• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2008

The purpose of this preliminary study was to develop a measurement for assessing risk factors for falling in community-dwelling elderly persons. Rasch analysis and principal component analysis were performed to examine whether items on the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC), assessing self-efficacy, and items on the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), assessing balance function, contribute jointly to a unidimensional construct in the elderly. A total of 35 elderly persons (4 men, 31 women) participated. In this study, each item of ABC (16 items) and BBS (14 items) was scored on a 5-point ordinal rating scale from 0 to 4. The initial Rasch and principal component analysis indicated that 3 of the ABC items and 2 of the BBS items were misfit for this study. These 5 items were excluded from further study. After combining ABC and BBS, Rasch and principal component analyses were examined and finally 23 items selected; 12 items from ABC, 11 items from BBS. The 23 combined ABC-BBC items were arranged in order of difficulty. The hardest item was 'walk outside on icy sidewalks' and the easiest item was 'pivot transfer'. Although structural calibration of each 5 rating scale categories was not ordered, the other three essential criteria of Linacre's optimal rating scale were satisfied. Overall, the ABC-BBS showed sound item psychometric properties. Each of the 5 rating scale categories appeared to distinctly identify subjects at different ability levels. The findings of this study support that the new ABC-BBS scale measure balance function and self-efficacy. It will be a clinically useful assessment of risk factors for falling in the elderly. However, the number of subjects was too small to generalize our results. Further study is needed to develop a new assessment considering more risk factors of falling in elderly.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.3635-3638
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• 2015

Several improvements in ovarian cancer treatment have been achieved in recent years, both in surgery and in combination chemotherapy with targeting. However, ovarian tumors remain the women's cancers with highest mortality rates. In this scenario, a pivotal role has been endorsed to the immunological environment and to the immunological mechanisms involved in ovarian cancer behavior. Recent evidence suggests a loss of the critical balance between immune-activating and immune-suppressing mechanisms when oncogenesis and cancer progression occur. Ovarian cancer generates a mechanism to escape the immune system by producing a highly suppressive environment. Immune-activated tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in ovarian tumor tissue testify that the immune system is the trigger in this neoplasm. The TIL mileau has been demonstrated to be associated with better prognosis, more chemosensitivity, and more cases of optimal residual tumor achieved during primary cytoreduction. Nowadays, scientists are focusing attention on new immunologically effective tumor biomarkers in order to optimize selection of patients for recruitment in clinical trials and to identify relationships of these biomarkers with responses to immunotherapeutics. Assessing this point of view, TILs might be considered as a potent predictive immunotherapy biomarker.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1204-1227
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• 2020

The tradeoff between energy conservation and traffic balancing is a dilemma problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). By analyzing the intrinsic relationship between cluster properties and long distance transmission energy consumption, we characterize three node sets of the cluster as a theoretical foundation to enhance high performance of WSNs, and propose optimal solutions by introducing rendezvous and Mobile Elements (MEs) to optimize energy consumption for prolonging the lifetime of WSNs. First, we exploit an approximate method based on the transmission distance from the different node to an ME to select suboptimal Rendezvous Point (RP) on the trajectory for ME to collect data. Then, we define data transmission routing sequence and model rendezvous planning for the cluster. In order to achieve optimization of energy consumption, we specifically apply the economic theory called Diminishing Marginal Utility Rule (DMUR) and create the utility function with regard to energy to develop an adaptive energy consumption optimization framework to achieve energy efficiency for data collection. At last, Rendezvous Transmission Algorithm (RTA) is proposed to better tradeoff between energy conservation and traffic balancing. Furthermore, via collaborations among multiple MEs, we design Two-Orbit Back-Propagation Algorithm (TOBPA) which concurrently handles load imbalance phenomenon to improve the efficiency of data collection. The simulation results show that our solutions can improve energy efficiency of the whole network and reduce the energy consumption of sensor nodes, which in turn prolong the lifetime of WSNs.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권9호
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• pp.1599-1605
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• 2008

The research was conducted in order to improve the hydrogen generation efficiency of the electrical plasma technology from tap water by using $TiO_2$ photocatalyst, mixed Cu - $TiO_2$ powder, and mixed Ni - $TiO_2$ powder as the catalysts. Experiments were performed with the pulsed power and nitrogen carrier gas. The result has shown that the hydrogen concentration with the presence of $TiO_2$ powder was created higher than that of without using photocatalyst. The hydrogen concentration with using $TiO_2$ was 3012ppm corresponding to the applied voltage of 16kV, while it without using the $TiO_2$ was 1464ppm at the same condition . The effect of $TiO_2$ powder was strongly detected at the applied voltages of 15kV and 16kV. This phenomena might be resulted from the co-effect of the pulsed power discharge and the activated state of $TiO_2$ photocatalyst. The co-effect of the mixed catalysts such as Cu-$TiO_2$ and Ni-$TiO_2$ (the mixed photocatalyst $TiO_2$ and transition metals) were also investigated. The experimental results showed that, Cu and Ni powder dopants were greatly enhancing the activity of the $TiO_2$ photocatalyst. Under these experimental conditions the extremely high hydrogen concentrations at the optimal point were produced as 4089ppm and 6630ppm, respectively.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.88-95
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• 2016

This study evaluated the quality characteristics of dried noodles prepared with strawberry powder in order to determine the most preferred noodle recipe for children's school meals. The proximate composition of strawberry powder used was as follows: moisture, 3.39%; crude protein, 1.53%; crude lipid, 0.97%; crude ash, 0.82%; and carbohydrates, 93.29%. When viscosity of the composite strawberry powder-wheat flours was measured by amylograph. Gelatinization point, maximum viscosity, viscosity at $95^{\circ}C$ and viscosity at $95^{\circ}C$ after 15 min decreased as the level of strawberry powder increased. As the level of strawberry powder increased, both L and b color values decreased, whereas a value increased. Weight, water absorption and volume of cooked noodles decreased, whereas turbidity of soup increased. For textural properties, addition of strawberry powder to cooked noodles reduced hardness, chewiness and brittleness. Overall preference according to the results of the sensory evaluation, noodles added with 6% strawberry powder were the most preferred. According to the results, the addition of strawberry powder can positively affect the overall sensory evaluation of dried noodles, and 6% is the optimal level for addition.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2020

Objective: This study conducted in order to investigate the correlations between fall experience, balance, mobility, and confidence. We examined the difference between fall experience, and Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed-Up-and-Go test (TUG), Tinetti balance assessment (Tinetti balance [TiB], Tinetti gait [TiG]), and Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale scores to see how fall experience, balance, mobility, and confidence of the persons with stroke affects their balance. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Forty-one subjects participated in this study. The BBS includes 14 items, consisting of a 5-point scale from 0 to 4, totaling up to 56 points. The Timed Up and Go-Alone (TUGA) was used to measure the average time to take a 3 m round-trip by getting up and down from a 46-cm high chair with an armrest on a flat floor. The Timed-Up-and-Go-Cognitive (TUGC) was performed by counting backwards and the Timed Up and Go-Manual (TUGM) is performed by holding a cup full of water. The total score for the TiB is 16 points, and the TiG is 12 points, making a total of 28 points. There are 16 items total for the ABC scale. Results: According to the fall experience, BBS, the TUGA and TUGC values were significantly higher in the inexperienced group compared to the experienced group (p<0.05). The number of falls was significantly correlated with BBS, TUGA, TUGC, TUGM, TiB, TiG, TiB+TiG (p<0.05). Conclusions: This study supports that falls experience is strongly related to balance, mobility, and confidence. Optimal balance training programs for fall prevention is still insufficient and must be developed.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.390-396
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• 2012

Ag pastes added to Bi-oxide frits have been applied to the electrode material of Si solar cells. It has been reported that frits induce contacts between the Ag electrodes and the Si wafer after firing. During firing, the control of interfaces among Ag, the glass layer, and Si is one of the key factors for improving cell performance. Specifically, the thermo-physical properties of frits considerably influence Ag-Si contact. Therefore, the thermal properties of frits should be carefully controlled to enhance the efficiency of cells. In this study, the interface structures among Ag electrodes, glass layers, and recrystallites on an $n^+$ emitter were carefully analyzed with the thermal properties of lead-free frits. First, a cross-section of the area between the Ag electrodes and the Si wafer was studied in order to understand the interface structures in light of the thermal properties of the frits. The depth and area of the pits formed in the Si wafer were quantitatively calculated with the thermal properties of frits. The area of the glass layers between the Ag electrodes and Si, and the distribution of recrystallites on the $n^+$ emitter, were measured from a macroscopic point of view with the characteristics of the frits. Our studies suggest that the thermophysical properties should be controlled for the optimal performance of Si solar cells; our studies also show why cell performance deteriorated due to the high viscosity of frits in Ag pastes.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.572-583
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 자연스러운 텍스트 생성을 위한 여러 과정 중, 문장 순서를 결정하기 위한 텍스트 구조화(text structuring)에 관한 것으로, 중심화 이론(centering theory)에 기반하여 문장 순서의 자연스러움을 판단할 수 있는 다양한 평가 척도를 논의한다. 먼저, 기존 연구들에서 중심화 이론에 기반한 문장 순서의 평가 척도들 중 가장 효과적이라고 알려진 MIN.NOCB를 텍스트 구조화에 적용할 때 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 지적하고, 대안이 될 수 있는 새로운 평가 척도인 MAX.CPS를 제안한다. 또, 임의의 평가 척도가 주어진 문장들에 대해 가질 수 있는 기대치를 먼저 예측하고, 그것에 따라 다른 평가 척도를 적용하게 하는 프레임워크를 제안하여, 중심화 이론 안에서 최상의 문장 순서를 찾기 위한 새로운 방법론을 모색한다. 또한, 중심화 이론의 적용에 있어 핵심이라 할 수 있는, 명사들의 돋보임성(salience)을 서열화(cf-ranking) 하는 다양한 방식을 중심화 기반 문장 순서 평가 척도의 관점에서 분석하였다. 그 결과, 텍스트 구조화에 관한 한, 단순히 문장에서 실현된 순서에 따라 명사들의 돋보임성의 서열을 정하는 것이 한국어의 특성상 가장 간단하면서도 효율적임을 입증하였다.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2011

라이다 시스템은 신속하고 정확한 3차원 데이터 생성으로 인해 주목받는 시스템이 되었다. 지형공간정보 분야에서 원시 라이다 데이터로부터 3차원 건물모델과 같은 가치가 부가된 정보를 생산하는 기술은 오랫동안 관심 있는 연구주제로 다루어졌다. 본 논문은 라이다 데이터로부터 건물과 같은 인공지물의 주요 구성요소인 3차원 평면을 추출하는 내용을 담고 있다. 이 연구에서는 최적의 평면을 결정하기 위해 라이다 데이터에 포함된 이상치의 영향을 제거 또는 최소화 시키고, 두 평면이 만나는 지역에서 정확한 평면을 추출하는 하는 방법을 소개한다. 각 라이다 포인트에 대해서 plane fitting이 수행된 후, 결정된 세 개의 평면식 매개변수들은 의사색상값으로 변환되고, 이를 이용하여 평면을 추출하게 된다. 제안된 방법은 항공 라이다와 지상라이다 데이터 두 가지를 사용하여 그 유효성을 검증하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.1457-1467
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• 2015

해양 통신을 위한 VHF 대역 데이터 통신 시스템(VHF Data Exchange System: VDES)은 송수신단의 종류에 따라 서로 다른 주파수 대역을 사용하도록 설계되어 있으며, 육상국으로부터 멀리 떨어진 선박국에게 육상국과 연결성을 보장하기 위해 제안된 ASO-TDMA (Ad-hoc Self-Organizing TDMA) MAC 프로토콜을 이용하여 다중-홉 통신을 수행하는 경우에 주파수 채널간 부하 불균형 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 주파수 채널간 부하 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위해 통계적 기하(stochastic geometry) 모델링을 도입한다. 이를 기반으로 동일 홉 영역에서의 공간적 자원 재사용률을 분석하고, 각 홉 영역 별로 최적의 자원 할당을 통해 채널간의 부하 불균형 문제를 해결하여 자원 활용도를 극대화하는 것을 보인다.