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Analysis of 2-D Potential Problem with L-shape Domain by p-Convergent Boundary Element Method (p-수렴 경계요소법에 의한 L-형 영역을 갖는 2차원 포텐셜 문제 해석)

  • Woo, Kwang-Sung;Jo, Jun-Hyung
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 2009
  • The p-convergent boundary element method has been proposed to analyze two-dimensional potential problem on the basis of high order Legendre shape functions that have different property comparing with the shape functions in conventional boundary element method. The location of nodes corresponding to high order shape function are not defined along the boundary, called by nodeless node, similar to the p-convergent finite element method. As the order of shape function increases, the collocation point method is used to solve linear simultaneous equations. The collocation patterns of p-convergent boundary element method consist of non-symmetric hierarchial or symmetric non-hierarchical. As the order of shape function increases, the number of collocation point increases. The singular integral that appears in p-convergent boundary element has been calculated by special numeric quadrature technique and semi-analytical integration technique. The L-shape domain problem including singularity in the vicinity of reentrant comer is analyzed and the numerical results show that the relative error is smaller than $10^{-2}%$ range as compared with other results in literatures. In case of same condition, the symmetric p-collocation point pattern shows high accuracy of solution.

The Effect of Attachment Security on Preschoolers' Perspective Taking: Executive Function as a Mediator (유아의 애착안정성이 조망수용에 미치는 영향: 실행기능의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Park, Ha-Yeon;Yi, Soon-Hyung
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.19-33
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    • 2016
  • Objective: This study aimed to examine the prospective links among perspective taking, attachment security, and executive function and the mediating role of executive function on the relationship between attachment security and perspective taking. Methods: The participants included 147 preschoolers living in Gyeonggi. The data-analysis methods included descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVAs, Pearson's correlation analysis, hierarchical multiple regression analysis, and the Sobel test. Results: First, preschoolers' perspective taking was significantly related to attachment security, and executive function. Furthermore, there was a significant association between attachment security and executive function. As expected, the correlations were positive in all cases. Second, the effects of attachment security on intention and emotion perspective takings were fully mediated by executive function when holding children's age and vocabulary constant. However, executive function did not predict thought perspective taking, whereas attachment security did. Conclusion: Given that parent-child attachment security might play an important role in child cognitive and socio-cognitive development, parents' endeavors to enhance the quality of the attachment relationship could be a fruitful path for preschoolers' developing executive capacities and perspective taking.

Study on the Composition of Subsystem Designed by Hierarchical Control Structure of SFC (SFC의 계층제어구조로 설계된 서브시스템 결합에 관한 연구)

  • You, Jeong-Bong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2006
  • In industrial control system used by Programmable Logic Controller(PLC), ladder Diagram(LD) is the must widely utilized and plays an important role in industrial control system. But recently, the study about Sequential Function Chart(SFC) is performed actively. When we program by SFC, generally, we design one routine from start to end. This method is difficult to design, and we often make mistakes. In this paper, we propose the method that we compose each sub-system after we design each sub-system and confirm his feasibility through an actual examples.

Progressive Image Coding using Wavelet Transform (웨이블릿 변환을 이용한 순차적 영상 부호화)

  • Kim, Yong-Yeon
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2014
  • In this paper we propose new image coding using wavelet transform. The new method constructs hierarchical bit plane and progressively transports each bit plane. The Proposed algorithm not only supports multi-resolution, dividing original image into special band and various resolution using Antonini's wavelet basis function but also reduces blocking effects that come into JPEG. In encoding time this algorithm considers each band characters and priority of transport order, and applies to fast search of image.

An analysis of the potential impact of various ozone regulatory standards on mortality

  • Kim, Yong-Ku
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 2011
  • Ground-level ozone, an air pollutant that is monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), damages human health by irritating the respiratory system, reducing lung function, damaging lung cells, and aggravating asthma and other chronic conditions. In March 2008, the EPA strengthened ozone standards by lowering acceptable limits from 84 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion. Here epidemiologic data is used to study the effects of ozone regulation on human health and assessed how various regulatory standards for ozone may affect nonaccidental mortality, including respiratory-related deaths during ozone season. The assessment uses statistical methods based on hierarchical Bayesian models to predict the potential effects of the different regulatory standards. It also analyzes the variability of the results and ho they are impacted by different modeling assumptions. We focused on the technical an statistical approach to assessing relationship between new ozone regulations and mortality while other researches have detailed the relationship between ozone and human mortality. We shows a statistical correlation between ozone regulations and mortality, with lower limits of acceptable ozone linked to a decrease in deaths, and projects that mortality is expected to decrease by reducing ozone regulatory standards.

The end effector of circadian heart rate variation: the sinoatrial node pacemaker cell

  • Yaniv, Yael;Lakatta, Edward G.
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.48 no.12
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    • pp.677-684
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    • 2015
  • Cardiovascular function is regulated by the rhythmicity of circadian, infradian and ultradian clocks. Specific time scales of different cell types drive their functions: circadian gene regulation at hours scale, activation-inactivation cycles of ion channels at millisecond scales, the heart's beating rate at hundreds of millisecond scales, and low frequency autonomic signaling at cycles of tens of seconds. Heart rate and rhythm are modulated by a hierarchical clock system: autonomic signaling from the brain releases neurotransmitters from the vagus and sympathetic nerves to the heart's pacemaker cells and activate receptors on the cell. These receptors activating ultradian clock functions embedded within pacemaker cells include sarcoplasmic reticulum rhythmic spontaneous Ca2+ cycling, rhythmic ion channel current activation and inactivation, and rhythmic oscillatory mitochondria ATP production. Here we summarize the evidence that intrinsic pacemaker cell mechanisms are the end effector of the hierarchical brain-heart circadian clock system.

A Development of Modular Monitoring System for Wind Turbine Test Site (풍력 실증단지를 위한 분산 형 모니터링 시스템 개발)

  • Lee Jeong Wan;Yoo Neung Soo;Nam Yoon Su;Cho Byung Ha
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.9-12
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    • 2005
  • In this paper. we offer a new monitoring system that controls all of the windfar. it can also apply use general wind turbine systems and real meteorological tower. We propose a hierarchical releiable monitoring system connected by wireless communication channels between monitoring host computer and modular slave measuring subsystems. Our system has two hierarchical subsystems: slave measuring systems, and supervisory host computer. We design and implement that the slave measuring subsystems is placed in meteorological tower and wind turbines, and the supervisory host computer in safety zone, The micro-controller in slave measuring system is duplicated using cold-standby method for reliability. The host computer and slave system constructs a feedback system, with wireless communication channel between them. For monitoring and command function, the supervisory computer is implemented with a Personal Computer using graphic user interface. Consequently. we can get a reliable but economic system.

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A Study on the Hierarchical Space Organization of Elderly Care Facilities (노인 요양시설의 위계적 공간구성에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Soon-Jung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.34
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    • pp.96-105
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    • 2002
  • Elderly care services are health, mental health, social health, and residential services provided to temporarily or chronically disabled older persons over an extended period of time with a goal of enabling them to function as independently as possible. And elderly care facilities such as nursing homes are places in which elderly care services have to be delivered effectively. It is, therefore, desirable to compose the space of elderly care facilities to meet the mental and physical abilities of frail elder people. This study has proposed the hierarchical space organization of elderly care facilities with an aim to fulfill the goals of them. Frail older people in hierarchically designed homes are anticipated to use the inner and outer spaces of care facilities as independently as possible in accordance with their physical and mental abilities.

Optimization of Fuzzy Set Fuzzy Model by Means of Hierarchical Fair Competition-based Parallel Genetic Algorithms (계층적 경쟁기반 병렬 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 퍼지집합 퍼지모델의 최적화)

  • Choi, Jeoung-Nae;Oh, Sung-Kwun;Hwang, Hyung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07d
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    • pp.2097-2098
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    • 2006
  • In this study, we introduce the hybrid optimization of fuzzy inference systems that is based on Hierarchical Fair Competition-based Parallel Genetic Algorithms (HFCGA). HFCGA is a kind of multi-populations of Parallel Genetic Algorithms(PGA), and it is used for structure optimization and parameter identification of fuzzy set model. It concerns the fuzzy model-related parameters as the number of input variables, a collection of specific subset of input variables, the number of membership functions, and the apexes of the membership function. In the hybrid optimization process, two general optimization mechanisms are explored. The structural optimization is realized via HFCGA method whereas in case of the parametric optimization we proceed with a standard least square method as well as HFCGA method as well. A comparative analysis demonstrates that the proposed algorithm is superior to the conventional methods.

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Design of a Multi-level VHDL Simulator (다층 레벨 VHDL 시뮬레이터의 설계)

  • 이영희;김헌철;황선영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.30A no.10
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 1993
  • This paper presents the design and implementation of SVSIM (Sogang VHDL SIMulator), a multi-level VHDL simulator, designed for the construction of an integrated VGDL design environment. The internal model of SVSIM is the hierarchical C/DFG which is extended from C/DFG to include the network hierarchy and local/glabal control informations. Hierarchical network is not flattened for simulation, resulting in the reduction of space complexity. The predufined/user-defined types except for the record type and the predefined/user-defined attributes are supported in SVSIM. Algorithmic-level descriptions can be siumlated by the support of recursive procedure/function calls. Input stimuli can be generated by command script in stimuli file or in VHDL source code. Experimential results show SVSIM can be efficiently used for the simulation of the pure behavioral descriptions, structural descriptions or mixture of these.

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