• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2012

목적: 뇌내 정맥혈관을 평가하기 위한 조영 증강 자기공명 정맥촬영술의 arterial trigger 와 venous trigger 방법으로 시행한 영상의 차이점을 비교 분석하고자 한다. 대상과 방법: 건강검진을 목적으로 자기공명정맥촬영술을 시행한 41명의 환자들을 대상으로 해면부위의 내경 동맥에서 arterial triggering하여 6초 후에 얻은 영상 (n = 20) 과 상시상 정맥동에서 venous triggering (n = 21) 방법으로 시행한 영상을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 영상은 가돌리늄 조영제 ($Magnevist^{(R)}$, Schering, Germany)를 0.1 mmol/kg 정맥주입하여 시행하였고, 두개강 전반에 대하여 시상영상을 fast spoiled gradiend echo sequence로 시행하였다 (TR/TE 5.2/1.5, matrix $310{\times}310$, 절편수 124 절편, 두께 15 cm). 두 그룹의 영상을 해부학적 정맥 혈관 구조에 따라 17 정맥구역에 대하여 평가하였고, 정맥의 영상품질은 세 단계 (안보임, 일부 보임, 완전히 보임)로 나눠서 평가하였다. 결과: 정맥이 완전히 보인 구역은 arterial triggering 자기공명 정맥 촬영술에서 84% (272/323), venous triggering 자기 공명 정맥촬영술에서 91% (310/340) 이다. Venous triggering 자기공명촬영술과 arterial 자기 공명 정맥촬영술을 비교하였을 때 뇌내 정맥 구조를 평가하는데 있어 venous triggering 방법이 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다 (Fisher exact test, p<0.006). 결론: 조영 증강 자기공명 정맥 촬영술은 정맥 혈관 구조에 대한 고화질의 이미지를 제공하였고 arterial triggering 방법보다 venous triggering 방법이 뇌내 정맥 구조 평가에 우월한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국HCI학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2010

트위터는 2006년 10월에 출시된 이래로 지속적으로 성장하고 있다. 특히 방문자 수 등의 수치적인 성장과 함께 마이크로 블로깅(micro blogging)이라는 새로운 소셜 네트워크의 양식을 확산시키고 있다. 국내에서도 me2day 등 '토종' 서비스가 등장했을 뿐 아니라, 향상된 모바일 디바이스의 인터넷 접근성이 마이크로 블로그의 확산을 자극 할 것으로 예측된다. 이런 맥락에서 본 연구는 마이크로 블로그라는 새로운 매체에 대한 예비 연구를 시도한다. 이를 위해, 국내 상황에 초점을 맞추어 국내 트위터 사용자 로그를 수집, 분석했다. 특히, 트위터라는 '외산' 서비스의 언어적, 문화적 장벽에도 불구하고 이를 극단적으로 활발하게 이용하는 "익스트림 헤비 유저"에 주목하여, 이들은 도대체 누구이며 왜, 어떤 방식으로 마이크로 블로그를 이용하는지 검토했다. 먼저, 무작위 추출 방식으로 일정 수준의 표본을 수집하여 팔로우와 메시지 작성 활동의 전반적인 양상을 검토하였다. 여기서 로렌츠 커브를 적용하여 활동의 쏠림 현상을 확인하였고, 이 곡선을 토대로 국내 트위터 강참여자 집단인 익스트림 헤비 유저 그룹을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서 확보한 표본 가운데에는 총 6명의 익스트림 헤비 유저가 있었고, 이들의 2010년 1월 중 일주일치의 실제 트위터 로그를 추가로 수집하여 분석하였다. 결과적으로 이들은 모바일과 데스크탑에서 다수의 클라이언트를 이용하여 다양한 방식으로 트위터에 접근하고 있었으며, 인터넷 이용 시간과 유사한 패턴으로 이용하되, 생활 속에서 "촘촘한(micro)" 시간 간격으로 꾸준히 많은 양의 메시지를 작성하고 있었다. 중요한 정보, 특별한 이벤트나 감정을 다룰 뿐 아니라, 습관적으로 트위터를 이용하고 있었으며 무엇보다 이들은 마치 SMS나 인터넷 메신저처럼 일종의 '대화의 도구'로써 트위터를 이용하고 있었다. 수집기간 중 이들이 작성한 트윗의 68%가 대화형에 속하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 나머지 중 24%는 리트윗으로, 가상적으로(virtually) 연결된 '사람' 및 '관계'가 발화의 지배적인 동인(trigger)으로 작용하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2441-2444
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• 2003

This paper describes fabrication of a micro cell counter integrated with an oxygen micropump and Sephadex G-25 beads counting experiment. The device utilized a phototransistor, microwindow, and light source of microscope for beads detection. Microheater and microchannel were used for pumping and guiding of beads to the microwindow. Counting capability of the device was tested with a peristaltic pump and the measured signals (${\sim}10\;mV$) with oscilloscope showed peak shape when beads passed the microwindow. Pumping of beads by the oxygen micropump was carried out by heating paraffin, which enveloped manganese dioxide (catalyst), to trigger the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. It lasted for 5 min with $7\;{\mu}l$ of wt. 30 % hydrogen peroxide. Beads counting by oxygen micropump showed peaks ($2{\sim}20\;mV$) with $30\;{\mu}l$ of beads sample and the number of peaks by magnitude was acquired.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2017

This study explored the factors affecting university students' perspectives towards a theme restaurant. Atmospherics has been regarded as one of the factors that affect the satisfaction of students as it would trigger emotional responses within the theme restaurant, determining the behavioral intention of the students, whether they would return to the restaurant or not. The findings could be referred by the theme restaurant managers to understand more about customers' needs and wants in terms of physical environment of the theme restaurant. Qualitative research method was applied. 10 face-to-face interviews were conducted and the research context was in the theme restaurants around Selangor, Malaysia. As a result, this study has found that the physical environment of the theme restaurant affected students' satisfaction towards their dining experiences as well as elicits emotional responses among the students during their dine-in processes in the theme restaurants. Both satisfaction and emotional responses of the students were found out to be imposing significant effects on the behavioral intention of the university students. Hence, this study provided assistance for the theme restaurant operators to understand their customers of university students and make more effective managing strategies.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.20-28
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• 2018

The time synchronization of each sub-unit of a pulsed generator is important to generate an output high-power radio frequency (RF) signal. To obtain the time synchronization between an input RF signal fed by an external source and an electron beam produced by an electric pulse generator, the influence of different charging voltages on a delay and a rise time of the output pulse waveform in the electric pulse generator should be carefully considered. This paper aims to study the timing characteristics of the delay and the rise time as a function of different charging voltages with a peak value of less than -35 kV in the high-voltage pulse generator, including a trigger generator (TG) and a pulse-forming line (PFL). The simulation has been carried out to estimate characteristics in the time domain, in addition to their output high-voltage amplitude. Experimental results compared with those obtained by simulation indicate that the delay of the output pulses of the TG and PFL, which are made by controlling the external triggering signal with respect to different charging voltages, is getting longer as the charging voltage is increasing, and their rise times are inversely proportional to the amplitude of the charging voltage.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.119-122
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• 2006

Upper thoracic back pain can be musculoskeletal in origin or it could be visceral referred pain, which may be indicative of a serious medical condition. We experienced a case of a 55-years-old female patient who complained of upper thoracic back pain for 1 month, which started 10 days after a traffic accident. She described the pain as being a dull, constant nagging sensation with an intensity of 4/10 on the visual analogue scale. Her pain did not subside after trigger point injection of the rhomboid and trapezius muscles. She reported intermittent palpitation, which indicated that the cardiovascular or pulmonary systems were involved. She was diagnosed with pulmonary thromboembolism by the imaging studies. Refractory upper thoracic back pain should be investigated to rule out this treatable, but potentially fatal condition.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2014

Many researches have been conducted to achieve improvement in distributed system that connects multiple computer systems via communication lines. Among others, the load balancing and file migration are considered to have significant impact on the performance of distributed system. The dynamic file migration algorithm common in distributed processing system involved complex calculations of decision function necessary for file migration and required migration of control messages for the performance of decision function. However, the performance of this decision function puts significant computational strain on computer. As one single network is shared by all computers, more computers connected to network means migration of more control messages from file migration, causing the network to trigger bottleneck in distributed processing system. Therefore, it has become imperative to carry out the research that aims to reduce the number of control messages that will be migrated. In this study, the learning automata was used for file migration which would requires only the file reference-related information to determine whether file migration has been made or determine the time and site of file migration, depending on the file conditions, thus reflecting the status of current system well and eliminating the message transfer and additional calculation overhead for file migration. Moreover, mathematical model for file migration was described in order to verify the proposed model. The results from mathematical model and simulation model suggest that the proposed model is well-suited to the distributed system.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.582-586
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• 2005

본 논문은 locking 상태에 따라서 루프대역폭이 변화하는 Phase Locked Loop (PLL)의 구조를 제안하였다. 제안한 PLL은 기본적인 PLL 블록과 NOR Gate, Inverter, Capacitor, 그리고 Schmitt trigger로 이루어진 Locking Status Indicator(LSI) 블록으로 구성되었다. LSI는 Loop Fille.(LF)에 공급되는 전류와 저항 값을 locking 상태에 따라 변화시켜서 unlock이 되면 넓은 루프대역폭 가지는 PLL로, lock이 되면 좁은 루프대역폭을 가지는 PLL로 동작하도록 한다. 이러한 구조의 PLL은 짧은 locking 시간과 저 잡음의 특성을 동시에 만족시킬 수 있다. 제안된 PLL은 Hynix CMOS $0.35{\mu}m$ 공정으로 Hspice 시뮬레이션 하였으며 40us의 짧은 locking 시간과 -76.1dBc 크기의 spur를 가진다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2006

Airbag deployment has been responsible for huge death, incidental injuries and broken bones due to low crash severity and wrong deployment decision. This misfortune has led the authorities and the industries to pursue uniquely designed airbags incorporating crash-sensing technologies. This paper provides a thorough discussion underlying crash sensing algorithm approaches for the subject matter. Unfortunately, most algorithms used for crash sensing still have some problems. They either deploy at low severity or fail to trigger the airbag on time. In this work, the crash-sensing algorithm is studied by analyzing the data obtained from the variables such as (i) change of velocity, (ii) speed of the vehicle and (iii) acceleration. The change of velocity is used to detect crash while speed of the vehicle provides relevant information for deployment decision. This paper also demonstrates crash severity with respect to the changing speed of the vehicle. Crash sensing simulations were carried out using Simulink, Stateflow, SimMechanics and Virtual Reality toolboxes. These toolboxes are also used to validate the results obtained from the simulated experiments of crash sensing, airbag deployment decision and its crash severity detection of the proposed system.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2015

Dexmedetomidine is a sedative and analgesic agent that exerts its effects by selectively agonizing ${\alpha}2$ adrenoceptor. Histamine is a pathophysiological amine that activates G protein-coupled receptors, to induce $Ca^{2+}$ release and subsequent mediate or progress inflammation. Dexmedetomidine has been reported to exert inhibitory effect on inflammation both in vitro and in vivo studies. However, it is unclear that dexmedetomidine modulates histamine-induced signaling and pro-inflammatory cytokine expression. This study was carried out to assess how dexmedetomidine modulates histamine-induced $Ca^{2+}$ signaling and regulates the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes encoding interleukin (IL)-6 and -8. To elucidate the regulatory role of dexmedetomidine on histamine signaling, HeLa cells and human salivary gland cells which are endogenously expressed histamine 1 receptor were used. Dexmedetomidine itself did not trigger $Ca^{2+}$ peak or increase in the presence or absence of external $Ca^{2+}$. When cells were stimulated with histamine after pretreatment with various concentrations of dexmedetomidine, we observed inhibited histamine-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ signal in both cell types. Histamine stimulated IL-6 mRNA expression not IL-8 mRNA within 2 hrs, however this effect was attenuated by dexmedetomidine. Collectively, these findings suggest that dexmedetomidine modulates histamine-induced $Ca^{2+}$ signaling and IL-6 expression and will be useful for understanding the antagonistic properties of dexmedetomidine on histamine-induced signaling beyond its sedative effect.