• The Journal of Korea CHUNA Manual Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.67-82
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• 2000

To clarify the effect of chuna treatment reached at neck pain, the faculties of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine in Hospital of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center had carried out chuna treatment for 72 patients who had neither structural defectiveness of cervical spine nor neural injury but simple soft tissue damage among people who visited the hospital with the neck pain since Jun. 11, 1997 to Dec. 31 in the year. The way of study: 32 out of 72 patients were treated by acupuncture treatment going with chuna treatment (calling 'Group A') and the other 40 patients were cured by only acupuncture (calling 'Group B'). The treatment in both Group A and B were performed 6 times totally at intervals of a time for 2 days. To judge the effect of treatment, both method-visual analog scale(VAS) and ,check of ROM-were performed each time. The results of study 1. Each one in Group A itself, according to the number of the treatment in progress, showed the note worthy decrease of pain and improvement of range of motion(ROM) in the cervical(P <0.001). 2. Each one in Group B itself, according to the number of the treatment in progress, showed the note worthy decrease of pain and improvement of range of motion(ROM) in the cervical(P <0.001). 3. In the degree of improvement in pain, the Group A who had been treated by both acupuncture and chuna treatment at the same lime showed some meaningful decrease in pain compared to the Group B with acupuncture treatment alone(P <0.001). 4. In the degree of improvement in ROM, the Group A who were treated by both chuna and acupuncture treatment had meaningful improvement compared to Group B who got the only acupuncture treatment(P <0.001).

• The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.183-192
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• 2002

Objectives The Objective was to evaluate the efficacy of auricular acupuncture treatment for adolescent dysmenorrheic women. Method This study was carried out to the 25 adolescent dysmenorrheic women without pelvic or other systemic disease and its history who visited outpatient department of Oriental Hospital, Semyung, univ. from June, 2002 to September, 2002. We investigated general characteristics, menstrual and dysmenorrheic characteristics through out the patient's note and comparison of before and after auricular acupuncture treatment by using a 10cm Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) for sample patients. Results The $mean{\pm}Standard$ Error of mean(S.E) of VAS score on before and after auricular acupuncture treatment were $6.36{\pm}0.49$ and $2.24{\pm}0.35$. The $mean{\pm}S.E$ of VAS score of after auricular acupuncture treatment was decreased significantly compared with that of before(p<0.01). Conclusion The auricular acupuncture treatment will be efficacious against adolescent dysmenorrhea

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.1-15
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• 2007

본 연구는 커뮤니티 시설 상세 설계의 대상물에 대한 질적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 그 대상물의 이미지를 상징화하는 단계적 발전 과정을 거쳐 그 시설의 상세 설계적 언어를 형상화하는 방법을 제시하였다. 사례로 역사적, 문화적, 전이적 특성을 지닌 세 커뮤니티를 조사하여 디자인 언어와 상징화되는 이미지를 구명해 보면서 디자인 언어의 구성과 설계요소와의 관계 커뮤니티의 목표 등과 연관시켜 커뮤니티의 본질성을 추구하는 수단을 평가 분석하는 방법을 강구하고 커뮤니티 시설의 상세 설계 언어의 형상을 검토하는 방법을 통섭적으로 제시하였다. 설계 언어의 형상 분석의 수단을 구체화 하는 데는 시각적 형태, 설계 주제의 상황, 설계요소의 관계성, 설계요소의 위치와 구성 등과 연관된 문제이다. 본 연구는 상세설계 언어의 형상을 개발하는 시도로 네 가지 기본 전제를 세우고 그를 설명해 보았다. 본 연구는 커뮤니티 시설 특성의 상징화를 위한 설계언어연구 대상의 사례로 미국의 전통성이 강한 메사츄세츠주에서 역사적, 문화적, 전이적 특성을 각기 다르게 지니고 있는 콩코드(Concord), 렉싱톤(Lexington), 알링톤(Arlington) 등의 세 커뮤니티를 택하였다. 사례 커뮤니티 시설 특성의 상세 설계 언어의 형상을 도출하는 과정을 설명하고 시각적 노트와 디자인 의미와 그 상징성을 바탕으로 상징과 시각적 언어를 찾으면서 상세 요소의 디자인 언어를 비교하였다. 그를 바탕으로 디자인 언어와 의미 및 그에 대한 평가를 위하여 편익을 기초로 사회, 건강, 환경, 경제 등 네 가지로 세부 분류된 커뮤니티 시설을 검토하였다. 커뮤니티 시설 특성을 파악하는 기법 발굴 과정에서 시작된 시각적 형상으로부터 상징과 그 의미 등을 구명하면서 그를 정성화하기 위한 기준으로서 설계 언어, 상징적 언어, 커뮤니티, 자연적 심미성 등의 네 가지로 대표되는 평가 요소에 의하여 분석 평가 검토에 이르기까지 일련의 과정이 그 상세설계언어의 형상에 관하여 통섭적 접근이 이루어 졌다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.69-93
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• 2010

In this research, through experiments, we show that incongruity of color between mediums has positive influence on brand attitude in terms of integrated management of brand. We also present that self-image congruence of 'brand-consumer' has moderating effect on such influence of color incongruity. Mediums were limited to the ones that magnifying visual influence in order only to observe influence of color. With the same reason, visual factors other than color were coherently set or held constant and we chose brands with either low familarity or no previous knowledge. As a result, we find that brand attitude by the incongruity of color between mediums was higher compared to brand attitude by the congruence of color. In case with lower self-image congruence of brand-consumer we show higher change in attitude compared to the one with higher self-image congruence of brand-consumer. We believe our findings are interesting to note that brand may be enhanced by forming positive brand attitude through brand expression i.e., color of visual factors. In addition, we suggest that level of congruence and diversity of brand expression is in fact deeper or wider than that of brand manager's intuition. We see that it is possible for studying brands the incongruity which has been studied as a strategy to reposition mature brands can be a way of improving the recognition on new brands.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.117-123
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• 2006

Objectives : The purpose of this study was conducted to find correct facilitation and clinical facilitation with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). Methods : This is a literature study with books, articles, seminar note and books for PNF international course. Results : Treatment approach was changed from managements of reflex to facilitation. The facilitation will make passive or active motion. But it can not match with normal functional activities, lack of the active movement, and facilitation of musculoskeletal can interaction with environment. Conclusions : Facilitation of the Functional activities in the main therapy goal. Any necessary information, such as visual and acoustical information must be integrated. Spatial summation and temporal summation integrated also. Integrated information for the facilitation will be increased activity of alpha-motorneurons, activity of interneurons, and muscle fiber structural changes from slow twitch fibers to fast twitch fibers. Suggested facilitate goal-oriented of movements at a functional level and reduce stiffness at structural level.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.11-19
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• 2010

Pro-environmental life styles, foundations of a collective civilization and preservation of our tradition at rural communities hold a great public profit value, of which importance has been strongly emphasized during last decade. Here, the environmental color is one of the most influential elements that determine the image of the rural landscape. Whenever an alternative color element is introduced to rural town, it is very important to examine its effect on the existing environmental color. Typically, a preference-surveying method has been used to evaluate the suitability of such environmental color balance. However, we note that the reliability of this method is limited by the subjectivity of a respondent. And thus, it is highly desirable to develop a more objective method. We propose a feasibility study for using an aesthetic-measure to evaluate the environmental color of a rural town. In this work, we looked into the validity of our approach by comparing its result with that of the preference-based-method as a way to determine the environmental color. Our study is based on 20 photo images from Ansung-city Yangsung-myeon Donghang 2ri Kyo-dong town in Kyongki Province.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.183-194
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• 2009

Purpose : This study was performed not only to compare the brain activation regions associated with sexual arousal induced by visual stimulation and SP6 acupuncture, but also to evaluate its differential neuro-anatomical mechanism in healthy women using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 3 Tesla (T). Subjects and methods : A total of 21 healthy right-handed female volunteers (mean age 22 years, range 19 to 32) underwent fMRI on a 3T MR scanner. The stimulation paradigm for sexual arousal consisted of two alternating periods of rest and activation. It began with a 1-minute rest period, 3 minutes of stimulation with either of an erotic video film or SP6 acupuncture, followed by 1-minute rest. In addition, a comparative study on the brain activation patterns between an acupoint and a shampoint nearby GB37 was performed. The fMRI data were obtained from 20 slices parallel to the AC-PC line on an axial plane, giving a total of 2,000 images. The mean activation maps were constructed and analyzed by using the statistical parametric mapping (SPM99) software. Results : As comparison with the shampoint, the acupoint showed 5 times and 2 times higher activities in the neocortex and limbic system, respectively. Note that brain activation in response to stimulation with the shampoint was not observed in the regions including the HTHL in the diencephalon, GLO and AMYG in the basal ganglia, and SMG in the parietal lobe. In the comparative study of visual stimulation vs. SP6 acupuncture, the mean activation ratio of stimulus was not significantly different to each other in both the neocortex and the limbic system (p < 0.05). The mean activities induced by both stimuli were not significantly different in the neocortex, whereas the acupunctural stimulation showed higher activity in the limbic system (p < 0.05). Conclusions : This study compared the differential brain activation patterns and the neural mechanisms for sexual arousal, which were induced by visual stimulation and SP6 acupuncture by using 3T fMRI. These findings will be useful to understand the theory of traditional acupuncture and acupoint channel in scientific point of view.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.172-181
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• 2016

To describe the details of the foraminoplastic superior vertebral notch approach (FSVNA) with reamers in percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) and to demonstrate the clinical outcomes in limited indications of PELD. Retrospective data were collected from 64 patients who underwent PELD with FSVNA from August 2012 to April 2014. Inclusion criteria were high grade migrated disc, high canal compromised disc, and disc protrusion combined with foraminal stenosis. The clinical outcomes were assessed using by the visual analogue scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and modified MacNab criteria. Complications related to the surgery were reviewed. The procedure used a unique approach, using the superior vertebral notch as the target and performing foraminoplasty with only reamers under C-arm control. The mean age of the 55 female and 32 male patients was 52.73 years. The mean F/U period was $12.2{\pm}4.2$ months. Preoperative VAS ($8.24{\pm}1.25$) and ODI ($67.8{\pm}15.4$) score improved significantly at the last follow-up (VAS, $1.93{\pm}1.78$; ODI, $17.14{\pm}15.7$). Based on the modified MacNab criteria, excellent or good results were obtained in 95.3% of the patients. Postoperative transient dysthesia (n=2) and reoperation (n=1) due to recurred disc were reported. PELD with FSVNA could be a good method for treating lumbar disc herniation. This procedure may offer safe and efficacious results, especially in the relatively limited indications for PELD.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.39-43
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to develop EOG system for collecting eye movement patterns to investigate visual function and position and the level of balancing. This small and partable wireless EOG system was enabled to collect stable signals without hindering any kind of sports movement. This system was consist of four parts: amplifier, main process with wireless transmitter, receiver, and display. Three EOG electrodes were used and placed on right(+), left(-) sides of eyes, and between eyes as a reference. This system was possible to measure signals for relatively long duration but the degeneration of electrodes may magnify measurement errors when collecting time was getting longer. Thus, dry electrodes may be applied to the system when long term measurement is needed for future studies.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.187-194
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• 2013

The final aim of the present study is to build a system of converting a color image into musical elements based on a synesthetic perception, emulating human synesthetic skills, which make it possible to associate a color image with a specific sound. This can be done on the basis of the similarities between physical frequency information of both light and sound. As a first step, an input true color image is converted into hue, saturation, and intensity domains based on a color model conversion theory. In the next step, musical elements including note, octave, loudness, and duration are extracted from each domain of the HSI color model. A fundamental frequency (F0) is then extracted from both hue and intensity histograms. The loudness and duration are extracted from both intensity and saturation histograms, respectively. In experiments, the proposed system on the conversion of a color image into musical elements was implemented using standard C and Microsoft Visual C++(ver. 6.0). Through the proposed system, the extracted musical elements were synthesized to finally generate a sound source in a WAV file format. The simulation results revealed that the musical elements, which were extracted from an input RGB color image, reflected in its output sound signals.