• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.425-429
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• 2016

Objective : Rod-screw fixation systems are widely used for spinal instrumentation. Although many biomechanical studies on rod-screw systems have been carried out, but the effects of rod contouring on the construct strength is still not very well defined in the literature. This work examines the mechanical impact of straight, $20^{\circ}$ kyphotic, and $20^{\circ}$ lordotic rod contouring on rod-screw fixation systems, by forming a corpectomy model. Methods : The corpectomy groups were prepared using ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene samples. Non-destructive loads were applied during flexion/extension and torsion testing. Spine-loading conditions were simulated by load subjections of 100 N with a velocity of $5mm\;min^{-1}$, to ensure 8.4-Nm moment. For torsional loading, the corpectomy models were subjected to rotational displacement of $0.5^{\circ}\;s^{-1}$ to an end point of $5.0^{\circ}$, in a torsion testing machine. Results : Under both flexion and extension loading conditions the stiffness values for the lordotic rod-screw system were the highest. Under torsional loading conditions, the lordotic rod-screw system exhibited the highest torsional rigidity. Conclusion : We concluded that the lordotic rod-screw system was the most rigid among the systems tested and the risk of rod and screw failure is much higher in the kyphotic rod-screw systems. Further biomechanical studies should be attempted to compare between different rod kyphotic angles to minimize the kyphotic rod failure rate and to offer a more stable and rigid rod-screw construct models for surgical application in the kyphotic vertebrae.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 1995

Effects of environmental factors of N, P, pH, moisture, temperature and oxygen on growth and nitrogen fixation activity of kummerowia striate (Thunb.) Schindler seedling, bearing symbiotic root nodules, were quantitatively analyzed during the growing period. The specific nitrogenase activity (ARA) of nodules showed the maximum value of 187 μmol C₂H₄g fr wt-1 h-1 6 weeks after seeds were germinated. The total nitrogenase activities per plant attained as 1.56, 0.85, 0.09 and 4.0, 1.11, 0.04 μmol C₂H₄hr-1, respectively for the treatments of 1, 3 and 5 mM NO₃￣and NH₄＋ on the 60th day. While the plant grown in N-free media for 20 days after treatments of 5 mM NH₄+for 40 days resulted in 30 mg fr wt of nodule formation and exhibited the relative activities of 152％ and 162％ for total and specific ARA in comparison with those of control plant grown with N-free for 60 days. Total biomass and ARA was by 70％ and 86％ lower in N and P deficiency, respectively. The N and P deficient plot showed 70％ and 86％ decreases of total biomass and ARA in comparison with those of control. The plant grown with N-free for 20 days after pretreatment with N and P free media for 40 days showed the relative values of 77％, 118％ and 150％, respectively for nodule biomass, total and specific ARA in comparison with those of control. The treatment with acid or alkali gradients resulted in significant decreases of nodule biomass and ARA. The optimum temperature and pO₂for ARA were 30°C and 40 kPa, respectively. Two peaks of diurnal variation appeared at 11:00 and 23:00 o'clocks by the continuous light condition. The plants with water stress by temporary wilting point rsulted in 95~97％ inhibition for nodule respiration, transpiration and specific ARA. Transpiration and ARA ware recovered to 88％ and 38％ of those of water unstressed plants, respectively, 6 hours after the plants were rewatered from water stressed condition.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2024

Purpose: This study compared sequential changes in skeletal stability and the pharyngeal airway following mandibular setback surgery involving fixation with either a titanium or a bioabsorbable plate and screws. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight patients with mandibular prognathism undergoing bilateral sagittal split osteotomy by titanium or bioabsorbable fixation were randomly selected in this study. Lateral cephalometric analysis was conducted preoperatively and at 1 week, 3-6 months, and 1 year postoperatively. Mandibular stability was assessed by examining horizontal (BX), vertical (BY), and angular measurements including the sella-nasion to point B angle and the mandibular plane angle (MPA). Pharyngeal airway changes were evaluated by analyzing the nasopharynx, uvula-pharynx, tongue-pharynx, and epiglottis-pharynx (EOP) distances. Mandibular and pharyngeal airway changes were examined sequentially. To evaluate postoperative changes within groups, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was employed, while the Mann-Whitney U test was used for between-group comparisons. Immediate postoperative changes in the airway were correlated to surgical movements using the Spearman rank test. Results: Significant changes in the MPA were observed in both the titanium and bioabsorbable groups at 3-6 months post-surgery, with significance persisting in the bioabsorbable group at 1 year postoperatively (2.29°±2.28°; P<0.05). The bioabsorbable group also exhibited significant EOP changes (-1.21±1.54 mm; P<0.05) at 3-6 months, which gradually returned to non-significant levels by 1 year postoperatively. Conclusion: Osteofixation using bioabsorbable plates and screws is comparable to that achieved with titanium in long-term skeletal stability and maintaining pharyngeal airway dimensions. However, a tendency for relapse exists, especially regarding the MPA.

• 대한견주관절학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한견주관절학회 2008년도 제16차 학술대회
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• pp.178-178
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• 2008

In order to improve static stability and healing of reattached labrum, we combined the advantages of suture bridge and transosseous technique. Using the conventional 3 portal for anterior instability, check stability of bony Bankart and preparation of glenoid bed in 3 way including removal, reshaping or mobilization of bony fragment. Two anchors were inserted to the superior and inferior portion and medial edge of bony Bankart lesion. It usually corresponded to the area of IGHL. Medial mattress sutures were applied around IGHL complex to get enough depth of glenoid coverage using suture hook. Make 3.5mm pushlock anchor hole to the articular edge of glenoid cartilage. Proximal suture bridge was applied at first and then distal suture bridge was inserted to mobilize the labrum in proximal direction. These construction can provide more stable labral repair with wide contact and compression in case of deficient bony stability. It not only avoids technical disadvantage of point contact with anchor fixation, but also decreasing gap formation through cross compression of labrum that couldn't gain even with the transosseous fixation which affords linear compression effect. Additional bony stability could be gained if the the bony fragment was mobilized to the glenoid margin with potential healing bed or reshaped for the good contact with reattached labrum.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2007

We have measured EOG and fMRI simultaneously to investigate whether eye movement (blinking mechanism) might influence functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signal response in the primary visual cortex. $T2^*-weighted$ Echo-Planar Imaging (EPI) with concurrent electrooculogram (EOG) was acquired in four subjects while they viewed a fixation point and a checkerboard with a flickering rate of 8Hz. With the help of EOG information we divided the experimental blocks into two different conditions: fixation and moving eye. We have compared the fMRI data of these two conditions. Our results have shown that there is no difference between these two conditions. This might suggest that eye blinking does not affect BOLD signal changes in the primary visual cortex. This means further that eye blinking can be ignored in data processing.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권11호
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• pp.1774-1786
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• 2018

Phenotypic variation among clones (individuals with identical genes, i.e. isogenic individuals) has been recognized both theoretically and experimentally. We investigate the effects of phenotypic variation on evolutionary dynamics of a population. In a population, the individuals are assumed to be haploid with two genotypes : one genotype shows phenotypic variation and the other does not. We use an individual-based Moran model in which the individuals reproduce according to their fitness values and die at random. The evolutionary dynamics of an individual-based model is formulated in terms of a master equation and is approximated as the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) and the coupled non-linear stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with multiplicative noise. We first analyze the deterministic part of the SDEs to obtain the fixed points and determine the stability of each fixed point. We find that there is a discrete phase transition in the population distribution when the probability of reproducing the fitter individual is equal to the critical value determined by the stability of the fixed points. Next, we take demographic stochasticity into account and analyze the FPE by eliminating the fast variable to reduce the coupled two-variable FPE to the single-variable FPE. We derive a quasi-stationary distribution of the reduced FPE and predict the fixation probabilities and the mean fixation times to absorbing states. We also carry out numerical simulations in the form of the Gillespie algorithm and find that the results of simulations are consistent with the analytic predictions.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2000

본 연구는 한국인을 대상으로 주시점의 위치에 따른 시 표적이 뇌파에 미치는 영향을 조사한 것이다. 시유발 전위 장치는 BIO-Pag를 이용하였으며, 검사 결과는 586 컴퓨터에 입력하여 분석하였다. 조도는 500lux이여 시표는 직경이 3 cm인 붉은 광점을 사용하였다. 수렴과 개산에 따른 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 시자극에 관계하는 시피질의 뇌파의 출현 빈도는 델타파, 베타파, 세타파, 그리고 알파파의 순으로 나타났다. 2. 수렴 상태는 개산에 비해서 속파 성분이 많이 출현되었다. 3. 수렴은 개산에 비해서 베타파와 알파파가 많아 나타났다. 4. 수렴과 개산에서 진폭에 대한 히스토 그램은 비가우시안 모양이다. 5. 뇌파의 진폭에 대한 위상 분석은 거의 선상을 나타내었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2012

광섬유센서는 구조물에 매립 또는 부착시 전단응력에 의해 편광이 발생하여 피크가 2개로 갈라질 수 있기 때문에 센서는 보호되고 양 끝단을 고정하는 방법으로 패키징을 하여야 하나, 광섬유의 클래딩 부분을 부착하는 방식으로 고정하면, 변형발생시 광케이블을 구성하는 코어와 클래딩 사이에서 미끄러짐 현상이 발생하기 때문에 이를 방지하기위해 센서의 양 끝단에 고정구를 사용하고 광섬유를 부분탈피하여 부착하여 접점을 만들어 줌으로써 외력에 의해 발생하는 변형을 정확하게 측정이 가능하도록 하였다. 그리고 기존 광섬유격자센서가 자체적으로 압축변형의 측정이 곤란한 점을 개선하기위해 미리 긴장(Pre-Strain)상태를 유지하기 위하여 두 개의 접점사이를 볼트와 너트로 조절하여 프리스트레인 가변이 가능하도록 하여 인장/압축변형 측정을 가능하게 한 광섬유격자센서 패키지를 제작하였다. 이러한 광섬유격자센서패키지를 실제구조물에 적용하여 측정하였으며, 이를 통하여 안전을 감시하는 모니터링시스템에 적용할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2009

본 논문은 신경외과 및 일반외과 영역에서 골 고정용 금속판으로 골 수술 및 치료를 하는 과정에서 골 고정요 금속판의 굴곡강도와 강성을 평가할 수 있는 강요평가 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 굴곡곡선의 최대 포인트 점은 0.2% 상쇄변위(offset displacement)에서 평형하게 접근 할 수 있는 포인트 P점을 최대 하중에 부여하는 굴곡 점으로 적용하였다. 실험에 사용한 플레이트(Plate)는 ${\Phi}13$와 ${\Phi}18$이며, 강도평가의 알고리즘은 플레이트 ${\Phi}13$, ${\Phi}18$, ${\Phi}13-{\Phi}18$ 비교하였으며, 플레이트에 압박하는 힘의 알고리즘을 산출한 결과 굽힘강도의 최대값이 311N, 387N, 410N, 474N로 나타났고, 변위(Displacement)에 따라 하중에 견디는 시점인 인장강도가274(N), 324(N), 382(N), 394(N)로 나타났음으로 이 시점이 금속판의 굴곡운동 값으로 결정되었다. 본 연구의 결과로 한 개의 축을 기준으로 발생하는 골 고정용 금속판의 강도 조절 문제를 평가알고리즘으로 구성함으로 해결할 수 있었고, 형태 변화에 따른 조절기능을 검증할 수 있는 시스템이 새로운 알고리즘 형성으로 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.426-429
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• 2015

입체카메라에서 줌 사용시 컨버전스 포인트의 움직임에 따라 발생되는 시각적 불편의 문제와 거리감의 변동을 해결하기 위해 컨버전스 포인트 조정기법을 제시했었다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 조정기법의 우수성을 입증하기 위해 정량적 평가인 주시특성 분석을 설계했다. 입체영상에 대한 주관평가를 사용자의 시선움직임을 통해 정량적으로 파악하게 된다면 입체에 대한 사용자의 감성이미지를 보다 정확하게 파악할 수 있으며 이러한 자료를 통해 사용자 중심의 입체영상을 제작할 수 있는 환경을 제공하는 것이 가능할 것이다. 이를 통해 제시된 기법의 우수성을 정성과 정량적으로 입증한다.