• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.187-207
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• 2003

Objective: Recently, many studies have showed the evidences of the effect of the acupuncture treatment through scientific methods. One of these methods is functional MRI. We performed electro-acupuncture on Liv3 and observed the change of brain activation using fMRI. Methods: To see the effect of electro-acupuncture stimulation on Liv3. the experiment was carried out on 12 healthy volunteers. using the gradient echo sequence with the 3.0T whole-body MRI system(ISOL). After the needle insertion on right Liv3. 2 Hz of electric stimulation was given for 30 seconds. repeated five times. with 30 seconds' intervals. The Image analysis including motion correction, talairach transformation. and smoothing was done with SPM99. Results : 1. Group averaged brain activation induced by bilateral electro-acupuncture stimulation on Liv3 activates Brodman Area 6, 13, 18, 19, 22, 31, 39, 44, 2. Group averaged brain deactivation induced by bilateral Electro-acupuncture stimulation on Liv3 activates Brodman Area 4, 6, 9, 19, 36, 37, 39. 3. Group averaged brain activation induced by unilateral(right side) electro-acupuncture stimulation on Liv3 activates Brodman Area 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 22, 40, 42, 43. 4. Group averaged brain deactivation induced by unilateral(right side) electro-acupuncture stimulation on Liv3 activates Brodman Area 6, 18, 19, 28, 30, 31, 35, 37. 5. Brain region activated by motor stimulation activates Brodman Area 4, 6, 13, 19, 42.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.20-34
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• 2016

Background: It is necessary to find and develop the effective way of intervention for patients with neck pain, since the neck pain is becoming increasingly common throughout the world. To identify the altered motor control in patient with neck pain would be informative to find and develop the effective way of intervention. Objects: The aim of this study was to review literature regarding the altered motor control in patients with neck pain, measured by using surface electromyography (sEMG), ultrasonography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and to suggest prospective research work on neck pain. Methods: Case-control (neck pain/healthy) studies published between 2004 and 2015 that investigated neck muscle activation, thickness, cross-sectional area, and fat infiltrate were searched in Scopus, PubMed, and ScienceDirect. Twenty-eight articles were included in this study. Results: sEMG, ultrasonography, and fMRI were used complementarily to investigate the altered superficial and deep neck muscle activation, thickness, cross-sectional area, and fat infiltrate in patients with neck pain. They showed the following altered motor control when compared retrospectively with healthy subjects or during specific functional tasks: (1) increased superficial muscle activation, (2) lesser deep muscle thickness, (3) smaller cross-sectional area of the deep muscle, and (4) greater fat infiltrate in deep muscles. In particular, among the women, the office workers showed higher muscle activation of superficial neck muscles during functional tasks, although they did not have neck pain, than those who were not office workers. Conclusion: Studies revealed that patients with neck pain showed an altered motor control when compared with healthy subjects by using various assessment modalities. Understanding this phenomenon would help researchers design an effective intervention for alleviating neck pain or to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. In addition, we recommend that female office workers take measures to care for their necks before developing neck pain.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 활성탄 제조에 널리 이용되고 있는 KOH 활성화법으로 활성화된 활성탄의 표면적 증가를 위하여 세척시간, 교반속도, 세척횟수 등의 변수들에 대한 활성탄 세척공정 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 연구결과, 활성탄의 표면적은 세척효율이 증가됨에 따라 뚜렷하게 증가되었는데, 90% 이상의 세척효율을 얻기 위해서는 활성탄의 복잡한 세공구조에 따른 세공 내 확산메커니즘이 제어인자로 작용함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 세척액의 증발을 통하여 $K_2CO_3$를 얻을 수 있었고 이를 이용한 활성화실험이 이루어졌다. 그 결과, 비표면적 $2,219m^2/g$의 제조가 가능하였다. $K_2CO_3$가 KOH의 효과적인 대안이라는 것을 고려할 때, 활성탄 제조공정에서 폐수 재이용은 무배출 폐기물 공정에 적용 할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.97-101
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• 2010

Purpose: Sensory input is very important for proper performance of human. Two-point discrimination is the most widely used tactile sensory test. The purpose of this study was to find the changes in cortical activation patterns between tactile stimulation and two-point discrimination. Methods: Two healthy subjects participated in our study. fMRI scanning was done during 4 repeated blocks of tactile stimulation and two point discrimination of the right index finger tip. In one block, stimuli were repeated 10 times every three seconds. To determine the changes of cortical neurons during sensory input, intensity index was analyzed. Results: When tactile stimulation of the right index finger tip was completed, only contralateral primary somatosensory area was activated. In contrast, during two-point discrimination, both the primary somatosensory area and ipsilateral supplementary sensory area were activated. Conclusion: During two point discrimination, both primary somatosensory area and ipsilateral supplementary sensory area were activated. Therefore, two-point discrimination is required more complex and conscious activity than tactile stimulation.

• Carbon letters
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.298-302
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• 2008

Carbon blacks could be used as the filler for the electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. The poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were used as the matrix for the carbon black fillers. Porous carbon blacks were prepared by $CO_2$ activation. The activation was performed by treating the carbon blacks in $CO_2$ to different degrees of burnoff. During the activation, the enlargement of pore diameters, and development of microporous and mesoporous structures were introduced in the carbon blacks, resulting in an increase of extremely large specific surface areas. The porosity of carbon blacks was an increasing function of the degree of burn-off. The surface area increased from $80\;m^2/g$ to $1142\;m^2/g$ and the total pore volume increased from $0.14073\;cc{\cdot}g^{-1}$ to $0.9343\;cc{\cdot}g^{-1}$. Also, the C=O functional group characterized by aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and esters was enhanced during the activation process. The EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) of raw N330 carbon blacks filled with PVA was about 1 dB and those of the activated carbon blacks increased to the values between 6 and 9 dB. The EMI SE of raw N330 carbon blacks filled with PVDF was about 7 dB and the EMI SE increased to the range from 11 to 15 dB by the activation.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2005

This study aim to investigate the effects of supply of oxygen enhances cerebral activation through increased activation in the brain and using a 3 Tesla fMRI system. Five volunteers (right handed, average age of 21.3) were selected as subjects for this study. Oxygen supply equipment that provides 30% oxygen at a constant rate of 15L/min was given using face mask. A 3 Tesla fMRI system using the EPI BOLD technique, and three-pulse sequence technique get of the true axial planes scanned brain images. The author can get the perfusion images of the brain by oxygen inhalation with susceptibility contrast EPI sequence at the volunteers. Complex movement consisted of a finger task in which subjects flexed and extended all fingers repeatedly in union, without the fingers touching each other. Both task consisted of 96 phases including 6 activations and rests contents. Post-processing was done on MRDx software program by using cross-correlation method. The result shows that there was an improvement in performance and also increased activation in several areas in the oxygen method. These finding demonstrates that while performing cognitive tasks, oxygen administration was due to increase of cerebral activation.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.395-405
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• 2014

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate 1) somatotopic arrangement of the second and third fingers in SI area 2) difference of neural activation in the SI area produced by stimulation with different frequencies 3) correlation between the intensity of tactile perception by different stimulus intensity and the level of brain activation measurable by means of fMRI. Background: Somatosensory cortex can obtain the information of environmental stimuli about "where" (e.g., on the left palm), "what" (e.g., a book or a dog), and "how" (e.g., scrub gently or scrub roughly) to organism. However, compared to visual sense, the neural mechanism underlying the processing of specific electrotactile stimulus is still unknown. Method: 10 right-handed subjects participated in this study. Non-painful electrotactile stimuli were delivered to two different finger tips of right hand. Functional brain images were collected from 3.0T MRI using the single-shot EPI method. The scanning parameters were as follows: TR and TE were 3000, 35ms, respectively, flip angle 60, FOV $24{\times}24cm$, matrix size $64{\times}64$, slice thickness 4mm (no gap). SPM5 was used to analyze the fMRI data. Results: Significant activations produced by the stimulation were found in the SI, SII, the subcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, and the insula. In all participants, statistically significant activation was observed in the contralateral SI area and the bilateral SII areas by the stimulation on the fingers but ipsilaterally dominant. The SI area representing the second finger generally located in the more lateral and inferior side than that of the third finger across all the subjects. But no difference in brain area was found for the stimulation of the fingers by different frequencies. And two typical patterns were observed on the relationship between the perceived psychological intensity and the amount of voxels in the primary sensory cortex during the stimulation. Conclusion: It was possible to discriminate the representation sites in the SI by electrotactile stimulation of digit2 and digit3. But we could not find the differences of the brain areas according to different stimulation frequencies from 3 to 300Hz. Application: The results of the study can provide a deeper understanding of somatosensory cortex and offer the information for tactile display for blinds.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.649-654
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• 2017

제주도에서 다량 발생하고 있는 폐감귤박을 활성화제로 KOH를 사용하여 활성탄을 제조하였고, 제조된 활성탄의 특성을 검토하였다. KOH 침적비율(100~300%), 활성화 온도($400{\sim}900^{\circ}C$) 및 활성화 시간(0.5~1.5 h)의 조건에서 각 조건이 증가할수록 요오드 흡착능은 증가하였으나 활성탄의 수율은 감소하였다. 그리고 활성화 시간의 경우 1.5 h 이상에서는 요오드 흡착능 및 활성탄 수율에서 비슷하였다. 또한 KOH 침적비율이 증가할수록 비표면적 및 세공부피는 증가하였으나 세공크기는 감소하였으며, 제조된 평균 세공크기는 $20{\sim}25{\AA}$이었다. KOH의 침적비율 300%, 활성화 온도 $900^{\circ}C$, 활성화 시간 1.5 h에서 제조된 활성탄은 비표면적 및 요오드 흡착능이 각각 $1,527m^2/g$ 및 1,246 mg/g으로 가장 높았다.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.509-515
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• 1998

커피폐기물을 원료로 하여 염화아연으로 화학적 활성화시켜 커피활성탄 (activated coffee char)을 제조하였다. 이 연구는 roasting과정, 탄화과정, 활성화, 그리고 수세 및 건조의 공정으로 수행되었다. Roasting 과정은 $300{\sim}400^{\circ}C$에서 10분간 수행되었다. 탄화과정의 적절한 조건은 $650^{\circ}C$에서 1시간인 것으로 나타났다. 화학적 활성화에 있어서 가장 중요한 parameter는 활성화제와 coffee char의 화학비인 것을 알 수 있었다. $N_2$ gas를 이용하여 77K에서 제조된 커피활성탄의 BET 비표면적과 BJH 세공용적을 측정하였다. 염화아연에 의해 활성화되어 제조된 coffee char의 비표면적이 $1110{\sim}1580m^2/g$로 분석되었으며 세공용적은 $0.51{\sim}0.81cm^3/g$로 각각 분석되었다. SEM은 세공과 coffee char의 표면관찰에 이용되었다. 분석결과, 활성화 표면과 많은 세공이 형성되어 있는 것을 보였다. 커피폐기물을 이용한 activated coffee char의 제조가 성공적으로 수행되었으며, 이는 폐기물을 이용한 자원 개발의 가능성을 보여주었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.599-602
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• 2007

결정성 그린 코크스 상의 메조카본 마이크로비즈를 이용하여 약품 및 전기화학 부활 법을 적용하여 23 F/cc 급의 신형 고밀도 활성탄을 합성하였다. 전기화학 부활과정 중에 고성능을 발현하기 위한 전기화학 거동을 순차적인 전압인가법을 이용하여 검토하였다. 전기화학 부활의 유효전압은 높은 비표면적 활성탄의 표면활성 저하에 의해 적용전압에 무관하게 2.7~3.2 V로 확인되었다.