• ALGAE
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.291-301
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• 2015

The present study described with different microscopy approaches chloroplasts lobes in Laurencia sensu latu (Rhodophyta) species and found inter-specific differences among them. Chloroplasts were investigated using confocal laser scanning microscopy (LSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM). Using and TEM and HRSEM images we distinguished chloroplasts with lobes than chloroplasts without lobes in Yuzurua poiteaui var. gemmifera (Harvey) M. J. Wynne and Laurencia dendroidea J. Agardh cortical cells. The LSM images showed chloroplasts lobes (CLs) with different morphologies, varying from thicker and longer undulated projections in Y. poiteaui var. and L. dendroidea to very small and thin tubules as in Laurencia translucida Fujii & Cordeiro-Marino. The diameter and length of CLs from Y. poiteaui var. and L. dendroidea were significantly higher than L. translucida CLs (p < 0.01). Based on LSM observations, we suggest that lobes morphology has a taxonomic validity only to characterize L. translucida species.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.117-137
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• 2010

Iris recognition is a biometric technique which uses unique iris patterns between the pupil and sclera. The advantage of iris recognition lies in high recognition accuracy; however, for good performance, it requires the diameter of the iris to be greater than 200 pixels in an input image. So, a conventional iris system uses a camera with a costly and bulky zoom lens. To overcome this problem, we propose a new method to restore a low resolution iris image into a high resolution image using a single image. This study has three novelties compared to previous works: (i) To obtain a high resolution iris image, we only use a single iris image. This can solve the problems of conventional restoration methods with multiple images, which need considerable processing time for image capturing and registration. (ii) By using bilinear interpolation and a constrained least squares (CLS) filter based on the degradation model, we obtain a high resolution iris image with high recognition performance at fast speed. (iii) We select the optimized parameters of the CLS filter and degradation model according to the zoom factor of the image in terms of recognition accuracy. Experimental results showed that the accuracy of iris recognition was enhanced using the proposed method.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.2541-2551
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• 1996

Human visual systems are sensitive to noise on the flat intensity area. But it becomes less sensitive on the edge area. Recently, many types of spatially adaptive image restoration methods have been proposed, which employ the above mentioned huan visual characteristics. The present paper presents an adaptive image restoration method, which increases sharpness of the edge region, and smooths noise on the flat intensity area. For edge detection, the proposed method uses the visibility function based on the local variance on each pixel. And it adaptively changes the regularization parameter. More specifically, the image to be restored is divided into a number of steps from the flat area to the edge regio, and then restored by using the finite impulse response constrained least squares filter.

• BMB Reports
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.500-505
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• 2022

Uncoupling protein 2 (Ucp2) was first introduced as a member of Uncoupling protein family and a regulator of ROS formation; however, its role in adipose tissue is not fully understood. In the present study, we have investigated the role of Ucp2 against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity in epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) and browning of inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT). Diet-induced obesity is closely related to macrophage infiltration and the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Macrophages surround adipocytes and form a crown-like-structure (CLS). Some reports have suggested that CLS formation requires adipocyte apoptosis. After 12 weeks of HFD challenge, Ucp2 knockout (KO) mice maintained relatively lean phenotypes compared to wild-type (WT) mice. In eWAT, macrophage infiltration, CLS formation, and inflammatory cytokines were reduced in HFD KO mice compared to HFD WT mice. Surprisingly, we found that apoptotic signals were also reduced in the Ucp2 KO mice. Our study suggests that Ucp2 deficiency may prevent diet-induced obesity by regulating adipocyte apoptosis. However, Ucp2 deficiency did not affect the browning capacity of iWAT.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.11-19
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• 2024

Flight simulators are crucial devices for aircraft piloting training and simulation, requiring regular inspections to maintain performance and operational quality. This study explores the development of an automated inspection system for flight simulators to automate quality inspections of control loading systems (CLS). While quality inspection of the control loading system (CLS) is essential for flight simulators, manual inspections are common practice. To address this, we developed an Auto Qualification Test Guide (Auto QTG) using artificial control logic and sensor data and applied it to the militarily simulator. Experimental results demonstrate that Auto QTG successfully automates quality inspections of CLS, enhancing accuracy and efficiency. This automated inspection system is expected to contribute to improving the operation and maintenance of flight simulators.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.254-259
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• 2012

Infections involving Echinostoma hortense (E. hortense) are considered to more severe than infections caused by other heterophyids. Although parasite expulsion by host immune responses attenuates the symptoms of infection, the detailed mechanisms of the host immune response need to be determined, especially in local immune responses involving cytokine and immunoglobulin expressions. We infected BALB/c mice with E. hortense and examined recovery rates together with expressions of multiple cytokines and immunoglobulins in the villi and crypts of the small intestine using immunohistochemistry. We observed a close correlation between worm expulsion rates and cytokine/immunoglobulin expressions in E. hortense infected mice. This study contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the immune response and parasite expulsion in hosts.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.04c
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• pp.28-30
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• 2003

자바가상기계는 기계독립적인 바이트코드, 즉 자바 컴파일러가 자바 원천코드로 생성한 클래스 파일의 정보를 읽어 응용 프로그램을 실행한다. 클래스 파일의 내부정보는 동적인 클래스 적재를 지원하기 위한 각종 심볼명과 클래스, 상수, 필드, 메소드 등으로 구성되어 있으며 여러 가지 링크 정보와 디버깅 정보로 인해 메모리 낭비와 클래스 파일에 대한 정보를 접근하는데 비효율적인 요소가 많다. 이런 이유로 인해 메모리 사용에 제한을 받는 내장형 시스템 환경에서 동작하는 자바가상기계에서 클래스 파일을 그대로 이용하기에는 적합하지 않다. 따라서 클래스 파일을 다른 새로운 형태인 클래스 이미지 파일로 변환이 요구되는데 이를 지원하는 자바가 상기계로 simpleRTJ와 leJOS등이 있다. 클래스 이미지 파일의 지원은 내장형 시스템에서 동작하는 자바가상기계의 메모리 절감과 함께 클래스 정보의 접근 효율성을 높이는데 있다. 본 논문에서는 simpleRTJ 및 leJOS의 클래스 이미지 파일을 분석한 후 자바가상기계의 메모리 절감과 접근의 효율을 높여주기 위한 목적에 의해 클래스 이미지 파일을 생성하는 응용 프로그램인 cls2bin 이라는 클래스 이미지 변환기로 생성한 이미지 파일과 비교하여 cls2bin이 생성한 클래스 이미지 파일이 얼마만큼의 효과를 가지는지에 대해 검증해 보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.93-96
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• 2004

본 논문은 TMS320C5501 16bit DSP를 적용한 실시간 화자독립 연속 숫자인식기의 구현에 관해 서술한다. 하드웨어 모듈의 구성은 TMS320C5501 300MHz DSP, 코덱으로는 TLV320AIC1103, SDRAM, 외부장치와의 인터페이스를 위한 HPI, Uart, MIC, SPK Out 단자로 구성되었다. 음성인식 알고리즘은 HM-Net 방식을 사용하였고 고정소수점 연산처리 방식으로 C를 이용한 최적화 작업을 수행하였으며 스트리밍 방식의 인식 방법으로 실시간 처리가 가능하도록 구현하였다. 숫자 인식에 사용한 모델은 41음소에 기반한 트라이폰을 학습하였으며, 특징 파라미터로는 LPCMEL 20차를 사용하였다. 임베디드 시스템의 실시간 음성인식 시스템 구성에 중점을 두었으며 PC상에서의 성능과 비교해 볼때 본 DSP 상에서 500단어, 50문장의 인식을 평균 1.5초 전후로 인식하도록 하였으며 간단한 연결 단어 인식을 수행하는데 무리 없음을 보여준다. 특별히 한국어 연속숫자 부분에 중점을 두었고, 본 연구에서 구현된 연속 음성인식 시스템에 사용된 숫자 인식에서 음절 바이폰 모델에 대하여 $92.92\%$의 인식율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.171-178
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• 1996

DCB(pure mode I) and CLS(mixed mode) tests were performed to investigate the effect of fracture mode on the interlaminar fracture of composite laminate. Mode I critical strain energy release rate was found to be $133J/m^2$ from the DCB test and total strain energy release rate decreased from $1, 270J/m^2$ as thickness ratio(tl/t) varied from 0.333 to 0.667 from the crease from the CLS test. Crack length had no effect on the total strain energy release rate and load was almost constant during the crack growth of the specimen which had the specific thickness ratio. Crack initiated when the stress of the strap ply reached constant stress $42kgf/mm^2$ which was found to be independent of the thickness ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2009

미용 향장분야에서 많이 사용되고 있고, 소염작용, 진통효과, 면역증진작용, 강장작용이 있다고 알려진 저먼 카모마일, 라벤더, 샌달우드, 호호바 등의 혼합 아로마 오일을 NC/Nga 생쥐의 피부에 도포하여 생쥐의 피부조직내 염증세포와 mast cell 의 변화를 파악하여 아토피 피부염에 대한 효과를 검증하였다. 그 결과 아로마 혼합오일인 CLS 가 아토피 피부염의 주증상인 표피세포의 각질화와 mast cell의 감소에 영향을 주어 아토피 피부염에 효과가 있을 것으로 사료된다.