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A Preview of the Valid Natural Tooth Implantation(NTI) Related with Periodontal Diseases

  • Chang, Sang-Kohn
    • Proceedings of the KACD Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.721-721
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    • 2002
  • For about half a century. dental implants made of titanium have developed as a method of restoration for the tooth loss. In these days. the titanium implants seem to be considered as the alternative for the conventional prosthodontics. But its hard to say that the titanium implants are superior to the treatments that preserve the natural tooth. As this is a general opinion among dentists. the implant will not be able to be the alternative for all the prosthetic treatments. Clinically, there are many causes for extracting tooth. The severe destruction of the tooth structure or periodontal diseases leads to inevitable tooth extraction. When the complete cure is doubtful because of narrow intraoral visibility and improper accessibility in approaching to the tooth and periodontal lesion, we. clinicians often inevitably extract tooth. Passive treatments like conventional restoration, curettage or surgical flap cant be the perfect treatments for the tooth that has subgingival root caries or severe periodontal diseases involved furcation. Many clinicians might have been forced to pull out the relatively healthy tooth by the difficulties of approaching to the lesions and poor prognosis. Though the intentional tooth replantation is performed sometimes. as it doesnt have enough scientific foundation. it has not been considered as a popular treatment method yet. I have been felt keenly the necessity of positive tooth preservation, so I have been attempting the treatment that has new concept. calling Natural Tooth Implantation (NTI) clinically. NTI differs from the tooth replantation in the goal for the treatment and biological healing process. Now. I confirm that NT! is a very positive and valid method of tooth preservation. Like you can get from the name. NTI is the dental implant procedure using natural teeth and similar to the healing process of the titanium implants in many aspects. I have been using biocompatible composite resin. DRM. with NTI and got affirmative clinical results from that. So I would like to introduce.roduce.

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Variation in Echolocation and Prey-capture Behavior of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum during Foraging Flight (관박쥐(Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)의 먹이포획 과정에 대한 행동 및 반향정위 변화)

  • Chung, Chul Un;Kim, Sung Chul;Jeon, Young Shin;Han, Sang Hoon
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.779-788
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we analyzed the changes in the echolocation and prey-capture behavior of the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum from search phase to capture time. The experiment was conducted in an indoor free-flight room fitted with an ultra-high-speed camera. We found that the bats searched for food while hanging from a structure, and capturing was carried out using the flight membrane. In addition, it was confirmed that the mouth and uropatagium were continuously used in tandem during the capturing process. Furthermore, using Constant Frequency (CF), we confirmed that the prey catching method reflected the wing morphology and echolocation pattern of R. ferrumequinum. The echolocation analysis revealed that the pulse duration, pulse interval, peak frequency, start-FM-bandwidth, and CF duration decreased as the search phase approached the terminal phase. Detailed analysis of echolocation pulse showed that the end-FM bandwidth, which increases as it gets nearer to the capture time of prey, was closely related to the accurate grasp of the location of an insect. At the final moment of prey capture, the passive listening that stopped the divergence of the echolocation was identified; this was determined to be the process of minimizing the interruption from the echo of the echolocation call emitted from the bat itself and sound waves emitted from the prey.

Study on the Electromagnetic Wave Propagation In the Parallel-Plate Waveguide with the Metamaterial ENZ Tunnel Embedded (Metamaterial ENZ 터널이 포함된 평행 평판 도파관 내 전자기파의 전파 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kahng, Sung-Tek
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2009
  • This paper discusses how to change the electromagnetic waves' property in the cut-off causing discontinuity existing in the guiding structure of the RF passive component by using the metamaterial and elaborates on its principle. Particularly, we find and explain, from the viewpoint of electromagnetics and circuit theories, the so-called tunneling condition that when the segment with an extremely narrow cross-section leading to blockage in the parallel-plate waveguide is given the ENZ(Epsilon Near Zero) for its filling material, the wave starts to propagate through the segment. The analysis method as a transmission-line theory taking the discontinuity and material change into consideration is shown valid through the comparison with other methods for analyzing parallel-plate waveguides, and provides the illustration of the S-parameters and impedance describing the characteristics of the tunneling.

A Study on the Time Shared with Parents and Children (부모와 자녀의 공유시간에 관한연구)

  • 이기영
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.123-136
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study is to define the structure and characteristics of the time shared with parents and children. The three specific questions are asked. (1) How much time do parents and children share with? (2) What kind of effects do the demographic factors and the psychosocial factors have on the time shared with parents and children? (3) And how can the families be classified into different types according to the time shared with parents and children? For the empirically proved answers the 161 full0time housewife couples and the 174 wife employed couples in Seoul and Kyoungki-do are surveyed with a self reported time diary and a structured questionare. Such statistical methods as frequency percentage mean tobit analysis cluster analysis oneway ANOVA and Ducan's multiple range test are used to analize the data Main findings from this empirical study can be summarised like this. First the two largest parts of the time shared with parents and children are eating and TV atching. Second the eldest child's age degree of wife's education the number of children wife's employment status family income degree of the family cohesion the couple's attitude toward marriage and role salience are significantly related to the various kind of time shared with parents and children. Third the families are classified by the time shared with parents and children into three types. type 1: the family shared least time with type 2: the family shared passive leisure with type 3: the family shared active leisure with. Type 3 has very distinctive characteristics. This type of family's eldest child is youger than any other family's and this type of family has a full time housewife. And their family cohesion is higher and their couple's relationship is oriented more companionship.

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HYDROGEN-STEAM BEHAVIOR IN THE APR1400 CONTAINMENT DURING A HYPOTHETICAL TOTAL LOSS OF FEED WATER ACCIDENT (APR1400의 급수완전상실사고 시 격납건물 내에서 수소와 수증기의 3차원 거동에 대한 수치해석)

  • Kim Jongtae;Hong Seong-Wan;Kim Sang-Baik;Kim Hee-Dong
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.10 no.3 s.30
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2005
  • During a hypothetical severe accident in a nuclear power plant (NPP), hydrogen is generated by the active reaction of fuel-cladding and steam in the reactor pressure vessel and released with steam into the containment. In order to mitigate hydrogen hazards possibly occurred in the NPP containment, hydrogen mitigation system (HMS) is usually adopted. The design of the next generation NPP (APR1400) designed in Korea specifies 26 passive autocatalytic recombiners and 10 igniters installed in the containment for the hydrogen mitigation. in this study, the analysis of the hydrogen and steam behavior during a total lose of feed water (TLOFW) accident in the APR1400 containment has been conducted by using the CFD code GASFLOW. During the accident, a huge amount of hot water, steam, and hydrogen is released in the in-containment refueling water storage tank (IRWST). The current design of the APR1400 includes flap-type dampers at the IRWST vents which are operated depending on the pressure difference between inside and outside of the IRWST. it was found that the flaps strongly affects the flow structure of the steam and hydrogen in the containment. The possibilities of a flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation (DDT) were evaluated by using Sigma-Lambda criteria. Numerical results indicate the DDT possibility could be heavily reduced in the IRWST compartment when the flaps are installed.

Effects of the Damping Ratios of Power Generators on Power Efficiency of an Ocean Renewable Energy Converter Utilizing Flow Induced Vibrations of Two Circular Cylinders (두 원형실린더의 유동유발진동 현상을 이용하는 해양신재생에너지 변환기의 발전 효율에 발전기의 감쇠비가 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eun Soo;Park, Hongrae;Kim, Dong Hwi;Baek, Hyung-min;Bernitsas, Michael M.
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2020
  • Most countries in the world are trying to reduce the use of fossil fuels in the production of electricity and replace them with renewable energy technologies. In Korea, there are abundant ocean renewable energy sources that will play an important role in power generation in the future. This paper introduces a new tidal energy converter utilizing flow induced vibration (FIV), which can work efficiently, even in the currents slower than 1.0m/s. All tests were conducted at the Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory at the University of Michigan to examine the effects of the damping ratio of the electric generators on the power outputs and power efficiencies. In these tests, two identical circular cylinders were used, and passive turbulence controllers were applied to the surface of the cylinders to enhance the FIV. The experimental results showed that by using the two cylinders in the FIV, the power output and efficiency reached up to 31 W and 36%, respectively. In particular, the results showed that the power efficiency was higher at the relatively low flow speed (4

Fuzzy Hybrid Control of a Smart TMD for Reduction of Wind Responses in a Tall Building (초고층건물의 풍응답제어를 위한 스마트 TMD의 퍼지 하이브리드제어)

  • Kim, Han-Sang;Kim, Hyun-Su
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 2009
  • Fuzzy hybrid control technique with a smart tuned mass damper(STMD) was proposed in this study for the suppression of wind-induced motion of a tall building. To develop the effective control algorithm for a STMD, skyhook and groundhook control algorithms were employed. Usually, skyhook controller can effectively reduce STMD motion and groundhook controller shows good control performance for the reduction of building responses. In this study, fuzzy hybrid controller, which can determine an optimal weighting factor for combining two controllers in real time, was developed to improve the control performance of conventional hybrid controller using weighted sum approach. A 76-story office building was used as an example structure to investigate the performance of the proposed controller. A magnetorheological(MR) damper was used to develop a STMD and the control performance of STMD was evaluated comparing with the passive and active TMD. The numerical studies show that the control effectiveness of a STMD is significantly superior to that of the conventional TMD. It is also shown that fuzzy hybrid controller can effectively adjust skyhook and groundhook control algorithms and reduce both responses of STMD and building.

A Proposal on Digital Cable TV Menu for 20's (20대 사용자를 위한 디지털 케이블 TV 메뉴 제안)

  • Kim, Yong-Seong;Noh, Ji-Hye;Park, Su-Bin;An, So-Hyeon;Yeoun, Myeong-Heum
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.02a
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    • pp.1053-1058
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    • 2009
  • Digital cable TV(DCATV) is totally different with a existing TV which is passive, and can pick the contents anytime we want. It is very popular in many houses and we can see bright future with this. This study will show a standard that is a suitable and convenient VOD menu category for 20's through a various usability test. Moreover it will be provided new menu style and GUI through the preferences. For this, we found expected problems first through the heuristic analysis and did iterative usability test to verify and improve these problems. As a result of that, we improved errors of VOD menu structure and suggested new menu style including metaphor, colour and icon users can recognize easily. That is, VOD categories should be grouped among definite meanings. And we found using convenience is more important than new discovery of method on menu style for experienced users. This study can be not only based data when DCATV menu is renewed but also can be used as a reference data when designing other DCATV menu.

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A Study on a Bandwidth Guarantee Method of Subscriber-based DiffServ in Access Networks (액세스 망에서의 DiffServ 기반 가입자 대역 보장 방법 연구)

  • Park, Hea-Sook;Kim, Hae-Sook;Youn, Cheong
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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    • v.12C no.5 s.101
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    • pp.709-716
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    • 2005
  • QoS is an important requirement of the FTTH (Fiber To The Home) subscriber in access network using E-PON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network). In this research, we describe the structure of the access network and propose a bandwidth guarantee scheme for subscriber and service according to the requirements of the subscriber, service and system. This scheme uses two kinds of the classification table, which are called 'service classification table' and 'subscriber classification table.' Using the classification table, we can identify the flow of the subscriber and service. Also, we compute the number of hash table entry to minimize the loss ratio of flows using the M/G/k/k queueing model. Finally, we apply the DRR scheduling through virtual queueing per subscriber instead of the aggregated class.

Plasticity and Fracture Behaviors of Marine Structural Steel, Part IV: Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties at Elevated Temperatures (조선 해양 구조물용 강재의 소성 및 파단 특성 IV: 고온 기계적 물성치에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Choung, Joon-Mo;Im, Sung-Woo;Park, Ro-Sik
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 2011
  • This is the fourth of a series of companion papers dealing with the mechanical property reductions of various marine structural steels. Even though a reduction of the elastic modulus according to temperature increases has not been obtained from experiments, high temperature experiments from room temperature to $900^{\circ}C$ revealed that initial the yield strength and tensile strength are both seriously degraded. The mechanical properties obtained from high temperature experiments are compared with those from EC3 (Eurocode 3). It is found that the high temperature test results generally comply with the prediction values by EC3. Based on the prediction of EC3, time domain nonlinear finite element analyses were carried out for a blast wall installed on a real FPSO. After applying the reduced mechanical properties, corresponding to $600^{\circ}C$ to the FE model of the blast wall, more than three times the deflections were observed and it was observed that most structural parts experience plastic deformations exceeding the reduced yield strength at the high temperature. It is noted that a protection facility such as PFP (passive fire protection) should be required for structures likely to be directly exposed to fire and explosion accident.