• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.130-135
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• 2021

Water vapor has received worldwide large attention due to its broad technological implications ranged from resource production and environmental remediation. Especially, one of the typical areas where the water vapor is important is the removal of PM (particulate matter) which causes a critical hazard to human health. However, most vapor-based PM removal methods are limited in removing PM2.5 by using relatively large water droplets and consume large energy. Here, we propose a superhydrophilic thermally-insulated macroporous membrane to generate steam flow. The water vapor directly captures PM with steam flow and hygroscopic characteristic of PM. The steam, the cluster of water vapor, from the membrane gives rise to high removal efficiencies compared to those of the control case without light illumination. To reveal PM removal mechanism, the steam flow and PM were quantitatively analyzed using PIV measurement. The proposed steam generator could be utilized as an economical and ecofriendly platform for effective PM removal at a fairly low cost in a sustainable, energy-free, and harmless-to-human manner.

• The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.37-45
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• 2022

Purpose: Leisure time is an intrinsic part of the work-life balance that enables people to rejuvenate their energy and provides a platform to maintain their health while sustaining their productivity levels. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of changes in leisure consumption culture on the modern economy through various research materials. Research design, data and methodology: To have completeness in published systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the use of the standard Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist is essential and the present research selected this research design. Results: This research figured out that individuals who spend most of their leisure time watching TV have been shown to experience lesser satisfaction in their job designation and less happiness overall and also found that Leukocyte Telomere Length is influenced by the type of leisure an individual engages in. Conclusions: Overall, this research points out that the income effect may provide an inverse relationship between work time and labor in that high income from labor makes an individual less inclined to work to make the same money they made before the increased benefits. It is a narrative that may need further research in finding the principles that govern leisure in the labor force.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.67-82
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• 2022

The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 led to inconsistent public health policies that resulted in COVID-19 containment failure. These factors resulted in increased hospitalization and death. To prevent viral spread and achieve herd immunity, the only safe and effective measure is to provide to vaccinates. Ever since the release of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleotide sequence in January of 2020, research centers and pharmaceutical companies from many countries have developed different types of vaccines including mRNA, recombinant protein, and viral vector vaccines. Prior to initiating vaccinations, phase 3 clinical trials are necessary. However, no vaccine has yet to complete a phase 3 clinical trial. Many products obtained "emergency use authorization" from governmental agencies such as WHO, FDA etc. The Korean government authorized the use of five different vaccines. The viral vector vaccine of Oxford/AstraZeneca and the Janssen showed effectiveness of 76% and 66.9%, respectively. The mRNA vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna showed effectiveness of 95% and 94.1%, respectively. The protein recombinant vaccine of Novavax showed an effectiveness of 90.4%. In this review, we compared the characteristics, production platform, synthesis principles, authorization, protective effects, immune responses, clinical trials and adverse effects of five different vaccines currently used in Korea. Through this review, we conceptualize the importance of selecting the optimal vaccine to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.1-6
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• 2022

In this study, to confirm the effects of the mixed load of normal and shear forces acting on a fixing bolt, fatigue design criteria were developed by varying the loading angle and conducting tensile and fatigue tests. After evaluating and comparing the test results under different loading angles, the evaluation criteria were selected. These evaluation criteria were then applied to develop the design criteria. An Arcan fixture was designed and manufactured to simultaneously apply a mixed load of normal and shear forces to the fixing bolt of a turntable, and a fatigue test was conducted. S-N diagrams for various loading angles were obtained, and a 1% P-S-N diagram of failure probability was determined using statistical processing techniques. Our results show that failures of the fixing bolt can be prevented using these diagrams as a basis for developing fatigue design criteria.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.65-74
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• 2009

The risk of health impairment due to poor ventilation, fire and explosion by inflammable materials, and other unintended occurrences is always present in dangerous workplaces such as manholes, underground septic tanks, storage tanks and confined areas. Therefore, it a system which can monitor harmful working environment through sensors in workplace on a realtime basis and keep workers safe from the risk is needed. This paper has attempted to design an inference engine to monitor harmful environments in the workplace. The proposed inference engine has a rule-based system structure using JESS. This system is not confined to a particular computing platform and is easily interlocked with OSGi-based middleware.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.210-215
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• 2022

최근 전 세계적으로 불안감, 우울증 등을 비롯한 정신 건강 관리에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 특히 COVID-19 팬데믹 사태로 인해 경제적, 사회적으로 고립되는 시간이 길어지면서 정신 건강이 악화되고 있다. 한국의 경우도 심리상담을 받는 비율이 증가하는 등 정신 건강 관리의 수요가 높아지고 있다. 정신 건강 관리를 위한 여러 진입 장벽들을 극복하기 위해 개발된 비대면 심리상담들이 인기를 얻고 있다. 특히, 인공지능 기술과 정신 건강 관리를 결합하려는 시도가 많아지고 있으며, 미국, 중국 등 해외에서는 이미 워봇(Woebot), 유퍼(Youper) 같은 심리상담 챗봇이 상용화되어 서비스 중이다. 그러나 한국에서의 심리상담 챗봇은 아직까지 해외만큼 상용화 단계에 이르지 못했다. 또한, 이러한 챗봇을 구축하기 위한 데이터셋 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 익명 심리 플랫폼을 통하여, 심리전문가가 비식별화한 고민과 해당 고민에 대한 전문가 답변을 활용하여 구축한 MICA를 소개한다. 또한, 본 데이터셋을 활용해 딥러닝 기반의 언어 모델을 학습하고 정량적, 정성적 성능 평가를 통해 챗봇의 가능성을 확인하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.135-146
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• 2022

The importance of big data analytics has become apparent with the increasing volume of data on the Internet. The amount of data will increase even more with the widespread use of Internet of Things (IoT). One of the most important application areas of the IoT is healthcare. This study introduces new real-time data analytics architecture for an IoT-based smart healthcare system, which consists of a wireless sensor network and a radio-frequency identification technology in a vertical domain. The proposed platform also includes high-performance data analytics tools, such as Kafka, Spark, MongoDB, and NodeJS, in a horizontal domain. To investigate the performance of the system developed, a diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome by logistic regression is discussed. The results show that the proposed IoT data analytics system can successfully process health data in real-time with an accuracy rate of 95% and it can handle large volumes of data. The developed system also communicates with a riverbed modeler using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to model any IoT-enabling technology. Therefore, the proposed architecture can be used as a time-saving experimental environment for any IoT-based system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.45-46
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• 2020

최근 의료데이터의 표준화를 기반으로 다양한 임상연구가 국내외에서 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 그러나 대부분 개발기술이 임상현장에 적용되지 못하는 이유는 상이한 인프라로 인한 일관성있는 결가를 도출하지 못하는 문제점과 부족한 진단지표와 기준 그리고 충분하지 못한 기술적·임상적 검증이 문제가 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기위한 새로운 통합 플랫폼을 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해서 임상데이터는 OHDSI의 OMOP-CDM으로 표준화되어야 하며, 이외에 의료영상 정보를 포함한다. 제안한 플랫폼은 표준화된 데이터를 통해 지속적인 자가 학습을 수행하며, 질환별 진단에 필요한 개발 도구와 분석 소프트웨어 도구를 통해 다양한 타겟 질환연구를 지원한다. 제안한 플랫폼은 질환에 대한 비침습적 진단을 위해 의료영상을 기반으로 데이터표준화을 기반으로하며, 이를통해 인공지능 기술을 개발하고 병원 정보시스템과 연계하여 임상현장에 실증을 통해 검증하고자 한다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.39-45
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• 2023

As advanced sequencing technologies continue to uncover an increasing number of variants in genes associated with human genetic diseases, there is a growing demand for systematic approaches to assess the impact of these variants on human development, health, and disease. While in silico analyses have provided valuable insights, it is essential to complement these findings with model organism studies to determine the functional consequences of genetic variants in vivo. Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent genetic model for such functional studies due to its efficient genetic technologies, high gene conservation with humans, accessibility to mutant fly resources, short life cycles, and cost-effectiveness. The traditional GAL4-UAS system, allowing precise control of gene expression through binary regulation, is frequently employed to assess the effects of monoallelic variants. Recombinase medicated cassette exchange or CRISPR-Cas9-mediated GAL4 insertion within coding introns or substitution of gene body with Kozak-Gal4 result in the loss-of-function of the target gene. This GAL4 insertion strategy also enables the expression of reference complementary DNA (cDNA) or cDNA carrying genetic variants under the control of endogenous regulatory cis elements. Furthermore, the CRISPR-Cas9-directed tissue-specific knockout and cDNA rescue system provides the flexibility to investigate candidate variants in a tissue-specific and/or developmental-timing dependent manner. In this review, we will delve into the diverse genetic techniques available in Drosophila and their applications in diagnosing and studying numerous undiagnosed diseases over the past decade.

• Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.46-52
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• 2024

Background: This study aims to investigate compensatory strategy in a dog with glenoid dysplasia using kinetic gait analysis before and after reconstruction of medial patellar luxation. Design: Case report Method: On the platform, gait analysis was evaluated for a dog with congenital luxation and bilateral medial patellar luxation (MPL). A dog was evaluated for maximal vertical force (MVF), body load distribution (BLD), and symmetry index (SI), including the left forelimb with congenital luxation before MPL surgery, 15 days of surgery, and 40 days of surgery. Result:: In the comparison between the preoperative and the 15 days of surgery, the MVF of the bilateral forelimbs, especially in the non-affected forelimbs, increased, and the SI also increased. For BLD, the maximum load distribution increased, but the total load distribution decreased. In the comparison of 15 days and 40 days of surgery, MVF and BLD increased, and SI decreased on 40days of surgery. Conclusions: In a dog, the shift in weight load to the non-affected side occurs all the limbs, affecting the peak vertical force, weight load distribution, and symmetry index.