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The Effects of Upper Limb Reaching task on Upper Limb Function and Self-Efficacy for Patients with Stroke: Case Study (팔 뻗기 과제가 뇌졸중 환자의 상지기능 및 자기효능감에 미치는 영향에 대한 사례연구)

  • Song, Seung-Il;Cho, Young-Nam
    • Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.59-69
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    • 2014
  • Objective : This study was done to see that upper limb reaching task have an effect on stroke patient's upper limb function and self-efficacy. Methods : The object of the study was done to see for diagnosed with stroke man on the thirty-ninth of this month. upper limb reaching task was done to see three times a for 6 week and by a per for thirty minutes. To find changing upper limb function and self-efficacy before-after upper limb reaching task, they were measured using Box & block test and self-efficacy scale. Results : Box & block test and self- efficacy scale were increased mark of revaluation, evaluation result than one of early evaluation result. Conclusion : Through this study, upper limb reaching task applied to stroke patient was found that it improved stroke patient's upper limb function and self-efficacy.

The Effect of EMG-stim on Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke Patients (근전도 유발 신경근 전기자극치료가 뇌졸중 환자의 상지기능에 미치는 효과)

  • Cho, In-Sul;Chang, Jong-Sung;Kim, Kyoung;Kim, Wook-Ro;Park, Rae-Joon
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study examined the effect of EMG-stim related to the functional recovery of the upper extremity in chronic stroke patients with an intensive massed practice protocol. Methods: The subjects were assigned randomly to either the EMG-stim group (n=10) or sham treatment group (n=10). Both groups received conventional physical therapy, occupational therapy and FES, five times per week over a four week period. In the EMG-stim group, EMG-stim was applied to the hemiplegic wrist and finger extensors for 2 sessions for 30 minutes per day, 5 times per week over a 4 week period. As the pre- and the post-test, the following four motor tests were assessed as the function of the upper extremity clinical functional test: extensor digitorum strength test, Box and Block test, Fugl-Mayer Assessment, and Jebson-Taylor Hand Function Test. Results: In the Box and Block test and Fugl-Mayer Assessment, there were statistically significant differences between both groups as well as between pre- and post-test. The extensor digitorum and wrist extensor strength were similar in both groups. In the Jebson-Taylor Hand Function Test, there was a significant difference in simulated page turning but not in the other subtests. Conclusion: Intensive massed practice with EMG-stim intervention applied to the hemiplegic upper extremity is an effective therapeutic method for chronic stroke patients. However, a variety of intervention methods designed for stroke patients in clinical settings are needed.

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Implementation of Image Block Linked Contents to Improve Children's Visual Perception and Cognitive Function (유아의 시지각 인지기능 개선을 위한 이미지 블록 연동형 콘텐츠 구성과 구현)

  • Kwak, Chang-Sub;Lee, Young-Soon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.9
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    • pp.76-84
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, in order to compose the visual perception cognitive function training content that can be linked with the IPUZZLE image block, an interactive content device that utilizes photos and videos of smartphones. Four areas of visual memory, visual continuity, spatial relationship, and visual discrimination were derived and the content operation, application method, and scenario were written. It was intended to continuously give and induce children's desire to participate in training by designing the content image and developing the existing learning terrain visual and perceptual cognitive function training materials in the form of mobile mini-games. Experiential activities were conducted for general children and their guardians using the developed contents, and the results were found to be significant in terms of concentration, effect, and effect compared to basic puzzle toys. It is expected that this thesis will be a meaningful data for the study of cognitive function improvement activities based on digital toys and contents.

Effects of Occupational Therapeutic Craft Activity on improvement cognitive function and hand function in acute patients with stroke (수공예 작업치료 프로그램 활동이 급성기 뇌졸중 환자의 손 기능에 미치는 효과)

  • Jang, Tae-Yong;Park, Bo-Ra;Yang, Yeong-Ae
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.355-365
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    • 2017
  • This study investigatedwhether occupational therapeutic craft activity improves cognitive function and hand function in patients with acute stroke, with the hope of providing clinically useful results for further studies. From March 2016 to November 2016, thirty acute patients with stroke at A general hospital and B rehabilitation hospital in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, Korea were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups. One group was treated with occupational therapeutic craft activity,and the other general exercise. The subjects performed each activity for 30 minutestwice weekly, for four weeks. To test the effect of intervention, hand function was tested with the Box & Block Test and the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test.Cognitive function measures were the NCSE and Trail-Making Test. Over the four weeks of treatment activities, in the occupational therapeutic craft activity group, hand function measures(p<.05) increased significantly,as did cognitive function measures(p<.05). This study shows that occupational therapeutic craft activity improves hand function and cognitive function effectively in patients with acute stroke. Occupational therapeutic craft activity programscan be based on this study to prepare intervention programs for further studies with acute stroke patients.

Design and Implementation of the module that generate Sync-signal for Controlling Tx/Rx Antenna of 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX TDD Repeater (2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX용 TDD 중계기의 송수신 안테나 제어를 위한 동기 신호 생성 모듈 설계 및 구현)

  • Woo, Sang-Hee
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, Designed and implemented about module that generate division signal for uplink section and downlink section for controlling Tx/Rx antenna of 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX TDD repeater. It is consisted of RF block and Baseband block, and because function of this module is that synchronize with WiMAX signal and create division signal for uplink section and downlink section, this module was designed only received path. And because of manufacturing of most RF block by one chip, this module could minimize area. And in baseband block, used the WiMAX Modem to detect Preamble and DL-MAP information of WiMAX signal. This design can process about 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX.

Semi-active control of seismically excited structures with variable orifice damper using block pulse functions

  • Younespour, Amir;Ghaffarzadeh, Hosein
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.1111-1123
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    • 2016
  • The present study aims at proposing an analytical method for semi-active structural control by using block pulse functions. The performance of the resulting controlled system and the requirements of the control devices are highly dependent on the control algorithm employed. In control problems, it is important to devise an accurate analytical method with less computational expenses. Block pulse functions (BPFs) set proved to be the most fundamental and it enjoyed immense popularity in different applications in the area of numerical analysis in systems science and control. This work focused on the application of BPFs in the control algorithm concerning decrease the computational expenses. Variable orifice dampers (VODs) are one of the common semi-active devices that can be used to control the response of civil Structures during seismic loads. To prove the efficiency of the proposed method, numerical simulations for a 10-story shear building frame equipped with VODs are presented. The controlled response of the frame was compared with results obtained by controlling the frame by the classical clipped-optimal control method based on linear quadratic regulator theory. The simulation results of this investigation indicated the proposed method had an acceptable accuracy with minor computational expenses and it can be advantageous in reducing seismic responses.

An Implementation of 128bit Block Cipher Algorithm for Electronic Commerce (전자상거래를 위한 128비트 블록 암호 알고리즘의 구현)

  • 서장원;전문석
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.55-73
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    • 2000
  • Recently; EC(Electronic Commerce) is increasing with high speed based on the expansion of Internet. EC which is done on the cyber space through Internet has strong point like independence from time and space. On the contrary, it also has weak point like security problem because anybody can access easily to the system due to open network attribute of Internet. Therefore, we need the solutions that protect the security problem for safe and useful EC activity. One of these solutions is the implementation of strong cipher algorithm. NC(Nonpolynomial Complete) cipher algorithm proposed in this paper is good for the security and it overcome the limit of current 64bits cipher algorithm using 128bits key length for input, output and encryption key, Moreover, it is designed for the increase of calculation complexity and probability calculation by adapting more complex design for subkey generation regarded as one of important element effected to encryption. The result of simulation by the comparison with other cipher algorithm for capacity evaluation of proposed NC cipher algorithm is that the speed of encryption and decryption is 7.63 Mbps per block and the speed of subkey generation is 2,42 μ sec per block. So, prosed NC cipher algorithm is regarded as proper level for encryption. Furthermore, speed of subkey generation shows that NC cipher algorithm has the probability used to MAC(Message Authentication Code) and block implementation of Hash function.

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Blocky artifacts reduction by step-function modeling in DCT coded images (DCT 부호화된 영상에서 계단함수모형에 의한 구획잡음의 제거방법)

  • Yang, Jeong-Hun;Choi, Hyuk;Kim, Tae-Jeong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.1860-1868
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    • 1998
  • A simple postprocessing algorithm is proposed to reduce the blocky artifacts of Block Discrete Cosine Transform (BDCT) coded images. Since the block noise is mostly antisymmetric relative to the block boundaries, we model the blocky noise as one-dimensional antisymmertric functions made by superposing DCT basis functions. observing the frequency characteristics of the noies model, we approximate its high frequency components as those of step functions. Then the proposed postprocessing algorithm eliminates the carefully selected high frequency components of step functions in the one-dimensional sN-point DCT domain, when the encoding block size is $N\;{\times}\;N$. It is shown that the proposed algorithm can also be performed in the spatial domain without computational burden of transforms. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm well reduces the blocky artifacts in both subjective and objectie viewpoints.

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Projection analysis for balanced incomplete block designs (균형불완비블럭설계의 사영분석)

  • Choi, Jaesung
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2015
  • This paper deals with a method for intrablock anlaysis of balanced incomplete block designs on the basis of projections under the assumption of mixed effects model. It shows how to construct a model at each step by the stepwise procedure and discusses how to use projection for the analysis of intrablock. Projections are obtained in vector subspaces orthogonal to each other. So the estimates of the treatment effects are not affected by the block effects. The estimability of a parameter or a function of parameters is discussed and eigenvectors are dealt for the construction of estimable functions.

Characterization of Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly(L-lactide) Block Copolymer by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

  • Jeongmin Hong;Donghyun Cho;Taihyun Chang;Shim, Woo-Sun;Lee, Doo-Sung
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.341-346
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    • 2003
  • A poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(L-lactide) diblock copolymer (PEO-b-PLLA) is characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and a block length distribution map is constructed. Although the MALDI- TOF mass spectrum of PEO-b-PLLA is very complicated, most of the polymer species were identified by isolating the overlapped isotope patterns and by fitting the overlapped peaks to the Schulz-Zimm distribution function. Reconstructed MALDI-TOF MS spectrum was nearly identical to the measured spectrum and this method shows its potential to be developed as an easy and fast analysis method of low molecular weight block copolymers.