• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.434-441
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• 2013

Bending motion has been used in the surgical instruments with bending structures and tendon mechanisms. A simplified bending angle amplification ratio between the proximal and distal bending joint was derived in this article. The bending structure of disk and rib in the proximal joint was analyzed based on finite element method with an emphasis on the circumferential uniformity of bending stiffness. Regarding the distal joint, optimal design and sensitivity analysis was done with four design variables of outer and inner diameter, rib height and rib width while maximizing the deformation under the stress distribution below the yield stress. Outer diameter and rib width are most critical to maximum deformation as the outer diameter and inner diameters are so to maximum equivalent stress.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.307-325
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• 2007

Examining the standards of review adopted by the dispute settlement body of the WTO in its decision on safeguard measures, the Appellate Body offers no coherent guidance or theory as to the legitimation of the safeguard measures adopted by the domestic authorities. It faults the lack of reasoned and adequate explanation in the national authorities' decision to impose safeguard measures, yet its own explanation of the permissible role for safeguard measure could hardly be less instructive. The Appellate Body has consistently emphasized fidelity to text in its decision but that approach can not work properly when the text is fundamentally deficient from the viewpoints that neither Article XIX nor the safeguard Agreement establish a coherent foundation for safeguard measures due to their vague and abstract provision. Without any coherent theory on guidance as to the legitimation of the safeguard measures, it would be absurd to expect WTO members to produce a reasoned and adequate explanation as to how their safeguard measures are in compliance with the WTO roles. In the absence of a thorough renegotiation for the proper operation of the WTO safeguard system, which seems quite unlikely for the foreseeable future, perhaps the unique method out of the current predicament is for the Appellate Body to lead a movement in establishing a sensible common law of safeguards, drawing on extra-textual guidance including the standards of review about their proper role in the WTO safeguard mechanism.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

The optimum design of back pressure chamber is one of the most important factors in designing scroll compressors because it has a great influence on the efficiency and other design parameters. The design process can be divided into 2 parts. One is obtaining the optimum pressure of the chamber and keeping it in constant value. The other is finding out the minimum inflow rate of medium with which back pressure chamber is filled. In this study we are focused on the first step. At first we added a simple structure that can change back pressure without reassembling compressor. It makes possible to obtaining optimum back pressure. Then we designed an equipment that the back pressure control valve assembly could be independently tested with. Spring was redesigned to decrease stiffness variation. Also sealing mechanism of back pressure control valve was improved to more effective way. As a result, it was verified that in a real mode test back pressure variation could be retained in 2.3% with discharge pressure and operating frequency varied. In addition the integrated structure of back pressure control valve is expected to contribute to effective manufacturing process.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2015

The etiopathogenesis of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) seems to be complex and many patients probably involves interactions among local, systemic, and/or psychological factors in the pathophysiologic mechanism. Although there are controversies over whether the psychological factor is a cause or a result of BMS, several studies have supported strong relationships between psychological factors and chronic pain. It has been suggested that somatic complaints from unfavorable life experiences may influence both individual personality and mood changes; however, initiation of BMS symptoms is not necessarily correlated with stressful life events despite their elevated psychological stress. If the psychological distress is not a causal factor of BMS, it seems that BMS patients may be particularly vulnerable to psychological problems, primarily depression, anxiety, and hostility due to the characteristic entities of BMS such as chronic persistent pain itself. It seems likely that both physiological and psychological factors play a role in causing, perpetuating and/or exacerbating BMS; therefore, both two components of the patient's symptoms must be addressed. The acceptance of psychological factors by the patient is often an important element of BMS, management. The evaluation of psychological and emotional status of BMS patient enables clinicians to recognize prolonged negative and subclinical factors which can complicate the management of pain or indirectly perpetuate other physical factors. This evaluation improves the doctor-patient relationships, motivation, and compliance through a correct understanding of the clinical problem. Appropriate emotional and psychological evaluation may be required prior to developing a treatment plan in order to gain the successful treatment outcome.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2014

Petroleum a vital commodity affecting every aspect of 21st century. Toxicity and adverse effects of sulphur as catalyst in petroleum products is of great concern required development of techniques for desulphurization in compliance with the International standards. Installation of desulphurizing units costs over $200 million per unit placing economic burden on developing countries like Pakistan. Present study analysis of commercial fuels (station petrol and jet fuel JP8) on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identified sulphur concentration of 19.94 mg/L and 21.75 mg/L, respectively. This scenario urged the researcher to attempt synthesis of material that is likely to offer good adsorption capacity for sulphur. Following protocol of sol-gel method, transition metals (Ni, Cu, Zn) solution is gelated with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS; silica precursor) using glycerol. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra revealed bonding of Zn-O, Cu-O, and Ni-O by stretching vibrations at $468cm^{-1}$, $617cm^{-1}$, and $468cm^{-1}$, respectively. Thiophene and Benzothiophene mixed in n-heptane and benzene (4:1) for preparation of Model Fuels I and II, respectively. Each of silica based metal was applied as adsorbent in batch mode to assess the removal efficiency. Results demonstrated optimal desulphurization of more than 90% following efficacy order as Si-Ni > Si-Zn > Si-Cu based adsorbents. Proposed multilayered (Freundlich) adsorption mechanism follows ${\pi}$-complexation with pseudo secnd order kinetics.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.370-378
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• 2019

In the recent years, various studies have presented stable and economic methods for increased regulations and compliance in sewage treatment plants. In some sewage treatment plants, the effluent concentration exceeded the regulations, or the effluent concentration was manipulated. This indicates that the process is currently inefficient to operate and control sewage treatment plants. The operation and control method of sewage treatment plant is mathematically dealing with a physical and chemical mechanism for the anticipated situation during operation. In addition, there are some limitations, such as situations that are different from the actual sewage treatment plant. Therefore, it is necessary to find a more stable and economical way to enhance the operational and control method. AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology is selected among various methods. There are very few cases of applying and utilizing AI technology in domestic sewage treatment plants. In addition, it failed to define specific definitions of applying AI technologies. The purpose of this study is to present the application of AI technology to domestic sewage treatment plants by comparing and analyzing various cases. This study presented the AI technology algorithm system, verification method, data collection, energy and operating costs as methods of applying AI technology.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2020

Depressive disorder is a very common disease, clinical manifestations vary, and the mechanism is not clear. Therefore, a pharmacotherapy is very important to achieve sufficient therapeutic effect, but the choice of drug is not easy due to the occurrence of side effects of treatment and confusion with clinical features. It is easy to overlook the side effects of weight gain with antidepressants compared with antipsychotics, but they are frequently observed in clinical settings. The first-generation antidepressants have higher weight gains than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are observed to have less weight gain, and dopamine norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors have weight loss effect due to decreased appetite. Mirtazapine, an atypical antidepressant, has a strong histamine H1 blockade, and gains weight gain from short-term use. The effects of desvenlafaxine, vortioxetine, and agomelatin on weight, which have recently been increasing in use, have not been largely identified. For better compliance, studies on weight gain due to the use of antidepressants are needed.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.939-969
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• 2017

환경과 안전에 대한 관심이 증가함에 따라 사회적 규제 및 이의 혁신에 대한 영향성에 대한 관심 또한 증대되고 있다. 포터가설을 중심으로 한 기존의 사회적 규제 관련 문헌들은 주로 혁신으로 인한 비용, 기대이익, R&D 투자 등 내적 요소에 초점을 두어 왔다. 최근에는 환경규제 등 사회적 규제로 인한 산업구조의 변화에 관심을 두는 연구가 증가하고 있는 상황이나, 사회적 규제에 따른 외부환경의 변화와 그로 인한 혁신에 대한 영향에 대해서는 연구가 많이 이루어지지 못한 상황이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기존 문헌이 제시하는 바와 같이 준수 기대이익 등 내적 요인은 물론, 산업구조 변화와 같은 변화를 통해 사회적 규제가 혁신에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 보여주고자 하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 국내 철강 구조물용 내화 피복재 산업의 사례연구를 실시하였다. 연구 결과 내화 피복재 산업은 1990년대 3번에 걸친 규제완화를 경험하였으며, 이들 규제 완화들이 시장 기회 및 기대이익을 제공함으로써 신규 시장진입을 유도하였고, 시장구조 변화와 경쟁 심화에 따라 기업들의 혁신이 발생하였음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 디자인융복합연구
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.73-92
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• 2016

건축물 설계품질 및 생산성을 향상시키기 위한 다양한 BIM기반 실증적 연구 개발이 진행중이며, 인허가단계 전후로 건축법규 자동검토에 관한 연구 및 개발도 그 중 하나이다. 해당 연구 개발의 성과물 중 하나로써, 건축물 설계 적법성 자동검토를 위해 자연어로 기술된 건축법을 컴퓨터에서 실행 가능한 룰셋(KBimCode)으로 변환하는 메커니즘(KBimLogic)이 개발되었다. KBimCode는 표준성 및 중립성을 지향하며, 한국 건축법뿐만 아니라 타 국가의 건축법규나 설계지침서, 제안 요청서 등 다양한 설계 요구사항으로의 확대 적용이 가능하도록 개발되었다. 본 연구는 KBimCode를 타 국가 건축 법규로 확대 적용하여 그 표준성과 중립성 및 응용가능성을 검증하는것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위하여 중국의 피난방화에 관한 건축법규를 대상으로, KBimCode 생성 메커니즘의 핵심인 논리규칙체계화의 세 가지 구성요소(객체속성, 함수, 문장 내외 관계)에 따라 구체적인 분석을 진행하였다. 그 결과, 다양한 중국 건축법규 문장을 KBimCode로 변환할 수 있었으며, 변환의 과정 중 다음을 도출할 수 있었다: 1) 건물 객체 및 그에 따른 속성에 대한 정의는 각 국가마다 상이하므로, 이를 고려한 객체 정의 및 속성 처리 방법이 필요하며, 2) 일부 문장은 서술부 및 문장 관계를 처리하기 위하여 새로운 함수 및 관계 유형 정의가 필요하며, 이는 KBimCode의 표준화된 함수 및 관계 유형 도출 규칙 안에서 확장 가능하다. 본 연구를 통해 전혀 새로운 대상의 변환과정에서의 문제점 등을 해결하는 과정을 통해 KBimCode의 가능성을 일부 검증하였으며, 다양한 대상 확대를 통해 표준적이고 국제적인 응용이 기대된다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.181-207
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• 2008

With recent emphasis on evidence based medicine, clinical practice guidelines are seen as a potential mechanism by which unify various managerial and professional approaches to improving the quality of care. The development process of guidelines has been the subject of much research. and it is need translating the medical evidence of research into a clinical practice guidelines. the gathered evidence needs to be interpreted into a clinical, public health, policy, or payment context. The term 'clinical practice guidelines' can evoke a diverse range of responses from healthcare personnel. Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly used in patient management but some clinicians are not familiar with their origin or appropriate applications. Understanding the limitations as well as benefits of CPG could enable clinicians to have clearer view of the place of guidelines in every practice. In the context of increasing complaints and litigation in healthcare, the legal implications of clinical practice guidelines are of increasing importance. Clinical practice guidelines could, in theory, influence the manner in which the courts establish negligence by suggesting the doctor breached the duty of care by failing to provide the required standard of medical care. In several studies, the CPGs were relevent to and played a pivotal role in the proof of negligence. Much depends on the quality of guidelines and the tools developed and the authoritativeness of a guideline. Recently, there are several opinions the court also should review the validity and reliability of expert testimony including medical evidence. and widespread use of guidelines in malpractice lawsuit could lead the physicians to greater compliance with guidelines in the long term. In conclusion, Health care reformers, physicians as well as guidelines developers should understand that guidelines have both medical and legal aspects as a double-edges sword. so clinicians, legal representatives and decision-makers should not defer unduly to guidelines.