• 펄프종이기술
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.136-143
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• 2015

It is well known that the use of PCC as a filler for printing paper making brought about the serious deterioration of strength properties of paper, although PCC could be helpful to reduce the energy consumption. The use of modified PCC with NCC was tried to solve and/or reduce the strength deterioration problem. NCC was prepared from SwBKP by the acid hydrolysis. There was no significant changes in chemical properties and crystalline structure. However the cyrstallinity of NCC was higher than those of SwBKP. The different dosage of NCC was applied to modify the properties of PCC. 0.1% of NCC dosage was enough to improve ash retention and paper properties. The use of modified PCC with NCC as a filler improved ash retention, bulk, opacity and formation without the serious deterioration of strength properties. Thus the use of modified PCC with NCC might be helpful for not only reduction of energy consumption but also increase of filler dosage without the significant sacrifice of strength properties by the optimization of retention system.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.265-271
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• 2019

The prevalence of human taeniasis has decreased in Korea. The stool egg positive proportion decreased from 1.9% in 1971 to 0% in 2004 in nationwide surveys. The neurocysticercosis (NCC) is also presumed to decrease. However, detailed information regarding the recent status of NCC in Korea is lacking. We retrospectively reviewed NCC cases from 1990 to 2016 at Asan Medical Center, a 2700-bed tertiary referral hospital in Korea. We identified patients based on clinical symptoms, brain imaging, pathology and serological assay. The cases were classified as parenchymal, extraparenchymal, and mixed NCC. Eighty-one patients were included in the analysis. The mean age was 54.5 years, and 79.0% were male. The number of NCC cases was highest from 1995 to 1999, and continuously decreased thereafter. Forty (49.4%) patients had parenchymal NCC, while 25 (30.9%) patients had extraparenchymal NCC, and 16 (19.8%) patients had mixed NCC. The seizure and headache were most common symptom of parenchymal NCC and extraparenchymal NCC respectively. Hydrocephalus was more common in extraparenchymal NCC, and patients with extraparenchymal NCC were more likely to require a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Cases of NCC are decreasing accordingly with human taeniasis and lesion location was the most important determinant of clinical presentation and outcome of NCC in Korea.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.203-211
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• 2018

This paper introduces the development process of NCC(New Concrete Cutting) system and analyzes first verification test. Based on the first verification test results, some problems of NCC system have been newly modified. We carry out the second verification test. We tried to verify cutting performance and dust control efficiency of NCC system through the cutting test of concrete bridge piers. In particular, this verification test strives to solve the problem of concrete dust, which is the biggest problem of dry cutting method. The remaining dust problems in cutting section tried to solve through this verification test. This verification test of the NCC system shows that the dust problem of dry cutting method is closely controlled and solved. In conclusion, the proposed NCC method is superior to the dry cutting method in all aspects, including cutting performance, dust vacuum efficiency and cooling effect. The proposed NCC system is believed to be able to provide eco-friendly cutting technology to various industries, such as the removal of the SOC structures and the dismantling of nuclear plants, which have recently become a hot issue in the field of concrete cutting.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.716-725
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• 2004

고성능 PC 클러스터 시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 네트워크 접근 시간을 최소화하는 것이 중요하다. SCI 기반 PC 클러스터 시스템에서는 각 노드에 네트워크 캐쉬를 유지함으로써 네트워크 접근 시간을 줄이는 것이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 공유 메모리를 PCI 버스상에 위치시킴으로써 네트워크 캐쉬지원을 가능하게 하였으며, 이에 기반한 Network Cache Coherenet NUMA(NCC-NUMA) 시스템을 제안하고, 핵심 모듈인 NCC-NUMA 카드를 개발하였다. NCC-NUMA 카드는 각 노드의 PCI 슬롯(slot)에 plug-in되는 형태이며, 공유메모리, 네트워크 캐쉬, 공유메모리 제어 모듈 및 네트워크 제어 모듈을 포함한다. 공유메모리와 네트워크 캐쉬 사이의 일관성은 IEEE SCI 표준에 의해 유지된다. NCC-NUMA 시스템의 성능 측정을 위해 SPLASH-2 벤치마크를 수행하였으며, NCC-NUMA 시스템이 네트워크 캐쉬를 활용하지 않는 NUMA 기반 클러스터 시스템에 비해서 최대 56%의 성능향상을 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2010

This paper proposes an efficient hardware architecture to estimate disparities between 2D images for generating 3D depth images in a stereo vision system. Stereo matching methods are classified into global and local methods. The local matching method uses the cost functions based on pixel windows such as SAD(sum of absolute difference), SSD(sum of squared difference) and NCC(normalized cross correlation). The NCC-based cost function is less susceptible to differences in noise and lighting condition between left and right images than the subtraction-based functions such as SAD and SSD, and for this reason, the NCC is preferred to the other functions. However, software-based implementations are not adequate for the NCC-based real-time stereo matching, due to its numerous complex operations. Therefore, we propose a fast pipelined hardware architecture suitable for real-time operations of the NCC function. By adopting a block-based box-filtering scheme to perform NCC operations in parallel, the proposed architecture improves processing speed compared with the previous researches. In this architecture, it takes almost the same number of cycles to process all the pixels, irrespective of the window size. Also, the simulation results show that its disparity estimation has low error rate.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.173-177
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• 2014

Neurocysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease of the human central nervous system. The incidence of intra ventricular form of neurocysticercosis (NCC) is less common accounting 10-20% that of total central nerve system cysticercosis. Intra ventricular NCC is complicated due, to its high incidence of acute hydrocephalus caused by ball valve mechanism. The only reliable tool for diagnosis of NCC is by neuroimaging with CT or MRI. MRI preferred over CT because of its high specificity and sensitivity. In emergency situations like acute hydrocephalus one can proceed with emergency endoscopic surgery. Through the endoscopic view, intra ventricular NCC (IVNCC) has distinguished morphological features like the full moon sign. This feature not only helps in identification of IVNCC, but also guides in further endoscopic treatment strategy. Authors report two cases of 3rd ventricular NCC with acute hydrocephalus managed with emergency endoscopy. Authors have discussed the clinical features, intra operative endoscopic findings and role of endoscopy in emergency surgery for NCC with acute hydrocephalus.

• 한국고분자학회지:고분자과학과기술
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2008

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.299-308
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• 2003

Purpose: This study was designed to identify nurses' perceptions and educational intentions regarding natural childbirth control (NCC) methods. Method: The participants were 313 nurses working at three general hospitals in Seoul. They were asked to complete a questionnaire composed of scales measuring knowledge and perceptions childbirth control methods, awareness of bodily changes in ovulation phase, perceptions of fetal life, which were developed by the author. Also, Chang's (2002) Sexual Autonomy Inventory was utilized. The data were analyzed by the SAS program. Results : Methods of condom and rhythm were considered to be more useful for childbirth control than other methods. Only 34-54% of them knew exactly about the NCC methods using menstrual cycle, body temperature, and mucus. The mean scores of sexual autonomy and awareness of bodily changes in ovulation phase were 3.8 and 3.4 out of 5, in respect. Educational intention was different statistically by the age, marital status, future intention to use NCC methods, and perception of educational need for NCC methods. Conclusion : Nurses' perceptions and educational intentions regarding NCC were low, especially in nurses who were married. It is recommended to encourage nurses to learn NCC methods for clients education.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.913-917
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• 2010

To inspect the defects of printed markings on the surface of IC package, the OCV (Optical Character Verification) method based on NCC (Normalized Correlation Coefficient) pattern matching is widely used. In order to detect the micro pattern defects appearing on the small portion of the markings, a Partitioned NCC pattern matching method was proposed to overcome the limitation of the NCC pattern matching. In this method, the reference pattern is first partitioned into several blocks and the NCC values are computed and are combined in these small partitioned blocks, rather than just using the NCC value for the whole reference pattern. In this paper, we proposed a method to decide the proper number of partition blocks and a method to inspect and combine the NCC values of each partitioned block to identify the defective markings.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.679-689
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• 2009

플라스틱에서부터 의약품에 이르기까지 대부분 일상 제품의 핵심적 기초 원료가 되는 경질올레핀은 한 국가의 경제규모와 성장을 예측할 수 있는 중요한 지표이다. 이러한 경질올레핀을 생산하는 NCC (Naphtha Cracking Center) 기술은 석유 관련 기간산업 중에서 가장 많은 에너지를 소비하는 공정으로 다량의 $CO_2$를 발생 시킨다. 본 연구에서는 다량으로 방출되는 $CO_2$를 감축, 저감시킬 수 있는 새로운 NCC 공정의 기술 수준과 개발 현황 및 기술 적용 가능성을 검토하였으며, 새로운 기술이 적용될 경우 $CO_2$ 저감 효과 및 그에 따른 탄소배출권, 그리고 에너지 절감양 등을 정량적으로 산출 하였다. 그 결과 고급 NCC 기술을 적용하면 기존 NCC 공정의 총 에너지 소비량의 약 35%를 줄일 수 있어 연간 약 330만톤의 $CO_2$ 감축과, 약 1,280억원의 탄소배출권 및 중유 약 152만 kL를 줄일 수 있다. 또한 촉매 접촉 분해 기술을 적용하면 연간 최대 약 380만톤의 $CO_2$를 저감할 수 있고 1,470억원 규모의 탄소배출권 및 약 174만 kL의 중유 소비를 줄 일 수 있다.