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Intra-class Local Descriptor-based Prototypical Network for Few-Shot Learning

  • Huang, Xi-Lang;Choi, Seon Han
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.52-60
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    • 2022
  • Few-shot learning is a sub-area of machine learning problems, which aims to classify target images that only contain a few labeled samples for training. As a representative few-shot learning method, the Prototypical network has been received much attention due to its simplicity and promising results. However, the Prototypical network uses the sample mean of samples from the same class as the prototypes of that class, which easily results in learning uncharacteristic features in the low-data scenery. In this study, we propose to use local descriptors (i.e., patches along the channel within feature maps) from the same class to explicitly obtain more representative prototypes for Prototypical Network so that significant intra-class feature information can be maintained and thus improving the classification performance on few-shot learning tasks. Experimental results on various benchmark datasets including mini-ImageNet, CUB-200-2011, and tiered-ImageNet show that the proposed method can learn more discriminative intra-class features by the local descriptors and obtain more generic prototype representations under the few-shot setting.

Childbirth and rearing characteristics of an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus) with trauma disorder in the wild (외상 장애를 가진 반달가슴곰의 야생에서의 출산과 양육 특성)

  • Kim, Jeong-Jin;Kim, Tae-Wook;Choi, Ju-Yeol;Chae, Seuong-Hoon;Moon, Kwang-sun;Oh, Hong-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.467-473
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    • 2019
  • The amputation of body parts of wild animals can affect their activities in the wild and the behavior of mothers raising their cubs can cause behavioral characteristics in their offspring. In 2017, an Asiatic black bear was caught in a snare at the Jirisan National Park and had a right forefoot amputation. It was released into the wild the same year and gave birth to two cubs. The seasonal analysis of the behavioral rites of five females who gave birth in the same year as this individual showed specific home ranges, activity altitudes, and movement distances compared to other populations. Physical disabilities in the mother could lead to difficulties in food activity, hibernation, and cub-rearing, but the bear's maternal instincts helped to overcome difficulties in the wild and ensure the cubs' survival. It also became a special experience in the process of promoting the restoration of Asiatic black bears at Jirisan National Park. Although the Asiatic black bear's cubs, which grew up in difficult conditions compared to other populations, are not currently causing problems, continuous monitoring will help determine the success of the disabled mother cub-rearing study. Furthermore, these case studies will be used to establish long-term management directions and plans for conflicts with people from various perspectives.

The Result of Space Experts Training through Cube Satellite Development Program (큐브위성 개발프로그램을 통한 우주전문 인력양성 성과)

  • Cha, Jinyeong;Oh, Hyunong
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2014
  • The CubeSat, which was first launched to verify new technologies and for educational purposes, is now widely used as an educational tool since it makes possible development of manpower through practical training to produce the satellite at low development costs. At present, research and development on the CubSat is rapidly expanding in domestic and foreign universities. As one of the final 3 teams selected in the 2013 CUBE SATELLITE CONTEST organized by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Chosun University is also currently conducting R & D of STEP Cube Lab, which is a CubeSat scheduled to be launched in 2015 and whose main task is to verify space-based technologies in orbit. The present paper tries to present an overview of the CubeSat of Chosun University whose development is being led by its undergraduate students, and further, introduce the strengths of the present development program for developing space experts, based on the educational achievements from the R & D.

Voluntary Insurance for Ensuring Risk-Free On-the-Go Banking Services in Market Competition: A Proposal for Bangladesh

  • Rahman, Akim M.
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2018
  • In 21st Century business world, services are carried out in multifaceted, competitive and rationality manner that are characterized by evolving many factors, which are often unpredictable. On-the-go banking is a product in financial sector. However, it faces serious pitfalls being it riskiness. Bank customers compete for time-saving options. On contrary, PCBs compete for marginalizing its operating costs for enhancing its revenues. On strategic tactics, PCBs targets city customers in multi-facets including offering incentives for enhanced usages of on-the-go banking. Influencing customer's intention, attitude and behavior in banking, PCBs also offers incentive under market system along with often informational asymmetry. However, it causes exploitation. In most cases customers don't read terms & conditions of services. They don't save contract-copy. These weaknesses cause abuses. Customer faces hidden charges, extra fees, account hacked. Addressing the issue, Voluntary Insurance Option is proposed where PCBs will introduce it as a product of bank-services. Transferring risk away from customer will benefit both PCBs and bank-customers. This product can attract new customers who were on the brink using digital banking but just felt it was too risky. This model can facilitate the parties involved for increasing usage of on-the-go banking-services while customers can maintain optimal utility of usages.

An Algorithm for De-Interleaving of Wobble and Sinusoidal PRIs for Unidentified Radar Signals (미상 레이더의 Wobble 및 Sinusoidal PRI 식별 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Yongsik;Lim, Joongsoo;Lim, Jaesung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.1100-1107
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we propose an algorithm to identify Wobble PRI and Sinusoidal PRI among Radar pulses. We applied not only the DTOA(Difference Time Of Arrival) concept of radar pulse signals incoming to antennas but also a rising and falling cub characteristic of those PRIs. After making a program by such algorithm, we input each 40 data to Wobble PRI's and Sinusoidal PRI's identification programs and in result, those programs fully processed the data the according to expectations. In the future, those programs can be applied to the ESM, ELINT system.

A narrative on Badminton Sports club Activity and Adaption of a North Korean refugee child (탈북아동의 배드민턴 스포츠클럽 활동과 적응)

  • Lee, Je-Haeng
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.8
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    • pp.333-343
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    • 2017
  • This study aimed to narrate the feature of a north korean refugee child at an elementary school in south korea through badminton sports cub activity. The narrative was as follows. Dongsik was unhappy at the first time in living here(south korea). After a while he had encountered badminton activity by chance. And he changed his life at the school and he has his own dream now. Teacher choi has remembered the first meeting with Dongsik. Dongsik was a boy who did not talk with anyone. After a long time Dongsik spent his life without uttering a word. Now he has a talk about his dream due to badminton. He dreams of being a badminton player. What is primarily important for north korean refugee children is educational direction. School eduction has to integrate not segregate to participate in all program together. We all have to take both expectation and confidence for north korean refugee children.

A Study on the Fashion Sensibilities of Korean Clubbers (한국 클러버(Clubber)의 패션 스타일 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Lyang;Choy, Hyon-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.155-170
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    • 2008
  • Club culture is the global trend for youth in 21st century. Club is the space that is created with close relationship among music, dance and fashion. It is also experimental cultural art space with endlessly transforming style. Furthermore it is a space for independent minor culture which represents speciality than generality of cultural appetite and style of club. Cultural communities formed around club and their parties have placed as a strong subculture trend based on youth age group. What they are creating as a subculture could be our tomorrow's main trend and clubbers also could be our major power sources for future. Therefore it is necessary to pay attention to club culture. The purposes of this research are to identify the concept of clubber, to analyzes their basic club culture characteristics and elements, and to find out unique fashion styles of Korean clubber in comparison with the origin. To study club fashion style's origin and background, this study searched a theoretical flow from 1930's to 1990's. Then, Korean clubber's style is derived by comparing background and origin of Korean club culture with those of abroad. To analyze in various point of view, theoretical backgrounds about social, cultural, dresses, and design were considered. Since research target is a visual image, street fashion is analyzed on through, music channels and magazines from 1930's to present as well as designer's art photographies. Internet sites', cub culture association's and sound association's photos were also extracted. as a visual evidences to offer actual evidences. Geological targets are selected among Korean club culture's origin such as Hong-Ik University area, Shin-chon, Chungdam-dong and Apgujung-dong areas. The results of this study are as follows. Firstly, clubber's fashion style influenced magnificently on major fashion design instead of being just youngster's resistance toward control group and it is contributing to our fashion culture to enrich it. Secondly, fashion styles of korean clubbers are based on those of western sub-culture, but with a unique localized history.

A new biomarker for the early diagnosis of ovarian torsion: SCUBE-1

  • Uyanikoglu, Hacer;Hilali, Nese Gul;Yardimciel, Mesut;Koyuncu, Ismail
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.94-99
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    • 2018
  • Objective: Prompt diagnosis and management are essential for saving the adnexal organs from infarction in cases of ovarian torsion (OT). This study aimed to determine the diagnostic significance of signal peptide, complement C1r/C1s, Uegf, and Bmp1 (CUB), and epidermal growth factor-like domain-containing protein-1 (SCUBE-1) levels in cases of OT, an emergent ischemic condition, and the relationship of SCUBE-1 with oxidative stress parameters. Methods: This prospective study was conducted among 15 OT patients and 20 age- and gravidity-matched healthy women. SCUBE-1 serum concentrations were determined by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. In addition, oxidative stress was evaluated by measuring the serum levels of advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), and glutathione (GSH). Results: The SCUBE-1 titers were significantly higher in the patients with OT than in the controls (p=0.008). In addition, serum FRAP and GSH levels were significantly lower in the OT patients than in the controls (p<0.001 for both). Serum AOPP levels were higher in the OT patients, but this trend was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Furthermore, there were no correlations between SCUBE-1 levels and age, gravidity, parity, cyst size, and AOPP, FRAP, or GSH levels (p>0.05). Conclusion: We believe that SCUBE-1 may be a promising biomarker for the early diagnosis of OT.

Development and Demonstration of 150W Fuel Cell Propulsion System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (무인항공기용 150W급 연료전지 동력원 개발 및 실증)

  • Yang, Cheol-Nam;Kim, Yang-Do
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.300-309
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    • 2012
  • Long endurance is a key issue in the application of unmanned aerial vehicles. This study presents feasibility test results when fuel cell system as an alternative to the conventional engine is applied for the power of the UAV after the 150W fuel cell system is developed and packaged to the 1/4 scale super cub airplane. Fuel cell system is operated by dead-end method in the anode part and periodically purged to remove the water droplet in flow field during the operation. Oxygen in the air is supplied to the stack by the two air blowers. And fuel cell stack is water cooled by cooling circuit to dissipate the heat generated during the fuel cell operation. Weight balance is considered to integrate the stack and balance of plant (BOP) in package layout. In flight performance test, we demonstrated 4 times standalone take-off and landing. In the laboratory test simulating the flight condition to quantify the energy flow, the system is analyzed in detail. Sankey diagram shows that electric efficiency of the fuel cell system is 39.2%, heat loss 50.1%, parasitic loss 8.96%, and unreacted purged gas 1.67%, respectively compared to the total hydrogen input energy. Feasibility test results show that fuel cell system is high efficient and appropriate for the power of UAV.

The Application of Radiolabeled Targeted Molecular Probes for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

  • Luyi Cheng;TianshuoYang;Jun Zhang;Feng Gao;Lingyun Yang;Weijing Tao
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.574-589
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    • 2023
  • Radiopharmaceuticals targeting prostate-specific membrane antigens (PSMA) are essential for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of prostate cancer (PCa), particularly metastatic castration-resistant PCa, for which conventional treatment is ineffective. These molecular probes include [68Ga]PSMA, [18F]PSMA, [Al18F]PSMA, [99mTc]PSMA, and [89Zr]PSMA, which are widely used for diagnosis, and [177Lu]PSMA and [225Ac]PSMA, which are used for treatment. There are also new types of radiopharmaceuticals. Due to the differentiation and heterogeneity of tumor cells, a subtype of PCa with an extremely poor prognosis, referred to as neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), has emerged, and its diagnosis and treatment present great challenges. To improve the detection rate of NEPC and prolong patient survival, many researchers have investigated the use of relevant radiopharmaceuticals as targeted molecular probes for the detection and treatment of NEPC lesions, including DOTA-TOC and DOTA-TATE for somatostatin receptors, 4A06 for CUB domain-containing protein 1, and FDG. This review focused on the specific molecular targets and various radionuclides that have been developed for PCa in recent years, including those mentioned above and several others, and aimed to provide valuable up-to-date information and research ideas for future studies.