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Investigations into a Multipurpose Dam in Tasman District-New Zealand

  • Thomas, Joseph Theodore
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.40-48
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    • 2008
  • The Waimea Basin is located on the northern tip of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a highly productive area with intense water use with multi-stakeholder interest in water. Irrigation from the underground aquifers here makes up the largest portion of used water; however the same aquifers are also the key urban and industrial sources of water. The Waimea/Wairoa Rivers are the main sources of recharge to the underlying aquifers and also feed the costal springs that highly valued by the community and iwi. Due to the location of the main rivers and springs close to the urban centre the water resource system here has high community and aesthetic values. Recent enhanced hydrological modelling work has shown the water resources in this area to be over allocated by 22% for a 1:10 year drought security for maintaining a minimalistic flow of 250 l/s in the lower Waimea River. The current irrigated land area is about 3700 hectares with an additional potential for irrigation of 1500 hectares. Further pressures are also coming on-line with significant population growth in the region. Recent droughts have resulted in significant water use cutbacks and the threat of seawater intrusion in the coastal margins. The Waimea Water Augmentation Committee (WWAC) initiated a three year stage 1 feasibility study in 2004/2005 into the viability of water storage in the upper parts of the catchment for enhancing water availability and its security of supply for consumptive, environmental, community and aesthetic benefits downstream. The project also sought to future proof water supply needs for the Waimea Plains and the surrounding areas for a 50 - 100 year planning horizon. The broad range stage 1 investigation programme has identified the Upper Lee Catchment as being suitable for a storage structure to provide the needs identified and also a possibility for some small scale hydro electricity generation as well. The stage 2 detailed feasibility investigations that are underway now (2007/2008), and to be completed in two years is to provide all details for progressing with the next stage of obtaining necessary permits for construction and commissioning a suitable dam.

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Reliable Camera Pose Estimation from a Single Frame with Applications for Virtual Object Insertion (가상 객체 합성을 위한 단일 프레임에서의 안정된 카메라 자세 추정)

  • Park, Jong-Seung;Lee, Bum-Jong
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.13B no.5 s.108
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    • pp.499-506
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    • 2006
  • This Paper describes a fast and stable camera pose estimation method for real-time augmented reality systems. From the feature tracking results of a marker on a single frame, we estimate the camera rotation matrix and the translation vector. For the camera pose estimation, we use the shape factorization method based on the scaled orthographic Projection model. In the scaled orthographic factorization method, all feature points of an object are assumed roughly at the same distance from the camera, which means the selected reference point and the object shape affect the accuracy of the estimation. This paper proposes a flexible and stable selection method for the reference point. Based on the proposed method, we implemented a video augmentation system that inserts virtual 3D objects into the input video frames. Experimental results showed that the proposed camera pose estimation method is fast and robust relative to the previous methods and it is applicable to various augmented reality applications.

Various Application of Distraction Osteogenesis in Cleft Lip and Palate related Deformities (구순구개열과 관련된 상악골 변형의 치료를 위한 골신장술의 다양한 적용예)

  • Yi Ho;Baek Seung-Hak;Lee Jong-Ho;Choi Jin-Young
    • Korean Journal of Cleft Lip And Palate
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2005
  • There ate anteroposterior$\cdot$vertical maxillary underdevelopment, transverse maxillary deficiency and wide cleft alveolus$\cdot$oroanual fistula among cleft lip ant palate related maxillary deformities. For treatment of these deformities, ones have used conventional treatment methods, there were often unsatisfactory results to patients and operators both. Since llizarov introduced effective technique of bone lengthening and augmentation for a variety of limb defotmities, application of distraction osteogenesis on maxillofacial area has been used to solve those disadvantages of conventional methods. Authors introduced following three cases about use of distraction osteogenesis. The first case is the application of RED(rigid external distraction) II system for the treatment of the anteroposterior$\cdot$vertical maxillary hypoplasia after several times of surgery and end of development in bilateral cleft lip and palate patient. The second case is the application of the USPD(unilateral segmental palatal distraction) for the resolution of the unilateral posterior crossbite and transverse dental arch asymmetry after alveolorraphy in growing unilateral cleft lip and palate patient. The third case is the application of transport distraction osteogenesis far closure of the wide clef alveolus and oroantral fistula in growing bilateral cleft lip and palate patient. There were satisfactory results in these cases. Particularly, in comparison with the decreases of relapse rates, the reduction of the hospitalization time and post-operative discomfort owing to minimal surgical intervention.

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The Effect of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2/Macroporous Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Block system on Bone Formation in Rat Calvarial Defects (백서 두개골 결손부에서 bone morphogenetic protein-2의 전달체로서 macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate-block의 골재생효과)

  • Lee, Young-Jun;Jung, Sung-Won;Chae, Gyung-Joon;Cho, Kyoo-Sung;Kim, Chang-Sung
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.37 no.sup2
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    • pp.397-407
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    • 2007
  • 골형성 유도 단백질(bone morphogenetic protein, BMP)은 성장이나, 골형성과정에서 중용한 역할을 한다고 입증되었고 그것의 운반체에 대한 연구가 이뤄져 왔다. 하지만 수직압이 존재하는 곳에서 골증대술에 적용할 수 있을 만큼 강한 공간유지능력이 있는 운반체에 대한 연구는 그리 많지 않았다. Macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate block (MBCP block)은 공간유지능력이 뛰어나며 강한 수직압을 견딜수 있는 골대체물질이다. 이 연구의 목적은 MBCP block을 골형성유도 단백질(rhBMP-2)의 운반체로 사용하여 백서 두개골 결손부에 적용하였을 때, 골 형성 효과를 평가하는 것이다. 36마리의 웅성백서에서 8mm 지름을 갖는 임계크기의 두 개부 결손을 형성하였다. 20마리씩 2개의 군으로 나누어 MBCP block만 이식한 군, MBCP block을 운반체로 사용하여 농도 0.025mg/ml rhBMP-2를 이식한 군으로 나누어 술 후 2주와 8주에 치유결과를 조직학적, 조직계측학적으로 비교 관찰 하였다. 조직계측학적 관찰 결과, rhBMP-2/MBCP block 군에서 MBCP block군에서 보다 2, 8주 모두 골밀도(bone density)가 유의성있게 증가하였다 (P<0.01). 각 군에서도 8주째가 2주째보다 골밀도가 유의성있게 증가하였다(P<0.01). 총조직 형성량 (augmented area)에서는 변화가 없었다. 이 연구 결과, 백서 두개골 결손부에서 MBCP block은 rhBMP의 운반체로 사용하였을 때 신생골 형성에 유의한 효과가 있을뿐 아니라 공간유지능력이 우수해서 수직압이 존재하는 골증대술(bone augmentation)시 rhBMP의 운반체로 가능성이 있다고 사료된다.

Animal Face Classification using Dual Deep Convolutional Neural Network

  • Khan, Rafiul Hasan;Kang, Kyung-Won;Lim, Seon-Ja;Youn, Sung-Dae;Kwon, Oh-Jun;Lee, Suk-Hwan;Kwon, Ki-Ryong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.525-538
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    • 2020
  • A practical animal face classification system that classifies animals in image and video data is considered as a pivotal topic in machine learning. In this research, we are proposing a novel method of fully connected dual Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN), which extracts and analyzes image features on a large scale. With the inclusion of the state of the art Batch Normalization layer and Exponential Linear Unit (ELU) layer, our proposed DCNN has gained the capability of analyzing a large amount of dataset as well as extracting more features than before. For this research, we have built our dataset containing ten thousand animal faces of ten animal classes and a dual DCNN. The significance of our network is that it has four sets of convolutional functions that work laterally with each other. We used a relatively small amount of batch size and a large number of iteration to mitigate overfitting during the training session. We have also used image augmentation to vary the shapes of the training images for the better learning process. The results demonstrate that, with an accuracy rate of 92.0%, the proposed DCNN outruns its counterparts while causing less computing costs.

Architecture Design for GNSS Correction Message Generating Module based on RTCM version 2.4 (RTCM 2.4 기반 GNSS 보정정보 메시지 생성 모듈의 아키텍처 설계)

  • Jang, Wonseok;Kim, Youngki;Seo, Kiyeol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.2285-2291
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    • 2015
  • At present, available positioning satellites are not only the GPS, but also GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BeiDou. However, the differential GPS, the augmentation service for increase the positioning accuracy, is follow the RTCM version 2.3 standard. So, it can service the correction information about only GPS. For solve this problem, RTCM is making the new version of RTCM message standard that can service the correction information for all of available GNSS. In South Korea, the software DGNSS RSIM system was installed at almost the whole DGNSS reference station. In this reason, that can cope with the new RTCM version 2.4 quickly. However, the DGNSS Reference Station based RSIM 1.3 can not make the GNSS's PRC simultaneously and can not support RTCM version 2.4. Thus, in this paper, the version of RTCM 2.4 is analyzed and the RTCM version 2.4 message generating module's architecture for software DGNSS reference station is designed.

Analysis of Radio Interference for Korean NDGPS Reference Station using Medium Frequency Band (중파대역을 사용하는 국내 NDGPS 기준국의 전파 간섭 분석)

  • Kim, Young-Wan;Jee, Seok-Keun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.1344-1349
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    • 2012
  • The Korean DGPS station transmits the 200 bps GPS enhancement signal using the MSK modulation in frequency range of 283.5 kHz to 325 kHz. The land-based stations of 6 sites provide the service area of 80 km with the output power of 500 W. The ocean-based stations of 11 sites provide the output power of 300 W, which provide the DGPS service to 185 kM. Some places are serviced from two or three DGPS stations. The interferences among the DGPS stations using the high power can be occurred. Also, the performances of the user terminasl in dual service area can be degraded. In this paper, the protection ratios for the DGPS service are defined. Using the MF wave propagation model, the interferences among the DGPS stations and the adjacent wireless ground stations are analyzed. Also, the performances of DGPS user terminals are analyzed in the viewpoint of interference.

The Experimental Study of the Interaction Between the Flow rind Temperature Field and a Boundary Layer Due to a Variety of tole Height of a Vortex Generator (와동 발생기 높이 변화에 대한 경계층 내의 유동장과 온도장에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Gwon, Su-In;Yang, Jang-Sik;Lee, Gi-Baek
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.82-93
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    • 2002
  • The effects of the interaction between the flow and temperature field and a boundary layer due to a variety of the height of a vortex generator are experimentally investigated. The test facility consists of a boundary-layer wind tunnel with the vortex generator protruding from the bottom surface. In order to control the strength of the longitudinal vortices, the angle of attack and the spacing distance of the vortex generator are 20 degree and 40 mm, respectively. The height of the vortex generator (H) is 15 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm and the cord length of it is 50 mm. Three-component mean velocity measurements are made using a 5-hole probe system and the surface temperature distribution is measured by the hue capturing method using thermochromatic liquid crystals. By using the method mentioned above, the following conclusions are obtained from the present experiment. The boundary layer is thinned in the downwash region where the strong downflow and the lateral outflow of the boundary layer fluid occur and thickened in the upwash re,3ion where the longitudinal vortex sweeps low momentum fluid away from the bottom surface. In case that the height of the vortex generator increases, the averaged circulation and the maximum vorticity of the vortex pair decrease. The contours of the non-dimensional temperature show the similar trends fur all the cases (H=15 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm). The peak augmentation of the distribution of the local non-dimensional temperature occurs in the downwash region near the point of minimum boundary-layer thickness.

Paradigms of the Intelligent Society : Analysis and Policy Implications (지능사회의 패러다임 변화 전망과 정책적 함의)

  • Hwang, Jong-Sung
    • Informatization Policy
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.3-18
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    • 2016
  • Radical paradigm shift is being expected due to the coming of the so-called intelligent society. In the intelligent society, things or machines are able to use intelligence for the first time in history and this will bring about fundamental changes at every corner of human society. This article analyzes views of the world in order to figure out basic directions of this paradigm shift. A dualistic view of world mediated by technology is suggested for a new world view of the intelligent society, based on comparison of a traditional dualistic view of world between human-nature and a tripartite view of world between human-machine-nature. This article summarizes paradigms of the intelligent society into four ; externalization of intelligence, productivity explosion, platform society, and self-organizing society. These new paradigms will provide lots of benefits such as intelligence augmentation, production capacity increase, and self-organizing effect. But at the same time, it will increase risks of system failure because of loss of human control on technologies. In conclusion, it is argued that human choices and efforts will decide the future of the intelligent society becuase the paradigm shift is value neutral in essence.

Heat Transfer Enhancement by the Perforated Plate of Round Impinging Air Jets (원형충돌제트에서 다공질판에 의한 열전달 향상)

  • Kim, Yun-Taek;Lee, Yeong-Min;Won, Se-Yeol;Lee, Dae-Hui
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.475-484
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the heat transfer augmentation using the perforated plate placed in front of a target plate in an axisymmetric impinging air jet system. The new liquid crystal technique using neural networks with median filtering is used to determine the Nusselt number distributions on the target surface. The experiments were made for the jet Reynolds number (Re) 23,000. The effects of the pitch-to-diameter (p/d1) from 1.5 to 2.5 in the perforated plate, the hole diameter on perforated plate (d1) from 4㎜ to 12㎜, the perforated plate to target surface distance (z/d1) from 1 to 3, and the nozzle-to-target surface distance (L/d) from 2 to 10 on the heat transfer characteristics were experimentally investigated. It was found that when the perforated plate was located between the nozzle exit and the target plate, the average heat transfer rate at the stagnation region corresponding to r/d$\leq$1.0 was increased up to the maximum 2.3 times compared to the case without the perforated plate.