• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.625-632
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• 2018

Malaria remains one of the leading health burdens in the developing world, especially in several sub-Saharan Africa countries; and Uganda has some of the highest recorded measures of malaria transmission intensity in the world. It is evident that the prevalence of malaria infection, the incidence of disease, and mortality from severe malaria remain very high in Uganda. Although the recent stable political and economic situation in the last few decades in Uganda supported for a fairly good appreciation of malaria control, the declines in infection, morbidity, and mortality are not sufficient to interrupt transmission and this country is among the top 4 countries with cases of malaria, especially among children under 5 years of age. In fact, Uganda, which is endemic in over 95% of the country, is a representative of challenges facing malaria control in Africa. In this study, we evaluated an active case detection program in 6 randomly selected villages, Uganda. This program covered a potential target population of 5,017 individuals. Our team screened 12,257 samples of malaria by active case detection, every 4 months, from February 2015 to January 2017 in the 6 villages (a total of 6 times). This study assessed the perceptions and practices on malaria control in Kiyuni Parish of Kyankwanzi district, Uganda. Our study presents that the incidence of malaria is sustained high despite efforts to scale-up and improve the use of LLINs and access to ACDs, based on the average incidence confirmed by RDTs.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.265-277
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• 2019

The application of shunt active power filters (S-APFs) is considered to be the most popular approach for harmonic compensation due to its high simplicity, ease of installation and efficient control. Its functionality mainly depends upon the rapidness and precision of its internally built control algorithms. A S-APF is generally operated in the current controlled mode (CCM) with the detection of harmonic load current. Its operation may not be appropriate for the distributed power generation system (DPGS) due to the wide dispersion of nonlinear loads. Despite the fact that the voltage detection based resistive-APF (R-APF) appears to be more appropriate for use in the DPGS, the R-APF experiences poor performance in terms of mitigating harmonics and parameter tuning. Therefore, this paper introduces a direct harmonic voltage detection based control approach for the S-APF that does not need a remote harmonic load current since it only requires a local point of common coupling (PCC) voltage for the detection of harmonics. The complete design procedure of the proposed control approach is presented. In addition, experimental results are given in detail to validate the performance and superiority of the proposed method over the conventional R-APF control. Thus, the outcomes of this study approve the predominance of the discussed strategy.

• 분석과학
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.69-81
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• 2022

The method of measuring and classifying the energy category of neutrons directly using raw data acquired through a CZT detector is not satisfactory, in terms of accuracy and efficiency, because of its poor energy resolution and low measurement efficiency. Moreover, this method of measuring and analyzing the characteristics of low-energy or low-activity gamma-ray sources might be not accurate and efficient in the case of neutrons because of various factors, such as the noise of the CZT detector itself and the influence of environmental radiation. We have therefore developed an efficient method of analyzing radiation characteristics using a neutron and gamma-ray analysis algorithm for the rapid and clear identification of the type, energy, and radioactivity of gamma-ray sources as well as the detection and classification of the energy category (fast or thermal neutrons) of neutron sources, employing raw data acquired through a CZT detector. The neutron analysis algorithm is based on the fact that in the energy-spectrum channel of 558.6 keV emitted in the nuclear reaction ¹¹³Cd + ¹n → ¹¹⁴Cd + in the CZT detector, there is a notable difference in detection information between a CZT detector without a PE modulator and a CZT detector with a PE modulator, but there is no significant difference between the two detectors in other energy-spectrum channels. In addition, the gamma-ray analysis algorithm uses the difference in the detection information of the CZT detector between the unique characteristic energy-spectrum channel of a gamma-ray source and other channels. This efficient method of analyzing radiation characteristics is expected to be useful for the rapid radiation detection and accurate information collection on radiation sources, which are required to minimize radiation damage and manage accidents in national disaster situations, such as large-scale radioactivity leak accidents at nuclear power plants or nuclear material handling facilities.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.301-305
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• 2007

본 연구에서 관심을 갖는 수중환경에서의 천이소음도 가청주파수 대역임에 착안하여 이동통신 시스템의 표준 음성부호화기인 EVRC의 전처리단을 이용하여 배경잡음 구간을 판별하고 이를 바탕으로 수중 천이신호를 탐지하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. EVRC 전처리 모듈에 프레임 단위의 입력신호가 들어가면 모듈로부터 잡음 구간을 결정하는 플래그, 각 채널의 에너지, 잡음이 제거된 신호, 입력신호의 에너지, 배경잡음의 에너지, 잡음이 제거된 신호의 에너지에 해당하는 파라미터 값을 얻게 된다. 잡음이 제거된 신호의 에너지를 배경잡음의 에너지로 정규화하고 이를 문턱값과 비교함으로써 천이신호를 검출할 수 있다. 또한 문턱 값은 잡음 구간에서 구한 이전 값을 이용해서 갱신된다. 실험결과를 통해 제안한 알고리즘이 백색 또는 유색잡음 하에서도 4% 미만의 오차를 보여주는 것을 검증한다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.569-578
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• 2021

오늘날 웹의 발전으로 우리는 각종 언론 매체를 통해 온라인 기사를 쉽게 접하게 된다. 온라인 기사를 쉽게 접할 수 있게 된 만큼 거짓 정보를 진실로 위장한 가짜뉴스 또한 빈번하게 찾아볼 수 있다. 가짜뉴스가 전 세계적으로 대두되면서 국내에서도 가짜뉴스를 탐지하기 위한 팩트 체크 서비스가 제공되고 있으나, 이는 전문가 기반의 수동 탐지 방법을 기반으로 하며 가짜뉴스 탐지를 자동화하는 기술에 대한 연구가 계속해서 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 기존 연구는 기사 작성에 사용된 문맥의 특성이나, 기사 제목과 기사 본문의 내용 비교를 통한 탐지 방법이 가장 많이 사용되고 있으나, 이러한 시도는 조작의 정밀도가 높아졌을 때 탐지가 어려워질 수 있다는 한계를 가진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 기사 조작의 발달에 따른 영향을 받지 않기 위하여 기사의 진위 여부를 판단할 수 있는 검증기사를 함께 사용하는 방법을 제안한다. 또한 가짜뉴스 탐지 정확도를 개선시킬 수 있도록 실험에 사용되는 기사와 검증기사를 문서 요약 모델을 통해 요약하는 과정을 추가했다. 본 논문에서는 제안 알고리즘을 검증하기 위해 문서 요약 기법 검증, 검증기사 검색 기법 검증, 그리고 최종적인 제안 알고리즘의 가짜뉴스 탐지 정확도 검증을 진행하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 알고리즘은 다양한 언론 매체에 적용하여 기사가 온라인으로 확산되기 이전에 진위 여부를 판단하는 방법으로 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제19C권3호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2012

최근 웹페이지를 통해 악성코드를 유포하는 공격 방법이 이용되면서, 인터넷을 이용하는 사용자들이 웹페이지에 접속하는 것만으로 악성코드에 감염되는 위험에 노출되어 있다. 특히 웹페이지를 통한 악성코드 유포 방법은 사용자가 인지하지 못하는 사이 악성코드를 다운로드하고 실행하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 분석서버를 이용한 탐지 방법의 한계점을 보완하기 위해, 사용자 영역에서의 실시간 행위 분석을 방법을 사용하여 정상적인 실행 흐름을 벗어난 비정상 다운로드 파일의 실행을 탐지하고 차단하는 시스템을 제안한다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2012

Cancers claim millions of lives each year. Early detection that can enable a higher chance of cure is of paramount importance to cancer patients. However, diagnostic tools for many forms of tumors have been lacking. Over the last few years, studies of chimeric RNAs as biomarkers have emerged. Numerous reports using bioinformatics and screening methodologies have described more than 30,000 expressed sequence tags (EST) or cDNA sequences as putative chimeric RNAs. While cancer cells have been well known to contain fusion genes derived from chromosomal translocations, rearrangements or deletions, recent studies suggest that trans-splicing in cells may be another source of chimeric RNA production. Unlike cis-splicing, trans-splicing takes place between two pre-mRNA molecules, which are in most cases derived from two different genes, generating a chimeric non-co-linear RNA. It is possible that trans-splicing occurs in normal cells at high frequencies but the resulting chimeric RNAs exist only at low levels. However the levels of certain RNA chimeras may be elevated in cancers, leading to the formation of fusion genes. In light of the fact that chimeric RNAs have been shown to be overrepresented in various tumors, studies of the mechanisms that produce chimeric RNAs and identification of signature RNA chimeras as biomarkers present an opportunity for the development of diagnoses for early tumor detection.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.613-637
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• 2017

The development systems for the Structural Health Monitoring has attracted considerable interest from several engineering fields during the last decades and more specifically in the aerospace one. In fact, the introduction of those systems could allow the transition of the maintenance strategy from a scheduled basis to a condition-based approach providing cost benefits for the companies. The research presented in this paper consists of a definition and next comparison of four methods applied to numerical measurements for the extraction of damage features. The first method is based on the determination of the Structural Intensity field at the on-resonance condition in order to acquire information about the dissipation of vibrational energy throughout the structure. The Damage Quantification Indicator and the Average Integrated Global Amplitude Criterion methods need the evaluation of the Frequency Response Function for a healthy plate and a damaged one. The main difference between these two parameters is their mathematical definition and therefore the accuracy of the scalar values provided as output. The fourth and last method is based on the Mode-shape Curvature, a FRF-based technique which requires the application of particular finite-difference schemes for the derivation of the curvature of the plate. All the methods have been assessed for several damage conditions (the shape, the extension and the intensity of the damage) on two test plates: an isotropic (steel) plate and a 4-plies composite plate.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 1996

Laser induced incandescence, LII, recently developed technique for measuring soot concentration in flames, can overcome most of limitations of conventional laser extinction measurement. In this study, experiments were performed to investigate the effect of laser intensity, detection wavelength, and also laser beam quality on both LII signal at a particular position and peak-to-centerline LII signal ratio. The results of LII signal with increasing laser intensity shows its near-independence of laser intensity once threshold level of laser intensity has been reached. However, this near-independence depends on laser beam quality and the incident optical setup. The peak-to-centerline LII signal ratio slowly but continuously increases with laser power. This fact is due to the dependence of LII signal on particle mean diameter. LII signal is attenuated during it passes through the flame containing soot particles. The attenuation rate is inversely proportional to detection wavelength. In this study, LII signal at 680 nm band is 10% greater than the signal at 400 nm band.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2011

최근 나노 영역에서의 구조분석과 조성분석의 중요성이 증대되고 있으나, 기존의 분석장비들은 한계에 부딪히고 있다. 최근 개발된 APT는 nm 이하의 공간분해능과 수십 ppm수준의 detection limit으로 원소의 3차원분포와 조성정보를 제공해 주는 분석장비로서, 이러한 기존 분석의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 새로운 분석장비이다. 그러나 국내에는 아직 잘 알려지지 않아 활용이 미비한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 APT에 대한 이해를 돕기 위해 APT분석의 원리와 시편준비에 대해 소개하였다.