• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.157-178
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• 2009

Corporate credit rating is a very important factor in the market for corporate debt. Information concerning corporate operations is often disseminated to market participants through the changes in credit ratings that are published by professional rating agencies, such as Standard and Poor's (S&P) and Moody's Investor Service. Since these agencies generally require a large fee for the service, and the periodically provided ratings sometimes do not reflect the default risk of the company at the time, it may be advantageous for bond-market participants to be able to classify credit ratings before the agencies actually publish them. As a result, it is very important for companies (especially, financial companies) to develop a proper model of credit rating. From a technical perspective, the credit rating constitutes a typical, multiclass, classification problem because rating agencies generally have ten or more categories of ratings. For example, S&P's ratings range from AAA for the highest-quality bonds to D for the lowest-quality bonds. The professional rating agencies emphasize the importance of analysts' subjective judgments in the determination of credit ratings. However, in practice, a mathematical model that uses the financial variables of companies plays an important role in determining credit ratings, since it is convenient to apply and cost efficient. These financial variables include the ratios that represent a company's leverage status, liquidity status, and profitability status. Several statistical and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been applied as tools for predicting credit ratings. Among them, artificial neural networks are most prevalent in the area of finance because of their broad applicability to many business problems and their preeminent ability to adapt. However, artificial neural networks also have many defects, including the difficulty in determining the values of the control parameters and the number of processing elements in the layer as well as the risk of over-fitting. Of late, because of their robustness and high accuracy, support vector machines (SVMs) have become popular as a solution for problems with generating accurate prediction. An SVM's solution may be globally optimal because SVMs seek to minimize structural risk. On the other hand, artificial neural network models may tend to find locally optimal solutions because they seek to minimize empirical risk. In addition, no parameters need to be tuned in SVMs, barring the upper bound for non-separable cases in linear SVMs. Since SVMs were originally devised for binary classification, however they are not intrinsically geared for multiclass classifications as in credit ratings. Thus, researchers have tried to extend the original SVM to multiclass classification. Hitherto, a variety of techniques to extend standard SVMs to multiclass SVMs (MSVMs) has been proposed in the literature Only a few types of MSVM are, however, tested using prior studies that apply MSVMs to credit ratings studies. In this study, we examined six different techniques of MSVMs: (1) One-Against-One, (2) One-Against-AIL (3) DAGSVM, (4) ECOC, (5) Method of Weston and Watkins, and (6) Method of Crammer and Singer. In addition, we examined the prediction accuracy of some modified version of conventional MSVM techniques. To find the most appropriate technique of MSVMs for corporate bond rating, we applied all the techniques of MSVMs to a real-world case of credit rating in Korea. The best application is in corporate bond rating, which is the most frequently studied area of credit rating for specific debt issues or other financial obligations. For our study the research data were collected from National Information and Credit Evaluation, Inc., a major bond-rating company in Korea. The data set is comprised of the bond-ratings for the year 2002 and various financial variables for 1,295 companies from the manufacturing industry in Korea. We compared the results of these techniques with one another, and with those of traditional methods for credit ratings, such as multiple discriminant analysis (MDA), multinomial logistic regression (MLOGIT), and artificial neural networks (ANNs). As a result, we found that DAGSVM with an ordered list was the best approach for the prediction of bond rating. In addition, we found that the modified version of ECOC approach can yield higher prediction accuracy for the cases showing clear patterns.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.573-605
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• 2015

본 논문은 2014년 7월과 2015년 7월부터 시행된 발전용 유연탄 과세와 LNG 세율 변경을 중심으로 세제 개편의 시나리오들을 설정하여 2029년까지의 SMP, 정산단가, 조세수입에 대한 영향을 추정하고, 시나리오 1(기준시나리오)의 값들과 비교하였다. 추정에서는 우리나라의 전력계통과 전력시장 운용방식에 특화한 모형과 전력수급기본계획 등의 정부 계획자료를 이용하여 전력계통 모의 실험을 실시하였다. 발전용 유연탄에 과세하고 조세중립성을 확보하기 위해 LNG에 대해서도 과세하는 경우에 단기에 SMP는 시나리오 1의 경우에 비해서 낮아진다. 원자력발전의 경우는 과세를 하여도 발전비용이 다른 발전원의 발전비용보다 작고, 원자력발전이 SMP를 결정하는 시간대가 거의 없기 때문에 과세가 SMP에 미치는 영향은 거의 없다. 따라서 SMP와 정산단가의 동조화관계가 성립한다면, 단기에 발전용 유연탄에 대한 과세로 에너지소비의 전력화현상을 둔화시키기는 어렵다. 그러나 중 장기에는 석탄발전설비가 충분히 확보되면 발전용 유연탄에 대한 과세는 SMP를 상승시키므로 세제 개편의 형태가 단기에 발전용 유연탄에만 과세하고 신규 유연탄 발전설비가 충분히 도입된 이후에 LNG에 대한 세율을 조정하면 에너지세제 개편으로 전기요금을 인상시켜서 전력수요를 감소시키려는 목적은 달성할 수 있을 것이다. 중 장기에는 발전설비의 확충으로 LNG복합발전기의 이용률이 낮아지므로 LNG에 대한 세율이 정산단가에 영향을 미치지 못한다. 원자력발전에 대한 과세는 SMP에 대한 영향과는 달리 정산조정계수의 영향으로 정산단가를 상승시켰다. 중 장기에 에너지세제가 갖는 순효과는 전력공급력의 확대에 따른 정산단가 하락이 에너지세제 부과에 따른 정산단가 상승을 상쇄시키는 정도에 따라서 달라질 것이다. 과세대상 중에서 원자력발전의 경우에 과세하는 경우에 추가적으로 발생하는 조세수입이 가장 컸다. 에너지세제의 형태와 조세수입의 관계를 보면 발전용 유연탄에 대한 세율이 높을수록, 그리고 원자력발전에 신규로 조세를 부과할수록 조세수입은 커진다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.679-690
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• 2015

교통사고 피해를 최소화하기 위해서는 차량과 도로 체계에 대한 공학적인 개선을 통하여 교통사고 원인을 제거해야 한다. 일반적으로 안정성과 효율성이 부족한 도로는 교통사고가 지속적으로 발생할 가능성이 크고 이를 개선하는데 막대한 사회적 비용과 시간이 소요되며, 부적절한 환경 요인으로 발생한 교통사고는 국가적으로 큰 피해를 발생시키게 된다. 따라서 본 연구는 최근 인공지능 분야 중 활발히 연구 중인 역전파 알고리즘(Back-Propagation Algorithm : BPA)을 이용하여 신호교차로를 대상으로 최적의 교통안전 평가기법을 제시하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 광주광역시내 교통혼잡과 교통사고가 빈번하게 발생하고 있는 신호교차로 지점을 대상으로, BPA를 이용하여 보다 신뢰성 높은 교통안전 평가 모형을 개발하고자 다음과 같은 일련의 방법으로 연구를 수행하였다. 첫째, 신호교차로 교통사고와 교통상충간의 순위상관분석을 실시하여 교통사고 순위와 교통상충 순위가 통계적으로 유의함을 확인하였다. 이는 교통상충이 신호교차로 교통안전 평가 변수로 사용될 수 있음에 따라 설명변수로 입력되고 교통사고가 종속변수인 선형회귀모형을 개발하는데 이용하였다. 둘째, 신호교차로의 교통량과 진입 진출 차로수 차이 등을 교통사고의 설명변수로 간주하여 다중회귀분석을 통해 교통사고 예측모형을 개발하였다. 셋째, 교통량과 도로 기하구조 요소를 모형의 설명변수로 설정하고 교통상충을 종속변수로 하여 BPA를 이용한 최적의 교통안전 평가 모형을 개발하였다. 마지막으로, 교통사고 실측값, 다중회귀모형, BPA에 의한 교통사고 예측값을 평균제곱근오차 방법으로 모형의 적합도 비교 분석을 하였다. 본 연구의 결과, BPA에 의해 도출된 교통사고 예측값과 교통사고 실측값 사이의 평균제곱오차는 3.89로 계산되어 BPA가 다중회귀 모형보다 상대적으로 교통안전 평가능력이 우수한 것으로 나타나 실제 신호교차로 교통안전도를 평가하는데 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되고 추후, 교통안전정책 수립시 실질적인 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.341-352
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• 2017

Cs-137 (반감기 : 30.17년)과 더불어 중요한 원자력발전소 주변 환경감시대상 방사성 핵종 가운데 하나인 순수한 베타방출체인 Sr-90 (반감기 : 28.8년)에 대한 신속하고 용이한 모니터링 방법을 연구하였다. 스트론튬은 칼슘과 같은 2족 알칼리 토금속에 속해 있어서 전자배치나 크기가 비슷하며 최외각전자를 2개 가지고 있기 때문에 화학적으로 칼슘과 치환될 수 있다. 이러한 유사한 화학적 성질로 인해서 환경으로 유출시 물, 토양 및 농작물을 통한 먹이사슬을 거쳐서 인체로 쉽게 유입될 수 있으며, 인체 유입 시 뼈에 쉽게 침적되어 장기간 (생물학적 반감기 : 약 50년) 동안 독성을 유발한다. 스트론튬은 매우 환원성이 있고 특이 반응으로 습식분석이 어려우며, 특히 원자력발전소에서 감시하고 있는 방사성 스트론튬은 복잡한 분석절차, 고가의 분석 장비 사용 및 화학 전처리약품 다량 사용 등으로 분석의 정확도 저하는 물론 고비용에 따른 문제를 안고 있다. 따라서 펄스에너지를 사용하여 시료에 플라즈마를 생성시켜 고유 스펙트럼을 이용해 시료내 원소를 분석하는 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) 분석기법을 도입하여 전처리 과정 없이 수 초 내에 분석이 가능하고 현장에서 실시간으로 측정 가능한 스트론튬 원소의 정량분석 방법을 도출하였다. 다양한 분석에 필요한 시료기판을 개발하여 레이저, 파장 및 시간분해능의 최적화로 분석 감도를 향상시키고 방해이온에 대한 영향 평가로 액체시료의 정량분석을 가능하게 하여 신속한 모니터링 체계를 구축하게 하였다. 이는 원자력발전소로부터 방출되고 있는 방사성 폐수의 실시간 모니터링에 효과적으로 적용될 수 있으며, 더 나아가 후쿠시마 원전사고와 같은 비상시 모니터링 수단으로 적용 될 수 있다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.108-119
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• 2015

최근 커뮤니티가 공원의 실질적 주인이 되어 공원을 운영하고 관리하는 방안이 미국과 영국 등에서 논의, 실천되고 있다. 이러한 방식은 지방정부에 대한 재정적 부담은 줄이면서 서비스의 질은 높이고, 공원의 자산적 가치를 지역 발전에 활용할 수 있다는 장점을 갖는다. 궁극적으로는 공유재로서의 공원에 대한 접근이기도 하다. 영국에서 진행되고 있는 공원의 커뮤니티자산이전도 이 같은 맥락에 있다. 커뮤니티자산이전은 보수당과 자유당 연합 정부가 추진하고 있는 '정부는 작게, 사회는 크게' 라는 빅소사이어티의 중요한 실천 정책이다. 커뮤니티자산이전은 공공토지나 건축물을 커뮤니티가 싸게 취득하거나 임대 받는 권한위임 과정을 거친 후 자산을 개발, 운영해 수익을 만드는 방식이다. 본 연구에서는 공원의 커뮤니티자산이전이 이루어진 여덟 사례를 자산이전의 과정, 파트너십, 재정구조라는 세 가지 항목으로 분석했다. 그리고 '재정적 기여, 공공성 확보, 공원과 커뮤니티의 유기적 관계'라는 세 가지 주제 속에서 사례분석 내용을 종합했다. 첫째, 재정적 기여에 있어서는 공원의 커뮤니티자산이전으로 지방정부에 대한 재정적 의존은 낮추고 있지만 자립에 있어서는 한계가 있었다. 각 사례들에서는 자립을 이룰 수 있는 방안이 강구되고 있었다. 두 번째, 공공성의 측면에서 사례를 보았을 때 수탁 단체들은 법적으로 공공성이 공인된 등록 자선 단체의 형태를 띠고 있었다. 또한 이사회를 통한 의사결정과 이용자를 배제하지 않는 수익사업 등으로 공공성이 훼손되지 않도록 하고 있다. 마지막으로, 공원과 커뮤니티의 관계에 있어서는 공원을 통해서 지역의 역량이 커지고 있고 이는 다시 공원의 인적자산이 되고 있다. 우리나라는 공원운영이 전적으로 행정서비스의 영역으로 인식되고 있고 공원 관리 운영에 있어서의 민 관 파트너십조차도 많은 경험을 갖고 있지 않아 커뮤니티의 공원 소유와 관리 운영의 실현은 단기적으로 어려우나 재정, 공원과 커뮤니티의 관계, 공원 관리 운영에의 민간의 참여라는 측면에서 시사점을 찾을 수 있다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.427-446
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• 2008

A review on the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering in 2006 has been accomplished. Focus has been put on current status of research in the aspect of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation and building environments. The conclusions are as follows. (1) The research trends of fluid engineering have been surveyed as groups of general fluid flow, fluid machinery and piping, etc. New research topics include micro heat exchanger and siphon cooling device using nano-fluid. Traditional CFD and flow visualization methods were still popular and widely used in research and development. Studies about diffusers and compressors were performed in fluid machinery. Characteristics of flow and heat transfer and piping optimization were studied in piping systems. (2) The papers on heat transfer have been categorized into heat transfer characteristics, heat exchangers, heat pipes, and two-phase heat transfer. The topics on heat transfer characteristics in general include thermal transport in a cryo-chamber, a LCD panel, a dryer, and heat generating electronics. Heat exchangers investigated include pin-tube type, plate type, ventilation air-to-air type, and heat transfer enhancing tubes. The research on a reversible loop heat pipe, the influence of NCG charging mass on heat transport capacity, and the chilling start-up characteristics in a heat pipe were reported. In two-phase heat transfer area, the studies on frost growth, ice slurry formation and liquid spray cooling were presented. The studies on the boiling of R-290 and the application of carbon nanotubes to enhance boiling were noticeable in this research area. (3) Many studies on refrigeration and air conditioning systems were presented on the practical issues of the performance and reliability enhancement. The air conditioning system with multi indoor units caught attention in several research works. The issues on the refrigerant charge and the control algorithm were treated. The systems with alternative refrigerants were also studied. Carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons and their mixtures were considered and the heat transfer correlations were proposed. (4) Due to high oil prices, energy consumption have been attentioned in mechanical building systems. Research works have been reviewed in this field by grouping into the research on heat and cold sources, air conditioning and cleaning research, ventilation and fire research including tunnel ventilation, and piping system research. The papers involve the promotion of efficient or effective use of energy, which helps to save energy and results in reduced environmental pollution and operating cost. (5) Studies on indoor air quality took a great portion in the field of building environments. Various other subjects such as indoor thermal comfort were also investigated through computer simulation, case study, and field experiment. Studies on energy include not only optimization study and economic analysis of building equipments but also usability of renewable energy in geothermal and solar systems.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1245-1251
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• 2011

본 연구는 축산부문에서 주요한 가축종인 돼지의 사육과 정과 도축 가공과정에서 발생하는 양돈 바이오매스의 발생특성을 조사 분석하고, 전과정 평가 기법을 활용하여 물질(퇴 액비) 및 에너지 (바이오가스) 자원화 잠재량을 평가함으로써 지역단위 바이오매스 순환단지 조성을 위한 기초자료를 확립하고자 하였으며, 이를 위해 양돈 바이오매스의 발생 단계를 사양단계와 도축 가공단계로 구분하여 각각의 단계에서 발생하는 양돈바이오매스의 물질 및 에너지 자원화 잠재량을 평가하였다. 사양단계는 성장단계(사육기간, 평균체중)에 따라 자돈 (1~9주, 23.4 kg), 육성돈 1기 (10~15주, 50 kg), 육성돈 2기 (16~21주, 80 kg), 비육돈 (22~26주, 110 kg)의 단계로 분류하고 도축 가공단계에서 발생하는 혈액과 폐내장류, 장내 잔재물로 구분하여 생산량을 산정하여 양돈 바이오매스의 물질 및 에너지 자원 잠재량을 평가한 결과 돼지 1두에서 발생하는 바이오매스의 총량은 542.02 kg로 나타났다. 양돈 바이오매스는 분 $210.68kg\;head^{-1}$, 뇨 $315.78kg\;head^{-1}$가 발생하는 것으로 평가되었으며, 분뇨 발생량은 성장단계별로 자돈 14.2%, 육성돈 1기 19.6%, 육성돈 2기 30.9%, 비육돈 35.2%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 양돈 바이오매스에서 기인하는 매탄 생산 잠재량은 $24.56Nm^3\;head^{-1}$이였으며, 사양 단계에서 기인하는 메탄 생산 잠재량이 92.9%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. BMP 시험에 의한 최대 메탄생산량은 $16.58Nm^3\;head^{-1}$로 나타나 매탄 생산 잠재량의 67.5%가 에너지로 전환 가능하였으며, 94.4%가 사양 단계에서 기인하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.105-120
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• 2020

본 연구는 대중음악산업에서의 동영상 콘텐츠 제작이 증가하는 현실을 반영하여 연구자가 직접 대중음악 콘텐츠를 제작하고 해당 콘텐츠들로 구성된 유튜브 채널을 개설함으로써 실질적인 콘텐츠 제작과 유통의 과정을 탐구하였다. 유튜브는 2019년 2월 25일에 개시하고 채널 명은 인디뮤지션 홍보에 초점을 둔 '알리다뮤직'으로 정하였으며 10인의 인디뮤지션을 대상으로 콘텐츠를 제작하였다. 콘텐츠는 원테이크 라이브 형식으로 진행하였고 화면은 이메일 주소와 SNS 계정을 상단에 표기한 명함의 형태로 제작되었다. 따라서 콘텐츠 명은 '명함라이브'라고 정하였고, 라는 슬로건 하에 QR코드를 우측 하단에 삽입한 형태의 홍보 콘텐츠 영상물을 제작하였다. 본 연구는 이러한 과정을 통해 제작된 '알리다뮤직'의 '명함라이브' 콘텐츠에 직접 참여한 인디뮤지션을 대상으로 개선방안과 홍보방법에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 5인의 참여자 인디뮤지션을 대상으로 한 그룹인터뷰와 유의미하다고 판단되는 1인을 선정하여 따로 일대일 심층인터뷰를 진행하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 뮤지션 홍보 매체로써 유튜브는 영향력이 가장 크며 적은 비용에 고효율을 낼 수 있는 매체로 나타났고, 둘째, 유튜브 콘텐츠 참여자 평가는 원테이크 라이브의 필요성과 '명함라이브' 콘텐츠의 디자인적인 요소 그리고 QR코드에 대한 인식으로 나누어 결과가 도출되었으며, 셋째, 유튜브 콘텐츠의 효과적인 홍보 방법으로 미디어적인 측면은 콘텐츠의 지속성 및 인지도 확보, 채널의 구독자 확보의 중요성, 효과적인 미디어 활용을 위한 타 SNS와의 연계로 나타났으며 내용적인 측면은 채널의 인지도 증가 필요성, 출연자 섭외 및 콘텐츠의 다양성, '명함라이브' 콘텐츠의 오프라인(회사, 관계자)과의 연계가 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구는 흥미로운 콘텐츠를 소비자에게 제공하는 동시에 다양한 뮤지션과 회사가 만나는 채널로 성장해야 할 것이며 이를 통해 회사와의 계약, 광고 수입 창출을 유도하여 플랫폼으로써의 채널로 자리 잡아야 할 것이다. 하지만 본 연구는 제한된 대상자를 대상으로 연구를 하여 다소 국한된 범위에 연구라고 할 수 있어 향 후 연구에는 더 많은 대상자를 대상으로 연구를 진행하여 다양한 관점에서의 홍보 및 개선방안을 도출하기를 기대해본다.

• 태양에너지
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• 제13권2_3호
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• pp.65-78
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• 1993

자연적인 기후조건하에서 농산물을 생산하는 재래식 농업으로부터 계절을 초월하는 시설 농업이 파생 발전함에 따라 태양에너지이외의 화석에너지 사용이 급증하고 있으며, 이로 인한 농산물 가격상승과 품질저 하는 물론이고, 농촌환경을 오염시키고 있다. 이와 같은 문제를 근원적으로 해결하기 위해서는 태양에너지 농업이용을 극대화 하여야 하며, 이를 실현하기 위해서는 동적이며, 순간적 공급의 특성을 갖는 태양에너지를 정적이며, 조절이용이 가능한 에너지로 전환하여야 한다. 이런 필요성에 부응하여 본 연구에서는 태양에너지를 저장할 수 있는 상변화 잠열재를 선택하였으며, 축열특성을 분석하므로서 다음과 같은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 유기 잠열재, $C_{28}H_{58}$은 안정된 물성을 가지고 있기 때문에 400 사이클의 상변화 후에도 열특성 변화가 없었으나, 무기 잠열재($CH_3COONa{\cdot}3H_2O,\;Na_2SO_4{\cdot}10H_2O$)는 불안정한 물성을 가지고 있기 때문에 조핵제와 농화제를 사용하여 $400{\sim}600$ 사이클의 상변화 후에 나타나는 열특성 변화를 최소화 하였다. 잠열량이 최대가 되는 결정핵의 임계반경을 수식으로 정리하므로서 잠열량 감소현상을 억제할 수 있는 방법을 찾는데 도움을 줄 수 있었다. 유기 잠열재, $C_{28}H_{58}$의 상변화 온도는 $62^{\circ}C$였으며, 잠열량은 $50{\sim}52$ kcal/kg이었고, 고상비열, $C_{ps}$는 $0.572{\sim}0.750kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였으며, 액상비열, $C_{pL}$은 $0.540{\sim}0.690kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였다. 무기 잠열재, $CH_3COONa{\cdot}3H_2O$의 상변화 온도는 $61{\sim}62^{\circ}C$였으며, 잠열량은 $64.9{\sim}65.8$ kcal/kg이었고, 고상 비열, $C_{ps}$는 $0.510{\sim}0.520kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였으며, 액상비열, $C_{pL}$은 $0.83kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였다. 무기 잠열재, $Na_2SO_4{\cdot}10H_2O$는 물성안정제를 가한 상태의 시약수준에서는 상변화 온도가 $29.72^{\circ}C$였고, 잠열량은 53.0 kcal/kg이었으며, 고상비열, Cps는 $0.742kcal/kg^{\circ}C$이었고, 액상비열, $C_{pL}$은 $1.002kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였다. 공업용 수준에서는 상변화 온도가 시약수준의 경우보다 약간 높은 $30{\sim}30.9^{\circ}C$였으며, 비열은 고상에서 $0.50{\sim}0.7kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였고, 액상에서 $0.78{\sim}0.89kcal/kg^{\circ}C$였다. SSD($Na_2SO_4{\cdot}10H_2O$)에 urea를 첨가함으로서 상변화 온도와 잠열량이 변하였으며, urea 함량을 $0{\sim}7.5wt%$로 변화시킴에 따라 상변화 온도는 $29.72^{\circ}C$에서 $25.18^{\circ}C$로 낮아졌으며, 잠열량은 53.0 kcal/kg에서 38.5 kcal/kg으로 감소하였다. Greenhouse 보온용으로 urea를 21.85% 첨가하고, 상변화를 $0{\sim}600$ 사이클까지 반복한 경우 상변화 온도는 $16.7^{\circ}C$에서 $16.0^{\circ}C$로 낮아졌고, S.V를 첨가하지 않은 경우 잠열량은 46.22 kcal/kg에서 36.30 kcal/kg으로 감소하였으나, 비열은 큰 변화가 없었다. 상변화 사이클의 증가에 의한 열특성의 감쇠현상을 줄이기 위하여 S.V를 $0{\sim}1.5wt%$ 첨가한 결과 S.V 0.5wt% 이하에서는 약간의 효과가 있었으나, 그 이상에서는 효과적인 증후가 없었다.

• 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.