• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.182-188
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• 2014

When the windowed DFT algorithm is applied in harmonic measurements, the problem of initial-phase sensitivity will be encountered, this has an effect on harmonic amplitude accuracy. In this paper, the origin of initial-phase sensitivity is analyzed and the main factors that influence the level of initial-phase sensitivity are demonstrated. A method of reducing initial-phase sensitivity is proposed to increase the stability of harmonic measurements. We found that initial-phase sensitivity is determined by the side lobe peak level of the window functions when synchronous deviation is fixed. In addition, increasing the length of the time recorded can be used to remove initial-phase sensitivity. The correctness and validity of our conclusions have been confirmed through numerical results and field tests.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2006

Kinematic and dynamic characteristics of a Stewart platform based parallel manipulators are fixed once they are constructed. Thus parallel manipulators with various configurations are required to meet a variety of applications. In this research a parallel manipulator with variable platform (PMVP) has been developed, in which the length of the arm linking the platform center to the platform-leg contact point can be varied by an actuator. The workspace of the PMVP is larger than that of a traditional Stewart platform and especially the range in which the maximum orientation angles can be maintained is significantly expanded. Furthermore, the characteristics of force and moment transmission between the legs and platform can be adjusted to meet the requirements of various tasks. Kinematic and dynamics analysis was performed to verify the usefulness of the PMVP and the actual hardware was built to demonstrate the feasibility.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2010년도 춘계 학술대회 제22권1호
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• pp.169-170
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• 2010

This paper mainly investigates the adequate number of cross beams at the IPSC(Incrementally PreStressed Concrete) girder bridge. The length of span was fixed to 50m and FE model was analyzed by using the ABAQUS program. The models for the numerical tests result in the cases whose number of cross beam are respectively 2, 3, 4, and 5. All of the results of proposed numerical tests satisfy the current specifications. Also, based on the results, we can determine the optimal number of cross beam for more economic design and improvement in constructability.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• 제34D권4호
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• pp.87-93
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• 1997

An electro-optic polymer digital optical switch with a coupling region modified for optimum mode coupling is proposed, and it is analyzed by using the beam propagation method combined with the effective index method. Its modified coupling region is adiabatically introduced along the propagation direction from the branching point of the two waveguides. The structure of the modified coupling region and its refractive index profiles are designed to optimize the mode coupling in the Y-branch waveguide. Therefor, the switching performance of the device may be enhanced with a fixed device length. It is confirmed from the numerical calculation that the drive voltage is reduced by more than 30 percents and te crosstalk is improved by about 8dB.

• Solar Energy
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.62-69
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• 1989

This analysis is to investigate the influence of inflow angle when cooling air flows into PC (Printed Circuit) board channels. Flow between PC board channels with heat generating blocks is assumed laminar, incompressible, two-dimensional. Geometric parameters (block spacing (S), block height (H), block width (W) and channel height (L)) are held fixed. Inflow angle variations are $-10^{\circ},\;0^{\circ},\;10^{\circ}$, where uniform heat flux per unit axial length Q (W/m) from heated block surfaces is generated. The governing equations for velocity and temperature are solved by SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method Pressure for Linked Equation) algorithm. Nusselt number on each block surfaces is analyzed after a numerical calculation result. The result shows that the assumption on parallel inflow (inflow angle to channel, $0^{\circ}$) to PC board channels can be used without large error even when inflow' angle is varied.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.163-165
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• 2010

A trend in 3D mesh compression is codec design with low computational complexity which preserves the input vertex and face order. However, this added information increases the complexity. We present a fast 3D mesh compression method that compresses the redundant shared vertex information between neighboring faces using simple first-order differential coding followed by fast entropy coding with a fixed length prefix. Our algorithm is feasible for low complexity designs and maintains the order, which is now part of the MPEG-4 scalable complexity 3D mesh compression standard. The proposed algorithm is 30 times faster than MPEG-4 3D mesh coding extension.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.767-772
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• 2018

Recently, some meta-heuristic algorithms, such as GA(Genetic Algorithm) and GP(Genetic Programming), have been used to optimize CNN(Convolutional Neural Network). The CNN, which is one of the deep learning models, has seen much success in a variety of computer vision tasks. However, designing CNN architectures still requires expert knowledge and a lot of trial and error. In this paper, the recent attempts to automatically construct CNN architectures are investigated and analyzed. First, two GA based methods are summarized. One is the optimization of CNN structures with the number and size of filters, connection between consecutive layers, and activation functions of each layer. The other is an new encoding method to represent complex convolutional layers in a fixed-length binary string, Second, CGP(Cartesian Genetic Programming) based method is surveyed for CNN structure optimization with highly functional modules, such as convolutional blocks and tensor concatenation, as the node functions in CGP. The comparison for three approaches is analysed and the outlook for the potential next steps is suggested.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.653-678
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• 2011

WiMAX is intended for fourth generation wireless mobile communications where a group of users are provided with a connection and a fixed length queue. In present literature traffic of such network is analyzed based on the generator matrix of the Markov Arrival Process (MAP). In this paper a simple analytical technique of the two dimensional Markov chain is used to obtain the trajectory of the congestion of the network as a function of a traffic parameter. Finally, a two state phase dependent arrival process is considered to evaluate probability states. The entire analysis is kept independent of modulation and coding schemes.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.41-44
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• 2015

Critical current of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coil is influenced by its own self magnetic field. Direction and density distribution of the magnetic field around the coil are fixed after the shape of the coil is decided. If the entire part of the HTS tape has homogeneous $I_c$ distribution characteristic, quench would be initiated in fixed location on the coil. However, the actual HTS tape has inhomogeneous $I_c$ distribution along the length. If the $I_c$ distribution of the HTS tape is known, we can expect the spot within the HTS coil that has the highest probability to initiate the quench. In this paper, $I_c$ distribution within the HTS coil under self-field effect is simulated by MATLAB. In the simulation procedure, $I_c$ distribution of the entire part of the HTS tape is assume d to follow Gaussian-distribution by central limit theorem. The HTS coil model is divided into several segments, and the critical current of each segment is calculated based on the-generalized Kim model. Single pancake model is simulated and self-field of HTS coil is calculated by Biot-Savart's law. As a result of simulation, quench-initiating spot in the actual HTS coil can be predicted statistically. And that statistical analysis can help detect or protect the quench of the HTS coil.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2013

Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytology (FNABC), which is known as the most accurate and cost-effective method for diagnosis of the thyroid nodule, may still result in indeterminate cases that are cellular paucity and show minor nuclear atypia. However, most cases are associated with suspicion of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). A B-type Raf kinase (BRAF) mutation was found in about half of PTCs which is currently helping us to differentiate malignancies from benign lesions. Cases studied included 46 histological, confirmed PTC cases. FNABC 102 cell paucity and 74 atypia benign cases were previously diagnosed as suspicious of PTC using cytologic examination. These cases were analyzed for BRAF mutation by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) with a new restriction enzyme. In this study, the sensitivity and specificity were calculated and, BRAF mutation was detected by means of a histological method in 23 of 46 cases of PTC and no mutation was found in 22 cases. However, one case was not detected. In using FNABC, BRAF mutation was detected in 6 of 102 cases in cell paucity and in 11 of 74 cases in the atypia. Two cases were not detected in the atypia. The sensitivity and specificity of PCR-RFLP in FNABC were 60% and 97.4% respectively. Assessment of Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedding (FFPE) block demonstrated similarly a 51.1% positive and 48.9% negative in PTC. Evaluation of BRAF mutation revealed high specificity and low sensitivity in using FNABC method. This study suggests that BRAF mutation analysis should be useful for the clinical diagnosis of PTC in FNABC with cytological findings suspicious for PTC.