• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.5-24
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• 2010

Data fusion is an attractive technology because it allows various trade-offs related to performance metrics, e.g., energy, latency, accuracy, fault-tolerance and security in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Under a complicated environment, each sensor node must be equipped with more than one type of sensor module to monitor multi-targets, so that the complexity for the fusion process is increased due to the existence of various physical attributes. In this paper, we first investigate the process and performance of multi-attribute fusion in data gathering of WSNs, and then propose a self-adaptive threshold method to balance the different change rates of each attributive data. Furthermore, we present a method to measure the energy-conservation efficiency of multi-attribute fusion. Based on our proposed methods, we design a novel energy equilibrium routing method for WSNs, viz., multi-attribute fusion tree (MAFT). Simulation results demonstrate that MAFT achieves very good performance in terms of the network lifetime.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.112-122
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• 2012

A gradual change of molecules that are related in fission and fusion is occurred during aging process. Although aging effects on mitochondrial fusion and fission are investigated, it is still unclear that the extent of the change in mitochondria fusion and fission periodically. In this study we investigated the changes of mitochondrial proteins involved in fusion (Mfn2, Opa1) and fission (Drp1, Fis1) in the human gracilis muscle ranging from 10 to 50 years of age (n=40). The gracilis muscle showed a significant increase in muscle apoptotic changes in the age of 50s compared with 10s by using in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL). The expression levels of Drp1 and Fis1 (P<0.01, P<0.05) mRNA were significantly elevated and the Mfn2 and Opa1 (P<0.01, P<0.05) levels were decreased from older individuals. The ratio of fission and fusion was altered and the level of increment of fission gene was greater than fusion gene decrement in the age of 50s. These findings suggest that changes of mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins related with aging might contribute to aged muscle apoptosis.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2017

This paper represents a novel framework for multi-scale image fusion. Multi-scale Kalman Smoothing (MKS) algorithm with quad-tree structure can provide a powerful multi-resolution image fusion scheme by employing Markov property. In general, such approach provides outstanding image fusion performance in terms of accuracy and efficiency, however, quad-tree based method is often limited to be applied in certain applications due to its stair-like covariance structure, resulting in unrealistic blocky artifacts at the fusion result where finest scale data are void or missed. To mitigate this structural artifact, in this paper, a new scheme of multi-scale fusion framework is proposed. By employing Super Resolution (SR) technique on MKS algorithm, fine resolved measurement is generated and blended through the tree structure such that missed detail information at data missing region in fine scale image is properly inferred and the blocky artifact can be successfully suppressed at fusion result. Simulation results show that the proposed method provides significantly improved fusion results in the senses of both Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) performance and visual improvement over conventional MKS algorithm.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2009

위성영상의 융합에 있어, 가장 중요한 점은 전정영상의 공간적 세밀함과 다중분광영상의 분광정보 모두를 보존하는 것이다. 다양한 영상융합 기법 중에서, IHS 변환을 이용한 융합기법은 폭넓게 사용되고 있으며, 계산과정이 매우 단순하다는 장점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는, fast IHS 변환과 trade-off 파라미터 $\alpha^i$를 이용한 융합기법을 제안한다. 제안한 융합 기법은 분광 ERGAS와 공간 ERGAS의 평가를 통하여, 융합영상에서 분광정보와 공간적 세밀함 사이의 trade-off 최적화를 가능하게 한다. IKONOS 영상의 실험결과, 제안한 기법은 기존의 fast IHS 변환을 이용한 융합기법에 비해 공간적 세밀함과 분광정보의 보존측면에서 더 효과적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.4935-4938
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• 2012

In this study we evaluated the frequency of fusion between TMPRSS2 and ETS family members (ERG, ETV1, ETV4) in prostate cancers in patients from northern China in order to explore differences in fusion rates among regions in northern and southern China, other parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. We examined 100 prostate cancer patients, diagnosed by means of prostate biopsy; fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect the expression of TMPRSS2, ERG, ETV1 and ETV4 in cancer tissue. Differences in gene fusion rates among different ethnics groups were also analyzed. Of the 100 prostate cancer patients, 55 (55%) had the fusion gene. Among the patients with the fusion gene, 46 (83.6%) patients had the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion product, 8 (14.8%) patients had TMPRSS2:ETV1 fusion, 1 (1.6%) patient had TMPRSS2:ETV4.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2011

Objective : The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of sodium hyaluronate-sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (HA-CMC), an anti-adhesive material for spinal surgery, on bone fusion by applying it to rat spinal models after lumbar posterolateral fusion. Methods : Lumbar posterolateral fusion was performed at L4-5 using bone graft substitutes in 30 rats. HA-CMC was injected in 15 rats at a dose of 0.2 cc (HA-CMC group) and a saline solution of 0.2 cc in the other 15 rats (control group). Simple radiographs were taken until postoperative 9 weeks with an interval of one week. At postoperative 4 and 9 weeks, three dimensional computed tomography (3D CT) scanning was performed to observe the process of bone fusion. At 9 weeks, bone fusion was confirmed by gross examination and manual palpation. Results : There were no statistically significant differences in bone fusion between the two groups. 3D CT scanning did not reveal significant differences between the groups. The gross examination and manual palpation after autopsy performed at 9 weeks confirmed bone union in 93.3% of both groups. Conclusion : The anti-adhesive material used for spinal surgery did not have adverse effects on spinal fusion in rats.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.724-740
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• 2016

The performance issues of screening large database compounds and multiple query compounds in virtual screening highlight a common concern in Chemoinformatics applications. This study investigates these problems by choosing group fusion as a pilot model and presents efficient parallel solutions in parallel platforms, specifically, the multi-core architecture of CPU and many-core architecture of graphical processing unit (GPU). A study of sequential group fusion and a proposed design of parallel CUDA group fusion are presented in this paper. The design involves solving two important stages of group fusion, namely, similarity search and fusion (MAX rule), while addressing embarrassingly parallel and parallel reduction models. The sequential, optimized sequential and parallel OpenMP of group fusion were implemented and evaluated. The outcome of the analysis from these three different design approaches influenced the design of parallel CUDA version in order to optimize and achieve high computation intensity. The proposed parallel CUDA performed better than sequential and parallel OpenMP in terms of both execution time and speedup. The parallel CUDA was 5-10x faster than sequential and parallel OpenMP as both similarity search and fusion MAX stages had been CUDA-optimized.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 1986

Streptomyces lavendulae에서 생성된 원형질체 및 원형질체 융합과정에 대한 미세구조 및 행태학적 관찰을 투과 전자현미경과 주사전자현미경을 사용하여 행하였다. 생성된 원행질체들은 고장액에서 대체로 안정하였으나 간혹 변형된 원형질체들이 관찰되었다. 원형질체 융합은 접촉지역 융합지역, 분리지역 형성과정을 차례로 거치면서 선행되는 것이 관찰되었다. 이러한 사실은 세포막 구조의 변화와 이원형의 소실에 의하여 뒷받침이 될 수 있으으로 이러한 변화들을 융합과정에서의 각 단계로 해석하는 것이 가능하리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1004-1019
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• 2021

To solve the problems of the low image contrast, fuzzy edge details and edge details missing in noisy image fusion, this study proposes a noisy infrared and visible light image fusion algorithm based on non-subsample contourlet transform (NSCT) and an improved bilateral filter, which uses NSCT to decompose an image into a low-frequency component and high-frequency component. High-frequency noise and edge information are mainly distributed in the high-frequency component, and the improved bilateral filtering method is used to process the high-frequency component of two images, filtering the noise of the images and calculating the image detail of the infrared image's high-frequency component. It can extract the edge details of the infrared image and visible image as much as possible by superimposing the high-frequency component of infrared image and visible image. At the same time, edge information is enhanced and the visual effect is clearer. For the fusion rule of low-frequency coefficient, the local area standard variance coefficient method is adopted. At last, we decompose the high- and low-frequency coefficient to obtain the fusion image according to the inverse transformation of NSCT. The fusion results show that the edge, contour, texture and other details are maintained and enhanced while the noise is filtered, and the fusion image with a clear edge is obtained. The algorithm could better filter noise and obtain clear fused images in noisy infrared and visible light image fusion.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2000

문화의 접속이란 특정한 문화가 영향력을 가지고 다른 문화로 이동하는 흐름을 나타내는 것인데 이것을 부정적으로 표현하면 문화의 '침투'이지만 긍정적으로 표현하면 문화의 '융합'혹은 '퓨전(Fusion)'이 된다. 과거에는 민족주의와 국수주의가 사상적으로 이를 불허해왔고, 또 교통과 통신의 불편은 여기에 장애물로 작용했으며, 대부분 토속종교에 영향받는 국가들이었으므로 문화의 융합이란 용이하지 않았다. 그러나 오늘날은 세계화로 인한 국가관의 붕괴, 지역성의 파괴, 무역장벽의 철폐, 통신의 자유, 정보의 네트워크와 실시간 등은 많은 면에서 상호 이질문화를 쉽게 공유할 수 있게 하였다. 바로 여기에 퓨전이 가능하게 되었다. 오늘날 현대소비사회에 있어서의 퓨전현상은 과거보다 더욱 빠르고 광범위하게 진행 되어간다. 그리고 소비의 기호가 세분화되고 다양한 개성을 찾아나가려는 시도가 강하게 나타나는 오늘의 상황에서 볼 때 앞으로 더욱 많은 문화인자들이 퓨전이라는 이름 하에 상호 충돌과 절충을 시도하면서 융합의 고삐를 늦추지 않을 것으로 본다. 본 연구는 현대의 이러한 새로운 대중문화 양식의 한 현상인 "퓨전(fusion)"에서 특히 사회과학적 문화현상을 중심으로 그 특성을 연구하고자 하였다. 그리고 디자인분야 중 문화현상을 가장 잘 표현하고 있는 실내디자인에서의 퓨전현상을 찾아 이를 학문적으로 규명하고, 최근의 주요 동향에 대한 고찰을 바탕으로 향후 퓨전디자인(Fusion Design)의 방향을 전망하도록하였다.