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Characterizing the Performance of New Seismic Stations in Southeastern Region, Korea Using Seismic Noise Levels (배경잡음 수준 분석에 의한 동남권 신규 관측소 성능 특성 평가)

  • Shin, Jin Soo;Seong, Yun-Jeong;Son, Minkyung
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.321-327
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    • 2019
  • We performed seismic noise level analysis to access the proper functioning of 11 newly established seismic stations in the southeastern region of Korea. One-hour long segments of seismograms were selected from the continuous data of the 3 elements for 61 days from March 1, 2019. For each segment of data, the power spectral density (PSD) was estimated from the continuous back ground noise data of the 3 elements for periods ranging from 0.02~100 s. The median noise levels (NLs) of the stations were compared with the new noise model (NNM) of USGS and NLs of station TJN installed in a tunnel on a granite basement. We observed that the NLs of the newly installed seismometers were between the upper and lower limit of the NNM. In a comparison with the noise level of station TJN, the new seismometers had their own noteworthy features. The NLs from accelerometers (Epi-sensors) were ~ 40 dB higher than the NLs from velocimeters (STS-sensors) for periods > 10 s, which is because the small and light Epi-sensors are sensitive to environmental changes. Daily and weekly variations in spectral noise level were observed clearly in short periods < 1 s, and these are considered to be related to human activities. The seismometers in boreholes showed ~20 dB weaker NLs in the cultural noise band. The NLs of accelerometers at a depth of 30 m were also much lower by 30 dB for long periods > 10 sec. Overall the functioning of the new velocimeter and accelerometer stations was reliable for periods ranging from 0.02~100 s and 0.02~10 s, respectively.

Non-iterative pulse tail extrapolation algorithms for correcting nuclear pulse pile-up

  • Mohammad-Reza Mohammadian-Behbahani
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.12
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    • pp.4350-4356
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    • 2023
  • Radiation detection systems working at high count rates suffer from the overlapping of their output electric pulses, known as pulse pile-up phenomenon, resulting in spectrum distortion and degradation of the energy resolution. Pulse tail extrapolation is a pile-up correction method which tries to restore the shifted baseline of a piled-up pulse by extrapolating the overlapped part of its preceding pulse. This needs a mathematical model which is almost always nonlinear, fitted usually by a nonlinear least squares (NLS) technique. NLS is an iterative, potentially time-consuming method. The main idea of the present study is to replace the NLS technique by an integration-based non-iterative method (NIM) for pulse tail extrapolation by an exponential model. The idea of linear extrapolation, as another non-iterative method, is also investigated. Analysis of experimental data of a NaI(Tl) radiation detector shows that the proposed non-iterative method is able to provide a corrected spectrum quite similar with the NLS method, with a dramatically reduced computation time and complexity of the algorithm. The linear extrapolation approach suffers from a poor energy resolution and throughput rate in comparison with NIM and NLS techniques, but provides the shortest computation time.

The Nevus Lipomatosus Superficialis of Face: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Jae-Won Yang;Mi-Ok Park
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.196-201
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    • 2024
  • Nevus lipomatosus superficialis (NLS) is a hamartoma of adipose tissue, rarely reported in the past 100 years. We treated one case, and we conducted a systematic review of the literature. A 41-year-old man presented with a cutaneous multinodular lesion in the posterior region near the right auricle. The lesion was excised and examined histopathologically. To review the literature, we searched PubMed with the keyword "NLS." The search was limited to articles written in English and whose full text was available. We analyzed the following data: year of report, nation of corresponding author, sex of patient, age at onset, duration of disease, location of lesion, type of lesion, associated symptoms, pathological findings, and treatment. Of 158 relevant articles in PubMed, 112 fulfilled our inclusion criteria; these referred to a total of 149 cases (cases with insufficient clinical information were excluded). In rare cases, the diagnosis of NLS was confirmed when the lesion coexisted with sebaceous trichofolliculoma and Demodex infestation. Clinical awareness for NLS has increased recently. NLS is an indolent and asymptomatic benign neoplasm that may exhibit malignant behavior in terms of huge lesion size and specific anatomical location. Early detection and curative treatment should be promoted.

Children's Negotiation Levels with their Age and Gender (아동의 연령과 성별에 따른 협상수준)

  • Koo, Hyunah;Chung, Daeryun
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.27-39
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    • 2004
  • This study was to find out children's Negotiation Levels(NLs) according to their age and gender. The subjects for this study were 143 children of 7, 9, 12 years. Two children dyads participated in the experimental play situation with Rokenbok Electronic Toy Systems. The NLs in children's interactive dialogue & actions were scored with Stone, Robinson & Taylor(1980)'s 'Negotiation of Task Completion Coding Manual'. They were coded into Level 0(no interaction), Level l(one way interaction), Level 2(reciprocally interaction), Level 3(mutual or cooperative interaction). The results were as follows; 1) 12-year-old children negotiated with higher level than 7-and 9-year old children 2) Boys' NLs average were higher than girls'. These results imply that 1) the fluctuation of NLs in childhood, especially around 10 years, should be interpreted carefully, 2) various measuring kits for negotiation should be developed considering children's characteristics, such as age, gender etc.

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Domestic Automotive Exterior Lamp-LEDs Demand and Forecasting using BASS Diffusion Model (BASS 확산 모형을 이용한 국내 자동차 외장 램프 LED 수요예측 분석)

  • Lee, Jae-Heun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.349-371
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: Compared to the rapid growth rate of the domestic automotive LED industry so far, the predictive analysis method for demand forecasting or market outlook was insufficient. Accordingly, product characteristics are analyzed through the life trend of LEDs for automotive exterior lamps and the relative strengths of p and q using the Bass model. Also, future demands are predicted. Methods: We used sales data of a leading company in domestic market of automotive LEDs. Considering the autocorrelation error term of this data, parameters m, p, and q were estimated through the modified estimation method of OLS and the NLS(Nonlinear Least Squares) method, and the optimal method was selected by comparing prediction error performance such as RMSE. Future annual demands and cumulative demands were predicted through the growth curve obtained from Bass-NLS model. In addition, various nonlinear growth curve models were applied to the data to compare the Bass-NLS model with potential market demand, and an optimal model was derived. Results: From the analysis, the parameter estimation results by Bass-NLS obtained m=1338.13, p=0.0026, q=0.3003. If the current trend continues, domestic automotive LED market is predicted to reach its maximum peak in 2021 and the maximum demand is $102.23M. Potential market demand was $1338.13M. In the nonlinear growth curve model analysis, the Gompertz model was selected as the optimal model, and the potential market size was $2864.018M. Conclusion: It is expected that the Bass-NLS method will be applied to LED sales data for automotive to find out the characteristics of the relative strength of q/p of products and to be used to predict current demand and future cumulative demand.

Efficient Gene Targeting using Nuclear Localization Signal (NLS) and Negative Selection Marker Gene in Porcine Somatic Cells

  • Kim, Hye Min;Lee, Sang Mi;Park, Hyo Young;Kang, Man-Jong
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2014
  • The specific genetic modification in porcine somatic cells by gene targeting has been very difficult because of low efficiency of homologous recombination. To improve gene targeting, we designed three kinds of knock-out vectors with ${\alpha}1,3$-galactosyltransferase gene (${\alpha}1,3$-GT gene), DT-A/pGT5'/neo/pGT3', DT-A/NLS/pGT5'/neo/pGT3' and pGT5'/neo/ pGT3'/NLS. The knock-out vectors consisted of a 4.8-kb fragment as the 5' recombination arm (pGT5') and a 1.9-kb fragment as the 3' recombination arm (pGT3'). We used the neomycin resistance gene (neo) as a positive selectable marker and the diphtheria toxin A (DT-A) gene as a negative selectable marker. These vectors have a neo gene insertion in exon 9 for inactivation of ${\alpha}1,3$-GT locus. DT-A/pGT5'/neo/pGT3' vector contain only positive-negative selection marker with conventional targeting vector. DT-A/NLS/pGT5'/neo/pGT3' vector contain positive-negative selection marker and NLS sequences in upstream of 5' recombination arm which enhances nuclear transport of foreign DNA into bovine somatic cells. pGT5'/neo/pGT3'/NLS vector contain only positive selection marker and NLS sequence in downstream of 3' recombination arm, not contain negative selectable marker. For transfection, linearzed vectors were introduced into porcine ear fibroblasts by electroporation. After 48 hours, the transfected cells were selected with $300{\mu}g/ml$ G418 during 12 day. The G418-resistant colonies were picked, of which 5 colonies were positive for ${\alpha}1,3$-GT gene disruption in 3' PCR and southern blot screening. Three knock-out somatic cells were obtained from DT-A/NLS/ pGT5'/neo/pGT3' knock-out vector. Thus, these data indicate that gene targeting vector using nuclear localization signal and negative selection marker improve targeting efficiency in porcine somatic cells.

The Black Hole Mass - Stellar Velocity Dispersion Relation of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

  • Yoon, Yosep;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.75.1-75.1
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    • 2012
  • Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies are arguably the most important AGN subclass in investigating the origin of the black hole mass-galaxy stellar velocity dispersion (MBH-${\sigma}$) relation because of their high accretion rates close to the Eddington limit. Currently, it is still under discussion whether NLS1s are off from the local MBH-${\sigma}$ relation. We select a sample of 325 NLS1 at relatively low redshift (z<0.1) from the SDSS DR7 by constraining FWHM of $H{\beta}$ in the range of 800-2,200 km/s. Among them, we measured stellar velocity dispersion of 40 objects which show strong stellar absorption lines, e.g. Mg b triplet(${\sim}5175{\AA}$), Fe($5270{\AA}$). In contrast, the other 285 objects show too weak stellar absorption lines to measure velocity dispersion. Using the sample of 40 objects with stellar velocity dispersion measurements, we investigate whether NLS1s follow the same MBH-${\sigma}$ relation as normal galaxies and broad line AGNs. We also test the reliability of the width of narrow lines as a surrogate of stellar velocity dispersion by comparing directly measured stellar velocity dispersion with ${\sigma}$ inferred from [O III], [N II], [S II] line widths, respectively. We will discuss the connection between AGN activity in NLS1s and galaxy evolution based on these results.

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Enhancement of Source Localization Performance using Clustering Ranging Method (클러스터링 기법을 이용한 음원의 위치추정 성능향상)

  • Lee, Ho Jin;Yoon, Kyung Sik;Lee, Kyun Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2016
  • Source localization has developed in various fields of signal processing including radar, sonar, and wireless communication, etc. Source localization can be found by estimating the time difference of arrival between the each of sensors. Several methods like the NLS(Nonlinear Least Square) cost function have been proposed in order to improve the performance of time delay estimation. In this paper, we propose a clustering method using the four sensors with the same aperture as previous methods of using the three sensors. Clustering method can be improved the source localization performance by grouping similar estimated values. The performance of source localization using clustering method is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation.

FINITE TIME BLOWUP FOR THE FOURTH-ORDER NLS

  • Cho, Yonggeun;Ozawa, Tohru;Wang, Chengbo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.615-640
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    • 2016
  • We consider the fourth-order $Schr{\ddot{o}}dinger$ equation with focusing inhomogeneous nonlinearity ($-{\mid}x{\mid}^{-2}{\mid}u{\mid}^{\frac{4}{n}}u$) in high space dimensions. Extending Glassey's virial argument, we show the finite time blowup of solutions when the energy is negative.

Higher Biomass Production of Lactobacillus bulgaricus NLS-4 by Improvement of Cultural Conditions (배양조건 개선에 의한 Lactobacillus bulgaricus NLS-4의 균체 생산성 향상)

  • Rhee, Sang-Ki;Pack, Moo-Young
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 1980
  • Some of the cultural conditions were improved in order to obtain the higher biomass of Lactobacillus bulgaricus NLS-4 which has the higher lactic acid producing activity as well. Among eight media including 11% non-fat milk medium as a control, the TIP medium was selected. By a batch experiment, the maximum cell concentration could be increased to 1.0$\times$10$^{9}$ cells per $m\ell$ when the organism was grown at 38$^{\circ}C$ for 18 hours with agitation speea of 200 rpm and under the constant level of pH 6.5 con-trolled with 1 N KOH solution in the selected medium. The cell concentration was further increased to 2.3$\times$10$^{9}$ cells per me in the steady state of continuous culture at the dilution rate of 0.17 hr$^{-1}$ for 18 hours.

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