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Comparing a tablet computer and paper forms for assessing patient-reported outcomes in edentulous patients

  • Caetano, Thais Angelina;Ribeiro, Adriana Barbosa;Vecchia, Maria Paula Della;Cunha, Tatiana Ramirez;Chaves, Carolina de Andrade Lima;de Souza, Raphael Freitas
    • The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.457-464
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    • 2016
  • PURPOSE. The aim of this study was to determine whether two methods of documentation, print and electronic forms, for the assessment of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in complete denture wearers provide comparable results. The study also quantified the time needed for filling the forms by each method. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Thirty participants enrolled in a university clinic answered two forms (a questionnaire for denture satisfaction and OHIP-EDENT). They provided answers with two application methods in a random order, with a one-month interval between them: (1) electronic forms on a tablet computer; and (2) print forms. The methods were compared in terms of mean results, correlation/agreement, internal consistency, and spent time. RESULTS. Mean results for both methods were similar for each denture satisfaction item (100-mm VAS) and OHIP-EDENT summary score. Both questionnaires presented good internal consistency regardless of the application method (Cronbach's ${\alpha}=0.86$ or higher). Correlation and agreement between the methods regarding specific items was at least moderate for the majority of cases. Mean time for the electronic and print forms were 9.2 and 8.5 minutes, respectively (paired t test, P=.06, non-significant). CONCLUSION. The electronic method is comparable to print forms for the assessment of important PRO of prosthetic treatment for edentulism, considering the results and time needed. Findings suggest the viability of replacing print forms with a tablet for applying the tested inventories in clinical trials.

LPM-Based Digital Watermarking for Forgery Protection in Printed Materials (인쇄물의 위조 방지를 위한 LPM기반의 디지털 워터마킹)

  • Bae Jong-Wook;Lee Sin-Joo;Jung Sung-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.8 no.11
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    • pp.1510-1519
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    • 2005
  • We proposed a digital watermarking method that it is possible to identify the copyright because the watermark is detected in the first print-scan and to protect a forgery because the watermark is not detected in the second print-scan. The proposed algorithm uses LPM and DFT transform for the robustness to the distortion of pixel value and geometrical distortion. This methods could improve watermark detection performance and image quality by selecting maximum sampling radius in LPM transform. After analyzing the characteristics of print-scan process, we inserted the watermark in the experimentally selected frequency bands that survives robustly to the first print-scan and is not detected in the second print-scan, using the characteristic of relatively large distortion in high frequency bands of DFT As the experimental result, the original proof is possible because average similarity degree 5.13 is more than the critical value 4.0 in the first print-scan. And the detection of forgery image is also possible because average similarity degree 2.76 is less than the critical value 4.0 in the second print-scan.

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Print Gloss Development of Offset Ink on Controlled Coating Structure (조절된 코팅구조상에서 옵셋인쇄광택의 발현 : Part 1)

  • Jeon, Sung-J.;Lee, Jae-S.;Shon, Chang-M.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.54-69
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    • 2003
  • Print gloss is an important attribute of the final printed product. While past work has looked at the influence of key aspects of the coating structure on print gloss, a systematic study has not been reported. The coating roughness, porosity, and pore size are changed by using various combinations of coating materials and by calendering against rough plastic sheets. The print gloss is measured every tenths of a second right after printing, a few minutes after printing, and a few days afterwards. Roughness and porosity affect the print gloss for the first two seconds: this result shows that they influence the ink-film splitting event. Once ink film starts to level, roughness and pore size influences the level of print gloss within the first ten seconds after printing. Porosity modifies the evolution of print gloss for the next few minutes. The decrease in gloss at long times is found to correlate to surface roughness.

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Evaluation of Bolus Applicability through Dose Evaluation According to 3D Print Materials (3D 프린트 소재에 따른 선량평가를 통한 볼루스 적용성 평가)

  • Kim, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Deuk-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.241-246
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    • 2019
  • Among the 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, evaluated bolus applicability through dose assesment according to the materials of 3D printing technology. Dose assesment was using MCNPX which was applied Monte Carlo method and 3D print materials were ABS, PC and PLA. Thus, the thickness with the same effect as the bolus 10 mm was found to be ABS 10 mm, PC 9 mm and PLA 9 mm for the 6 MeV electron. For 6 MV X-ray, ABS 11 mm, PC 10 mm and PLA 9 mm were shown. This study showed that tissue equivalent materials made from 3D printer materials can replace bolus.

Print Mottle : Causes and Solutions from Paper Coating Industry Perspective

  • Lee, Hak-Lae
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.60-69
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    • 2008
  • The principal reasons for applying a pigment coating to paper are to improve appearance and printability. The pigment coating provides a surface that is more uniform and more receptive to printing ink than are the uncoated fibers and, in turn, both facilitates the printing process and enhances the graphic reproduction. The improvement in print quality is readily apparent, especially in image areas or when multiple colors are involved. Although pigment coating of paper is to improve the printability, coated paper is not completely free from printing defects. Actually there are a number printing defects that are observed only with the coated papers. Among the printing defects that are commonly observed for coated papers, print mottle during multi-color offset printing is one of the most concerned defects, and it appears not only on solid tone area but also half dot print area. There are four main causes of print mottle ranging from printing inks, dampening solution, paper, and printing press or its operation. These indicates that almost every factors associated with lithographic printing can cause print mottle. Among these variation of paper quality influences most significantly on print mottle problems in multicolor offset printing, and this indicates that paper is most often to be blamed for its product deficiency as far as print mottle problems are concerned. Furthermore, most of the print mottle problems associated with paper is observed when coated papers are printed. Uncoated papers rarely show mottling problems. This indicates that print mottle is the most serious quality problems of coated paper products. Overcoming the print mottle is becoming more difficult because the operating speeds of coating and printing machines are increasing, coating weights are decreasing, and the demands on high-quality printing are increasing. Print mottle in offset printing is caused by (a) nonuniform back trap of ink caused by a nonuniform rate of ink drying, referred as "back trap mottle, and (b) nonuniform absorption of the dampening solution. Furthermore, both forms of print mottle have some relationship to the structure of the coated layer. The surest way of eliminating ink mottling is to eliminate unevenness in the base paper. Coating solutions, often easier to put into practice, should, however, be considered. In this paper the principal factors influencing print mottle of coated papers will be discussed. Especially the importance of base paper roughness, binder migration, even consolidation of coating layers, control of the drying rate, types of binders, etc. will be described.

The Optimal Solid Print Density Setting Method for Sheetfed Offset Printing (오프셋 매엽 인쇄의 최적 민인쇄 농도 설정 방법)

  • Seo, Suck-Jin;Kang, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2009
  • Since domestic offset print quality control depends on the experience of persons in charge rather than objective data, the standards from the data are needed for the well-organized quality management of high-quality prints. Based on the ISO standards, now the standard specifications, such as GRACoL 7, SWOP 11, SNAP, G7 in America, and EURO Color, ECI, BVDM in Europe, and Japan Color 2001, Japan Color 2004 in Japan, are employed. There exists KS for domestic standards. However, since it has been directly imported from ISO Standards, there are discrepancies in printing materials and media. Although the quality management of commercial prints has been focused and studied. For this circumstance, standards are needed for the production of prints to meet international standards. This paper aims to find out suitable ways to approach domestic printing standards using densitometric method and colorimetric method. Printing experiments on this study were performed with domestic process color inks(Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) and domestic coated papers, under the same conditions as the actual commercial printing processes. In densitometric method, how to set up the optimal solid print density was studied through three tests such as the ways to match solid print density and print contrast to GRACoL standards respectively, and the way to get the highest contrast. In colorimetric method, how to get solid print density with the minimum color difference between the $CIEL^*a^*b^*$ color specification values in GRACoL standards and the measured color specification values in prints, was studied.

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Fine resolution patterning aided by inkjet printing (미세패턴 구현을 위한 잉크젯 응용 기술)

  • Shin D.Y.;Kim D.S.;Ham Y.B.;Choi B.O.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.587-588
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    • 2006
  • Drop-on-Demand (DOD) inkjet printing technology, especially piezo-typed, has been paid attention by industries due to its inherent nature of unbeatable material usage and low cost manufacturing cost. Despite of these key advantages over any other competing manufacturing technologies, the primary disadvantage has been considered as its limited capability to produce fine resolution patterns with a commercially available DOD inkjet print head. Although the main effort has been focused on the production of a DOD inkjet print head with smaller nozzles to overcome this challenging issue, an alternative approach could be taken and it would enable to expand the employment of DOD inkjet printing technology to applications requiring fine patterns further more.

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Reading Speed Comparison: Paragraphs in Digital and Print Media (디지털 매체와 인쇄 매체에서의 문단 읽기 속도 비교)

  • Ko Eun Lee
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.299-314
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    • 2023
  • This study aimed to examine whether there are differences in reading performance between digital and print media by measuring reading speed of paragraphs on print materials and tablet PC. To investigate whether the physical characteristics of the media influence reading performance, the format of text was kept as similar as possible between print and digital media. We also compared conditions in which paragraphs consisted of either long or short sentences to explore if there were differential effects on reading performance based on sentence length across different media. Additionally, reading speed was analyzed based on reading span to investigate whether there were differences in reading performance according to participants' working memory capacity. As a result, reading speed was faster when reading print media compared to digital media. However, there was no difference in reading speed based on the length of sentences composing the paragraphs. Participants with a higher reading span exhibited faster reading speed compared to participants with a lower reading span. Moreover, participants with a higher reading span read paragraphs composed of long sentences faster on print media than on digital media. The findings of this study suggest that visual fatigue induced by tablet PCs and participants' working memory capacity may impact reading speed.

Fabrication and Sensing Properties of NASICON Thick Film SO2 Gas Sensor Using Screen-print Method (스크린 인쇄법을 이용한 NASICON 후막 SO2가스 센서의 제조 및 특성)

  • Bae, J.C.;Lee, S.T.;Jun, H.K.;Bang, Y.I.;Lee, D.D.;Huh, J.S.
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.115-119
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    • 2003
  • The thick film type sensor having Pt/Na Super Ionic Conductor(NASICON) solid electrolyte/Pt/$Na_2$$SO_4$/Pt catalyst system for $SO_2$gas was fabricated by screen-print method. The phase of Na Super Ionic Conductor solid electrolyte sintered at different temperature of 1050, 1150,$ 1250^{\circ}C$ and for different time of 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 hr were investigated by XRD. The Electromotive Force variation of the sensor with $SO_2$concentrations and operating temperatures were investigated. The major phase of Na Super Ionic Conductor film sintered at 115$0^{\circ}C$ for 3.5 hr was sodium zirconium silicon phosphate($Na_3$Zr$_2$$Si_2$PO$_{12}$). The Nernst's slope of Na Super Ionic Conductor sensor for $SO_2$gas with the variation of concentration from 10 to 100 ppm was 167.14 ㎷/decade at the operating temperature of $500 ^{\circ}C$. The increase of oxygen partial pressure was not affected to the variation of Nernst's slope.e.