• Advances in biomechanics and applications
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.95-109
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• 2014

Peri-acetabular bone ingrowth plays a crucial role in long-term stability of press-fit acetabular cups. A poor bone ingrowth often results in increased cup migration, leading to aseptic loosening of the implant. The rate of peri-prosthetic bone formation is also affected by the polar gap that may be introduced during implantation. Applying a mechano-regulatory tissue differentiation algorithm on a two-dimensional plane strain microscale model, representing implant-bone interface, the objectives of the study are to gain an insight into the process of peri-prosthetic tissue differentiation and to investigate its relationship with implant-bone relative displacement and size of the polar gap. Implant-bone relative displacement was found to have a considerable influence on bone healing and peri-acetabular bone ingrowth. An increase in implant-bone relative displacement from $20{\mu}m$ to $100{\mu}m$ resulted in an increase in fibrous tissue formation from 22% to 60% and reduction in bone formation from 70% to 38% within the polar gap. The increase in fibrous tissue formation and subsequent decrease in bone formation leads to weakening of the implant-bone interface strength. In comparison, the effect of polar gap on bone healing and peri-acetabular bone ingrowth was less pronounced. Polar gap up to 5 mm was found to be progressively filled with bone under favourable implant-bone relative displacements of $20{\mu}m$ along tangential and $20{\mu}m$ along normal directions. However, the average Young's modulus of the newly formed tissue layer reduced from 2200 MPa to 1200 MPa with an increase in polar gap from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, suggesting the formation of a low strength tissue for increased polar gap. Based on this study, it may be concluded that a polar gap less than 0.5 mm seems favourable for an increase in strength of the implant-bone interface.

• Biodesign
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2018

Spo0F is a response regulator that modulates sporulation, undergoes phosphorylation for phosphorelay signal transduction, and interacts with various regulatory proteins; however, the mechanisms through which phosphorylation induces structural changes and regulates interactions with binding partners remain unclear. Here, we determined the unphosphorylated crystal structure of Spo0F from the psychrophilic bacterium Paenisporosarcina sp. TG-14 (PaSpo0F) and established a phosphorylation-state structural model. We found that PaSpo0F underwent structural changes (Lys54 and Lys102) by phosphorylation and generated new interactions (Lys102/Gln10 and Lys54/Glu84) to stabilize the ${\beta}4/{\alpha}4$ and ${\beta}1/{\alpha}1$ loop structures, which are important target-protein binding sites. Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Spo0 variants revealed movement by BsSpo0F Thr82 and Tyr84 residues following interaction with BsSpo0B, providing insight into the movement of corresponding residues in PaSpo0F (Thr80 and Tyr82), with further analysis of BsSpo0F/BsRapH interaction revealing alterations in the ${\beta}4/{\alpha}4$ loop region. These results suggest that phosphorylation-induced structural rearrangement might be essential for PaSpo0F activation and expand the understanding of Spo0F-specific activation mechanisms during sporulation.

• 환경분석과 독성보건
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2018

In this study, inter-laboratory comparison was done using elemental analyzer-isotope ratio mass spectrometers (EA-IRMSs) to determine carbon and nitrogen contents as well as stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions (${\delta}^{13}C$ and ${\delta}^{15}N$) of five environmental samples containing lake and marine sediments, higher plant leaves, and fish muscle, and one organic analytical standard (Protein (Casein) Standard OAS). Five national laboratories participated in this comparison study, and each laboratory analyzed all five samples and the analytical standard. Results showed that variations in total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) contents as well as ${\delta}^{13}C_{TOC}$ and ${\delta}^{15}N_{TN}$ values among the laboratories were large compared to the analytical uncertainties. The results highlighted the inhomogeneity of the test samples and thus, the need to select suitable standard reference materials for future inter-laboratory studies. Further inter-laboratory comparison exercises could promote good measurement practices in the acquisition of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition data.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.203-215
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• 2021

The auroral observation has been started at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica by using a visible All-sky camera (v-ASC) in 2018 to routinely monitor the aurora in association with the simultaneous observations of the ionosphere, thermosphere and magnetosphere at the station. In this article, the auroral observations are introduced with the analysis procedure to recognize the aurora from the v-ASC image data and to compute the auroral occurrences and the initial results on their spatial and temporal distributions are presented. The auroral occurrences are mostly confined to the northern horizon in the evening sector and extend to the zenith from the northwest to cover almost the entire sky disk over JBS at around 08 MLT (magnetic local time; 03 LT) and then retract to the northeast in the morning sector. At near the magnetic local noon, the occurrences are horizontally distributed in the northern sky disk, which shows the auroral occurrences in the cusp region. The results of the auroral occurrences indicate that JBS is located most of the time in the polar cap near the poleward boundary of the auroral oval in the nightside and approaches closer to the oval in the morning sector. At around 08 MLT (03 LT), JBS is located within the auroral oval and then moves away from it, finally being located in the cusp region at the magnetic local noon, which indicates that the location of JBS turns out to be ideal to investigate the variabilities of the poleward boundary of the auroral oval from long-term observations of the auroral occurrences. The future plan for the ground auroral observations near JBS is presented.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제36S권8호
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• pp.88-100
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• 1999

얼굴과 얼굴 구성 요소를 자동으로 검출하는 것은 얼굴 인식 시스템에서 반드시 필요한 과정이다. 본 논문에서는 얼굴의 크기와 회전 변화가 동시에 존재하는 영상에서 log-polar 사상(mapping)에 기반한 단일 log-polar 얼굴 탬플릿(template)을 사용하는 밝기 기반 템플릿 정합(matching)으로 얼굴과 눈을 자동으로 검출하는 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 템플릿 정합에서는 입력 영상의 크기와 회전 변화를 템플릿의 크기와 회전 각도에 대하여 정규화시키는 과정이 필요하다. 그런데 인간 시각 시스템의 space-variant 특성과 유사한 구조를 가지는 log-polar 사상은 입력 영상의 크기와 회전 변화를 log-polar 평면상에서 수평과 수직 순환 이동으로 변화시키는 특성을 갖는다. 이러한 특성을 이용하여 입력 상반신 영상의 fixation point들에서 사상된 후보 log-polar 얼굴들은 log-polar 얼굴들을 log-polar 평면상에서 수평과 수직 이동시켜 템플릿과 정합한다. 따라서 제안한 방법은 얼굴의 크기와 회전 변화에 대응하기 위하여 계산량이 증대되는 multitemplate와 multiresolution 기법들은 적용할 필요성이 없게된다. 이러한 크기와 회전 불변 정합을 이용하여 제안된 방법은 얼굴과 눈을 동시에 검출할 수 있다. 얼굴의 크기와 회전 변화가 존재하는 상반신 영상 795장에 제안한 방법을 적용하여 98.7%의 얼굴과 눈의 검출율을 달성하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2016

부유 세균의 군집과 구별되는 생물막내 세균 군집은 다양한 수생태계에서 중요한 생태학적 역할을 수행한다. 자연계에서 생물막이 생태학적으로 중요함에도 불구하고, 남극 해양 환경에서 생물막 형성 과정 동안의 세균 군집 구조와 그들의 변화에 대한 연구는 수행되지 않았다. 본 연구에서, 남극 해양 환경에서 생물막 형성 초기 단계에서의 세균 군집 구조 변화를 16S rRNA 유전자의 pyrosequencing을 통해 수행하였다. 생물막내 전반적인 세균 군집은 주변의 해수의 군집과 매우 달랐다. 전체 세균 군집의 78.8%에서 88.3%를 차지한 Gammaproteobacteria와 Bacteroidetes의 상대적 풍부도는 생물막의 형성에 따라 급격하게 변하였다. Gammaproteobacteria는 생물막 형성 진행에 따라 증가하다가 (4일째에 75.7%), 7일째에 46.1%로 감소하였다. 반면, Bacteroidetes는 초기에서 중기로 갈수록 감소하다가 다시 증가하는 양상을 보이며, Gammaproteobacteria와 반대의 변화 양상을 나타내었다. 생물막 형성의 초기 과정에 우점 하는 OTU (>1%)들의 변화 양상은 시기에 따라 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. Gammaproteobacteria에 속하는 종의 경우, 4일째까지 증가한 반면, 첫째날 가장 우점 하였던 문인 Bacteroidetes에 속하는 종은 4일째까지 감소한 후, 다시 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 흥미롭게, Pseudoalteromonas prydzensis가 67.4%를 차지하며 우점 하였는데, 이는 생물막 형성에 이 종이 중요한 역할을 수행함을 시사하는 것으로 보인다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.14-27
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• 2009

Polar code는 터키 Erdal Arikan교수가 2006년 입력된 채널을 나누면 Cutoff Rate이 향상되는데 착안하여 Polar code를 제안했다. 채널분극은 주어진 B-DMC(Binary-input Discrete Memoryless Channel) W에서 대칭 용량의 높은 비율을 가진 연속적인 code로 이루어져 있다. 대칭 용량은 동등한 확률을 가진 채널의 입력을 이용하여 높은 비율을 얻는데 채널분극은 주어진 B-DMC W의 N개의 독립적인 출력을 모은 것이다. 즉, N은 Binary입력 채널 {$W^{(i)}_N\;:\;1{\leq}\;i\;{\leq}\;N$} 일 때, N이 커지게 되고, I{WN(i)}에서 값이 1에 가까워지면 그 값은 I(W)로 접근되고, I{WN(i)} 값이 0에 가까워지면 1-I(W)에 접근된다. 여기에서 I(W)는 신뢰성 있는 통신상에서의 동등한 주파수를 가진 W의 입력으로 높은 비율을 나타낸다. 이로써 {WN(i)}는 결국 채널코딩을 위한 적합한 상태라고 볼 수 있다. Polar code를 바탕으로, 본 논문은 Arikan의 Polar code의 부호화와 복호화를 분석하고 새롭게 Radix4의 Polar code 부호화를 제안했다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.694-698
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• 2006

Several marine bacterial strains were isolated from Undaria pinnatifida (Miyok in Korean). Sixty-six strains were isolated on R2A agar media at $10^{\circ}C$ and identified by a phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences. They were grouped into 10 different sequence types based on the initial sequence analysis of the 5' domain of the gene (approximately 500 bp). Full sequences of 16S rRNA gene, were obtained from one strain in each sequence type and the species-affiliation was determined using phylogenetic and sequence similarity analyses. The results of the analyses indicated that they were closely related to Psychrobacter aquimaris, P. celer, P. nivimaris, P. pulmonis, Psychromonas arctica or Bacillus psychrodurans. These bacteria are marine or psychrotrophic bacteria. Because the sporophytes of U. pinnatifida are cultured on the costal area during winter, the U. pinnatifida-associated bacteria appeared to grow at low temperatures. U. pinnatifida sporophytes can be a good source for the isolation of psychrotrophic bacteria.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제32권5_6호
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• pp.783-790
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• 2014

Most distance functions, including taxicab distance, are defined on Cartesian plane, and recent studies on distance functions have been mainly focused on Cartesian plane. However, most streets in cities include not only straight lines but also curves. Therefore, there is a significant need for a distance function to be defined on a curvilinear coordinate system. In this paper, we define a new function named polar taxicab distance, using polar coordinates. We prove that this function satisfies the conditions of distance function. We also investigate the geometric properties and classifications of circles in the plane with polar taxicab distance.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2000

A numerical study of the flow of incompressible fluid in a polar cavity is presented. Irregular grids is proposed by applying the interior division principle to the variables on polar coordinate grid formation. Stability analysis and the pressure correction method of SOLA algorithms were discussed in detail on cylindrical coordinates. The results present that unsteady flow behavior appears over $Re=3{\times}10^4$ on polar cavities but nearly steady state at $Re=10^4$. Furthermore, with increasing Reynolds numbers, vortices behaviors indicate more complicated flow phenomena and more severe temporal fluctuation of total kinetic energy and time variation of velocity components at arbitrary pick-up points are detected in case of $Re=5{\times}10^4$.