• 음성과학
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• 제3권
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• pp.57-69
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• 1998

Velopharyngeal function refers to the combined activity of the soft palate and pharynx in closing and opening the velopharyngeal port to the required degree. In normal speech, during the production of oral consonant sounds elevation of the soft palate, along with the superior constrictor muscle, occludes the oropharynx from the nasopharynx. Inadequate velopharyngeal function caused by congenital or acquired insufficiency or incompetency may result in abnormal speech characterized by hypernasality, nasal emission and decreased intelligibility of speech due to weak consonant production. The speech aid is often helpful in improving the speech of individuals with velopharyngeal incompetency. In this article, the pathogenesis and treatment of velopharyngeal incompetence are discussed and a speech aid appliance that was constructed for the patient is described.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권1호
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• pp.116-127
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• 1996

본 논문에서는 일반적인 환경인 카메라의 줌 기능(zoom-in, zoom-out)에 의해 임의로 크기 변화된 질감 영상들을, 크기변화에 무관한 형태학적 정규화(normalized) 패턴 스펙트럼에 기반하여 분류하였다. 정규화 패턴 스펙트럼은 질감영상으로부터 형태학적 패턴 스펙트럼을 구하고 이로부터 크기변화 성분을 구한 다음 크기 변화비에 따른 선형보간을 하여 같은 부류의 질감영상내에서 크기변화를 통합함을 뜻한다. 본 논문에서는 패턴 스펙트럼을 구할 때 기존의 방법과 달리 영상의 문턱값을 중심으로 두 부분으로 계산하였다. 즉 문턱값 이상을 가지는 화소들에 대해서는 opening방법으로 패턴 스펙트럼을 구하였고 문턱값 미만을 가지는 화소들에 대해서는 closing방법으로 패턴 스펙트럼을 구하여 효과적인 정보추출을 하였다. 또 본 논문에서는 각각 명암도 방법과 이진 방법에 대한 분류 정확도를 비교 검토하였다. 제안된 방법은 효과적인 정보추출, 높은 분류 정확도, 계산량 감소, 및 병렬처리 구현등의 여러 가지 장점이 있다. 특히 제안된 방법은 질감영상 학습단계에서 최근의 방법들과는 달리 다양하게 크기변환된 질감영상들을 사용하지 않고, 즉 기준크기(1:1) 질감영상만을 사용하였음에도 불구하고 높은 분류 정확도를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.718-730
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• 1995

This study was performed to measure the mandibular movement and the changes of masicatory and sternocleidomastoid muscle activity reflected by occlusal disturbance during habitual chewing. For this study, 18 subjects(14 males and 4 females with an average age of 24.0) were selected. The impression of each subject were taken for measuring intermolar distance on lower dentition. The activities of masticatory and sternocleidomastoid muscle and the mandibular movement were recorded and analyzed during habitual chewing by means of E.M.G.(electromyograph), E.G.N.(electrognathograph), rotate program in BioPak analyzing system(BioResearch Inc.). The results were as follows : 1. In EMG of the mandibular rest position, the mean value of muscle activites were increased by nocleidomastoid muscle and anterior belly of digastric muscle(0.05

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1861-1871
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• 1994

본 논문에서는 농담구조소(濃淡構造素)(GSE, grayscale structuring element)를 갖는 형태학 필터의 실시간 처리를 위한 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 알고리즘에서는 GSE로부터 유도된 basis matrix와 입력 샘플들로 구성된 input matrix를 이용하여 각 형태학 연산들을 소역행렬연산(local matrix operation)으로 새롭게 정의하고 있는데, 이를 이용하여 opening이나 closing과 같은 복합 형태학 연산들을 실시간으로 처리할 수 있음을 보였다. 제안된 알고리즘은 복원 형태학 연산들을 erosion과 dilation의 직렬조합(cascade combination)으로 처리하던 기존의 방법에 비해 적은 메모리를 필요로 하면서도, 출력을 얻기까지의 지연(遲延)(delay)이 훨씬 적다는 장점을 갖는다. 또한 본 논문에서는 형태학 필터를 VLSI로 구현하기 위한 효율적 방안을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법에서는 p-bit으로 표현되는 신호에 대한 형태학 연산을 p개의 이진(binary) 형태학 연산자들의 조합으로 구현하였는데, 각 이진 연산자들은 MSB(most significant bit)부터 순차적으로 (bit-serial approach) 해당 레벨의 bit들을 처리하여 출력을 부를 구조로 이루어져 있다. 본 논문에서는 형태학 필터의 VLSI 구현에 있어서 제안된 방법이 기존의 Threshold Decomposition 방법 등에 비해 보다 효율적이라는 것을 보였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.619-629
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• 2013

이 연구는 20대 여대생들을 대상으로 세 가지 균형조절 훈련(Aqua, Bio-feedback, Trampolin)이 정적 균형 능력과 시각, 전정각, 고유수용감각 등의 감각요소에 미치는 효과를 비교하기 위해 아쿠아 훈련군(10명), 바이오피드백 훈련군(10명), 트램폴린 훈련군(9명)으로 무작위 할당한 후 각 군별로 주 3회, 회당 30분간의 운동 프로그램을 6주간 진행하면서 3주후, 6주후에 Tetrax portable multiple system을 이용하여 안정성지수를 측정하고, 근전도 중앙주파수값을 이용하여 산출한 근전도 균형점수를 반복측정된 자료의 분산분석 및 Wilcoxon의 부호순위 검정 등을 이용하여 비교 분석한 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 바이오피드백 훈련은 세 가지 감각기능을 고루 향상시키며 아울러 감각기능 간의 협응성 또한 향상시키는 것으로 판단되며, 아쿠아 훈련은 전정기능을 집중적으로 강화시키는 것으로 보인다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2006

Velopharyngeal function refers to the combined activity of the soft palate and pharynx in closing and opening the velopharyngeal port to the required degree. In normal speech, various muscles of palate & pharynx function as sphincter and occlude the oropharynx from the nasopharynx during the production of oral consonant sounds. Inadequate velopharyngeal function caused by neurologic disorder - cerebral apoplexy, regressive diseases - disseminated sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, congenital deformity - cleft palate, cerebral palsy and etc. may result in abnormal speech characterized by hypernasality, nasal emission and decreased intelligibility of speech due to weak consonant production. In our study, we constructed speech aids prosthesis - Speech bulb in the incomplete cleft palate VPI patient with hypernasality and assessed velopharyngeal function with nasometer which can evaluate the speech characteristics objectively.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1039-1049
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• 1994

The intermitternt and transient fuel spray have been investigated from the simultaneous measurement of droplet sizes and velocities by using Phase/Doppler Particle Analyzer(PDPA). Measurement have been done on the spray axis and at the edge of the spray near nozzle at various gas-to-liquid density ratios(.rho./sub g//.rho./sub l/) that ranges from those found in free atmospheric jets to conditions typical of diesel engines. Probability density distributions of the droplet size and velocity were obtained from raw data and mathematical probability density functions which can fit the experimental distribations were extracted using the principle of maximum likelihood. In the near nozzle region on the spray axis, droplet sizes ranged from the lower limit of the measurement system to the order of nozzle diameter for all (.rho./sub g/ /.rho./sub l/) and droplet sizes tended to be small on the spray edge. At the edge of spray, average droplet velocity peaked during needle opening and needle closing. The rms intensity is greatly incresed as the radial distance from the nozzle is increased. The probability density function which can best fit the physical breakage process such as breakup of fuel drops is exponecially decreasing log-hypebolic function with 4 parameters.

• 대한한의학원전학회지
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• 제19권2호통권33호
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• pp.97-107
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• 2006

From the study on the relation of voice and O-jang(五臟廳), the conclusion is as follows. The function of breathing out in larynx is involved with lung and kidney. Lung press out the air, at the same time, kidney supports that to maintenance the density of air constantly. So the person who has short breathing can not make strong voice, and also if having a weak kidney in upper Cho[下蕉], their voice will be changed so very softly to cannot make hard type of voice and lingering sounds. Opening and Closing of vocal cords are controled by liver and spleen. when vocal cords are contracted, liver makes tension, whereas spleen does in slackness. So liver is likely to make high-piched sounds in tension of vocal cords, and spleen is the same to do smoothy and husky sounds through relaxing the vocal cords. In the rising condition of liver function, the temp of speech become fast, and more the pronunciation is clearer, it means that the function of thinking by spleen is operated well. Otherwise, indistinct pronunciation means that in the body seup-sa(濕邪) spreads. Also depression of emotion in speech often makes Gi(氣) of heart weaker, whereas it means regular condition of heart including Simpo(心包) that expression of emotion looks happy.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권12호
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• pp.609-610
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• 2018

Glycosylation is one form of protein modification and plays a key role in protein stability, function, signaling regulation and even cancer. NleB and SseK are bacterial effector proteins and possess glycosyltransferase activity, even though they have different substrate preferences. NleB/SseKs transfer the GlcNAc sugar to an arginine residue of host proteins, leading to reduced $NF-{\kappa}B-dependent$ responses. By combining X-ray crystallography, NMR, molecular dynamics, enzyme kinetic assays and in vivo experiments, we demonstrated that a conserved HEN (His-Glu-Asn) motif in the active site plays a key role in enzyme catalysis and virulence. The lid-domain regulates the opening and closing of the active site and the HLH domain determines the substrate specificity. Our findings provide evidence for the enzymatic mechanism by which arginine can be glycosylated by SseK/NleB enzymes.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2004

A normally open thermopneumaticc-actuated microvalve has been fabricated and their properties are investigated. The advantages of the proposed microvalve are of the low cost fabrication process and the transparent optical property using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and indium tin oxide (ITO) glass. The fabricated microvalves with in-channel configuration are easily integrated with other microfluidic devices on the same substrate. The fabrication process of thermopneumatic-actuated microvalvesusing PDMS is very simple and its performance is very suitable for a disposable lab-on-a-chip. The PDMS membrane deflection increases and the flow rates of the microchannel with microvalvels decrease as the applied power to the ITO heater increases. The powers at flow-off are dependent on the membrane thickness and the applied inlet pressure but are independent of the channel width of microvalves. The flow rate is well controlled by the switching function of ITO heater and the closing/opening times are around 20 sec and 25 sec, respectively.