• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.163-172
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• 2011

Subcutaneous foreign body causes recurrent problems such as chronic soft tissue swelling and discharge. Wooden foreign body is one of the most common foreign bodies found in subcutaneous region including face, interdigit, and thoracic or abdominal area. This report demonstrated three dogs with wooden foreign body located in subcutaneous region of thoracic wall, abdominal wall and upper eyelid, respectively. Three dogs showed prominent soft tissue swelling adjacent the foreign body. A sinus or drainage tract was developed in two of these dogs. Ultrasonography revealed that hyperechoic linear structure accompanied acoustic shadow in all dogs, and which was diagnosed as a subcutaneous foreign body. Anechoic or hyperechoic fluid and hypoechoic tissue circumscribed the foreign body. A subcutaneous foreign body in case 3 was removed by clamp under ultrasound-guide with sedation. Sinography was performed in case 1 and clarified that the wooden foreign body did not perforate the thoracic wall and there was no direct communication into thoracic cavity. Ultrasonography and sinography can be used to identify the subcutaneous foreign body and evaluate the inflammatory reaction and relationship between foreign body and adjacent structures.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 송 수신 차량이 편도 2차선의 일반국도를 80[km/h]의 속도로 주행하고, 곡선 반경은 교통사고율이 높은 통계자료를 근거하여 280[m], 직선도로의 길이는 정지시거를 고려하여 140[m], 곡선의 길이는 90[m], 곡선도로를 11.25[m] 간격으로 8개 지점을 선정하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 그 결과 송 수신 차량간 거리가 111[m] 이상이 될 경우에는 좌, 우측 반사체에 의해 이루어지는 반사파의 전파경로 보다는 인접한 차량들에 의해 이루어지는 반사파의 전파 경로가 반복 반사수가 증가함으로 더 갈어지게 된다. 송 수신차량간 거리가 111[m] 미만인 경우에는 수신차량에 전파가 도달하기 위한 반복 반사는 $1{\sim}2$[회]정도 이었으며 송 수신 차량이 위치한 차선에 관계없이 인접한 차량에 의해 발생하는 반사파 보다는 좌, 우측 반사체를 경유하여 수신하게 되는 반사파의 전파경로가 $1{\sim}1.5[m]$정도 더 큼을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2008

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an important noninvasive medical imaging technique that can reveal subsurface structures of biological tissue. OCT has demonstrated a good correlation with histology in sufficient resolution to identify morphological changes in articular cartilage to differentiate normal through progressive stages of degenerative joint disease. Current OCT systems provide individual cross-sectional images that are representative of the tissue directly under the scanning beam, but they may not fully demonstrate the degree of degeneration occurring within a region of a joint surface. For a full understanding of the nature and degree of cartilage degeneration within a joint, multiple OCT images must be obtained and an overall assessment of the joint surmised from multiple individual images. This study presents frequency domain three-dimensional (3-D) OCT imaging of degenerative joint cartilage extracted from bovine knees. The 3-D OCT imaging of articular cartilage enables the assembly of 126 individual, adjacent, rapid scanned OCT images into a full 3-D image representation of the tissue scanned, or these may be viewed in a progression of successive individual two-dimensional (2-D) OCT images arranged in 3-D orientation. A fiber-based frequency domain OCT system that provides cross-sectional images was used to acquire 126 successive adjacent images for a sample volume of $6{\times}3.2{\times}2.5\;mm^3$. The axial resolution was $8\;{\mu}m$ in air. The 3-D OCT was able to demonstrate surface topography and subsurface disruption of articular cartilage consistent with the gross image as well as with histological cross-sections of the specimen. The 3-D OCT volumetric imaging of articular cartilage provides an enhanced appreciation and better understanding of regional degenerative joint disease than may be realized by individual 2-D OCT sectional images.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.193-196
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 지진하중을 받는 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부의 연성능력을 평가하였다. 철근콘크리트 보-기둥 접합부 설계는 보에 소성힌지가 발생하기 이전에 접합부가 파괴하는 경우와 보에 소성힌지가 발생한 이후에 접합부 또는 보가 파괴하는 경우로 구분하여 설계하고 있다. 지금까지의 대부분의 기존 연구는 접합부의 강도 평가에 중점을 두고 있으며, 접합부의 연성능력 평가에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 접합부의 연성을 기둥, 보, 접합부 패널 부분으로 구분하여 각각의 부재가 보-기둥 접합부의 전체 연성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 접합부 설계는 일반적으로 보에 소성힌지를 발생시키고 접합부를 포함한 기둥은 탄성 상태로 설계하므로 탄성해석에 의하여 기둥의 연성을 평가하였다. 접합부 패널은 보의 소성힌지의 변형에 의하여 영향을 받게 된다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 보의 소성힌지의 영향을 고려한 접합부 패널 연성을 평가하였다. 소성힌지가 발생한 보의 연성은 보-기둥 접합부의 연성능력에 가장 큰 영향을 미친다. 보의 연성은 보의 휨에 의한 영향, 철근의 뽑힘에 의한 영향, 소성힌지 구역의 축방향 변형률 증대에 의한 영향으로 구분하였다. 또한 접합부의 부착강도 저감 및 보의 주철근 항복 이후의 철근의 뽑힘 및 소성힌지 구역의 축방향 변형률 증대에 의한 영향을 고려하여 보의 연성능력을 평가하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.541-558
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• 2019

In Special Concentrically Braced Frames (SCBFs), vertical and horizontal components of the brace force must be resisted by column and beam, respectively but normal force component existing at the gusset plate-to-column and beam interfaces, creates out-of-plane action making distortion in column and beam faces adjacent to the gusset plate. It is a main concern in Hollow Structural Section (HSS) columns and beams where their webs and gusset plate are not in the same plane. In this paper, a new gusset plate passing through the HSS columns and beams, named as through gusset plate, is proposed to study the force transfer mechanism in such gusset plates of SCBFs compared to the case with conventional gusset plates. For this purpose, twelve SCBFs with diagonal brace and HSS columns and twelve SCBFs with chevron brace and HSS columns and beams are considered. For each frame, two cases are considered, one with through gusset plates and the other with conventional ones. Based on numerical results, using through gusset plates prevents distortion and out-of-plane deformation at HSS column and beam faces adjacent to the gusset plate helping the entire column and beam cross-sections to resist respectively vertical and horizontal components of the brace force. Moreover, its application increases energy dissipation, lateral stiffness and strength around 28%, 40% and 32%, respectively, improving connection behavior and raising the resistance of the normal force components at the gusset plate-to-HSS column and beam interfaces to approximately 4 and 3.5 times, respectively. Finally, using such through gusset plates leads to better structural performance particularly for HSS columns and beams with larger width-to-thickness ratio elements.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.3459-3464
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• 2014

Synthesis and structural characterization of mercury(II) halides and perchlorate complexes (1-4) of bis-$OS_2$-macrocycle (L) are reported. L reacts with mercury(II) chloride and bromide to yield an isostructural 2D coordination polymers with type $[Hg(L)X_2]_n$ (1: X = Cl and 2: X = Br). In 1, each Hg atom which lies outside the cavity is six-coordinate with a distorted octahedral geometry, being bound to four adjacent ligands via monodentate Hg-S bonds and two remaining sites are occupied by two terminal chlorido ligands to form a fishnet-like 2D structure. When reacting with mercury(II) iodide, L afforded a 1D coordination polymer $\{[Hg_2(L)I_4]{\cdot}CHCl_3\}_n$ (3) in which each exocyclic Hg atom is four-coordinate, being bound to two sulfur donors from different ligands doubly bridging the ligand molecules in a head-to-tail mode. The coordination sphere in 3 is completed by two iodo terminal ligands, adopting a distorted tetrahedral geometry. On reacting with mercury(II) perchlorate, L forms solvent-coordinated 1D coordination polymer $\{[Hg_2(L)(DMF)_6](ClO_4)_4{\cdot}2DMF\}_n$ (4) instead of the anion-coordination. In 4, the Hg atom is five-coordinate, being bound to two sulfur donors from two different ligands doubly bridging the ligand molecules in a side-by-side mode to form a ribbon-like 1D structure. The three remaining coordination sites in 4 are completed by three DMF molecules in a monodentate manner. Consequently, the different structures and connectivity patterns for the observed exocyclic coordination polymers depending on the anions used are influenced not only by the coordination ability of the anions but also by anion sizes.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.87-102
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• 2005

기존의 구조물 또는 서비스에 근접한 터널굴착이 지상공간의 부족으로 인해 종종 도심지에서 이루어지며, 이러한 터널굴착으로 발생하는 지반변위가 인접한 구조물에 손상을 발생시킨다. 본 연구는 근거리 사진계측을 이용한 2차원 모형 파일-지반-터널굴착 실험에 초점을 두었다. 실험장비 및 절차와 더불어 마찰이 있는 사질토 지반으로 간주하는 알루미늄 봉의 특성에 대해서 소개하였다. 실험결과, VMS와 EngVis 프로그램을 이용한 포토 이미지 프로세스는 터널굴착으로 인한 파일 선단부의 거동을 측정하는데 유용한 도구임을 잘 보여 주었다. 결론적으로 사진계측기술을 이용한 실내모형실험을 통해 영향권과 관련된 파일 선단부의 거동 데이터를 생성할 수 있다. 본 연구는 사질토 지반에서 터널굴착으로 인한 정규화 된 파일 선단부의 침하를 근간으로 하는 영향권을 제시한다. 이러한 영향권은 실내모형실험과 수치해석을 통해 규명하였다. 모형실험으로부터 정규화 된 파일 선단부의 거동은 수치해석 결과와 잘 일치하였다. 본 논문에서 제시된 영향권은 계획단계에서 터널시공 위치를 선정하는데 유용할 것으로 판단되나, 지반조건을 고려하는 실제 상황에 적용끈기 위해서는 모형파일과 모형터널의 크기에 대한 축척을 실제크기와 맞게 조정해야 한다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1293-1299
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) for chronic empyema-associated malignancy (CEAM). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT images of 33 patients with chronic empyema, and analyzed the following findings: 1) shape of the empyema cavity, 2) presence of fistula, 3) maximum standardized uptake value (SUV) of the empyema cavity, 4) uptake pattern of the empyema cavity, 5) presence of a protruding soft tissue mass within the empyema cavity, and 6) involvement of adjacent structures. Final diagnosis was determined based on histopathology or clinical follow-up for at least 6 months. The abovementioned findings were compared between the ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT images of CEAM and chronic empyema. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was also performed. Results: Six lesions were histopathologically proven as malignant; there were three cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, two of squamous cell carcinoma, and one of poorly differentiated carcinoma. Maximum SUV within the empyema cavity (p < 0.001) presence of a protruding soft tissue mass (p = 0.002), and involvement of the adjacent structures (p < 0.001) were significantly different between the CEAM and chronic empyema images. The maximum SUV exhibited the highest diagnostic performance, with the highest specificity (96.3%, 26/27), positive predictive value (85.7%, 6/7), and accuracy (97.0%, 32/33) among all criteria. On ROC analysis, the area under the curve of maximum SUV was 0.994. Conclusion: ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT can be useful for diagnosing CEAM in patients with chronic empyema. The maximum SUV within the empyema cavity is the most accurate ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT diagnostic criterion for CEAM.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.273-280
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• 2003

Tunneling in difficult geological conditions is often inevitable especially in urban areas. Ground improvement and reinforcement techniques are often required to guarantee safe tunnel excavations and/or to prevent damage to adjacent structures. The steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting method has been recently applied to tunnel sites in Korea as an auxiliary technique. In this study, the face stability with steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting was evaluated by simultaneously considering two factors: one is the effective stress acting on the tunnel face calculated by limit theorem and limit equilibrium method; the other is the seepage force obtained by means of numerical analysis. The study revealed that the influence of the steel pipe-reinforced multi-step grouting on the support pressure in dry condition is not significant while there is relatively a large amount of reduction in seepage forces by adopting the technique in saturated condition. The effect of the anisotropy of permeability on the seepage force acting on the tunnel face was also estimated by conducting the coupled analysis. It was found that a higher horizontal permeability compared with the vertical one causes reduction in the seepage force acting on the tunnel face.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.37-55
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• 2010

In this paper South Africa is divided into strong wind climate zones, which indicate the main sources of annual maximum wind gusts. By the analysis of wind gust data of 94 weather stations, which had continuous climate time series of 10 years or longer, six sources, or strong-wind producing mechanisms, could be identified and zoned accordingly. The two primary causes of strong wind gusts are thunderstorm activity and extratropical low pressure systems, which are associated with the passage of cold fronts over the southern African subcontinent. Over the eastern and central interior of South Africa annual maximum wind gusts are usually caused by thunderstorm gust fronts during summer, while in the western and southern interior extratropical cyclones play the most dominant role. Along the coast and adjacent interior annual extreme gusts are usually caused by extratropical cyclones. Four secondary sources of strong winds are the ridging of the quasi-stationary Atlantic and Indian Ocean high pressure systems over the subcontinent, surface troughs to the west in the interior with strong ridging from the east, convergence from the interior towards isolated low pressure systems or deep coastal low pressure systems, and deep surface troughs on the West Coast.