• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2010

온라인 지문 인식 시스템에서는 주변 환경, 사용자의 지문 상태 및 입력 방법에 따라 다양한 품질의 지문이 입력된다. 따라서 지문 인식 시스템의 성능을 향상시키기 위해서는, 입력된 지문 영상을 이용하여 본인과 타인간의 변별력을 높이는 연구뿐만 아니라 다양한 품질의 지문 영상들 중에서 품질이 좋은 지문 영상을 선택하여 이를 인식에 사용하는 연구도 병행이 되어야 한다. 하지만 대부분의 기존 연구에서는 지문의 지역적인 품질만을 측정하였기 때문에 한 장의 지문영상의 품질에 대한 예측은 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 획득된 지문 영상의 품질을 판단하기 위해서 지역적인 지문 품질 측정과 이를 통한 전역적 지문 품질 측정 방볍을 제안하였다. 지역적인 지문 품질 평가에서는 각 지문 블록에서 그레디언트(Gradient)의 확률 밀도 함수(Probability Density Function)의 형태를 측정하여 블록 별 품질 값을 예측하였고, 이를 기반으로 전역적인 품질 평가에서는 신경망(Neural network)올 사용하여 지문 영상 전체를 평가함으로써 입력된 영상의 사용 여부를 판단하였다. FVC2002 데이터베이스를 사용하여 실험한 결과, 제안한 전역적 방법을 사용하였을 때 NFIQ(NIST Fingerprint Image Quality)의 방법보다 정합 예측 성능이 높게 나타난 것올 확인할 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.361-379
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• 2017

In this article, the vibration behavior of double-bonded sandwich microplates with homogeneous core and nanocomposite facesheets reinforced by carbon nanotube and boron nitride nanotube under multi physical fields such as 2D magnetic and electric fields is investigated. Symmetric and un-symmetric distributions of nanotubes are considered for facesheets of sandwich microplates such as uniform distribution and various functionally graded distributions. The double-bonded sandwich microplates rest on visco-Pasternak foundation. Material properties of sandwich microplates are obtained by the extended rule of mixture. The sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT) is employed to describe displacement fields of sandwich microplates. Also, the dimensionless natural frequency is obtained by classical plate theory (CPT) and compared with the obtained results by SSDT. It can be seen that the obtained dimensionless natural frequencies by CPT are higher than SSDT. In order to study the material length scale parameters, modified strain gradient theory at micro scale is utilized and then, the equations of motion are derived using Hamilton's principle. The effects of different parameters such as foundation parameters including Winkler, shear layer and damping coefficients, various distributions and volume fraction of nanotubes, core to facesheet thickness ratio, aspect and side ratios on the dimensionless natural frequencies are discussed in details. The results of present work can be used to optimum design and control of similar systems such as micro-electro-mechanical and nano-electro-mechanical devices.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2012

Objectives : Oyaksungi-san(Wuyaoshunqisan) has been used for treatment of stroke and rheumatoid arthritis in Korea. In this study, a simple and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) method was established for simultaneous determination of six main components, liquiritin, ferulic acid, naringin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, and glycyrrhizin in Oyaksungi-san, a traditional Korean herbal prescription. Methods : The analytical column for separation of six constituents was used a Gemini $C_{18}$ column maintained at $40^{\circ}C$. The mobile phase consisted of two solvent systems, 1.0% (v/v) acetic acid in $H_2O$ (A) and 1.0% (v/v) acetic acid in acetonitrile (B) by gradient flow. The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and the detector was a photodiode array (PDA) set at 254 nm for glycyrrhizin, 280 nm for liquiritin, naringin, hesperidin, and neohesperidin, and 320 nm for ferulic acid. Results : Calibration curves were acquired with $r^2$ values ${\geq}0.9998$. The results of recovery test were 91.58%-105.90% with a relative standard deviations (RSDs, %) value less than 2.0%. The values of RSD for intra- and inter-day precision were 0.03%-1.72% and 0.03%-1.63%, respectively. The contents of the six compounds in Oyaksungi-san were 0.33-9.30 mg/g. Conclusions : The newly established HPLC method will be helpful to improve quality control of Oyaksungi-san.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1634-1641
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• 2000

Objective : The cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) pulsates within the craniospinal axis in response to rhythmic cerebral blood volume variation during the cardiac cycle. The aim of this study is to characterize the normal and abnormal CSF flow and its waveforms in the cervical spinal subarachnoid space. Methods : The magnetic resonance(MR) images were obtained with 1.5 T(GE Signa, GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, USA) unit using the 2 dimensional cine PC(phase contrast) sequence with cardiac gating and gradient recalled echo imaging. This pulse sequence yielded 16 quantitative flow-encoded images per cardiac cycle. Sagittal and axial images of the cervical spinal CSF space were obtained, and target sites were analyzed for characteristic CSF flow (TR=50ms, TE=12.5-15ms). The region of interest(ROI) was 1mm 3 in volume. Twenty six persons were included in this study : 10 healthy volunteers and 16 patients with cervical myelopathy. The post-operative cine MR study were also done in five patients. Results : The normal CSF pulsation dynamics in the cervical spine showed discrete systolic and diastolic components. The CSF flow revealed a sine wave pattern, in which the systolic phase was shorter than the diastolic phase(ratio=2 : 3). The patient group revealed decreased amplitudes of the CSF flow and irregularly distored flow waves. The systolic phase was elongated in the ROI above the stenotic level, whereas the diastolic phase was lengthened below the level. In the postoperative images, the abnormal pattern and amplitude were found to be corrected. Conclusion : From these results, the authors believe that the CSF flow study provides valuable informations regarding the extent of cervical stenosis and may be useful for the surgical planning and post-operative evaluation.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2006

본 연구는 두께변화가 있는 복합소재 평판을 전파하는 램파의 전파특성을 실험을 통하여 살펴보았다. 상용 항공우주구조물에는 두께변화가 존재하는 부품이 많이 사용되고 있고 구조변화에 의해 두께가 변할 수도 있기 때문에 구조건전성 모니터링을 위하여 램파를 사용하고자 한다면, 이러한 구조물에 대한 램파의 특성을 면밀히 분석해 볼 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 얇은 두께의 PZT를 구조물 표면에 부착하여 실험을 수행하였다. 두께변화가 있는 전파경로를 선택하여 측정된 신호의 전파속도 및 주파수 분석 결과를 이상적 전파조건과 비교를 통하여 두께변화가 존재하는 영역에서 전파특성의 변화가 이루어지는 과정 중에 전이영역이 발생함을 제시하였다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2016

기존 무선에너지 하비스팅시스템에서 유저는 하나의 Hybirid-AP (H-AP)로부터 에너지와 정보를 동시에 받았다. 하지만 무선에너지 하비스팅은 거리가 멀수록 감쇄가 심하기 때문에 H-AP에서 거리가 먼 유저들은 낮은 하비스팅 효율 가진다 (이중 근거리/원거리 문제). 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문은 Power beacon (PB)을 통해 유저에게 별도의 파워를 공급하는 비결합 무선에너지 하비스팅 네트워크를 시스템 모델로 사용하였다. 이 논문의 주된 목적은 다양한 제약 조건과 Quality of service (QoS), 그리고 Quality of harvested power (QoP)를 만족하면서 목적 함수인 Energy efficiency (EE)를 최대화 하는 것이다. 제안된 시스템은 라그랑지안 쌍대 분해법 이론을 기반으로 EE 최대화를 위한 최적의 시간 스케줄링 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 알고리즘을 통해 프레임 분해 요소, H-AP의 송신파워, 그리고 PB의 송신파워의 최적 값과 EE의 최대값을 구할 수 있다. 모의 실험 결과는 제안된 알고리즘으로 파라미터가 최적 값으로 빠르게 수렴하고 제안된 모델의 성능이 기존의 시스템 모델보다 우수하다는 것을 증명한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.4-4
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• 2009

Paper factories use a large amount of water and same amount of wastewater is generated. It is important to recycle the wastewater because of water shortages and water pollution. The existing water treatment facilities like precipitation process need large-scale equipment and wide space to purify the wastewater of paper factory. High gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) system has the merits to purify rapidly because of large voids at filter and to occupy small space. In this paper, two types of superconducting magnets were used for HGMS systems. Cryo-cooled Bi-2223 superconducting magnet system with 70 mm room temperature bore and 200 mm of height was prepared. Cryo-cooled Nb-Ti superconducting magnet with 100 mm room temperature bore and 600 mm of height was used for magnetic separator. Magnetic filters were designed by the analysis of magnetic field distribution at superconducting magnets. The various magnetic seeding reactions were investigated to increase the reactivity of coagulation. The effects of magnetic separation of wastewater were investigated as variation of magnetic field strength and flow rate of wastewater.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.283-293
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• 2015

The effect of the inlet swirling flow in a hydraulic turbine draft tube is a very complex phenomenon, which has been extensively investigated both theoretically and experimentally. In fact, the finding of the optimal flow distribution at the draft tube inlet in order to get the best performance has remained a challenge. Thus, attempting to answer this question, it was assumed that through an automatic optimization process a Genetic Algorithm would be able to manage a parameterized inlet velocity profile in order to achieve the best flow field for a particular draft tube. As a result of the optimization process, it was possible to obtain different draft-tube flow structures generated by the automatic manipulation of parameterized inlet velocity profiles. Thus, this work develops a qualitative and quantitative analysis of these new draft tube flow field structures provoked by the redesigned inlet velocity profiles. The comparisons among the different flow fields obtained clearly illustrate the importance of the flow uniformity at the end of the conduit. Another important aspect has been the elimination of the re-circulating flow area which used to promote an adverse pressure gradient in the cone, deteriorating the pressure recovery effect. Thanks to the evolutionary optimization strategy, it has been possible to demonstrate that the optimized inlet velocity profile can suppress or mitigate, at least numerically, the undesirable draft tube flow characteristics. Finally, since there is only a single swirl number for which the objective function has been minimized, the energy loss factor might be slightly affected by the flow rate if the same relation of the axial-tangential velocity components is maintained, which makes it possible to scale the inlet velocity field to different operating points.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.110-120
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• 2009

Generally the fluid flows within the centrifugal impeller passage as a decelerating flow with an adverse pressure gradient along the stream wise path. This flow tends to be in a state of instability with flow separation zones on the suction surface and on the front shroud. Hence several experimental attempts were earlier made to assess the efficacy of using boundary layer fences to trip the flow in the regions of separation and to make the flow align itself into stream wise direction so that the losses could be minimized and overall efficiency of the diffusion process in the fan could be increased. With the development of CFD, an extensive numerical whole field analysis of the effect of boundary layer fences in discrete regions of suspected separation points is possible. But it is found from the literature that there have been no significant attempts to use this tool to explore numerically the utility of the fences on the flow field. This paper attempts to explore the effect of boundary layer fences corresponding to various geometrical configurations on the impeller as well as on the diffuser. It is shown from the analysis that the fences located on the impellers near the trailing edge on pressure side and suction side improves the static pressure recovery across the fan. Fences provided at the radial mid-span on the pressure side of the diffuser vane and near the leading edge and trailing edge of the suction side of diffuser vanes also improve the static pressure recovery across the fan.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2016

Background: Ginsenosides have been shown to exert beneficial pharmacological effects on the central nervous, cardiovascular, and endocrine systems. We sought to determine whether total ginsenosides (TG) inhibit monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension and to elucidate the underlying mechanism. Methods: MCT-intoxicated rats were treated with gradient doses of TG, with or without $N^G$-nitro-$\small{L}$-arginine methyl ester. The levels of molecules involving the regulation of nitric oxide and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways were determined. Results: TG ameliorated MCT-induced pulmonary hypertension in a dose-dependent manner, as assessed by the right ventricular systolic pressure, the right ventricular hypertrophy index, and pulmonary arterial remodeling. Furthermore, TG increased the levels of pulmonary nitric oxide, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and cyclic guanosine monophosphate. Lastly, TG increased mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 expression and promoted the dephosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase 1/2. Conclusion: TG attenuates MCT-induced pulmonary hypertension, which may involve in part the regulation of nitric oxide and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.