• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.689-700
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• 2017

This paper presents an effective approach for wind turbine (WT) condition assessment based on the data collected from wind farm supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. Three types of assessment indices are determined based on the monitoring parameters obtained from the SCADA system. Neural Networks (NNs) are used to establish prediction models for the assessment indices that are dependent on environmental conditions such as ambient temperature and wind speed. An abnormal level index (ALI) is defined to quantify the abnormal level of the proposed indices. Prediction errors of the prediction models follow a normal distribution. Thus, the ALIs can be calculated based on the probability density function of normal distribution. For other assessment indices, the ALIs are calculated by the nonparametric estimation based cumulative probability density function. A Back-Propagation NN (BPNN) algorithm is used for the overall WT condition assessment. The inputs to the BPNN are the ALIs of the proposed indices. The network structure and the number of nodes in the hidden layer are carefully chosen when the BPNN model is being trained. The condition assessment method has been used for real 1.5 MW WTs with doubly fed induction generators. Results show that the proposed assessment method could effectively predict the change of operating conditions prior to fault occurrences and provide early alarming of the developing faults of WTs.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제41권
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• pp.119-146
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• 2000

The goals and strategies of welfare-to-work (WTW) policies have been sources of contentious political debate. In the United States, despite 20 years of welfare reform, there remain important differences of opinion regarding how best to design and deliver WTW programs. The proliferation of state and local WTW experiments has led to the identification of two ideal-types of WTW programs: the Labor Force Attachment and Human Capital Development models. Most of the recent policy debate about WTW in America has focused on the relative merits and performance of LFA and HCD. While the Primary goal of the LFA model is for welfare recipients to achieve a rapid transition into work, the HCD model seeks to improve the long-term employability of welfare dependents through education and skill development. LFA policies tend to be strongly outcome-oriented and generally can yield quick results. Their "any job is a good job" philosophy has proved attractive to policy-makers who are anxious to see concrete results in a short-term period. In contrast, the HCD policies do not simply dump welfare dependents at the bottom of the labor market, but aim to secure relatively stable and well-paid jobs. However, these strengths are offset by several practical weaknesses including high unit costs and long-term investment in human capital. In recent years, LFA policies have been increasingly favored by both policy officials and politicians in the United States. The introduction of Temporaray Assistance to Needy Families of 1996 has been accelerating the trend. What is going to happen to welfare recipients? This simple shift to the LFA model, however, will only see an alarming increase of working poor in a near future.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2006년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.711-716
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• 2006

Since the introduction of digital camera to the mass market, the number of digital photos owned by an individual is growing at an alarming rate. This phenomenon naturally leads to the issues of difficulties while searching and browsing in the personal digital photo archive. Traditional approach typically involves content-based image retrieval using computer vision algorithms. However, due to the performance limitations of these algorithms, at least on the casual digital photos taken by non-professional photographers, more recent approaches are centered on time-based clustering algorithms, analyzing the shot times of photos. These time-based clustering algorithms are based on the insight that when these photos are clustered according to the shot-time similarity, we have "event clusters" that will help the user browse through her photo archive. It is also reported that one of the remaining problems with the time-based approach is that people perceive events in different scales. In this paper, we present an adaptive time-based clustering algorithm that exploits the usage history of digital photos in order to infer the user's preference on the event granularity. Experiments show significant performance improvements in the clustering accuracy.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1971

The incidence of diabetes mellitus among Koreans as shown an increasing tendency recently, probably due to the various factors such as the improving living conditions. The majority of people are ignorant or indifferent to the nature, progress and prognosis of diabetes mellitus in Korea. 107 cases of diabetes mellitus which had been admitted to Severance Hospital between January and August, 1971 were Studied. Of these 107 cases, 22 cases were interviewed thoroughly during their hospital stay and the response to their diet therapy was carefully checked. 1) Of the 107 cases 69 cases were male and 38 cases were female; the sex ratio was 18:1. The age of the onset of the disease was as follows: 2 cases were under 20 years of age; 20 cases (18.7%) were under 40 years of age and 85 cases (79.5%) were over 40 years of age. Juvenile diabetes was less frequent when compared with developed countries. 2) Patients complaints and symptoms on admission, complications of sickness, and duration of sickness until the female discharge were also studied. We found that the incidence of tuberculosis complication in diabetes melltius was alarming (13. 8%). 3) In most cases, the control of diabetes was inadequate and diet practisis by the patients was also very poor even when they had known of the diabetes mellitus for a considerable period of time. During hospitalization 75 cases (70.0%) were controlled by diet and oral medications alone. Only 16 cases (15.0%) needed insulin injection, the remaining 16 cases required both diet control and insulin injection. 4) In general, patients received hospital diet satisfactorily. Only a few cases complained of difficulties with milk intake because of no previous dietary experience or of excessive meat orfish because they preferred vegetables and fruit. 5) Patients responded well to the dietitians interviews in the hospital but follow up study and care were poorly organized after discharge from the hospital. 6) The diet exchange 1ist published by the Korean Diabetic Association was not well received by the patients or the general puplic because it is not inexpensive and detailed instructions were not given at the time of discharge from the hospital.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2016

The maritime industry is expanding at an alarming rate hence there is a perpetual need to improve situation awareness in the maritime environment using new and emerging technology. Tracking is one of the numerous ways of enhancing situation awareness by providing information that may be useful to the operator. The tracking module designed herein comprises determining existing states of high dynamic target warship, state prediction and state compensation due to random noise. This is achieved by first analyzing the process of tracking followed by design of a tracking algorithm that uses ${\alpha}-{\beta}-{\gamma}$ tracking filter under a random noise. The algorithm involves initializing the state parameters which include position, velocity, acceleration and the course. This is then followed by state prediction at each time interval. A weighted difference of the observed and predicted state values at the $n^{th}$ observation is added to the predicted state to obtain the smoothed (filtered) state. This estimation is subsequently employed to determine the predicted state in the next radar scan. The filtering coefficients ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$ and ${\gamma}$ are determined from a pre-determined value of the damping parameter, ${\xi}$. The smoothed, predicted and the observed positions are used to compute the twice distance root mean square (2drms) error as a measure of the ability of the tracking module to manage the noise to acceptable levels.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:데이타베이스
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.741-753
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• 2006

네트워크가 급속도로 발달함에 따라, 네트워크 상에서 발생되는 트래픽 데이타를 대상으로 마이닝 기법을 적용하려는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 네트워크 트래픽 데이타를 대상으로 수행되는 마이닝 작업은 네트워크 사용자의 프라이버시를 침해할 여지가 있다는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 대용량 네트워크 트래픽 데이타를 대상으로 사이트의 프라이버시를 보호하면서 마이닝 결과의 정확성과 실용성을 보장할 수 있는 효율적인 순차 패턴 마이닝 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은, N-저장소 서버 모델과 정보 유지 대체 기법을 사용함으로써, 각 사이트에 저장되어 있는 네트워크 데이타를 공개하지 않은 상태에서 순차 패턴 마이닝을 수행한다. 또한 후보 패턴의 발생 여부를 신속히 결정할 수 있는 메타 테이블을 유지하여 전체 마이닝 과정이 효율적으로 진행되도록 한다. 네트워크 상에서 발생한 실제 트래픽 데이타를 대상으로 다양한 실험을 수행한 결과 제안된 기법의 효율성과 정확성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.228-241
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 소셜미디어를 통한 커뮤니케이션 문화의 변화가 대중의 소비문화에 적지 않은 영향을 미치고 있음에 주목하고 그러한 변화가 영화의 마케팅에 미치는 영향을 고찰하고자 한다. 특히 소셜미디어의 한 종류로 최근 가장 빠른 성장세를 보이고 있는 '트위터(Twitter)'가 어떤 기능적 특성을 가지고 있는지 살펴보고 이러한 특성이 영화마케팅에 어떠한 잇점을 제공하는지를 논한다. 자유로운 접근성, 단순성으로 인한 높은 주목도, 정보 확산의 신속성 그리고 저렴한 비용이라는 특성을 지닌 트위터는 일반 상업영화뿐 아니라 재정적인 문제로 충분한 마케팅 기회를 갖지 못했던 저예산 영화나 독립영화들에게 다양한 마케팅 기회를 제공한다. 본 논문의 분석 대상인 다큐멘터리 영화 <땅의 여자>(2010, 권우정)의 경우 제작과정에서부터 개봉과정을 거쳐 종영 이후까지 지속적으로 트위터를 통해 잠재 관객들과 활발히 상호소통하면서 광고, PR, 프로모션, 구전 등 영화마케팅의 모든 도구들을 구현하는 시도를 보여줌으로써 저예산영화 혹은 독립영화들이 트위터를 활용하여 어떠한 대안적인 마케팅 활동을 펼쳐나갈 수 있는지에 대한 하나의 모델을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2017

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of dental caries among an urban population. Methods: This study was conducted among 2000 people 15-40 years of age living in Kurdistan, Iran in 2015. Using a questionnaire, data were collected by 4 trained dental students. The dependent variable was the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMF) index. Using principal component analysis, the socioeconomic status (SES) of families was determined based on their household assets. Inequality was measured using the concentration index; in addition, the Oaxaca analytical method was used to determine the contribution of various determinants to the observed inequality. Results: The concentration index for poor scores on the DMF index was -0.32 (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.40 to -0.36); thus, poor DMF indices had a greater concentration in groups with a low SES (p<0.001). Decomposition analysis showed that the mean prevalence of a poor DMF index was 43.7% (95% CI, 40.4 to 46.9%) in the least privileged group and 14.4% (95% CI, 9.5 to 9.2%) in the most privileged group. It was found that 85.8% of the gap observed between these groups was due to differences in sex, parents' education, and the district of residence. A poor DMF index was less prevalent among people with higher SES than among those with lower SES (odds ratio, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.19 to 0.52). Conclusions: An alarming degree of SES inequality in oral health status was found in the studied community. Hence, it is suggested that inequalities in oral health status be reduced via adopting appropriate policies such as the delivery of oral health services to poorer groups and covering such services in insurance programs.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2003

경막외마취는 전신마취가 불필요하므로 널리 활용되는 마취술이다. 그러나 경막외마취 시술시 천자침이 경막외강 내에 정확하게 위치하지 않으면 각종 부작용이 발생하므로 시술자의 세심한 주의뿐만 아니라 상당한 수준의 숙달이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 천자침이 연결된 도관 내의 압력 변화를 범용 압력센서로 연속 계측함으로써 침이 경막외강 내로 진입하는 순간을 자동탐지하는 자동화된 저항소실법을 개발하였다. 17G Tuohy 침을 황인대까지 전진시킨 후 침에 공기도관을 연결하고 공기도관에 연결된 압력센서로 압력신호를 추출하여 적절히 증폭ㆍ필터링한 후 역치감지회로가 경막외강의 진입순간을 감지하도록 전자회로를 설계ㆍ제작함으로써 저항소실법을 자동화할 수 있었다. 소량의 공기 주입으로 도관 내의 압력을 50∼100mmHg까지 녹인 후 짐을 천천히 전진시키며 압력변화신호를 10개의 녹색 발광다이오드로 연속 표시하였고 압력이 20mmHg 이하로 하강하는 순간을 경막외강 진입시점으로 인식하여 시술자를 위해 경보를 울리는 보조기기의 형태로 구현하였다. 자체 시뮤레이션을 거친 후, 경막 외마취 시술이 예정된 환자 ,30명을 대상으로 자동화된 보조기기를 사용하여 시술하였고 수동적인 저항소실법을 병행하는 임상실험을 통하여 경막외 마취시술의 성공여부를 판정하였다. 본 기기의 도움으로 첫 번째 시도에서의 마취성공률은 83%이었고 두 번째 시도에서는 모두(100%) 성공하였으며 시술 중 주입된 공기의 용적은 1ml이내로써 별는 부작용이나 합병증은 없었으므로 본 연구의 유용성이 입증되었다. 본 연구의 자동화된 저항소실법은 공기도관을 사용하였으므로 감염의 가능성도 최소화된다고 볼 수 있었으며, 따라서 편리하고 안전한 경막외마취 시술이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2014

The reproductive disorders are the major causes of reproductive infertility in cows that affect the total annual calf crop, resulting in great economic loss in Bangladesh. The aim of the study was to find out the reproductive disorders (RD) in dairy cows that markedly influences the reproductive performances in aspect of Bangladesh. A total number of 1658 dairy cows were selected according to their body condition score (BCS) in different farms at the southern part of Bangladesh during the period of 2011 to 2012. The preliminary data (basic information) were collected directly from the dairy farmer's record books and asking questions according to a prescribed questionnaires as well as the diagnosis of RD was presumptively confirmed on the basis of history, clinical signs and examination of animals by ultrasonography and others necessary tools. There are thirteen major reproductive disorders were identified. Overall prevalence of reproductive disorders at that area were 23%, among of these anoestrus 5.1%, repeat breeder 3.7%, metritis 4.4%, poor heat detection 1.6%, ovarian cyst 0.36%, retain placenta 4.6%, dystocia 0.97% and pyometra 0.24%. It is indicated that anoestrus and retention of placenta after calving was most hazardous cause of infertility whereas the metritis and repeat breeder were the second line of consequence. RD had shown significantly higher incidence in low BCS (${\leq}2$) than that of fair (2.5) and very good (${\geq}3{\sim}3.5$). In conclusion, the highest RD especially anoestrus and retention of placenta is very alarming for reproductive loss which might be needed further research to identify the specific cause of these disorders for establishment a profitable dairying and dairy population.