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Spiral scanning imaging and quantitative calculation of the 3-dimensional screw-shaped bone-implant interface on micro-computed tomography

  • Choi, Jung-Yoo Chesaria;Choi, Cham Albert;Yeo, In-Sung Luke
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • 제48권4호
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    • pp.202-212
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Bone-to-implant contact (BIC) is difficult to measure on micro-computed tomography (CT) because of artifacts that hinder accurate differentiation of the bone and implant. This study presents an advanced algorithm for measuring BIC in micro-CT acquisitions using a spiral scanning technique, with improved differentiation of bone and implant materials. Methods: Five sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched implants were used. Three implants were subjected to surface analysis, and 2 were inserted into a New Zealand white rabbit, with each tibia receiving 1 implant. The rabbit was sacrificed after 28 days. The en bloc specimens were subjected to spiral (SkyScan 1275, Bruker) and round (SkyScan 1172, SkyScan 1275) micro-CT scanning to evaluate differences in the images resulting from the different scanning techniques. The partial volume effect (PVE) was optimized as much as possible. BIC was measured with both round and spiral scanning on the SkyScan 1275, and the results were compared. Results: Compared with the round micro-CT scanning, the spiral scanning showed much clearer images. In addition, the PVE was optimized, which allowed accurate BIC measurements to be made. Round scanning on the SkyScan 1275 resulted in higher BIC measurements than spiral scanning on the same machine; however, the higher measurements on round scanning were confirmed to be false, and were found to be the result of artifacts in the void, rather than bone. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that spiral scanning can reduce metal artifacts, thereby allowing clear differentiation of bone and implant. Moreover, the PVE, which is a factor that inevitably hinders accurate BIC measurements, was optimized through an advanced algorithm.

MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE AND THE PROPAGATION OF UHECRS

  • DOLAG KLAUS;GRASSO DARIO;SPRINGEL VOLKER;TKACHEV IGOR
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제37권5호
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    • pp.427-431
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    • 2004
  • We use simulations of large-scale structure formation to study the build-up of magnetic fields (MFs) in the intergalactic medium. Our basic assumption is that cosmological MFs grow in a magnetohy-drodynamical (MHD) amplification process driven by structure formation out of a magnetic seed field present at high redshift. This approach is motivated by previous simulations of the MFs in galaxy clusters which, under the same hypothesis that we adopt here, succeeded in reproducing Faraday rotation measurements (RMs) in clusters of galaxies. Our ACDM initial conditions for the dark matter density fluctuations have been statistically constrained by the observed large-scale density field within a sphere of 110 Mpc around the Milky Way, based on the IRAS 1.2-Jy all-sky redshift survey. As a result, the positions and masses of prominent galaxy clusters in our simulation coincide closely with their real counterparts in the Local Universe. We find excellent agreement between RMs of our simulated galaxy clusters and observational data. The improved numerical resolution of our simulations compared to previous work also allows us to study the MF in large-scale filaments, sheets and voids. By tracing the propagation of ultra high energy (UHE) protons in the simulated MF we construct full-sky maps of expected deflection angles of protons with arrival energies $E = 10^{20}\;eV$ and $4 {\times} 10^{19}\;eV$, respectively. Accounting only for the structures within 110 Mpc, we find that strong deflections are only produced if UHE protons cross galaxy clusters. The total area on the sky covered by these structures is however very small. Over still larger distances, multiple crossings of sheets and filaments may give rise to noticeable deflections over a significant fraction of the sky; the exact amount and angular distribution depends on the model adopted for the magnetic seed field. Based on our results we argue that over a large fraction of the sky the deflections are likely to remain smaller than the present experimental angular sensitivity. Therefore, we conclude that forthcoming air shower experiments should be able to locate sources of UHE protons and shed more light on the nature of cosmological MFs.

SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE ZODIACAL DUST CLOUD OBSERVED IN FAR-INFRARED WITH AKARI

  • Ootsubo, Takafumi;Doi, Yasuo;Takita, Satoshi;Matsuura, Shuji;Kawada, Mitsunobu;Nakagawa, Takao;Arimatsu, Ko;Tanaka, Masahiro;Kondo, Toru;Ishihara, Daisuke;Usui, Fumihiko;Hattori, Makoto
    • 천문학논총
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.63-65
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    • 2017
  • The zodiacal light emission is the thermal emission from the interplanetary dust and the dominant diffuse radiation in the mid- to far-infrared wavelength region. Even in the far-infrared, the contribution of the zodiacal emission is not negligible at the region near the ecliptic plane. The AKARI far-infrared all-sky survey covered 97% of the whole sky in four photometric bands with band central wavelengths of 65, 90, 140, and $160{\mu}m$. AKARI detected the small-scale structure of the zodiacal dust cloud, such as the asteroidal dust bands and the circumsolar ring, in far-infrared wavelength region. Although the most part of the zodiacal light structure in the AKARI far-infrared all-sky image can be well reproduced with the DIRBE zodiacal light model, there are discrepancies in the small-scale structures. In particular, the intensity and the ecliptic latitude of the peak position of the asteroidal dust bands cannot be reproduced precisely with the DIRBE models. The AKARI observational data during more than one year has advantages over the 10-month DIRBE data in modeling the full-sky zodiacal dust cloud. The resulting small-scale zodiacal light structure template has been used to subtract the zodiacal light from the AKARI all-sky maps.

사기오미론(四氣五味論)의 구조적 해석 (Structural Interpretation of Properties and Flavors of Drugs)

  • 조용주;김진주
    • 한국한의학연구원논문집
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2005
  • Four Properties and five Flavors of Drugs is interpreted by adaptation of human body to the environmental theory(天人相應). The Structural model of the body is compared with sky, earth, sun and moon (天, 地, 日, 月). The natural changes of the four seasons give rise to that of Four Properties and five Flavors of Drugs. On equal terms it is happened in our body. On this study we can draw an analogy between sky, earth, sun & moon (天, 地, 日, 月) and the body. The six bu(六腑) is related to the earth, the five ju(五主) to the sky, the five jang(五臟) to the sun, the meridians system (經絡) to the moon. When spring, the air is warm, the water element of the earth is ascending, and the earth gives birth to the sour flavor. Like this, the water element is absorbed by six bu and then is ascended to the meridian system. When summer, the air is hot and the water element of the earth is floated, the earth make the bitter flavor. In the same way, the six bu absorbed the hot air from the five ju and the water element is quickly absorbed by six bu and then the water element is ascended to the meridian system. When rainy season (長夏), the earth creates the sweet flavor The sweet flavor give warmer energy to the five jang and the six bu. When autumn, the earth change the sweet flavor into pungent. The earth gives warmer energy to the sky, because of cool weather According to same process, the pungent flavor give warmer energy to the five jang and the six bu, and the meridian system gets back the water element from the five ju. When winter, the air is cold and the water element of the earth is hidden. The sky and the earth are not interchangeable. At that time, the earth produce the salty flavor and the water element is keeping in the meridian system.

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과학위성 1호 탑재체 원자회선분광기 전천탐사 노출시간 분석 (EXPOSURE TIME ANALYSIS FOR FAR-ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH ALL-SKY SURVEY MISSION)

  • 박장현;선광일;유광선;육인수;진호;이대희;오승한;선종호;남욱원;한원용;이우백;민경욱
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.209-218
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    • 2001
  • 과학위성 1호의 주 과학임무중의 하나인 전천탐사를 통해 얻어지는 천구의 각 지역별 노출시간을 모의 계산하였다. 현재 계획된 위성운용 시나리오에 의하면 노출시간은 친구적도 지역에서 최소가 되고 극 지역으로 갈수록 증가한다. 한편, SAA (South Atlantic Anomaly)와 달에 의한 영향으로 천구 적도지역에서의 노출시간 추가 감소가 불가피하다. SAA에 의한 노출시간 감소는 SAA의 영향이 별로 없는 고층대기 관측과의 궤도교체 등 간단한 관측 스케줄링을 통해 SAA의 영향을 배제할 수 있다. 그러나 현재의 노출시간 분포는 성찬물질의 진화를 구체적으로 연구하기 위해서는 적절치 않다. 친구의 극 지역에 치중된 노출시간의 효율적 분배를 위해서는 능동적인 지역별 노출시간 분배가 필요하고, 따라서 현재보다 진보된 운용 시나리오 및 관측 스케줄링에 대한 추가 연구가 요구된다

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스카이훅 시스템에의 능동 서스펜션 제어 이론 적용에 관한 연구 (A Study on Adopting Active Suspension Control in Sky Hook System)

  • 박중현;장승재
    • 한국정보통신학회논문지
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    • 제10권5호
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    • pp.950-955
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    • 2006
  • 본 논문에서는 스카이훅댐퍼 시스템의 해석 및 설계에 능동 서스펜션 제어 이론을 적용하여 현가장치설계에 응용 할 수 있는 이론 및 실험 적 제어장치 적용에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 최근의 현가장치설계에서는 강성과 감쇠를 능동적으로 제어하는 기술의 적용이 일반화되고 있으며, 다른 차량안정성 제어장치와의 연계성이 높아짐에 따라, 제어 시스템설계에서 보다 내구성 이 강하고 제어효과의 응답성이 빠르며 정도 또한 높은 제어장치의 필요성이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구는 댐퍼의 위치관계에 따른 스카이훅시스템을 해석하여 위와 같은 빠른 응답성과 높은 정도의 제어가 가능한 제어시스템을 해석, 설계하기 위하여 강인제어시스템의 적용에 관한 고찰을 하였다. 그리고 제어대상시스템에 대한 강인제어시스템을 설계하기 위한 모델링 및 적용방법을 수식적으로 해석하였으며, 스카이훅현가장치의 제어시 스템설계에 중요한 내외란성 향상을 위한 강인제어시스템설계에 적용하는 방법에 관해 고찰하였다.

구조물의 고유진동주기 및 스카이브릿지 설치위치에 따른 진동특성평가 (Vibration Characteristics Evaluation According to Natural Periods of Structures and Location of a Sky-bridge)

  • 김현수
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제14권6호
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    • pp.3068-3073
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    • 2013
  • 근래에 스카이브릿지를 활용하여 연결된 고층구조물의 진동제어성능을 개선하고자 하는 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 스카이브릿지로 연결되는 두 구조물의 고유진동주기의 차이와 스카이브릿지 설치위치가 진동제어성능에 미치는 영향에 대해서 분석하여 보았다. 이를 위하여 40층과 50층 구조물을 연결된 예제구조물로 선택하였고 두 구조물의 고유진동주기 차이를 1.0배에서 1.5배까지 순차적으로 변경하면서 해석모델을 구성하였다. 각각의 해석 모델에 대하여 KBC2009를 기반으로 생성한 인공지진하중을 입력 하중으로 생성하여 시간이력해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석결과 두 구조물의 고유진동주기차이가 증가할수록, 연결된 층의 높이가 높아질수록 변위 및 속도응답에 대해서 일반적으로 우수한 제어성능을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 가속도응답의 경우에는 이러한 경향과 반대되는 제어성능변화를 나타내었다.

Brightness and Fluctuation of Mid-Infrared Sky from AKARI Observations

  • 표정현;;정웅섭
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.117.1-117.1
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    • 2011
  • We present the smoothness of mid-infrared sky brightness from the Japanese infrared astronomical satellite, AKARI observations. AKARI monitored the north ecliptic pole (NEP) during its cold phase with nine wavebands from 2.4 to 24 ${\mu}m$, out of which six mid-infrared bands are used in this study. Simple sinusoidal fit to the seasonal variation of the sky brightness shows that the mid-infrared brightness towards the NEP is not affected by small-scale features of the interplanetary dust cloud. We applied the power spectrum analysis to the images to search for the fluctuation of sky brightness. The fluctuation powers at 200 arcsecond are estimated to be at most $1.58{\pm}0.33\;nW\;m^{-2}sr^{-1}$ or 0.13% of the total brightness at $7{\mu}m$ and a tleast $0.64{\pm}0.11\;nW\;m^{-2}sr^{-1}$ or 0.02% at $18{\mu}m$. The residual fluctuations at a few arcminute scales at short mid-infrared wavelengths (7, 9, and 11 ${\mu}m$) are consistent with those expected from the diffuse galactic light. At long mid-infrared wavelengths (15, 18, and 24 ${\mu}m$) the measured fluctuations are comparable to or smaller than the one caused by photon noise and their sources are not identified. We conclude that the upper limit of the fluctuation in the zodiacal light is about 0.02% of the sky brightness.

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축소모형을 이용한 광선반의 시환경 특성 평가 연구 (Visual Performance Evaluation Study of a Scaled Light-Shelf Model)

  • 조일식;김병수;이진숙
    • 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2003
  • According to the recent report, the lighting energy consumption of commercial buildings reaches to $30%\sim40%$ of the total energy consumption. It is more than that of cooling & heating energy consumption and it is the major target of energy-saving policy. It is obvious that they are interested in natural lighting device such as Light-shelf for the purpose of raising the lighting energy-saving efficiency. In most of highly developed countries, a thorough study on Light-shelf makes it possible to propose a practical plan while at home there leaves much to be desired to study a guiding principle of optimum plan in spite of its efficiency based on experiments using scale4 model and analysis of simulation. Aiming at making an optimum plan of Light-shelf suitable for the domestic situation, this study is worked by experiments using light-shelf and analysis of variables using illumination program. The experiments is to analyse the efficiency of Light-shelf on condition of the sky and the analysis is to make the simulation using illumination program. This study is composed of 1) the analysis of light with some variables such as presence of light-shelf and degree of angle using 1/2 scaled model 2) making the simulation using Lightscape, illumination program, In brief, concerning presence of light-shelf, it causes little difference in its efficiency in the overcast sky, whereas it decreases an illuminance of window side and provides inner side with the light, which decreases the ratio of the maximum to the minimum inner illuminance and makes the inner of illuminance to range evenly in the clear sky. On degree of angle, as the daylight increases in proportion of degree of angle, the ratio of the maximum to the minimum inner illuminance decreases, which makes it possible to increase the proportion of inner daylight.

Observations of the Aurora by Visible All-Sky Camera at Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica

  • Jee, Geonhwa;Ham, Young-Bae;Choi, Yoonseung;Kim, Eunsol;Lee, Changsup;Kwon, Hyuckjin;Trondsen, Trond S.;Kim, Ji Eun;Kim, Jeong-Han
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.203-215
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    • 2021
  • The auroral observation has been started at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica by using a visible All-sky camera (v-ASC) in 2018 to routinely monitor the aurora in association with the simultaneous observations of the ionosphere, thermosphere and magnetosphere at the station. In this article, the auroral observations are introduced with the analysis procedure to recognize the aurora from the v-ASC image data and to compute the auroral occurrences and the initial results on their spatial and temporal distributions are presented. The auroral occurrences are mostly confined to the northern horizon in the evening sector and extend to the zenith from the northwest to cover almost the entire sky disk over JBS at around 08 MLT (magnetic local time; 03 LT) and then retract to the northeast in the morning sector. At near the magnetic local noon, the occurrences are horizontally distributed in the northern sky disk, which shows the auroral occurrences in the cusp region. The results of the auroral occurrences indicate that JBS is located most of the time in the polar cap near the poleward boundary of the auroral oval in the nightside and approaches closer to the oval in the morning sector. At around 08 MLT (03 LT), JBS is located within the auroral oval and then moves away from it, finally being located in the cusp region at the magnetic local noon, which indicates that the location of JBS turns out to be ideal to investigate the variabilities of the poleward boundary of the auroral oval from long-term observations of the auroral occurrences. The future plan for the ground auroral observations near JBS is presented.