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A Design and Implementation of Health Schedule Application

  • Ji Woo Kim;Young Min Lee;Won Joo Lee
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.99-106
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    • 2024
  • 본 논문에서는 스마트폰에 내장된 GPS 센서를 기반으로 한 운동 데이터를 기록하는 HealthSchedule 앱을 설계하고 구현한다. 이 앱은 스마트폰의 GPS 센서를 활용해 사용자의 실시간 위치 정보를 수집하고 설정한 도착 지점까지의 이동 경로를 보여준다. 위도와 경도 좌표를 사용해 사용자의 실제 경로를 기록한다. 사용자는 스케줄 등록 시 운동 종목 및 도착 지점 등을 등록하고 운동을 시작한다. 현재 위치를 측정하면 연두색 출발지 마커가 생성되고, 이동 경로는 파란색으로 표시되며 도착지 마커와 주위 반경 25M 원은 하늘색으로 표시한다. 출발 지점 또는 직전 위치 좌표와 현재 GPS 센서가 전송한 위치 좌표를 바탕으로 두 좌표 간의 이동 거리, 소요 시간 등을 측정해 속도를 계산한다. 또한, 측정 데이터를 누적하여 전체 이동 거리, 이동 경로 및 전체 평균속도를 확인할 수 있도록 한다. 운동 중 도착 지점에 도달해도 이동 경로는 완주 버튼을 클릭하기 전까지 계속 누적되며 완주 버튼은 초기에 설정한 도착 지점을 기준으로 반지름 25M의 하늘색 원형 안으로 이동하여 하늘색 마커가 생성될 때 활성화된다. 즉 사용자가 설정한 도착 지점에는 반드시 도착해야 하고 추가적인 운동 측정을 원하면 완주 버튼을 클릭하지 않고 운동을 계속할 수 있도록 구현한다. 선택한 운동 유형에 따라 칼로리 소모량이 표시되고, 사용자의 운동 참여를 높여 성취감을 느낄 수 있도록 구현한다.

스캔통계량 분석을 통한 상수도 누수 및 수질 민원 발생 클러스터 탐색 (Cluster exploration of water pipe leak and complaints surveillance using a spatio-temporal statistical analysis)

  • 이주원;김은주;남숙현;황태문
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제37권5호
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    • pp.261-269
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    • 2023
  • In light of recent social concerns related to issues such as water supply pipe deterioration leading to problems like leaks and degraded water quality, the significance of maintenance efforts to enhance water source quality and ensure a stable water supply has grown substantially. In this study, scan statistic was applied to analyze water quality complaints and water leakage accidents from 2015 to 2021 to present a reasonable method to identify areas requiring improvement in water management. SaTScan, a spatio-temporal statistical analysis program, and ArcGIS were used for spatial information analysis, and clusters with high relative risk (RR) were determined using the maximum log-likelihood ratio, relative risk, and Monte Carlo hypothesis test for I city, the target area. Specifically, in the case of water quality complaints, the analysis results were compared by distinguishing cases occurring before and after the onset of "red water." The period between 2015 and 2019 revealed that preceding the occurrence of red water, the leak cluster at location L2 posed a significantly higher risk (RR: 2.45) than other regions. As for water quality complaints, cluster C2 exhibited a notably elevated RR (RR: 2.21) and appeared concentrated in areas D and S, respectively. On the other hand, post-red water incidents of water quality complaints were predominantly concentrated in area S. The analysis found that the locations of complaint clusters were similar to those of red water incidents. Of these, cluster C7 exhibited a substantial RR of 4.58, signifying more than a twofold increase compared to pre-incident levels. A kernel density map analysis was performed using GIS to identify priority areas for waterworks management based on the central location of clusters and complaint cluster RR data.

텍스트 마이닝을 이용한 현대 자동차 중국시장 소비자의 만족 및 불만족 요인 분석 연구: 다른 브랜드와의 비교 (Text Mining-Based Analysis of Hyundai Automobile Consumer Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Factors in the Chinese Market: A Comparison with Other Brands)

  • 최염;남인용
    • 문화기술의 융합
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.539-549
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    • 2024
  • 본 연구는 텍스트 마이닝 기법 중 빈도분석, 워드 클라우드와 LDA 토픽 모델링 등을 사용하여, 중국 시장에서 현대자동차를 중심으로 토요타, 폭스바겐, 뷰익, 지리 등의 자동차 브랜드와 비교하며 소비자 만족와 불만족의 키워드 및 토픽을 분석하였다. 연구 대상은 2021년식-2023년식의 다섯 브랜드의 준중형 차량으로, 이 차량들에 대한 소비자 만족과 불만족 리뷰를 수집하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 현대자동차 아반떼는 긴 축거를 포함한 다양한 만족 요인을 보여주었다. 그러나 아반떼에 대한 불만족 요인으로는 조종, 엔진 성능, 트렁크 공간, 샤시 및 서스펜션, 안전 구성, 음향 스피커의 수량 및 브랜드, 음악 회원, 격리대, 스크린반사, CarLife 및 지도 등이 지적되었다. 이러한 문제점들을 개선하면 현대자동차의 중국 시장에서의 경쟁력이 크게 향상될 것으로 보인다. 한편, 기존 연구들은 주로 문헌 연구와 설문조사에 초점을 맞추었으나, 이 방법들은 연구자가 설정한 변수에 한정된 소비자 인식만을 밝혀내는 데 그쳤다. 본 연구는 텍스트 마이닝을 통한 다양한 자동차 브랜드 간의 비교를 통해 시장 동향과 소비자 선호에 대한 더 깊은 이해를 도모할 수 있다. 또한, 현대자동차를 포함한 다른 브랜드들이 중국 시장에서의 마케팅 전략을 개선하는 데 유용한 정보를 제공한다.

공간형태학적 특성 및 로드킬 자료를 활용한 산림서식지의 생태적 연결성 분석 (Analysis of Ecological Connectivity of Forest Habitats Using Spatial Morphological Characteristics and Roadkill Data)

  • 서현진;최철현;이승원;김진효
    • 생태와환경
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    • 제57권2호
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2024
  • 이 연구는 경상북도 문경, 예천, 영주, 안동, 봉화 일대의 산림서식지 공간형태학적 패턴과 로드킬 발생 간의 특성을 확인하고, 서식지 간의 저항지도를 구축하여 최소비용거리 기반 연결성을 분석하였다. MSPA에서 도출된 산림서식지 Core와 로드킬 발생지점 간의 거리를 분석한 결과, Core로부터 약 74.11 m 떨어진 지역에서 로드킬 발생이 집중되었고, 대부분의 로드킬이 서식지로부터 360 m 이내에서 발생하는 것으로 확인되었다. 1 km2 이상의 Core인 핵심서식지 간의 연결성 분석 결과, 141개의 핵심서식지와 서식지 간의 최소거리 경로(path) 242개가 도출되었고, 통로거리(corridor distance) 값은 문경시가 가장 높게 분석되어 대상지 중 연결성이 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 서식지 단절에 따른 생태계 연결성과 로드킬 문제를 분석하여, 생태통로 설치 등 생태계의 연결성 강화 및 서식지 복원 전략 개발을 위한 기초자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

국내 수처리시설 종사자 작업유형에 따른 외부피폭방사선량 평가 (Assessment of External Radiation Dose for Workers in Domestic Water Treatment Facility According to the Working Type)

  • 전성훈;이성연;김혁재;김민성;김광표
    • 방사선산업학회지
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.151-160
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    • 2023
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proposes 11 industries that handle Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) that are considered to need management. A water treatment facility is one of the above industries that takes in groundwater and produces drinking water through a water treatment process. Groundwater can accumulate natural radionuclides such as uranium and thorium in raw water by contacting rocks or soil containing natural radionuclides. Therefore, there is a possibility that workers in water treatment facilities will be exposed due to the accumulation of natural radionuclides in the water treatment process. The goal of this study is to evaluate the external radiation dose according to the working type of workers in water treatment facilities. In order to achieve the above goal, the study was conducted by dividing it into 1) analysis of the exposure environment, 2) measurement of the external radiation dose rate 3) evaluation of the external radiation dose. In the stage of analyzing the exposure environment, major processes that are expected to occur significantly were derived. In the measurement stage of the external radiation dose rate, a map of the external radiation dose rate was prepared by measuring the spatial radiation dose rate in major processes. Through this, detailed measurement points were selected considering the movement of workers. In the external radiation dose evaluation stage, the external radiation dose was evaluated based on the previously derived external radiation dose rate and working time. As a result of measuring the external radiation dose rate at the detailed points of water treatment facilities A to C, it was 1.90×10-1 to 3.75×100 μSv h-1, and the external radiation dose was analyzed as 3.27×10-3 to 9.85×10-2 mSv y-1. The maximum external radiation dose appeared during the disinfection and cleaning of activated carbon at facility B, and it is judged that natural radionuclides were concentrated in activated carbon. It was found that the external radiation dose of workers in the water treatment facility was less than 1mSv y-1, which is about 10% of the dose limit for the public. As a result of this study, it was found that the radiological effect of external radiation dose of domestic water treatment facility workers was insignificant. The results are expected to contribute as background data to present optimized safety management measures for domestic NORM industries in the future.

(기술노트) 주진천 하류역의 퇴적물에서 산출되는 화분과 와편모조류 군집 특성 ((Technical note) Pollen and dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from the surface sediments of the lower reach of the Jujin Stream)

  • 이상헌;이진영;한민;임재수;전창표
    • 한국제4기학회지
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    • 제33권1_2호
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 2021
  • 곰소만을 접하고 있는 주진천 하류역의 표층시료로부터 항산화 유기질로 이루어진 해성 와편모조류와 염습지 식물의 화분 산출 특성을 이용하여 주진천에 바닷물의 최대 유입한계유역을 파악하였다. 이들의 상대적인 산출비를 통하여 주진천 하류역에서는 연안 해역, 기수역 및 담수역으로 더욱 세분하였다. JJR-41~JJR-36 정점구간에서 와편모조류의 풍부한 출현은 이 구간이 연안해역임을 잘 반영한다. JJR-35~JJR-5 정점구간에서는 해성 와편모조류와 냇가 또는 염습지 식물의 화분(예, 갈대속, 사초과)이 함께 출현하는 것으로 보아 기수역 환경을 나타낸다. 와편모조류가 JJR-4 정점까지 산출되는 것으로 보아 만조 시 바닷물이 이곳까지 최대로 유입하는 한계 유역일 가능성이 높은 것으로 해석된다. 이러한 해석은 해발고도기반의 만조 시 바닷물이 유입할 수 있는 최대 분포역을 나타낸 가상 침수도와 비교적 잘 부합된다.

Perceptional Change of a New Product, DMB Phone

  • Kim, Ju-Young;Ko, Deok-Im
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.59-88
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    • 2008
  • Digital Convergence means integration between industry, technology, and contents, and in marketing, it usually comes with creation of new types of product and service under the base of digital technology as digitalization progress in electro-communication industries including telecommunication, home appliance, and computer industries. One can see digital convergence not only in instruments such as PC, AV appliances, cellular phone, but also in contents, network, service that are required in production, modification, distribution, re-production of information. Convergence in contents started around 1990. Convergence in network and service begins as broadcasting and telecommunication integrates and DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting), born in May, 2005 is the symbolic icon in this trend. There are some positive and negative expectations about DMB. The reason why two opposite expectations exist is that DMB does not come out from customer's need but from technology development. Therefore, customers might have hard time to interpret the real meaning of DMB. Time is quite critical to a high tech product, like DMB because another product with same function from different technology can replace the existing product within short period of time. If DMB does not positioning well to customer's mind quickly, another products like Wibro, IPTV, or HSPDA could replace it before it even spreads out. Therefore, positioning strategy is critical for success of DMB product. To make correct positioning strategy, one needs to understand how consumer interprets DMB and how consumer's interpretation can be changed via communication strategy. In this study, we try to investigate how consumer perceives a new product, like DMB and how AD strategy change consumer's perception. More specifically, the paper segment consumers into sub-groups based on their DMB perceptions and compare their characteristics in order to understand how they perceive DMB. And, expose them different printed ADs that have messages guiding consumer think DMB in specific ways, either cellular phone or personal TV. Research Question 1: Segment consumers according to perceptions about DMB and compare characteristics of segmentations. Research Question 2: Compare perceptions about DMB after AD that induces categorization of DMB in direction for each segment. If one understand and predict a direction in which consumer perceive a new product, firm can select target customers easily. We segment consumers according to their perception and analyze characteristics in order to find some variables that can influence perceptions, like prior experience, usage, or habit. And then, marketing people can use this variables to identify target customers and predict their perceptions. If one knows how customer's perception is changed via AD message, communication strategy could be constructed properly. Specially, information from segmented customers helps to develop efficient AD strategy for segment who has prior perception. Research framework consists of two measurements and one treatment, O1 X O2. First observation is for collecting information about consumer's perception and their characteristics. Based on first observation, the paper segment consumers into two groups, one group perceives DMB similar to Cellular phone and the other group perceives DMB similar to TV. And compare characteristics of two segments in order to find reason why they perceive DMB differently. Next, we expose two kinds of AD to subjects. One AD describes DMB as Cellular phone and the other Ad describes DMB as personal TV. When two ADs are exposed to subjects, consumers don't know their prior perception of DMB, in other words, which subject belongs 'similar-to-Cellular phone' segment or 'similar-to-TV' segment? However, we analyze the AD's effect differently for each segment. In research design, final observation is for investigating AD effect. Perception before AD is compared with perception after AD. Comparisons are made for each segment and for each AD. For the segment who perceives DMB similar to TV, AD that describes DMB as cellular phone could change the prior perception. And AD that describes DMB as personal TV, could enforce the prior perception. For data collection, subjects are selected from undergraduate students because they have basic knowledge about most digital equipments and have open attitude about a new product and media. Total number of subjects is 240. In order to measure perception about DMB, we use indirect measurement, comparison with other similar digital products. To select similar digital products, we pre-survey students and then finally select PDA, Car-TV, Cellular Phone, MP3 player, TV, and PSP. Quasi experiment is done at several classes under instructor's allowance. After brief introduction, prior knowledge, awareness, and usage about DMB as well as other digital instruments is asked and their similarities and perceived characteristics are measured. And then, two kinds of manipulated color-printed AD are distributed and similarities and perceived characteristics for DMB are re-measured. Finally purchase intension, AD attitude, manipulation check, and demographic variables are asked. Subjects are given small gift for participation. Stimuli are color-printed advertising. Their actual size is A4 and made after several pre-test from AD professionals and students. As results, consumers are segmented into two subgroups based on their perceptions of DMB. Similarity measure between DMB and cellular phone and similarity measure between DMB and TV are used to classify consumers. If subject whose first measure is less than the second measure, she is classified into segment A and segment A is characterized as they perceive DMB like TV. Otherwise, they are classified as segment B, who perceives DMB like cellular phone. Discriminant analysis on these groups with their characteristics of usage and attitude shows that Segment A knows much about DMB and uses a lot of digital instrument. Segment B, who thinks DMB as cellular phone doesn't know well about DMB and not familiar with other digital instruments. So, consumers with higher knowledge perceive DMB similar to TV because launching DMB advertising lead consumer think DMB as TV. Consumers with less interest on digital products don't know well about DMB AD and then think DMB as cellular phone. In order to investigate perceptions of DMB as well as other digital instruments, we apply Proxscal analysis, Multidimensional Scaling technique at SPSS statistical package. At first step, subjects are presented 21 pairs of 7 digital instruments and evaluate similarity judgments on 7 point scale. And for each segment, their similarity judgments are averaged and similarity matrix is made. Secondly, Proxscal analysis of segment A and B are done. At third stage, get similarity judgment between DMB and other digital instruments after AD exposure. Lastly, similarity judgments of group A-1, A-2, B-1, and B-2 are named as 'after DMB' and put them into matrix made at the first stage. Then apply Proxscal analysis on these matrixes and check the positional difference of DMB and after DMB. The results show that map of segment A, who perceives DMB similar as TV, shows that DMB position closer to TV than to Cellular phone as expected. Map of segment B, who perceive DMB similar as cellular phone shows that DMB position closer to Cellular phone than to TV as expected. Stress value and R-square is acceptable. And, change results after stimuli, manipulated Advertising show that AD makes DMB perception bent toward Cellular phone when Cellular phone-like AD is exposed, and that DMB positioning move towards Car-TV which is more personalized one when TV-like AD is exposed. It is true for both segment, A and B, consistently. Furthermore, the paper apply correspondence analysis to the same data and find almost the same results. The paper answers two main research questions. The first one is that perception about a new product is made mainly from prior experience. And the second one is that AD is effective in changing and enforcing perception. In addition to above, we extend perception change to purchase intention. Purchase intention is high when AD enforces original perception. AD that shows DMB like TV makes worst intention. This paper has limitations and issues to be pursed in near future. Methodologically, current methodology can't provide statistical test on the perceptual change, since classical MDS models, like Proxscal and correspondence analysis are not probability models. So, a new probability MDS model for testing hypothesis about configuration needs to be developed. Next, advertising message needs to be developed more rigorously from theoretical and managerial perspective. Also experimental procedure could be improved for more realistic data collection. For example, web-based experiment and real product stimuli and multimedia presentation could be employed. Or, one can display products together in simulated shop. In addition, demand and social desirability threats of internal validity could influence on the results. In order to handle the threats, results of the model-intended advertising and other "pseudo" advertising could be compared. Furthermore, one can try various level of innovativeness in order to check whether it make any different results (cf. Moon 2006). In addition, if one can create hypothetical product that is really innovative and new for research, it helps to make a vacant impression status and then to study how to form impression in more rigorous way.

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원격탐사와 GIS 기반의 산림탄소저장량 추정에 관한 주요국 연구동향 개관 (Overview of Research Trends in Estimation of Forest Carbon Stocks Based on Remote Sensing and GIS)

  • 김경민;이정빈;김은숙;박현주;노영희;이승호;박기호;신휴석
    • 한국지리정보학회지
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.236-256
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    • 2011
  • 토지이용변화에 따른 산림탄소저장량 변화는 기후변화협약에서 요구하는 주요 자료 중 하나이다. IPCC 우수실행지침(intergovernmental panel on climate change good practice guidance, IPCC GPG) 수준 3에 근거하여 공간적으로 명확한 산림탄소저장량을 추정하게 되면 높은 신뢰도를 확보할 수 있다. 그러나 기존의 추정 방법은 표본점(sample plot) 단위의 국가산림자원조사 (national forest inventory, NFI) 자료만을 이용하여 행정구역별 평균을 집계하는 것으로 폴리곤 혹은 셀 단위의 상세한 탄소저장량을 파악할 수 없었다. 이를 보완하기 위해 유럽, 북미 등에서는 NFI 자료, 원격탐사 및 GIS 기술을 결합하여 산림탄소저장량을 추정하기 위한 노력이 활발히 이루어져왔다. 주요국의 연구 동향을 활용 기법에 따라 분류해보면 원격탐사, GIS, 지구통계 및 환경변수 모델링 등 크게 4가지 범주로 나눌 수 있다. 이 중 가장 손쉽게 국내 적용을 고려해 볼 수 있는 방법은 NFI 자료와 임상도를 결합하는 GIS 기반의 방법이다. 특히, 복잡한 수종 구성을 가지고 있는 국내 산림 환경 특성을 고려할 때 국지적 변이 추정에 유용한 지구통계 기법의 활용성이 기대된다. 아울러, 고해상도 영상의 활용은 산림탄소저장량 추정의 검증 및 탄소배출권 확보를 위한 CDM(clean development mechanism, 청정개발체제) 사업 적지 선정 등에 유용할 것으로 판단된다. 국내 관련 연구는 아직 초기 단계로 최근린 기법(k-nearest neighbor, k-NN)의 적용성을 검토하는 연구가 주를 이루고 있으나 국내 산림 환경에 적합한 방법론의 선정을 위해서는 보다 다양한 공간 자료와 알고리즘의 적용성이 검토되고 방법론 간의 비교 연구가 필요하다.

지상용 초분광 스캐너를 활용한 사과의 당도예측 모델의 성능향상을 위한 연구 (Study of Prediction Model Improvement for Apple Soluble Solids Content Using a Ground-based Hyperspectral Scanner)

  • 송아람;전우현;김용일
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제33권5_1호
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    • pp.559-570
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구에서는 야외에서 자료 취득이 가능하며 한 번에 다량의 사과를 촬영할 수 있는 지상용 초분광 스캐너를 활용하여 사과의 분광정보와 당도와의 부분최소제곱회귀분석(PLSR, Partial Least Square Regression)을 수행하였으며, 최적의 예측모델을 구축하기 위한 다양한 전처리기법의 적용가능성을 평가하고 VIP(Variable Importance in Projection)점수를 통한 최적밴드를 산출하였다. 이를 위하여 360-1019 nm영역에서 촬영된 515밴드의 초분광 영상에서 70개의 분광곡선을 취득하였으며, 디지털광도계를 이용하여 당도($^{\circ}Brix$)를 측정하였다. 사과의 분광특성과 당도사이의 회귀모델을 구축하였으며, 최적의 예측모델은 모델 예측치와 실측치간의 결정계수($r_p^2$, coefficient of determination of prediction)와 RMSECV(Root Mean Square Error of Cross Validation), RMSEP(Root Mean Square Error of Prediction)등을 고려하여 선정하였다. 그 결과 산란보정 기법의 대표적인 MSC(Multiplicative Scatter Correction)의 기반의 전처리기법이 가장 효과적이었으며, MSC와 SNV(Standard Normal Variate)를 조합한 경우 RMSECV와 RMSEP가 각각 0.8551과 0.8561로 가장 낮았고, $r_c^2$$r_p^2$은 각각 0.8533과 0.6546으로 가장 높았다, 또한 360-380, 546-690, 760, 915, 931-939, 942, 953, 971, 978, 981, 988, 992-1019 nm 등이 당도 측정을 위한 가장 영향력 있는 파장영역으로 나타났다. 해당 영역의 분광값을 가지고 PLSR을 수행한 결과, 전파장대를 사용할 때보다 RMSEP가 0.6841로 감소하고 $r_p^2$는 0.7795로 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 사과의 당도측정에 있어 야외에서 취득한 초분광 영상자료의 활용 가능성을 확인하였으며, 이는 필드자료 및 센서 활용분야의 확장가능성을 보여준다.

DISEASE DIAGNOSED AND DESCRIBED BY NIRS

  • Tsenkova, Roumiana N.
    • 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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    • pp.1031-1031
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    • 2001
  • The mammary gland is made up of remarkably sensitive tissue, which has the capability of producing a large volume of secretion, milk, under normal or healthy conditions. When bacteria enter the gland and establish an infection (mastitis), inflammation is initiated accompanied by an influx of white cells from the blood stream, by altered secretory function, and changes in the volume and composition of secretion. Cell numbers in milk are closely associated with inflammation and udder health. These somatic cell counts (SCC) are accepted as the international standard measurement of milk quality in dairy and for mastitis diagnosis. NIR Spectra of unhomogenized composite milk samples from 14 cows (healthy and mastitic), 7days after parturition and during the next 30 days of lactation were measured. Different multivariate analysis techniques were used to diagnose the disease at very early stage and determine how the spectral properties of milk vary with its composition and animal health. PLS model for prediction of somatic cell count (SCC) based on NIR milk spectra was made. The best accuracy of determination for the 1100-2500nm range was found using smoothed absorbance data and 10 PLS factors. The standard error of prediction for independent validation set of samples was 0.382, correlation coefficient 0.854 and the variation coefficient 7.63%. It has been found that SCC determination by NIR milk spectra was indirect and based on the related changes in milk composition. From the spectral changes, we learned that when mastitis occurred, the most significant factors that simultaneously influenced milk spectra were alteration of milk proteins and changes in ionic concentration of milk. It was consistent with the results we obtained further when applied 2DCOS. Two-dimensional correlation analysis of NIR milk spectra was done to assess the changes in milk composition, which occur when somatic cell count (SCC) levels vary. The synchronous correlation map revealed that when SCC increases, protein levels increase while water and lactose levels decrease. Results from the analysis of the asynchronous plot indicated that changes in water and fat absorptions occur before other milk components. In addition, the technique was used to assess the changes in milk during a period when SCC levels do not vary appreciably. Results indicated that milk components are in equilibrium and no appreciable change in a given component was seen with respect to another. This was found in both healthy and mastitic animals. However, milk components were found to vary with SCC content regardless of the range considered. This important finding demonstrates that 2-D correlation analysis may be used to track even subtle changes in milk composition in individual cows. To find out the right threshold for SCC when used for mastitis diagnosis at cow level, classification of milk samples was performed using soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) and different spectral data pretreatment. Two levels of SCC - 200 000 cells/$m\ell$ and 300 000 cells/$m\ell$, respectively, were set up and compared as thresholds to discriminate between healthy and mastitic cows. The best detection accuracy was found with 200 000 cells/$m\ell$ as threshold for mastitis and smoothed absorbance data: - 98% of the milk samples in the calibration set and 87% of the samples in the independent test set were correctly classified. When the spectral information was studied it was found that the successful mastitis diagnosis was based on reviling the spectral changes related to the corresponding changes in milk composition. NIRS combined with different ways of spectral data ruining can provide faster and nondestructive alternative to current methods for mastitis diagnosis and a new inside into disease understanding at molecular level.

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