• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.521-534
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• 2011

최근 TerraSAR-X SAR, TanDEM-X 또는 COSMO-SkyMed와 같은 1 m 급의 고해상도 X-band SAR 센서를 탑재한 인공위성이 발사되어 운행되고 있다. 국내에서도 X-band를 탑재한 1m 급의 고해상도 위성 레이더인 KOMPSAT-5가 발사될 예정에 있다. 본 연구는 X-band SAR 영상을 이용한 PSInSAR 기법 적용에 보다 적합한 고정산란체 추출 및 네트워크 생성 기법을 개발하였다. 새로운 PSC 추출 알고리즘은 다음 두 단계로 구성되어 있다. 첫 번째 진폭분산지수, 평균반사강도, 평균긴밀도를 복합적으로 이용하여 초기 PSC를 선출한다. 두 번째 초기 선출된 PSC의 네트워크 분석을 통해 추정된 각 PSC에서의 시계열 긴밀도를 직접 이용하여 최종 추출한다. 또한 PSC를 이용한 네트워크 분석의 안정성을 높이기 위한 multi-TIN 구성 기법과 비 도심지역에서 분석 신뢰도를 높이기 위한 복합 네트워크를 제안하였다. 개발된 알고리즘을 뉴올리언즈 지역에서 획득된 21개의 TerraSAR-X SAR 자료에 적용한 결과, 기존의 PSInSAR 기법으로는 관측되지 않았던 비 도심지역에서 다수의 PS가 추출되어 변위 속도 분석이 가능하였다. 이러한 결과는 주로 도심지역에서 널리 사용되어 왔던 PSInSAR 기법을 비 도심지역으로까지 확대하는 것으로, 향후 KOMPSAT-5를 활용한 한반도 지역 상시 모니터링에 기여할 것이다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2016

Due to droughts and water shortages causing severe damage to crops and other vegetations, much attention has been given to efficient irrigation for upland farming. However, little information has been known to measure soil moisture levels in a field scale and apply their spatial variability for proper irrigation scheduling. This study aimed to characterize the spatial variability and temporal stability of soil water contents at depths of 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm on flat (loamy soil) and hill-slope fields (silt-loamy soil). Field monitoring of soil moisture contents was used for variogram analysis using GS+ software. Kriging produced from the structural parameters of variogram was applied for the means of spatial prediction. The overall results showed that the surface soil moisture presented a strong spatial dependence at the sampling time and space in the field scale. The coefficient variation (CV) of soil moisture was within 7.0~31.3 % in a flat field and 8.3~39.4 % in a hill-slope field, which was noticeable in the dry season rather than the rainy season. The drought assessment analysis showed that only one day (Dec. 21st) was determined as dry (20.4 % and 24.5 % for flat and hill-slope fields, respectively). In contrary to a hill-slope field where the full irrigation was necessary, the centralized irrigation scheme was appeared to be more effective for a flat field based on the spatial variability of soil moisture contents. The findings of this study clearly showed that the geostatistical analysis of soil moisture contents greatly contributes to proper irrigation scheduling for water-efficient irrigation with maximal crop productivity and environmental benefits.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.463-468
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• 2013

Background: Body image dissatisfaction among breast cancer survivors has been associated with psychological stress resultant from breast cancer and resultant surgery. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Malay Version of the Breast-Impact of Treatment Scale (MVBITS) and to investigate the associations of retained factors with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Materials and Methods: The MVBITS was 'forward-backward' translated from English to Malay and then administered to 70 female breast cancer patients who came to the Oncology Clinic of University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to undergo chemotherapy. Principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation was performed to explore the factor structure of the MVBITS. Associations of retained factors were estimated with reference to Spearman correlation coefficients. Results: The internal consistency reliability of MVBITS was good (Cronbach's alpha 0.945) and showed temporal stability over a 3-week period. Principal component analysis suggested two factors termed as 'Intrusion' and 'Avoidance' domains. These factors explained 70.3% of the variance. Factor 1 comprised the effects of breast cancer treatment on the emotion and thought, while Factor 2 informed attempts to limit exposure of the body to self or others. The Factor 1 of MVBITS was positively correlated with total, depression and anxiety sub-scores of HADS. Factor 2 was positively correlated with total and anxiety sub-scores of HADS. MVBITS was also positively correlated with the RSES scores. Conclusions: The results showed that the Malay Version of Breast-Impact of Treatment Scale possesses satisfactory psychometric properties suggesting that this instrument is appropriate for assessment of body change stress among female breast cancer patients in Malaysia.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2015

Several transgenic marine medaka Oryzias dancena strains harboring a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter construct regulated by an endogenous ${\beta}$-actin promoter were established and their expression characteristics in relation to transgene copy numbers were examined in 21 transgene genotypes. Most of the transgenic strains displayed transgene insertion patterns typical of microinjection-mediated introduction of foreign DNA into fish embryos, characterized by the random integration of multiple transgene copies (ranging from 1 - 282 copies per cell), often accompanied by the formation of concatemer(s), as assessed by genomic Southern blot hybridization analysis and qPCR. Transgenic strains showed ubiquitous and continued temporal and spatial expression patterns of the transgenic GFP during most of their life cycle, from the embryonic stage to adulthood, enabling assessment of the expression pattern of the endogenous ${\beta}$-actin gene. However, a comparative evaluation of transgene copy numbers and expression levels showed that copy number-dependent expression, the stability of the ubiquitous distribution and expression efficiency per transgene copy varied among the transgenic strains. Fluorescence expression levels were positively correlated with absolute transgene copy numbers, whereas the expression efficiency per transgene copy was inversely related to the number of transgene integrant copies. Data from this study will guide the selection of potentially desirable transgenic strains with ubiquitous expression of a fluorescent transgene, not only in this marine medaka species but also in other related model fish species.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.262-271
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• 2000

본 조사는 천수만의 저서환경과 저서동물의 시${\cdot}$공간적인 분포를 알아보기 위해 실시하였다. 계절별 표${\cdot}$저층간의 수온차이는 나타나지 않았으며, 여름철 방조제 부근에서 발생한 방류의 영향으로 표층 염분도가 감소하는 양상을 보였다. 저층용존산소의 경우 방조제 부근에서 감소하였으며, 빈산소 수괴가 형성되었다. 입도 조성의 경우 만입구보다는 방조제 부근에서 더욱 세립한 것으로 나타났으며, 유기물 함량의 경우도 만 입구에서 감소하였다. 조사 기간 중 총 311종, 769$ ind./m^2$의 저서동물이 채집되었다. 다모류가 종 수와 서식밀도에서 높은 비중을 차지하였다. 종 수는 방조제 부근에서 만 입구로 갈수록 증가하는 공간적인 양상을 보였으며, 서식밀도는 여름철 가입에 따른 계절적인 양상을 나타냈다. 이 시기에 Lumbrineris longifolia, Theora fragilis등 기회종이 대규모로 가입되었다. 집괴분석에 의해 공간적으로 5개 군집으로 나누어졌다. 방조제 부근은 주로 기회종으로 구성되었으며, 만 중앙부는 Stemaspis scutata, Paraprionospio pinnata, 만 입구는 Mediomastus califomiensis, Nephtys polybranchia 등이 우점종으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 천수만은 계절별 환경변화 공간적 차이가 종조성에 영향을 주고 있는 것으로 보이며, 시공간적으로 저서 생태계의 안정성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 보인다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.399-408
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• 2010

질소 희석된 프로판 층류 부상 화염에서 화염진동 불안정성과 화염 곡률 효과를 살펴보기 위하여 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 화염 진동은 총 3가지 영역으로 열손실에 의한 진동, 열손실 및 부력이 혼재된 진동, 그리고 열손실 및 루이스 수에 의한 영향이 혼재된 진동으로 구분되었다. 순수 열손실에 의한 진동은 루이스 수에 의한 진동과 부력에 의한 수력학적 불안정성과 관련이 없으며 연료 루이스 수에 관계없이 모든 부상화염 조건에서 관찰되었다. 화염의 시간에 따른 부상높이 변화에 대한 FFT분석을 통해 화염진동 불안정성의 실험적 증거와 특성을 명확히 제시하였고, 부상 화염의 열손실에 의한 자기진동의 메커니즘에 대한 시나리오를 논의한다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.152-167
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• 2011

MODIS/Terra level 3 and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis data from 2001 to 2008 have been analyzed to understand long-term aerosol and cloud optical properties, and their relationships around Korea. Interestingly, cloud fraction(CF) has the similar annual variation to aerosol optical depth (${\tau}_a$) without any temporal significant trend. Horizontal distributions of ${\tau}_a$ showed the substantial horizontal gradient from China to Korea, especially with the strong difference over the Yellow Sea, which could represent the evidence of the anthropogenic influence from China in the perspective of long-term average. Specifically the negative correlations between ${\tau}_a$ and liquid-phase cloud effective radius ($r_e$) were shown on the monthly-average basis, only in summer with significant associations over the Yellow Sea, but not in the other seasons and/or specific regions. Relationship between ${\tau}_a$ and CF for the low-level liquid-phase clouds exhibited the overall positive correlation, being consistent with cloud lifetime effect. Meanwhile static stability showed no deterministic relationships with ${\tau}_a$ as well as CF. The dependence of aerosol-cloud relationship on the meteorological conditions should be examined more in detail with the satellite remote sensing and reanalysis data.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1017-1028
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• 2016

Wind information is one of the major inputs for the prediction of urban air flow using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. Therefore, the numerical characteristics of the wind data formed at their mother domains should be clarified to predict the urban air flow more precisely. In this study, the formation characteristics of the wind data in the Seoul region were used as the inlet wind information for a CFD based simulation and were analyzed using numerical weather prediction models for weather research and forecasting (WRF). Because air flow over the central part of the Korean peninsula is often controlled not only by synoptic scale westerly winds but also by the westerly sea breeze induced from the Yellow Sea, the westerly wind often dominates the entire Seoul region. Although simulations of wind speed and air temperature gave results that were slightly high and low, respectively, their temporal variation patterns agreed well with the observations. In the analysis of the vertical cross section, the variation of wind speed along the western boundary of Seoul is simpler in a large domain with the highest horizontal resolution as compared to a small domain with the same resolution. A strong convergence of the sea breeze due to precise topography leads to the simplification of the wind pattern. The same tendency was shown in the average vertical profiles of the wind speed. The difference in the simulated wind pattern of two different domains is greater during the night than in the daytime because of atmospheric stability and topographically induced mesoscale forcing.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2007

Purpose: Rigid external distraction(RED) is a highly effective technique for correction of maxillary hypoplasia in patients with cleft or syndromic craniosynostosis. Despite many advantages of RED, it also has the problem of relapse as the conventional advancement surgery. Bicoronal approach, that is the common approach to gain access to the craniofacial skeleton, had some morbidity, such as hair loss, sensory loss, wide scar and temporal hollowing. We present our clinical experience of RED distraction with minimal invasive approach and early rigid fixation to overcome these disadvantages. Methods: A 27-year-old female patient with Crouzon's disease underwent Le Fort III osteotomy and RED device application through the minimal invasive direct skin incisions. After the latent period of 5 days, distraction was undertaken until proper convexity and advancement were obtained. During the rigid retention period, inflammation occurred on the right cheek, and proper conservative managements were done including continuous irrigation. To maintain the stability of distraction, early rigid fixation was undertaken on the osteotomy sites through another skin incisions. Preoperative and postoperative orthodontic treatments were performed. Serial photographs and cephalometric radiographs were obtained preoperatively, after distraction and 6 months after distraction. Results: The cephalometric analysis demonstrated postoperatively significant advancement of the maxilla and improvement of facial convexity. After 6-month follow-up period, the maxilla was stable in the sagittal plane and no relapse was found. Facial scars were not noticeable and other deformity and morbidity did not occur. Conclusion: This effective and stable technique will be a good alternative for the patients who need large amount of distraction and for adult patients with severe maxillary hypoplasia or syndromic craniosynostosis.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.154-154
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• 2019

Characterization of reliable field-scale root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) variability contribute to effective hydro-meterological monitoring. Although a promising cosmic-ray neutron probe (CRNP) holds the pontential for field-scale RZSM measurement, it is often restricted at deeper depths due to the non-unique sensitivity of CRNP-measured fast neutron signal to other hydrogen pools. In this study, a merging framework relied on coupling cosmic-ray soil moisture with a representative additional RZSM, was introduced to scale shallower CRNP effective depth to represent root-zone layer. We tested our proposed framework over a densely vegetated region in South Korea covering a network of one CRNP and nine in-situ point measurements. In particular, cosmic-ray soil moisture and ancillary RZSM retrieved from the most time stable location were considered as input datasets; whereas the remaining point locations were used to generate a reference RZSM product. The errors between these two input datasets and the reference were forecasted by a linear autoregressive model. A linear combination of forecasts was then employed to compute a suitable weight for merging two input products from the predicted errors. The performance of merging framework was evaluated against reference RZSM in comparison to the two original products and a commonly used exponential filter technique. The results of this study showed that merging framework outperformed other products, demonstrating its robustness in improving field-scale RZSM. Moreover, a strong relationship between the quality of input data and the performance merging framework in light of CRNP effective depth variation has been also underlined via the merging framework.