• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1427-1432
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• 2008

This paper describes the locomotion of a water jumping robot which attempts to emulate the fishing spider’s ability to jump on the water surface. While previous studies of the robots mimicking arthropods living on water were focused on recreating their horizontal skating motions, here we aim to achieve a vertical jumping motion. The robot jumps by pushing the water surface with rapidly released legs which were initially bent. The motion is triggered with a latch driven by the shape memory alloy actuator. The robot is capable of jumping to the maximum height of 26mm. Jumping efficiency, defined the maximum jumping height on water over the maximum jumping height on rigid ground, is 0.26 This work represents a first step toward robots that can locomote on water with superior versatility including skating and jumping.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.193-194
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• 2010

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2009

The cuticle of spider's exoskeleton is a hydrophobic and non-adhesive material, but the jumping spiders have the distinctive attachment apparatus for adhesion on smooth dry surface without sticky fluids. We have examined the whole tarsal appendages of the jumping spider, Plexippus setipes with using scanning electron microscope to reveal the fine structural characteristics of the dry adhesion system. All eight legs have the scopulae with a pair of claws on the tip of feet. Each scopula is composed of two groups of setae that are capable of dry adhesion on smooth surface, and the hook structure of the claw is advanced to move on the rough surface. The setae toward the bottom of the tarsal segment are densely covered by numerous setules on the underside which broadened from middle to distal portion. It has been revealed by this research that the contact area of the setule is always a triangular shape, and these cuticular surfaces are connected by the elongated stalks from the underlying setae. It is likely that the nano-scale structures including a triangular depression and a longitudinal groove on each setule could functionate when the spider detach its feet from the substrate.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2010

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between Pediatric Balance Scale(PBS) and Gross Motor Function Measurement(GMFM) with cerebral palsy(CP) children. Methods : 31 ambulatory children with CP were recruited for this study. PBS is a modified version of the Berg’s Balance Scale to access the children with motor impairments. To access the motor functions that directly influence to the functional independence of the ambulatory CP children, total scores of standing category and walking/running/jumping category of GMFM were selectively compared with PBS score by Spearman correlation coefficient analysis. Results : The results revealed high correlation between PBS and GMFM scores both in standing and walking/running/jumping categories(r=.9). Conclusions : Therefore, this study indicates that PBS can be applied not only as a tool to access balance, but also as a measurement to predict and access the level of standing and ambulatory related functions of children with CP.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.691-709
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• 2007

본 연구는 한국 주택정치에서의 '지리적 스케일의 사회적 정치적 구성(social and political construction of geographical scale)'을 분석하였다. 최근 미국 및 유럽에서 도시지리학을 포함한 인문지리학 분야에서 관심을 끌고 있는 주제 중 하나는 '지리적 스케일의 사회적 정치적 구성(또는 생산)'이다. 이에 관한 논의의 출발점은 바로 공간적 스케일은 존재론적으로 미리 주어지거나 고정되어 있다기 보다는 사회적으로 구성되며, 정치적인 경쟁의 대상물이 될 수 있다는 인식이다. 'tm케일의 정치(politics of scale)' 또는 '지리적(공간적) 스케일의 사회적 정치적 구성(생산)'에 관한 기존의 연구들은 사회운동(social movement)에서 서로 다른 공간적 스케일이 어떻게 활용되었으며 접목되었는지에 연구의 초점을 두었다. '스케일의 정치' 관련 논문들은 사회운동에서의 스케일의 역할을 '스케일 상승(up-scaling)' 또는 '정치적 행동의 스케일(scales of activism)' 위주로 논의하였다. 반면에 풀뿌리 시민사회운동에서의 스케일의 역할 연구라는 특성으로 인해 '스케일 하강(down-scaling)' 또는 '규제의 스케일(scales of regulation)' 논의는 미약하다. 한편, '스케일의 정치' 논의는 스케일의 이용을 통한 소수정치세력 및 사회소외층의 정치적 사회적 '임파워먼트(empowerment)' 과정에 연구의 초점을 두었다. 하지만, 기존의 '스케일의 정치'와 관련해서 어떻게 스케일이(특히 '스케일 하강'이) 무특권 사회집단을 소외하고 배제시키는지에 사용될 수 있는지, 그리고 공간의 생산 및 재생산을 조절할 수 있는지에 대한 연구는 미비하다. 한국 정부는 주택시장 관리 체제 및 제도 하에서 '스케일 도약(jumping scales)' 구체적으로 '스케일 하강'을 통해 여러 지리적 스케일에서의 주택 공간 생산 및 재생산에 대한 헤게모니를 가지게 되었다. 한국 정부는 주택 개발에 대한 다스케일적(multiscalar) 정책을 사용함과 동시에 중앙 정부, 지방 자치단체, 정부 산하 주택 관련 기관, 그리고 한국 다국적 기업(재벌) 간의 다양한 스케일에서의 제도적 네트워킹을 통해 '스케일 도약' 능력을 점점 더 획득하게 되었다. 전통적으로 지리적 스케일은 분석의 공간 단위 또는 범주로 인식되어 왔다. 하지만, 지리적 스케일은 사회적 내포(social inclusion), 사회적 배제(social exclusion), 정당화(legitimation)의 수단이 될 수 있다. 사회적으로 그리고 정치적으로 연대할 또는 배제할 기관 또는 조직을 선택하는 것 자체가 조직 네트워킹시의 공간적 스케일의 선택과 범위의 결정을 수반하며, 이는 '정치의 스케일 공간성(scale spatiality politics)'과 밀접히 연관되어 있다. 다양한 형태의 '규제의 스케일'을 전개해 온 한국 정부는 정부의 주택 개발 논리의 정당화를 위해 재벌, 고소득층, 중산층을 의사결정 과정에 포함시켰으나, 국지적 스케일에서의 서민 조직들과 사회소외계층을 의사결정 과정으로부터 제외시켰다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2008

Background: The purpose of this study was to present a practical method of medical treatment to improve the balance and motor ability of the mentally retarded child with a single mentally retarded child-subject. Methods: The subject of the study was a 39-month-old mentally retarded female. This study included a 2-week basic period and a 13-week treatment period. The treatment method was based on the Bobath Approach. Gross motor function measurement (GMFM) was used to examine changes in motor ability, and the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) was used to measure changes in balance ability. The curative program was composed of normalization of muscle tone, strengthening of leg endurance and muscular strength, the improvement of trunk alignment, and the increase of balance. Visual rate of change was used to examine the results. Results: As a result of this study, balance ability increased on the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) by 24 points, and motor function increased in terms of Gross Motor Function Measurement (GMFM) by 6.9% (18 points). Standing increased by 41% (16 points), and walking, running, and jumping increased by 31.9% (23 points) compared to thebasic period. Therefore, the Bobath Approach appears to be an appropriate method to improve balance and motor ability in mentally retarded children. Conclusion: It is surmised that aggressive intervention by physical therapists and occupational therapists, and a follow-up study, are required for the growth of motor ability in mentally retarded children.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2006

Purpose: Recently, the American Heart Association recommended that routine cervical spine protection in submerged patients was not necessary, except in high-energy injury situations. However, until now, this recommendation has few supportive studies and literatures. This retrospective study was performed to demonstrate the risk of cervical spine injury in patients who had been submerged in a river. Methods: Seventy-nine submerged patients who visited St. Mary's Hospital between January 2000 and December 2005 were included in this retrospective study. We investigated and analyzed the victim's age, sex, activity on submersion, mental status and level of severity at admission, prognosis at discharge, associated injuries, and risk group by using the medical records and cervical spine lateral images. According to the activity on submersion, victims were classified into three groups: high risk, low risk, and unknown risk. The reports of radiologic studies were classified into unstable fracture, stable fracture, sprain, degenerative change, and normal. Results: The patients' mean age was 36.8 yrs, and 54% were males. Of the 79 patients, adult and adolescent populations (80%) were dominant. Jumping from a high bridge (48%) was the most common activity on submersion and accounted for 52% of the high-risk group. The Glasgow coma scale at admission and the cerebral performance scale at discharge showed bimodal patterns. The results of the radiologic studies showed one stable fracture, one suspicious stable fracture, and 18 sprains. The incidence of cervical spine fracture in submerged patients was 2.5% in our study. The incidence of cervical spine injury was higher in the high-risk group than it was in the low-risk group, especially in the jumping-from-high-bridge subgroup; however this observation was not statistically significant. No other factors had any significant effect on the incidence of cervical spine injury. Conclusion: Our study showed that even submerged patients in the high risk group had a low incidence of cervical spine fracture and that the prognosis of a patient did not seem to be influenced by the cervical spine fracture itself.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.399-411
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• 2016

Korea Furniture design development process is repeated a number of changes by the change of residence and type of market demand derived from the process of industrialization. The modernization process of industrialization advances by large-scale population moves to the city to urbanization proceeds rapidly. Housing problems are concentrated in cities and sparked the furniture industry, furniture design by changes in marketing concepts that appear in the industrialization phase, growth must necessarily accommodate the needs of consumers. Including kitchen furniture, living room furniture and master bedroom furniture has been sensitively adapted changes in the structure of these houses, particularly structural changes Apartments. Starting in the 1990s, jumping over furniture industry has adapted quickly to the market demand, changes in marketing concepts. Furniture industry is growing market share in most of the country, but the entire industry had to undergo a competitive marketing overheating due to excessive supply in excess of market demand since the mid-1990s. Changes in furniture design in this process was the change in furniture design more than the change of the residential structure. The study industrial development and marketing concepts are changing to construct a model to track the changes varied styles and time changes affect whether the main furniture design.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2024

This study was conducted to provide basic data to prepare a plan for establishing a horse riding competition system to expand the base of the horse industry. As a result of analyzing the factors and needs that affect participation in horse riding competitions among athletes participating in horse riding competitions, the following conclusions were obtained. First, for participants in equestrian competitions, competitions and games will be held in which even athletes with lower skills can participate, and measures will be taken to ensure that obstacle jumping and dressage can develop equally. Second, there is a need for a venue in the metropolitan area where national-scale equestrian competitions can be held. Third, the point system must be introduced to manage the history of participants in horseback riding competitions as well as to encourage continuous participation in competitions. In future research, it is necessary to seek the development of horse riding competitions by examining the size of the prize money, the continuation of competition participation, and the transformation into professional athletes in horse riding competitions.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.357-365
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• 2012

Purpose : The present study has been performed to find the effects on gross motor function and balance ability of applying a balance exercise program consisting of motions able to stimulate balance-related sensory systems on various support surfaces along with goal-oriented upper extremity tasks to enhance the balance ability. Methods : 10children diagnosed as having spastic diplegia were selected as the subject for this study, of whom 5children were randomly assigned to a control group (CG) and the remainder to a balance exercise group (BEG) to perform the upper extremity task on various support surfaces. Each intervention was executed 30minutes per session with 2sessions a week for 12weeks. To make comparisons before and after intervention, gross motor function measure; standing; demention D(GMFM;D), walking/running/jumping ;demention E (GMFM;E) and pediatric balance scale (PBS) were evaluated. Results : The CG showed a significant difference (p<.05) in GMFM;E. BEG showed a significant difference (p<.05) in GMFM;D as well as GMFM;E and in PBS before and after intervention. BEG showed a significant improvement (p<.05) in GMFM;D and the PBS compared with the CG whereas it did not indicate any statistically significant difference in GMFM;E. Conclusion : According to the results of this study, it has been shown that a balance exercise accompanied by upper extremity task on various support surfaces had an effect on improvement in the gross motor function and the balance ability of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.