• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2016

PURPOSE : The purpose of this study was to determine whether tredmill exercise increases pulmonary function and decreases body mass index of the 20s obesity. METHOD : Thirty obesity in their 20s were randomly assigned to on experimental group (n=15) or control group (n=15). Over the course of four weeks, the experimental group participated in tredmill exercise for 30 minutes three times per week and the control group participated in auto-med exercise for 30 minutes three times per week. Subjects were assessed pre-test and post-test by measurement of pulmonary function (tidal volume, inspiration reserve volume, expiratory reserve volume, vital capacity) and body mass index. RESULT : Our findings show that the experimental group had significant difference in expiratory reserve volume and vital capacity and body mass index (p<.05). In the comparison of the two groups, the experimental group had higher pulmonary function and lower body mass index than the control group. CONCLUSION : In this study, the experimental group showed greater improvement in pulmonary function than the control group, which indicates that the tredmill exercise is effective at increasing the pulmonary function and body mass index 20s obesity.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2020

PURPOSE. Prevention of xerostomia and stress is important to prolong healthy life expectancy and improve the quality of life. We aimed to investigate the effects of tongue rotation exercise for increasing salivary secretions and stabilizing salivary stress hormone levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Twenty four participants without subjective oral dryness were enrolled. The exercises comprised tongue rotation exercise and empty chewing. The salivary stress hormone level was measured using a Salivary Amylase Monitor. Unstimulated whole saliva volume and salivary amylase activity were measured before tongue rotation exercise or empty chewing and subsequently 5, 10, and 15 minutes after these exercises. Differences in the rates of change of unstimulated whole saliva volume and salivary amylase activity were analyzed by repeated measure analysis of variance. RESULTS. Statistically significant differences among the rates of change were not observed after empty chewing for unstimulated whole saliva volume and salivary amylase activity at the four measurement times. However, the rate of change of unstimulated whole saliva volume and salivary amylase activity were statistically significantly different among the four time points: before the tongue rotation exercise and 5, 10, and 15 minutes post-exercise (P<.05 and P<.01, respectively). CONCLUSION. Tongue rotation is effective in increasing saliva secretion, reducing stress, improving oral function, and extending healthy life expectancy.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2018

Active clay, bentonite and zeolite were used as porous materials for humidity controlling ceramic boards. The specific area and the pore volume of active clay were higher than those of bentonite and zeolite. It was effective to add white cement as well as a retarding agent to control the setting time of the ceramic paint. As the amount of added porous materials increases, the specific surface area and total pore volume of ceramic paint increase, but the average pore diameter decreases. The addition of porous materials having a high specific area and a large pore volume improves the moisture absorptive and desorptive performance of the ceramic paint. Therefore, in this experiment, the moisture absorptive and desorptive properties were best when active clay was added. Also, as the added amount of porous materials increases, the moisture absorptive and desorptive properties improve. In this experiment, when 70 mass% of active clay was added to ceramic paint, the hygroscopicity was highest at about $80g/m^2$.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1131-1140
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• 2019

Characteristics of fruit tree canopies are important target information for adjusting the pesticide application rate in variable rate spraying in orchards. Therefore, the target detection of the canopy characteristics is very important. In this study, a canopy volume measurement method for peach trees was presented and a variable rate spraying system based on canopy volume measurement was developed using the ultrasonic sensing, one of the most effective target detection method. Ten ultrasonic sensors and two flow control units were mounted on the orchard air-assisted sprayer. The ultrasonic sensors were used to detect the canopy diameters and the flow controls were used to modify the flow rate of the nozzles in real time. Two treatments were established: a constant application rate of $300Lha^{-1}$ was set as the control treatment for the comparison with the variable rate application at a $0.095Lm^{-3}$ canopy. The tracer deposition at different parts of peach trees and the tracer losses to the ground (between rows and within rows) were analyzed in detail under constant rate and variable rate application. The results showed that there were no significant differences between two treatments in the liquid distribution and the capability to reach the inner parts of the crop canopies.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 1997

목적 : 방사선에 대한 정상 폐조직의 부작용에 관한 확률은 폐암의 방사선 치료에 있어서 중요한 지표가 됨에도 닥구하호 잘 알려져 있지 안다. 더구나 표적 부위와는 달리 정상 폐조직의 방사선량 분포는 매우 불균일하므로, 대표 선량값을 찾아 내는 것조차 어렵다 본 연구에서는 Dose Volume Histogram(DVH)과 유효체적방법(Effective Volume Method)을 통하여 정상 폐조직의 선량을 정량화하고 정상 폐조직 부작용 확률(Normal Tlssue Complication Probability, NTCP)을 구하여 임상결과와 비교하므로서 이 방법이 치료 결과를 예측할 수 있는 주요 지표로서 가능할 수 있는지에 대하여 살펴 보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1993년 8월부터 1994년 12월까지 비세포성 폐암으로 방사선과 복합항암약물요법을 병행하여 치료받은 환자 중에서 36명을 무작위 추출하여, DVH 분석을 통한 정상 폐조직의 NTCP를 구하였다. 36명의 환자는 Mitomycin C, Vlnblastlne, Clsplatln을 사용한 2회의 복합항암 약물요법과 동시에 다분할 방사선추료(120cBy11x, bld)를 6480c0y까지 병행 치료하였다. 각 환자의 치료전 CT scan을 사용하여 우측폐, 좌측폐 그리고 전체폐 각각의 DVH를 구하였다. Kutcher등의 Effective Volume Method로 Nonuniform Histogram을 Uniform Histogram으로 변환시켰고, $TD_{50}$은 Emaml 등의 자료에 의거하여, Lyman 공식을 이용하여 NTCP를 구하였다. 방사선 폐렴의 Grade는 SWOG의 Toxlcity Criteria에 따랐다. 결과 : 대상환자 36명중 6명이 Grade 1, 2명이 Grade II의 방사선 폐렴이 발생하였다. 부작용이 발생한 환자군의 NTCP와 발생하지 않은 환자군의 NTCP는 전체폐를 대상으로 28.4와 23.4, 병소 부위의 폐를 대상으로 66.0과 26.4로 통계적으로 유의할 만한 차이를 보였으나 치료 전후에 시행한 폐기능 검사 소견에서는 두 군 사이에서 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 찾지 못하였다. 결론 : 부작용이 있는 관과 부작용이 없는 군의 NTCP는 통계적인 유의한 차이가 있었으며 NTCP와 임상적인 부작용 확률은 정량적으로 일치하였다. 그러나 NTCP는 순수하게 방사선의 효과만을 고려하고 있으나 본 연구에서는 항암약물요법을 병용하였다는것과 다분할(Hyperfractionaltion) 방사선 치료에 의한 방사선 생물학적 변화에 대한 고려가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 본연구결과 유효체적 방법을 이용한 NTCP는 향후 입체조형 치료에서의 선량증가(Dose escalation) 가능성에 대한 부작용 예측 지표로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.203-217
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• 1998

Sella는 오랜 동안 교정학에 있어 필수적인 landmark로서 중요한 위치를 차지해 왔다. 그러나 sella turcica는 그 안에 성장호르몬을 비롯한 많은 중요 호르몬을 분비하는 뇌하수체를 함유하고 있는 구조물로서 sella turcica의 크기는 뇌하수체의 크기를 비교적 정확히 반영한다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 만일 뇌하수체의 크기와 그 기능이 서로 비례한다면 두부방사선 사진에서 관찰되는 sella turcica의 크기와 성장호르몬을 비롯한 여러 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비 기전간에 밀접한 관련이 있을 것으로 추측되며 만일 그렇다면 악안면 성장에 중요한 역할을 하는 호르몬 분비 차이에 의한 악골부조화와 이로 인한 III급 부정교합과의 상관관계도 의심해 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 50명의 정상교합자 남녀와 50 명의 III급 부정교합자 남녀를 대상으로 하여 측모 두부방사선사진과 전후방 두부방사선 사진에서 관찰되는 sella turcica의 부피를 구하고 두부방사선 분석을 통해 IIII 부정교합간의 상관 관계를 구하였다. 연구 결과 정상교합군보다 III급 부정교합군에서 sella turcica의 부피가 유의하게 큰 것으로 나타났으며 (p<0.001), III급 부정교합군에서 여성이 남성 보다 더 큰 sella turcica부피를 갖는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 또한 III급 부정교합을 반영하는 APDI, ANB, effective mandibular length등의 항목에서 sella turcica부피와 높은 상관관계를 나타냈고 전두개저 길이에 대한 sella turcica 부피의 비를 표시하는 Sella Index 는 sella turcica 부피 자체보다 III급 부정교합을 더 정확히 반영하였다. 따라서 악안면 발육에 대한 성장호르몬의 효과나 sella turcica부피와 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비량과의 관계에 대한 지속적인 연구, sella turcica부피에 따른 악안면 성장에 대한 장기적인 연구를 바탕으로 Sella Index를 III급 부정교합을 예측하는 지표로서 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.453-465
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• 2020

Influences of different variables that affect the effective flexural rigidity of reinforced concrete (RC) members are not considered in the most seismic codes. Furthermore, in the last decades, the application of steel fibers in concrete matrix designs has been increased, requiring development of an accurate analytical procedure to calculate the effective flexural rigidity of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) members. In this paper, first, a nonlinear analytical procedure is proposed to calculate the SFRC members' effective flexural rigidity. The proposed model's accuracy is confirmed by comparing the results obtained from nonlinear analysis with those recorded from the experimental testing. Then a parametric study is conducted to investigate the effects of different parameters such as varying axial load and steel fiber are then investigated through moment-curvature analysis of various SFRC (normal-strength concrete) sections. The obtained results show that increasing the steel fiber volume percentage increases the effective flexural rigidity. Also it's been indicated that the varying axial load affects the effective flexural rigidity. Lastly, proper equations are developed to estimate the effective flexural rigidity of SFRC members.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.220-223
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• 2003

The methodology of micromechanical finite element method (MFEM) is proposed to calculate the micromechanical strains on fiber and matrix under mechanical and thermal loadings. For micromechanical analysis, composite structure is idealized the square and hexagonal unit cells. Boundary conditions are determined to calculate the effective material properties of composites and the strain magnification matrix. And they are verified by comparing with the results from multi cells, and the strain distributions of the unit cells are in accordance with those of the multi cells. Finally, the effective material properties of composite structure are obtained with respect to its fiber volume fraction and compared with results from rules-of-mixture.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.28-37
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• 2019

Due to their flexible tailoring qualities, composites have become fascinating materials for structural engineers. While the research area of fiber-reinforced composite materials was previously limited to synthetic materials, natural fibers have recently become the primary research focus as the best alternative to artificial fibers. The natural fibers are eco-friendly and relatively cheaper than synthetic fibers. The main concern of current research into natural fiber-reinforced composites is the prediction and enhancement of the effective material properties. In the present work, finite element analysis is used with a numerical homogenization approach to determine the effective material properties of jute fiber-reinforced epoxy composites with various volume fractions of fiber. The finite element analysis results for the jute fiber-reinforced epoxy composite are then compared with several well-known analytical models.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2012

This paper presents an effective design method for a gas identification system. The design method adopted the sequential combination between the hybrid genetic algorithms and the TSK fuzzy logic system. First, the sensor grouping method by hybrid genetic algorithms led the effective dimensional reduction as well as effective pattern analysis from a large volume of pattern dimensions. Second, the fuzzy identification sub-models allowed handling the uncertainty of the sensor data extensively. By these advantages, the proposed identification model demonstrated high accuracy rates for identifying the five different types of gases; it was confirmed throughout the experimental trials.