 못한다. 다수의 검색 결과가 존재하면 그들 모두를 결과로 반환하기 때문에 질의에 대한 해석이 여러 가지가 나올 수 있고, 계산을 위한 시간복잡도가 커진다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 신경망 기반의 방법론을 사용하여 질의가 가지는 문맥적 의미를 반영함으로써 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 했고 신경망 기반의 방법론의 문제점인 학습되지 않은 단어에 대해서도 문맥을 통해 식별을 하고자 하였다. Sequence Tagging 분야에서 최신 기술인 Bidirectional LSTM-CRF 모델을 도입함으로써 신경망 모델이 가진 단점을 해결하였고, 학습되지 않은 단어에 대해서는 온톨로지 기반 특성치를 활용하여 문맥을 반영한 추론을 사용하였다. 음악 도메인의 온톨로지(Ontology) 지식베이스를 대상으로 실험을 진행하고 그 성능을 평가하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법론인 L-Bidirectional LSTM-CRF의 성능을 정확하게 평가하기 위하여 학습에 포함된 단어들뿐만 아니라 학습에 포함되지 않은 단어들도 포함한 질의를 평가에 사용하였다. 그 결과 L-Bidirectional LSTM-CRF 모형을 재학습 시키지 않아도 학습에 포함되지 않은 단어를 포함한 질의에 대한 개체명 인식이 가능함을 확인하였고, 전체적으로 개체명 인식의 성능이 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 누설전력 소비뿐만 아니라 스위칭 전력 소비를 동시에 줄일 수 있는 새로운 저전력 SRAM 회로를 제안한다. 제안된 저전력 SRAM은 대기모드와 쓰기동작에서는 셀의 소스라인 전압을 $V_{SSH}$로 증가시키고 읽기동작에서만 소스라인 전압을 다시 $V_{SS}$가 되도록 동적으로 조절한다. SRAM 셀의 소스라인 전압을 동적으로 조절하면 reverse body-bias 효과, DIBL 효과, 음의 $V_{GS}$ 효과를 이용하여 셀 어레이의 누설전류를 1/100 까지 감소시킬 수 있다. 또한 누설전류를 억제하기 위해 사용된 소스라인 드라이버를 이용하여 SRAM의 쓰기동작에서 비트라인 전압의 스윙 폭을 $V_{DD}-to-V_{SSH}$로 감소시킴으로써 SRAM의 write power를 대폭 감소시킬 수 있고 쓰기동작 중에 있는 셀들의 누설 전류 소비도 동시에 줄일 수 있다. 이를 위해 새로운 write driver를 사용하여 low-swing 쓰기동작 시 성능 감소를 최소화하였다. 누설전력 소비 감소 기법과 스위칭 전력 소비 감소 기법을 동시에 사용함으로써 제안된 SRAM은 특히 미래의 큰 누설전류가 예상되는 70-nm 이하 급 초미세 공정에서 유용할 것으로 예측된다. 70-nm 공정 파라미터를 이용해서 시뮬레이션한 결과 누설전력 소비의 93%와 스위칭 전력 소비의 43%를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 본 논문에서 제안된 저전력 SRAM의 유용성과 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해서 $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정에서 32x128 bit SRAM이 제작 및 측정되었다. 측정 결과 기존의 SRAM에 비해 스위칭 전력이 30% 적게 소비됨을 확인하였고 사용된 메탈 차폐 레이어로 인해서 $V_{DD}-to-V_{SSH}$ 전압이 약 1.1V 일 때까지 오류 없이 동작함을 관측하였다. 본 논문의 SRAM 스위칭 전력감소는 I/O의 bit width가 증가하면 더욱 더 중요해질 것으로 예상할 수 있다.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제4권
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• pp.5-22
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• 1997

The purpose of the study was to development an information delivery system for the home nursing service, to demonstrate and to evaluate the efficiency of it. The period of research conduct was from September 1996 to August 31, 1997. At the 1st stage to achieve the purpose, Firstly Assessment tool for the patients with cerebral vascular disease who have the first priority of HNS among the patients with various health problems at home was developed through literature review. Secondly, after identification of patient nursing problem by the home care nurse with the assessment tool, the patient's classification system developed by Park (1988) that was 128 nursing activities under 6 categories was used to identify the home care nurse's activities of the patient with CAV at home. The research team had several workshops with 5 clinical nurse experts to refine it. At last 110 nursing activities under 11 categories for the patients with CVA were derived. At the second stage, algorithms were developed to connect 110 nursing activities with the patient nursing problems identified by assessment tool. The computerizing process of the algorithms is as follows: These algorithms are realized with the computer program by use of the software engineering technique. The development is made by the prototyping method, which is the requirement analysis of the software specifications. The basic features of the usability, compatibility, adaptability and maintainability are taken into consideration. Particular emphasis is given to the efficient construction of the database. To enhance the database efficiency and to establish the structural cohesion, the data field is categorized with the weight of relevance to the particular disease. This approach permits the easy adaptability when numerous diseases are applied in the future. In paralleled with this, the expandability and maintainability is stressed through out the program development, which leads to the modular concept. However since the disease to be applied is increased in number as the project progress and since they are interrelated and coupled each other, the expand ability as well as maintainability should be considered with a big priority. Furthermore, since the system is to be synthesized with other medical systems in the future, these properties are very important. The prototype developed in this project is to be evaluated through the stage of system testing. There are various evaluation metrics such as cohesion, coupling and adaptability so on. But unfortunately, direct measurement of these metrics are very difficult, and accordingly, analytical and quantitative evaluations are almost impossible. Therefore, instead of the analytical evaluation, the experimental evaluation is to be applied through the test run by various users. This system testing will provide the viewpoint analysis of the user's level, and the detail and additional requirement specifications arising from user's real situation will be feedback into the system modeling. Also. the degree of freedom of the input and output will be improved, and the hardware limitation will be investigated. Upon the refining, the prototype system will be used as a design template. and will be used to develop the more extensive system. In detail. the relevant modules will be developed for the various diseases, and the module will be integrated by the macroscopic design process focusing on the inter modularity, generality of the database. and compatibility with other systems. The Home care Evaluation System is comprised of three main modules of : (1) General information on a patient, (2) General health status of a patient, and (3) Cerebrovascular disease patient. The general health status module has five sub modules of physical measurement, vitality, nursing, pharmaceutical description and emotional/cognition ability. The CVA patient module is divided into ten sub modules such as subjective sense, consciousness, memory and language pattern so on. The typical sub modules are described in appendix 3.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

최근 전세계적으로 공장과 공단, 공업도시, 노동자 주거 단지, 쓰레기 매립지 등의 인더스트리얼 사이트를 공공의 땅으로 회복하고 공원화함에 있어 장소가 지니고 있던 역사적, 형태적 특성을 기반으로 한 고유한 장소성을 고려한 장소기억의 재현이 중요한 화두가 되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 최근 공원설계에 있어 주요한 목표가 되고 있는 장소성 높은 공원을 조성하기 위한 기초자료로서 조성 및 개원 당시 공원을 설계하는 방식에 있어 장소의 기억을 적극적으로 끌어들였다는 공통점을 지니고 있는 서울숲과 선유도공원의 장소성 형성 구조를 도출하여, 향후 장소성을 고려한 공원계획 및 설계를 위한 시사점을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구를 토대로 도출된 서울숲, 선유도공원에 대한 장소성 형성구조 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 구조방정식 모형을 통하여 서울숲과 선유도공원은 자연물리적, 인공물리적, 체험적 요인의 만족도가 장소성 형성에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 장소성이 높아질수록 방문용의성이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 장소의 물리적 환경에 따라서 서울숲과 선유도공원은 놀이, 운동 등 체험적 요인이 상대적으로 중요한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 장소성을 높이기 위하여는 물리적 요인에 더하여 체험적 요인을 중요하게 고려하여야 한다. 셋째, 동일한 유형의 장소일지라도 개별 장소의 특성에 따라 요인 및 변수의 상대적 중요도는 다르게 나타났다. 장소별 구조방정식 모형에서 확인할 수 있듯이 각 요인과 관련된 구체적 변수의 중요도는 장소에 따라서 차이가 있을 수 있다. 예를 들어, 서울숲에서는 자연물리적 요소가 인공물리적 요소보다 중요한 것으로 나타났지만, 선유도공원에서는 인공물리적 요소가 자연물리적 요소보다 더 중요한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 장소성 연구에 있어 정량적 연구방법인 구조방정식 모형을 다양한 장소에 도입하여 장소성 구조모형을 도출하고, 이를 통하여 장소성 형성을 위한 보다 구체적 방안을 제시하고, 더 나아가 장소성의 실체에 한걸음 더 접근할 수 있었다는데 의의가 있다. 본 연구에서의 분석방법 및 결과를 토대로 더욱 다양한 장소를 대상으로 장소성 형성모델을 도출하는 후속 연구가 계속된다면, 의미 있고 개성적이며 정겨운 도시의 장소, 더 나아가서 인간적인 도시, 경쟁력 있는 도시를 만드는 일에 크게 기여할 것이다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.45-62
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• 2011

The notion of information systems (IS) continuance has recently emerged as one of the most important research issues in the field of IS. A great deal of research has been conducted thus far on the basis of theories adapted from various disciplines including consumer behaviors and social psychology, in addition to theories regarding information technology (IT) acceptance. This previous body of knowledge provides a robust research framework that can already account for the determination of IS continuance; however, this research points to other, thus-far-unelucidated determinant factors such as habit, which were not included in traditional IT acceptance frameworks, and also re-emphasizes the importance of emotion-related constructs such as satisfaction in addition to conscious intention with rational beliefs such as usefulness. Experiences should also be considered one of the most important factors determining the characteristics of information system (IS) continuance and the features distinct from those determining IS acceptance, because more experienced users may have more opportunities for IS use, which would allow them more frequent use than would be available to less experienced or non-experienced users. Interestingly, experience has dual features that may contradictorily influence IS use. On one hand, attitudes predicated on direct experience have been shown to predict behavior better than attitudes from indirect experience or without experience; as more information is available, direct experience may render IS use a more salient behavior, and may also make IS use more accessible via memory. Therefore, experience may serve to intensify the relationship between IS use and conscious intention with evaluations, On the other hand, experience may culminate in the formation of habits: greater experience may also imply more frequent performance of the behavior, which may lead to the formation of habits, Hence, like experience, users' activation of an IS may be more dependent on habit-that is, unconscious automatic use without deliberation regarding the IS-and less dependent on conscious intentions, Furthermore, experiences can provide basic information necessary for satisfaction with the use of a specific IS, thus spurring the formation of both conscious intentions and unconscious habits, Whereas IT adoption Is a one-time decision, IS continuance may be a series of users' decisions and evaluations based on satisfaction with IS use. Moreover. habits also cannot be formed without satisfaction, even when a behavior is carried out repeatedly. Thus, experiences also play a critical role in satisfaction, as satisfaction is the consequence of direct experiences of actual behaviors. In particular, emotional experiences such as enjoyment can become as influential on IS use as are utilitarian experiences such as usefulness; this is especially true in light of the modern increase in membership-based hedonic systems - including online games, web-based social network services (SNS), blogs, and portals-all of which attempt to provide users with self-fulfilling value. Therefore, in order to understand more clearly the role of experiences in IS continuance, analysis must be conducted under a research framework that includes intentions, habits, and satisfaction, as experience may not only have duration-based moderating effects on the relationship between both intention and habit and the activation of IS use, but may also have content-based positive effects on satisfaction. This is consistent with the basic assumptions regarding the determining factors in IS continuance as suggested by Oritz de Guinea and Markus: consciousness, emotion, and habit. The principal objective of this study was to explore and assess the effects of experiences in IS continuance, with special consideration given to conscious intentions and unconscious habits, as well as satisfaction. IN service of this goal, along with a review of the relevant literature regarding the effects of experiences and habit on continuous IS use, this study suggested a research model that represents the roles of experience: its moderating role in the relationships of IS continuance with both conscious intention and unconscious habit, and its antecedent role in the development of satisfaction. For the validation of this research model. Korean university student users of 'Cyworld', one of the most influential social network services in South Korea, were surveyed, and the data were analyzed via partial least square (PLS) analysis to assess the implications of this study. In result most hypotheses in our research model were statistically supported with the exception of one. Although one hypothesis was not supported, the study's findings provide us with some important implications. First the role of experience in IS continuance differs from its role in IS acceptance. Second, the use of IS was explained by the dynamic balance between habit and intention. Third, the importance of satisfaction was confirmed from the perspective of IS continuance with experience.

• 동양고전연구
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• 제69호
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• pp.451-479
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• 2017

이 연구의 목적은 "무예도보통지" 무예의 유네스코 인류무형유산 등재를 위한 과제를 검토하는 것이다. 이에 대한 결론은 다음과 같다. 첫째, "무예도보통지"는 1790년(정조 14)에 편찬되었다. "무예도보통지"의 24가지 무예는 기본적으로 찌르는 방식의 자법(刺法), 찍어 베는 방식의 감법(坎法), 치는 방식의 격법(擊法)의 세 가지 방식으로 구분하였다. 둘째, "무예도보통지"의 무예가 무예사적 가치로 높이 평가되는 이유는 18세기 한국 중국 일본의 동양 삼국 무예를 조선의 실정에 맞게 새로운 안목으로 체계적으로 정리하고 종합한 것이다. "무예도보통지"가 세계기록유산으로 갖는 가치는 장교와 군졸을 가릴 것 없이 모든 사람이 쉽게 익힐 수 있도록 실용성을 강조하면서 만든 무예 서적이라는 점이다. 셋째, "무예도보통지" 무예의 유네스코 인류무형유산 등재절차는 준비 및 제출, 심사, 결정의 세 단계로 진행되며, 소요되는 기간은 2년이다. 특히 심사보조기구는 무형유산보호 정부간위원회 산하 기구로서 24개 위원국 가운데 각 지역별로 1개국씩 전체 6개국으로 구성되어 있다. 넷째, "무예도보통지" 무예의 인류무형유산 등재 과제는 다음과 같다. (1) "무예도보통지" 소장본에 대한 전수조사가 필요하다. (2) "무예도보통지" 무예의 시 도무형문화재 또는 국가무형문화재 지정이 필요하다. (3) "무예도보통지" 무예 기법 및 동작에 대한 실기 표준화 작업이 필요하다. (4) "무예도보통지" 무예 복장 및 무기에 대한 고증이 이루어져야 한다. (5) "무예도보통지" 무예 유네스코 인류무형유산 등재추진위원회가 결성되어야 한다. (6) 문화재청 세계유산팀, 외교부 등 관련 부처와 긴밀한 협조 체제를 이루어야 한다. (7) 유네스코 등재기준과 충족을 위한 국내외의 "무예도보통지" 무예 관련 자료 수집을 포괄적으로 진행해야 한다. (8) 인류무형유산 등재유형에 대한 준비가 있어야 한다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.53-81
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• 2010

소비자체험에 대해 기업들과 학자들이 많은 관심을 가져 왔지만 브랜드로부터 유발된 총체적인 체험에 대해서는 제한적으로 연구가 진행되어 오고 있다. 구매의사결정의 모든 과정에서 다양한 체험이 이루어질 뿐만 아니라 브랜드 아이덴티티와 브랜드 커뮤니케이션과 같은 브랜드 체험제공 수단들을 통해서도 소비자체험이 유발될 수 있음에도 불구하고 이러한 총체적인 체험에 대한 논의가 부족하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 기존 문헌들을 토대로 브랜드 체험을 개념화하고 브랜드 체험의 유형을 고찰하고자 하였다. 또한 브랜드의 총체적 체험은 소비자와 브랜드의 정서적 유대관계에 영향을 미칠 것이라 가정하고 그 효과를 규명하고자 하였으며, 브랜드 애착이 브랜드 몰입에 미치는 효과도 함께 검증하였다. 연구결과에 의하면 브랜드 체험의 네 가지 유형 가운데 감성적 체험, 행동적 체험, 그리고 지성적 체험이 브랜드 애착에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 특히 행동적 체험의 영향력이 가장 높은 것으로 밝혀졌다. 반면 브랜드의 감각적 체험은 브랜드 애착에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 브랜드 애착의 열정과 자아연관은 브랜드 몰입에 유의한 영향을 미친 반면에 애정은 브랜드 몰입에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 실증분석을 바탕으로 소비자와 브랜드간의 강력한 정서적 유대관계를 형성하기 위해서는 소비자들이 브랜드로부터 감성적, 행동적, 그리고 지성적 체험을 경험해야 하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 또한 소비자들이 체험 브랜드와의 관계를 유지하기 위한 의지를 형성하기 위해서는 애정과 자아연관으로 구성된 애착이 선행되어야 함을 알 수 있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.