• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2023

Background: Local anesthetic injections may induce pain in children, leading to fear and anxiety during subsequent visits. Among the various approaches recommended to reduce pain, one is the use of a Buzzy Bee^TM device that operates on the concept of gate control theory and distraction. The literature regarding its effectiveness during the deposition of local anesthesia remains limited; hence, the aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of extraoral cold and vibrating devices in reducing pain perception during the deposition of local anesthesia. Methods: A split-mouth crossover study in which 40 children aged 3-12 years requiring maxillary infiltration or inferior alveolar nerve block for extractions or pulp therapy in the maxillary or mandibular posterior teeth were included. The control intervention involved the application of topical anesthetic gel for one minute (5% lignocaine gel), followed by the administration of local anesthetic (2% lignocaine with 1:80,000 adrenaline) at a rate of 1 ml/ minute. Along with the control protocol, the test intervention involved using the Buzzy Bee^TM device for 2 minutes before and during the deposition of the local anesthetic injection. The heart rate and face, legs, arms, cry, and consolability revised (FLACC-R) scale scores were recorded by the dentist to assess the child's pain perception. Results: The mean age of the participants in Group A and Group B was 7.050 ± 3.12 years and 7.9 ± 2.65 years respectively. A reduction in the mean heart rate and FLACC-R score was observed during the deposition of local anesthetic solution in the tissues when the Buzzy Bee^TM was used in both groups at different visits in the same subjects (P < 0.05) The Buzzy Bee^TM device was effective in reducing the heart rate and FLACC-R scores when used during maxillary infiltration and inferior alveolar nerve block local anesthesia techniques (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The use of extraoral cold and vibrating devices significantly reduces pain perception during local anesthetic deposition in pediatric patients. Considering the results of this study, the device may be incorporated as an adjunct in routine dental practice while administering local anesthesia in children.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 1997

It is more likely that the degree of air quality degradation that we have faced would be much lessen, if integrated management of air pollution control and assessment had been fully enforced by the local administrations, not by the centralized environmental agency in the first place. As the selfgoverning local administrations have been established since 1995, the need for air quality control by the local administration or local agency is getting the ground. However, in practice, air quality control by the local administration rarely put into effect due to lack of basic data which cover the present trends of air quality in each local city or county and are necessary for decision making. The emissions of SO$_2$ in each city and county of Korea in 1993 were calculated in this study, based on energy consumptions and emission factors. The ambient concentrations of SO$_2$ also were estimated by applying modified Miller-Holtzworth model. Observed and estimated concentrations of SO$_2$ showed that about 17.5 percents of cities and counties in the country were more polluted than the target value, 20ppb/year. The emissions and ambient concentrations of SO$_2$ in each city and county in 2000, 2005, and 2010 were also forecasted, assumed business as usual senario. It was shown that, in 2010, the emissions of SO$_2$ will be 2.8 times more than those of 1993 and much of them are from industrial sector. Also shown that 38.3 percents of cities and counties will be more polluted than the target value and most of them are polluted areas in 1993. The methods and results of this study could be used in developing the efficient reduction strategies in each city and county.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.388-394
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• 2007

여름철 고품질 돌나물 생산을 위하여, 군산, 완도, 완주, 포항 등 4 지방 수집종을 재료로 차광수준(0, 30, 50, 70, 90%)에 따른 생육특성, 엽색 및 엽록순 함량 변화와 쓴맛의 변화를 삽목재배 35일 째에 조사하였다. 차광재배에 따른 초장, 마디수, 엽수, 줄기직경 등의 생육은 무처리보다 증가하였으며, 포항 지방종이 줄기직경이 굵고 곁가지가 적게 발생하며, 잎도 크고 웃자라는 경향이 적어 양호하였다. 생체중 및 건물중도 무처리보다 유의하게 증가하였으며, 건물중은 포항 지역종의 50% 차광에서 가장 높았다. 차광에 따른 엽색의 명도를 나타내는 L, b 값은 차광율이 증가할수록 낮아졌으며, SPAD 값은 50%-90% 차광 하에서 무처리보다 유의하게 감소하였다. 또한 차광재배에 따른 쓴맛의 변화도 차광율에 비례하여 낮아졌으며, 50% 이상의 차광하에서는 약간의 쓴맛만을 느낄 정도로 양호하였다. 따라서 여름철 돌나물 재배시 차광정도는 지상부 생육과 품질면에서 50%가 적합하였으며, 지역종간에는 포항 지방종이 차광재배에 대한 적응성이 높아 수량 및 품질 면에서 양호하였다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.1129-1136
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• 2008

The gaiter is one of the personal protective equipments worn in various industrial sites. This study was performed on humans to investigate the physiological strain of wearing gaiters and to compare control gaiters that are currently on the market and new gaiters that are developed for alleviating heat stress. Experiments were conducted in a climatic chamber of WBGT $30.0\pm0.7^{\circ}C$ under five differed experimental conditions: None, Control A, Control B, New A, New B. The results were as follows. The temperature inside gaiters was significantly lower in both New A and New B than in both Control A and Control B and the difference between news and controls was 1$^{\circ}C$ (p<.01). The humidity inside gaiters in both New A and New B were higher than that in Control A, and lower than that in Control B (p<.01). The outermost surface temperature of the gaiter was the lowest in None and it increased in the following order: New B < New A < Control A < Control B. Mean skin temperature was higher by 0.14$^{\circ}C$ in wearing gaiters than in no gaiters. Skin temperatures in lower body were lower in Control than in New and skin temperature in upper body were higher in Control than in New (p<.01). Local sweat rate, total weight loss and subjective sensations did not show a significant difference according to the gaiters. It was concluded that wearing gaiters affected distribution of skin temperature and local sweat rate.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.703-712
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• 2014

To improve the efficiency and safety of railway systems, the train control system has been considerably evolved from the ground-equipment-based control system (e.g. track circuit, interlocking system, etc.) into the on-board-equipment-based control system. In addition, this train control system enables the rolling stock to intelligently control the trackside facilities by introducing the information and communication technologies (ICT). Accordingly, since the ICT-based train control system makes the railway system be simplified (i.e. the heavy ground-equipment can be removed), the efficient and cost-effective railway system can be realized. In this paper, we perform the feasibility test of the ICT-based train control system via a simulation. To this end, we have developed the prototypes of the on-board controller and wayside object control units which control the point and crossing gate and performed the integrated operation simulation in a testbed. In this paper, before the field test of the on-board-controller-based train control system, we perform the Consecutive operation test for prototypes of the on-board controller, wayside object control units and local control computer.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1994년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.356-358
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• 1994

In this paper, to alleviate the effect of approximation error and discontinuous variation of the controller parameters, the variable structure control scheme using neural networks is presented. In the proposed method, the variable structure control rules for each local linear models are designed to reject the effect of linearization error caused by linearization of the nonlinear system. And neural network infer approximate controller gains from combination of local linear control gains. The proposed control methods can be used to control nonlinear systems and it has robust characteristic against system parameter variations and external disturbances.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1599-1600
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• 2007

The DTL water skid cooling system and Resonant Control Cooling Systems (RCCS) will employ a control system that can be operated by a local, programmable logic controller (PLC), interfaced through a touch screen interface, mobile alarm SMS server system, or it can be operated through the PEFP global control system network. The RCCS is implemented using Experimental Physics and Control System (EPICS) based hardware and software and is integrated with other networked PEFP EPICS systems. This presentation discusses the features of the local control system.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2012

Purpose: Although anemia is considered to be a contributor to intra-tumoral hypoxia and tumor resistance to ionizing radiation in cancer patients, the impact of pretreatment anemia on local control after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) and surgery for rectal cancer remains unclear. Materials and Methods: We reviewed the records of 247 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were treated with NACRT followed by curative-intent surgery. Results: The patients with anemia before NACRT (36.0%, 89/247) achieved less pathologic complete response (pCR) than those without anemia (p = 0.012). The patients with pretreatment anemia had worse 3-year local control than those without pretreatment anemia (86.0% vs. 95.7%, p = 0.005). Multivariate analysis showed that pretreatment anemia (p = 0.035), pathologic tumor and nodal stage (p = 0.020 and 0.032, respectively) were independently significant factors for local control. Conclusion: Pretreatment anemia had negative impacts on pCR and local control among patients who underwent NACRT and surgery for rectal cancer. Strategies maintaining hemoglobin level within normal range could potentially be used to improve local control in rectal cancer patients.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.218-224
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• 2012

최근에는, 초소형 AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)의 개발에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있으므로 그 요소 기술의 확보가 시급하다. 요소 기술의 하나로서 국부경로제어의 기존 연구에서는 주로 전방감시소나(Forward Looking Sonar : FLS)의 정보를 활용하고 있는데, FLS의 크기는 초소형 AUV에 적합하지 않으므로 장애물회피소나(Obstacle Avoidance Sonar : OAS)를 이용하는 것이 바람직하다. 요약하면, 초소형 AUV를 위한 OAS 기반의 국부경로제어 시스템은 다음과 같은 문제점들을 가지고 있다. 즉, OAS는 낮은 방위(bearing) 분해능 및 지역적인 거리(range) 정보를 제공하며, 임무시간을 증대하기 위해서 에너지 소비가 적은 시스템을 필요로 한다. 나아가, 구조 및 파라메터 관점에서 용이한 설계 절차를 요구한다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해서 OAS 빔 모델링을 기반으로 진화 전략(Evolution Strategy : ES) 및 퍼지논리 제어기(Fuzzy Logic Controller : FLC)를 이용하는 지능형 국부경로제어 기법이 제안되었다. 제안된 기법의 성능을 검증하고 특성을 분석하기 위해서 수중비행체(Underwater Flight Vehicle : UFV)의 수평면 침로(course) 제어가 수행되었다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 제안된 기법에 있어서 실제 적용의 가능성과 추가 연구의 필요성을 보여준다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.148-159
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• 2014

이 연구의 목적은 우리나라와 미국의 지방교육자치의 구조를 비교하여 향후에 전개될 우리나라 지방교육 자치의 방향에 대한 시사점을 도출하는 데 있다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 한국과 미국의 교육자치 제도를 비교 분석하는 방법론을 선택하여, 지방교육자치의 생성 배경과 원리 그리고 지방교육자치의 구조와 주요 구성요소를 비교 분석하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 우리나라 지방교육자치의 구조를 어떻게 설정할 것인가를 우선 결정해야 한다. 둘째, 지방교육자치의 목적을 성취하기 위해서는 지방의 잠재적 교육자원을 통합하여 활용할 수 있도록 유도하는 지방교육자치의 원리를 새롭게 설정해야 한다. 셋째, 지방교육자치의 근본 원리의 하나인 주민통제를 기반으로 한 지역주민의 참여를 확대해야 한다.