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Comparative Effects of Novel Modified Sleeper and Cross-body Stretching on Scapular Anterior Tilting and Shoulder Internal Rotation in Subjects With Anterior Tilted Scapular and Shoulder Internal Rotation Deficits

  • Yeonghun Han;Chung-hwi Yi;Woochol Joseph Choi;Oh-yun Kwon
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2023
  • Background: Posterior capsule tightness (PCT), commonly seen in overhead athletes, is a soft tissue adaptation that is also noted in non-throwers. PCT is associated with scapular and humeral kinematic alterations, significant restriction of shoulder internal rotation (IR) range of motion (ROM), and significant scapular anterior tilting. Sleeper and cross-body stretches (CBS) are suggested for PCT and IR deficits, and have been modified since introduction. A novel modified sleeper stretch (NMSS) was designed in this study to prevent the risk of anterior translation of the humeral head. Though the effects of posterior shoulder stretching exercise have been widely studies, to the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have investigated the effectiveness of posterior shoulder exercises in decreasing scapular anterior tilting. Objects: To compare the immediate effects of two posterior shoulder stretching exercises (NMSS and CBS) on scapular anterior tilting and shoulder IR ROM. Methods: Thirty-two subjects with anteriorly tilted scapula and IR deficits [mean age: 24.3 ± 2.5 years; 15 males and 17 females] participated in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to either the NMSS or CBS groups. Scapular anterior tilting (at rest and at shoulder 60° active IR) and shoulder IR ROM were measured before and immediately after intervention. Results: Scapular anterior tilting significantly decreased, while the shoulder IR ROM significantly increased in both groups. However, there was no significant group-by-time interaction effect or significant difference between the groups. Conclusion: Both stretching exercises were effective in restoring shoulder IR ROM and decreasing scapular anterior tilting.

Preparation and Characterization of PET/PVA-BA/OPP Multi-layer Films for Seasoned-laver Packaging (조미김 포장을 위한 PET/PVA-BA/OPP 다층필름 제조 및 특성분석)

  • Lim, Mijin;Kim, Dowan;Seo, Jongchul
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2017
  • To identify applicability for packaging material of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/boric acid (BA) coating solution with highly-enhanced water vapor and oxygen barrier properties, the PET/PVA-BA/OPP multi-layer films were prepared through comma coating and lamination process. The oxygen and water vapor permeabilities, and tensile strength of as-prepared multi-layer films were investigated before and after pressure cooker test (PCT). Although oxygen and water vapor permeabilites, and mechanical properties of PET/PVA-BA/OPP multi-layer films was decreased after PCT, their properties were highly enhanced as increase of BA contents in PVA matrix. This is strongly related with enhanced cross-linking density in PVA-BA layer. In storage test of seasoned-laver, the PET/PVA-BA/OPP multi-layer films were comparatively effective to suppress the increase in peroxide value originating from oxidation of seasoned-laver. Comparing the commercially available PP/Al-metallized PP for seasoned-laver packaging, however, PET/PVA-BA/OPP multi-layer films did not show any advantage in water activity. This is due to higher water vapor permeation properties of as-prepared multi-layer films. Therefore, further studies are required to enhance the water vapor permeation in PET/PVA-BA/OPP multi-layer films.

Correlation between Ki67 and Histological Grade in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Preoperative Chemotherapy

  • Petric, Militza;Martinez, Santiago;Acevedo, Francisco;Oddo, David;Artigas, Rocio;Camus, Mauricio;Sanchez, Cesar
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.23
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    • pp.10277-10280
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    • 2015
  • Background and Aim: Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease and cell proliferation markers may help to identify subtypes of clinical interest. We here analyzed the correlation between cell proliferation determined by Ki67 and HG in BC patients undergoing preoperative chemotherapy (PCT). Materials and Methods: We obtained clinical/pathological data from patients with invasive BC treated at our institution from 1999 until 2012. Expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) and Ki67 were determined by immuno-histochemistry (IHC). Clinicopathological subtypes were defined as: Luminal A, ER and/or PR positive, HER2 negative, HG 1 or 2; Luminal B, ER and/or PR positive, HER2 negative or positive and/or HG 3; triple negative (TN), ER, PR and HER2 negative independent of HG; HER2 positive, ER, PR negative and HER2 positive, independent of HG. By using Ki67, a value of 14% separated Luminal A and B tumors, independently of the histological grade. We analyzed correlations between Ki67 and HG, to define BC subtypes and their predictive value for response to PCT. Results: 1,560 BC patients were treated in the period, 147 receiving PCT (9.5%). Some 57 had sufficient clinicopathological information to be included in the study. Median age was 52 years (26-72), with 87.7% invasive ductal carcinomas (n=50). We performed IHC for Ki67 in 40 core biopsies and 50 surgical biopsies, 37 paired samples with Ki67 before and after chemotherapy being available. There was no significant correlation between Ki67 and HG (p=0.237), both categorizing patients into different subtypes. In most cases Ki67 decreased after PCT (65.8%). Only 3 patients had pathologic complete response (cPR). Conclusions: In our experience we did not find associations between Ki67 and HG. Determination of clinicopathological luminal subtypes differs by using Ki67 or HG.

Enhancing Empathic Reasoning of Large Language Models Based on Psychotherapy Models for AI-assisted Social Support (인공지능 기반 사회적 지지를 위한 대형언어모형의 공감적 추론 향상: 심리치료 모형을 중심으로)

  • Yoon Kyung Lee;Inju Lee;Minjung Shin;Seoyeon Bae;Sowon Hahn
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.23-48
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    • 2024
  • Building human-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) for social support remains challenging despite the advancement of Large Language Models. We present a novel method, the Chain of Empathy (CoE) prompting, that utilizes insights from psychotherapy to induce LLMs to reason about human emotional states. This method is inspired by various psychotherapy approaches-Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), and Reality Therapy (RT)-each leading to different patterns of interpreting clients' mental states. LLMs without CoE reasoning generated predominantly exploratory responses. However, when LLMs used CoE reasoning, we found a more comprehensive range of empathic responses aligned with each psychotherapy model's different reasoning patterns. For empathic expression classification, the CBT-based CoE resulted in the most balanced classification of empathic expression labels and the text generation of empathic responses. However, regarding emotion reasoning, other approaches like DBT and PCT showed higher performance in emotion reaction classification. We further conducted qualitative analysis and alignment scoring of each prompt-generated output. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the emotional context and how it affects human-AI communication. Our research contributes to understanding how psychotherapy models can be incorporated into LLMs, facilitating the development of context-aware, safe, and empathically responsive AI.

발명계 소식

  • (사)한국여성발명협회
    • The Inventors News
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    • no.19
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    • pp.3-4
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    • 2004
  • 고정관념 깨는 상표 출원, 사람들의 마음도 끈다 - 올해부터 CD로 PCT 국제출원 할 수 있다 - 서울대 한상진 씨 HP후원 `젊은 발명가상` 수상 - 특허청 특허심사 인력 늘린다 - `100대 우수특허제품 대상` - 듀오백코리아, 독일로부터 특허권 완전 인수 - 함$\cdot$미 `인터넷 경매` 특허분쟁 조짐 - 보이는 기쁨을 선물한 여자, 그녀는 발명가

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Visual Semantic Based 3D Video Retrieval System Using HDFS

  • Ranjith Kumar, C.;Suguna, S.
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.8
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    • pp.3806-3825
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    • 2016
  • This paper brings out a neoteric frame of reference for visual semantic based 3d video search and retrieval applications. Newfangled 3D retrieval application spotlight on shape analysis like object matching, classification and retrieval not only sticking up entirely with video retrieval. In this ambit, we delve into 3D-CBVR (Content Based Video Retrieval) concept for the first time. For this purpose we intent to hitch on BOVW and Mapreduce in 3D framework. Here, we tried to coalesce shape, color and texture for feature extraction. For this purpose, we have used combination of geometric & topological features for shape and 3D co-occurrence matrix for color and texture. After thriving extraction of local descriptors, TB-PCT (Threshold Based- Predictive Clustering Tree) algorithm is used to generate visual codebook. Further, matching is performed using soft weighting scheme with L2 distance function. As a final step, retrieved results are ranked according to the Index value and produce results .In order to handle prodigious amount of data and Efficacious retrieval, we have incorporated HDFS in our Intellection. Using 3D video dataset, we fiture the performance of our proposed system which can pan out that the proposed work gives meticulous result and also reduce the time intricacy.

A Study on the Analysis of Patent information in the Korean Medicine -Focused on International Patent Classification- (국제특허분류를 중심으로 한 한의학 분야의 특허정보 분석 연구)

  • Song, Mi-Young;Kim, Hong-Jun;Choi, Hwan-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.67-96
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    • 2005
  • This Study focused on IPC (International Patent Classification) for TKM (Traditional Korea Medicine) Paper. The results processed for 9,000 TKM paper by using 8th in IPC Classification. The name of Herbal Medicine assigned to IPC Classification, we assigned to two part for main-Classification(A61K) and sub-Classification (A61P). The results obtained about 77% for A61K and about 96% for A61K36 among them. And also analysed about 23% for sub-Classification(A61P) additionally. Main-Classification is distributed A61K > A61H37 > A61B5 > A61N > A61M1. Detailed Main-Classification for A61K is distributed A61K36 > A61K35 > A61K33 among Main-Classification. TKM Paper mainly analysed A61K36 and A61H37 in Main-Classification. According to the results. 'The Korean Journal of Herbology' has high-valued for Utilization as a Non Patent Document. we should constructed Database system for protection of intellectual property rights. And after We will registered minimum documentation of PCT.

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Performance analysis on modified integer transforms for lossless image compression (무손실 영상 압축을 위한 변형된 정수 변환들에 대한 성능 분석)

  • Kim, Hui-Gyeong;Yoo, Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.1273-1278
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we introduce modified integer transforms for lossless image compression and evaluate their performances for two-dimensional transforms. The two-dimensional extensions of the modified integer transforms show different performances in terms of coding efficiency and computational complexity. Thus, we measure performances for two-dimensional separable transforms and a two-dimensional non-separable transform. The separable modified integer transform used in H.264, the modified integer transform using the lifting scheme, and the non-separable transform in JPEG XR are evaluated in this paper. Also, experiments and their results are given. The experimental results indicate that the modified integer transform using the lifting scheme shows the best performance in terms of compression efficiency.

Development of Evaluation System for Aviation Mission Suitability Depending on Pilot's Alertness and Physiological Stability Level (조종사의 각성 및 생리적 안정에 근거한 비행임무적합 수준 판정 시스템의 개발)

  • Kim, Dongsoo;Lee, Wooil
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.789-796
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    • 2015
  • Fighter pilot's ability to maintain both mental and physical capabilities in highly stressful situations is important for aviation safety as well as mission performance because pilot may confront frequently unexpected physical and psychological stimulation. Cumulative psychological stress and physical fatigue can be causes of mood distortion, declined alertness, and can lead to reduction of combat capability. We have investigated bio-signals and performance tests to monitor stress and fatigue levels, and developed a system to evaluate aviation mission suitability before flight. This study elucidated that stress and fatigue level of pilot can be monitored by psychomotor cognitive test(PCT) and heart rate variability(HRV), and that the best of reference for aviation mission suitability was confidential interval obtained from cumulative data of individuals. The system to evaluate aviation mission suitability was constructed with measuring part with PCT and HRV and control part with DB and algorithm.

Population Genetics of Plasmodium vivax in Four High Malaria Endemic Areas in Thailand

  • Congpuong, Kanungnit;Ubalee, Ratawan
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.55 no.5
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    • pp.465-472
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    • 2017
  • Recent trends of malaria in Thailand illustrate an increasing proportion of Plasmodium vivax, indicating the importance of P. vivax as a major causative agent of malaria. P. vivax malaria is usually considered a benign disease so the knowledge of this parasite has been limited, especially the genetic diversity and genetic structure of isolates from different endemic areas. The aim of this study was to examine the population genetics and structure of P. vivax isolates from 4 provinces with different malaria endemic settings in Thailand using 6 microsatellite markers. Total 234 blood samples from P. vivax mono-infected patients were collected. Strong genetic diversity was observed across all study sites; the expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.5871 to 0.9033. Genetic variability in this study divided P. vivax population into 3 clusters; first was P. vivax isolates from Mae Hong Son and Kanchanaburi Provinces located on the western part of Thailand; second, Yala isolates from the south; and third, Chanthaburi isolates from the east. P. vivax isolates from patients having parasite clearance time (PCT) longer than 24 hr after the first dose of chloroquine treatment had higher diversity when compared with those having PCT within 24 hr. This study revealed a clear evidence of different population structure of P. vivax from different malaria endemic areas of Thailand. The findings provide beneficial information to malaria control programme as it is a useful tool to track the source of infections and current malaria control efforts.