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Design and Implementation of a Hardware Accelerator for Marine Object Detection based on a Binary Segmentation Algorithm for Ship Safety Navigation (선박안전 운항을 위한 이진 분할 알고리즘 기반 해상 객체 검출 하드웨어 가속기 설계 및 구현)

  • Lee, Hyo-Chan;Song, Hyun-hak;Lee, Sung-ju;Jeon, Ho-seok;Kim, Hyo-Sung;Im, Tae-ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.24 no.10
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    • pp.1331-1340
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    • 2020
  • Object detection in maritime means that the captain detects floating objects that has a risk of colliding with the ship using the computer automatically and as accurately as human eyes. In conventional ships, the presence and distance of objects are determined through radar waves. However, it cannot identify the shape and type. In contrast, with the development of AI, cameras help accurately identify obstacles on the sea route with excellent performance in detecting or recognizing objects. The computer must calculate high-volume pixels to analyze digital images. However, the CPU is specialized for sequential processing; the processing speed is very slow, and smooth service support or security is not guaranteed. Accordingly, this study developed maritime object detection software and implemented it with FPGA to accelerate the processing of large-scale computations. Additionally, the system implementation was improved through embedded boards and FPGA interface, achieving 30 times faster performance than the existing algorithm and a three-times faster entire system.

Study of Sources Affecting Customer Satisfaction in Healthcare Service Business: with Focus on Comparison of Wellbeing Care, Yoga, and Fitness Businesses (건강관리 서비스 산업에서 고객만족에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 - 산림 건강치유, 요가, 휘트니스 산업비교를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Joon-Ho;Choi, Ji-Eun
    • Management & Information Systems Review
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.305-332
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    • 2010
  • This study was searching for elements affecting satisfaction of customers by comparing health management service businesses such as wellbeing care, yoga, and fitness. The discovered elements were analyzed and verified to find which elements are affecting what businesses through case studies. Multidirectional analysis was implemented for each service type using program, physical environment, and provided service drawn from the previous researches with SERVQUAL criteria and measured values on customer satisfactions. According to the analysis, physical environment in forest wellbeing care, program in yoga, and provided service in fitness were the most affecting elements. Thus, each health management service business must consider the lifestyle and trend of customers, and the specialized service corresponding to its uniqueness must be provided to customers. Surely, modernized exercise equipment, personalized program, and comfortable-luxurious settings are must have in order to be competitive. In addition, the business owners have to realize that customers are moving to quality from quantity. This means exercise must be brought up to the level of social value for relationship and links rather than left at the level of simple physical and mental trainings. To achieve these, other programs to support relationship among customers and circulating system with friendly environment must be considered at the same time.

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Investigation on Enhancing Efficiency in International Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation of Republic of Korea (우리나라의 기후변화적응 국제협력에 대한 고찰)

  • Park, Yong-Ha;Chung, Suh-Yong;Son, Yowhan;Lee, Woo-Kyun
    • Journal of Climate Change Research
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2010
  • To cope with various issues in the aspect of climate change adaptation of UNFCCC, Korea began preparing a Five-year National Climate Change Adaptation Plan in 2010 to be implemented from 2011~2015, for the purposes of securing a concrete system to adapt to climate change. Compared with the policies and measurement tools of developed countries, Korea's climate change adaptation capabilities suffers from a number of limitations including insufficiencies of basic information, human resources for research on climate change, and technology in risk and vulnerability assessment. At the same time, Korea maintains superior information technology systems, and comparatively strong climate change adaptation technologies. Recently, with the establishment of the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change as a specialized research organization in climate change adaptation, Korea has upgraded its ability to adapt to climate change and to provide support to other Asian countries which are vulnerable to climate change. In consideration of the close relation between climate change adaptation policy and technology development with the environmental industry, Korea's pursuit of cooperation and technical support for developing countries in the Asia region can be seen as the commencement of a long term investment for the nation's future. International cooperation on climate change adaptation between countries in the region can build a mutually complementary and integrated partnership in business, research, education, and other areas. Furthermore, Korea can also participate in the exploration of common issues as landmark projects that can attract global interest with developing countries.

Evaluation of Accuracy and Inaccuracy of Depth Sensor based Kinect System for Motion Analysis in Specific Rotational Movement for Balance Rehabilitation Training (균형 재활 훈련을 위한 특정 회전 움직임에서 피검자 동작 분석을 위한 깊이 센서 기반 키넥트 시스템의 정확성 및 부정확성 평가)

  • Kim, ChoongYeon;Jung, HoHyun;Jeon, Seong-Cheol;Jang, Kyung Bae;Chun, Keyoung Jin
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.228-234
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    • 2015
  • The balance ability significantly decreased in the elderly because of deterioration of the neural musculature regulatory mechanisms. Several studies have investigated methods of improving balance ability using real-time systems, but it is limited by the expensive test equipment and specialized resources. Recently, Kinect system based on depth data has been applied to address these limitations. Little information about accuracy/inaccuracy of Kinect system is, however, available, particular in motion analysis for evaluation of effectiveness in rehabilitation training. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate accuracy/inaccuracy of Kinect system in specific rotational movement for balance rehabilitation training. Six healthy male adults with no musculoskeletal disorder were selected to participate in the experiment. Movements of the participants were induced by controlling the base plane of the balance training equipment in directions of AP (anterior-posterior), ML (medial-lateral), right and left diagonal direction. The dynamic motions of the subjects were measured using two Kinect depth sensor systems and a three-dimensional motion capture system with eight infrared cameras for comparative evaluation. The results of the error rate for hip and knee joint alteration of Kinect system comparison with infrared camera based motion capture system occurred smaller values in the ML direction (Hip joint: 10.9~57.3%, Knee joint: 26.0~74.8%). Therefore, the accuracy of Kinect system for measuring balance rehabilitation traning could improve by using adapted algorithm which is based on hip joint movement in medial-lateral direction.

A Study on the Activation of Citizen Participation through Living Lab (시민참여형 스마트시티 리빙랩 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Park, JunHo;Park, JeongWoo;Nam, KwangWoo
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.33-44
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    • 2019
  • Smart City is the regional innovation platform that actively utilizes information and communication technologies to diversify city services and improve the performance and quality, hence improving the quality of life and creating new trends of urban activities. Recently, the importance of citizen participation is increasingly emphasized to build smart cities successfully and the Living Lab, an open innovation platform led by users, is taking center stage as a means of realizing it. Accordingly, this study aims to establish the plans for popularizing living labs that provide innovative environments for domestic smart cities. To this end, first of all, political trends related to domestic smart cities' living labs were analyzed, and then, individual characteristics and development processes of the relevant cases were investigated. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with the experts of specialized agencies from Netherlands, Finland, and Denmark, etc. which are considered as leading countries in smart cities' living labs. As a result, in order to popularize living labs in domestic smart cities, the following policies were proposed; establishing support systems for commercialization and dissemination, building intermediary support organizations, improvement of laws and institutions, establishing the joint response systems with neighboring areas, etc.

A Case Study on the Advancement of Uni. Start-up Education (대학 창업교육 고도화를 위한 사례분석 -10개 대학 창업교육 컨설팅을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Sung-Ho;Nam, Jung-Min
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.96-108
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    • 2020
  • Through the case analysis of the college start-up education consulting operated by the Center for Start-up Education, this study presented the direction of Uni. start-up education, such as regular subjects, comparative studies, commercialization of start-up businesses, and supporting infrastructure, and understood the meaning of start-up education. This study was conducted in three stages of literature research at 10 universities, pre-diagnosis questionnaire for practitioners, and visiting consulting, and presented design direction by separating universities (four-year colleges) and colleges of specialties. Universities (four-year colleges) need to make continuous efforts to create a specialized start-up valley for universities and start-up businesses using infrastructure with existing quantitative growth, and colleges need to establish professional and infrastructure for start-up education to suit the characteristics of their departments. In addition, it was urgent to introduce differentiated evaluation indicators for universities (four-year colleges) and colleges.

Blood Lead Concentration Correlates with All Cause, All Cancer and Lung Cancer Mortality in Adults: A Population Based Study

  • Cheung, Min Rex
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.3105-3108
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    • 2013
  • Background: This study used National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III to study the relationship between blood lead concentration and all cause, all cancer and lung cancer mortality in adults. Patients and Methods: Public use National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data were used. NHANES III uses stratified, multistage probabilistic methods to sample nationally representative samples. Household adult, laboratory and mortality data were merged. Sample persons who were available to be examined in aMobile Examination Center (MEC) were included in this study. Specialized survey analysis software was used. Results: A total of 3,482 sample participants with complete information for all variables were included in this analysis. For all cause death, the odds ratios (S.E.) for statistically significant variables were body mass index, 1.03 (1.01-1.06); 1.01 (1.01-1.01); blood lead concentration, 1.05 (1.01-1.08); poverty income ratio, 0.823 (0.76-0.89); and drinking hard liquor, 1.01 (1.00-1.02). For all cancer mortality, the odds ratios (S.E.) of the statistically signigicant variables were: age, 1.01 (1.01-1.01); blood lead concentration, 1.07 (1.04-1.12), black race, using non-Hispanic white as reference, 1.69 (1.12-2.56); and smoking, 1.02 (1.01-1.04). For lung cancer mortality, the odds ratios (S.E.) of the statistically significant variables were: age, 1.01(1.01-1.01); blood lead concentration, 1.09 (1.05-1.13); Mexican Americans, using non-Hispanic white as refrence, 0.33 (0.129-0.850); other races, 1.80 (0.53-6.18); and smoking, 1.03 (1.02-1.05). Conclusion: Blood lead concentration correlated with all cause, all cancer, and lung cancer mortality in adults.

A Survey and Analysis of Defense Industry Quality Management Level for Advancement of Defense Quality Policy (국방분야 품질정책 고도화를 위한 군수품 생산업체 품질경영수준 조사 및 분석)

  • Roh, Taejoo;Seo, Sangwon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.18-26
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    • 2017
  • Defense industries which require high reliability need an optimized quality management system with well-planned implementation. And the government should examine the overall status of defense industries, then establish practical policies with a proper support plan in required areas to upgrade the quality management level of manufacturers. Thus, DTaQ developed the model for 2 years from 2014, which specialized in quality management level analysis for defense industries. And a survey has been undertaken with that model by DTaQ and Korea Research Center in 2016. The surveyed companies randomly sampled among those which have more than 30 employees and delivery history over past 3 years, and finally 106 defense industries were selected. This paper present survey method and indexes for survey of defense industry quality management level. The survey was conducted in the order of planning, data collection and data processing, and the validity and reliability of the data were verified to increase objectivity of survey results. The survey contents mainly consist of system quality and management quality. System quality includes Product Development Management, Production Operation Management, supply chain quality management, Safety & Environment Management and Reliability Management, on the other hand, management quality includes Strategic Leadership, Human Resource Management, Customer Market Management and Information & Knowledge Management. Thus this proposes the current overall quality management status of the 106 defense industries and shows level differences by company sizes and manufacturing sectors based on the result of survey. Specifically, this paper enables to track the areas which need prompt government support with the policy directions to make quality management level higher. Therefore, it is expected that this can be used as reference data in establishing quality policies for military supplies in the future.

Perceptions held by Investigators, IRB Members and IRB Administrators on the Bioethical Oversight System of National R&D Projects (국가연구개발과제 생명의학윤리 감독체계에 대한 인식조사 및 제언)

  • Kang, Young Hee;Lee, Sang Mi;Kwon, Kwang Il;Kim, Eun Young;Huh, Woo Sung
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.135-143
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: Aim of this study was to gather and evaluate perceptions of investigators, IRB members, and IRB administrators on the appropriateness of IRB review process and bioethical oversight system of national R&D (NR&D) projects. Method: Investigators, IRB members, and IRB administrators at 17 different institutions were surveyed using convenience sampling and survey questionnaires were partially group-specialized to consider any differences between the groups. Results: Participants included 29 investigators, 37 IRB members, and 17 administrators with response rate of 100% (83 of 83). According to the responses obtained, insufficient preparation time for constructing protocol and gaining IRB approval was one of the main problems in the IRB review process (investigator 79.3%, IRB administrator 88.2%). Also, discrepancy between NR&D and IRB's protocol formats was another major issue (IRB members 96.4%, IRB administrator 100%) and most investigators (89.7%) had to modify the original NR&D protocol to obtain IRB approval. Moreover, it was reported that 13.8% of investigators and 31.3% of IRB administrators did not submit midyear reports to IRB and for bioethical issues of NR&D projects, 17.2% of investigators did not include information on project status and safety issues in the annual reports. Conclusion: In conclusion, for successful and ethical completion of R&D projects, revision of both IRB review process and NR&D project protocol formats as well as implementation of appropriate bioethical oversights are necessary.

Standardizing of Medicine Terminology in South and North Korea and Future Management Plan (남북 전통의학 용어 표준화의 필요성과 향후 과제)

  • Kim, Dongsu;Yi, Eunhee;Choi, Moonseok
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2020
  • Background : Mutual understanding between North and South Korea is essential for the engagement of Inter-Korean exchange and cooperation. However, the two Koreas have been divided for 70 years where Korean evolved differently within the two countries. This created a gap in the most basic foundation for mutual understanding, language. Fostering exchange and cooperation in the traditional medicine field requires a higher understanding of the specialized traditional medicine terminologies. Objectives : The purpose of this study is to formulate a future management plan for the "Comparative Terminology of Korean Medicine in South and North Korea," providing a foundation for standardizing Korean medicine terminology of the two Koreas. Methods : The study collected case studies of Korean medicine terminology management and standardization from government and international organization websites and documents. It provided future terminology management strategies based on this data. Results : The project for the standardization of Korean medicine terminology between North and South Korea can be divided into 4 stages according to the level of exchange and cooperation. The first step is to "establish a foundation for terminology standardization." The second step is "term comparison." If the exchanges and cooperation between North and South Korea, the third step will be to promote the "terminology standardization" project through Inter-Korean dialogue. Finally, after incorporating discussion on terminology standardization, the Inter-Korean Medicine Terminology can be published. Conclusions : This requires a system to support and facilitate Inter-Korean medicine exchange and cooperation. It is important to provide a support system that can provide results in a timely fashion by training relevant experts, collecting data and information, communicating with experts in the industry, academia and research institutes. This system will be able to ensure the continuity of the terminology standardization project.