• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.534-547
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• 2014

Large-scale failures resulting from natural disasters or intentional attacks are now causing serious concerns for communication network infrastructure, as the impact of large-scale network connection disruptions may cause significant costs for service providers and subscribers. In this paper, we propose a new framework for the analysis and prevention of network service disruptions in large-scale failure scenarios. We build dynamic deterministic and probabilistic models to capture the impact of regional failures as they evolve with time. A probabilistic failure model is proposed based on wave energy behaviour. Then, we develop a novel approach for preventive protection of the network in such probabilistic large-scale failure scenarios. We show that our method significantly improves uninterrupted delivery of data in the network and reduces service disruption times in large-scale regional failure scenarios.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.198-210
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• 2012

Circadian rhythms govern a remarkable variety of metabolic and physiological functions. Accumulating epidemiological and genetic evidence indicates that the disruption of circadian rhythms might be directly linked to cancer. Intriguingly, several molecular gears constituting the clock machinery have been found to establish functional interplays with regulators of the cell cycle, and alterations in clock function could lead to aberrant cellular proliferation. In addition, connections between the circadian clock and cellular metabolism have been identified that are regulated by chromatin remodelling. This suggests that abnormal metabolism in cancer could also be a consequence of a disrupted circadian clock. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the molecular links that connect the circadian clock to the cell cycle and metabolism could provide therapeutic benefit against certain human neoplasias.

• 천문학회보
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.31.1-31.1
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• 2018

While astronomers are working hard to detect the earliest galaxies and to follow their evolution to redshift z~0, they remain baffled by the present-day dichotomy between disky, star forming (aka late-type) galaxies and quiescent, spheroidal (aka early-type) galaxies. The key is to find galaxies in transition from one class to the other, whose spectra indicate intense recent star formation that has now ended. We have identified thousands of such "post-starburst galaxies" and discovered that they are often the products of late-type galaxy-galaxy mergers. Their current kinematics, stellar populations, and morphologies are consistent with late- to early-type galaxy evolution. I will discuss recent work that suggests new connections between this violent history and the central supermassive black hole. In particular, the molecular gas reservoir of a post-starburst galaxy declines rapidly after the starburst ends and in a manner consistent with feedback from an active nucleus. Furthermore, a star is ~300x more likely to be tidally disrupted by the nucleus of a post-starburst galaxy than in other galaxies. Like the well-known black hole-bulge mass correlation, these surprising links between the properties of a galaxy on kpc scales and its supermassive black hole on pc scales require explanation.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.401-408
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• 2012

Initial subcellular responses in susceptible (PI 274420) and resistant (cv. Hartwig) soybeans infected with the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) were examined 2 and 4 days after inoculation (DAI). Subcellular features common to both soybeans at 2 DAI included hypertrophied initial syncytial cells (ISCs) and syncytium-component cells (SCs) with a dense cytoplasm containing proliferated rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum (RER and SER), a hypertrophied nucleolus, and reduced vacuoles, suggesting that the nematode-infected cells were dedifferentiated. In the resistant soybean, a striking initial subcellular difference from the susceptible soybean was the dilation of the RER, indicating ER dysfunction and leading to cell death. This disturbed nematode feeding, as evidenced by disrupted feeding tubes. In PI 274420, the ISC cytoplasm was depleted, with the exception of ER membranes, at 4 DAI, while the SC cytoplasm was dense with proliferation of starch-containing plastids around multiple nuclei that might be derived from the congregation of nuclei in the neighboring SCs and in part by nuclear division without cytokinesis. In cv. Hartwig, syncytia were necrotized with secondary cell wall thickening outside the plasma membrane and an extremely dense cytoplasm containing a nucleus with an electron-lucent nucleolus, accompanied by the proliferation of closely stacked parallel RER and ribosomes. These results suggest that syncytia develop continuously in PI 274420 to produce and store nutritional substances in SCs, providing for the nematode through ISC until maturation, but in cv. Hartwig, syncytia degenerate early due to excessive metabolism, blocking nematode feeding and cytoplasmic connections with adjacent intact cells.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제11C권7호
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• pp.889-894
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• 2004

AODV(Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector)나 DSR(Dynamic Source Routing)과 같은 대부분의 에드혹 라우팅 프로토콜은 네트워크 토폴로지가 변하지 않는 한 새로운 경로 설정을 하지 않는다. 따라서 노드의 이동성이 적은 경우, 트래픽은 몇몇 노드에게 집중될 수 있으며 그 결과로 해당 노드들의 혼잡으로 인한 긴 종단간 지연이 발생할 수 있다. 게다가 몇몇 특정 노드들만 오랫동안 계속해서 사용됨에 따라 그들의 배터리가 빠르게 소모될 것이다. 노드의 배터리 방전은 노드 사이의 연결 단절뿐만 아니라 동시에 새로운 경로 설정을 위하여 많은 route re-quest 패킷(RREQ)을 생성시킨다. 본 논문에서는 각 노드가 자신의 트래픽 부하 상태를 기반으로 RREQ 패킷을 무시하거나 패킷 포워딩을 포기할 수 있게 함으로써 트래픽 집중화 문제를 해결할 수 있는 SLA(Simple Load-balancing Approach)를 제안한다. 그러나 어떤 이기적인 노드들은 자신의 에너지를 절약하기 위하여 고의적으로 패킷 포워딩을 거부할 수도 있다. 이러한 노드들을 패킷 포워딩에 참여시키기 위하여 본 논문에서는 PIFA(Protocol-Independent Fairness Algorithm) 보상 방식을 제안하였다. SLA 성능의 우수함을 증명하기 위하여 SLA를 채택한 AODV 방식과 SLA를 채택하지 않은 AODV 방식을 비교 실험하였고, 이를 통하여 SLA를 채택한 방식이 트래픽 부하 분산에 효율적이며 이로 인하여 전체 에드혹 네트워크 성능 또한 향상시킴을 확인하였다.