• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.330-334
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• 2013

Background Ultrasound-aided fixation is a recently developed alternative method of treatment of zygomatico-maxillary (ZM) fracture, and it can resolve the problems of excessive torsion force and subsequent fractures of screws. We conducted this study to evaluate the clinical usefulness of ultrasound-aided fixation as compared with the conventional fixation method using a drill and an expander in patients with ZM fracture. Methods We conducted a retrospective study in 35 patients with ZM fracture who had been treated at our hospital during a period ranging from March of 2008 to December of 2010. We divided them into two groups: an ultrasound-aided fixation group, comprising 13 patients who underwent ultrasound-aided fixation (SonicWeld Rx, KLS Martin), and a conventional group, comprising 22 patients who underwent conventional fixation (Biosorb FX, Linvatec Biomaterials Ltd.). We compared such variables as sex, direction, age at operation, follow-up period, operation duration, number of fixed holes, and time to discharge between the two groups. Results The ultrasound-aided fixation reduced the operation duration by about 30 minutes as compared with that of conventional fixation. There was no significant difference in follow-up period, number of fixed holes, or time to discharge between the two groups. Furthermore, there were no complications in either group. Conclusions The ultrasound-aided fixation of fractured ZM bone using an absorbable implant system is safe and effective in promptly reducing the bone fracture and providing satisfactory cosmetic outcomes over time.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1775-1780
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• 2011

본 논문은 요추부의 손상이 심할 경우 척추경 나사시스템이라는 인공물을 이용하여 수술을 하게 되는데, 이때 적용되는 척추경 나사시스템의 역학특성을 분석하였다. 척추경 나사 시스템으로 고정된 디스크는 일반적으로 퇴행되지만, 제안된 플렉시블 로드를 적용할 경우 고정된 디스크에 유연성(6도 이하)을 부여할 수 있어 디스크가 퇴행되는 것을 막아주는 역할을 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 유한요소 해석을 이용하여 플렉시블 로드를 적용한 척추경 나사 시스템의 역학특성을 분석한 결과, 10N 이하의 척추 거동에서 플렉서블 로드는 항복 응력 이내의 응력 분포가 나타남을 알 수 있었으며. 분석된 플렉시블 로드 시스템은 실제 제작 후 인장, 압축 비틀림 등의 척추경 나사 시스템 공인 규격 실험(ASTM F 1717)을 수행하여 항복 응력 이내의 안정적인 작동성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2014

This study was performed to investigate the protective effects of acupuncture on the liver in the oxidative stress caused by cadmium accumulation. Sprague-Dawley male($150{\pm}30g$) rats were stabilized for a week and divided into 5 groups which is normal, control, $LR_3$ acupuncture, $BL_{23}$ acupuncture and sham acupuncture group. For three days experimental groups were received oral doses of cadmium 2 mg/kg twice a day. Acupuncture was given bilaterally at each point 10 times for two weeks. The depth of stimulation was 1 mm at right angles and torsion of acupuncture was produced 2 times per second for 1 minutes. The liver was shipped off and taken weight at the last day of two weeks, and hepatic functions was confirmed through alanine transaminase(ALT) and aspartate amino-transferase(AST). We measured reactive oxygen species of serum, liver and kidney, and compared expression levels of superoxide dismutase(SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase(Gpx), nuclear factor erythroid derived 2-related factor 2(Nrf-2), heme oxygenase-1(HO-1), nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$ (NF-${\kappa}B$), cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS), Bax and Cytochrome c. $BL_{23}$ acupuncture group significantly increased liver weight and decreased ALT compared to control group. For the oxidative stress, $LR_3$ acupuncture group significantly reduced reactive oxygen species, and $BL_{23}$ acupuncture group significantly reduced reactive oxygen species and inflammation-related protein compared to control group. But $LR_3$ acupuncture group and $BL_{23}$ acupuncture group didn't significantly reduce apoptosis-related protein. Therefore $LR_3$ and $BL_{23}$ acupuncture showed the effects of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, especially $BL_{23}$ acupuncture was more effective than $LR_3$ acupuncture on the protection of liver in the oxidative stress.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2000

A quantum-chemical investigation on the conformations and electronic properties of trans(diphenyl-diheterocyclic) ethenes(t-PHEs) as building block for fully $\pi$-conjuated polymer are performed in order to display the effects of heterocyclic ring substitution. Structures for the molecules, t-PHEs were fully optimized by using semiempirical AM1, PM3 methods, and ab initio HF methods, with 6-31G basic set. The potential energy curves with respect to the change of single are obtained by using ab initio HF/6-31G basic set. The curves are not similar shapes in the molecules with respect to heterocyclic rings. It is shown that the steric repulsion interactions between phenyl ring and heterocyclic ring are subjected to different type with the respect to each heterocyclic ring. Electronic properties of the molecules were molecules were obtained by applying the optimized structures and selected geometries to the extended Huckel method. To investigate the change of HOMO-LUMO gap with respedt to the torsion angle, we select the optimized structures. By using the results, the dependency of conjugation for the energy gaps is analyzed. For t-PHE the energy gap increase up to 0.52 eV compared with its planar structure. In the cases of t-PHE and t-PHE, the energy gap increase by 1.29 and 1.15 eV, respectively, compared with its planar structure.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.175-194
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• 2016

Based on the change of traditional viscoelastic damper structure, a brand-new damper is designed to control simultaneously the translational vibration and the rotational vibration for platforms. Experimental study has been carried out on the mechanical properties of viscoelastic material and on its multi-dimensional seismic response control effect of viscoelastic damper. Three types of viscoelastic dampers with different shapes of viscoelastic material are designed to test the influence of excited frequency, strain amplitude and ambient temperature on the mechanical property parameters such as circular dissipation per unit, equivalent stiffness, loss factor and storage shear modulus. Then, shaking table tests are done on a group of single-storey platform systems containing one symmetric platform and three asymmetric platforms with different eccentric forms. Experimental results show that the simulation precision of the restoring force model is rather good for the shear deformation of viscoelastic damper and is also satisfied for the torsion deformation and combined deformations of viscoelastic damper. The shaking table tests have verified that the new-type viscoelastic damper is capable of mitigating the multi-dimensional seismic response of offshore platform.

• 약학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.632-639
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• 1996

Most stable conformers of some antiinflammatory fenamates were obtained by conformational free energy change calculations. Conformational energies for the molecules as unhydrate d state were estimated first, and those as hydrated state were calculated then to simulate the molecules in aqueous solution using a hydration shell model. The initial geometries of the molecules were obtained either from X-ray crystallographic data or from homologous molecular fragments. The bond lengths and angles were not varied, but all the torsion angles were varied step by step during the conformational free energy surface searching. The results show that there are several feasible conformations for a compound. And the molecules are somewhat stabilized by hydration (-${\delta}G_{hyd}{\cong}$13 to 16kcal/mole), but the conformations were not changed significantly by the hydration itself. There seems to be a strong tendency of intramolecular hydrogen bonding between imino hydrogen and carboxyl oxygen of the compounds. As a result, the carboxyl group cannot be rotated freely, and the rotation of the second aromatic ring is the main reason for the conformational variations of the compounds. The ECEPP force fields via the program CONBIO were used throughout this study.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.407-421
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• 2022

Prefabricated hybrid wind turbine towers (WTTs) are promising due to height increase. This study proposes the use of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) to develop a new type of WTT without the need to use reinforcement. It is demonstrated that the UHPC WTT structure without reinforcing bars could achieve performance similar to that of reinforced concrete WTTs. To simplify the design of WTT, a design approach for the calculation of stresses at the horizontal joints of a WTT is proposed. The stress distribution near the region of the horizontal joint of the WTT structure under normal operating conditions and different load actions is studied using the proposed approach, which is validated by the finite element method. A further parametric study shows that the degree of prestressing and the bending moment both significantly affect the principal stress. The shear-to-torsion ratio also shows a significant influence on the principal tensile stress.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2004

上記 題目의 化合物, $C_{18}H_{20}O_5S$은 한 對非稱 單位內에 한 個의 分子를 가지고 對稱中心室間群 $P\={1}$로 結晶化 되었다. sulfonate 群內ml S 原子는 O와 C 原子들로 이루워진 四面體 環境을 維特하고 있으며, S-O 二重結合 平均 길이는 1.420(2) ${\AA}$이며 S-O 單一結合 길이는 1.598(2) ${\AA}$이고 S-C 結合 길이는 1.742(3) ${\AA}$이다. C(7)-S-O(3)-C(8) 의 비틀림 角은 100.3(2)$^{\circ}$이며, 두 個의 six-membered rings의 二面角은 42.73(20)$^{\circ}$이다.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.75-75
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• 2003

We report here the results on N-acetyl-N'-dimethylamide of proline (Ac-Pro-NM $e_2$) calculated using the ab initio molecular orbital method with the self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) theory at the HF level with the 6-31+G(d) basis set to investigate the conformational preference of polyproline depending on the cis/trans peptide bonds and down/up puckerings along the backbone torsion angle $\square$ in the gas phase, chloroform, and water. In the gas phase, Ac-Pro-NM $e_2$ has seven local minima of tFd, tFu, cFd, cFu, cAu, tAu, and cAd conformations. In particular, polyproline conformations tFd, tFu, cFd, and cFu are found to be more stable than $\square$-helical conformations cAu, tAu, and cAd. In contrast, Ac-Pro-NHMe has seven local minima of tCd, tCu, cBd, cAu, tAu, cFd, and cFu conformations. Conformations tCd and tCu are found to be most stable, which is ascribed to the intramolecular hydrogen bond between C=O of acetyl group and $N^{~}$ H of N'-methyl amide group. The stability of the cFd conformation (i.e., the polyproline I structure) in chloroform is somewhat increased, relative to that in water, although tFd and tFu conformations (i.e., the polyproline II structure) are dominate both in chloroform and water. The population of backbone conformations feasible in chloroform and water is consistent with the experiments. This work is supported by a Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2002-041-C00129).

• 폴리머
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 유리섬유/에폭시수지 복합재료의 등온물리시효 거동을 torsional braid analysis (TBA)-torsion pendulum을 이용하여 따양한 경화도(유리전이온도로 모니터된)와 등온시효온도(T$_{a}$ )에 대하여 조사하였다. 이때 시효온도는 1$0^{\circ}C$에서 $130^{\circ}C$로, 경화도는 $T_g$=$76^{\circ}C$에서 완전 경화물의$ T_g$=$177^{\circ}C$로 변화시켰다. 모든 경화도에서 등온물리시효 효과가 $T_g$ 부근의 일정온도 영역에서 탄성율과 대수감소율의 변화로 나타났다. 일정 시효온도에서 시효시간에 따른 탄성율의 변화로부터 결정된 등온물리시효속도는 $T_a$=$90^{\circ}C$ 아래에서 경화도가 증가함에 따라 감소하다가 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 시효속도와 ($T_g$-$T_a$)의 그림에서 평행과 수직 이동에 의해 중첩이 됨을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이는 물리시효과정이 경화반응에 의한 화학구조의 변화에 영향을 받지 않는다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 약 $70^{\circ}C$ 아래의 시효온도에서는 등온시효동안 수분이 흡수되며 그것으로 인해 시효속도가 감소한다는 전을 알 수 있었다. 이는 물분자와 사슬의 히드록 시기와의 강력한 극성결합으로 사슬의 운동성감소에 기인하는 것으로 생각된다.