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Effects of a Complex Exercise Program on the Distance between Knees and Balance in Individuals in their 20s with Genu Varum

  • Jeong, Beomcheol;Yoo, Kyungtae
    • Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.2244-2252
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    • 2020
  • Background: Thera-Band, Narrow squats, Kinesiology taping helps in the reduction of loading on the knee joints. Despite the fact that the varus knee negatively affects the alignment of the lower extremities, most of the studies have analyzed each independently. Objectives: To investigate the effects of a complex exercise program consisting of elastic band exercises and squat exercises on the distance between the inner knees and balance in young adults with genu varum. Design: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Methods: The complex exercise group performed resistance exercises using an elastic band. The taping group used kinesiology tape on the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris. To select those to be included in the study, we measured the distance between the knees using digital Vernier calipers and to measure the balance ability, we used a balance training system. The data were analyzed with the independent t-test and paired t-test. Results: The study indicated a significant difference in the distance between the knees between the two groups, but no significant differences in the dynamic balance between the groups. Also, the static balance comparison between the groups according to the intervention method included the trace length, C90 area, C90 angle and velocity. There were no significant differences in the static balance between the groups. In addition, the complex exercise program was more effective than taping. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that the complex exercise program and taping decrease the between both the knee and increase the balance.

Improving Web Service Recommendation using Clustering with K-NN and SVD Algorithms

  • Weerasinghe, Amith M.;Rupasingha, Rupasingha A.H.M.
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.1708-1727
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    • 2021
  • In the advent of the twenty-first century, human beings began to closely interact with technology. Today, technology is developing, and as a result, the world wide web (www) has a very important place on the Internet and the significant task is fulfilled by Web services. A lot of Web services are available on the Internet and, therefore, it is difficult to find matching Web services among the available Web services. The recommendation systems can help in fixing this problem. In this paper, our observation was based on the recommended method such as the collaborative filtering (CF) technique which faces some failure from the data sparsity and the cold-start problems. To overcome these problems, we first applied an ontology-based clustering and then the k-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm for each separate cluster group that effectively increased the data density using the past user interests. Then, user ratings were predicted based on the model-based approach, such as singular value decomposition (SVD) and the predictions used for the recommendation. The evaluation results showed that our proposed approach has a less prediction error rate with high accuracy after analyzing the existing recommendation methods.

A study on multi-persona fashion images in Instagram - Focusing on the case of "secondary-characters" - (인스타그램에 나타난 멀티 페르소나 패션이미지에 관한 연구 - "부캐" 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Jongsun
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.603-615
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    • 2021
  • The aim of this study was to analyze the semantic network structure of keywords and the visual composition of images extracted from Instagram in relation to the multi-persona phenomenon with in fashion imagery, which has recently been attracting attention. To this end, the concept of a 'secondary character', which forms a separate identity from a 'main character' on various social media platforms as well as on the airwaves, was considered as the spread of multi-persona and #SecondaryCharacter on Instagram was investigated. 3,801 keywords were collected after crawling the data using Python and morphological analysis was undertaken using KoNLP. The semantic network structure was then examined by conducting a CONCOR analysis using UCINET and Netdraw to determine the top 50 keywords. The results were then classified into a total of 6 clusters. In accordance with the meaning and context of the keywords included in each cluster, group names were assigned : virtual characters, relationship with the main character, hobbies, daily record, N-job person, media and marketing. Image analysis considered the technical, compositional, and social styles of the media based on Gillian Rose's visual analysis method. The results determined that Instagram uses fashion images that virtualize one's face to produce multi-persona representation s that show various occupations, describe different types of hobbies, and depict situations pertaining to various social roles.

Development of the High Power Battery Charging System for Portable Energy Banks (이동식 에너지 뱅크용 대용량 배터리 충전 시스템의 개발)

  • Kim, Soo-Yeon;Kim, Dong-Ok;Lee, Jung-Hwan;Park, Sung-Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.24 no.4_2
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    • pp.491-499
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    • 2021
  • Batteries are widely used for energy storage, such as ESS(Energy Storage System), electric vehicles, electric aircraft, and electric powered ships. Among them, a submarine uses a high power battery for an energy storage. When the battery of a submarine is discharged, a diesel generator generates AC power, and then AC/DC power converter change AC power to DC power for charging the battery. Therefore, in order to lower the current capacity of the diesel generator, it is necessary to use an AC/DC converter with a high input power factor. And, a power converter with a large power capacity must have high stability because it can lead to a major accident when a failure occurs. However, the control algorithm using the traditional PI controller is difficult to satisfy stability and dynamic characteristics. In this paper, we design the high power AC/DC converter with high input power factor for battery charging systems. And, we propose a stable control algorithm. The validity of the proposed method is verified through simulation and experiments.

Classification of Forest Cover Types in the Baekdudaegan, South Korea

  • Chung, Sang Hoon;Lee, Sang Tae
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.269-279
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    • 2021
  • This study was carried out to introduce the forest cover types of the Baekdudaegan inhabiting the number of native tree species. In order to understand the vegetation distribution characteristics of the Baekdudaegan, a vegetation survey was conducted on the major 20 mountains of the Baekdudaegan. The vegetation data were collected from 3,959 sample points by the point-centered quarter method. Each mountain was classified into 4-7 forests by using various multivariate statistical methods such as cluster analysis, indicator species analysis, multiple discriminant analysis, and species composition analysis. The forests were classified mainly according to the relative abundance of Quercus mongolica. There was a total of 111 classified forests and these forests were integrated into the following nine forest cover types using the percentage similarity index and by clustering according to vegetation type: 1) Mongolian oak, 2) Mongolian oak and other deciduous, 3) Oaks (Mixed Quercus spp.), 4) Korean red pine, 5) Korean red pine and oaks, 6) ash, 7) mixed mesophytic, 8) subalpine zone coniferous, and 9) miscellaneous forest. Forests grouped within the subalpine zone coniferous and miscellaneous classifications were characterized by similar environmental conditions and those forests that did not fit in any other category, respectively.

Wellness Prediction in Diabetes Mellitus Risks Via Machine Learning Classifiers

  • Saravanakumar M, Venkatesh;Sabibullah, M.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.203-208
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    • 2022
  • The occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is hoarding globally. All kinds of Diabetes Mellitus is controlled to disrupt over 415 million grownups worldwide. It was the seventh prime cause of demise widespread with a measured 1.6 million deaths right prompted by diabetes during 2016. Over 90% of diabetes cases are T2DM, with the utmost persons having at smallest one other chronic condition in UK. In valuation of contemporary applications of Big Data (BD) to Diabetes Medicare by sighted its upcoming abilities, it is compulsory to transmit out a bottomless revision over foremost theoretical literatures. The long-term growth in medicine and, in explicit, in the field of "Diabetology", is powerfully encroached to a sequence of differences and inventions. The medical and healthcare data from varied bases like analysis and treatment tactics which assistances healthcare workers to guess the actual perceptions about the development of Diabetes Medicare measures accessible by them. Apache Spark extracts "Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD)", a vital data structure distributed finished a cluster on machines. Machine Learning (ML) deals a note-worthy method for building elegant and automatic algorithms. ML library involving of communal ML algorithms like Support Vector Classification and Random Forest are investigated in this projected work by using Jupiter Notebook - Python code, where significant quantity of result (Accuracy) is carried out by the models.

K-Means Clustering with Deep Learning for Fingerprint Class Type Prediction

  • Mukoya, Esther;Rimiru, Richard;Kimwele, Michael;Mashava, Destine
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2022
  • In deep learning classification tasks, most models frequently assume that all labels are available for the training datasets. As such strategies to learn new concepts from unlabeled datasets are scarce. In fingerprint classification tasks, most of the fingerprint datasets are labelled using the subject/individual and fingerprint datasets labelled with finger type classes are scarce. In this paper, authors have developed approaches of classifying fingerprint images using the majorly known fingerprint classes. Our study provides a flexible method to learn new classes of fingerprints. Our classifier model combines both the clustering technique and use of deep learning to cluster and hence label the fingerprint images into appropriate classes. The K means clustering strategy explores the label uncertainty and high-density regions from unlabeled data to be clustered. Using similarity index, five clusters are created. Deep learning is then used to train a model using a publicly known fingerprint dataset with known finger class types. A prediction technique is then employed to predict the classes of the clusters from the trained model. Our proposed model is better and has less computational costs in learning new classes and hence significantly saving on labelling costs of fingerprint images.

Correlation Distance Based Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Mayasala, Parthasaradhi;Krishna, S Murali
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 2022
  • Research into wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a trendy issue with a wide range of applications. With hundreds to thousands of nodes, most wireless sensor networks interact with each other through radio waves. Limited computational power, storage, battery, and transmission bandwidth are some of the obstacles in designing WSNs. Clustering and routing procedures have been proposed to address these concerns. The wireless sensor network's most complex and vital duty is routing. With the Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing method (GPSR), an efficient and responsive routing protocol is built. In packet forwarding, the nodes' locations are taken into account while making choices. In order to send a message, the GPSR always takes the shortest route between the source and destination nodes. Weighted directed graphs may be constructed utilising four distinct distance metrics, such as Euclidean, city block, cosine, and correlation distances, in this study. NS-2 has been used for a thorough simulation. Additionally, the GPSR's performance with various distance metrics is evaluated and verified. When compared to alternative distance measures, the proposed GPSR with correlation distance performs better in terms of packet delivery ratio, throughput, routing overhead and average stability time of the cluster head.

The relationship between Consumption Behavior Characteristics and Golf Consumption Behavior According to the influence of Important Hitters of Golf Participants

  • Bae, Changhee;Park, Sunmun
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.253-262
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of golf participants' major hitting factors on their consumption behavior characteristics and golf consumption behavior. To achieve this objective, the study subjects were set as the population aged 20 years or older who use golf courses and driving ranges in Gwangju Metropolitan City and Jeollanam-do, and then 158 males and 172 females using cluster random sampling. A total of 300 persons were selected as the study subjects. The survey tool was the questionnaire method, and among the tools that had already been used to verify the reliability and validity of the questionnaire in domestic and foreign previous studies, it was reused or modified or supplemented according to the variables of this study. The collected data were winter-processed according to the purpose of analysis using the SPSS statistical program as follows. The results obtained through this process are as follows. First, it was found that the major players participating in golf had partial differences in the characteristics of golf consumption behavior. Second, it was found that the major hitters participating in golf had a partial difference in their golf consumption behavior. Third, it was found that the golf consumption behavior characteristics of golf participants partially affected the golf consumption behavior.

A Phenomenological Study on the Job Experience of Nursing Managers in Small and Medium Hospitals (중소병원 간호관리자의 직무경험에 대한 현상학적 연구)

  • Kim, Ga Eun;Han, Suk Jung
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.196-211
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This is a phenomenological study to improve the quality of nursing and understand its essence by comprehensively analyzing job experience of nursing managers in small and medium. Methods: This study focused on deriving the common empirical attributes of all the study participants, rather than their individual attributes. Data on the job experiences of nine nurse managers in small and medium-sized hospitals were collected and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Result: The job experiences of nurse managers in small and medium hospitals were classified after analysis into 14 theme cluster sets and 34 themes in five categories. The categories derived were 'A feeling of pressure as if taking responsibility for the entire hospital', 'Taking on the difficulties of hiring a nurse alone.' 'Difficulty in mediating conflicts within the organization', 'Struggling to endure', 'To take root in the field with a sense of ownership'. Conclusion: This study is meaningful in helping nursing managers in small and medium hospitals perform their duties more efficiently and stably by understanding their job experience.