• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

Measurement of magnetic signals generated from electric activity of myocardium provides useful information for the functional diagnosis of heart diseases. Key technical component of the magnetocardiography (MCG) technology is SQUID. To measure MCG signals with high signal-to-noise ratio, sensitive SQUID magnetic field sensors are needed. Present magnetic field sensors based on Nb SQUIDs have field sensitivity good enough to measure most of MCG signals. However, for accurate measurement of fine signal pattern or detection of local atrial fibrillation signals, we may need higher field sensitivity. In addition to field sensitivity, economic aspect of the SQUID system is also important. To simplify the SQUID readout electronics, the output voltage or flux-to-voltage transfer of SQUID should be large enough so that direct measurement of SQUID output can be done using room-temperature preamplifiers. Double relaxation oscillation SQUID (DROS), having about 10 times larger flux-to-voltage transfers than those of DC-SQUIDs, was shown to be a good choice to make the electronics compact. For effective cancellation of external noise inside a thin economic shielded room, first-order axial gradiometer with high balance, simple structure and long-baseline is needed. We developed a technology to make the axial gradiometer compact using direct bonding of superconductive wires between pickup coil and input coil. Conventional insert has mechanical support to hold the gradiometer array, and the dewar neck has equal diameter with the dewar bottom. Boiling of the liquid He can generate mechanical vibrations in the gradiometer array due to mechanical connection structure. Elimination of the mechanical support, and direct mounting of the gradiometer array into the dewar bottom can reduce the dewar neck diameter, resulting in the reduction of liquid He consumption.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2019

The paper proposes a knowledge innovation performance model by the dynamic data envelopment analysis with slacks-based measure approach for evaluating the effectiveness of 30 regional knowledge innovation activities in China from 2010 to 2016. In recent years, China has paid more attention to knowledge innovation activities, as central and local governments have pushed on with their innovation projects by lots of investment whatever the difficulties may be. Decision-maker is usually interested in judge its knowledge innovation performance relative to target benchmark by exploring whether one provincial administration region performs better among others and/or if the growth of economy will be benefited greatly by the knowledge innovation activities. To acquire the managerial insight about this issue from a comprehensively designed performance evaluation model, knowledge innovation activity is conceptualized as an intertemporal production process. Invention patent and regional gross product are imposed on desirable outputs, highlighting the need for knowledge economy. The empirical result shows that knowledge innovation has a positive effect on economic development. At the same time, decision-maker should be interest in the economic effect of patents' type and quality. The government should then encourage new technical applications with greater commercial value from a market-oriented perspective, in order to benefit the most from the innovation process in the short-run.

• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.11-30
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to develop BSC model of social enterprise. Performance analysis tool of BSC have been brought over from the business world, designed and created from the perspectives of profit-based businesses. The BSC is a strategic performance measurement and management tool designed for the private sector acting as a communication/information and learning system, to measure 'where we are now' and 'where to aim for next'. It prescribes a plan for translating 'vision' and 'strategy' into concrete action across four perspectives at different stages, depending on the business. These perspectives are 'financial', 'customer', 'internal processes' and 'learning and growth', each of which is connected by cause-and-effect relationships that reflect the firm's strategy. Social aims of social enterprise are to accomplish desired outcomes which are to employ vulnerable people and to provide social services. The measurement factors of financial perspective are stable funding, efficiency of budgeting, stakeholders' financial supports, and trade profit. The measurement factors of customer perspective are government, social service users, employees, local communities, sup plier, social activity company, and partnership with external organizations. The measurement factors of internal process perspective are organizational culture, organizational structure/management, internal/external communication, quality of products and services, information sharing. The measurement factors of learning and growth perspective are training and development, management participation, knowledge sharing, leadership of CEO and manager, and learning culture.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1991

Current studies indicated that emphysema in smokers might be due, in part, to the local suppression of G, -protease inhibitor(u, -Pl) in lung by reactive oxygen species in cigarette smoke or smoke-activated lung neutrophiles. In the present works, we examined the possibility that a measure which inactivated $\alpha$l-Pl by cigarette smoke could be an alternative method to evaluate the cigarette quality, In order to determine the inactivation of $\alpha$1, -Pl, trypsin inhibitory capacity(TIC) was assayed. A rapid loss of $\alpha$1, -Pl activity occurred when $\alpha$1-Pl solutions was exposed the gas phase or total particulate matter(TPM) obtained from various brands. The inactivation of $\alpha$1-Pl by gas phase was dependent upon the number of puffs and the age of the smoke. However, that by TPM was rather decreased since 2 puffs and also showed no more change over 24hrs after exposing. Inactivation of $\alpha$1-Pl determined by our suggested method(5 puffs, 24hours of aging after exposing) using various commercial cigarettes exhibited that high tar brands has inactivated it more strongly than low tar cigarettes. But the ability of some brands to inactivate $\alpha$1-Pl does not correlate with the content of tar or nicotine. These results so여esc that the degree of $\alpha$1-Pl inactivation by cigarette smoke may be a useful index for the evaluation of cigarette quality and that it should be also contribute to the manufacture of less hazardous cigarettes.

• World Technopolis Review
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.144-156
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• 2015

Globalization and knowledge-based economy have increased the importance of local areas as the units of global competition. Therefore, the meaning of localities has been emphasized as the core value of economic activities. In this context, innovation cluster has been recognised and emphasized as effective policy measure for innovation. Therefore, most countries have been trying to develop innovation clusters with their expectation for a rapid growth of economy. Nevertheless, there have been minimal empirical researches on innovation cluster. Therefore, for suggesting implications that activation factors of innovation cluster are to have an effect on tenant's business activities, this study conducted a literature review for the theories of regional innovation system(RIS) and innovation cluster. As a result, the activation factors of innovation cluster were classified into institutional, physicals, and social factor. The case of Gyeonggi province's innovation cluster policy was examined for an empirical analysis. Data were analyzed using ordered logistic regression. The results were as follows:First, Institutional and Infra factors had a positive influence on firms' business activities in every empirical test, so they were the most important activation factors of innovation cluster. Second, regarding the interactive effects of financial support, the interactive effects between financial support and Infra factor had a positive influence on the firms' business activities, according to the result of the empirical test.

• 천문학회보
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.75.1-75.1
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• 2012

Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies are arguably the most important AGN subclass in investigating the origin of the black hole mass-galaxy stellar velocity dispersion (MBH-${\sigma}$) relation because of their high accretion rates close to the Eddington limit. Currently, it is still under discussion whether NLS1s are off from the local MBH-${\sigma}$ relation. We select a sample of 325 NLS1 at relatively low redshift (z<0.1) from the SDSS DR7 by constraining FWHM of $H{\beta}$ in the range of 800-2,200 km/s. Among them, we measured stellar velocity dispersion of 40 objects which show strong stellar absorption lines, e.g. Mg b triplet(${\sim}5175{\AA}$), Fe($5270{\AA}$). In contrast, the other 285 objects show too weak stellar absorption lines to measure velocity dispersion. Using the sample of 40 objects with stellar velocity dispersion measurements, we investigate whether NLS1s follow the same MBH-${\sigma}$ relation as normal galaxies and broad line AGNs. We also test the reliability of the width of narrow lines as a surrogate of stellar velocity dispersion by comparing directly measured stellar velocity dispersion with ${\sigma}$ inferred from [O III], [N II], [S II] line widths, respectively. We will discuss the connection between AGN activity in NLS1s and galaxy evolution based on these results.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.247-257
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• 2017

본 연구는 전문대학생의 우울 정도를 측정하고 대학생활 스트레스 요인들과 일주기성이 우울에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 광주지역에 소재한 전문대학교 학생 720명을 대상으로 2016년 10월 10일부터 10월 31일까지 설문조사를 실시하였으며 회수된 설문지 중 687부를 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 학생들의 34.5%가 우울증 치료가 필요하며, 71.6%가 가벼운 우울증이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 우울감은 여학생이 남학생보다 높았으며 부모와 별거시, 학년이 높을수록 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 일주기성과 우울과의 관계는 저녁활동형 일수록 우울감이 높았다. 넷째, 회귀분석 결과, 가치관으로 인한 스트레스, 일주기성, 학업스트레스, 취업스트레스 순으로 우울감에 미치는 영향이 크게 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 학생들의 우울증을 조기 발견하고 우울증 과 관련이 많은 스트레스 요인들을 감소시킬 수 있는 정신건강 프로그램이 필요함을 시사한다. 그러나 본 연구는 일부 지역 전문대학생에게 한정되어 있어 일반화시키기에는 무리가 있으며 향후 4년제 대학생과 전문대학생의 비교 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국비블리아학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.97-120
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• 2023

본 연구는 도서관의 지역성, 공동체성, 상호작용성 및 유기체성이라는 소통적 특성을 발굴하고, 이들을 이루는 구성요소가 타당한지 측정하고자 하였으며 연구결과를 통해 소통적 특성을 기반으로 한 공공도서관의 역할을 정립하고자 하였다. 연구결과, 최종적으로 도서관은 '지역성', '공동체성', '상호작용성', '유기체성'의 4개의 소통적 특성을 지는 것으로 나타났다. 4개의 소통적 특성은 16개 구성요소, 이에 따른 63개의 세부요소로 구분할 수 있다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 델파이 조사결과를 종합하여 소통적 특성에 따라 공공도서관의 역할을 정립하였다. 첫째, 도서관이 건강한 지역사회를 형성하는 공간으로 커뮤니티 활동을 위한 다양한 공간을 제공하고, 커뮤니티의 생성과 강화에 기여하며 이에 필요한 정보를 제공하는 역할을 한다. 둘째, 도서관은 공동체성 강화를 위해 지역의 문화공동체 형성과 대인관계 향상, 사회적응력 향상 지원을 통해 지역사회의 소속감 형성에 기여하며, 지역주민 간의 활발한 지역 활동을 지원해야 한다. 셋째, 도서관은 다양한 세대들이 의견을 공유하고, 여가활동을 위한 공간, 지역공동체의 문화 성장을 위한 공간으로 역할을 한다. 넷째, 소통적 특성으로서 도서관 유기체성은 내·외부 환경변화에 따라 도서관의 전통적인 역할과 기능인 정보전달, 정보서비스뿐만 아니라 새로운 개념이 도입되어, 확장된 서비스를 통해 이루어지는 것으로 볼 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2020

Objective : Fibrin sealants have been used for hemostasis, sealant for cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and adhesive barrier in neurosurgery. Further, as its clinical use and role of an effective drug delivery vehicle have been proposed. This study was performed to measure antibacterial activity and continuous local antibiotic release from different concentrations of vancomycin-impregnated fibrin sealant in vitro. Methods : Antibacterial activity was investigated by disk diffusion test by measuring the diameter of the growth inhibition zone of bacteria (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ATCC29213) from vancomycin-embedded fibrin sealant disc diluted at five different concentrations (C1-C5; 8.33, 4.167, 0.83, 0.083, and 0.0083 mg/disc, respectively). Continuous and conditioned release of vancomycin concentration (for 2 weeks and for 5 days, respectively) were also measured using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. To mimic the physiologic wound conditions with in vitro, conditioned vancomycin release in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) was measured and replaced PBS for five consecutive days, half a day or completely daily. Results : In the disk diffusion test, the mean diameters of bacterial inhibition zone were 2.54±0.07 cm, 2.61±0.12 cm, and 2.13±0.15 cm (C1, C2, and C3 respectively) but 1.67±0.06 cm and 1.23±0.15 cm in C4 and C5, respectively. Continuous elution test elicited the peak release of vancomycin from the fibrin sealant at 48 hours, with continued release until 2 weeks. However, conditioned vancomycin release decreased to half or more on day 2, however, the sustainable release was measured over the therapeutic dose (10-20 ㎍/mL) for 5 days and 4 days in assays of half and total exchange of PBS. Conclusion : This study suggests that fibrin sealant can provide an efficient vehicle for antibiotic drug release in a wide range of neurosurgical procedures and the safe and effective therapeutic dose will be at the concentration embedded of 4.167 mg/disc or more of vancomycin.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1181-1196
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• 2011

영상 융합은 특징이 다른 두 개 이상의 영상에 대하여 각 영상의 특징을 모두 갖는 하나의 영상으로 재구성하는 기술로 의료 분야, 군사 분야, 원격 탐사 분야 등 여러 분야에 활용되고 있다. 지금까지 웨이블렛 기반 영상 융합은 주로 이산 웨이블렛 변환 하에서 고주파 영역에서는 표준편차와 같은 액티비티(activity) 측도를 사용하고 저주파 영역에서는 두 영상의 픽셀값의 평균을 취함으로써 이루어져 왔다. 그러나, 이산 웨이블렛 변환은 이동불변(translation-invariance)하지 않으므로 융합 영상에 블록 인공물이 생기곤 한다. 본 논문에서는 이산 웨이블렛 변환의 단점을 보완한 정상 웨이블렛 변환을 이용하여 고주파 영역에서는 영상 특징에 민감하지 않은 사분위수 범위를 사용하고 저주파 영역에서는 고주파 영역의 사분위수 범위 정보를 이용하여 영상을 융합하고자 한다. 영상 실험 결과, 제안된 방법은 정성적이고 정량적인 평가에서 입력 영상의 종류에 관계없이 로버스트한 결과를 낳음을 알 수 있었다.