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Giant Synovial Chondromatosis of the Knee Mimicking a Parosteal Osteosarcoma: A Case Report (방골성 골육종과 유사한 슬관절의 거대 활막 연골증식증)

  • Kang, Chang-Ho;Park, Jong-Hoon;Lee, Dae-Hee;Kim, Chul-Hwan;Park, Jeong-Mi;Lee, Won-Seok
    • The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 2010
  • Synovial chondromatosis is a benign nodular cartilaginous proliferation arising in the synovium of joints. The radiolographic features of this condition are variable. Rarely, it would be confused with malignancy such as chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma or synovial sarcoma. We report a case of primary synovial chondromatosis of the posterior aspect of the proximal tibia mimicking a parosteal osteoarcoma on the radiography, which showed a homogeneously radiopaque juxtacortical mass. However, subsequent computed tomography (CT) showed multiple intra-articular masses containing chondroid mineralization, suggesting synovial chondromatosis.

Characteristics and Combined Sewer Overflows (합류식 하수관거의 유출 특성 분석 조사)

  • An, Ki-Sun;Jang, Sung-Ryong;Kwon, Young-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.747-753
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    • 2010
  • It follows in quality and sewage exclusion method of the investigation objective sector and the Combined Sewer Overflows which is suitable in regional characteristics and the confluence area against the rainfall initially a flow and the medulla and measurement - it analyzes the initial rainfall outflow possibility control plan which is suitable in the domestic actual condition and it proposes the monitor ring plan for the long-term flow and pollution load data accumulation. From the research which it sees the Infiltration water/Influent water and CSOs investigation it passes by the phase of hazard chain and Namwon right time 4 it does not hold reverse under selecting, Measurement it used the hazard automatic flow joint seal Sigma 910 machine and in case 15 minute interval of the I/I, it measured a flow at case 5, 15 minute standing of the CSOs. The water quality investigation for the water leakage investigation of the I/I and the sewage from the point which is identical with flow measurement during on-the-spot inspection duration against 6 items which include the BOD sampling and an analysis, when the rainfall analysis for CSOs fundamental investigation analyzed against 18 items which include the BOD sampling. Consequently, for the optimum interpretation invasion water / inflow water of the this investigation area day average the lowest flow - water quality assessment veterinarian optimum interpretation hazard average per day - lowest flow - it averages a medulla evaluation law department one lowest flow evaluation technique and it selects, it presentation collectively from here it gets, position result with base flow analysis of invasion water / inflow water.

Rotator Cuff Tears Syndrome (회전근개 파열 증후군)

  • Kang, Jeom-Deok;Kim, Hyun-Joo
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2007
  • Anatomy: The rotator cuff comprises four muscles-the subscapularis, the supraspinatus, the infraspinatus and the teres minor-and their musculotendinous attachments. The subscapularis muscle is innervated by the subscapular nerve and originates on the scapula. It inserts on the lesser tuberosity of the humerus. The supraspinatus and infraspinatus are both innervated by the suprascapular nerve, originate in the scapula and insert on the greater tuberosity. The teres minor is innervated by the axillary nerve, originates on the scapula and inserts on the greater tuberosity. The subacromial space lies underneath the acromion, the coracoid process, the acromioclavicular joint and the coracoacromial ligament. A bursa in the subacromial space provides lubrication for the rotator cuff. Etiology: The space between the undersurface of the acromion and the superior aspect of the humeral head is called the impingement interval. This space is normally narrow and is maximally narrow when the arm is abducted. Any condition that further narrows this space can cause impingement. Impingement can result from extrinsic compression or from loss of competency of the rotator cuff. Syndrome: Neer divided impingement syndrome into three stages. Stage I involves edema and/or hemorrhage. This stage generally occurs in patients less than 25 years of age and is frequently associated with an overuse injury. Generally, at this stage the syndrome is reversible. Stage II is more advanced and tends to occur in patients 25 to 40 years of age. The pathologic changes that are now evident show fibrosis as well as irreversible tendon changes. Stage III generally occurs in patients over 50 years of age and frequently involves a tendon rupture or tear. Stage III is largely a process of attrition and the culmination of fibrosis and tendinosis that have been present for many years. Treatment: In patients with stage I impingement, conservative treatment is often sufficient. Conservative treatment involves resting and stopping the offending activity. It may also involve prolonged physical therapy. Sport and job modifications may be beneficial. Nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs(NSAIDS) and ice treatments can relieve pain. Ice packs applied for 20 minutes three times a day may help. A sling is never used, because adhesive capsulitis can result from immobilization.

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A New Surface Micromachining Technology for Low Voltage Actuated Switch and Mirror Arrays (저전압 구동용 전기스위치와 미러 어레이 응용을 위한 새로운 표면미세가공기술)

  • Park, Sang-Jun;Lee, Sang-Woo;Kim, Jong-Pal;Yi, Sang-Woo;Lee, Sang-Chul;Kim, Sung-Un;Cho, Dong-Il
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07g
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    • pp.2518-2520
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    • 1998
  • Silicon can be reactive ion etched (RIE) either isotropically or anisotropically. In this paper, a new micromachining technology combining these two etching characteristics is proposed. In the proposed method, the fabrication steps are as follows. First. a polysilicon layer, which is used as the bottom electrode, is deposited on the silicon wafer and patterned. Then the silicon substrate is etched anisotropically to a few micrometer depth that forms a cavity. Then an PECVD oxide layer is deposited to passivate the cavity side walls. The oxide layers at the top and bottom faces are removed while the passivation layers of the side walls are left. Then the substrate is etched again but in an isotropic etch condition to form a round trench with a larger radius than the anisotropic cavity. Then a sacrificial PECVD oxide layer is deposited and patterned. Then a polysilicon structural layer is deposited and patterned. This polysilicon layer forms a pivot structure of a rocker-arm. Finally, oxide sacrificial layers are etched away. This new micromachining technology is quite simpler than conventional method to fabricate joint structures, and the devices that are fabricated using this technology do not require a flexing structure for motion.

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A Study of Crack Propagation and Fatigue Life Prediction on Welded Joints of Ship Structure (II) (선체 용접부의 균열진전 및 피로수명예측에 관한 연구(II))

  • Kim, Kyung-Su;Shim, Chun-Sik;Kwon, Young-Bin;Ko, Hee-Seung;Ki, Hyeok-Geun;Viswanathan, K.K.
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.679-687
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    • 2008
  • The fatigue life of ship structure under cyclic loading condition is made up of crack initiation and propagation stages. For a welding member in ship structure, the fatigue crack propagation life is more important than the fatigue crack initiation life. To calculate precisely the fatigue crack propagation life at the critical welding location, the knowledge of the residual stress sensitivity on the fatigue strength is necessary. In this study, thermo elastic-plastic analysis was conducted in order to examine the effect of residual stress on the fatigue crack propagation life. Also the fatigue crack propagation lives considering residual stress were calculated using fatigue crack growth code, AFGROW, on the basis of fracture mechanics. AFGROW is widely used for fatigue crack growth predictions under constant and variable amplitude loading. The reliability of AFGROW on the fatigue of ship structure was confirmed by the comparison of the estimated results with the fatigue propagation test results.

Development of Multi-Link Mobile Robot for Rough Road Driving (험로 주행을 위한 다중모듈 로봇의 설계)

  • Paek, Ryu-Gwang;Han, Kyong-Ho;Shin, In-Chul
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, design and implementation of multi-modular robots of similar structure to the arthropods for rock path driving. Each module corresponds to an arthropod joint, which has an independent power supply and control equipment including drive and short-range Zigbee wireless communication that were implemented. On various directions and paths each module has the same driving direction and each module is controlled to operate or not by wireless communication. Depending on path condition, each module calculate the speed and torque and depending on the slope of a rough path, the number of active modules can be changed for the efficient driving on a variety of roads conditions. Experimental driving through rough road model, variable multi-module robot is implemented.

Aging Characteristic of Intermetallic Compounds and Bonding Strength of Flip-Chip Solder Bump (플립 칩 솔더 범프의 접합강도와 금속간 화합물의 시효처리 특성)

  • 김경섭;장의구;선용빈
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2002
  • Flip-chip interconnection that uses solder bump is an essential technology to improve the performance of micro-electronics which require higher working speed, higher density, and smaller size. In this paper, the shear strength of Cr/Cr-Cu/Cu UBM structure of the high-melting solder bump and that of low-melting solder bump after aging is evaluated. Observe intermetallic compound and bump joint condition at the interface between solder and UBM by SEM and TEM. And analyze the shear load concentrated to bump applying finite element analysis. As a result of experiment, the maximum shear strength of Sn-97wt%Pb which was treated 900 hrs aging has been decreased as 25% and Sn-37wt%Pb sample has been decreased as 20%. By the aging process, the growth of $Cu_6/Sn_5$ and $Cu_3Sn$ is ascertained. And the tendency of crack path movement that is interior of a solder to intermetallic compound interface is found.

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Analysis of Mechanical Behavior and Fracture Toughness $K_{IC}$ on EGW Welded Joints for High Strength EH36-TMCP Ultra Thick Plate (고강도 극후판 EH36-TMCP강 EGW용접부의 역학적 거동 및 파괴인성 $K_{IC}$에 관한 해석)

  • Bang, Hee-Seon;Bang, Han-Sur;Joo, Sung-Min
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.565-572
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    • 2009
  • This work intends to establish the reliability and fracture toughness $K_{IC}$ criterion of welded joints by EGW for high strength EH36-TMCP ultra thick plate. For this, firstly thermo elasto-plastic analysis has been carried out on two pass X-groove butt joint model to clarify the thermal and mechanical behaviour(residual stress, plastic strain, magnitude of stress and their distribution and production mechanism). Moreover, to establish fracture criterion, analysis of fracture toughness $K_{IC}$ has been performed under the notch machined and residual stress with the load condition on EGW welded joints. A quantitative fracture criterion for EGW welded joints is suggested by using $K_{IC}$.

Effect of Shoe Heel Height on Vastus Medialis and Vastus Lateralis Electromyographic Activity During Stair Ascending and Descending (신발 뒤굽 높이가 계단 올라가기 및 내려오기 동안 내측광근과 외측광근의 근 활성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Duck-Won;Kim, Suhn-Yeop
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.24-31
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    • 2009
  • This study aimed to investigate the effect of differing heel heights on the electromyographic (EMG) activity in vastus medialis (VM) and vastus lateralis (VL) during stair ascending and descending activities. A total of 26 healthy women volunteered to perform stair-ascending and stair-descending tasks with 3 heel heights: barefoot, 3 cm, and 7 cm. The EMG activities of the VM and VL were recorded during the tasks. During the stair ascending and descending tasks, the EMG activities of both VM and VL significantly changed with differing the heel heights (p<.05). Moreover, the EMG activities of VM and VL during the stair ascending task were significantly higher than the corresponding values during the stair-descending task (p<.05). However, there were no significant differences between the VM:VL EMG ratios for the 3 heel heights (p>.05). The VM:VL EMG ratios between the 2 tasks differed significantly in the 7 cm high heel condition (p<.05). Despite an increase in the EMG activities in both VM and VL during stair ascending and descending tasks, there was no change in the relative EMG intensities of VM and VL, which was measured by calculating the VM:VL ratio this result indicates that no VM:VL imbalances were elicited. The relative EMG intensities of VM and VL during stair descent were lower than the corresponding values during the ascent, suggesting that VM and VL may show an imbalance in the eccentric activation during the weight-acceptance phase. This study provides useful information that will facilitate future research on how heel height affects muscle activity around the knee joint.

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Multifocal Skeletal Muscle Metastasis from Kidney Cancer (Transitional Cell Carcinoma) - A Case Report - (신장암의 다발성 골격근 전이 - 1례 보고 -)

  • Rhee, Seung-Koo;Kang, Yong-Koo;Park, Won-Jong;Chung, Jin-Wha;Sur, Yoo-Joon
    • The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.48-53
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    • 2002
  • Although direct skeletal muscle invasion by carcinoma is well recognized, distant metastasis to skeletal muscle is uncommon. Furthermore, multifocal skeletal muscle metastasis is a very exceptional event. Some factors such as variable intra-muscular blood flow, mechanical factors including turbulent blood flow and muscle contraction, intra-muscular acidic condition, lactic acid, protease inhibitors in the extra-cellular matrix were proposed as causes of the rarity of distant metastasis to skeletal muscle. We report here a case of a 67 year old male who had multifocal skeletal muscle metastasis from the transitional cell carcinoma of left kidney.

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