• 지능정보연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2011

최근 페이스북, 트위터 등 다양한 소셜 네트워크 서비스(SNS)가 등장하였으며, 많은 사용자들이 SNS를 이용하고 있다. 이러한 사용자의 증가로 인해 많은 조직들은 SNS에 관심을 가지게 되었다. 조직에서 SNS의 사용은 다양한 이점을 지니고 있다. SNS를 통해 조직들은 사용자들의 행위에 신속하고 지속적으로 반응할 수 있고, 다양한 특성을 지닌 사용자에게 쉽게 접근할 수 있으며, 타 매체에 비하여 사용자 특성이 반영된 차별화된 전략을 세울 수 있다. 또한 기업들은 SNS를 통해 상대적으로 저렴한 비용으로 활용이 가능하며, 사용자들과 양방향 소통이 가능하여 친근성과 신뢰성이 있는 관계 구축이 용이하다. 그러나 네트워크의 특성에 따라 SNS의 정보전달의 효과가 다르게 나타남에도 불구하고 조직들은 네트워크의 특성을 고려하지 않고 획일화된 방법으로 SNS를 활용하여 사용자들과 커뮤니케이션하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 네트워크에 따른 SNS의 정보전달의 효과 차이를 분석하였다. 즉 오프라인에서의 커뮤니케이션 기반으로 형성된 네트워크와 무작위로 형성된 네트워크를 생성하여, 각각의 네트워크들의 특징 차이를 분석하기 위하여 소셜 네트워크 분석을 하였다. 또한, 각각의 네트워크에서 SNS를 이용한 정보 전달 효과의 차이가 있는지 실증적으로 검증하였다. 실증 분석후 네트워크의 특성에 따라 네트워크 내 사용자들은 SNS를 받아들이는 반응이 달랐다. 따라서 조직이 효과적인 마케팅 수단으로 소셜 네트워크를 활용하기 위해서는 그 목적에 따라 네트워크의 특성을 고려하여 적절한 네트워크 형태를 구성해야 함을 도출하였다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.104-113
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• 2012

본 연구는 조경공사 관련 분야에 종사하는 전문가집단을 대상으로 조경공사 하자실태 및 하자에 대한 인식을 알아보고자 전문가들의 조경하자에 대한 하자경험, 하자책임, 하자기간, 하자보수이행 등을 조사분석하였다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 하자경험에 관한 사항으로 하자이행에 따른 문제에 대해서 발주기관은 하자문제를 보통정도로 인식하는 반면, 조경건설업체는 하자문제를 심각하게 받아들이고 있었다. 또한 하자보수 시 최우선 고려사항에 대해 발주기관은 하자발생의 원인규명을 중요시 하는 반면 조경건설업체는 하자보수 공사비용을 가장 우선시하고 있었다. 2. 하자책임에 관한 사항으로 먼저 하자책임에 대한 이견의 이유에 대해 발주기관은 하자원인에 대한 정확한 분석 및 처리기준의 부재를 이유로 들었으며, 조경건설업체는 발주자(사용자)의 유지관리 책임의식의 부재를 이유로 보고 있었다. 하자이행을 위한 적합한 방법에 대한 의견으로 발주기관은 객관적인 하자판정 및 처리기준을 따른다고 하였으며, 조경건설업체는 하자 원인을 파악하고 원인자 부담원칙에 의해 분담처리를 해야 한다는 의견을 보였다. 3. 하자기간에 관한 사항으로 먼저 하자담보책임기간 2년에 대한 의견은 발주기관의 경우, 2년을 적정하다고 보는 반면 조경건설업체는 길다고 인식하고 있었다. 또한 하자담보책임기간 시점으로 적합한 시기에 대해서 발주기관은 공사의 전체 준공시점으로 보고 있는 반면, 조경건설업체는 공종별 종료시점을 적당하다고 보고 있어 의견차를 보이고 있었다. 4. 하자이행에 관한 사항으로 먼저 하자담보책임의 제도개선 방안으로 발주기관은 객관적인 하자 판정 및 처리기준수립을, 조경건설업체는 조경공사 유지관리비 반영을 최우선으로 선택하였다. 또한 하자이행을 위해 하자 판정 및 처리기준 제정 시 중요사항으로 발주기관은 객관적인 하자 여부 판정기준을, 조경건설업체는 발주처 및 사용자의 유지관리 방법 및 책임 명시를 각각 중요사항으로 꼽아 의견 차이를 보이고 있었다. 본 연구 결과, 조경공사 하자처리전문기관이 없고 하자판정 및 처리기준과 하자이행체계가 미비하므로 합리적인 하자 처리전문기관을 만들고, 객관적인 판정 및 처리기준의 수립이 필요하다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2011

본 연구는 서울특별시에서 시행한 대학교 담장개방 녹화사업 대상 학교들을 연구 대상으로 선정하였으며, 현재까지 담장개방이 시행된 총 24개의 대학교 중 담장개방 형태를 유형화하여 분류한 후, 각 유형별 대학 중, 시설이 다양하고 이용자가 많아 활성화 된 대표 사례를 선정하여 조사하여 분석하였다. 현장관찰과 문헌조사, 설문조사의 방법을 실시하여 연구하였다. 회수된 설문지는 담장개방 녹화사업 만족도에 대한 신뢰도 분석, 유형별 이용실태에 대한 빈도분석, 전체만족도와 공간환경 및 시설물에 대한 회귀분석, 유형별 차이검증을 위한 One-way ANOVA를 각각 실시하였다. 유형별 이용실태 분석결과, 법제상에서의 개념인 설치위치, 이용자 특성, 이용목적 등 3가지 분석기준과 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 시설별 전체만족도는 전원형 근린소공원 유형의 서울여자간호대학을 제외한 도시형 근린소공원의 감리교신학대학, 광장형 도심소공원의 건국대학교, 녹지형 도심소공원의 세종대학교는 만족하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 대체적으로 분수/수경시설, 체력단련시설, 광장시설에 만족하지 않는 것으로 나타나, 대학교 담장개방 녹화사업 시 시설물에 대한 확충이 필요한 것으로 사료된다. 공간 환경에 대한 전체만족도는 전원형 근린소공원 유형의 서울여자간호대학이 만족하지 않는 것으로 나타났고, 도시형 근린소공원의 감리교신학대학, 광장형 도심소공원의 건국대학교, 녹지형 도심소공원의 세종대학교는 만족하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 네 개의 공원이 대체적으로 시설이용 편리성과 개인사생활에 대해 만족하지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 대로변에 위치한 도심소공원들은 소음정도에 만족하지 않는 것으로 나타나, 담장개방 녹화사업 시 가장고려해야 할 점으로 사료된다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2008

According to technology acceptance model(TAN) which is one of the most important research models for explaining IT users' behavior, on intention of using IT is determined by usefulness and ease of use of it. However, TAM wouldn't explain the performance of using IT while it has been considered as a very good model for prediction of the intention. Many people would not be confirmed in the performance of using IT until they can control it at their will, although they think it useful and easy to use. In other words, in addition to usefulness and ease of use as in TAM, controllability is also should be a factor to determine acceptance of IT. Especially, there is a very close relationship between controllability and ease of use, both of which explain the other sides of control over the performance of using IT, so called perceived behavioral control(PBC) in social psychology. The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between ease of use and controllability, and analyse the effects of both two beliefs over performance and intention in using IT. For this purpose, we review the issues related with PBC in information systems studies as well as social psychology, Based on a review of PBC, we suggest a research model which includes the relationship between control and performance in using IT, and prove its validity empirically. Since it was introduced as qa variable for explaining volitional control for actions in theory of planned behavior(TPB), there have been confusion about concept of PBC in spite of its important role in predicting so many kinds of actions. Some studies define PBC as self-efficacy that means actor's perception of difficulty or ease of actions, while others as controllability. However, this confusion dose not imply conceptual contradiction but a double-faced feature of PBC since the performance of actions is related with both self-efficacy and controllability. In other words, these two concepts are discriminated and correlated with each other. Therefore, PBC should be considered as a composite concept consisting of self-efficacy and controllability, Use of IT has been also one of important areas for predictions by PBC. Most of them have been studied by analysis of comparison in prediction power between TAM and TPB or modification of TAM by inclusion of PBC as another belief as like usefulness and ease of use. Interestingly, unlike the other applications in social psychology, it is hard to find such confusion in the concept of PBC in the studies for use of IT. In most of studies, controllability is adapted as PBC since the concept of self-efficacy is included in ease of use explicitly. Based on these discussions, we can suggest perceived use control(PUC) which is defined as perception of control over the performance of using IT and composed of controllability and ease of use as sub-concepts. We suggest a research model explaining acceptance of IT which includes the relationships of PUC with attitude and performance of using IT. For empirical test of our research model, two user groups are selected for surveying questionnaires. In the first group, there are freshmen who take a basic course for Microsoft Excel, and the second group consists of senior students who take a course for analysis of management information by Excel. Most of measurements are adapted ones that have been validated in the other studies, while performance is real score of mid-term in each class. In result, four hypotheses related with PUC are supported statistically with very low significance level. Main contribution of this study is suggestion of PUC through theoretical review of PBC. Specifically, a hierarchical model of PUC are derived from very rigorous studies in the relationship between self-efficacy and controllability with a view of PBC in social psychology. The relationship between PUC and performance is another main contribution.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.277-291
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• 2008

수계관리를 위해서는 수계의 상태를 평가하고 관리 목표를 바탕으로 수계의 문제를 파악하고, 이를 해결하기 위한 적절한 대책을 수립해야 한다. 수계는 여러 개의 유역들로 나눠지며, 이들은 수자원, 사회 및 경제 시스템, 법률 및 제도, 사용자, 토지, 생태계 등의 요소들로 구성되어 있다. 이들은 복잡하게 연결되어 네트워크를 형성한다. 본 연구에서는 수계 관리 정황에서 유역관리를 실시하기 위해서 유역의 관리 상태를 평가하기 위한 평가지수를 개발하였다. 평가지수는 이수 관리, 환경 및 생태계 관리, 홍수 관리를 평가하기 위한 세부지표와 변수로 구성이 되었으며, 이들은 요인분석을 통하여 선정되었다. 세부지수의 구성변수들을 선정하기 위하여 먼저 관련 자료들을 유역 시스템의 구성 요소인 수자원, 토지, 생태계, 사회 및 경제 시스템, 법과 제도, 사용자 등을 대분류 항목으로 설정하고 수집하였다. 둘 째, 요인분석에 적합한 변수들을 선정하기 위하여 KMO 표본 적합성 검사와 Bartlett의 구형성 검사를 각각 실시하였다. 셋 째, 선정된 변수들을 요인분석을 통하여 세부지표로 그룹화하였으며, 각 세부지수에 대하여 3가지 요인들이 선정되었다. 이들 요인들은 세부지수의 세부지표가 되며, 포함된 변수들의 관계와 특성을 고려하여 세부지표의 이름이 지어졌다. 마지막으로 요인분석 결과를 검토하기 위하여 변수들의 요인 부하량을 검토하였으며, 요인점수들 사이의 상관분석을 실시하여 요인 점수들 사이에 상관성이 없다는 결과를 얻었다. 검토 결과는 본 연구에서 개발 된 유역관리 평가지수의 구성변수의 선정과 이들의 그룹화가 적절한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 개발된 평가지수가 유역관리 평가에 효과적으로 적용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.120-131
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• 2015

본 연구는 도시공원 내 텃밭 경작 참여 여부에 따른 공원 공공성 인식 연구로 공원 내 텃밭에서 발생하고 있는 문제점을 기반으로 공원 내 텃밭에 관한 인식과 공원 내 텃밭 공공성 평가, 공원 내 텃밭 공공성 증진에 대한 이용자 인식을 파악하고자 하였다. 텃밭 경작 참여 여부에 따른 인식 차이를 비교하기 위해 경작 참여 집단과 비참여 집단을 구분하여 분석을 시행하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 경작 참여 집단은 비참여 집단에 비해 공원 내 텃밭 조성에 대한 필요성을 긍정적으로 인식하고 있었으나 공원 내 텃밭을 개인의 이익을 위한 공간으로 인식하고 있어 공원의 공공성을 위협하고 있었다. 둘째, 공원 내 텃밭 공공성을 평가한 결과, 경작 비참여 집단이 참여 집단에 비해 도시공원 내 텃밭의 공공성을 부정적으로 인식하고 있었다. 셋째, 공원 내 텃밭 공공성 증진을 위한 텃밭 분양 방법 및 소비 방법에 대한 인식 조사 결과, 경작 참여 집단은 텃밭을 공공의 가치로 인식하기보다는 개인의 가치를 위한 공간으로 인식하고 있었으며, 이에 지속가능한 관리 운영을 위해서 두 집단 모두 공원 이용자 사이에 텃밭의 공공적 가치 인식을 공유하는 것이 필요하다고 나타났다. 본 연구는 공원의 기능과 텃밭의 기능이 상충되지 않고 도시공원 내 텃밭이 공원 공공성을 해치지 않는 범위 내에서 조성 및 관리 운영되기 위한 이용자 측면의 방향성을 제시하였다는 것에 의의가 있다. 따라서 앞으로 공원 내 텃밭이 조성되고 관리 운영함에 있어 공원의 공공성을 유지하는데 도움을 주는 기초적인 자료로 활용될 것을 기대한다.

• 기록학연구
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• 제13호
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• pp.91-134
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• 2006

일반적으로 사적(私的)영역에서 수집되는 기록물, 즉 매뉴스크립트는 물리적 상태가 불량하고 기록물의 전후 맥락과 생산이력에 대한 정보가 파편적으로 수집되는 경우가 대부분이다. 때문에 수집형 기록관에서는 다양한 경로로 수집되는 기록물에 대한 생산기관(생산자)명을 효과적으로 통제하고 기록물 생산배경을 이해할 때 핵심요소인 출처정보를 축적할 필요가 있다. 수집형 기록관에서 이러한 전거제어와 출처정보 관리는 수집부터 체계화되어야 하며, 이는 수집시 관리과정까지 고려하여 필요한 정보를 구축하는 것을 의미한다. 이 논문은 민주화운동기념사업회 사료관이 개발한 사료관리시스템 가운데 전거제어 방식을 소개함으로써 수집형 기록관의 전거제어 및 출처정보 축적의 필요성을 확인하고 기록물 전거시스템을 구축할 때 고려할 사항들을 제안하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 사료관리에서 전거제어의 필요성을 알아보고, 사료전거제어 기준과 실무절차, 구축과정에 대해 살펴보았다. 사료관 사료전거시스템의 특징은 수집, 등록, 기술 등 각 업무 흐름에 따라 전거를 제어하고 출처정보를 관리하여 이를 사료의 지적 관리와 검색도구로 이용한다는 것에 있다. 끝으로 이러한 전거관리 사례를 통해 국제표준인 ISAAR(CPF)를 준용하여 기관마다 적합한 형태로 기술요소를 재구성하고 전거파일 유형을 설정하여 표준적으로 관리해야 할 것을 제안함으로써 향후 수집형 기록관에서 기록물 전거시스템을 구축하는데 있어 참고할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 지하철 이용자의 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성의 군집그룹별 선호도를 파악하는 것이다. 세부적으로 성별, 연령 등의 특성에 따라 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성을 다양하게 디자인하는 개념을 도입하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구는 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성의 선호도를 조사하고 전체그룹과 군집그룹별 선호도를 분석하였다. 선호도 조사를 위해 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 선호도 분석을 위해 군집분석을 실시하고 전체그룹과 군집그룹의 인구통계학적 분석과 컨조인트 분석을 실시하였다. 선호도 조사를 위한 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성의 속성은 상하여백, 측여백, 테두리선 여백, 화살표 두께, '역명'과 '호선번호' 순서로 설정하였다. 선호도 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 전체그룹에서 속성의 중요도는 테두리선 여백, '역명'과 '호선번호' 순서, 측여백, 상하여백, 화살표 두께 순으로 나타났다. 군집그룹은 총 3개의 그룹으로, 1군집은 지하철을 거의 매일, 일주일에 3~4회 이용하는 여성으로, 글자의 1/2 측여백을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 2군집은 60대 이상의 지하철 표지를 불편하다고 생각하는 이용자로, 테두리가 없는 것과 '역명'+'호선번호' 순서를 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 3군집은 20대와 30대의 남성으로, 글자의 1/5 테두리선 여백과 얇은 화살표 두께를 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성을 일관성 있게 디자인 해야하지만, 특정지역 혹은 노선에 대해서 성별, 연령별, 지하철 이용횟수에 따라 다양하게 고려할 필요성이 제시되었다. 둘째, 특정지역 혹은 노선에 따라서는 지하철 표지 여백에 대한 특성의 표지를 표준화된 한 가지 유형이 아닌 두 가지 이상의 유형의 디자인이 가능함을 보여주었다.

• 한국유통학회지:유통연구
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.111-137
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• 2010

본 연구는 서비스 시장에서의 지각된 품질과 개인가치간의 인과적 관계 및 고객의 인지욕구에 따른 온 오프라인상의 조절효과에 대해 실증분석하였으며 이를 통해 개인가치에 대한 서비스 전략과 마케팅 관리의 중요성을 제시하고 있다. 서비스 시장에서 서비스 제공자와 구매자간의 장기적 거래관계의 중요성이 크게 부각됨에 따라 관계구축 및 강화에 매우 중요한 역할을 하는 개인가치에 관한 연구는 학계뿐만 아니라 실무적으로도 고객관계관리의 관점에서 시사하는 바가 크다고 할 수 있다. 실증분석을 위해 대형마트(할인점)와 인터넷 쇼핑몰을 이용하는 고객을 대상으로 설문을 통해 데이터를 수집하였으며 온 오프라인의 비교분석을 통한 차이검증을 위한 인과적 구성모델에 대해 구조방정식 모델분석을 통해 가설검증하였다. 구성모델에 대한 분석결과 물리적 환경, 상호작용 품질, 그리고 결과품질로 구성된 지각된 품질은 안정적 삶, 사회적 인식, 사회적 통합으로 구성된 서비스 개인가치에 통계적으로 매우 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 집단간 차이효과분석을 통해서도 온 오프라인에 따른 조정효과는 온라인에서보다는 오프라인에서 더 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 온라인상에서의 서비스에 대한 인지욕구가 높을 때보다는 오프라인상에서의 서비스에 대한 인지욕구가 높을 때 개인가치에 더 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 구성모델에 대한 적합도 역시 수용할만한 수준인 것으로 나타났다.

• 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.