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A Nash Solution to Predictive Control Problem for a Class of Nonlinear Systems

  • Ahn, Choon-Ki;Kwon, Wook-Hyun
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.76.5-76
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we provide a Nash solution to predictive control problem for nonminimum phase singular nonlinear systems. Until now, there is no result on predictive control problem for this class of nonlinear systems. Chen's recent work considered predictive control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with ill-defined relative degree. Since his work is not a result considered in the feedback linearization framework, there is no a result on singular probem in his paper. In contrast to the existing predictive control result, our work considers two main obstacles (singularity and nonminimum phase) in the feedback linearization framework. For a generally formu...

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Ferroelectric Domain Structure and Array of Tetragonal and Rhombohedral Phase in PZT Ceramics at MPB Composition (상경계 PZT 세라믹스의 강유전 분역구조 및 정방정상과 능면체정상의 공간적 배열)

  • 천채일;김호기
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.919-924
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    • 1993
  • Domain structure and the spatial arrangement of tetragonal and rhombohedral phases in PZT ceramics at MPB composition were investigated with a transmission electron microscope. Fringe Contrast and doublet spot splitting were observed in the image mode and the selected area diffraction pattern, respectively. Besides, triplet spot splitting was also observed in the other part of the specimen. These observations indicate that both the single phase regions and the regions which are comosed of alternatively arranged tetragonal and rhombohedral domains coexist in a PZT ceramics at the MPB composition.

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Intraindividual Comparison of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Washout between MRIs with Hepatobiliary and Extracellular Contrast Agents

  • Yeun-Yoon Kim;Young Kon Kim;Ji Hye Min;Dong Ik Cha;Jong Man Kim;Gyu-Seong Choi;Soohyun Ahn
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.725-734
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    • 2021
  • Objective: To intraindividually compare hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) washout between MRIs using hepatobiliary agent (HBA) and extracellular agent (ECA). Materials and Methods: This study included 114 prospectively enrolled patients with chronic liver disease (mean age, 55 ± 9 years; 94 men) who underwent both HBA-MRI and ECA-MRI before surgical resection for HCC between November 2016 and May 2019. For 114 HCCs, the lesion-to-liver visual signal intensity ratio (SIR) using a 5-point scale (-2 to +2) was evaluated in each phase. Washout was defined as negative visual SIR with temporal reduction of visual SIR from the arterial phase. Illusional washout (IW) was defined as a visual SIR of 0 with an enhancing capsule. The frequency of washout and MRI sensitivity for HCC using LR-5 or its modifications were compared between HBA-MRI and ECA-MRI. Subgroup analysis was performed according to lesion size (< 20 mm or ≥ 20 mm). Results: The frequency of portal venous phase (PP) washout with HBA-MRI was comparable to that of delayed phase (DP) washout with ECA-MRI (77.2% [88/114] vs. 68.4% [78/114]; p = 0.134). The frequencies were also comparable when IW was allowed (79.8% [91/114] for HBA-MRI vs. 81.6% [93/114] for ECA-MRI; p = 0.845). The sensitivities for HCC of LR-5 (using PP or DP washout) were comparable between HBA-MRI and ECA-MRI (78.1% [89/114] vs. 73.7% [84/114]; p = 0.458). In HCCs < 20 mm, the sensitivity of LR-5 was higher on HBA-MRI than on ECA-MRI (70.8% [34/48] vs. 50.0% [24/48]; p = 0.034). The sensitivity was similar to each other if IW was added to LR-5 (72.9% [35/48] for HBA-MRI vs. 70.8% [34/48] for ECA-MRI; p > 0.999). Conclusion: Extracellular phase washout for HCC diagnosis was comparable between MRIs with both contrast agents, except for tumors < 20 mm. Adding IW could improve the sensitivity for HCC on ECA-MRI in tumors < 20 mm.

Effect of Cholesterol on the Phase Change of Lipid Membranes by Antimicrobial Peptides

  • Choi, Hyungkeun;Kim, Chul
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.1317-1322
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    • 2014
  • Membrane disruption by an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) was investigated by measuring the $^2H$ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 1-palmitoyl-$d_{31}$-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC_$d_{31}$) in mixtures of POPC_$d_{31}$/cholesterol and either magainin 2 or aurein 3.3 deposited on thin cover-glass plates. The line shapes of the experimental $^2H$ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectra were best simulated by assuming the coexistence of a mosaic spread of bilayers containing pore structures and a fasttumbling isotropic phase or a hexagonal phase. Within a few days of incubation in a hydration chamber, an isotropic phase and a pore structure were induced by magainin 2, while in case of aurein 3.3 only an isotopic phase was induced in the presence of a bilayer phase. After an incubation period of over 100 days, alignment of the bilayers increased and the amount of the pore structure decreased in case of magainin 2. In contrast with magainin 2, aurein 3.3 induced a hexagonal phase at the peptide-to-lipid ratio of 1/20 and, interestingly, cholesterol was not found in the hexagonal phase induced by aurein 3.3. The experimental results indicate that magainin 2 is more effective in disrupting lipid bilayers containing cholesterol than aurein 3.3.

Fluctuation of Solid-Liquid Interface of Faceted Phase and Nonfaceted Phase by Periodic Temperature Variation

  • Oh, Sung-Tag;Kim, Young Do;Song, Young-Jun;Suk, Myung-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.644-648
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    • 2016
  • In order to examine how the solid-liquid interface responds to temperature variation depending on the materials characteristics, i.e. faceted phase or nonfaceted phase, the moving solid-liquid interface of transparent organic material, as a model substance for metallic materials (pivalic acid, camphene, salol, and camphor-50wt% naphthalene) was observed in-situ. Plots of the interface movement distance against time were obtained. The solid-liquid interface of the nonfaceted phase is atomically rough; it migrates in continuous mode, giving smooth curves of the distance-time plot. This is the case for pivalic acid and camphene. It was expected that the faceted phases would show different types of curves of the distance-time plot because of the atomically smooth solid-liquid interface. However, salol (faceted phase) shows a curve of the distance-time plot as smooth as that of the nonfaceted phases. This indicates that the solid-liquid interface of salol migrates as continuously as that of the nonfaceted phases. This is in contrast with the case of naphthalene, one of the faceted phases, for which the solid-liquid interface migrates in "stop and go" mode, giving a stepwise curve of the distance-time plot.

Variation of Electrical Properties by E-field Induced Phase Transition in PZN-PT Crystals (전계유기 상전이에 의한 PZN-PT 단결정의 전기적 특성변화)

  • 백동수;김영호;조봉희
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.14 no.11
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    • pp.892-897
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    • 2001
  • Variations of dielectric and piezoelectric properties and associated phase transformation of <001> -oriented rhombohedral 0.92Pb (Zn$\sub$1/3/Nb$\sub$2/3/)O$_3$-0.08PbTiO$_3$ single crystals were investigated. The longitudinal strain level was found to abruptly increase at 15 kV/cm, corresponding to that where an induced phase appears within a multidomain matrix. Drastic decreases in the dielectric constant, transverse coupling, and transverse piezoelectric coefficient associated with the E-field induced phase were the result of increased crystal anisotropy in PZN-PT crystals. By contrast, the thickness coupling increased from 53 % at 0 kV/cm to 64 % at 45 kV/cm, also associated with this phase transition under the E-field. The measured dielectric and piezflelectric properties found for the induced phase state were nearly identical to those of <001> poled tetragonal (1-x)PZN-xPT (x>0.1) crystals. Based on these results, it is evident that the symmetry of induced phase is tetragonal.

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Evaluation of Regional Wall Motion by Phase Analysis of Radionuclide Cardiac Blood Pool Scintigrams in Coronary Artery Disease Patients (관상동맥질환 환자에서 방사성동위원소 위상분석에 의한 심근 국소 운동 평가)

  • Yi, Gang-Wook;Chung, June-Key;Oh, Byeong-Hui;Park, Young-Bae;Lee, Myung-Chul;Lee, Young-Woo;Koh, Chang-Soon
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 1987
  • Among noninvasive approaches for the evaluation of left ventricular performance, radionuclide ventriculography (RVG) has been shown to be of particular values. Phase analysis, recently introduced as more objective means for evaluating the temporal sequence of systolic ventricular wall motion than cine image of RVG comprises a pixel by pixel Fourier transformation of the time activity curve of a multiple gated acquisition equilibrium blood pool study. To examine the regional wall motion of ventricles in myocardial infarctions, we evaluated the phase image and histogram constructed for each ventricle by total phase angle range and full width of half maximum (FWHM). This study consisted of 7 normal subjects and 23 subjects with acute myocardial infarction. Contrast ventriculography and coronary angiography was performed in all partients with myocardial infarction. And we compared the result of phase analysis with cine image of RVG and examined the interrelationship between phase analysis and contrast ventriculography with coronary angiography. The results were as follows; 1) The total phase angle range and FWHM of LV phase histogram in myocardial infarction ($86^{\circ}\;and\;32^{\circ}$, repectively) were wider than those in normal control ($38^{\circ}\;and\;18^{\circ}$, respectively p<0.01). 2) RV phase angle range and FWHM in patients with right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion ($79^{\circ}\;and\;37^{\circ}$, respectively) were wider than those in normal control ($39^{\circ}\;and\;18^{\circ}$, respectively p<0.001) and the patients without RCA occlusion ($52^{\circ}\;and\;19^{\circ}$, respectively p<0.01). 3) Phase analysis was more sensitive (95%) than cine image of RVG (70%) for the detection of regional wall motion abnormality of LV.

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Effectiveness of a Turbo Direction Change for Reduction of Motion Artifact in Magnetic Resonance Enterography

  • Choi, Kwan-Woo;Son, Soon-Yong;Jeong, Mi-Ae
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.421-424
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate an effectiveness of switching turbo direction to improve motion artifacts of small bowels and aorta. From June to October 2015, 60 patients suspected of having Crohn's disease were enrolled. The MR Enterography scans were performed using same protocol other than the turbo direction: with the Z phase encoding (group A) and with Y phase encoding (group B). Qualitative analysis of each group was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of switching turbo direction from Z to Y. As a result, the 5-point Likert scale for paired observers were $2.33{\pm}0.88$ for group A and $3.80{\pm}0.85$ for group B on dynamic contrast enhanced coronal images. In conclusion, group B is proved to be superior to group A and can lessen the motion artifacts derived from phase shifts.

Applications of Digital Holography in Biomedical Microscopy

  • Kim, Myung-K.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.77-89
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    • 2010
  • Digital holography (DH) is a potentially disruptive new technology for many areas of imaging science, especially in microscopy and metrology. DH offers a number of significant advantages such as the ability to acquire holograms rapidly, availability of complete amplitude and phase information of the optical field, and versatility of the interferometric and image processing techniques. This article provides a review of the digital holography, with an emphasis on its applications in biomedical microscopy. The quantitative phase microscopy by DH is described including some of the special techniques such as optical phase unwrapping and holography of total internal reflection. Tomographic imaging by digital interference holography (DIH) and related methods is described, as well as its applications in ophthalmic imaging and in biometry. Holographic manipulation and monitoring of cells and cellular components is another exciting new area of research. We discuss some of the current issues, trends, and potentials.

Clinical Application of Inverter type X-ray Generator (Inverter 방식(方式) X선장치(X線裝置)의 임상응용(臨床應用))

  • Lee, Sun-Sook;Huh, Joon;Lee, Jea-Won;Kim, Jung-Min
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 1992
  • Inverter type X-ray apparatus has been introduced and used several hospitals. Principle of inverter type X-ray generators are such as to convert the frequency of commercial power supply to high frequency and to control the high voltages for X-ray tube. Inverter generators are now on the way for futher development to elliminate single phase generators and three phase generators. We compared inverter type X-ray apparatus with conventional single phase 2 peak and three phase 12 peak, apparatus in the following aspects X-ray out put to tube voltage, linearity of X-ray out put to mA, HVL according to mA contrast to kV.

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