• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.40.3-40.3
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• 2019

There is growing evidence for the dependence of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) luminosities on the environments. The origin of this correlation, however, is under debate. In order to explore the physical origin of the trend in detail, we analyze SN Ia light-curves by combining a sample of 1231 SNe Ia over a wide redshift range (0.01 < z < 1.37) in various SN surveys and employing two independent light-curve fitters of SALT2 and MLCS2k2. Although SALT2 is the most widely used fitter in the SN community, MLCS2k2 has a novelty in the context of an investigation of the luminosity evolution of SNe Ia. For this reason we use both fitters and analyze them separately. We also determine a stellar mass and a star formation rate (SFR) for a sample of ~600 host galaxies. In addition, because recent low-redshift studies suggest that this dependence manifests itself most strongly when using the local SFR at the SN location, we introduce a new method to infer the local environments by restricting the SN Ia sample in globally star-forming host galaxies to a low-mass host galaxy subset (${\leq}10^{10}M_{\odot}$). We find that SNe Ia in low-mass and star-forming host galaxies are fainter than those in high-mass and passive hosts, after light-curve corrections. Especially, for the first time in host studies, we show that SNe Ia in locally star-forming environments are $0.081{\pm}0.018$ mag fainter ($4.5{\sigma}$) than those in locally passive environments from the sample including SNe at the high-redshift range. Considering the significant difference in the mean stellar population age between these environments, the result would suggest that the origin of the environmental dependence is the luminosity evolution of SNe Ia.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.191-201
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• 1997

To test the roles of NO$_3^-$ concentration and light as controlling factors of NO$_3^-$ uptake in the NO$_3^-$-low and -high environments and to assess the significance of night-time nitrogen (N) uptake in estimating the daily N uptake rate, 2 diel studies of N uptake were conducted in NO$_3^-$-low (the eastern part of the Yellow Sea) and NO$_3^-$-high (the marginal ice zone of the northwestern Weddell Sea) environments on June 14 to 15, 1996 and January 15 to 16, 1995, respectively. Ourobservations confirmed that NO$_3\;^-$ uptake by phytoplankton is mainly determined by ambient NO$_3^-$ concentration in NO$_3^-$-low environment and by light in NO$_3^-$-high environment, respectively, Our results suggest the need for diel studies to accurately estimate the daily N uptake rates and thus new and regenerated production because the daily rates calculated without considering the night-time N uptake would be significantly underestimated (up to 41%), particularly in the NO$_3^-$-low environment.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.267-272
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• 2021

최근 화석에너지 고갈 및 환경 문제 해결을 위하여 신재생에너지와 탄소중립에 관한 관심이 집중되고 있다. 또한, 도시 건물의 고층화와 건물의 증가에 따른 건물에너지의 증가가 급속하게 되고 있다. 도시의 중심에 신재셍에너지원인 태양광 발전을 설치하는데 있어서 많은 제약사항이 있으며, 건물의 고층화가 됨에 따라 그늘이 형성되는 저조도 환경이 많이 발생하게 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실외의 저조도 환경 및 실내의 조명 환경에서 전력발생이 가능한 발전소자를 개발하고자 한다. 저조도 환경에서의 발전소자는 태양전지의 종류중에 하나인 염료감응형 태양전지를 활용하고자 한다. 염료감응형 태양전지의 단위셀과 20cm×20cm 모듈을 제작하였고, LED, 할로겐램프, 3파장 램프의 광원을 활용하여 발전소자의 전기적 특성을 측정하였다. 단위셀의 광전변환효율은 LED, 할로겐 램프, 3파장 램프별로 17.2%, 1.28%, 19,2%로의 결과를 나타냈으며 20cm×20cm 모듈의 광전변환효율은 각각 10.9%, 8.7%, 11.8%의 결과를 나타내었다. 또한 모듈의 최대전력값은 광원별로 각각 13.1mW, 15.7 mW, 14.2 mW로서 저조도 환경에서 발전 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.135-145
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• 2020

Recently, deep-learning based methods for low-light image enhancement accomplish great success through supervised learning. However, they still suffer from the lack of sufficient training data due to difficulty of obtaining a large amount of low-/normal-light image pairs in real environments. In this paper, we propose an unsupervised learning approach for single low-light image enhancement using the bright channel prior (BCP), which gives the constraint that the brightest pixel in a small patch is likely to be close to 1. With this prior, pseudo ground-truth is first generated to establish an unsupervised loss function. The proposed enhancement network is then trained using the proposed unsupervised loss function. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt that performs a low-light image enhancement through unsupervised learning. In addition, we introduce a self-attention map for preserving image details and naturalness in the enhanced result. We validate the proposed method on various public datasets, demonstrating that our method achieves competitive performance over state-of-the-arts.

• Architectural research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.123-133
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• 2020

Light is an essential environmental element for elderly people to do various activities. At senior welfare centers, healthy indoor lighting is especially necessary because the facilities are used by the elderly to perform their mostly indoor activities. The purpose of this study is to evaluate light environments at senior welfare centers for well-being lighting characteristics. We based the study on the 'Biophilia' theory, a concept related to health from happiness. Thus, this study is mainly based on literary review and survey research. For this, we conducted a location focused field study to identify the current state of the lighting environments at senior welfare centers in Busan, South Korea. First, we constructed structural questionnaire to evaluate lighting environment based on 'Light and Space' biophilia theory. Then, to survey subjective evaluation, the participant of research included total of 122 senior welfare center users. Based on the results of this research, the conclusions are as follows; 1) overall, it seems that the overall result of the light environmental evaluation seems to be high because the evaluated facilities in the case survey in large-scale were recently built elderly welfare centers. 2) most of the healing design elements are focused on the introduction of natural light and psychological influence. The satisfaction with actual natural light is evaluated to be high. Although shadow and reflected light are very important in discrimination and recognition of indoor space and wayfinding, the evaluation of reflected light and shadow was low for the study. 3) items that are related to the functionality of the light were highly evaluated, while the items that are related to the spatiality of the light were rated poorly. This study has its significance when examining the effects of light environments within the welfare center form of the perspective of senior citizens. It can be referenced when reconsidering the recognition of light environment as a major consideration factor to establish a desirable senior welfare center environment.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2023년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.634-636
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• 2023

Surveillance systems play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and security of various environments, including public spaces, critical infrastructure, and private properties. However, detecting abnormal human behavior in lowlight conditions is a critical yet challenging task due to the inherent limitations of visual data acquisition in such scenarios. This paper introduces a spatiotemporal framework designed to address the unique challenges posed by low-light environments, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of human abnormality detection in surveillance camera systems. We proposed the pre-processing using lightweight exposure correction, patched frames pose estimation, and optical flow to extract the human behavior flow through t-seconds of frames. After that, we train the estimated-action-flow into autoencoder for abnormal behavior classification to get normal loss as metrics decision for normal/abnormal behavior.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.195-199
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• 2015

Materials of choice for offshore structures and the marine industry have been increasingly favoring materials that offer high strength-to-weight ratios. One of the most promising families of light-weight materials is titanium alloys, but these do have two potential Achilles' heels: (i) the passive film may not form or may be unstable in low oxygen environments, leading to rapid corrosion; and (ii) titanium is a strong hydride former, making it vulnerable to hydrogen embrittlement (cracking) at high temperatures in low oxygen environments. Unfortunately, such environments exist at deep sea well-heads; temperatures can exceed $120^{\circ}C$, and oxygen levels can drop below 1 ppm. The present study demonstrates the results of investigations into the corrosion behavior of a range of titanium alloys, including newly developed alloys containing rare earth additions for refined microstructure and added strength, in artificial seawater over the temperature range of $25^{\circ}C$ to $200^{\circ}C$. Tests include potentiodynamic polarization, crevice corrosion, and U-bend stress corrosion cracking.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2018

미광증폭장비는 밤과 같이 어두운 환경에서 주로 가시광선 대역의 약한 빛을 증폭시켜 육안으로 관측할 수 있을 정도의 밝기로 만들어주는 장비이다. 이러한 방식은 어느 정도의 약한 빛이 존재하는 환경에서는 그 증폭 효과를 제대로 발휘하여 선명한 영상을 얻을 수 있지만, 달빛조차 존재하지 않는 극 저조도 환경에서는 기본적으로 증폭시킬 빛이 부족하여 출력 영상에 많은 노이즈로 인하여 화면의 선명도가 저하된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 극 저조도 환경에서 발생하는 미광증폭 장비의 출력 노이즈를 다중 필터와 이방성 확산을 이용하여 화질을 개선하는 방법을 제안하였다. 실험을 위하여 극 저조도 조건에 맞는 환경을 구성한 상태에서 미광증폭장비의 출력 영상을 촬영한 후, 화질 개선을 위한 신호처리를 하였다. 신호처리를 위한 필터의 구성은 영상에 나타나는 주된 노이즈인 점 노이즈 제거와 가우시안 노이즈의 효과적인 제거를 위하여 메디안 필터, 위너 필터를 적용시킨 후 이방성 확산을 이용하였다. 실험 결과 화질이 개선됨을 육안으로 확인할 수 있었고, 정량 지표인 PSNR 및 SSIM으로 비교하여 측정한 방법에서도 모두 개선된 값을 보여주었다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.62.3-63
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• 2018

Trends of Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) luminosities with the properties of host galaxies are important to study the underlying physics for an SN progenitor system and explosion mechanism. In the YONSEI SN catalog, we have a sample of ~600 SN and host data in the wider redshift range, and two independent light-curve models, SALT2 and MLCS2k2. From this catalog, here we present that SNe Ia in low-mass, globally and locally star-forming environments are fainter than those in high-mass, globally and locally passive environments, after light-curve shape and color or extinction corrections. Our results are then compared to previous studies, and show consistent results.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2009

기존의 미들웨어 시스템은 유선 환경을 중심으로 개발되었기 때문에 미들웨어 및 관련 응용 프로그램들의 규모 또는 운용성이 크다. 따라서 이동 단말의 CPU 및 메모리 등 하드웨어 자원의 취약성과 네트워크의 낮은 대역폭을 가진 무선 이동성 환경에 적용하기 어렵다는 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문은 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해서 미들웨어 응용 및 실행 단위가 모바일 환경에 적합하게 최소 및 최적화되고 이동시에도 끊어짐 없는 서비스를 제공하기 위한 경량 모바일 미들웨어 시스템인 "LightMware"시스템을 설계 및 제안한다.