• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

This study attempted to investigate how mass media marketing of a hospital influences patient volume. Additionally, the association of patient volume with exposure time and the type of mass media was examined. Data from a university hospital in Bundang (from January 2014 to November 2014) were used. Degree of physicians' mass media marketing was measured by the number of media exposure. Linear mixed model for repeated measures data was run to identify the associations between the number of media exposure and patient volume. First, the number of hospital physician's mass media exposure and new patients and the first visit patients were positively associated. Second, broadcasting media which has relatively significant in patient volume is TV programs such as cultural programs and news. Third, hospital physicians with higher ranks who were exposed to press media receive more patient appointment. Also, nonsurgical hospital physicians who were exposed to press media receive more patients. Fourth, medical treatment activities for hospital staff who hold the rank of Professor in case of making an appearance at press media have relatively increased. Hospital physician's media exposure, particularly TV programs, was significantly related to patient volume for outpatients.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.63-86
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• 2022

A refined projection-based purely Lagrangian meshfree method is presented towards reliable numerical analysis of fluid flow interactions with saturated/unsaturated porous media of uniform/spatially-varying porosities. The governing equations are reformulated on the basis of two-phase mixture theory with incorporation of volume fraction. These principal equations of mixture are discretized in the context of Incompressible SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method. Associated with the consideration of governing equations of mixture, a new term arises in the source term of PPE (Poisson Pressure Equation), resulting in modified source term. The linear and nonlinear force terms are included in momentum equation to represent the resistance from porous media. Volume increase of fluid particles are taken into consideration on account of the presence of porous media, and hence multi-resolution ISPH framework is also incorporated. The stability and accuracy of the proposed method are thoroughly examined by reproducing several numerical examples including the interactions between fluid flow and saturated/unsaturated porous media of uniform/spatially-varying porosities. The method shows continuous pressure field, smooth variations of particle volumes and regular distributions of particles at the interface between fluid and porous media.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.40-49
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• 2005

Several optimization techniques have been proposed for volume ray casting, but these cannot achieve real-time frame rates. In addition, it is difficult to apply them to some applications that require perspective projection. Recently, hardware-based methods using 3D texture mapping are being used for real-time volume rendering. Although rendering speed approaches real time, the larger volumes require more swapping of volume bricks for the limited texture memory. Also, image quality deteriorates compared with that of conventional volume ray casting. In this paper, we propose a data structure for real-time volume ray casting named PERM (Precomputed dEnsity and gRadient Map). The PERM stores interpolated density and gradient vector for quantized cells. Since the information requiring time-consuming computations is stored in the PERM, our method can ensure interactive frame rates on a consumer PC platform. Our method normally produces high-quality images because it is based on conventional volume ray casting.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1165-1176
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• 2010

구름, 연기, 가스 등과 같은 반투과 매체 (participating media)를 사실적으로 가시화해주기 위해서는 그 내부에서 빛이 진행하는 과정을 물리적으로 시뮬레이션 해주어야 한다. 이 과정은 볼륨 렌더링 방정식이라는 적분 방정식을 통하여 표현할 수 있으나, 이를 정밀하게 푸는 것은 상당한 계산 시간을 요한다. 최근 GPU의 성능 향상에 힘입어, 반투과 매체에 대한 고속의 렌더링 기법들이 소개되고 있으나, 아직도 해결해야할 문제들이 많이 남아있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 GPU 기반의 반투과 매체 렌더러의 기능/성능 향상을 위하여 적용한 렌더링 기법들을 설명하고, 그러한 노력들이 어떠한 개선 효과를 달성하였는지 분석한다. 이러한 기법들은 추후 각종 디지털콘텐츠 제작에 있어 특수 효과 생성을 위한 고속의 사실적인 볼륨 렌더러 구축에 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2013

소셜네트워크 시대가 도래하였다. 소셜미디어는 자신의 생각이나 의견, 경험 등을 서로 공유하고 참여하기 위해 개방된 미디어를 뜻한다. 이러한 소셜미디어는 기존의 미디어를 대체할만큼 위협적이며, 새로운 소통도구로서도 각광을 받고 있다. 글로벌 시대에서는 국가이미지가 국가의 새로운 경쟁력의 원천으로 인식되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 소셜미디어의 활용수준이 국가이미지에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 분석하고자 하며, 소셜미디어의 활용수준을 활용량과 활용범위로 나누어서 분석을 하였다. 또한 국가이미지를 구성하는 요소들이 구매의도에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 분석을 하였다. 분석결과, 활용량은 국가이미지, 국민이미지, 정치이미지에 영향을 미치고 활용범위는 경제이미지, 국민이미지, 정치이미지에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.791-799
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• 2003

This study was carried out to get more operational characteristics of the sequencing batch biofilm reactors with media volume/reactor volume ratio of 15 %, 25 % and 35 %. Experiments were conducted to find the effects of the media packing ratio on organic matters and nutrients removal. Three laboratory scale reactors were fed with synthetic wastewater. During studies, the operation mode was fixed. The organic removal efficiency didn't show large difference among three reactor of different packing media ratios. However, from the study results, the optimum packing media ratios for biological nutrient removal was shown as 25%. The denitrifying PAOs could take up and store phosphate using nitrate as electron acceptor.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2012년도 제46차 하계학술발표논문집 20권2호
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• pp.429-432
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• 2012

이 논문에서는 쓰레기 매립의 표준화를 위한 일환으로 쓰레기 체적을 주기적으로 계산하는 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 안전하고 쾌적한 도시 환경을 조성하기 위해 폐기물 매립 시설은 필요하며 폐기물 부피 관리의 신뢰성 및 용량 정보의 정확성을 파악하는 것이 필요하다. 카메라 캘리브레이션 이후에 대상체의 표면에 대한 포인트 클라우드(point cloud)를 얻을 수 있었으며 이것을 물체의 체적 계산 알고리즘의 입력으로 선택하였다. 비균일 격자(uniformmeshing) 방법에 기초한 체적 계산 알고리즘을 제안하였으며 알고리즘의 타당성을 시뮬레이션과 실제 실험을 통해 입증하였다. 제시된 알고리즘은 쓰레기 매립의 체적 계산 뿐 만이 아니라 삼차원 객체의 일반적인 체적 계산을 위한 알고리즘으로도 사용될 수 있다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.181-186
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• 2006

Background: Although cervical epidural block can be a useful therapeutic treatment for head, neck and upper extremities pain, there is no consensus regarding the volume of injection required for pain management. Herein, the spreading in the vertebral segments after a cervical epidural injection of either a 5 or 10 ml volume was studied. Methods: A total of 78 patients, suffering from head, neck and upper extremity pain, were selected. Cervical epidural blocks were performed consecutively with 5 ml (n = 42) and 10 ml (n = 36) of 0.4% mepivacaine and 222 mg I/ml iopamidol at the C7⁣-T1 levels. Both anteroposterior (AP) and lateral radiographs were obtained under fluoroscopy, and the upper and lower epidural spreading of the contrast media in relation to the vertebral level was evaluated. Results: The cervical epidural blocks were performed without complications. The rostral spreading of the contrast media in the vertebral segments in groups 1 and 2 were $5.6{\pm}1.1$ and $6.1{\pm}1.1$, respectively. The caudal spreading of the contrast media in the vertebral segments in groups 1 and 2 were $5.4{\pm}3.4$ and $7.2{\pm}3.9$, respectively. The total numbers of segments with vertebral spreading of the contrast media in both directions showed significant differences between the two groups. The numbers of patients who showed spreading of the contrast media up to C2 vertebral segment showed no significant differences between the two groups. Conclusions: 5 and 10 ml epidural injection volumes may be adequate for the spread of contrast media to the entire cervical spine. A 5 ml epidural injection volume, compared to a 10 ml volume, may be ample when considering the possibility of unnecessary caudal spreading of drugs and volume related complications in the management of head, neck and upper extremity pain.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.78-84
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• 1993

In PMN-pyrochlore phase mixtures, dielectric constant was measured as a function of the volume fraction of pyrochlore phase and considered with general effective media(GEM) equation. For the application of GEM equation to this system, the critical volume fraction(Vc) where connectivity between the perovskite PMN and pyrochlore phase changed from 0-3 to 3-3, was determined based on the each particle size ratio of two phases with microstructural observation. And then the t value was determined from modified percolation powder-law dependence ( K-Kc (V-Vc)t). In the case of applying such values of t and Vc to the GEM equation, which provided a reasonable fit to the measured dielectric constant within the experimental error range.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2009

The incomplete saturation and the void formation during the resin infiltration into fibrous porous media in the resin transfer molding process cause failure in the final product during its service. In order to better understand flow behavior during the filling process, a finite-element scheme for transient flow simulation across the micro-structured fibrous media is developed in the present work. A volume-of- fluid (VOF) method has been incorporated in the Eulerian frame to capture the evolution of flow front and the vertical periodic boundary condition has been combined to avoid unwanted wall effect. In the microscale simulation, we investigated the transient filling process in various fiber structures and discussed the mechanism leading to the flow fingering in the case of random fiber distribution. Effects of the filling pressure, the shear-thinning behavior of fluid and the volume fraction on the flow front have been investigated for both intra-tow and the inter-tow flows in dual-scale fiber tow models.