• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2008

Micro power generators have been studying to provide high power that micro systems require. Micro power generators need micro combustor. Swiss-roll combustor has been studied about scale, geometry, material. From previous study experiments have shown that swiss-roll combustors require thin walls with low thermal conductivity for maximum performance at small scales. In this work, polyimide combustors with low thermal conductivity and thin thickness are built and tested.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.149-154
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• 2013

Purpose: Spinal instability due to weakness of abdominal muscles is one of the major causes that induces low back pain (LBP). The purpose of this study was to investigate any differences in abdominal muscle activity during curl up, roll out, and jack knife exercises using a swiss-ball or sling. Methods: Twenty healthy subjects were randomly assigned into either a swiss-ball exercise group (SBEG) or a sling exercise group (SEG). Subjects performed curl up, roll out and jack knife exercises using the swiss ball or sling. Activity of abdominal muscles (rectus abdominis and external oblique muscle) was assessed using surface EMG and normalized maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC). The significance of differences between the sling exercise group and the swiss-ball exercise group was evaluated by the independent t-test. Results: These Results indicated that activities of rectus abdominis on right and left of the SEG during the curl up exercise were significantly greater than the SBEG. During the roll out exercise, activity of the abdominal muscle was not significantly different between the SEG and SBEG. In addition, during the jack knife exercise, activities of the right rectus abdominis and left external oblique muscle in the SEG were significantly greater than the SBEG. Conclusion: In conclusion, activity of the abdominal muscles was maximized when curl up and jack knife exercise were performed using the sling rather than the swiss-ball. Therefore, if increased activation of the abdominal muscle is the goal of an exercise program, curl up and jack knife exercises may be useful.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

Combustion and extinction limits in heat-recirculating excess enthalpy reactors employing both gas-phase and catalytic reaction have been examined with an emphasis Reynolds number (Re) effects and possible application to microscale combustion devices. In this paper, geometrically similar reactors of different physical sizes and different numbers of turns were tested with the aim of estimating for combustor characteristics. Combustion efficiency is estimated by measuring exhausted gases through the gas chromatograph. From these results the effect of scale and number of turns are demonstrated and optimal operating conditions for Swiss roll combustors are identified.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 2011

The geometrically similar swiss roll reactors of different physical sizes were tested with the aim of independently determining the effects of Re and Da. It is found that the difference between catalytic and non-catalytic combustions extinction limits are narrowed as scale decreases. In addition to assess the importance of fuel chemistry, different families of fuels including alkanes and ethers were tested. From these results the effect of scale and fuel type on microscale reactor performance and implications for practical micro combustion devices are discussed.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.46-49
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• 2006

Extinction limits and combustion temperatures in heat-recirculating excess enthalpy reactors employing both gas-phase and catalytic reaction have been examined previously, with and emphasis Reynolds number (Re) effects and possible application to microscale combustion devices. However, Re is not the only parameter needed to characterize reactor operation. In particular, the use of a fixed reactor size implies that residence time and Re cannot be adjusted independently. To remedy this situation, in this work geometrically similar reactors of different physical sizes were tested with the aim of independently determining the effects of Re and Da. It is found that the difference between catalytic and non-catalytic combustion limits narrow as scale decreases. Moreover, to assess the importance of wall thermal conductivity, reactors of varying wall thickness were studied. From these results the effect of scale on microscale reactor performance and implications for practical microcombustion devices are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.748-750
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• 2005

Isomap [1] is a manifold learning algorithm, which extends classical multidimensional scaling (MDS) by considering approximate geodesic distance instead of Euclidean distance. The approximate geodesic distance matrix can be interpreted as a kernel matrix, which implies that Isomap can be solved by a kernel eigenvalue problem. However, the geodesic distance kernel matrix is not guaranteed to be positive semidefinite. In this paper we employ a constant-adding method, which leads to the Mercer kernel-based Isomap algorithm. Numerical experimental results with noisy 'Swiss roll' data, confirm the validity and high performance of our kernel Isomap algorithm.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.28-34
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• 2008

A magnetic field detector as a potential MRI receiver is proposed. The proposed device is composed of SRR(split ring resonator) which is a kind of LC resonator first introduced as a negative permeability material and a simple loop antenna. The proposed device showed similar degree of performance to commercial one with a simpler circuit.