• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.561-573
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• 2003

This study has analyzed the drought return and duration characteristics using the monthly rainfall at Seoul, and compared them with those obtained by applying the Poisson process. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used as the drought index along with the 10 month moving average for the rainfall smoothing. The thresholds applied for the analysis of drought were -1.00, -1.50, and -2.00. The drought return and duration characteristics derived from the analysis of observed data show that: (1) The moderate drought occurs every 2 years and lasts about 4 - 5 months. (2) The severe drought occurs every 3 - 5 years and lasts about 2 - 4 months. (3) The extreme drought occurs every 8 - 23 years and lasts about 1 - 4 months. Especially, the severe droughts (thresholds of -1.5 and -2.0) before the long dry period were found to have longer return periods but shorter durations than those after the long dry period. This seems to be because of the high variability of precipitation as well as the fact that no snowfall has been added for the winter precipitation before the long dry period. Finally, the comparison of results derived from the analysis of observed data and those derived by applying the Poisson process shows that the Poisson process well explain the return and duration characteristics of drought.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.77-83
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• 2015

Block Truncation Coding, or BTC, is a type of lossy image compression technique for grayscale images. It divides the original images into blocks and then reduces the number of grey levels in each block to compute the mean and standard deviation. BTC has also been adapted to video compression. Another variation of BTC is Absolute Moment Block Truncation Coding. AMBTC is computationally simpler than BTC. In this paper, we proposed new image compression method based on BTC, which is applied patterns to improve compression rate and image quality. This method make two codebooks to extract 36 and 64 patterns from the highest frequency patterns in BTC. When you are compressing an image, you compare many block patterns to that of codebook and use to compress indexes of identical patterns. We experiment our proposed scheme with 36 patterns and the experimental results showed the compression rate of 1.37 bpp. In this paper, our proposed scheme showed higher compression rate rather than that of BTC. In experiment, we used standard images for the performance evaluation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.368-372
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• 1999

Background: Although there have been few reports about minimal skin incision for the repair of congenital heart lesions, minimizing an unsightly scar is a particularly important factor in growing children. We have adopted a technique that permits standard full sternotomy, conventional open chest cardiopulmonary bypass, aortic cross-clamping, left atrial vent, and antegrade cardioplegia with minimal surgical scar. Material and Method: With minimal skin incision and full sternotomy, 40 patients with congenital heart disease underwent open heart surgery from April 1997 through September 1997. Defects repaired included 30 ventricular septal defects, 4 atrial septal defects, and 1 sinus Valsalva aneurysm in 35 children(M:F=17: 18), and 3 Atrial septal defects, 1 ventricular septal defect, and 1 partial atrioventricular septal defect in 5 adults(M:F=1:4). Midline skin incision was performed from the second intercostal space to 1 or 2 cm above the xiphoid process. For full sternotomy, we used the ordinary sternal saw in sternal body, and a special saw in manubrium under the skin flap. During sternal retraction, surgical field was obtained by using two retractors in a crossed direction. Result: The proportion of the skin incision length to the sternal length was 63.1${\pm}$3.9%(5.2∼11cm, mean 7.3cm) in children, and 55.0${\pm}$3.5%(10∼13.5cm, mean 12cm) in adults. In every case, the aortic and venous cannulations could be done through the sternal incision without additional femoral cannulation. There was no hospital death, wound infection, skin necrosis, hematoma formation, or bleeding complication. Conclusion: We conclude that minimal skin incision with full sternotomy can be a safe and effective alternative method for the repair of congenital heart diseases in children and adults.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.109-114
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• 1999

Purpose : The importance of meniscal repair is well recognized. But transeciton of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus at the posterior tibial attachment is rarely documented and known irreparable. We experienced 9 cases of transection, and present clinical features and pull out suture technique. Methods and Materials : There were 9cases of transection of the posterior horn of medial meniscus from September 1998 to July 1999 in our hospital. Age was 59.3 years in average and ranged from 38 to 70years. Clinical features and MRI made diagnosis in all cases. We confirmed the diagnosis with arthroscopy and repaired the transection with pullout suture technique. Clinical features : Transection of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus at the posterior tibia attachment occurred frequently in middle aged people. They complained posterior knee pain, but they have no history of definitive trauma. Characteristically they had difficulty in full flexion of the knee and in having a squatting position. MRI is very important in diagnosis of transection, especially in coronal view, there is separation of the posterior horn of the meniscus from the posterior tibial attachment. Surgical technique : Pullout suture technique includes debridement of fibrous or scar tissue, exposure of the subchondral bone of the posterior tibial attachment site, suture the transected end of the meniscus with PDS suture, bone tunnel formation from the anteromedial aspect of the proximal tibia, insertion of wire loop through the tibia tunnel, pull the PDS suture through the tibia tunnel out of the joint and stabilize the PDS with post-tie technique to the proximal tibia. Conclusion : Transection of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus at the posterior tibial attachment is not common clinically and rarely documented. Clinical features and MRI are very important in diagnosis of this type tear. Arthroscopic pullout sutures is useful for treatment of this type tear of the meniscus.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.431-444
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• 2012

This study investigated the differences between annual maximum series and annual maximum independent rainfall event series with relatively short and long rainfall durations. Annual maximum independent rainfall events were selected by applying various IETDs and thresholds to the hourly rainfall data in Seoul for the duration from 1961 to 2010. Annual maximum independent rainfall event series decided were then compared with the conventional annual maximum series. Summarizing the results is as follows. First, the effect of IETD and threshold was not beyond the expected level. For example, as the IETD increases, the frequencies of independent rainfall events decreased similarly in their rate for both with short and long durations. However, as the threshold increases, the frequency of those with rather long durations decreased much higher. Second, The mean rainfall intensity of the independent rainfall events was found to remain constant regardless of their duration. This indicates that the annual maximum rainfall intensity could be found in a rainfall event with longer durations. Lastly, the difference between the annual maximum rainfall series and the annual maximum independent rainfall event series with rather short rainfall durations was found significantly large, which decreases with longer durations. This result indicates that the conventional data analysis method, especially for small basins with short concentration time, could lead an unrealistic design rainfall with little possibility of occurrence.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.357-365
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• 1998

목적: 치과용 수복재료의 방사선 불투과성은 매우 다양하다. 따라서 다양한 수복재료의 방사선 불투과성을 인지하여 치질과 비교하면 이차우식의 진단에 도움이 될 수 있다. 도재의 방사선 불투과성에 따라 적절한 luting cement의 선택이 가농해진다. 수복재료의 방사선 불투과성은 알루미늄 step wedge 의 후경과 방사선 불투과성과의 상관관계 의해 측정된다. 본 연구의 목적은 CAD/CAM용 도재와 이틀의 접착에 쓰이는 접착재료의 방사선 불투과성을 조사해 적절한 재료의 선택과 이차우식 진단의 효율결정에 도움이 되게 하는데 있다. 방법: 본 실험에서는 CAD/CAM용 도재인 Vita MarkII, Dicor MGC와 이의 접착에 사용되는 Z-100, 그리고 luting cement인 Duo cement, Scotchbond resin cement를 사용해 방사선 불투과성을 측정하였다. 시편 제작을 위해 도재를 저속절단기로 두께 2mm, 3mm로 절단하였으며 Z-100과 cement시편은 두께 2mm와 3mm, 직경 7.0mm의 금속 주형을 제작한 후 재료를 양쪽 면에 유리판을 대고 조임쇠로 압접하였으며 광조사기를 사용하여 각 재료마다 두 가지 두께로 10개씩 100개의 시편을 제작하였다. 치질의 시편을 얻기 위해 교정 목적으로 최근에 발거된 정상적인 상악 소구치를 저속 절단기를 사용하여 협설측 교두정을 기준 삼아 2mm, 3mm 두께로 절단하였으며 방사선 불투과성의 기준을 위해 12개의 step으로 구성된 12mm두께의 aluminum step wedge를 사용하였다. Kodak E-Speed occlusal film에 aluminum step wedge와 시편들을 위치시킨 후 70kVp, 7mA, 2.16mm aluminum filtration으로 고정된 dental X-ray unit을 사용하여 target과 film 사이의 거리는 25cm, 노출시간은 0.2초로 하여 방사선 촬영을 한 다음, 현상된 방사선 사진상에 나타난 방사선 불투과성을 X-rite 301 densitometer를 이용하여 측정한 값들의 평균을 냈다. 얻어진 결과는 one-way ANOVA Duncan test(P<0.01)로 검증하였다. 결론: 1. Dicor MGC의 방사선 불투과성은 법랑질보다 약간 높게 나타났다.(P<0.01) 2. Vita Mark Il는 상아질보다 낮은 방사선 불투과성을 보였다.(P<0.01) 3. Z-100과 Luting cement들의 방사선 불투과성은 법랑질보다 높았다. Duo cement가 방사선 불투과성이 가장 높았고 그 다음이 Z-100, 그리고 Scotchbond resin cement 순이었다. 4. Z-100과 2종류의 방사선 불투과성 luting cement들은 Vita Mark II 와 같이 사용하면 2차우식 진단에 도움이 된다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.67-80
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• 2002

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of deer antler extract on the regeneration of peripheral nerves. Sprague-Dawley male rats weighing about 300 gm were fed deer antler extract for 1, 2, and 3 weeks per oral (1.5 ml/100 gm B.W.), respectively, once a day and transected both sides of sciatic nerve of each leg. After keeping for 6 hours, sciatic nerves taken from proximal part of transected region were treated with conventional transmission electron microscopical method and then observed with electron microscope. The results obtained were summarized as follows; 1. Sciatic nerves of normal control group were not showing any sprouts and electron dense axolemmal projections were frequently observed. 2. Sciatic nerves of saline treated groups were showing axonal sprouts at the nodes of Ranvier. The length of them was usually short, and numerous vesicles, vacuoles and organelles including neurofilament were contained. The number of nodes of Ranvier containing sprouts from 100 longitudinal sectioned nerve fibers was 29 (29%) in 1 week treated group, 32 (32%) in 2 weeks treated group, and 30 (30%) in 3 weeks treated group, respectively. 3. Sciatic nerves of deer antler treated groups were showing axonal sprouts at the node of Ranvier as well. Although most of the sprouts were short, some sprouts of 2 weeks and 3 weeks treated groups were quite long. Sprouts usually contained numerous vesicles, vacuoles and cell organelles such as neurofilaments and mitochondria. The number of nodes of Ranvier containing sprouts from 100 longitudinal sectioned nerve fibers was 38 (38%) in 1 week treated group, 46 (46%) in 2 weeks treated group, and 48 (48%) in 3 weeks treated group respectively. The results described above explain pretreatment of deer antler extract improves the sprout formation of transected sciatic nerves, and then it suggests deer antler may be effective for the regeneration of peripheral nerves.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.39-44
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• 1998

Low reflectance optical fiber mirrors in the continuous length of the single mode fiber were fabricated using mechanical splices and pieces of fiber coated with $TiO_{2}$ dielectric film at the cleaved end. When fiber mirrors of refelctance of about 1% were produced, the insertion loss ranged from 0.055dB to 0.3dB and the average insertion loss was 0.15 dB. These mirrors could be produced easy in the field.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10b
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• pp.202-205
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 3D 점집합으로부터 3D 메쉬를 생성하는 효율적인 기법을 소개한다. 대표적인 3D 삼각화 방법으로 3D Delaunay 삼각화 기법이 있으나 물체의 표면만을 고려한 메쉬 생성을 위한 방법으로 비효율적인 측면이 있다. 본 논문에서는 적은 계산량으로 물체의 표면 메쉬를 생성하는 기법을 소개한다. 물체의 각 영역을 분할하고 각 영역에 대해서 2D Delaunay 삼각화를 적용하여 3D 메쉬 구조를 얻는다. 3차원 점 집합에 대해 OBB를 계산하고 이를 기준으로 점집합을 다양한 각도에서 자르고 각 부분 점집합에 대해서 2D Delaunay 삼각화를 실시한다. 절단하는 각도의 간격이나 폭은 원래의 3D 점집합에서의 가장 가까운 이웃점들까지의 평균 거리를 이용하여 결정하도록 하였다. 후처리 과정으로 삼각 분할과정에서 잘못된 에지의 연결을 제거함으로써 객체의 삼각 분할 결과를 향상시킨다. 제안된 메쉬 생성 기법은 다양한 영상 기반 모델링 응용에서 효과적으로 적용될 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.555-556
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 지속적으로 증가하는 이동통신 가입자를 수용하고 초고속 모바일 데이터 서비스를 제공하기 위해서 무선 자원을 효율적으로 사용하기 위한 호 제어 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법에서는 핸드오버 호 요구를 효율적으로 처리하고 서비스 품질을 개선하기 위하여 핸드오버 지속시간(핸드오버 요구부터 기존 채널 절단까지의 핸드오버 영역에 머무르는 시간)을 고려하여 핸드오버 영역을 먼저 벗어나는 순서를 예측하고 이를 기준으로 우선순위가 높은 핸드오버 호를 먼저 처리한다. 제안된 방법의 성능을 분석하기 위하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 가입자의 새로운 호의 발생 시간 간격과 호의 통화시간을 지수분포로 가정하고 지수분포의 memoryless property 특성을 이용하였다. 수행 결과, 제안된 방법이 기존의 FIFO(First-In-First-Out) 방법에 비하여 호의 블록킹 확률과 강제 종료 확률이 감소(평균 25.2%)됨을 알 수 있다.