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Clinical Effectiveness of Korea Ginseng on Climacteric Disturbances and Its Possible Mechanism of Action

  • Ogita, Sacchio
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 1990.06a
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 1990
  • The climacteric is that phase in the aging process during which a woman passes from the reproductive to the non-reproductive stage. The signals, such as hot flashes, vaso-motoric disturbances, perspiration, stiff shoulders, emotional symptoms, are refereed to as climacteric disturbances. Treatment of climacteric symptoms centers on estrogen replacement and transquilizers, but there are many problems to be solved to use these hormones/drugs as far as dosage, duration and complications are concerned. The care of women during the climacteric years should provide relief of distressing symptoms with as high a degree of safety as possible. From this viewpoint, we used red ginseng powder to those patients with high menopausal index successfully. We studied its mechanism of action and proved that red ginseng improved the micro-circulation system via improvement of erythrocyte deferability which enhanced sex steroidgenesis consequently

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Electroactive Polymer Composites as a Tactile Sensor for Biomedical Applications

  • Kim GeunHyung
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.564-572
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    • 2004
  • Modem applications could benefit from multifunctional materials having anisotropic optical, electrical, thermal, or mechanical properties, especially when coupled with locally controlled distribution of the directional response. Such materials are difficult to engineer by conventional methods, but the electric field-aided technology presented herein is able to locally tailor electroactive composites. Applying an electric field to a polymer in its liquid state allows the orientation of chain- or fiber-like inclusions or phases from what was originally an isotropic material. Such composites can be formed from liquid solutions, melts, or mixtures of pre-polymers and cross-linking agents. Upon curing, a 'created composite' results; it consists of these 'pseudofibers' embedded in a matrix. One can also create oriented composites from embedded spheres, flakes, or fiber-like shapes in a liquid plastic. Orientation of the externally applied electric field defines the orientation of the field-aided self-assembled composites. The strength and duration of exposure of the electric field control the degree of anisotropy created. Results of electromechanical testing of these modified materials, which are relevant to sensing and actuation applications, are presented. The materials' micro/nanostructures were analyzed using microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques.

3DOF Endoscope with Spring Backbone and Wires (스프링 백본과 와이어를 이용한 3자유도 내시경)

  • Choi, Dong-Geol;Yi, Byung-Ju
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.203-211
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    • 2008
  • This work proposes structure of spring backbone micro endoscope. For effective surgery in narrow and limited space, many manipulators are developing that different to existed structure. This device can move like elephant nose or snake unlike the existing robots. For this motion, a mechanism that uses spring backbone and wires has been developed. The new type endoscope that has Z axis motion for spring structure, therefore it has 3 degree of freedom, two rotations and one linear motion. And new kinematics for backbone structure is proposed using simple geographic analysis. The Jacobian and stiffness modeling are also derived. Exact actuator sizing is determined using stiffness model. Finally, the proposed kinematics are verified by simulation and experiments.

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Nondestructive Evaluation on Hydrogen Effect of TIG Welded Stainless Steel for Component Design of Pressure Vessel

  • Lee, Jin-Kyung
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2017
  • A tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding method was used for the bonding of stainless steel. TIG welding using inert gas (He or Ar gas) is a method to prevent oxidation and nitriding of materials and to combine non-ferrous metals. This method has the advantage of obtaining a smooth weld surface. In this study, the welding characteristics of 304 stainless steel welded by TIG welding method were analyzed by using nondestructive technique. Ultrasonic and Acoustic Emission (AE) was applied to evaluate the micro-damage of TIG welded 304 stainless steel. The velocity and damping coefficient of ultrasonic wave showed a slight difference in HAZ, which is the welding part of stainless steel. The AE parameters of average frequency, rise time and event were analyzed for the dynamic behavior of stainless steel during loading. Optimal AE parameters for evaluating the degree of damage to the specimen have been derived. Fractograph and metal structures of 304 stainless steel using SEM and optical microscope were discussed.

Effect of Reactivation of Activated Carbon on Adsorption of Natural Organic Matter (활성탄 재생이 자연유기물질의 흡착에 미치는 영향)

  • Hong, Seongho;Choi, Jusol
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.323-329
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    • 2007
  • There is no certain definition about advanced drinking water treatment but it is generally known as activated carbon process, membrane process or ozone process which can remove non-conventional pollutants such as taste and odor compounds, and micro-pollutants. There are more than 20 processes related to activated carbon as adsorber or biological activated carbon in Korea. The saturated carbon by pollutants can be reused by reactivation. However, the effect of reactivation on activated carbon is not well-understood in terms of changing physical properties of carbon to adsorption capacity of natural organic matter (NOM). In this study, the effects of reactivation on physical properties of activated carbon were investigated by isotherm and breakthrough of NOM. Ash content was increased from 8% to 13.3%. Iodine number is commonly used as an indicator for performance of reactivation. The iodine number was decreased about 20% after reactivating twice. The degree of reactivation can be evaluated by not only iodine number but also apparent density.

Clinical Effectiveness of Korea Ginseng on Climacteric Bisturbances and Its Possible Mechanism of Action (갱년기 질환에 대한 고려인삼의 임상효능과 작용기전)

  • Ogita, Sacchio
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.162-166
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    • 1990
  • The climacterium is that phase in the aging precess during which a woman passes from the reproductive to the non-reporductive stage. The signals, such as hot flashes, vaso-motoric disturbances, perspiration, stiff shoulders, emotinal symptoms, are refered to as climacteric disturbances. Treatment of climacteric symptoms centers around estrogen replacement and transfuilizers, but there are many problems to be solved to use these hormones/drugs as far as dossage, duration and complications are concerned. The care of women during the climacteric years should provide relief of distressing symptoms with as high a degree of safety as possible. From this view point, we used red ginseng powder to those patients with high menopausal index successfully. We studied its mechanism of action and proved that red ginseng improved the micro-circulation system via improvement of erythrocyte reformability which enhanced sex steroidgensis consequently.

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Threshold Voltage Dependence on Bias for FinFET using Analytical Potential Model

  • Jung, Hak-Kee
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.107-111
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    • 2010
  • This paper has presented the dependence of the threshold voltage on back gate bias and drain voltage for FinFET. The FinFET has three gates such as the front gate, side and back gate. Threshold voltage is defined as the front gate bias when drain current is 1 micro ampere as the onset of the turn-on condition. In this paper threshold voltage is investigated into the analytical potential model derived from three dimensional Poisson's equation with the variation of the back gate bias and drain voltage. The threshold voltage of a transistor is one of the key parameters in the design of CMOS circuits. The threshold voltage, which described the degree of short channel effects, has been extensively investigated. As known from the down scaling rules, the threshold voltage has been presented in the case that drain voltage is the 1.0V above, which is set as the maximum supply voltage, and the drain induced barrier lowing(DIBL), drain bias dependent threshold voltage, is obtained using this model.

The Evaluation of Dielectric Capability in 22.9[kV] XLPE Insulated Cables (22.9[kV] XLPE 케이블의 절연성능평가)

  • 김충배;장동환;임장섭;한재홍;김상준;김태성
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.11a
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    • pp.81-84
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    • 1998
  • New diagnostic techniques have been tried on the applications of chemical, physical and micro-structural methods because there was a limit to diagnose degradation in Korean Underground Residential Distribution (URD) power cables with the conventional electrical methods. In this study, non-electrical properties were carried out as such. Characterization of interface layer was analyzed by X-ray, characterization of insulator by water tree, degree of crosslinking, shrinkage as well as ${\mu}$ -FTIR, characterization of semiconductive layer by volume resistivity. Electrical properties were also performed by leakage current.

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Changes in Rural Kitchens: Factors Affecting Variations of Kitchen Spaces (농촌주택의 부엌공간 변화에 따른 유형에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구)

  • 윤복자
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.103-115
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    • 1989
  • This study has been a study on changes seen in rural kitchens and factors affecting the modernization of agrarian kitchen space. The major findings were as follows: 1) The physical changes in kitchen design were carried out rapidly after 1977. This period coincided directly with the period in which kitchen improvement projects were fostered by the Sae Ma-Eul UNDONG 2) The study showed the macro factors contributing to changes in kitchen space to be government policy and industrialization. The study showed the micro factors influening kitchen space changes to be classified along socio-demographic lines and family lifestyle. 3) The factors affecting the degree of satisfaction with kitchens have been divided into socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics. The level of education achieved by the husband was the most significant among socio-demographic characteristics. Most important among lifestyle characteristics were the cooking fuel used during the slack farm season, eating habits, heating fuel and eating space respectively. The results of this study have some implications in terms of government housing policy. Policymakers should be aware of suitable kitchen spaces to rural households in order to meet their housing needs and expectations.

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LPE meltaback-etch and re-epitaxy of GaAs/AlGaAs for optical micro-lenses fabrication (광소자용 미소렌즈 제작을 위한 GaAs/AlGaAs계 액상식각 및 에피택시)

  • 함성호;권영세
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.34D no.9
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 1997
  • A new etching technique of meltback was investigated for GaAs lensed optical devices with selective windows opending in the LPE (liquid phase epitaxy) system. In the meltback process, the etch depth and the etch shape were controlled by the degree of under-saturation, etch time and other parameters. A GaAs/AlGaAs DH layer was grown on the selectively etched hemispherical well for optical device application such as lensed surface emitting LED. The regrowth process were related with the coolin grate and the well to well spacing. A novel surface emitting LED with hemispherical AlGaAs lens was fabricated using the meltbakc and regrowth as the key process for AlaAs lens array. The light emitting efficiency of the LED was upto three times higher than the similar structure LED without lens. The meltback and regrowth technique was applicable to manufacture the optical device in LPE.

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