• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.80-95
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• 2010

In order to truly integrate e-Learning system into regular curriculum at a university, mobile access to Learning Management Systems has to be enabled. Mobile devices have the potential to be integrated into the classroom, because they contain unique characteristics such as portability, social interactivity, context sensitivity, connectivity and individuality. Adoption of Learning Management Systems by students is still on the low rate, mostly because of poor usability of existing e-Learning systems. Our initial research has confirmed this hypothesis. Usability issue is rising to the higher level on the mobile platform, because of the mobile devices' limited screen size, input interfaces and bandwidth, and also because of the context of use. Our second hypothesis was that it is wrong to consider a mobile device as a surrogate for desktop or laptop personal computer (PC). By just adopting the existing Learning Management System on mobile devices with adaptive technologies such as Google proxy, we do not acquire the satisfactory results. Usability can prove to be even lower compared to desktop application. One possible solution to the problem could be development of rich client applications for today's mobile devices that would raise the usability to a higher level. We developed a PocketPC prototype application by using user-centered design principles, which we presented as a third alternative in usability research conducted among university students. Results gathered in such a way have confirmed that development of e-Learning system, in order to be widely accepted by students, needs to have the user(student) in the center of development process.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.141-168
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• 2012

The Retrofit Yield Spectrum (RYS) is a new spectrum-based device that relates seismic demand of a retrofitted structure with the fundamental design parameters of the retrofit. This is obtained from superposition of Yield Point Spectra with design charts that summarize in pertinent spectrum-compatible coordinates the attributes of a number of alternative retrofit scenarios. Therefore, once the requirements for upgrading a given structure have been determined, the RYS enable direct insight of the sensitivity of the seismic response of the upgraded structure to the preliminary design decisions made while establishing the retrofit plan. By virtue of their spectrum-based origin, RYS are derived with reference to a single mode of structural vibration; a primary objective is to control the contribution of this mode in the retrofit design so as to produce a desirable distribution of damage at the ultimate limit state by removing soft storey formations and engaging the maximum number of structural members in deformation, in response to the input motion. Calculations are performed with reference to the yield-point, where secant stiffness is proportional to the flexural strength of reinforced concrete members. Derivation and use of the Retrofit Yield Spectra (RYS) refers to the seismic demand expressed either in terms of spectral acceleration, spectral displacement or interstory drift, at yield of the first storey. A reinforced concrete building that has been tested in full scale to a sequence of simulated earthquake excitations is used in the paper as a demonstration case study to examine the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2015

In this study, we developed a rapid, sensitive and specific reverse-transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for detection of swine influenza viruse (SIV) including major subtypes of swine influenza viruses H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2, and a novel subtype of influenza A virus that accidentally infected in pig population. The RT-LAMP was completed in 40 min at $58^{\circ}C$ and the sensitivity of the RT-LAMP ($1copy/{\mu}L$) was 10-fold higher than conventional reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) ($10copy/{\mu}L$) and the same to real time RT-PCR ($1copy/{\mu}L$). Also, the result of the RT-LAMP can be confirmed without any detection system. Therefore, the RT-LAMP could be a alternative diagnostic method for SIV detection in national SIV monitoring system and clinical diagnostic laboratory in the future.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.5021-5028
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• 2015

탄성포장재에 대한 기존의 연구는 포장재의 투수성, 공법적용에 관한 접근이 많아 탄성포장재의 기초적인 성능연구보다 실용화에 초점을 맞춘 연구가 많았다. 본 연구에서는 경제적인 차원에서 필요한 탄성조건과 투수성 등을 만족하면서 콘크리트나 아스팔트로 포장된 장소에서 기존 하층 노면에 대한 재시공 없이 자원낭비나 환경오염이 발생하지 않도록 두께가 얇은 탄성포장재의 시공 가능성에 대하여 두께가 다른 5종류(10, 13, 15, 20, 25mm)의 시험편과 고무 칩과 바인더의 혼합비가 다른 3개(20, 22.5, 25%)의 시험편을 가지고 다양한 시험을 실시하고 기본적인 물성을 파악하였다. 결과적으로 정성적인 관점에서 탄성바닥재의 두께를 품질조건에 따라 최소한(10~25mm)으로 할 수 있는 여지가 있으며, 바닥재가 온도에 민감하여 내구성증진에 대한 대안도 필요하다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.838-843
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• 2017

Sepsis is a major health problem worldwide, with an extremely high rate of morbidity and mortality, partly due to delayed diagnosis during early disease. Currently, sepsis diagnosis requires bacterial culturing of blood samples over several days, whereas PCR-based molecular diagnosis methods are faster but lack sensitivity. The use of biosensors containing nucleic acid aptamers that bind targets with high affinity and specificity could accelerate sepsis diagnosis. Previously, we used the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment technique to develop the aptamers Antibac1 and Antibac2, targeting the ubiquitous bacterial peptidoglycan. Here, we show that these aptamers bind to four gram-positive and seven gram-negative bacterial sepsis agents with high binding efficiency. Thus, these aptamers could be used in combination as biological recognition elements in the development of biosensors that are an alternative to rapid bacteria detection, since they could provide culture and amplification-free tests for rapid clinical sepsis diagnosis.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2014

Community child center is the facility of the highest number of children in child welfare facilities. But plan for the physical environment is not considered importantly because of insufficient finance. However impact of the physical environment in growing children is very closely related in terms of the emotional as well as a functional perspective. Therefore, it is necessary to understand current physical environment and to seek to find alternative methods that can be resolved space matters. As a basic study for this, in the present study we compare and integrate the design principles of child care facility guidelines. And we set up a framework of analysis to derive the design principles that are required in the target area. It is possible to analyze the environmental characteristics of community child center located in Gwang-ju from this framework, to obtain the flowing results. First, draw items are formation of inner direction, provide of environmental supportability, flexibility of use, healthy space. It can be understood that the emotional aspects and physical aspects should be considered comprehensively. Second, as a result of the case analysis, planning elements consideration of the functional aspects appeared high fulfillment rate generally. Planning elements of low fill rate ascertain result from the process take advantage of the narrow space and it was possible to ascertain the study for flexible utilization of space is not. As a result, in order to improve the problems of the target space, increasing the functionality is necessary and also requires consideration of sensitivity of the user's face.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2006

현재 마케팅 환경은 과거의 가격 위주 전략의 제품판매 시대를 지나 상품, 기업, 브랜드 이미지를 통한 감성마케팅 시대로 접어들었다. 특히 고객의 직접 대면 장소인 기업 상업 공간 Space Identity는 직접 체험, 감각적 자극, 즉시 만족, 사회적 관계 형성을 할 수 있는 중요한 전략 요소임에도 불구하고 대부분의 국내 기업이 CI 기본 시각 시스템을 그대로 대입하는 2차원적 디자인 고려에만 머무르고 있으며 상업공간의 다양한 기능성, 컨셉, 상품과 고객 만족에 대한 고려는 부족한 것이 현실이다. 특히 공간과 고객의 최초 대면 접점인 파사드는 시각적 정보전달, 물리적 경계 역할과 더불어 내외부 공간의 연결성을 통해 공간의 컨셉과 기업과 상품 이미지, 정보 전달 및 고객 유입 정도를 결정하는 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구는 판매, 서비스, 홍보 등이 중심이 된 기업의 상업공간 파사드를 통해 상업 공간 전반에 적용된 Space Identity 적용 사례를 조사하여 상업 공간의 기능에 따른 상품, 고객 유입을 위한 이론 연구 바탕을 마련하고, 이론적 배경과 사례에서 지적된 문제점 개선을 위한 발전된 디자인을 위한 제안을 한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.424-433
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• 2012

Purpose: To investigate the accuracy, precision and validity of fever detection of tympanic membrane (TM), temporal artery (TA) and axillary temperature (AT) compared with pulmonary artery temperature (PA). Methods: Repeated-measures design was conducted for one year on 83 adult cardiac care unit patients with pulmonary artery catheters after open heart surgery. Sequential temperature measurements were taken three times at 20-minute intervals. Accuracy, precision, repeatability, and validity of fever detection were analyzed. Results: Mean pulmonary artery temperature was $37.04^{\circ}C$ (SD $0.70^{\circ}C$). The mean (SD) offsets from PA, with the mean reflecting accuracy and SD reflecting precision, were $-1.31^{\circ}C$ ($0.75^{\circ}C$) for TA, $-0.20^{\circ}C$ ($0.24^{\circ}C$) for TM, and $-0.97^{\circ}C$ ($0.64^{\circ}C$) for AT. Percentage of pairs with differences within ${\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ was 9.6% for TA, 19.7% for AT, and 91.6% for TM. Repeated measurements with all three methods had mean SD values within $0.04^{\circ}C$. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of tympanic measurements were 0.76, 1.0, and 1.0, and 0.90, respectively. Conclusion: Results show that TM best reflects PA, and is most consistent, accurate, and precise. AT tends to underestimate PA, and TA is least accurate and precise. Therefore tympanic membrane measurement is a reliable alternative to other non-invasive methods of measuring temperatures.

• 에너지공학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2002

석탄가스화 복합발전(IGCC)은 석탄을 가스화하고 가스화된 연료를 사용하여 전기를 생산하는 기술로 기존의 석탄 전환 기술에 비해 전환율이 높고 환경 영향이 적은 것으로 알려져 있다 특히 우리나라와 같이 전력 생산 분야에서 석탄 화력의 비중이 높은(2001년 6월 기준, 29.6%, 한전통계자료)나라에서 급격히 강화되는 석탄 화력 발전 방식에 대한 오염물 배출량 제한에 대처하기 위해 기존 석탄 화력의 대안으로 석탄가스화 복합발전이 부각되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 도입이 임박한 IGCC상용설비를 대상으로 한 시스템 설계 연구를 수행하였다. 분류층 가스화 공정을 채용한 2가지 종류의 IGCC시스템으로, 고효율 IGCC와 저비용 IGCC에 대해 시스템 연계 최적화를 고려하여 시스템을 설정하였다. 각 시스템에 대해 AspenPlus등을 사용한 시스템 시뮬레이션 모델을 개발하고 성능 계산을 수행하였으며 특히 저비용 IGCC 시스템에 대해서는 시스템 옵션 스터디와 공기 추출율에 따른 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 열성능 계산 결과 고효율 IGCC 시스템의 효율이 42.6%(HHV, Net)으로, 저비용 IGCC 시스템에 75% 공기 추출율을 적용한 경우 40%(HHV, Net)으로 나타났다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

Safety performance of a new car is evaluated through USNCAP and their results in the star rating are provided to the consumers. It is very important to obtain high score of USNCAP to appeal their performance to consumers. Therefore the car companies have made the effort to improve their car safety performance. These efforts should satisfy the demand not only to get high score but also to pass the FMVSS, NHTSA regulations on safety. Huge numbers of car crash tests have been conducted on these bases by car companies. However physical tests spend too much cost and time, as an alternative way, the simulation on the car crash could be a solution to reduce the cost and time. Therefore the simulations have been widely conducted in car industry and various researches on this have been reported. In this study, restraint system had been optimized to minimize the injury of female passenger. Belted $5^{th}%ile$ female frontal crash test was selected from various test methods of USNCAP for the study. Initial velocity of the test was 56km/h. The combination injury probability of USNCAP was selected as an objective function and the injury limit value, which was defined in FMVSS, was set to an optimization constraint. Many researches that were similar to this study had been conducted, however most of them had limitation that interaction between airbag and safety belt had not been considered. Contrary to these researches, the interaction was considered in this study.