• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2000

Background & Objectives : Motor evoked potentials(MEPs) to magnetic trans cranial stimulation were performed to evaluate upper motor neuron involvement and relationship to lower motor neuron involvement in motor neuron disease patients. Method : MEPs were obtained in the 17 consecutive patients with motor neuron disease. These patients were divided into three group based on clinical evidence of upper and lower motor neuron involvement, bulbar symptom; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), progressive muscular atrophy(PMA), progressive bulbar palsy(PBP). MEPs were recorded from abductor pollicis brevis and abductor hallucis muscles. Abnormal MEPs were defined by delayed central motor conduction time or absent MEP. Results : MEPs were abnormal in 64%(11/17) of patients; 100%(7/7) in ALS, 64%(4/7) in PMA, 0%(0/3) in PBP respectively. In 68 total recording muscles, 34 muscles had evidence of motor weakness and showed abnormal responses in 59%(20/34). Whereas 34 muscles with normal strength, only 3%(1/34) of muscles showed abnormal response. Conclusion : MEPs are well correlated with upper motor neuron signs in ALS and may detect masking upper motor neuron signs in PMA. The muscles with lower motor neuron sign(weakness) usually relate with abnormal MEPs reponses.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권6호
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• pp.603-611
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• 1997

The motor evoked potentials (MEPs) have been advocated as a method of monitoring the integrity of spinal efferent pathways in various injury models of the central nervous system. However, there were many disputes about origin sites of MEPs generated by transcranial electrical stimulation. The purpose of present study was to investigate the effect of major extrapyramidal motor nuclei such as lateral vestibular nucleus (VN) and medullary reticular nucleus (mRTN) on any components of the MEPs in adult Sprague-Dalwey rats. MEPs were evoked by electrical stimulation of the right sensorimotor cortex through a stainless steel screw with 0.5mm in diameter, and recorded epidurally at T9 - T10 spinal cord levels by using a pair of teflon-coated stainless steel wire electrodes with 1mm exposed tip. In order to inject lidocaine and make a lesion, insulated long dental needle with noninsulated tips were placed stareotoxically in VN and mRTN. Lidocaine of $2{\sim}3\;{\mu}l$ was injected into either VN or mRTN. The normal MEPs were composed of typical four reproducible waves; P1, P2, P3, P4. The first wave (P1) was shown at a mean latency of 1.2 ms, corresponding to a conduction velocity of 67.5 m/sec. The latencies of MEPs were shortened and the amplitudes were increased as stimulus intensity was increased. The amplitudes of P1 and P2 were more decreased among 4 waves of MEPs after lidocaine microinjection into mRTN. Especially, the amplitude of P1 was decreased by 50% after lidocaine microinjection into bilateral mRTN. On the other hand, lidocaine microinjection into VN reduced the amplitudes of P3 and P4 than other MEP waves. However, the latencies of MEPs were not changed by lidocaine microinjection into either VN or mRTN. These results suggest that the vestibular and reticular nuclei contribute to partially different role in generation of MEPs elicited by transcranial electrical stimulation.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2007년도 제28회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.258-261
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• 2007

본 논문은 항공엔진이 전 운용범위 및 운용조건에서 성능요구조건을 만족할 수 있도록 설계 및 운용 한계를 설정하는 MEPS 기법에 관한 내용이다. 대기습도, 엔진품질, 추력설정부정확 및 성능감쇠 등의 영향이 산술적으로 반영되는 Direct Adder와 Root Sum Square로 반영되는 Random Adder에 대해 기술하였다. 본 기법을 4,000Ib급의 상용 터보팬 엔진개발에 적용하여, 각 Adder의 영향성을 분석하여 엔진설계 및 운용한계 설정을 위한 MEPS를 구축하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.803-808
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• 2017

Minimum Energy Performance Standard(MEPS) has been adapted in Korea since 2008. The efficiency standard of variable speed motors is scheduled for publication shortly. In this paper, author reviews the technical trends associated with a high efficient electric motors by reference to research papers, and reviews the research direction to prepare for IE5. This paper provides an overview of high efficiency motors. Various applications have been covered.

• 대한근전도전기진단의학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2018

Objective: To evaluate whether the increase of the amplitude of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) during surgery can imply favorable prognosis postoperatively in spinal cord tumor surgery. Method: MEPs were monitored in patients who underwent spinal cord tumor surgery between March 2016 and March 2018. Amplitude changes at the end of monitoring compared to the baselines in limb muscle were analyzed. Minimum and maximum changes were set to $MEP_{min}$ (%) and $MEP_{max}$ (%). Strengths of bilateral 10 key muscles which were documented a day before ($Motor_{pre}$), 48 h ($Motor_{48h}$) and 4 weeks ($Motor_{4wk}$) after the surgery were reviewed. Results: Difference of $Motor_{48h}$ from $Motor_{pre}$ ($Motor_{48h-pre}$) and $Motor_{4wk}$ from $Motor_{pre}$ ($Motor_{4wk-pre}$) positively correlated with $MEP_{min}$, suggesting that smaller the difference of MEPs amplitude, less recovery of muscle strength. There was a negative correlation between the amount of bleeding and $MEP_{min}$, indicating that the greater the amount of bleeding, the smaller the $MEP_{min}$, implying that MEPs amplitude is less likely to improve when the amount of bleeding is large. It also showed significant difference between patients with improved or no change of motor status and patients with motor deterioration after surgery according to anatomical tumor types. Conclusion: Improve of muscle strength was less when the increase of MEPs amplitude was small, and improvement of MEPs amplitude was less when the amount of bleeding was large. Correlation between changes of status of muscle strength after surgery and tumor types was observed. With amplitude increase in MEPs monitoring, restoration of muscle strength can be expected.

• 아동학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.83-97
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• 1992

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between social cognition (interpersonal problem-solving ability) and social competence. Subjects were 142 male and 148 female fifth graders randomly selected from two elementary schools located in Seoul and their fathers. The children and fathers were administered the Means-Ends Interpersonal Problem-Solving (MEPS) test and the Social Competence Scales based on Choi's inventory(1992). The results indicated significant positive correlations between two subvariables (capability and leadership) of social competence and MEPS. Girls showed significantly higher MEPS scores than boys in the variables of overall problem solving, effective problem solving, and dependent strategy.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.262-268
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• 2015

본 연구는 on-line micro extraction by packed sorbent (on-line MEPS)와 시료다량주입장치인 programmed temperature vaporizer (PTV) injector를 결합한 가스크로마토그래피 질량분석 시스템을 이용하여 유기인계 농약인 methyldemetone-S, diazinon, fenitrothion, parathion, phentoate, O-ethyl O-(4-nitrophenyl) phenylphosphonothioate (EPN)과 카바이트계인 carbaryl에 대한 동시 수질분석법을 확립하였다. MEPS 내 sorbent는 polystyrene divinylbenzene (PDVB) 재질을 이용하였다. 시료전처리시 추출용매 종류, pH, 추출용매량 및 시료주입왕복횟수가 분석에 미치는 영향과 정도보증(QA/QC), 그리고 환경시료에 대한 각 물질의 회수율을 평가하였다. 추출용매는 acetone과 dichloromethane을 80 : 20 (v/v)으로 혼합하여 사용하였고, 내부표준물질과 황산을 첨가한 시료 1 mL를 대상으로 추출용매량 $30{\mu}L$, 시료주입왕복횟수를 7회로 추출하여 분석조건을 최적화하였다. pH가 낮을수록 Diazinon의 분석감응도는 감소한 반면 carbaryl의 분석감응도는 증가하였다. 정도보증결과 항목별 방법검출한계 및 정량한계는 각각 $0.02{\sim}0.18{\mu}g/L$, $0.08{\sim}0.59{\mu}g/L$로 낮았으며, 농도범위 $0.5{\sim}5.0{\mu}g/L$ 수준에서 정밀도와 정확도 범위는 각각 1.5~11.5%, 83.3~129.8%로 나타났다. 환경시료 중 carbaryl을 제외한 모든 항목의 회수율은 75.7~129.3%로 적합하였다. Carbaryl에 대한 회수율은 수돗물, 지하수, 하천수 분석에서 적합한 범위를 나타냈으나, 하수처리방류수에서는 200% 이상으로 만족하지 못하였다.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2003

Purpose: MEPs elicited by transmagnetic stimulations of the motor cortex are facilitated by voluntary muscle contraction. We evaluated the effects of the imagination of the movements on latencies of MEPs and reciprocal inhibition by using transmagnetic stimulations. Methods: Twenty two healthy volunteers(eight men and fourteen women) were studied. TMSs were delivered at rest and during imagining abducting or adducting right thumb. A stimulator with a round coil and a fixed intensity of 80% of maximum was used to evoke MEPs. MEPs were evoked by magnetic stimulations over the scalp and cervical spine(C7-T1), and central motor conduction times(CMCT) were calculated by subtracting the latency of compound muscle action potentials(CMAPs) obtained by stimulating over the cervical spine from that obtained by stimulating over the scalp. The motor evoked potentials were recorded from right abductor pollicis brevis muscle(APB) and adductor pollicis muscle(AP) simultaneously. Results: Imagination of abduction resulted in a shortened latency of the CMAPs in APB, and a prolonged latency in AP. Imagination of adduction resulted in a shortened latency in AP, and a prolonged latency in APB. But the imagination caused no significant change in the latency of CMAPs elicited by stimulation over cervical spine. Therefore, the changes of the CMCTs account for these latency changes with imagination of movement. With the imagination of abduction, there are significant reduction of the CMCT's in APB(10.8%) and prolongation in AP(5.8%). On the other hand, with the imagination of adduction, prolongation of the CMCT's in APB(7.3%) and reduction in AP(5.9%) were observed. Conclusion: These findings indicate that imagination of muscle contraction increases the excitability of the human corticospinal system. Reciprocal inhibition may be accountable for the prolonged latency in the antagonist muscle.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.408-413
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• 2008

Human body has a complete left and right symmetry structure, and the left and right balance by Yin and Yang. When the balance is broken, the left and right Meridian becomes abnormal condition. Acupuncture is a kind of therapy to recover from energy unbalance of the left and right Meridian to a new balance condition. In the study, we observed the electric potential along the stomach meridian (ST) in order to verify the energy consensus phenomenon by transportation of bio-energy between operator and subject during acupuncture. The acupuncture effects on opposite meridian site were investigated by comparing the electric potentials between the right and left ST sites. Meridian electrical potentials (MEPs) between operator and subject were simultaneously generated during the acupuncture and the polarity of MEPs was opposite. The results might imply the bio-energy transportation between operator and subject. In addition, we observed three different patterns of MEPs on both ST sites which might represent the condition of the related meridians because meridians in the body are organically interconnected.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권10호
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• pp.1298-1302
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• 2018

Minimum Efficiency Performance Standard (MEPS) has already been operated in many countries. In particular, the European Union (EU) has entered the IE3 stage since 2017. Korea will also enter the IE3 phase from October 2018. As for Korea, there is still a restriction on induction motors only. But, in the EU and the United States, efficiency regulation of variable speed drives is being deeply examined. Standards related to this are gradually being fixed. In this paper, the current status and the direction of global standards related to the efficiency of motors, inverters and systems are reviewed. And the case of improving the efficiency of the system including the motor will be examined.