• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.111-130
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• 2012

Satellites with flexible lightweight solar panels are sensitive to vibration that is caused by internal actuators such as reaction or momentum wheels which are used to control the attitude of the satellite. Any infinitesimal amount of unbalance in the reaction wheels rotors will impose a harmonic excitation which may interact with the solar panels structure. Therefore, quenching the solar panel's vibration is of a practical importance. In the present work, the panels are modeled as laminated composite beam using first-order shear deformation laminated plate theory which accounts for rotational inertia as well as shear deformation effects. The vibration suppression is achieved by bonding patches of piezoelectric material with suitable dimensions at selected locations along the panel. These patches are actuated by driving control voltages. The governing equations for the system are formulated and the dynamic Green's functions are used to present an exact yet simple solution for the problem. A guide lines is proposed for determining the values of the driving voltage in order to suppress the induced vibration.

• 셀메드
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5.1-5.5
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• 2013

In this pilot dual-site study with LifeWave IceWave$^{(R)}$ patches, using subjects as their own controls, data were acquired from a convenience sample of 16 males and 24 females, 50% Caucasian-Americans, 50% Hispanic-Americans, ages 20 - 85 with neuromuscular pain. The hypothesis was: the application of IceWave$^{(R)}$ patches to the skin will reduce one's perception of pain. Subjects were tested at baseline (without any patches), and then at 1 and 3 h on day 1 and at 1 h on days 2 - 5 after patch application. At every time point, the mean change, indicative of one's perception of pain, was highly significantly (p < 0.0001) reduced, with a statistical power of 100% compared to baseline. Based on these findings, the hypothesis was accepted as true.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1990년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.546-549
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• 1990

This study introduces the three-dimensional information about moving objects. Relative motion between textured objects and observer generates a time varying optic array at the image, from which image motion of contours can be extracted. Closed-form solutions are proposed for the structure and motion of planar and curved surface patches. The analytic solution for curved surface patches combines the transformation of Longuet-Higgins with the planar surface solution of Subbarao and Waxman. Ovoid patches are shown to construct a unique transform angle. Thus, ovoid patches almost always yield a unique 3D interpretation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1203-1214
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• 2015

This paper deals with the experimental validation of the use of PVDF Patches for the assessment of spatial derivatives of displacement field. It focuses more exactly on the shear Force Identification by using Specific forms of PVDF patcHes (FISH) on beams. An overview of the theoretical approach is exposed. The principle is based on the use of the weak form of the equation of motion of the beam which allows the shear forces to be extracted at one edge of the sensor when this last has a specific form. The experimental validation is carried out with a cantilever steel beam, excited by a shaker at its free boundary. The validation consists in comparing the shear force measured by the designed sensor glued at the free edge and the directly measured force applied by the shaker. The sensor is made of two patches, called the "stiffness" patch and the "mass" patch. The use of both patches allows one to identify correctly the shear force on a large frequency domain. The use of only the stiffness patch is valid in the low frequency domain and has the advantage to have a frequency-independent gain that allows its use in real time.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.122-129
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• 1997

Ball rolling blending is a popular technique for blending between parametric surfaces. The ball rolling blend surface is conceptually a trajectory of a ball rolling between two base sufaces. It is constructed by sweeping a circular arc along a ball contact curve pair. Since a ball rolling blend surfaces does not have a polynomial form like a Bezier surface patch, it is impossible to apply this method directly to a commercial CAD/CAM system. In this paper an algorithm is developed to approximate a ball rolling blend surface into Bezier surface patches. Least square method is applied to obtain proper Bezier surface patches under a given tolerance. The Bezier surface patches have degree three or more and guarantee VC1-continuity.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.458-464
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• 2023

In order to develop catechin patches for skin regeneration at wound sites, patches with varying concentrations of catechin and chitosan were manufactured. An optimal composition ratio was determined by adjusting the drug release rate and amount, to maximize efficiency. The catechin used in this study was extracted from green tea leaves using a solvent/ultrasonication method, and its characteristics were confirmed through Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses. Patches were prepared with different concentrations of catechin and chitosan, and various properties were analyzed using techniques such as FT-IR, water contact angle analysis, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. It was observed that as the chitosan concentration increased, the release of catechin slowed down or almost ceased. A patch manufactured with 1.5 mg/cm² of catechin at a 1 % chitosan concentration exhibited a high initial release rate over 24 h and demonstrated cellular biocompatibility. Consequently, these patches, with tailored release characteristics based on the concentrations of chitosan and catechin, hold promise for use as drug delivery systems in wound healing applications.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2012

The effects of sheep urine and dung patches on methane ($CH_4$) and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) fluxes were investigated during the summer-autumn in 2010, to evaluate their contribution to climate change in a desert grassland in Inner Mongolia, China. Results indicate that the cumulative $CH_4$ emissions for dung patches, urine patches and control plots were -0.076, -0.084, and -0.114 g/$m^2$ and these were net $CH_4$ sinks during the measured period. The level of $CH_4$ intake from urine and dung plots decreased 25.7%, and 33.3%, respectively, compared with a control plot. $CO_2$ fluxes differed (p<0.01) in urine plots, with an average of 569.20 mg/$m^2$/h compared with control plots (357.62 mg/$m^2$/h) across all sampling days. Dung patches have cumulative $CO_2$ emissions that were 15.9% higher compared with the control during the 55-d period. Overall, sheep excrement weakened $CH_4$ intake and increased $CO_2$ emissions.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2011

영상 인페인팅(Image Inpainting)은 영상에서 손상된 영역을 제거하고 제거한 영역을 주변 영역과 유사하게 채워 넣어 자연스럽게 만E는 영상 복원의 한 기법이다. 그러나 제거할 영액이 클 경우, 복원한 결과의 구조가 자연스럽지 않아 원하지 않는 영상을 획득할 수 있는 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 화소 값 차이뿐만 아니라 거리 정보를 고려한 다중 패치들을 사용하는 향상된 예제 기반 영상 인페인팅 기법을 제안한다. 일반적인 예제 기반 영상 인페인팅 기법에서는 패치를 잘못 선택함으로써 블록 현상 같은 부자연스러운 결과들이 발생할 수 있다. 이런 문제점을 개선하기 위해 채워질 패치와 원본 영역에서의 패치들 간의 공간상 거리와 화소 값 차이를 둘 다 고려하여 여러 후보 패치들을 선택하고 선택된 패치들의 가중치를 적용하여 새로운 구조와 질감 정보를 생성하는 것을 제안한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 방법을 이용한 결과가 기존의 방법을 이용한 결과보다 구조와 질감 정보가 보다 향상된 결과를 보여준다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2000

Various release test methods have been applied for the evaluation of nicotine release in vitro from commercial patches. However, whether and how the release data reflect the permeation of nicotine across the skin, is not fully elucidated. To predict in vivo bioavailability from in vitro release tests, correlation between in vitro release and in vitro skin permeation was assessed in the present study. Release of nicotine from three commercial patches was measured for 24 hours under nine experimental conditions which were classified depending on the apparatus (i.e., paddle over disk, cylinder and reciprocating holder) and dissolution media (i.e., phosphate buffer pH 7.4, water and the 1 % phosphoric acid pH 1.5). In vitro permeation of nicotine from the patches across the human cadaver skin was also measured using a diffusion cell. The release of nicotine was better explained by the Higuchi's equation rather than by the first order rate equation. Correlation between the release rate and the in vitro skin permeation differed among the patches. However, in general, the cylinder method, in which water is used as a dissolution medium, showed the highest correlation among the nine release test conditions.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제19D권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2012

모노머 단백질의 상호작용 사이트 예측은 기능을 알지 못하는 단백질에 대해서 이것과 상호작용하는 단백질로부터 기능을 예측하거나 단백질 도킹을 위한 검색 공간의 감소에 중요한 역할을 한다. 그러나 상호작용사이트 예측은 대부분 단백질 상호작용이 세포 내에서 순간적 반응에 일어나는 약한 상호작용으로 실험에 의한 3차원 결정 구조 식별의 어려움이 따르며 이로 인해 3차원의 복합체 데이터가 제한적으로 양산된다. 이 논문에서는 모노머 단백질의 3차원 패치 계산을 통하여 구조가 알려진 복합체의 상호작용사이트와 비상호작용사이트에 대한 패치 속성을 추출하고 이를 기반으로 Support Vector Machine (SVM) 분류기법을 이용한 예측 모델 개발을 제시한다. 타겟 클래스의 데이터 불균형 문제 해결을 위해 under-sampling 기법을 이용한다. 사용된 패치속성은 2차 구조 요소와 아미노산 구성으로부터 총 9개가 추출된다. 147개의 단백질 복합체에 대해서 10 fold cross validation을 통해서 다양한 분류모델의 성능 평가를 하였다. 평가한 분류 모델 중 SVM은 92.7%의 높은 정확성을 보이고 이를 이용하여 분류 모델을 개발하였다.