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Effects of Action Observation Training and Motor Image Training on Brain Activity (동작관찰 훈련과 운동 상상훈련이 뇌 활성상태에 미치는 효과)

  • Yang, Byung-Il;Park, Hyeong-Ki
    • The Journal of Korean Society for Neurotherapy
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.7-10
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    • 2018
  • Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of brain activity during action observation training and image training throughout EEG. Methods This study was participated 1 healthy college student without mental illness or cognitive impairment. The subject was randomly selected from university students and was interested in participating in the experiment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the visual and auditory stimuli (action observation) and brain image training. Results The results of our study, EEG value measured o.1 during resting. But brain activity changed to 0.3 during action observation. Finally, it changed to .05 after brain image training. Conclusion EEG measurement results were showed that after watching the Ball squat video, Brain activity increased.

Polydeoxyribonucleotide, as a Novel Approach for the Management of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Preliminary Observational Study

  • Jung, Junho;Lim, Hae Soo;Lee, Deok-Won
    • Journal of Korean Dental Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.57-61
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN), consisting of a mixture of deoxyribonucleotide polymers, has been suggested to have anti-inflammatory effects and enhance angiogenesis as an adenosine $A_{2A}$ receptor agonist. The aim of this study was to report the effectiveness of PDRN as an adjuvant therapy after surgical debridement in MRONJ (medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw) patients. Materials and Methods: Five patients (1 male, 4 females, age 65~79 years) who were diagnosed with MRONJ stage 2 or 3 underwent surgical debridement and PDRN mucosal injection. After surgical debridement, patients were subject to daily injection with 1 ml of PDRN around the surgical wound for 14 days. Result: The patients' symptoms gradually disappeared. The surgical wound uneventfully healed, and no recurrence was observed during the follow-up period. Conclusion: Although further studies are required, the present study first describes the possibility of PDRN as a useful option for MRONJ treatment.

REEVALUATION OF KVN GAINS

  • Cheong, Whee Yeon;Kim, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Sung;Byun, Do-Young;Jung, Taehyun
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2022
  • During the course of analysing both single-dish and very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) data obtained from the Korean VLBI Network (KVN), we found a systematic offset between flux density measurements from different antennas. We were able to attribute a majority of the systematic offsets to changes in the "a priori" antenna gains, which were found to have varied up to 10 percent at 22 GHz and up to 30 percent at 43 GHz. Using historical calibrator observations, we present a revised set of gains that may be applied to KVN data taken from 2015 August to 2019 January. Application of the revised gains to the KVN results in a consistency of correlated flux density measurements between the three baselines of approximately five percent. We found that images from the recalibrated data typically have a 50 percent higher dynamic range, with some cases showing an increase of dynamic range of up to a factor of three.

Large-scale Structure Studies with Mock Galaxy Sample from the Horizon Run 4 & Multiverse Simulations

  • Hong, Sungwook E.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.29.3-29.3
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    • 2020
  • Cosmology is a study to understand the origin, fundamental property, and evolution of the universe. Nowadays, many observational data of galaxies have become available, and one needs large-volume numerical simulations with good quality of the spatial distribution for a fair comparison with observation data. On the other hand, since galaxies' evolution is affected by both gravitational and baryonic effects, it is nontrivial to populate galaxies only by N-body simulations. However, full hydrodynamic simulations with large volume are computationally costly. Therefore, alternative galaxy assignment methods to N-body simulations are necessary for successful cosmological studies. In this talk, I would like to introduce the MBP-galaxy abundance matching. This novel galaxy assignment method agrees with the spatial distribution of observed galaxies between 0.1Mpc ~ 100Mpc scales. I also would like to introduce mock galaxy catalogs of the Horizon Run 4 and Multiverse simulations, large-volume cosmological N-body simulations done by the Korean community. Finally, I would like to introduce some recent works with those mock galaxies used to understand our universe better.

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Trends in Clinical Research of Catgut Embedding for Obesity Treatment (비만 치료에 매선을 이용한 임상 연구 동향 분석)

  • Jung-Sik Park
    • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.129-134
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    • 2023
  • Objectives The purpose of this study was to review the studies of catgut embedding related to obesity treatment. Methods We searched the papers with key words of obesity and catgut embedding via searching Research Information Sharing Service, DBpia, Koreanstudies Information Service System, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, Scopus, PubMed. Additional data including study design, study topics, characteristics of participants and treatment, outcomes was extracted from full text of each study. Results There were nine studies about the catgut embedding related to obesity treatment. Five articles were conducted in China, two articles were conducted in Mexico, and two articles was published in Korea. Analysis of seven experimental studies and two observational studies were conducted to describe each research subject, method, and research results. Conclusions More interest and further research will be needed on catgut embedding related to obesity treatment in the Korean medicine to achieve clinical application and to develop treatment protocols for the obesity disease.

Current Role of Conduction System Pacing in Patients Requiring Permanent Pacing

  • Dominik Beer;Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman
    • Korean Circulation Journal
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    • v.54 no.8
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    • pp.427-453
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    • 2024
  • His bundle pacing (HBP) and left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) are novel methods of pacing directly pacing the cardiac conduction system. HBP while developed more than two decades ago, only recently moved into the clinical mainstream. In contrast to conventional cardiac pacing, conduction system pacing including HBP and LBBP utilizes the native electrical system of the heart to rapidly disseminate the electrical impulse and generate a more synchronous ventricular contraction. Widespread adoption of conduction system pacing has resulted in a wealth of observational data, registries, and some early randomized controlled clinical trials. While much remains to be learned about conduction system pacing and its role in electrophysiology, data available thus far is very promising. In this review of conduction system pacing, the authors review the emergence of conduction system pacing and its contemporary role in patients requiring permanent cardiac pacing.

The alignment between contextual and model generalization: An application with PISA 2015

  • Wan Ren;Wendy Chan
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.467-485
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    • 2024
  • Policymakers and educational researchers have grown increasingly interested in the extent to which study results generalize across different groups of students. Current generalization research in education has largely focused on the compositional similarity among students based on a set of observable characteristics. However, generalization is defined differently across various disciplines. While the concept of compositional similarity is prominent in causal research, generalization among the statistical learning community refers to the extent to which a model produces accurate predictions across samples and populations. The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which concepts related to contextual generalization (based on compositional similarity) are associated with the ideas related to model generalization (based on accuracy of prediction). We use observational data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 wave as a case study to examine the conditions under which contextual and model generalization are aligned. We assess the correlations between statistical measures that quantify compositional similarity and prediction accuracy and discuss the implications for generalization research.

Data Mining for High Dimensional Data in Drug Discovery and Development

  • Lee, Kwan R.;Park, Daniel C.;Lin, Xiwu;Eslava, Sergio
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2003
  • Data mining differs primarily from traditional data analysis on an important dimension, namely the scale of the data. That is the reason why not only statistical but also computer science principles are needed to extract information from large data sets. In this paper we briefly review data mining, its characteristics, typical data mining algorithms, and potential and ongoing applications of data mining at biopharmaceutical industries. The distinguishing characteristics of data mining lie in its understandability, scalability, its problem driven nature, and its analysis of retrospective or observational data in contrast to experimentally designed data. At a high level one can identify three types of problems for which data mining is useful: description, prediction and search. Brief review of data mining algorithms include decision trees and rules, nonlinear classification methods, memory-based methods, model-based clustering, and graphical dependency models. Application areas covered are discovery compound libraries, clinical trial and disease management data, genomics and proteomics, structural databases for candidate drug compounds, and other applications of pharmaceutical relevance.

Wavelength Calibration Solution of VPH Grating Slitless Spectroscopy Image

  • O, Seong A;Shin, Suhyun;Im, Myungshin;Yoon, Yongmin;Kim, Yongjung
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.68.2-68.2
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    • 2018
  • Spectroscopic observations commonly use a slit or fiber; however, non-slit spectroscopy enables us to observe a larger number of targets in one frame of image. Hence, it has been adopted as an observational mode for observatories like HST and JWST. Slitless spectroscopy requires wavelength calibration solutions in order to distinguish and measure the absorption / emission lines from the spectra with high accuracy. We installed the Volume Phase Holographic (VPH) grating to SQUEAN camera on the McDonald 2.1m telescope and obtained images with spectral resolutions of ~ 100 and 200. In order to derive the wavelength calibration, we measured the distances between the 0th order images and spectral features of various quasars. The distances are converted to wavelengths using the known wavelengths of the emission lines. We tested several different methods of spectral extraction and peak estimation of emission lines. We will present the results for the wavelength calibration and suggest the reliable methods to find the solution.

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Inverse Model Parameter Estimation Based on Sensitivity Analysis for Improvement of PM10 Forecasting (PM10 예보 향상을 위한 민감도 분석에 의한 역모델 파라메터 추정)

  • Yu, Suk Hyun;Koo, Youn Seo;Kwon, Hee Yong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.886-894
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we conduct sensitivity analysis of parameters used for inverse modeling in order to estimate the PM10 emissions from the 16 areas in East Asia accurately. Parameters used in sensitivity analysis are R, the observational error covariance matrix, and B, a priori (background) error covariance matrix. In previous studies, it was used with the predetermined parameter empirically. Such a method, however, has difficulties in estimating an accurate emissions. Therefore, an automatically determining method for the most suitable value of R and B with an error measurement criteria and posteriori emissions accuracy is required. We determined the parameters through a sensitivity analysis, and improved the accuracy of posteriori emissions estimation. Inverse modeling methods used in the emissions estimation are pseudo inverse, NNLS (Nonnegative Least Square), and BA(Bayesian Approach). Pseudo inverse has a small error, but has negative values of emissions. In order to resolve the problem, NNLS is used. It has a unrealistic emissions, too. The problems are resolved with BA(Bayesian Approach). We showed the effectiveness and the accuracy of three methods through case studies.