• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2010

Ankle-foot orthosis with a pneumatic rubber actuator, which is intended for the assistance and the enhancement of ankle muscular activities was developed. In this study, the effectiveness of the system was investigated during plantarflexion motion of ankle joint. To find a effectiveness of the system, the subjects performed maximal voluntary isokinetic plantarflexion contraction on a Biodex-dynamometer. Plantarfexion torque of the ankle joint is assisted by subject's soleus muscle that is generated when ankle joint do plantarflexion motion. We used the muscular stiffness signal of a soleus muscle for feedback control of ankle-foot orthosis as physiological signal. For measurement of this signal, we made the muscular stiffness force sensor. We compared a muscular stiffness force of a soleus muscle between with feedback control and without it and a maximal plantarflexion torque between not wearing a ankle-foot orthosis, without feedback control wearing it and with feedback control wearing it in each ten elderly adults. The experimental result showed that a muscular stiffness force of a soleus muscle with feedback control was reduced and plantarflexion torque of an ankle joint only wearing ankle-foot orthosis was reduced but a plantarflexion torque with feedback control was increased. The amount of a increasing with feedback control is more higher than the amount of a decreasing only wearing it. Therefore, we confirmed the effectiveness of the developed ankle-foot orthosis with feedback control.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2006

최근 개통되고 있는 고속도로는 설계속도 및 제한속도가 상향되고 있어 주행환경의 양호성 확보와 함께 이에 따른 다양한 안전시설물들이 설치되고 있다. 특히 양호한 선형으로 인한 졸음운전이나 야간 및 이상기후로 차로를 제대로 볼 수 없을 때 차량의 차로 이탈사고를 미리 방지할 수 있도록 하는 노면요철포장(rumble strip)의 설치가 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 시설물이 운전자에게 미치는 효과의 크기가 얼마나 되는지에 대한 실질적인 연구가 미흡하여 명확한 효과를 제시하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 운전 중인 운전자 뇌파를 측정하여 도로구간에서 적정한 데이터를 수집하고 수집된 자료로부터 노면요철포장(rumble strip)의 효과를 분석할 수 있는 방법 및 생체 신호 파라메터를 제시하였다. 분석결과 뇌의 중심엽 부위에서 추출된 세타파 값은 본선 2차로 주행구간에서 0.619, 노면요철포장(Rumble strip)구간에서 0.157으로 0.462가감소하여 본선 2차로 구간대비 약 74% 수치 감소를 보였으며 신뢰수준 95%에서 통계적으로 유의한 결과를 나타내었다. 이러한 수치의 감소는 운전자의 각성이 그 만큼 증가하였음을 의미하는 것으로 노면요철포장의 효과에 대한 운전자 측면의 수치적 해석이 가능함을 나타낸다

• 감성과학
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.627-636
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• 2011

본 연구는 단순 입력 기반 유니모달 인터랙션의 한계를 극복하고 단순 입력 방식이 아닌 멀티모달 기반 사용자의 행위, 의도, 및 집중도를 활용하여 실감적이고 몰입도를 향상시키는 인터랙션 시스템을 제안하는데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 선행연구에서 기존 문헌연구를 토대로 메타분석방법을 활용하여 인터랙션을 위한 3차원 동작 인식 기술의 정확도를 분석하여 최종적인 센서 기반 인터랙션 방법이 선정되었고, 직관적 제스쳐 인터랙션 요소를 추출하여 본 시스템에 반영하였다. 또한 생리반응을 이용한 집중력 판단 기술을 개발하여 사용자 의도를 판단하는 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 시스템은 3부분으로 나눌 수 있다. 선행연구에서 선정된 인터랙션 요소들을 적용하여 가속도(Accelator) 센서와 연성(Flexible) 센서를 활용하여 손 동작을 인식하는 시스템을 구현하였고, 동공 인터랙션을 통한 안경형 시선 추적기를 구현하여 인터랙션이 가능하게 하였으며, 심혈관 반응과 피부 온열 반응을 측정하여 사용자의 의도를 반영한 시스템을 최종 구현하였다. 실감형 디지털 엔터테인먼트 플랫폼 기술 개발을 위한 기초 연구로서 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2015

자기공명영상 촬영시 발생되는 소음은 100 dB정도의 큰 소리로 인체에 심리적 생리적으로 많은 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 연구는 자기공명영상 소음에 따른 성인 남녀의 심박동변이률 신호의 주파수 분석을 통해 스트레스 정도를 분석하였다. 실험 방법은 귀마개를 착용하여 안정상태에서 15분간 심전도 신호를 측정하였다. 그 후 자기공명영상 장비에서 측정한 약 100dB의 음원을 30분동안 들으면서 동시에 심전도 신호를 측정하였다. 약 100 dB정도에서의 자기공명영상 소음은 HRV 분석 결과 교감신경과 부교감신경간의 불균형을 초래하여 스트레스 상태를 유발하였다. 안정 상태에서 10분까지 최대의 스트레스 상태를 나타내고, 15분부터는 스트레스 정도가 줄어들어 30분에는 안정 상태 보다 높은 스트레스 상태를 나타내었다. 본 연구를 기초 자료로 하여 자기공명영상 촬영 종사자들은 환자의 청각보호에 관심을 가지고, 자기공명영상 소음에 관한 객관적인 지표연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.450-455
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• 2009

The "stage albinism line of winter wheat" FA85 was a specific natural mutant strain on leaf color. This physiological mutation was controlled by cytogene. In order to reveal the genetic and biochemical mechanism of albinism, 2-DE was used to investigate the difference of chloroplast protein expression pattern between FA85 and its parent wheat Aibian 1. From the results of 2-DE gels analysis, approximately 683 spots were detected on each gel, and 57 spots were expressed differently at least two-fold. Using MALDI-TOF/TOF MS, 14 of 57 spots were identified, which could be categorized into four classes: carbon metabolism, energy metabolism, defense/stress response and signal transduction. Compared with the parent wheat, the expression of ATPase-$\gamma$ and GP1-$\alpha$ was up-regulated in FA85, and of other proteins was down-regulated. Together, we concluded that the expression of chloroplast proteins had changed obviously in FA85, which might be related to the leaf color mutant.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.370-373
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• 1997

We are exposed to the various external stimuli input from the environment, which cause emotional changes based on the characteristics of the stimuli. Unfortunately there are no quantitative results on relationship between human sensibility and the characteristics of physiological signals. The objective of this study was to quantify EEG signals evoked by auditory stimulation based on the assumption that the analysis of the variability on the characteristics of the EEG waveform may provide the significant information regarding changes in psychological states of the subject. The experiment was devised with seven experimental conditions, which are control and six different types of auditory stimulation. Six subjects were used to obtain EEGs while introducing auditory stimulation. Wavelet transformation was employed to analyze the EEG signals. The results showed that the reconstructed signals at the decomposition level revealed the different energy value on the EEG signal. Also, general patterns of EEG signals in rest state compare with negative and positive stimulus were found. This study could be extended to establish an algorithm which distinguishes psychophysiological states of the subjects exposed to the auditory stimulation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.100-104
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• 2012

Thrombin is a serine protease that catalyzes the conversion of soluble fibrinogen to insoluble fibrin, and thus induces physiological and pathological blood coagulation. Therefore, it is important to detect thrombin in blood serum for purposes of diagnosis. To achieve this goal, it has been suggested that a 15-mer aptamer strongly binds with thrombin to form a G-quartet structure of the aptamer. Generally, 5'-end thiol-functionalized aptamer has been used as an anti-thrombin binder. Herein, we evaluate the possibility of utilizing a 3'-SH aptasensor for thrombin detection using SPR spectroscopy, and compare the enhancement of the electrochemical signal of the thrombin-aptamer bound on a porous gold substrate. Although the two aptamers have similar configurations, in SPR analysis, the 3'-SH aptamer was a effective aptasensor as well as 5'-SH aptamer. Results from electrochemical analysis showed that the porous gold substrate acted as a good substrate for an aptasensor and demonstrated 5-fold enhancement of current change, as compared to gold thin film.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

Heart Rate is a crucial physiological parameter that provides basic information about the state of the human body in the cardiovascular system, as well as in medical diagnostics and fitness assessments. At present day, it has been demonstrated that facial video-based photoplethysmographic signal captured using a low-cost RGB camera is possible to retrieve remote heart rate. Traditional heart rate measurement is mostly obtained by direct contact with the human body, therefore, it can result inconvenient for long-term measurement due to the discomfort that it causes to the subject. In this paper, we propose a non-contact-based remote heart rate measuring approach of the subject which depends on the color intensity variation of the subject's facial skin. The proposed method is applied in two regions of the subject's face, forehead and cheeks. For this, three different algorithms are used to measure the heart rate. i.e., Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The average accuracy for the three algorithms utilizing the proposed method was 89.25% in both regions. It is also noteworthy that the FastICA algorithm showed a higher average accuracy of more than 92% in both regions. The proposed method obtained 1.94% higher average accuracy than the traditional method based on average color value.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.235-246
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• 2023

Objective: It is difficult to predict the treatment response of tissue after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) because radiation necrosis (RN) and tumor recurrence can coexist. Our study aimed to predict tumor recurrence, including the recurrence site, after SRS of brain metastasis by performing a longitudinal tumor habitat analysis. Materials and Methods: Two consecutive multiparametric MRI examinations were performed for 83 adults (mean age, 59.0 years; range, 27-82 years; 44 male and 39 female) with 103 SRS-treated brain metastases. Tumor habitats based on contrast-enhanced T1- and T2-weighted images (structural habitats) and those based on the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) images (physiological habitats) were defined using k-means voxel-wise clustering. The reference standard was based on the pathology or Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncologycriteria for brain metastases (RANO-BM). The association between parameters of single-time or longitudinal tumor habitat and the time to recurrence and the site of recurrence were evaluated using the Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and Dice similarity coefficient, respectively. Results: The mean interval between the two MRI examinations was 99 days. The longitudinal analysis showed that an increase in the hypovascular cellular habitat (low ADC and low CBV) was associated with the risk of recurrence (hazard ratio [HR], 2.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46-4.91; P = 0.001). During the single-time analysis, a solid low-enhancing habitat (low T2 and low contrast-enhanced T1 signal) was associated with the risk of recurrence (HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.01-2.35; P = 0.045). A hypovascular cellular habitat was indicative of the future recurrence site (Dice similarity coefficient = 0.423). Conclusion: After SRS of brain metastases, an increased hypovascular cellular habitat observed using a longitudinal MRI analysis was associated with the risk of recurrence (i.e., treatment resistance) and was indicative of recurrence site. A tumor habitat analysis may help guide future treatments for patients with brain metastases.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.541-546
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• 2007

Red algae are distributed globally, and the group contains several commercially important species. Griffithsia okiensis is one of the most extensively studied red algal species. In this study, we conducted expressed sequence tag (ESTs) analysis and synonymous codon usage analysis using cultured G. okiensis samples. A total of 1,104 cDNA clones were sequenced using a cDNA library made from samples collected from Dolsan Island, on the southern coast of Korea. The clustering analysis of these sequences allowed for the identification of 1,048 unigene clusters consisting of 36 consensus and 1,012 singleton sequences. BLASTX searches generated 532 significant hits (E-value <$10^{-4}$) and via further Gene Ontology analysis, we constructed a functional classification of 434 unigenes. Our codon usage analysis showed that unigene clusters with more than three ESTs had higher GC contents (76.5%) at the third position of the codons than the singletons. Also, the majority of the optimal codons of G. okiensis and Chondrus crispus belonging to Bangiophycidae were G-ending, whereas those of Porphyra yezoensis belonging to Florideophycidae were G-ending. An orthologous gene search for the P. yezoensis EST database resulted in the identification of 39 unigenes commonly expressed in two rhodophytes, which have putative functions for structural proteins, protein degradation, signal transduction, stress response, and physiological processes. Although experiments have been conducted on a limited scale, this study provides a material basis for the development of microarrays useful for gene expression studies, as well as useful information for the comparative genomic analysis of red algae.