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Shortening of Nursing Record Time about Real Time Transmission Effect of Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose Value Based on U-Healthcare (유-헬스케어 기반 실시간 혈압, 혈당 측정치 전송의 간호기록 시간 단축)

  • Park, Jeong-Eun;Kim, Hwa-Sun;Hong, Hae-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.164-172
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The aim was to measure the real-time trans-mission effect of blood-pressure and blood-glucose value based on u-healthcare for saving the time and effort of nursing recording time. Methods: This study used a u-healthcare system based on the international standards for the exchange of health information. In order to verify the effectiveness of the u-healthcare, a clinical trial for the system regarding blood-pressure and blood-glucose targeting of patients with endocrine disorders at KNUH from February 7 to 9, 2012 was performed. Results: According to the analyzed results, of the 86 times the 11 patients were tested, measuring blood-pressure and blood-glucose using the u-healthcare system, we found the time differences between the real-time transfer recording method and existing hospital records that were used in the hospital. Based on the average time interval, there was a difference of 1,090.45 seconds (18.17 minutes). Conclusion: Therefore, it's cumbersome that nurses in the hospital have to record the numerical values of the measured blood-pressure and blood-glucose manually and input the recorded values directly into the electronic nursing record system. However, it was found in terms of the newly designed system, that it could save time and effort for nurses, since measured information is sent to the hospital information system on a real-time basis.

Case Study of Concrete Surface Design and Construction Method for Freeform Building Based on BIM -Focused on Tri-Bowl, Korea-

  • Ryu, Han-Guk;Kim, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.347-357
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    • 2012
  • While it is generally possible to install curved panels manufactured in a factory within the permitted error range on an irregular surface frame of concrete or steel, it is difficult and expensive. Freeform architecture is thus designed and constructed differently from formal buildings. In order to more easily and inexpensively actualize freeform architecture, Building Information Modeling (hereinafter referred to as BIM) has recently been applied in the construction industry. However, the related research and case analyses are not sufficient to identify the implications and contributions of freeform buildings in future similar projects. Therefore, this research will study design and construction methods for freeform surfaces, particular the concrete surface frame of freeform buildings based on BIM, focused on the Tri-Bowl project. This study attempts to analyze the pros and cons of each method for the concrete surface frame of the Tri-Bowl, and then presents the lessons learned and implications related to the design and construction process of the freeform architecture. Several implications for design and construction of concrete surface frame of the freeform building, the Tri-Bowl, are found. The first is that manufacturing and installation of a curved concrete frame is precisely performed based on the exact numerical values of materials and installation made using BIM 3D technologies, such as CATIA and Rhino. The second is that close and continuous collaboration among the different participants in the construction of the Tri-Bowl allowed them to cope with virtual conditions. The third is that design and construction processes have changed, and high quality of the surface frame of a freeform building is required.

An Experimental Study on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete with High Temperatures and Cooling Conditions (고온 및 냉각조건에 따른 콘크리트의 역학적특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Gyu-Yong;Kang, Yeoun-Woo;Lee, Tae-Gyu;Choe, Gyeong-Cheol;Yoon, Min-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2012
  • Since the 1970s, the mechanical properties of concrete at high temperature, such as compressive strength, elastic modulus, thermal strain, etc. have been investigated. Internal and external factors should be effect to concrete elevated temperature. In particular, the thermal properties of aggregate and cooling conditions are most important to estimate residual mechanical properties. This study evaluates the mechanical properties of concrete with aggregate type and cooling methods. We use normal and light aggregate for different thermal properties, and also test mechanical properties to use ${\O}100{\times}200$ mm cylinder specimen according to target temperature, slow cooling and water cooling. We found that normal aggregate concrete that uses is more highly influenced by cooling conditions than concrete that uses light aggregate concrete. In addition, the residual mechanical properties of concrete increase as cooling velocity lowers.

Wavelet-Galerkin Scheme of Inhomogeneous Electromagnetic Problems in the time Domain

  • 정영욱;이용민;최진일;나극환;강준길;신철재
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.550-563
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    • 1999
  • A wavelet-Galerkin scheme based on the time-dependent Maxwell's equations is presented. Daubechies wavelet with two vanishing wavelet moments is expanded for basis function in spatial domain and Yee's leap-frog approach is applied. The shifted interpolation property of Daubechies wavelet family leads to the simplified formulations for inhomogeneous media without the additional matrices for the integral or material operator. The stability condition is formulated. The dispersion characteristics are analyzed and compared with those of finite difference time domain and multiresolution time domain methods. The analyses show the excellent trade-off between the regularity and the support width of the basis function. Although the basis function has only two vanishing wavelet moments, it is enough to provide negligible dispersive error in the numerical analysis and its compact support enables only several involved terms per nodes. The storage effectiveness, execution time reduction and accuracy of this scheme are demonstrated by calculating the resonant frequencies of the homogeneous and inhomogeneous cavities.

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Analysis of Radioactive Contamination Normal Level of Numerical Isotope using Clustering Methods (클러스터링 방법을 이용한 방사능 정상수치의 동위원소별 오염 분석)

  • Jung, Yong-Gyu;Choi, Jung-Ah;Cha, Byung-Heun
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2014
  • As the radioactive-related incidents have been occurred frequently such as Fukushima nuclear exposure incident, it is always considered radioactivity normal levels in radiation exposure as a most risk components at several government agencies. In this paper, the data were analyzed by information in the data beyond range of the attributes. The clustering analysis method is used by EM and SimpleKMeans algorithm. The experimental results about US Radioactive associated data is depending on the method of data analysis. It can be seen that the method of the algorithm is different depending on local value of the normal range. The governments need to pay attention to increase the investigation frequency.

A Clinical Study of Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy on the Treatment of Acute Ankle Sprain (급성기 족관절 염좌 환자의 봉약침 시술 효과에 대한 임상적 연구)

  • Park, Min-Jung;Sung, In-Hyung;Kim, Nam-Ok;Ahn, Chi-Kwon;Seo, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.95-103
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    • 2006
  • Objectives : This study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of Bee Venom acupuncture therapy for acute ankle sprain. Methods : From September 1st, 2005 to December 31st, 2005, the 60 patients who had visited Conmaul oriental medical hospital with acute ankle sprain were sample into 2 groups for this study; one group for the bee-venom acupuncture therapy combined with needle acupuncture therapy and the other group for needle acupuncture therapy only at least 3 times respectively. Both group had been treated with same additional infrared lamp, physical therapy and ankle supporter during the whole treatment period. Among 60 patients, 20 participants satisfied the whole inclusion criteria. To estimate the efficacy of treatments, Numerical Rating System(NRS) and Ankle-Hindfoot Scale(AHS) were applied before 1st and 4th treatment. Each score results were analysed and compared by Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon signed rank test with the level of 5% significance. Result : The NRS score in bee-venom acupuncture therapy group was increased significantly and the AHS score in bee-venom therapy group was decreased significantly compared to each of single acupuncture therapy group(P<0.01). The score change comparisons between the two groups had no significance before and after the treatment. Conclusion : Both bee-venom acupuncture therapy and single acupuncture therapy were effective to treat the acute ankle sprain. but there were no significant data to prove that bee-venom acupuncture therapy is more effective than single acupuncture therapy.

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Effects of single-dose, low-level laser therapy on pain associated with the initial stage of fixed orthodontic treatment: A randomized clinical trial

  • Qamruddin, Irfan;Alam, Mohammad Khursheed;Abdullah, Habiba;Kamran, Muhammad Abdullah;Jawaid, Nausheen;Mahroof, Verda
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.90-97
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    • 2018
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the analgesic effect of a single application of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on spontaneous pain and pain on chewing after placement of initial archwires. Methods: Forty-two patients (26 women, 16 men) were randomly recruited for this split-mouth randomized clinical trial. Each patient received super-elastic nickel-titanium (NiTi) initial archwires (0.012, 0.014, 0.016, and 0.018-inch [in]) in the maxilla for leveling and alignment for an interval of 4 weeks between archwires. One side of the mouth was randomly designated as experimental, while the other side served as placebo. After insertion of each archwire, the experimental side was irradiated with a diode laser for 3 seconds each on 5 points facially and palatally per tooth, from the central incisor to first molar. On the placebo side, the laser device was held the same way but without laser application. A numerical rating scale was used to assess the intensity of spontaneous and masticatory pain for the following 7 days. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare pain scores between sides. Results: Patients in the LLLT group exhibited significantly lower mean scores for spontaneous pain after insertion of the initial two archwires (0.012-in and 0.014-in NiTi; p < 0.05), while there was no significant difference for 0.016-in and 0.018-in wires between the LLLT and placebo groups. LLLT significantly reduced chewing pain scores (p < 0.05) for all archwires. Conclusions: A single dose of LLLT considerably lessened postoperative pain accompanying the placement of super-elastic NiTi wires for initial alignment and leveling.

Design Charts and Simplified Formulae for Anchored Sheet Pile Wall- Using Equivalent Beam Analysis for Fixed End Supported Wall - (앵커식 널말뚝벽의 설계용 도표와 간편식- 고정지지 널말뚝의 등가보 해석을 사용하여 -)

  • 김기웅;원진오;백영식
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2000
  • The major design parameters of the anchored sheet-pile wall include the determination of required penetration depth, the force acting on the anchor, and the maximum bending moment in the piling. Blum solved the fixed earth supported wall using the equivalent beam method, assuming that the wall can be separated into upper and lower parts of the point of contraflexure. Design charts help designer by simplifying the design procedure. But they have some difficulties under some Geotechnical and geometrical conditions. For example, the conventional design charts can compute design parameters only when the ground water table exists above the dredge line. In this paper, the design charts which can be used for the ground water table existing under the dredge line are presented. And simplified formulae are developed by regression analysis. It is found that simplified formulae are not only very useful for the practice of design but also they can evaluate the result of numerical methods or design charts.

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Design of the Green Wall System considering Distribution Effect of Earth Pressure by Soil Nail (네일의 토압분담 효과를 고려한 Green Wall 시스템의 설계)

  • Park, Si-Sam;Cho, Sung-Han;Yoo, Chan-Ho;Kim, Hong-Taek;Kim, Yong-Yeon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.1038-1045
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    • 2006
  • The Green Wall is highest eco-system among a segmental retaining wall systems. Recently, the demand of high segmental retaining wall (SRW) is increased in domestic. The soil nailing system is applied in order to maintain the high SRW stability for steeper slope. However, the proper design approach that can consider the earth pressure reduction effects in soil nailing system has not been proposed. This study was performed to introduce the design case by 'Two-Body Translation mechanism' to be able to consider distribution of earth pressure in the soil nailing when designing the green wall using soil nailing system. Also, this study attempts to evaluate the earth pressure change when advanced soil nailing system is constructed using $FLAC^{2D}$ ver. 3.30 program and 'Two-Body Translation mechanism'. Also in this study, various parametric studies using numerical methods as shear strength reduction (SSR) technique and limit equilibrium technique were carried out. In the parametric study, the length ratio and the bond ratio of the soil nailing were changed to identify the earth pressure reduction effect of the retaining wall reinforced by soil nailing.

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Development of Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting the Optimal Setback Application of the Heating Systems (난방시스템 최적 셋백온도 적용시점 예측을 위한 인공신경망모델 개발)

  • Baik, Yong Kyu;Yoon, younju;Moon, Jin Woo
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study aimed at developing an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict the optimal start moment of the setback temperature during the normal occupied period of a building. Method: For achieving this objective, three major steps were conducted: the development of an initial ANN model, optimization of the initial model, and performance tests of the optimized model. The development and performance testing of the ANN model were conducted through numerical simulation methods using transient systems simulation (TRNSYS) and matrix laboratory (MATLAB) software. Result: The results analysis in the development and test processes revealed that the indoor temperature, outdoor temperature, and temperature difference from the setback temperature presented strong relationship with the optimal start moment of the setback temperature; thus, these variables were used as input neurons in the ANN model. The optimal values for the number of hidden layers, number of hidden neurons, learning rate, and moment were found to be 4, 9, 0.6, and 0.9, respectively, and these values were applied to the optimized ANN model. The optimized model proved its prediction accuracy with the very storing statistical correlation between the predicted values from the ANN model and the simulated values in the TRNSYS model. Thus, the optimized model showed its potential to be applied in the control algorithm.