• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2006

The number of species and forest area has decreased as urbanization is progressed. The landscape degradation was examined by analyzing vegetation map, satellite image and characteristics of actual vegetation. The study was conducted in Mt. Baekja and its surroundings located on Gyeongsan city, southeastern Korea. As the result of landscape analysis, agricultural field was a characteristic attribute of the study area. Lowlands of this study area were occupied by agricultural field and various plantations. For 15 years from 1987 to 2002, forest area decreased from 2,072.9 ha to 1,853.2 ha, and shape index and fractal dimension of vegetation patches increased from 1.32 to 1.65 and from 1.05 to 1.09, respectively. Pinus densiflora Siebold & Zucco. community showed the highest species diversity, whereas Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carriere community showed the lowest species abundance. As forest management implications, monitoring of endangered plant species (Jeffersonia dubia (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Baker & S.Moore), and restoration of lowland forest from plantation to natural forest were discussed. Further, establishment of greenways utilizing existing streams, roadside, and public facilities were recommended.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2008

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between 3D bone architectural parameters and direction-related elastic moduli of cancellous bone of mandibular condyle. Materials and Methods: Two micro-pigs (Micro-$pig^R$, PWG Genetics Korea) were used. Each pig was about 12 months old and weighing around 44 kg. 31 cylindrical bone specimen were obtained from cancellous bone of condyles for 3D analysis and measured by micro-computed tomography. Six parameters were trabecular thickness (Tb. Th), bone specific surface (BS/BV), percent bone volume (BV/TV), structure model index (SMI), degree of anisotropy (DA) and 3-dimensional fractal dimension (3DFD). Elastic moduli of three orthogonal directions (superior-inferior (SI), medial-lateral (ML), andterior-posterior (AP) direction) were calculated through finite element analysis. Results: Elastic modulus of superior-inferior direction was higher than those of other directions. Elastic moduli of 3 orthogonal directions showed different correlation with 3D architectural parameters. Elastic moduli of SI and ML directions showed significant strong to moderate correlation with BV/TV, SMI and 3DFD. Conclusion: Elastic modulus of cancellous bone of pig mandibular condyle was highest in the SI direction and it was supposed that the change into plate-like structure of trabeculae was mainly affected by increase of trabeculae of SI and ML directions.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2001

Background & Objectives : Fractal Dimension(FD) could be an index of correlation between variable parameters in non-linear chaotic signals. We tried to demonstrate that EEG wave is compatible with chaotic waves by measuring the Lyapunov exponent index and compared the difference of FD between variable age groups(teens, 30's, 50's) Methods : We estimated the Lyapunov exponent index and the FD from digital EEG data among five persons in each normal age groups by using the software which is programmed in our laboratory. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS win 8.0. The statistical differences of Lyapunov exponent index and FD between each electrodes and each age groups were done with ANOVA and paired sample t-test. Result : The Lyapunov exponent indexes were larger than 1 in each electrode and age group. There is no statistical difference in FD between each electrodes and each age groups. Except in 30th age group. In this group the FD of right hemisphere is larger than that of left hemisphere. Conclusion : The result of Lyapunov exponent index means EEG wave is a non-linear chaotic signal. And the results of FD suggest that chaotic parameters of right hemisphere is larger than those of left hemisphere at rest at least in younger people. We think that chaotic parameters can be a useful tool in investigating the variable diseases or brain states.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.26-37
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• 2006

본 연구는 절리암반의 통계적 동질성에 대한 정량적 기준으로 절리의 평면밀도 및 길이를 동시에 고려할 수 있는 통계적 모수인 박스프랙털$(D_B)$의 적용성에 대해 논하였다. 길이분포와 평면밀도를 달리하는 총 129개의 절리연결망에서 박스 집계법을 이용하여 절리의 길이분포와 평면밀도의 변화에 따른 $D_B$의 변화특성을 고찰한 결과 $D_B$는 절리의 방향 또는 절리길이의 표준편차 변화에 영향을 받지 않고 전체절리에 대한 평균 절리길이와 평면밀도에만 영향을 받는다는 사실을 검증하였다. 또한 $D_B$는 절리의 길이와 평면밀도의 함수로써 공학적 지구조구 구분의 정량적 척도로 활용될 수 있음을 입증하였다. 본 연구의 현장 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 도로사면 및 지하구조물에서 박스 집계법을 적용한 사례연구를 수행하였다. 통계적 동질구역 구분에 있어서 일반적인 지질조건와 더불어 기존의 분할표 해석과 본 연구의 방법론을 병행하면 절리의 방향성, 평균길이 및 평면밀도가 종합적으로 고려된 공학적 지구조구의 구분이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.359-368
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• 2000

Landscape change is the modification and replacement of landscape elements in accordance with human management and natural disturbance on land mosaics. During landscape change, changes in patterns such as heterogeneity, diversity and shape, and juxtaposition of spatial elements are also accompanied. For the sustainable landscape system, therefore, spatial characteristics of the landscape should be considered in implementation of landscape conservation and restoration planning. Short-term changes of land-use and landscape pattern during the 10 years of 1980s and 1990s were investigated in the agriculture-forestry dominated landscape system through the statistics and the analysis of landscape-vegetation map. Study area is Yangdong-myon, Yangpyung-gun (37°27′30"N, 127°46′50"E), Kyonggi-do, in central Korea. Landscape change of this region was significantly related to the recent industrialization according to socio-economic development. Analyses of landscape pattern show that the area of secondary forest sustained by human activity decreased and it was replaced with large exotic plantations during this period. Area of paddy field was also extended. Fractal dimension of the total landscape increased, but that of paddy field area decreased due to rearrangement for mechanized farming. Moreover, the area of landscape management regimes such as plantation and cultivation increased in land mosaics during this period.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2020

Ion beam irradiation induces self-organization of nanostructure on the surface of polymer film. We show that the incident angle of Ar ions on polyethylene naphthalate(PEN) film changes self-organized nanostructure. PEN film was irradiated by argon ion beams with the ion incident angle of 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 80°. Nanostructure was altered from dimple to ripple structure as the angle increases. The ripple structure changed to pillar structure after 60°due to that the shallow incident angle increased the ion energy transfer per depth up to 50 eV/Å, which value could induce excessive surface heating and oligomer formation reacting as a physical mask for anisotropic etching. And quantitative analysis of the nanostructures was adapted by using ABC model and fractal dimension theory.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 1998

We studied behaviour pattern of anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) shoal by a method of shoal echo integration and tested species identification by a method of artificial neural network using the acoustic data collected in the East China Sea in March 1994 and in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea of Korea in March 1995. Between areas, frequency distribution of 10 shoal descriptors was different, which showed characteristics of shoal behaviour in size, bathymetric position and acoustic strength. The range and mean of shoal size distribution in length and height was wider and bigger in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea than in the East China Sea. Relative shoal size of China Sea. Fractal dimension of shoal was almost same in both areas. Mean volume reverbration index of shoal was 3 dB higher in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea than in the East China Sea. The depth layer of shoal distribution was related to bottom depth in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea, while it was between near surface and central layer in the East China Sea. Principal component analysis of shoal descriptors showed the correlation between shoal size and acoustic strength which was higher in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea, than in the East China Sea. Correlation was also found among the bathymetric positions of shoal to some degree higher in the southern coastal waters of the East Sea than in the East China Sea. The anchovy shoal of two areas was identified by artificial neural network. The contribution factor index (Cio) of the shoal descriptors between two areas were almost identical feature. The shoal volume reverberation index (Rv) was showed the highest contribution to the species identification, while shoal length and shoal height showed relatively high negative contribution to the species identification.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2022

Objectives: We compared changes in fractal dimension (FD) and grayscale value (GSV) of peri-implant alveolar bone on digital panoramic radiography (DPR) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) immediately after implant surgery and 12 months postoperative. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 16 patients who received posterior mandibular area dental implants with CBCT scans taken about 2 weeks after implantation and one year after implantation were analyzed. A region of interest was selected for each patient. FDs and GSVs were evaluated immediately after implant surgery and at 12-month follow-up to examine the functional loading of the implants. Results: There were no significant differences between DPR and CBCT measurements of FD values (P>0.05). No significant differences were observed between FD values and GSVs calculated after implant surgery and at the 12-month follow-up (P>0.05). GSVs were not correlated with FD values (P>0.05). Conclusion: The DPR and reconstructed panoramic CBCT images exhibit similar image quality for the assessment of FD. There were no changes in FD values or GSVs of the peri-implant trabecular bone structure at the 12-month postoperative evaluation of the functional loading of the implant in comparison to values immediately after implantation. GSVs representing bone mass do not align with FD values that predict bone microstructural parameters. Therefore, GSVs and FDs should be considered different parameters for assessing bone quality.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.287-303
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• 2009

한라산 정상부의 백록담 암체는 백록담조면현무암이 분포하는 동측구역과 한라산조면암이 분포하는 서측구역으로 구분된다. 백록담에서 진행되는 풍화, 암벽붕괴, 낙반은 전반적으로 백록담 서측구역에 분포하는 한라산 조면암의 풍화작용과 밀접한 연관성을 가지며, 동측구역에서는 개별 암석 블록들의 국지적 붕락현상이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 한라산조면암 분포지역의 지질학적 특성을 조사하였으며, 풍화단계별로 조면암 시료를 채취하여 편광현미경분석, X-선 회절분석, 지화학적 분석, 공학적 특성시험을 수행하였다. SEM, XRD, XRF 분석을 통하여 2차 변질광물의 종류와 함량 및 광물조성 변화를 관찰한 결과 점토광물이 확인될 정도의 심한 화학적풍화작용은 발생하지 않았지만 풍화에 따른 화학적풍화지수와 주요원소의 함량 변화에 대한 분석 결과에 의거할때 화학성분의 용탈에 의한 미약한 화학적풍화작용이 발생한 것으로 판단된다. 풍화에 기인된 암석의 공학적특성변화를 고찰하기 위하여 밀도, 비중, 흡수율, 공극률, 탄성파속도, 일축압축강도, 슬레이크내구성지수, 동결-융해시험을 수행하였다. 인공풍화시험을 통한 균열발현 양상과 물리적 특성 측정 결과 기계적풍화작용은 미세균열 및 공극을 발달시켜 암반의 역학적 강도 저하를 야기하고 있으며, 기계적풍화 진행에 의한 추가적인 공극률 저하 양상을 고려할 때 $D_B$ = 1.5 또는 공극률 = $20{\sim}21%$ 범위에서 한라산조면암의 공학적 강도 특성이 소멸될 것으로 분석되었다.