• Korean Circulation Journal
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.220-230
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• 2022

Background and Objectives: Previous observational studies presented a positive association between alcohol and atrial fibrillation (AF). However, previous studies using genetic polymorphisms on the causal relationship between alcohol consumption and AF have reported conflicting results. This study aimed to evaluate the causality between alcohol consumption and AF using the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) rs671 polymorphism, which is the genetic variant with the most potent effect on drinking behavior. Methods: A total of 8,964 participants from the Dong-gu Study were included in the present study. The causal association between alcohol consumption and AF was evaluated through a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using the ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism as an instrumental variable. Results: No significant relationship between alcohol consumption and AF was found in the observational analysis. However, the genetic analysis using the ALDH2 polymorphism showed a significant association in men. In the MR analysis, genetically predicted daily alcohol consumption was positively related to AF. Conclusions: MR analysis revealed a significant association between the amount of alcohol consumption and AF, which suggests that the association may be causal.

• 대한치주과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.173-174
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.797-800
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• 2007

Radio Frequency IDentification(RFID) 시스템은 리더와 태그로 구성되어 리더에서 태그로 신호를 전송하여 태그로부터 원하는 정보를 얻는 시스템이다. 이 시스템에서 리더와 태그가 통신을 할 때 근접한 거리에 있는 리더들이 동일한 주파수를 이용하거나, 여러 리더가 동시에 하나의 태그에 명령을 전송하는 경우 서로 간섭을 일으켜 RFID 리더 충돌이 발생하는데, 본 논문에서는 이 충돌을 방지하기 위한 셀 분할 기법과 셀 내의 충돌 문제를 해결하기 위한 CCA 기법을 소개한다. 또한 CCA 기법의 성능 개선을 위한 Beacon 채널 CCA 방식을 제안한다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.819-836
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• 2004

Nowdays, the awareness of implant treatment has grown rapidly among dentists and patients alike in Korea, as it becomes a widely accepted treatment. The reason is that unlike crown and bridge or denture treatment, implant treatment helps preserve existing bone and improve masticatory functions. So, It is needed understanding about the type, distribution of implant patient. The following results on patient type and implant distribution were compiled from 4433 implant cases of 1596 patients treated at the periodontal dept. of Y University Hospital during 1992 to 2004. 1. There are no dissimilarities between men and women, with patients in their 40, 50s accounting for 52.5% of patients and 57.5% of implant treatments; the largest share of patients and implant treatments. 2. Mn. posterior area accounted for 54.9% of implant treatments followed by Mx. posterior area(27.6%), Mx anterior area(11.9%) and Mn anterior area(5.6%). 3. Partial edentulous patients treated by single crown and bridge-type prosthesis accounted for 97.5% and fully edentulous patient accounted for the remaining 2.5%. 4. The major cause of tooth loss is periodontal disease, followed by dental caries, trauma and congenital missing. Also, older people are more likely to suffer from tooth loss due to periodontal disease rather than dental caries. 5. In the distribution of bone quality for maxillae, type III was most, followed by type II, r type IV and r type I. As for mandible, type II was most, followed by type III, type IV and for type I. 6. In the distribution of bone quantity for maxillae, type C was most, followed by type B, type D, type A, and for type E. As for mandible, type B was 52% most, followed by type C, type D, type A and type E. 7. The majority of implants were those of 1O-14mm in length (85.2%) and regular diameter in width (64%). The results provided us with basic data on patient type, implant distribution, bone condition, etc. We wish that our results coupled with other research data helps assist in the further study for better implant success/survival rates, etc.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2004.08c
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• pp.707-711
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• 2004

Recently, Web service has emerged as a promising solution for enabling enterprises to offer service outlets for customized client application, Especially. Web services provide more flexible access to servers than current Web potted sites, This paper will introduce the concept of Web services and illustrate the. use and benefits of Web services in the context of an e-Card mailing system, An experimental solution that we implement will be also presented.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.1600-1609
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• 2016

As the penetration of different types of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy storage systems (ESS) increases, the importance of stability in AC microgrid is being emphasized. Especially, RES and ESS which are operated using power electronics have difference in output characteristics according to control structures. When faults like single-line-to-ground fault or islanding operation occur, this means that a fault should be interpreted in different way. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze fault characteristics in AC microgrid in case of grid-connected mode and standalone mode. In this paper, the fault analysis for AC microgrid is carried out using PSCAD/EMTDC and an overvoltage problem and the countermeasures were proposed.

• The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.25-38
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• 2004

Schools have focused so far on a student-oriented education. As the roles of schools, however, have been increasingly emphasized in the information society, community-centered functions are now additionally required. Beyond simply allowing communities to utilize selected facilities, schools can conduct re-education programs for community residents and actively use their facilities for such purposes. As explained above, schools must continuously evolve to meet current needs and demands, such as by offering special classes and utilizing learning facilities in the elementary levels to promote learning in ever-changing societies. This study analyzed the functions of school facilities to communities, as well as the educational functions involved in teaching-learning processes, in light of the advent of a knowledge and information society. Through analysis, the types of information facilities in elementary schools were derived. On the basis of such derived types, systematic and reasonable methods to estimate the scope were suggested.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.1069-1076
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• 2002

Contamination particles in a hard disk drive can cause serious problems including slider crash and thermal asperities. A recirculation filter is typically installed in the hard disk drive to remove the particles. Measurements and theoretical predictions of particle concentration decay with the filter are carried out for a commercially available HDD. Especially, the effect of disk rotational speed on the particle capture efficiency is investigated. Results show that filter efficiency is higher for higher disk rotational speed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.106-114
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• 2001

In this study, a shape optimization of stiffener was conducted to increase buckling load or failure load in each case with a different design value and a different objective function for stiffened laminated composite panel of I-type under compression loading. Regarding each of buckling load or failure load as objective function, optimum design was carried out. In respect of optimum design, the effects of relative length of web and cab of stiffener on buckling load or failure load of postbuckling were investigated.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.676-681
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• 2007

According to progress rapidly digitalization, networked and mobilization of electronics industry, there are demands for being smaller, thinner, more light, and more efficient complex functions of electronic devices which are wireless devices, semi-conductors, packages and mobile devices. Therefore, the solder resist on a printed circuit board have been required with the high resolution and the eco-friendly materials in the surface treatments such as high heating process and coating process with electrolysis. In this study, the photoinitiator initiator and monomers of the solder resist were prepared with their contents for reducing the occurrence of the under-cut. We investigated the sample surface by UV/VIS spectrometer, FT-IR, OM after HASL and ENIG process. From our results, it is possible to get a high adhesion of resist with optimal contents between the photoinitiator initiator and monomers after surface treatments.