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Estimation of Crowd Density in Public Areas Based on Neural Network

  • Kim, Gyujin;An, Taeki;Kim, Moonhyun
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.6 no.9
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    • pp.2170-2190
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    • 2012
  • There are nowadays strong demands for intelligent surveillance systems, which can infer or understand more complex behavior. The application of crowd density estimation methods could lead to a better understanding of crowd behavior, improved design of the built environment, and increased pedestrian safety. In this paper, we propose a new crowd density estimation method, which aims at estimating not only a moving crowd, but also a stationary crowd, using images captured from surveillance cameras situated in various public locations. The crowd density of the moving people is measured, based on the moving area during a specified time period. The moving area is defined as the area where the magnitude of the accumulated optical flow exceeds a predefined threshold. In contrast, the stationary crowd density is estimated from the coarseness of textures, under the assumption that each person can be regarded as a textural unit. A multilayer neural network is designed, to classify crowd density levels into 5 classes. Finally, the proposed method is experimented with PETS 2009 and the platform of Gangnam subway station image sequences.

흉부 팬텀 CR 영상의 화질평가 및 피폭선량 경감에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Heung-Tae;Gwon, Su-Il;Park, Il-Yeong;Jeong, Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.72-79
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    • 1998
  • With this experiment we have conclusion as follows. $\cdot$ Total FCR-9501 are 8 units. $\cdot$ All hospitals under study are conducting the high kvp radiographing with 115-120kvp and 4$\sim$10mAs. $\cdot$ The mean value of the chest exposure was 0.524$\sim$0.301mGy. $\cdot$ The percentage of the absorber finding from phantom was more the 85% with a range of 100$\sim$136 kvp. $\cdot$ The mean dose from phantom was 0.990mGy with 124 kvp and 16 mAs. $\cdot$ There is no difference in the amount of information due to the change of kvp and mAs, but some coarseness of images can be seen in the magnified images. $\cdot$ The resolving power was about 1.5/mm. $\cdot$ The increase and decrease of 10$\sim$30 kvp from common kvp has not influenced on the amount of information. $\cdot$ The exposure could be reduced by 0.170$\sim$0.570mGy.

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Investigation of Floor Surface Finishes for Optimal Slip Resistance Performance

  • Kim, In-Ju
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2018
  • Background: Increasing the slip resistance of floor surfaces would be desirable, but there is a lack of evidence on whether traction properties are linearly correlated with the topographic features of the floor surfaces or what scales of surface roughness are required to effectively control the slipperiness of floors. Objective: This study expands on earlier findings on the effects of floor surface finishes against slip resistance performance and determines the operative ranges of floor surface roughness for optimal slip resistance controls under different risk levels of walking environments. Methods: Dynamic friction tests were conducted among three shoes and nine floor specimens under wet and oily environments and compared with a soapy environment. Results: The test results showed the significant effects of floor surface roughness on slip resistance performance against all the lubricated environments. Compared with the floor-type effect, the shoe-type effect on slip resistance performance was insignificant against the highly polluted environments. The study outcomes also indicated that the oily environment required rougher surface finishes than the wet and soapy ones in their lower boundary ranges of floor surface roughness. Conclusion: The results of this study with previous findings confirm that floor surface finishes require different levels of surface coarseness for different types of environmental conditions to effectively manage slippery walking environments. Collected data on operative ranges of floor surface roughness seem to be a valuable tool to develop practical design information and standards for floor surface finishes to efficiently prevent pedestrian fall incidents.

Paper Strength Mechanism Depending on Mixing Ratio of Softwood and Hardwood Fibers (침엽수, 활엽수 펄프섬유의 혼합비에 따른 종이의 강도발현 기작 구명)

  • 이진호;박종문
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2001
  • Paper consists of fiber network and paper properties were highly affected by fiber characteristics. Many researchers have tried to relate fiber and paper properties. Softwood and hardwood fiber's are quite different in their properties. Generally, softwood fiber's are longer and more flexible than hardwood fibers. At present, many paper mills make mixed paper with softwood and hardwood fibers except for special grade. During fracture some fiber's are broken and others are pulled out. In this paper, the number of broken and pulled out fiber's during fracture is analyzed depending on the mixing ratio of softwood and hardwood fiber's. Fiber length, curl, kink, coarseness, WRV and formation index were measured. Double-edged strength samples were prepared to observe the number of broken and pulled out fiber's. Mixed paper strength was decreased with increasing hardwood fibers ratio. During fracture, softwood fiber's were more likely broken and hardwood fibers were more likely pulled out. The strength of paper which consists of softwood fibers was determined by fiber's broken strength and that of hardwood fibers by fiber's debonding strength. Paper strength was changed depending on the fiber's bonding capability. If the fiber is longer and more flexible, the fiber network becomes stronger and stiffer.

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Dementia Classification by Distance Analysis from the Central Coronal Plane of the Brain Hippocampus (뇌 해마의 관상면 중심점으로부터 거리분석에 따른 치매분류)

  • Choi, Boo-Kyeong;So, Jae-Hong;Son, Young-Ju;Madusanka, Nuwan;Choi, Heung-Kook
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.147-157
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    • 2018
  • Alzheimer's disease has the significant factors for the both specific and characteristic features according to the disease progressing that are the volumetry and surface area by the brain hippocampus shrinking and thinning. However, we have suggested a shape analysis to calculate the variance by the roughness, coarseness or uneven surface on 3D MR images. For the reasons we have presented two methods: the first method is the distance calculation from major axis to edge points and the second method is the distance calculation from centroidal point to edge points on a coronal plane. Then we selected the shortest distance and the longest distance in each slice and analyzed the ANOVA and average distances. Consequently we obtained the available and great results by the longest distance of the axial and centroidal point. The results of average distances were 44.85(AD), 45.04(MCI) and 49.31(NC) from the axial points and 39.30(AD), 39.58(MCI) and 44.78(NC) from centroidal points respectively. Finally the distance variations for the easily recognized visualization were shown by the color mapping. This research could be provided an indicator of biomarkers that make diagnosis and prognosis the Alzheimer's diseases in the future.

Evaluation of Defiberation by Organosolv Ethanolamine Pulping for Integral Utilization of Oil Palm EFB (오일팜 바이오매스 EFB 고도 활용을 위한 Organosolv 에탄올아민 펄핑에 따른 섬유화 특성평가)

  • Kim, Chul-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Seop;Sung, Yong Joo;Hong, Hae-Eun;Kim, Se-Bin
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2013
  • Organosolv ethanolamine pulping for oil palm empty fruit bunches(EFB) were evaluated in this study. The screen yield by the ethanolamine pulping were higher than that by the soda pulping at the same operation conditions. The higher concentration of ethanolamine solvent resulted in the higher yield and the lower contents of residual lignin. The EFB pulp fibers were the narrower in fiber width but the higher in coarseness than those of the hardwood pulp fiber, while the fiber length of the EFB pulp fiber were similar to that of the hardwood fiber. The intrinsic zero span tensile testing showed the EFB pulp fiber by the 80% ethanolamine pulping were the stronger than the fiber by the soda pulping. The results of this study supported that the ethanolamine pulping could be used as an alternative pulping method for the EFB.

A Study on the Expression Characteristics of Interior Design in Wabi-Sabi of Everyday-Life Esthetics - Focused on Contemporary Japanese Interior Design - (와비-사비의 일상미학적 해석을 통한 실내디자인의 표현특성에 관한 연구 - 현대 일본 실내디자인 작품을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Kill-Ho;Lee, Jung-Wook
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.110-118
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    • 2011
  • Today aesthetics expression could be a 'Everyday-life Beauty', because today art & design are closely related with a contemporary life. This thesis dealt with a everyday-life and sensitive design which sublimate from everyday-life material to the concept of aesthetics, such a purpose of this thesis establishes a base of everyday-life design through everyday-life aesthetics. This purpose made to pay attention to Japan's aesthetics concept, because Japan has been maintained and developed its own everyday-life aesthetics. Even if Japan doesn't have only everyday-life aesthetics, it is useful that is studies as some kind of a prototype. So this study analyzed about a everyday-life aesthetics and the expression method through the case-study of Japan. According to Yonagi Muneyoshi and Leonard Koren, the Wabi-Sabi has three conceptual characteristics like impermanent, incomplete, and imperfect and six expression characteristics like implication, tranquility, simplicity, coarseness, purity, and association. This study process is as follows. In the first a vocabulary of interior design was derived from three conceptual characteristics and six expression characteristics, and spatial facts was abstracted from it, and then volume, form, and then shape of composition facts of interior space was extracted from it. Finally the expression characteristics of the Wabi-Sabi in interior design was derived from these processes. In conclusion, the expression characteristics of the Wabi-Sabi in interior design is the transitional space through a Shadow, the conversional space through form and material composition, and the copying space through a natural friendship.

Quality Characteristics of Sprout Ginseng Paste added Dry Oyster and Dry Shrimp (굴과 새우를 이용한 새싹삼 페이스트의 품질특성)

  • Jung, Hee-Bum;Seoung, Tae-Jong;Kim, Jeong-Gyun
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.206-215
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    • 2017
  • Sprout ginseng paste were prepared with pine nut, dry oyster and dry shrimp to examine the antioxidant properties(total polyphenols, total flavonoids, and electron donating ability) and sensory test(attribute difference and acceptance). Sprout ginseng paste were measured based on color value, pH, viscosity, total bacteria cell numbers for 0 and 20 days at $4^{\circ}C$. The higher total polyphenol and total flavonoid content of sprout ginseng paste added with pine nuts, dry oyster, and dry shrimp were higher antioxidant capacity. DPPH radical scavenging activity was increased from 52.2% (SGP0) to 79.5.0 % with SGP5. The attribute test results reveal that the color intensity, bitter taste, and oily taste were decreased in SGP3 to SGP6. Taste, flavor, and coarseness did not show significant difference in SGP0 to SGP6. Thickness and After taste were increased in SGP4 to SGP6. The preference test results reveal that the appearance, flavor, and texture level did not show significant difference in SGP0 to SGP6. Taste and overall preference were increased in SGP4 to SGP6. L value, pH, decrease while a value and b value show no change in sprout ginseng paste with pine nut, dry oyster and dry shrimp. Total cell number was not detected during storage.

Substituting Normal and Waxy-Type Whole Wheat Flour on Dough and Baking Properties

  • Choi, In-Duck;Kang, Chun-Sik;Cheong, Young-Keun;Hyun, Jong-Nae;Kim, Kee-Jong
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.197-202
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    • 2012
  • Normal (cv. Keumkang, KK) and waxy-type (cv. Shinmichal, SMC) whole wheat flour was substituted at 20 and 40% for white wheat flour (WF) during bread dough formulation. The flour blends were subjected to dough and baking property measurement in terms of particle size distribution, dough mixing, bread loaf volume and crumb firmness. The particle size of white wheat flour was the finest, with increasing coarseness as the level of whole wheat flour increased. Substitution of whole wheat flour decreased pasting viscosity, showing all RVA parameters were the lowest in SMC40 composite flour. Water absorption was slightly higher with 40% whole wheat flour regardless of whether the wheat was normal or waxy. An increased mixing time was observed when higher levels of KK flour were substituted, but the opposite reaction occurred when SMC flour was substituted at the same levels. Bread loaf volume was lower in breads containing a whole wheat flour substitution compared to bread containing only white wheat flour. No significant difference in bread loaf volume was observed between normal and waxy whole flour, but the bread crumb firmness was significantly lower in breads containing waxy flour. The results of these studies indicate that up to 40% whole wheat flour substitution could be considered a practical option with respect to functional qualities. Also, replacing waxy whole flour has a positive effect on bread formulation over normal whole wheat flour in terms of improving softness and glutinous texture.

A Study On The Change Of Tide Due to Barrage construction At The Bays Of The Western coast Of Korea (한국서해안 해만의 방조제건설에 따른 조석변화연구)

  • Yum, Ki Dai
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 1977
  • British Hydraulics research Station's Sparse Scheme was suggested for the solution of two dimensional finite difference tidal equations. 2D-numerical tidal model formed with 4.8km rectangular cells was set up to find out the barrage effects on tidal ranges of some possible areas for tidal power generation in Korea. The comparisons were made hetween spring tidal ranges with and without barrages at the entrance of Asan Bay, Garorim bay, Cheonsu bay and near Incheon Bay. Because of the coarseness of the grid, the model results could not represent the values of changes precisely. However the results show that the tidal amplitude near Incheon Bay increased by about 40cm by setting a barrage and about 50cm increase near the entrance of Asan Bay, respectively. But there were only a few centimeter changes in other areas.

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