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The effect of computer based cognitive rehabilitation program on the improvement of generative naming in the elderly with mild dementia: preliminary study (한국형 전산화 인지재활프로그램이 초기 치매노인의 생성 이름대기 수행에 미치는 효과에 관한 예비연구)

  • Byeon, Haewon
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.167-172
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of computer based cognitive rehabilitation program on the generative naming. Twenty - one patients were assigned to the CoTras program and eight were treated with traditional face - to - face language rehabilitation such as paper and table activities. The experimental group and the control group performed sequential language recall memory training, association memory recall training, language categorization memory training, and language integrated memory training for 12 weeks. The Welch's robust ANCOVA showed significant differences in mean fluency and MMSE-K changes (p<0.05). On the other hand, phonemic fluency increased significantly after 12 weeks of treatment compared to baseline in both experimental and control groups, but there was no statistically significant difference between treatment groups. The results of this study suggest that the computer based cognitive rehabilitation program may be more effective in improving the semantic fluency than the conventional cognitive-linguistic rehabilitation.

RRAM (Redundant Random Access Memory) Spare Allocation in Semiconductor Manufacturing for Yield Improvement (수율향상을 위한 반도체 공정에서의 RRAM (Redundant Random Access Memory) Spare Allocation)

  • Han, Young-Shin
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2009
  • This has been possible by integration techniques such as very large scale integration (VLSI) and wafer scale integration (WSI). Redundancy has been extensively used for manufacturing memory chips and to provide repair of these devices in the presence of faulty cells. If there are too many defects, the momory has to be rejected. But if there are a few defects, it will be more efficient and cost reducing for the company to use it by repairing. Therefore, laser-repair process is nedded for such a reason and redundancy analysis is needed to establish correct target of laser-repair process. The proposed CRA (Correlation Repair Algorithm) simulation, beyond the idea of the conventional redundancy analysis algorithm, aims at reducing the time spent in the process and strengthening cost competitiveness by performing redundancy analysis after simulating each case of defect.

Emerging evidence that ginseng components improve cognition in subjective memory impairment, mild cognitive impairment, and early Alzheimer's disease dementia

  • Rami Lee;Ji-Hun Kim;Won-Woo Kim;Sung-Hee Hwang;Sun-Hye Choi;Jong-Hoon Kim;Ik-Hyun Cho;Manho Kim;Seung-Yeol Nah
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.245-252
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    • 2024
  • Ginseng is a traditional herbal medicine used for prevention and treatment of various diseases as a tonic. Recent scientific cohort studies on life prolongation with ginseng consumption support this record, as those who consumed ginseng for more than 5 years had reduced mortality and cognitive decline compared to those who did not. Clinical studies have also shown that acute or long-term intake of ginseng total extract improves acute working memory performance or cognitive function in healthy individuals and those with subjective memory impairment (SMI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or early Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia who are taking AD medication(s). Ginseng contains various components ranging from classical ginsenosides and polysaccharides to more recently described gintonin. However, it is unclear which ginseng component(s) might be the main candidate that contribute to memory or cognitive improvements or prevent cognitive decline in older individuals. This review describes recent clinical contributors to ginseng components in clinical tests and introduces emerging evidence that ginseng components could be novel candidates for cognitive improvement in older individuals, as ginseng components improve SMI cognition and exhibits add-on effects when coadministered with early AD dementia drugs. The mechanism behind the beneficial effects of ginseng components and how it improves cognition are presented. Additionally, this review shows how ginseng components can contribute to SMI, MCI, or early AD dementia when used as a supplementary food and/or medicine, and proposes a novel combination therapy of current AD medicines with ginseng component(s).

Comparative Study of White, Red, and Black Ginseng Extract on Improves the Learning and Memory Impairments by Increases of Synaptic Protein Expression in Scopolamine-induced Dementia Rats

  • Dong Hoon Kwak;Seoul Lee
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.38-45
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    • 2024
  • To compare and analyze the improvement effects of white ginseng extract, red ginseng extract, and black ginseng extract on cognitive dysfunction and memory impairment caused by scopolamine in rats. In the cognitive behavioral test, the tendency of the SCOP+B group to overcome the escape time delay induced by scopolamine administration was observed, unlike the SCOP group. The frequency on plat form was significantly increased in the group treated with ginseng extracts compared to the SCOP group. As a result of measuring the duration time on goal quadrant, the time spent in the quadrant was significantly increased in the SCOP+B group compared to the SCOP group. In the hippocampus, the SCOP-treated group significantly decreased the activity of AChE compared to the normal group, but the ginseng extract-treated groups significantly increased it compared to the SCOP group. After sacrificing the rats after the behavioral test, the expression of PSD95 protein in the excised brain was significantly decreased in the SCOP group compared to normal, but it was observed that the SCOP+R and SCOP+B groups were significantly increased compared to the SCOP group. CREB1 protein expression was significantly increased in the SCOP+R group, and the expression of Cdk5 was significantly increased in the SCOP+B group. Ginseng extracts significantly restored the memory damaged by scopolamine suggesting that red ginseng increased the expression of CREB1 and PSD95 proteins, and black ginseng increased the protein expression of Cdk5 and PSD95 to induce memory recovery.

Photo Spacer Induced Bistable Mode Plastic PSFLCDs for High Mechanical Stability

  • Kim, Yu-Jin;Park, Seo-Kyu;Kwon, Soon-Bum;Lee, Ji-Hoon;Son, Ock-Soo;Lim, Tong-Kun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.489-492
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    • 2005
  • We report new polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (PSFLC) cells with mechanical stability which is achievable by introducing photospacers in the cells. It was found that the mechanical st ability of the PSFLC cell was effected by introduction of photo spacers. We analyzed the dependence of mechanical stability and memory property on the density of photospacers in the PSFLC cell. The stability and memory properties of PSFLC Cells depending on photospacer density are discussed. 1. Introduction Recently, flexible displays have attracted much attention because they have remarkable advantages: thinner, lighter, non-breakable and conformable features. Flexible displays have various potential applications such as e-book and e-paper displays utilizing the distinct features. E-book and E-paper displays demand very low power consumption, so that bistable memory liquid crystal modes are required in case of flexible plastic LCDs for those application. Three kinds of memory LC modes have been developed; bistable nematic, bistable cholesteric and bistable FLC. Among them SSFLC as one of bistable FLC has big advantages such as low driving voltage, wide view angle and fast response time, SSFLC cells are, however, very weak against mechanical shock. Polymer stabilized FLC (PSFLC) has been developed to overcome the poor mechanical stability of SSFLC. PSFLC was known to have network structure that FLCs are oriented with smectic layer ordering in polymer network. The polymer network stabilizes the FLC orientation, which leads to improvement of mechanical stability of PSFLCD. A lot of studies have been done for the application of PSFLC to flexible $LCDs.^{[1{\sim}12]}$ However, it should be noted that PSFLC does not have sufficient mechanical stability for the particular applications such as smart card LCD, where LCD is highly bendable.Bead spacer was mainly used to maintain cell gap of conventional PSFLCDs. But the spacer density of it is not locally uniform in the cell, so that it is generally difficult that the PSFLCDs with bead spacers show sufficient mechanical stability. In order to more improve the mechanical stability of PSFLCDs, we introduced photospacers into PSFLCDs. In this paper, we describe the improvement of mechanical stability by introducing photospacers into PSFLCDs.

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Shunt-Responsive Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patient with Delayed Improvement after Tap Test

  • Kang, Kyunghun;Hwang, Sung Kyoo;Lee, Ho-Won
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.437-440
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    • 2013
  • The cerebrospinal fluid tap test (CSFTT) is recommended as a key step in the diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). While there is no generally accepted evaluation period for ascertaining a CSFTT responder, a substantial number of patients are evaluated only once within 24 hours of the test for improvement in gait. We report an iNPH patient with a favorable response to shunt surgery, who was first judged a non-responder by this standard, though subsequently was judged a responder in virtue of repetitively testing gait over 7 days. A 68-year-old man presented with progressive impairment of gait, balance, and memory. He was diagnosed as iNPH with an Evans' ratio of 0.35. At first hospitalization, change in gait was evaluated 24 hours after the CSFTT. He didn't show any significant improvement and was judged as a non-responder. However, at the second CSFTT, we repetitively tested his change in gait over seven days. Forty-eight hours after the tap, he showed significant improvement in his gait. He was then confirmed as a responder. After the operation, the gait difficulties were almost fully resolved. Further studies developing the standard procedure of the CSFTT should be considered.

Performance Improvement of PVM by using Shared Memory and User Level Communication (공유 메모리와 사용자 수준 통신을 이용한 PVM 성능 개선)

  • 윤종원;심재홍;문경덕;최경희;김재훈;정기현
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.139-141
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    • 1998
  • 현재 PVM은 네트워크를 통해 워크스테이션을 연동시키는데 이용되는 미들 웨어이다. PVM의 로컬 태스크끼리의 메시지 교환 시에는 좋은 성능을 보이지만, 리모트 호스트사이에서의 메시지 교환에서의 성능은 로컬 태스크만큼 좋지 못하다. 이를 개선하기 위해서, PVM에서 한 워크스테이션내의 데몬 태스크와 일반 태스크, 네트워크 카드가 모두 공유하는 공유메모리와 고속 네트워크 카드인 미러넷 카드를 이용해, 다가올 초고속통신망에서 적용되기 위한 새로운 모델을 제시하고, 기존 모델과 비교한다.

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Data structures and the performance improvement of the minimum degree ordering method (최소차수순서화의 자료구조개선과 효율화에 관한 연구)

  • 모정훈;박순달
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.31-42
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    • 1995
  • The ordering method is used to reduce the fill-ins in interior point methods. In ordering, the data structure plays an important role. In this paper, first, we compare the efficiency and the memory storage requirement of the quotient graph structure and the clique storage. Next, we propose a method of reducing the number of cliques and a data structure for clique storage. Finally, we apply a method of merging rows and absorbing cliques and show the experimental results.

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Performance Improvement of Meta-search Scheme for Comparison Shopping Sites using Memory Cache (메모리 캐시를 이용한 비교 쇼핑 사이트들에 대한 메타검색의 성능 향상)

  • 조강의;조성제;우진운
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2001.10c
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    • pp.718-720
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    • 2001
  • 최근 비교 쇼핑 에이전트 기술을 적용하여 소비자가 원하는 상품을 최적의 가격으로 구매할 수 있도록 여러 쇼핑몰들의 상품 정보를 검색해 주는 비교 쇼핑 사이트들이 등장하고 있다. 이러한 비교 쇼핑 사이트들이 경우에 따라서 최적의 가격을 제시해 주지 못하고, 소비자가 원하는 상품에 대한 가격 비교가 쉽지 않기 때문에 실시간 검색 에이전트를 이용하는 베타검색이 제안되었다. 이 방법은 상품 검색에서의 신뢰도는 높였지만 시스템의 성능 면에서는 좋은 효율성을 보이지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 데이터베이스와 메모리 캐시 공간을 이용함으로써 성능이 향상된 베타검색을 사용하는 메타-비교 쇼핑 에이전트 시스템을 제안한다.

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A Study on Improvement of the Channel Efficiency of FH-SS Transceiver Based on DDS Technique

  • Kim, Gi-Rae;Choi, Young-Kyu
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 2008
  • A novel high channel efficiency transceiver based on a fast acquisition frequency synthesizer has been designed. The direct digital synthesis (DDS) technique is applied and a simple memory look-up table is incorporated to expedite channel acquisition. The technique simplifies the frequency control process in the transceiver and thus reduces the channel switching time. As a result, the channel efficiency is improved. The designed transceiver is ideal for frequency hopping mobile communication applications.