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뇌전기파 분석용 FFT 프로세서 설계 (A design of FFT processor for EEG signal analysis)

  • 김은숙;신경욱
    • 한국정보통신학회논문지
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    • 제14권11호
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    • pp.2548-2554
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문에서는 의료 서비스를 위한 뇌전기파(EEG: electroencephalogram) 신호 분석용 FFT(Fast Fourier Transform) 프로세서를 구현하였다. 실시간으로 발생하는 EEG 신호를 블록으로 나누어 short-time FFT 처리하기 위해 Hamming 창 함수를 사용하였으며, 이로 인해 감소되는 양끝의 값은 1/2 오버랩 시켜 보완하였다. 0~100 [Hz] 사이의 주파수 특성을 갖는 뇌전기파의 효율적인 대역 분석을 위해 256-point FFF 프로세서를 radix-4 알고리듬을 적용하여 구현하였으며, 단일 메모리 뱅크 구조를 사용하여 집적도를 높였다. 설계된 FFT 프로세서는 FPGA 구현을 통해 가능을 검증하였으며, 연산오차가 2% 이내로 높은 연산 정밀도를 갖는다.

3, 5세 유아의 실행기능과 언어능력의 관계 (Relationship between Preschoolers' Executive Function and Verbal Ability)

  • 김정민;김지현
    • 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.289-300
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    • 2013
  • The aims of this study are to investigate the differences of the preschoolers' executive function and verbal ability according to their age, and to identify whether the preschoolers' executive function is related to their verbal ability. The participants in this study are 151 children, ages 3-and 5-years old from five child-care centers located in a middle-income region of Seoul. Statistical methods used for the data analysis are the frequencies, means, standard deviations, an independent t-test, and Pearson correlation. The major findings are as follows. First, an age difference is found for children's executive function. The 5-year-olds are more likely to succeed on tasks of executive function than the 3-year-olds. Also, age difference is found for children's verbal ability. The 5-year-olds perform better on tests of verbal ability than the 3-year-olds. Last, the 3-year-olds' and 5-year-olds' executive function is related to their verbal ability. Inhibition and cognitive flexibility are significantly correlated with verbal ability. These results suggest that preschoolers' executive function and verbal ability develop during preschool age. These results also suggest that preschoolers' executive function is related to their verbal ability.

만성 연중독자에서의 다발성 뇌석회화 병변 (Multiple Brain Calcification in Chronic Lead Poisoning)

  • 김성률;김병권;홍영습;담도온;최순섭;정갑열;김준연
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.398-405
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    • 1995
  • We experienced a case of occupational lead poisoning employed in a secondary lead smelting plant for 12 years. The patient was 39-year-old male and had been felt dizziness, recent memory impairment and intermittent severe abdominal pain for 2 years. On admission, blood lead level was $92.9{\mu}g/dl$, urinary lead level was $19.9{\mu}g/l$ and zinc protoporphyrin level was $226.0{\mu}g/dl$. On the blood test, hemoglobin was 10.6g/dl and showed normocytic normochromic anemia. There were no abnormal findings in the biochemical and hormonal tests. Decrease of I.Q. and use of words in speaking were found in the psychiatric and psychologic examinations. We observed the finding of motor polyneuropathy in the nerve conduction velocity test. Computed tomographic finding showed calcification lesions in the basal ganglia, dentate nuclei, caudate nuclei, and especially characteristic multiple calcifications were located in the subcortical white matter.

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뇌전기파 분석용 FFT 프로세서 설계 (A design of FFT processor for EEG signal analysis)

  • 김은숙;김해주;나영헌;신경욱
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국해양정보통신학회 2010년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.88-91
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문에서는 의료 서비스를 위한 뇌전기파(EEG : electroencephalogram) 신호 분석용 FFT(Fast Fourier Transform) 프로세서를 구현하였다. 실시간으로 발생하는 긴 신호를 short-time FFT 처리하기 위해 Hamming 창 함수를 사용하였으며, 이로 인해 감소되는 양끝의 값은 1/2 오버랩 시켜주어 보완하였다. 0~100[Hz] 사이의 주파수 특성을 가지는 뇌전기파의 효율적인 대역 분석을 위해 256-point FFT 프로세서를 radix-4 알고리듬을 적용하여 구현하였고, 단일 메모리 뱅크 구조를 사용하여 집적도를 높였다. 설계된 FFT 프로세서는 연산오차가 3% 이내로 높은 연산 정밀도를 갖는다.

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간호대학생의 안락사에 대한 태도 (A Study on Attitude to Euthanasia by Student Nurses)

  • 김소남
    • 기본간호학회지
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.473-483
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the attitude of student nurses to euthanasia. The convenient sample for this study consisted of 293 nursing students at a nursing college in Kyeongi Province. The data were collected from Oct. 15, 2002 to Oct. 30, 2002 and were analyzed using frequency, percentage, and $X^2$-test with the SAS package. The results of this study are as follow : 77.1% of students agreed to passive euthanasia and 70.6% subjects agreed to legalization of passive euthanasia. 78.5% of students can given an exact explanation of the concept of hospice. They obtained information about hospice from the mass media (1.1%), books (30.0%), friends and neighbors (3.4%), and religious groups (2.4%). The preferred place for death was reported to be home (75.4%), hospital (9.4%) or a peaceful place (6.3%). Fears of facing death were suffering in death (23.4%), grief of remaining family (21.2%), unknown about the other world (10.0%), separation from people who are loved (9.7%), forgotten from the people's memory(6.3%). In conclusion, the attitude of student nurses toward passive euthanasia approached a positive direction. But euthanasia was seen as dangerous and having multiple problems. Therefore the training for student nurses as health professionals should include content on dealing with hospice care and euthanasia.

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Brain Stimulation of Elderly with Dementia Using Virtual Reality Home

  • Park, Sung-jun
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2019
  • The virtual reality (VR) is an immerging technology used in the serious games industry to treat psychological disorders like dementia. We created a system named as Virtual Reality Home (VRH) for the elderly who lived with Alzheimer's disease (or other form of dementia) and cognitive impairment using virtual reality technology. The purpose of our study is to measure the long-time immersion and retention of VRH on the moods and apathy, enhancement in physical and brain stimulation as well as a decision making with peoples of dementia and explore the experience of aged care home staff's member. The VRH shows a positive impact on the elderly participants and staff members. During the VRH experience, excitement and a great level of alertness were observed among the participants but few of them were feeling anxiety. Furthermore, we observed the improvement in physical, memory and brain stimulation, but the participants have a low focus on decision making because they wanted to explore all interactable objects in the VRH. This study suggests that the VR may have the potential to improve the quality of life, and these results can assist to expand the future development in the enhancement of efficiency of people with dementia.

부인암 여성의 증상 클러스터(Symptom Cluster) (Symptom Clusters in Women with Gynecologic Cancer)

  • 전나미;권지연;노기옥;김상희
    • 임상간호연구
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: Women with gynecologic cancer often experience various physical and psychological symptoms relating to the cancer and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify symptom clusters. Method: A survey was conducted on 184 women with diagnoses of cervical, ovarian or endometrial cancer. Fifty symptoms were assessed for prevalence, severity and interference, and symptom clusters were identified. Cluster analysis was done using SPSS version 12.0. Results: Fatigue was identified as the most prevalent symptom (81.52%), lack of vaginal lubrication (2.26) as the most severe symptom, and lack of vaginal lubrication as the most interfering one (2.15). Identified six clusters were: Anorexia-pain cluster (loss of appetite, taste change, weight loss, appearance change, alopecia, weakness, pain), Fatigue cluster (lack of concentration, lack of memory, fatigue, dry mouth), Urinary-bowel distress cluster (urinary difficulty, constipation), Abdominal discomfort cluster (lower abdominal pain, abdominal pain, bloating), Emotional distress (sadness, anxiety-worry, nervousness, restlessness), and Menopausal cluster (sweating, hot flush, fever). Conclusion: The result of this study provides fundamental data to health care professionals in developing interventions for effective symptom management for women with gynecologic cancer by understanding identified 6 symptom clusters.

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Mental Exercises for Cognitive Function: Clinical Evidence

  • Kawashima, Ryuta
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제46권sup1호
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    • pp.22-27
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the beneficial effects of a new cognitive intervention program designed for the care and prevention of dementia, namely Learning Therapy. The training program used systematized basic problems in arithmetic and Japanese language as training tasks. In study 1, 16 individuals in the experimental group and 16 in the control group were recruited from a nursing home. In both groups, all individuals were clinically diagnosed with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. In study 2, we performed a single-blind, randomized controlled trial in our cognitive intervention program of 124 community-dwelling seniors. In both studies, the daily training program using reading and arithmetic tasks was carried out approximately 5 days a week, for 15 to 20 minutes a day in the intervention groups. Neuropsychological measures were determined simultaneously in the groups both prior to and after six months of the intervention. The results of our investigations indicate that our cognitive intervention using reading and arithmetic problems demonstrated a transfer effect and they provide convincing evidence that cognitive training maintains and improves the cognitive functions of dementia patients and healthy seniors.

노인의 정신건강 문제의 발견과 관련서비스 이용에 관한 연구 (Study on the Early Detection of Mental Health Problems in the Elderly and the Utilization of Related Services)

  • 박경순;박영란;손덕순;염유식
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제19권9호
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    • pp.308-320
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구는 가족돌봄자가 노인의 정신질환을 주로 어떤 증상을 통해 발견하였는지를 알아보는 한편, 가족돌봄자를 중심으로 노인의 정신건강서비스를 이용하게 이끄는 주된 원인이 무엇인지를 실증적으로 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 정신건강문제를 갖고 지역사회에 거주하는 노인을 돌보는 가족돌봄자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며 이를 통해 수집된 324명의 자료로 이항 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과를 보면 첫째, 가족돌봄자가 노인 환자의 정신건강질환을 의심하게 된 주된 증상은 기억력 저하와 다른 인지기능 저하가 가장 많은 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 노인이 노인 정신건강서비스를 이용하는데 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 노인의 장기요양등급, 가족돌봄자의 나이, 노인을 돌본 기간, 가족돌봄자가 느끼는 돌봄 스트레스의 수준, 가족 돌봄자의 노년기 정신질환에 대한 이해, 가족돌봄자의 지역사회 정신건강서비스에 대한 인지도가 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 노인 가족돌봄자의 관점에서 노인 정신건강문제 조기 발견과 대응 및 관련서비스 이용을 위한 정책적 실천적 함의를 제시하였다.

가정간호사업 운용을 위한 정보전달체계 개발 I (가정간호 데이터베이스 구축과 뇌졸중 환자의 가정간호 전산개발) (Development of the Information Delivery System for the Home Nursing Service)

  • 박정호;김매자;홍경자;한경자;박성애;윤순녕;이인숙;조현;방경숙
    • 가정∙방문간호학회지
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    • 제4권
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    • pp.5-22
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of the study was to development an information delivery system for the home nursing service, to demonstrate and to evaluate the efficiency of it. The period of research conduct was from September 1996 to August 31, 1997. At the 1st stage to achieve the purpose, Firstly Assessment tool for the patients with cerebral vascular disease who have the first priority of HNS among the patients with various health problems at home was developed through literature review. Secondly, after identification of patient nursing problem by the home care nurse with the assessment tool, the patient's classification system developed by Park (1988) that was 128 nursing activities under 6 categories was used to identify the home care nurse's activities of the patient with CAV at home. The research team had several workshops with 5 clinical nurse experts to refine it. At last 110 nursing activities under 11 categories for the patients with CVA were derived. At the second stage, algorithms were developed to connect 110 nursing activities with the patient nursing problems identified by assessment tool. The computerizing process of the algorithms is as follows: These algorithms are realized with the computer program by use of the software engineering technique. The development is made by the prototyping method, which is the requirement analysis of the software specifications. The basic features of the usability, compatibility, adaptability and maintainability are taken into consideration. Particular emphasis is given to the efficient construction of the database. To enhance the database efficiency and to establish the structural cohesion, the data field is categorized with the weight of relevance to the particular disease. This approach permits the easy adaptability when numerous diseases are applied in the future. In paralleled with this, the expandability and maintainability is stressed through out the program development, which leads to the modular concept. However since the disease to be applied is increased in number as the project progress and since they are interrelated and coupled each other, the expand ability as well as maintainability should be considered with a big priority. Furthermore, since the system is to be synthesized with other medical systems in the future, these properties are very important. The prototype developed in this project is to be evaluated through the stage of system testing. There are various evaluation metrics such as cohesion, coupling and adaptability so on. But unfortunately, direct measurement of these metrics are very difficult, and accordingly, analytical and quantitative evaluations are almost impossible. Therefore, instead of the analytical evaluation, the experimental evaluation is to be applied through the test run by various users. This system testing will provide the viewpoint analysis of the user's level, and the detail and additional requirement specifications arising from user's real situation will be feedback into the system modeling. Also. the degree of freedom of the input and output will be improved, and the hardware limitation will be investigated. Upon the refining, the prototype system will be used as a design template. and will be used to develop the more extensive system. In detail. the relevant modules will be developed for the various diseases, and the module will be integrated by the macroscopic design process focusing on the inter modularity, generality of the database. and compatibility with other systems. The Home care Evaluation System is comprised of three main modules of : (1) General information on a patient, (2) General health status of a patient, and (3) Cerebrovascular disease patient. The general health status module has five sub modules of physical measurement, vitality, nursing, pharmaceutical description and emotional/cognition ability. The CVA patient module is divided into ten sub modules such as subjective sense, consciousness, memory and language pattern so on. The typical sub modules are described in appendix 3.

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