• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.172-175
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• 2003

새로운 전력 반도체 소자로 주목받고 있는 MOS 구동 사이리스터 중 대 전력용으로 사용되는 EST는 높은 전류 밀도에서 게이트에 의한 전류 조절이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 다른 MOS 구동 사이리스터 소자와는 달리 전류 포화 특성을 지녀 차세대 전력 반도체로 각광 받고 있는 소자이다. 하지만 소자의 동작 시에 스냅-백 특성을 지녀 전력의 손실을 유발할 뿐만 아니라 오동작을 일으킬 가능성이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 기존의 EST에서 스냅-백 특성의 제거와 저지 전압의 향상을 위해 트랜치 전극을 가지는 새로운 구조를 제안하고 게이트 전극과 캐소드 전극의 트랜치 화에 따른 특성 변화 양상을 살펴보기 위해 게이트 전극만 트랜치로 구성한 경우와 캐소드 전극만 트랜치로 구성한 경우를 시뮬레이션을 통해 해석하였다. 그 결과 기존의 EST에서 게이트 전극만을 트랜치 형태로 바꾼 경우에는 스냅-백 특성이 1.1 V의 애노드 전압과 91 A/cm2의 전류 밀도에서 발생하고 순방향 저지 모드 시의 저지 전압은 800 V로 기존의 257에 비해 월등한 전기적 특성 향상을 가져왔다. 그러나 기존의 EST에서 캐소드 전극만을 트랜치 형태로 바꾼 경우에는 스냅-백 특성이 1.72 V의 애노드 전압과 25 A/cm2의 전류 밀도에서 발생하고 순방향 저지 모드 시의 저지 전압은 613 V로 스냅-백 특성은 향상되었으나 저지 전압은 기존의 EST 보다 감소하였다. 결국 기존의 EST에서 게이트 전극만을 트랜치 전극 형태로 구성한 경우에 가장 탁월한 전기적 특성을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2019

A novel esterase gene (est7S) was cloned from an enriched metagenomic library derived from an oil-spill area. The gene encoded a protein of 505 amino acids, and the molecular mass of the Est7S was estimated to be 54,512 Da with no signal peptide. Est7S showed the highest identity of 40% to an esterase from a sludge metagenome compared to the characterized enzymes with their properties, although it showed 99% identity to a carboxylesterase in the genome sequence of Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2. Est7S had catalytic triad residues, Ser183, Glu312, and His420, and the GESAG motif in most family VII lipolytic enzymes. Est7S was purified from the crude extract of clone SM7 using Sephacryl S-200 HR and HiTrap Q column chromatographies. The purified Est7S was optimally active at $50^{\circ}C$ and pH 10.0. Est7S showed a high specific activity of 366.7 U/mg protein. It preferred short length esters, particularly p-nitrophenyl acetate, efficiently hydrolyzed R- and S-enantiomers of methyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionate, and glyceryl tributyrate. These properties of Est7S may provide potential merits in biotechnological applications such as detergent and paper processing under alkaline conditions.

• Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.166-171
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• 2023

Backgrounds/Aims: Routine execution of intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is considered a good practice to help early identification of biliary duct injuries (BDIs) or common bile duct (CBD) stones. This study aimed to determine the impact of IOC during LC. Methods: This is a retrospective, monocentric study, including patients with a LC performed from January 2020 to December 2021. Results: Of 303 patients, 215 (71.0%) were in the IOC group and 88 (29.0%) in the no-IOC group. IOC was incomplete or unclear in 10.7% of patients, with a failure rate of 14.7%. Operating time was 15 minutes longer in the IOC group (p = 0.01), and postoperative complications were higher (5.1% vs. 0.0%, p = 0.03). There were three BDIs (0.99%), all included in the IOC group; only one was diagnosed intraoperatively, and the other two were identified during the postoperative course. Regarding identifying CBD stones, IOC showed a sensitivity of 77%, a specificity of 98%, an accuracy of 97.2%, a positive predictive value of 63% and a negative predictive value of 99%. Conclusions: Systematic IOC has shown no specific benefits and prolonged operative duration. IOC should be performed on selected patients or in situations of uncertainty on the anatomy.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.799-805
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• 2004

Two dimensional MEDICI simulator is used to study the characteristics of latch-up current of Dual Gate Emitter Switched Thyristor. The simulation is done in terms of the current-voltage characteristics, latch-up current density, ON-voltage drop and electrical property with the variations of p-base impurity concentrations. Compared with the other power devices such as MOS Controlled Cascade Thyristor(MCCT), Conventional Emitter Switched Thyristor(C-EST) and Dual Channel Emitter Switched Thyristor(DC-EST), Dual Gate Emitter Switched Thyristor(DG-EST) shows to have the better electrical characteristics, which is the high latch-up current density and low forward voltage-drop. The proposed DG-EST which has a non-planer p-base structure under the floating $N^+$ emitter indicates to have the better characteristics of latch-up current and breakover voltage.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.189-210
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• 2016

The current study attempts to expand our understanding of the determinants of energy-saving technology (EST) use by focusing on the individual aspects of environmental behaviors. This study integrates the hedonic, normative, and gain goals to explain the causal relationship between users and EST use. By adopting Goal-Framing Theory, this study proposed three individual goal frames in the environmental context: hedonic (perceived pleasurability), normative (social norms), and gain goals (legislative pressure and economic factor). Partial Least Square (PLS) was used to analyze the data from 104 respondents. Eight of the ten hypotheses were strongly supported. We found that social norms, perceived pleasurability, economic factor, and legislative pressure had positive and significant effects on attitude to EST use. Interestingly, we found that media influence did not have a severe effect on perceived pleasurability, and that the economic factor enforces mainly positive attitude to EST. Important theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

• 한국컴퓨터산업교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.71-74
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• 2003

A vertical trench electrode type EST has been proposed in this paper. The proposed device considerably improve the snap-back effect which leads to a lot of problem of device applications. In this paper, the vertical dual gate Emitter Switched Thyristor(EST) with trench electrode has been proposed for improving snap-back effect. It is observed that the forward blocking voltage of the proposed device is 800V. The conventional EST of the same size were no more than 633V. Because the proposed device was constructed of trench-type electrode, the electric field moved toward trench-oxide layer, and the punch through breakdown of the proposed EST is occurred at latest.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.113-117
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• 2006

Heterosis was studied involving two multivoltine silkworm breeds viz, APM1 and SLKSPM through rearing and isozyme analysis. A positive significant heterotic effect was observed in fecundity, hatching % and survivability. The heterobeltiosis was observed only in fecundity and hatching %. Isozyme analysis of ${\alpha}-esterase$ showed variation in loci and allelic expression. The allele with heterozygosity $(Est-2^{12})$ was observed at the Est-2 locus in $F_1$ progeny. Est-3 was observed in $F_1$ progeny, whereas it was completely absent in both parental lines. The present study suggests that the markers ($Est-2^{12}$ and Est-3) targeted for introgression may be useful for the improvement of fecundity and survivability as the phenomenon of heterosis was observed only in $F_1$ progeny.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10d
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• pp.634-636
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• 2002

산업분야에서 자동화 시스템은 자동설계, 생산설비의 관리, 품질검사 등 각종 생산과 관련되어 모든 일을 자동으로 처리 할 수 있도록 하여 생산성을 향상시킨다. 일반적으로 자동화 시스템에서 사용되는 소프트웨어는 사용할 수 있는 흐름 제어 언어가 2종류 이하로 제한이 되어 있고, 동일한 시스템에서 언어의 혼용을 통한 시뮬레이션이 불가능하다. 이에 본 논문에서 혼용 사용이 가능한 흐름 제어 언어 통합 분석기를 제시한다. 고급언어 형태의 ST를 기초로 확장한 언어인 EST를 제시하고 통합 분석기를 위하여 그래픽언어를 EST로 변환하고 흐름제어 규칙 작성이 가능한 FBD 편집기, FBD 편집기에서 출력한 EST를 다시 변환하는 EST-IL 변환기를 설계 및 구현한다. EST를 기준으로 그래픽 언어를 통합하는 통합 분석기는 흐름 제어 언어의 통합 시뮬레이션이 가능하다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.33-37
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• 2001

A vertical trench electrode type EST has been proposed in this paper. The proposed device considerably improves snapback which leads to a lot of problems of device applications. In this paper, the vertical dual gate Emitter Switched Thyristor (EST) with trench electrode has been proposed for improving snab-back effect. It is observed that the forward blocking voltage of the proposed device is 745V. The conventional EST of the same size were no more than 633V. Because the proposed device was constructed of trench-type electrodes, the electric field moved toward trench-oxide layer, and the punch through breakdown of the proposed EST is occurred at latest.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.20-25
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• 2010

Purpose : To compare the effect between isometric exercise group(n=10) and electrical stimulation therapy group(n=10) on improvement of biceps brachii muscle strength. Methods : The experiments were performed for 4 weeks and three times a week. The participants of this study were 20 students(10 male, 10 female) who had not any medical problems. We divided into the two groups. One group received isometric exercise and the other group received EST for 4 weeks. The biceps brachii muscle strength was evaluated by making use of the KIN-COM. Results : The results were as follows 1. One group which received isometric exercise increased 36% for biceps brachii muscle strength. 2.The other group which received EST increased 54% for biceps brachii muscle strength. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that EST group was more effective than isometric exercise group.