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The Study of Effectiveness in a Modified Rib Oblique Projection View Using a Chest Phantom (흉부팬텀을 이용한 변형된 늑골 사방향 검사의 유용성에 관한 연구)

  • Um, Ki-Tae;Lee, Min-Su;Kang, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.525-532
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    • 2018
  • This study is filmed by applying the axial angle variation of the X-ray tube instead of the patient's position change during the perimetric examination of the ribs. A Reference image with the rib oblique examination using a chest phantom and experimental images applied with a six-phase variation in the axial angle by increasing $5^{\circ}$ tube angle each from $5^{\circ}{\sim}30^{\circ}$ from the vertical incident direction of the chest phantom to the right horizontal axis were obtained. For the quantitative comparative evaluation of the images, SNR and CNR were calculated for regions of interest in the experimental images based on the reference image. Also, the left-right rib ratio in the reference image and the left-right rib ratio in the experimental images are measured and compared. As a result of the study, the experimental images with a tube angle of $25^{\circ}$ were best shown in the measurements of the SNR, CNR and left-right rib ratio compared to the reference image with a standard examination method. The modified rib examinations will consider useful, if it is difficult to maintain the patient's examination position.

Analysis of Perception Factors Affecting Students' Satisfaction with the Cosmetology Education of a Cyber University (사이버대학 미용 교육 만족도에 미치는 인식 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Min-Kyoung;Kim, Gwi-Jeong;Li, Shun-Hua
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.493-504
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    • 2017
  • This study attempted to derive the sub-factors for the perception of cosmetology education affecting satisfaction of students with the cosmetology education and analyze their effects on career choice through a questionnaire survey against a total of a total of 120 people who had taken the cyber university cosmology lecture previously. For cosmetology education perception factors, four predictive variables (educational environment, operating system, curriculum and lecture management) and one variable regarding educational satisfaction were derived and used as analysis tools. The purpose of education by academic major was the acquisition of license and theory & practice education in hairdressing and skin care, respectively. Students showed more interest in hairdressing lectures as they had little work experience and in skin care lectures when they had extensive work experience (p<0.01). Correlation was found between the four education perception-related sub-regions and satisfaction with education (p<0.01). In particular, curriculum and lecture management had a positive effect on satisfaction with education with statistical significance. As the perception of lectures increased, students were more satisfied with cosmetology education (p<0.001). In addition, academia-industry cooperation, career analysis, cosmetology lectures and school had influence on career choice. This study found several issues such as difficult curriculum and poor communication, and it appears that it is necessary to develop a better communication plan and new educational lectures by career and stage.

Effects of Economic Strain and Family Conflict on Children's Adjustment : Focused on Interaction Effects of Children's Stress and Coping Strategies (경제적 곤란과 가족갈등이 아동의 적응에 미치는 영향: 아동의 스트레스와 스트레스 대처방식의 상호작용을 중심으로)

  • Yoon, Hye-Mee
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.133-164
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    • 2005
  • This study examined the effects of children's perceived stress of economic strain, resulting family conflict, and stress coping strategies on their adjustment. Dimensions of children's adjustment studied in this research were problem behaviors (aggression, delinquency, withdrawal and anxiety depression) and school adjustment. Interaction effects between children's stress variables and coping strategies on the adjustment were also explored. 1,115 fifth to eighth graders from Chungbuk regions participated in self-administered structured questionnaires. Data were processed with SPSS PC 10.0 statistical package. Results were: First, the level of children's problem behaviors and school adjustment indicated differences according to their academic achievement, gender, and their age. Middle schoolers with rather low grade average reported higher level of aggression, delinquency, withdrawal and that of depression/anxiety. Boys tended to be more prone to external problems while girls to internal problems. Second, stresses originated from children's perceived economic strain and family conflicts showed consistent meaningful explanatory power on adjustment. Boys' adjustment was influenced by stress from economic strain and family conflict while girls by family conflict and academic achievements. The support seeking coping strategy among others was the most popularly employed coping strategy of children followed by aggressive coping strategy. In boys' cases, interaction effects of stress and coping strategies were significant in all of the adjustment variables, the more frequent the use of support seeking coping strategies, the lower the problem behavior, while interaction effect of family conflict stress and support seeking coping strategies played the opposite significant role in girls' cases. Further research efforts are required. Research results suggest; when developing a program facilitating children's adjustment, training on stress coping strategies should be considered as a potent new arena of interest.

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Applicability of a new tidal power system with reduced environmental impact (환경영향을 저감한 신형 조력발전기술 적용성 검토)

  • Park, Young Hyun;Youn, Daeok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.112-117
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    • 2017
  • Interest in the development of renewable energy sources has been increasing over the past 10 years and the west coast of Korea is one of the most favorable regions for tidal power. Barrage type tidal power is representative of the experience of installation and operation of such power sources for long periods. However, future projects for barrage type energy sources are either delayed or closed due to their environmental impact. For this reason, we applied a new tidal power technology with minimized environmental impact to a candidate area in the west coast and then analyzed its feasibility. The new tidal power technology is called Dynamic Tidal Power (DTP). Because its verification is impossible both in the laboratory and field, a numerical model is used for the evaluation of DTP. This new technology produces tidal power by means of the phase difference caused by diffraction on both sides of a dike built tens of km away from the coast. Because DTP is theoretically able to almost double the tidal range, it is expected to be applicable to even a small tidal area. Unlike the barrage type, it has the advantage of reducing the environmental impact by not enclosing the sea water. The west coast of Korea is close to the metropolitan area and has a high tidal range and, thus, it is thought to be a suitable candidate for tidal power.

A Study on the Analysis of Management Characteristics of Coastal Port Freight Transportation Business Using Panel Regression Analysis (패널회귀분석을 이용한 내항 화물운송사업체의 경영특성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Suk;Park, Sung-Hoon;Yang, Tae-Hyeon;Yeo, Gi-Tae
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.79-92
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    • 2019
  • This study analyzes the effects of freight transportation income, capital, asset, non-operating expenses, and debt ratio on the debts of inner port freight transportation businesses through the GLS of panel regression analysis and the estimation of fixed effects model. The factors and hypotheses were established through a theoretical background review, and the financial statement and profit and loss data of inner port freight transportation businesses for 10 years from 2006 to 2015 were analyzed. The results showed that assets had positive effects on debts, and negative effects on capital, non-operating expenses, and debt ratio, but no effect on freight transportation income. This result empirically demonstrates the tendency of inner port freight transportation businesses to secure assets by increasing debts, creation of debt reduction leverage effect using non-operating expenses such as interest expenses through bank borrowing, and the adoption of management characteristics and financial operation method to lower the debt ratio by reducing capital more than debts. In future studies, it is necessary to analyze coastal port freight transportation business by industry (oil tankers, cargo ships, and barge ships), and regions such as East, West and South sea.

Regional Sea Level Variability in the Pacific during the Altimetry Era Using Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition Method (앙상블 경험적 모드 분해법을 사용한 태평양의 지역별 해수면 변화 분석)

  • Cha, Sang-Chul;Moon, Jae-Hong
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 2019
  • Natural variability associated with a variety of large-scale climate modes causes regional differences in sea level rise (SLR), which is particularly remarkable in the Pacific Ocean. Because the superposition of the natural variability and the background anthropogenic trend in sea level can potentially threaten to inundate low-lying and heavily populated coastal regions, it is important to quantify sea level variability associated with internal climate variability and understand their interaction when projecting future SLR impacts. This study seeks to identify the dominant modes of sea level variability in the tropical Pacific and quantify how these modes contribute to regional sea level changes, particularly on the two strong El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ events that occurred in the winter of 1997/1998 and 2015/2016. To do so, an adaptive data analysis approach, Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), was undertaken with regard to two datasets of altimetry-based and in situ-based steric sea levels. Using this EEMD analysis, we identified distinct internal modes associated with El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) varying from 1.5 to 7 years and low-frequency variability with a period of ~12 years that were clearly distinct from the secular trend. The ENSO-scale frequencies strongly impact on an east-west dipole of sea levels across the tropical Pacific, while the low-frequency (i.e., decadal) mode is predominant in the North Pacific with a horseshoe shape connecting tropical and extratropical sea levels. Of particular interest is that the low-frequency mode resulted in different responses in regional SLR to ENSO events. The low-frequency mode contributed to a sharp increase (decrease) of sea level in the eastern (western) tropical Pacific in the 2015/2016 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ but made a negative contribution to the sea level signals in the 1997/1998 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$. This indicates that the SLR signals of the ENSO can be amplified or depressed at times of transition in the low-frequency mode in the tropical Pacific.

Change Detection Using Deep Learning Based Semantic Segmentation for Nuclear Activity Detection and Monitoring (핵 활동 탐지 및 감시를 위한 딥러닝 기반 의미론적 분할을 활용한 변화 탐지)

  • Song, Ahram;Lee, Changhui;Lee, Jinmin;Han, Youkyung
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.38 no.6_1
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    • pp.991-1005
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    • 2022
  • Satellite imaging is an effective supplementary data source for detecting and verifying nuclear activity. It is also highly beneficial in regions with limited access and information, such as nuclear installations. Time series analysis, in particular, can identify the process of preparing for the conduction of a nuclear experiment, such as relocating equipment or changing facilities. Differences in the semantic segmentation findings of time series photos were employed in this work to detect changes in meaningful items connected to nuclear activity. Building, road, and small object datasets made of KOMPSAT 3/3A photos given by AIHub were used to train deep learning models such as U-Net, PSPNet, and Attention U-Net. To pick relevant models for targets, many model parameters were adjusted. The final change detection was carried out by including object information into the first change detection, which was obtained as the difference in semantic segmentation findings. The experiment findings demonstrated that the suggested approach could effectively identify altered pixels. Although the suggested approach is dependent on the accuracy of semantic segmentation findings, it is envisaged that as the dataset for the region of interest grows in the future, so will the relevant scope of the proposed method.

Study of Relocation of military troops and local residents for satisfaction (○○ regions, South Jeolla Province, soldiers and local residents, mainly) (군(軍)부대 이전사업에 대한 군인(軍人) 및 지역주민(地域住民)의 만족도(滿足度)에 관한 연구 (전라남도 ○○지역, 군인 및 지역주민을 중심으로))

  • Shin, Kwang-Shig;Kim, Haeng-Jo
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.633-648
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    • 2012
  • When the military before this study, soldiers and local people are dissatisfied with the elements, which satisfy the element that satisfies both parties to find out what could be the previous business that tries to propose measures to the Department of Defense. The results are as follows. First units on the previous business for the difference between soldiers and residents' satisfaction is as follows. Soldiers (3.75), the accountability (4.11) and effort, while important castle residents (3.33) the adequacy (3.64) and communication is of paramount importance in the satisfaction level of availability to be analyzed. Second, the relocation of troops on the Male and Female satisfaction on the differences are as follows. For men, military men (3.73) and accountability efforts, residents (3.40) the adequacy and availability critical deadlines while communicating the case of a woman soldier woman (3.85) the adequacy and close human relationship, social security (3.30) interest on the accountability and communication many to be analyzed. Third Position: Occupational differences in satisfaction are as follows: If a soldier's professionalism and accountability, and conflict from the outset of the adequacy of the officers, while the lowest was from the outset. If the efforts of residents and farmers who emphasize the responsibility and the least amount of conflict, while owners and tenants, operating the adequacy that were relatively important.

The Impact of Perceived Economic Value and Personal Characteristics on Electric Vehicle Purchase Intention - For residents of Jeju as a special district for electric vehicles - (전기차에 대한 지각된 경제적 가치 및 개인적 특성이 구매의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 -전기차 특구지역인 제주지역 주민을 대상으로-)

  • Shim, Soo-Min;Kim, Hyang Mi;Son, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.163-174
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    • 2020
  • The market for electric vehicles is growing due to the public's interest in the environment and the expansion of electric vehicle support projects in terms of government policy. This study surveyed 2,332 people in Jeju, one of the nation's representative areas of electric vehicles, and the higher the perceived value in terms of the total cost of automobile ownership for electric vehicles, the higher the intention to purchase electric vehicles. The higher the level of knowledge and attachment, the higher the intention to purchase electric vehicles. While many previous studies considered economic value mainly as price, the study was conducted to approach economic value in terms of total cost of ownership. Marketing practitioners also look for practical contributions in that they can propose price framing so that customers can judge the economic value of the electric vehicle as a strategic way to increase the intention to purchase the electric vehicle, rather than just the purchase price. can see. In addition, the same research should be conducted in various regions besides Jeju, so that the research results can be generalized.

Lightweight Design of a Vertical Articulated Robot Using Topology Optimization (위상최적화를 이용한 수직 다관절 로봇의 경량 설계)

  • Hong, Seong Ki;Hong, Jung Ki;Kim, Tae Hyun;Park, Jin Kyun;Kim, Sang Hyun;Jang, Gang-Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.36 no.12
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    • pp.1683-1688
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    • 2012
  • Topology optimization is applied for the lightweight design of three main parts of a vertical articulated robot: a base frame, a lower and a upper frame. Design domains for optimization are set as large solid regions that completely embrace the original parts, which are discretized by using three-dimensional solid elements. Design variables are parameterized one-to-one to the material properties of each element by using the SIMP method. The objective of optimization is set as the multi-objective form combining the natural frequencies and mean compliances of a structure for which load steps of interest are selected from the multibody dynamics analysis of a robot. The obtained results of topology optimization are post-processed to designs favorable to manufacturability for casting process. The final optimized results are 11.0% (base frame), 12.0% (lower frame) and 10.0% (upper frame) lighter with similar or even higher static and dynamic stiffnesses than the original models.