• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.194-203
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• 2012

바이오매스 전처리에 효과적인 이온성 액체로 주목받고 있는 1-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium acetate를 사용하여 리기다소나무(pitch pine)로부터 리그닌을 추출하였고, 추출한 리그닌(Ionic Liquid Lignin : ILL)의 화학구조적 특성을 동일한 수종에서 단리한 milled wood lignin (MWL)과 비교분석하였다. 작용기 분석 결과 ILL과 MWL은 각각 10.0, 7.2%의 페놀성 수산기와 4.9, 11.0%의 메톡실기를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. ILL의 중량평균 분자량(3,995 Da)은 MWL (8,438 Da)에 비해 약 2배 정도 낮았으며, 다분산지수는 1.36으로 MWL (3.18)보다 낮은 값을 보였다. ILL의 열중량 분석 결과에 의하면 최대중량감소율(Vm)이 나타나는 온도(Tm)는 $306.6^{\circ}C$로 MWL ($341.9^{\circ}C$)보다 낮아 ILL이 MWL에 비해 열적으로 불안정하다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2009

Objective : Clinical and radiological results of posterior dynamic stabilization using interspinous U (ISU, $Coflex^{TM}$, Paradigm Spine $Inc.^{(R)}$, NY, USA) were analyzed in comparison with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods : A retrospective study was conducted for a consecutive series of 61 patients with degenerative LSS between May 2003 and December 2005. We included only the patients completed minimum 24 months follow up evaluation. Among them, 30 patients were treated with implantation of ISU after decompressive laminectomy (Group ISU) and 31 patients were treated with wide decompressive laminectomy and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF; Group PLIF). We evaluated visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) for clinical outcomes (VAS, ODI), disc height ratio disc height (DH), disc height/vertebral body length ${\times}100$), static vertebral slip (VS) and depth of maximal radiolucent gap between ISU and spinous process) in preoperative, immediate postoperative and last follow up. Results : The mean age of group ISU ($66.2{\pm}6.7$ years) was 6.2 years older than the mean age of group PLIF ($60.4{\pm}8.1$ years; p=0.003). In both groups, clinical measures improved significantly than preoperative values (p<0.001). Operation time and blood loss was significantly shorter and lower in group ISU than group PLIF (p<0.001). In group ISU, the DH increased transiently in immediate postoperative period ($15.7{\pm}4.5%{\rightarrow}18.6{\pm}5.9%$), however decreased significantly in last follow up ($13.8{\pm}6.6%$, p=0.027). Vertebral slip (VS) of spondylolisthesis in group ISU increased during postoperative follow-up ($2.3{\pm}3.3{\rightarrow}8.7{\pm}6.2$, p=0.040). Meanwhile, the postoperatively improved DH and VS was maintained in group PLIF in last follow up. Conclusion : According to our result, implantation of ISU after decompressive laminectomy in degenerative LSS is less invasive and provides similar clinical outcome in comparison with the instrumented fusion. However, the device has only transient effect on the postoperative restoration of disc height and reduction of slip in spondylolisthesis. Therefore, in the biomechanical standpoint, it is hard to expect that use of Interspinous U in decompressive laminectomy for degenerative LSS had long term beneficial effect.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.672-679
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• 2013

$Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$ coated on a mica or $TiO_2$/mica surface as infrared reflective blue pigment was prepared by a hydrothermal method. $Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$, used as coloring agent, was uniformly coated on mica or $TiO_2$/mica under the optimized condition of a 1.2 : 1 weight ratio between iron(III) chloride hexahydrate and potassium ferrocyanidetrihydrate at the initial pH level of 4.5 at $70^{\circ}C$. The infrared (IR)-reflective pigments were characterized by SEM, Zeta-potenial, FT-IR, and UV-VIS NIR spectrophotometry. Especially the CIE color coordinate and total solar reflectance(TSR) properties of the pigments were investigated in relation to variation of the coating and coated substrate thicknesses. Isolation-heat paint was prepared with 20 wt% blue pigments fully dispersed in acryl-urethane resin and several additives to coat the film uniformly. The films were also measured with CIE color coordinate, TSR, and the surface temperature was recorded by an isolation-heat measuring system. The pigments and films of $Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$ coated on mica and $TiO_2$/mica showed high TSR values compared with the TSR value of $Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$ itself. According to the increase of TSR value, the property of isolation-heat is effective. To realize the optimal blue color, we applied the the pigment to $TiO_2$ coated mica(TM(b)) which has blueish interference color. The pigment of $Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$ coated on TM(b) shows a strong blue color compared with that of $Fe_4[Fe(CN)_6]_3$ coated on $TiO_2$/Mmca(TM(w)), which has a whitish interference color.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2013

To investigate monitoring unit (MU) efficiency and plan quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using flattening-filter free (FFF) photon beam in association with target size and location. A virtual patient was generated in Eclipse$^{TM}$ (ver. A10, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, USA) treatment planning system. The length of major and minor axis in axial view was 50 cm and 30 cm, respectively. Cylindrical-shaped targets were generated inside that patient at the center (symmetric target) and in the periphery (asymmetric target, 7.5 cm away from the center of the patient to the right direction) of the virtual patient. The longitudinal length was 10 cm and the diameters were 2, 5, 10 and 15 cm. Total 8 targets were generated. RapidArc$^{TM}$ plans using TrueBeam STx$^{TM}$ were generated for each target. Two full arcs were used and the axis of rotation of the gantry was set to be at the center of the virtual patient. Total MU, homogeneity index (HI), target mean dose, the value of gradient measure and body mean dose were calculated. In the case of symmetric targets, averaged total MU of FFF plan was 23% and 19% higher than that of flattening filter (FF) plan when using 6 MV and 10 MV photons, respectively. The difference of HI, target mean dose, gradient measure and body mean dose between FF and FFF was less than 0.04, 2.6%, 0.1 cm and 2.2%, respectively. For the asymmetric targets, total MU of FFF plan was 21% and 32% was higher than that of FF when using 6 MV and 10 MV photons, respectively. The homogeneity of the target was always worse when using FFF than using FF. The maximum difference of HI was 0.22. The target mean dose of FFF was 3.2% and 4.1% higher than that of FF for the 6 MV and 10 MV, respectively. The difference of gradient measure was less than 0.1 cm. The body mean dose was higher when using FFF than FF about 4.2% and 2.8% for the 6 MV and 10 MV, respectively. No significant differences between VMAT plans of FFF beam and FF beam were observed in terms of quality of treatment plan. The HI was higher when using FFF 10 MV photons for the asymmetric targets. The MU was increased noticeably when using FFF photon beams.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.189-211
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• 2005

This paper makes an effort to compare the recently evolved soft classification method based on Linear Spectral Mixture Modeling (LSMM) with the traditional hard classification methods based on Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis (ISODATA) and Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) algorithms in order to achieve appropriate results for mapping, monitoring and preserving valuable coastal wetland ecosystems of southern India using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) 1C/1D LISS-III and Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper image data. ISODATA and MLC methods were attempted on these satellite image data to produce maps of 5, 10, 15 and 20 wetland classes for each of three contrast coastal wetland sites, Pitchavaram, Vedaranniyam and Rameswaram. The accuracy of the derived classes was assessed with the simplest descriptive statistic technique called overall accuracy and a discrete multivariate technique called KAPPA accuracy. ISODATA classification resulted in maps with poor accuracy compared to MLC classification that produced maps with improved accuracy. However, there was a systematic decrease in overall accuracy and KAPPA accuracy, when more number of classes was derived from IRS-1C/1D and Landsat-5 TM imagery by ISODATA and MLC. There were two principal factors for the decreased classification accuracy, namely spectral overlapping/confusion and inadequate spatial resolution of the sensors. Compared to the former, the limited instantaneous field of view (IFOV) of these sensors caused occurrence of number of mixture pixels (mixels) in the image and its effect on the classification process was a major problem to deriving accurate wetland cover types, in spite of the increasing spatial resolution of new generation Earth Observation Sensors (EOS). In order to improve the classification accuracy, a soft classification method based on Linear Spectral Mixture Modeling (LSMM) was described to calculate the spectral mixture and classify IRS-1C/1D LISS-III and Landsat-5 TM Imagery. This method considered number of reflectance end-members that form the scene spectra, followed by the determination of their nature and finally the decomposition of the spectra into their endmembers. To evaluate the LSMM areal estimates, resulted fractional end-members were compared with normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), ground truth data, as well as those estimates derived from the traditional hard classifier (MLC). The findings revealed that NDVI values and vegetation fractions were positively correlated ($r^2$= 0.96, 0.95 and 0.92 for Rameswaram, Vedaranniyam and Pitchavaram respectively) and NDVI and soil fraction values were negatively correlated ($r^2$ =0.53, 0.39 and 0.13), indicating the reliability of the sub-pixel classification. Comparing with ground truth data, the precision of LSMM for deriving moisture fraction was 92% and 96% for soil fraction. The LSMM in general would seem well suited to locating small wetland habitats which occurred as sub-pixel inclusions, and to representing continuous gradations between different habitat types.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.460-472
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• 1994

본 연구는 산림생태계(山林生態系)의 산성우(酸性雨)에 대한 민감성(敏感性)과 자정능력(自淨能力)을 분석(分析) 평가(評價)하므로서 도시내 또는 인접지역에 존재하는 삼림(森林)을 생태학적(生態學的)으로 건강하게 관리(管理)할 수 있는 기초 자료를 제공하기 위하여 수행되었다. 이를 위하여 공단지역 1개소, 상업지역 4개소, 주택지역 4개소와 외곽지역 5개소에서 강우를 조사, 측정하였고, 강우조사 장소에 인접해 있는 7개 산림지역을 선정하여 토양조사를 실시하였다. 또한 Landsat TM 데이타를 이용한 변환식생지수(TVI)로 산림 지역별 식생활력도를 분석하였다. 대전지역은 여러가지 대기(大氣) 오염물질(汚染物質)에 의해 심각하게 오염되어 있었고, 강우내 이온농도의 평균은 $SO_4{^{2-}}$ 20.16mg/l, $NO_3{^-}$ 3.65mg/l, $Cl^-$ 3.09mg/l로 나타났다. 오염물질(汚染物質) 총강하량(總降下量)은 음이온의 경우 $SO_4{^{2-}}$가 $1.09mg/m^2/month$, $NO_3{^-}$는 $0.23mg/m^2/month$, $Cl^-$가 $0.20mg/m^2/month$이었다. 양이온의 경우는 $Ca^{2+}$이 $0.14mg/m^2/month$, $NH_4{^+}$은 $0.10mg/m^2/month$이었고 $Na^+$, $K^+$와 $Mg^{2+}$는 각 각 0.08, 0.07 및 $0.08mg/m^2/month$이었다. 대전지역에서 가장 오염이 심한 지역은 공단지역으로 강우내 $SO_4{^{2-}}$, $NO_3{^-}$, $Cl^-$의 농도가 각각 43.08, 3.88, 3.64ppm이었으며, 산림토양(山林土壤) 평균 pH는 4.16-4.94로 강산성(强酸性)이었다. 식생활력도(TVI)는 당산 3.11, 계족산 4.00, 보문산 4.13, 갑하산 4.18, 봉산 3.34, 식장산 4.13, 성치산 4.20으로 공단지역에 인접되어 있는 당산지역에서 식생활력도가 가장 낮게 나타났다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.779-789
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• 2017

섬애약쑥 가공품 개발 및 그 활성 규명을 위한 연구의 일환으로 섬애약쑥 물 추출물을 이용하여 식혜를 제조해 당화시킨 후 알코올 발효와 초산발효를 차례로 거쳐 식초를 완성하였다. 고지방-고콜레스테롤 식이를 제공한 흰쥐에 섬애약쑥 식초를 경구 투여하여 체내 지질대사에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 실험군은 일반식이를 급이한 정상군(N), 고지방-고콜레스테롤 식이를 급이한 대조군(C), 대조군 식이 급이 후 콜레스테롤 치료 약물인 lovastatin을 20 mg/kg B.W. 투여한 양성대조군(PC), 섬애약쑥 추출물 대신에 물을 첨가하여 동일하게 제조한 맥아식초(TM)와 섬애약쑥 식초(TS)를 체중 kg당 2 mL씩 경구 투여한 군으로 나누었다. 4주간의 실험식이 급이 후 혈청 내 총 지질과 총 콜레스테롤 함량은 식초 급이군이 양성대조군보다 유의적으로 낮았으나 중성지질은 양성대조군과는 유의적인 차이가 없었고 대조군 보다는 유의적으로 낮았다. HDL-콜레스테롤은 식초 급이군과 양성대조군 간에 유의적인 차이 없이 정상군보다 낮았으나 대조군보다는 유의적으로 높았다. LDL-콜레스테롤은 섬애약쑥 식초 급이군에서 190.68 mg/dL로 정상군을 제외한 실험군 중 가장 낮은 함량이었고 동맥경화지수와 심혈관계 질환 위험지수도 동일한 경향이었다. 혈청 총 단백질과 알부민 함량은 맥아식초와 섬애약쑥 식초 급이군이 대조군이나 양성대조군보다 유의적으로 낮았다. 간 손상 지표가 되는 AST는 정상군과 식초 급이군 간에 차이가 없었다. 섬애약쑥 식초의 급이는 간장 내 지질 농도 개선에도 효과가 있어 간장 내 총 지질, 총 콜레스테롤 및 중성지질의 농도를 대조군보다 유의하게 감소시켰다. 혈청 내 지질과산화물의 함량은 섬애약쑥 식초 급이군에서 정상군과 유사한 수준으로 감소하였으며, 간 조직에서는 대조군보다는 낮았으나 정상군보다는 유의적으로 높은 함량이었다. 이러한 결과는 DPPH를 이용한 항산화 활성 평가에서도 유사한 경향으로 섬애약쑥 식초 급이군 혈청의 항산화 활성이 55.69%로 정상군과 유의차가 없었으며, 간 조직의 활성은 52.39%로 대조군과 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로부터 섬애약쑥 식초는 혈중 지질 농도를 개선하는 효과가 있음을 확인하였으며, 이는 식초 자체의 활성과 자체에 함유되어 있던 유효성분 및 발효과정에서 새로이 생성된 성분들이 복합적으로 작용한 결과로 판단된다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제32권
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• pp.93-109
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• 2020

목 적: 나선형 토모테라피 방사선치료를 위한 환자별 품질관리용 라디오크로믹 필름 및 3차원 분석시스템인 Dosimetry CheckTM (DC, MathResolutions, USA)의 성능평가를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 인체모형팬톰(Anderson Rando Phantom, USA)을 이용하여 위치 변이가 있는 3가지 형태의 복부 종양(130.6㎤), 복막 후면 종양(849.0㎤) 및 전 복부 전이 종양(3131.0㎤)을 모델링하였다. 조사면 고정너비(field width, FW)를 2.5-cm, 5.0-cm, 피치(pitch) 0.287, 0.43으로 하여 부위별 4개씩(plan01-plan04), 총 12개의 비교용 치료계획을 수립하였다. 이온전리함(1D)과 라디오크로믹 필름(Gafchromic EBT3, Ashland Advanced Materials, USA)을 치즈팬톰 내 삽입하는 방법(2D)과 빔 플루언스 로그정보를 이용하여 CT영상 위에 선량을 3차원으로 재구성하는 방식의 DC측정을 진행하였다. 스레드효과(thread effect)를 분석을 위해 리플(ripple) 진폭(%)를 계산하였고, 선량 분포의 패턴 분석을 위해 감마인덱스 분석(DD: 3%/DTA: 3mm, 합격 문턱 값: 95%)을 수행하였다. 결 과: 리플 진폭 측정 결과 복막 후면 종양이 평균 23.1%로 가장 높았다. 라디오크로믹 필름의 분석결과, 절대 선량 평균 1.0±0.9%, 감마인덱스분석 평균 96.4±2.2%로 95% 이상 통과하였으나 전 복부 전이 종양과 같이 넓은 부위 평가에 범위의 제한적이었다. 인체모형팬톰에 적용한 DC 분석결과 FW가 5.0-cm인 세 부위의 2D 및 3D 플랜 평균이 91.8±6.4%였다. 세 단면 및 선량 프로파일 분석을 통해 복막 후면 및 전 복부 종양 표적 전체 영역에 분석이 가능하였고, 선량-용적 히스토그램을 통한 계획 선량 대 측정의 선량 오차가 FW 및 pitch에 따라 커지는 것을 확인하였다. 결 론: DC측정방법은 별도의 측정기 없이 조사 중 측정된 빔 플루언스 로그정보만으로 3차원 환자 영상 데이터 위에 선량 오류를 구현할 수 있고 종양의 위치나 크기에 제한이 없어 크고 불규칙한 종양의 나선형 토모테라피의 치료 시 환자별 품질관리 성능이 매우 우수하며 활용도가 높을 것으로 생각한다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.67-78
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• 1986

This study was attempted to identify the emotional characteristics of temporomandibular disorder patients. The author applied one of the self-report modes of psychological measurement, Symptom Chechlist-90-Revision. The subjects were 219 TM disorder patients who visited the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital during the period from December 1985 to September 1986. All the patients were divided into subgroup according sex, age, duration of symptoms, presence or absence of T-scores of each symptom dimension and global index. The obtained result were as follows : 1. Mean value of T-scores of each symptom dimension and global of the overall patients was within normal range. The two higher mean values of T-scores among 9 symptom dimensions were those of SOM and ANX. 2. Mean values of T-scores of females were higher than those of males in the O-C, DEP, ANX, HOS, PSY dimensions and all global indices, and there was a significant difference in the distribution of T-scores of the SOM dimension between males and female(P<0.05). 3. There was no significant difference between the subgroup under 30 years and the subgroup 30 years or older. 4. The subgroup with symptoms for 6 months or longer showed the higher mean values of T-scorers in the SOM, O-C, I-S, DEP, ANX, PHOB, PAR, PSY dimensions and all global indices compared with the subgroup with symptoms for shorter than 6 months. 5. The subgroup with pain showed the higher mean values of T-scores in all the symptom dimensions except the PAR in comparison with the subgroup with other complaints than pain, and there was a significant difference in the distribution of T-scores of the PST index between the pain subgroup and the non-pain subgroup(P<0.05). There was a significant difference in the distribution of T-scores of the PHOB dimension between the high-school graduates subgroup and the college graduates subgroup(P<0.05).

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.363-367
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• 2015

Objective : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility and validity of using a pupillometer to assess patients with acute brain lesions. Methods : Pupillary examinations using an automated pupillometer ($NeurOptics^{(R)}NPi^{TM}$-100 Pupillometer) were performed every 4 hours and were simultaneously assessed using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and for intracranial pressure (ICP), from admission to discharge or expire in neuro-intensive care unit (NICU). Manual pupillary examinations were also recorded for comparison. By comparing these data, we evaluated the validity of using automated pupillometers to predict clinical outcomes. Results : The mean values of the Neurologic Pupillary index (NPi) were different in the groups examined manually. The GCS correlated well with NPi values, especially in severe brain injury patients (GCS below 9). However, the NPi values were weakly correlated with intracranial pressure (ICP) when the ICP was lower than 30 cm $H_2O$. The NPi value was not affected by age or intensity of illumination. In patients with a "poor" prognosis who had a Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) of 1 or 2, the mean initial NPi score was $0.88{\pm}1.68$, whereas the value was $3.89{\pm}0.97$ in patients with a "favorable" prognosis who had a GOS greater than 2 (p<0.001). For predicting clinical outcomes, the initial NPi value of 3.4 had the highest sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion : An automated pupillometer can serve as a simple and useful tool for the accurate measurement of pupillary reactivity in patients with acute brain lesions.