• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.549-557
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• 2022

Tunnel face mapping involves the determination of rock discontinuities or weak rock conditions where extra support might be required. In this study, we investigated the application of Lidar scanning and photogrammetry to quantitatively characterize discontinuities of the rock mass on the tunnel face during excavation. The 3D models of tunnel faces generated by using these methods enable accurate and automatic discontinuity measurement to overcome the limitations of manual mapping. The results of this study show that both photogrammetry and Lidar can be used to reconstruct the 3D model of the tunnel face, although the photogrammetric 3D model is less detailed than its counterpart produced by Lidar. Given acceptable accuracy and cost-effectiveness, photogrammetry can be a fast, reliable, and low-cost alternative to Lidar for acquiring 3D models and determining rock discontinuities on tunnel faces.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.129-149
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• 2022

In March 2020, the National Assembly revised the Framework Act on Cooperatives, allowing a federation of heterogeneous cooperatives, and in October 2020, the Daegu Gyeongbuk Federation of Local Food Cooperatives was launched as the first federation of heterogeneous cooperatives in the country. The local food movement, which has been promoted upward in the local community as an alternative to the existing global food system, seems to be being activated by the government's food plan policy, but critics say that the government's policy goals are not fully achieved due to the top-down policy promotion and lack of communication. In response, this study first examines the role and significance of the local food federation of heterogeneous cooperatives in solving the problems raised in the process of establishing a food plan. In addition, the current status of the federation was investigated for the successful settlement and development of the Daegu Gyeongbuk Federation of Local Food Cooperatives. A survey of affiliated cooperatives, focus group interviews with managers and experts and related literature surveys were conducted. Based on this, the direction of activities was presented, such as the role of an intermediary in Daegu and Gyeongbuk and the role of an intermediary in the public and private sectors etc. In addition, six joint project tasks were specifically presented, including an integrated information sharing system & a logistics network, a planned production system & a joint processing center, an online sales system & a co-marketing promotion, a joint education system, a management of direct stores & restaurants, a sustainable public-private cooperation system etc.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.159-165
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• 2022

Rare earth elements, which are important components of motors, are in high demand and thus constantly get more expensive. This tendency is driven by the growth of the electric vehicle market, as well as environmental issues associated with rare-earth metal manufacturing. TC 298 of the ISO manages standardization in the areas of rare-earth recycling, measurement, and sustainability. Korea, a resource-poor country, is working on international standardization projects that focus on recycling and encouraging the domestic adoption of international standards. ITU-T has previously issued recommendations regarding the recycling of rare-earth metals from e-waste. ISO TC 298 expands on the previous recommendations and standards for promoting the recycling industry. Recycling-related rare earth standards and drafts covered by ISO TC 298, as well as Korea's strategies, are reviewed and discussed in this article.

• Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

The ability to recognize human emotions by computer vision is a very important task, with many potential applications. Therefore the demand for emotion recognition using not only RGB images but also thermal images is increasing. Compared to RGB images, thermal images has the advantage of being less affected by lighting conditions but require a more sophisticated recognition method with low-resolution sources. In this paper, we propose a Divide and Conquer-based CNN training strategy to improve the performance of facial thermal image-based emotion recognition. The proposed method first trains to classify difficult-to-classify similar emotion classes into the same class group by confusion matrix analysis and then divides and solves the problem so that the emotion group classified into the same class group is recognized again as actual emotions. In experiments, the proposed method has improved accuracy in all the tests than when recognizing all the presented emotions with a single CNN model.

• Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.135-142
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• 2020

In this paper, we describe the iris localization method in RGB images. Most of the iris localization methods are developed for infrared images, thus an iris localization method in RGB images is required for various applications. The proposed method consists of four stages: i) detection of the candidate irises using circular Hough transform (CHT) from an input image, ii) detection of a pupil center based on deep learning, iii) determine the iris using the pupil center, and iv) correction of the iris region. The candidate irises are detected in the order of the number of intersections of the center point candidates after generating the Hough space, and the iris in the candidates is determined based on the detected pupil center. Also, the error due to distortion of the iris shape is corrected by finding a new boundary point based on the detected iris center. In experiments, the proposed method has an improved accuracy about 27.4% compared to the CHT method.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.127-137
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• 2022

This study examined the growth pattern and environmental factors affecting the growth of the halophyte, Suaeda japonica, which is prevalent on tidal flats in the west coast of Korea in order to calculate annual carbon production. Quantitative sampling was conducted every month for three years from 2018 to 2020 on salt marshes located on the southern coast of Ganghwa Island. In terms of annual density affected by the germination rate at first period, especially when air temperature for winter time was constantly below 0℃ for long periods of time, germination decreased and precipitation in summer also exerted an influence. In terms of annual growth with regard to length, the part below the ground grew rapidly in the beginning after budding, while the part above ground grew at a relatively steady rate at all times. With regard to biomass, the part below the ground also increased from April in a manner similar to length growth, but decreased drastically from September with leaves falling off and water loss occurring. The part above ground showed a rapid increase from the beginning of the rainy season. Size-frequency distribution revealed broader patterns after the rainy season as individual growth varied, but from September, it stopped at all year. High growth rates were recorded in the initial phase of growth after budding and growth was rapid, but growth declined in summer when biomass increased. The annual mean production based on growth rate was calculated at 352 gDWt/m²/yr, and the highest production was 519 gDWt/m²/yr in 2018, but it has decreased since 2019. Annual carbon production was at calculated 143.41 gC/m²/yr for Suaeda japonica in the vicinity of the southern coast of Ganghwa Island.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.49-55
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• 2022

In the present study, the thermodynamic evaluation of the sulfate-roasting process was conducted to extract vanadium from the Korean vanadium titano-magnetite ore. The leaching efficiency of vanadium and other impurities was analyzed for varying roasting temperatures and addition of Na₂SO₄. In the case of sulfate roasting, the roasting temperature was 200 ℃ higher than that previously observed Na₂CO₃ roasting. However, the higher leaching efficiency of vanadium and lower leaching efficiency of other impurities, such as aluminum and silicon, were observed. The high selectivity for the extraction of vanadium in sulfate roasting would result from the reaction mechanism between SO₂ gas and vanadium concentrate.

• Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.1-19
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• 2022

In the recent changes in the museum industry, one trend that can be observed is museums' attempt to expand their role scope from the collection and preservation of historically valuable materials to utilization and recreation through the introduction of the concept of an archive for museum data management and utilization. Data generated by the experience program at the university museum is expected to grow in size and increase the value of use, but there has been no area where records management for the experience program has been systematically established and operated. Therefore, this study conducted a survey on the operation status of domestic and foreign university museum experience programs and the person in charge of them. Based on the analysis of the results, it proposed a method for handling the records of the university museum experience program to systematically collect related records and manage them efficiently.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.351-356
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• 2022

In this paper, we present the regression analysis and design optimization for improving the permeability of 3D woven materials based on numerical analysis data. First, the parametric analysis model is generated with variables that define the gap sizes between each directional wire of the woven material. Then, material properties such as bulk modulus, thermal conductivity coefficient, and permeability are calculated using numerical analysis, and these material data are used in the polynomial-based regression analysis. The Pareto optimal solution is obtained between bulk modulus and permeability by using multi-objective optimization and shows their trade-off relation. In addition, gradient-based design optimization is applied to maximize the fluid permeability for 3D woven materials, and the optimal designs are obtained according to the various minimum bulk modulus constraints. Finally, the optimal solutions from regression equations are verified to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.523-523
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• 2023

하천의 특성에 따라 활착하는 식생 및 형태는 다르며, 이러한 식생분포 특성은 다시 하천 수위와 유속 등에 영향을 미친다. 이처럼 식생과 하천의 상호작용을 이해하고, 이를 하천환경을 개선하는 하천관리를 위한 정보로 도출하기 위해서는 하천에 서식하는 식생에 대한 기초 정보를 수집하고 종합할 필요가 있다. 최근 기후변화와 강수 특성의 변화로 인해 국내 하천에서는 하천 규모와 위치에 관계없이 하도내 식생이 급격하게 증가하고 있다. 하천 내 식생의 활착은 흐름저항에 영향을 줄 수 있고 이는 홍수 발생시 통수능의 감소로 인해 결과적으로 홍수 피해를 유발할 수 있다. 특히 수목 식생이 패치나 군락의 형태로 하천에 존재할 경우 적은 양으로도 흐름저항을 증가시켜 홍수피해 규모가 커질 수 있다. 따라서 식생이 흐름저항에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해서는 국내 하천에 서식하는 수변식생의 종별 특성과 패치와 군락 형태의 물리적 특성 등을 이해할 필요가 있다. 국내 하천에서는 패치나 군락 형태로 서식하는 수목 식생 중 버드나무가 우점하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한국 하천에 분포하는 버드나무속 식생을 중심으로 입지 환경 및 군집 분포에 대해 조사하고 하천과 식생의 관계를 분석한 문헌들을 중심으로 그 결과들을 살펴보고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 하천 수변에 서식하는 버드나무 5종(왕버들, 선버들, 갯버들, 키버들, 버드나무)의 수목별 특성과 버드나무속의 특징, 연도별 하천별 버드나무 데이터를 제시하였다. 버드나무속은 종에 따라 개화기, 결실기, 수고 등에서 차이를 보였으나 대체로 저수로 호안과 범람원에 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 물환경정보시스템의 수변식생 자료(2014년부터 2021년, 2015년 제외)에 따르면 환삼덩굴, 쑥, 달뿌리풀이 매년 80% 이상의 출현률을 보이며 가장 상위에 존재하였으며, 버드나무속 식생 중에서는 버드나무(Salix koreensis)가 매년 60% 이상의 출현률로 가장 드넓게 분포하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.