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Effects of Forest Healing Program on Depression, Stress and Cortisol Changes of Cancer Patients

  • Lee, Mi-Mi;Park, Bong-Ju
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.245-254
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    • 2020
  • Patients diagnosed with cancer face mental problems such as alienation, isolation, anxiety about death and fear, recovering from psychological difficulties. In this study, a forest healing program was provided for cancer patients to recover from psychological stress, depression, social isolation and self-esteem caused by cancer and changes in salivary cortisol through psychological and emotional recovery were measured. From September 19 to November 28, 2017, a forest healing program composed of a total of 10 sessions, two hours per session was provided for 12 cancer patients in the Forest of Taegyo located in Yongin. Psychological tests were performed with Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale (SASS), Korean-version Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 18.0. The salivary cortisol level was measured along with the psychological tests and were analyzed by a specialized testing agency. The results of the analysis showed that the pre- and post-assessment score of SASS was 29.17 and 25.92, respectively, and that the pre- and post-assessment score of PSS was 30.50 and 23.92, respectively. The pre- and post-assessment score of BDI was 41.00 and 34.83, respectively, which showed significant differences. In addition, the pre- and post-assessment level of saliva cortisol was 3.13 and 1.68, respectively, showing a significant decrease. In short, the forest healing program was found to be effective in reducing physiological changes caused by social isolation and stress due to the emotional and psychological difficulties that the subjects who were diagnosed with cancer and were recovering from it have. In the future, it will be necessary to develop and implement a forest healing program by conducting a forest healing requirement survey on cancer patients.

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN CUCUMBER (Cucumis safivus L.) AND PEA (Pisum sativum L.) LEAVES UNDER CHILLING STRESS IN THE LIGHT AND DURING THE SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY PERIOD

  • Ha, Suk-Bong;Eu, Young-Jae;Lee, Choon-Hwan
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 1996
  • To investigate the chilling sensitivity related injuries in the photosynthetic apparatus of cucumber leaves, the light-chilling induced alterations of chlorophyll fluorescence transients in cucumber leaves were compared with those in pea leaves. As an early effect of light-chilling, an increase in Fp/Fm$^*$ was observed in both pea and cucumber leaves, which was saturated by about 6 h chilling. However, the saturated value of Fp/Fm was almost 1.0 in cucumber, in contrast to about 0.8 in pea. During the recovery period after 24 h chilling, the light-chilling induced changes in pea seemed to be reversed, but those in cucumber leaves were thought to be irreversible, because Fo was increased significantly. Light-chilling caused significant decreases in qQ and qE in cucumber leaves, but qR was increased until 6 h, and decreased thereafter. In both pea and cucumber leaves, Fm was increased by 2 h dark treatment. The Fm from the predarkened pea leaf discs was higher than the value from the preilluminated ones during the whole period of light-chilling (500 $\mu$mol m$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ PAR). However, the predarkened cucumber leaf discs showed a reduction in Fm and an increase in Fo during the 2 h chilling in the light. These results indicate that the causes of chilling sensitivities in photosynthetic apparatus of cucumber leaves are possibly related with the damage in PSI reaction center and the ability of acidification of lumen by PSII.

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Novel soft switching FB DC-DC converter for reducing conduction losses (도전손실 저감을 위한 새로운 소프트 스위칭 FB DC-DC 컨버터)

  • Kim, E.S.;Joe, K.Y.;Kye, M.H.;Kim, Y.H.;Yoon, B.D.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1996.07a
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    • pp.388-391
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    • 1996
  • The conventional high frequency phase-shifted full bridge DC-DC converter has a disadavantage that a circulating current flows through transformer and switching devices during the freewheeling interval Due to this circulating current, RMS current stress, conduction losses of transformer and switching devices are increased. To alleviate this problem, this study provides a novel circulating current free type high frequency soft switching phase-shifted full bridge DC-DC converter which applies the energy recovery snubber(ERS) attached at the secondary side of transformer. The ERS adopted in this study is consisted of three fast recovery diode($Ds_1$, $Ds_2$, $Ds_3$), two resonant capacitor($Cs_1$, $Cs_2$) and a small resonant inductor [(Lr) : It can be ignored because the transformer leakage inductance(Ll) is able to use in stead of inserting the resonant inductor(Lr)]

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Rheological properties According to the Pigment Particle size of Ink (안료입자크기에 따른 잉크의 레올로지 성질의 변화)

  • Park, Jeung-Min;Kim, Sung-Bin;Kim, Jong-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.75-87
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    • 2003
  • Printing inks are mainly composed of pigment and vehicles. Among these components, the Vehicle affect the rheologic property of the ink the most but pigment content of characteristic also after to the fluidity property not less than the vehicle. In the study, It is tested effect to the ink fluidity and structure recovery according to change the pigment particle size. The ink fluidity have been observed by using rheometer at the various conditions and it has been tested to observe what the ink fluidity has different means. In result We have found that the viscosity value of the low shear rate range has relatively higher value with decreasing the pigment particle size in the ink. Also, it has been found that when the pigment particle size decreases, the yield stress gradually increase. In the case of ink's structure recovery, when the pigment particle size decreases in the ink, the less changing shear rate, and it takes less time to recover.

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A Study on the Mechanical Properties of Knit Fabric Using 3D Printing -Focused on PLA, TPU Filament- (3D프린팅을 이용한 편성물의 역학적 특성 연구 -PLA, TPU 필라멘트를 중심으로-)

  • Han, Yoojung;Kim, Jongjun
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.93-105
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    • 2018
  • Using FDM 3D printing, yarn shape and composition were modeled and 3D printed with PLA and TPU filaments currently used for apparel. Based on this, mechanical characteristics were measured to determine 3D printing yarn according to type of filaments in the 3D printed output and deformation and recovery characteristics due to differences in structure type. As a result of examining tensile and shear characteristics of PLA and TPU 3D printing compiles, TPU overall was measured with significantly lower stress than PLA. This is due to high elasticity of TPU's character, revealing that it has better flexibility than PLA. In addition, during deformation due to external forces, the more freedom between the head and foot parts of the loop, and the lower the force associated with each other, the more flexible it is. TPU revealed that it was easier to tension and recovery from tensile deformation than PLA, indicating potential for clothing materials using 3D printing. If high-molecular materials, such as PLA flexibility, it is likely to provide some flexibility through development of styles, including degree of freedom in modeling. Based on this, we provide basic data for developing 3D printing textures that can be satisfied with textile for apparel.

Anaesthetic Tolerance of Juvenile Black Rockfish Sebastess schlegeli, Produced for Wild Stock Enhancement

  • Son, Maeng-Hyun;Park, Min-Woo;Myeong, Jeong-In;Kim, Dae-Jung;Kim, Byoung-Hak;Jo, Q-Tae;Jeon, Im-Gi
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.285-290
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    • 2001
  • The strength of juvenile black rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli, raised in different hatcheries for wild stock enhancement was evaluated in terms of resistance to an anesthetizing agent, tricaine methane-sulfonate (MS-222), and exposure to drying. The working dosage of MS-222 varied significantly with fish size and hatchery population. Smaller fish were less resistant to the chemical than larger ones. MS-222 effects also differed with fish growth history. The fish cultured in embanked populations showed stronger resistance, earlier recovery, and lower mortality, compared to those cultured in land-based tanks or collected from wild stocks. Similar results were seen in juveniles challenged to dry exposure. These results suggest that an embanked population of black rockfish is more resistant to anesthetic stress, expressed as anesthesia recovery and mortality, and that this population is healthier than others.

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Damage Detection and Suppression in Composites Using Smart Technologies

  • Takeda, Nobuo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.26-36
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    • 2001
  • Smart sensors and actuators have recently been developed. In this study, first, small-diameter fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors developed by the author, whose cladding and polyimide coating diameters were 40 and $52{\mu}m$, respectively, were embedded inside a laminate without resin-rich regions around sensors and the deterioration of mechanical properties of the composite laminate. The small-diameter FBG sensor was embedded in $0^{\circ}$ ply of a CFRP laminate for the detection of transverse cracks in $90^{\circ}$ ply of the laminate. The reflection spectra from the FBG sensor were measured at various tensile stresses. The spectrum became broad and had some peaks with an increase of the transverse crack density. Furthermore, the theoretical calculation reproduced the change in the spectrum very well. These results show that the small-diameter FBG sensors have a potential to detect the occurrence of transverse cracks through the change in the form of the spectrum, and to evaluate the transverse crack density quantitatively by the spectrum width. On the other hand, shape memory alloy (SMA) films were used to suppress the initiation and growth of transverse cracks in CFRP laminates. Pre-strained SMA films were embedded between laminas in CFRP laminates and then heated to introduce the recovery stress in SMA films and compressive stresses in the weakest plies ($90^{\circ}$ ply). The effects of recovery stresses are demonstrated in the experiments and well predicted using the shear-lag analysis and the nonlinear constitutive equation of SMA films.

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Evaluation Method I of the Small Current Breaking Performance for SF(sub)6-Blown High-Voltage Gas Circuit Breakers (초고압 $SF_6$ 가스차단기의 소전류 차단성능 해석기술 I)

  • 송기동;이병운;박경엽;박정후
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.50 no.7
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    • pp.331-337
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    • 2001
  • With the increasing reliability of analysis schemes and the dramatically increased calculating speed, the computer simulation has become and indispensable process to predict the interruption capacity of circuit breakers. Generally, circuit breakers have to possess both the small current and large current interruption abilities and the circuit breaker designers need to evaluate its capacities to save the time and the expense. The analysis of small current and the large current interruption performances have been considered separately because the phenomena occurring in a interrupter are quite different. To analyze the dielectric recovery after large current interruption many physical phenomena such as heat transfer, convection and arc radiation, the nozzle ablation, the ionization of high temperature SF(sub)6 gas, the electric and themagnetic forces and so forth mush be considered. However, in the analysis of small current interruption performance only the cold gas flow analysis needs to be carried out because the capacitive current is to small that the influence from the current can be neglected. In this paper, an empirical equation which is obtained from a series of tests to estimate the dielectric recovery strength has been applied to a real circuit breaker. The results of analysis have been compared with the test results and the reliability has been investigated.

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Effect of Ginseng Saponin on The Growth of Heat-Stressed Yeast Saccharomyces rouxii - Protective Effect of Saponin on The Heat Denaturation of The Amylase Produced by Saccharomyces rouxii- (열처리된 효모의 생육에 미치는 인삼 Saponin의 영향 -Saccharomyces rouxii가 생산한 Amylase의 열변성에 대한 보호작용-)

  • 오영숙;이갑랑
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.591-595
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    • 1990
  • A promoting effect of ginseng saponin on the growth recovery rate of Saccharomyces rouxii which was treated by heat was confirmed in previous report(22). In order to deduce the promoting effect on the growth recovery of the heat stressed yeast, the effect of ginseng saponin on the activity and the heat stability of the amylase produced by Sacchirromyces rouxii were observed. The amylase showed the highst activity at 0.01% of saponin. At this concentration, the activity increased about 23% compared to the control. Furthermore, the ginseng saponin showed a protective effect against thermal inactivation of the amylase produced by Saccharomyces rouxii.

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An Active Clamp High Step-Up Boost Converter with a Coupled Inductor

  • Luo, Quanming;Zhang, Yang;Sun, Pengju;Zhou, Luowei
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.86-95
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    • 2015
  • An active clamp high step-up boost converter with a coupled inductor is proposed in this paper. In the proposed strategy, a coupled inductor is adopted to achieve a high voltage gain. The clamp circuit is included to achieve the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition for both the main and clamp switches. A rectifier composed of a capacitor and a diode is added to reduce the voltage stress of the output rectifier diode. As a result, diodes with a low reverse-recovery time and forward voltage-drop can be utilized. Since the voltage stresses of the main and clamp switches are far below the output voltage, low-voltage-rated MOSFETs can be adopted to reduce conduction losses. Moreover, the reverse-recovery losses of the diodes are reduced due to the inherent leakage inductance of the coupled inductor. Therefore, high efficiency can be expected. Firstly, the derivation of the proposed converter is given and the operation analysis is described. Then, a steady-state performance analysis of the proposed converter is analyzed in detail. Finally, a 250 W prototype is built to verify the analysis. The measured maximum efficiency of the prototype is 95%.