• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2023

In urban areas it can be difficult to utilize global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) due to signal reflections and blockages. It is thus crucial to detect reflected or blocked signals because they lead to significant degradation of GNSS positioning accuracy. In a previous study, a classifier for global positioning system (GPS) signal reception conditions was developed using three features and the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. However, this classifier had limitations in its classification performance. Therefore, in this study, we developed an improved machine learning based method of classifying GPS signal reception conditions by including an additional feature with the existing features. Furthermore, we applied various machine learning classification algorithms. As a result, when tested with datasets collected in different environments than the training environment, the classification accuracy improved by nine percentage points compared to the existing method, reaching up to 58%.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1333-1339
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• 2014

As the demand for petroleum resources increases, and oilfields on lands and in shallow-sea become exhausted, the areas for oil production are expanding to the deep sea and therefore technologies for flow assurance are coming into the highlight. In low temperature environment such as the deep sea, wax is accumulated and prevents stable oil production. Therefore, the development of flow assurance technologies is required. Wax is precipitated in crystalline form when the oil temperature decreases below the wax appearance temperature; it then accumulates on the inner walls of pipelines causing blockages. In particular, in subsea pipelines, which have a large surface contact area with the surrounding seawater, wax deposition problems are frequent. The internal tubular coating can effectively reduce wax deposition without pausing oil production when the coating is appropriately designed. This study carried out wax deposition tests on a number of internal tubular coatings under single flow conditions. The results were analyzed for the effects that the physical properties of the coatings had on wax deposition.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.227-239
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• 2015

The thermal, mechanical, and neutronic performance of the metal alloy fast reactor fuel design complements the safety advantages of the liquid metal cooling and the pool-type primary system. Together, these features provide large safety margins in both normal operating modes and for a wide range of postulated accidents. In particular, they maximize the measures of safety associated with inherent reactor response to unprotected, doublefault accidents, and to minimize risk to the public and plant investment. High thermal conductivity and high gap conductance play the most significant role in safety advantages of the metallic fuel, resulting in a flatter radial temperature profile within the pin and much lower normal operation and transient temperatures in comparison to oxide fuel. Despite the big difference in melting point, both oxide and metal fuels have a relatively similar margin to melting during postulated accidents. When the metal fuel cladding fails, it typically occurs below the coolant boiling point and the damaged fuel pins remain coolable. Metal fuel is compatible with sodium coolant, eliminating the potential of energetic fuel-coolant reactions and flow blockages. All these, and the low retained heat leading to a longer grace period for operator action, are significant contributing factors to the inherently benign response of metallic fuel to postulated accidents. This paper summarizes the past analytical and experimental results obtained in past sodium-cooled fast reactor safety programs in the United States, and presents an overview of fuel safety performance as observed in laboratory and in-pile tests.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

Background: Workflow interruptions during surgery may cause a threat to patient's safety. Workflow interruptions were tested to predict failure in action regulation that in turn predicts near-accidents in surgery and related health care. Methods: One-hundred-and-thirty-three theater nurses and physicians from eight Swiss hospitals participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The study participation rate was 43%. Results: Structural equation modeling confirmed an indirect path from workflow interruptions through cognitive failure in action regulation on near-accidents (p < 0.05). The indirect path was stronger for workflow interruptions by malfunctions and task organizational blockages compared with workflow interruptions that were caused by persons. The indirect path remained meaningful when individual differences in conscientiousness and compliance with safety regulations were controlled. Conclusion: Task interruptions caused by malfunction and organizational constraints are likely to trigger errors in surgery. Work redesign is recommended to reduce workflow interruptions by malfunction and regulatory constraints.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.107-118
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• 2019

This paper deals with actual optical data from rural as well as urban areas in a nationwide study captured with Fisheye cameras. Simultaneously data was collected (of the receiving power density) from the mobile communications satellite N-STAR. The visibility of the satellite is easily determined by checking the value of the pixels in the binarized fisheye image of its position. The process of determining the visible satellite is automatically performed. Based on the analyses of the field data measured in Japan, we are expecting HEOs (Highly inclined Elliptical Orbiters) that would reduce blockage in the extreme northern region of Wakkanai City well as in the most crowded urban area, in Tokyo Ginza. In case of HEOs operation, the elevation angle will improve from 37 with N-STAR GEO to 75 degrees. HEOs could replace 5G/Ka-band or support in rural areas where broadband circuit is not available. We are proposing combination operations with HEOs and 5G/Ka-band to solve blockage problems, because HEOs can keep line-of-sight propagation with high elevation angle for long duration. In such operations, the communications profile on the vehicle based on actual optical data will be very useful to predict blockages and to select/switch a suitable circuit.

• 대한한의학원전학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.97-128
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• 2023

Objectives : This study aims to examine the efficacy and application of Cannabis according to its parts. Methods : Contents on efficacy, treatment, and application of Cannabis in Material Medica and other texts of East Asian Medicine were collected and interpreted to deduce each characteristic. Results : Cannabis was found to be applicable to various wind symptoms and wind stroke, various pain and injuries, skin diseases, blockage or leaking of urine or feces, disease related to genitalia and anus, chronic ague, women's disease related to menstruation, birth, pregnancy, and to have the effects of heightening perceptive and sensory organs, detoxification and anesthesia, stimulating hair growth, and eradicating parasites. It drives out wind-heat pathogenic qi, circulates qi and blood, which allowed it to be applied not only to blockages but to symptoms of leakage. In other words, Cannabis was used when both excess and deficiency diseases were present, the former caused by acute blockage and the latter accompanied by stagnation. Conclusions : Based on the findings of this study, future researches on the efficacy and application of Cannabis could be done more systematically. In line with recent trend of wide application of medical Cannabis, we hope for it to be more actively used in the field of East Asian Medicine based on objective evidence.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2013

최근 의료영상을 이용한 질병 진단법에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 관절경화증은 경동맥의 동맥을 좁게 하여 뇌로 들어가는 혈류의 일부 또는 전체를 차단하는 원인이 된다. 뇌로 흘러가는 혈류가 차단되는 경우 심각한 뇌졸중을 야기하기도 한다. 만일 초기에 경동맥 플라크를 발견하고 이를 치료하면 심각한 뇌졸중을 예방할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 경동맥의 동맥 초음파 영상에서 경동맥 플라크를 쉽게 발견하기 위한 능동적 윤곽선 추출기법에 기반을 둔 자동 분할기법을 제안한다. 실험에서 사용되는 초음파 영상은 자동 분할기법을 적용하기 전에 적절히 정렬되어있다고 가정한다. 경동맥의 동맥 초음파 영상에 대하여 스네이크 모델을 이용하여 자동분할 방법과 수동분할 방법을 질적 비교한 결과 제안된 방법이 성공적으로 적용되었음을 보여준다. 실험결과 제안된 방법은 방사선사들이 플라크를 쉽게 찾는데 도움을 줄 수 있는 자동화 방법이 될 것으로 예상된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.581-587
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 기존의 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BDO) 탈수 반응시스템의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 새로운 반응 시스템이 제안되었다. 대기압 근처에서 2,3-BDO 반응물을 반응온도 360 ℃ 까지 올리기 위해서, 상용공정에서 일반적으로 사용되는 용광로를 사용하게 되면 반응 시스템이 적절히 작동할 수 없다는 것이 확인되었다. 그것은 2,3-BDO 올리고머로 고려되는 물질 때문이다. 그것은 용광로 튜브 안의 막힘, 폭발과 같은 안전 문제 뿐 아니라 반응 시스템의 유지보수의 어려운 문제점을 일으킬 수 있다. 그러한 문제점을 해결하기 위한 방법은 용광로를 대신해 감압운전 하에서 고압스팀을 사용하는 열교환기를 사용해서 반응물의 온도를 낮추고 반응 온도를 낮추는 것이다. 반응 속도론을 사용하여, 반응기의 성능이 감압운전과 더 낮은 온도, 330 ℃에서 크게 다르지 않다는 것을 보였다. 이 결과는 왜 새로운 반응 시스템이 제안되었는지를 설명한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권10C호
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• pp.921-926
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• 2006

초광대역(UWB) 시스템은 높은 시간분해능으로 인해 복잡한 다중경로 환경에서도 정밀한 위치추적을 가능하게 한다. 그러나 송수신 채널에 존재할 수 있는 장애물로 인해서 정밀한 위치추적 성능이 저하될 수 있다. 첫째로 장애물은 다중경로의 구조를 복잡하게 만들어 직선경로 신호 성분의 도착시간 추정을 어렵게 만든다. 둘째로 전파시간에 초과시간지연을 초래하여 거리추정의 정확도를 저하시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 광선추적법을 사용하여 두번째 원인에 의해 발생하는 거리추정 오차를 줄이는 기법을 소개한다. 이를 위하여 통계적인 접근방식과 지도를 이용한 위치인식기법을 사용하였다. 통계적인 접근방식에서는 매질에 의해서 발생하는 초과시간지연들의 분포를 광선추적법을 사용하여 구하고, 이에 근거하여 오차의 하계를 구하였다. 또한 건물의 도면을 이용한 위치인식 방법에도 광선추적 법을 사용하였으며, 그 성능을 사무실 환경에서 측정된 데이터를 사용하여 검증하였다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.83-88
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• 2004

In this study, the flow and thermal performance of the heat sink and fan-sink were experimentally studied to predict the operating condition of the fan-sink. The experiments of the flow and thermal resistance of the heat sink with various inlet blockage, which were occurred by the shapes of the axial fans, were conducted for the proof of the effects of the inlet blockages. The greater the inlet blockage of the heat sink, the higher the pressure drop and lower the thermal resistance of the heat sink will be. The operating point of the fan-sink was predicted by the pressure drop curve with the inlet blockage, which was corresponded to the selected fan and the fan performance curve, and verified by the performance test of the fan-sink. The predicted operating point of the fan-sink had good agreement with the result of the performance test of the fan-sink within $0.7\%$ of the volume flow rates. Measured thermal resistance of the fan-sink was equivalent to that of the heat sink with the same inlet blockage of the fan-sink. It was shown that the heat transfer characteristics of the heat sink were influenced by the flow interaction between the selected fan and the heat sink. To improve the thermal resistance of the heat sink, it is necessary to consider appropriate flow patterns of the fan outlet entering into the heat sink.