• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.25-49
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• 2009

Advances in technology have resulted in the emergence of new information systems. The convergence of IT and manufacturing sectors has blurred the boundaries among industries. Also, such convergence has become established as a paradigm to build a new area. Especially the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunication, notably in the case of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), is among the most salient examples of its kind in recent years as a major case of disruptive technology innovation. Despite its much fanfare, such convergence, however, has not fulfilled the expectation; it has not produced positive economic effects while negatively affecting the growth of IPIV. Stakeholders in and around IPIV including telecommunication companies, broadcasting corporations, and government bodies wish to gain control of IPTV under their wings. IPTV has drifted in the midst of conflicts among the stakeholders in and around IPTV, particularly telecommunication and broadcasting organizations in a broad sense. Our empirical research intends to deal with how audiences accept IPTV and how firms provide IPTV services to utilize their resources. Three research questions in this paper include, first, whether Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) can sufficiently explain the acceptance of IPTV as an information system. The second question concerns with empirically testing the playful aspect of IPTV to increase its audience acceptance. Last, but not least, this paper deals with how firms can efficiently and effectively allocate their limited resources to increase IPTV viewers. To answer those three main questions of our study, we collect data from 197 current subscribers of high speed internet service and/or cable/satellite television. Empirical results show that 'perceived usefulness (PU) $\rightarrow$ Intention to use' and 'perceived ease of use (PEU) $\rightarrow$ Intention to use' are significant. Also, 'perceived ease of use' is significantly related to 'perceived usefulness.' Perceived ease of handling IPTV without much effort can positively influence the perceived value of IPTV. In this regard, engineers and designers of IPTV should pay more attention to the user-friendly interface of IPTV. In addition, 'perceived playfulness (PP)' of IPTV is positively related to 'intention to use'. Flow, fun and entertainment have recently gained greater attention in the research concerned with information systems. Such attention is due to the changing features of information systems in recent years that combine the functional and leisure attributes. These results give practical implications to the design of IPTV that reflects not just leisure but also functional elements. This paper also investigates the relationship between 'perceived ease of use (PEU)' and 'perceived playfulness (PP).' PEU is positively related to pp. Audiences without fear can be attracted more easily to the user-friendly IPTV, thereby perceiving the fun and entertainment with ease. Practical implications from this finding are that, to attract more interest and involvement from the audience, IPTV needs to be designed with similar or even more user friendly interface. Of the factors related to 'intention to use', 'perceived usefulness (PU)' and 'perceived ease of use (PEU)' have greater impacts than 'perceived playfulness (PP).' Between PU and PEU, their impacts on 'intention to use' are not significantly different statistically. Managerial implications of this finding are that firms in preparation for the launch of IPTV service should prioritize the functions and interface of IPTV. This empirical paper also provides further insight into the ways in which firms can strategically allocate their limited resources so as to appeal to viewers, both current and potential, of IPTV.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.127-137
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• 2007

전기분해 염소소독기로 처리한 결과가 국제해사기구의 협약에서 제시한 생물처리 기준(D-2 regulation)을 만족하는지 확인하기 위해 박테리아, 식물플랑크톤($10-50\;{\mu}m$) 및 동물플랑크톤($>50\;{\mu}m$)의 사멸효과를 확인하였다. 실험조건은 대조구와 잔류염소농도 10 ppm(Expt. 1)과 30 ppm(Expt. 2)을 실험구로 설정하였고, 시험수를 $23.8\;m^3/hr$의 속도로 전기분해염소독기에 통과시켰다. 시험수의 생물조건은 국제해사기구에서 작성된 선박 평형수 관리 장치의 승인을 위한 지침서에서 제시한 기준을 따랐다. 식물플랑크톤의 생사판별은 광학현미경, 형광현미경 및 형광측정기(Turner Designs 10-AU)를 이용하여 확인되었다. 두 농도 조건(10 ppm, 30 ppm)의 처리수에서 운동성이 있는 식물플랑크톤은 움직임이 나타나지 않았고, 형광현미경 하에서 엽록소 형광색이 적색에서 녹색으로 바뀌었으며, 형광값은 고농도(Expt. 1: 6.95, Expt. 2: 7.11)에서 0으로 바뀌었다. 이는 식물플랑크톤의 활성이 상실되어 모두 사멸되었음을 의미한다. 동물플랑크톤의 생사판별은 해부현미경하에서 부속지의 움직임을 토대로 결정되었다. 전기분해 염소소독기 처리 후 해양환경에서 채집되어 농축된 자연군집 동물플랑크톤은 모두 사멸되었으나, 일부 Artemia가 생존하였다. 그러나 각 잔류염소 농도조건의 암소에서 노출시킨 지 24시간 뒤에는 모든 동물플랑크톤이 사멸되었다. 박테리아는 Petrifilm plates($3M^{TM}$)를 이용한 접종배양법으로 처리수의 총 세균, 대장균 군 및 대장균의 사멸효과를 확인한 결과, 균주가 전혀 관찰되지 않았다. 또한 각 염소농도 조건의 처리수에서 추가적으로 노출시킨 5일 동안 세 그룹의 생물에서 재성장이 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구결과는 세 그룹의 생물에 대한 전기분해염소소독기 처리결과가 국제해사기구에서 제정한 선박 평형수 배출기준을 만족시켰음을 보여주었다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.492-507
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• 2010

This article reviews the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during 2009. It is intended to understand the status of current research in the areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation, and indoor environments of buildings and plant facilities. Conclusions are as follows. (1) Research trends of thermal and fluid engineering have been surveyed as groups of general thermal and fluid flow, fluid machinery and piping, and new and renewable energy. Various topics were covered in the field of general thermal and fluid flow such as an expander, a capillary tube, the flow of micro-channel water blocks, the friction and anti-wear characteristics of nano oils with mixtures of refrigerant oils, etc. Research issues mainly focused on the design of micro-pumps and fans, the heat resistance reliability of axial smoke exhaust fans, and hood systems in the field of fluid machinery and piping. Studies on ground water sources were executed concerning two well type geothermal heat pumps and multi-heat pumps in the field of new and renewable energy. (2) Research works on heat transfer area have been reviewed in the categories of heat transfer characteristics and industrial heat exchangers. Researches on heat transfer characteristics included the heat transfer in thermoelectric cooling systems, refrigerants, evaporators, dryers, desiccant rotors. In the area of industrial heat exchangers, researches on high temperature ceramic heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, frosting on fins of heat exchangers were performed. (3) In the field of refrigeration, papers were presented on alternative refrigerants, system improvements, and the utilization of various energy sources. Refrigeration systems with alternative refrigerants such as hydrocarbons, mixed refrigerants, and $CO_2$ were studied. Efforts to improve the performance of refrigeration systems were made applying various ideas of suction line heat exchangers, subcooling bypass lines and gas injection systems. Studies on heat pump systems using unutilized energy sources such as river water, underground water, and waste heat were also reported. (4) Research trend in the field of mechanical building facilities has been found to be mainly focused on field applications rather than performance improvements. In the area of cogeneration systems, papers on energy and economic analysis, LCC analysis and cost estimating were reported. Studies on ventilation and heat recovery systems introduced the effect on fire and smoke control, and energy reduction. Papers on district cooling and heating systems dealt with design capacity evaluation, application plan and field application. Also, the maintenance and management of building service equipments were presented for HVAC systems. (5) In the field of architectural environment, various studies were carried to improve indoor air quality and to analyze the heat load characteristics of buildings by energy simulation. These studies helped to understand the physics related to building load characteristics and to improve the quality of architectural environment where human beings reside in.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제46권12호
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• pp.1235-1247
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 충주댐($2750{\times}10^6m^3$) 및 조정지댐($30{\times}10^6m^3$)을 포함한 유역을 대상으로 미래 기후변화가 댐 저수량에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) 모형을 활용하였다. 3지점의 9개년(2002~2010)동안의 자료를 이용하여 검보정을 실시한 결과 유출량에 대해서는 Nash-Sutcliffe 모델 효율(NSE)이 0.73으로, 두 댐의 저수위에 대해서는 0.86으로 나타났다. 미래 기후변화 시나리오자료는 IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)에서 제공하는 GCMs (General Circulation Models) 중 HadCM3 모델의 SRES(Special Report on Emission Scenarios)에 의한 B1과 A2 시나리오를 구축하였다. 미래 월별 기온과 강수자료는 과거 30개년(1977~2006, baseline period) 자료는 편의보정(bias-correction) 기법을 이용하여 오차보정 후, Change Factor (CF) method를 이용하여 상세화 하였다. 미래 연평균 기온은 2040s (2031~2050)에 $0.9^{\circ}C$, 2080s (2071~2099)에는 $4.0^{\circ}C$까지 증가할 것으로 예측되었고, 연평균 강수량은 2040s에 9.6%, 2080s에 20.7% 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 과거 대비 미래 증발산량은 15.3%까지 증가하고, 토양수분은 최대 2.8% 감소하였다. 과거 9개년 평균 댐 방류스케줄에 따른 미래 댐 연평균 유입량은 가을철을 제외한 대부분 기간에 최대 21.1%까지 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 미래 가을철 댐 유입의 감소로 인해 현재 방류 패턴으로는 연말까지 결국 저수량을 회복하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 미래 풍수년과 갈수년에는 댐 저수량의 시간적 변동이 더욱 불안정해지므로 각각 저수량의 상향 및 하향 조정에 주의를 기울여야 한다. 따라서 기후변화 적응을 위한 댐 방류 패턴 조절이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.303-314
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• 2004

본 연구대상의 작업특성을 조사한 결과 일년에 45회 정도 닭을 들여와 사육하였고, 양계업 종사년수는 최소 2년에서 최고 12년이었으며, 평균 종사 년수는 약 8년이었다. 닭을 사육하는 기간에는 일주일 내내 작업을 했고, 하루에 평균 6.3시간을 양계와 관련된 작업을 하며, 양계장 안에서 보내는 시간은 평균 3.3시간이었다. 14가지로 분류한 양계작업 중에서 닭의 입 출하와 분뇨처리는 외부인력과 함께 하거나, 외부인력에 맡기고 있었고, 이를 제외한 대부분의 일을 부부가 함께 하는 편이었다. 양계장의 사료 급여와 급수 시설은 자동시스템이었고, 환기창의 조절은 윈치커튼을 이용한 반자동 시스템이었다. 양계장의 환기는 겨울에는 강제환기를, 그 외 계절에는 자연환기 시스템을 사용하고 있었다. 계사의 바닥 재료는 왕겨를 사용하고 있었으며, 닭을 입하하기 전에 깔아서 출하한 다음에 제거하고 있었다. 양계장 내부애사 측정한 총 먼지와 호흡성 먼지의 지역시료 농도는 각각 평균 4.0mg/$m^3$(Range 3.16.8mg/$m^3$). 0.9mg/$m^3$(Range 0.41.8mg/$m^3$)였으며 호흡성 먼지의 개인노출량은 평균1.4mg/$m^3$(LOD미만 7.8mg/$m^3$)로 나타났다. 암모니아는 지역시료에서 평균 23.3ppm(Range 14.542.1ppm)이 측정되었고 개인노출량은 평균 22.2ppm(13.639.9ppm)으로 나타났다. 먼지의 지역시료 측정결과에서 총먼지에 대한 호흡성 먼지의 비율이 946%로 나타났고 호흡성 먼지 개인노출농도는 6개 농가 중 2개 농가의 개인노출량은 미국산업위생전문가협의회 (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist: ACGIH)의 노출기준치인3mg/$m^3$ 초과하였다(5.5mg/$m^3$, 7.8mg/$m^3$). 암모니아 개인노출농도 평균은 22.2ppm으로 ACGIH (시간가중)노출기준인 25ppm에 근접하였고, 34.2ppm, 39.9ppm 등 단시간노출기준(STEL) 35ppm과 비슷하거나 넘는 경우가 있어 매우 위험한 상황임을 알 수 있었다. 뿐만 아니라 양계장안에서 작업 중에 노출되는 먼지 또한 일반적인 호흡성먼지 보다 생물활성이 높은 유기먼지라는 점 등을 감안한다면 양계농업인의 건강영향은 매우 우려되는 바, 향후 의학적 검진이 병행되는 종합적인 조사가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2001

비위생 매립지를 정비하는 방법은 여러 가지 공법이 있으나, 지중에 투수성이 매우 낮은 물질을 설치하여 폐기물과 오염된 지하수를 가두고 외부지역의 지하수가 유입되는 것을 차단하는 목적으로 심층혼합차수공법 형태의 연직 차수벽이 많이 설치된다. 국내에서 일반적으로 많이 사용되고 있는 심층혼합 차수공법의 차수재료는 특수시멘트 계열의 고화재를 많이 사용하고 있으며, 이때 고화재 투입량은 차수재의 법적 설치기준인 투수계수가 1.0x$10^{7}$cm/sec 이하이어야 하므로 현장토의 여건에 따라 달라지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 흙의 통일분류법상 SW-SC로 분류된 현장토를 대상으로 고화재를 활용한 혼합 차수벽 형성에서의 적정 고화재 투입량 및 최적 함수비를 결정하고 고화재를 개량할 수 있는 물질로서 비산재와 석회를 선정하여 적절한 혼합비로 고화재에 첨가함으로써 혼합 차수재의 기능 향상에 대한 방안을 검토하였다. 연구결과, 심층 혼합 차수공법에서 차수재의 고화재 적정 배합비율은 투수계수 실험을 통하여 13%가 적절한 것으로 나타났으며, 이 때 시공성을 용이하게 하기 위한 배합수비는 고화재 : 물의 비가 1 : 1.5가 적절한 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같이 도출된 기본적인 배합비를 기준으로 비산재와 석회를 첨가한 혼합 차수재의 강도와 투수능을 평가한 결과, 고화재(시멘트) 대신 첨가재(비산재:석회 = 70:30)를 20~40% 정도 첨가하여 사용한다면 고화재만을 사용하는 경우보다 더 낮은 투수능을 보임을 알 수 있었다. 혼합 차수재의 중금속 고정능 평가에서는 고화재(시멘트)만을 혼합할 때와 상응하는 중금속 고정능력이 있었으며, 환경적 위해성 평가를 위한 중금속 용출 실험에서도 용출농도는 규제치 이하임을 알 수 있었다.의 값이 모두 광릉이 높고 남산이 낮은(mesh size 1.7mm>광릉 mesh size 0.4 mm>남산 mesh size 1.7 mm) 일관된 경향을 나타냈다. 이는 날개응애 군집의 종 다양성은 광릉지역이 남산지역에 비해 더 높다는 결론을 도출할 수 있는 것이었다. 낙엽주머니내 출현종의 우점종과 출현빈도 분석결과, 각 조사구의 우점종들은 전체 밀도의 70%이상을 차지하고 있어 비중이 매우 높은 것들로 나타났고, 최고 우점종은 mesh size 1.7mm의 남산과 광릉 조사구에서 Tricho-galumna nipponica로 동일했고, 광릉 mesh size 0.4 mm에서는 이 종보다 크기가 작은 Ramusella sengbuschi가 최고 우점종이었다. 그리고 낙엽주머니내에 밀도와 출현빈도가 높아 낙엽분해에 직,간접적으로 크게 관여하는 날개응애 종들로는 Tricogalumna nipponica, Epidamaeus coreanus, Scheloribates latipes, Ceratozetes japonicus, Ramusella sengbuschi, Eohypochthonius crassisetiger, Cultroribula lata 등을 선발할 수 있었다.X>$_4$$^{2－}$ 및 HCO$_3$$^{-}$ 각각의 관계에 의하면. 남부지역과 서북부지역 얘서 모두 염수의 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타난다.worm by topical aprication. 3. There is an increase of cocoon yield in both chemical treatments. It was resulted from increase of weight of

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.646-652
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• 2014

최근 10년간(2004~2013년) 국내의 조선소에서 발생한 해양오염사고의 건수를 연도별, 지역별, 조선소 작업별 및 오염물질별로 분석하였고, 이 분석 결과를 바탕으로 조선소 내 오염사고 방지 방안을 제시하였다. 전국의 조선소 내 오염사고는 10년간 총 103건이 발생하여 연평균 10.3건이었고, 연간 발생건수는 2004년 8건에서부터 점증하는 추세를 보이면서 2010년 23건으로 최고를 기록하였다가 다시 감소하는 추세로 바뀌어 2014년 9건을 나타내었다. 지역별 오염사고 건수는 부산이 32건(31%)으로 1위이고, 전남이 30건(29%), 경남이 21건(21%), 제주가 5건(5%), 강원과 경북이 각각 4건(4%), 인천과 충남이 각각 3건(3%)이었다. 조선소 작업별 오염사고 건수는 선박수리 작업이 60건(58%)으로 1위이고, 선박해체 작업이 25건(24%), 선박건조 작업이 10건(10%), 기타가 8건(8%)이었다. 오염물질별 오염사고 건수는 기름 및 유성혼합물이 59건(57%)으로 1위이고, 폐페인트 가루가 22건(21%), 쇳가루 및 용접슬래그가 13건(13%), 폐기물이 4건(4%), 폐FRP 가루가 3건(3%), 기타가 2건(2%)이었다. 국내 조선소 내의 오염사고를 방지하기 위한 방안으로는 (1) 관련 법규의 준수, (2) 조선소 밀집 지역에 대한 오염사고방지 실행계획의 수립 및 시행, (3) 특히 선박 수리 및 해체 작업을 하는 경우 조선소 내 기름오염방지 방안의 수립 및 시행, (4) 조선소 오염사고에 대한 민원 해결 대책의 마련, (5) 조선소 단속에 대한 국가 관리의 개선 등을 제시하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2021

본 연구는 향후 보다 강화될 것으로 예측되어지는 USCG Phase II 형식승인시험을 대비하기 위해 SYBR Green I과 SYBR Gold의 염색 효율을 비교한 후 염색 효율이 높은 시약을 실제 선박평형수처리장치(electrolysis type, UV + electrolysis type)를 통과한 처리수에 적용해서 보았다. 시료의 부피가 0.5 mL ~ 2 mL, 염색 시약(Stock solution)을 100배 및 200배 희석한 조건에서 염색된 바이러스가 가장 선명하게 관찰되었다. SYBR Green I과 SYBR Gold의 염색효율은 장목한 해수조건의 실험구에서 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았지만, SYBR Gold의 노란색에 비해 SYBR Green I으로 염색된 시료에서 발현하는 녹색 형광이 보다 선명해서 관찰이 용이한 것으로 확인되었다. 선박평형수처리장치(electrolysis type, UV + electrolysis type)를 통과하지 않은 실험수 및 대조수에서의 해양 바이러스 현존량은 약 109~1010 VLP 100 mL-1 으로 확인된 반면, 처리수에서는 살아 있는 바이러스가 관찰되지 않았다. 실험수 결과를 보면, SYBR Green I은 해수, 기수, 담수 조건에서 효과적으로 염색이 되는 것으로 확인되었다. 다양한 선박평형수처리기술에 따른 추가적인 검증 및 염색 방법 개발이 필요하지만, SYBR Green I 염색법은 USCG Phase II 미국형식승인시험 바이러스 생산판별에 좋은 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-9
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• 1976

The categories of national health problems may be mainly divided into health promotion, problems of diseases, and population-economic problems which are indirectly related to health. Of them, the problems of diseases will be exclusively dealt with this speech. Rurality and Disease Problems There are many differences between rural and urban areas. In general, indicators of rurality are small size of towns, dispersion of the population, remoteness from urban centers, inadequacy of public transportation, poor communication, inadequate sanitation, poor housing, poverty, little education lack of health personnels and facilities, and in-accessibility to health services. The influence of such conditions creates, directly or indirectly, many problems of diseases in the rural areas. Those art the occurrence of preventable diseases, deterioration and prolongation of illness due to loss of chance to get early treatment, decreased or prolonged labour force loss, unnecessary death, doubling of medical cost, and economic loss. Some Considerations of Innovative Approach The followings art some considerations of innovative approaches to the problems of diseases in the rural Korea. 1. It would be essential goal of the innovative approaches that the damage and economic loss due to diseases will be maintained to minimum level by minimizing the absolute amount of the diseases, and by moderating the fee for medical cares. The goal of the minimization of the disease amount may be achieved by preventive services and early treatment, and the goal of moderating the medical fee may be achieved by lowering the prime cost and by adjusting the medical fees to reasonable level. 2. Community health service or community medicine will be adopted as a innovative means to disease problems. In this case, a community is defined as an unit area where supply and utilization of primary service activities can be accomplished within a day. The essential nature o the community health service should be such activities as health promotion, preventive measures, medical care, and rehabilitation performing efficiently through the organized efforts of the residents in a community. Each service activity should cover all members of the residents in a community in its plan and performance. The cooperation of the community peoples in one of the essential elements for success of the service program, The motivations of their cooperative mood may be activated through several ways: when the participation of the residents in service program of especially the direct participation of organized cooperation of the area leaders art achieved through a means of health education: when the residents get actual experience of having received the benefit of good quality services; and when the health personnels being armed with an idealism that they art working in the areas to help health problems of the residents, maintain good human relationships with them. For the success of a community health service program, a personnel who is in charge of leadership and has an able, a sincere and a steady characters seems to be required in a community. The government should lead and support the community health service programs of the nation under the basis of results appeared in the demonstrative programs so as to be carried out the programs efficiently. Moss of the health problems may be treated properly in the community levels through suitable community health service programs but there might be some problems which art beyond their abilities to be dealt with. To solve such problems each community health service program should be under the referral systems which are connected with health centers, hospitals, and so forth. 3. An approach should be intensively groped to have a physician in each community. The shortage of physicians in rural areas is world-wide problem and so is the Korean situation. In the past the government has initiated a system of area-limited physician, coercion, and a small scale of scholarship program with unsatisfactory results. But there might be ways of achieving the goal by intervice, broadened, and continuous approaches. There will be several ways of approach to motivate the physicians to be settled in a rural community. They are, for examples, to expos the students to the community health service programs during training, to be run community health service programs by every health or medical schools and other main medical facilities, communication activities and advertisement, desire of community peoples to invite a physician, scholarship program, payment of satisfactory level, fulfilment of military obligation in case of a future draft, economic growth and development of rural communities, sufficiency of health and medical facilities, provision of proper medical care system, coercion, and so forth. And, hopefully, more useful reference data on the motivations may be available when a survey be conducted to the physicians who are presently engaging in the rural community levels. 4. In communities where the availability of a physician is difficult, a trial to use physician extenders, under certain conditions, may be considered. The reason is that it would be beneficial for the health of the residents to give them the remedies of primary medical care through the extenders rather than to leave their medical problems out of management. The followings are the conditions to be considered when the physician extenders are used: their positions will be prescribed as a temporary one instead of permanent one so as to allow easy replacement of the position with a physician applicant; the extender will be under periodic direction and supervision of a physician, and also referral channel will be provided: legal constraints will be placed upon the extenders primary care practice, and the physician extenders will used only under the public medical care system. 5. For the balanced health care delivery, a greater investment to the rural areas is needed to compensate weak points of a rurality. The characteristics of a rurality has been already mentioned. The objective of balanced service for rural communities to level up that of urban areas will be hard to achieve without greater efforts and supports. For example, rural communities need mobile powers more than urban areas, communication network is extremely necessary at health delivery facilities in rural areas as well as the need of urban areas, health and medical facilities in rural areas should be provided more substantially than those of urban areas to minimize, in a sense, the amount of patient consultation and request of laboratory specimens through referral system of which procedures are more troublesome in rural areas, and more intensive control measures against communicable diseases are needed in rural areas where greater numbers of cases are occurred under the poor sanitary conditions.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.