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소비자-브랜드 관계 품질 측정에 관한 연구 (Measuring Consumer-Brand Relationship Quality)

  • 강명수;김병재;신종칠
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.111-131
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    • 2007
  • 브랜드의 중요성이 증대됨에 따라 다양한 브랜드 관련 연구가 이루어지고 있는데, 최근 들어서는 소비자-브랜드 관계가 브랜드 연구의 중심이 되어가고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 소비자-브랜드 관계에 있어서 높은 품질과 지속적인 연대를 가능하게 하는 브랜드 관계 품질의 측정을 다루고 있다. 소비자-브랜드 관계에 대한 대부분의 기존 연구들은 Fournier(1994, 1998)가 제시한 6개 구성요소 또는 하위 차원을 바탕으로 하고 있다. 그러나 많은 연구들에서 소비자-브랜드 관계를 구성하는 6가지의 요소 또는 하위차원들이 소비자-브랜드 관계 품질이라는 하나의 단일차원을 이루고 있는지 확인하지 못한 채 소비자-브랜드 관계를 측정하기 위해 이들 하위차원들을 결합하여 점수를 계산하고서 연구를 진행하고 있다. 이러한 문제와 관련하여 본 연구에서는 소비자-브랜드 관계 품질을 구성하고 있는 상호의존, 몰입, 사랑/정열, 자아연관, 친밀감, 브랜드 파트너 품질 등의 6개의 차원들이 단일차원의 개념인가를 검토하였고, 이를 실증적으로 검토하였다. 구체적으로 본 연구에서는 구성개념들의 하위차원들이 단일차원의 구성개념인가를 검토한 선행연구들(Naver & Slater, 1990; Cronin & Taylor, 1992; Chang & Chen, 1998)에서 사용한 방법론을 활용하여 소비자-브랜드 관계를 구성하는 하위차원들이 단일차원을 이루고 있는가를 살펴보았다. 이러한 실증연구를 통해 소비자-브랜드 관계를 구성하고 있는 6개 차원들의 신뢰성, 수렴타당성, 판별타당성을 확인할 수 있었고, 소비자-브랜드관계를 구성하는 6개의 하위차원들이 단일차원을 이루고 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 연구결과는 소비자-브랜드 관계를 구성하는 6개의 하위차원을 결합하여 소비자-브랜드 관계를 연구하였던 기존 연구들, 소비자-브랜드관계를 구성하는 하위차원을 통합하여 소비자-브랜드 관계를 종합적으로 살펴보려는 여러 연구들에 있어서 방법론상의 실증적 근거를 제시하고 있다.

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폐상피세포에서 Triptolide에 의한 NF-${\kappa}B$ 의존성 IL-8 유전자 전사활성 억제기전 (Triptolide-induced Transrepression of IL-8 NF-${\kappa}B$ in Lung Epithelial Cells)

  • 지영구;김윤섭;윤세영;김용호;최은경;박재석;김건열;채기남;곽상준;이계영
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제50권1호
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    • pp.52-66
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    • 2001
  • 연구배경 : 폐상피세포가 능동적으로 IL-8을 분비한다는 것은 주지의 사실이다. NF-${\kappa}B$는 IL-8 발현 조절에 있어서 가장 중요한 역할을 담당하는 전사인자이다. Triptolide는 최근 밝혀진 NF-${\kappa}B$ 억제제로서 중국한약제인 뇌공등 (Tripterygium Wilfordii)에서 추출된약제이다. 연자들은 새로운 NF-${\kappa}B$ 억제제인 triptolide가 폐상피세포에서 NF-${\kappa}B$ 의존성 IL-8 유전자의triptolide가 염증성 폐질환에서 새로운 치료제로서의 가능성을 확인하기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방법 : 폐상피세포로서 A549 사용하였고 triptolide는 미국의 Pharamagenesis(Palo Alto, CA)사로부터 제공받았다. NF-${\kappa}B$ 활성유도물질로는 IL-$1{\beta}$(R&D)와 PMA(Sigma)를 이용하였다. IL-8 유전자의 발현은 RT-PCR과 ELISA를 이용하여 측정 하였다. NF-${\kappa}B$의존성 IL-8 유전자의 전사활성을 평가하기 위하여는 IL-8 NF-${\kappa}B$ luciferase construct를 안정적으로 유전자주입한 A549 IL-8 NF-${\kappa}B$ luciferase 세포주를 제조해 사용하였고 NF-${\kappa}B$ DNA 결합은 electromobility shift assay(EMSA)를 이용하였다. p65 전사활성을 assay하기 위해서는 Gal4-p65 fusion protein expression system을 유전자주입과 luciferase assay를 통하여 시행하였다. Transcriptional coactivator의 역할을 규명 하가 위하여서는 CBP(CREB-binding protein)와 SRC-1(steroid receptor coactivator-1) 발현 벡터를 유전자 주입하고 luciferase assay를 이용하여 확인하였다. 결과 : Luciferase assay로 triptolide가 PMA와 IL-$1{\beta}$자극에 의한 IL-8 NF-${\kappa}B$ 활성을 의미있게 감소시킴을 확인하였다. IL-8 ELISA와 RT-PCR로 triptolide가 PMA와 IL-$1{\beta}$ 자극에 의해 유도되는 IL-8 발현을 각각 단백질과 mRNA 수준에서 억제함을 관찰하였다. Triptolide가 PMA와 IL-$1{\beta}$에 의한 IL-8 NF-${\kappa}B$의 전사활성을 억제시킨 반면 EMSA와 $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ Western blot을 이용한 실험에서는 triptolide가 NF-${\kappa}B$ DNA 결합과 $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$의 분해에 전혀 영향을 미치지 못함을 확인하였다. 이러한 전사활성 억제와 DNA 결합 간의 불일치의 원인으로서는 DNA 결합 이후에 발생하는 핵내 에서의 transactivation에 triptolide가 영향을 미치리라고 생각되어 p65 transactivation study를 Gal4-p65T A(p65의 transactivation domain) fusion protein 발현 시스템과 luciferase assay를 이용하여 시행한 결과 triptolide가 p65 transactivation을 억제함으로써 NF-${\kappa}B$를 억제함을 확인하였다. 그러나 CBP나 SRC-1과 같은 coactivator의 역할을 규명하기 위한 유전자주입 실험에서 triptolide에 의한 p65 transactivation 억제에 대해 CBP나 SRC-1의 과발현이 별다른 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 결론 : Triptolide는 폐상피세포에서 NF-${\kappa}B$ 의존성 IL-8 유전자의 전사활성을 억제하고 그 기전은 $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$ 경로가 아닌 핵내에서의 p65 transactivation 억제에 의해 발생하며 이에는 CBP나 SRC-1과 같은 coactivator가 관여하지 않음을 확인하였다.

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장기혈액투석환자의 투석중 혈압하강과 Coil내 혈액손실 방지를 위한 기초조사 (A Study on the long-term Hemodialysis patient중s hypotension and preventation from Blood loss in coil during the Hemodialysis)

  • 박순옥
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.83-104
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    • 1981
  • Hemodialysis is essential treatment for the chronic renal failure patient's long-term cure and for the patient management before and after kidney transplantation. It sustains the endstage renal failure patient's life which didn't get well despite strict regimen and furthermore it becomes an essential treatment to maintain civil life. Bursing implementation in hemodialysis may affect the significant effect on patient's life. The purpose of this study was to obtain the basic data to solve the hypotension problem encountable to patient and the blood loss problem affecting hemodialysis patient'a anemic states by incomplete rinsing of blood in coil through all process of hemodialysis. The subjects for this study were 44 patients treated hemodialysis 691 times in the hemodialysis unit, The .data was collected at Gang Nam 51. Mary's Hospital from January 1, 1981 to April 30, 1981 by using the direct observation method and the clinical laboratory test for laboratory data and body weight and was analysed by the use of analysis of Chi-square, t-test and anlysis of varience. The results obtained an follows; A. On clinical laboratory data and other data by dialysis Procedure. The average initial body weight was 2.37 ± 0.97kg, and average body weight after every dialysis was 2.33 ± 0.9kg. The subject's average hemoglobin was 7.05±1.93gm/dl and average hematocrit was 20.84± 3.82%. Average initial blood pressure was 174.03±23,75mmHg and after dialysis was 158.45±25.08mmHg. The subject's average blood ion due to blood sample for laboratory data was 32.78±13.49cc/ month. The subject's average blood replacement for blood complementation was 1.31 ±0.88 pint/ month for every patient. B. On the hypotensive state and the coping approaches occurrence rate of hypotension was 28.08%. It was 194 cases among 691 times. 1. In degrees of initial blood pressure, the most 36.6% was in the group of 150-179mmHg, and in degrees of hypotension during dialysis, the most 28.9% in the group of 40-50mmHg, especially if the initial blood pressure was under 180mmHg, 59.8% clinical symptoms appeared in the group of“above 20mmHg of hypotension”. If initial blood pressure was above 180mmHg, 34.2% of clinical symptoms were appeared in the group of“above 40mmHg of hypotension”. These tendencies showed the higher initial blood pressure and the stronger degree of hypotension, these results showed statistically singificant differences. (P=0.0000) 2. Of the occuring times of hypotension,“after 3 hrs”were 29.4%, the longer the dialyzing procedure, the stronger degree of hypotension ann these showed statistically significant differences. (P=0.0142). 3. Of the dispersion of symptoms observed, sweat and flush were 43.3%, and Yawning, and dizziness 37.6%. These were the important symptoms implying hypotension during hemodialysis accordingly. Strages of procedures in coping with hypotension were as follows ; 45.9% were recovered by reducing the blood flow rate from 200cc/min to 1 00cc/min, and by reducing venous pressure to 0-30mmHg. 33.51% were recovered by controling (adjusting) blood flow rate and by infusion of 300cc of 0,9% Normal saline. 4.1% were recovered by infusion of over 300cc of 0.9% normal saline. 3.6% by substituting Nor-epinephiine, 5.7% by substituting blood transfusion, and 7,2% by substituting Albumin were recovered. And the stronger the degree of symptoms observed in hypotention, the more the treatments required for recovery and these showed statistically significant differences (P=0.0000). C. On the effects of the changes of blood pressure and osmolality by albumin and hemofiltration. 1. Changes of blood pressure in the group which didn't required treatment in hypotension and the group required treatment, were averaged 21.5mmHg and 44.82mmHg. So the difference in the latter was bigger than the former and these showed statistically significant difference (P=0.002). On the changes of osmolality, average mean were 12.65mOsm, and 17.57mOsm. So the difference was bigger in the latter than in the former but these not showed statistically significance (P=0.323). 2. Changes of blood pressure in the group infused albumin and in the group didn't required treatment in hypotension, were averaged 30mmHg and 21.5mmHg. So there was no significant differences and it showed no statistical significance (P=0.503). Changes of osmolality were averaged 5.63mOsm and 12.65mOsm. So the difference was smaller in the former but these was no stitistical significance (P=0.287). Changes of blood pressure in the group infused Albumin and in the group required treatment in hypotension were averaged 30mmHg and 44.82mmHg. So the difference was smaller in the former but there is no significant difference (P=0.061). Changes of osmolality were averaged 8.63mOsm, and 17.59mOsm. So the difference were smaller in the former but these not showed statistically significance (P=0.093). 3. Changes of blood pressure in the group iutplemented hemofiltration and in the Uoup didn't required treatment in hypotension were averaged 22mmHg and 21.5mmHg. So there was no significant differences and also these showed no statistical significance (P=0.320). Changes of osmolality were averaged 0.4mOsm and 12.65mOsm. So the difference was smaller in the former but these not showed statistical significance(P=0.199). Changes of blood pressure in the group implemented hemofiltration and in the group required treatment in hypotension were averaged 22mmHg and 44.82mmHg. So the difference was smatter in the former and these showed statistically significant differences (P=0.035). Changes of osmolality were averaged 0.4mOsm and 17.59mOsm. So the difference was smaller in the former but these not showed statistical significance (P=0.086). D. On the changes of body weight, and blood pressure, between the group of hemofiltration and hemodialysis. 1, Changes of body weight in the group implemented hemofiltration and hemodialysis were averaged 3.340 and 3.320. So there was no significant differences and these showed no statistically significant difference, (P=0.185) but standard deviation of body weight averaged in comparison with standard difference of body weight was statistically significant difference (P=0.0000). Change of blood Pressure in the group implemented hemofiltration and hemodialysis were averaged 17.81mmHg and 19.47mmHg. So there was no significant differences and these showed no statistically significant difference (P=0.119), But in comparison with standard deviation about difference of blood pressure was statistically significant difference. (P=0.0000). E. On the blood infusion method in coil after hemodialysis and residual blood losing method in coil. 1, On comparing and analysing Hct of residual blood in coil by factors influencing blood infusion method. Infusion method of saline 200cc reduced residual blood in coil after the quantitative comparison of Saline Occ, 50cc, 100cc, 200cc and the differences showed statistical significance (p < 0.001). Shaking Coil method reduced residual blood in Coil in comparison of Shaking Coil method and Non-Shaking Coil method this showed statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Adjusting pressure in Coil at OmmHg method reduced residual blood in Coil in comparison of adjusting pressure in Coil at OmmHg and 200mmHg, and this showed statistically significant difference (P < 0.001). 2. Comparing blood infusion method divided into 10 methods in Coil with every factor respectively, there was seldom difference in group of choosing Saline 100cc infusion between Coil at OmmHg. The measured quantity of blood loss was averaged 13.49cc. Shaking Coil method in case of choosing saline 50cc infusion while adjusting pressure in coil at OmmHg was the most effective to reduce residual blood. The measured quantity of blood loss was averaged 15.18cc.

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첨가제(添加劑) 알칼리 법(法)에 의한 일본 잎갈 나무의 펄프화(化) 특성(特性)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (Studies on the Pulping Characteristics of Larchwood (Larix leptolepis Gordon) by Alkaline Process with Additives)

  • 임기표;신동소
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.3-30
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    • 1979
  • 우리나라에서는 일본잎갈나무가 대량(大量) 조림(造林)되어 축적(蓄積)과 생장량(生長量)으로 보아 주요(主要)한 조림(造林) 수종(樹種)이나 각종(各種) 추출물(抽出物)과 활성(活性) phenol 성분(成分)이 많고 심재율(心材率)이 높아 펄프화(化)에서 수율저하(收率低下)와 표백곤란(漂白困難)이 초래(招來)되어 펄프원료(原料)로서의 이용(利用)이 기피(忌避)되고 있다. 따라서 일본잎갈나무의 화학(化學)펄프 원료화(原料化)의 제고(提高)로서 펄프수율(收率) 향상(向上)과 표백성(漂白性) 개선(改善)을 위하여 셀룰로오스보호제를 첨가(添加)한 소다펄프화(化) 특성(特性)을 구명(究明)하였다. 증해(蒸解)는 최고온도(最高溫度) 170$^{\circ}C$까지 90분간(分間) 가열(加熱)하고 90분간(分間) 유지(維持)하는 일정조건(一定條件)으로 황화도(黃化度) 25%, 활성(活性)알칼리 18%의 크라프트법(法)으로 일본잎갈나무의 수령별(樹齡別) 펄프화(化) 특성(特性)을 구명(究明)하고, 18%활성(活性) 알칼리의 소다증해(蒸解)에 첨가제로 2.5% $MgSO_4$, 2.5% $ZnSO_4$, 2.5% $Al_2(SO_4)_3$, 2.5% KI, 2.5% hydroquinone, 2.5% ethylene diamine 또는 0.1~1.0% anthraquinone를 가(加)하여 15년생(年生) 일본잎갈나무의 변재(邊材)와 심재별(心材別) 소다펄프화(化) 특성(特性)을 구명(究明)한 후(後), 0.5% anthraquinone과 18% 활성(活性)알칼리로 증해(蒸解)된 펄프를 3%, 6%, 9% NaOH를 투입(投入)한 30%의 고농도(高農度)펄프를 상압(常壓) 산소표백(酸素漂白)하고, 이산화염소(二酸化鹽素)의 DED로 계속표백(繼續漂白)한 결과(結果) 다음과 같은 결론(結論)을 얻었다. 1. 일본잎갈나무의 수령별(樹齡別) 크라프트펄프는 수령간(樹齡間)에 펄프의 정선수율(精選收率)은 차(差)가 없으나, 수령(樹齡)이 증가함에 따라 펄프의 총수율(總收率)은 감소(減少)하고 비인열도(比引裂度)는 증가하였으며, 목재(木材)의 심재율(心材率), 용적밀도(容積密度) 수(數), 섬유장(纖維長) 및 온수추출물(溫水抽出物)도 증가하는 경향(傾向)을 나타냈다. 2. 일본잎갈나무의 변재(邊材)와 심재별(心材別) 소다증해(蒸解)에 셀룰로오스 보호제로 첨가(添加)된 7종(種)의 첨가제들은 변재(邊材)와 심재(心材)펄프화(化)에 대한 영향(影響)이 대체로 소다법(法)보다 증가되었으나 크라프트법(法)에 미치지 못하고, 크라프트펄프법(法)에 가까운 첨가제는 펄프수율(收率)에서 KI $MgSO_4$, anthraquinone이며, 특(特)히 다른 첨가제의 25분(分) 1이 첨가(添加)된 anthraquinone은 펄프의 정선수율(精選收率)과 KappaNo. 및 비파열도(比破裂度)에서 다른 첨가제보다 효과적이었다. 3. anthraquinone첨가량(添加量)에 따른 변재(邊材)와 심재별(心材別) 소다펄프의 품질(品質)은 변재(邊材)와 심재(心材) 모두 첨가량(添加量)이 많을수록 탈(脫)리그닌도(度)와 펄프수율(收率)이 높으나 활성(活性)알칼리가 낮으면 정선수율(精選收率)도 낮았으며 활성(活性)알칼리 17%의 소다 증해액(蒸解液)에 0.5% anthraquinone을 첨가(添加)한 조건(條件)에서는 크라프트펄프보다 비교적(比較的) 양호(良好)한 펄프가 얻어졌다. 4. 일반화(一般化)된 CEDED표백중(漂白中) 염소화(鹽素化)와 알칼리 추출단계(抽出段階) 대신(代身)에 30%의 고농도(高濃度)펄프에 상압(常壓) 산소표백(酸素漂白)한 ODED표백(漂白)은 산소단계(酸素段階)에서 변재(邊材)와 심재(心材)펄프 모두 NaOH투입량(投入量)이 증가될수록 백색도(白色度)와 비인열도(比引裂度)가 향상(向上)되나 펄프수율(收率)과 Kapa No.는 감소(減少)되었으며, NaOH 투입량(投入量)이 높을수록 펄프품질(品質)은 CEDED 표백(漂白)과 유사(類似)하나 펄프수율(收率)이 떨어졌다. 5. 따라서 본(本) 실험(實驗)에서는 펄프수율(收率) 향상(向上)을 위해서는 원료(原料)에서 심재율(心材率)이 낮은 수령(樹齡)의 경우가 펄프재(材)로 적당(適當)하고, 0.5% anthraquinone을 첨가(添加)한 활성(活性)알카리 18%의 소다증해(蒸解)하는 것이 적당(適當)하며 폐수중(廢水中)의 염소화합물(鹽素化合物)을 감소(減少)시키기 위하여서는 펄프농도(濃度) 30%이상(以上)의 고농도(高濃度)에서 상압(常壓) 산소(酸素)로 표백후(漂白後) 이산화(二酸化) 염소(鹽素)로 DED 표백(漂白)하면 일본잎갈나무의 크라프트법(法)보다 비교적(比較的) 우수(優秀)한 펄프를 얻을 수 있다.

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저장(貯藏)간장의 생화학적(生化學的) 연구(硏究) (The Biochemical Studies on Stored Soy-sauce)

  • 장지현
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제9권
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    • pp.9-27
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    • 1968
  • 12년(年) 묵은 개량식(改良式) 간장과, 20년(年) 묵은 재래식(在來式) 간장 및 7년(年)묵은 재래식(在來式) 간장에 대(對)하여 화학적(化學的) 조성(組成)을 분석(分析)하고 microflora를 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 간장 맛에 영향을 주는 일반성분(一般成分)의 분석결과(分析結果)는 다음과 같았다. a) 오래 묵은 간장일수록 재래식(在來式) 및 개량식(改良式) 간장을 불문(不問)하고 맛을 좌우(左右)하는 성분(成分)인 유기산(有機酸), 유리환원당(遊離還元糖) 및 유리(遊離) 아미노산(酸)의 함량(含量)이 증가(增加)되었다. b) 유기산(有機酸)에 있어서 오래 묵은 간장일수록 비휘발성(非揮發性) 유기산(有機酸)은 증가(增加)하고 휘발성(揮發性) 유기산(有機酸)은 감소(減少)하며, 총산(總酸)은 비휘발성(非揮發性) 유기산(有機酸)에 의(依)하여 지배(支配)되어 있음을 알았다. c) 식염농도(食鹽濃度)는 오래 묵은 간장일수록 감소(減少)되었다. 2. 저장(貯藏)간장중(中)의 microflora를 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. a) 일반세균(一般細菌)은 묵은 간장중(中)에서 pH의 강하(降下) 및 식염농도(食鹽濃度)의 영향(影響)으로 생존(生存) 불능(不能) 상태(狀態)였다. b) 내염성(耐鹽性) 유산균(乳酸菌)은 저장(貯藏)함에 따라 식염농도(食鹽濃度)는 강하(降下)하기는 하나 pH의 강하(降下)로 거의 생존(生存)이 불능상태(不能(狀態)였다. c) 내염성효모(耐鹽性酵母)는 묵힐수록 어느 시기 이후는 식염농도(食鹽濃度)의 강하(降下) 및 pH 직강하(直降下)로 생존(生存)됨을 알았다. 3. Paper chromatography 및 colorimetry에 의(依)하여 유리(遊離) 아미노산(酸)을 분석(分析)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같았다. a) 재래식(在來式) 간장에 있어서 7년(年)묵은 간장에 대하여 20년(年) 묵은 간장중에는 aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine, valine, leucine, lysine, histidine, methionine이 증가(增加)하였고, alanine, tyrosine phenylalanine, cystine이 감소(減少)하였다. b) 개량식(改良式) 간장에 있어서는 colorimetry로 정량(定量)된 산(酸)의 양적(量的)인 변화(變化)는 햇간장에 대하여 12년(年)된 간장중의 methionine, tyrosine, histidine는 감소(減少)하고, phenylalanine는 증가(增加)하며 cystine는 별차(別差) 없었다. 4. Paper chromatography에 의하여 유리당류(遊離糖類)를 분석(分析)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같았다. a) 12년(年)묵은 개량식(改良式) 간장중(中)에서 galactose, glucose, arabinose, xylose, rhamnose, maltose, unknown 1를 검출(檢出)하였고, 정량(定量)한 당류(糖類)의 함량(含量)은 maltose와 미지당(未知糖)을 제외(除外)하고 이상(以上)의 순위(順位)와 같았다. b) 20년(年), 7년(年) 묵은 재래식(在來式) 간장에서 galactose, arabinose, xylose, glucose, rhamnose를 다같이 분리(分離)하였으며 그들의 함량(含量)은 이상(以上)의 순위(順位)와 같았다. c) 7년(年) 및 20년(年) 묵은 재래식(在來式) 간장중(中)에서 햇간장중(中)에 별로 없든 glucose가 생성(生成)되었다. 5. Paper chromatograhpy에 의하여 유기산(有機酸)을 분석(分析)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같았다. a) Volatile acid i) 7년(年) 묵은 재래식(在來式) 간장중(中)에서 acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid를 분리(分離)하였으며, acetic acid가 제일 많았다. ii) 20년(年)된 재래식(在來式) 간장과, 12년(年)된 개량식(改良式) 간장중(中)에는 acetic acid가 주로 많았고, propionic acid, butyric acid는 흔적 정도(程度)로 분리(分離)되었다. iii) 간장은 오래 묵힐수록 고린냄새의 한성분(成分)인 propionic acid, butyric acid가 격감(激減)함을 알았다. b) Non-volatile acid i) 재래식(在來式) 간장에 있어서는 묵힘에 따라 생성(生成)된 것은 citric acid이고, 증가(增加)된 것은 lactic, malic, tartaric acid이고 감소(減少)된 것은 succinic, glycolic, fumaric, malonic acid이며 소실(消失)된 것은 glutaric, oxalic acid이다. ii) 개량식(改良式) 간장에 있어서는 묵을수록 생성(生成)된 것은 citric acid이고, 증가(增加)된 것이 latic, tartaric acid이며, succinic, malic, glycolic acid는 감소(減少)하였고 malonic, glutaric acid는 소실(消失)되었다. iii) 묵은 간장중(中)의 citric acid의 생성(生成)은 간장 맛을 좋게하는 인자(因子)가 될 것으로 생각된다. c) ${\alpha}-Keto$ acid i) 모든 묵은 간장중(中)에서 pyruvic, ${\alpha}-ketoglutaric$, acetoacetic(추정(推定)), oxaloacetic(추정(推定)) acid를 분리(分離)하였으며 양적(量的)인 순위(順位)는 pyruvic acid, ${\alpha}-ketoglutaric$ acid이고, 기타는 흔적 정도(程度)였다. ii) 모든 ${\alpha}-Keto$ acid는 간장이 묵을수록 격감(激減)함을 알았다.

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국제프랜차이징 연구요소 및 연구방향 (Research Framework for International Franchising)

  • 김주영;임영균;심재덕
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.61-118
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구는 국내외 프랜차이즈의 해외진출에 대한 연구들을 바탕으로 국제프랜차이징연구의 전체적인 연구체계를 세워보고, 연구체계를 형성하고 있는 연구요인들을 확인하여 각 연구요소별로 이루어지는 연구주제와 내용을 살펴보고, 앞으로의 연구주제들을 제안하고자 한다. 주요한 연구요소들은 국제프랜차이징의 동기 및 환경 요소과 진출의사결정, 국제프랜차이징의 진입양식 및 발전전략, 국제프랜차이징의 운영전략 및 국제프랜차이징의 성과이다. 이외에도 국제프랜차이징 연구에 적용할 수 있는 대리인이론, 자원기반이론, 거래비용이론, 조직학습이론 및 해외진출이론들을 설명하였다. 또한 국제프랜차이징연구에서 보다 중점적으로 개발해야 할 질적, 양적 방법론을 소개하였으며, 마지막으로 국내연구의 동향을 정리하여 추후의 연구방향을 종합적으로 정리하였다.

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인적자원의 혁신성, 학습지향성, 이들의 상호작용이 혁신효과 및 사업성과에 미치는 영향 : 중소기업과 대기업의 비교연구 (The Impact of Human Resource Innovativeness, Learning Orientation, and Their Interaction on Innovation Effect and Business Performance : Comparison of Small and Medium-Sized vs. Large-Sized Companies)

  • 여은아
    • 중소기업연구
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    • 제31권2호
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    • pp.19-37
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구의 목적은 인적자원의 혁신성과 학습지향성이 혁신효과 및 사업성과에 미치는 영향관계를 연구함에 있어 중소기업과 대기업의 차이를 알아보는 것이었다. 다양한 업종의 실무자 479명으로부터 수집한 설문자료를 t-검정, 회귀분석 등을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과에서 대기업은 중소기업에 비해 인적자원의 혁신성, 학습지향성, 혁신효과, 사업성과 면에서 더 높은 수준을 보였다. 혁신효과를 종속변인으로 한 회귀분석 결과에서 인적자원의 혁신성, 학습지향성, 인적자원의 혁신성-학습지향성의 상호 작용 변인이 혁신효과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 기업규모의 조절효과도 확인되어 중소기업의 경우 대기업에 비해 인적자원의 혁신성이 혁신효과에 미치는 영향이 더 크고, 대기업의 경우 중소기업에 비해 학습지향성이 혁신효과에 미치는 영향이 더 크다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 사업성과를 종속변인으로 한 회귀 분석 결과에서는 학습지향성, 혁신효과, 인적자원의 혁신성-학습지향성의 상호작용 변인이 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 기업규모의 조절효과가 확인되었다. 연구결과를 토대로 기업을 위한 시사점이 제시되었는데, 중소기업과 대기업 모두 혁신효과와 사업성과를 끌어올리기 위해 인적자원의 혁신성과 학습 지향적 문화의 확산에 고루 투자함으로서 성공적인 혁신 상품과 서비스 개발을 이루고, 궁극적으로 사업성과의 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

1788년 김응환의 봉명사경과 《해악전도첩(海嶽全圖帖)》 (Kim Eung-hwan's Official Excursion for Drawing Scenic Spots in 1788 and his Album of Complete Views of Seas and Mountains)

  • 오다연
    • 미술자료
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    • 제96권
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    • pp.54-88
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    • 2019
  • 《해악전도첩(海嶽全圖帖)》은 금강산과 해금강, 관동팔경을 그린 60점의 실경산수화와 51편의 기문(記文)으로 이루어진 화첩으로 규모와 화풍에 있어 보기 드문 작품이다. 그림의 특징은 화면을 가득 채운 구성과 남종화풍을 따르면서도 거칠고 파격적인 화법, 산석(山石)의 기하학적이고 입체적인 표현 등이다. 1973년의 특별전, '한국미술이천년(韓國美術二千年)'을 처음으로 화첩의 일부만 공개되었던 작품은 2019년 국립중앙박물관 특별전 '우리 강산을 그리다: 화가의 시선, 조선시대 실경산수화'에서 그 전모가 공개되었다. 《해악전도첩》이 김응환(金應煥)(1742~1789)의 작품으로 알려진 것은 화첩의 마지막 장에 쓰여진 관지(款識)와 현재 행방이 묘연한 <칠보대>에 찍힌 '복헌'이라는 도장 때문이었다. 그러나 김응환을 지시하는 관지와 도장은 모두 후대에 더해졌을 가능성이 크다. 본 연구는 화첩을 둘러싼 여러 요소를 고찰하여 제작자를 재검토하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 《해악전도첩》 제작 배경을 이해하기 위해 먼저 18세기 금강산 기행사경도의 전통과 봉명사경을 살펴보았다. 정선(鄭敾)(1676~1759)의 《신묘년풍악도첩(辛卯年楓嶽圖)帖》(1711)을 비롯하여 심사정(沈師正)(1707~1769), 김윤겸(金允謙)(1711~1775), 최북(崔北)(1712~1786 이후), 강세황(姜世晃)(1713~1791) 등은 조선 후기 최고의 여행지였던 금강산을 유람하고 기행사경도를 제작하였다. 화가들은 이전의 전통을 계승하여 내금강의 명승명소를 주로 그렸고, 자신들이 경험한 장소를 새롭게 시각화하였다. 이러한 기행사경도는 여행을 기념하며 동행자나 후원자를 위해 여러 장면을 담을 수 있는 화첩 형식으로 제작되었다. 개별적인 금강산 기행사 경도의 제작이 증가하는 가운데 1788년에 정조(正祖)(재위 1776~1800)가 도화서 화원인 김응환과 김홍도(金弘道)(1745~1806 이후)에게 영동9군과 금강산의 명승(名勝)을 그려오도록 명한 일은 공적 업무였다. 정조는 이들의 관계 및 지방관으로서의 경력, 서로 다른 화풍 등을 고려해 봉명사경의 화원으로 선발하였다. 김응환과 김홍도는 영조(英祖)(재위 1724~1776)조부터 도화서 화원으로 활동하며 선후배이자 동료로서 친밀한 관계를 유지했다. 나아가 이들은 영남 지역의 찰방(察訪)으로서 지방관의 업무를 수행한 경험이 있었다. 두 화원의 화풍은 서로 달라 김홍도는 부드럽고도 섬세하게 필선을 운용한 반면, 김응환은 굳세면서도 울창한 풍치를 잘 표현했다. 두 명의 화원은 각자의 개성으로 봉명사경 기간 동안 100여 폭의 초본을 그렸고, 이를 선별하여 60~70여 폭의 화첩 혹은 두루마리를 완성하였다. 이들의 그림은 18세기 전중반에 내금강과 관동팔경 위주로 제작된 금강산 기행사경도의 전통을 더욱 풍부하게 했고 영동과 외금강의 명승명소를 새롭게 발견하며 소재를 확장시켰다. 현재 《해악전도첩》은 원(元), 형(亨), 이(利), 정(貞) 4책으로 이루어졌는데, 원(元), 형(亨)책은 내금강의 그림 29점이며 이(利)책은 외금강의 장면 17점, 정(貞)책은 해금강과 관동팔경 14점으로 구성되었다. 비단 위에 그려진 각 그림은 기하학적으로 산석을 표현했으며, 연백으로 금강산의 암봉을 흰색 혹은 회청색으로 표현했다. 《해악전도첩》의 구도와 화법은 정선, 강세황, 심사정, 정충엽(鄭忠燁)(1725~1800 이후), 김응환, 김홍도의 화법과 비교할 수 있어 18세기 후반의 시대 양식을 갖는다. 특히 화첩의 일부 그림은 김홍도의 《해동명산도첩(海東名山圖帖)》(1788)과 구성 및 회화적 모티프가 매우 유사하여 두 화첩간의 연관성을 보여준다. 반면에 <영랑호>, <해산정>, <월송정> 등은 김홍도의 그림과는 구별된다. 이를 통해 화가가 김홍도와 영향을 주고받으면서도 자신만의 개성적인 화첩을 제작했음을 추측해 볼 수 있다. 《해악전도첩》에는 다른 화첩에는 등장하지 않는 <자운담>, <백운대>, <안문점망비로봉>, <백정봉> 등이 포함되어 있으며 각 장면마다 경물의 특징을 구체적이고 참신하게 묘사하였다. 특히, 화가는 산석을 기하학적으로 표현하고 선과 면을 도드라지게 하여 입체감을 강조하였다. 그는 남종화풍을 바탕으로 자신만의 화법을 확립했고 이를 자유자재로 운용하면서 화면에 동적인 리듬감을 부여했다. 이처럼 60점의 그림은 거칠고 파격적으로 보이지만 나름의 질서 안에서 일관성을 견지하고 있다. 본고는 화법과 봉명사경의 정황을 종합해 《해악전도첩》의 제작자를 김응환으로 추론하였다. 나아가 김하종(金夏鍾)(1793~1878 이후)의 《풍악권(楓嶽卷)》(1865년 이후)과의 친연성은 《해악전도첩》의 화가를 김응환으로 추정한 또 하나의 이유였다. 《해악전도첩》은 김홍도의 《해산첩》과는 달리 후대에 미친 영향력이 미비한데 김하종의 《풍악권》만이 《해악전도첩》의 소재와 화법을 따르고 있다. 김하종은 《풍악권》에서 50년 전, 춘천부사 이광문(李光文)(1778~1838)을 위해 제작한 《해산도첩》(1816)과는 전혀 다른 화법을 구사했다. 그는 김응환의 《해악전도첩》과 유사한 구성과 회화적 요소, 화보식 인물표현을 따르면서 사의적인 분위기를 강조하였다. 개성김씨의 일원이자 김응환의 종손인 김하종은 가문에 전해지는 《해악전도첩》류의 그림을 감상했고 이를 새롭게 번안했다고 추측된다. 화첩에 포함된 51편의 기문은 그림 다음 장에서 그려진 장소를 설명하고 있어 각 그림을 이해하고 감상하는 데 도움을 준다. 기문은 그림과 밀접한 관계를 가지며 앞의 장소로부터의 이동 정보, 이름의 유래, 지형적 특징, 관련 정보 등이 서술되었다. 이와 같은 백과사전식 혹은 지리지와 같은 기문은 19세기 전반에 나타나기 시작했으며, 금강산 화첩류에 더해졌다. 《해악전도첩》의 백화암 기문에는 1845년의 암자에 대한 중건 내용이 기록되어, 기문의 연대를 추정하는 중요한 근거가 되었다. 김하종에게 《풍악권》을 주문한 이유원(李裕元)(1814~1888)도 각 그림에 글을 붙였는데 이 글들은 김응환의 화첩에 포함된 기문 51편과 내용 및 서술방식이 흡사하다. 이유원의 기문은 《해악전도첩》의 기문이나 그 초고(원본)와 관련성이 높지만 두 화첩의 기문 필사의 선후관계를 판정하는 데에는 좀더 면밀한 검토가 필요하다. 《해악전도첩》은 김홍도의 봉명사경 초본 및 김홍도의 영향으로 제작된 19세기의 금강산 화첩과는 구별된다. 이 화첩은 화원 김응환의 회화세계를 이해할 수 있는 지평을 넓히고 18세기 후반 실경산수화의 또 다른 층위를 보여주고 있어 중요한 의미를 갖는다.

Sensory Information Processing

  • Yoshimoto, Chiyoshi
    • 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1985
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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High Resolution HC$_3$N Observations toward the Central Region of Sagittarius B2

  • H.S-Ching;Oh, M.ishi;M.Morimoto
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 1993
  • The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70${\pm}$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32${\pm}$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500,550,570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500,550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100,300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3,000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

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