• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.356-361
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• 2020

This paper presents a lightweight milli-scale crawling robot that can crawl on both sides, which was inspired by the movement of insects. This robot has an excellent ability to overcome obstacles, such as the narrow gaps and the rough terrain. In addition, the robot can crawl steadily and rapidly through triangular alternation, such as ants or cockroaches. The process of smart composite microstructures (SCM) was employed to make a lightweight robot structure. The SCM process replaced the conventional mechanical parts with flexure joints and composite links, which allows the weight of the robot to be reduced. In addition, the robot structure was robust against external impacts owing to the compliance of the constituent materials. Using the SCM process, the robot weighed only 32g with twelve legs in total on both sides. The robot showed a crawling speed of 0.52m/s on the front side and 0.42m/s on the backside.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.322-329
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• 1990

The effects of retinoic acid (RA) on the regenerating limbs of Korean newt (Hynobius leechii) larvae have been studied. Intraperitoneal injection of RA at 4 days post-amputation caused the proximalization of regenerate structures in the proximodistal (PD) axis of the limbs amputated through either the distal zeugopodium or the distal stylopodium. The mean level of proximalization (MLP) increased as a dose-dependent manner, and the MLP was also dependent on the level of amputation at a given dose of RA. At the dose of 150 $\mu$ g/g body wt., MLP's in either amputation level reached close to a peak value, and an increasing number of inhibition of regeneration or duplication in the transverse plane occurred at the dose of 200 $\mu$ g/ g body wt. and above. The changes induced by RA treatment suggest that positional values in the cells of the regenerating limbs have been modified in the three cardinal axes including PD and transverse axes in a graded mode. Furthermore, from the comparison of data in two different amputation levels, it can be speculated that the sensitivity of cells to RA effect along the PD axis might not be linear.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.27-34
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 스윕에 기반하여 인체 형상을 모델링하고 변형하는 방법을 제시한다. 본 방법은 다각형 메쉬 형태로 주어진 3차원 인체 형상을 스윕 기반의 형상 구조로 재구성하여, 형상을 모델링하고 변형한다. 인체 형상의 팔, 다리, 몸통 등 각 부분을 근사하는 스윕 곡면을 생성하고 다각형 메쉬 상의 꼭지점들을 인접한 스윕 곡면과 연결하며, 스윕 곡면이 만나는 팔, 다리와 몸통 사이에서는 꼭지점마다 연결된 스윕 단면들을 블렌딩한다. 이를 통해 스윕을 제어하여 이와 연결된 인체 형상의 자연스러운 변형을 얻어낼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 몇 개의 애니메이션 예들을 통하여 제시한 인체 변형 방법이 자연스러운 인체 동작 생성에 효과적임을 보인다. 본 논문의 결과들은 스윕 기반의 인체 형상 변형 방법이 실시간에 상당히 사실적이고 자연스러운 형상 변형이 가능함을 보여주어, 캐릭터 skinning 방법으로서 적절한 대안임을 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.63-76
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• 2015

This study conducted a survey to gauge the buying and wearing propensities of wearers of leg guards made for baseball catchers, as well as product characteristics of preferred leg guards. Data from the survey were analyzed to obtain basic data for the development of an advanced leg guard design. Degree of compression, horizontal distance, cross section view and outline 3D sketch were also analyzed from the 3D data of leg guards; in addition, mobility and kinematic analysis were conducted through a wearing test. The survey indicated that imported products dominate the current retail market because they are appreciated by customers in terms of fit, price, brand, and protection. Representative complaints of products were discomfort, pressure, and the heavy-weight of the leg guards in general attributed to overall structure and 3D shape. When the pressure was lower on the front area of knee, it feels better to wear and the average knee angular velocity during the up and down motion increased, which suggests a better design from a kinematic point of view. The knee is the primary part of the body responsible for any movement of the lower limbs; consequently, the degree of compression and support stability of the leg guards near the knee area are important factors to evaluate the performance of leg guards. The results of our study indicate significant opportunities for improvement in product design and the development of baseball leg guards along with an ergonomic design that considers the mobility of the knee, skin deformations is necessary to improve performance. The process followed in this study will be applicable to studies on other personal protective equipment for sports.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.41-47
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• 1990

최근 열에너지를 기계에너지로 변환이 가능한 신소재인 형상기억합금으로 제작된 새로운 형태의 actuator를 이용한 해저로봇의 개발에 관하여 많은 연구들이 행하고 있다. 저자들은 로봇의 모양을 실제 동물의 형태인 "게" 모양으로 하고, 로봇을 구동시키는 게의 다리의 모든 연결부분의 인공근육을 Ni-Ti계 형상기억합금 스프링 또는 와이어로 구성되어져 있으며, 마이크로 컴퓨터에 의하여 구동이 자유로이 조절이 가능한 게 형태의 모양 로봇을 실제의 1/20크기로 제작하였다. 이 로봇의 특징은 구조가 간단하고, 고강도, 고내식성 그리고 부드럽고 자유롭게 3차원적 동작이 가능하다는 것을 들 수 있다. 해저 로봇의 최종목표는 심해자원의 탐사 및 채굴이 이용하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 그 가능성 및 기술적 문제 그리고 미래의 이러한 형상기억합금 로봇에 의한 심해자원 탐사를 위한 국제적인 협력의 필요성에 대하여 연구 검토하고자 한다. 검토하고자 한다.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.30-41
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• 1993

In the present investigation, some multivariate discriminant analyses were done for each population of the native honeybee workers (Apis cerana), which were selected for 15 different localities in spring and 16 in summer form Korea. when the comparison of both seasons for different populations and regardless of seasons were conducted, all the classification results revealed that the differences were significantly prominent. And the length of fore tibia(FTL) was the best contributed character among the 47 morphometric characters used in the analysis.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.131-142
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• 1997

급속하게 변화하는 현대적 경영 환경속에서 Web 기반 정보기술은 시장에 용이한 접근을 제공하고, 상품의 차별화를 창출하며, 비용 효율성을 제고하고, 또한 너무 비용이 많이 들어 엄두를 내지 못할 정도의 전환 비용 때문에 동업자나 고객들 간의 의존성을 증가 시킴으로써 기업의 경쟁우위를 성취하는데 적극 활용되고 있음을 보여주고 있다. 그러나 기존 정보시스템의 전략적 활용에 관한 연구는 기업 내부 프로세스의 통합을 통한 경영력 제고에 치중되는 경향을 보여왔으며 협력사간의 조직간 정보교류를 위한 정보인프라의 구축과 같은 조직간 정보시스템의 전략적 활용에 관한 연구는 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는(1)포터91985)의 가치체인과 가치시스템 개념을 정보기술의 가치활동에서의 연계강도와 형태에 따라 분류하여 분석모형을 설정하고, (2) 경영전략의 운용과 혁신사이에서 다리를 놓아주는 학습도구로써 정보시스템 역할을 조직내 /외적인 정보 공유의 형태와 프로세스의 통합유형에 따라 정보시스템을 분류함으로써 (3) 각 부류에 속한 Web 기반 정보시스템의 전략적 의미를 사례연구를 통하여 재조명하는데 그 목적을 두었다.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.59 no.1
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• pp.41-54
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• 2020

Two mosquito species were collected in still-water near farming area in Andong, Korea. Based on morphological characters, these two mosquitoes were identified as Aedes koreicus and Culex vagans, respectively. DNA barcode analyses supported the identification. An entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (BtI), exhibited insecticidal activities against the two mosquito species and its virulence was more potent than that of B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. It has been known that the bacterial metabolites of Xenorhabdus spp. suppress insect immunity and enhance pathogenicity of B. thuringiensis. This study tested the effect of the bacterial culture broth of Xenorhabdus spp. on enhancing BtI pathogenicity. Among three Xenorhabdus spp., culture broth of X. ehlersii (Xe) was relatively effective to enhance BtI pathogenicity against both mosquito species. Indeed, organic extracts of Xe culture broth suppressed the hemocyte-spreading behavior, suggesting the presence of immunosuppressant in the culture broth. These results suggest a formulation of BtPlus by mixing BtI spore and Xe culture broth to be applied to control the two mosquito species.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.44 no.4 s.141
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• pp.299-306
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• 2005

Soybean seed injury was analyzed in the experiments that soybean pods were allowed to be sucked by adults of the bean bug, R. clavatus, and were picked with a specimen pin. While attack by the bean bug at podding stage of soybean caused the increase of empty pods and completely-undeveloped seeds, attack at full seed stage caused the increase of seeds wi distinct injury mark on seed-coat. The ratio of deformed seed was lower than those of injury-marked seed and undeveloped seed when attacked during all stages. In at full bloom stage hardly produced injury-marked seeds and deformed seeds. When the injured seeds were dyed with acid-fuchsine solution, stylet sheaths of R. clavatus formed on seed-coat were observed in 83% of undeveloped seeds formed under attack during podding stage and in 91% of injury-marked seeds formed during full seed stage. In pods injured with a specimen pin at full seed and full maturity stages, no healthy seeds could be obtained from the pods. And the more picked at full seed stage, the more deformed seeds were produced and the higher weight reduction of injury-marked seed occurred. However, pin-injury at full maturity stage didn't give rise to weight reduction of seeds.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.170-177
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• 2019

In this paper, three theories for improving the stability of quadruped robot are presented. First, the Minimum-Jerk Trajectory is used to optimize the leg trajectory. Second, we compare the newly proposed sine wave and the conventional LSM in this paper based on the Jerk value. Third, we calculate the optimum stride of the sway through repetitive robot simulation using ADAMS-MATLAB cosimulation. Through the above process, the improvement of the robot walking is compared with the existing theory. First, the average gradient of the point where the leg trajectory changes rapidly was reduced from at least 1.2 to 2.9 by using the Minimum-Jerk targetory for the movement of the body and the end of the leg during the first walk, thereby increasing the walking stability. Second, the average Jerk was reduced by 0.019 on the Z-axis, 0.457 on the X-axis, and 0.02, 3D on the Y-axis by 0.479 using the Sin wave type sways presented in this paper, rather than the LSM(Longitude Stability Margin) method. Third, the length of the optimal stride for walking at least the Jerk value was derived from the above analysis, and the 20cm width length was the most stable.