• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2014

Recent technological advances have increased interest in personal health monitoring. Electrocardiogram(ECG) monitoring is a basic healthcare activity and can provide decisive information regarding cardiovascular system status. In this study, we developed a capacitive ECG measurement system that can be included within a cloth mattress pad. The device permits ECG data to be obtained during sleep by using capacitive electrodes. However, it is difficult to detect R-wave peaks automatically because signals obtained from the system can include a high level of noise from various sources. Because R-peak detection is important in ECG applications, we developed an algorithm that can reduce noise and improve detection accuracy under noisy conditions. Algorithm reliability was evaluated by determining its sensitivity(Se), positive predictivity(+P), and error rate(Er) by using data from the MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database and from our capacitive ECG system. The results showed that Se = 99.75%, +P = 99.77%, and Er = 0.47% for MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database while Se = 96.47%, +P = 99.32%, and Er = 4.34% for our capacitive ECG system. Based on those results, we conclude that our R-peak detection method is capable of providing useful ECG information, even under noisy signal conditions.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2020

This work describes highly efficient recovery and selective leaching of Zn from electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) with different physicochemical properties, induced by acid leaching at ambient conditions. The chemical compositions, mineralogical phases, and particle sizes of the EAFDs were analyzed and compared. The effects of leaching time, liquid/solid ratio, acid type, and acid concentration on the selective leaching of Zn were also studied. The EAFD with high Fe/Zn ratio (> 1, EAFD₃) was richer in ZnFe₂O₄ and exhibited larger particle size than samples with low Fe/Zn ratio (< 1, EAFD_1,2). ANOVA analysis revealed that the Fe/Zn ratios of the EAFDs also have a significant effect on Zn extraction (p < 0.005). Selective leaching of Zn with minimum Fe dissolution was obtained at pH > 4.5, regardless of other parameters or sample properties. The maximum Zn extraction rate obtained by the pH control was over 97% for EAFD₁ and EAFD₂, 76% for EAFD₃, and 80% for EAFD₄. The present results confirm that the Fe/Zn ratio can be used to identify EAFDs that permits facile and high-yield Zn recovery, and pH can be used as a process control factor for selective leaching of Zn regardless of any differences in the properties of the EAFD sample.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2009

최근에는 각 지자체별 BIS(Bus Information System)/BMS(Bus Management System) 및 ITS(Intelligent Transportation Systems)을 도입함에 따라 시설물 주차 및 노변주차를 무인으로 운영하여 운영구간의 불법행위는 줄어들고 있으나 주변지역의 주차난은 더욱 심각해지고 있으며 단속에 의한 운영으로 시민들의 의식 개선 효과는 미비한 실정이다. 그러므로 주차시설의 관리 및 운영의 효율성, 사용자의 편의성 향상 시켜 근본적인 주차시설 부족을 해결할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 우선 선진국의 주차관리 및 운영체계 현황에 대해 분석하고 다음으로 국내 여건에 맞는 노변주차 운영방식 및 시스템을 설계 한다. 마지막으로 시스템 개발시 기반이 되는 요구조건을 제시하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.3676-3680
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• 2012

An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-based plasmid contains the EBV nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) gene and EBV replication origin (oriP) sequence. Since EBNA1 (the only EBV-encoded protein) is combined with oriP, it is replicated simultaneously with chromosomal DNA in human, primate, and canine cells and is faithfully segregated at a stable copy number upon cell division. Consequently, it can be used to stably express gene inserts over a prolonged time in target cells. We have previously shown that the polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer can be surface-modified with L-arginine. Arginine is present at a high frequency in the transactivator of transcription (Tat) sequences of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It presents high membrane permeability and permits effective transfer of DNA inside the cells. In this study, we constructed two kinds of recombinant DNA by inserting the luciferase gene and enhanced green fluorescence protein (eGFP) gene as reporter genes into the pCEP4 plasmid vector. We measured dynamic light scattering (DLS) and zeta potential after preparing PAMAM-based cationic polymer/EBV-based plasmid complexes. We performed transfection of HEK 293 cell lines with the polyplexes, and monitored luciferase activity and green fluorescence protein (GFP) expression. Our results show that PAMAM-based cationic polymer/EBV plasmid complexes provide enhanced and sustained gene expression.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.715-721
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• 2003

상악 영구전치의 외상은 소아와 청소년기에 많이 일어난다. 그 중 치관의 파절은 18세 이하의 외상성 손상의 1/4에서 나타난다. 이러한 치관파절시 심미적 기능적으로 만족시킬 수 있는 수복을 하려는 노력이 계속되어 왔다. 파절편을 이용한 수복은 이러한 심미적 기능적인 조건을 만족시킬 수 있는 방법이다. 본 증례들은 전남대학교병원 소아치과에 상악중절치의 외상을 주소로 내원한 아동들의 치험례이다. 증례 1은 미성숙영구치치근을 가지는 만 7세의 여아로 침상출혈에 따른 수산화칼슘을 이용한 직접치수복조후 파절편을 부착한 증례이며, 증례 2는 함입과 치관파절로 인해 치수노출을 보인 만 10세 남아로 resin-wire splint 후 치수치료 하고 파절편을 부착하였고, 증례 3은 파절선이 생리적 폭경을 침범한 8세 여아로 별다른 처치 없이 파절편 부착을 시행하였다. 이상의 증례들을 통하여 치아 파절편 부착을 성공적으로 시행하였으며, 심미적으로 양호한 결과를 얻었다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.60-64
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• 1999

Recently, for the reconstruction of bony defect and cosmetic improvement, many graft materials and implants have been widely used in the various surgical situations. The alloplastic materials have many advantages such as simplicity of operation, no additional need of surgery, and easy manipulation. The $Medpor^{TM}$(porous high-density polyethylene, Porex Co., USA) was initially studied in 1972 for surgical implant and introduced as an implant material for oral and maxillofacial region by Sauer and King in 1988. This material permits full ingrowth of bone into the implants, substantially increasing the implant's incorporation into the recipient site. It can be shaved during the surgery, which results in an improvement and prefabricated various size and shapes to fit into the surgical defect. The $Medpor^{TM}$ was used in 32 patients from 1995 to 1997 at the maxillofacial region. It was used for paranasal augmentation in 24 cases, for malar augmentation in 2 cases, for infraorbital augmentation in 2 cases, for mandibular angle augmentation in 2 cases, for mandibular body augmentation in 2 cases, for chin vertical augmentation in 1 case. It was mainly fixed with miniplate or screw. There were few complications except one infection and one exposure of the implant.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.331-332
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• 2008

Couplings between electric, magnetic, and structural order parameters result in the so-called multiferroic phenomena with two or more ferroic phenomena such as ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism, or ferroelasticity. The simultaneous ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism (magnetoelectricity) permits potential applications in information storage, spintronics, and magnetic or electric field sensors. The perovskite BiFeO3(BFO) is known to be antiferromagnetic below the Neel temperature of 647K and ferroelectric with a high Curie temperature of 1043K. It exhibits weak magnetism at room temperature due to the residual moment from a canted spin structure. It is likely that non-stoichiometry and second-phase formation are the factors responsible for leakage current in BFO. It has been suggested that oxygen non-stoichiometry leads to valence fluctuations of Fe ions in BFO, resulting in high conductivity. To reduce the large leakage current of BFO, one attempt is to make donor-doped BFO compounds and thin films. In this study, (Bi1-x,Ndx)(Fe1-y,Tiy)O3 thin films have been deposited on Pt(111)/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The effect of dopants on the phase evolution and surface morphology are analyzed. Furthermore, electrical and magnetic properties are measured and their coupling characteristics are discussed.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2011

대기 중 휘발성 유기화합물을 포함한 기체 성분을 현장에서 실시간으로 검출할 수 있는 소형 GC 모듈을 개발하였다. 상용의 모세관 또는 충진 컬럼을 열선과 함께 다발 형태로 감아 소형 케이스에 내장 하였고 소형 경량의 센서, 밸브, 펌프, 그리고 재충전이 가능한 운반기체 캐니스터 등을 사용하여 분석 시료의 채취, 주입, 및 분리 및 검출이 10 분 이내에 이루어지도록 하였다. 다양한 기체 혼합물을 소형 GC 모듈과 불꽃이온화 및 열전도도 검출기로 측정한 결과 모세관 컬럼의 경우 R=8.3의 분해능을 나타냈으며 우수한 감도는 물론 재현성 및 직진성을 나타내었다. 따라서 소형 GC 모듈은 대기 중 휘발성 유해물질의 농도 감시, 화학 공정 및 오염 배출원 규제 등에 매우 효과적으로 활용되리라 기대된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.207-222
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• 2010

Fire incident in buildings is common, so the fire safety design of the framed structure is imperative, especially for the unprotected or partly protected bare steel frames. However, software for structural fire analysis is not widely available. As a result, the performance-based structural fire design is urged on the basis of using user-friendly and conventional nonlinear computer analysis programs so that engineers do not need to acquire new structural analysis software for structural fire analysis and design. The tool is desired to have the capacity of simulating the different fire scenarios and associated detrimental effects efficiently, which includes second-order P-D and P-d effects and material yielding. Also the nonlinear behaviour of large-scale structure becomes complicated when under fire, and thus its simulation relies on an efficient and effective numerical analysis to cope with intricate nonlinear effects due to fire. To this end, the present fire study utilizes a second-order elastic/plastic analysis software NIDA to predict structural behaviour of bare steel framed structures at elevated temperatures. This fire study considers thermal expansion and material degradation due to heating. Degradation of material strength with increasing temperature is included by a set of temperature-stress-strain curves according to BS5950 Part 8 mainly, which implicitly allows for creep deformation. This finite element stiffness formulation of beam-column elements is derived from the fifth-order PEP element which facilitates the computer modeling by one member per element. The Newton-Raphson method is used in the nonlinear solution procedure in order to trace the nonlinear equilibrium path at specified elevated temperatures. Several numerical and experimental verifications of framed structures are presented and compared against solutions in literature. The proposed method permits engineers to adopt the performance-based structural fire analysis and design using typical second-order nonlinear structural analysis software.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2013

심한 우식을 보이는 미성숙 영구치 치료에 있어서 치수생활력을 보존하는 것은 중요하다. 치수절단술을 시행 시 생체적합성이 있는 재료를 이용하여 치료함으로써 남아있는 생활력이 있는 치수를 보호하며 미성숙 영구치의 치근 성장을 도모할 수 있다. 혈소판 농축 섬유소는 환자의 혈액을 직접 채취하여 적용하기 때문에 생체적합성이 뛰어나며 다양한 성장인자를 함유하고 있어 치수생활력을 유지하고 미성숙 영구치의 치근 발육을 촉진시킬 수 있다. 본 증례에서는 심한 치아 우식증을 보이는 미성숙 영구치에서 치수절단술 시행 후 남아 있는 치수 상부에 혈소판 농축 섬유소를 적용하였다. 정기적인 검진 결과 미성숙 영구치의 치근 성장 및 정상적인 치아 주위 조직들이 관찰되었다. 향후 장기간의 임상적 관찰이 필요할 것이며 더 많은 임상 증례를 바탕으로 한 연구가 필요할 것이다.