• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.16 no.1_2
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• pp.207-220
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• 2004

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the regularity of block triangular fuzzy matrices. This leads to characterization of idem-potency of a class of triangular Toeplitz matrices. As an application, the existence of group inverse of a block triangular fuzzy matrix is discussed. Equivalent conditions for a regular block triangular fuzzy matrix to be expressed as a sum of regular block fuzzy matrices is derived. Further, fuzzy relational equations consistency is studied.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.443-450
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• 2002

In this paper, block designs for control versus test comparisons among the lines for diallel crosses are proposed. These block designs are constructed by using balanced incomplete block designs. Also, the efficiencies of the diallel crosses block designs obtained through this method are tabulated for number of lines 23 or less.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.99-102
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• 1995

Psoas compartment block has been used to provide anesthesia for orthopedic surgical procedures and postoperative pain control. Nowadays this block is advocated for the management of pain in the thighs, legs and lumbar area for various reasons. To relieve pain in the thigh and leg, 21 times of block were performed and observed clinically in the 17 patients at our hospital. The results were excellent for the relief of pain in metastatic cancer patients. And this block is satisfactory in the thigh pain but not in the leg pain. So we recommend psoas compartment block as a useful and simple method for the relief of pain in metastatic cancer pain in the thigh.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.64 no.3
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• pp.279-285
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• 2017

Modal expansion technique (MET) is a method to estimate the vibration fields of flexible structures by using eigenmodes of the structure and the signals of sensors. It is the useful method to estimate the vibration fields but has the truncation error since it only uses the limit number of the eigenmodes in the frequency of interest. Even though block-wise MET performed frequency block by block with different valid eigenmodes was developed, it still has the truncation error due to the absence of other eigenmodes. Thus, this paper suggested an improved block-wise modal expansion technique. The technique recovers the truncation errors in one frequency block by utilizing other eigenmodes existed in the other frequency blocks. It was applied for estimating the vibration fields of a cylindrical shell. The estimated results were compared to the vibration fields of the forced vibration analysis by using two indices: the root mean square error and parallelism between two vectors. These indices showed that the estimated vibration fields of the improved block-wise MET more accurately than those of the established METs. Especially, this method was outstanding for frequencies near the natural frequency of the highest eigenmode of each block. In other words, the suggested technique can estimate vibration fields more accurately by recovering the truncation errors of the established METs.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.259-265
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• 1980

Poly (styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) was synthesized by free radical telomerization: the telomerization of styrene with $CCI_4$ by using AIBN as initiator followed by a second telomerization of methyl methacrylate using $CCI_3$ end group of the resulting polymer as the macrotelogen, with AIBN initiation, gave the styrene-methyl methacrylate block copolymer. The effects of the concentration of the macrotelogen, the concentration of monomer, the molecular weight of the macrotelogen, the reaction temperature and the concentration of the solvent on the formation of the block copolymer were investigated. Block copolymers containing up to 10 weight percent PMMA were obtained by adjusting the reaction conditions.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.161-164
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• 2005

Background: Chemical lumbar sympathetic ganglion block could potentially be used to treat plantar hyperhidrosis; therefore, we analyzed the outcome of lumbar sympathetic ganglion block using alcohol for the treatment of plantar hyperhidrosis. Methods: Between March 1992 and June 2003, 356 patients with plantar hyperhidrosis underwent lumbar sympathetic ganglion block using alcohol. All 356 patients were followed up for 2 years and the results evaluated. There were 185 and 171 male and female patients, respectively, with a mean age of 25.1 years, ranging from 15.3 to 56.5 years old. Lumbar sympathetic ganglion block using alcohol was performed with fluoroscopic guidance under local anesthesia. Results: The recurrence rate after 2 years was 34%. Compensatory hyperhidrosis, ejaculation failure, lower back pain and genitofemoral neuritis developed as complications in 132, 4, 12 and 2 patients, respectively. Of the 356 patients, 65% were satisfied. Conclusions: Lumbar sympathetic ganglion block using alcohol is an effective and safe method for the treatment of plantar hyperhidrosis, but more information about the complications and relatively high recurrence rates should be provided to the patient.

• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.5-11
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• 1999

We present our experience with the use of nerve block anesthesia in 212 of 484(43.8% ) surgical procedures of the foot and ankle between 1995 and 1997. Nerve block anesthesia was used for surgical procedures of the forefoot, midfoot, hindfoot, and ankle in the setting of elective surgery and trauma. From the viewpoint of the surgeon, nerve block anesthesia was completely successful in 99.5% of the procedures performed. We confirmed that 80% of patients were satisfied with the use of nerve block anesthesia for their operative procedure. There were only one(0.5%) miner complication being toxic neuritis of posterior tibial nerve. With increasing experience, the expanded indications and uses of nerve block anesthesia for foot and ankle surgery are proving to be simple, safe, reliable, and well tolerated by the patient.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.1007-1010
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• 2002

In this paper, we present a new blocking artifact reduction algorithm using interpolation and signal adaptive filter (SAF) based on the edge map. Generally, block-based coding, such as JPEG and MPEG, is the most popular image compression method. However, for high compression it produces noticeable blocking and ringing artifacts in the decoded image. In proposed method, all the block is classified into low and high frequency blocks in block classification procedure. And edge map is obtained by using Sobel operator on decoded image. And according to the block property we applied blocking artifacts reduction algorithm. Namely, four neighbor low frequency block is participated in interpolation based on edge map. And ringing artifacts is removed by applying a signal adaptive filter around the edge using edge map in high frequency block. The computer simulation results confirmed a better performance by the proposed method in both the subjective and objective image qualities.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.55-62
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• 2004

The logistics of entire shipbuilding process are integrated during the block erection process and the schedules for the erection process are made prior to. the schedules of any other processes. Therefore, efficient scheduling of the block erection process are one of most important issues in shipbuilding. There are only a few studies published regarding block erection scheduling methods because of its complexity and variability. This paper proposes an algorithm for diminution of maximum load based on constraint satisfaction technique. it is developed primarily for the efficiency in load leveling and applicability to the actual block erection process. The proposed algorithm is applied to actual block erection process and the results shows improvements in load leveling. It can also be used for the scheduling of fabrication, sub-assembly, and assembly to improve load leveling.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.81-90
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• 2006

The GNUnet proposed a file encoding method by 1KB block size to support anonimity of files, decentralizes encoded block to peers through unstructed mode and original data decoding method a block searching or encoded blocks. but, the encoding and block decentralizing method with $600\sim700MB$ large multimedia file appered two problems. First problem, it need addition R block and I block, which make about 4% of storage resource. Second problem, unstructured model added network load by broadcasting decentralizing method. Third problem, The critical point of keyword search function. This paper suggest variable encoding block size and structured model by block decentralizing solution. Suggested encoding method reduced block request supplementary block generation from 4% to 1%, network load by proposal structured model sending answer through dedicated peer to decentralize block and we defined content-based keyword and identifier of sharing file.