• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1652-1656
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 차량 충돌 방지 레이더 시스템 응용을 위하여 중심 주파수가 77 GHz인 도파관 (waveguide) 전압조정 발진기 (VCO, voltage controlled oscillator)를 구현하였다. 구현된 도파관 전압 조정 발진기는 GaAs 기반의 건다이오드 (Gunn diode)와 버랙터 다이오드 (varactor diode), 도파관 천이기 (waveguide transition), 저역 통과 필터(LPF, low pass filter) 및 공진기 (resonator) 기능을 동시에 수행하는 다이오드의 바이어스 (bias) 포스트 (post)로 구성되어진다. 77 GHz 신호는 동공 (cavity)을 38.50 GHz에서 발진하도록 설계하여 2체배된 신호를 사용하였으며 WR-12에서 WR-10으로 천이되어 출력된다. 도파관 천이기는 77 GHz의 중심주파수에서 1.86 dB의 삽입손실(insertion loss)과 -30.22 dB의 입력반사계수 (S11, input reflection coefficient) 특성을 갖는다. 제작된 도파관 전압조정 발진기는 870 MHz의 대역폭 (bandwidth)과 12.0 dBm ~ 13.75 dBm의 출력 전력 특성을 나타내었다. 위상잡음 특성은 1 MHz 오프셋 (offset)에서 -100.78 dBc/Hz의 우수한 특성을 얻었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권10호
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• pp.1900-1911
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크 환경에서 전력의 제약이 있는 센서들의 장거리통신을 가능케 하는 backscatter 통신에 대해 소개하고, 이를 접목해 무선전력 통신네트워크(wireless-powered communication networks, WPCN)의 doubly near-far 문제를 해결하는 방안을 논의한다. Backscatter에 기반한 WPCN에서 유저들은 하이브리드 엑세스 지점으로부터 전송되는 신호와 반송파 송신기로부터 전송되는 반송파 신호로부터 에너지를 수집한 후, 주파수 편이 변조를 이용한 반송파 신호의 반사를 통해 정보를 전송하게 된다. 위의 통신환경에서 energy-free 조건과 신호대 잡음비 outage 영역을 정의한다. 또한 본 논문에서는 에너지 수집과 정보 전송을 위한 최적의 시간 할당 방법을 제안하고, 이를 통해 시스템 전체의 정보전송 효율을 최대화할 수 있는 backscatter 기반의 수집 후 전송 프로토콜을 설계한다. 실험결과를 통해 제안한 backscatter 기법이 종래의 WPCN에 비해 광범위한 서비스 영역과 축소된 신호대 잡음비 outage 영역을 갖는 것을 보였고, 정보전송 효율을 최대화할 수 있음을 보였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.783-790
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• 2007

The immobilization of proteins and their molecular interactions on various polymer-modified glass substrates [i.e. 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS), 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTS), poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEG-DA), chitosan (CHI), glutaraldehyde (GA), 3-(trichlorosilyl)propyl methacrylate (TPM), 3'-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS), glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and poly-l-lysine (PL).] for potential applications in a nanoarray protein chip at the single-molecule level was evaluated using prismtype dual-color total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (dual-color TIRFM). A dual-color TIRF microscope, which contained two individual laser beams and a single high-sensitivity camera, was used for the rapid and simultaneous dual-color detection of the interactions and colocalization of different proteins labeled with different fluorescent dyes such as Alexa Fluor® 488, Qdot® 525 and Alexa Fluor® 633. Most of the polymer-modified glass substrates showed good stability and a relative high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio over a 40-day period after making the substrates. The GPTS/CHI/GA-modified glass substrate showed a 13.5-56.3% higher relative S/N ratio than the other substrates. 1% Top-Block in 10 mM phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4) showed a 99.2% increase in the blocking effect of non-specific adsorption. These results show that dual-color TIRFM is a powerful methodology for detecting proteins at the single-molecule level with potential applications in nanoarray chips or nano-biosensors.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2017

본 논문은 F-16 전투기 축소모델을 사용한 위상비교 방향 탐지 장치의 방위각 정확도 시험에 대해서 기술하였다. 전투기 하부면에 안테나를 배치하면 항공기 구조물에 의한 전파 반사가 일어나서 방위각 측정오차가 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 F-16 전투기를 5:1로 축소 모델링하고 전투기 하부면에 5개 안테나를 원형으로 설치한 다음 $0-360^{\circ}$ 방위각에서 $1^{\circ}$ 간격으로 전파를 수신하였다. 이 때 5개 안테나에 수신되는 전파의 위상을 수치해석으로 계산하여 방향 탐지정확도 시험을 실시하였다. 축소모델을 사용해서 시험한 위상비교 방향 탐지 방식의 방위각 오차는 신호잡음세기가 0dB 이상인 경우 평균 $0.5^{\circ}$ 이하로 측정되어서 전투기의 위상비교 방향 탐지 장치 설계에 유용하게 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2011

본 논문은 반향음과 투과음을 감소시키기 위한 평판형 음향재료의 성능평가 장치를 제작하고 측정시스템을 구성하며 표준표적을 이용한 검증을 통해 신뢰성을 확보하는 데 목적이 있다. 반향음감소와 투과손실 측정은 신호간섭이 없도록 대형수조에서 실시되는 것이 일반적이지만, 본 논문에서는 신호간섭을 고려해야 하는 소형수조에서 최저 30 kHz까지 측정이 가능한 측정시스템을 구성하였다. 이를 위해 신호모의를 통해 신호간섭이 없는 최적의 기하학적 배치를 도출하였으며, 획득한 신호를 시간영역과 주파수영역의 총 네 가지 방법으로 ER과 TL을 도출하는 신호처리 알고리즘을 확립하였다. 마지막으로 대형수조에서의 전파손실 실측실험을 통해 측정시스템을 보정하고 알루미늄 판과 스티로폼을 표준표적으로 사용한 측정결과를 Brekhovskikh Layer Model과 비교하여 측정시스템 검증을 수행하였다.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.28-41
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• 2007

Current environmental education at elementary school is demanded to be changed into 'Sustainable Development', Therefore, we should find a new program to reflect appropriateness and diversity of environmental education at elementary school for 'Sustainable Development'. The result of analysing textbooks and the realities in environmental education at elementary school is as follows, First, when we analysed the contents of the textbook in environmental education, the reflecting rate was high in 'natural environment' and 'sound consumption', compared with in 'artificial environment', 'resource and energy' and 'health and environment'. Second, we realized the necessity for 'environmental education' complementary to 'Sustainable Development'. That is because the analysis showed the lack for the activity for approaching and solving environmental problems with 'artificial environment', 'resource and energy' and 'health and environment'. Third, the analysis also showed the deficiency in the reflection of 'environmental education' contents for maintaining healthful environment through improving the quality of life. Current textbook didn't deal with very important elements of 'environmental education' - the Quality of indoor atmosphere, harmful matter, safe things to eat, noise, stench, etc. For those reasons, it is necessary to reconstruct the realm and the contents of 'environmental education' for 'Sustainable Development' appropriate to elementary school. We require a new curriculum and textbook to cover diverse' environmental education' as well.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.251-269
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• 2013

Measurement of deflections of certain bridges is usually hampered by corruption of the GPS signal by multipath associated with passing vehicles, resulting to unrealistically large apparent displacements. Field data from the Gorgopotamos train bridge in Greece and systematic experiments revealed that such bias is due to superimposition of two major effects, (i) changes in the geometry of satellites because of partial masking of certain satellites by the passing vehicles (this effect can be faced with solutions excluding satellites that get temporarily blocked by passing vehicles) and (ii) dynamic multipath caused from reflection of satellite signals on the passing trains, a high frequency multipath effect, different from the static multipath. Dynamic multipath seems to have rather irregular amplitude, depending on the geometry of measured satellites, but a typical pattern, mainly consisting of a baseline offset, wide base peaks correlating with the sequence of main reflective surfaces of the vehicles passing next to the antenna. In cases of limited corruption of GPS signal by dynamic multipath, corresponding to scale distortion of the short-period component of the GPS waveforms, we propose an algorithm which permits to reconstruct the waveform of bridge deflections using a weak fusion of GPS and RTS data, based on the complementary characteristics of the two instruments. By application of the proposed algorithm we managed to extract semi-static and dynamic displacements and oscillation frequencies of a historical railway bridge under train loading by using noisy GPS and RTS recordings. The combination of GPS and RTS is possible because these two sensors can be fully collocated and have complementary characteristics, with RTS and GPS focusing on the long- and short-period characteristics of the displacement, respectively.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2019

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effects of critical thinking and good communication skills on the problem-solving abilities of dental hygiene students. Methods: A total of 508 dental hygiene students were convenience-sampled from 3 universities. Results: The results revealed that critical thinking had the highest intellectual fairness score of 3.60, and systematicity was the lowest at 3.19. The values for communication skills were high in reaction, social adequacy, and concentration, with an average of 3.65. Problem-solving abilities were in the following order: clarification of the problem, seeking solutions, and decision making. According to general characteristics, more extroverted personalities possessed higher levels of critical thinking, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities (p<0.01). Critical thinking scores were high (p=0.016) in students who responded that peer relationship was difficult; however, their communication skills were the lowest (p<0.001). Additionally, problem-solving abilities were highest among students who reported a difficult peer relationship (p=0.001). The higher the satisfaction with dental hygiene academics, the higher the critical thinking, communication skill, and problem-solving ability (p<0.001). Critical thinking showed a high positive correlation with variables in the following order: clarification of the problem, performing the solutions, seeking solutions, decision making, and evaluation and reflection. The communication skills were also related to these variables listed above (p<0.01). With critical thinking, confidence, watchfulness, intellectual passion/curiosity, sound skepticism, objectivity, and systematicity all influenced the problem-solving ability. Conclusion: Communication skills were influenced by noise control, putting on the other's shoe, social tensions, and efficiency, which affected the problem-solving ability. Dental clinics require dental hygienists to have critical thinking to make analytical judgments and effective communication skills to solve human relation problems with patients and care-givers. Therefore, these skills should be developed in dental hygiene students to improve their problem-solving abilities.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2021

본 논문은 덕트 내 소음을 저감하기 위해 저주파 대역에서 작동하는 음향메타물질 소음기를 개발하는데 목적이 있다. 지그재그 도파관 구조물과 헬름홀츠 형상을 조합하여, 음파의 공간상 진행 속도를 줄이는 고 굴절 메타물질 기반 음향 소음기를 설계하였다. 파장보다 매우 작은 도파관에서 점성 및 열 감쇠 효과를 계산하기 위해 점성 및 열 매쉬를 도입하여 Finite Element Method(FEM) 해석을 진행하였다. 4-Microphone Method를 이용하여 해석 결과로부터 반사율, 투과율과 흡음률을 구했으며, 지그재그 구조 소음기의 구조물 간격을 변화시켜 차단 주파수와 투과손실을 조절할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 메타물질들을 직렬 및 병렬 배열하여 광대역으로 소음을 차단하는 메타물질 소음기를 제시하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2592-2598
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• 2022

Research groups in the field of PET instrumentation are studying time-of-flight(TOF) technology to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of PET images. Scintillation light transport and collection plays an important role in improving the coincidence resolving time(CRT) of PET detector based on a pixelated crystal array. Four crystal arrays were designed by the different optical reflection configuration such as external reflectors and surface treatment on the CRT and compared with the light output, energy resolution and CRT. The design proposed in the study was composed of 8 × 8 LYSO crystal array consisted of 3 × 3 × 15 mm³ pixels. The entrance side was roughened while the other five surfaces were polished. Four sides of all crystal pixels were wrapped with ESR-film, and the entrance surface was covered by Teflon-tape. The design provided an excellent timing resolution of 210 ps and improved the CRT by 16% compared to the conventional method using a polishing treatment and ESR-film. This study provided a method for improving the light output and CRT of a pixelated scintillation crystal-based brain TOF PET detector. The proposed configuration might be an attractive detector design for TOF brain PET requiring fast timing performance with high cost-effectiveness.