• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was, firstly, to determine the concordance of ultrasonographic and histopathological diagnoses in patients in whom apical resection was already indicated. Secondly, this study aimed to determine whether lesions were periapical granulomas or cysts, and to compare them after root canal treatment using ultrasonography and periapical radiographs. Materials and Methods: In the first stage of the study, ultrasonographic and histopathologic diagnoses of 10 lesions were compared. Secondly, the periapical radiographs and ultrasonographic images of 44 lesions were measured. The presence of internal vascularity was determined by ultrasonographic color and power Doppler modes. Follow-up examinations of healing after root canal treatment were performed using ultrasonography and periapical radiographs, and these modalities were compared. Results: In the periapical granuloma and cyst groups, the measurement values decreased for all variables. There was no significant difference in the dimensional changes of lesions between the 2 groups, and ultrasonography and periapical radiographs were compatible. The pre-diagnoses were compared with histopathological diagnoses and were found to be compatible. Conclusion: The ultrasonographic color and power Doppler techniques could be an effective method for diagnosing periapical lesions as cysts or granulomas. After root canal treatment of granulomas and cysts, the dimensional shrinkage and healing patterns appear to be similar. Ultrasonography and periapical radiographs were consistent in terms of dimensional comparisons, and ultrasonography may be an alternative method for follow-up of the healing of periapical lesions.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2022

인터넷 기술과 모바일 등의 기기 발전으로 교육환경도 전통적이고 수동적인 방식에서 학습자 중심의 능동적인 방식으로 변화하고 있다. 이에 따라 학습자 개개인의 수준별 맞춤 교육의 역할도 커지고 있으며, 이에는 개별 학습자의 프로파일 구축이 중요하다. 기존의 ICT 기반 맞춤형 영어 교육의 다수는 어휘에 초점을 맞추고 있으며, 학습 콘텐츠에 대한 분석에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 본 논문에서는 보다 정밀하게 사용자의 학습상태를 정의하기 위하여 단어와 문법을 대상으로 학습 상태를 구축하였다. 그리고 학습자가 특정 콘텐츠에 얼마나 익숙한지를 알려주는 콘텐츠에 대한 숙련도 메트릭을 정의하였다. 이후 실제 영문 에세이 데이터를 기반으로 사전학습을 통하여 사용자들의 숙련도를 결정하고, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 평가 에세이 데이터에 대하여 적용성이 있음을 보였다. 또한 본 연구에서 제안한 분석기법은 학습상황에 대하여 통계치나 그래프를 제공하고 학습자 수준에 적합한 학습자료를 생성하는데 필요한 데이터를 제공할 수 있다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.587-595
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• 2022

Background The incidence of breast animation deformity (BAD) is reported to be substantial after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction with subpectoral implant placement. It has, however, never been examined if BAD can occur following prepectoral implant placement. Our primary aim was to compare the incidence and degree of BAD after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction using either subpectoral or prepectoral implant placement. Secondary aim of this study was to assess and compare the level of pain between sub- and prepectoral reconstructed women. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, patients were allocated to reconstruction by either subpectoral or prepectoral implant placement in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines. The degree of BAD was assessed by the "Nipple, Surrounding skin, Entire breast (NSE)" grading scale 12 months after surgery. The level of postoperative pain was assessed on a numerical pain rating scale. Results We found a significant difference in the degree of BAD favoring patients in the prepectoral group (23.8 vs. 100%, p < 0.0001; mean NSE grading scale score: 0.4 vs. 3.6, p < 0.0001). The subpectoral reconstructed group reported higher levels of pain on the three subsequent days after surgery. No significant difference in pain levels could be found at 3 months postoperatively. Conclusion The incidence and degree of BAD was significantly lower in women reconstructed by prepectoral direct-to-implant breast reconstruction. Unexpectedly, we found mild degrees of BAD in the prepectoral group. When assessing BAD, distortion can be challenging to discern from rippling.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 교과에 대한 태도 향상이 해당 교과의 학업성취도에 영향을 미친다는 선행 연구 결과를 바탕으로 인공지능교육 프로그램이 초등영재아동의 인공지능 태도 변화를 야기하고 태도의 변화가 소양의 변화를 이끌어 낸다는 사실을 확인하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 초등영재아동을 대상으로 인공지능교육을 실시하고, 인공지능에 대한 태도의 변화와 인공지능 소양의 변화에 미치는 영향을 사전-사후 검사를 통하여 분석한 결과, 초등영재아동들의 인공지능 태도와 소양 모두가 통계적으로 유의미하게 향상되었다. 또한 인공지능 태도의 변화가 인공지능 소양 변화에 통계적으로 유의미한 양적 영향을 미친다는 것을 회귀 분석을 통하여 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 인공지능 태도와 소양을 측정하기 위하여 자기 평가를 사용하고, 상대적으로 적은 수의 표본에 적용하였다는 한계를 갖고 있지만 생활 속에서 경험해본 인공지능 프로그램을 직접 만들어보는 활동으로도 인공지능 태도나 소양의 변화를 야기할 수 있다는 것도 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the overall treatment effects in terms of the amount of uprighting with changes in the sagittal and vertical positions of mandibular molars after applying an orthodontic miniplate with a nickel-titanium (NiTi) reverse curve arch wire (biocreative reverse curve [BRC] system). Methods: A total of 30 female patients (mean age, 25.99 ± 8.96 years) were treated with the BRC system (mean BRC time, 10.3 ± 4.07 months). An I-shaped C-tube miniplate (Jin Biomed) was placed at the labial aspect for the alveolar bone of the mandibular incisors. A 0.017 × 0.025-inch NiTi reverse curve arch wire was engaged at the C-tube mini-plate anteriorly and the first and second premolars and molars posteriorly in the mandibular arch. Pre- and post-BRC lateral cephalograms were analyzed. A paired t-test was used to analyze the treatment effects of BRC. Results: The mandibular second molars were intrusively uprighted successfully by the BRC system. Distal uprighting with a controlled vertical dimension was noted on the first molars when they remained engaged in the BRC and the distal ends of the arch wire were laid on the second molars. The mandibular first and second premolars showed a slight extrusion. The changes in the mandibular incisors were unremarkable, while the mandibular molar angulation improved significantly. The lower occlusal plane rotated counterclockwise (MP-LOP: 1.13° ± 2.60°). Conclusions: The BRC system can provide very effective molar uprighting without compromising the position of the mandibular anterior teeth.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2022

최근 교육 분야에서 다양한 인공지능 기술을 활용한 연구와 개발이 이뤄지고 있다. 인공지능을 활용한 교육 중 특히 대화형 에이전트는 시간과 공간의 제약을 받지 않고 음성인식, 번역과 같은 다양한 인공지능 기술과 결합해 더 효과적인 언어 학습을 가능하게 한다. 본 논문은 상용화된 교육용 플랫폼 중 이용자 수가 많고 영어 학습을 위한 대화형 에이전트가 활용된 플랫폼에 대한 동향 분석을 진행하였다. 동향 분석을 통해 현재 상용화된 교육용 플랫폼의 대화형 에이전트는 여러 한계점과 문제점이 존재했다. 구체적인 문제점과 한계점 분석을 위해 사전 학습된 최신 대용량 대화 모델과 비교 실험을 진행하였고, 실험 방법으로 대화형 에이전트의 대답이 사람과 비슷한지를 평가하는 Sensibleness and Specificity Average (SSA) 휴먼 평가를 진행하였다. 실험 내용을 바탕으로, 효과적인 학습을 위해 개선방안으로 대용량 파라미터로 학습된 대화 모델, 교육 데이터, 정보 검색 기능의 필요성을 제안했다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.21.1-21.14
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• 2020

Background: Physical exercise is known to cause significant joint changes. Thus, monitoring joint behavior of athletic horses is essential in early disorders recognition, allowing the proper management. Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine the morphological patterns, physical examination characteristics and ultrasound findings of show jumping horses in training and to establish a score-based examination model for physical and ultrasound follow-ups of metacarpophalangeal joint changes in these animals. Methods: A total of 52 metacarpophalangeal joints from 26 horses who were initially in the taming stage were evaluated, and the horses' athletic progression was monitored. The horses were evaluated by a physical examination and by B-mode and Doppler-mode ultrasound examinations, starting at time zero (T0), which occurred concomitantly with the beginning of training, and every 3 months thereafter for a follow-up period of 18 months. Results: The standardized examination model revealed an increase in the maximum joint flexion angles and higher scores on the physical and ultrasound examinations after scoring was performed by predefined assessment tools, especially between 3 and 6 months of evaluation, which was immediately after the horses started more intense training. The lameness score and the ultrasound examination score were slightly higher at the end of the study. Conclusions: The observed results were probably caused by the implementation of a training regimen and joint adaptation to physical conditioning. The joints most likely undergo a pre-osteoarthritic period due to work overload, which can manifest in a consistent or adaptive manner, as observed during this study. Thus, continuous monitoring of young athlete horses by physical and ultrasound examinations that can be scored is essential.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 원심모형시험을 이용한 국제공동연구인 LEAP-2017의 결과를 이용하여 액상화 수치모델의 거동에 대한 검증을 실시하였다. 동적원심모형시험은 Ottawa F-65모래로 수면 아래 조성된 경사각 5°의 지반에 1Hz 테이퍼형 사인파를 가진하여 시행되었다. 원심모형시험의 원형스케일로 모델링 된 수치해석 모델은 유한차분법을 이용한 2차원 및 3차원 해석을 시행하였다. 수치해석의 검증은 깊이별 가속도와 간극수압 시간이력, 잔류변위에 대해 이루어 졌다. 검증결과, 모든 모델에서 시험과 유사한 가속도 시간이력을 나타내었으나, 일부모델이 나타내는 간극수압의 변화는 시험결과와 차이를 나타내었다. 수치해석결과로 나타난 액상화 후 잔류변위는 원심모형시험 대비 매우 작은 크기로 확인되어, 이에 대해서는 추후 LEAP-2017에 참여한 다른 기관의 시험결과와 비교분석이 필요한 것으로 확인되었다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2022

In this study, a model for automatically recognizing several steel parts through a camera before charging materials was developed under the assumption that the temperature distribution in the pre-air atmosphere was known. For model development, datasets were collected in random environments and factories. In this study, the YOLO-v5 model, which is a YOLO model with strengths in real-time detection in the field of object detection, was used, and the disadvantages of taking a lot of time to collect images and learning models was solved through the transfer learning methods. The performance evaluation results of the derived model showed excellent performance of 0.927 based on mAP 0.5. The derived model will be applied to the model development study, which uses the model to accurately recognize the material and then match it with the temperature distribution in the atmosphere to determine whether the material layout is suitable before charging materials.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2395-2407
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• 2022

The sodium-cooled fast reactor is among the innovative nuclear technologies selected in the framework of the development of Generation IV concepts, allowing the irradiation of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuels (MOX). A fundamental step for the safety assessment of MOX-fuelled pins for fast reactor applications is the evaluation, by means of fuel performance codes, of the integral thermal-mechanical behaviour under irradiation, involving the fission gas behaviour and release in the fuel-cladding gap. This work is dedicated to the performance analysis of an inner-core fuel pin representative of the ASTRID sodium-cooled concept design, selected as case study for the benchmark between the GERMINAL and TRANSURANUS fuel performance codes. The focus is on fission gas-related mechanisms and integral outcomes as predicted by means of the SCIANTIX module (allowing the physics-based treatment of inert gas behaviour and release) coupled to both fuel performance codes. The benchmark activity involves the application of both GERMINAL and TRANSURANUS in their "pre-INSPYRE" versions, i.e., adopting the state-of-the-art recommended correlations available in the codes, compared with the "post-INSPYRE" code results, obtained by implementing novel models for MOX fuel properties and phenomena (SCIANTIX included) developed in the framework of the INSPYRE H2020 Project. The SCIANTIX modelling includes the consideration of burst releases of the fission gas stored at the grain boundaries occurring during power transients of shutdown and start-up, whose effect on a fast reactor fuel concept is analysed. A clear need to further extend and validate the SCIANTIX module for application to fast reactor MOX emerges from this work; nevertheless, the GERMINAL-TRANSURANUS benchmark on the ASTRID case study highlights the achieved code capabilities for fast reactor conditions and paves the way towards the proper application of fuel performance codes to safety evaluations on Generation IV reactor concepts.