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구리 회수를 위한 식물뿌리 기반 친환경 바이오 흡착제의 적용 - 합성수지와의 비교 (Application of Environmental Friendly Bio-adsorbent based on a Plant Root for Copper Recovery Compared to the Synthetic Resin)

  • Bawkar, Shilpa K.;Jha, Manis K.;Choubey, Pankaj K.;Parween, Rukshana;Panda, Rekha;Singh, Pramod K.;Lee, Jae-chun
    • 자원리싸이클링
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    • 제31권4호
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    • pp.56-65
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    • 2022
  • 구리는 우수한 특성, 특히 높은 전도성과 낮은 저항으로 인해 전기/전자 제조 산업에 널리 사용되는 비철금속 중 하나이다. 이러한 산업의 표면 처리 공정에서는 구리 함량이 높은 폐수가 발생하며, 직간접적으로 수계로 배출된다. 이는 심각한 환경 오염을 일으키고 또한 귀중한 유용금속의 손실을 초래한다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위하여, 효율적이고 저렴하며 친환경적인 흡착제를 찾기 위한 목적으로 흡착 분야에서 전 세계적으로 지속적인 연구개발이 진행되고 있다. 이러한 점을 고려하여, 본 연구에서는 위와 같은 폐수로부터 구리 흡착을 위한 바이오 흡착제로서 식물뿌리(Datura 뿌리 분말)의 성능을 합성 흡착제(Tulsion T-42)와 비교하였다. 실험은 흡착제 투여량, 접촉시간, pH, 주입액 농도 등의 변수들을 최적화하기 위하여 회분식으로 수행되었다. 초기구리농도가 100 ppm이고 pH가 4인 주입액에서, 0.2 g Datura 뿌리 분말을 15분간 접촉하였을 때 구리 흡착율은 95%이었으며, 0.1 g Tulsion T-42은 30분간 접촉에서 95%의 흡착율을 나타내었다. 두 흡착제의 흡착 데이터는 Freundlich 등온선과 잘 일치하였으며, 유사 2차 속도식을 따르는 것을 나타내었다. 전체 결과는 본 연구의 바이오 흡착제가 표면처리 공정의 폐액 또는 폐수로부터 금속 회수에 적용될 가능성을 보여주고 있다.

붉가시나무의 종실 생산량 및 형질특성 - 전라남도 완도, 진도, 해남을 중심으로 - (Acorn Production and Characteristics of Quercus acuta Thunb - Focused on Wando, Jindo and Haenam in Jeollanam-do, Korea -)

  • 김소담;박인협
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제35권6호
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    • pp.621-631
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    • 2021
  • 전남지역의 완도, 진도, 해남을 대상으로 난대상록활엽수림 복원 시 붉가시나무 종실 공급과 묘목 양성에 대한 정보 필요성에 따라 붉가시나무의 종실 생산량 및 종실 형질 특성을 조사 분석하였다. 조사 분석을 위해 표면적 1m2의 종자 트랩을 10개(완도 8개, 해남 1개, 진도 1개) 방형구에 방형구 당 3개씩 총 30개를 설치하였다. 2013년부터 2016년까지 매년 8월에서 12월까지 매월 말 종자 트랩 내로 낙하한 종실을 수거하였으며, 낙하 종실을 수거해 건전, 충해, 부후, 쭉정이 등으로 구분 후 종실 생산량을 산정하였다. 건전 종실의 경우 각두를 제거한 종실의 길이, 지름, 무게 등 종실 형질을 측정하였다. 조사한 종실 생산량 및 종실 형질은 연별, 임분별, 월별, 처리구별 등을 연평균 값 비교분석을 위해 Duncan의 다중검정 등을 실시하였다. 각 방형구 내 종자 트랩 낙하 종실량은 2013년에 5~350립/3m2, 2014년에 17~551립/3m2, 2015년에 5~454립/3m2, 2016년에 14~705립/3m2로 방형구 간에 차이가 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 방형구내 임목 밀도 등으로 인한 수광량의 유입차로 추정진다. 전체 연도별 종실 생산량을 ha당 산정한 결과 각각 2013년에 335,000립, 2014년에 932,000립, 2015년에 556,000립, 2016년에 1,037,000립이었으며, 2년을 주기로 다소 차이가 나타났다. 종실 생산량 증감은 임분 간 동시성을 보여 붉가시나무는 임목 개체 간 결실 풍흉 및 결실 시기의 주기성이 뚜렷한 것으로 판단된다. 9월에 가장 많은 종실이 낙하하였으나 충해종실의 피해 또한 많은 것으로 나타나 종실의 조기 낙하를 방제한다면 결실 기간을 높여 충실 종실의 대량생산이 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 지역별 연평균 종실 길이의 경우 유의성이 없었으며, 종실 지름과 종실 무게의 경우 해남 종실이 완도, 진도 종실에 비해 유의적으로 평균값이 높게 나타났다. 월별 연평균 종실 형질은 유의적 차이는 보이지 않았으며, 11월의 연평균 종실 길이, 지름, 무게가 각각 19.72mm, 12.23mm, 1.64g으로 8월~11월 중 최대치를 보였다.

미세먼지 처리에 따른 전나무, 중국단풍, 소나무, 굴참나무의 생리⋅생화학적 반응 및 흡착 특성 (Physiological, Biochemical, and Adsorption Characteristics of Abies holophylla, Acer buergerianum, Pinus densiflora, and Quercus variabilis under Elevated Particulate Matter)

  • 우상헌;이고은;이종규;곽명자;임예지;정수경;제선미;장한나;손정아;오창영;김경하;우수영
    • 한국산림과학회지
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    • 제112권1호
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 2023
  • 도시와 자연에 부정적인 영향을 끼치는 미세먼지에 대한 저감 연구가 점점 심화되고 있다. 이에따른 미세먼지 저감 대책 중 하나로써 도시 수목의 미세먼지 저감 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 하지만 이와 관련하여 미세먼지에 의한 도시 수목의 피해 반응 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구는 도시 수목 중 전나무(Abies holophylla), 중국단풍(Acer buergerianum), 소나무(Pinus densiflora), 굴참나무(Quercus variabilis)에 대하여 고농도 미세먼지 처리로 나타나는 피해반응을 조사하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 위 네 수종을 대상으로 식물생장조절챔버(phytotron)에서 시간 당 300 ㎍ m-3 농도의 미세먼지를 처리하여 각 수종의 생리적, 생화학적 변화 반응과 잎의 흡착면적을 측정하였다. 그리고 순광합성량, 기공전도도, 증산률, 엽록소 함량, ROS, MDA, 잎의 흡착면적에 대해서 상관 분석을 진행하여 상호 간의 관계를 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 수종마다 생리·생화학적 반응과 흡착면적이 종 특이적으로 나타났다. 순광합성량의 경우 전나무에서 가장 큰 감소세를 보였으며 소나무와 굴참나무는 큰 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 굴참나무는 ROS의 변화 또한 미미하였다. 모든 수종에서 MDA 함량이 공통적으로 증가하였다. 4주 처리 이후 흡착면적에서 전나무는 잎의 앞면, 소나무는 잎의 뒷면에 높은 면적량을 나타냈다. 상관성 분석 결과 생리적 반응 요인들 간에 양의 상관관계가 있음을 확인하였고, 잎의 앞면에 높은 흡착면적을 보일수록 생리적 반응에 부정적인 영향이 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 미세먼지 저감과 지속 가능한 도시 숲을 효율적으로 조성하기 위한 수종 선택의 기초 데이터를 제공한다.

더덕 플러그묘의 하절기 생산을 위한 적정 저온처리 기간과 차광 수준 (Appropriate Cold Treatment Periods and Shading Levels on Codonopsis lanceolata for Plug Seedling Production in Summer Season)

  • 박은원;황정훈;황희성;정현우;황소영;유진;황승재
    • 생물환경조절학회지
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    • 제32권2호
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2023
  • 더덕은 한국과 중국에서 주로 재배되는 약용작물로 낮은 발아율과 고온에 취약한 문제점을 지니고 있어 하절기 육묘에 어려움이 있다. 저온처리는 종자의 휴면을 타파하고 발아율을 향상시키는데 효과적이다. 차광재배는 식물체가 받는 태양광을 조절함으로써 고온과 강한 광에 의한 피해를 줄일 수 있다. 본 연구는 더덕의 발아를 위한 적정 저온처리 기간과 육묘기간 중 차광 수준을 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 저온처리는 4℃에서 0(control), 1, 2, 3, 그리고 4주간 수행되었다. 차광 시험은 더덕을 0(무처리), 45, 그리고 75% 차광 수준에서 45일간 육묘하였다. 일주일간의 저온처리는 더덕의 발아세를 유의하게 향상시켰다. 45% 차광처리에서 더덕 묘의 초장, 엽면적, 그리고 생체중과 건물중은 유의적으로 증가되었다. 총 뿌리 길이, 뿌리의 표면적과 근단 수 등의 지하부 생육은 45%와 75% 차광처리에서 무처리에 비해 향상되었다. 묘소질 지표인 충실도와 DQI는 45% 차광처리에서 가장 우수하였다. 따라서 더덕은 4℃에서 일주일간 저온처리를 거친 후 파종하고, 하절기 육묘 시 45% 차광처리를 통해 안정적인 육묘가 가능할 것이다.

DNA 바코드를 이용한 제주도 연안 파래대발생(green tide)을 형성하는 갈파래(genus Ulva) 군집구조 및 주요 종 구성의 시간적 변이 (Temporal variation in the community structure of green tide forming macroalgae(Chlorophyta; genus Ulva) on the coast of Jeju Island, Korea based on DNA barcoding)

  • 박혜진;변서연;박상율;이혁제
    • 환경생물
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    • 제40권4호
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    • pp.464-476
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    • 2022
  • 가속화되는 기후변화로 인해 전 세계 각지의 연안에서 해조류 대발생(macroalgal bloom)이 빈번하게 일어나고 있다. 특히, 녹조류의 대량 증식으로 인한 녹조(파래) 대발생(green tide) 현상은 지역 경제뿐만 아니라 연안 생태계 환경에도 막대한 피해를 주고 있다. 우리나라의 경우 2000년대부터 제주도 동북부 해안을 중심으로 파래대발생이 연중 지속적으로 관찰되며, 최근에는 남해와 동해 일대에서도 국지적으로 관찰되고 있다. 파래대발생의 원인 종은 갈파래속(Chlorophyta; genus Ulva)으로 알려져 있으며, 기후변화의 영향으로 해수 온도의 상승과 담지하수 및 인근지역 오염수 배출로 인한 질소와 인의 대량 유입으로 인한 영양염류 증가가 주요 원인으로 추정되고 있다. 갈파래속은 환경변화에 의해 형태적 발현의 가소성이 높은 표현형 적응성(phenotypic plasticity) 때문에 형태적 종 동정은 거의 불가능하다. 갈파래류 종 판별을 위해서는 분자유전학적 분석이 수행되어야 하나 현재 분자데이터를 이용한 갈파래 종 분포, 군집구조와 같은 생태조사연구는 매우 미흡한 실정이다. 파래대발생 피해 저감을 위해서는 파래대발생 주요 종들을 분자계통학적 분석을 통하여 정확하게 파악하는 것이 우선이다. 선행 연구에서는 2015년 파래대발생을 일으키는 주요 종 파악을 위해 핵 DNA ITS와 엽록체 DNA tufA (chloroplast elongation factor Tu) 유전자를 이용하여 분자계통학적 분석을 수행하였으며, 종 동정에는 tufa 유전자가 더 정확한 결과를 나타냈다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 tufA 유전자를 이용해 2015~2020년 제주도 연안에서 파래대발생을 일으키는 주요 구성 갈파래 종의 군집구조 및 종 다양성을 파악하고 종 구성의 시간적 변이를 확인하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 온대와 아열대 해역에서 주로 생장하는 것으로 알려진 큰갈파래와 구멍갈파래 종이 파래대발생의 주요 구성 종임을 확인하였다. 구멍갈파래는 2015년(35.75%)에서 2020년(36.18%) 기간 상대빈도의 변화가 거의 없고 안정적으로 유지되었으나, 큰갈파래의 경우 2015년(20.77%)에 비해 2020년(36.84%) 빈도가 대략 16% 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 기후변화와 연관된 평균 해수면 온도의 상승에 큰갈파래의 높은 성장률 및 적응력과 관련이 있을 수 있으며, 제주도의 갈파래 군집을 구성하는 종 수는 2015년에는 9종이었으나 2020년에는 7종으로 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 유럽 원산지 외래종인 긴통갈파래와 굽은갈파래가 2015년과 2020년 모두 제주 연안에서 관찰되어 이 두 종에 대한 향후 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다. 본 연구의 결과는 우리나라 연안에서 발생하는 파래대발생의 저감을 위해 주요 종인 갈파래속(genus Ulva)에 대한 분자유전학적 데이터에 대한 정보를 제공하고자 한다.

폭발하중을 받는 콘크리트 구조물의 실험적 거동분석 : (II) 초고강도 콘크리트 및 RPC 슬래브의 실험결과 (Behavior Analysis of Concrete Structure under Blast Loading : (II) Blast Loading Response of Ultra High Strength Concrete and Reactive Powder Concrete Slabs)

  • 이나현;김성배;김장호;조윤구
    • 대한토목학회논문집
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    • 제29권5A호
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    • pp.565-575
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    • 2009
  • 최근, 테러 및 전쟁과 관련된 폭발사고가 빈번히 발생하고 있으며, 특히 도심지에서는 이러한 폭발사고로 인해 인명피해 뿐 아니라 주요 시설물에도 큰 손상이 가해져 제2차, 3차의 피해가 발생하게 된다. 폭발사고에 대하여 인명 및 시설물을 안전하게 보호하기 위해서는 기본적으로 구조물에 가해지는 폭발하중 효과에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 폭발하중은 매우 빠른 시간 내에 콘크리트 구조물에 큰 압력으로 작용하는 하중이므로 변형률 속도와 구조물의 국부적인 손상을 고려하여 동적응답을 평가해야 한다. 일반적으로, 콘크리트는 다른 건설재료에 비해 상대적으로 높은 폭발저항성을 가진 재료이지만, 일반강도 콘크리트는 충격 및 폭발하중에 대하여 충분한 저항성능을 가지지 않는다. 그러므로 방호설계에서는 고에너지 흡수력과 높은 파괴저항성을 지니는 새로운 재료의 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 최근 활발하게 연구 중인 초고강도 콘크리트(UHSC)와 Reactive Powder Concrete(RPC)에 대한 방폭성능을 평가하고자 한다. UHSC와 RPC는 강도 및 성능향상, 부재의 치수 및 중량 감소, 내진저항성 향상과 같은 장점들로 인해 초고층건물 및 초장대교량에서 사용되어지고 있다. 또한 UHSC와 RPC는 9.11테러와 같은 테러 및 충격하중에 의한 사회주요시설물의 방호설계에 적용할 수 있다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 폭발하중에 대한 UHSC 및 RPC 구조물의 거동을 파악하기 위하여 $1.0m{\times}1.0m{\times}150mm$의 슬래브 구조물 시편을 제작하여 폭발실험을 수행하였으며, 폭발파의 특성 뿐만 아니라 최대 및 잔류 변위와 철근과 콘크리트 표면에서 변형률을 측정하여 구조물의 거동을 분석하였다. 또한 손상 및 파괴모드를 각 시편별로 측정하였다. 본 실험을 통해 UHSC 및 RPC가 일반강도콘크리트에 비해 폭발저항성이 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

딥러닝과 Landsat 8 영상을 이용한 캘리포니아 산불 피해지 탐지 (Detection of Wildfire Burned Areas in California Using Deep Learning and Landsat 8 Images)

  • 서영민;윤유정;김서연;강종구;정예민;최소연;임윤교;이양원
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제39권6_1호
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    • pp.1413-1425
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    • 2023
  • 기후변화로 인한 대형 산불의 빈도가 증가함에 따라 극심한 인명 및 재산상의 피해를 초래하고 있다. 이로 인해 많은 식생이 소실되며, 그 강도와 발생 형태에 따라 생태계 변화에 영향을 끼친다. 생태계 변화는 다시 산불 발생을 유발하여 2차 피해를 야기한다. 따라서 산불 피해지에 대한 정확한 탐지 및 면적 산정의 중요성이 지속적으로 제기되고 있다. 효율적인 산불 피해지 모니터링을 위해 산불 발생 후 실시간 지형 및 기상정보는 물론 피해지역의 영상을 대규모로 취득할 수 있는 위성영상이 주로 활용되고 있다. 최근, 합성곱 신경망(convolution neural network, CNN) 기반 모델부터 고성능 트랜스포머(Transformer) 기반 모델에 이르기까지 딥러닝 알고리즘이 빠르게 발전하면서 산림원격탐사에서 이를 적용한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 현재까지 적용된 딥러닝 모델은 제한적이며 현업에서의 합리적인 활용을 위한 정량적 성능평가에 대한 보고가 부족한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 모델에 따른 성능향상과 데이터 설계에 따른 성능향상을 중점적으로 비교 분석하였다. 미국 캘리포니아 지역을 대상으로 CNN 기반 모델의 U-Net, High Resolution Network-Object Contextual Representation (HRNet-OCR)을 활용하여 산불 피해지 모델을 구축하였다. 또한, 기본 파장대역과 함께 식생활력도 및 지표의 수분함량 정도를 고려하고자 normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized burn ratio (NBR)와 같은 산불 관련 분광지수를 산출하여 입력 이미지로 사용하였다. U-Net의 mean intersection over union (mIoU)이 0.831, HRNet-OCR이 0.848을 기록하여 두 모델 모두 우수한 영상분할 성능을 보였다. 또한, 밴드 반사도뿐 아니라 분광지수를 추가한 결과 모든 조합에서 평가지표 값이 상승하여 분광지수를 활용한 입력 데이터 확장이 픽셀 세분화에 기여함을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 딥러닝 방법론을 발전시킨다면 우리나라의 산불 피해지에 대한 신속한 파악 및 복구 계획 수립의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

Sensory Information Processing

  • Yoshimoto, Chiyoshi
    • 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1985
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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High Resolution HC$_3$N Observations toward the Central Region of Sagittarius B2

  • H.S-Ching;Oh, M.ishi;M.Morimoto
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 1993
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70${\pm}$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32${\pm}$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500,550,570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500,550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100,300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3,000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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Polypropylene Mat에 의(依)한 용수로(用水路)의 누수방지(漏水防止)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (A Study on the Leakage Protection with Polypropylene Mat in Irrigation Canal)

  • 강신업;강예묵;조성섭
    • 농업과학연구
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.166-184
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    • 1979
  • Dam에 저수(貯水)한 물이 흙수로(水路)에 의(依)해서 도수(導水)되는 과정(過程)에서 많은 손실(損失)을 보게 된다. 특(特)히 이들 용수로(用水路)가 사력층(砂礫層)과 같은 투수성지반(透水性地盤)을 통과(通過)할 때 용수로(用水路)의 누수방지(漏水防止)를 위(爲)해서 Lining을 실시(實施)하여 왔다. 이들 용수로(用水路)의 누수방지(漏水防止)를 위(爲)한 Lining 방법(方法)은 많은 연구(硏究)가 계속(繼續)되어 왔고 최근(最近)에는 plastic film 혹은 polyethylene film 등(等)으로 Lining 하는 방법(方法)이 고안(考案)되어 연구(硏究)하고 있다. 그러나 이들 재료(材料)는 강도(强度)가 약(弱)하여 파손(破損)될 위험성(危險性)이 있고 또 모래나 자갈 입자(粒子)와 접촉(接觸)하면 pin-hole이 생겨서 누수(漏水)하게 된다. 본(本)연구(硏究)에서는 이와 같은 흠점(欠點)을 보완(補完)하기 위(爲)하여 polypropylene mat에 vinyl을 coating해서 매설(埋設) Lining하는 방법(方法)을 시험(試驗)하였다. Polypropylene mat 매설(埋設) 혹은 노출(露出)에 따르는 내구성(耐久性)의 변화(變化), Asphalt 부착부(附着部)의 내구성(耐久性) 및 동해(凍害) 등(等)은 장기간(長期間)의 시험(試驗)이 필요(必要)하므로 아직도 미비(未備)된 점(點)이 있으나 본시험(本試驗)에서 얻은 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 수로(水路)의 저면(底面)과 양측사면(兩側斜面)의 연결부(連結部)는 곡선(曲線)으로 설치(設置)하는 것이 사면(斜面)의 안정도(安定度)가 크고 공사비(工事費)가 절약(節約)된다. 곡급부(曲級部)의 곡율변화(曲率變化)와 polypropylene mat의 감소량(減少量) 및 절토(切土)의 감소량(減少量)과의 관계(關係)를 사면(斜面)의 경사(傾斜)로 유도(誘導)해서 그림 7~그림 9에 표시(表示)하였다. 2. Polypropylene mat의 보호(保護)를 위(爲)해서 피복재료(被覆材料)를 덮어야 하고 이 두께는 수심(水深), 사면(斜面)의 안정(安定), 수로내((水路內) 침전물(沈澱物)의 제거작업(除去作業), 통행(通行), 비관개기(非灌漑期)의 back pressure 등(等)을 고려(考慮)해서 30cm 이상(以上)으로 함이 바람직하다. 3. 피복재료(被覆材料)는 사면침식(斜面侵蝕)을 방지(防止)하기 위(爲)해서 모래질(質)흙은 속에 넣고 표면(表面)은 조립질(粗粒質)의 자갈을 덮는 것이 수로사면(水路斜面)의 안정(安定)을 위(爲)해서도 좋을 것이다. 4. 용수로(用水路)의 사면안정검토(斜面安定檢討)는 수로저면(水路底面)의 수동부(受動部)를 고려(考慮)함이 타당(妥當)하고 사면안정(斜面安定), 허용유속(許容流速) 및 소유력(掃流力)을 고려(考慮)해서 1 : 2정도(程度)의 경사(傾斜)로 설치(設置)함이 바람직하다. 5. Earth Lining의 공사비(工事費)와 비재(比載)할 때 Vinyl로 coating 한 polypropylene mat의 Linging은 흙의 운반거리(運搬距離) 500m 일 때는 28%, 700m 일 때는 37%의 공사비(工事費)를 절약(節約)할 수 있다. 6. Vinyl로 coating 한 'polypropylene mat로 Lining 하면 거의 완벽(完壁)할 정도(程度)로 누수(漏水)를 방지(防止)할 수 있으나 Asphalt로 접합(接合)시켰을 때 polypropylene mat의 강도(强度)에 변화(變化)가 오는 것이 예상(豫想)되므로 경과시간(經過時間)에 따르는 강도변화(强度變化)는 계속(繼續)해서 연구(硏究)해야 할 것으로 생각된다.

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