• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.324-331
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• 2024

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effects of a novel training program that integrates ultrasound technology to enhance the palpation skills of physical therapy students. The program was designed to support students in developing more precise palpation techniques by using ultrasound as a supplementary tool for anatomical identification. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Methods: A total of twenty students, all enrolled in the physical therapy department at S University, who met the specified selection criteria, were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the experimental group (EG, n=10) or the control group (CG, n=10). The experimental group participated in an ultrasound-assisted palpation training program, while the control group did not receive this intervention. Results:The experimental group demonstrated significant improvements in their ability to accurately palpate anatomical landmarks, specifically the long head of the biceps brachii (LHBT) and the lateral joint line of the knee (LJLK), as well as an increased level of confidence in their palpation skills (p<0.05). A comparative analysis of changes from pre- to post-training revealed statistically significant differences between the two groups (p<0.05). Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that the ultrasound-assisted training program can provide valuable educational benefits, offering foundational data to enhance the development of palpation skills in physical therapy students and making a meaningful contribution to educational research within the field.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2018

Properties of AFS vary with the changes in the face-sheet materials. Hence, the performance of AFS can be optimized by selecting face-sheet materials. In this work, three types of face-sheet materials representing elastic-perfectly plastic, elastic-plastic strain hardening and purely elastic materials were employed to study their effects on the flexural behavior and failure mechanism of AFS systematically. Result showed face-sheet materials affected the failure mechanism and energy absorption ability of AFS significantly. When the foam cores were sandwiched by aluminum alloy 6061, the AFS failed by face-sheet yielding and crack without collapse of the foam core, there was no clear plastic platform in the Load-Displacement curve. When the foam cores were sandwiched by stainless steel 304 and carbon fiber fabric, there were no face-sheet crack and the sandwich structure failed by core shear and collapse, plastic platform appeared. Energy absorption abilities of steel and carbon fiber reinforced AFS were much higher than aluminum alloy reinforced one. Carbon fiber was suggested as the best choice for AFS for its light weight and high performance. The versus strength ratio of face sheet to core was suggested to be a significant value for AFS structure design which may determine the failure mechanism of a certain AFS structure.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.253-259
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• 2011

The aim of this work was to determine the method and predict the optimum conditions for egg quality stored for 7 days when combination treatments of irradiation and chitosan coating were applied using response surface methodology (RSM). A central composite design was chosen for the RSM in this study and the factors were irradiation dose (0~2 kGy) and concentration of chitosan coating material (0~2%). Performance of the irradiation and chitosan coating were evaluated by analyzing the egg quality and functional property factors. The predicted maximum level of Haugh units and foaming ability calculated by a developed model were 74.19 at 0 kGy of irradiation with coating by 0.96% chitosan solution and 50.83 mm at 2.0 kGy with 1.01%, respectively. The predicted minimum value of foam stability and 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) value were 2.97 mm at 0.39 kGy with 0.21% and 0.54 mg malonaldehyde/kg egg yolk at 0 kGy with 0.90% of chitosan solution, respectively. Results clearly showed that gamma irradiation negatively affected the Haugh unit and TBARS but positively affected the foaming capacity. The estimated value from the developed model by RSM was verified by no statistical difference with observed value. Therefore, RSM can be a good tool for optimization and prediction of egg quality when 2 or more treatments are combined. However, one should decide the target quality first to achieve a successful implementation of this technology.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2015

ICT 기반의 융합전문가를 양성하기 위해서는 사물인터넷 활용 능력을 학습하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터학을 전공한 교육생을 대상으로 5개월의 사물인터넷 관련 교육을 실시하여 융합전문가로 양성하기 위한 교육과정과 교육운영 전반을 다루는 교육모형 설계에 대한 내용을 기술한다. 교육과정은 기본역량과정, 핵심역량과정, 실전역량과정 그리고 현장연수과정으로 구분하여 총 10단계의 세부과정으로 구성하였다. 교과과정은 센싱기술, 네트워크기술, 보안 및 콘테츠 제작기술을 학습하도록 설계하였다. 본 교육모형은 2015년 고용노동부의 일자리창출 인력양성사업에 활용되어 높은 수료율과 취업률을 달성하는데 기여하여 효용성을 입증하였으며, 추후 대학교육에 적용할 수 있도록 Java 과정을 보완하는 등 교과과정을 확장할 계획이다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.156-168
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• 2017

개인교통수단(PM)은 개인의 이동편의를 향상시켜준다는 측면에서 보행능력이 떨어지는 고령자가 주요 활용 대상이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 고령자가 보도 등 보행환경에서 안전하게 이용할 수 있는 개인교통수단을 설계하고자 한다. 보행환경에는 다양한 통행 장애요인이 존재하며, 개발하고자 하는 수단은 장애요인을 극복하기 위한 기기 성능이 확보되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 고령자용 개인교통수단의 성능수준 결정을 위하여 보행환경 상 통행 장애요인 현황 및 수준을 조사한다. 관련 지침을 검토하여 조사 대상 항목 및 조사 방법론을 정의하고, 고령자 일상생활 기반 통행 시나리오를 통해 선정된 특정 도로구간에 대하여 조사를 수행한다. 조사 결과를 바탕으로 수단의 기기 성능을 지침 상 제시된 기준에 근거하여 확보하였을 때 발생 가능한 문제점을 확인하며, 장애인용 전동휠체어의 운전 성능 기준을 근거하여 개발 수단의 기기 성능에 대한 요구사항을 정의한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.297-309
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• 2016

Grid-connected inverters (GCIs) with an LCL output filter have the ability of attenuating high-frequency (HF) switching ripples. However, by using only grid-current control, the system is prone to resonances if it is not properly damped, and the current distortion is amplified significantly under highly distorted grid conditions. This paper proposes a synchronous reference frame equivalent proportional-integral (SRF-EPI) controller in the αβ stationary frame using the parallel virtual resistance-based active damping (PVR-AD) strategy for grid-interfaced distributed generation (DG) systems to suppress LCL resonance. Although both a proportional-resonant (PR) controller in the αβ stationary frame and a PI controller in the dq synchronous frame achieve zero steady-state error, the amplitude- and phase-frequency characteristics differ greatly from each other except for the reference tracking at the fundamental frequency. Therefore, an accurate SRF-EPI controller in the αβ stationary frame is established to achieve precise tracking accuracy. Moreover, the robustness, the harmonic rejection capability, and the influence of the control delay are investigated by the Nyquist stability criterion when the PVR-based AD method is adopted. Furthermore, grid voltage feed-forward and multiple PR controllers are integrated into the current loop to mitigate the current distortion introduced by the grid background distortion. In addition, the parameters design guidelines are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed strategy. Finally, simulation and experimental results are provided to validate the feasibility of the proposed control approach.

• 실천공학교육논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2016

사출 성형 공정에서 외관 품질 문제는 대부분의 성형품에서 발생한다. 금형의 열역학적 설계 중의 하나는 어떠한 위치에서 캐비티 표면 온도가 되도록 균일하게 상승하는 것으로 수행된다. 실험적인 평가를 바탕으로 최적의 사출 성형 조건에서 성형품의 미려한 외관 품질을 위해서 캐비티 벽 온도와 다듬질 가공된 캐비티 표면이 성형품의 외관 문제를 피할 수 있는 가장 중요한 요소이다. 또한 잘못된 게이트 형식과 위치 선택은 성형품의 품질에 상당한 영향이 있어서, 각 캐비티로 부터 올바른 러너 밸런스를 유지하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 실질적으로 생산 현장에서 이행될 수 있는 사출 성형 품질을 위한 최적의 금형 설계와 실무 금형 기술 능력 향상을 위해서 현장 교육을 위한 실무적인 금형기술 과정의 교육훈련 모델을 제시하였다.

• 한국정보기술학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 공학계열 학생들의 임베디드 시스템 수업 사례로 아두이노를 활용한 프로젝트 기반의 학습을 제안한다. 이러한 프로젝트 기반 학습을 공학교육에 도입함으로써 학생들은 전공 교과과정을 통해 학습했던 개별적인 이론들을 실제로 구현해 볼 수 있는 계기가 되었으며 프로젝트 개발의 전 과정에 참여함으로써 현장 실무능력을 쌓을 수 있는 경험을 하게 되었다. 수업 전후 프로젝트 기반 학습의 교육적 효과를 알아보기 위해 설문조사를 실시하였으며 그 결과를 SPSS 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 프로젝트 기반 학습은 팀 체제로 운영이 되기 때문에 구성원들 간의 상호작용을 통하여 조직 내에서의 커뮤니케이션 능력과 팀워크를 키울 수 있는 바탕이 되었고 프로젝트의 수행과정에서 만들어진 모든 자료들은 학생들의 포트폴리오 제작에 사용될 수 있어 졸업 후 취업활동을 위한 자료에 큰 도움이 될 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.11-26
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• 2022

One of the most important issues in tunneling, is the squeezing phenomenon. Squeezing can occur during excavation or after the construction of tunnels, which in both cases could lead to significant damages. Therefore, it is important to predict the squeezing and consider it in the early design stage of tunnel construction. Different empirical, semi-empirical and theoretical-analytical methods have been presented to determine the squeezing. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the ability of each of these methods and identify the best method among them. In this study, squeezing in a part of the Alborz service tunnel in Iran was estimated through a number of empirical, semi- empirical and theoretical-analytical methods. Among these methods, the most robust model was used to obtain a database including 300 data for training and 33 data for testing in order to develop a machine learning (ML) method. To this end, three ML models of Gaussian process regression (GPR), artificial neural network (ANN) and support vector regression (SVR) were trained and tested to propose a robust model to predict the squeezing phenomenon. A comparative analysis between the conventional and the ML methods utilized in this study showed that, the GPR model is the most robust model in the prediction of squeezing phenomenon. The sensitivity analysis of the input parameters using the mutual information test (MIT) method showed that, the most sensitive parameter on the squeezing phenomenon is the tangential strain (ε_θ^α) parameter with a sensitivity score of 2.18. Finally, the GPR model was recommended to predict the squeezing phenomenon in tunneling projects. This work's significance is that it can provide a good estimation of the squeezing phenomenon in tunneling projects, based on which geotechnical engineers can take the necessary actions to deal with it in the pre-construction designs.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권5호
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• pp.655-669
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• 2022

Passive vibration control devices like tuned liquid column dampers (TLCD) not only significantly reduce buildings' vibrations but also can serve as a water storage facility. The recently introduced modified form of TLCD known as tuned liquid column ball damper (TLCBD) suppressed external vibration efficiently compared to traditional TLCD. For excellent performance, the mass ratio of TLCBD should be in the range of 5% to 7%, which does not include the mass of the ball. This additional mass of the ball increases the overall structure mass. Therefore, in this paper, an effort is made to reduce the mass of TLCBD. For this purpose, a new modified version of TLCBD known as tuned liquid column hollow ball damper (TLCHBD) is proposed. The existing mathematical modeling of TLCBD is used for this new damper by updating the numerical values of the mass and mass moment of the ball. Analytically the optimal design parameters are obtained. Numerically the TLCHBD is investigated with a single degree of freedom structure under harmonic and seismic loadings. It is found that TLCHBD performance is similar to TLCBD in both loadings' cases. To validate the numerical results, an experimental study is conducted. The mass of the ball of TLCHBD is reduced by 50% compared to the ball of TLCBD. Both the arrangements are studied with a multi-degree of freedom structure under harmonic and seismic loadings using a shake table. The results of the experimental study confirm the numerical findings. It is found that the performance behavior of both the dampers is almost similar under harmonic and seismic loadings. In short, the TLCHBD is lighter in weight than TLCBD but has a similar vibration suppression ability.