• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.6
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• pp.665-672
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• 2003

This paper describes a speech synthesis technique by concatenating unit phoneme. At that time, a major problem is that discontinuity is happened from connection part between unit phonemes, especially from connection part between unit phonemes recorded by different persons. To solve the problem, this paper uses clustered diphone, and proposes a spectral smoothing technique, not only using formant trajectory and distribution characteristic of spectrum but also reflecting human's acoustic characteristic. That is, the proposed technique performs unit phoneme clustering using distribution characteristic of spectrum at connection part between unit phonemes and decides a quantity and a scope for the smoothing by considering human's acoustic characteristic at the connection part of unit phonemes, and then performs the spectral smoothing using weights calculated along a time axes at the border of two diphones. The proposed technique removes the discontinuity and minimizes the distortion which can be occurred by spectrum smoothing. For the purpose of the performance evaluation, we test on five hundred diphones which are extracted from twenty sentences recorded by five persons, and show the experimental results.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1037-1043
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• 2003

This paper describes a speech synthesis technique using a diphone as an unit phoneme. Speech synthesis is basically accomplished by concatenating unit phonemes, and it's major problem is discontinuity at the connection part between unit phonemes. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a new spectral smoothing technique which reflects not only formant trajectories but also distribution characteristics of spectrum and human's acoustic characteristics. That is, the proposed technique decides the quantity and extent of smoothing by considering human's acoustic characteristics at the connection part of unit phonemes, and then performs spectral smoothing using weights calculated along a time axis at the border of two diphones. The proposed technique reduces the discontinuity and minimizes the distortion which is caused by spectral smoothing. For the purpose of performance evaluation, we tested on five hundred diphones which are extracted from twenty sentences using ETRI Voice DB samples and individually self-recorded samples.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.418-433
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 MPEG 트래픽과 같이 셀 흐름에 주기성을 갖는 비디오 트래픽 모형에 대한 쉐이핑 정책을 제시하고, 쉐이퍼에서의 셀손실율, 셀지연, 및 완만화 효과를 분석하였다. 분석 모형으로는 이산 상태 마코프 연쇄를 사용하였으며, 예제를 통해 시뮬레이션 결과와 비교하므로서 분석모형을 검증하였다. 분석 결과 셀지연 및 완만화 효과 사이에는 서비스율의 증가에 따라 trade off가 존재함이 나타났다. 본 연구는 ATM 트래픽관리에 있어서 다중화 장치에서의 성능분석과 병행하여 쉐이퍼의 설계에 있어서 정량화된 기초자료를 제공할 수 있을 것이라 여겨진다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.39-51
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• 2004

This study aims to suggest new algorithm, named as Simoo, in order to improve spatial conflicts and vector displacement between linear features in generalization of the linear features. Main principles of Simoo algorithm is adoption of simplification and smoothening methods. Tolerance conditions used in Simoo are perpendicular length, external angle, and average vertex length. Main characteristics of Simoo are the application of scale, cartographic refinement, minimization of logical errors, and maintenance of geographical properties. The Simoo was applied through comparison to existing Douglas-Peucker algorithm. Resultantly, maintenance ratios of line such as coastal line and stream network were over 97% in both algorithms. The elimination ratio of vertex points may be more effective in Douglas-Peucker than in Simoo. Spatial conflicts between linear features may be more minimized in Simoo. The curvature and smoothening of lines become decreased in scale in application of Simoo. Finally, Simoo algorithm may be more effective than Douglas-Peucker for cartographic generalization.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.44-47
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• 1997

The change in microbial flora has been studied through dwelling house composting by the composter with double layer walls. The results are summarized as followes. 1. Mesophilic bacteria increased and decreased mildly, thermophilic bacteria showed a tendency to decrease except for spring, and the number of mesophilic bacteria and thermophilic bacteria had a tendency to increase and decrease simultaneously. 2. The number of mesophilic actinomycetes were increased at the early stage of compositing in winter, mildly decreased in spring and slightly decreased in summer, and the number of thermophilic actinomycetes were decreased at the early stage of composting. 3. The decrease in the number of mesophilic fungi was observed at the middle stage in summer, but the mild increase was observed in spring and winter. The number of thermophilic fungi was generally decreased. 4. Ammonia oxidizer and nitrite oxidizer were observed in this field composting much more than in the other composting experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.40 no.4 s.109
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• pp.441-453
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• 2005

This study aims to generalize the stream network developing algorithm of the geographic hierarchy Stream networks with hierarchy system should be spatially hierarchized in linear features. The generalization procedure of the stream networks are composed of the hierarchy of stream, selection and elimination, and algorithm. Working of stream networks is composed by the decision of direction on stream networks, ranking of stroke segments, and ordering by the strahler method, using geographic data query for controlling selection and elimination of the linear feature by scale. Improved Simoo algorithm was effective in enhancement and decreasing curvature of linear features. Resultantly, it is expected to improve generalization of features with various spatial hierarchy.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.75-84
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• 1999

This study assessed development in vitro of pronuclear(PN) stage embryos cryopreserved by the method of either vitrification or slow freezing, by using of different cryoprotectants, and equilibration and cooling rate, in rabbit. Ethyleneglycol- ficoll- sucrose(EFS) or ethyleneglycol- polyvinylpyrrolidone - galactose- (EPG-I) for vitrification, and EPG- II for slow freezing as cryoprotectant were used. The pronuclear embryos were exposed to EFS for 0 to 5 min and diluted with D-PBS and/or pre-dilution with 0.5 M sucrose. To examine the viability of frozen-thawed embryos, PN embryos were co-cultured with bovine oviductal epitherial cell(BOEC) for 5 days to hatching blastocyst stage in 39 $^{\circ}C$ 5% $CO_2$incubator. The results obtained were as follows: The dilution with 0.5 M sucrose and D-PBS after the exposure to EFS for 1.0 min resulted in no significant(P＜0.05) decrease in the development of PN embryos to hatching blastocyst(72.0%), compared with controls. The development of PN embryos cryopreserved to hatching blastocyst was not significantly (P＜0.05) different between EFS for 1.0 min(72.0%), EPG-I for 1.0 min(72.0%) and EPG-II for 30 min(66. 7%). The post-thaw development of PN embryos to hatching blastocyst was similarly very low as 6.1% and 11.5% in vitrification with EFS and slow freezing with EPG-II, respectively. The incidence of post-thaw zona-crack in PN embryos cryopreserved by slow freezing with plunging to liquid nitrogen at －35$^{\circ}C$ was signicantly(P＜0.05) higher(25.0%), compared with －85$^{\circ}C$ (1.9%). These results indicated that the rabbit PN embryos could be cryopreserved with either vitrification or slow freezing procedure, and frozen PN embryos could be successfully developed in vitro to haching blastocyst. but the post-thaw development of cryopreserved PN embryos was still very low under the present conditions.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.263-268
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• 2000

The development of single blastomeres isolated from 2-, 4- and 8-cell mouse embryos and the ability of such blastomeres to survive slow freezing were studied. Of 223, 60 and 188 single blastomeres isolated from 2-, 4- and 8-cell mouse embryos, respectively, 111 blastomeres (49.8%) from 2-cell embryos, 12 blastomeres (20.0%) from 4-cell embryos and blastomeres (16.5) from 8-cell embryos developed into blastocysts after culture for 96 hrs. The recovery rate was 54.2% (65/120), 46.4% (13/28) and 24.3% (17/70) of blastomeres derived from 2-, 4- and 8-cell embryos following freezing and thawing and the survival of frozen-thawed blastomeres was 27.1% (16/59), 36.4% (4/11) and 17.6% (3/17), and respectively. The apparently six normal fetuses were obtained from frozen-thawed blastomere from 2-cell embryos after transferring into the recipients. These results indicate that mouse btastomeres isolated from preimplatation stage embryos can survive storage in liquid nitrogen following slow freezing.

• The Optical Journal
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• v.13 no.2 s.72
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• pp.10-12
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• 2001

2000년 복사기 시장은 데이통콤, 태흥IS, 청호컴넷 등 신규업체의 진출과 디지털 신제품의 돌진이 두드러졌다. 올해는 디지털 복합기 중심의 매출 전개로 약 5~6%대로 완만하게 성장하며, 2~27매 내외의 중급기 시장을 중심으로 큰 폭의 신장이 예상되고 있다. 그러나 DIGITAL화를 위해서는 많은 사전 준비가 선행되어야 하기 때문에 복사기 시장의 리드는 여전히 ANALOGUE 중심으로 진행될 것으로 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.55-62
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 윤곽선의 다각근사화시 발생하는 오차신호를 표본화하고 표본화된 신호를 부호화하기 위한 새로운 변환을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 다각근사화시 발생하는 윤곽선의 단편들이 완만한 곡선의 형태를 갖고 양 끝점이 0이라는 특징을 고려해서 르장드르 다항식에 기반한 새로운 변환을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은, 기존의 방법인 이산여현변환, 이산정현변환 등과 변환부호화 이득면에서 비교해 볼 때 우수한 결과를 얻었다.