• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2021

The enormous prevalence of transferring official confidential digital documents via the Internet shows the urgent need to deliver confidential messages to the recipient without letting any unauthorized person to know contents of the secret messages or detect there existence . Several Steganography techniques such as the least significant Bit (LSB), Secure Cover Selection (SCS), Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Palette Based (PB) were applied to prevent any intruder from analyzing and getting the secret transferred message. The utilized steganography methods should defiance the challenges of Steganalysis techniques in term of analysis and detection. This paper presents a novel and robust framework for color image steganography that combines Linear Congruential Generator (LCG), simulated annealing (SA), Cesar cryptography and LSB substitution method in one system in order to reduce the objection of Steganalysis and deliver data securely to their destination. SA with the support of LCG finds out the optimal minimum sniffing path inside a cover color image (RGB) then the confidential message will be encrypt and embedded within the RGB image path as a host medium by using Cesar and LSB procedures. Embedding and extraction processes of secret message require a common knowledge between sender and receiver; that knowledge are represented by SA initialization parameters, LCG seed, Cesar key agreement and secret message length. Steganalysis intruder will not understand or detect the secret message inside the host image without the correct knowledge about the manipulation process. The constructed system satisfies the main requirements of image steganography in term of robustness against confidential message extraction, high quality visual appearance, little mean square error (MSE) and high peak signal noise ratio (PSNR).

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.183-192
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• 2022

Piled raft foundations are widely used and effective in supporting high-rise buildings around the world. In this study, a piled raft system was numerically simulated using PLAXIS 3D. The settlement comparison results between the actual building measurements and the three-dimensional (3D) numerical analysis, were in good agreement, indicating the usefulness of this approach for the evaluation of the feasibility of using a piled raft foundation in Ho Chi Minh City subsoil. The effects were investigated of the number of piles based on pile spacing, pile length, raft embedment on the settlement, load sharing, bending moments, and the shear force of the piled raft foundation in Ho Chi Minh City subsoil. The results indicated that with an increased number of piles, increased pile length, and embedding raft depth, the total and differential settlement decreased. The optimal design consisted of pile numbers of 60-70, corresponding to pile spacings is 5.5-6 times the pile diameter (D_p), in conjunction with a pile length-to-pile diameter ratio of 30. Furthermore, load sharing by the raft, by locating it in the second layer of stiff clay, could achieve 66% of the building load. The proposed model of piled raft foundations could reduce the total foundation cost by 49.61% compared to the conventional design. This research can assist practicing engineers in selecting pile and raft parameters in the design of piled raft foundations to produce an economical design for high-rise buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, and around the world.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.125-135
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to review current research trends and to provide basic data for the guideline of the acupuncture treatment for abdominal obesity in the clinic. Methods: Publications related to acupuncture treatment for abdominal obesity were retrieved from 9 databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, Korean studies Information Service System, Research Information Sharing Service, DataBase Periodical Information Academic, National Discovery for Science Library). Extracted studies were analyzed in terms of publication year, study type, treatment method, acupoint and evaluation method. Results: There were 19 studies about acupuncture treatment applied to abdominal obesity. Electroacupuncture and acupoint catgut embedding therapy was the most frequently studied treatment method. ST₂₅, CV₁₂, SP₁₅, CV₆, CV₄ was the most frequently used acupoint. Body weight, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio was the most frequently used evaluation method. Conclusions: This review identified acupuncture application for abdominal obesity. However, well-designed and conducted clinical trials will be more needed to develop acupuncture treatment for abdominal obesity.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.653-660
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 오디오 신호의 저작권 보호와 효과적인 음질 개선을 위한 새로운 워터마킹 알고리듬을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 원 신호에 푸리에 변환을 하여 주파수 영역으로 변환하고 n개의 서브밴드로 균등 분할한다. 각 밴드별 에너지를 계산하여 에너지가 큰 것부터 k개를 선택하고 해당 밴드에서 p개의 주요 피크 성분을 검출하여 길이 m의 워터마크를 삽입한다. 워터마크된 오디오 신호를 청자에게 들려주었을 때 워터마크 삽입으로 인한 오디오 신호의 왜곡을 느끼지 못하였다. 또한, 제안한 방법은 Cox 방법만큼 MP3 압축, 잘라내기 (cropping),주파수 변환 (FFT), 반향 (echo)과 같은 워터마크 공격에 강인하였고 신호 대 잡음비 측면에서는 10 dB이상 우수함을 실험을 통해 확인할 수 있었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제10B권4호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2003

대부분의 저가형 디지털 카메라에 사용되는 광학계의 경우 상대적으로 심한 렌즈 왜곡을 보이고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 렌즈의 기하학적 왜곡에 의한 영상 품질의 저하를 보정하려는 것으로 Tsai의 카메라 캘리브레이션 방법을 단순화한 렌즈 왜곡 변수 계산 방법 및 계산된 렌즈 왜곡 변수를 이용하여 왜곡된 원영상을 이미지 워핑을 통해 보정하는 방법을 제안한다. 렌즈 왜곡 변수 계산 단계에서는 카메라 캘리브레이션 과정의 단순화를 위해 scale factor ratio 및 이미지 센터를 처리하는 실질적인 방식에 대해 보고하며 정량적인 이미지 품질 척도를 이용하여 왜곡보정 효과를 측정함으로써 제안된 방법의 타당성을 보인다. 한편, 렌즈 왜곡 변수 계산 단계에서의 결과를 바탕으로 이미지 워핑을 적용하기 위해 역공간 매핑 방식을 적용하는 경우 본 연구에서 적용된 방사상 렌즈 왜곡 모델의 정확한 해를 구하기 위해서는 3차 방정식의 해를 구하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 정보기기로의 내장형 구현에 필수적인 실시간 처리를 목적으로 2차 방정식으로의 근사화 방법을 제안한다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 근사화 방법의 실시간 구현 가능성을 보이며 아울러 3차 방정식의 해를 이용한 이미지 워핑의 경우와 성능이 동등함을 보인다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.461-467
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• 2020

잡음이 많고 여러 사람이 있는 공간에서 음성인식의 성능은 깨끗한 환경보다 저하될 수밖에 없다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 여러 신호가 섞인 혼합 음성에서 관심 있는 화자의 음성만 추출한다. 중첩된 구간에서도 효과적으로 분리해내기 위해 VoiceFilter 모델을 사용하였으며, VoiceFilter 모델은 여러 화자의 발화로 이루어진 음성과 관심 있는 화자의 발화로만 이루어진 참조 음성이 입력으로 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 Probabilistic Linear Discriminant Analysis(PLDA) 유사도 점수로 군집화하여 혼합 음성만으로도 참조 음성을 대체해 사용하였다. 군집화로 생성한 음성에서 추출한 화자 특징과 혼합 음성을 VoiceFilter 모델에 넣어 관심 있는 화자의 음성만 분리함으로써 혼합 음성만으로 화자 구분 시스템을 구축하였다. 2명의 화자로 이루어진 전화 상담 데이터로 화자 구분 시스템의 성능을 평가하였으며, 분리 전 상담사(Rx)와 고객(Tx)의 음성 Source to Distortion Ratio(SDR)은 각각 5.22 dB와 -5.22 dB에서 분리 후 각각 11.26 dB와 8.53 dB로 향상된 성능을 보였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.323-336
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• 2018

Machine foundations with impact loads are common powerful sources of industrial vibrations. These foundations are generally transferring vertical dynamic loads to the soil and generate ground vibrations which may harmfully affect the surrounding structures or buildings. Dynamic effects range from severe trouble of working conditions for some sensitive instruments or devices to visible structural damage. This work includes an experimental study on the behavior of dry dense sand under the action of a single impulsive load. The objective of this research is to predict the dry sand response under impact loads. Emphasis will be made on attenuation of waves induced by impact loads through the soil. The research also includes studying the effect of footing embedment, and footing area on the soil behavior and its dynamic response. Different falling masses from different heights were conducted using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) to provide the single pulse energy. The responses of different soils were evaluated at different locations (vertically below the impact plate and horizontally away from it). These responses include; displacements, velocities, and accelerations that are developed due to the impact acting at top and different depths within the soil using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and accelerometers (ARH-500A Waterproof, and Low capacity Acceleration Transducer) that are embedded in the soil in addition to soil pressure gauges. It was concluded that increasing the footing embedment depth results in increase in the amplitude of the force-time history by about 10-30% due to increase in the degree of confinement. This is accompanied by a decrease in the displacement response of the soil by about 40-50% due to increase in the overburden pressure when the embedment depth increased which leads to increasing the stiffness of sandy soil. There is also increase in the natural frequency of the soil-foundation system by about 20-45%. For surface foundation, the foundation is free to oscillate in vertical, horizontal and rocking modes. But, when embedding a footing, the surrounding soil restricts oscillation due to confinement which leads to increasing the natural frequency. Moreover, the soil density increases with depth because of compaction, which makes the soil behave as a solid medium. Increasing the footing embedment depth results in an increase in the damping ratio by about 50-150% due to the increase of soil density as D/B increases, hence the soil tends to behave as a solid medium which activates both viscous and strain damping.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권2C호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 동영상 압축 기술인 MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264/AVC의 main profile에서 사용되는 엔트로피 코더인 CABAC(Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coder)을 이용하여 워터마크를 삽입하고 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 워터마크 삽입을 위한 블록과 계수는 CABAC의 주변 블록 및 주변 계수와의 관계에서 추출된 컨텍스트(context)를 기반으로 선정한다. 이렇게 선별된 계수는 그 절대값과 삽입할 워터마크에 따라 원 계수를 그대로 유지하거나 LSB(Least Significant Bit) 만을 치환하는 방법으로 워터마크를 삽입한다. 따라서 공격자가 워터마크 삽입위치를 판별하기 어렵고, DC계수에 인접 계수들에 워터마크를 삽입함으로써 그 강인성(Robustness)을 만족할 수 있다. 여러 종류 및 강도의 공격을 가한 후 워터마크를 추출했을 때 최대 에러율이 5% 정도로 높은 강인성을 보였다. 또한 제안한 알고리즘은 CABAC 엔트로피 코딩 과정에서 컨텍스트 추출과정 및 이진화과정 수행 중에 워터마크를 삽입하므로, 하드웨어 구현을 고려했을 시에 워터마크 삽입을 위한 위치선정 및 계수선정에 필요한 별도의 연산 과정이 매우 적은 것이 특징이다. 따라서 이 방법은 비디오를 획득한 후 곧바로 압축하여야 하는 응용분야에서 매우 유용하게 사용될 것이라 기대된다.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.23-38
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• 2019

소셜 네트워크 서비스(이하 SNS)는 회사의 마케팅 채널로 적극 활용되고 있으며, 회사들의 고객층에 적합한 내용과 어조를 활용하여 주기적으로 SNS 메시지를 작성하는 등 활발한 마케팅을 펼치고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이제까지 간과되었던 SNS 메시지에 내포된 심리적 거리에 초점을 맞춰 전통적인 코더를 활용한 내용 분석(content analysis)과 자연어 처리 기법 및 머신 러닝 방법을 혼합하여 심리적 거리를 측정하는 분석 방법을 연구하였다. SNS 메시지의 심리적 거리 분석을 위해 코더들을 활용하여 내용분석을 수행하였으며, 이와 같은 방법으로 레이블링된 데이터를 자연어 처리 방법을 이용하여 워드 임베딩을 수행함으로써 머신 러닝 수행을 위한 입력 데이터를 마련하였다. 머신 러닝 분석법 중 Support Vector Machine(SVM)을 이용하여 SNS 메시지와 심리적 거리 간의 관계를 학습시켰으며, 마지막으로 테스트 데이터를 이용하여 심리적 거리를 예측함으로써 머신 러닝 분석의 성과를 검증하였다. 심리적 거리측정 방법론 수행 결과, 코더들의 내용분석 결과가 특정 값으로 편향되어 SVM 예측의 민감도와 정밀도가 낮은 결과가 도출되었다. 심리적 거리 응답 비율을 보정하고 코더들의 1차 내용분석 결과 중 답변이 일치한 데이터로 한정지어 머신 러닝을 실행한 결과 심리적 거리 예측의 정확도, 민감도, 특이도, 정밀도 모두 향상되어 심리적 거리가 70% 이상 예측되는 성과를 보였다. 본 연구는 SNS 메시지의 심리적 거리를 측정하는 방법을 제시함으로써 독자와의 심리적 거리를 제어 가능한 전략 요소로 활용 가능하게 할 것이라 기대된다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.232-247
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• 2005

Purpose. The purposes of this investigation were to discover the possibility of clinical application in the areas of dental implants and bone grafts by investigating the bone formation histologically around specimen which was depending on the intensity of magnetic field of neodymium magnet inside of the specimens. Material and method. 1. Measurement of magnetic intensity - placed the magnet inside of the specimen, and measured the intensity of magnetic field around the 1st thread and 3rd thread of specimen 20 times by using a Gaussmeter(Kanetec Co., Japan). 2. Surgical Procedure - Male rabbit was anesthetised by constant amount of Ketamine (0.25ml/kg) and Rompun (0.25ml/kg). After incising the flat part of tibia, and planted the specimens of titanium implant, control group was stitched without magnet, while experimental groups were placed a magnedisc 500(Aichi Steel Co., Japan) or magnedisc 800(Aichi Steel Co., Japan) into it, fixed by pattern resin and stitched. 3. Management after the surgery - In order to prevent it from the infection of bacteria and for antiinflammation, Gentamycin and Ketopro were injected during 1 week from operation day, and dressed with potadine. 4. Preparation of histomorphometric analysis - At 2, 4 and 8 weeks after the surgery, the animals were sacrificed by excessed Ketamine, and then, specimens were obtained including the operated part and some parts of tibia, and fixed it to 10% of PBS buffer solution. After embedding specimens in Technovit 1200 and B.P solution, made a H-E stain. Samples width was 75$\mu$m . In histological findings through the optical microscope and using Kappa image base program(Olympus Co. Japan), the bone contact ratio and bone area ratio of each parts of specimens were measured and analyzed. 5. Statistical analysis - Statistical analysis was accomplished with Mann Whitney U-test. Results and conclusion. 1. In histomorphometric findings, increased new bone formation was shown in both control & experimental groups through the experiment performed for 2, 4 & 8 weeks. After 4 weeks, more osteoblasts and osteoclasts with significant bone remodeling were shown in experimental groups. 2. In histomorphometric analysis, the bone contact ratios were 38.5% for experimental group 1, 29.5% for experimental group 2 and 11.9% for control group. Experimental groups were higher than control group(p<0.05) (Fig. 6, Table IV). The bone area ratios were 60.9% for experimental group 2, 46.4% for experimental group 1 and 36.0% for control group. There was no significantly statistical difference between experimental groups and control group(p<0.05) (Fig. 8, Table VII) 3. In comparision of the bone contact ratios at each measurement sites according to magnetic intensity, experimental group 2(5.6mT) was higher than control group at the 1st thread (p<0.05) and experimental group 1 (1.8mT) was higher than control group at the 3rd thread(p<0.05) (Fig. 7, Table V, VI). 4. In comparision of the bone area ratios at each measurement sites according to magnetic intensity, experimental group 2(5.6mT) was higher than control group and experimental group 1 (4.0mT) at the 1st thread(p<0.1) and experimental group 2(4.4mT) was higher than experimental group 1 (1.8mT) at the 3rd thread(p<0.1) (Fig. 9, Table IX, X). Experiment group 2 was largest, followed by experiment group l and control group at the 3rd thread of implant. There was a significant difference at the 1st thread of control group & experiment group 2, and at 1st thread & 3rd thread of experiment group 1 & 2, and not at control group experiment group 1.(p<0.1)