• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.65-69
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• 1999

합성단위, 합성기, 합성방식 등에 따라 여러 가지 다양한 음성합성시스템이 있으나 순수한 법칙합성 시스템이 아니고 기본 합성단위를 연결하여 합성음을 발생시키는 연결합성 시스템은 연결단위사이의 매끄러운 합성계수의 변화를 구현하지 못해 자연감이 떨어지는 실정이다. 자연음에 존재하는 운율법칙을 정확히 구현하면 합성음의 자연감을 높일 수 있으나 존재하는 모든 운율법칙을 추출하기 위해서는 방대한 분량의 언어자료 구축이 필요하다. 일반 의미 문장으로부터 운율법칙을 추출하는 것이 바람직하겠으나, 모든 운율 현상이 포함된 언어자료는 그 문장 수가 극히 방대하여 처리하기 힘들기 때문에 가능하면 문장 수를 줄이면서 다양한 운율 현상을 포함하는 문장 군을 구축하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 음성학적으로 균형 잡힌 고립단어 412 단어를 기반으로 의미문장들을 만들었다. 이들 단어를 각 그룹으로 구분하여 각 그룹에서 추출한 단어들을 조합시켜 의미 문장을 만들도록 하였다. 의미 문장을 만들기 위해 단어 목록에 없는 단어를 첨가하였다. 단어의 문장 내에서의 상대위치에 따른 운율 변화를 살펴보기위해 각 문장의 변형을 만들어 언어자료에 포함시켰다. 자연감을 높이기 위해 구축된 언어자료를 바탕으로 음성데이타베이스를 작성하여 운율분석을 통해 신경망을 훈련시키기 위한 목표패턴을 작성하였다 문장의 음소열을 입력으로 하고 특정음소의 운율정보를 발생시키는 신경망을 구성하여 언어자료를 기반으로 작성한 목표패턴을 이용해 신경망을 훈련시켰다. 신경망의 입력패턴은 문장의 음소열 중 11개 음소열로 구성된다. 이 중 가운데 음소의 운율정보가 출력으로 나타난다. 분절요인에 의한 영향을 고려해주기 위해 전후 5음소를 동시에 입력시키고 문장내에서의 구문론적인 영향을 고려해주기 위해 해당 음소의 문장내에서의 위치, 운율구에 관한 정보등을 신경망의 입력 패턴으로 구성하였다. 특정화자로 하여금 언어자료를 발성하게 한 음성시료의 운율정보를 추출하여 신경망을 훈련시킨 결과 자연음의 운율과 유사한 합성음의 운율을 발생시켰다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.60-67
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• 2008

At present, RFID system is highly welcomed as a substitute system with its bar code recognition system and self recognition equipment. Consequently, the system has multi applications and can be complementing to its security. In particular, RFID system is significantly related with electronic transaction equipments : transportation card, ID card in check point, attendance sheet. Based upon these characteristic, the system is becoming extremely popular in the field of logistics, harbor and stock management, animal control and product circulation & distribution. In this dissertation, I would like to present a more efficient and stable remote entry control system with the network-based TCP/IP. It is a simple example of ubiquitous computing function. Above all, approved protocol system should be applied to the remote entry control function. Its efficient function with the applied approval protocol based-remote entry control system should be confirmed. Therefore, a preliminary test should be prerequisite in automatic entrance function with the embedded and TCP/IP-based RFID system.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.25-31
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• 2008

It is important for users to be confirming in e-Leaning system, because legitimate learner should be joined to the system for teaming and testing Thus, most system for authentication was verified using id and password with learner's id and password. In this case, It can be easy for hackers to steal learner's id and password. In addition, soma learner gets another to sit for the examination for one with another person id and password. For the solution like this problem it needs a biometrics authentication for complement. This method is required so much extra cost as well as are an unwanted concern. Therefore, we proposed keystroke technique to decide which learners are righteous or unlawful in this paper. In addition, we applied statistics and neural network for the performance of keystroke system. As a result, the performance of FAR and FRR in keystroke authentication was increased by proposed method.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 1988

This present study has been carried out to examine the correlation between the distribution of the coliform bacterial plasmids and the viability test against heavy metals in the upper stream of Han river(Gapyung; clean water) and the its basin (Anyang Cheon; polluted water). And the distribution of plasmids were examined to be used as trophic indicator for analysis between the clean and polluted waters. 1. A total of 110 isolates were analyzed for the presence of plasmids by means of the boiling method and agarose gel techniques. Plasmids were significantly more frequent in the strains which had been isolated from the clean water (14.3%). Also, there were much higher multiplicity of plasmids at the polluted water(41.0%), compared with the clean water (33.0%). By the comparision between molecular weight of bacterial plasmids in the clean water and those of polluted water, there were no significant differences of the clean water from the polluted water, to such extent as 30.0%, 28.6%, respectively, in frequency for occurrence of high molecular weight plasmids iver 35.8% Mdal. 2. Each isolate was carried out the resistance test for mercury(10-5M), nickel(10-3M) and arsenic (0.1%). At the polluted site, the survival ability of the plasmid-carrying straings(Hg, 31.0%l Ni, 5.7%; As, 65.7%) was higher than that of the non plasmid-carrying strains(Hg, 12.1%; Ni, 3.0%; As, 54.6%). This trend was more remarkable in the clean site (plasmid-carrying strains: 16.7%,-,-). As a result it is suggested that plasmids could be used as an indicator of a certain types of water pollution. In addition, heavy metals might have inflyenced, some extent, to the distribution of plasmids in the environment which has been surveyed in the present study.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.161-170
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• 2008

Recently irregular dark-colored patches were found on the Kentucky teeing ground in a golf course in Gyunggi providence. Interestingly, blue-green algae from the leaf tissue sample containing black spot-stained symptoms were largely observed through microscopic study. In general, algae present on the upper soil surface or in the upper layer of root zone form dark brown layers of scum or crust, which invoked harmful effects to turf growth such as poor drainage, inhibition of new root development. In this observation, unlike the algae were sometime found in senescing leaves on contacted soil in July and August, the blue-green algae were detected within black spot-stained Kentucky bluegrass leaf tissues including leaf blade, ligule, auriclea as well as leaf sheath. The blue-green algae were also detected on the leaf and stem tissue adjacent to the symptomatic leaf tissues. Two species of blue-green algae, Phomidium and Oscillatoria, were greatly observed. Oscillatoria species was more commonly notified in all samples. In addition, the two species were found on a putting green showing yellow spot disease at another golf course in Gyunggi providence. The data from chemical control assay revealed that chemicals such as propiconazole, iprodione, and azoxystrobin decreased blue-green algae population and leaf spots, which finally resulted in enhanced leaf quality. All taken together, we strongly suggested that the disease-like phenomenon by blue-green algae might be very closely mediated with infection/translocation process in relation with turfgrass. It indicates that blue-green algae in turf management may play an adverse role as a secondary barrier as well as a pathogenic agent. This report may be helpful for superintendents to recognize and understand the fact that algae control should be provided more cautiously and seriously than we did previously in upcoming golf course management.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2010

Nowadays, most hospitals have been used to create MRI or CT and managed them. Doctors depend on fast access to images such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs), computerized tomography (CT) scans, and X-rays for accurate diagnoses. Those image data are related privacy of a patient. Therefore, it should be protected from hackers and managed perfectly. In this paper, we propose a data hiding method into MRI or CT related a condition and intervention of a patient, and it is suggested that how to authenticate patient information from an image. In this way, we create hash code using HMAC with patient information, and hash code and patient information is hided into an image. After then, doctor will check authentication using HMAC. In addition, we use a reversible data hiding DE(Difference Expansion) algorithm to hide patient information. This technique is possible to reconstruct the original image with stego image. Therefore, doctor can easily be possible to check condition of a patient. As a consequence of an experiment with MRI image, data hiding, extraction and reconstruct is shown compact performance.

• Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

We have synthesized $^{99m}$Tc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3)-biocytin as a new imaging agent for hepatobiliary scintigraphy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of $^{99m}$Tc-MAG3-biocytin scintigraphy in differentiating carbon tetrachloride ( $CCl_4$)-induced hepatotoxicity from $\alpha$-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT)-induced cholestasis in mice, which reflecting the differential diagnosis of neonatal jaundice caused by neonatal hepatitis from congenital biliary atresia in humans. Methods: Balb/c mice (female, 20 g, n=4-6) were pretreated with $CCl_4$(0.5 or $1.0m\ell$/kg) and ANIT ($150 or 300 m\ell$/kg) 18 h before scintigraphy. Biochemical and histopathological examinations showed a pattern of typical acute hepatitis (increase of transaminases and hepatocellular necnsis) in $CCl_4$-treated mice and cholestasis (increase of alkaline phosphatase and ${\gamma}$-glutamyltransferase, and biliary hyperplasia) in ANIT-treated mice, respectively, Mice were fasted at least 4 hr prior to the intravenous injection of $^{99m}$Tc-MAG3-biocytin (18.5 MBq/20$\mu\textrm{g}$) in 2% human serum albumin in saline. Scintigraphy was performed with a ${\gamma}$-camera equipped with a 1-mm diameter pin-hole collimator for 30 min and images were acquired every 15 s. We compared the values of physical parameters, such as peak liver/heart ratio ($${\gamma}$_{max}$) and peak ratio time ($t_{max}$) far $^{99m}$Tc-MAG3-biocytin scintigraphy. Results: Scintigraphic parameters of the $CCl_4$-pretreated (0.5 $m\ell$/kg) group showed a 81.9% decrease of r$_{max}$, and 42.2% decrease of $t_{max}$, whereas the ANIT-pretreated ( $150m\ell$/kg) group showed a 53% decrease of $r_{max}$, and 2.36-fold increase of $t_{max}$, (P<0.05). These results demonstrate that the decrease of $r_{max}$ and the shortening of $t_{max}$ are characteristic features for hepatotoxicity, in contrast to the increase of $t_{max}$ and decrease of $r_{max}$ for biliary hyperplasia. Conclusion: $^{99m}$Tc-MAG3-biocytin hepatobiliary scintigraphy can distinguish hepatitis from cholestasis in mice model and may be similarly useful in humans which differentiating the cause of neonatal jaundice in clinical study.cal study.cal study.cal study.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.396-401
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• 2000

The effect of gamma-irradiation on quality changes of Samjang, Korean traditional seasoned soy paste, was studied. Samjang was prepared, irradiated at 0, 2.5, 5, 10 kGy, and then stored at $25^{\circ}C$ and $37^{\circ}C$, respectively. Non-irradiated control, sample 2%- ethanol added and sample heated at $80^{\circ}C$ for 30 min were prepared with the same conditions to be compared. The results showed that yeasts were completely eliminated by gamma-irradiation with dose at 2.5 kGy or more, and total bacteria decreased by 5 log cycles with doses at 10 kGy, showing a significant decrease during storage. The gamma irradiation treatment showed repressive effect on the swelling by gas production and browning formation of Samjang during storage. Also, the indicators of enzyme activity, such as amino nitrogen, protease activity and pH change in the gamma irradiation treatment were more stable than control. The sensory evaluations showed that irradiated samples were more acceptable. Therefore, it was considered that gamma irradiation was effective for processing Samjang and for maintaining better quality during subsequent storage.