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The effect of Mental Practice on the upper extremity function of the Hemiplegic Patients (정신훈련이 뇌졸중환자의 상지 기능회복에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Chang-Sik;An, Seung-Hun
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.59-69
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mental practice on the upper extremity function of the hemiplegic Patients, 8 subjects with hemiplegia patients participated in this study. They did the Mental Practice programme for twenty minute, two times a week, three weeks. The Mental practice effects was evaluated by Fugl-Meyer Assessment(FMA), Action Research Arm Test(ARA), Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement(STREAM). The data were analyzed using paired t-test. The result of this study are as follows: FMA score were significant difference test-retest(p<.05), ARA score were statistically significant improvement between test-retest(p<.05), On the STREAM, the patients had the score improved on 4 of the 10 items of the upper-extremity Scale. The result suggest that mental practice is a potentially useful method of practicing motor skills. Mental practice may be a cost-effective, non-invasive tool with wuhich patients with stroke can receive additional practice of functional skills, and realize greater outcome, than if therapy alone were used.

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Development of Integrated Ground Support System for Integrated Flight Test of Small UAVs (무인항공기의 통합비행시험을 위한 통합형 지상지원시스템 개발)

  • Jeong, Jae-Hyeon;Lim, Byoung-Do;Kim, Sung-Su;Ryoo, Chang-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.9
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    • pp.800-806
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    • 2012
  • This paper proposes design and development of the Integrated Ground Support System (IGSS) for the flight test of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which combines ground support and ground control. The integrated flight test of the UAV is a necessary procedure to validate the functionality of the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). In order to execute cost-effective and systematic flight tests, the IGSS is regarded as an inevitable infrastructure of UAS for small laboratories. The proposed IGSS has functions of ground control, radio communication, power generation, transportation and the maintenance of the UAV.

Operation Cost Comparison of Dedicated Outdoor and Cooling + reheating Air-conditioning Systems by On-site Performance Test (현장성능시험에 의한 외기전용과 냉각식 + 재열 공조기의 운전비 비교)

  • Kim, Young-Il;Kim, Jung-Min;Chung, Kwang-Seop;Park, Seung-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2011
  • Dedicated outdoor air(DOA) system which conditions the outdoor air separately is superior to conventional Cooling + reheating system with respect to energy consumption and indoor comfort. Since the sensible and latent load characteristics of indoor and outdoor are different, it is more efficient to treat them separately. In this study, cycle analysis and on-site performance test of DOA system have been conducted. The study shows that DOA requires 50% less equivalent energy than the conventional system. The on-site performance test of a prototype shows that the coefficient of performance(COP) of the DOA system is 37% higher than the conventional system.

A Study on Weapon Systems Acquisition for the Use of Modeling & Simulation(M&S) (무기체계 획득을 위한 모델링 및 시뮬레이션(M&S) 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Pil-Jung;Lee, Young-Uk
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2011
  • The acquisition of weapons systems test and evaluation in the early stages of the acquisition process as a source of data used for modeling and simulation are being actively encouraged. Thus, in the reliability of weapon systems acquisition can be called the most important part, and M&S to apply for this test reliability and accuracy of the assessment can provide, test time and cost savings, the pre-and post-test predictions and available data can provide. In this study, theoretical study of M&S to acquire weapon systems used for the importance of M&S, acquired the characteristics of the model, utilization for weapon systems acquisition, and weapon systems acquisition review for an effective utilization of M&S tries to find out.

Effect of slag on stabilization of sewage sludge and organic soil

  • Kaya, Zulkuf
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.689-707
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    • 2016
  • Soil stabilization is one of the useful method of ground improvement for soil with low bearing capacity and high settlement and unrequired swelling potential. Generally, the stabilization is carried out by adding some solid materials. The main objective of this research was to investigate the feasibility of stabilization of organic soils and sewage sludge to obtain low cost alternative embankment material by the addition of two different slags. Slags were used as a replacement for weak soil at ratios of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%, where sewage sludge and organic soil were blended with slags separately. The maximum dry unit weights and the optimum water contents for all soil mixtures were determined. In order to investigate the influence of the slags on the strength of sewage sludge and organic soil, and to obtain the optimal mix design; compaction tests, the California bearing ratio (CBR) test, unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test, hydraulic conductivity test (HCT) and pH tests were carried out on slag-soil specimens. Unconfined compressive tests were performed on non-cured samples and those cured at 7 days. The test results obtained from untreated specimens were compared to tests results obtained from soil samples treated with slag. Laboratory tests results indicated that blending slags with organic soil or sewage sludge improved the engineering properties of organic or sewage sludge. Therefore, it is concluded that slag can be potentially used as a stabilizer to improve the properties of organic soils and sewage sludge.

Characteristics of crater formation due to explosives blasting in rock mass

  • Jeon, Seokwon;Kim, Tae-Hyun;You, Kwang-Ho
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.329-344
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    • 2015
  • Cratering tests in rock are generally carried out to identify its fragmentation characteristics. The test results can be used to estimate the minimum amount of explosives required for the target volume of rock fragmentation. However, it is not easy to perform this type of test due to its high cost and difficulty in securing the test site with the same ground conditions as the site where blasting is to be performed. Consequently, this study investigates the characteristics of rock fragmentation by using the hydrocode in the platform of AUTODYN. The effectiveness of the numerical models adopted are validated against several cratering test results available in the literature, and the effects of rock mass classification and ground formation on crater size are examined. The numerical analysis shows that the dimension of a crater is increased with a decrease in rock quality, and the formation of a crater is highly dependent on a rock of lowest quality in the case of mixed ground. It is expected that the results of the present study can also be applied to the estimation of the level and extent of the damage induced by blasting in concrete structures.

A case of Diagnosing Paraquat Intoxication on Transferred Patient with Acute Renal Failure (원인 불명의 급성 신부전으로 발현된 급성 파라콰트중독 1례)

  • Gil Hyo Wook;Yang Jong Oh;Lee Eun Young;Hong Sae Yong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.45-48
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    • 2004
  • Paraquat, a widely used herbicide, is extremely toxic, causing multiple organ failure in human. Many treatment modality has been used, but now paraquat is very fatal drug. Elimination rate of plasma paraquat seems to be a factor for the survival rate. So early diagnosis and early treatment are very important. Plasma paraquat concentration could be measured by radioimmunoassay. But it is impossible that the test was done at Emergency room and the result was checked immediately. There was relation between plasma paraquat concentrations and urine paraquat concentration. Because of its simplicity and low cost, urine paraquat concentration test is complementary to the plasma concentration measurement. If the patient has psychotic problem or unconscious mental state, and is observed unexplained dyspnea and oral ulcer, urine paraquat test is very important to rule out acute paraquat intoxication. We experienced a patient who was presented as unexplained acute renal failure initially and was diagnosed as paraquat intoxication later.

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An Efficient Test Algorithm for Dual Port Memory (이중 포트 메모리를 위한 효과적인 테스트 알고리듬)

  • 김지혜;송동섭;배상민;강성호
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.72-79
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    • 2003
  • Due to the improvements in circuit design technique and manufacturing technique, complexity of a circuit is growing along with the demand for memories with large capacities. Likewise, as a memory capacity gets larger, testing gets harder and testing cost increases, and testing process in chip development gets larger as well. Therefore, a research on an effective test algorithm to improve the chip yield rate in a short time period is becoming an important task. This paper proposes an effective, March C-algorithm based, test algorithm that can also be applied to a dual-port memory since it considers all the fault types, which can be occurred in a single-port as well as in a dual-port memory, without increasing the test length.

A Study on the operation and Maintenance system for optical subscriber loops using a broadband light source (넓은 대역 광원을 이용한 광 가입자 선로 운용보전 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • 이용기;이영호;박봉근
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.25 no.3B
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    • pp.504-509
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents a noble operation and maintenance system for the optical subscriber loops and its feasibility through several experiments. In this system, a broadband CW (Continuous Wave) light source I used as monitoring of testing signals. and a FGF(Fiber Grating Filter) of which reflective wavelength is independent, is inserted somewhere in each subscriber loop for the reflection of monitoring of testing signals. The propose of the system is quick decision. whether the loop is just fault or not. rather than detailed information of loop state. At present, most of operation and maintenance system for the optical subscriber loops adopts OTDR(optical time domain reflectometer) for testing function. the OTDR is useful for detailed test, but not adequate for simple test because of long testing time . And it is difficult to test PON network by using general OTDR that has a single-wavelength light source. Compared to using OTDR, the proposed system can afford to shorten testing time and to test PON network. Moreover, we can cut down the system cost by simplifying circuits of the optical light sources. Our results show that the proposed system operates well according to the purpose mentioned above.

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Development of a Piping Integrity Evaluation Simulator Based on the Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (하드웨어-인-더-루프 기반의 배관 평가 시뮬레이터의 개발)

  • Kim, Yeong-Jin;Heo, Nam-Su;Cha, Heon-Ju;Choe, Jae-Bung;Pyo, Chang-Ryul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.1031-1038
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    • 2001
  • In order to verify the analytical methods predicting failure behavior of cracked piping, full-scale pipe tests are crucial in nuclear power plant piping. For this reason, series of international test programs have been conducted. However, full-scale pipe tests require expensive testing equipment and long period of testing time. The objective of this paper is to develop a test system which can economically simulate the full-scale pipe test regarding the integrity evaluation. This system provides the failure behavior of cracked pipe by testing a wide-plate specimen. The system provides the failure behavior of cracked pipe by testing a wide-plate specimen. The system was developed for the integrity evaluation of nuclear piping based on the methodology of hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) simulation. Using this simulator, the piping integrity can be evaluated based on the elastic-plastic behavior of full-scale pipe, and the high cost full-scale pipe test may be replaced with this economical system.