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"A Study of Farbricating Full Denture, Which is Used Functional Imp and Zero-degree Artificial Poster Teeth" (의치주위조직(義齒周圍組織)의 기능인상(機能印象) 채득법에 의한 0$^{\circ}$ 구치(臼齒)의 Full Denture 제작법(製作法))

  • Kim, Ui-Nam
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 1985
  • When full denture is being fabricated, pronounciation, recovery of aesthetics of function and mastificatory function should be satisfies for patients. To satisfy for the function of denture, following is the difference between this new way of fabricating and formerly one of it. 1. The size of fabricating tooth which is harmony of original oral structure for patients is deaded by manufacturing labial index and artificial tongue. 2. By the use of artificial tongue and labial index, the arranges of artificial tooth is to become harmony of oral structure. 3. Formation of gingival decided functional impression which is used by impression paste, is harmony of oral structure. Therefore, this full denture can be satisfied with pronouncing oral function of recovery of aesthetics as well as mastificatory through physiological movement of oral tissue not disturbed with anything but cooperated drastically. In manufacturing of this full denture, both dentist and dental technician under cooperation need to proceed the work on the base of importance of communication.

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The Effect of Mirror Therapy to Improve Upper Extremity Function in Stroke Patients: A Meta-analysis

  • Se-Ra Min;Tae-Hoon Kim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.92-98
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    • 2024
  • This meta-analysis systematically reviewed studies on mirror therapy focused on arm and hand function in stroke patients, aiming to comprehensively assess the efficacy of mirror therapy interventions and furnish empirical support for its potential application and future development in the context of stroke rehabilitation. A rigorous search for articles published in international journals up to the year 2022 was conducted. Various assessment tools were employed to calculate effect sizes, evaluating the impact of mirror therapy on arm and hand function in stroke patients. Utilizing a random-effects model, mean effect sizes were determined, yielding a total effect size of 0.545. The effect sizes for the Brunnstrom Recovery Stage (BRS), Box and Block Test (BBT), Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), and grip strength test were 0.957, 0.596, 0.490, 0.488, and 0.417, respectively. In summary, we suggest that mirror therapy engenders positive changes in functional recovery among stroke patients, establishing a foundation for its tailored clinical application based on individual subject characteristics.

The effect of Environmental Enrichment and Peripheral Nerve Electrical Stimulation on Functional Recovery after Brain in rats (환경강화와 말초신경 전기자극이 뇌손상 백서의 기능회복에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sa-Youl;Kim, Tae-Youl;Oh, Myung-Hwa;Kim, Young-Eok;Chang, Mee-Kyung;Sim, Ki-Cheol;Kim, Gye-Yeop
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.33-44
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: To investigate and analyze effects of environmental enrichment(EE) and nerve stimulation that follows in application times with change of functional recovery(1, 3, 7 and 14 days). Methods: Focal ischemic brain injury was produced in 100 Sprauge-Dawley rats through middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO). Neurobehavioral assessment were selected, such as tilting plane testing, horizontal wire testing, vestibulomotor function testing and complex neuromotor function test, then they were randomly divided into five groups; Group I : Sham group, Group II: MCAO group, Group III: MCAO and ES group, Group IV: MCAO and EE group, Group V: MCAO and EE and ES group. Results: In neurobehavioral assessment, group V were significantly difference from other groups on between-subject effects. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that in focal ishemic brain injury, combined environmental enrichment and peripheral nerve electrical stimulation is more improved that the improvement of exercise function recovery than non treatment group.

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Stability of superconductor by integration formula

  • Seol, S.Y.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2019
  • The superconductor stability theories are consistently described by the integral formula. If the defined stability function is a simple decreasing function, it becomes a cryogenic stability condition. If the stability function has a maximum value and a minimum value, and the maximum value is less than 0, then it is a cold-end recovery condition. If the maximum value is more than 0, it can be shown that the unstable equilibrium temperature, that is, the MPZ (minimum propagation zone) temperature distribution can exist. The MPZ region is divided into two regions according to the current ratio. At the low current ratio, the maximum dimensionless temperature is greater than 1, and at the relatively high current ratio, the maximum dimensionless temperature is less than 1. In order to predict the minimum quench energy, the dimensionless energy was obtained for the MPZ temperature distribution. In particular, it was shown that the dimensionless energy can be obtained even when the MPZ maximum temperature is 1 or more.

An Experimental Study on Air Leakage and Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Rotary-type Heat Recovery Ventilator

  • Han, Hwa-Taik;Kim, Min-Kyu
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2005
  • This study investigates the air leakage and heat transfer characteristics of a commercially available rotary-type air-to-air heat exchanger with a fiber polyester matrix. Crossover leakage between the exhaust and supply air is measured using a tracer gas method for various ventilation rates and rotational speeds of the wheel. A correlation equation for the leakage is obtained by summing up pressure leakage and carryover leakage. The pressure leakage is observed to be a function of ventilation rate only, and the carryover leakage is found to be a linear function of wheel speed. The real efficiency of the heat exchanger can be obtained from its apparent efficiency by taking into account the leakage ratio. The heat recovery efficiency decreases, as the ventilation rate increases. As the wheel speed increases, however, the efficiency increases initially but reaches a constant value for the speeds over 10rpm.

An Experimental Study on Air Leakage and Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Rotary-type Heat Recovery Ventilator (회전식 폐열회수 환기유닛의 공기누설 및 전열특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Han Hwataik;Kim Min-Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.1197-1203
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    • 2004
  • This study investigates the air leakage and heat transfer characteristics of a rotary-type air-to-air heat exchanger with a fiber polyester matrix. The leakage airflow rate is measured using a tracer gas method for various ventilation rates and rotational speeds of the matrix wheel. A correlation equation for air leakage is obtained by combining the pressure leakage and the carryover leakage. The pressure leakage is observed to be a function of ventilation airflow rate only, and the carryover leakage is found to be a linear function of rotational speed. The real efficiency of the heat exchanger can be obtained from its apparent efficiencies by taking into account the air leakage ratio. As the ventilation rate increases, the heat recovery efficiency decreases. As the rotational speed of the matrix increases, the efficiency increases initially but reaches a constant value for the rotational speeds over 10 rpm.

Factors Associated with Lung Function Recovery at the First Year after Lung Transplantation

  • Yoon, Bo Ra;Park, Ji Eun;Kim, Chi Young;Park, Moo Suk;Kim, Young Sam;Chung, Kyung Soo;Song, Joo Han;Paik, Hyo-Chae;Lee, Jin Gu;Kim, Song Yee
    • Yonsei Medical Journal
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    • v.59 no.9
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    • pp.1088-1095
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Post-operative pulmonary function is an important prognostic factor for lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting recovery of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) at the first year after lung transplantation. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of lung transplantation patients between October 2012 and June 2016. Patients who survived for longer than one year and who underwent pulmonary function test at the first year of lung transplantation were enrolled. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether they recovered to a normal range of FEV1 (FEV1 ${\geq}80%$ of predicted value vs. <80%). We compared the two groups and analyzed factors associated with lung function recovery. Results: Fifty-eight patients were enrolled in this study: 28 patients (48%) recovered to a FEV1 ${\geq}80%$ of the predicted value, whereas 30 patients (52%) did not. Younger recipients [odds ratio (OR), 0.92; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.87-0.98; p=0.010], longer duration of mechanical ventilator use after surgery (OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.03-1.26; p=0.015), and high-grade primary graft dysfunction (OR, 8.08; 95% CI, 1.67-39.18; p=0.009) were identified as independent risk factors associated with a lack of full recovery of lung function at 1 year after lung transplantation. Conclusion: Immediate postoperative status may be associated with recovery of lung function after lung transplantation.

A Highly Efficient AC-PDP Driver Featuring an Energy Recovery Function in Sustaining Mode Operation

  • Kang, Feel-Soon;Park, Sung-Jun;Kim, Cheul-U
    • KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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    • v.2B no.3
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    • pp.100-108
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    • 2002
  • A simple sustain driver employing an energy recovery function is proposed as a highly efficient driver of a plasma display panel. The proposed driver uses dual resonance in the sustaining mode operation: a main resonance between an inductor and an external capacitor to produce alternative pulses and a sub-resonance between an inductor and a panel to recover the energy consumption by the capacitive displacement current of the PDP. The operational principle and design procedure of the proposed circuit are presented with theoretical analysis. The operation of the proposed sustain driver is verified through simulation and experiments based on a 7.5-inch-diagonal panel with a 200 KHz operating frequency.

Implementation of TCP Retransmitted Packet Loss Recovery using ns-2 Simulator (ns-2 시뮬레이터를 이용한 TCP 재전송 손실 복구 알고리듬의 구현)

  • Kim, Beom-Joon
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.741-746
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    • 2012
  • Transmission control protocol(TCP) widely used as a transport protocol in the Internet includes a loss recovery function that detects and recovers packet losses by retransmissions. The loss recovery function consists of the two algorithms; fast retransmit and fast recovery. There have been researches to avoid nonnecessary retransmission timeouts (RTOs), which leads to selective acknowledgement (SACK) option and limited transmit scheme that are standardized by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). Recently, a method that covers the case in which a retransmitted packet is lost again has been propsed. The method, however, is not proved in terms of the additive increase multiplicative decrease (AIMD) principle of TCP congestion control. In this paper, therefore, we analyzed the method in terms of the principle by ns-simulations.

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Task Oriented Training to Improve Upper Extremity Function After Stroke

  • Kim, Myoung-Kwon
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.170-173
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in conjunction with task oriented training, on cortical excitability and upper extremity function recovery in stroke patients. This study was conducted with 31 subjects who were diagnosed as a hemiparesis by stroke. Participants in the experimental (16 members) and control groups (15 members) received rTMS and sham rTMS, respectively, during a 10 minutes session, five days per week for four weeks, followed by task oriented training during a 30 minutes session, five days per week for four weeks. Motor cortex excitability was performed by motor evoked potential and upper limb function was evaluated by motor function test. Both groups showed a significant increment in motor function test and amplitude, latency in motor evoked potential compared to pre-intervention (p < 0.05). A significant difference in post-training gains for the motor function test, amplitude in motor evoked potential was observed between the experimental group and the control group (p < 0.05). The findings of the current study demonstrated that incorporating rTMS in task oriented training may be beneficial in improving the effects of stroke on upper extremity function recovery.