• 전산구조공학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2007

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.548-559
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• 1996

양전자방출단층촬영기(PET)의 성능을 평가하는 표준화 방법을 연구하여 PET을 이용한 체내 연구자료의 정확도를 이해하고 예견하는데 필수적인 PET 스캐너의 능력과 한계를 규명하고자 하였다. General Electric $Advance^{TM}$ PET은 BGO결정을 사용한 18개의 원형검출기로 이루어져 있으며 35개의 영상면을 갖고 있다. 사이클로트론 $PETtrace^{TM}$ 에서 [$^{18}F$]fluoride ion을 생산하여 내경 0.1cm, 길이 18.5cm의 선상선원, 크기 0.1cm인 점선원, 직경 20.3cm, 길이 18.5cm의 실린더모형에 주입하여 사용하였다. 표준 성능평가에서는 공간분해능, 산란분획, 민감도, 계수율손실의 기본적인 내인성 측정과 계수율보정, 균일도보정, 산란보정, 감쇠보정의 정확도를 2차원 및 3차원 데이터획득 모드에서 측정하였다. 횡축방향 공간분해능은 2차원 영상(고민감도)에서 $4.92{\sim}6.56mm$ FWHM이었고, 3차원 영상에서 $5.14{\sim}6.89mm$ FWHM이었다. 축방향 공간분해능은 2차원 스캔 모드에서 $3.91{\sim}6.49mm$ FWHM이었다. 2차원 스캔시 평균 산란분획은 9.57%이었다. 전체 시스템의 민감도는 2차원 스캔에서 $274.7kcps/({\mu}Ci/cc)$이었다. 2차원 스캔의 계수율손실은 불응시간이 50%일때 방사능 농도가 $4.87{\mu}Ci/cc$이었고, 정점에 도달한 참계수율은 519kcps이었다. 2차원 스캔의 계수율보정의 정확도는 방사능 농도 $4.5{\mu}Ci/cc$에 대하여 오차가 가장 큰 경우 1.84%로 나타났다. 균일도측정에서 2차원 영상의 비균일도 평균값은 2.06%이었고 3차원 영상은 2.93%이었다. 산란보정의 정확도는 2차원 영상에서의 잔류오차가 0.55%이었고, 3차원 영상에서는 4.12%이었다. 2차원 영상에서 감쇠보정의 정확도는 공기, 물, 테플론에 대한 오차가 각각 6.21%, 0.20%, -6.32%이었고 3차원 영상에서의 오차는 각각 5.00%, 6.94%, 3.01%로 나타났다. PET 스캐너의 표준 성능평가는 내인성 측정과 보정의 정확도 측정으로 이루어져 있으며 임상 및 연구에서 사용되는 PET 데이터의 해석에 필요하다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제40권spc호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2010

Over the years, nanoparticle drug delivery systems have demonstrated versatile potentials in biological, medical and pharmaceutical applications. In the pharmaceutical industry nanotechnology research has mainly focused on providing controlled drug release, targeting their delivery to specific organs, and developing parenteral formulations for poorly water soluble drugs to improve their bioavailability. Achievement in polymer industry has generated numerous polymers applicable to designing nanoparticles. From viewpoints of product development, a nanocarrier material should meet requirements for biodegradability, biocompatibility, availability, and regulatory approval crieteria. Albumin is indeed a material that fulfills such requirements. Also, the commercialization of a first albumin-bound paclitaxel nanoparticle product (Abraxane$^{TM}$) has sparked renewed interests in the application of albumin in the development of nanoparticle formulations. This paper reviews the intrinsic properties of albumin, its suitability as a nanocarrier material, and albumin-based parenteral formulation approaches. Particularly discussed in detail are albumin-based particulate injectables such as Abraxane$^{TM}$. Information on key roles of albumin in the nab$^{TM}$ technology and representative manufacturing processes of albumin particulate products are provided. It is likely that albumin-based particulate technology would extend its applications in delivering drugs, polypeptides, proteins, vaccines, nucleic acids, and genes.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1343-1355
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• 1997

Full motion video data is the most effective data type that transmits information in multimedia enviornment. VOD service is system that uses network to transmit full motion video data interactively. Therefore VOD service system must satisfy the following requirements. First, it should transmit high quality full motion video. Second, it should be able to control a large quantity of full motion video. Third, a user should be able to retrieve the full motion vide effectively. However the existing VOD service system is established based n file system that not only does it have disadvantages in managment such as transaction control but also it is not suitable for distributed multimedia environment. The goal of this research is to build a VOD service system that provides high-quality full motion video assuming information retrieval. In order to mainly search video data's bibliographical information and to manage related information, VOD service system and DBMS system are to be closely related. Also, to transmit high quality full motion video data, we use MTP$^{TM}$(Media Transfer Protocol) developed by StarLight. MTP$^{TM}$ guarantees high bandwidth that is necessary to tansmit high quality full motion video data effectively. In other hand TCP/IP which is used for information search does not guarentee high bandwidth as that in MTP$^{TM}$. Therfore VOD service system that seraches information managed by DBMS and transmits requried full motion video data should control different kinds of protocol simultaneously. This paper describes the configuration of VODB system that has solved these problems, implementation and efficiency of data applied system.stem.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.491-502
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• 2005

Reliable human performance is a prerequisite in securing the safety of complicated process systems such as nuclear power plants. However, the amount of available knowledge that can explain why operators deviate from an expected performance level is so small because of the infrequency of real accidents. Therefore, in this study, a database that contains a set of useful information extracted from simulated emergencies was developed in order to provide important clues for understanding the change of operators' performance under stressful conditions (i.e., real accidents). The database was developed under Microsoft Windows TM environment using Microsoft Access $97^{TM}$ and Microsoft Visual Basic $6.0^{TM}$. In the database, operators' performance data obtained from the analysis of over 100 audio-visual records for simulated emergencies were stored using twenty kinds of distinctive data fields. A total of ten kinds of operators' performance data are available from the developed database. Although it is still difficult to predict operators' performance under stressful conditions based on the results of simulated emergencies, simulation studies remain the most feasible way to scrutinize performance. Accordingly, it is expected that the performance data of this study will provide a concrete foundation for understanding the change of operators' performance in emergency situations.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.622-634
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the evidence based guideline for prompted voiding by Lyons & Specht (2001) in National Guideline $Clearinghouse^{TM}$ for use in Korea based on the experts' opinions. Method: The target expert group consisted of 8 registered nurses, 6 physicians, and 5 nursing professors who are experts in urinary incontinence. This study used a questionnaire survey. The appropriateness, applicability, and the present application of each recommendation in the guideline were analyzed with descriptive statistics using the SPSS program, with content analysis based on the experts' opinions. Result: The scores on each recommendation's appropriateness showed the high degree of agreement among nurses, physicians, and nursing professors. However, the recommendation for 'use of oxybutinin' showed the lowest score as 5.89. It was notable that the most recommendations scored lower for applicability compared with appropriateness. The reasons for lower scores for applicability were the lack of clinicians' knowledge of assessment and management, and the lack of resources in clinical settings in Korea. Conclusion: This study will augment the understanding of the actual urinary incontinence management in Korean clinical settings and can be used as the baseline data for further study of tailoring international guidelines into local and national clinical settings.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2006

A useful radiance-converting method was developed to convert the Landsat-7 ETM+thermal-infrared (TIR) band's radiance ($L_{{\lambda},L7/ETM+}$) to that of Landsat-5 TM TIR ($L_{{\lambda},L5/TM+})$ as: $L_{{\lambda},L5/TM}=0.9699{\times}L_{{\lambda},L7/ETM+}+0.1074\;(R^2=1)$. In addition, based on the radiance-converting equation and the linear relation between digital number (DN) and at-satellite radiance, a DN-converting equation can be established to convert DN value of the TIR band between Landsat-5 and Landsat-7. Via this method, it is easy to integrate Landsat-5 and Landsat-7 TIR data to retrieve the sea surface temperature (SST) in coastal waters on the basis of local empirical algorithms in which the radiance or DN of Lansat-5 and 7 TIR band is usually the only input independent variable. The method was employed in a local empirical algorithm in Daya Bay, China, to detect the thermal pollution of cooling water discharge from the Daya Bay nuclear power station (DNPS). This work demonstrates that radiance conversion is an effective approach to integration of Landsat-5 and Landsat-7 data in the process of a SST retrieval which is based on local empirical algorithms.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.406-411
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• 1998

The pre-mixed $_{13}C$-urea powder preparation in ${Helikit}_{TM}$ for test of Helicobacter pylori was evaluated for pharmacological properties. The oral doses of the preparation used in mice were 30-fold as compared to human doses. The results obtained in the present study demonstrate that spontaneous movement, hexobarbital-induced hypnosis, rotarod performance, body temperature, acetic acid-induced writhing syndrome, chemical and electroshock convulsion, pupil size and intestinal propulsion had not been affected at the oral doses of 230, 700 and 2100 mg/kg in mice. The blood pressure was slightly elevated as given intravenously in rats at a dose of 5 mg/kg of the preparation, but respiration was not influenced at the dose. In isolated guinea pig ileum and rat fundus preparation, the preparation at a concentration of $1{\times}10^{4}$ g/ml neither caused any direct effect nor inhibited the contraction produced by acetylcholine, histamine or 5-hydroxytryptamine. These results reported here provide evidence that pre-mixed $^{13}C$ 13/C-urea powder preparation is free of general pharmacological properties performed in oral administration.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.113-116
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• 2014

Power transformer insulation oil is critical to the useful life of the transformer. Although mineral base insulation oil is the most common type of transformer insulation oil in use, environmental and safety concerns has encouraged the development of biodegradable alternatives. Today, $Envirotemp^{(R)}\;FR3^{TM}$ is in commercial use and this study is aimed at ascertaining the possibility of applying the oil in Malaysia power transformers. A sample of $Envirotemp^{(R)}\;FR3^{TM}$ was tested to measure and compare the technical (including electrical, chemical and physical) properties of the oil according to Malaysian standards. The study found that the oil sample had better qualities, such as higher dielectric strength, lower dissipation factor, higher flash and fire points, higher moisture absorption capability, and less dissolved gases composition amongst others. However, it was also ascertained that further development in this area could be hindered due to Malaysia's lack of standards for biodegradable oil.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2010

A virtual manufacturing system that is composed of JMatPro, a material modeler and $DEFORM^{TM}$-HT, a finite element package is applied to the hot press forming process: high temperature material properties for each phase such as flow stress, elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio, thermal expansion coefficient, in addition to TTT curve are predicted by JMatPro and taken into $DEFORM^{TM}$-HT to predict the material behavior considering phase transformation and heat transfer simultaneously. In order to verify the accuracy of computation, the residual stress and the springback were compared with the experimental measurements. Both the predicted and measured principal residual stresses and amount of springback were in good agreement. It was also found that the residual stresses generated from hot press forming are not negligible as it has been generally assumed, although the springback deformation is quite small.