• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 2007

Purpose : Suprapubic aspiration(SPA) has been considered the "gold standard" for obtaining urine in non-toilet trained infants. Ultrasound(US)-guided SPA improves the success rate of the procedure and reduces the complications. However, many physicians perceive SPA as invasive and prefer the use of urethral catheterization (Ucat). We compared the success rate, complications and accuracy of US-guided SPA and Ucat. Methods : 121 infants who visited Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital with suspected urinary tract infection(UTI) were investigated. For the first study, the study infants were randomly assigned to either the US-guided SPA(n=32) or Ucat(n=32) groups. The success rate and complications of both procedures were compared. For the second study, US-guided SPA and Ucat were performed simultaneously(n=57). The accuracy of urethral catheterization was subsequently analyzed. The criteria for success was defined as the collection of more than 0.5 mL of urine. UTI was diagnosed by the presence of uropathogens over 105 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL. Results : The overall success rate of the US-guided SPA was 96.9%(71.9% in first attempts, 25.0% in second attempts) which was not significantly different compared to 96.9%(90.6% in first attempts, 6.3% in second attempts) in the Ucat(P>0.05) group. The aspirated urine volume was $7.4{\pm}3.7mL$ in the US-guided SPA group, which was not significantly different to $4.5{\pm}2.6mL$ in the Ucat(P>0.05) group. The accuracy of Ucat in comparison to the US guided SPA was low with sensitivity 59.5%, specificity 86.6%, false-positive rate 13.3% and false-negative rate 40.5%. Conclusion : US-guided SPA should be encouraged as the best method to collect the urine in non-toilet trained infants with UTI.

• Journal of Wind Energy
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.34-42
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• 2023

The reduction of operation and maintenance (O&M) costs is a critical factor in determining the competitiveness of wind energy. Predictive maintenance based on the estimation of remaining useful life (RUL) is a key technology to reduce logistic costs and increase the availability of wind turbines. Although a mechanical component usually has sudden changes during operation, most RUL estimation methods use the trend of a state index over the whole operation period. Therefore, overestimation of RUL causes confusion in O&M plans and reduces the effect of predictive maintenance. In this paper, two RUL estimation methods (load based and data driven) are proposed for the bearings of a wind turbine with the results of trend classification, which differentiates constant and increasing states of the state index. The proposed estimation method is applied to a bearing degradation test, which shows a conservative estimation of RUL.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.272-276
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• 2004

Purpose: The incidence of nodal metastases is as low as 2 to $20\%$ in early gastric cancer, so there is a trend to lessen the extent of surgery. In addition, the adequate range for a lymphadenectomy is controversial, especially in early gastric cancer. In this study, we tried to find the minimal range for a lymphadenectomy by analyzing sentinel-node and solitary lymph-node metastases in gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: The total of 78 patients who underwent a curative gastrectomy with a D2 lymphadenectomy for early gastric cancer between 2000 and 2002 in the Department of Surgery, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, were included for the evaluation of sentinel-node metastases.. After a laparotomy, 25 mg of indocyanine green was mixed in 5 ml of normal saline, and all the dye was injected into the subserosal layer around the primary tumor. All nodes stained within 5 minutes were marked. In addition, a total of 141 patients, who underwent a curative gastrectomy between 1997 and 2001 at the Department of Surgery, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, were analyzed for solitary lymph- node metastases. Results: Among the 78 patients, sentinel nodes were detected in 69 patients ($88.5\%$). The sentinel nodes in 60 cases ($87.0\%$) were located in the perigastric area. However, 9 cases ($13.0\%$) had sentinel nodes in the N2 group. In the 141 cases that had a solitary metastatic node, 125 cases ($88.6\%$) demonstrated the metastatic lymph node in the perigastric area, and 16 cases ($11.4\%$) showed that the metastatic node in the N2 group. Conclusion: Taken together, removal of a perigastric lymph node could miss early metastases in gastric cancer, so a D1 lymphadenectomy should not be the minimal range of dissection if a lymphadenectomy is necessary. (J Korean Gastric Cancer Assoc 2004;4:272-276)

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.116-122
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• 2018

In Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) disaster, integrated and optimized equipment package including stretcher, isolation unit, patient monitoring and treatment equipment is essential to achieve proper treatment and prevent secondary contamination. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and ease of use of integrated CBRN disaster equipment package for disaster medical response. This study was a randomized crossover study using a manikin simulation for emergency medical technitian (EMT). All participants used the existing devices and prototype of integrated CBRN disaster equipment package alternately. Efficiency was measured by time from vital sign change to detection or treatment application. Ease was use was measured by questionnaires for each patient monitor, stretcher care and isolation unit. 12 EMTs were enrolled. hypoxia-detection time of integrated equipment group was significantly shorter than existing equipment group (4.9 s (3.8-3.9) vs 3.5 s (2.5-3.9), p < 0.05). There was decreasing tendency of ECG change detection and facial mask oxygen supply but no statistical significance was observed. Overall satisfaction of patient monitoring device in integrated equipment group was significantly higher than existing devices (4(3.5-5) vs 3(3-3), p < 0.05). The use of integrated CBRN disaster equipment package shortened the hypoxia detection time and improved usability of vital sign monitor compared to existing devices.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.65.1-65.1
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• 2015

근지구 우주환경 예측을 위해서는 태양의 주기, 흑점, 그리고 코로나의 방출과 함께 Van Allen Belt에 붙잡힌 고에너지 입자의 상태 변화가 우주 환경의 예보를 위한 중요 요소가 된다. 이런 고에너지 입자를 측정하기 위해서는 Van Allen Belt를 통과하는 VAP 위성의 데이터를 살펴보는 것이 매우 중요하다. 이 연구에서는 한국천문연구원에서 APL과 공동으로 VAP 위성의 실시간 데이터를 송수신하는 시스템을 구축하고, 그 실시간 데이터를 우주환경감시실에서 표출하여 Van Allen Belt의 변화를 바로 알아보는 과정을 기술 하였다. 이를 통해 데이터의 경향성을 바로 파악하여 특정 이벤트의 발생을 알아 낼 수 있을 뿐만아니라 과거의 데이터를 손쉽게 찾아볼 수 있었다. 별도의 프로그램을 개발하여 데이터의 표출 비교를 가능하게 함으로써 다른 위성의 데이터나 태양 이미지를 보지 않아도 자체 비교를 통해 이벤트의 발생을 찾아 볼 수 있게 되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.35-42
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• 2001

Since daily peak load forecasted data are essential to economic operation and power monitor, the technique of accurate forecasting is needled. The chief advantage of forecasting technique using neural network and fuzzy theory is high accuracy and operative implicity but the loaming time is long, and it makes large forecasting error when the load changes rapidly. This paper has resented a new forecasting technique to improve those faults and the forecasting technique prove to be valid by forcasted results.

• 전기의세계
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.40-42
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• 1971

XY recorder는 10여년전부터 널리사용되어 오는 기록계로 2개의 자동평형전위차계로 X, Y축방향에 arm과 pen의 결합으로 양자의 좌표축의 교점에서 pen이 평형정지하는 상태에 기록지자체가 servo motor로 이동되어 기록이 가능하게 된다. 특히 타기록계에 비하여 고감도(Ex. 0.5V/cm), 고정도(Ex. 0.3%)임은 물론 y=f(x)인 x,y의 함수관계가 기록되어 타기록계에서는 얻기 어려운 특징이 있어, analog computer의 해의 기록계로서, 도한 각종 검출변환기를 전설치하여 vacuum tube 혹은 diode transistor의 특성곡선, 전기철판등의 자성재료의 자화곡선, 회전기의 회전수-전압, 전류, 출력, 효율곡선, 금속재료의 온도 혹은 인신장곡선, pipe valve의 유량-압력곡선등 전기.전지.기계.재료.물리.화학등의 다각도용도로서 연구실험은 물론 생산현장에 있어서의 시험. 정리. 감시등의 치용이 활발히 급진하는 경향에 비추어 이 기록계 사용에 고려되어야할 noise제거의 한 방법을 소개하고저 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11d
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• pp.1038-1040
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• 1999

산업이 발달하고 전력소비의 경향이 고밀도화 되면서, 전력계통이 대용량화 초고압화 되어가고 있다. 이러한 전력 기술 동향에 대처하기 위해서 모든 전기부품들이 소형화 및 절연능력 향상이라는 두 가지의 기술상의 요구가 필수적으로 요구되고 있다. 또한 계통의 안정성을 확보하기 위해 활선상태에서의 전력계통 감시에 대한 필요성 역시 증대되고 있다. 이러한 요인을 충족시키기 위하여 전압검출 기능을 내장한 에폭시 부싱을 개발중에 있으며, 그 성능을 검증, 향상시키기 위한 작업을 수행하였다. 본 시험에서는 전기적 절연물로 사용되고 있는 에폭시 부싱에 관한 성능평가 시험을 수행 하였으며, 하계 학술대회에 그 내용을 일부 발표하였다. 본 논문은 전압검출기능을 내장한 에폭시 부싱의 특성 시험 수행결과중 추가로 평가된 부분을 서술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.463-466
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• 2011

증강현실이 주목받고 있는 시점에서 현실세계를 3차원으로 가상현실화 하고자 하는 연구가 최근 활발히 진행되고 있다. 현실세계를 CCTV카메라에 담기 위해서는 넓은 시야각을 가진 렌즈가 필요한데, 대안으로써 보통 어안렌즈를 많이 사용한다. 어안렌즈는 시야각을 넓게 하여 정해진 범위 내에 많은 양의 데이터를 활용할 수 있기 때문에 CCTV를 이용한 감시 시스템에 사용된다. 그러나 어안렌즈는 직선성분을 왜곡하여 곡선성분으로 나타내는 경향이 발생하며, 심할 경우 대상을 식별하기가 힘들 수도 있다는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 원 영상이 왜곡된 영상보다 직선성분이 많다는 것에 착안하여 Hough Transform에 의한 직선검출을 이용해 왜곡을 자동으로 보정하고, Calibration 파라미터를 산출하는 기법을 본 논문에서 제안하고, 실험을 통해 확인하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.259-265
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• 2001

This paper describes the species composition of the remnant forest vegetation (Natural Monument No. 65) in the Mok-do island of Ulsan city and its relation to ecological long-term monitoring. Syntaxonomical classification and actual vegetation map were depicted in very fine scale 1:800 for better understanding spatial distribution and vitality of individual trees and communities. A total of 111 species and 13 plant communities occurred on the 19,166 ㎡ area. Evergreen broad-leaved forest of Machilus thunbergii is a representative vegetation type, which covers 37.4% of the island area. Evergreen coniferous forest of Pinus thunbergii covers 18.6% of the island. These two forests occurred at different parts of the island, i.e., the former at the rearward and the later at the frontward of island against marine. 95.7% of trees analysed was determined as critically and absolutely monitored individuals. From a conservation perspective the Mok-do vegetation is extremely vulnerable, which must be long-termly monitored using an assessment of tree vitality and a fine scale map of vegetation.