• 대한교통학회지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.17-33
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• 2005

도로설계속도는 해당도로 규격을 결정하는 매우 중요한 설계요소이다. 설계속도 결정시 개통후 차량 주행속도를 예측하여 상관성이 높도록 계획해야 하는데, 기존 일반국도 주행속도 예측 모형은 설계속도에 따른 기하구조 요인만을 고려하여 도로의 주변환경을 고려하지 못하는 한계가 있다. 주변환경을 충분히 고려하지 않을 경우 과도한 공사비 지출과 지나친 환경 파괴우려가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 도로 주변환경요소를 고려하는 주행속도 예측모형식의 정립을 시도했고, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 우리나라 일반국도의 지형 및 지역 요소를 운전자의 시각 특성과 GIS 프로그램을 활용하여 정의하였다. 둘째, 이렇게 구축한 지형 및 지역 특성이 차량의 주행속도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 그 결과, 지형 및 지역 별로 95% 신뢰도에서 속도차이가 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 섯째, 일반선형 모형(GLM)을 통하여 기하구조 요인과 지형 및 지역 요인을 모두 고려한 예측 모형식을 수립해 보았는데, R-Square가 양방향 2차로는 0.67, 양방향 4차로가 0.85로 나타났다. 끝으로 본 연구에서 개발한 모형을 바탕으로 지형 및 지역요소를 감안한 적정 도로 설계속도 범위를 제시했다. 이 방법론에 따라 산출된 관련 설계속도 범위는 일반국도에 대해 적용할 수 있지만, 지방도등 타 도로에 대해서는 직접 적용하기 곤란하다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.543-550
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• 2011

중력이상값은 지구물리, 측지 및 국방 등 다양한 분야에서 활용되는 기초 지구물리 자료로서, 특정 위치에서의 중력이상값을 필요로 하는 경우 일반적으로 데이터베이스화 되어 있는 중력이상값으로부터 내삽하여 활용한다. 그러나 중력은 지형 및 지하광물 등에 의하여 다양하게 변할 수 있는 물리량으로, 내삽에서 가정한 선형성, 2차 곡선 등의 성질이 만족되지 않으면 그 결과로 계산된 중력이상값은 실제 중력값과 큰 차이를 나타내게 된다. 또한, 내삽을 통하여 계산되는 결과값은 이론적으로 조화함수를 만족하여야 한다는 중력의 물리적 성질을 반영하지 못한다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 필요에 따라 유연하게 중력이상값을 계산할 수 있도록 중력 모델링을 수행하였다. 모델링은 평면푸리에 시리즈와 point-mass 함수를 기저함수로 하는 두 방법을 기반으로 수행되었고, 구축된 모델은 내삽으로부터 산출된 결과와 비교하여 특성을 분석하였다. 또한 모델링의 결과와 내삽 방법을 중력참조항법에 적용하여 활용적인 측면을 검토하였다. 연구결과, 기복이 완만한 지역에서는 평면푸리에 시리즈와 point-mass 및 내삽으로부터 계산된 중력이상값이 유사하게 나타났으나, 중력의 기복이 큰 지역에서는 모델 및 내삽에 의한 결과가 큰 차이를 나타내었다. 특히 주변의 네 점을 이용하여 선형으로 계산하는 Bilinear 내삽함수를 이용한 경우가 가장 완만한 중력값을 보이는 반면 point-mass 함수로부터 산출된 결과가 고주파에서 가장 큰 값을 나타내었다. 또한, 모델링 및 내삽에 필요한 자료의 로딩 및 계산 시간을 비교한 결과, 중력참조항법의 경우 중력값의 계산은 모델링을 수행하는 경우가 데이터베이스에 기반을 둔 내삽보다 효율적임을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 중력모델링의 결과 및 특성을 분석하였으며, 향후 모델링은 중력참조항법과 같은 활용분야에 있어 가장 효율적인 신호의 특성과 해상도를 지닌 중력 자료를 제공할 수 있는 기술로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.448-455
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• 2016

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A growing body of research has indicated that night eating could be associated with poor diet quality and negative health outcomes. This study examined the nutritional aspects of night eating, its related factors, and the association between night eating and body weight among Korean adolescents. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study analysed the data from a one day 24-hour dietary recall as well as a demographic survey of 1,738 Korean adolescents aged 12 to 18-years-old obtained from the 2010-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 'Night eating' was defined as consuming 25% or more of one's daily energy intake between 21:00 and 06:00. Subjects complying with the preceding condition were classified as 'night eaters', whereas the rest were considered 'non-night eaters'. Logistic regression analysis examined factors related to night eating. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between night eating and BMI z-scores, whereas multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between night eating and weight status. RESULTS: About 21% of Korean adolescents appeared to be night eaters. Night eaters showed increased breakfast skipping (P = 0.001), higher energy intake from snacks (P < 0.001), greater proportion of energy intake from fat (P = 0.029), and lower Dietary Diversity Scores (P = 0.008) than non-night eaters. Male adolescents presented 1.9 times higher odds of being night eaters than females. Adolescents whose both parents were night eaters were 4.4 times as likely to be night eaters as those whose neither parents were. Female adolescents showed a significant relationship between night eating and BMI z-scores (${\beta}=0.28$, P = 0.004). However, night eating did not increase odds of being overweight or obese in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Night eating in Korean adolescents was related to undesirable dietary behaviours and low diet quality in general as well as higher BMI z-scores in females. Male gender and parental night eating appeared to be the factors that significantly increased odds of night eating. These results suggest that night eating should be considered when designing nutrition education or intervention programs targeting adolescents.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.379-384
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Apolipoprotein A5 gene promoter region T-1131C polymorphism (APOA5 T-1131C) is known to be associated with elevated plasma TG levels, although little is known of the influence of the interaction between APOA5 T-1131C and lifestyle modification on TG levels. To investigate this matter, we studied APOA5 T-1131C and plasma TG levels of subjects participating in a three-month lifestyle modification program. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A three-month lifestyle modification program was conducted with 297 participants (Age: $57{\pm}8years$) in Izumo City, Japan, from 2001-2007. Changes in energy balance (the difference between energy intake and energy expenditure) and BMI were used to evaluate the participants' responses to the lifestyle modification. RESULTS: Even after adjusting for confounding factors, plasma TG levels were significantly different at baseline among three genotype subgroups: TT, $126{\pm}68mg/dl$; TC, $134{\pm}74mg/dl$; and CC, $172{\pm}101mg/dl$. Lifestyle modification resulted in significant reductions in plasma TG levels in the TT, TC, and CC genotype subgroups: $-21.9{\pm}61.0mg/dl$, $-20.9{\pm}51.0mg/dl$, and $-42.6{\pm}78.5mg/dl$, respectively, with no significant differences between them. In a stepwise regression analysis, age, APOA5 T-1131C, body mass index (BMI), homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and the 18:1/18:0 ratio showed independent association with plasma TG levels at baseline. In a general linear model analysis, APOA5 T-1131C C-allele carriers showed significantly greater TG reduction with decreased energy balance than wild type carriers after adjustment for age, gender, and baseline plasma TG levels. CONCLUSIONS: The genetic effects of APOA5 T-1131C independently affected plasma TG levels. However, lifestyle modification was effective in significantly reducing plasma TG levels despite the APOA5 T-1131C genotype background.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.433-438
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Breast milk is the best available food for optimum growth and development of infants and the breastfeeding rate is increasing in Korea. The purpose of this study is to measure the concentrations of macronutrients and to evaluate their changes according to lactation period in breast milk from lactating Korean women. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Milk samples were obtained from 2,632 healthy lactating women (mean age; $32.0{\pm}3.3years$), where the lactating period was up to a period of 8 months, who also volunteered to participate in the Human Milk Macronutrient Analysis Research. Lactose, protein, fat and water content in the breast milk samples were analyzed with infrared spectrometry using MilkoScan FT-2. RESULTS: The mean macronutrient composition per 100 mL of mature breast milk was 7.1 g for lactose, 1.4 g for protein and 3.0 g for fat, and energy content was 61.1 kcal. The protein concentration was significantly lower in milk samples at 1-2 weeks (2.0 g/dL) to 2-3 months (1.4 g/dL) than those at 0-1 week (2.2 g/dL), but it was similar among samples from 3-4 months to 7-8 months (1.3 g/dL). Mean lipid levels varied among different lactational period groups (2.7-3.2 g/dL), but presented no significant difference. Lactose concentration in the milk samples did not differ with lactation period. Maternal body mass index was positively related to protein and lipid breast milk contents, but was negatively related to lactose content. General linear models examining the associations between maternal variables and milk macronutrient content revealed that lactation period had a major impact on protein and lipid, but not on lactose content in breast milk. CONCLUSIONS: These results warrant future studies to explore factors that may be associated with changes in macronutrient content in human milk.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To assess the longitudinal associations of the antioxidant capacity of zinc and body mass index (BMI) with serum uric acid (SUA) in South Korean children. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Using follow-up data from the Ewha Birth and Growth Cohort, we included subjects who were seen at 3 and 7 years of age (n = 183; 90 boys, 93 girls). Daily zinc intake and BMI were assessed at 3 and 7 years of age. SUA measured at 7 years was used as the outcome variable. Using a general linear model, the effects of dietary zinc intake and BMI on SUA were assessed. We also assessed the combined effect of early dietary zinc intake and BMI on SUA in children. RESULTS: The dietary zinc intake at 3 years of age was negatively correlated (ρ = -0.18, P = 0.04), whereas the BMI at 7 years of age was positively correlated (r = 0.18, P = 0.01), with the SUA level at 7 years of age. The dietary zinc intake level at 3 years of age and the BMI level at 7 years of age were, together, significantly related to SUA in children at 7 years of age. SUA was lower in group 1 (normal-weight, high-zinc group) than in the other two groups (group 2: normal-weight, low-zinc and overweight, high-zinc group; and group 3: overweight, low-zinc group). Our results demonstrate the combined effect of zinc intake and BMI on SUA. The combined association remained significant in both the crude and adjusted models (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: SUA was related to combined BMI and dietary zinc intake, and increased zinc intake and normal body weight had a beneficial effect on reducing SUA in children.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.289-307
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• 2010

The problem of model selection arises in a number of contexts, such as subset selection in linear regression, estimation of structures in graphical models, and signal denoising. This paper studies non-asymptotic model selection for the general case of arbitrary (random or deterministic) design matrices and arbitrary nonzero entries of the signal. In this regard, it generalizes the notion of incoherence in the existing literature on model selection and introduces two fundamental measures of coherence-termed as the worst-case coherence and the average coherence-among the columns of a design matrix. It utilizes these two measures of coherence to provide an in-depth analysis of a simple, model-order agnostic one-step thresholding (OST) algorithm for model selection and proves that OST is feasible for exact as well as partial model selection as long as the design matrix obeys an easily verifiable property, which is termed as the coherence property. One of the key insights offered by the ensuing analysis in this regard is that OST can successfully carry out model selection even when methods based on convex optimization such as the lasso fail due to the rank deficiency of the submatrices of the design matrix. In addition, the paper establishes that if the design matrix has reasonably small worst-case and average coherence then OST performs near-optimally when either (i) the energy of any nonzero entry of the signal is close to the average signal energy per nonzero entry or (ii) the signal-to-noise ratio in the measurement system is not too high. Finally, two other key contributions of the paper are that (i) it provides bounds on the average coherence of Gaussian matrices and Gabor frames, and (ii) it extends the results on model selection using OST to low-complexity, model-order agnostic recovery of sparse signals with arbitrary nonzero entries. In particular, this part of the analysis in the paper implies that an Alltop Gabor frame together with OST can successfully carry out model selection and recovery of sparse signals irrespective of the phases of the nonzero entries even if the number of nonzero entries scales almost linearly with the number of rows of the Alltop Gabor frame.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2013

Background: The objective of this study is to determine knowledge about lung cancer among secondary school male teachers in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among three secondary schools located in Kudat district, Sabah, Malaysia during the period from June until September 2012. The protocol of this study was approved by ethics committee of Management and Science University, Malaysia. The aims were explained and a consent form was signed by each participant. Respondents were chosen randomly from each school with the help of the headmasters. Self-administrated questionnaires, covering socio-demographic characteristics and general knowledge of lung cancer, were distributed. Once all 150 respondents completed the questionnaire, they passed it to their head master for collecting and recording. All the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13. ANOVA and t-test were applied for univariate analysis; and multiple linear regression for multivariate analysis. Results: A total of 150 male secondary school teachers participated in this study. Their mean age was $35.6{\pm}6.5$ (SD); maximum 50 and minimum 23 years old. More than half of the participants were Malay and married (52%, 79%; respectively). Regarding the knowledge about lung cancer, 57.3% of the participants mentioned that only males are affected by lung cancer. Some 70.7% mentioned that lung cancer can be transmitted from one person to another. More than half (56.7%) reported that lung cancer is not the leading cause of death in Malaysian males. As for risk factors, the majority reported that family history of lung cancer is not involved. However, 91.3% were aware that cigarettes are the main risk factor of lung cancer and more than half (52%) believed that second-hand smoking is one of the risk factor of lung cancer. More than half (51.3%) were not aware that asbestos, ionizing radiation and other cancer causing substances are risk factors for lung cancer. Quitting smoking, avoiding second-hand smoking and avoiding unnecessary x-ray image of the chest (53.3%, 96.0%, 87.3%; respectively) are the main preventive measures mentioned by the participants. For the factors that influence the participants knowledge, univariate and multivariate analysis showed that only race was significant. Conclusions: Overall, the knowledge of school male teachers about lung cancer was low. However, few items were scored high: cigarettes are the main risk factor; avoiding second-hand smoking; and avoiding x-rays. Interventions to increase lung cancer awareness are needed to improve early detection behavior. Increase the price of pack of cigarettes to RM 20 and banning smoking in public places such as restaurants are highly recommended as primary preventive measures.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.492-505
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• 2007

Statement of problem: An orthodontic miniscrew implant has been used as a skeletal anchorage for orthodontic treatment. However, any relation among the influence of the cortical bone, morphologic differences of orthodontic miniscrew implants and new bone formation hasn't been made clear yet. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the orthodontic miniscrew implant could work as an intraoral skeletal anchorage immediately and stably for orthodontic treatment after insertion of it. Material and methods: Two types of orthodontic miniscrew implants were used in this experiment; tapered type and straight type. One hundred and sixty eight orthodontic miniscrew implants were inserted into the tibiae of 21 rabbits and sacrificed on 3, 7, 11, 14, 21 and 28days later after insertion of them to study removal torque values and histologic and histomorphometric analyses. Results: The results were as follows. 1. The removal torque values of the tapered type were higher than those of the straight type in all groups(p<0.05). 2. There wasn't any distinguishing differences between the tapered type and the straight type about the new bone formation percentage. 3. The removal torque values for both the tapered type and the straight type were gradually decreased at early stages of the test but started to increase at the 7 days group of the straight type and the 11 days group of the tapered type. 4. New bone formation percentage was increased gradually for both the tapered and the straight types as time passed(p<0.05). 5. It was found that the tapered type showed lower values in the cortical bone about both the maximum equilibratory stress distribution and the maximum principal stress distribution than the straight type in linear finite elements analysis. Conclusion: According to the research, the removal torque values were decreased at 7 days group of the tapered type and 11 days group of the straight type after the insertion of the orthodontic miniscrew implants in tibiae of rabbits. Considering the human bone activity, it is better to apply the orthodontic force $3{\sim}4$ weeks later than to apply it immediately after the insertion of orthodontic miniscrew implants. Considering that general orthodontic force is about $250{\sim}500$ grams, the tapered type can be worked as a stable skeletal anchor age in an orthodontic treatment even if the orthodontic force is applied on it immediately after the insertion of it.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2014

본 연구는 수평적, 수직적 안면 골격 유형에 따른 하악 전치부 치조골의 형태학적 차이를 알아보기 위하여 시행 하였다. 연구 재료 및 방법: 40명의 Cone-beam computed tomography (Cone-beam CT)를 선별하여, 4개 군으로 분류하였다. Cone-beam CT 자료를 이용하여 하악 전치부 치조골의 부피($mm^3$), 하악 4절치 치축 기준 시상단면의 단면적(총 단면적, 해면골 단면적: $mm^2$), 백악법랑경계(cemento-enamel junction: CEJ) 2 mm, 3 mm 아래 순, 설측 치조골 두께를 측정하였다. 통계분석은 GLM, Kruskal-Wallis test and Tukey HSD를 사용하였다. 결과: 측절치의 백악법랑경계 2 mm, 3 mm 하방 설측 치조골 두께가, Class I low angle군이 나머지 3군 보다 두꺼웠다 (P < 0.05). 하악 전치 치조골의 부피, 전체 치조골 및 해면골의 단면에서의 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 결론: Class I low angle군은 Class II high angle군에 비해 하악 전치 치조골의 설측 부위가 더 두껍다.