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Open AccessComparing zero-profile and conventional cage and plate in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using finite-element modeling
Conventional cage and plate (CCP) implants usually used in ACDF surgery, do have limitations such as the development of postoperative dysphagia, adjacent segment degeneration, and soft tissue injury. To reduce...
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Open AccessAnalysis of the physiological load on lumbar vertebrae in patients with osteoporosis: a finite-element study
This study aims to investigate the difference in physiological loading on the spine in three different motions (flexion–extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation) between osteoporotic and normal spines, u...
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Development of Testing Environment for Thermal Protective Clothing at Critical Conditions
This project examines the thermal protective performance of firefighters’ garment. Although this research topic has been rigorously studied to secure the safety of wearers, little information exists on the clo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Thermal Boundaries of Intumescent-Type Insulations in Cone Calorimeter Testing
Intumescent fire-retardant coatings are often tested using a cone calorimeter. During the tests, these types of specimen demonstrate anisotropic intumescences, mainly toward the spatially stationary heater. Th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Statistical-Based Anomaly Detection Method for Connected Cars in Internet of Things Environment
A connected car is the most successful thing in the era of Internet of Things (IoT). The connections between vehicles and networks grow and provide more convenience to users. However, vehicles become exposed t...
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Open AccessDoes long-term care insurance affect the length of stay in hospitals for the elderly in Korea?: a difference-in-difference method
This study examines the effects of long-term care insurance (LTCI) on the length of stay (LoS) of senior citizens under the national health insurance of Korea.
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Association of CTLA4, CD28 and ICOS gene polymorphisms with clinicopathologic characteristics of childhood IgA nephropathy in Korean population
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Chapter and Conference Paper
How Much Features in Brain-Computer Interface Are Discriminative?– Quantitative Measure by Relative Entropy
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) gives opportunities to control a computer or a machine by imagination of limb movement, which activates somatosensory motor region in a discriminative manner. As far as it has be...
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Open AccessBacteria Hunt
The multimodal, multi-paradigm brain-computer interfacing (BCI) game Bacteria Hunt was used to evaluate two aspects of BCI interaction in a gaming context. One goal was to examine the effect of feedback on the...
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Interleukin-1 cluster gene polymorphisms in childhood IgA nephropathy
We have carried out a study with the aim of investigating the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IL-1 gene cluster and childhood IgA nephropathy (IgAN). SNPs of the IL-1α, IL-1β,...
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Promoter Polymorphism (rs3755724, -55C/T) of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 4 (TIMP4) as a Risk Factor for Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Lesions in a Korean Population
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis that predominantly affects infants and young children. Tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) comprise a family of four members, of which TI...
