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SuperDepthTransfer: Depth Extraction from Image Using Instance-Based Learning with Superpixels

  • Zhu, Yuesheng;Jiang, Yifeng;Huang, Zhuandi;Luo, Guibo
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.4968-4986
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we primarily address the difficulty of automatic generation of a plausible depth map from a single image in an unstructured environment. The aim is to extrapolate a depth map with a more correct, rich, and distinct depth order, which is both quantitatively accurate as well as visually pleasing. Our technique, which is fundamentally based on a preexisting DepthTransfer algorithm, transfers depth information at the level of superpixels. This occurs within a framework that replaces a pixel basis with one of instance-based learning. A vital superpixels feature enhancing matching precision is posterior incorporation of predictive semantic labels into the depth extraction procedure. Finally, a modified Cross Bilateral Filter is leveraged to augment the final depth field. For training and evaluation, experiments were conducted using the Make3D Range Image Dataset and vividly demonstrate that this depth estimation method outperforms state-of-the-art methods for the correlation coefficient metric, mean log10 error and root mean squared error, and achieves comparable performance for the average relative error metric in both efficacy and computational efficiency. This approach can be utilized to automatically convert 2D images into stereo for 3D visualization, producing anaglyph images that are visually superior in realism and simultaneously more immersive.

Study on the Microstructural Degradation of the Boiler Tubes for Coal-Fired Power Plants

  • Yoo, Keun-Bong;He, Yinsheng;Lee, Han-Sang;Bae, Si-Yeon;Kim, Doo-Soo
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2018
  • A boiler system transforms water to pressured supercritical steam which drives the running of the turbine to rotate in the generator to produce electricity in power plants. Materials for building the tube system face challenges from high temperature creep damage, thermal fatigue/expansion, fireside and steam corrosion, etc. A database on the creep resistance strength and steam oxidation of the materials is important to the long-term reliable operation of the boiler system. Generally, the ferritic steels, i.e., grade 1, grade 2, grade 9, and X20, are extensively used as the superheater (SH) and reheater (RH) in supercritical (SC) and ultra supercritcal (USC) power plants. Currently, advanced austenitic steel, such as TP347H (FG), Super304H and HR3C, are beginning to replace the traditional ferritic steels as they allow an increase in steam temperature to meet the demands for increased plant efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to provide the state-of-the-art knowledge on boiler tube materials, including the strengthening, metallurgy, property/microstructural degradation, oxidation, and oxidation property improvement and then describe the modern microstructural characterization methods to assess and control the properties of these alloys. The paper covers the limited experience and experiment results with the alloys and presents important information on microstructural strengthening, degradation, and oxidation mechanisms.

GIS Transfer Standards : Review and Issues (국가 GIS 표준화의 현황과 필요성)

  • Kim, TsChang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.3 no.1 s.5
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    • pp.67-78
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    • 1995
  • Many countries in the world have already begun digitizing spatial objects and features located in either above -or under- ground in order to conduct various spatial analyses including disaster prevention planning. At the same time, the amount of information to be exchanged will be astronomical once the information super highways will be completed to connect many countries in the world Ways to exchange and transfer of spatial information. efficiently will have to be developed in order to avoid duplicated efforts and money and to maximize the use of spatial information 1hat has already been collected. One way to maximize the efficiency in sharing spatial information is to develop a transfer standard. thus, the purpose of this paper is to review spatial data transfer standard(SDTS) with the hope that it would shed light on the development of a transfer standard for Korea

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3D micro-CT analysis of void formations and push-out bonding strength of resin cements used for fiber post cementation

  • Uzun, Ismail Hakki;Malkoc, Meral Arslan;Keles, Ali;Ogreten, Ayse Tuba
    • The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 2016
  • PURPOSE. To investigate the void parameters within the resin cements used for fiber post cementation by micro-CT (${\mu}CT$) and regional push-out bonding strength. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Twenty-one, single and round shaped roots were enlarged with a low-speed drill following by endodontic treatment. The roots were divided into three groups (n=7) and fiber posts were cemented with Maxcem Elite, Multilink N and Superbond C&B resin cements. Specimens were scanned using ${\mu}CT$ scanner at resolution of $13.7{\mu}m$. The number, area, and volume of voids between dentin and post were evaluated. A method of analysis based on the post segmentation was used, and coronal, middle and apical thirds considered separately. After the ${\mu}CT$ analysis, roots were embedded in epoxy resin and sectioned into 2 mm thick slices (63 sections in total). Push-out testing was performed with universal testing device at 0.5 mm/min cross-head speed. Data were analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests (${\alpha}=.05$). RESULTS. Overall, significant differences between the resin cements and the post level were observed in the void number, area, and volume (P<.05). Super-Bond C&B showed the most void formation ($44.86{\pm}22.71$). Multilink N showed the least void surface ($3.51{\pm}2.24mm^2$) and volume ($0.01{\pm}0.01mm^3$). Regional push-out bond strength of the cements was not different (P>.05). CONCLUSION. ${\mu}CT$ proved to be a powerful non-destructive 3D analysis tool for visualizing the void parameters. Multilink N had the lowest void parameters. When efficiency of all cements was evaluated, direct relationship between the post region and push-out bonding strength was not observed.

Implementation of Communication Protocol between Control Centers using ICCP (ICCP를 사용한 전력센터간의 통신 프로토콜 구현)

  • Jang, Kyung-Soo;Chang, Byung-Wook;Hahn, Kyung-Duk;Shin, Dong-Ryeol
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.7 no.12
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    • pp.3910-3922
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    • 2000
  • Current power systems are distributed geographically and operated in the form of Energy Management System(EMS)/ Supervision Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA) with the aid of computers and communications. Recently a variety of utilities have had interests in using inforrration technology to bring the efficiency and low operational costs. There is also a trend to integrdte the production, transmission, distribution and management/control of power into one and unified distributed system. To this end, Electric Power Hesearch Institute(EPRI) announced a new standard communication protocol called Inter-Control Center Protocol(ICCP).ICCP specifies the use of Manufacturing Message Specification(MMS) for services required by rccr in application layer and supports the communications between heterogeneous control centers. This paper presents the characteristics of MMS,ICCP and their relationship. Futherrnore, we implement the basic functional blocks of ICCP using MMS services under TCI/IP environments. Finally, we model a simple power system and apply the rccp protocol to this system in a window-based scheme, and finally show the operation and validation of this protocol.

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A Study on Spatial Application of Digital Modulation Patterns - Focusing on generating digital patterns - (디지털 패턴의 생성과 공간적용방법 연구 - 디지털패턴의 생성을 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Jeong-Joo
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.100-111
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    • 2010
  • 'Pattern' is the term that is frequently used in the aspects of history, society, and science. It always appears in the remains or relics of the age of civilization when recording was started, and its evaluation and value differ by time. Patterns in the ancient civilization were symbolic, social, and spatially crucial. However, after the modernization, they were considered to be immoral and unnecessary, so the range of their significance came to reduce. Due to the development of science, ornament patterns lost the limitation of its range of use along with new interpretation of them. Especially with the advent of new scientific theories such as the evolution theory from the biological aspect, quantum mechanics, and super string theory, morphological possibilities more than the human scale perceived by men came to be discovered. Living organisms maintain their lives through patterns, structures, and processes in order to produce a system alive. Among them, patterns are the organization of relations determining the characteristics of the system. The present patterns may correspond to this meaning. The pattern in a space is the matter of how to relate the components after all. In a space, however, there are numerous components mingled with one another. If these tasks are conducted as analogue work, it will take a lot of time and effort. However, if digital media are utilized to perform the tasks like analysis, generation, or fabrication, it will produce a result with higher precision and efficiency. In this sense, parametric modeling is quite useful media. Opening morphological variation, it realizes more possibilities, connects conveniently the relations between complex components composing a space, and helps produce creative patterns.

Low-Cycle Fatigue in Ni-Base Superalloy IN738LC at Elevated Temperature (니켈기 초내열합금 IN738LC의 고온 저주기피로 거동)

  • Hwang, Kwon-Tae;Kim, Jae-Hoon;Yoo, Keun-Bong;Lee, Han-Sang;Yoo, Young-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.34 no.10
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    • pp.1403-1409
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    • 2010
  • For many years, high-strength nickel-base superalloys have been used to manufacture turbine blades because of their excellent performance at high temperatures. The prediction of fatigue life of superalloys is important for improving the efficiency of the turbine blades. In this study, low cycle fatigue tests are performed for different values of total strain and temperature. The relations between strain energy density and number of cycles before failure occurs are examined in order to predict the low cycle fatigue life of IN738LC super alloy. The results of low cycle fatigue lives predicted by strain energy methods are found to coincide with experimental data and with the results obtained by the Coffin-Manson method.

Therapeutic Feasibility Study and Clinical Trial of Intrahepatic $I^{-131}-Lipiodol$ on Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma ($Lipiodol-I^{-131}$의 경간동맥 주입에 의한 간암치료의 가능성에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Hyung-Sik;Suh, Jung-Ho;Lee, Jong-Tae;Kim, Dong-Ik;Park, Chang-Yun;Kim, Byung-Soo;Park, Chan-H.;Thakur, M.
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.61-71
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    • 1986
  • An iodized oil such as Ethiodol or Lipiodol was selectively retained in the tumor vessels of the large hepatomas as well as in the small daughter hepatomas for long periods following the intra-arterial hepatic injection of such contrast material. The specific aim of the study is to deliver a high internal radiation dose to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an attempt to control the disease. We were able to replace a small fraction of the stable iodine (I-127) of the 37% iodine in Lipiodol by the $I^{-131}$ with 100% exchange efficiency. $I^{-131}$ labeled Lipiodol was injected through the super-selected tumor feeding artery under superselection or into the proper hepatic arterial level of patients who have malignant hepatomas confirmed by aspiration cytology serum AFP and various imaging modalities. Clinical traial was performed on 43 cases during recent 6 months and follow-up observation was carried out. No severe complications or other adverse reactions were encountered until nowdays. $I^{-131}-Lipiodol$ was stable in vivo and no significant activity was noted in the thyroid, stomach, blood and urine after the injection. Only small fraction of radioisotope activity was noticed in the both side of lungs. Tumor to normal liver radio was very high. Therefore, $I^{-131}-Lipiodol$ (or P-32-Lipiodol) will be effective delivering high internal radiation dose to the tumor while delivering small radiation doses to normal tissues. Labeling, tumor dose calculation and preliminary findings will be presented.

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Analysis of extended end plate connection equipped with SMA bolts using component method

  • Toghroli, Ali;Nasirianfar, Mohammad Sadegh;Shariati, Ali;Khorami, Majid;Paknahad, Masoud;Ahmadi, Masoud;Gharehaghaj, Behnam;Zandi, Yousef
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.213-228
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    • 2020
  • Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are new materials used in various fields of science and engineering, one of which is civil engineering. Owing to their distinguished capabilities such as super elasticity, energy dissipation, and tolerating cyclic deformations, these materials have been of interest to engineers. On the other hand, the connections of a steel structure are of paramount importance because of their vulnerabilities during an earthquake. Therefore, it is indispensable to find approaches to augment the efficiency and safety of the connection. This research investigates the behavior of steel connections with extended end plates equipped hybridly with 8 rows of high strength bolts as well as Nitinol superelastic SMA bolts. The connections are studied using component method in dual form. In this method, the components affecting the connections behavior, such as beam flange, beam web, column web, extended end plate, and bolts are considered as parallel and series springs according to the Euro-Code3. Then, the nonlinear force- displacement response of the connection is presented in the form of moment-rotation curve. The results obtained from this survey demonstrate that the connection has ductility, in addition to its high strength, due to high ductility of SMA bolts.

Strategy of Purchasing Management for Hotel Food Materials (호텔 식자재 구매관리 전략)

  • Park, Jae-Wan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.7 no.10
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    • pp.302-310
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    • 2007
  • This research, through an empirical analysis of the management of food materials in the super deluxe and deluxe hotels in Seoul, verified the difference, and established strategies according to the difference. According to the study, to enhance the level of the food material management, the introduction of scientific methods and system of the deluxe hotels has to be preceded, the training of special inspectors and the utilization of inspection methods needs improvement, and the purchasing contracts and effective purchasing methods have to be renewed. As for the storing management, the difference between hotel grades was low. The implication of this study as follows. First, to enhance the efficiency of man power operation, we have to introduce computer systems. Second, training based on the food materials purchasing manual has to be achieved. Third, we have to increase inspectors' specialty through the arrangement of man power rotation.