• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1063-1072
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• 2012

Effective population size ($N_e$) is an important measure to understand population structure and genetic variability in animal species. The objective of this study was to estimate $N_e$ in Sapsaree dogs using the information of rate of inbreeding and genomic data that were obtained from pedigree and the Illumina CanineSNP20 (20K) and CanineHD (170K) beadchips, respectively. Three SNP panels, i.e. Sap134 (20K), Sap60 (170K), and Sap183 (the combined panel from the 20K and 170K), were used to genotype 134, 60, and 183 animal samples, respectively. The $N_e$ estimates based on inbreeding rate ranged from 16 to 51 about five to 13 generations ago. With the use of SNP genotypes, two methods were applied for $N_e$ estimation, i.e. pair-wise $r^2$ values using a simple expectation of distance and $r^2$ values under a non-linear regression with respective distances assuming a finite population size. The average pair-wise $N_e$ estimates across generations using the pairs of SNPs that were located within 5 Mb in the Sap134, Sap60, and Sap183 panels, were 1,486, 1,025 and 1,293, respectively. Under the non-linear regression method, the average $N_e$ estimates were 1,601, 528, and 1,129 for the respective panels. Also, the point estimates of past $N_e$ at 5, 20, and 50 generations ago ranged between 64 to 75, 245 to 286, and 573 to 646, respectively, indicating a significant $N_e$ reduction in the last several generations. These results suggest a strong necessity for minimizing inbreeding through the application of genomic selection or other breeding strategies to increase $N_e$, so as to maintain genetic variation and to avoid future bottlenecks in the Sapsaree population.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2005

Production of weakly agglomerated nanopowders with the characteristic size of about 10 nm and a narrow particle size distribution is still a topical problem especially if the matter is an acceptable output (>50 g/hour), a high purity of the final product, and a low (energy consumption. The available experience and literature data show that the most promising approach to production of such powders is the evaporation-condensation method, which has a set of means for heating of the target. From this viewpoint the use of pulsed electron accelerators for production of nanopowders is preferable since they allow a relatively simple adjustment of the energy, the pulse length, and the pulse repetition rate. The use of a pulsed electron accelerator provides the following opportunities: a high-purity product; only the target and the working gas will interact and their purity can be controlled; evaporation products will be removed from the irradiation zone between pulses; as a result, the electron energy will be used more efficiently; adjustment of the particle size distribution and the characteristic size of particles by changing the pulse energy and the irradiated area. Considering the obtained results, we developed a design and made an installation for production of nanopowders, which is based on a hollow-cathode pulsed gas-filled diode. The use of a hollow-cathode gas-filled diode allows producing and utilizing an electron beam in a single chamber. The emission modulation in the hollow cathode will allow forming an electron beam 5 to 100 ms long. This will ensure an exact selection of the beam energy. By now we have completed the design work, manufactured units, equipped the installation, and began putting the installation into operation. A small amount of nanopowders has been produced.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권6호
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• pp.677-691
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• 2018

Reliability assessment of complex structures using simulation methods is time-consuming. Thus, surrogate models are usually employed to reduce computational cost. AK-MCS is a surrogate-based Active learning method combining Kriging and Monte-Carlo Simulation for structural reliability analysis. This paper proposes three modifications of the AK-MCS method to reduce the number of calls to the performance function. The first modification is related to the definition of an initial Design of Experiments (DoE). In the original AK-MCS method, an initial DoE is created by a random selection of samples among the Monte Carlo population. Therefore, samples in the failure region have fewer chances to be selected, because a small number of samples are usually located in the failure region compared to the safe region. The proposed method in this paper is based on a uniform selection of samples in the predefined domain, so more samples may be selected from the failure region. Another important parameter in the AK-MCS method is the size of the initial DoE. The algorithm may not predict the exact limit state surface with an insufficient number of initial samples. Thus, the second modification of the AK-MCS method is proposed to overcome this problem. The third modification is relevant to the type of regression trend in the AK-MCS method. The original AK-MCS method uses an ordinary Kriging model, so the regression part of Kriging model is an unknown constant value. In this paper, the effect of regression trend in the AK-MCS method is investigated for a benchmark problem, and it is shown that the appropriate choice of regression type could reduce the number of calls to the performance function. A stepwise approach is also presented to select a suitable trend of the Kriging model. The numerical results show the effectiveness of the proposed modifications.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.2143-2149
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 지리정보 라우팅 프로토콜 중 가장 잘 알려진 GPSR의 성능을 향상시키기 위한 에이전트 기반의 로드 분산 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 싱크 노드 주변 노드 중에 하나를 에이전트 노드로 설정하고 데이터 패킷을 싱크로 직접 전송하는 대신에 에이전트 노드에게 전송하고 이 패킷들은 에이전트 노드에 의하여 싱크로 전달되게 하게 함으로써 트래픽의 분산을 자동적으로 유도한다. 또한, 데이터 포워딩시에는 위치 정보뿐만 아니라 주변 노드의 현재 버퍼 사용량을 기준으로 다음 홉을 선택하게 함으로써 혼잡을 효율적으로 예방함으로써 로드 분산을 수행한다. 이러한 기능들은 패킷의 손실의 줄이게 되고 결국 패킷 전송 성공률이 높아지게 된다. 제안된 메커니즘의 성능 평가를 위하여 싱크노드로의 연결 수와 홉 수에 따른 패킷 전송 성공율을 측정한 결과 기존 GPSR 프로토콜에 비하여 향상된 성능을 확인하였다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2006

In these days, most of Korean industries advocates and utilizes Six Sigma as an integrated innovation tool for all their business and manufacturing processes. Six Sigma is known to bring more financial and managerial achievements than other innovation methods and tools. However, such successes are not always guaranteed. To adopt and implement Six Sigma successfully, it is necessary to grasp and understand essential characteristics of Six Sigma and then identify suitable elements and complements in consideration of vision, strategies, capability, circumstance and environment of the company. Step by step implementation plan may be built based on those ingredients. This study is to find out key ingredients (KIs) of Six Sigma. Potential ingredients selected from previous studies of success factors and ingredients of Six Sigma and TQM, and criteria of quality awards like MBNQA, EFQM, Deming prize and Korean National Quality Awards (KNQA) are classified into 11 categories based on experts' opinion and affinity analysis: management leadership, belt system, training, six sigma system, compensation, organization, corporate culture, customer focused, project selection, management of project results, and managerial achievements. Irrelevant or ineffective potential ingredients are discarded using factor analysis for the questionnaires answered by champions, MBB's and BB's of 90 Korean companies that have more than 3 years experience of Six Sigma. Also from the factor analysis, 3 factors are derived for each categories respectively except the managerial achievement category. Those 11 categories and 30 factors are defined as KIs of Six Sigma. This study also reveals that there is difference according to enterprise size, type of business, and implementation time in terms of KI's, and prioritizes KI's that an enterprise to pursue Six Sigma successfully should consider according to its characteristics.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-66
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• 1985

Korea needs proper and rational public policies on conservation and use of forest land and other natural resources because of the accelerating expansion of national land developments in recent years. Unfortunately, there is no systematic planning system to support the needs. Generally, forest land use planning needs suitability analysis based on efficient land classification system. The goal of this study was to classify a forest land using multivariate satistical methods. A case study was carried out in winter of 1983 on a mountainous area higher than 100m above sea level located at Mt. Kwanak in Anyang -city, Kyung-gi-do (province). The study area was 19.80 km$^2$wide and was divided into 1, 383 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU's) by a 120m$\times$120m grid. Fourteen descriptors were identified and quantified for each OTU from existing national land data : elevation, slope, aspect, terrain form, geologic material, surface soil permeability, topsoil type, depth of the solum, soil acidity, forest cover type, stand size class, stand age class, stand density class, and simple forest soil capability class. For this study, a FORTRAN IV program was written for input and output map data, and the computer statistics packages, SPSS and BMD, were used to perform the multivariate statistical analysis. Fourteen variables were analyzed to investigate the characteristics of their fire quench distribution and to estimate the correlation coefficients among them. Principal component analysis was executed to find the dimensions of forest land characteristics, and factor scores were used for proper samples of OTU throughout the study area. In order to develop the classes of forest land classification based on 102 surrogates, cluster and discriminant analyses of principal descriptor variable matrix were undertaken. Results obtained through a series of multivariate statistical analyses were as follows ; 1) Principal component analysis was proved to be a useful tool for data selection and identification of principal descriptor variables which represented the characteristics of forest land and facilitated the selection of samples.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.587-596
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• 2012

교토메커니즘의 체제하에서 신규조림 및 재조림(Afforestation and Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism, A/R CDM) 사업을 위해서는 대상지적격성 입증이 필요하다. 대상지 적격성 입증을 위해서는 과거에서 현재까지 산림이 아닌 지역으로 규정되어 있으므로 현재 대상지역이 산림 정의에 부합되지 않음을 입증하여야 된다. 본 연구에서는 위성영상을 이용하여 A/R CDM 대상지를 선정을 위한 분류기법을 제시하고자 한다. 연구대상지는 양평군 양평읍의 일부 지역을 선정하였고, 산림정의에 부합하는 3가지 요소 즉, 수고, 울폐도, 면적을 고려하여 LiDAR 자료와 항공사진을 이용하였다. Moving window를 적용하여 수고, 토지면적, 울폐도를 동시에 고려하여 화소기반 산림/비산림 지역으로 분류하였다. 그 결과, 조림 가능지역은 124.06 ha이고 조림 불가지역은 약 357.02 ha이다. 분석에서 적용된 기법은 A/R CDM 사업 대상지 선정 뿐만아니라 기타 교토메커니즘의 활용에 기초방법론을 제공하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권3C호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2008

ITU-T와 MPEG에 의해 최근 표준화가 완성된 H.264는 가변 블록 크기 움직임 예측, 다중 참조 영상, 1/4화소단위 움직임 예측 및 보상, $4{\times}4$ 정수 단위 DCT, 비트율-왜곡 최적화(Rate-Distortion Optimization)등의 새로운 부호화 기술로 H.263, MPEG-4 등 기존 비디오 표준에 비해 더 좋은 부호화 효율을 제공하고 있다. 그러나 새로운 부호화 기술들은 H.264의 전반적인 복잡도를 심화시키는 주된 요인이므로, H.264의 실제 응용을 용이하게 하기 위해서는 이러한 기술에 대한 고속 알고리즘이 요구된다. 제안하는 방식은 부호화기의 복잡도에서 가장 큰 비중을 차지하는 가변 블록 크기 움직임 예측 부호화에서 부호화 모드를 효율적으로 생략함으로써 모드 결정을 빠르게 수행하는 고속 모드 결정법으로, 참조 영상의 수를 줄이는 방법과 예측 모드를 생략하는 방법으로 구분될 수 있다. 참조 영상의 수를 줄이는 방법의 경우 상위 $16{\times}16$ 매크로블록에서 최소의 SAD를 갖는 참조 영상을 선택하여 $16{\times}8$과 $8{\times}16$ 모드의 움직임을 예측하고, 이 중 다시 최적의 참조 영상을 선택하여 하위 모드의 움직임을 예측한다. 예측 모드를 생략하는 방법에서는 매크로블록의 가로와 세로 세분화 방향성을 이용하여 만약 $16{\times}16$ 모드가 선택될 경우, $8{\times}8$과 $4{\times}4$ 하위 모드만 수행하고, $16{\times}8$ 모드가 선택되면 $8{\times}4$, $8{\times}16$ 모드가 선택되면 $4{\times}8$ 모드에서만 움직임 예측을 수행할 수 있다. 실험 결과 모든 참조 영상을 사용하는 방식에 비해 평균 65%가량 속도가 향상된 반면 영상의 화질은 H.264 표준 및 기존 방식과 유사함을 PSNR을 통하여 증명한다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2005

The permeate flux decline due to membrane fouling can be addressed using a variety of theoretical stand-points. Judicious selection of an appropriate theory is a key toward successful prediction of the permeate flux. The essential criterion f3r such a decision appears to be a detailed characterization of the feed solution and membrane properties. Modem theories are capable of accurately predicting several properties of colloidal systems that are important in membrane separation processes from fundamental information pertaining to the particle size, charge, and solution ionic strength. Based on such information, it is relatively straight-forward to determine the properties of the concentrated colloidal dispersion in a polarized layer or the cake layer properties. Incorporation of such information in the framework of the standard theories of membrane filtration, namely, the convective diffusion equation coupled with an appropriate permeate transport model, can lead to reasonably accurate prediction of the permeate flux due to colloidal fouling. The schematic of the essential approach has been delineated in Figure 5. The modern approaches based on appropriate cell models appear to predict the permeate flux behavior in crossflow membrane filtration processes quite accurately without invoking novel theoretical descriptions of particle back transport mechanisms or depending on adjust-able parameters. Such agreements have been observed for a wide range of particle size ranging from small proteins like BSA (diameter ${\~}$6 nm) to latex suspensions (diameter ${\~}1\;{\mu}m$). There we, however, several areas that need further exploration. Some of these include: 1) A clear mechanistic description of the cake formation mechanisms that clearly identifies the disorder to order transition point in different colloidal systems. 2) Determining the structure of a cake layer based on the interparticle and hydrodynamic interactions instead of assuming a fixed geometrical structure on the basis of cell models. 3) Performing well controlled experiments where the cake deposition mechanism can be observed for small colloidal particles (< $1\;{\mu}m$). 4) A clear mechanistic description of the critical operating conditions (for instance, critical pressure) which can minimize the propensity of colloidal membrane fluting. 5) Developing theoretical approaches to account for polydisperse systems that can render the models capable of handing realistic feed solutions typically encountered in diverse applications of membrane filtration.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.1303-1314
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• 2016

This work examines the most viable nuclear technology options for future underwater designs that would meet high safety standards as well as good economic potential, for construction in the 2030-2040 timeframe. The top five concepts selected from a survey of 13 nuclear technologies were compared to a small modular pressurized water reactor (PWR) designed with a conventional layout. In order of smallest to largest primary system size where the reactor and all safety systems are contained, the top five designs were: (1) a lead-bismuth fast reactor based on the Russian SVBR-100; (2) a novel organic cooled reactor; (3) an innovative superheated water reactor; (4) a boiling water reactor based on Toshiba's LSBWR; and (5) an integral PWR featuring compact steam generators. A similar study on potential attractive power cycles was also performed. A condensing and recompression supercritical $CO_2$ cycle and a compact steam Rankine cycle were designed. It was found that the hull size required by the reactor, safety systems and power cycle can be significantly reduced (50-80%) with the top five designs compared to the conventional PWR. Based on the qualitative economic consideration, the organic cooled reactor and boiling water reactor designs are expected to be the most cost effective options.