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Development of Order Communication System - laboratory application - (처방 전달 시스템의 개발 - 검사 처방 시스템의 개발 -)

  • Kim, Jong-Won;Whang, Yoo-Sung;Cha, Eun-Jong;Lee, Tae-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1992 no.05
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 1992
  • We have developed and been using laboratory order communication system which is a computerized laboratory request and reception system wi th bar code between inpatient or outpatient and the clinical laboratory in Chungbuk National Unversity Hospital. Work flows are as follows: Tests are requested by the physicians through hospital information system without issuing request forms. Bar code stickers containing demographics of patient and other informations such as sample number, slip code and specimen code are printed and attached to smaple tubes. At the department of clinical pathology, smaples are received through the bar code reader. Area numbers are automatically created and laboratory work numbers are determined. Worklists can be issued by each section of laboratory when needed. Our order communication system alleviates the human labor such as specimen labelling and making worklist and reduces clerical errors that occur from sample collection to laboratory analysis.

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Measuring the Usability of Shopping Mall Web Sites Using Verbal Protocol Analysis (언어적 프로토콜 분석을 이용한 쇼핑몰 웹사이트 사용성 측정방법에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Hwi-Hyung;Hong, Il-Yoo
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.111-134
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    • 2009
  • Today many owners of Web sites are looking to user's satisfaction survey as a key means of measuring the usability of a Web site. While it is preferred for it simplicity and ease of use, this survey method is not without potential risks. This paper focuses on showing that the existing practice of questionnaire-based usability measurement is subject to human recall errors, and that such flaws can be reduced when the questionnaire survey is followed by the users hands-on experience of the site. An empirical study was conducted, and the results indicate that the above speculation holds true. Even if respondents felt highly confident about their responses on a recall survey, a hands-on experience with a focal Web site increased the extent to which the respondents were satisfied with the shopping mall site. This indicates that a user's perception of the quality of a Web site may be distorted or lost as time goes by. In addition, the findings have shown that the use of the verbal protocol analysis method can reveal critical information that can help track the root causes of Web site usability problems, thereby helping to develop site enhancement strategies. The paper concludes with directions for future research.

Jeju Jong Nang Channel Code I (제주 정낭 채널 Code I)

  • Lee, Moon Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.49 no.12
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we look into a Jong Nang Channel which is the origin of digital communications and has been used in Jeju Island since AD 1234. It is one kind of communication ways which informs people of whether a house owner is in one's house or not using its own protocol. It is comprised of three timber and two stone pillars whose one side has three holes respectively. In this paper, we analyze the Jong-Nang Channel both in the light of logic and bit error probability. In addition, we compare it with a conventional binary erasure channel when some errors occur over them respectively. We also show that a capacity of NOR channel approaches Shannon limit.

Training Requirements for Control Room Operators of an Advanced Nuclear Power Plant

  • Park, Hong Joon;Park, Geun Ok;Kim, Sa Kil;Byun, Seong Nam
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 2013
  • Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the training requirements of new nuclear power plant by a comprehensive literature review. Background: The design of instrumental and control systems for New NPP is applied fully digitalized systems. For example, soft-control, large display panels(LDP), and an advanced alarm system were applied to the APR-1400 or SMART. Method: The NUREG-0711 and international guideline of training program was analyzed from the following four phases of SAT(Systemic Approach to Training): Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation. Results: To identify the requirement of training program, 'Feedback' phase was considered and each phase of SAT was classified. Conclusion: A more systematic requirement of training program is needed which considers the computerized system was applied to the new NPP. Application: The results of the publishing can be useful for standardization of the systematic training program for the operators of NPP.

Improving data reliability on oligonucleotide microarray

  • Yoon, Yeo-In;Lee, Young-Hak;Park, Jin-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2004
  • The advent of microarray technologies gives an opportunity to moni tor the expression of ten thousands of genes, simultaneously. Such microarray data can be deteriorated by experimental errors and image artifacts, which generate non-negligible outliers that are estimated by 15% of typical microarray data. Thus, it is an important issue to detect and correct the se faulty probes prior to high-level data analysis such as classification or clustering. In this paper, we propose a systematic procedure for the detection of faulty probes and its proper correction in Genechip array based on multivariate statistical approaches. Principal component analysis (PCA), one of the most widely used multivariate statistical approaches, has been applied to construct a statistical correlation model with 20 pairs of probes for each gene. And, the faulty probes are identified by inspecting the squared prediction error (SPE) of each probe from the PCA model. Then, the outlying probes are reconstructed by the iterative optimization approach minimizing SPE. We used the public data presented from the gene chip project of human fibroblast cell. Through the application study, the proposed approach showed good performance for probe correction without removing faulty probes, which may be desirable in the viewpoint of the maximum use of data information.

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A Study on Development Design System of Gating System for Semi-Solid Diecasting Process (반용융 다이캐스팅 공정의 주조방안 설계 시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • 문찬경;권택환;김영호;최재찬
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.1028-1031
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    • 1997
  • The SS (Semi-solid) diecasters usually cany out the SS d~ecastmg experiments before producing new products. At the SS diecasting stages, the runner-gate part is always repeatedly corrected, which leads to a lengthened processing time and increased processing cost. The SS diecasting die design should consider component system factors. such as runner, gate, biscuit, overflow and airvent. A large amount of experience is essential in manual assessment and if the design is defective, much time and a great deal of efforts will be wasted in the modification of the d~e. Thus human negligence should be minimized. In this study, die design system for SS diecasting process has been developed to present algonthm of die design, especially runner-gate system. In addition, specific rules and equations for runner-gate system have been presented to avoid too many trials and errors with expensive equipment. It is possible for engineers to be efficient die design of SS diecasting and it will result in reduction of expense and time to be required. And we developed CAD system for SS diecasting die design by AutoLISP language under AutoCAD using proposed algorithm and the database. In addition, we developed the vector analysis program for filling pattern of SS metals.

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AN INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS FAILURE; What really constitutes IS failure\ulcorner

  • Kim, Jong-Uk
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2000
  • Information systems (IS) failures still continue and are prevalent everywhere. When considering an enormous amount of budget currently invested on IS technology in many organizations, these continuing failures can be critical culprits to failures of the organizations themselves. However, the meaning and definition of IS failures are not unified among IS researchers as well as IS practitioners although there have been a lot of conceptual research regarding the concept of IS failures. Previous empirical studies are not enough yet and thus we anticipate further empirical studies to be performed which will validate previous conceptual research. In this regards, by analyzing IS practitioners perception toward IS failures in a more detailed manner, this research extends conceptual and empirical research in the past which previously identified the structure of information systems (IS) failures. Further, this current study identified the interrelationships among the categories. The data was analyzed using a multidimensional scaling program and fourteen categories of problems were identified as to constitute the IS failure structure. It was found that about a half of categories identified were related to technical failures such as network and system infrastructure, costs, data/information, and program errors. The other remaining categories were related with organizational or social problems such as business success, human resources, relationships, communication, and user skills.

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Regulatory Network of MicroRNAs, Host Genes, Target Genes and Transcription Factors in Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Wang, Tian-Yan;Xu, Zhi-Wen;Wang, Kun-Hao;Wang, Ning
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.3677-3683
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    • 2015
  • Abnormally expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) and genes have been found to play key roles in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. The aim of this paper was to assess inter-relationships and the regulatory mechanisms of ESCC through a network-based approach. We built three regulatory networks: an abnormally expressed network, a related network and a global network. Unlike previous examples, containing information only on genes or miRNAs, the prime focus was on relationships. It is worth noting that abnormally expressed network emerged as a fault map of ESCC. Theoretically, ESCC might be treated and prevented by correcting the included errors. In addition, the predicted transcription factors (TFs) obtained by the P-match method also warrant further study. Our results may further guide gene therapy researchers in the study of ESCC.

Performance Analysis of Various Forward Solvers in Electrical Impedance Tomography (전기 임피던스 단층촬영 기법에서 여러 정문제 해법들에 대한 성능 비교분석)

  • Kim, Bong Seok;Kim, Kyung Youn
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2015
  • Electrical impedance tomography is an imaging technique to reconstruct the internal conductivity distribution based on applied small currents and measured voltages through an array of electrodes attached on the boundary of a domain of interest. In this paper, an analytical solver with complete electrode model is derived and the analytical voltage data are calculated. Moreover, the voltage data are also computed with existing numerical solvers such as finite element method and boundary element method. The forward solutions using homogeneous and inhomogeneous conditions are compared with phantom experiments through the root mean square errors.

Development of an intelligent and integrated system for automatic inspection of steam-generator tubes in nuclear power plant (원전 증기 발생기 전열관 검사 자동화를 위한 지능형 통합 시스템 개발)

  • Kang, Soon-Ju;Choi, Yoo-Rark;Choe, Seong-Su;Woo, Hee-Gon
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.236-241
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    • 1996
  • This paper presents a new eddy current testing system for inspecting tubes of steam generator in nuclear power plant. The proposed system adopted embedded expert system concept to automate tasks of the inspection such as inspection planning and flaw signal interpretation, and integrated all the tasks into a client/server type computing architecture using database management system. Therefore, human factor errors occurred during inspection could be minimized and the inspection data could be transferred in real-time. As a result, we can increase the level of inspection confidence and the productivity of a personal inspector. A prototype of the proposed system has been developed for 5 years and the test operation has been performed in domestic nuclear power plants.

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