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The Condition of England Novel Revisited: David Lodge`s Nice Work
( Sugano Motoko ) 국민대학교 어문학연구소 2011 語文學論叢 Vol.30 No.-
This essay discusses the ways in which David Lodge`s Nice Work (1988) approaches the Condition of England novel. Following the manner of preceding texts, Nice Work is set in the Industrial Year of 1986 in an industrial city called Rummidge and features the two nations rhetoric, although the narrative creates its own critical domain. However, the novel`s inclination towards the source texts is sometime criticised as self-sufficient. In order to understand the implication of such criticism, this essay aims to examine Lodge`s use of the genre in Nice Work. I will propose the following argument: Nice Work appropriates the narrative patterns and conventions of Victorian and Edwardian Condition of England novels to illustrate the difference between the times. The novel can be read not only as a criticism against the Thatcher administration, but also as a work which implicates the author`s cultural identity. Although some scholars criticise Nice Work because it does not fully explore the multicultural condition of England, Lodge`s hesitation in addressing the multicultural issue in the novel reflect his ambivalent position as a novelist who writes between the political solution and imaginative resolution to the social problems of the times.
Quasi-Synchronous CDMA Performances Using Orthogonal Cyclic Shift M-Sequences
Sugano, Kiminobu,Umehara, Daisuke,Morihiro, Yoshiteru,Kawai, Makoto 통신위성우주산업연구회 2003 Joint Conference on Satellite Communications Vol.2003 No.-
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is one of the attractive multiple access schemes for satellite data communications. In terms of chip synchronization, CDMA can be classified into asynchronous, synchronous, and quasi-synchronous (QS) CDMA. In this paper, we propose the QS-CDMA using the orthogonal cyclic shift M-sequences for satellite data communications. We investigate the number of sequences which have zero cross-correlation property each other within the prescribed chip timing errors by computer simulation and show the results. Furthermore, we show the throughput performances of the QS-CDMA with the orthogonal cyclic shift M-sequences and then compare it with that of the synchronous CDMA.
A Massively Parallel Circuit Simulator for Power Grids Analysis
Hisako SUGANO,Yuuya ISODA,Makoto YOKOTA,Ittetsu TANIGUCHI,Masaya YOSHIKAWA,Masahiro FUKUI 대한전자공학회 2009 ITC-CSCC :International Technical Conference on Ci Vol.2009 No.7
With the shrinking of patterns in VLSIs, it becomes hard to neglect those problems related to IR-drop, electro migration, and so on. It takes huge calculation time to analyze and optimize these issues. The GPU computation is one of the expected approaches, since the innovation of the GPU is much faster than the CPU. The algorithm utilizes shared memories as much as possible to reduce to total computation time. The experimental results show that it achieves 15 times fast computation than CPU with similar accuracy.
Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery and Robotic Surgery in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Nobuhiko Sugano 대한정형외과학회 2013 Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery Vol.5 No.1
Various systems of computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) were reviewed. The first clinically applied system was an active robotic system (ROBODOC), which performed femoral implant cavity preparation as programmed preoperatively. Several reports on cementless THA with ROBODOC showed better stem alignment and less variance in limb-length inequality on radiographic evaluation, less incidence of pulmonary embolic events on transesophageal cardioechogram, and less stress shielding on the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry analysis than conventional manual methods. On the other hand, some studies raise issues with active systems, including a steep learning curve, muscle and nerve damage, and technical complications, such as a procedure stop due to a bone motion during cutting, requiring re-registration and registration failure. Semi-active robotic systems, such as Acrobot and Rio, were developed for ease of surgeon acceptance. The drill bit at the tip of the robotic arm is moved by a surgeon’s hand, but it does not move outside of a milling path boundary, which is defined according to three-dimensional (3D) image-based preoperative planning. However, there are still few reports on THA with these semi-active systems. Thanks to the advancements in 3D sensor technology, navigation systems were developed. Navigation is a passive system, which does not perform any actions on patients. It only provides information and guidance to the surgeon who still uses conventional tools to perform the surgery. There are three types of navigation: computed tomography (CT)-based navigation, imageless navigation, and fluoro-navigation. CT-based navigation is the most accurate, but the preoperative planning on CT images takes time that increases cost and radiation exposure. Imageless navigation does not use CT images, but its accuracy depends on the technique of landmark pointing, and it does not take into account the individual uniqueness of the anatomy. Fluoroscopic navigation is good for trauma and spine surgeries, but its benefits are limited in the hip and knee reconstruction surgeries. Several studies have shown that the cup alignment with navigation is more precise than that of the conventional mechanical instruments, and that it is useful for optimizing limb length, range of motion, and stability. Recently, patient specific templates, based on CT images, have attracted attention and some early reports on cup placement, and resurfacing showed improved accuracy of the procedures. These various CAOS systems have pros and cons. Nonetheless, CAOS is a useful tool to help surgeons perform accurately what surgeons want to do in order to better achieve their clinical objectives. Thus, it is important that the surgeon fully understands what he or she should be trying to achieve in THA for each patient.
Should We Still Subcategorize Helicobacter pylori-Associated Dyspepsia as Functional Disease?
( Kentaro Sugano ) 대한소화기기능성질환·운동학회(구 대한소화관운동학회) 2011 Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (JNM Vol.17 No.4
Functional dyspepsia is a group of disorders featuring symptoms believed to be derived from the stomach and duodenum such as upper abdominal discomfort, pain, postprandial fullness and early satiety. A key diagnostic requisite is the absence of organic, metabolic, or systemic disorders to explain "dyspeptic symptoms." Therefore, when peptic ulcer diseases (including scars), erosive esophagitis and upper gastrointestinal malignancies are found at endoscopic examinations, the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia is excluded. One notable exception, however, is Helicobacter pylori infection. According to the Rome III definition, H. pylori infection is included in functional dyspepsia. This is an obvious deviation from the diagnostic principle of functional dyspepsia, since H. pylori infection is a definite cause of mucosal inflammation, which affects a number of important gastric physiologies such as acid secretion, gastric endocrine function and motility. The chronic persistent nature of infection also results in more dramatic mucosal changes such as atrophy or intestinal metaplasia, the presence of which in the esophagus (Barrett`s esophagus) precludes the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia. Since careful endoscopic examination can diagnose reliably H. pylori infection not only in Japan but also in Western contries, it is now feasible and more logical to exclude patients with chronic gastritis caused by H. pylori infection as having dyspeptic symptoms. It is time to establish the Asian consensus to declare that H. pylori infection should be separated from functional dyspepsia. (J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011;17:366-371)