• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.187-193
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• 2008

Ehrlichia chaffeensis infects human and animals, and causes human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME). It is emerging as a tick-borne zoonosis of concern. Although deer are important natural reservoir hosts of E chaffeensis, few surveys of deer in Korea for E chaffeensis have been conducted. Therefore, we conducted this study to confirm the occurrence of E chaffeensis in deer. To accomplish this study, we collected blood from total 27 deer and then polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 16S rRNA sequence analyse to evaluate the samples for the presence of E chaffeensis. The results of this study indicated that 9 (33%) of the deer were infected with E chaffeensis. This is the first study to demonstrate that deer in Korea are infected with E chaffeensis, which indicates that they can act as a natural reservoir host for E chaffeensis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.64-67
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• 2004

Points of sharp variations in images are the most important components when we analyze singularities of images. Therefore a lot of researches for detecting those edges have been continuing even now. However, existing methods do not have excellent performance in the image which exists noise and can not detect edge selectively. In the meantime, the wavelet transform which is presented as a new technique of signal processing field is able to detect multiscale edge and is being applied widely in many fields that analyze singularities such as edge. for this reason, this paper detected image's line-edge elements with 2-D wavelet function, which is independent of line's width, in noise environment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.01a
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• pp.3-5
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• 2022

본 연구는 VGGNet을 사용하여 광섬유 복합가공 지선 설비의 양/불량 판별을 수행한다. 광섬유 복합가공 지선이란, 전력선의 보호 및 전력 시설 간 통신을 담당하는 중요 설비로 고장 발생 전, 결함의 조기 발견 및 유지 관리가 중요하다. 현재 한국전력공사에서는 드론에서 촬영된 영상을 점검원이 이상 여부를 점검하는 방식이 주로 사용되고 있으나 이는 점검원의 숙련도, 경험에 따른 정확성 및 비용과 시간 측면에서 한계를 지니고 있다. 본 연구는 드론에서 촬영된 영상으로 VGGNet 기반의 양/불량 판정을 수행했다. 그 결과, 정확도 약 95.15%, 정밀도 약 96%, 재현율 약 95%, f1 score 약 95%의 성능을 확인하였다. 결과 확인 방법으로는 설명 가능한 인공지능(XAI) 알고리즘 중 하나인 Grad-CAM을 적용하였다. 이러한 광섬유 복합가공 지선 설비의 양/불량 판별은 점검원의 단순 작업에 대한 비용 및 점검 시간을 줄이며, 부가가치가 높은 업무에 집중할 수 있게 해준다. 또한, 고장 결함 발견에 있어서 객관적인 점검을 수행하기 때문에 일정한 점검 품질을 유지한다는 점에서 적용 가치가 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1496-1499
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• 2008

DoS/DDoS로 대표되는 트래픽 폭주 공격은 대상 시스템뿐만 아니라 네트워크 대역폭 및 시스템 자원 등을 고갈시킴으로써 네트워크에 심각한 장애를 유발하기 때문에, 신속한 공격 탐지와 공격유형별 분류는 안정적인 서비스 제공 및 시스템 운영에 필수요건이다. 본 논문에서는 1) 데이터마이닝의 대표적인 분류 모델인 C4.5 알고리즘을 기반으로 SNMP MIB 정보를 사용하여 트래픽 폭주공격을 탐지하고 각 공격유형별 분류를 수행하는 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다; 2) C4.5에서 추가적으로 제공하는 동작원리에 관한 규칙들을 상세히 분석함으로써 공격탐지 및 공격유형별 분류에 관한 시스템의 의미론적 해석을 시도하였다; 3) C4.5는 주어진 SNMP MIB의 속성들의 정보이익 값을 이용하여 예측모형을 구축하는 알고리즘으로, 특징선택 및 축소의 효과를 추가적으로 얻었다. 따라서 시스템의 운용 시, 제안된 모델은 전체 13개의 MIB 정보 중 5개의 MIB 정보만을 사용하여 보다 신속하고, 정확하며, 또한 가벼운 공격탐지 및 공격유형별 분류를 수행함으로써 네트워크 시스템의 자원관리와 효율적인 시스템 운영에 기여하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1992.02a
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• pp.17-18
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• 1992

SIMS is an indispensable surface analysis instrument in trace element depth p profiling because of high detection sensitivity and excellent depth r resolution, however, it requires standard sample to do quantitative analysis d due to matrix effect depending on the species of impurities and sample m matricies and on the sputtering rates. A Among the SNMS technology developed to supply the deficiency, we researched i into CsX+ SNMS which improved the resul t quanti tati vely wi thout any extra epuipments. So basic SNMS functions were confirmed through matrix element composition rate a analysis using Si02 layer etc. and adaptability to trace element c concentration analysis was tried. For that purpose we compared SIMS depth profile data for Boron which presented s strong matrix effect on account of Fluorin existence after BF2 ion implantation on silicon substrate with SNMS data. d dynamic range were investigated. A After these experements we concluded that CsX+ SNMS reduced matrix effect and we could apply it to profile impurity elements.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.93-102
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• 2018

The drug trade among the general public via the Internet and sns have been increasing, which is becoming a social problem. The general public believe that even if they do the drug trade via the Internet and sns the probability of detection is low. so they will conduct drug trade via the Internet and sns. Therefore, if the general public recognize that there is a high likelihood of disclosure, drug trade via the Internet and sns are likely to decline. If the possibility of punishment increases through specification of controlled delivery techniques and Introduction of entrapment investigator, it seems that the general public can not easily deal with drug trade via the Internet and sns. Also by further subdividing the penalties for drug offenses, for simple drug buyers through cure-oriented treatment rather than punishment drug demand be suppressed and penalties for drug suppliers should be strengthened.

• Quality Improvement in Health Care
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.55-59
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• 2008

Background : The purpose of inner cannula is to protect the upper air way and permit air to pass freely, in addition, to provide endotracheal suction, artificial respiration and to maintain adequate oxygen saturation. The tube needs to be sterilized for maintenance and cleanness of air way and for prevention of bronchospasm. However, it has been reported that there is no guideline for sterilization and many hospitals conduct their own sterilization methods, for example, once a day(13's general hospital), three times a day(The Catholic University of Korea ST Mary's hospital) or even no cleansing. Consequently, the QI team of our hospital suggested the SOP(standard operating procedure) of sterilization and evaluate cost and time effect in nursing. Method : 1) Benchmarking of 13's neurosurgery department of general hospital in Seoul 2) Investigation of test records of sputum culture from patients with intubation for tracheotomy 3) Check of results of O2 Sat. monitoring to confirm of maintaining opened air way Result : 1) Improvement of process: decrease of excess sterilization of inner cannula (from 3 times a day to once a day) 2) Cost effects: saving over 10 million won per one year 3) Providing better nursing: time effects (30 min a day) permit to conduct more nursing activities Conclusion : It can get Cost and time effects in nursing with improved sterilization method of inner cannula. It needs to do research on improvement of the monthly exchange protocol of outer cannula and provide supporting data for the proper exchange schedule. The result of additional microorganism detection from patients with new process needs to be evaluated further more.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.39-45
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• 2009

We investigate the degeneracy in the pattern of central microlensing perturbations of a pair of planetary systems where the planets are located from the primary with projected separations in units of the Einstein radius s and $s^{-1}$, respectively. From this, we confirm the fact that although alike, the patterns of central perturbations induced by a close (s < 1) planet and a wide (s > 1) planet are not identical and the degree of difference depends on the planet/primary mass ratio and the planet-primary separation. We find that the difference can be greater than 5% for planetary systems with lensing parameters located in the parameter space of (1/1.8 < |s| < 1.8, q > $5{\times}10^{-3}$), (1/1.3 < |s| < 1.3, q > $1{\times}10^{-3}$), and (1/1.2 < |s| < 1.2, q > $5{\times}10^{-4}$), where q represents the planet/primary mass ratio. Although this range occupies a small fraction of the entire parameter space of planetary systems, we predict that the chance of resolving the close/wide degeneracy would not be meager considering that the planet detection efficiency is higher for planets with resonant separations (s $\sim$ 1) and heavier masses. We also find that the differences between the perturbation patterns are basically caused by the effect of the planetary caustic. This explains the tendency of the perturbation difference where (1) the difference increases as the planet/primary mass ratio increases and the separation approaches the Einstein radius, (2) the region of major difference is confined within the region around the line connecting the central and the planetary caustics, and (3) a wide (close) planetary system has a more extended central perturbation region toward the (opposite) direction of the planet.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.6409-6413
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• 2012

The innate immune system coordinates the inflammatory response to pathogens. To do so, its cells must discriminate self from non-self utilizing receptors that identify molecules synthesized exclusively by microbes. Toll-like receptors have a crucial role in the detection of microbial infection in mammals and insects. In mammals, they have evolved to recognize conserved products unique to microbial metabolism. These include lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipotechoic acids, and peptidoglycans (PGN). We show here that TLRs, including TLR2, are expressed on the THP-1 human leukemia cell line. Activation of TLR2 signaling in THP-1 by PGN induces the synthesis of various soluble factors and proteins including interleukin-$1{\beta}$, interleukin-8 and TNF-${\alpha}$ and apoptosis of THP-1 with PGN dose and time dependence. Moreover, in this study we show that PGN induces apoptosis of THP-1 cells in a TNF-${\alpha}$-dependent manner. These findings indicate that TLR2 signaling results in a cascade leading to tumor apoptosis and differentiation, which may suggest new clinical prospects using TLR2 agonists as cytotoxic agents in certain cancers.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.178-186
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• 2014

Background: This study was conducted to assess health risks in regard to exposure by children to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in children's products. Methods: Ten VOCs were measured by head-space gas chromatography in children's products, including toys, oil pastels, sign pens, furniture, ball pools, and playmats. We estimated the average daily dose (ADD) via inhalation during the use of these children's products and calculated hazard quotient (HQ) by dividing ADD by reference dose of VOCs. Results: Among the measured VOCs, five compounds were identified in children's products: benzene, ethylbenzene, styrene, toluene, and xylene. The detection rates of VOCs in toys, ball pools, furniture, playmats, sign pens, and oil pastels were 85%, 100%, 100%, 30%, 100%, and 60%, respectively. The maximum levels of VOCs were 0.18 mg benzene/kg in toys, 5.92 mg toluene/kg in playmats, 10.37 mg ethylbenzene/kg in ball pools, 24.85 mg xylene/kg in toys, and 118.29 mg styrene/kg in ball pools. From exposure levels of VOCs in the children's products HQs were calculated within a range of $5.71{\times}10^{-10}$ to $4.77{\times}10^{-4}$. The HQ of xylene was the highest for children aged 0-6 playing on the playmats. However, the HQ via inhalation exposure to VOCs in individual products did not exceed 1.00. Conclusion: Based on the results, it was concluded that the use of these children's products do not pose health risks to children.