• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2010

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of electric current stimuli and high-voltage electric field treatments on brown rice germination. The brown rice stimulated by electrical current stimuli, functional electrical stimuli of a pulse type, and high-voltage electric field treatments were observed (Type I, II and III). Treatment Type I was a method of semi-soaking brown rice with electric current stimuli of 0.13 V/cm, 0.19 V/cm, and 0.25 V/cm into Petri-dishes for 72 hours. Type II was a method of semi-soaking brown rice with functional electrical stimuli of a pulse type(DC 1 V, 1 Hz, 5%, and duty cycles of 5%, 20%, and 35%) into Petri-dishes for 72 hours. Type III was a method of water-soaking with high-voltage electric field treatments for 60 hours. High-voltage electric field treatments at 15 kV/cm were also conducted for 2.5 min, 7.5 min, and 10 min, respectively. The germination rate and the sprout growth of brown rice germinated by electric current stimuli with 0.13 V/cm, 0.19 V/cm, and 0.25 V/cm were increased by about 10-15% compared with those of the control group. The germination rate and the sprout growth of brown rice germinated by functional electrical stimuli of pulse type(DC 1 V, 1 Hz, 5% duty cycle) were increased by about 10∼15% compared to those of the control group. Also, the best effective treatment among high-voltage electric field treatments was the 10 min group at 15 kV/cm. The germination rate and the sprout growth of brown rice germinated by this treatment of 10 min at 15 kV/cm were increased by about 10∼20% compared to those of the control group. The treatments of electric current stimuli and high-voltage electric field accelerated the germination rate and sprout growth of brown rice by about 10∼15% compared to those of the control group.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.145-154
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• 2016

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is one of the representative physiotherapical modalities used for the treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders by the application of electrical stimuli. In dental practice, it has long been used in the treatment of acute and chronic orofacial pain conditions including temporomandibular disorders. TENS is the delivery of therapeutic electrical stimuli with a variety of electrical intensity, frequency and duration to stimulate peripheral nerve through surface electrodes with various form and placement. While controversy still remains over the clinical effectiveness and application of TENS, basic understanding of its electrical properties and the expected biological reactions is important to increase the therapeutic effect and decrease the risk of possible side effects. This review, therefore, focuses on basic understanding of TENS including its underlying mechanisms and stimulation parameters.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.261-261
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• 2010

Photonic band gap (PBG) materials have been of great interest due to their potential applications in science and technology. Their applications can be further extended when PBG becomes tunable against various chemical and electrical stimuli. In recent, it was found that tunable photonic band gap materials can be achieved by incorporating stimuli-responsive smart gels into PBG materials. For example, the characteristic volume phase transition of gels in response to the various external stimuli including temperature, pH, ionic strength, solvent compositions and electric field were recently combined with the unique optical properties of photonic crystals to form unprecedented highly responsive optical components. Since these responsive photonic crystals are capable of reversibly converting chemical or electrical energy into characteristic optical signals, they have been considered as a good platform for label-free chemical or biological detection, actuators or optical switches as well as a model system for investigating gel swelling behavior. Herein, we report block copolymer photonic gels self-assembled from polystyrene-b-poly (2-vinyl pyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) block copolymers. In this talk, we are going to demonstrate that selective swelling of lamellar structure can be effectively utilized for fabricating PBG materials with extremely large tunability. Optical properties and their applications will be discussed.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.125-128
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• 2011

P300 component of the event-related brain potential (ERP) reflects fundamental cognitive processes. The P300 components have been employed in a wide variety of theoretical, empirical, and clinical applications. In oddball paradigm for eliciting P300, we need standard stimuli and target stimuli. Firstly, designated stimuli are presented to subjects. Nextly, a chosen target stimulus is presented. In this paper, we elicited the P300 components with experiment that the subjects select a chosen target stimulus. Therefore, we measured the P300 components to be related choice of the target stimuli. The experimental results and the P300 components to be analyzed were presented.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.725-730
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• 2013

This paper proposed a novel method for an analysis feature of an Electroencephalogram (EEG) at all channels simultaneously. In a BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) system, EEGs are used to control a machine or computer. The EEG signals were weak to noise and had low spatial resolution because they were acquired by a non-invasive method involving, attaching electrodes along with scalp. This made it difficult to analyze the whole channel of EEG signals. And the previous method could not analyze multiple stimuli, the result being that the BCI system could not react to multiple orders. The method proposed in this paper made it possible analyze multiple-stimuli by grouping the channels. We searched the groups making the largest correlation coefficient summation of every member of the group with a BHS (Binary Harmony Search) algorithm. Then we assumed the EEG signal could be written in linear summation of groups using concentration parameters. In order to verify this assumption, we performed a simulation of three subjects, 60 times per person. From the simulation, we could obtain the groups of EEG signals. We also established the types of stimulus from the concentration coefficient. Consequently, we concluded that the signal could be divided into several groups. Furthermore, we could analyze the EEG in a new way with concentration coefficients from the EEG channel grouping.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-50
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• 2001

주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동과 정상 아동의 청각적 집중 과정의 차이를 비교하기 위해 13명의 남자 환자와 8명의 정상 남자아이에게 청각적 주의집중 과제를 제시하고 사건관련전위를 푸리에 변환과 웨이브렛 분석법으로 비교 조사하였다. 각 군 아동의 표준자극과 표적자극에 대한 사건관련전위 파형을 푸리에 변환을 통해 주파수 차원에서 서로 비교하였고, 각 군 안에서 표적자극과 표준자극을 주었을 때의 진폭을 비교하였다. 표준자극에 대해서는 거의 대부분의 주파수와 전극 위치에서 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동이 정상아동보다 의미 있게 높은 전압을 나타내었다. 반면 표적자극에 대해서는 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동이 정상 아동보다 더 높은 전압을 보이는 경우가 의미 있게 감소하였고 정상 아동이 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동보다 큰 진폭을 나타내는 경우는 의미 있게 증가하였다. 이런 결과는 주의집중을 반영하는 Nd파형의 푸리에 변환 결과에서도 나타났다. 즉 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동은 무시해야 하는 자극에 대해서는 정상 아동보다 지나치게 강한 반응을 보이지만 정작 과제를 수행해야 하는 자극에 대해서는 정상 아동보다 더 약한반응을 보이는 경향을 보였다. 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동은 정상 아동 보다 표적자극에 의한 진폭 증가를 보인 전극과 주파수 영역이 적었을 뿐 아니라 일부 파형은 표준자극을 주었을 때보다 표적자극을 주었을때 오히려 진폭이 의미 있게 감소하여서 이들이 표적자극에 대해 활성이 억제됨을 알 수 있었다. 정상 아동들은 표준자극보다 표적자극에 대해서 거의 모든 전극 위치와 주파수 대열에서 의미 있는 진폭의 증가를 보였으나 전전두엽과 전두엽의 전극에서는 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동이 더 큰 진폭을 보이는 경우가 관찰되었다. 웨이브렛 분석 결과 표준자극에 대해서는 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동이 정상 아동보다 자극이 제시된 후 $0{\sim}300msec$ 사이에 일어나는 전위가 통계적으로 의미 있게 컸다. 이런 차이는 주로 전전두엽과 전두엽 앞쪽, 그리고 측두엽 일부와 후두엽에서 두드러졌다. 그러나 두정엽과 중앙 영역의 전극들은 특히 $300{\sim}370msec$ 이내에 일어나는 전위에서 정상 아동이 더 활발한 전기 활동을 나타내었다. 표적자극에 대해서는 두 군 모두 표준자극보다 전기 활성이 더 증가한 양상이었다. 표적자극에 대해서 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동은 전전두엽과 전두엽 영역에서는 여전히 정상 아동보다 더 활발한 전기 활성을 보였으나 두정엽과 측두엽에서는 정상 아동이 더 큰 진폭을 나타내었다. 이로써 주의력결핍 ${\cdot}$ 과잉운동장애 아동은 무시해야 하는 자극에 대해서는 지나친 반응을 보이며 주의집중을 필요로 하는 자극에 대해서는 정상 아동보다 저하된 반응을 보이는 것이 확인되었다. 이와 함께 푸리에 변환 등 주파수 차원 분석법과 웨이브렛 분석 방법의 유용성을 알아보았다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.241-249
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• 1997

The aim of the present study is to examine the brainstem sites where the electrical stimulation produces a suppression of dorsal horn neuron responses of neuropathic rats. An experimental neuropathy was induced by a unilateral ligation of L5-L6 spinal nerves of rats. Ten to 15 days after surgery, the spinal cord was exposed and single-unit recording was made on wide dynamic range (WDR) neurons in the dorsal horn. Neuronal responses to mechanical stimuli applied to somatic receptive fields were examined to see if they were modulated by electrical stimulation of various brainstem sites. Electrical stimulation of periaqueductal gray (PAG), n. raphe magnus (RMg) or n. reticularis gigantocellularis (Gi) significantly suppressed responses of WDR neurons -to both noxious and non-noxious stimuli. Electrical stimulation of other brainstem areas, such as locus coeruleus. (LC) and n. reticularis paragigantocellularis lateralis (LPGi), produced little or no suppression. Microinjection of morphine into PAG, RMg, or Gi also produced a suppression as similar pattern to the case of electrical stimulation, whereas morphine injection into LC or LPGi exerted no effects. The results suggest that PAG, NRM and Gi are the principle brainstem nuclei involved in the descending inhibitory systems responsible for the control of neuropathic pain. These systems are likely activated by endogenous opioids and exert their inhibitory effect by acting on WDR neurons in the spinal cord.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.524-533
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• 2019

Sea urchins are hugely destructive of marine forest ecosystems. This study aimed to determine the behavioral response of purple sea Urchins Heliocodaris crassispina to food and an electrical stimulus and to investigate the attraction radius of these stimuli, with an eye to the development of technology for controlling sea urchin numbers. Ten purple sea urchins, housed in circular acrylic tank, were tested against various attractant stimuli. In addition, an experiment was conducted with 200 purple sea urchins in a large water tank to observe movement patterns and the attractiveness of various stimuli. In the smaller experiment, eight out of 10 sea urchins were attracted to food, and these attractive effects were maintained in all except one of the affected urchins. However, the attractant effects of the electrical stimulus were maintained in only three sea urchins. The results of the larger experiment indicated that differences in the attractant power of food and an electrical stimulus were 54%-78%, and approximately 5-15% of sea urchins were attracted by the electrical stimulus.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2002

This study set out to investigate what kind of effects the consistent visual stimuli and verbal and non verbal auditory stimuli have on pain alleviation, as well as to see the influence of joint application of visual and auditory stimuli at the same time on pain alleviation, according to lightness of 50lux and 200lux, ultimately providing basic data in setting up an environment in case of treating pain. The subject were comprised of 30 male and female adults with pain in the neck and back area. The subject were treated in their pain area with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator(TENS) 100HZ for 20 minutes in the research set where each visual, auditory, and joint visual and auditory stimuli was given. For analysis methods, Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and McGill Pain Questionnaire were adopted to see the changes before and after treatment, and the electrocardiogram, systolic and diastolic pressure, number of heart rate and breathing frequence and endorphin were compared and analyzed using the Wilcoxon singed-rank test. And The Kreskal-walllis test was used to compare the two subgroups from each group. Wilcoxon singed-rank test and the Kreskal-walllis test was used to compare the two subgroups from each group. The results were as follows: 1. The group of 50lux and 200lux were compared given varying degrees of visual stimuli. The group of 200lux showed more reduction in pain points, average systolic and diastolic pressure and average endorphin. 2. The group of verbal and non verbal were compared given varying degrees of auditory stimuli. The group of non-verbal showed more reduction in average systolic and diastolic pressure. 3. The group of 200lux+verbal and 200lux+non verbal were compared given varying degrees of joint visual and auditory stimuli. There was found a statistical significance(p<0.05) in endorphin between the two groups, with more endorphin reduction for 200lux+non verbal group. And there was a statistically significant reduction in VAS and McGill before and after the treatment between the two groups.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.115-120
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• 1972

The data Presented in this Paper, on the body and Jumping voltage of Penaeus japonicus BATE, are part of a current study on shrimp behaviour in order to improve fishing efficiency of the fishing gear. The experiments concerning electrical stimuli was mostly carried out at the Marine Laboratory of Busan Fisheries College in 1972. The following are the results obtained from the present investigations : 1. When the voltages between a pair of electrodes were fixed constant, the voltage drops between them showed almost constant electrical field. 2. Threshold voltages of the animals varied with body direction to the electrical field, i. e., 200 -500 mV for parallel, 500-1400 mV for vertical and 300-800 mV for diagonal ($45^{\circ}$) settings. 3. Jumping voltages of the animals also varied with the body direction to the electrical field; i. e., 250-1000 mV for parallel, 800-2500 mV for vertical and 400-1300 mV for diagonal settings. 4. The shrimp, in general, were more sensitive to the electrical stimuli when oriented to the cathode rather than the anode. 5. Jumping voltages decreased when the interrupted current was applied to the animals, i. e., less than 200 mV for paralled and 500mV for vertical direction of the body to the electrical field.