• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2008

The electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement system consists of I/O interface to input the ECG signals from two electrodes, FPGA (Field programmable gate arrays) module to process the signal conditioning, and real time module to control the system. The algorithms based on wavelet transform were developed to remove the noise of the ECG signals and to determine the QRS-waves. Triangular wave tests were conducted to determine the optimal factors of the wavelet filter by analyzing the SNRs (signal to noise ratios) and RMSEs (root mean square errors). The hybrid rule, soft method, and symlets of order 5 were selected as thresholding rule, thresholding method, and mother wavelet, respectively. The developed wavelet filter showed good performance to remove the noise of the triangular waves with 10.98 dB of SNR and 0.140 mV of RMSE. The ECG signals from a total of 6 subjects were measured at different measuring postures such as lying, sitting, and standing. The durations of QRS-waves, the amplitudes of R-waves, the intervals of RR-waves were analyzed by using the finite impulse response (FIR) filter and the developed wavelet filter. The wavelet filter showed good performance to determine the features of QRS-waves, but the FIR filter had some problems to detect the peaks of Q and S waves. The measuring postures affected accuracy and precision of the ECG signals. The noises of the ECG signals were increased due to the movement of the subject during measurement. The results showed that the wavelet filter was a useful tool to remove the noise of the ECG signals and to determine the features of the QRS-waves.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제61권6호
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• pp.366-370
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• 2019

Overweight and obesity induce serious health problems that exert negative effects on dog's welfare. Body condition score (BCS) is a common method to evaluate the body fat mass in animals. By palpating and observing fats under the skin it is possible to predict animal's body fat accumulation condition. BCS is also a useful tool to estimate body fat composition in dogs. However, BCS can be subjective when it was performed by non-professionals like pet's owners. To develop a method to avoid the misevaluation of BCS twenty-four Beagles were enrolled and performed BCS evaluation. In addition, the length of chest and abdominal girths were measured. In correlation analysis, the sizes of chest and abdominal girth were significantly correlated with BCS. Especially, the difference and ratio of the chest and abdominal length were highly correlated with the BCS. With that, we suggested that this simple measurement of chest and abdominal girths by a measuring tape would be an effective method to estimate BCS scores in dogs that helps non-professionals to manage their own dog's nutritional condition by monitoring body fat accumulation condition.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2003

흙-수분 특성곡선은 토질역학에서 불포화토의 근간이 되는 중요한 물성함수로 불포화토 연구에 있어서 가장 중요한 요소이다. 따라서 이러한 흙-수분 특성곡선을 보다 정확하고 빠르게 또 편리하게 측정할 수 있는 신뢰성 있는 방법이 불포화토 연구에 있어서 우선적으로 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 피스톤 펌프 기법을 이용한 흙-수분 특성곡선 측정방법을 보완, 발전시켰다. 이 방법은 기존의 흙-수분 특성곡선 측정방법들보다 측정하기에 편리하고 빠르며 더욱 정확한 측정이 가능하다. 또한 전체실험 과정을 통하여 완전한 통제가 가능하며 컴퓨터를 이용한 자동화 및 정밀측정이 가능하기 때문에 흙-수분 특성곡선의 상세한 부분까지 연구할 수 있다. 한 점 한 점이 아닌 연속적인 건조곡선이나 습윤곡선의 측정이 가능하고 건조곡선에서의 공기침입값 위치라든지 습윤곡선에서의 공기폐색위치등도 측정 가능하다. 또한 불포화토의 특성중의 하나인 흙-수분 특성곡선의 이방성 측정도 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 실험방법상의 기법을 개발했을 뿐만 아니라 실험결과에 대한 구체적인 해석도 이루어졌다. 실례로 석션조절기법(suction drop measurement)이라는 방법을 개발했으며 이 방법을 이용하면 흙-수분 특성곡선을 보다 편리하고 또 짧은 시간 내 정확하게 측정할 수 있다.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한산업공학회/한국경영과학회 1996년도 춘계공동학술대회논문집; 공군사관학교, 청주; 26-27 Apr. 1996
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• pp.639-643
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• 1996

The manufacturing system has been changed from labored manual process system, which is managed and operated by managers and operators, to CIMS(Computer Integrated Manufacturing System) for integration of manufacturing, research, development and consumption in the age of diverse customer's needs[6]. However, because it involves the hierarchical system composed of many sub-systems interface and its installation & setup cost is very expensive, CIMS has many difficulties in constructing the durable optimal system that is able to adapt to rapid in-outer circumstance change. So, HMS(Holonic Manufacturing System), the new conceptual manufacturing system having the self-problem-solving and self-organization[11], is instructed to solve these difficulties that it has in these days. The system flexibility in the HMS is able to be ensured, with the integration of human's strong points into mechatronics manufacturing system to reduce interference among sub-systems. In this paper, the manufacturing process rationalization and integration of the assembly line in an automobile industry, has lots of problems in efficiency and productivity, has been studied in an early stage of converting the present state of process system to HMS, which is human-oriented processing system, to improve the line efficiency, system productivity and reliability by using human capability effectively. This paper is derived into the human-oriented & object-oriented holons settlement of the shop floor system composed of processing, assembly and material handling system for the future holonic manufacturing system, which is going to be computer supported control system.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.775-784
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• 2008

It is not easy to access very high speed Internet services at sea due to some technical and economical problems. In order to realize the very high speed Internet services at sea like on land, new communication network models based on MANET should be adopted. In this paper, a new MANET model at sea is provided, which considered the ocean environments, and the characteristics and movement of vessels. On the basis of the fact that most vessels navigate on the predetermined courses, which are the shortest paths between source and destination ports in most cases, a type of location oriented routing protocol is proposed in this paper. The Hybrid Course-Based Routing Protocol(HCBR) makes use of the static information such as courses and positions of ports to proactively find the shortest paths not only among ports but also the cross points of courses. HCBR also makes use of the locational information of vessels obtained via GPS and AIS systems to reactively discover the shortest route by which data packets are delivered between them. We have simulated the comparison of the performance of HCBR with those of LAR scheme 1 and scheme2, the most typical protocols using geographical information. The simulation results show that HCBR guarantees the route discovery even without using any control packet. They also show that HCBR is more reliable(40%) and is able to obtain more optimal routes(10%) than LAR scheme1 and scheme2 protocols.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.70-78
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• 1997

3Y TZP/SUS316계 경사기능재료를 슬립캐스팅법을 이용하여 제조하였다. 슬립캐스팅 공정에서 석고몰드를 대체하기 위해 알루미나몰드를 제조하였고, 3Y-TZP/SUS316 2상 슬러리의 최적 분산조건을 ESA, 점도계, 침전거동의 관찰 등을 통해 결정하였으며, 석고몰드와 알루미나몰드로 캐스팅한 시험편의 제반 특성을 소결수축율변화, 건조 및 소결거동, 미세구조 관찰 등으로 조사하였다. 그 결과 알루미나몰드를 사용하여 제조된 시험편에서는 석고몰드 사용시 나타나는 표면에서의 오염이 관찰되지 않았으며, 각 층의 두께조절이 쉬웠고 높은 재현성을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 특히 알루미나몰드를 사용하여 제조한 SUS316에서는 어떤 열화현상도 관찰되지 않았다. 결국 슬립캐스팅 공정으로 3Y-TZP/SUS316계 경사기능재료를 제조함에 있어서 기존의 석고몰드보다 다공질 알루미나몰드의 사용이 바람직하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2008

A Superconductor Flywheel Energy Storage System(SFES) mainly consists of a pair of non-contacting High Temperature Superconductor(HTS) bearings that provide very low frictional losses, a composite flywheel with high energy storage density. The HTS bearings, which offer dynamic stability without active control, are the key technology that distinguishes the SFES from other flywheel energy storage devices, and great effort is being put into developing this technology. The Superconductor Journal Bearing(SJB) mainly consists of HTS bulks and a stator, which holds the HTS bulks and also acts as a cold head. Static properties of HTS bearings provide data to solve problems which may occur easily in a running system. Since stiffness to counter vibration is the main parameter in designing an HTS bearing system, we investigate SJB magnetic force through static properties between the Permanent Magnet(PM) and HTS. We measure stiffness in static condition and the results are used to determine the optimal number of HTS bulks for a 100kWh SFES.

• 서비스연구
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2018

본 연구는 지혜자산을 구축하고 유통하고 활용하는 전체 과정이 최적의 서비스시스템이 되도록 서비스디자인 모델을 연구하였다. 지혜의 본질을 분석하고, 지혜와 서비스의 본질에 기반하여 지혜자산화서비스모델을 디자인하였다. 지혜와 서비스 본질에의 충실성에 시스템 최적성을 기반을 두고 연구를 수행하였다. 지혜의 근본성과 연결성, 서비스의 관계성, 수평성, 쌍방향성, 조화성 본질을 서비스디자인에 반영하였다. 지혜자산화 서비스시스템은 이들 본질적 특성에 충실하게 설계될 때, 시스템구축 목적과 운영 과정이 최선의 상태로 구현될 수 있음을 제시하였다. 지혜원천 채집, 지혜 가공, 지혜 유통, 지혜 활용, 지혜 전수, 서비스 운영 등의 전체서비스에 대해 서비스 기본 모델을 디자인한 후, 세부 서비스모델을 제시하였다. 지혜자산 구축서비스, 지혜자산 활용서비스, 서비스경영 등 세 개의 축으로 세부 서비스 모델을 디자인하였다. 본 연구는 정신적으로 피폐해가는 물질문명 사회의 문제점을 해결하고 생산성이 높으면서도 정신적으로 건강한 사회를 위한 서비스모델을 설계하는 차원에서 수행되었다. 본 연구에서 제안된 서비스디자인을 보완하고 세부 모델을 상세히 디자인하고, 각 디자인을 심화시키는 후속 연구가 필요하다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2000

구륜 이동 로봇(Wheeled Mobile Robot)은 제어기 설계에 있어 Nonholonomic Constraints등에 의해 많은 어려움을 지닌다. 본 논문에서는 구륜 이동 로봇의 제어를 위해 PD와 퍼지 시스템이 결합된 제어기가 설계되며, 유전알고리즘에 기초되어 최적 퍼지시스템이 형성된다. 시스템의 최적화 과정은 독립적으로 수행되는 여러 단계들로 이루어지며, 각 단계마다 다른 형식의 알고리즘이 적용되며 효율적 탐색을 위해 Niche알고리즘 및 면역 알고리즘이 결합되어 적용된다. 각 출력용어집합은 최적의 원소들을 얻기 위해 수행되는 탐색에 의해 그 구성이 변화되며, 변화된 출력용어집합의 구성 원소와 관계된 규칙기반이 동시에 조절된다. 출력용어집합의 추가된 원소들 및 조절된 규칙에 대한 적합성이 평가되고 제어 성능의 향상에 기여하지 못한 부분들은 제거된다. 출력변수의 용어집합 및 규칙에 대한 반복적 조절 과정이 완료된 후, 입력 소속함수들에 대한 조정이 제약조건을 가지고 수행되며, 진화연산에 의한 출력소속함수들에 대한 조정이 수행된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.78-82
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• 2007

Since germanium has been shown to be beneficial for the treatment of diseases such as cancer and rheumatic arthritis, we developed an adapted process of bio-germanium preparation using inorganic germanium. In the present study we determined the optimal conditions for culturing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (KCTC-1199), and the best concentrations of inorganic germanium for the adaptation process. The resulting method was successful at producing high quantities of germanium yeasts. The following are the culture conditions that obtained the highest level of productivity: an inorganic germanium concentration of 3,000-5,000 ppm, a pH of 6.5, a temperature of $35^{\circ}C$, and 20 hr of incubation time. In addition to this high-yield quantity study, we observed the acute oral toxicity of mice treated with Geranti Bio-Ge $Yeast^{(R)}$. We found no changes in body weight, or in the mortality between the control groups and the bio-germanium yeast group. There were also no digestive problems such as diarrhea that occurred in either group.