• Computers and Concrete
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.283-293
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• 2019

The limited availability of raw materials and increasing service demands for pavements pose a unique challenge in terms of pavement design and concrete material selection. The self-compacting rubberized concrete (SCRC) can be used in pavement design. The SCRC pavement slab has advantages of excellent toughness, anti-fatigue and convenient construction. On the premise of satisfying the strength, the SCRC can increase the ductility of pavement slab. The aim of this investigation is proposing a new method to predict the crack growth and flexural capacity of large-scale SCRC slabs. The mechanical properties of SCRC are obtained from experiments on small-scale SCRC specimens. With the increasing of the specimen depth, the bearing capacity of SCRC beams decreases at the same initial crack-depth ratio. By constructing extended finite element method (XFEM) models, crack growth and flexural capacity of large-scale SCRC slabs with different fracture types and force conditions can be predicted. Considering the diversity of fracture types and force conditions of the concrete pavement slab, the corresponding test was used to verify the reliability of the prediction model. The crack growth and flexural capacity of SCRC slabs can be obtained from XFEM models. It is convenient to conduct the experiment and can save cost.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2018년도 학술발표회
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• pp.153-153
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• 2018

Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus is a new holistic resources management concept that considers the interconnections among resources for sustainable resources planning and management. The current challenge is to fulfill the required demand in the lack of available resources. A traditional way to provide more available resource is by increase in production, but it caused increment of indirect demand of other interlinked resources. Importing resources from other area (where local supply is redundant) is another option to secure local resources with additional economic expenditure. The WEF nexus-trading model adapts the previously developed nationwide nexus simulation model with additional input parameters and functions to simulate trading scenarios. In general, the analysis starts with the quantification of local resources deficit (potential importing amount) and redundancy (potential exporting amount) of each area. Then, a trade module is initiated by determining possible donor area and importation amount. Finally, the nexus simulation for all area is re-run to determine final resources supply-demand results including the trading amount. The trade option provides an opportunity to meet local demands without draining local resources. However, the production capability of donor area may limit the importation amount. The newly developed trade option allows more alternatives for stakeholders to determine resources management plans.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권3호
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• pp.243-255
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• 2019

Utilization of fiber beam-column element has gained considerable attention in recent years due mainly to its ability to model distributed plasticity over the length of the element through a number of integration points. However, the relatively high sensitivity of the method to modeling parameters as well as material behavior models can pose a significant challenge. Residual drift is one of the seismic demands which is highly sensitive to modeling parameters and material behavior models. Permanent deformations play a prominent role in the post-earthquake evaluation of serviceability of bridges affected by a near-fault ground shaking. In this research, the influence of distributed plasticity modeling parameters using both force-based and displacement-based fiber elements in the prediction of internal forces obtained from the nonlinear static analysis is studied. Having chosen suitable type and size of elements and number of integration points, the authors take the next step by investigating the influence of material behavioral model employed for the prediction of permanent deformations in the nonlinear dynamic analysis. The result shows that the choice of element type and size, number of integration points, modification of cyclic concrete behavior model and reloading strain of concrete significantly influence the fidelity of fiber element method for the prediction of permanent deformations.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.342-352
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• 2021

Multicast Routings is a big challenge due to limitations such as node power and bandwidth Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET). The path to be chosen from the source to the destination node requires protocols. Multicast protocols support group-oriented operations in a bandwidth-efficient way. While several protocols for multi-cast MANETs have been evolved, security remains a challenging problem. Consequently, MANET is required for high quality of service measures (QoS) such infrastructure and application to be identified. The goal of a MANETs QoS-aware protocol is to discover more optimal pathways between the network source/destination nodes and hence the QoS demands. It works by employing the optimization method to pick the route path with the emphasis on several QoS metrics. In this paper safe routing is guaranteed using the Secured Multicast Routing offered in MANET by utilizing the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) technique to integrate the QOS-conscious route setup into the route selection. This implies that only the data transmission may select the way to meet the QoS limitations from source to destination. Furthermore, the track reliability is considered when selecting the best path between the source and destination nodes. For the optimization of the best path and its performance, the optimized algorithm called the micro artificial bee colony approach is chosen about the probabilistic ant routing technique.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.2668-2717
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• 2021

Demands for high-speed wireless data services grow rapidly. It is a big challenge to increasing the network capacity operating on licensed spectrum resources. Unlicensed spectrum cellular networks have been proposed as a solution in response to severe spectrum shortage. Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) was standardized by 3GPP, aiming to deliver data services through unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum. Furthermore, the 3GPP proposed 5G New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) study item. On the other hand, artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted enormous attention to implement 5G and beyond systems, which is known as Intelligent Radio (IR). To tackle the challenges of unlicensed spectrum networks in 4G/5G/B5G systems, a lot of works have been done, focusing on using Machine Learning (ML) to support resource allocation in LTE-LAA/NR-U and Wi-Fi coexistence environments. Generally speaking, ML techniques are used in IR based on statistical models established for solving specific optimization problems. In this paper, we aim to conduct a comprehensive survey on the recent research efforts related to unlicensed cellular networks and IR technologies, which work jointly to implement 5G and beyond wireless networks. Furthermore, we introduce a positioning assisted LTE-LAA system based on the difference in received signal strength (DRSS) to allocate resources among UEs. We will also discuss some open issues and challenges for future research on the IR applications in unlicensed cellular networks.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.240-257
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• 2023

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is characterized by intelligent connection, real-time data processing, collaborative monitoring, and automatic information processing. The heterogeneous IIoT devices require a high data rate, high reliability, high coverage, and low delay, thus posing a significant challenge to information security. High-performance edge and cloud servers are a good backup solution for IIoT devices with limited capabilities. However, privacy leakage and network attack cases may occur in heterogeneous IIoT environments. Cloud-based multi-party computing is a reliable privacy-protecting technology that encourages multiparty participation in joint computing without privacy disclosure. However, the default cloud selection method does not meet the heterogeneous IIoT requirements. The server can be dishonest, significantly increasing the probability of multi-party computation failure or inefficiency. This paper proposes a blockchain and smart contract-based optimized cloud node selection framework. Different participants choose the best server that meets their performance demands, considering the communication delay. Smart contracts provide a progressive request mechanism to increase participation. The simulation results show that our framework improves overall multi-party computing efficiency by up to 44.73%.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1369-1389
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• 2024

In the era of 6G, the rapid increase in communication data volume poses higher demands on traditional channel estimation techniques and those based on deep learning, especially when processing large-scale data as their computational load and real-time performance often fail to meet practical requirements. To overcome this bottleneck, this paper introduces quantum computing techniques, exploring for the first time the application of Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks (QGAN) to broadband channel estimation challenges. Although generative adversarial technology has been applied to channel estimation, obtaining instantaneous channel information remains a significant challenge. To address the issue of instantaneous channel estimation, this paper proposes an innovative QGAN with a dual-module design in the generator. The adversarial loss function and the Mean Squared Error (MSE) loss function are separately applied for the parameter updates of these two modules, facilitating the learning of statistical channel information and the generation of instantaneous channel details. Experimental results demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed dual-module QGAN technique in channel estimation on the Pennylane quantum computing simulation platform. This research opens a new direction for physical layer techniques in wireless communication and offers expanded possibilities for the future development of wireless communication technologies.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.439-448
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• 2017

대규모 HPC 과학 응용의 워크로드가 전체 실행시간 동안 다양하게 변화하는 자원 요구사항을 갖게 되면서 특정 시점에 갑자기 요구사항이 증가하는(bursty) 형태가 되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 응용 워크로드를 고려하지 않고, 최대 자원 요구사항만을 반영한 가상 자원의 오버-프로비저닝은 과학 응용의 성능을 보장하지만 다른 응용이 사용할 수 없는 유휴 자원을 늘리는 문제로 남아있다. 본 논문에서는 OS-level 가상화 환경에서 응용의 자원 사용 패턴에 대한 프로파일링 데이터를 기반으로 메모리 자원 재구성 기법을 제안한다. 이는 유휴 상태의 메모리 자원을 신속하게 풀어주어 새로운 응용이 자원을 사용하여 수행할 수 있도록 한다. 본 연구에서는 경량화된 OS-level 가상화 시스템의 하나인 Docker에서 과학 워크플로우 응용을 이용하여 제안하는 알고리즘을 검증하였다. 실험을 통해 과학 응용을 실행하는 동안 컨테이너에 대한 메모리 할당 미세 조정이 전반적인 메모리 자원 활용을 향상시킬 수 있음을 보였다. 또한 응용의 메모리 사용 프로파일 데이터를 기반으로 하는 시뮬레이션 실험을 통해, 제안하는 동적 메모리 할당 기법을 사용하는 경우 대기 작업에 유휴상태의 메모리를 할당하여 전체 대기 작업의 수를 줄이고 시스템 작업 대기 시간이 줄어들었음을 보였다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.528-539
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• 2017

4차 산업혁명 도래와 함께 초연결 사회를 실현할 중추 기술로 IoT가 급부상하고 있으며, IoT 투자 촉진 및 서비스 활성화를 위하여 영국을 비롯한 선진외국에서는 IoT 서비스 수요에 대응하는 주파수 관리정책을 최우선 순위 중의 하나로 추진하고 있다. 국내에서도 2016년 7월에 IoT 관련 유망 신산업 활성화를 위해 IoT 용도로 110 MHz 폭 주파수를 신규로 추가 공급하였다. 그리하여 본 논문에서는 IoT 통신 네트워크의 미래 발전방향과 기술개발 방향을 제시하고, 선진외국의 IoT 주파수 정책을 분석하여 국내의 IoT 서비스를 활성화하기 위한 스펙트럼 정책을 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.107-111
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• 1996

지속적인 기관지-늑막루는 여전히 치료하기 어려운 질환이며 일반적인 치료가 실패했을 때는 적극적인 치료가 필요하다. 50세 남자 환자로 1981년 10월에 중증 페결핵으로 우측전폐 절제술을 받았으나 술후 1개 월만에 기관지-늑막루 및 농흥이 발생하여 기관지-늑막루 페쇄 및 Clagett술식을 받았으나 실패하였고 술후 1년째 자연성 개방창이 형성되었다. 기관지-늑막루의 크기가 점차 커져서, 술후 13년째인 1994년 7월에 대흥근피 판을 이용한 기관지-늑막루 폐쇄 및 사강 소멸을 시도하였다. 술후 43일째 기관지-늑막루 폐쇄로 및 호흡부전 증상이 호전되어서 퇴원하였다. 근피판술을 이용한 방법이 기관지-늑막루의 폐쇄에 효과적인 것으로 생각하고 수술수기 및 치험 1례를 보고하는 바이다.