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Efficient Token Flow Design for the MPEG RMC Framework

  • Cui, Li;Kim, Sowon;Kim, Hyungyu;Jang, Euee S.
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • 제3권5호
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    • pp.251-258
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    • 2014
  • This paper proposes an efficient token flow design methodology for a decoder in the MPEG Reconfigurable Media Coding (RMC) framework. The MPEG RMC framework facilitates a decoder to be configured with a set of modules called functional units (FUs) that are connected by tokens. Such a modular design philosophy of the MPEG RMC framework enables the reusability and reconfigurability of FUs. One drawback of the MPEG RMC framework is that the decoder performance can be affected by increasing the token transmissions between FUs. The proposed method improves the design of the FU network in the RMC framework toward real-time decoder implementation. In the proposed method, the merging of FU, the separation of token flow, and the merging of token transactions are applied to minimize the token traffic between FUs. The experimental results of the MPEG-4 SP decoder show that the proposed method reduces the total decoding time by up to 77 percent compared to the design of the RMC simulation model.

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Conjugated Polymer with Thiophene and Benzimidazole

  • Song, Su-Hee;Park, Sung-Heum;Jin, Young-Eup;Kim, Il;Lee, Kwang-Hee;Suh, Hong-Suk
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제32권spc8호
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    • pp.3045-3050
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    • 2011
  • The synthesis of copolymers containing thiophene and benzimidazole unit by Stille polymerization is reported. The polymers with many unsubstituted thiophene units in the backbone have been reported to show low solubility, which has been a problem for spin-coating for the device fabrication. In dihexyl-2H-benzimidazole, the sulfur at 2-position of BT unit was replaced with dialkyl substituted carbon, while keeping the 1,2-quinoid form, to improve the solubility of the polymers. The PL emission spectra of the PHBIT1, PHBIT2 and PHBIT3 in chloroform solutions show maximum peaks at 500~561 nm. In thin films, maximum peaks of the PHBITs appeared at 529, 562 and 569 nm, respectively. The EL emission maxima of the PHBIT1 and PHBIT2 appear at around 588 and 576 nm, respectively. The current density and maximum luminescence of the LED with the configuration of ITO/PEDOT/ PHBIT2/Ca/Al are 552 mA/$cm^2$ and 46 cd/$m^2$, respectively.

루시 오르타 작품 디자인 특성 연구 - 건축적 디자인과의 관련성을 중심으로 - (A Study on the Formative Characteristics of Lucy Orta's Fashion Design - Focusing on the Relevance with Architectural Design -)

  • 김소영;양희영
    • 한국의상디자인학회지
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.41-54
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    • 2010
  • This paper aims at studying about spatial structures and formative characteristics of Lucy Orta's fashion design. Her works utilizes the thought related on the architectural space that has been revealed sharp change of the paradigm since the late of 20th century. Lucy Orta against individualism of the urban life, and manufactures portable and moving housing and multi-functional fashion that is paved with individual rest unit and give a sense of security through simple combination among the units. Besides, she has development multiple portable clothing and equipments for the rescuethrough exploiting pioneering high technology. The results of this study can be summarized as the following: 1) refuge habitant creates individual space for physical and mental protection from the urban surrounding, 2) nomadic dwelling shows multi-functional fashion space fit for digital nomads' life style aims at continuous movement, 3) connective nexus and urban life guard are comprise of detachable individual unit in public space for remaking of the bonds, affinity, and relationship, and the complex of rescue clothing and equipments for meeting a challenge of the threat about human existence from uncertain environmental change in the future.

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A Fully Synthesizable Bluetooth Baseband Module for a System-on-a-Chip

  • Chun, Ik-Jae;Kim, Bo-Gwan;Park, In-Cheol
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제25권5호
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    • pp.328-336
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    • 2003
  • Bluetooth is a specification for short-range wireless communication using the 2.4 GHz ISM band. It emphasizes low complexity, low power, and low cost. This paper describes an area-efficient digital baseband module for wireless technology. For area-efficiency, we carefully consider hardware and software partitioning. We implement complex control tasks of the Bluetooth baseband layer protocols in software running on an embedded microcontroller. Hardware-efficient functions, such as low-level bitstream link control; host controller interfaces (HCIs), such as universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) and universal serial bus (USB)interfaces; and audio Codec are performed by dedicated hardware blocks. Furthermore, we eliminate FIFOs for data buffering between hardware functional units. The design is done using fully synthesizable Verilog HDL to enhance the portability between process technologies so that our module can be easily integrated as an intellectual property core no system-on-a-chip (SoC) ASICs. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) prototype of this module was tested for functional verification and realtime operation of file and bitstream transfers between PCs. The module was fabricated in a $0.25-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology, the core size of which was only 2.79 $mm{\times}2.80mm$.

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Task-Oriented Approach for Improving Motor Function of the Affected Arm in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

  • Song, Chiang-Soon;Hwang, Su-Jin
    • 한국전문물리치료학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.86-93
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of task-oriented arm training for chronic hemiparetic stroke patients. The experimental design in this study was the pre-test and post-test with control group for 4-week intervention. Thirty patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke were recruited from 2 rehabilitation units. The subjects were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The experimental group conducted task-oriented approach, involving 3 subparts of upper extremity activities, and the control group involved in the general upper extremity exercises. Functional movements of the upper extremities were assessed using clinical measures, including the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity Section, Box and Block Test, and Action Research Arm Test. The score of Fugl-Meyer Assessment showed greater increases in the experimental group than in the control group after training. The improvement in Box and Block Test between pre-test and post-test measurements was significantly greater after task-oriented arm training compared to general upper extremity exercises. Action Research Arm Test scores also improved after task-oriented arm training compared to exercises in the control group. The task-oriented arm training improves the gross and fine motor activities and encouraging the use of the paretic arm through activity dependent intervention expedites the recovery of functional activities in the upper extremities for chronic hemiparetic stroke.

Subacute Oral Toxicity of Chitosan Oligosaccharides on Sprague Dawley Rats

  • Kim, Se-Kwon;Jeon, You-Jin;Park, Pyo-Jam
    • 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국어업기술학회 2000년도 춘계수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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    • pp.88-89
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    • 2000
  • Chitosan is derived from chitin by deacetylation in the presence of alkali, which is a copolymer consisting of $\beta$-(1longrightarrow4)-2-acetamido-D-glucose and $\beta$-(1longrightarrow4)-2-amino-D-glucose units with the latter usually exceeding 80% (Arvanitoyannis et al., 1998). Chitosan has been developed as new physiological material since it possesses antibacterial activity, hypocholesterolemic activity and antihypertensive action. However, even though chitosan has very strong functional properties in many areas, its high molecular weight and high viscosity may restrict the use in vivo. In addition, there is little doubt that such properties will influence absorption in the human intestine. Recently, studies on chitosan have attracted interest for converted chitosan to oligosaccharide, because the oligosaccharide possesses not only water-soluble property but also versatile functional properties such as antitumor activity, immune-enhancing effects, enhancement of protective effects against infection with some pathogens in mice, antifungal activity, calcium absorption accelerating effect (Jeon et al., 1999) and antimicrobial activity. There is, however, little information on the toxicity of chitosan oligosaccharide. (omitted)

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Synthesis and Polymerization of Methacryloyl-PEG-Sulfonic Acid as a Functional Macromer for Biocompatible Polymeric Surfaces

  • Kim, Jun-Guk;Sim, Sang-Jun;Kim, Ji-Heung;Kim, Soo-Hyun;Kim, Young-Ha
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.379-383
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    • 2004
  • Poly(ethylene glycol)s (PEGs) are unique in their material properties, such as biocompatibility, non-toxicity, and water-solublizing ability, which are extremely useful for a variety of biomedical applications. In addition, a variety of functional PEGs with specific functionality at one or both chain ends have been synthesized for many specialized applications. Surface modifications using PEG have been demonstrated to decrease protein adsorption and platelet or cell adhesion on biomaterials. Furthermore, PEGs having anionic sulfonate terminal units have been proven to enhance the blood compatibility of materials, which has been demonstrated by the negative cilia concept. The preparation of telechelic PEGs having a sulfonic acid group at one end and a polymerizable methacryloyl group at the other is an interesting undertaking for providing macromers that can be used in various vinyl copolymerization and gel systems. In this paper, preliminary results on the synthesis and polymerization behavior of a novel PEG macromer is described with the aim of identifying a biocompatible material for applications in various blood-contacting devices.

Phytase 처리에 의한 폐단백자원의 단백질 용출 및 기능성 변화 (Change of Functional Properties and Extraction of Protein from Abolished Protein Resource by Phytase)

  • 천성숙;천성숙;조영제;김영활;우희섭
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.46-50
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    • 1998
  • 폐단백질을 활용하는 방도의 하나로 폐단백질자원으로부터 토양에서 분리한 Aspergillus sp. 균주가 생산하는 phytase를 이용하여 불용성 단백질의 분리 효율성을 높였으며 추출 단백질의 기능성을 살펴보았다. 참깨박에 함유되어 있는 불용성 형태의 단백질을 가용성 형태의 단백질로 용출시키기 위한 최적 pH, 최적 온도, 최적 처리시간과 최적 첨가효소량은 4.0~5.0, $50^{\circ}C$, 8~10시간, 120unit였고, 효소처리된 참깨박은 phytase 처리의 경우 대조구에 비해 기포형성력은 크게 증가하지 않았으나 기포안정성은 다소 증가하였다. 참깨박 단백질의 유화력은 다소의 유화력과 안정성의 증가가 관찰되었고, 유지흡착력과 수분흡착력은 대조구에 비해서 높은 값을 나타내었다.

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Novel Fabrication of CdS Hollow Spheres Induced by Self-assembled Process

  • Choi, Kyoung-Hoon;Chae, Weon-Sik;Jung, Jin-Seung;Kim, Yong-Rok
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제30권5호
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    • pp.1118-1120
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    • 2009
  • Micro-size CdS spheres of hollow shape were fabricated through the self-assembly of high density arrow-like nanorods. The synthesis of the CdS hollow spheres were accomplished in an aqueous solution of cadmium nitrate and triblock copolymer (Pluronic P123) at low temperature (80 ${^{\circ}C}$) through the slow release of S2- ions from thioacetamide. Morphology of the fabricated CdS hollow spheres was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results indicate that the arrow-like CdS nanorods are simultaneously grown and attached each other to form the building units that become the spheres with hollow inside as a self-assembled process. The CdS spheres have a diameter of $2{\sim}3 {\mu}m$ and consist of the nanorods with a length of$\sim$800 nm. The nanocrystal building blocks have a hexagonal CdS structure.

유럽의 주택전시회를 통해 본 주거건축 계획의 시대적 쟁점 - 1920-30년대 공작연맹주최 주택전시회에서 제시된 새로운 평면개념을 중심으로 - (A View of Contemporary Issues of Housing Architecture in the European Housing Exhibition -Focused on the Floorplan Concepts of Werkbund Housing in the 20's-30's-)

  • 전남일
    • 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.106-115
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    • 2007
  • The Werkbund housing exhibitions in Europe in the 20's and 30's presented various planning concepts and played a important roll for modernization of housing Architecture. This study, therefore, aims to understand the contemporary issues of housing in this period, which showed the meaningful momentum for housing plans today. In order to grasp the general characteristics of exhibition housing the representative cases -Weissenhofsiedlung, Dammerstock, Breslausiedlung, Werkbund Siedlung in $Z\"{u}rich-Neub\"{u}hl$, Werkbundsiedlung Wien und BaBa- were throught documents analyzed. The architects offered an innovative building typology such as row housing and new prototype of housing units accordingly social needs. Especially, In this study housing unitplans were in 6 groups such as flexible type, cabin type, free open plan, Raumplan, functional 2-story type and corridor type categorized. And they were analyzed how deeply technological development, architectural design perceptions as well as functional aspects had on the planning of floorplans reflected. As a result, in the housing exhibitions various architectural ideas presented the "Zeitgeist" not only such as improvement of physical environment of housing, but also such as rationalization, standardization, functionalization, normalization of housing architecture. Also their unitplans corresponded to newly developed building typology and modern household type. As well as they represented notable spatial concepts. Moreover it contributed to create a new paradigm of housing for the new epoch.