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Cleansing of Fine Dust on the Skin, Application to the Human Body and Safety Effect of Botanical-sourced Soap (식물성 재료원 비누의 피부 위 미세먼지 세정, 인체 적용 및 안전성 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Su Nam;Lee, Hyung H.
    • Journal of Naturopathy
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2022
  • Background: New beauty soaps are always subject to evaluation. Purposes: This study performed a human application test and safety evaluation on the cleaning effect of the fine dust mimic of the test product, Daziwar soap bar, on 52 women. Methods: The quantitative change measured the cleaning effect of fine dust before and after washing immediately after spraying the fine mimetic dust on the forearm of 22 women. In addition, the safety was evaluated at 30 minutes, 24 hours, and 48 hours after 24 hours after applying the patch to the woman's back. Results: After one time washing with the soap immediately after spraying dust on the inside of the arm, the amount of the remaining mimetic was statistically significantly decreased in both the test group and the control group (p < .001). However, the washing rate was 99.96% in the experimental group and 75.58% in the control group. The questionnaire was evaluated as 'Good' or higher in terms of efficacy. In the evaluating of adverse reactions after washing fine dust by a dermatologist, there were no reports or observations of specific skin adverse reactions or abnormal findings in the subjects. The safety evaluation was judged as non-irritating in the skin reaction evaluation at 30 minutes, 24 hours, and 48 hours after instillation on the back for 24 hours. Conclusions: The test product, Daziwar soap, was found to be very helpful in cleaning fine dust on the human body and was found to be safe for the human body.

A Meta-analysis on the Association between Chronic Noise Exposure and Blood Pressure (만성적 소음노출과 혈압의 상관성에 관한 메타분석)

  • Kim, Chun-Bae;Kim, Jai-Young;Cha, Bong-Suk;Choi, Hong-Ryul;Lee, Jong-Tae;Nam, Chung-Mo;Lee, Sang-Yun;Wang, Seung-Jun;Park, Kee-Ho;Kim, Dae-Youl;Koh, Sang-Baek
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.343-348
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    • 2000
  • Objectives : This study was conducted to integrate the results of studies assessing the association between chronic noise exposure and blood pressure. Methods : Using a MEDLINE search with noise exposure, blood pressure and hypertension as key words, we retrieved articles from the literature that were published from 1980 to December 1999. The criteria for quality evaluation were as follows: 1) the study subjects must have been workers employed at a high noise level area 2) The paper should use average and cumulative noise exposure as method for exposure evaluation. 3) Blood pressure in each article should be reported in a continuous scale Among the 77 retrieved articles, six studies were selected for quantitative meta-analysis. Before the integration of the regression coefficients for the association between blood pressure and noise level, homogeneity tests were conducted. Results : All studies were a cross-sectional design and the study subjects were industrial workers. Five papers used a time-weighted average for noise exposure and only one paper calculated the cumulative noise exposure level. The measurement of blood pressure in the majority of studios were accomplished in a resting stale, and used an average of two or more readings. The homogeneity of studies was rejected in a fixed effect model, so we used the results in a random effect model. The results of the quantitative meta-analysis, the weighted regression coefficient of noise associated with systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were 0.05 (95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.03, 0.13) and 0.06 (95% CI: -0.01, 0.13), respectively. Conclusions : Our results suggested that chronic exposure to industrial noise does not cause elevated blood pressure.

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Meta-analysis of the Application Effect of AI Educational Robots in Teaching in the New Period (새로운 시대의 교육에서 AI 교육 로봇의 응용 효과에 대한 메타 분석)

  • Cui, Jian-Dong;Song, Seung-keun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.52-54
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    • 2021
  • With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, robot education and teaching under its empowerment have been widely concerned and applied worldwide. The purpose of this study: systematically evaluate the application effect of AI educational robots in student education and teaching; the method of this study: use the computer to search for relevant education in the search tools such as "Web of Science", "CNKI", "ERIC", "IEEE" A comparative study of the effects of robot teaching and traditional teaching. The retrieval time is from January 2000 to January 2020. Comprehensive MetaAnalysis 2.0 was used for Meta analysis. The results of this study: A quantitative analysis of the 31 valid research literatures included, and an objective evaluation of the effect of the meta-analysis on AI educational robots. The analysis results show that the combined effect of AI educational robots on student learning effects is 0.465 This indicates that educational robots have a moderately positive effect on students 'learning effectiveness. The conclusion of this study: The application effect of AI educational robots in student education and teaching is better than traditional education methods, which can better promote student learning.

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Simulation of Elastic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Materials (이방성 재료에서의 탄성파 전파 과정에 대한 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim, Young-H.;Lee, Seung-S.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.227-236
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    • 1997
  • Quantitative analysis and imaging of elastic wave propagation are very important for the materials evaluation as well as flaw detection. The elastic wave propagation in an anisotropic media is more complex, and analysis and imaging become essential for flaw detection and materials evaluation. In the anisotropic media, the wave velocity is dependent on the propagation direction. In addition, the direction of group velocity is different from that of phase velocity, the direction of energy flow is not same as the propagation direction of wavefront (beam skewing effect). Especially, this effect becomes critical for the large anisotropic media such as fiber composite materials, and the results using elastic waves for those materials have to be analyzed considering the wave propagation mechanism. Since the analytical approach for the wave propagation in the anisotropic materials is limited, the numerical analysis such as finite difference method (FDM) have been used for these case. Therefore, 2-dimensional FDM program for the elastic wave propagation is developed, and wave propagation in anisotropic media are simulated.

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Ultrasonic Cavitation Effect Observation Using Bubble Cloud Image Analysis (기포군 영상분석을 통한 초음파 캐비테이션 현상의 변화 관찰)

  • Noh, Si-Cheol;Kim, Ju-Young;Kim, Jin-Su;Kang, Jung-Hoon;Choi, Heung-Ho
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.124-130
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    • 2011
  • In this study, in order to evaluate the yield of bubble by ultrasonic cavitation in HIFU sonication, the bubble image analysis was performed. The changing phenomenon of cavitation effect according to the sonication condition was discussed by analyzing the bubble image. Especially the appearance of bubble cloud, the size of micro-bubble, and the yield of bubble were considered. The 500 KHz and 1.1 MHz concave type ultrasonic transducers were used for HIFU sonication. Computer controlled digital camera was used to obtain the bubble image, and the binary image processing(binarization coefficient : 0.15) was performed to analyze them. In results of 500 KHz and 1.1 MHz transducer, the area of bubble cloud was increased in proportion to the rise in sonication intensity($R^2$ : 0.7031 and 0.811). The mean size of single microbubble was measured as 98.18 um in 500 KHz sonication, and 63.38 um in 1.1 MHz sonication. In addition, the amount of produced bubble was increased in proportion to sonication intensity. Through the result of this study and further study for variable image processing method, the quantitative evaluation of ultrasonic cavitation effects in HIFU operation could be possible with the linearity associated with the sonication conditions.

Comparative Evaluation of Exercise Effects of Motion-based Sports Game (체감형 스포츠 게임의 운동 효과 비교 평가)

  • Boo, Jae Hui;An, Ji Hyeon;Kim, Jeong Hyeon;Kim, Dong Keun;Park, Kyoung Shin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.403-411
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    • 2022
  • A motion-based sports game uses a motion sensor or a camera to exercise based on body movements, and it is possible to obtain exercise effects such as improving physical strength while enjoying the game. In prior works, various studies such as usability evaluation has been conducted on motion-based sports games. However, there has been no discussion about how the exercise effect is exerted on users when experiencing motion-based sports games as individual or team play. This study compared the user's exercise effects by analyzing the user's ECG (Electrocardiogram) sensor and the Kinect sensor's skeletal information using Nintendo Switch game that is played individually and as a team. In this paper, the experimental design and method, the quantitative measurement results based on ECG and Kinect, and the results of the post-test subjective measurement are discussed.

The effectiveness of Ceravida recovery technology on sleeping factors in bedding : Quantitative evaluation (Ceravida recover 기술이 적용된 침구류의 수면요인 효과분석 : 정량적평가)

  • Kim, Jong-Geun;Kim, Ji-Young;Lee, Young-Ik
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.273-280
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of functional bedding of ceravida recovery materials on muscle fatigue, brain waves, and heat in the cervical spine before and after sleep. The subjects of the study were 12 women in their 50s or older in D Metropolitan City who complained of insomnia due to sleep disorders and cervical pain. The results of this study first showed that functional bedding lowered muscle tension. Second, the skin temperature of cervical spine increased statistically significantly for both functional and general bedding. Third, there was a statistically significant difference in EEG(alpha, beta, theta, delta) of functional bedding. Through these results, it is considered that functional bedding of ceravida recovery material has sufficient effect on sleep recovery technology.

The relationship between smartphone addiction and depression, self-esteem, and self-regulation using quantitative EEG in adolescents (청소년의 스마트폰 중독과 우울, 자아존중감 및 정량 뇌파를 활용한 자기조절력의 관계)

  • Weon, Hee-Wook;Kim, Gui-Yub;Kim, You-Jin;Hwang, Joon-Sung;Lee, Hyun-Yi
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.536-547
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    • 2020
  • This study analyzed the correlation between adolescents' smartphone addiction as well as depression, self-esteem, and self-regulation based on QEEG (Quantitative Electroencephalogram) analysis. The study period was from March 19 to July 12, 2019, and the subjects were 76 students at P Middle School in Gyeonggi-do (normal group 47, risk group 29) who filled out a questionnaire and were subjected to quantitative EEG. The data analysis was performed via frequency analysis, independent t-test, correlation analysis, and path analysis of the IBM SPSS Statics 21.0 program. First, smartphone addiction had a positive correlation with depression. Second, smartphone addiction showed a negative correlation with self-esteem and α wave. Third, depression showed a negative correlation with self-esteem, which did not show a significant correlation with self-regulation. Fourth, depression was higher in the risk group than the normal group. For self-esteem, the normal group scored higher than the risk group. Self-regulation showed higher significant differences with the normal group than the risk group. Fifth, for α wave and SMR, the normal group scored higher than the risk group. Sixth, α waves had a negative effect on smartphone addiction. This study is meaningful in that it applied a brain science approach using quantitative analysis for objective evaluation of smartphone addiction.

Comparative Study of Dental Plaque Reduction according to Various Mouthwashes Using Quantitative Light Induced Fluorescence-Digital (Quantitative Light Induced Fluorescence Digital을 이용한 수종의 구강양치액의 치면세균막 감소효과에 대한 비교연구)

  • Lee, Sae-Rom;Kim, Jae-Hong;Huh, Sungyoon
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.434-439
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to compare the dental plaque reduction using various mouthwashes with Quantitative Light induced Fluorescence-Digital (QLF-D). A survey on 20 students was carried out. The students who were at Shingu College. Experimental group was gargled 20 ml of Listerine during 30 seconds and 15 ml of Hexamedine during 60 seconds. Control group was gargled distilled water during 30 second. The data were analyzed with t-test using SPSS 20.0 program. The ratios of control group and experimental group were reduced. Degree of ${\Delta}R30$ and ${\Delta}R70$ Listerine group was a significant difference (p>0.05). Degree of Simple Plaque Score and ${\Delta}R30$ Hexamedine group was a significant difference (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in the distilled water gargle group (p<0.05). The result of this study has the effect of two mouthwashes reduced dental plaque. The evaluation data of this study will be used in clinical application and research about QLF-D.

Variation on Estimated Values of Radioactivity Concentration according to the Change of the Acquisition Time of SPECT/CT (SPECT/CT의 획득시간 증감에 따른 방사능농도 추정치의 변화)

  • Kim, Ji-Hyeon;Park, Hoon-Hee;Lee, Joo-Young
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.44 no.6
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    • pp.645-653
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    • 2021
  • With the recent development of precision medicine(Theranostics), interest and utilization of the quantitative function of SPECT/CT are increasing. This study aims to investigate the effect on the radioactivity concentration estimate by the increase or decrease in the total time of SPECT/CT imaging conditions. A standard image was obtained by the conditions of a total acquisition time of 600 sec(10 sec/f × 120 frames) by diluting 99mTc 91.76 MBq in a cylindrical phantom filled with sterile water, and a comparative image was obtained by increasing the total acquisition time by -90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%. The CNR, radioactive concentration estimate(cps/ml), and the variation rate(%) of the recovery coefficient(RC) were analyzed by measuring the overall coefficient of interest in each image. The results[CNR, Radiation Concentration, RC] by the change in the number of projections for each increase or decrease rate(-90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%) of total acquisition time are as follows. [-89.5%, +3.90%, 1.04] at -90%, [-77.9%, +2.71%, 1.03] at -75%, [-55.6%, +1.85%, 1.02] at -50%, [-33.6%, +1.37%, 1.01] at -25%, [-33.7%, +0.71%, 1.01] at +50%, [+93.2%, +0.32%, 1.00] at +100%. and also The results[CNR, Radiation Concentration, RC] by the acquisition time change for each increase or decrease rate(-90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%) of total acquisition time are as follows. [-89.3%, -3.55%, 0.96] at -90%, [-73.4%, -0.17%, 1.00] at -75%, [-49.6%, -0.34%, 1.00] at -50%, [-24.9%, 0.03%, 1.00] at -25%, [+49.3%, -0.04%, 1.00] at +50%, [+99.0%, +0.11%, 1.00] at +100%. Image quality(CNR) showed a pattern of change in proportion to the increase or decrease in the total acquisition time of SPECT/CT, but the result at quantitative evaluation showed a change of less than 5% in all experimental conditions, maintaining quantitative accuracy(RC less than 0.05) without much influence.