• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2015

The activation of prefrontal cortex of brain during some mental tasks like mental arithmetic induce has been studied using hemodynamic imaging modalities. In this study, we focused on the differentiation of activated area in local prefrontal brain caused by the different mental activities as well as evaluating the classification accuracy of in-house fNIRS system. The study preliminarily validated the device including the signal quality and tightness of contact between detectors and prefrontal area. Experimental results of mental tasks on 5 subjects showed the subject dependent tendencies in correlated prefrontal activation and the area of highest accuracy.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1017-1022
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• 2013

Currently, various optical fiber tips are used to deliver laser beam for endoscopic surgery. In this paper, we demonstrated multidirectional (forward and side) firing optical fiber tip using a femtosecond micromachining and $CO_2$ laser polishing technology. We controlled the edge width of optical fiber tip, by modulating the condition of $CO_2$ laser, to regulate the amount of side and forward emission. The distal end of the optical fiber with core/clad diameter of $400/440{\mu}m$ was microstructured with cone shape by using a femtosecond laser. And then the microstructured optical fiber tip was polished by $CO_2$ laser beam result in smoothing and specular reflection at the surface of the cone structure. Finally, we operated the LightTools simulation and good agreement was generally found between the proposed model and experimental simulation.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.296-302
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• 2009

질산화 미생물은 환경조건에 대단히 민감하여 질산화 영향인자의 변화에 의하여 미생물의 성장과 활동이 좌우되고, 이에 의해 질산화 공정의 성공여부가 좌우된다. 질산화에 영향을 미치는 인자로는 배양온도, pH, 용존산소, 기질량, C/N비, 미생물량 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐수처리장의 활성슬러지를 이용하여 합성폐수의 질산화 공정에 미치는 인자들에 대한 연구를 수행하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 고농도의 암모니아성 질소(100 mg/L 이상)를 함유한 경우에 있어서는 합성폐수의 pH가 초기 8에서 pH 6.8까지 감소하였다. 이는 질산화 과정을 통하여 아질산성 질소와 질산성 질소가 생성되어 합성폐수 중의 pH 변화를 가져온 것으로 판단된다. 질산화 공정에서 각각 초기 암모니아성 질소 농도, 공급공기량, 접종한 활성슬러지 양에 비례해서 일정구간에서는 암모니아성 질소의 제거속도가 증가하였다. 질산화 공정에서 C/N 비의 영향은 일정 C/N 비 범위에서는 탄소원이 존재할수록 초기에 암모니아성 질소의 제거율이 증진되는 결과를 얻었다.

• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• 제67권4호
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• pp.1525-1529
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• 2022

Co-Cr-Mo based sheet I-WP lattice was fabricated via laser powder bed fusion. The effect of microstructure and the I-WP shape on compressive mechanical response was investigated. Results of compression test showed that yield strength of the sheet I-WP was 176.3 MPa and that of bulk Co-Cr-Mo (reference material) was 810.4 MPa. By applying Gibson-Ashby analytical model, the yield strength of the lattice was reversely estimated from that of the bulk specimen. The calculated strength of the lattice obtained was 150.7 MPa. The shape of deformed lattice showed collective failure mode, and its microstructure showed that strain-induced martensitic transformation occurred in the overall lattice. The deformation behavior of additively manufactured sheet I-WP lattice was also discussed.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2021

Purpose: This study analyzed research trends related to childhood and adolescent cancer survivors (CACS) using word co-occurrence network analysis on studies registered in the Korean Citation Index (KCI). Methods: This word co-occurrence network analysis study explored major research trends by constructing a network based on relationships between keywords (semantic morphemes) in the abstracts of published articles. Research articles published in the KCI over the past 10 years were collected using the Biblio Data Collector tool included in the NetMiner Program (version 4), using "cancer survivors", "adolescent", and "child" as the main search terms. After pre-processing, analyses were conducted on centrality (degree and eigenvector), cohesion (community), and topic modeling. Results: For centrality, the top 10 keywords included "treatment", "factor", "intervention", "group", "radiotherapy", "health", "risk", "measurement", "outcome", and "quality of life". In terms of cohesion and topic analysis, three categories were identified as the major research trends: "treatment and complications", "adaptation and support needs", and "management and quality of life". Conclusion: The keywords from the three main categories reflected interdisciplinary identification. Many studies on adaptation and support needs were identified in our analysis of nursing literature. Further research on managing and evaluating the quality of life among CACS must also be conducted.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.387-391
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• 2007

An oxygenator is a very important artificial organ and widely used for patients with lung failure or during open heart surgery. Although an oxygenator has been widely studied worldwide to enhance its efficiency, studies on oxygenators, in particular when using a pulsatile blood flow, are domestically limited. Therefore, a new oxygenator was developed in the lab and animal experimental results are described in the paper. The oxygenator is composed of polycarbonate housing and polypropylene hollow fibers. It has a total length of 400 mm and a surface area of $1.7 m^2$. The animal experiment lasted for 4 hours. The blood flow rate was set to 2 L/min and a pulsatile blood pump, T-PLS (Twin-Pulse Life Support), was used. Samples were drawn at the oxygenator's inlet and outlet. The total hemoglobin (Hb), saturation oxygen ($sO_2$), and partial oxygen pressure ($pO_2$), partial $CO_2$ pressure ($pCO_2$), and plasma bicarbonate ion concentration ($HCO_3^-$) were measured. The oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer rates were also calculated based on the experimental data in order to estimate the oxygenator's gas transfer efficiency. The oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer rates were $16.4{\pm}1.58$ and $165.7{\pm}10.96 mL/min$, respectively. The results showed a higher carbon dioxide transfer rate was achieved with the oxygenator. Also, the mean inlet and outlet blood pressures were 162.79 and 137.92 mmHg, respectively. The oxygenator has a low pressure drop between its inlet and outlet. The aim of own preliminary study was to make a new oxygenator and review its performance when applying a pulsatile blood pump thus, confirming the possibility of a new oxygenator suitable for pulsatile flow.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.804-816
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• 2015

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the oxide layer removal process in the Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) abutment after casting procedure on the prosthesis settlement and screw stability. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CCM abutments of four different interface conditions (CCM-M; machined, CCM-O; oxide layer formed, CCM-B; blasted, CCM-P; polished after blasted) and gold abutment (Gold-C; Cast with type III Gold alloy) were used. The initial settling values of abutments were evaluated according to the difference of implant-abutment length when the tightening torques were applied at 5 Ncm and 30 Ncm, and the settling values of abutments caused by loading were evaluated according to the difference of implant-abutment length before and after loading with 250 N, 100000 cycle. The loss ratios of removal torque for abutment screws were evaluated according to the difference in value of removal torques under 30 Ncm tightening torque applied before and after cyclic loading. RESULTS: The CCM-P and CCM-B group showed a higher initial settling value compared with the Gold-C group (P<.05), while the Gold-C group showed the highest settling values caused by loading (P<.05) and no significant differences were observed for between CCM groups (P>.05). The loss ratio of removal torque values for the CCM-B, CCM-P groups did not differ significantly from that of the Gold-C group (P>.05). CONCLUSION: Even though the oxide layer was removed by different methods, CCM abutment with internal conical connection structure showed lower abutment settling and similar screw loosening after cyclic loading compared with gold abutment.

• 한국농림기상학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농림기상학회 2013년도 추계 학술발표논문집
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• pp.30-31
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• 2013

Land use and land cover change (LULCC) due to human activities directly affects natural systems and contributes to changes in carbon exchange and climate through a range of feedbacks. How land use and land cover changes affect carbon exchanges can be assessed using multiyear measurement data from micrometeorological flux towers. The objective of the research is to assess the impact of land use and land cover change on carbon exchange in a heterogeneous cropland area. The heterogeneous cropland area in Haenam, South Korea is also subjected to a land conversion due to rural development. Therefore, the impact of the change in land utilization in this area on carbon exchange should be assessed to monitor the cycle of energy, water, and carbon dioxide between this key agricultural ecosystem and the atmosphere. We are currently conducting the research based on 10 years flux measurement data from Haenam Koflux site and examining the LULCC patterns in the same temporal scale to evaluate whether the LULCC in the surrounding site and the resulting heterogeneity (or diversity) have a significant impact on carbon exchange. Haenam cropland is located near the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula with land cover types consisting of scattered rice paddies and various croplands (seasonally cultivated crops). The LULCC will be identified and quantified using remote sensing satellite data and then analyzing the relationships between LULCC and flux footprint of $CO_2$ from tower flux measurement. We plan to calculate annual flux footprint climatology map from 2003 to 2012 from the 10 years flux observation database. Eventually, these results will be used to quantify how the system's effective performance and reserve capacity contribute to moving the system towards more sustainable configuration. Broader significance of this research is to understand the co-evolution of the Haenam agricultural ecosystem and its societal counterpart which are assumed to be self-organizing hierarchical open systems.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.198-221
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• 2021

1960-70년대 대규모 산림녹화 이후에 한국의 산림은 점차 노령화되고 있다. 노령림의 순 CO₂ 교환은 이론적으로 중립에 가깝지만, 교란이나 관리에 의해 CO₂ 흡원 또는 발원이 될 수 있다. 본 연구는 한국의 광릉 낙엽활엽수 노령림(GDK)의 CO₂ 수지 역학을 이해함으로써, 다음 두 가지 질문에 답하고자 하였다: (1) 보전되고 있는 GDK는 과연 이론적으로 알려져 있는 CO₂ 중립인가? (2) 관측된 CO₂ 수지의 경년 변동이 문헌에 보고된 조절 인자들과의 선형적인 인과관계로 설명이 가능한가? 이에 답하기 위해, 본 연구는 KoFlux GDK 관측지에서 에디 공분산 기술로 2006년부터 2020년까지 15년 동안 관측된 CO₂ 플럭스 자료와 생기상학적 자료를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, (1) GDK는 15년 자료를 평균해서 보면 약한 CO₂ 발원이며, 관측기간 동안 흡원과 발원 사이를 오갔으나 최근 5년 동안 CO₂ 발원으로서의 강도가 증가하고 있다. (2) 전천일사, 생장기간, 엽면적지수의 경년 변동은 총 일차생산량(Gross Primary Production, GPP)의 경년변동과 양의 상관관계(R²=0.32~0.45)가 있는 반면, 기온과 지표면 온도의 경년 변동은 생태계 호흡(Ecosystem Respiration, RE)의 경년 변동과 유의한 상관관계가 없었다. 또한, 관측기간 초반(첫 10년)의 CO₂ 플럭스와 기상요인 및 생물학적 요인으로 학습시킨 기계학습은 관측기간 후반(최근 5년)의 GPP와 RE의 경년 변동을 제대로 모사해내지 못했다. 단, 고사목에서 배출된 탄소 추정량이 CO₂ 발원으로의 전환에 일부 기여했을 것으로 추정된다. GDK의 장기 CO₂ 수지 역학에 대해 올바로 이해하고 해석하기 위해서는, 분석과 모델링을 위한 복잡계과학 기반의 새로운 프레임워크가 필요하다. 더불어, 플럭스 모니터링 및 자료 품질 유지와 함께 고사목과 교란을 지속적으로 모니터링하는 것이 중요함을 다시 한 번 확인하였다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.20.2-20.2
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• 2010

Recently inkjet printing technology has been developed in the areas of low cost fabrication in environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. Although inkjet printing requires the interdisciplinary researches including development of materials, manufacturing processes and printing equipment and peripherals, manufacturing a printhead is still core of inkjet technology. In this study, a piezoelectric driven DOD (drop on demand) inkjet printhead has been fabricated on three layers of the silicon wafer in MEMS Technology because of its chemical resistance to industrial inks, strong mechanical properties and dimensional accuracy to meet the drop volume uniformity in printed electronics and display industries. The flow passage, filter and nozzles are precisely etched on the layers of the silicon wafers and assembled through silicon fusion bonding without additional adhesives. The piezoelectric is screen-printed on the top the pressure chamber and the nozzle plate surface is treated with non-wetting coating for jetting fluids. Printheads with nozzle number of 16 to 256 have been developed to get the drop volume range from 5 pL to 80 pL in various industrial applications. Currently our printheads are successfully utilized to fabricating color-filters and PI alignment layers in LCD Flat Panel Display and legend marking for PCB in Samsung Electronics.