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Regional irrigation control modeling and regional climate characteristics Research on the correlation (지역별 관수제어 모델링 및 지역별 기후 특성과의 연관성에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Jin-Hyoung;Jo, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Seung-Hun;Choi, Ahnryul;Lee, Sang-Sik
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.184-192
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    • 2021
  • Domestic agriculture is facing real problems, such as a decrease in the population in rural areas, a shortage of labor due to an aging population, and increased risks due to the deepening of climate change. Smart farming technology is being developed to solve these problems. In the development of smart agricultural technology, irrigation control plays an important role in creating an optimal growth environment and is an important issue in terms of environmental protection. This paper is about the study of collecting and analyzing the rhizosphere environmental data of domestic paprika farms for the purpose of improving the quality of crops, reducing production costs, and increasing production. Irrigation control modeling presented in this paper Control modeling is to graphically present changes in a medium weight, feed, and drainage due to regional climatic features. To derive the graph, the parameters were determined through data collection and analysis, and the suggested irrigation control modeling method was applied to the collected rhizosphere environmental data to control irrigation in 6 regions (Gangwon-do, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam). The parameters were obtained and graphs were derived from them. After that, a study was conducted to analyze the derived parameters to verify the validity of the irrigation control modeling method and to correlate them with climatic features (average temperature and precipitation).

Status and Prospect of 3D Bio-Printing Technology (3D 바이오 프린팅 기술 현황과 응용)

  • Kim, Sung Ho;Yeo, Ki Baek;Park, Min Kyu;Park, Joung Soon;Ki, Mi Ran;Pack, Seung Pil
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.268-274
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    • 2015
  • 3D printing technology has been used in various fields such as materials science, manufacturing, education, and medical field. A number of research are underway to improve the 3D printing technology. Recently, the use of 3D printing technology for fabricating an artificial tissue, organ and bone through the laminating of cell and biocompatible material has been introduced and this could make the conformity with the desired shape or pattern for producing human entire organs for transplantation. This special printing technique is known as "3D Bio-Printing", which has potential in biomedical application including patient-customized organ out-put. In this paper, we describe the current 3D bio-printing technology, and bio-materials used in it and present it's practical applications.

Design and Implementation of Flexible Sensor to Measure Mechanical Stiffness of Soft Particles (Soft Particle의 강성 측정을 위한 단순한 구조의 유연 물질 센서의 개발)

  • Ihn, Yong Seok;Yang, Minho;Koo, Ja Choon
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2016
  • Increasing interest of human health, building bio-database (Bio DB) has been become a hot issue in life science. Consequently, Single Cell Analysis (SCA) which can explain biodiversity of lives has been a significant factor for building Bio DB. In numerous studies from these analyses, they have been showed that mechanical properties of cells can serve explanation of biological heterogeneity and criterion of disease states. Therefore, measuring mechanical properties of cells have great potential to be used in bio-medical applications. However, traditionally, many researchers have undergone difficult and time consuming work because handling small sized cells usually requires high-skilled technique. Thus, this paper shows robotized stiffness measurement technique using fixed ended beam sensor, precision motorized stage and substrate which have wall structure.

Drug Delivery Effect Using Biopolymer Chitosan Nanoparticles (생명고분자 키토산의 나노입자를 이용한 약물전달 효과)

  • Lee, Do Hun;Lee, Sang-wha;Yoo, In Sang;Park, Kwon-pil;Kang, Ik Joong
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.790-793
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    • 2005
  • Recently, the interest in the extension of human life and personal health has been increased. Accordingly, many researchers in a pharmacy and a medical world have been making efforts to improve the sustained drug release property and the stability of drug release property in a body. Many biological researches have demonstrated that chitosan derivatives are effective, safe absorption enhancers that can improve the delivery efficiency of drug and vaccine, and they are suitable for controlled drug release because they have good stability, bio-compatibility, and biodegradability. In this study the experiment was performed in vivo by utilizing chitosan nanoparticles as a biopolymer to control drug delivery rate at an optimal temperature, pH, and concentration. It was observed that nanoparticles containing insulin could effectively control the blood glucose at a low level.

A Study on the Development of Pulse Oximeter based on Standard Protocol (표준 프로토콜 기반의 산소포화도 계측기(SPo2) 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Sung-In;Park, Yoon-A;Oh, Am-Suk;Jean, Je-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.751-753
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    • 2011
  • Pulse Oximeter is used two different wavelength light sources. Two signals measured by light transmission in the body parts. SPo2 is calculated from the measured signal. These optical methods is have the light absorption properties of oxygen in the blood. SPo2 is to be called vital signs of $5^{th}$and important in modern medical. But, exist pulse oximeter was used just user for viewing the SPo2. That was a lack of used communication Monitoring function. In this paper using the Bluetooth feature on the exist pulse oximeter to communicate with the outside of the Gateway for design medical devices standards protocol IEEE 11073-10404 built-in pulse oximeter. Also user can be monitoring the U-Health Gateway through the pass SPo2 information.

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A Measurement System for Color Environment-based Human Body Reaction (색채 환경 기반의 인체 반응 정보 측정 시스템)

  • Kim, Ji-Eon;Jeong, Chang-Won;Joo, Su-Chong
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2016
  • The result of analyzing the cognitive reaction due to the color environment has been applied to various filed especially in medical field. Moreover, the study about the identification of patient's condition and examination the brain activity by collecting the bio-signal based on the color environment is being actively conducted. Even though, there were a variety of experiments by convention the color environment using a light or LED color, it still has a problem that affects the psychological information. Therefore, our proposed system using a HMD (Head Mounting display) to provide a completed color environment condition. This system uses the BMS(Biomedical System) to collect the biometric information which responds to the specific color condition and the human body response information can be measured by the development the Memory and Attention test on Mobile phone. The collection of Biometric information includes electro cardiogram(ECG), respiration, oxygen saturation (Sp02), Bio-impedance, blood pressure will store in the database. In addition, we can verify the result of the human body reaction in the color environment by Memory and Attention application. By utilizing the reaction of the human body information that is collected thought the proposed system, we can analyze the correlation between the physiological information and the color environment. And we also expect that this system can apply to the medical diagnosis and treatment. For future work, we will expand the system for prediction and treatment of Alzheimer disease by analyzing the visualization data through the proposed system. We will also do evaluation on the effectiveness of the system for using in the rehabilitation program.

A Study of Biomechanical Simulation Model for Spinal Fusion using Spinal Fixation System (척추경 고정 나사 시스템을 이용한 척추 유합 시술의 생체역학적 분석 모델 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Min;Yang, In-Chul;Kang, Ho-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 2010
  • In general, spinal fusion surgery takes pressure off the pain induced nerves, by restoring the alignment of the spine. Therefore spinal fixation system is used to maintain the alignment of spine. In this study, a biomechanical study was performed comparing the SROM(Spinal Range Of Motion) of three types of system such as Rigid, Dynesys, and Fused system to analyze the behavior of spinal fixation system inserted in vertebra. Dynesys system, a flexible posterior stabilization system that provides an alternative to fusion, is designed to preserve inter-segmental kinematics and alleviate loading at the facet joints. In this study, SROM of inter-vertebra with spinal fixation system installed in the virtual vertebra from L4 to S1 is estimated. To compare with spinal fixation system, a simulation was performed by BRG. LifeMOD 2005.5.0 was used to create the human virtual model of spinal fixation system. Through this, each SROM of flexion, extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation of human virtual model was measured. The result demonstrates that the movement of Dynesys system was similar to normal condition through allowing the movement of lumbar.

Flexible biosensors based on field-effect transistors and multi-electrode arrays: a review

  • Kim, Ju-Hwan;Park, Je-Won;Han, Dong-Jun;Park, Dong-Wook
    • Journal of Semiconductor Engineering
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.88-98
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    • 2020
  • As biosensors are widely used in the medical field, flexible devices compatible with live animals have aroused great interest. Especially, significant research has been carried out to develop implantable or skin-attachable devices for real-time bio-signal sensing. From the device point of view, various biosensor types such as field-effect transistors (FETs) and multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) have been reported as diverse sensing strategies. In particular, the flexible FETs and MEAs allow semiconductor engineering to expand its application, which had been impossible with stiff devices and materials. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art research on flexible FET and MEA biosensors focusing on their materials, structures, sensing targets, and methods.

Cellulose Nanocrystals as Advanced "Green" Materials for Biological and Biomedical Engineering

  • Sinha, Arvind;Martin, Elizabeth M.;Lim, Ki-Taek;Carrier, Danielle Julie;Han, Haewook;Zharov, Vladimir P.;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.373-393
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    • 2015
  • Background: Cellulose is a ubiquitous, renewable and environmentally friendly biopolymer, which has high promise to fulfil the rising demand for sustainable and biocompatible materials. Particularly, the recent progress in the synthesis of highly crystalline cellulose-based nanoscale biomaterials, namely cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), draws significant attention from many research communities, ranging from bioresource engineering, to materials science and engineering, to biological and biomedical engineering to bionanotechnology. The feasibility of harnessing CNCs' unique biophysicochemical properties has inspired their basic and applied research, offering much promise for new biomaterials with diverse advanced functionalities. Purpose: This review focuses on vital issues and topics on the recent advances in CNC-based biomaterials with potential, in particular, for bionanotechnology and biological and biomedical engineering. The challenges and limitations of CNC technology are discussed as well as potential strategies to overcome them, providing an essential source of information in the exploration of possible and futuristic applications of the CNC-based functional "green" nanomaterials. Conclusion: CNCs offer exciting possibilities for advanced "green" nanomaterials, driving innovative research and development in a wide range of fields, including biological and biomedical engineering.

Implementation of Medical Device Integration Module for Integrated Patient Monitoring System

  • Park, Myeong-Chul;Jung, Hyon-Chel;Choi, Duk-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we implement a common module that can integrate multiple biometric information for integrated patient monitoring system. Conventional biomedical instruments have many devices attached to each patient, making it difficult to monitor abnormality signs of many patients in real time. In this paper, we propose a module for an integrated monitoring system that can perform centralized monitoring using a common module that integrates multiple measurement devices. A protocol for sending and receiving packets between the measuring device and the common module is designed, and the packets transmitted through the network are stored and managed through the integrated monitoring system and provide information to various users such as medical staff. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the management of patients and efficient medical services in hospitals.