• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2011

Background: Facet joint disease plays a major role in axial low-back pain. Few diagnostic tests and imaging methods for identifying this condition exist. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is reported that it has a high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing facet disease. We prospectively evaluated the use of bone scintigraphy with SPECT for the identification of patients with low back pain who would benefit from medial branch block. Methods: SPECT was performed on 33 patients clinically suspected of facet joint disease. After SPECT, an ultrasound guided medial branch block was performed on all patients. On 28 SPECT-positive patients, medial branch block was performed based on the SPECT findings. On 5 negative patients, medial branch block was performed based on clinical findings. For one month, we evaluated the patients using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry disability index. SigmaStat and paired t-tests were used to analyze patient data and compare results. Results: Of the 33 patients, the ones who showed more than 50% reduction in VAS score were assigned 'responders'. SPECT positive patients showed a better response to medial branch blocks than negative patients, but no changes in the Oswestry disability index were seen. Conclusions: SPECT is a sensitive tool for the identification of facet joint disease and predicting the response to medial branch block.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.459-468
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• 2018

In this paper, the effect of non-persistent joints was determined on the behavior of concrete specimens subjected to biaxial loading through numerical modeling using particle flow code in two dimensions (PFC2D). Firstly, a numerical model was calibrated by uniaxial, Brazilian and triaxial experimental results to ensure the conformity of the simulated numerical model's response. Secondly, sixteen rectangular models with dimension of 100 mm by 100 mm were developed. Each model contains two non-persistent joints with lengths of 40 mm and 20 mm, respectively. The angularity of the larger joint changes from $30^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$. In each configuration, the small joint angularity changes from $0^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$ in $30^{\circ}$ increments. All of the models were under confining stress of 1 MPa. By using of the biaxial test configuration, the failure process was visually observed. Discrete element simulations demonstrated that macro shear fractures in models are because of microscopic tensile breakage of a large number of bonded discs. The failure pattern in Rock Bridge is mostly affected by joint overlapping whereas the biaxial strength is closely related to the failure pattern.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.3066-3073
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• 2009

3축 파이프 형상절단기에서 다양한 접합형상에 대하여 모관과 지관의 접합궤적을 수학적으로 유도하였다. 그 접합궤적에 절단폭 등의 공구 보정하여 실제로 가공할 절단궤적을 결정하여 이 공구궤적에 해당하는 CL-data를 생성하고, 또한 공구 궤적을 확인하기 위하여 ghost 기능을 구현하였다. 생성된 CL data를 PLC의 위치결정제어 모듈에 로딩하여 동시 3축($\alpha$, X, $\beta$축)의 이송을 제어하여 경로를 따라서 형상절단과 동시에 개선을 할 수 있도록 동시3축 파이프 형상절단 시스템을 개발하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제17권5호통권78호
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• pp.581-591
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• 2005

본 논문의 목적은 지관이 종방향 플레이트인 냉간성형 각형강관 T형 접합부의 최대내력 평가를 통하여 설계내력식을 제안하는 것이다. 이러한 T형 접합부의 형상은 지관에 플레이트를 이용하여 각형강관 주관면에 길이방향으로 용접하는 형상이고, 지관 플레이트를 갖는 각형강관 T형 접합부 실험결과 중에서 주관 플랜지 휨파괴가 지배하는 접합부만을 대상으로 하였다. $16.7{\leq}2{\gamma}(B/T){\leq}31.3$ 이고 $0.20{\leq}{\beta}(b1/B){\leq}0.75$ 범위의 지관 플레이트를 갖는 T형 접합부에 대하여, 접합부의 내력은 강도보다는 사용성이 지배하는 나타나 최대내력을 주관폭(B)의 1.5 P1%B로 정의하였다. 기본 접합부 형상에 대해 제안된 항복선모델을 참조하여 지관 플레이트를 갖는 접합부 형상에 대한 새로운 수정된 항복선 모델을 제안하였다. 최종적으로 유한요소해석과 항복선 해석에 근거한 제안 설계내력식과 실험결과를 비교하여 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.371-374
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• 2004

The task of development and usage in a corporate computer network of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS) of integrated technology of joint use by the scientists of satellite and sub satellite data on a Northwestern Pacific is considered. This integrated technology is realized by embedding of satellite data in the corporate oceanographic GIS of FEB RAS as a new information layer, and also by support of GIS by program techniques for specialized processing of both kinds of the data. As a result of integration the specialists of FEB RAS have an opportunity to carry out coordinated samples of satellite and various oceanographic data as a function of area, time and other important conditions, visualize them together and carry out analytical processing with the usage of the GIS tools. Application of the realized approach to improve the techniques of detection and description of the oceanic phenomena on ERS-l and ERS-2 SAR images as well as to improve of perspective techniques of the usage the brightness temperatures measured by a microwave radiometers AMSR-E on a board of Aqua (USA) satellites are discussed.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.13-16
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• 1962

Without annual ring, the bamboo can not measured by ordinary mensuration method. Other methods yet tried failed to prove the reliability. That means, as often pointed out, that the bamboo lumbering (including forest management) is not free from being precarious. Noting the fact, this author performed a serieds of comparative observations on a group of bamboos in different stages of growth in order to find out if there is any surer mensurability. A conclusion has been reached that the external feature of joints of branch has close connection with the age of bamboo, that the joints of the third major branch counting from the ground have, as shown in the first table, the most probability, its mean being 94.3 per cent, and that those in ages of 3 to 5 have the probability of 100 per cent, showing the far greater accuracy as compared with those in older ages. The above conclusion needs to be adjusted with the following findings; 1) When observed disregarding the joint-tongue(the remainder of the preceeding year's sheath), the major branches show no better probability than the minor ones. 54 to 78 per cent of them shows no difference between them. Probability is averaged by 60 per cent. 2) When in spring the old sheaths drop away from the joints, the new ones sprout out in their places and consequently the joints present an appearance of a kind of joint-ring. But since this joint-ring does not always exactly represent the plant age, some other method must be sought after to count the age. This author noticed what is called "joint-tongue" the tongue-like part of triangle shape which remains at the base of the sheath of the fallen leaf. A fact was ascertained that when the number of the joint-ring coincides with that of the remaining joint-tongue, it exactly indicates the age of the plant.the plant.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1135-1151
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• 2016

For investigating the effect of the pre-existing joints on the initiation pattern of hydraulic fractures, the numerical simulation of circular holes under internal hydraulic pressure with a different pattern of the joint distributions are conducted by using a finite element code, FRANC2D. The pattern of hydraulic fracturing initiation are scrutinized with changing the values of the joint length, joint offset angle. The hydraulic pressures with 70% of the peak value of borehole wall breakout pressure are applied at the similar models. The simulation results suggest that the opening-mode fracture initiated from the joint tip and propagated toward the borehole for critical values of ligament angle and joint offset angle. At these critical values, the crack grow length is influenced by joint ligament length. When the ligament length is less than 3 times the borehole diameter the crack growth length increases monotonically with increasing joint length. The opening-mode fracture disappears at the joint tip as the ligament length increases.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2017

Background: To achieve a prolonged therapeutic effect in patients with lumbar facet joint syndrome, radiofrequency medial branch neurotomy (RF-MB) is commonly performed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of paravertebral muscle twitching when performing RF-MB in patients with lumbar facet joint syndrome. Methods: We collected and analyzed data from 68 patients with confirmed facet joint syndrome. Sensory stimulation was performed at 50 Hz with a 0.5 V cut-off value. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to the twitching of the paravertebral muscle during 2 Hz motor stimulation: 'Complete', when twitching was observed at all needles; 'Partial', when twitching was present at 1 or 2 needles; and 'None', when no twitching was observed. The relationship between the long-term effects of RF-MB and paravertebral muscle twitching was analyzed. Results: The mean effect duration of RF-MB was 4.6, 5.8, and 7.0 months in the None, Partial, and Complete groups, respectively (P = 0.47). Although the mean effect duration of RF-MB did not increase significantly in proportion to the paravertebral muscle twitching, the Complete group had prolonged effect duration (> 6 months) than the None group in subgroup analysis. (P = 0.03). Conclusions: Paravertebral muscle twitching while performing lumbar RF-MB may be a reliable predictor of long-term efficacy when sensory provocation under 0.5 V is achieved. However, further investigation may be necessary for clarifying its clinical significance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.325-339
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose a joint adaptive combining and variable tap-length multiuser detector (MUD) for amplify-and-forward (AF) underwater acoustic cooperative interleave-division multiple access (IDMA) communication system. The proposed MUD jointly realizes tap-length adjustment, adaptive combining, and multiuser detection. In contrast to the existing methods, the proposed detector can adaptively combine the received signals from different nodes at destination, and does not need the assumption that full and perfect channel state information (CSI) of all the links at the receiver is known. Moreover, the proposed detector can adaptively adjust the tap coefficient vector and tap-length of each branch according to the specific channel profile of each branch. Simulation results validate the feasibility and show the advantages of the proposed detector against existing counterparts.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제15권6호통권67호
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• pp.673-681
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• 2003

본 논문은 냉간성형 각형강관 T형 접합부의 최대내력에 관한 실험 연구이다. 새로운 접합부로 지관을 트러스 평면에 대해 $45{^{\circ}}$회전시켜서 주관에 용접하고 주관 웨브 측면에는 플레이트로 보강한 형상을 연구 대상으로 설정하였다. $16.7{\leq}2{\gamma}(B/T){\leq}33.3$이고 $0.63{\leq}{\beta}(b1/B){\leq}0.7$ 범위의 지관 $45{^{\circ}}$회전시킨 T형 접합부에 대하여, 기존 최대내력식과의 비교 검토를 통하여 웨브 측면 보강에 따른 내력증대 및 파괴모드의 변화 등에 대하여 실험을 통해 조사하고자 한다. 실험결과, 보강판 두께 증가에 따라 보강 실험체의 접합부 내력이 상승하는 것으로 나타났다. $2{\gamma}=33.3$이고 플레이트로 웨브 보강한 실험체는는 접합부 파괴모드가 플랜지 파괴(M2)에서 복합파괴(M3) 형태로 전환되었으며, $2{\gamma}=16.7$이고 플레이트로 웨브 보강한 실험체에서는 웨브파괴(M1)에서 플랜지파괴(M2)로 지배 파괴모드가 변화하는 것으로 나타났다.