• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2006년도 PAN PACIFIC CONFERENCE vol.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2006

Tritium has been used to directly measure the exchangeable hydrogen in bleached softwood kraft pulp. The hydrogen atoms associated with hydroxyl groups in pulp or with water contained in the pulp can dissociate and exchange with the hydrogen atoms in bulk water. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and behaves almost identically to it. The distribution of tritium between pulp and water ($k_{pw}$) can be easily measured and becomes an index of the protons available fur hydrogen bonding. Bleached kraft pulp was refined in a PFI mill to a range of freenesses. Tritiated water was added and the amount exchanged measured. There was a slight steady increase in $k_{pw}$ until approximately 300 CSF; $k_{pw}$ then rose sharply between 300 CSF and 100 CSF. This rise appears to correlate with FSP. It is likely that the action of refining on the fiber reaches a threshold at about 300 CSF causing the fiber surface to break open creating exponentially more surface area. This theory is visually confirmed through light microscopy. The slow increase in fibrillation of the fibers above 300 CSF correlates with the increase in $k_{pw}$. Beyond the threshold of 300 CSF a dramatic difference in fibrillation is shown, also corresponding with the large increase in $k_{pw}$. The freeness difference around 300 CSF is small, but the change in fiber properties is extreme within this region. This change in properties could lead to sheet breaks and other disruptions when producing products around the threshold. This study leads to a better understanding of how fiber changes during refining, resulting in a practical benefit of target freeness determination. Presently, freeness is selected based on product quality and on some measure of runnability. Yet, there are other considerations, demonstrated by the extreme change in fiber properties around 300 CSF.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Family Resilience Reinforcement Program (FRRP) for family caregivers of the elderly with dementia on the family resilience, caregiver burden, family adaptation, perceived health status and depression. Methods: FRRP was implemented for 60 minutes each time, once a week, for 8 weeks. According to 3 factors of Walsh's Family resilience theory, FRRP was organized and specified as redefining 'belief system' in 1 to 2 sessions, figuring out one's own 'organizational pattern' in 3 to 5 sessions, enhancing 'communication process' in 6 to 8 sessions. A total of 46 family caregivers were assigned into either the experimental group with FRRP or the control group. Data were collected from February 18 to April 12, 2013 at the dementia support centers, and the data of 36 participants were finally analyzed. Results: The experimental group reported statistically significant differences in family resilience (p=.002), caregiver burden (p=.012), family adaptation (p<.001), and perceived health status (p=.002) compared to those in the control group. No significant difference was found between the two groups in depression. Conclusion: In the light of these results, FRRP is considered to decrease caregiver burden and to influence family resilience, family adaptation and perceived health status positively. The developed FRRP is considered to be an efficient nursing intervention for strengthening family resilience of the given population. It warrants future research expanding the range of target population to those caregivers of the patients with other chronic conditions.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.242-249
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• 2020

Background The Exoscope is a novel high-definition digital camera system. There is limited evidence signifying the use of exoscopic devices in microsurgery. This trial objectively assesses the effects of the use of the Exoscope as an alternative to the standard operating microscope (OM) on the performance of experts in a simulated microvascular anastomosis. Methods Modus V Exoscope and OM were used by expert microsurgeons to perform standardized tasks. Hand-motion analyzer measured the total pathlength (TP), total movements (TM), total time (TT), and quality of end-product anastomosis. A clinical margin of TT was performed to prove non-inferiority. An expert performed consecutive microvascular anastomoses to provide the exoscopic learning curve until reached plateau in TT. Results Ten micro sutures and 10 anastomoses were performed. Analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences in performing micro sutures for TP, TM, and TT. There was statistical significance in TM and TT, however, marginal non-significant difference in TP regarding microvascular anastomoses performance. The intimal suture line analysis demonstrated no statistically significant differences. Non-inferiority results based on clinical inferiority margin (Δ) of TT=10 minutes demonstrated an absolute difference of 0.07 minutes between OM and Exoscope cohorts. A 51%, 58%, and 46% improvement or reduction was achieved in TT, TM, TP, respectively, during the exoscopic microvascular anastomosis learning curve. Conclusions This study demonstrated that experts' Exoscope anastomoses appear non-inferior to the OM anastomoses. Exoscopic microvascular anastomosis was more time consuming but end-product (patency) in not clinically inferior. Experts' "warm-up" learning curve is steep but swift and may prove to reach clinical equality.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2001

The prosthodontic treatment of severely resorbed edentulous patients has been one of the frustrating areas due to extensive loss of tissues. The integrated neuromuscular balance among tongue, lip, and cheek is compromised. The retention, stability, and support are the three major factors to influence the clinical outcome. Fish described a denture as having three surface, with each surface playing an independent and important role in the over all fit, stability, and comfort of the denture. He recommended that the polished surface should be a series of inclines so that pressure from muscular activity will retain dentures. Within the denture space there is an area that has been termed the neutral zone. The neutral zone is that area in the mouth where, during function, the forces of the tongue pressing outward are neutralized by the forces of the cheeks and lips pressing inward. According to Jacobson and Krol, neuromuscular control interacts to provide retention and the relationship of polished surface of denture base to the surrounding muscular structure of orofacial capsule facilitates the stability and retention. This neutral zone concept has been demonstrated with various modification by a number of authors. The theory used to develop the denture base contours is based on the belief that the muscle should functionally mold not only the border but the entire polished surface. Lott and Walsh reported the clinical success on complete mandibular dentures with application of neutral zone concept. A number of studies demonstrated that denture stability and retention are more dependent on correct position of the teeth and correct contour of external surfaces of the denture in a severely resorbed alveolar ridge. This article presents a prosthodontic approach to treatment of a edentulous patient using neutral zone technique to improve the retention and stability of the prosthesis.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제24권10A호
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• pp.1571-1578
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• 1999

본 논문은 Direct Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) Wireless Local Loop (WLL) 시스템의 Radio Transceiver Unit (RTU)를 위한 변조기 채널 카드와 변조기 VLSI 칩의 설계 및 구현에 대해서 서술했다. 변조기 채널 카드는 ASIC, FPGA 그리고 DSP를 이용하여 구현하였다. 구현된 변조기 ASIC칩은 ETRI가 제안한 Common Air Interface (CAI) 규격을 따랐고, 동작주파수는 32MHz, 회로의 크기는 40,000 게이트이다. 그리고 $0.6\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS 공정으로 제작되었다. 본 변조기 ASIC 칩은 4개의 I,Q 채널을 처리할 수 있는 구조로 되어 있고 각 채널은 콘벌루션널 코딩, 블록 인터리빙, 스크램블링, 왈쉬 카버링, Pseudo Noise (PN) 확산 그리고 기저대역 필터링 기능 등을 포함한다. 변조기 채널 카드는 WLL 시스템 내 RTU의 서브 유니트의 하나이며 구현된 변조기 ASIC 및 채널 카드는 실제 WLL 시스템에 실장되어 그 성능 및 기능 요구사항을 만족함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2017

코드 분할 다중 접속 기법은 주파수 선택적 페이딩에 강인할 뿐만 아니라 주파수 재사용 효율이 좋으므로 열악한 수중 환경에서의 유망한 매체 접속 제어 기법으로 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다이버시티 기법을 적용한 수중 코드 분할 다중 접속 기법의 순방향 및 역방향 링크 트랜스시버를 설계한다. 사용자 데이터는 월시 부호를 사용하여 다중화되며, 유사 잡음 부호 획득 과정을 통해 위상 오류 정정 및 유사 잡음 부호 역확산을 수행한다. 수중 음향 채널의 다중 경로 페이딩에 의한 트랜스시버 성능 감소를 최소화하기 위해 동일 이득 합성 및 최대비 합성의 다이버시티 기법을 적용한다. 다이버시티 기법으로 인한 트랜스시버의 성능 개선을 확인하기 위해 평균 수심 40 m의 문경시 경천호에서 두 개의 송신기와 두 개의 수신기를 활용하여 460 m 거리에서 저수지 실험을 수행하였으며, 결과적으로 순방향 및 역방향 링크 모두 사용자 데이터가 오류 없이 복원되었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.221-231
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• 1990

본 논문에서는 예측오차의 분포와 비트할당표를 이용하여 계산량을 줄이는 방법으로 직접 2차원 WHT를 계산한 다음 상수행렬을 곱함으로써 2차원 DCT 를 계산하는 방법을 제안하였다. 이 2차원 고속 DCT 알고리즘은 곱셈이 마지막 단계에 집중되어 있으며, 따라서 변환계수 중에서 양자화 과정에서 제외되는 변환계수의 수에 비례하여 계산량을 줄일 수 있는 특징이 있다. 계산량 비교를 위하여, 예측오차에 대한 비교할당표에 할당된 DCT계수만을 구하고자 할 때의 계산량을 산출한 결과, 제안한 방식은 변환부호화에 할당된 화소당 평균 비트율이 0.6비트 이하일 때, 기존의 알고리즘 중에서 가장 계산량이 적은 고속 DCT 알고리즘 보다 계산량이 적게 되어, 변환부호화의 계산량 감축에 기여할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.352-358
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• 2004

본 논문은 움직임 벡터의 분포특성을 이용한 새로운 움직임 벡터 탐색 알고리즘과 정수 연산만을 필요로 하는 정수형 DCT(Discrete Cosine Transform)를 사용하여 H.263 환경에서 동영상 부호기의 성능향상에 대해 연구한다. 정수형 DCT는 Un(Walsh-Hadamard Transform)와 정수 lifting을 이용하여 정수의 덧셈 연산만으로 DCT연산을 수행하므로 부동소수점수의 곱셈을 포함하는 기존 DCT에 비하여 연산량은 줄이면서도 동일한 PSNR을 얻는다. 새로운 움직임 벡터 탐색 알고리즘은 기존의 움직임 벡터 탐색 알고리즘인 3SS(Step Search)나 4SS에 비하여 움직임 추정에 필요한 연산량을 감소시키면서 거의 비슷한 PSNR을 보인다. 또한 모의 실험에서 H.263 부호기 환경에서 정수형 DCT와 기존 DCT는 서로 호환됨을 보인다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안한 부호화 방법은 H.263 부호화 과정에서 동영상 정보의 효율적인 실시간 처리를 가능하게 하며 다른 동영상 부호기에도 적용하여 부호화 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권10C호
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• pp.1433-1443
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• 2004

본 논문에서 제안한 전력선 모뎀에는 CSK(Code Shift Keying)와 대역화(DS/SS) 방식을 사용해 원격 제어신호를 전송할 수 있도록 하였다. CSK 방식은 전송 용량을 높이고, 잡음에 더욱 강건함을 제공한다. 또한 대역확산방식은 협대역 가우시안 간섭이나 다중 경로 간섭에 대하여 우수한 성능을 가진다. 본 논문에서 구현한 모뎀은 FDD(Frequency Division Duplex) 방식을 이용하여 양방향 통신을 하며, 순방향과 역방향 링크에 대한 모템 구조는 동일하다. 순간적으로 전환되는 피 제어 유딘과의 원활한 통신을 위하여 복조 방법으로 논코히어런트(noncoherent) 방석의 $\pi$/4 DQPSK를 사용한다. 대역확산을 위한 코드로 사용된 PN 코드로써 피 제어 유및의 그룹을 구분하며 M-ary CSK 방식을 위하여 왈쉬 코드를 사용한다. 각 부분은 1%S320c5402 DSP를 이용하여 설계 및 컴증한다. 구현된 모뎀에 대해서는 백색 가우시안 잡음(AWGN) 및 PBIartial Band Interference)가 가해진 상태에서 대역확산 방식과 CSK 방식의 각 인자들에 대한 수치적 성능 분석을 통하여 제안한 시스템의 우수성을 입증한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2021

Background: It is estimated that 20-30% of ginseng crops in Canada are lost to root rot each harvest. This disease is commonly caused by fungal infection with Ilyonectria, previously known as Cylindrocarpon. Previous reports have linked the virulence of fungal disease to the production of siderophores, a class of small-molecule iron chelators. However, these siderophores have not been identified in Ilyonectria. Methods: High-resolution LC-MS/MS was used to screen Ilyonectria and Cylindrocarpon strain extracts for secondary metabolite production. These strains were also tested for their ability to cause root rot in American ginseng and categorized as virulent or avirulent. The differences in detected metabolites between the virulent and avirulent strains were compared with a focus on siderophores. Results: For the first time, a siderophore N,N',N"-triacetylfusarinine C (TAFC) has been identified in Ilyonectria, and it appears to be linked to disease virulence. Siderophore production was suppressed as the concentration of iron increased, which is in agreement with previous reports. Conclusion: The identification of the siderophore produced by Ilyonectria gives us further insight into the root rot disease that heavily affects ginseng crop yields. This research identifies a molecular pathway previously unknown for ginseng root rot and could lead to new disease treatment options.