• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.303-314
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• 2013

Image quality of computed tomography (CT) is very vulnerable to metal artifacts. Recently, the thickness and background normalization techniques have been introduced. Since they provide flat sinograms, it is easy to determine metal traces and a simple linear interpolation would be enough to describe the missing data in sinograms. In this study, we have developed a theory describing two normalization methods and compared two methods with respect to various sizes and numbers of metal inserts by using simple numerical simulations. The developed theory showed that the background normalization provide flatter sinograms than the thickness normalization, which was validated with the simulation results. Numerical simulation results with respect to various sizes and numbers of metal inserts showed that the background normalization was better than the thickness normalization for metal artifact corrections. Although the residual artifacts still existed, we have showed that the background normalization without the segmentation procedure was better than the thickness normalization for metal artifact corrections. Since the background normalization without the segmentation procedure is simple and it does not require any users' intervention, it can be readily installed in conventional CT systems.

• 한국어정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.163-166
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• 2017

딥러닝은 모델이 복잡해질수록 Train 시간이 오래 걸리는 작업이다. Layer Normalization은 Train 시간을 줄이고, layer를 정규화 함으로써 성능을 개선할 수 있는 방법이다. 본 논문에서는 한국어 의미역 결정을 위해 Layer Normalization이 적용 된 Bidirectional LSTM CRF 모델을 제안한다. 실험 결과, Layer Normalization이 적용 된 Bidirectional LSTM CRF 모델은 한국어 의미역 결정 논항 인식 및 분류(AIC)에서 성능을 개선시켰다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.8C
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• pp.801-805
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• 2006

A normalization approach to coefficient adaptation in the escalator(ESC) filter structure that conventionally employs least mean square(LMS) algorithm is introduced. Using Taylor's expansion of the local error signal, a normalized form of the ESC-LMS algorithm is derived. Compared with the computational complexity of the conventional ESC-LMS algorithm employs input power estimation for time-varying convergence coefficient using a single-pole low-pass filter, the computational complexity of the proposed method can be reduced by 50% without performance degradation.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.419-433
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• 2004

As XML becomes a standard for data representation, integration, and exchange on the Web, several XML query languages have been proposed. World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) has proposed XQuery as a standard for the XML query language. Like SQL, XQuery allows nested queries. Thus, normalization rules have been proposed to transform nested XQuery queries to semantically equivalent ones that could be executed more efficiently. However, previous normalization rules are applicable only to restricted forms of nested XQuery queries. Specifically, they can not handle FLWR expressions having nested expressions in the where clause. In this paper, we propose normalization rules for XQuery queries by extending those for SQL queries. Our proposed rules can handle FLWR expressions haying nested expressions in every clause. The major contributions of this paper are as follows. First, we classily nesting types of XQuery queries according to the existence of correlation and aggregation. We then propose normalization rules for each nesting type. Second, we propose detailed algorithms that apply the normalization rules to nested XQuery queries.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.289-295
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• 2015

Purpose: From the perspective of biomechanics, joint moments quantitatively show a subject's ability to perform actions. In this study, the effect of normalization in the fast and asymmetric motions of a golf swing was investigated by applying three different normalization methods to the raw joint moment. Methods: The study included 13 subjects with no previous history of musculoskeletal diseases. Golf swing analyses were performed with six infrared cameras and two force plates. The majority of the raw peak joint moments showed a significant correlation at p < 0.05. Additionally, the resulting effects after applying body weight (BW), body weight multiplied by height (BWH), and body weight multiplied by leg length (BWL) normalization methods were analyzed through correlation and regression analysis. Results: The BW, BWH, and BWL normalization methods normalized 8, 10, and 11 peak joint moments out of 18, respectively. The best method for normalizing the golf swing was found to be the BWL method, which showed significant statistical differences. Several raw peak joint moments showed no significant correlation with measured anthropometrics, which was considered to be related to the muscle coordination that occurs in the swing of skilled professional golfers. Conclusions: The results of this study show that the BWL normalization method can effectively remove differences due to physical characteristics in the golf swing analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.1-2
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.51-56
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• 2005

There are many sources of systematic variations in cDNA microarray experiments which affect the measured gene expression levels like differences in labeling efficiency between the two fluorescent dyes. Print-tip lowess normalization is used in situations where dye biases can depend on spot overall intensity and/or spatial location within the array. However, print-tip lowess normalization performs poorly in situation where error variability for each gene is heterogeneous over intensity ranges. We proposed the new print-tip normalization methods based on support vector machine regression(SVMR) and support vector machine quantile regression(SVMQR). SVMQR was derived by employing the basic principle of support vector machine (SVM) for the estimation of the linear and nonlinear quantile regressions. We applied our proposed methods to previous cDNA micro array data of apolipoprotein-AI-knockout (apoAI-KO) mice, diet-induced obese mice, and genistein-fed obese mice. From our statistical analysis, we found that the proposed methods perform better than the existing print-tip lowess normalization method.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.1E
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• pp.10-15
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• 2004

In performing speech conversion from a source speaker to a target speaker, it is important that the pitch contour of the source speakers utterance be converted into that of the target speaker, because pitch contour of a speech utterance plays an important role in expressing speaker's individuality and meaning of the utterance. This paper describes statistical algorithms of pitch contour conversion for Korean language. Pitch contour conversions are investigated at two 1 evels of prosodic phrases: intonational phrase and accentual phrase. The basic algorithm is a Gaussian normalization [7] in intonational phrase. The first presented algorithm is combined with a declination-line of pitch contour in an intonational phrase. The second one is Gaussian normalization within accentual phrases to compensate for local pitch variations. Experimental results show that the algorithm of Gaussian normalization within accentual phrases is significantly more accurate than the other two algorithms in intonational phrase.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.1345-1359
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• 1996

This paper presents a floating point arithmetic unit (FPAU) for supescalar microprocessor that executes fifteen operations such as addition, subtraction, data format converting, and compare operation using two pipelined arithmetic paths and new rounding and normalization scheme. By using two pipelined arithmetic paths, each aritchmetic operation can be assigned into appropriate arithmetic path which high speed operation is possible. The proposed normalization an rouding scheme enables the FPAU to execute roundig operation in parallel with normalization and to reduce timing delay of post-normalization. And by predicting leading one position of results using input operands, leading one detection(LOD) operation to normalize results in the conventional arithmetic unit can be eliminated. Because the FPAU can execuate fifteen single-precision or double-precision floating-point arithmetic operations through three-stage pipelined datapath and support IEEE standard 754, it has appropriate structure which can be ingegrated into superscalar microprocessor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.142-143
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• 2013

Green building certifications and environmental assessments are extensively implemented and studied to decrease the environmental impact during the life cycle of buildings. However, most of them are not appropriate to assess the environmental performance during the construction phase due to the difference of environmental factors. To develop an environmental index of construction projects, normalization should be conducted to compare the relative impact of each factor. As a first step, this study deduced normalization references of 4 environmental factors : noise, waste, greenhouse gas, and dust.