• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.495-500
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• 2017

In this study, we synthesized the aminoclay (AC) with magnesium ions and 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES). At the same time, propolis intercalated aminoclay (PIAC) and coptis extract intercalated aminoclay (CIAC) were synthesized by intercalating natural chemicals between clay sheets. Clay synthesis and natural chemical intercalation were confirmed through SEM, particle size analyze, FT-IR, TGA and XRD. In particular, the characterization of intercalation of natural chemicals was determined by analyzing the interlayer distance from XRD data. The antimicrobial property of PIAC and CIAC was checked by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test and increased compared with that of the pristine aminoclay (AC).

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.73-82
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• 2003

In this paper, a simultaneous buffer insertion and routing method is proposed under the constraints of wire and buffer locations by macro or IP blocks. A new grid graph is proposed to describe the regions in which buffers(or both wires and buffers) are not available. Under this grid we describe a method of constructing a buffeted tree that minimize the maximum source to sink delay. The method is based on the dynamic programming with pruning unnecessary partial solutions. The proposed method improved the slack time of the delay by 19% on the average while using less buffers and similar wire length.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.7 no.8
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• pp.1816-1822
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• 2003

We propose a novel structure of wavelength selective optical add/drop filter comprising two tap couplers and a fiber Bragg grating. The device has unique features including a simpler structure and a lower cost implementation as compared with existing device for the same operation. The filter performance has been measured and analyzed, experimentally. The implemented prototype filter shows good performance with no­crosstalk power penalty in a 155Mbps per channel wavelength­division­multiplexing transmission system but suffers from a relatively high loss of 3.5㏈ and 21㏈ for transmitted and dropped channel, respectively. While the dropped channel extinction ratio was more than 15㏈, the transmitted channel extinction ratio was more than 26㏈.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.305-311
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• 2005

Flash memory software running on cellular phones and PDAs need to be tested extensively to cope with abrupt power and media faults. For those tests, we designed and implemented a Flash memory emulator with fault injection features. The fault injection tester has provided a helpful framework for designing fault recovery schemes and also for analyzing fault damages to the FTL (Flash Translation Layer) and file system for a Flash memory based system. In this paper, we discuss Plash memory fault types and fault injection features implemented on this Flash memory emulator. We then discuss in detail a design flaw revealed during fault injection tests. Specifically, it was revealed that a scheme that was believed to improve reliability instead, turned out to be harmful. In addition, we discuss post-fault behaviors of the FTL and the file system.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.963-967
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• 1995

Ultra thin layers of NiFeCo or NiFe were inserted at the interfaces of Ni and Cu to form a multilayer structure. In case of inserting a NiFe layer, the magnetoresistance was about 6%, the saturation magnetic field was 50 Oe and the hysteresis of R-H (resistance-magnetic field) was very small. In case of inserting a NiFeCo layer, the magnetoresistance increased to about 7% but the saturation magnetic field and hysteresis were also increased. The increase of the output under biased magnetic field was much larger in case of inserting a NiFe layer because of relatively smaller hysteresis in R-H behavior.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.439-445
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of stent placement and the evaluation of tissue hyperplasia caused by bare metallic stent placement in a mouse colon model. In a pilot study, C57BL/6 mouse were used to verify diameter of colon. Mean diameter size was 4.05 mm. Twenty C57BL/6 mice were divided into two groups to assess differing stent diameters (Group A, 5 mm diameter; Group B. Group B, 4 mm diameter). Follow-up, 1-week fluoroscopic imaging, 4-week endoscopic imaging were obtained. Mice were sacrificed 4-week after stent placement. Microscopic findings were evaluated. Stent placement was technically successful except one mouse in Group A. Data from the mouse was omitted. During follow-up, five mice in Group A died within 7 days after stent placement, and one stent in Group B was migrated into the rectum. The incidence of stent-related complication was 60% and 10% between group A and Group B, respectively. Gross and Endoscopic findings showed tissue hyperplasia through the mesh, and all the stents had become incorporated into the wall of the colon. Microscopic findings were no statistically significant difference. colonic stent placement was technically feasible, and stent-induced tissue hyperplasia was evident in a mouse model. With stent large size, there was the highest incidence of colon perforation.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.368-371
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• 2012

The present study evaluated the outcome of use of thoracostomy tube tunneling technique under the latissimus dorsi muscle for the evacuation of postoperative pneumothorax induced by thoracotomy in 11 dogs. A stab incision was made through the skin and the latissimus dorsi muscle over the rib in the fifth intercostal space caudal to a surgical window. The thoracostomy tube with a Kelly hemostat was advanced into the thoracic cavity in a cranioventral direction through the sublatissimal tunnel. After tube placement, a # 1 nylon horizontal mattress suture was placed around the skin incision. The thoracostomy tube was removed after creating a negative pressure in the thoracic cavity. Dogs were monitored after surgery for pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, clinical signs including dyspnea, and tube kinking in a muscle tunnel using physical examination and postoperative radiography. There was no tube kinking in the sublatissimal tunnel in 11 dogs on introducing the tubes into the thoracic cavity. The mean (${\pm}SD$) follow-up period was $19{\pm}10$ months. On postoperative radiography, there was no evidence of pneumothorax in 11 dogs. Subcutaneous emphysema was identified around the stab incision in a dog postoperatively. The subcutaneous emphysema disappeared spontaneously within 3 days. On postoperative physical examination, there was no evidence of dyspnea in 11 dogs. Our results suggest that the sublatissimal tunneling technique for thoracostomy tube placement is effective to prevent air leakage around the thoracostomy tube while the tube remains in the thoracic cavity and along the thoracostomy tunnel after tube removal. Tunneling under the latissimus dorsi muscle should be considered the thoracostomy tube placement technique to prevent iatrogenic pneumothorax with first priority.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.9-20
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• 2000

In this paper we compare two frequency domain digital watermarking methods for digital Images, namely DCT(Discrete Cosine Transform) based and DFT(Discrete Fourier Transform) based methods. Unlike DCT coefficients, which always have real values, DFT coefficients normally have complex values Therefore, the DFT coefficients have amplitude and phase components Among them, the phase components are known to carry more Important information for the Images. So, we insert the watermark to the phase of the DFT coefficients only This DFT watermarking method is compared with the conventional DCT based watermarking method for the object-based watermarking problem. Experimental results show that the DFT-phase based method IS more robust to general Image processing attacks including resize, lossy compression(JPEG), blurring and median filtering. On the other hand, the DCT based method is more robust to the malicious attack which inserts different watermarks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.145-148
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• 2008

방송에서의 광고의 비중이 높아짐에 따라 광고 수익을 극대화하기 위한 기술의 발전이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 최근의 이러한 광고 관련 기술들을 일반적으로 Advanced Advertising 이라고 하며 그 중 시청자의 선호에 맞는 광고만을 시청자에게 제공하는 타깃광고(Targeted Advertising) 방식 등 수신기별로 특화된 광고를 제공하는 기술을 클라이언트 기반 광고 삽입 방식이라고 한다. 북미의 인터랙티브 케이블방송 규격인 OCAP(OpenCable Application Platform)은 OCAP DPI(Digital Program Insertion) 라는 명칭의 클라이언트 기반 광고 삽입 방식에 대한 북미 일부 지역에서의 시험 방송의 성공한 후 관련 규격을 OCAP1.1-I01 에 발표하기에 이르렀다. 조만간 상용화되면 OCAP DPI 를 통해 북미 케이블방송 사업자들의 광고 수익 향상에 기여할 것은 물론이고 시청자들의 만족도를 향상시킬 것이다. 이런 움직임은 케이블 진영뿐만 아니라 Open IPTV Forum, ATSC 등 IPTV 나 지상파 TV 진영에서도 이 기술에 대한 타당성 검증 및 표준화가 논의가 활발히 진행되고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문은 클라이언트 기반 광고 삽입 기술에 대해 OCAP DPI 를 구현한 경험을 바탕으로 그 원리 및 동작을 설명하고, DVR(Digital Video Recorder) 또는 PVR(Personal Video Recorder)의 주요 기능인 스토리지에 방송스트림을 저장하고 재생하는 기능을 이용하는 광고 삽입 방법에 대해 제안하며, Cable-IPTV Hybrid 의 웹 접근성을 이용하여 웹 서버에 저장되어 관리 및 운용되는 광고컨텐츠의 스트리밍을 통한 광고 삽입 방법에 대한 제안하고, 마지막으로 실제 이러한 광고 삽입 기술을 적용하는 데에 있어 발생되는 문제점들을 언급하고 그 해결에 대한 의견을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Cognitive Science Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.125-129
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• 2005

디지털 영상물에 대한 저작권을 보호하기 위해 저작권자의 고유한 영상을 기존 디지털 영상에 삽입하는 것을 워터 마킹이라고 부른다. 삽입된 워터 마크가 효과적으로 사용되기 위해서는 영상의 다양한 왜곡이나 변형에도 강건할 수 있게 그 강도가 강해야 하며, 동시에 워터 마크가 삽입된 영상의 왜곡을 식별할 수 없게 그 강도를 약하게 하여야 한다. 비가시성을 유지한 채 가능한 한 강한 워터마크를 삽입하는 것은 워터마크를 적용 하는 데 매우 중요한 문제이다. 대부분의 워터 마크 알고리듬에서 삽입될 워터 마크의 강도는 원영상과 워터마크 영상간의 물리적인 차이에 근거하여 계산된 특정 값으로 고정한 채, 이 값을 모든 영상에 동일하게 적용하고 있다. 인간의 경우 자극의 탐지는 주변 영상의 밝기나 대비 등 여러 요소에 의해 변화되므로 디지털 영상에 삽입된 워터 마크의 탐지도 영상의 특징에 따라서 변화될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 원영상으로부터 세 수준의 밝기와 세 수준의 대비를 갖는 기본 영상들을 만든 후, 기본 영상에서 탐지될 수 있는 워터 마크의 강도가 변화되는 지를 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 영상의 밝기가 밝아질수록, 대비가 커질수록 지각될 수 있는 워터 마크의 강도는 더 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 회귀분석을 통해 영상의 밝기와 대비에 근거하여 삽입될 워터 마크의 강도를 결정할 수 있는 회귀 식을 만들어 내었다. 이러한 회귀 식은 주어진 영상의 통계 치에 근거하여 워터 마크 강도를 적응적으로 변화시킬 수 있는 알고리듬을 개발하는 데 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이다.