• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.415-420
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• 2012

It is important to understand the amount of time required to execute an emergency procedural task in a high-stress situation for managing human performance under emergencies in a nuclear power plant. However, the time to execute an emergency procedural task is highly dependent upon expert judgment due to the lack of actual data. This paper proposes an analytical method to estimate the operator's performance time (OPT) of a procedural task, which is based on a measure of the task complexity (TACOM). The proposed method for estimating an OPT is an equation that uses the TACOM as a variable, and the OPT of a procedural task can be calculated if its relevant TACOM score is available. The validity of the proposed equation is demonstrated by comparing the estimated OPTs with the observed OPTs for emergency procedural tasks in a steam generator tube rupture scenario.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1158-1165
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• 1999

조건부 분기 명령어(conditional branch instruction)의 잘못된 분기 예측(branch misprediction)은 프로세서의 성능 향상에 심각한 장애 요인이 되고 있다. 특히 시분할(time-sharing) 시스템과 같이 문맥 교환(context switch)이 발생하는 멀티프로그래밍 환경(multiprogramming environment)에서는 더욱 낮은 분기 예측 정확성(branch prediction accuracy)을 보인다. 본 논문에서는 문맥 교환이 발생하는 멀티프로그래밍 환경에서 높은 분기 예측 정확성을 보이는 중첩 분기 예측표 교환(Overlapped Predictor Table Switch, OPTS) 기법을 소개한다. 분기 예측표(predictor table)를 분할하여 각각의 프로세스(process)에 할당하는 OPTS 기법은 문맥 교환의 영향을 최소화함으로써 높은 분기 예측 정확성을 유지하는 분기 예측 방법이다.Abstract There is wide agreement that one of the most important impediments to the performance of current and future pipelined superscalar processors is the presence of conditional branches in the instruction stream. Accurate branch prediction is required to overcome this performance limitation. Many branch predictors have been proposed to help to alleviate this problem, including the two-level adaptive branch predictor, and more recently, hybrid branch predictor. In a less idealized environment, such as a time-sharing system, code of interest involves context switches. Context switches, even at fairly large intervals, can seriously degrade the performance of many of the most accurate branch prediction schemes. In this study, we measure the effect of context switch on the branch prediction accuracy in various situation and show the feasibility of our new mechanism, OPTS(Overlapped Predictor Table Switch), which save and restore branch history table at every context switch.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2023

Underwater wireless communication is a challenging issue for realizing the smart aqua-farm and various marine activities for exploring the ocean and environmental monitoring. In comparison to acoustic and radio frequency technologies, the visible light communication is the most promising method to transmit data with a higher speed in complex underwater environments. To send data at a speedier rate, high-performance photodetectors are essentially required to receive blue and/or cyan-blue light that are transmitted from the light sources in a light-fidelity (Li-Fi) system. Here, we fabricated high-performance organic phototransistors (OPTs) based on P-type donor polymer (PTO2) and N-type acceptor small molecule (IT-4F) blend semiconductors. Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) PTO2:IT-4F photo-active layer has a broad absorption spectrum in the range of 450~550 nm wavelength. Solution-processed OPTs showed a high photo-responsivity >1,000 mA/W, a large photo-sensitivity >10³, a fast response time, and reproducible light-On/Off switching characteristics even under a weak incident light. BHJ organic semiconductors absorbed photons and generated excitons, and efficiently dissociated to electron and hole carriers at the donor-acceptor interface. Printed and flexible OPTs can be widely used as Li-Fi receivers and image sensors for underwater communication and underwater internet of things (UIoTs).

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.421-435
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• 2006

The objective of this report is to introduce the European Union's variation rules governing medicinal products that are subject to post-approval changes. The EMEA outlines a variety of changes occurring to approved medicinal products. It also recommends a marketing authorisation holder to follow specific post-approval applications in various situations. For instance, the Commission Regulation(EC) No. 1085/2003 explains variation types and suggests post-authorisation procedures with which an applicant should comply. In all cases of minor and major variations the applicant has to investigate and validate whether or not the intended changes would have impact on the safety, efficacy and quality of a drug product. The applicant should then submit to the EMEA a variation application with adequate documentation in support of the notified changes. This procedure is implemented to ensure that changes to the approved medicinal product do not cause my public health concerns. In fact, the post-authorisation guidance categorizes post-approval changes into type IA/IB variations, type II variations, and extension applications. Such classifications determine administrative procedures to be followed in an efficient manner. Based on the type of a variation, the regulatory agency opts to reduce or extend the evaluation time-frame. The thrust of the EU's post-authorisation guidance is introduced in text with appropriate explanation. All these information will be likely to be helpful in updating a Korean regulatory guidance that could better deal with post-approval changes to generic drugs available in the market.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2012

천리안위성의 안정적인 장기 일반운영과 예기치 못한 비상상황을 대비하기 위한 관제원 운영능력 유지를 위해 개발된 관제모의훈련시스템의 구조와 특징에 대해 설명한다. 본 논문에서 특히 교관 편의 기능을 강조한 GUI 환경의 고장주입 기능과 훈련 시나리오를 자동으로 동작시키는 스케줄러, 기존 시뮬레이터의 고장발생 기능개선 부분을 중점적으로 기술하여 훈련시스템의 차별적인 장점과 기대효과를 조명한다. 아울러 고장 복구 훈련 예제를 통하여 훈련시스템 동작과정의 이해를 돕는다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.100-108
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• 2009

Designing communication architecture for substation automation is a challenging and subtle task for visualizing substations in the digital world under the umbrella of IEC61850. Communication paradigms for substation automation are of critical importance because of two reasons; the communication arena is changing daily and opts for convenience and simple deployment at a lower migration cost and interoperability is one of the core constrains of IEC61850 for substation automation. This paper presents an analysis and outline of the crucial need for the deployment of Gigabit Ethernet in substations and also presents suggestions on how Ethernet technology can help in substation automation. Ethernet is one of the most pervasive communication technologies available and can provide a long term solution in the changing arena of communication. We have performed simulations in NS-2 to prove that our suggested communication paradigm is optimal in various regards with consideration of the constraints imposed by IEC61850.

• 센서학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2019

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are widely used for wearable motion-capturing systems in the fields of biomechanics and robotics. When the IMUs are combined with optical motion sensors (hereafter, OPTs) for their complementary capabilities, it is necessary to align the coordinate system orientations between the IMU and OPT. In this study, we compare the application of two coordinate transformation-based orientation alignment methods between two coordinate systems. The first method (M1) applies angular velocity coordinate transformation, while the other method (M2) applies gyroscopic angle coordinate transformation. In M1 and M2, the angular velocities and angles, respectively, are acquired during random movement for a least-square algorithm to determine the alignment matrix between the two coordinate systems. The performance of each method is evaluated under various conditions according to the type of motion during measurement, number of data points, amount of noise, and the alignment matrix. The results show that M1 is free from drift errors, while drift errors are present in most cases where M2 is applied. Thus, this study indicates that M1 has a far superior performance than M2 for the alignment of IMU and OPT coordinate systems for motion analysis.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2023

With the recent surge in YouTube usage, there has been a proliferation of user-generated videos where individuals evaluate cosmetics. Consequently, many companies are increasingly utilizing evaluation videos for their product marketing and market research. However, a notable drawback is the manual classification of these product review videos incurring significant costs and time. Therefore, this paper proposes a deep learning-based cosmetics search algorithm to automate this task. The algorithm consists of two networks: One for detecting candidates in images using shape features such as circles, rectangles, etc and Another for filtering and categorizing these candidates. The reason for choosing a Two-Stage architecture over One-Stage is that, in videos containing background scenes, it is more robust to first detect cosmetic candidates before classifying them as specific objects. Although Two-Stage structures are generally known to outperform One-Stage structures in terms of model architecture, this study opts for Two-Stage to address issues related to the acquisition of training and validation data that arise when using One-Stage. Acquiring data for the algorithm that detects cosmetic candidates based on shape and the algorithm that classifies candidates into specific objects is cost-effective, ensuring the overall robustness of the algorithm.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.585-588
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• 2007

엑세스 기술의 발달로 사용자는 점점 더 다양한 엑세스 네트워크를 선택할 수 있게 되고 있다. 엑세스 기술들은 서로 다른 특징을 가지고 있으므로 사용자들의 상황에 따른 적시 핸드오버에 대한 요구는 점점 커지고 있다. 이러한 사용자의 요구에 따라 고속 및 이종망간 핸드오버를 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 기존의 1, 2 계층과 3, 4 계층을 분리하여 핸드오버를 진행할 때의 한계를 극복하기 위하여 IEEE 802.21 WG 이나 IRTF의 MobOpts (IP Mobility Optimizations) 연구그룹에서는 여러 계층이 통신하고 협력하여 핸드오버를 할 수 있도록 이벤트 기반 통신을 통한 핸드오버에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 고속의 핸드오버를 위하여 요구되는 L2 계층의 메시지의 종류와 속성에 대해서 제안한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권1B호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 이종의 무선 네트워크 환경에서 기존의 HMIPv6 기반 고속 수직적 핸드오버(Fast Vertical Handover HMIPv6, FV-HMIP) 메커니즘을 최적화하고 개선시키기 위해, IEEE 802.21 매체 무관 핸드오버 기능 (Media Independent Handover Function, MIHF)을 기반으로 하는 새로운 메커니즘을 제안하며 "MFV-HMIP"이라 부른다. 제안된 메커니즘에서는 이웃하는 이종 네트워크의 이동성 앵커 포인트(Mobility Anchor Point, MAP)들에 대한 도메인 프리픽스를 제공하기 위해서 새로운 L3 정보를 포함하는 확장된 매체 무관 정보 서비tm(Media Independent Information Service, MIIS)를 정의한다. 이를 통해 기존 FV-HMIP 메커니즘에서 필요하였던 이웃하는 이종 네트워크의 MAP 발견(MAP Discovery) 과정을 생략할 수 있다. 따라서, 제안된 MFV-FMIP 메커니즘은 핸드오버 준비 과정 중에 무선 구간에서의 시그널링 트래픽을 줄일 수 있고 Predictive Mode 동작 가능성을 높일 수 있기 때문에, 무선 자원 효율성, 핸드오버 지연, 패킷 손실 측면에서 기존 FV-HMIP 메커니즘에 비해 우수할 수 있다. 해석적 성능 평가 및 모의 실험을 통하여 제안된 MFV-HMIP 메커니즘의 우수성을 검증한다.