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Accuracy evaluation of ZigBee's indoor localization algorithm (ZigBee 실내 위치 인식 알고리즘의 정확도 평가)

  • Noh, Angela Song-Ie;Lee, Woong-Jae
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2010
  • This paper applies Bayesian Markov inferred localization techniques for determining ZigBee mobile device's position. To evaluate its accuracy, we compare it with conventional technique, map-based localization. While the map-based localization technique referring to database of predefined locations and their RSSI data, the Bayesian Markov inferred localization is influenced by changes of time, direction and distance. All determinations are drawn from the estimation of Received Signal Strength (RSS) using ZigBee modules. Our results show the relationship between RSSI and distance in indoor ZigBee environment and higher localization accuracy of Bayesian Markov localization technique. We conclude that map-based localization is not suitable for flexible changes in indoors because of its predefined condition setup and lower accuracy comparing to distance-based Markov Chain inference localization system.

Recent Trends on Catalytic Oxidation of Benzene without or with Ozone over Mn-Based Catalysts (망간 기반 촉매상에서의 벤젠의 산화와 오존산화에 대한 최근 연구 동향)

  • Park, Sung Hoon;Jeon, Jong-Ki;Kim, Sang Chai;Jung, Sang-Chul;Park, Young-Kwon
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.237-241
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    • 2014
  • Benzene is a hazardous air pollutant, classified as carcinogenic to humans, that requires special management. Benzene exists both indoors and outdoors and the control measure of indoor benzene is different from that of outdoor benzene. The removal of indoor benzene needs to be accomplished at low temperatures (normally below $100^{\circ}C$), while outdoor benzene is usually removed at much higher temperature ($300-400^{\circ}C$) by using catalytic oxidation. This review paper summarizes the recent trend in catalytic treatment of airborne benzene, focusing on catalytic oxidation and catalytic ozone oxidation. Particular attention is paid to Mn-based catalysts for low-temperature oxidation of benzene, which are more economical than the other noble-metal catalysts. Various methods are used to generate more efficient Mn-based catalysts for benzene removal. Ozone oxidation is attracting particularly significant attention because it can remove benzene effectively below $100^{\circ}C$, even at room temperature.

Novel Genetic Associations Between Lung Cancer and Indoor Radon Exposure

  • Choi, Jung Ran;Koh, Sang-Baek;Park, Seong Yong;Kim, Hye Run;Lee, Hyojin;Kang, Dae Ryong
    • Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.234-240
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    • 2017
  • Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, for which smoking is considered as the primary risk factor. The present study was conducted to determine whether genetic alterations induced by radon exposure are associated with the susceptible risk of lung cancer in never smokers. Methods: To accurately identify mutations within individual tumors, next generation sequencing was conduct for 19 pairs of lung cancer tissue. The associations of germline and somatic variations with radon exposure were visualized using OncoPrint and heatmap graphs. Bioinformatic analysis was performed using various tools. Results: Alterations in several genes were implicated in lung cancer resulting from exposure to radon indoors, namely those in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), tumor protein p53 (TP53), NK2 homeobox 1 (NKX2.1), phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 7 (CHD7), discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (DDR2), lysine methyltransferase 2C (MLL3), chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 5 (CHD5), FAT atypical cadherin 1 (FAT1), and dual specificity phosphatase 27 (putative) (DUSP27). Conclusions: While these genes might regulate the carcinogenic pathways of radioactivity, further analysis is needed to determine whether the genes are indeed completely responsible for causing lung cancer in never smokers exposed to residential radon.

A Case Study on the Characteristics of Cultural Expression in Contemporary Commercial Architecture Design in China (중국 현대 상업건축 실내 공간의 문화적 표현특성에 대한 사례연구)

  • Yu, DeSheng
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.32-44
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    • 2019
  • Based on the characteristics of cultural expressions, this paper compares and analyzes the cases of representative commercial architectural spaces of six largest cities in China.In order to promoting the sustainable development of the indoor space culture of modern commercial buildings in China.Six cases were analyzed from the viewpoints of cultural tradition, locality, popularity, technology, and ecology. The results are as follows. First, the tradition of culture requires the emphasis on the traditional elements of specific areas in the interior space of commercial architecture.Second, the regional character of culture is closely related to the social and natural environment factors such as the economic development of the interior space of commercial architecture, historical intrinsic space, geographical environmental conditions, and climate.Fourth, the technicality of culture is to integrate construction method, structure form, and material with local culture into commercial architecture interior space.Fifth, cultural ecology places attention to placing plants in the interior space of commercial architecture and creating a healthy, pleasant and safe environment.

Applied Horticultural Biotechnology for the Mitigation of Indoor Air Pollution

  • Torpy, Fraser R.;Pettit, Thomas;Irga, Peter J.
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.445-460
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    • 2018
  • Exposure to indoor air pollution is an emerging world-wide problem, with growing evidence that it is a major cause of morbidity worldwide. Whilst most indoor air pollutants are of outdoor origin, these combine with a range of indoor sourced pollutants that may lead to high pollutant levels indoors. The pollutants of greatest concern are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM), both of which are associated with a range of serious health problems. Whilst current buildings usually use ventilation with outdoor air to remove these pollutants, botanical systems are gaining recognition as an effective alternative. Whilst many years research has shown that traditional potted plants and their substrates are capable of removing VOCs effectively, they are inefficient at removing PM, and are limited in their pollutant removal rates by the need for pollutants to diffuse to the active pollutant removal components of these systems. Active botanical biofiltration, using green wall systems combined with mechanical fans to increase pollutant exposure to the plants and substrate, show greatly increased rates of pollutant removal for both VOCs, PM and also carbon dioxide ($CO_2$). A developing body of research indicates that these systems can outperform existing technologies for indoor air pollutant removal, although further research is required before their use will become widespread. Whilst it is known that plant species selection and substrate characteristics can affect the performance of active botanical systems, optimal characteristics are yet to be identified. Once this research has been completed, it is proposed that active botanical biofiltration will provide a cheap and low energy use alternative to mechanical ventilations systems for the maintenance of indoor environmental quality.

Analysis and Improvement of Factors Influencing the Transfer Alignment of INS of Underwater Projectile (수중발사체의 관성항로장치 전달정렬 영향인자 분석 및 개선방안)

  • Kim, Bo Ram;Jung, Young Tak;Lee, Sang Hoon;Kim, Young Wook;Kong, Hyeong Jik
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.245-254
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: In order to accurately reach an underwater projectile to a target point, reliable INS and accurate arrangement of INS between master and slave INS is paramount. Unlike terrestrial and aerial environments, underwater projectile will operates in a restricted environment where location information cannot be received or sent through satellites. In this report, we review the factors affecting the transfer alignment of master and slave INS, as well as how to improve the positional error between INS through improved transfer alignment algorithms. Methods: In this work, we propose an improvement algorithm and verify it through simulation and driving test. The simulation confirmed the difference in the transfer alignment azimuth by fitting the MINS and SINS indoors, displacement in posture, and the process of transfer alignment between MINS and SINS through a driving test to confirm algorithm can improve the arrangement. Results: According to this study, reason for the error in the transfer alignment between MINS/SINS is the factors of the system where movements such as roll, pitch, yaw are not inter locked in real time due to the delay in transmit/receive system. And confirm that the improved algorithm has a desirable effect on accuracy. Conclusion: Through this work, it is possible to identify ways to improve the accuracy of underwater projectiles to reach their target points under various underwater environments and launch condition.

A Study on the Regional Specialization of Protected Horticulture in Seongju-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Center of the Main Oriental Melon Production Area (시설원예농업의 지역적 전문화 연구: 경상북도 성주군 참외 주산지를 중심으로)

  • Jang, Youngjin
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.217-231
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted to identify the regional specialization that occurred during industrialization of agriculture. It examined patterns in oriental melons as one of the produce leading the development of the domestic protected horticulture sector. Oriental melons have been cultivated indoors for a long time. Seongju-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do is specializing in oriental melon cultivation through increasingly intensive production and spatial concentration and is now the largest oriental melon production area in South Korea. This paper first discusses the production intensification and spatial concentration of oriental melon cultivation at the national level and then examines the specialization of oriental melon cultivation in Seongju-gun in terms of land use, cultivation facilities and related technologies, and the division of labor. This examination was based on relevant statistics and in-depth interviews with main actors from the area.

A Big-Data Analysis on Older Adult's Health and Safety Issues (노인의 건강 및 안전문제에 대한 빅데이터 분석)

  • Wang, Lin;Lee, Ju-Gyung;Hwang, Ji-Hyeon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.336-344
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    • 2019
  • Currently, Korea is entering an aging society, causing the issues of older adults in a wide range of fields. This study focuses on the health and safety issues of the older adults. As a theoretical background, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory was applied, and a new theory was established in connection with the physiological needs and safety needs of the 5 stages of desire in relation to the health and safety issues of the older adults. Health issues applying to physiological needs for the older adults are examined in detail in the body, perception and psychology areas, and safety accidents occurring indoors and outdoors are examined in relation to safety needs. Naver DataLab, a big data portal, shows that the number of bugs regarding health and safety of the older adults is steadily increasing. And through Google Trends, we can understand the interest setting up related search keyword about the older adults. According to the related search keywords, social part related to health in health issues is ranked high and kewords related to accident type in safety issues is ranked high. These findings will be an important basis data for research and solution to the issues of older adults.

Adaptive depth control algorithm for sound tracing (사운드 트레이싱을 위한 적응형 깊이 조절 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Eunjae;Yun, Juwon;Chung, Woonam;Kim, Youngsik;Park, Woo-Chan
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we use Sound-tracing, a 3D sound technology based on ray-tracing that uses geometric method as auditory technology to enhance realism. The Sound-tracing is costly in the sound propagation stage. In order to reduce the sound propagation cost, we propose a method to calculate the average effective frame number of previous frames using the frame coherence property and to adjust the depth according to the space based on the calculated number. Experimental results show that the path loss rate is 0.72% and the traversal & Intersection test calculation amount is decreased by 85.13% and the frame rate is increased by 4.48% when the sound source is indoors, compared with the result of the case without depth control. When the sound source was outdoors, the path loss was 0% and the traversal & Intersection test calculation amount is decreased by 25.01% and the frame rate increased by 7.85%. This allowed the rendering performance to be increased while minimizing the path loss rate.

Development non-smoking billboard using augmented reality function (증강현실기능을 이용한 금연 광고판 개발)

  • Hong, Jeong-Soo;Lee, Jin-Dong;Yun, Yong-Gyu;Yoo, Jeong-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.274-276
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    • 2016
  • Recently due to increase of tobacco users, many problems have been issued. Not only smoking in public places, smoking indoors as well causes harm to non-smoking people. Smoking booths that are installed but the quality is considerably less and purification devices are not correctly installed, which leads to harm the people around the smoking booth. In this paper, we introduce the "Augmented Reality Billboard" in order for smokers to effectively recognize the non-smoking warning image and healthy warning messages, Kinect Camera Sensor and Augmented Reality (AR) functions are used to recognize the motion of a person to coordinate the corresponding coordinate values.

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