• Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.2338-2344
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• 2021

Background: The therapeutic exercise method using kinesiology taping (KT) has been reported to be effective in activating the suprahyoid muscle in healthy adults. However, its applicability and effectiveness are not known to the physically vulnerable elderly. Objectives: To investigate the effects of kinesiology taping on the activity of suprahyoid muscles in community-dwelling elderly people. Design: Repeated measure design. Methods: We enrolled 23 healthy elderly adults (age range 60-75 years) with no history of neurologic disease. Participants performed five consecutive spontaneous swallowing actions at 5-second intervals under three conditions (KT with 80% stretch, placebo-KT, and non-KT. Activation of the suprahyoid muscles during swallowing in the three conditions was measured using surface electromyography (sEMG). In addition, a 0-10 numerical rating self-report scale was used to evaluate the required effort and the resistance felt during swallowing. Results: KT with 80% stretch were significantly higher in sEMG mean value, peak value, required effort, and resistance felt during swallowing compared to other two conditions (P<.05, all). KT with 80% stretch required the most effort during swallowing and, consequently, has a positive effect on increasing suprahyoid muscle activation. Conclusion: Our results could be taken into consideration in therapeutic exercise method for suprahyoid muscle in dysphagia rehabilitation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.1128-1131
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• 2009

폐쇄적 무선망 및 단말 플랫폼의 개방화 추세에 따라 이동통신사업자(MNO)는 자사 고객 retention 및 신규 수익창출을 위해 다양한 전략을 수립하고 있다. 그리고 고객은 이러한 개방 환경에서 이동통신사업자(MNO)의 단말 및 망에 구애받지 않고 자신의 개인정보 및 멀티미디어 컨텐츠 서비스를 편리하게 이용하기를 원하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 와이브로(WiBro)가입자 인증을 위해 단말에 필수 탑재되는 UICC 에 웹 기능 및 대용량 메모리 기술을 추가하여 이를 기반으로 개인화 서비스 제공을 위한 인프라 구축 사례를 살펴본다. 먼저, UICC 기반 개인화 서비스 인프라를 구성하는 UICC 및 단말에서 구현되어야 할 SCWS 및 대용량 메모리 처리 기술을 소개하고 이를 위한 기술 요구사항을 정의한다. 그리고, 해당 UICC 및 단말을 원격에서 관리하기 위해 플랫폼에서 구현하여야 할 제어 프로토콜 기술을 살펴보고, 이를 위한 기술 요구사항을 정의한다. 다음으로 최종적으로 구축된 전체 시스템의 구성 및 서비스 흐름을 기술하고, 끝으로 이러한 인프라를 통하여 제공될 수 있는 개인화 서비스를 소개하고 향후 방향을 소개함으로써 글을 맺는다.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2023.10a
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• pp.409-414
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• 2023

최근 지식 기반 대화 생성에 많은 연구자가 초점을 맞추고 있다. 특히, 특정 도메인에서의 작업 지향형 대화 시스템을 구축하는 것은 다양한 도전 과제가 있으며, 이 중 하나는 거대 언어 모델이 입력과 관련된 지식을 활용하여 응답을 생성하는 데 있다. 하지만 현재 거대 언어 모델은 작업 지향형 대화에서 단순히 정보를 열거하는 방식으로 응답을 생성하는 경향이 있다. 이 논문에서는 전문 지식과 대화 정책 예측 모델을 결합한 프롬프트를 제시하고 작업 지향형 대화에서 사용자의 최근 입력에 대한 정보 제공 및 일상 대화를 지원하는 가능성을 탐구한다. 이러한 새로운 접근법은 모델 파인튜닝에 비해 비용 측면에서 효율적이며, 향후 대화 생성 분야에서 발전 가능성을 제시한다.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2023.10a
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• pp.209-213
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• 2023

최근 자연어 이해 분야에서 대규모 언어모델 기반으로 프롬프트를 활용하여 모델과 상호작용하는 방법이 널리 연구되고 있으며, 특히 상담 분야에서 언어모델을 활용한다면 내담자와의 자연스러운 대화를 주도할 수 있는 대화생성 모델로 확장이 가능하다. 내담자의 상황에 따라 개인화된 상담대화를 진행하는 모델을 학습시키려면 동일한 내담자에 대한 과거 및 차기 상담대화가 필요하지만, 기존의 데이터셋은 대체로 단일 대화세션으로 구축되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 언어모델을 활용하여 단일 대화세션으로 구축된 기존 상담대화 데이터셋을 확장하여 연속된 대화세션 구성의 학습데이터를 확보할 수 있는 프롬프트 기반 데이터 증강 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법은 기존 대화내용을 반영한 요약질문 생성단계와 대화맥락을 유지한 차기 상담대화 생성 단계로 구성되며, 프롬프트 엔지니어링을 통해 상담 분야의 데이터셋을 확장하고 사용자 평가를 통해 제안 기법의 데이터 증강이 품질에 미치는 영향을 확인한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.806-809
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• 2008

온칩(on-chip) 캐쉬는 외부 메모리로의 접근을 감소시키는 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 내장형 시스템에 맞추어 설계된 2-레벨 캐쉬 메모리 구조를 제안하고자 한다. 레벨1(L1) 캐쉬의 구성으로 작은 크기, 직접사상(direct-mapped) 그리고 바로쓰기(write-through)를 채용한다. 대조적으로 레벨2(L2) 캐쉬는 일반적인 캐쉬 크기와 집합연관(Set-associativity) 그리고 나중쓰기(write-back) 정책을 채용한다. 결과적으로 L1캐쉬는 한 사이클 이내에 접근될 수 있고 L2캐쉬는 전체 캐쉬의 미스율(global miss rate)을 낮추는데 효과적이다. 두 캐쉬 계층간 바로쓰기(write-thorough) 정책에서 오는 빈번한 L2 캐쉬 접근으로 인한 에너지 소비를 줄이기 위해 본 연구에서는 One-way 접근 기법을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 2-레벨 캐쉬 메모리 구조는 평균적으로 26%의 성능향상과 43%의 에너지 소비 그리고 77%의 에너지-지연 곱에서 이득을 보여주었다.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 2023

Objective : The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using Kinesiology Tape (KT) for drooling in children with cerebral palsy. Methods : A single-case experimental design with an ABA design was conducted. A total of 46 sessions were conducted, consisting of three baseline sessions (A), 40 intervention sessions (B), and three baseline sessions (A'). The Drooling Impact Scale (DIS) and the Interlabial Gap (IG) were measured before and after the KT intervention, and a Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) was assessed to determine whether there was any change in the target activity for each session. The KT intervention was attached to the orbicularis oris muscle. The KT intervention time was set as the time taken for dysphagia intervention and the actual meal time, for up to one hour a day, for a total of eight weeks. Results : The results of the study showed that the KT intervention had an effect on both the DIS and the IG, and that the GAS scale indicated that target activity increased with each session. Conclusion : These results indicate that the KT intervention can easily be applied to children with cerebral palsy who suffer from drooling, whether in clinical practice, by therapists, or caregivers, and that it can be used for various purposes.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.218-236
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• 2023

This study attempted to analyze the environmental equity of fine dust(PM₁₀) in Daegu using MGWR(Multi-scale Geographically Weighted Regression) and KT(Korea Telecom Corporation) sensor data. Existing national monitoring network data for measuring fine dust are collected at a small number of ground-based stations that are sparsely distributed in a large area. To complement these drawbacks, KT sensor data with a large number of IoT(Internet of Things) stations densely distributed were used in this study. The MGWR model was used to deal with spatial heterogeneity and multi-scale contextual effects in the spatial relationships between fine dust concentration and socioeconomic variables. Results indicate that there existed an environmental inequity by land value and foreigner ratio in the spatial distribution of fine dust in Daegu metropolitan city. Also, the MGWR model showed better the explanatory power than Ordinary Least Square(OLS) and Geographically Weighted Regression(GWR) models in explaining the spatial relationships between the concentration of fine dust and socioeconomic variables. This study demonstrated the potential of KT sensor data as a supplement to the existing national monitoring network data for measuring fine dust.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.14-24
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of smoking conditions on the in vitro toxicological activity of mainstream smoke. The 2R4F reference cigarette was machine-smoked by International Organization for Standardization(ISO) and Canadian Intense(CI) conditions. Smoke was analysed for chemical composition and in vitro toxicity. The cytotoxic potencies of both the total particulate matter(TPM), which were collected in Cambridge filter pad, and gas/vapor phase(GVP), which was bubbled through in phosphate-buffer saline in a gas-washing bottle, were assessed neutral red up take assay with chinese hamster ovary(CHO) cells. The assessment for genotoxicity of TPMs generated under ISO and CI conditions was determined using Salmonella mutagenicity assay and in vitro micronucleus assay. When calculated on an equal TPM basis, in vitro toxicity of TPM obtained under CI condition was decreased compared to TPM generated under ISO condition. The results of chemical composition analyses revealed that the lower toxicological activity under CI condition than that of ISO condition could be explained by the decreased in the contents of phenols, N-nitrosoamines and aromatic amines of TPM on an equal TPM basis.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.127-132
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• 2004

We isolated 50 strains from sludge of wastewater treatment aeration tank using selective medium for Thio-bacillus sp. by membrane filtration method. They were identified as Thiobacillus neapolitanus (7), T. tepidarius (4), T. dientrificans (5), T. versutus (23), T. intermedius (2) and T. perometabolis (9). We selected Thiobacillus versutus strain KT51, which had the highest removal efficiency (100％) of hydrogen sulfide and the highest removal efficiency (85％) of dimethyl sulfide for 30 min in screen test. Also Thiobacillus versutus strain KT81 had the highest removal efficiency (26％) of dimethyl disulfide for 30 min in screen test. In applification of lab-scale reactor (closed-biological treatment) using Thiobacillus versutus strain KT51, results were 99.8％ (＜0.02 ppm) removal efficiency of hydrogen sulfide for 15 min.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.284-288
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• 2004

We have recently reported that red ginseng acidic polysaccharide (RGAP), isolated from Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer), showed immunomodulatory antitumor activities, mainly mediated by nitric oxide (NO) production by macrophage. In this study, we examined the effect of RGAP on anticancer activity using lung carcinoma 3LL, sarcoma 180 and adenocarcinoma JC tumor cells transplanted into mice as well as antimetastatic activity using B16-F10 melanoma. When RGAP (300 mg/kg) were treated to mice implanted with one of the three kinds of tumor cells, the tumor weight significantly decreased compared with control mice. Tumor inhibition ratios of RGAP (300 mg/kg) in mice transplanted with lung carcinoma 3LL, sarcoma 180 and adenocarcinoma JC cells were 26.8%, 29.3% and 31.6%, respectively. Hundred mg/kg of RGAP did not cause a significant decrease in tumor weight compared with control group. When RGAP was administered i.p. with the dose of 100 and 300 mg/kg in B16-F10 melanoma-bearing mice, lung metastasis were reduced significantly in mice. Corrected phagocytic index was also remarkably increased by RGAP. These results suggest that stimulation of phagocytic activity of macrophages may be a mechanism for in vivo anticancer and antimetastasis activities of RGAP.