• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.676-685
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• 2003

Purpose: To investigate the abilities to act and fear of falling in home-dwelling elderly. Methods: This study interviewed 351 home-dwelling elders residing in Seoul and Gyonggi-do using a Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly. Results: Of the 351 subjects, 203(57.8%) had activity restrictions. The main three activities that the subjects could not perform were going out when it is slippy, reaching something overhead and walking crowded places outside. According to general characteristics, performable activities were significantly fewer in subjects perceiving that their health status was low that those perceiving that their health status was high. On a scale of 3 points for fear of falling, the average score of the subjects was 1.46. The highest score of fear of falling was 2.62 for the activity of going out when it is slippery, next 1.87 for the activity of reaching something overhead. There was a significant inverse relationship between subjects' abilities to act and fear of falling. Conclusions: The significant variables associated with fear of falling were gender(female), educational background, economic status (low-income), and experience of falls during the last one year. Thus further study is necessary, focused on the vulnerable population in order to prevent falls and to reduce fear of falling.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1075-1085
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• 2018

To deal with the operation performance degradation of permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) drives with uncertainties and unmodeled dynamics, this paper presents a finite-time nonlinear disturbance observer (FTNDO) based discretized integral sliding mode (DISM) composite control scheme. Based on the reaching-law approach, a DISM speed controller featuring a superior dynamic quality and global robustness against disturbances is constructed. This controller can avoid the reaching phase and overlarge control action. In addition, a sliding mode differentiator based FTNDO is devised and extended to the discrete-time domain for disturbance estimation. The attractive features of the FTNDO are that it can provide a finite-time converging estimation and alleviate the chattering effect in conventional sliding mode observers, while retaining robustness to parameter variations. By feeding the estimate forward to the pre-stage DISM controller, both disturbances and chattering can be significantly suppressed. Moreover, considering the estimation error of a FTNDO caused by discrete sampling, a stability analysis of the composite controller is discussed. Experimental results validate the superiority of the presented scheme.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2017

PURPOSE: This study compared cognitive task-directed functional motor control ability for reaching and kicking movements in younger and older adults. METHODS: Subjects were divided into two groups of younger and older adults, with 13 subjects in each group. Subjects were required to perform a dual task combining a functional movement and cognitive component. The task consisted of reaching and kicking movements. Participants performed indicated movements when a target appeared on a monitor. The target randomly appeared on the monitor every 10 seconds. The total performance time (TPT), joint angular velocity (JAV), and muscle activation time were used to evaluate motor control ability. RESULTS: There were significant differences in all evaluation factors in a comparison of younger and older adults (p<.05). TPT was significantly shorter in older adults, and JAV and muscle activation time were significantly slower than that in the younger adult group. Although the results for older adults were within the normal range for functional assessment, their motor control abilities were significantly worse for cognitive tasks compared with those of younger adults. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicated that a motor control assessment tool using a cognitive task would be helpful in assessment of motor control ability in healthy older adults.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2003

This study was performed to examine the flowing ability and filling ability of polypropylene fiber reinforced high performance concrete. The slump flow was decreased with increasing the polypropylene fiber content, rapidly. At the box-type filling ability, the difference of box height was increased with increasing the fiber content and the box-type passing ability was closed in fiber content 1 %. The final flowing distance of L-type was decreased with increasing the fiber content. Also, it was decreased above 0.75% of polypropylene fiber content, rapidly. The filling ability of L-type was badly showed above polypropylene fiber content 0.75%. Also, the compressive strength was decreased with increasing the fiber content, but the flexural strength was shown higher than that of the concrete without fiber. At the impact resistance, drop numbers for reaching in final fracture were increased with increasing the fiber content. Also, the drop numbers for reaching initial fracture of 1mm were increased with increasing the fiber content. At the acid resistance, the percent of original mass was decreased with increasing the fiber content.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2008

In this study, the thermal properties of peeled chestnuts were measured, and the mathematical prediction model of freezing time was also developed for various interior positions from center to rind (surface). The measured thermal properties were showed that heat conductivity is $0.43W/m^{\circ}C$, specific heat is $2.7206J/m^3^{\circ}C$, latent heat is $216.9{\times}10^6J/m^3$ and freezing point is $-2.8^{\circ}C$. The entire process about reaching to the freezing time of peeled chestnuts was analyzed with its each regular depth position using the finite difference method (FDM) based on computer simulation. In case of regular freezing temperature, it was showed an that surface (rind) position is more rapidly reached into the freezing point rather than the center position, and also reaching time to the freezing point is more fast at the lower freezing temperature. Comparison results between simulation and experiments showed linear relationship. In regularly varying condition for freezing temperature, this method would give an information to predict a freezing time of the interior points for peeled chestnuts and more similar agricultural products.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.281-295
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• 1994

본 논문에서는 운동량 바이어스 안정화된 인공위성의 능동 미동 제동율 위한 자동 제어기의 설계에 새로운 연속의 스위칭 방정식율 도입한 가변구조 시스댐 이론을 사용하였다. 일반적으로 미동 제동을 갖고 있는 션형화된 다변수 시스템에 가변구조 이론을 적용할 때, 스위칭 이득을 어떻게 결정해야 하는지, 진동 현상과 입력과 상태 궤적에 도달기간을 어떻게 줄여야 하는지 등의 단점을 갖고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에셔는 슬라이딩 모드를 얻기 위한 불연속의 스위칭 로직 대신에 연속의 스위칭 방정식을 제시하였다. 이 새로운 접근방법은 기존의 가변구조 이론에 의한 방법보다 훨씬 간단하고, 구해진 제어입력이 연속이므로 진동현상이 없으며, 동시에 설계인자를 적절하게 선정하므로써 도달기간을 줄일 수 있게 된다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제11권1호통권20호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2007

In this paper, a design of an integral augmented nonlinear optimal variable structure system(INOVSS) is presented for the prescribed output control of uncertain MIMO systems under persistent disturbances. This algorithm basically concerns removing the problems of the reaching phase and combining with the nonlinear optimal control theory. By means of an integral nonlinear sliding surface, the reaching phase is completely removed. The ideal sliding dynamics of the integral nonlinear sliding surface is obtained in the form of the nonlinear state equation and is designed by using the nonlinear optimal control theory, which means the design of the integral nonlinear sliding surface and equivalent control input. The homogeneous $2{\upsilon}(\kappa)$ form is defined in order to easily select the $2{\upsilon}$ or even $(\kappa)-form$ higher order nonlinear terms in the suggested sliding surface. The corresponding nonlinear control input is designed in order to generate the sliding mode on the predetermined transformed new surface by means of diagonalization method. As a result, the whole sliding output from a given initial state to origin is completely guaranteed against persistent disturbances. The prediction/predetermination of output is enable. Moreover, the better performance by the nonlinear sliding surface than that of the linear sliding surface can be obtained. Through an illustrative example, the usefulness of the algorithm is shown.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.170-174
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• 2018

농어목 전갱이과에 속하는 Caranx melampygus 1개체(표준체장 113 mm)가 2010년 8월 13일 제주도 서귀포시 대포동의 정치망에서 처음으로 채집되었다. 이 종은 형태적으로 우리나라에 서식하고 있는 줄전갱이(C. sexfasiatus)와 유사하지만 주둥이 끝이 눈의 말단을 이르지 않는 점과 주새개골의 상단에 검은 반점이 없는 것이 특징이다. 이 미기록종의 종명은 줄전갱이와 비교할 때 상대적으로 작은 입을 가지고 있어서 "작은입줄전갱이"로 제안한다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was to investigate whether the two different head postures, natural and ideal head posture, affect head/shoulder posture and muscle activity. Methods: Thirty healthy subjects with the forward head and round shoulder posture were participated in this study. This study utilized a within-subjects design with subjects being positioned into two sitting positions: natural head posture (NHP) and ideal head posture (IHP). Forward head angle (FHA) and forward shoulder angle (FSA) of each subject were measured for assessing the head/shoulder posture and muscle activities of upper trapezius (UT), lower trapezius (LT), and serratus anterior (SA) during the forward overhead reaching. Results: There were significant increases in both FHA and FSA after taking IHP, which showed greater angles than in taking NHP. In change of muscle activities, there were significant decreases in both LT and SA after taking IHP, which showed lower activities than in taking a NHP, whereas there was no significant change in UT. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that postural alterations associated with forward head and rounded shoulder postures could alter scapular kinetics and muscle activity during the forward overhead reaching.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.402-408
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 퍼지 슬라이딩 평면의 개념을 터미널 슬라이딩 평면의 기울기를 선정하는데 적용한 일차원 퍼지규칙 슬라이딩 평면을 이용한 터미널 슬라이딩 제어기를 제안하였다. 터미널 슬라이딩 모드 제어기의 개념을 확장하여 연속인 도달법칙을 가지는 터미널 슬라이딩 모드 제어 입력을 제안하였다. 컴퓨터 모의실험에서 제안한 제어기는 터미널 슬라이딩 모드 제어기 보다 빠른 수렴 특성과 채터링이 발생하지 않는 특성을 보여주었으며 일차원 퍼지 규칙을 사용하여 계산량이 작다는 장점을 가지고 있다.