Manual dextrity is frequently evaluated in rehabilitation to estimate hand function. The Box and Block Test(BBT) mearsures gross manual dextrity. The first goal of this study was to verify the test-retest reliability of the BBT for 4, 5 years old children. The second goal of this reserch was to develop normative data from 35 convenient sample of normal children. The results showed the test-retest reliability was high (Pearson product moment correlation coefficients of 0.71 to 0.82).

The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity and reliability of goniometric measurement of joint motion. Subjects were 40 healthy university students. Measurements were performed by 4 inexperienced physical therapy students. Four different instruments were used and three readings were taken with each instrument in random order making a total of 12 readings for flexion of the right elbow of each subject. Goniometers used were 1. universal 2. fluid-based goniometer/inclinometer 3. digital LCD goniometer 4. electronic goniometer/torsiometer. The results were as follows: Concurrent validity was highest (r= .94) with the universal and digital LCD tools. Interrater reliability (Pearson Product Moment Correlation) was good for each tool. Interrater reliability calculated by ICC(2,1) was highest (.96) with the tensiometer and lowest (.78) with the digital LCD goniometer. Intrarater reliability calculated by ICC was excellent () for all instruments. These results show that concurrent validity, intrarater and interrater reliability are very good in the used of all four types of goniometers/inclinometer/tensiometer, even with inexperienced raters. These results confirm the almost universal reliance on hand held goniometers for joint measurement by physical therapists as being a reliable practice. Further research should be done clinically with actual patients.

This study is concerned with developing a heuristic algorithm for solving a class of ninlinear integer programs(NLIP). Exact algrithm for solving a NLIP either may not exist, or may take an unrealistically large amount of computing time. This study develops a new heuristic, the Excursion Algorithm(EA), for solving a class of NLIP's. It turns out that excursions over a bounded feasible and/or infeasible region is effective in alleviation the risks of being trapped at a lical optimum. The developed EA is applied to the redundancy optimization problems for improving the system safety, and is compared with other existing heuristic methods. We also include simulated annealing(SA) method in the comparision experiment due to ist populatrity for solving complex combinatorial problems. Computational results indicate that the proposed EA performs consistently better than the other in terms of solution quality, with moderate increase in computing time. Therefore, the proposed EA is believed to be an attractive alternative to other heuristic methods.

The purpose of this study was to examine the inter-rater reliability of the Korean translation of the GMFM(Gross Motor Function Measure). Three licensed physical therapists with varying amounts(2 - 6 years) of clinical experience served as raters. Thirty patients with cerebral palsy were subjects for this study. Subjects were 22 boys and 8 girls, aged 1 to 8 years. Reliability of each dimension and each total score of the GMGM were analyzed using ICCs(intraclass correlation coefficients). The reliability of each dimension score ranged from .76 to .98, with the walking, running, and jumping dimension having higher reliability values. The reliability of the total dimension score was .94. We conclude that the GMFM has inter-rater reliability for assessing gross motor function in patients with cerebral palsy.

This study was performed to determine the inter-rater reliability of manual tests of elbow, knee flexor, and ankle dorsiflexor muscle spasticity graded on the Modified Ashworth Scale. Two raters each independently graded the spasticity of 32 patients with intracranial lesions after moving the paretic limb passively through the available range of motion. The patients were asked to simultaneously squeeze therapeutic putty with their non-paretic hand for reinforcement. The ratings were compared by the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed-rank test and by the Kendall's coefficient of rank(tau) correlation. There was singificant correlation between two raters for spasticity at the elbow, knee flexor, and ankle dorsiflexor. The correlations of the two raters ranged from .6746 to .9308. The highest correlation was for the elbow with reinforcement and the lowest was for the knee without reinforcement. Poorer correlation was evident in the knee joint. The positive results of this study encourage the continued use of manual tests of muscle spasticity, using the Modified Ashworth Scale.

해양가이드-타워에 관하여 폭풍 발생시, 계류장치 고정말뚝의 파괴를 주안점으로 한 신뢰도해석 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 말뚝의 파괴는 최대하중에 대한 것과 반복하중에 대한 것의 두가지 조건을 고려하였다. 최대하중으로 인한 파괴확률은 최초발생확률의 산정방법을 사용하였다. 반면, 반복하중으로 인한 파괴확률은 점토층에 타설된 말뚝에 대한 피로곡선을 바탕으로하여 구하였다. 불규칙파랑에 대한 구조물의 동적해석은 비선형문제의 선형화를 통한 주파수영역 해석으로부터 효율적으로 수행되었다. 수치해석결과, 말뚝지지력의 평균 안전도가 낮고 이의 분산계수가 클수록, 반복하중으로 인한 파괴확률이 최대하중으로 인한 파괴확률과 같은 수준으로 커짐을 알 수 있었다.

구조물이 대형화되고 복잡해짐에 따라 구조물의 체계신뢰도 평가는 매우 어려워지며 많은 계산량을 요구한다. 특히 작용하중들이 시간적 변화특성을 가지거나 구조물의 파괴모드가 여러가지인 경우는 더욱 복잡하다. 구조물에 작용하는 대부분의 하중들은 그 발생강도 뿐만 아니라 발생시기, 발생빈도 등이 무작위특성을 가지므로, 이러한 시간적 변화특성을 합리적으로 반영하기 위해서는 종래의 확률변수 모형보다는 확률과정을 이용한 모형화가 바람직하다. 구조물 체계신뢰도의 근사해법으로 3계구간식 상한치를 이용한 점추정식 근사해가 제안되어졌다. 이 3계 점추정식 근사해는 현재 많이 사용되는 다른 근사해들과 비교할 때 적은 계산량의 증가에도 불구하고 정확도가 상당히 높으며 체계파괴확률 함수의 연속성이 보장된다. 상시하중과 함께 여러 일시하중이 작용할 때, 하중 조합효과를 보다 효과적으로 반영하기 위해 기존의 하중합치법을 보완하여 넓은 한계수준에서 정확도를 높였다.

목적: 본 연구는 태블릿 기반 스포츠심리측정(심리기술, 경쟁불안, 수행 프로파일)의 타당도와 신뢰도를 검증하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 방법: 서울⋅인천 및 전남지역의 중⋅고⋅대학교 7개 종목(핸드볼, 양궁, 야구, 배구, 농구, 축구, 사격)의 운동선수 113명이 지필식과 태블릿을 활용한 스포츠심리측정도구에 응답하였으며, 태블릿 기기만을 활용한 재검사에는 78명이 참여하였다. 태블릿 기반 스포츠심리측정의 타당도 검증을 위하여 지필식 검사자료를 수집하였으며, 신뢰도 검증을 위하여 태블릿 기기를 활용한 1주 간격 검사-재검사를 실시하였다. 결과: TOPS-2와 SCAT, IZOF 수행프로파일에 대한 지필식 검사와 태블릿 기반 검사의 상관관계는 대부분의 요인에 대하여 높은 정적상관이 나타나 타당도가 확보되었다. 둘째, 태블릿 기반 검사의 TOPS-2와 SCAT, IZOF 수행프로파일 요구점 수에서는 검사-재검사 결과 평균차이가 나타나지 않아 시간적 안정성 측면에서 신뢰도가 입증되었으며, 상관관계 도 높게 나타나 신뢰도의 증거로 해석되었다. IZOF 수행프로파일의 현재점수는 평균차이가 나타났지만 요인별 상관관계가 높게 나타나 시간적 안정성을 확보하였다고 판단하였다. 결론: 태블릿 기반 검사는 지필식 검사와 다 른 문항표출 방식을 지니고 있지만, 다양한 종류의 스포츠심리검사에 대하여 태블릿을 활용한 검사결과의 타당도 와 신뢰도가 확보되었다. 따라서 자료의 전산화나 준비과정의 간소화의 장점을 지닌 태블릿 기반 스포츠검사는 스포츠심리상담 현장에서 다방면으로 활용 가능함이 검증되었다.

In this study, the odor of the parts and the odor of the surrounding environment were classified and verified. In order to increase the reliability of odor quantitative/qualitative analysis, the selection criteria for 5 sensory evaluators were established, and the n-Butanol control solution for each odor intensity was periodically trained to recognize the odor intensity before sensory evaluation. In addition, although various odor thresholds have been used through several studies, verification of whether the odor intensity value obtained through GC/MSD analysis is similar to the degree to which a person directly smells and feels it. It is important to select the odor threshold that has the best correlation with the odor intensity calculated by the person smelling the odor. Finally, sampling and measuring flowing airflow and temporary odors such as odor component analysis was experimentally difficult due to limited collection space and differences in concentration of generated components. In this study, a quantitative analysis was made possible by using the low temperature concentration (cooling) trap method. Through this, it was confirmed that the correlation with the actual odor intensity was not caused by the product itself, but by the environmental factor discharged from the product after creating the odor environment.

본 연구는 철근콘크리트 단층 구조물의 구조 부재 위치에 대한 비파괴검사법을 이용한 추정 신뢰도를 알아보기 위해 기둥, 벽체, 보 및 슬래브로 구성된 실험체를 제작하고, 기존 추정식과 비교 과정에서 정확한 분석을 위해 오차율 비교와 모평균 구간 추정을 사용하여 통계적 접근을 통한 신뢰성을 분석하고자 한다. 그 결과, 초음파속도법을 이용하여 압축강도를 추정한 결과와 코어시험 결과를 비교한 전체 평균 오차 율은 18.8%, 반발경도법을 이용하여 압축강도를 추정한 결과와 코어시험 결과를 비교한 전체 평균 오차율은 20.1%가 도출되어 현장 적용성을 확인하였다. 그리고 부재별 신뢰성 부분에서 초음파속도법과 반발경도법을 이용하여 신속하고 효율적인 구조물 안전진단을 하기 위해서 각각 벽체 부재와 보 부재를 중심으로 압축강도 추정 시 신뢰도 높은 결과를 도출되는 것을 확인하였다.

최근 건축물 붕괴사고 빈도수가 증가하면서 안전진단에 대한 수요가 증가하고, 신뢰도 높은 안전진단기법에 대한 요구가 확대되고 있다. 국토교통부(2018) 자료에 따르면 노후건축물 수에 비해 안전진단관련 전문기관이 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 초음파속도법을 이용한 압축강도 추정 값과 코어 시험을 이용한 콘크리트 압축강도 측정값을 비교하여 추정오차율 비교와 신뢰도 구간 추정을 하고, 최소인원으로 신속하게 효율적인 구조물 안전진단 기법을 제안하는 것을 목표로 한다.

This research presents an method to select explanatory variables to develop deterioration models for bridges. The ranking of candidate variables are estimated using the covariance analysis between the condition ratings and inspection data. To determine the most stationary set of explanatory variables, weighting factors associated with the investigated year and ranking are introduced. Yearly inspected bridge data are classified into multiple subsets using explanatory variables and the deterioration model is developed for each. The condition ratings for individual bridges are predicted using the deterioration model. The prediction error comparison shows that the more representative and stationary explanatory variables are selected when weighing factors are considered.

For a mobile robot that travels along a terrain consisting of various geology, information on tire force and friction coefficient between ground and wheel is an important factor. In order to estimate the lateral force between ground and wheel, a lot of information about the model and the surrounding environment of the vehicle is required in conventional method. Therefore, in this paper, we are going to estimate lateral force through simple model (Minimal Argument Lateral Slip Curve, MALSC) using only minimum data with high estimation accuracy and to improve estimation reliability of the friction coefficient by using the estimated lateral force data. Simulation is carried out to analyze the correlation between the longitudinal and transverse friction coefficients and slip angles to design the simplified lateral force estimation model by analysing simulation data and to apply it to the actual field environment. In order to verify the validity of the equation, estimation results are compared with the conventional method through simulation. Also, the results of the lateral force and friction coefficient estimation are compared from both the conventional method and the proposed model through the actual robot running experiments.