• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.543-558
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• 2019

This study was carried out to apply the taxonomic characters to identify and to provide the habitat circumstances for forty one un-introduced environmentally harmful plants in the Korea which have been designated by Ministry of Environment in 2016. We investigated the dried plant specimen from several herbaria and performed field habitat survey in western coast area of United States including California, Oregon and Washington. We suggest the first result for ecological risk discussion, weed risk assessment, taxonomic characters and classification keys for 8 species with the related species - Carduus acanthoides L. (Asteraceae), Carduus tenuiflorus W. Curtis (Asteraceae), Onopordum acanthium L. (Asteraceae), Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae), Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f. (Apiaceae), Oenanthe pimpinelloides L. (Apiaceae), Ehrharta erecta Lam. (Poaceae), and Paspalum conjugatum P.J. Bergius (Poaceae).

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.160-173
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• 2021

Recently, research on the development of autonomous vehicles has increased worldwide. Moreover, a means to identify and analyze the characteristics of traffic accidents of autonomous vehicles is needed. Accordingly, traffic accident data of autonomous vehicles are being collected in California, USA. This research examined the characteristics of traffic accidents of autonomous vehicles. Primarily, traffic accident data for autonomous vehicles were analyzed, and the text data used text-embedding techniques to derive major keywords and four topics. The methodology of this study is expected to be used in the analysis of traffic accidents in autonomous vehicles.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1565-1570
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• 2019

Many possibilities of Big Data has been discussed widely for several years. And the importance of protecting personal information has been emphasized more strongly. During the process of integrating several personal information for the improvement of usability of Big Data, there are many problems occured like the likelihood of the identification of one person, the level of personal infomation used to create personalized services in the companies making and using Big Data. In this study, I summarize GDPR(General Data Protection Regulation) of EU, CCPA(California Consumer Privacy Act) of USA and domestic Big Data 3 Acts Amendment proposals. Also I discuss re-identifcation of de-identificated information, social costs of the usage agreement of personal information, possible problems in construction and combination of private and public big data, political suggestions about settlement of regulatory environment.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.668-673
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• 2020

In this work, ultrathin and two-dimensional (2D) cobalt hydroxide [Co(OH)2] nanosheets were synthesized by a sonication assisted liquid-phase exfoliation of bulk Co(OH)2. The resulting exfoliated Co(OH)2 is a hexagonal mono-layered nanosheet with a high specific surface area of 27.5 ㎡ g-1. The depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based on glycolysis reaction was also performed using an exfoliated Co(OH)2 catalyst. Excellent catalytic reaction performances were demonstrated; a high PET conversion and bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET) yield of both 100% using the nanosheet catalyst were achieved within a reaction time and temperature of 30 min and 200 ℃, respectively. The long-term stability of exfoliated Co(OH)2 catalysts was also demonstrated by recyclability tests of the catalyzed glycolysis reaction of PET over four cycles, showing both 100% of high PET conversion and BHET yield.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.61 no.1
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• pp.117-128
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• 2022

In this study, we have examined pyrethroid actions on sodium channels in the pest insect Heliothis virescens. The synthetic pyrethroid permethrin increased steady-state sodium current in H. virescens central neurons and prolonged tail currents (I_Na-tail) due to extreme slowing of sodium channel deactivation. Prolongation of I_Na-tail was evident at permethrin concentrations as low as 60 nM, which modified ~1.7% of sodium channels and 10 μM permethrin modified about 30% of channels. The average time constant (τ₁) of tail current decay was ~335 ms for permethrin-modified channels. These modified channels activated at more negative potentials and showed slower activation kinetics, and failed to inactivate. Permethrin modification of sodium channels was dramatically potentiated by the α scorpion toxin LqhαIT, showing positive cooperativity between two binding sites. The amplitude of the tail current induced by 0.3 μM permethrin was enhanced ~8-fold by LqhαIT (200 pM). Positive cooperativity was also observed between permethrin and the insect-specific scorpion toxin AaIT as 10 nM permethrin potentiated the shift of voltage dependence caused by AaIT (~2-fold).

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.233-242
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• 2023

The unscented Kalman filter (UKF), which is widely used to estimate the states of nonlinear dynamic systems, can be improved to realize robust system identification by using multiple sigma-point sets. When using Kalman filter methods for system identification, artificial noises must be appropriately selected to achieve optimal estimation performance. Additionally, an appropriate scaling factor for the sigma-points must be selected to capture the nonlinearity of the state-space model. This study entailed the use of Bouc-Wen hysteresis model to examine the nonlinear behavior of a single-degree-of-freedom oscillator. On the basis of the effects of the selected artificial noises and scaling factor, a new UKF method using multiple sigma-point sets was devised for improved robustness of the estimation over various signal-to-noise-ratio values. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can accurately track nonlinear system states even when the measurement noise levels are high, while being robust to the selection of artificial noise levels.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.348-348
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• 2023

최근 전세계 곳곳에서는 다양한 유형의 물 관련 복합재해가 발생하고 있다. 일례로 미국 캘리포니아 지역은 2014년부터 2017년까지 극심한 가뭄에 시달리다가 대기강(atmospheric river)의 영향으로 인하여 대규모의 홍수가 잇달아 발생하였다. 유럽에서는 2021년 전례 없는 홍수 직후 500년 빈도의 가뭄이 발생하면서 심각한 인명 및 재산피해가 발생하였다. 짧은 시간 동안 양극단의수재해가 연속적으로 발생하거나, 가뭄과 폭염, 홍수와 산사태의 결합, 또는 동시에 여러 지역에서 홍수나 가뭄이 발생하는 현상 등도 복합재해에 해당한다. 즉, 복합재해는 서로 다른 특성의 독립적인 수재해가 결합되어 나타나는 재해의 한 형태로써, 발생 빈도는 적으나 유발되는 피해는 매우 크다. 더욱이 복합재해는 미래에 더욱 빈번하게, 극심하게 발생할 것으로 예상되고 있다. Single Model Initial-condition Large Ensemble (SMILE)은 복합재해의 분석에 적합한 자료로 최근 활용사례가 증가하고 있다. 기존의 기후변화 관련 연구는 여러 기후모델에서 생산한 단일 모의자료를 앙상블의 형태로 이용하여 기후요소 및 기후재해의 미래 전망이나 거동을 분석하는 과정에 기반해왔다. 이 기후모델 앙상블은 모델 간 불확실성은 고려할 수 있으나 기온 상승 시나리오의 불확실성 및 기후 시스템 내부의 변동성은 고려하지 못하는 한계가 있다. 이에 미국의 National Center for Atmospheric Research에서는 자연 자체의 변동에 의한 불확실성을 모의할 수 있는 SMILE을 개발하였다. SMILE은 단일 기후모델에서 N개의 다중 모의자료 앙상블을 출력한다. 기존의 기후모델과 유사한 과정으로 모의를 수행하되, 미세한 섭동을 부여함으로써 자연적으로 발생하는 기후시스템 내부의 변동성을 고려한다. 이러한 실험 설정은 카오스 이론에 근거한다. 여러 기후모델에 대해 SMILE 기반 모의를 수행하면 앙상블의 앙상블 개념(large ensemble)이므로 방대한 양의 기후모의 자료가 확보되어 다양한 목적의 연구에 활용할 수 있다. SMILE은 기존의 다중 기후모델 앙상블이 고려할 수 없었던 종류의 불확실성을 추가적으로 고려함으로써 인간의 활동과 자연적 변동성이 복합재해에 미치는 상대적 영향을 정량적으로 평가할 수 있게 한다. 복합재해 연구에 필수적인 표본 수 부족의 한계를 극복할 수 있기 때문에 최근 기후변화 및 수자원 관련 연구에서 적극적으로 활용되고 있다. 또한, 미래 기후를 모의하기 때문에 복합재해 발생의 특성 및 거동을 전망할 수 있고, 충분한 수의 표본은 통계분석 결과에 신뢰성을 부여할 수 있다. 이러한 SMILE의 장점은 향후 더욱 다양한 연구의 기회를 제공할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.98-105
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• 2023

This paper studies the effects of global climate change on Gyeonggi Bay and appropriate adaptation strategies. Located along the west coast of Korea, Gyeonggi Bay is renowned as one of the five most important global tidal flats (wetlands). Due to climate change in Gyeonggi Bay, the water temperature is predicted to increase by 1.44 ℃ by the year 2100, the salinity to decrease by 1.1 PSU, the sea level to rise by 35.2 cm, and approximately 150.5 km² of the coast to be submerged due to the rising sea levels. Adaptation strategies to combat negative impacts of climate change on the ecological environment of Gyeonggi Bay include 1) supporting the self-adaptation capability of Gyeonggi Bay's natural environment to be sustainable, and 2) protecting lowlands adjacent to tidal flats and low-lying areas of the coast against human involvement to reserve more space for upslope shifts of biota with rising sea levels.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.163-185
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• 2016

The impact of global trade on developing countries is a critical subject. Especially in this country, under difficult conditions like political issues with North Korea, achieved a trade surplus of 90.2 billion dollars last year. While the service trade recorded a deficit of 15.7 billion dollars in the same period. According to WTO, services are either the result of a production activity that changes the conditions of the consuming units (transformation services), or facilitates the exchange of products or financial assets (margin services). To unify and compare with the trade and service statistics of countries, they assorted 12 classifications of services like Manufacturing service on physical inputs owned by others, Maintenance and repair service n.i.e., Transport, Travel, Construction, Insurance and pension service, Financial service, Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e., Telecommunications, Computer and information services, Other business services, Personal, cultural and recreational services, and Government goods and services n.i.e. Thus, this study is to estimate the international competitiveness of service trade between 2006 and 2015 in Republic of Korea, according to EBOPS 6th. As a result, total service volume of export and import has increased in the last 10 years. Its volume, recently, accounts for 22% of total goods trade. Also the Korean Government can make a supporting policy and decide a supporting business in terms of service trade. Finally, we can find a mutual connectivity within 12 service businesses and between Service and Goods.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.17-34
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• 2022

This paper develops a model for dynamic station assignment to optimize the Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) operation. In the process of optimization, we use the bus travel time as a variable for DRT management. In addition, walking time, waiting time, and delay due to detour to take other passengers (detour time) are added as optimization variables and entered for each DRT passenger. Based on a network around Anaheim, California, reserved origins and destinations of passengers are assigned to each demand responsive bus, using K-means clustering. We create a model for selecting the dynamic station and bus route and use Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-III to analyze seven scenarios composed combination of the variables. The result of the study concluded that if the DRT operation is optimized for the DRT management, then the bus travel time and waiting time should be considered in the optimization. Moreover, it was concluded that the bus travel time, walking time, and detour time are required for the passenger.