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Development and Effectiveness of a Program for Relieving ′Hwa-Byung′ Symptoms (화병관리프로그램 개발 및 효과)

  • Park Young-Joo;Kim Jong-Woo;Cho Sung-Hoon;Moon So-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.1035-1046
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: This one group experimentation was designed to develop a program for relieving 'Hwa-Byung'(HB) symptoms and examine its effects on HB symptoms, pain threshold emotions like anger, anxiety and depression. Method: The program consisted of three components the change of the cognitive thoughts, the formation of a supportive network, and induction of mind-body relaxation. Sixteen middle-aged women with HB were divided into three groups for group dynamics according to the time of the recruitment. Data was collected for nine months at three time points, before, immediately after, and one month later of its application. Result: There were statistically significant differences in the severity level of state anger, state anxiety, depression, and HB symptoms according to the time interval. The means of state anger and state anxiety were reduced after the intervention, but it was slightly increased one month later. The means of depression and HB symptoms were continuously reduced after the intervention and one month later. Conclusion: This was the first management program for HB women in Korea. A future study must be done with the research design formethodological strength revision of the program.

Noise-tolerant Image Restoration with Similarity-learned Fuzzy Association Memory

  • Park, Choong Shik
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.51-55
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, an improved FAM is proposed by adopting similarity learning in the existing FAM (Fuzzy Associative Memory) used in image restoration. Image restoration refers to the recovery of the latent clean image from its noise-corrupted version. In serious application like face recognition, this process should be noise-tolerant, robust, fast, and scalable. The existing FAM is a simple single layered neural network that can be applied to this domain with its robust fuzzy control but has low capacity problem in real world applications. That similarity measure is implied to the connection strength of the FAM structure to minimize the root mean square error between the recovered and the original image. The efficacy of the proposed algorithm is verified with significant low error magnitude from random noise in our experiment.

Collaborative optimization for ring-stiffened composite pressure hull of underwater vehicle based on lamination parameters

  • Li, Bin;Pang, Yong-jie;Cheng, Yan-xue;Zhu, Xiao-meng
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.373-381
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    • 2017
  • A Collaborative Optimization (CO) methodology for ring-stiffened composite material pressure hull of underwater vehicle is proposed. Structural stability and material strength are both examined. Lamination parameters of laminated plates are introduced to improve the optimization efficiency. Approximation models are established based on the Ellipsoidal Basis Function (EBF) neural network to replace the finite element analysis in layout optimizers. On the basis of a two-level optimization, the simultaneous structure material collaborative optimization for the pressure vessel is implemented. The optimal configuration of metal liner and frames and composite material is obtained with the comprehensive consideration of structure and material performances. The weight of the composite pressure hull decreases by 30.3% after optimization and the validation is carried out. Collaborative optimization based on the lamination parameters can optimize the composite pressure hull effectively, as well as provide a solution for low efficiency and non-convergence of direct optimization with design variables.

3D Navigation Real Time RSSI-based Indoor Tracking Application

  • Lee, Boon-Giin;Lee, Young-Sook;Chung, Wan-Young
    • Journal of Ubiquitous Convergence Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2008
  • Representation of various types of information in an interactive virtual reality environment on mobile devices had been an attractive and valuable research in this new era. Our main focus is presenting spatial indoor location sensing information in 3D perception in mind to replace the traditional 2D floor map using handheld PDA. Designation of 3D virtual reality by Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) demonstrates its powerful ability in providing lots of useful positioning information for PDA user in real-time situation. Furthermore, by interpolating portal culling algorithm would reduce the 3D graphics rendering time on low power processing PDA significantly. By fully utilizing the CC2420 chipbased sensor nodes, wireless sensor network was established to locate user position based on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) signals. Implementation of RSSI-based indoor tracking method is low-cost solution. However, due to signal diffraction, shadowing and multipath fading, high accuracy of sensing information is unable to obtain even though with sophisticated indoor estimation methods. Therefore, low complexity and flexible accuracy refinement algorithm was proposed to obtain high precision indoor sensing information. User indoor position is updated synchronously in virtual reality to real physical world. Moreover, assignment of magnetic compass could provide dynamic orientation information of user current viewpoint in real-time.

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Slip Movement Simulations of Major Faults Under Very Low Strength

  • Park, Moo-Choon;Han, Uk
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.61-75
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    • 2000
  • Through modeling fault network using thin plate finite element technique in the San Andreas Fault system with slip rate over 1mm/year, as well as elevation, heat flow, earthquakes, geodetic data and crustal thickness, we compare the results with velocity boundary conditions of plate based on the NUVEL-1 plate model and the approximation of deformation in the Great Basin region. The frictional and dislocation creep constants of the crust are calculated to reproduce the observed variations in the maximum depth of seismicity which corresponds to the temperature ranging from $350^{\circ}C$ to $410^{\circ}C$. The rheologic constants are defined by the coefficient of friction on faults, and the apparent activation energy for creep in the lower crust. Two parameters above represent systematic variations in three experiments. The pattern of model indicates that the friction coefficient of major faults is 0.17~0.25. we test whether the weakness of faults is uniform or proportional to net slip. The geologic data show a good agreement when fault weakness is a trend of an additional 30% slip dependent weakening of the San Andreas. The results of study suggest that all weakening is slip dependent. The best models can be explained by the available data with RMS mismatch of as little as 3mm/year, so their predictions can be closely related with seismic hazard estimation, at least along faults where no data are available.

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Improvement of Electrical Conductivity of Transparent Conductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films Fabricated by Surfactant Dispersion

  • Lee, Seung-Ho;Kim, Myoung-Su;Goak, Jeung-Choon;Lee, Nae-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.254-254
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    • 2009
  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have attracted much attention as promising materials for transparent conducting films (TCFs), thanks to their superior electrical conductivity, high mechanical strength, and complete flexibility. The CNT-based TCFs can be used in a variety of application fields as flexible, transparent electrodes, including touch panel screens, flexible electronics, transparent heaters, etc. First of all, this study investigated the effect of a variety of surfactants on the dispersion of SWCNTs in an aqueous solution. Following the optimization of the dispersion by surfactants, flexible TCFs were fabricated by spraying the CNT suspension onto poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrates. The sheet resistances of the TCFs having different surfactants were investigated with treatment in nitric acid ($HNO_3$) whose concentration and period of treatment time were varied. It seems that the $HNO_3$ removes the surfactants from and is simultaneously doped into the SWCNT network, reducing the contact resistance between CNTs. TCFs were characterized by UV-VIS spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and four-point probe.

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Evaluation of Community Health Center for Vulnerable Population in Urban Areas (취약계층 주민을 위한 도시형 지역사회중심 간호센터 평가)

  • Park, Kyung-Min;Kim, Chung-Nam;Koh, Hyo-Jung;Park, Yeong-Sook;Park, Jung-Sook
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.266-275
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate achievements of a community health center for vulnerable population in urban areas and to find out its strength and weakness. Method: This evaluative study employed system theories and analytic techniques. Results: The purpose of improving vulnerable population's health-related self-care abilities adequately met the operation of programs. This center maintained close connection to a nursing college as a information resource. The subjects' satisfaction was high because team members who visited them were faithful and there were face-to-face contact, sufficient time set, closeness and resourcefulness. There were needs for regular meetings to discuss overall matters in organizing the program and to improve management skills. The mean score of health promotion lifestyle was 2.23 on a 4 point scale. This score indicates what in higher than vulnerable people in other communities. Conclusions: Community-based nursing centers for vulnerable population in urban areas should be developed as support organizations and community network.

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Electric Field Strength and Shielding Effectiveness Comparison According to the Size of Shielding Facility (방호 시설 크기에 따른 전계강도 및 차폐 효과 비교)

  • Kang, Ho-Jae;Huh, Chang-Su;Bang, Jeong-Ju;Choi, Jin-Su;Park, Woo-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.221-225
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    • 2014
  • In modern times, threat of high power electromagnetic wave is increasing. When the electrical grid and communication network are attacked by these high power electromagnetic wave, the whole infrastructure is paralyzed. To protect the infrastructure from these high power electromagnetic wave threat, the shielding facility that can block high power electromagnetic wave is constructed. Also shielding effectiveness evaluation about the constructed facility is important. But, because of space efficiency and saving of construction cost to construct the actual shielding facility, the shielding room wall is generally adjacent to exterior concrete structures. As space between shielding facility wall and concrete structures is very small, arranging the transmitting antenna exterior shielding facility is realistically difficult. Therefore, in this research, The shielding effectiveness measurement plan in the state of exterior narrow space of HEMP shielding facility is presented. And to apply this plan, The influence of shielding effectiveness according to the size of the shielding facility is analyzed.

The Design of Sensor System for Scalable Mobile Meteorological Information Services (확장 가능한 모바일 기상 정보 서비스를 위한 센서 시스템의 설계)

  • Choi, Jin-Oh
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1327-1332
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    • 2011
  • In the mobile meteorological information services, an existing sensor system should be expanded to serve precise information. This is because of large cost problem to add the existing sensors. This thesis proposes a system architecture to construct scalable mobile meteorological information services and suggests mobile phone, sensor network, and public traffic vehicle as expended sensors. The proposed scalable sensors are compared each other and analysed the results to evaluated their strength and weakness. In this system, based on the characteristics of the sense data collected at server, a data processing methods are proposed to support efficient query processing. The proposing data processing methods have several benefits. They compress some data volume sensed by various sources on some area at some time to a logical unit. Still it could preserve same services quality.

A study on the forecast of container traffic using hybrid ARIMA-neural network model (하이브리드 ARIMA-신경망 모델을 통한 항만물동량 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Chang-Hoon;Kang, Jeong-Sick;Park, Soo-Nam;Lee, Ji-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2007.12a
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    • pp.259-260
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    • 2007
  • The forecast of a container traffic has been very important for port plan and development Generally, statistic methods, such as regression analysis, ARIMA, have been much used for traffic forecasting. Recent research activities in forecasting with artificial neural networks(ANNs) suggest tint ANNs am be a promising alternative to the traditional linear methods. In this paper, a hybrid methodology that combines both ARIMA and ANN models is proposed to take advantage of the unique strength of ARIMA and ANN models in linear and nonlinear modeling. The results with port traffic data indicate tint effectiveness can differ according to the ch1racteristics of ports.

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