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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Eating Problems: The Imbalance of Gut Microbiota and the Gut-Brain Axis Hypothesis

  • Jiyoung Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2024
  • This review explores the complexities of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), primarily focusing on the significant eating challenges faced by children and adolescents with this neurodevelopmental condition. It is common for individuals with ASD to exhibit heightened sensitivity to various sensory aspects of food such as taste, texture, smell, and visual appeal, leading to restricted and less diverse diets. These dietary limitations are believed to contribute to an imbalance in the gut microbiota. This review elaborates on how these eating problems, coupled with the distinctive characteristics of ASD, might be influenced by and, in turn, influence the gut-brain axis, a bidirectional communication system between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. This discussion aims to shed light on the multifaceted interactions and potential implications of diet, gut health, and neurological development and function in children and adolescents with ASD.

Real-Time Stereoscopic Visualization of Very Large Volume Data on CAVE (CAVE상에서의 방대한 볼륨 데이타의 실시간 입체 영상 가시화)

  • 임무진;이중연;조민수;이상산;임인성
    • Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.679-691
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    • 2002
  • Volume visualization is an important subarea of scientific visualization, and is concerned with techniques that are effectively used in generating meaningful and visual information from abstract and complex volume datasets, defined in three- or higher-dimensional space. It has been increasingly important in various fields including meteorology, medical science, and computational fluid dynamics, and so on. On the other hand, virtual reality is a research field focusing on various techniques that aid gaining experiences in virtual worlds with visual, auditory and tactile senses. In this paper, we have developed a visualization system for CAVE, an immersive 3D virtual environment system, which generates stereoscopic images from huge human volume datasets in real-time using an improved volume visualization technique. In order to complement the 3D texture-mapping based volume rendering methods, that easily slow down as data sizes increase, our system utilizes an image-based rendering technique to guarantee real-time performance. The system has been designed to offer a variety of user interface functionality for effective visualization. In this article, we present detailed description on our real-time stereoscopic visualization system, and show how the Visible Korean Human dataset is effectively visualized on CAVE.

Quality characteristics of sausage added red yeast rice (홍국쌀 첨가 소시지의 품질 특성)

  • Kim, Do-Wan
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.805-809
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    • 2013
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effects and characteristics of sausages with red yeast rice added, particularly the Monascus purpureus KFRI 1134 strains, and to decide the optimal quantity of red yeast rice used. The additional rate of red yeast rice which has been used as a material for reducing nitrite, a coupler in meat products were 0, 1, 3, and 5% (w/w). In terms of the effects of the red yeast rice on the color, texture properties, and sensory characteristics of the sausages, the optimal temperature at which color stability was shown was below $100^{\circ}C$, and the addition of 1% red yeast rice resulted in a distinctly attractive color and increasingly improved the red color in the UV-visual Spectrophotometer analysis. However, the addition of over 1% (w/w) resulted in an unattractive color. The red colors also had strong heat stability. The texture properties and taste of the sausages were not affected by the red yeast rice.

A Study on the Multiple Texture Rendering System for 3D Image Signal Recognition (3차원 영상인식을 위한 다중영상매핑 시스템에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Sangjune;Park, Chunseok
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2016
  • Techniques to be developed in this study is intended to apply to an existing integrated control system to "A Study on the multiple Texture Rendering system for three-dimensional Image Signal Recognition" technology or become a center of the building control system in real time video. so, If the study plan multi-image mapping system developed, CCTV camera technology and network technology alone that is, will be a number of security do not have to build a linked system personnel provide services that control while the actual patrol, the other if necessary systems and linked to will develop a system that can reflect the intention Ranger.

Vertex selection method considering texture degradation for contour approximation (밝기 왜곡을 고려한 윤곽선 근사화용 정점 선택 방법)

  • Choi Jae Gark;Lee Si-Woong;Koh Chang-Rim;Lee Jong-Keuk
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.10 no.4 s.29
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    • pp.632-642
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents a new vertex selection scheme for the polygon-based contour approximation. In the proposed method, the entire contour is partitioned into partial segments and they are approximated adaptively with variable accuracy. The approximation accuracy of each segment is controlled based on its relative significance. By computing the relative significance with the texture degradation in the approximation error region, the visual quality enhancement in the reconstructed frames can be achieved under the same amount of the contour data. For this purpose, a decision rule for $d_{max}$ is derived based on inter-region contrasts. In addition, an adaptive vertex selection method using the derived rule is proposed. Experimental results are presented to show the superiority of the proposed method over conventional methods.

Quality Characteristics and Determining the Shelf Life of Red Pepper Yukwa (고추 유과의 저장 중 품질특성 변화 및 유통기한 설정)

  • Park, Jung-Mi;Yoo, Jin A;Kang, Hye-Jeong;Eom, Hyun-Ju;Kim, Sang Hee;Song, In Gyu;Yoon, Hyang-Sik
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.655-662
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    • 2013
  • This study was carried out to investigate the changes in the quality properties of red pepper Yukwa (red pepper liquid fermented with lactic acid bacteria was added to the Yukwa) during the storage period. To determine the shelf life of red pepper Yukwa, the rice Yukwa (control) and red pepper Yukwa were stored at 15, 25, and $35^{\circ}C$ for 70 days. Also, the quality properties of red pepper Yukwa, such as acid value, peroxide value, texture, color, and sensory evaluation were measured. Although the acid value of rice Yukwa and red pepper Yukwa increased during storage, the red pepper Yukwa showed a lower acid value score (1.09mg KOH/g) than that (1.19mg KOH/g) of the rice Yukwa. Nevertheless, these values did not exceed the guideline maximum values of 2.0 g KOH/g specified in the Korean Food Code. The peroxide values of samples had significantly increased after 42 days. Especially, the peroxide value scores for the rice Yukwa and red pepper Yukwa were the highest at 146.49 and 126.79 meq/kg at $35^{\circ}C$, respectively. Hardness and brittleness in textural properties increased up to 70 days. The sensory values for the red pepper Yukwa for overall acceptance, taste;texture and appearance were the highest. The results indicated that by using the 'Visual Shelf life Simulator for foods' of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) the shelf life of red pepper Yukwa is estimated to be 274.78 days.

Cartoon Character Rendering based on Shading Capture of Concept Drawing (원화의 음영 캡쳐 기반 카툰 캐릭터 렌더링)

  • Byun, Hae-Won;Jung, Hye-Moon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.1082-1093
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    • 2011
  • Traditional rendering of cartoon character cannot revive the feeling of concept drawings properly. In this paper, we propose capture technology to get toon shading model from the concept drawings and with this technique, we provide a new novel system to render 3D cartoon character. Benefits of this system is to cartoonize the 3D character according to saliency to emphasize the form of 3D character and further support the sketch-based user interface for artists to edit shading by post-production. For this, we generate texture automatically by RGB color sorting algorithm to analyze color distribution and rates of selected region. In the cartoon rendering process, we use saliency as a measure to determine visual importance of each area of 3d mesh and we provide a novel cartoon rendering algorithm based on the saliency of 3D mesh. For the fine adjustments of shading style, we propose a user interface that allow the artists to freely add and delete shading to a 3D model. Finally, this paper shows the usefulness of the proposed system through user evaluation.

Morphable Model to Interpolate Difference between Number of Pixels and Number of Vertices (픽셀 수와 정점들 간의 차이를 보완하는 Morphable 모델)

  • Ko, Bang-Hyun;Moon, Hyeon-Joon;Kim, Yong-Guk;Moon, Seung-Bin;Lee, Jong-Weon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2007
  • The images, which were acquired from various systems such as CCTV and Robot, include many human faces. Because of a rapid increase in visual data, we cannot process these manually; rather we need to do these automatically. Furthermore, companies require automatic security systems to protect their new technology. There are various options available to us, including face recognition, iris recognition and fingerprint recognition. Face recognition is preferable since it does not require direct contact. However, the standard 2-Dimensional method is limited, so Morphable Models may be recommended as an alternative. The original morphable model, made by MPI, contains a large quantity of data such as texture and geometry data. This paper presents a Geometrix-based morphable model designed to reduce this data capacity.

Split-thickness Skin Graft on the Face from the Medial Arm Skin (상완내측 피부를 이용한 안면부의 부분층 식피술)

  • Moon, Seong Won;Noh, Bok Kyun;Kim, Eui Sik;Hwang, Jae Ha;Lee, Sam Yong
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.70-76
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: Full-thickness skin grafts are usually used in facial reconstruction, but on occasion, split-thickness skin graft is also used from the scalp due to the limitation of donor site. However, there were complications, such as alopecia, folliculitis and blood loss. In addition, it can not be used in patients with baldness. Under the circumstances, we used medial arm skin as split-thickness skin graft donor site in lieu of scalp. We investigated the efficacy of the medial arm skin as a donor site of facial skin graft in comparison with scalp. Methods: From 2000 to 2005, the split-thicknesss skin grafts were performed using the medial arm skin in 10 patients and the scalp in 10 patients. We inspected the skin color match, texture match by the visual analogue scale. Scar contracture was estimated by the Visitrak $grade^{(R)}$(Smith & Nephew). The statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 12.0. Results: There was a more satisfaction in color match, texture, and scar contracture in medial arm skin than in scalp. Conclusion: According to these results, medial arm skin may be used efficiently as an alternative donor site of scalp in the facial reconstruction.

Application of the Multi-Focusing Composite Image for the Cotton Fiber Luster Analysis and Cotton Fabric Luster Analysis (다중초점화상기법(多重焦點畵像技法)을 적용(適用)한 면섬유광택분석(綿纖維光澤分析) 및 면직물(綿織物)의 광택(光澤)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Mun, Sun-Hye;Kim, Jong-Jun;Jeon, Dong-Won
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.108-118
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    • 2003
  • Surface properties, including the texture and the luster, of cotton fibers and yarns thereof play an important role in textile technology. The convolutions and the cross-sectional shape of the cotton fiber affect the fabric texture and the luster accordingly. Mercerization of the cotton fabric affects the luster, strength, and other properties of the fabric. In this study, the effect of mercerization was examined on the luster of the cotton fabric, together with the effect of polishing treatment. One of the traditional methods determining the fabric luster is the use of glossmeter or goniometric glossmeter. The use of glossmeter gives successful results in determining the gloss of rather flat and continuous surface such as plastic sheet, painted surface, or paper products. Since the textile fabrics have diverse surface structures and textures, these could be regarded as having three-dimensional surface. Such complexity imposes some difficulties for differentiating subtle surface luster properties of diverse textile fabrics. The advancement in the area of imaging technologies has enabled the micro-scale analysis of the surface textures and the fabric luster recently. Using a CCD camera, the surface luster images were taken at various incident illumination conditions. Microscale analysis, including the blob analysis, of the images could differentiate the subtle luster properties present in a group of cotton fabric samples comprising mercerized cotton fabric, non-mercerized cotton fabric, polished cotton fabric, and a 'standard' cotton fabric. The glossmeter measurement gave satisfactory but limited differentiation among the samples, whose luster differences are easily recognizable with visual observation, except for the mercerized cotton fabric sample and the non-mercerized cotton fabric. The microscale analysis of the fabric luster could, therefore, help understand the nature of diverse textile fabric luster.