• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2019

Background: This study was undertaken to evaluate early clinical outcomes of ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) using a proximal approach, as compared with subacromial steroid injection (SA). Methods: This retrospective study included a consecutive series of 40 patients of SSNB and 20 patients receiving SA, from August 2017 to August 2018. The visual analogue scale (VAS), American Shoulder Elbow Surgeon's score (ASES), University of California, Los Angeles score (UCLA), the 36 health survey questionnaire mental component summary (SF36-MCS), physical component summary (PCS), and range of motion (forward elevation, external rotation, and internal rotation) were assessed for clinical evaluations. Results: Compared with the baseline, VAS, and ranges of motion in the SSNB group significantly improved at the 4-week follow-up (VAS scores improved from $6.7{\pm}1.6$ to $4.3{\pm}2.4$, p<0.001; all ranges of motion p<0.05), while other variables showed no statistically significant differences. All clinical variables were significantly improved in the SA group (p<0.05). However, all clinical scores at the 4-week follow-up showed no significant difference between groups. Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided SSNB using proximal approach provides significant pain relief at 4-weeks after treatment, with statistically significant difference when compared with SA, suggesting that SSNB using proximal approach is a potentially useful option in managing shoulder pain. However, in the current study, it was less effective in improving shoulder function and health-related quality of life, compared with SA.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.216-224
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• 2024

본 논문은 하드웨어 전자 장비에 대해 방사선 고장을 고려한 신뢰성 분석 방법을 제시한다. 기존 신뢰성 분석은 주로 aging 고장률을 기반하고 있으나, 방사선에 의한 고장률을 고려하고 있지 않다. 물리 고장률은 고장 물리 분석을 사용하여 계산되며, 방사선 고장률은 Verilog Fault Injection 도구를 사용하여 준 경험적 방법으로 추정한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법론은 개발 초기 단계에서 신뢰성을 보장하고 회로의 취약성을 사전에 식별하여 개발 시간 및 비용을 줄일 수 있다. 사례 연구로 ISCAS85 회로에 대해 신뢰성 분석을 수행하였으며, 기존 신뢰성 도구를 이용한 분석 방법과 비교하여 우리 접근법의 효과를 보여준다. 이러한 종합적인 분석은 항공 및 우주와 같은 고방사선 분야에서 FPGA의 신뢰성을 보장하는 데 중요하다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.135-141
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• 1997

The early studies demonstrated that the relative amount of FSH was important for stimulating normal ovarian activity and demonstrated the existence of a threshold level for FSH, above which follicular growth was activated. It was found that only a modest increase in circulating FSH level above the threshold (between 10 and 30%) was required to stimulate folliculogenesis. In addition, FSH is primary responsible for initiating estradiol production through the activation of the aromatase enzyme system in granulosa cells, follicular secretion and growth. LH on the other hand, plays a supportive role in ovarian steroidogenesis, stimulating the ovarian thecal cells to produce androgen, the precursor for estradiol synthesis. But there is now an increasing number of reports in the literature demonstrating an adverse effect of LH on fertility and miscarriage in infertile and fertile women. So HP-FSH is the drug of a highly purified FSH preparation which has a higher specific activity and far fewer impurities than FSH. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of HP-FSH administered (SC; subcutaneous) versus FSH(IM; intramuscular) for ovulation induction. 20 candidates patients for ovulation induction were participated. All patients underwent pituitary desensitizing with a long gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist protocol and ovulation induction was started with HP-FSH SC (10 patients; group I) or FSH IM (10 patients; group II). After ovulation, outcome of ovulation induction and local reaction of injection site were compared. There were no difference of outcome of ovulation in two groups except pregnancy rate/embryo transfer. Group I had a higher pregnancy rate/ embryo transfer than Group II (44.4% Vs 28.6%). Pain, redness, tenderness, bruising and itching when the injection received on the first 5 days of treated (50 SC and 50 IM injections) were assessed. There were no significant difference (P>0.05) in the incidence of tenderness, bruising and itching between the IM and SC injection. But IM injection (FSH) had a tendency of higher above incidence. The number of reports of pain, redness were significantly increased in IM injection group (P<0.05). These results indicate that SC administration of HP-FSH has been shown to be as effect for superovulation as traditional gonadotropins, with an improved safety profile due to the removal of extaneous proteins.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.721-726
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• 1998

조피볼락 암컷의 난황형성기에 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyro-nine($T_3$)을 20mg/kg 체중으로 모체주사하여 어미의 혈중 THs 농도변화 및 알과 출산자어로의 THs 전이여부를 조사하였다. L-thyroxine($T_4$)의 경우. 어미의 혈중 및 출산직후 자어에서 $T_3$구와 대조구 사이에 농도 차이를 파악할 수 없었지만, 알에서는 $T_3$구가 대조구 보다 낮은 $T_4$함량을 나타냈다. 어미에게 $T_3$를 주사한 결과, 외인성 $T_3$가 24시간 이내에 어미의 혈중으로 빠르게 흡수되어 난소로 전이된 다음, 출산직후의 난황낭 자어에서도 지속적으로 체류하는 것으로 파악되었다. 일반적으로 난생경골어류에서 THs가 자어 발생 및 변태에 영향을 미치는 점을 고려해 볼 때, 외인성 $T_3$의 모체주사에 의해 조피볼락 자어의 생리활성을 증대시킬 수 있을 것이며, 종묘생산시 건강한 종묘의 생산 가능성이 높을 것으로 보인다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.775-782
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• 2011

가슴샘 비의존성 항원이며 B 림프구의 분열원로 알려져 있는 lipopolysaccharide(LPS)를 발육초기의 C57BL/6계 생쥐에 투여한 후 림프조직의 성숙과정에 따른 면역반응의 양상을 발생학적인 측면에서 형태학적으로 규명하고자 본 실험을 시행하였다. 1. 생후 0일과 3일에 LPS를 주사한 군에서는 주사 후 시간경과에 따라서 림프소절의 총수가 대조군에 비하여 증가되지 않았다. 2. 생후 5일과 7일에 LPS를 주사한 후 2-4주가 경과되었을 때 림프소절의 총수는 대조군에 비하여 유의성있게 증가하였다. 3. 생후 0일에서부터 1주 사이에 LPS를 주사한 후 1-4주가 경과된 실험군에서는 모든 림프절과 심층피질의 면적이 대조군에 비하여 약 1.5-3배정도 커졌다. 4. 생후 3일, 5일 및 1주에 LPS를 주사한 후 2-4주가 경과된 실험군에서는 면적이 0.1 mm2 이상인 림프소절들이 대조군에 비하여 증가하였다. 5. 생후 5일과 1주에 LPS를 주사한 후 2-4주가 경과된 실험군에서는 면적이 0.01 mm2 미만인 림프소절들이 대조군에 비하여 증가하였다. 이상의 실험결과로 미루어 볼 때 LPS의 자극에 의한 새로운 림프소절의 형성능력은 생후 5일-1주에 이루어지며, 또한 새로 생성되는 림프소절들은 면적이 0.01 mm2 미만인 작은 림프소절들일 것으로 예측된다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2015

그라우팅 공법은 지반개량과 안정화에 널리 사용되어 왔으며 초기에는 대부분이 지하수를 차단하거나 조절하기 위해 사용되었고 최근에는 지반의 강화와 구조물의 보수 등 그 용도가 날로 증가하고 있다. 이러한 장점에도 불구하고 지금까지의 그라우팅 공법은 흙 입자 사이의 간극이 좁을 경우 중력식으로는 그라우트재의 침투가 불확실한 경우가 있으며, 주입압을 통하여 주입할 경우 인근 지반의 이완으로 인한 문제점들이 발생할 수 있다. 이에 대한 대안으로 최근 일정한 진폭과 주기를 갖는 진동주입공법이 개발되고 있으며, 이 공법은 정압주입 형태에 비해 그라우트재의 침투성 증대효과가 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 단주기 진동에너지를 가하는 진동그라우팅의 보강효과를 구명하고자 진동주기, 진동시간 및 지반조건 등을 변화시켜 가며 그라우트재의 강도증진 효과, 확공효과, 지반보강효과 및 암반 절리면에서의 침투특성을 평가하였다. 실험결과 지반조건이 느슨한 경우 진동그라우팅 시 무진동 그라우팅에 비해 압축강도와 확공특성이 개선되는 것을 확인하였으며, 침투속도도 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.243-269
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• 2021

2010년대 이후 고준위 방사성폐기물 심층처분, 지하 CO₂ 저장과 시추공 조사 기반 심지층 특성화를 대상으로 한 연구 및 실용화 프로젝트의 사회적 중요성이 점차 높아지고 있다. 이와 관련하여, 대심도 암반의 수리 특성에 대한 정량적이고 신뢰성있는 정보를 얻을 수 있는 현장 시험 기술의 필요성도 크게 증가하고 있다. 수년간의 연구 개발을 통해 자체 기술력으로 설계, 제작된 핵심 장치들을 기반으로 대심도 시추공 수리특성 조사 시스템(DHTS)을 독자적으로 구축하였다. 이 시스템을 사용하여 경주시 중생대 화강암과 퇴적암 지역에 위치한 심도 1 km 급 시추공 2개소에서 고정밀도 정압 주입시험을 성공적으로 수행하였다. 현장 시험에서 미세 유량 주입/조절 모듈을 사용하여 0.01 l/min 미만의 매우 낮은 유량 측정이 가능하였다. 본 논문에서는 DHTS의 주요 특성을 소개하고 대심도 저투수성 암반 환경 하에서 수행된 고정밀도 시험 결과에 대해 간단히 논의하였다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2023

Lab-on-a-disc is a circular disc shape of cartridge that can be used for blood-based liquid biopsy to diagnose an early stage of cancer. Currently, liquid biopsies are regarded as a time-consuming process, and require sophisticated skills to precisely separate cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) floating in the bloodstream for accurate diagnosis. However, by applying the lab-on-a-disc to liquid biopsy, the entire process can be operated automatically. To do so, the lab-on-a-disc should be designed to prevent blood leakage during the centrifugation, transport, and dilution of blood inside the lab-on-a-disc in the process of liquid biopsy. In this study, the main components of lab-on-a-disc for liquid biopsy are fabricated by injection molding for mass production, and ultrasonic welding is employed to ensure the bonding strength between the components. To guarantee accurate ultrasonic welding, the flatness of the components is optimized numerically by using the response surface methodology with four main injection molding processing parameters, including the mold & resin temperatures, the injection speed, and the packing pressure. The 27 times finite element analyses using Moldflow® reveal that the injection time and the packing pressure are the critical factors affecting the flatness of the components with an optimal set of values for all four processing parameters. To further improve the flatness of the lab-on-a-disc components for stable mass production, a quarter-disc shape of lab-on-a-disc with a radius of 75 mm is used instead of a full circular shape of the disc, and this significantly decreases the standard deviation of flatness to 30% due to the reduced overall length of the injection molded components by one-half. Moreover, it is also beneficial to use a quarter disc shape to manage the deviation of flatness under 3 sigma limits.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.684-692
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• 2001

To find out the effect of oxytocin on somatic cell count and milk production, 12 primiparous and multiparous Murrah buffaloes were selected, immediately after the parturition, from the Institute's buffalo herd. These were divided into two groups of 6 each. Buffaloes of group I did not receive oxytocin injection (control); whereas, buffaloes of group II were administered oxytocin during early lactation (av. 42.50 days). The oxytocin injection was given in doses of 2.5 IU i.m. before the start of milking, to let down the milk, for a period of 5 days. Samples of milk from individual buffaloes were collected for 5 days before (Period I), during (Period II) and after (Period III) from both the group of buffaloes. Milk samples of A. M. and P. M. milking were composited in proposition to milk yields for analysis of milk constituents. Normal values of somatic cell counts in group I of buffaloes varied from 0.54 to $0.75{\times}10^{5}cells/ml$. Mean cytoplasmic particles and epithelial cells varied from 3.68 to $7.19{\times}10^{5}cells/ml$ and 0.13 to $0.54{\times}10^{5}cells/ml$. On percentage basis the epithelial and the total leucocyte count were 60 and 40. Total leucocyte count, in the study varied from 0.17 to $0.69{\times}10^{5}cells/ml$. The differential cell count of milk indicated presence of lymphocytes (16.50 to $61.16{\times}1000$), neutrophil (0.00 to $2.00{\times}1000$) and monocyte (0.00 to $18.16{\times}1000$). Somatic cell count (p<0.01) and epithelial cells (p<0.05) varied between buffaloes and between periods of study. Total leucocyte counts of milk were also significantly varied between periods (p<0.05). The change in fat, lactose, chloride, EC and NEFA concentrations during different periods of study, were highly significant, indicated diurnal variations in different buffaloes during different days of experiment. Administration of oxytocin resulted in increase in somatic cell counts of milk (p<0.01) due to the increases in total leucocyte count (p<0.01) during the treatment period. The differential cell count indicated that oxytocin administration increased lymphocyte number significantly (p<0.01). However, secretion of neutrophil, monocyte and cytoplasmic particles were not affected by oxytocin. Eosinophil and basophil cell, though present in few samples, remain unaffected by oxytocin administration. There was no effect of oxytocin on milk production, composition, pH, EC and NEFA concentration.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.49-65
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• 2011

Objectives: This study was performed to investigate the effects of Gagamsosokmyeong-tang(Jiajianxiaoxuming-tang) on the monosodium iodoacetate(MIA) induced early state osteoarthritis in rats. Methods: Osteoarthritis was induced by injection of MIA(0.25 mg) into knee joints of rats. Osteoarthritis rats were divided into control(n=8) and treated=8 group respectively, Control group was taken distilled water and treated group was taken extracts of Gagamsosokmyeong-tang(Jiajianxiaoxuming-tang) by orally for 20 days. Body weight was measured at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 days after MIA injection. At the end of experiment, gross and histopathological examination on the articular cartilages of the knee joints were performed. Proteoglycan(PG) content of articular cartilages were analysed by safranine O staining method. The content of tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}(TNF-{\alpha})$, $interleukin-1{\beta}(IL-1{\beta})$ in synovial fluids were analysed by enzyme-inked inmunosorbent assay(ELISA) method. And also cycloxygenase-2(COX-2), matrix metalloproteinase 3(MMP-3), inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS), calpain immunochistochemical examination on the knee joints were performed. Results: PG content in articular cartilages of the treated group was significantly increased compared with control group. Histopathological osteoarthritic score of the treated group was significantly decreased compared with control group. $TNF-{\alpha}$ content in synovial fluids, expression of iNOS and calpain in synovial membrane of the treated group were significantly decreased compared with control group. But body weight, $1L-1{\beta}$ content in synovial fluids, expression of iNOS and MMP-3 of the treated group were not significantly changed compared with control group. Conclusions: On the basis of these results, we conclude that Gagamsosokmyeong-tang(Jiajianxiaoxuming-tang) has anti-arthritic effects on the MIA induced early stage osteoarthritis in rats.