• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.538-546
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• 2015

This paper describes an intelligent ankle assistive robot which provides assistive power to reduce ankle torque based on an analysis of ankle motion and muscle patterns during walking on level and sloped floors. The developed robot can assist ankle muscle power by driving an electric geared motor at the exact timing through the use of an accelerometer that detects gait phase and period, and a potentiometer to measure floor slope angle. A simple muscle assistive link mechanism is proposed to convert the motor torque into the foot assistive force. In particular, this mechanism doesn't restrain the wearer's ankle joint; hence, there is no danger of injury if the motor malfunctions. During walking, the link mechanism pushes down the top of the foot to assist the ankle torque, and it can also lift the foot by inversely driving the linkage, so this robot is useful for foot drop patients. The developed robot and control algorithm are experimentally verified through walking experiments and EMG (Electromyography) measurements.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 기존 IGBT의 구조적 한계로 인한 순방향 전압강하와 스위칭 손실간의 트레이드-오프 관계를 극복하고, 좀 더 우수한 전기적 특성을 갖는 새로운 구조의 nMOS 삽입형 IGBT를 제안하였다. 제안된 구조는 IGBT소자의 셀(Cell)과 셀 사이에 존재하는 폴리(poly) 게이트 영역에 nMOS를 형성시킨 구조로 N-드리프트 층으로의 전자, 정공의 주입효율을 증가시켜 기존 구조보다 더 낮은 온-저항과 빠른 스위칭 손실을 얻도록 설계된 구조이다. 시뮬레이션 결과 제안된 구조의 단일 소자인 경우 순방향 전압강하와 스위칭 특성은 각각 2.65V와 4.5us로, 기존 구조가 갖는 3.33V와 5us비해 약 26%의 감소된 순방향 전압강하와 10%의 낮은 스위칭 특성을 보였으며 래치-업 특성은 773A/$cm^2$로 기존 520A/$cm^2$보다 33%의 상승된 특성을 보였다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2015

이 연구에서는 자동차용 에어백 작동에 쓰이는 가속 센서에 대해, 그 실장 방법에 따른 신호 전달 차이를 해석하였다. 실장 방법은 기존에 쓰이는 하우징을 사용한 모듈 형태와, 센서를 직접 자동차의 구조물에 접합재를 사용하여 부착하는 두 가지 방법을 고려하였다. 신호 전달을 분석하기 위하여, 충격 실험 장비가 구축되었고, ㄷ자형 알루미늄 채널을 이용하여 그 표면에 기존의 모듈 채결 방법과 센서를 직접 부착하는 방법을 사용하여 시편을 제작하여, 충돌 실험 후 측정된 파형을 비교하여 그 차이를 분석하였다. 또한 유한요소법을 이용하여 충격 실험을 모사하였고, 계산 결과를 실험 데이터와 비교하였다. 그 결과, 기존의 모듈형태의 부착 방법보다, 이 연구에서 제시된 접착제에 의해 직접 부착된 센서가 측정한 신호가 상대적으로 잡음없이 깨끗하고 강한 것을 알 수 있었으며, 또한 에어백 센서와 같은 MEMS 센서는 부착 방법에 따라 주변의 간섭 효과에 의해 그 성능이 크게 변하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2013

Purpose: Dysmenorrhea is a menstrual condition characterized by severe and frequent cramps and pain. Effective treatment methods for dysmenorrhea are not yet fully understood. This research compares the effects of pain killers and heated red bean pillows. Methods: Data were got on demographic data, menstrual cycle status, and activities of daily living (ADLs) limitations, dysmenorrhea severity and menstrual pain scores. Following a 10% drop-out rate, 44 young women satisfied the inclusion criteria. To prevent any bias, the experimental and control groups were selected from different campuses. We used two sizes of red bean pillows: $13{\times}11.5cm$, weighing 400g; and $15{\times}18cm$, weighing 220g. For analysis, we used IBM SPSS statistics 19.0. Results: Ninety-nine point seven percentage of total subjects reported moderate to severe dysmenorrhea and 63.6% reported as moderate to severe daily activities limitations. The mean pain score with visual analogue scale was $80.2{\pm}9.42$ of 100 and 86.4% used pain killers to alleviate menstrual discomfort in all the subjects. In both groups, all three variables showed significant improvement and the Moos's Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) scores changed significantly between menstrual and post-menstrual time point at within groups and not significantly different at premenstrual and menstrual time point at between groups. However, the MDQ score was significantly higher in experimental group than control group at post-menstruation time point and the degree of satisfaction was higher in the control group. Conclusion: This research shows that red-bean pillows on the abdomen are effective in assisting the ADL and diminishing pain severity. With regard to its safety the study indicates it can be a convenient and safe option for female students with menstrual discomfort in schoolas a non-pharmacological self-help.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.375-379
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• 2016

Increasing fat tissue of obese people, increases the rate of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndromes and dyslipidemia. An increase in the focal tissue of pancreas is a known risk factor of these diseases. Although there exists sufficient research on the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer, studies have been done on fatty pancreas. In this study, based on ultrasound imaging and using a texture characteristic of GLCM, fatty pancreas was divided into three categories: mild, moderate and severe. We compared and analyzed the three groups was by Pancreatic ultrasonography and body characteristics, serological tests, pressure and the degree of arteriosclerosis, against normal control group. The following parameters of control and test groups were measured: WC (waist circumference),BMI (body mass index), TC (total cholesterol), TG (triglyceride), HDL-C (High-density lipoprotein cholesterol) and LDL-C (Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol), SBP (systolic blood pressure), BST (Blood Sugar Test) and aortic PWV (pulse wave velocity). We observed the values correspondingly increasing fat deposition. However, ABI (Ankle Brachial pressure index) stenosis and HDL-C levels decreased with increasing fat deposit (p <0.05); a drop in these parameters are known to be harmful to the human body. The difference in texture characteristics between normal control group and pancreatic fatty group (mild, moderate, and severe) was statistically confirmed. Ultrasound imaging of pancreatic steatosis categorized the disease as mild, moderate and severe based on the characteristic texture. In conclusion, we observed on increase in metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and arteriosclerosis, proportional to the degree of pancreatic fat deposition. The escalation of these diseases was confirmed and was directly related with predictors of cardiovascular diseases.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2017

This study investigates the design relation between shoulder line and sleeve line for designing bulky silhouettes as well as examines the trend sensitivity and design difference of each city through a comparison of the four cities collection (Paris, Milan, London, and New York). The results are as follows. In the four major fashion capitals, the rates of all-season coats were higher in 2014/15 F/W than those in the 2013/14 F/W season. At the 2014/15 F/W season, the proportion of the bulky silhouette coat, (including the fur and cape coat) increased and confirmed the bulky silhouette fashion trend. Second, an examining of the proportion of bulky silhouette coats manufactured by leading brands in major cities, indicated that London brands readily followed the trend of bulky silhouette coats when compared to other cities. This trend was also accepted by most brands in New York. Most brands in London and New York are highly compliant with the latest fashion trends. Third, the drop shoulder design was mostly presented in the shoulder pit of the bulky coat. In case of the sleeve, the shape of the jar was kept wide at the elbow line and made narrower toward the beak in most bulky silhouette coats. The importance of shoulder and sleeve design is clearly highlighted in the bulky silhouette coat. Fourth, detail design trends were different according to type of sleeve and shoulder fit. The results show the relationship between shoulder and sleeve design.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2014

Usage of heavy metal element (Pb, Hg and Cd etc.) in electronic devices have been restricted due to the environmental banning of the European Union, such as WEEE and RoHS. Therefore, it is needed to develop the Pb-free solder plated ribbon in photovoltaic (PV) module. This study described that degradation characteristics of PV module under damp heat (DH, $85^{\circ}C$ and 85% R.H.) condition test for 1,000 h. Solar cell ribbons were utilized to hot dipping plate with Pb-free solder alloys. Two types of Pb-free solder plated ribbons, Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) and Sn-48Bi-2Ag, and an electroless Sn-40Pb solder hot dipping plated ribbon as a reference sample were prepared to evaluate degradation characteristics. To detect the degradation of PV module with the eutectic and Pb-free solder plated ribbons, I-V curve, electro-luminescence (EL) and cross-sectional SEM analysis were carried out. DH test results show that the reason of maximum power (Pm) drop was mainly due to the decrease fill factor (FF). It was attributed to the crack or oxidation of interface between the cell and the ribbon. Among PV modules with the eutectic and Pb-free solder plated ribbon, the PV module with SAC305 ribbon relatively showed higher stability after DH test than the case of PV module with Sn-40Pb and Sn-48Bi-2Ag solder plated ribbons.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.604-608
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 다심관(Multi Core Tube)에 단열재로 글라스울(Glass wool)을 사용한 단열 다심관(Insulated Multi Core Tube)의 열전달 특성에 관하여 검토하였다. 제작된 단열 다심관에 대하여 외기온도, 유압 오일 공급온도, 유압 오일 공급유량에 따른 단열 다심관 내부의 유압 오일의 온도특성에 관하여 실험 및 모델링을 통하여 검토하였다. 그 결과 본 연구의 범위 내에서 최소 유압 오일 공급유량인 0.29(l/min)인 경우 실험결과와 수치해석 결과의 온도차이가 최대 약 $3^{\circ}C$정도 발생하였다. 외기온도가 일정한 경우 유압 오일 공급온도가 높을수록 유압 오일의 공급유량에 관계없이 유압 오일 출구온도가 높아지고, 유압 오일 공급유량이 1.01(l/min)이상일 경우에는 유압 오일의 온도강하에 외기온도의 영향이 적음을 알 수 있었다.

• 도시과학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2017

Studies on the calculation of accident costs include the approach on calculating damage costs covering all accidents regardless of first or secondary party and the one calculating damage costs generated by a single victim. These two approaches have a limitation of considering a subject for costs analysis as a single entity. In addition, research on estimating the interaction effects caused in the relationship between diverse traffic accident features and factors remains inadequate since most studies focused on calculating costs incurred in a single entity such as a victim, damaged building, or social organization in charge of managing car accident. This study intends to identify the expected range of old age where a specific interaction effect would remain, compare accidents between old age section and the entire age section, and discover an exogenous variable to be applied in accident drop effects in senior people and reduced benefits by calculating and testing additional accident costs in case the first party and the second party all pertain to the senior age section. By classifying the entire accidents caused by old drivers according to the types of cars, significant coefficients representing the influence that affects car accidents according to the characteristics are calculated and set them as the representative variables by selecting top variable in accordance with from low to high order. Furthermore, characteristics on five age groups such as a group of over 65 and less than 70, a group of over 70 and less than 75, a group of over 75 and less than 80, a group of over 80 and less than 85, and a group of over 85 are elicited and compared them with these preselected accident characteristics variables, thereby identifying what changing effects come out.

• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권37호
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• pp.83-106
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• 2014

스마트 디바이스와 인터랙티브 미디어의 발달은 애니메이션의 변화를 요구하고 있으며, 완성된 콘텐츠로서의 인터랙티브 애니메이션이 조금씩 시도되고 있다. 그러나 가지치기 서사로 대표되는 인터랙티브 스토리텔링은 선형적인 애니메이션의 스토리만큼 관객을 만족시키지 못하며, 선택지의 사용은 몰입감 마저 떨어뜨리고 있다. 본 연구에서는 먼저 완성된 콘텐츠로서의 인터랙티브 애니메이션이 갖춰야할 조건을 제시한다. 그 중 '스토리텔링의 역할 수행'과 '관객의 참여 행위에 의한 스토리 완성'이라는 두 가지를 만족시킬 방법을 제안하기 위해, 기존에 만들어진 인터랙티브 애니메이션 중 성공적인 사례로 볼 수 있는 <어트랙션>을 그레마스의 기호학의 틀로 분석한다. 그레마스의 서사 분석과 행동자 개념을 이용한 시퀀스의 분석으로 참여행위가 적절하게 일어나는 서사의 기능과 관객의 위상을 상호작용 요소로 제안한다.