• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the reasons influencing the preferences for a certain type of orthodontic appliance over another among prospective patients (PP) and orthodontists. Methods: A total of 49 PP and 51 orthodontists were asked about their preferences for the following appliances: clear aligners (CA), lingual metallic brackets (LMB), polycrystalline and monocrystalline ceramic brackets, and buccal metallic brackets (BMB). The participants rated the importance of 17 potential reasons that would explain their choices. The reasons that contributed most to these preferences were identified. Non-parametric tests (Fisher's exact, χ2 and Mann-Whitney tests) and multivariate analyses (regression and discriminant analysis) were used to assess the data (α = 0.05). Results: CA and BMB were the most chosen appliances by PP and orthodontists, respectively. LMB was the most rejected option among both groups of participants (p < 0.001). Rates of the importance of pain/discomfort, smile esthetics, finishing details, and feeding/speech impairment showed the highest differences between PP and orthodontists (p < 0.0005). Discriminant analyses showed that individuals who considered treatment time and smile esthetics as more important were more likely to prefer CA, while those who prioritized finishing details and cost were more likely to choose BMB (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Reasons related to comfort and quality of life during use were considered as more important by PP, while those related to the results and clinical performance of the appliances were considered as more relevant by orthodontists.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.1340-1349
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• 2017

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the microbiological and cellular milk profile for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in female buffaloes and to assess risk factors for predisposition of the disease. Methods: Analyses were carried out by standard plate count (SPC), identification of species and antibiotic resistance, somatic cell count (SCC), electrical electrical conductivity of milk (ECM), and lactoferrin content in milk. Teat cups were swabbed to evaluate risk factors, observing hyperkeratosis, milking vacuum pressure and cleanliness of the site. Hence, 30 female buffaloes were randomly selected (15 from a group in early lactation and 15 in late lactation). Results: The most common bacteria in the microbiological examination were Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp. and Corynebacterium sp. In the antibiotic sensitivity test, 10 (58.82%) of the 17 antibiotics tested were sensitive to all isolates, and resistant bacteria were Streptococcus uberis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus haemolyticus, and Escherichia coli. It was observed that positive samples in the microbiological examination showed total bacterial count between $9.10{\times}10^3$ to $6.94{\times}10^6$ colony forming units/mL, SCC between 42,000 to 4,320,000 cells/mL and ECM ranging from 1.85 to 7.40 mS/cm. It was also found that the teat cups had high microbial counts indicating poor hygiene, and even faults in the cleanliness of the animals' waiting room were observed. It is concluded that values of SCC above 537,000 cells/mL and ECM above 3.0 mS/mL are indications of mammary gland infection for this herd; however, the association of these values with a microbiological analysis is necessary to more accurately evaluate the health status of mammary glands with subclinical mastitis. Conclusion: Through phenotypic characterization of bacteria involved in the samples, the genera Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Corynebacterimum bovis were the most prevalent in this study. Faults in environment and equipment hygienization are factors that are directly associated with mastitis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2006

Halotolerant spore-forming Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from the root, rhizosphere, and non-rhizosphere soil of Blutaparon portulacoides. The different isolates were characterized genetically using an amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), and phenotypically based on their colonial morphology, physiology, and nutritional requirements. Three different 16S rRNA gene-based genotypes were observed at a 100% similarity using the enzymes HinfI, MspI, and RsaI, and the phenotypic results also followed the ARDRA groupings. Selected strains, representing the different ARDRA groups, were analyzed by 16S rDNA sequencing, and members of the genera Halobaeillus, Virgibacillus, and Oceanobacillus were found. Two isolates showed low 16S rDNA sequence similarities with the closest related species of Halobacillus, indicating the presence of new species among the isolates. The majority of the strains isolated in this study seemed to belong to the species O. iheyensis and were compared using an AP-PCR to determine whether they had a clonal origin or not. Different patterns allowed the grouping of the strains according to Pearson's coefficient, and the resulting dendrogram revealed the formation of two main clusters, denoted as A and B. All the strains isolated from the soil were grouped into cluster A, whereas cluster B was exclusively composed of the strains associated with the B. portulacoides roots. This is the first report on the isolation and characterization of halotolerant spore-forming Gram-positive bacteria that coexist with B. portulacoides. As such, these new strains may be a potential source for the discovery of bioactive compounds with industrial value.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.40.1-40.18
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the influence of different obturation techniques compared to cold lateral compaction on the success rate of primary non-surgical endodontic treatments. Materials and Methods: Systematic searches were performed for studies published up to May 17^th, 2022 in MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, and Grey Literature Reports. Randomized clinical trials and nonrandomized (nonrandomized clinical trials, prospective or retrospective) studies that evaluated the success rate of primary non-surgical endodontic treatments obturated with the cold lateral compaction (control) and other obturation techniques were included. The revised Cochrane risk of bias tools for randomized trials (RoB 2) and nonrandomized studies of interventions (ROBINS-I) were used to evaluate the risk of bias. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) tool was used to evaluate the certainty of evidence. Results: Eleven studies (4 randomized clinical trials (RCTs), 4 prospective, and 3 retrospectives) were included. Two RCTs were classified as having some concerns risk of bias and 2 as a low risk of bias. Two nonrandomized studies were classified as having a critical risk of bias and 5 as having a moderate risk of bias. The GRADE analysis demonstrated a very low to moderate certainty of evidence. Conclusions: This systematic review generally evidenced no differences in the success rate of primary non-surgical endodontic treatments when the cold lateral compaction technique and other obturation techniques are performed. Further well-designed studies are still necessary.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2018

Wind induced large bending oscillation amplitudes in tall and slender telecommunication steel towers may lead to precocious fatigue cracks and consequent risk of collapse of these structures, many of them installed in rural areas alongside highways and in highly populated urban areas. Varying stress amplitudes at hot spots may be attenuated by means of passive control mechanical devices installed in the tower. This paper gives an account of both mathematical-numerical model and the technique applied to design and evaluate the performance of a double controller installed in existing towers which is composed by a nonlinear pendulum and a novel type of passive controller described herein as a planar motion disk mounted on shear springs. Results of experimental measurements carried out on two slender tubular steel towers under wind action demonstrate the efficiency of the double controllers in attenuating the towers bending oscillation amplitudes and consequent stress amplitudes extending the towers fatigue life.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2000

최선형 서비스(best effort service) 방식의 현재 인터넷은 실시간 응용의 출현과 보다 나은 서비스를 기대하는 사용자들에 의해 많은 변화가 요구되고 있다. 이러한 요구를 만족시키기 위해서 새로운 프로토콜, 트래픽 제어 및 QoS 라우팅 등에 관한 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 최근 트래픽 제어를 통해 서로 다른 수준의 서비스를 제공하는 차별화 서비스(differentiated service)모델에 관하여 많은 연구가 진행중이다. 두 가지 우선 순위를 바탕으로 사용자에게 어느 정도 예측 가능한 대역폭을 제공하는 RIO 모델은 차별화 서비스의 대표적인 모델이다. 하지만 RIO 모델에서 제공하는 대역 분배 방식은 네트워크 용량이 충분치 못한 상황에서는 서비스 차별화가 이뤄지지 않으며, 잉여 대역폭의 적절한 분배가 이뤄지지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 네트워크 상황에 따른 RIO모델의 대역 분배 성능을 분석하였으며, 이를 개선하여 보다 효과적인 서비스 차별화가 이뤄지도록 하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권4B호
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• pp.255-269
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• 2006

The differentiated services(DiffServ) architecture provides packet level service differentiation through the simple and predefined Per-Hop Behaviors(PHBs). The Assured Forwarding(AF) PHB proposed as the assured services uses the RED-in/out(RIO) approach to ensusre the expected capacity specified by the service profile. However, the AF PHB fails to give good QoS and fairness to the TCP flows. This is because OUT(out- of-profile) packet droppings at the RIO buffer are unfair and sporadic during only network congestion while the TCP's congestion control algorithm works with a different round trip time(RTT). In this paper, we propose an Adaptive Regulating Drop(ARD) marker, as a novel dropping strategy at the ingressive edge router, to improve TCP fairness in assured services without a decrease in the link utilization. To drop packets pertinently, the ARD marker adaptively changes a Temporary Permitted Rate(TPR) for aggregate TCP flows. To reduce the excessive use of greedy TCP flows by notifying droppings of their IN packets constantly to them without a decrease in the link utilization, according to the TPR, the ARD marker performs random early fair remarking and dropping of their excessive IN packets at the aggregate flow level. Thus, the throughput of a TCP flow no more depends on only the sporadic and unfair OUT packet droppings at the RIO buffer in the core router. Then, the ARD marker regulates the packet transmission rate of each TCP flow to the contract rate by increasing TCP fairness, without a decrease in the link utilization.

• 에너지공학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 LabVIEW를 활용한 임베디드 태양추적장치가 개발되었다. 이 시스템은 LabVIEW로 작성된 소프트웨어, CompactRIO, C-계열의 모션 인터페이스 모듈, 아날로그 수집 모듈(DAQ:Data Acquisition), 스텝 드라이브, 스텝 모터, 피드백디바이스 그리고 기타 부품들로 구성되어져 있다. CompactRIO는 내부에 리얼타임 프로세서를 내장하고 있으며 이는 태양추적장치가 외부 제어없이도 자동으로 작동이 가능하게 한다. 태양 추적장치의 정확도를 높이기 위하여 천문학적인 방법과 광학적인 방법을 통합하여 개발하였다. 광학적인 방법에서는 피드백디바이스가 사용되었는데 4개의 CdS를 사용하여 지속적으로 피드백 신호를 컨트롤러로 공급하여 문제 발생시에도 태양을 지속적으로 추적한다. 태양의 고도 및 방위각의 데이터베이스는 미국의 Naval Observatory의 데이터와 비교하였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2011년도 학술발표회
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• pp.431-431
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• 2011

Rio Narcea 는 스페인 북부에 위치한 Astuias 지역을 흐르는 Nalon River 의 한 지류로서 총연장 102km 유역 면적 1,135 m이며. 사행천으로 홍수 시 범람하기 쉬운 곡류천의 특성상 잦은 홍수피해를 받고 있는 지역이다. 특히 2010년 6월에는 일주일 사이에 홍수 피해가 두 번씩이나 발생함에 따라 수많은 인명피해가 발생하였고 사회 SOC 시설이 큰 타격을 입는 등 상당한 피해를 야기하였다. 이에 1D 및 2D 수리 모델링 프로그램을 이용하여 사행천에 수리특성을 분석하고, 그에 따른 홍수범람도를 작성하여 1D와 2D 모델링을 비교분석하였고 이를 이용하여 홍수 피해 방지 대책을 마련하는데 도움이 되고자 한다. 1D 모델링은 HEC-GeoRAS 및 HEC-RAS를 이용하였으며, 2D 모델링에는 IBER를 이용하였다. Arc-GIS 툴을 이용한 HEC-GeoRAS 기능을 사용하여 강의 단면을 구성하고 HEC-RAS를 이용하여 1차원 모델링을 수행하였으며, 2D 모델링에는 스페인의 CIMNE에서 개발한 2차원 수리해석 프로그램인 IBER를 사용하였는데, 이 프로그램은 부정류 해석과 난류 해석, 유사이동 및 Dam-break 등의 해석이 가능하다. 1D 및 2D 모델링의 결과 값으로 얻어진 수심 및 유속을 토대로 1D는 Arc-GIS를 이용, 2D는 IBER 프로그램 내에 기능을 이용하여 바르셀로나에서 주로 사용되는 Catalan Water Agency 기준에 의한 홍수범람도를 작성하였다. 각각의 1D 와 2D 모델링으로 작성한 홍수범람도를 비교분석해 본 결과 거의 유사하게 표현됨을 알 수 있었으며, 두 모델링 기법 모두 홈수범람도를 표현함에 있어서 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다. 대상지역의 관련 자료의 유무에 따라 구분하여 1D 혹은 2D 모델링 기법을 선택 사용할 수 있으며. 유역의 홍수발생시 인명과 재산 피해에 대비한 홍수범람 지도 및 홍수재해지도 제작에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제6권11S호
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• pp.3251-3259
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• 1999

In this paper, we present a new mechanism applying more strict priority than RIO mechanism proposed as a drop precedence policy of AF classes in differentiated services. In this mechanism, applying strict priority to drop precedence policy, we get better performance on priority level. Simulation results indicate that the proposed mechanism may provide more efficient and more strict priority transmissions as compared to RIO regardless of traffic load.