• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.110-113
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• 2024

Numerous studies have indicated that organic fertilizers (OFer) might contain heavy metals (HMs) that present health risks to organic farmers (OFar). This study compared the concentrations of six HMs (Zn, Ni, Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr) in the blood of two distinct groups of farmers: 30 OFar from a designated organic area in eastern Taiwan, and 74 conventional farmers (CFar) from neighboring non-organic designated regions. The findings revealed that the OFar exhibited higher levels of Zn (1202.70 ± 188.74 ㎍/L), Cr (0.20 ± 0.09 ㎍/L), and Ni (2.14 ± 1.48 ㎍/L) in their blood compared to the CFar (988.40 ± 163.16 ㎍/L, 0.18 ± 0.15 ㎍/L, and 0.77 ± 1.23 ㎍/L), respectively. The disparities in Zn, Cr, and Ni levels were measured at 214.3 ㎍/L, 0.02 ㎍/L, and 1.37 ㎍/L, respectively. Furthermore, among the OFar, those who utilized green manures (GM) displayed significantly elevated blood levels of Zn (1279.93 ± 156.30 ㎍/L), Cr (0.24 ± 0.11 ㎍/L), and Ni (1.94 ± 1.38 ㎍/L) compared to individuals who exclusively employed chemical fertilizers (CFer) (975.42 ± 165.35 ㎍/L, 0.19 ± 0.16 ㎍/L, and 0.74 ± 1.20 ㎍/L), respectively. The differences in Zn, Cr, and Ni levels were measured at 304.51 ㎍/L, 0.05 ㎍/L, and 1.20 ㎍/L, respectively. As a result, OFar should be careful in choosing OFer and avoid those that may have heavy metal contamination.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2003

To improve the detection performance of surveillance radars with polarization diversity, we developed an adaptive polarimetric processor and compared it with other polarimetric processors. We derived our adaptive polarimetric processor, called the polarization discontinuity detector (PDD), from the generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) test principle for the unspecified target component. We derived closed-form expressions of its probabilities of detection and false alarm, and compared its performance to that of the adaptive polarization canceller (APC) and Kelly's GLR processor. The PDD had a performance similar to Kelly's GLR in Gaussian clutter, and both the PDD and Kelly's GLR, which have embedded constant false alarm rates (CFARs), outperformed the APC, especially when the target polarization state was close to the clutter's polarization state. The important difference is that the PDD is much simpler than Kelly's GLR for hardware/software implementation, because the PDD does not require a costly two-parameter filter bank to cover the unknown target polarization state as Kelly's GLR does.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.252-255
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• 2000

In this paper, a fast pseudo-noise (PN) code acquisition with novel adaptive architecture is presented in direct-sequence spread- spectrum (DS-SS) systems. Since an existing acquisition system has a fixed correlation tap size and threshold value, this system cannot adapt to various mobile communication environments and results in a low detection probability or a high false alarm rate and long acquisition time. Therefore, if a correlation tap size and a threshold value can be controlled adaptively according to received signals, problems of ail existing system will be solved. The system parameter varies adaptively by using constant false alarm rate (CFAR) algorithm well known in a field of detection and proposed signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measurement system. By deriving formulas of the proposed system, the performance is analyzed.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 제14회 신호처리 합동 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.619-622
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• 2001

In this paper, an efficient approach to classification of transient and harmonic disturbances in power systems is proposed. First, the Stop-and-Go CA CFAR Detector is utilized to detect a disturbance from the power signals which are mixed with other disturbances and noise. Then, (i) Wigner Distribution, SVD(Singular Value Decomposition) and Fisher´s Criterion (ii) DWT and Fisher´s Criterion, are applied to extract an efficient feature vector. For the classification procedure, a combined neural network classifier is proposed to classify each corresponding disturbance class. Finally, the 10 class data simulated by Matlab power system blockset are used to demonstrate the performance of the proposed classification system.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1171-1177
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• 2009

전차 탑재 레이더는 기상에 관계없이 전천후로 대전차 미사일을 탐지하는 능동 방호 장치의 필수적인 센서이다. 본 논문에서는 전차 탑재 미사일 경고 레이더를 소개하고, 주요 핵심 기술로 고속의 멀티 DSP를 이용한 신호 처리기를 설계 및 제작 결과를 제시하였다. 핵심 알고리즘으로는 어댑티브 CFAR, 가중 선형 근사 알고리즘, 소프트웨어 추적, 위협 분석 등을 구현하였으며, 시험 결과를 제시하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2007년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2007
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• pp.262-265
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• 2007

Preliminary results are reported on ship detection using coherence images computed from cross-correlating images of multi-look-processed dual-polarization data (HH and HV) of ENVISAT ASAR. The traditional techniques of ship detection by radars such as CFAR (Constant False Alarm Rate) rely on the amplitude data, and therefore the detection tends to become difficult when the amplitudes of ships images are at similar level as the mean amplitude of surrounding sea clutter. The proposed method utilizes the property that the multi-look images of ships are correlated with each other. Because the inter-look images of sea surface are covered by uncorrelated speckle, cross-correlation of multi-look images yields the different degrees of coherence between the images and water. The polarimetric information of ships, land and intertidal zone are first compared based on the cross-correlation between HH and HV. In the next step, we examine the technique when the dual-polarization data are split into two multi-look Images.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.180-184
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• 2008

Preliminary results are reported on ship detection using coherence images computed from crosscorrelating images of multi-look-processed dual-polarization data (HH and HV) of ENVISAT ASAR. The traditional techniques of ship detection by radars such as CFAR (Constant False Alarm Rate) rely on the amplitude data, and therefore the detection tends to become difficult when the amplitudes of ships images are at similar level as the mean amplitude of surrounding sea clutter. The proposed method utilizes the property that the multi-look images of ships are correlated with each other. Because the inter-look images of sea surface are covered by uncorrelated speckle, crosscorrelation of multi-look images yields the different degrees of coherence between the images and water. The polarimetric information of ships, land and intertidal zone are first compared based on the cross-correlation between HH and HV. In the next step, we examine the technique when the dual-polarization data are split into two multi-look images.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.100-107
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• 1999

In this paper, we deal with the speckle noise reduction and parameter estimation of ultrasonic NDT(non-destructive test) signals obtained during weld inspection of piping. The overall approach consists of three major steps, namely, speckle noise analysis, proposition of wavelet domain AR(autoregressive) model and flaw detection by proposed model parameter. The data are first processed whereby signals obtained using vertical and angle beam transducer. Correlation properties of speckle noise are then analyzed using multiresolution analysis in wavelet domain. The parameter estimation curve obtained using the proposed model is classified a flaw in weld region where is contaminated by severe speckle noise and also clear flaw signal is obtained through CA-CFAR threshold estimator that is a nonlinear post-processing method for removing the noise from reconstructed ultrasonic signal.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.773-787
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• 2006

비행체 탑재 레이다는 민군 겸용으로 기상에 관계없이 전천후로 비행체의 안전 항행, 임무 감시, 사격 통제, 충돌 회피, 이착륙 등 비행에 필수적인 항공 전자 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 헬기 탑재 다중 모드 X-밴드 펄스 도플러 레이다 시험 모델의 설계, 제작 및 비행 시험 결과를 제시한다. 레이다 시스템은 안테나부, 송수신부, 신호처리부와 전시부의 4개의 LRU로 구성되며, 개발 기술은 평판 슬롯 배열 안테나, TWTA 송신기, coherent I/Q detector, 디지털 펄스 압축, MTI, DSP 기반 도플러 FFT 필터, 적응 CFAR, 도플러 추정보상 기법, 비행 안정화 및 TWS 추적 처리기를 포함한다. 개발된 레이다 시스템의 설계 성능은 다양한 지상 고정 및 이동 시험과 헬기 탑재 비행 시험을 통하여 이동 비행체 이동 클러터 보상과 MTD 성능을 확인하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권2_2호
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• pp.365-377
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• 2020

국가해양영토에서 불법어업활동을 하는 어선으로부터 해상자원과 영토를 보호하기 위해 지속적인 모니터링과 즉각적인 대응은 필수적인 요소이다. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 영상은 넓은 촬영 범위를 가지고 있으며, 기상과 주야 조건에 영향을 받지 않아 광역적인 해상 모니터링에 효과적이다. 그러나 SAR 영상의 데이터 크기와 스펙클 노이즈 등 다양한 특성으로 인해 처리속도와 탐지율이 높은 선박탐지 알고리즘 개발은 쉽지 않다. 본 논문에서는 국내 최초의 X-band SAR 위성인 KOMPSAT-5에 적합한 선박탐지 알고리즘을 개발 적용하였다. 효율적인 선박탐지를 위해 선박탐지 알고리즘은 Human Visual Attention System (HVAS), SAR-Split, Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) 알고리즘의 특성을 융합하여 적용했다. 또한, SAR 영상의 관측모드 별 특성을 고려한 SAR-Split 알고리즘 적용을 통해 탐지율을 향상시켰다. SAR 영상으로부터 탐지된 선박은 Automatic Identification System (AIS) 데이터와의 매칭을 통해 탐지율 분석이 수행되었다. 탐지된 선박은 AIS 자료와 전반적으로 잘 매칭되었으며, SAR 영상의 모드 별 특성을 고려하여 적용했을 때 보다 향상된 탐지율을 보였다. 탐지율은 Enhanced Standard (ES) 모드에서 약 80%, Standard (ST) 모드에서 약 64%의 결과를 보였다. 선박 탐지결과에서 발생한 대부분의 오탐지는 선박의 이동으로 발생하는 기포항적, AIS의 위치오차 등으로 발생하였다. 개발된 선박탐지 알고리즘은 대한민국 국가해양영토 광역 감시망 구축에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.