• 지능정보연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.163-176
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• 2014

소셜미디어 확산으로 많은 사용자들이 SNS를 통해 자신의 생각과 의견을 표출하며 다른 사용자들과 상호작용하고 있다. 특히 트위터와 같은 마이크로블로그는 짧은 문장을 통해 영화, TV, 사회 현상 등과 같은 공통의 주제에 대해 많은 사람이 즉각적으로 의견을 표출하고 교환하는 플랫폼의 역할을 수행하고 있다. TV방송 프로그램에 대해서도 의견과 감정을 마이크로블로그를 통해 표출하고 있는데, 본 연구에서는 마이크로블로그의 내용과 시청률과의 관계를 살펴보기 위해, 지난 공중파 방송 프로그램에 대한 트윗을 수집하고 부적절한 트윗들을 제거한 후 형태소 분석을 수행하였다. 추출된 형태소뿐 아니라 이모티콘, 신조어 등 사용자가 입력한 모든 단어들을 후보 자질로 삼아 시청률과의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 실험을 위해 2013년 1월부터 10개월간의 예능프로그램 트윗의 데이터를 수집하여 전국 시청률 데이터와 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 트윗의 발생량은 일주일 중 방송된 요일에 가장 많았으며, 특히 방송시간 부근에서 급격히 증가하는 모습을 보였다. 이것은 전국에 동시간에 방송되는 공중파 프로그램의 특성상 공통된 관심 주제를 제공하기 때문에 나타나는 현상으로 여겨진다. 횟수 기반 자질로 방송 일의 총 트윗 수와 리트윗 수, 방송시간 중의 트윗 수와 리트윗 수와 시청률과의 상관 관계를 분석하였으나 모두 낮은 상관 계수를 나타냈다. 이것은 단순한 트윗 발생 빈도는 방송 프로그램의 만족도 또는 시청률을 제대로 반영하고 있지 못함을 의미한다. 내용 기반 자질로 추출한 단어들 중에는 높은 상관관계를 보여주는 단어들이 발견되었으며, 표준어가 아닌 이모티콘과 신조어 중에도 높은 상관관계를 보여주는 자질이 나타났다. 또한 방송시작 전과 후에 따라 상관계수가 높은 단어가 상이함을 발견하였다. 매주 같은 시간에 방송되는 TV 프로그램의 특성상, 방송을 기다리고 기대하는 내용의 트윗과 방송 후 소감을 표현하는 트윗의 내용에 차이가 존재하였다. 이러한 분석결과는 단어에 따라 시청률과 연관성이 높은 시간대가 달라짐을 의미하며, 시청률을 측정하고자 할 때 각 단어들의 시간대를 고려해서 사용해야 함을 의미한다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법은 기존의 표본 추출을 통해 이루어지는 TV 시청률 측정을 보완할 수 있는 방법에 활용할 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.101-118
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• 2023

팬데믹 기간 동안 도시민의 생활권 공원녹지 이용률은 크게 증가하였으며 COVID-19의 발생은 도시민들에게 생활권 공원녹지의 가치와 기능을 부각시키는 계기가 되었다. 본 연구에서는 COVID-19 발생 전·후 시민들의 이동 및 생활권 공원녹지 이용이 어떻게 변화했는지 실증 분석하고, 이러한 변화에 영향을 미친 사회·공간적 특성을 살펴보고자 한다. 분석 방법으로는 첫째, 통신사 시그널 데이터를 활용하여 생활권 공원녹지 모빌리티 변화를 분석하였다. 체류시간 및 이동량 변화 분석을 통해 COVID-19 발생 이후 나타난 시민들의 이동 특성과 보행 기반의 생활권 공원녹지 방문량 변화를 살펴보았다. 둘째, 생활권 공원녹지 모빌리티 변화에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 상관관계분석과 다중회귀분석을 통해 COVID-19 발생 전·후 시민들의 생활권 공원녹지 방문량에 영향을 미치는 사회·공간적 특성을 살펴보았다. 이후 군집분석을 통해 생활권 공원녹지 서비스의 공급 및 관리 관점에서 포스트 코로나 대응을 위한 생활권 유형을 구분하고, 유형별 생활권 공원녹지 개선 방향을 제시하였다. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, COVID-19 발생 이후 거주지 주변 500m 이내에서의 활동이 증가하였다. 도보생활권에서의 체류시간과 보행 이동량은 2020년과 2021년 모두 증가하였으며 이는 변화한 도보생활권의 범위를 고려해 공원녹지의 양적 확보 기준과 유치거리 등을 재검토할 필요성이 높아졌음을 의미한다. 둘째, 보행을 통한 생활권 공원녹지 방문량이 COVID-19 발생 이후 전반적으로 증가하였다. 집을 중심으로 한 생활권 공원녹지 방문량뿐만 아니라 직장을 중심으로 한 방문량 역시 크게 증가하였다. 팬데믹 시대의 공원녹지 정책은 주거지와 상업·업무시설 밀집지역을 중심으로 서비스 소외지역을 발굴하고, 해당 지역의 공원녹지 서비스를 양적·질적으로 개선하는 방향으로 추진되어야 할 것이다. 셋째, 공원녹지 서비스 수준이 높은 지역일수록 보행을 통한 이동이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 공원녹지의 확보 기준을 단순 면적으로 볼 것이 아니라 보행 접근성 등 시민들의 실제 공원녹지 서비스 향상에 기여하는 지표를 활용할 필요가 있겠다. 넷째, 군집분석 결과 팬데믹 시대에 대응한 생활권 공원녹지의 개선 유형이 다섯 가지로 도출되었다. 이는 앞으로의 공원녹지 정책에서 소규모 생활권 단위의 사회경제적 지위 특성, 공원녹지 서비스 수준 등을 복합적으로 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사한다. 본 연구는 통신사 시그널 데이터 분석, GIS 분석, 통계분석 등 다각적인 분석 방법론을 활용해 포스트 코로나 시대에 대응한 생활권 공원녹지 정책 수립의 근거를 마련했다는 학술적, 정책적 의의를 갖는다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.3225-3262
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• 1974

The purposes of this thesis are to clarify experimentally the variation of ground water temperature in tube wells during the irrigation period of paddy rice, and the effect of ground water irrigation on the growth, grain yield and yield components of the rice plant, and, furthermore, when and why the plant is most liable to be damaged by ground water, and also to find out the effective ground water irrigation methods. The results obtained in this experiment are as follows; 1. The temperature of ground water in tube wells varies according to the location, year, and the depth of the well. The average temperatures of ground water in a tubewells, 6.3m, 8.0m deep are $14.5^{\circ}C$ and $13.1^{\circ}C$, respercively, during the irrigation period of paddy rice (From the middle of June to the end of September). In the former the temperature rises continuously from $12.3^{\circ}C$ to 16.4$^{\circ}C$ and in the latter from $12.4^{\circ}C$ to $13.8^{\circ}C$ during the same period. These temperatures are approximately the same value as the estimated temperatures. The temperature difference between the ground water and the surface water is approximately $11^{\circ}C$. 2. The results obtained from the analysis of the water quality of the "Seoho" reservoir and that of water from the tube well show that the pH values of the ground water and the surface water are 6.35 and 6.00, respectively, and inorganic components such as N, PO4, Na, Cl, SiO2 and Ca are contained more in the ground water than in the surface water while K, SO4, Fe and Mg are contained less in the ground water. 3. The response of growth, yield and yield components of paddy rice to ground water irrigation are as follows; (l) Using ground water irrigation during the watered rice nursery period(seeding date: 30 April, 1970), the chracteristics of a young rice plant, such as plant height, number of leaves, and number of tillers are inferior to those of young rice plants irrigated with surface water during the same period. (2) In cases where ground water and surface water are supplied separately by the gravity flow method, it is found that ground water irrigation to the rice plant delays the stage at which there is a maximum increase in the number of tillers by 6 days. (3) At the tillering stage of rice plant just after transplanting, the effect of ground water irrigation on the increase in the number of tillers is better, compared with the method of supplying surface water throughout the whole irrigation period. Conversely, the number of tillers is decreased by ground water irrigation at the reproductive stage. Plant height is extremely restrained by ground water irrigation. (4) Heading date is clearly delayed by the ground water irrigation when it is practised during the growth stages or at the reproductive stage only. (5) The heading date of rice plants is slightly delayed by irrigation with the gravity flow method as compared with the standing water method. (6) The response of yield and of yield components of rice to ground water irrigation are as follows: \circled1 When ground water irrigation is practised during the growth stages and the reproductive stage, the culm length of the rice plant is reduced by 11 percent and 8 percent, respectively, when compared with the surface water irrigation used throughout all the growth stages. \circled2 Panicle length is found to be the longest on the test plot in which ground water irrigation is practised at the tillering stage. A similar tendency as that seen in the culm length is observed on other test plots. \circled3 The number of panicles is found to be the least on the plot in which ground water irrigation is practised by the gravity flow method throughout all the growth stages of the rice plant. No significant difference is found between the other plots. \circled4 The number of spikelets per panicle at the various stages of rice growth at which_ surface or ground water is supplied by gravity flow method are as follows; surface water at all growth stages‥‥‥‥‥ 98.5. Ground water at all growth stages‥‥‥‥‥‥62.2 Ground water at the tillering stage‥‥‥‥‥ 82.6. Ground water at the reproductive stage ‥‥‥‥‥ 74.1. \circled5 Ripening percentage is about 70 percent on the test plot in which ground water irrigation is practised during all the growth stages and at the tillering stage only. However, when ground water irrigation is practised, at the reproductive stage, the ripening percentage is reduced to 50 percent. This means that 20 percent reduction in the ripening percentage by using ground water irrigation at the reproductive stage. \circled6 The weight of 1,000 kernels is found to show a similar tendency as in the case of ripening percentage i. e. the ground water irrigation during all the growth stages and at the reproductive stage results in a decreased weight of the 1,000 kernels. \circled7 The yield of brown rice from the various treatments are as follows; Gravity flow; Surface water at all growth stages‥‥‥‥‥‥514kg/10a. Ground water at all growth stages‥‥‥‥‥‥428kg/10a. Ground water at the reproductive stage‥‥‥‥‥‥430kg/10a. Standing water; Surface water at all growh stages‥‥‥‥‥‥556kg/10a. Ground water at all growth stages‥‥‥‥‥‥441kg/10a. Ground water at the reproductive stage‥‥‥‥‥‥450kg/10a. The above figures show that ground water irrigation by the gravity flow and by the standing water method during all the growth stages resulted in an 18 percent and a 21 percent decrease in the yield of brown rice, respectively, when compared with surface water irrigation. Also ground water irrigation by gravity flow and by standing water resulted in respective decreases in yield of 16 percent and 19 percent, compared with the surface irrigation method. 4. Results obtained from the experiments on the improvement of ground water irrigation efficiency to paddy rice are as follows; (1) When the standing water irrigation with surface water is practised, the daily average water temperature in a paddy field is 25.2$^{\circ}C$, but, when the gravity flow method is practised with the same irrigation water, the daily average water temperature is 24.5$^{\circ}C$. This means that the former is 0.7$^{\circ}C$ higher than the latter. On the other hand, when ground water is used, the daily water temperatures in a paddy field are respectively 21.$0^{\circ}C$ and 19.3$^{\circ}C$ by practising standing water and the gravity flow method. It can be seen that the former is approximately 1.$0^{\circ}C$ higher than the latter. (2) When the non-water-logged cultivation is practised, the yield of brown rice is 516.3kg/10a, while the yield of brown rice from ground water irrigation plot throughout the whole irrigation period and surface water irrigation plot are 446.3kg/10a and 556.4kg/10a, respectivelely. This means that there is no significant difference in yields between surface water irrigation practice and non-water-logged cultivation, and also means that non-water-logged cultivation results in a 12.6 percent increase in yield compared with the yield from the ground water irrigation plot. (3) The black and white coloring on the inside surface of the water warming ponds has no substantial effect on the temperature of the water. The average daily water temperatures of the various water warming ponds, having different depths, are expressed as Y=aX+b, while the daily average water temperatures at various depths in a water warming pond are expressed as Y=a(b)x (where Y: the daily average water temperature, a,b: constants depending on the type of water warming pond, X; water depth). As the depth of water warning pond is increased, the diurnal difference of the highest and the lowest water temperature is decreased, and also, the time at which the highest water temperature occurs, is delayed. (4) The degree of warming by using a polyethylene tube, 100m in length and 10cm in diameter, is 4~9$^{\circ}C$. Heat exchange rate of a polyethylene tube is 1.5 times higher than that or a water warming channel. The following equation expresses the water warming mechanism of a polyethylene tube where distance from the tube inlet, time in day and several climatic factors are given: {{{{ theta omega (dwt)= { a}_{0 } (1-e- { x} over { PHI v })+ { 2} atop { SUM from { { n}=1} { { a}_{n } } over { SQRT { 1+ {( n omega PHI) }^{2 } } } } LEFT { sin(n omega t+ { b}_{n }+ { tan}^{-1 }n omega PHI )-e- { x} over { PHI v }sin(n omega LEFT ( t- { x} over {v } RIGHT ) + { b}_{n }+ { tan}^{-1 }n omega PHI ) RIGHT } +e- { x} over { PHI v } theta i}}}}{{{{ { theta }_{$\infty$ }(t)= { { alpha theta }_{a }+ { theta }_{ w'} +(S- { B}_{s } ) { U}_{w } } over { beta } , PHI = { { cpDU}_{ omega } } over {4 beta } }}}} where $\theta$$\omega$; discharged water temperature($^{\circ}C$) $\theta$a; air temperature ($^{\circ}C$) $\theta$$\omega$';ponded water temperature($^{\circ}C$) s ; net solar radiation(ly/min) t ; time(tadian) x; tube length(cm) D; diameter(cm) ao,an,bn;constants determined from $\theta$$\omega$(t) varitation. cp; heat capacity of water(cal/$^{\circ}C$ ㎥) U,Ua; overall heat transfer coefficient(cal/$^{\circ}C$ $\textrm{cm}^2$ min-1) $\omega$;1 velocity of water in a polyethylene tube(cm/min) Bs ; heat exchange rate between water and soil(ly/min)

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1999

대한소아외과학회 회원들을 대상으로 시행한 조사결과이기 때문에 별도의 고안이 필요없을 것으로 생각되며, 다만 한두가지를 언급하고자 한다. 통상 성서(textbook)에서는 선천성 장폐쇄증을 십이지장폐쇄증과 공회장폐쇄증으로 나누어 기술하고 있다. 본 조사에서는 십이지장, 공장, 회장을 각각 나누어 분석하여 보았다. 재태기간의 조사에서 공장폐쇄증에서 미숙아의 비율이 가장 높았고(48.6%), 장운동의 회복기간을 비교분석한 자료에서는 상부 공장폐쇄증 환아에서 나머지 공회장폐쇄증 환아보다 유의하게 길게 나타남을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이는 상부 공장폐쇄증이 있을 때 이차적으로 확장된 십이지장이 그 직경이 정상으로 돌아와 정상적인 장운동을 회복할때까지 상당한 시간이 걸릴 수 있으며 이 폐쇄증에는 다발성 폐쇄증이 빈발하는것도 긴 회복시간과 관계가 있다고 생각된다. 상부 공장폐쇄증의 또 한가지 특성은 소위 크리스마스 나무 (Christmas tree)기형이라고 하는, 전상부 장간막동맥의 결손을 동반하는 기형이 이 폐쇄증의 상당 부분을 차지하기 때문에 그 하부의 공회장폐쇄증과는 다른 특이한 소견을 나타낸다고 생각된다. 이에 Donnellan등은 "high jejunal obstruction" 에 대하여 "Abdominal Surgery of Infancy and Childhood" 에서 따로 기술하고 있다. 따라서 추후 조사에서는 이점은 참고하여야 할 것으로 생각되었다. 상부 공장페쇄증 환아에서의 주름형성술 또는 장의 직경을 줄이는 수술의 효과는 통계적으로 의미가 없는 것으로 분석되었으나, 상기 술식을 시행한 예수가 적기 때문에(9례) 이 점에 대하여서도 추후 조사에서 재검토하여야 할 사항으로 생각되었다. 주제 토의(topic discussion)시간에 가정 큰 쟁점이 되었던 점은 임신 기간과 출생시 체중이 우리의 예상과 다른 결과를 보였기 때문이다. 특히 공장폐쇄증(jejunal atresia)에서 72례의 환아 중 35례(48.6%)가 37주 미만의 조산아이었는데 출생시 체중에서는 24례(33.3 %)만이 2.5 kg 미만의 저체중아로 분석되었다. 등록된 환아들의 분석과정에 잘못이 있었는지 재조사하여 보았으나, 분석과정에는 오류가 없었음이 확인되었다. 또 한가지 큰 쟁점 되었던 사항은 십이지장폐쇄증의 화타씨유두부와의 위치가 문제이었다. 등록된 환아의 기록에서 정확하게 기술이 안된 예가 상당수있어 이점은 공회장폐쇄증의 정확한 형(type)과 같이 재조사 하였으며, 대부분의 회원들이 재조사에 성실히 협조하여 좀더 명확한 자료를 얻을 수 있었다. 이외에도 병인론에 입각한 분류법인 십이지장폐쇄증과 공회장폐쇄 증으로 나누지 않고 십이지장, 공장, 회장을 따로 분석하였느냐는 지적도 많았다. 장폐쇄증의 분석에서는 협착증은 제외하고 폐쇄증 만을 분석하여야 한다는 주장도 있었다. 회원들이 근무하고 있는 병원의 사정이 다르기는 하지만 조사 기간동안 각 회원들이 치험한 환아의 숫자는 큰 차이가 없었던 점은 본 질환의 발생율이 지역간 차이가 없는 것으로 추정되었다. 그러나 치료방법은 수술술식과 사용 기술에 굉장한 다양성이 있음을 알게 되었다. 대한소아외과학회 회원들의 다양한 소아외과 연수배경이 한가지 원인으로 생각되었다. 이번 주제토의를 통하여 우리소아외과회원 각자들도 많은 것을 느끼고 생각하게 되었으리라고 생각한다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.13-23
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• 1987

온도조건이 벼멸구(Nilaparvate lugens Stal)의 발육과 산란에 미치는 영향을 정밀하게 조사하여 벼 포장에서의 온도변화에 따른 벼멸구의 발육경과를 예측함으로서 방제적기를 포착하는데 필요한 기초자료를 얻고자 정온과 변온의 식물 생장조정항온기 내에서 벼멸구의 발육속도 및 산란력을 측정하는 실험을 수행한 바 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 정온조건에서의 발육 및 산란 벼멸구 난의 부화율은 $25^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높았으며 그 이하나 이상의 온도로 변함에 따라 낮아지는 경향이었다. 난기간은 $27.5^{\circ}C$에서 가장 짧았으며 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 난기간이 길어지는 경향이었고 $30^{\circ}C$ 이상의 고온에서도 난의 발육이 지연되었다. 우화율은 $27.5^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높았고 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 낮아져 $32.5^{\circ}C$와 $35^{\circ}C$에서는 전혀 우화하지 못하였다. 약충기간은 $27.5^{\circ}C$와 $30^{\circ}C$에서 가장 짧았으며 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 길어지는 경향이었다. 우화성충의 수명은 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 길어지는 경향이었고 수컷은 $27.5^{\circ}C$에서 수명이 가장 짧았다. 산란전기는 $32.5^{\circ}C$에서 가장 짧았으며 온도가 낮아짐에 따라 길어져 $17.5^{\circ}C$에서는 $32.5^{\circ}C$에서보다 약 6.5배에 달했다. 산란수는 $25^{\circ}C$에서 가장 많았으며 그 이하나 이상의 온도로 변함에 따라 적어지는 경향이었다. 2. 변온조건과 정온조건에서의 발육 및 산란 같은 유효적산온도에서, 난의 부화율은 정온 조건에서보다 변온조건에서 약 10% 정도 높았으나 난기간은 큰 차이가 없었다. 우화율은 $22^{\circ}C$ 동일 유효적산온도 조건의 경우 변온에서 약 8% 정도 높았으나 $28^{\circ}C$ 동일 유효적산온도의 경우 반대로 정온조건에서 약 8% 정도 높았다. 약충기간은 정온조건에서보다 변온조건에서 약 $4{\sim}6$일 정도 길었다. 같은 유효적산온도에서, 성충의 수명과 산란수는 성충기의 온도가 정온인 것보다 변온인 것에서 길었으며 산란수도 많았다. 한편, 난기에서부터 약충기까지 노출시켰던 온도를 고려해 보면 약충기까지 $28^{\circ}C$ 정온에서 노출시켰던 구에서 각 온도 공히 성충의 수명이 길어져 성충의 수명은 약충기의 온도에 영향을 받았다. 산란전기에는 약충기와 성충기의 온도가 함께 영향을 주었으며 산란수에는 성충기의 온도가 큰 영향을 주었다. 3. 각 발육단계별 발육임계온도 및 유효적산 온도 본 실험결과 계산된 발육임계온도는 난기에서 $14.12^{\circ}C$, 약충기에서 $14.76^{\circ}C$, 성충기에서 $9.12^{\circ}C$, 산란전기에서 $15.95^{\circ}C$로 나타났다. 각 발육단계별 유효적산온도는 난기에서 141.25 온일도(Degree-Day), 약충기에서 167.83 온일도, 성충기에서 349.64 온일도, 그리고 산란전기에서 58.60 온일도 이었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.116-122
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• 2002

목적 : 국한성병기 소세포폐암의 교대 방사선-항암제 병행치료(alternating radio-chemotherapy)에서 방사선치료의 시기의 차이에 따른(조기 혹은 지연) 치료반응률, 생존율, 재발양상, 치료에 따른 부작용을 비교하기 위해 전향적 무작위 비교연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1993년 8월부터 1996년 8월까지 국한성병기 소세포폐암으로 진단받은 환자들은 연세암센터에서 조기(early arm) 혹은 지연(delayed arm) 교대 방사선-항암제치료군으로 무작위 분류되었다. 총 56명의 환자 중 44명이 비교분석 되었다. 환자들의 특성은 양군간에 차이가 없었다. 교대 방사선-항암제치료는 항암제치료기간 중 방사선 치료를 쉬는 방법으로 교대로 쉬지 않고 치료를 하는 방법으로 조기방사선치료군(N=22)은 항암제 1차치료 후 방사선치료를 시작하였고 지연방사선치료군(N=22)은 3차 항암제치료후 방사선치료를 시작하였다. 방사선치료는 1.8 Gy/fr으로 54 Gy/30 fr을 조사하였고 항암제치료는 Ifosfamide $1.5\;g/m^2$, 정맥주사로 제1일에서 5일까지 투여하였고 Carboplatin AUC (area under the concentration-time eurve) 5/day, 정맥주사로 제 2일째 투여하였으며 4주 간격으로 총6회 시행하였다. 관해율은 방사선치료 종료 한달 뒤 판정하였고 부작용의 빈도와 정도는 RTOG 등급체계를, 생존율은 Kaplan-Meier 법을 사용하였고, 비교는 Log-rank test를 이용하였다. 결과 : 치료에 대한 반응률은 조기군 $86\%$, 지연군 $85\%$로 차이가 없었다. 전체환자의 2년 생존율은 $18.9\%$, 중앙생존기간 15개월이었다. 치료시기별 2년 생존율, 중앙생존기간은 조기군 $22.7\%$와 15개월, 지연군 $14.9\%$와 17개월로 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다(p=0.47). 2년 무재발생존율은 조기군 $19.1\%$, 지연군 $19.6\%$로 차이가 없었다(p=0.52), 국소재발은 조기군 $43\%$, 지연군 $45\%$로 차이가 없었고, 원격전이는 조기군 $81\%$, 지연군 $70\%$으로 재발양상에서도 차이가 없었다. 첫 재발부위로 뇌전이는 조기군 $23\%$, 지연군 $35\%$로 차이가 없었다(p=0.51). 치료에 따른 부작용(RTOG 등급 $3\~4$)도 양군간에 차이가 없었다. 치료에 대한 순응도를 비교해볼 때 항암제치료를 6회 이상 시행받은 환자가 조기군 $82\%$, 지연군 $77\%$, 방사선치료를 45 Gy 이상 받은 환자가 조기군 $82\%$, 지연군 $91\%$로 양군간에 차이가 없었고 양군에서 대부분의 환자들은 치료에 잘 순응하였다. 결론 : 국한성병기 소세포폐암의 교대 방사선-항암제치료시 방사선치료를 조기 혹은 지연하여 시행하였을 때 치료 반응률, 생존율, 재발양상, 부작용에는 차이가 없었으며 교대 방사선-항암제치료에 대한 환자들의 순응도는 높았다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.73-95
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• 2021

본 연구는 Node2vec 그래프 임베딩 방법과 Light GBM 링크 예측을 활용해 우리나라 식음료 산업의 미개척 수출 후보국가를 탐색한다. Node2vec은 네트워크의 공통 이웃 개수 등을 기반으로 하는 기존의 링크 예측 방법에 비해 상대적으로 취약하다고 알려져 있던 네트워크의 구조적 등위성 표현의 한계를 개선한 방법이다. 따라서 해당 방법은 네트워크의 커뮤니티 탐지와 구조적 등위성 모두에서 우수한 성능을 나타내는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구는 이상의 방법을 우리나라 식음료 산업의 국제 무역거래 정보에 적용했다. 이를 통해 해당 산업의 글로벌 가치사슬 관계에서 우리나라의 광범위한 마진 다각화 효과를 창출하는데 기여하고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 도출된 최적의 예측 모델은 0.95의 정밀도와 0.79의 재현율을 기록하며 0.86의 F1 score를 기록해 우수한 성능을 나타냈다. 이상의 모델을 통해 도출한 우리나라의 잠재적 수출 후보국가들의 결과는 추가 조사를 통해 대부분 적절하게 나타난 것을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 내용을 종합하여 본 연구는 Node2vec과 Light GBM을 응용한 링크 예측 방법의 실무적 활용성에 대해 시사할 수 있었다. 그리고 모델을 학습하며 링크 예측을 보다 잘 수행할 수 있는 가중치 업데이트 전략에 대해서도 유용한 시사점을 도출할 수 있었다. 한편, 본 연구는 그래프 임베딩 기반의 링크 예측 관련 연구에서 아직까지 많이 수행된 적 없는 무역거래에 이를 적용했기에 정책적 활용성도 갖고 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 최근 미중 무역갈등이나 일본 수출 규제 등과 같은 글로벌 가치사슬의 변화에 대한 빠른 대응을 지원하며 정책적 의사결정을 위한 도구로써 충분한 유용성이 있다고 생각한다.

• 대한간호
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.77-96
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• 1997

The duty shifts of hospital nurses not only affect nurses' physical and mental health but also present various personnel management problems which often result in high turnover rates. In this context a study was carried out from October to November 1995 for a period of two months to find out the status of hospital nurses' duty shift patterns, and preferred duty hours and fixed duty shifts. The study population was 867 RNs working in five general hospitals located in Seoul and its vicinity. The questionnaire developed by the writer was used for data collection. The response rate was 85.9 percent or 745 returns. The SAS program was used for data analysis with the computation of frequencies, percentages and Chi square test. The findings of the study are as follows: 1. General characteristics of the study population: 56 percent of respondents was (25 years group and 76.5 percent were "single": the predominant proportion of respondents was junior nursing college graduates(92.2%) and have less than 5 years nursing experience in hospitals(65.5%). For their future working plan in nursing profession, nearly 50% responded as uncertain The reasons given for their career plan was predominantly 'personal growth and development' rather than financial reasons. 2. The interval for rotations of duty stations was found to be mostly irregular(56.4%) while others reported as weekly(16.1%), monthly(12.9%), and fixed terms(4.6%). 3. The main problems related to duty shifts particularly the evening and night duty nurses reported were "not enough time for the family, " "afraid of security problems after the work when returning home late at night." and "lack of leisure time". "problems in physical and physiological adjustment." "problems in family life." "lack of time for interactions with fellow nurses" etc. 4. The forty percent of respondents reported to have '1-2 times' of duty shift rotations while all others reported that '0 time'. '2-3 times'. 'more than 3 times' etc. which suggest the irregularity in duty shift rotations. 5. The majority(62.8%) of study population found to favor the rotating system of duty stations. The reasons for favoring the rotation system were: the opportunity for "learning new things and personal development." "better human relations are possible. "better understanding in various duty stations." "changes in monotonous routine job" etc. The proportion of those disfavor the rotating 'system was 34.7 percent. giving the reasons of"it impedes development of specialization." "poor job performances." "stress factors" etc. Furthermore. respondents made the following comments in relation to the rotation of duty stations: the nurses should be given the opportunity to participate in the. decision making process: personal interest and aptitudes should be considered: regular intervals for the rotations or it should be planned in advance. etc. 6. For the future career plan. the older. married group with longer nursing experiences appeared to think the nursing as their lifetime career more likely than the younger. single group with shorter nursing experiences ($x^2=61.19.{\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=41.55.{\;}p=.000$). The reason given for their future career plan regardless of length of future service, was predominantly "personal growth and development" rather than financial reasons. For further analysis, the group those with the shorter career plan appeared to claim "financial reasons" for their future career more readily than the group who consider the nursing job as their lifetime career$(x^2$= 11.73, p=.003) did. This finding suggests the need for careful .considerations in personnel management of nursing administration particularly when dealing with the nurses' career development. The majority of respondents preferred the fixed day shift. However, further analysis of those preferred evening shift by age and civil status, "< 25 years group"(15.1%) and "single group"(13.2) were more likely to favor the fixed evening shift than > 25 years(6.4%) and married(4.8%)groups. This differences were statistically significant ($x^2=14.54, {\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=8.75, {\;}p=.003$). 7. A great majority of respondents(86.9% or n=647) found to prefer the day shifts. When the four different types of duty shifts(Types A. B. C, D) were presented, 55.0 percent of total respondents preferred the A type or the existing one followed by D type(22.7%). B type(12.4%) and C type(8.2%). 8. When the condition of monetary incentives for the evening(20% of salary) and night shifts(40% of. salary) of the existing duty type was presented. again the day shift appeared to be the most preferred one although the rate was slightly lower(66.4% against 86.9%). In the case of evening shift, with the same incentive, the preference rates for evening and night shifts increased from 11.0 to 22.4 percent and from 0.5 to 3.0 percent respectively. When the age variable was controlled. < 25 yrs group showed higher rates(31.6%. 4.8%) than those of > 25 yrs group(15.5%. 1.3%) respectively preferring the evening and night shifts(p=.000). The civil status also seemed to operate on the preferences of the duty shifts as the single group showed lower rate(69.0%) for day duty against 83. 6% of the married group. and higher rates for evening and night duties(27.2%. 15.1%) respectively against those of the married group(3.8%. 1.8%) while a higher proportion of the married group(83. 6%) preferred the day duties than the single group(69.0%). These differences were found to be statistically all significant(p=.001). 9. The findings on preferences of three different types of fixed duty hours namely, B, C. and D(with additional monetary incentives) are as follows in order of preference: B type(12hrs a day, 3days a wk): day shift(64.1%), evening shift(26.1%). night shift(6.5%) C type(12hrs a day. 4days a wk) : evening shift(49.2%). day shift(32.8%), night shift(11.5%) D type(10hrs a day. 4days a wk): showed the similar trend as B type. The findings of higher preferences on the evening and night duties when the incentives are given. as shown above, suggest the need for the introductions of different patterns of duty hours and incentive measures in order to overcome the difficulties in rostering the nursing duties. However, the interpretation of the above data, particularly the C type, needs cautions as the total number of respondents is very small(n=61). It requires further in-depth study. In conclusion. it seemed to suggest that the patterns of nurses duty hours and shifts in the most hospitals in the country have neither been tried for different duty types nor been flexible. The stereotype rostering system of three shifts and insensitiveness for personal life aspect of nurses seemed to be prevailing. This study seems to support that irregular and frequent rotations of duty shifts may be contributing factors for most nurses' maladjustment problems in physical and mental health. personal and family life which eventually may result in high turnover rates. In order to overcome the increasing problems in personnel management of hospital nurses particularly in rostering of evening and night duty shifts, which may related to eventual high turnover rates, the findings of this study strongly suggest the need for an introduction of new rostering systems including fixed duties and appropriate incentive measures for evenings and nights which the most nurses want to avoid, In considering the nursing care of inpatients is the round-the clock business. the practice of the nursing duty shift system is inevitable. In this context, based on the findings of this study. the following are recommended: 1. The further in-depth studies on duty shifts and hours need to be undertaken for the development of appropriate and effective rostering systems for hospital nurses. 2. An introduction of appropriate incentive measures for evening and night duty shifts along with organizational considerations such as the trials for preferred duty time bands, duty hours, and fixed duty shifts should be considered if good quality of care for the patients be maintained for the round the clock. This may require an initiation of systematic research and development activities in the field of hospital nursing administration as a part of permanent system in the hospital. 3. Planned and regular intervals, orientation and training, and professional and personal growth should be considered for the rotation of different duty stations or units. 4. In considering the higher degree of preferences in the duty type of "10hours a day, 4days a week" shown in this study, it would be worthwhile to undertake the R&D type studies in large hospital settings.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.356-364
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• 1999

연구배경: 천식은 발병 기전의 규명과 새로운 치료 방법의 개발에도 불구하고 그 사망률은 줄지 않고 있다. 천식의 사망과 관련이 추정되어 온 몇몇 인지들이 알려져 있으나 중환자실 입실 시점에서 호흡부전을 동반한 천식 환자들의 사망과 관련된 예후 인자들에 대해서는 잘 알려져 있지 않았다. 본 내과계중환자실로 입실하였던 중증천식환자들을 대상으로 중환자실 입실 시점에서 사망과 관련될 수 인자들을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 내과계중환자실에 호흡부전을 동반한 기관지 천식으로 입실하였던 59명(나이 $55.9{\pm}18.0 $세, 남:여 32:25)을 대상으로 하였다. 중환자실 입실 당시와 24-48 시간째의 활력 증후, 동맥혈가스검사, 투약 상황, 동반 질환, 인공호흡기의 사용 여부, APACHE III 점수 및 입원 경과 중 발생한 합병증 등을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 전체 사망률은 32.2%였고 사망군은 생존군에 비하여 연령($66.2{\pm}10.5$, $51.0{\pm}18.8$세)이 높았고 입원 전폐기능 검사(내원 1년 이내 최고치)는 FVC($59.2{\pm}21.1$, $77.6{\pm}23.3%$)및 $FEV_1$($41.4{\pm}18.8$, $61.l:{\pm}23.3%$) 이 사망군이 생존군에 비하여 낮았다. 입실 당시 활력증후, $PaCO2_2$, $PaO_2/FiO_2$, $AaDO_2$는 두군 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었으나 입실 당시 APACHE III치 ($74.5{\pm}48.3$, $48.8{\pm}20.5$)는 사망군에서 높았고 내원 2일째 맥박수($121.6{\pm}22.3$, $105.2{\pm}19.4$회/분), $PaCO_2$ ($50.1{\pm}16.5$, $41.8{\pm}12.2 mm Hg$), $PaO_2/FiO_2$($160.8{\pm}59.8$, $256.6{\pm}78.3 mm Hg$), $AaDO_2$($l81.5{\pm}79.7$, $98.6{\pm}47.9 mm Hg$), 및 APACHE III치 ($57.6{\pm}21.1$, $20.3{\pm}13.2$)등이 유의한 차이가 있었다 (p<0.05). 폐렴, 허혈성 뇌손상, 병 경과 중 패혈증이 동반된 경우 사망률이 높았다(p<0.05). 연령 (>60세), 입실 당시와 입실 후 2일째 $PaO_2/FiO_2$비 (<200 mm Hg), APACHE III($\geq$40), 및 입실 당시 폐렴 여부를 사용한 다변수 분석에서 $PaO_2/FiO_2$비(< 200 mm Hg, 대응위험도 12.7) 및 APACHE III($\geq$40, 대응위험도 21.7) 가 사망과 관련된 지표로 나타났다(P<0.05). 결론: 호흡부전을 동반한 중증천식환자의 예후는 입실 시정의 임상 양상 보다 천식치료의 반응에 따른 중화자실 내원 2일째 $PaO_2/FiO_2$비 (200 mm Hg 미만)와 APACHE III점수 ($\geq$40 점 이상)가 사망의 가능성을 예측할 수 있는 유용한 지표로 사료되었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.