• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.81-102
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• 2008

This paper presents a case study on competitive strategies of TNS Korea, the leading marketing research company in Korea. The case study shows that core competences of TNS Korea are its scientific expertise and customer-oriented consulting service and that these two core competences are sustained and further improved by implementing comprehensive human resource development strategies. The successful competitive strategies of TNS Korea provide significant managerial implications to firms in marketing research and other industries.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Next Generation Computing
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.75-86
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• 2018

The DDS (Data Distribution Service) specification defines a discovery method for finding participants and endpoints in a DDS network. The standard discovery mechanism uses the multicast protocol and finds all the endpoints in the network. Because of using multicasting, discovery may fail in a network with different segments. Other problems include that memory space wastes due to storing information of all the endpoints. The Topic Name Service (TNS) solves these problems by unicasting only the endpoints, which are required for communication. However, an extra delay time is inevitable in components of TNS, i.e, a front-end server, topic name servers, and a terminal server. In this paper, we analyze the performance of TNS. Delay times in the servers of TNS and time required to receive endpoint information are measured. Time to finish discovery and number of receiving endpoints compare with the standard discovery method.

• The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.27-39
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• 2012

Objectives: Recently Ciprofloxacin, used in the treatment of mastitis, showed many serious side effects. The object of this study was to recognize whether TNS and KWT can be used in the treatment of mastitis by observing the in vitro antibacterial effects of TNS and KWT aqueous herbal extracts against S. aureus. Methods: Antibacterial activities of TNS and KWT aqueous extracts against S. aureus ATCC 25923 were detected using standard agar microdilution methods. In addition, the effects on the bacterial growth curve were monitored at MIC and $MIC{\times}2$ levels. The effects on the intracellular killing and bacterial invasion of individual test materials were also observed using Raw 264.6 and MCF-7. The results were compared with Ciprofloxacin, a second generation of quinolone antibiotics in the present study. Results: MIC of aqueous extracts of TNS and KWT against S. aureus were detected as ($0.313{\pm}0.107$) and ($0.137{\pm}0.053$) mg/ml, respectively. MIC of Ciprofloxacin was detected as ($0.469{\pm}0.297$) ${\mu}g/ml$ at same conditions. In addition, TNS, KWT aqueous herbal extracts and Ciprofloxacin were also showed marked dosage-dependent inhibition of bacterial growth, and dramatical inhibitions on the both intracellular killing assays and bacterial invasion using Raw 264.6 and MCF-7 cells were detected. Conclusions: The results obtained in this study suggest that TNS and KWT aqueous herbal extracts showed antibacterial effects against S. aureus, and they also showed dosage-dependent inhibitory effects on the bacterial growth. And they showed the significant intracellular killing and bacterial invasion effects. It means, KWT and TNS may show more potent anti-infectious effects against S. aureus in vivo.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.565-569
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• 2015

Envisaging the role of Co in theranautics and biomedicine it is immensely important to evaluate its antimicrobial activity. Hence in this study CoO thin nanosheets (CoO-TNs) were synthesized using wet chemical solution method at a very low refluxing temperature ($90^{\circ}C$) and short time (60 min). Scanning electron microscopy of the grown structure revealed microflowers ($2{\sim}3{\mu}m$) composed of thin sheets petals (60~80 nm). The thickness of each individual grown sheet varies from 10~20 nm. Antimicrobial activities of CoO-TNs against two Gram positive bacteria (Micrococcus luteus, and Staphylococcus aureus), and two Gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were determined. A 98% and 65% growth inhibition of M. luteus and S. aureus respectively, was observed with $500{\mu}g/ml$ of CoO-TNs compared to 39 and 34% growth inhibition of E. coli and P. aeruginosa, respectively with the same concentration of CoO-TNs. Hence, synthesized CoO-TNs exhibited antimicrobial activity against Gram negative bacteria and an invariably higher activity against tested Gram positive bacteria. Therefore, synthesized CoO-TNs are less prone to microbial infections.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.32-35
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 시간축 정보량을 감축하여 오디오 부호화 효율을 개선하기 위한 기술을 제안한다. 시간축 정보량 감축 방법은 종전의 오디오 코덱에서도 활용되었던 대표적인 기술로 TNS(temporal noise shaping) 기술이 있다. 그러나 TNS 기술은 오디오 신호의 천이구간에서 선별적으로 유효하게 동작하며 그 효율성도 간헐적으로 나타나는데 이는 MDCT(modified discrete cosine transform)에서 예측 과정을 수행하는 구조적인 문제를 갖고 있기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 종전의 TNS 기술의 취약점을 보완한 ITES(intensive temporal envelope shaping) 기술을 제안하였다. 제안 기술은 TNS 보다 유효한 오디오 시간영역 정보량을 예측하고 감축하였으며, 개선된 음질을 나타냄을 주관적 평가를 수행하여 검증하였다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.113-123
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• 1988

A series of water-soluble polyparacyclophanes bearing two diphenylmethane or two diphenyl ether skeletons were investigated to develop useful host compounds by using 1-anilinonaphthalene-6-sulfonate (ANS) and 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) as fluorescent hydrophobic substrates in aqueous solution. It was noteworthy that remarkable fluorescent enhancements and blue shifts of ANS and TNS were observed only in the presence of 1,6,20,25-tetraaza[6.1.6.1] paracyclophane (CPM 44) and 1,6,21,27-tetraaza [7.1.7.1] paracyclophane (CPM 55) for diphenylmethane skeleton, and 1,7,21,27-tetraaza-14,34-dioxa [7.1.7.1] paracyclophane (CPE 55) and 1,8,22,29-tetraaza-15,36-dioxa [8.1.8.1] paracyclophane (CPE 66) for diphenyl ether skeleton, comparing with ${\alpha}-\;and\;{\beta}-cyclodextrins$. However, their acyclic analogues such as 4,4'-dimethylaminodiphenylmethane and 4,4'-dimethylaminodiphenyl ether, and paracyclophanes whose cavities were smaller showed only small effects under the same conditions. These facts suggested that hosts and substrates were in an intimate contact which would not occur without larger structures, and thus that guest molecules were strongly incorporated in the hydrophobic cavities of these larger paracyclophanes. The effects of pH on the fluorescent intensity of ANS-CPM 44, ANS-CPM 55, ANS-CPE 55, ANS-CPE 66, TNS-CPM 44, TNS-CPM 55, TNS-CPE 55 and TNS-CPE 66 systems were not significant below pH 2.0, but their fluorescent intensities were markedly reduced with increasing ionic strength.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.71-79
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• 1989

Complex formation of water-soluble polyparacyclophanes bearing two diphenylmethane or two diphenyl ether skeletons with l-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate (ANS) and 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) was investigated quantitatively to develop useful host compounds comparing with ${\alpha}\;-\;and\;{\beta}-cyc1odextrins$$({\alpha}-\;and\;{\beta}-CyDs$) in aqueous solution. Benesi-Hildebrand type analysis of the fluorescent intensity showed that the dissociation constants (Kd) of paracyclophane-ANS complexes were $1.55\;{\times}\;10^{-4}M$ for 1,6,20,25-tetraaza[6.1.6.1]paracyclophane(CPM 44) and $1.23\;{\times}\;10^{-4}M$ for 1,7,21,27-tetraaza[7.1.7.1]paracyclophane (CPM 55), and those of paracyclophane-TNS complexes were $6.99\;{\times}\;10^{-6}M$ for CPM 44 and $6.23\;{\times}\;10^{-5}M$ for CPM 55, in 1:1 molar ratio. On the other hand, the Kd values of 1,7,21,27-tetraaza-14,34-dioxa[7.1.7.1]paracyclophane (CPE 55)-ANS, 1,8,22,29-tetraaza-15,36-dioxa[8.1.8.1]paracyclophane (CPE 66)-ANS, CPE 55-TNS, CPE 66-TNS complexes were $1.75\;{\times}\;10^{-3}M$, $3.07\;{\times}\;10^{-3}M$, $3.75\;{\times}\;10^{-3}M$ and $2.15\;{\times}\;10^{-3}M$, respectively. On the contrary, the Kd values of ${\alpha}-CyD-ANS$, ${\beta}-CyD-ANS$, ${\alpha}-CyD-TNS$ and ${\beta}-CyD-TNS$ complexes were found to be $3.98\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M$, $1.05\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M$, $1.38\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M$ and $3.52\;{\times}\;10^{-4}M$, respectively. These results mean that the complexation of CPMs with ANS or TNS is by 5.6-1,975 fold stronger than that for ${\alpha}-or\;{\beta}-CyDs$, and the complex formation of CPEs with ANS or TNS is nearly same as or somewhat stronger than that for ${\alpha}-or\;{\beta}-CyDs$. From the Kd values determined at different temperatures, thermodynamic parameters were calculated and the complexation was found to be a spontaneous exothermic reaction. The effects of pH on Kd values of CPM 44-ANS, and CPM 55-ANS complexes were negligible in the range of pH 1.2-1.8. However, the Kd values of these complexes increased significantly with increasing ionic strength.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.99-105
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• 2001

도로교통소음은 많은 지역에 산재해 있으며 특히 주도로변에 거주하는 사람들에게 환경과 관련하여 매우 중요하다. 도로교통으로부터 소음수준을 계산하는데 몇가지 다른 방법들이 이용되고 있다. 이 방법들은 계산방법과 그래프식 그리고 컴퓨터 모델링 기술 등이다. 교통과 교통소음의 영향으로부터 소음을 계산하는 간단한 기술의 예측방법은 여기에 나타내었다. 이 TNS (traffic Noise Screening) 방법은 서로 다른 도로유형에 대한 일련의 도로교통소음레벨의 예측그래프로 전개된 것이다. 이 그래프는 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) STAMINA 2.0을 이용하여 다양한 시나리오에 대한 소음 예측모델을 계산한 결과를 기초하였다. TNS에 도로의 기하학적 형태, 교통량 주행속도 그리고 도로중앙선의 거리등의 데이터를 입력시킨다. TNS 그래프는 소음영향과 연관된 교통소음예측에서 사용하는 경우 교통소음레벨의 계산을 쉽게 한다. 이 TNS 방법은 STAMINA 2.0과 같은 상세 모델링을 대신하지는 못하지만 상세 모델을 필요로 할 때 도움을 주는 도구이다 만약 소음계산들이 중요하거나 또는 시나리오가 보다 복잡하고 부가된다면 보다 상세한 모델링이 수행되어져 스크린 결과들이 나타난다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.133-141
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• 1991

The fluorescence characteristics of l-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate (ANS) and 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) made the dyes useful probes for the determination of the polarity at the binding sites of several water-soluble polyparacyclophanes. Polyparacyclophanes used were 1,6,20,25-tetraaza[ 6.1.6.1]paracyclophane (CPM 44), 1,7,21,27 -tetraaza[7.1.7.1]paracyclophane (CPM 55). 1,7,21,27 -tetraaza-14,34-dioxa[7.1.7.1]paracyclophane (CPE 55) and 1,8,22,29-tetraaza-15,36-dioxa[8.1.8.1] paracyclophane (CPE 66). The fluorescence quantum yield, emission maximum, and half bandwidth of ANS or TNS obtained in a variety of solvent systems were plotted as a function of four kinds of empirical solvent polarity scales such as dielectric constant (D), (D-l)/(2D+1). Y and Z values. It was found that the Z-value-emission maximum $(\overline}V_F,\;cm^{-1})$ profile showed the most reliable linearity. ANS and TNS interacted with CPM 44, CPM 55, CPE 55. CPE 66. ${\alpha}-cyclodextrin$ (CyD) and ${\beta}-CyD$ in the aqueous solution, and from the emission maxima the polarities (Z-value) of their binding sites were calculated to be 92.65, 87.50, 93.35, 84.52, 94.36, and 90.48 for ANS, respectively. and 91.07, 89.68, 85.44, 86.74 and 87.6 for TNS except for ${\alpha}-CyD$, respectively.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.83-93
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• 2020

The time delay is used as a major indicator of the level of traffic congestion on traffic crossroads. For this purpose, the Daechi Station intersection where traffic congestion occurs and the Yeongdong 5 Bridge intersection where the traffic condition is relatively good, and the average lag time based on the field survey with the lag time calculated various simulation programs. comparison of the average control delay of the field survey data the signal intersection analysis model the KHCS Dechi intersection 7.7 second / vehicle Young dong 5 bridge intersection 7.9 second / vehiclehe VISSIM showed a difference Dechi intersection 21.1 second / vehicle and Young dong 5 bridge intersection 8.1 second / vehiclehe T7F showed a difference Dechi intersection 3.3 second / vehicle and Young dong 5 bridge intersection 9.3 second / vehicle. Analyzing the same intersection proved that the results differed from one simulation model to another.