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Probability-Based Target Search Method by Collaboration of Drones with Different Altitudes (고도를 달리하는 드론들의 협력에 의한 확률기반 목표물 탐색 방법)

  • Ha, Il-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.2371-2379
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    • 2017
  • For the drone that is active in a wide search area, the time to grasp the target in the field of applications such as searching for emergency patients, monitoring of natural disasters requiring prompt warning and response, that is, the speediness of target detection is very important. In the actual operation of drone, the time for target detection is highly related to collaboration between drones and search algorithm to efficiently search the navigation area. In this research, we will provide a search method with cooperation of drone based on target existence probability to solve the problem of quickness in drone target search. In particular, the proposed method increases the probability of finding a target and shorten the search time by transmitting high-altitude drone search results to a low-altitude drone after searching first and performing more precise search. We verify the performance of the proposed method through several simulations.

A Study on the Estimation of River Management Flow in Urban Basin (도시유역의 하천유지용수 산정에 관한 연구)

  • 이영화
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.377-385
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    • 1996
  • This study aims at the estimation of a river management flow in urban basin analyzing Sinchun basin to be the tributary of Kumho river basin. The river management flow has to satisfy a low flow as natural flow and an environmental preservation flow estimated by a dilution flow to satisfy a target water quality in drought flow. Therefore for the estimation of a river management flow in Sinchun in this study, first Tank model as a basin runoff model estimates a low flow, a drought flow from a flow duration curve in Sinchun, second QUAL2E model as water quality model simulates water quality in Sinchun and estimates environmental preservation flow to satisfy a target water qua%its, BOD 8 mg/l by a dilution flow derived from Kumho river, Nakdong river and around water. And the river management flow is estimated by addition of a use flow and a loss flow to more flow between a low-flow and an environmental preservation flow.

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A Potential Target of Tanshinone IIA for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Revealed by Inverse Docking and Drug Repurposing

  • Chen, Shao-Jun
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.4301-4305
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    • 2014
  • Tanshinone IIA is a pharmacologically active ingredient extracted from Danshen, a Chinese traditional medicine. Its molecular mechanisms are still unclear. The present study utilized computational approaches to uncover the potential targets of this compound. In this research, PharmMapper server was used as the inverse docking tool andnd the results were verified by Autodock vina in PyRx 0.8, and by DRAR-CPI, a server for drug repositioning via the chemical-protein interactome. Results showed that the retinoic acid receptor alpha ($RAR{\alpha}$), a target protein in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), was in the top rank, with a pharmacophore model matching well the molecular features of Tanshinone IIA. Moreover, molecular docking and drug repurposing results showed that the complex was also matched in terms of structure and chemical-protein interactions. These results indicated that $RAR{\alpha}$ may be a potential target of Tanshinone IIA for APL. The study can provide useful information for further biological and biochemical research on natural compounds.

A study on the Optimal Adaptive Data Association for Multi-Target Tracking (다중표적을 위한 최적 데이터 결합기법 연구)

  • Lee, Yang-Weon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.6 no.8
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    • pp.1146-1152
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    • 2002
  • This paper proposed a scheme for finding an optimal adaptive data association for multi-target between measurements and tracks. First, we assume the relationships between measurements as Mrkov Random Field. Also assumed a priori of the associations as a Gibbs distribution. Based on these assumptions, it was possible to reduce the MAP estimate of the association matrix to the energy minimization problem. After then, we defined an energy function over the measurement space, that may incorporate most of the important natural constraints. Through the experiments, we analyzed and compared this algorithm with other representative algorithms. The result is that it is stable, robust, fast enough for real timecomputation, as well as more accurate than other methods.

The Effect of Ginseng Saponin Fractions on NK Activity in Mice (생쥐의 자연살해세포에 미치는 인삼 분획물들의 영향)

  • 김미나;정노팔
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 1989
  • Natural killer (NK) cells are a heteroguneous subpopulation of lymphocytes that spontaneously exhibit cytotoxic activity against various virus-Infected and neoplastic target cells without prior exposure to a specific antigen. It was thought that NK calls play an important role in immunosurvrillanre against viral agents and tumors, and in prevention of metastasis. Recently, several reports have indicated evidence that ginseng extracts show a significant stimulatory effect on the humoral and cellular immune responses. This evidence gives support to the suggestion that the anticarcinogenic effect of ginseng may be due to the effect of ginseng on the immunological system. Treatment with total, diol, and triol saponin resulted in an increase in NK cytotoxic activity, but no enhancement of the lytic activity due to the natural killer cytotoxic factor (NKCF). Therefore, these results suggest that the augmentation of NK activity by ginseng saponin fractions may not be due to the activation of NKCF lytic activity.

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A Proposal of Hybrid Cooling System Coupled with Radiation Panel Cooling and Natural Ventilation (자연환기와 복사냉방을 병용한 하이브리드 시스템의 제안)

  • 송두삼
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.543-550
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    • 2003
  • In order to saving the energy for HVAC system of buildings, utilization of wind-induced cross ventilation is thought to be promising. However, utilization of natural ventilation alone is not sufficient for maintaining the human thermal-comfort such as in hot and humid regions. A hybrid air conditioning system with a controlled natural ventilation system, or combination of natural ventilation with mechanical air conditioning is thought to overcome the deficiency of wind-driven cross ventilation and to have significant effects on energy reduction. This paper describes a concept of hybrid system and propose a new type of hybrid system using radiational cooling with wind-induced cross ventilation. Moreover, a radiational cooling system is compared with an all-air cooling system. The characteristics of the indoor environment will be examined through CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation, which is coupled with a radiation heat transfer simulation and with HVAC control in which the PMV value for the human model in the center of the room is controlled to attain the target value.

Efficient Exponentiation in Extensions of Finite Fields without Fast Frobenius Mappings

  • Nogami, Yasuyuki;Kato, Hidehiro;Nekado, Kenta;Morikawa, Yoshitaka
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.818-825
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    • 2008
  • This paper proposes an exponentiation method with Frobenius mappings. The main target is an exponentiation in an extension field. This idea can be applied for scalar multiplication of a rational point of an elliptic curve defined over an extension field. The proposed method is closely related to so-called interleaving exponentiation. Unlike interleaving exponentiation methods, it can carry out several exponentiations of the same base at once. This happens in some pairing-based applications. The efficiency of using Frobenius mappings for exponentiation in an extension field was well demonstrated by Avanzi and Mihailescu. Their exponentiation method efficiently decreases the number of multiplications by inversely using many Frobenius mappings. Compared to their method, although the number of multiplications needed for the proposed method increases about 20%, the number of Frobenius mappings becomes small. The proposed method is efficient for cases in which Frobenius mapping cannot be carried out quickly.

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Wild Carrot Oil Extract is Selectively Cytotoxic to Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells

  • Tawil, Mirna;Bekdash, Amira;Mroueh, Mohammad;Daher, Costantine F.;Abi-Habib, Ralph J.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.761-767
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    • 2015
  • Background: In this study, we used Daucus carota oil extract (DCOE) to target acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. All the AML cell lines tested were sensitive to the extract while peripheral mononuclear cells were not. Analysis of mechanism of cell death showed an increase in cells positive for annexinV and for active caspases, indicating that DCOE induces apoptotic cell death in AML. Inhibition of the MAPK pathway decreased sensitivity of AML cells to DCOE, indicating that cytotoxicity may be dependent on its activity. In conclusion, DCOE induces selective apoptosis in AML cells, possibly through a MAPK-dependent mechanism.

The changes of plasma prostaglandin E2 level and natural killer cell activity in EL-4 leukemia cells bearing mice (EL-4 암세포주(癌細胞株) 이식(移植)마우스에서의 혈중(血中) prostaglandin E2 농도(濃度) 및 자연살해세포(自然殺害細胞) 활성도(活性度)의 변화(變化))

  • Kim, Sung-ho
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.469-474
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    • 1989
  • The changes of plasma prostaglandin $E_2$ level, natural killer cell activity and tumor cell growth were assayed after transplantation of EL-4 leukemia cells in C57BL/6 mice. The results were summarized as follows; 1. Plasma prostaglandin $E_2$ level was increased in EL-4 bearing mice, but indomethacin treated mice group showed low level. 2. The tumor-derived prostaglandin $E_2$ inhibited the post-target binding cytolytic process of natural killer activity. 3. Indomethacin inhibited the growth of prostaglandin secreting EL-4 solid tumor.

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A Correlation Analysis between DSC (Dye Sensitized Cell) and Daylighting-Focusing on Educational Space (염료감응형 태양전지(DSC)와 자연채광의 상관관계 분석-교육공간을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Eung-Jik
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.35-47
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    • 2020
  • Due to the large window area, the lighting environment of the educational space between the window and deep part of the room is not uniformly illuminated, and the phenomenon of glare is severe. For this reason, the daylight performance of DSC-BIPV windows was analyzed in order to improve the natural lighting in the educational sector. The method derives the correlation with natural lighting by measurement and simulation. Dynamic simulation confirmed that the average illuminance of the target space was higher at later than the early afternoon. The performance of natural lighting at 40% and 30% transmission of DSC has the effect of significantly reducing the amount of excess light in existing windows. Nevertheless, the actual average illuminance in all seasons corresponds to the standard illuminance of the educational facility, 300 Lux. In addition, the uniformity is also seen through the skylight illuminance ratio.