• Proceedings of the SCSK Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.570-577
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• 2003

The importance of cornified envelope (CE)-bound lipids to epidermal barrier function is increasingly being recognized. In the present study, we intentionally damaged the cornified layer of hairless mice by ultraviolet irradiation and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) treatment, and assessed the changes in epidermal barrier function by measuring Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL). We also measured changes in the amount of CE-bound lipids using thin layer chromatography (TLC). The results showed that both treatments increased TEWL and decreased CE-bound lipids (omega-hydroxy cerami de and omega-hydroxy acid). In addition, investigation of the chronological changes in TEWL revealed an inverse relationship between TEWL and CE-bound lipids, and a correlation between CE-bound lipids and epidermal barrier function. We then measured the amount of CE-bound lipids in the cheek and the medial side of the upper arm in humans. The results showed that because the cheek receives external stimulation on a daily basis, the amount of CE-bound lipids was significantly lower, while the level of TEWL was higher. These observations, together with those from the animal study, indicate that CE-bound lipids are related to epidermal barrier function.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.226-234
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• 2004

This work presents a deterministic channel that rules according to inverse a power propagation law. The proposed channel model allows us to derive the lower bound and upper bound of packet's capture probability in Rayleigh fading and shadowing cellular mobile system. According to these capture probabilities, we analyze the system performance in the case of finite stations and finite communicated coverage of a base station. We also adopted a dynamic backoff window size to discuss the robustness of IEEE 802.11 draft standard. Some suggestions and conclusions from numerical results are given to establish the more strong CSMA/CA protocol.

• Advances in materials Research
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.263-277
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• 2016

Mechanical properties of $Al/Al_2O_3$ and $Al/B_4C$ composites prepared through powder metallurgy are estimated up to 50% $Al_2O_3$ and 35% $B_4C$ weight fractions using micromechanics models and experiments. The experimental Young's modulus up to 0.40 weight fraction of ceramic is found to lie closely between Ravichandran's/Hashin-Shtrikman lower/upper bounds, and close to self consistent method/Miller and Lannutti method/modified rule of mixture/fuzzy logic method single value predictions. Measured Poisson's ratio lies between rule of mixture/Ravichandran lower and upper bound/modified Ravichandran upper bounds. Experimental Charpy energy lies between Hopkin-chamis method/equivalent charpy energy/Ravichandran lower limit up to 20%, and close to the reciprocal rule of mixture for higher $Al_2O_3$ content. Rockwell hardness (RB) and Micro-hardness of $Al/Al_2O_3$ are closer to modified rule of mixture predictions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.20 no.43
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• pp.145-152
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• 1997

We present a continuous resource allocation problem with maximin objective functions under the generalized lower bound(GLB) and generalized upper bound(GUB) constraints. This problem is an extension for the problems of previous studies. An efficient algorithm is developed by exploiting extended structural properties, where n is the total number of variables. The worst computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is O(nlogn).

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.653-657
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• 2005

Eigenstructure of a spatial design matrix of Matheron's variogram estimator in $R^1$ is derived. It is shown that the spatial design matrix in $R^1$ with n/2$\le$h < n has a nice spectral decomposition. The mean, variance, and covariance of this estimator are obtained using the eigenvalues of a spatial design matrix. We also found that the lower bound and the upper bound of the normalized Matheron's variogram estimator.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.389-400
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• 2023

In this paper, some estimations will be given for the analytic functions belonging to the class 𝓡(α). In these estimations, an upper bound and a lower bound will be determined for the first coefficient of the expansion of the analytic function h(z) and the modulus of the angular derivative of the function ${\frac{zh^{\prime}(z)}{h(z)}}$, respectively. Also, the relationship between the coefficients of the analytical function h(z) and the derivative mentioned above will be shown.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.129-136
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• 2003

설비입지문제는 고객에게 좋은 서비스를 제공하면서 전체 비용을 최소화하는 의사결정을 요구한다. 본 논문은 제한된 총 투자 비용 하에서 최대의 서비스 수준을 달성하기 위하여 고정비를 가지는 설비의 입지를 결정하는 문제에 관한 것이다. 이 문제에 대해 수리 모형을 제시하고, 라그랑지안 기법을 이용한 발견적 기법을 통하여 해를 구하였다. 문제의 상한(Upper Bound)은 서브그래디언트(Subgradient) 최적화 기법을 사용하여 구하였고, 하한(Lower Bound)을 구하기 위하여 커팅(Cutting) 알고리즘이라는 새로운 기법을 개발하여 적용하였다. 임의로 생성된 데이터를 이용하여 비용과 커버 가능거리라는 두 가지 관점에서 실험을 하고 제안된 알고리즘의 성능을 비교 분석하였다.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.235-240
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• 2007

In this paper the authors study the properties of the so-called exponent-quasiadditive functions and an application to the generalized $Gr\ddot{o}tzsch$ ring function of quasiconformal theory is specified.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.137-146
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• 2017

For the competitive business environment under purchase dependence, this paper proposes a new approximate calculation of order fill rate which is a probability of satisfying a customer order immediately using the existing inventory. Purchase dependence is different to demand dependence. Purchase dependence treats the purchase behavior of customers, while demand dependence considers demand correlation between items, between regions, or over time. Purchase dependence can be observed in such areas as marketing, manufacturing systems, and distribution systems. Traditional computational methods have a difficulty of the curse of dimensionality for the large cases, when deriving the stationary joint distribution which is utilized to calculate the order fill rate. In order to escape the curse of dimensionality and protect the solution from diverging for the large cases, we develop a greedy iterative search algorithm based on the Gauss-Seidel method. We show that the greedy iterative search algorithm is a dependable algorithm to derive the stationary joint distribution of on-hand inventories in the retailer system by conducting a comparison analysis of a greedy iterative search algorithm with the simulation. In addition, we present some managerial insights such as : (1) The upper bound of order fill rate can be calculated by the one-item pure system, while the lower bound can be provided by the pure system that consists of all items; (2) As the degree of purchase dependence declines while other conditions remain same, it is observed that the difference between the lower and upper bounds reduces, the order fill rate increases, and the order fill rate gets closer to the upper bound.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.268-275
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• 2003

In this paper, the capacity of VSG-CDMA system supporting multi-media service in the reverse link is analyzed by considering the two models according to the power control and user distribution. In analysis model I, assuming perfect power control and uniform distribution of users, the equation of blocking probability is calculated and the maximum number of voice and data user is derived in accordance with 1 % blocking probability. In analysis model II, it is analyzed by assuming power control error and non-uniform distribution of users. The result of analysis model I means the upper bound of system capacity in the 5 MHz wideband VSG-CDMA system, and the result of analysis model II shows the lower bound of system capacity. Also, the improved plan of performance for VSG-CDMA system is suggested by the analyzed result according to data activity and the value of $E_b/N_o$ in model II.