• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2015

Objectives: Achieving adequate anesthesia with inferior alveolar nerve blocks (IANB) is of great importance during dental procedures. The aim of the present study was to assess the success rate of two anesthetic agents (bupivacaine and lidocaine) for IANB when treating teeth with irreversible pulpitis. Materials and Methods: Sixty volunteer male and female patients who required root canal treatment of a mandibular molar due to caries participated in the present study. The inclusion criteria included prolonged pain to thermal stimulus but no spontaneous pain. The patients were randomly allocated to receive either 2% lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine or 0.5% bupivacaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine as an IANB injection. The sensitivity of the teeth to a cold test as well as the amount of pain during access cavity preparation and root canal instrumentation were recorded. Results were statistically analyzed with the Chi-Square and Fischer's exact tests. Results: At the final step, fifty-nine patients were included in the study. The success rate for bupivacaine and lidocaine groups were 20.0% and 24.1%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups at any stage of the treatment procedure. Conclusions: There was no difference in success rates of anesthesia when bupivacaine and lidocaine were used for IANB injections to treat mandibular molar teeth with irreversible pulpitis. Neither agent was able to completely anesthetize the teeth effectively. Therefore, practitioners should be prepared to administer supplemental anesthesia to overcome pain during root canal treatment.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2021

Machine learning models have been widely used for landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA) in recent years. The large number of inputs or conditioning factors for these models, however, can reduce the computation efficiency and increase the difficulty in collecting data. Feature selection is a good tool to address this problem by selecting the most important features among all factors to reduce the size of the input variables. However, two important questions need to be solved: (1) how do feature selection methods affect the performance of machine learning models? and (2) which feature selection method is the most suitable for a given machine learning model? This paper aims to address these two questions by comparing the predictive performance of 13 feature selection-based machine learning (FS-ML) models and 5 ordinary machine learning models on LSA. First, five commonly used machine learning models (i.e., logistic regression, support vector machine, artificial neural network, Gaussian process and random forest) and six typical feature selection methods in the literature are adopted to constitute the proposed models. Then, fifteen conditioning factors are chosen as input variables and 1,017 landslides are used as recorded data. Next, feature selection methods are used to obtain the importance of the conditioning factors to create feature subsets, based on which 13 FS-ML models are constructed. For each of the machine learning models, a best optimized FS-ML model is selected according to the area under curve value. Finally, five optimal FS-ML models are obtained and applied to the LSA of the studied area. The predictive abilities of the FS-ML models on LSA are verified and compared through the receive operating characteristic curve and statistical indicators such as sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. The results showed that different feature selection methods have different effects on the performance of LSA machine learning models. FS-ML models generally outperform the ordinary machine learning models. The best FS-ML model is the recursive feature elimination (RFE) optimized RF, and RFE is an optimal method for feature selection.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.326-335
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• 2022

Background: One of the important actions for enhancing human reliability in any industry is assessing human error probability (HEP). The HEART technique is a robust tool for calculating HEP in various industries. The traditional HEART has some weaknesses due to expert judgment. For these reasons, a hybrid model is presented in this study to integrate HEART with Best-Worst Method. Materials Method: In this study, the blasting process in an iron ore mine was investigated as a case study. The proposed HEART-BWM was used to increase the sensitivity of APOA calculation. Then the HEP was calculated using conventional HEART formula. A consistency ratio was calculated using BWM. Finally, for verification of the HEART-BWM, HEP calculation was done by traditional HEART and HEART-BWM. Results: In the view of determined HEPs, the results showed that the mean of HEP in the blasting of the iron ore process was 2.57E-01. Checking the full blast of all the holes after the blasting sub-task was the most dangerous task due to the highest HEP value, and it was found 9.646E-01. On the other side, obtaining a permit to receive and transport materials was the most reliable task, and the HEP was 8.54E-04. Conclusion: The results showed a good consistency for the proposed technique. Comparing the two techniques confirmed that the BWM makes the traditional HEART faster and more reliable by performing the basic comparisons.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2022

In recent years, if we order food by easily accessing the online market with our smartphone, we can receive the product in a fresh state at dawn the next day. Cold chain is an industry that can create high added value because it has both the characteristics of general logistics and sensitivity to temperature. Based on the electrical specifications derived from the reefer container capacity requirement investigation, we proved that power supply to up to 33 reefer containers can be made by using three additional auxiliary power supplies which are applied for freight trains in Korea. In this paper, we conducted a research on a design of power supply system for freight train reefer container based on simulation as a basic research necessary for low-temperature distribution and cold chain construction based on the reefer container railroad. Consequently, the simulation was conducted using the three-phase inverter diagram in PSIM and the SVPWM (3-harmonic injection method) control technique, and it was verified that the required power voltage was satisfied with 622V_dc, which is lower than the input voltage of general SPWM of 718V_dc. The details of this paper could be used as a foundational study for constructing cold chains based on a reefer container dedicated to freight trains in the future.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.3-11
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• 2023

실시간 관제 시스템은 IoT, 이동통신과 같은 기반 기술의 발달과 공장관리, 차량 운행 체크 등 실시간성이 중요시되는 서비스가 증가함에 따라 급격히 성장하고 있다. 이 시스템의 시간적 민감성을 높이기 위해 다양한 솔루션이 제시되어 왔으나, 현재 대부분의 실시간 관제 시스템은 관제소 등에 위치한 로컬 서버와 다수의 클라이언트로 구성되어 있고, 이들은 다양한 단계를 거쳐 관제 시스템이 위치한 로컬 서버로 전송되고, 그 대응 역시 동일한 단계를 거쳐 진행되는 등 기존 네트워크 및 시스템의 구조적 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 실시간 관제 시스템 중 하나인 버스 정보 시스템이 정보를 수집한 시점에서 사용자에게 해당 정보를 제공하기까지 소모되는 시간을 줄일 수 있는 엣지 컴퓨팅 기반 실시간 관제 모델을 제안하였다. 기존 모델과 엣지 컴퓨팅 모델을 시뮬레이션 한 결과, 엣지 컴퓨팅 모델은 사용자에게 데이터를 전송하기 위한 코스트가 기존 모델에 비해 최소 10% 에서 최대 80%까지 감소함을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2023

Underwater wireless communication is a challenging issue for realizing the smart aqua-farm and various marine activities for exploring the ocean and environmental monitoring. In comparison to acoustic and radio frequency technologies, the visible light communication is the most promising method to transmit data with a higher speed in complex underwater environments. To send data at a speedier rate, high-performance photodetectors are essentially required to receive blue and/or cyan-blue light that are transmitted from the light sources in a light-fidelity (Li-Fi) system. Here, we fabricated high-performance organic phototransistors (OPTs) based on P-type donor polymer (PTO2) and N-type acceptor small molecule (IT-4F) blend semiconductors. Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) PTO2:IT-4F photo-active layer has a broad absorption spectrum in the range of 450~550 nm wavelength. Solution-processed OPTs showed a high photo-responsivity >1,000 mA/W, a large photo-sensitivity >10³, a fast response time, and reproducible light-On/Off switching characteristics even under a weak incident light. BHJ organic semiconductors absorbed photons and generated excitons, and efficiently dissociated to electron and hole carriers at the donor-acceptor interface. Printed and flexible OPTs can be widely used as Li-Fi receivers and image sensors for underwater communication and underwater internet of things (UIoTs).

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제47권9호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 유럽에서 사용되는 이동형 디지털 방송인 DVB-T/H 신호를 수신 및 신호처리 가능한 DVB-T/H SiP를 제작하였다. DVB-T/H SiP는 칩이 PCB 내부에 삽입될 수 있는 IC-임베디드 PCB 공정을 적용하여 설계되었다. DVB-T/H SiP에 삽입된 DVB-T/H IC는 신호를 수신하는 RF 칩과 어플리케이션 프로세서에서 활용할 수 있도록 수신된 신호를 변환하는 디지털 칩 2개를 원칩화한 모바일 TV용 SoC 이다. SiP 에는 DVB-T/H IC를 동작하기 위해 클럭소스로써 38.4MHz의 크리스탈을 이용하고, 전원공급을 위해 3MHz로 동작하는 DC-DC Converter와 LDO를 사용하였다. 제작된 DVB-T/H SiP는 $8mm{\times}8mm$ 의 4 Layer로 구성되었으며, IC-임베디드 PCB 기술을 사용하여 DVB-T/H IC는 2층과 3층에 배치시켰다. 시뮬레이션 결과 Ground Plane과 비아의 확보로 RF 신호선의 감도가 개선되었으며 SiP로 제작하는 경우에 Power 전달선에 존재하는 캐패시터와 인덕터의 조정이 필수적임을 확인하였다. 제작된 DVB-T/H SiP의 전력 소모는 평균 297mW이며 전력 효율은 87%로써 기존 모듈과 동등한 수준으로 구현되었고, 크기는 기존 모듈과 비교하여 70% 이상 감소하였다. 그러나 기존 모듈 대비평균 3.8dB의 수신 감도 하락이 나타났다. 이는 SiP에 존재하는 DC-DC Converter의 노이즈로 인한 2.8dB의 신호 감도 저하에 기인한 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2014

목적 : 본 연구는 전단계 및 1기 고혈압에 해당하는 폐경 후 여성을 대상으로 침 치료의 유효성과 안전성을 평가하고 적정 치료 횟수를 탐색할 목적으로 실시하는 연구이다. 방법 : 네 군, 무작위 배정, 공개 예비연구가 두 임상연구센터에서 진행될 것이다. 총 60명의 대상자가 두 치료군과 두 대조군에 배정되게 된다. 치료군의 대상자는 통상적 관리와 함께 8개 혈위(양측 풍지, 곡지, 족삼리, 삼음교)에 치료군 A는 4주간 10회, 치료군 B는 8주간 20회 침 치료를 받을 것이다. 대조군의 대상자는 침 치료를 받지 않고 대조군 C는 16주간, 대조군 D는 20주간 통상적 관리를 하게 된다. 각 대상자의 생활습관은 교정될 것이며 혈압에 영향을 줄 수 있는 약물은 금지될 것이다. 치료군 A와 대조군 C는 무작위 배정 4, 8, 12, 16주 후에, 치료군 B와 대조군 D는 무작위 배정 4, 8, 12, 16, 20주 후에 평가를 받을 것이다. 주요결과변수는 무작위 배정 4주 후 이완기 혈압 변화량이다. 보조결과변수는 (1) 무작위 배정 8, 16, 20주 후 이완기 혈압 변화량, (2) 수축기 혈압 변화량, (3) 혈압 조절률, (4) 지질대사지표, (5) 고감도 C-반응단백이다. 결론 : 본 연구의 결과는 혈압 조절에 대한 침의 유효성 및 안전성에 관한 근거 구축에 도움이 될 것이다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2005

Purpose: The number of the deceased from free-fall is increasing nowadays. Free-fall comes to a great social problem in that even the survivor will be suffering for cord injury or brain injury, and so on. We analyzed the cases of free-fall patients to find out whether the injury severity is mainly correlated with the height of fall. Methods: We retrospectively investigated the characteristics of patients, who fall from the height above 2m from January 2000 to August 2004. We excluded the patients who transferred to other hospital, transferred from other hospital, and not known the height of fall. 145 patients were evaluated. Variables included in data analysis were age, height of fall, injury severity score (ISS), the being of barrier, and the survival or not. To find out the correlation between height of fall and death, we used receive operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis. Results: The mean age of patients was $36.5{\pm}19.4$ years old. 110 were male and 35 were female. Mean height of fall was $11.1{\pm}8.5m$. 51 patients (35.2%) were died and 30 patients of them (58.9%) got emergency room on dead body. The mean height of fall is $8.9{\pm}5.8m$ for 94 survivors and $15.2{\pm}11.0m$ for the 51 deceased (p<0.001). The area under the ROC curve was 0.646, which means the height of fall was not adequate factor for predicting for death. At 13.5m, as cut?off value, sensitivity is 52.9%, specificity is 86.2%, positive predictive value is 67.5% and negative predictive value is 77.1%. There were statistical differences in mortality rate and ISS between 'below 13.5m group' and 'above 13.5m group', but there was not statistical difference in head and neck AIS. Conclusion: The height of fall is not adequate factor for prediction of death. So other factors like intoxication or not, the being of barrier or protection device need to be evaluated for predicting of free-fall patient's death.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.2273-2280
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 차세대 항공 감시시스템에 대하여 소개하고, 지상국 수신기 전단부 저잡음 증폭기 설계에 관하여 연구하였다. 국제 표준 문서와 기존 제품의 성능을 고려하여 수신감도, 신뢰성 등이 경쟁력 있게 전체 시스템을 링크 버짓 하였으며, 이에 적합한 저잡음 증폭기를 얻기 위해 이득, 이득 평탄도, 반사손실 등을 최적이 되도록 설계 규격을 결정하였다. 설계시 저전력, 저잡음, 고이득 특성에 적합한 바이어스 회로를 구성하였으며, 최적 설계 후 실시한 모의실험 결과로 이득은 16.24dB, 잡음지수는 0.36dB, 입출력 반사손실은 각각 -18dB와 -28dB, 주파수 안정도는 1.11을 얻었고, 제작 후 측정 결과는 이득 17dB, 잡음지수 0.51dB, 이득 평탄도 0.23dB, 입출력 반사손실은 각각 -18.28dB, -24.50dB로 전체 시스템 구성에 적합한 결과를 얻었다.