• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.46 no.9
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• pp.554-562
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• 2008

The distribution and prediction interval for the misorientation angle of grain boundary at which $Cr_2N$ was precipitated during heating at $900^{\circ}C$ for $10^4$ sec were newly estimated, and followed by the estimation of mathematical and median rank methods. The probability density function of the misorientation angle can be estimated by a statistical analysis. And then the ($1-{\alpha}$)100% prediction interval of misorientation angle obtained by the estimated probability density function. If the estimated probability density function was symmetric then a prediction interval for the misorientation angle could be derived by the estimated probability density function. In the case of non-symmetric probability density function, the prediction interval could be obtained from the cumulative distribution function of the estimated probability density function. In this paper, 95, 99 and 99.73% prediction interval obtained by probability density function method and cumulative distribution function method and compared with the former results by median rank regression or mathematical method.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.995-1002
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• 2020

This paper investigates the achievable data rate for non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) with correlated information sources(CIS), under the binary phase shift keying(BPSK) modulation, in contrast to most of the existing NOMA designs using continuous Gaussian input modulations. First, the closed-form expression for the achievable data rate of NOMA with CIS and BPSK is derived, for both users. Then it is shown by numerical results that for the stronger channel user, the achievable data rate of CIS reduces, compared with that of independent information sources( IIS). We also demonstrate that for the weaker channel user, the achievable data rate of CIS increases, compared with that of IIS. In addition, the intensive analyses of the probability density function(PDF) of the observation and the inter-user interferennce(IUI) are provided to verify our theoretical results.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.258-268
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• 2021

Online learning systems are becoming an effective educational medium for many universities. The accessibility of online learning system in universities means that every student, including the visually impaired, is able use all the site's services. This research focuses on investigating the accessibility of online learning systems for visually impaired users. The paper purpose is to understand the perception of visually impaired undergraduate students towards Blackboard's accessibility and to make recommendations for a new Blackboard design with accessible features that support their needs. Impact of a new Blackboard design with accessible features on visually impaired students, using Taif University students as a case study is evaluated in this paper, as it is similar to most learning systems used by Saudi universities. A study on Taif University's utilization of Blackboard was conducted using mixed method approaches (an automatic tool and a user study). In the first phase, Taif's use of Blackboard was evaluated by the web accessibility tool called AChecker. In the second phase, we conducted a user study to verify previously discovered accessibility challenges to fully assess them according to the accessibility and usability guidelines. In this study, the accessibility of Taif University's Blackboard was evaluated by thirteen visually impaired undergraduate students. The results of the study show that Blackboard has accessibility issues, which are confusing navigation, incompatibility with assistive technologies, untitled pages or parts, unclear identification for visual elements, and inaccessible PDF files. This paper also introduces a set of recommendations that aim to improve the accessibility of Blackboard and other educational websites developed for this population. It also highlights the serious need for universities to enhance web accessibility for online learning systems for students with disabilities.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.191-198
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• 2022

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the composition of the crystal phases of various calcium silicate-based materials (CSMs): ProRoot white MTA^Ⓡ (mineral trioxide aggregate) (WMTA), Ortho MTA^Ⓡ (OM), Endocem MTA^Ⓡ (EM), Retro MTA^Ⓡ (RM), Endocem Zr^Ⓡ (EN-Z), Biodentine^TM (BD), EZ-seal^TM (EZ), and OrthoMTA III (OM3). Methods: In a sample holder, 5 g of the powder sample was placed and the top surface of the material was packed flat using a sterilized glass slide. The prepared slides were mounted on an X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument (D8 Advance; Bruker AXS GmbH, Germany). The X-ray beam 2θ angle range was set at 10~90° and scanned at 1.2° per minute. The Cu X-ray source set to operate at 40 kV and 40 mA in the continuous mode. The peaks in the diffraction pattern of each sample were analyzed using the software Diffrac (version 2.1). Then, the peaks were compared and matched with those of standard materials in the corresponding Powder Diffraction File (PDF-2, JCPDS International Center for Diffraction Data). A powder samples of the materials were analyzed using XRD and the peaks in diffraction pattern were compared to the Powder Diffraction File data. Results: Eight CSMs showed a similar diffraction pattern because their main component was calcium silicate. Eight CSMs showed similar diffraction peaks because calcium silicate was their main component. Two components were observed to have been added as radiopacifiers: bismuth oxide was detected in WMTA, OM, and EM while zirconium oxide was detected in RM, EN-Z, BD, EZ, and OM3. Unusual patterns were detected for the new material, OM3, which had strong peaks at low angles. Conclusion: It was caused by the presence of Brushite, which is believed to have resulted in crystal growth in a particular direction for a specific purpose.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.717-731
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to suggest effective online pedagogical strategies for a fashion design CAD course to enhance student learning and satisfaction. The study investigated student experience of online learning and compared online learning with a face-to-face learning experience. Student concentration, participation, perceptions of effectiveness of teaching, utilization of learning materials, and satisfaction were analyzed using a 5-point Likert scale. Advantages and disadvantages of online learning as well as advantages of face-to-face learning were also analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Student concentration, participation, and perception of effectiveness of teaching were greater for face-to-face learning with significantly higher concentration on individual practice. Students utilized video recording of synchronous online lectures more actively than PDF lecture notes. The advantages of face-to-face learning were plentiful communication and feedback and easy questioning process as well as high levels of understanding and concentration. Meanwhile, major disadvantages of online learning were the speed of the lecture, lower levels of understanding and concentration, limited peer interaction, and technical problems. Major advantages of online learning were flexibility and convenience, repetitive learning through videos, and instant communication and feedback. Students preferred a blended learning approach for the fashion design CAD course. For effective online learning, it is suggested that instructors frequently question and check student practice through screen share in a private online meeting room and engage activities that are demanding of student interaction. The video recording of synchronous online lectures is also suggested as a supplemental learning material for repetitive learning.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.174-174
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• 2023

The impact of global warming on the south Asian summer monsoon is of critical importance for the large population of this region. This study aims to investigate the future changes of the precipitation extremes during pre-monsoon and monsoon, across this region in a more organized regional structure. The study area is divided into six major divisions based on the Köppen-Geiger's climate structure and 10 sub-divisions considering the geographical locations. The future changes of extreme precipitation indices are analyzed for each zone separately using five indices from ETCCDI (Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices); R10mm, Rx1day, Rx5day, R95pTOT and PRCPTOT. 10 global climate model (GCM) outputs from the latest CMIP6 under four combinations of SSP-RCP scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5) are used. The GCMs are bias corrected using nonparametric quantile transformation based on the smoothing spline method. The future period is divided into near future (2031-2065) and far future (2066-2100) and then the changes are compared based on the historical period (1980-2014). The analysis is carried out separately for pre-monsoon (March, April, May) and monsoon (June, July, August, September). The methodology used to compare the changes is probability distribution functions (PDF). Kernel density estimation is used to plot the PDFs. For this study we did not use a multi-model ensemble output and the changes in each extreme precipitation index are analyzed GCM wise. From the results it can be observed that the performance of the GCMs vary depending on the sub-zone as well as on the precipitation index. Final conclusions are made by removing the poor performing GCMs and by analyzing the overall changes in the PDFs of the remaining GCMs.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.61-71
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• 2009

Vehicle license plate is the only way to check the registrated information of a vehicle. Many works have been devoted to the vision system of recognizing the license plate, which has been widely used to control an illegal parking. However, it is difficult to correctly segment characters on the license plate since an illumination is affected by a weather change and a neighboring obstacles. This paper proposes a robust method of segmenting the character of the license plate on irregular illumination condition. The proposed method enhance the contrast of license plate images using the Chi-Square probability density function. For segmenting characters on the license plate, binary images with the high quality are gained by applying the adaptive threshold. Preprocessing and labeling algorithm are used to eliminate noises existing during the whole segmentation process. Finally, profiling method is applied to segment characters on license plate from binary images.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.56-56
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• 2021

하천단면이나 하상변동 추적 등 하천공간정보는 유량이나 강우 등 수문시계열 정보와 더불어 계획홍수위 산정이나 하천구조물 신설로 인한 하천의 변화를 추적하는 데 있어 근간을 이루는 주요 정보로 국가차원의 유지 및 관리가 필요하다. 국내의 하천공간정보는 RIMGIS, WAMIS, 하천 일람, WINS와 같은 웹기반 시스템에서 정보화 되어 관리되고 있다. 그러나, RIMGIS는 여러 가지 문제점을 노정하고 있어 개선을 적극적으로 검토해볼 시점이라고 볼 있다. 우선, RIMGIS는 구축이 10년 이상된 기술로 구성되어 온라인 시스템 실행속도가 느리고, 물관리 일원화 와중에 관리주체가 불분명해진 상태이며, 제공되는 정보도 하천망이나 유역 정도로 차원 및 정확도도 낮고 활용도 및 현행화도 부족한 상태이다. 또한 공간정보 관리 DB표준으로 효율적인 관계형 구조 대신 하천대장 등을 수치화한 개념의 레이어 단위의 주제도로 관리하다보니 자료중복이 불가피하여 시스템이 무겁고, 자료간 연관검색이 거의 불가하고, 신속한 하천지형 변화 업데이트가 어려운 상태이다. 최근 진행되고 있는 RIMGIS 개선 사업은 여전히 종래의 레이어 단위의 주제도들을 추가하거나 개정하는 데 머물고 있는 상태이다. 이러다 보니 현재 우리나라의 대표적인 하천정보시스템인 RIMGIS의 실무 활용도는 낮은 것으로 알려져 있다. 가장 실무활용도를 저하시키고 현행화 상의 문제로 지적되는 부분은 하천정비기본계획 수립 시 발생한 공간자료 관리 부실이다. 현재 RIMGIS에서는 하천기본계획보고서만 PDF 형태로 제공할 뿐, 실제 지형자료는 과업을 수행한 설계사에 개별 보관되어 활용도뿐만아니라 망실의 우려가 높은 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 하천기본계획수립 시 측량되는 단면을 포함한 다양한 공간자료를 관계형으로 표준화 DB에 효율적으로 저장할 수 있게 하는 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.75-75
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• 2020

하천법에 의거하여 국내 하천들에는 상당한 국가예산으로 하천정비기본계획이 5-10년 주기로 수립되고 있으며, 홍수위 계산을 위한 HEC-RAS 모의에 필요한 하천단면 등 다양한 하천측량이 실시되고 있다. 그러나, 하천측량자료들은 하천관리지리정보시스템(RIMGIS)에 pdf 보고서 형태로만 제공되고, 원자료는 CAD 형식으로 하천정비계획을 수행한 설계사 등이 분산 소유하고 있어 관리부재로 망실의 우려도 있어, 다른 용도로의 활용성이 상당히 저하되어 있는 실정이다. 그리고, 측량된 CAD 형식의 단면자료 등을 HEC-RAS에 활용할 때, 'Dream'과 같은 툴을 활용하나 거의 수작업에 가까운 시간과 비용이 소요되는 현실에 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제들을 해결할 수 있는 툴인 RAUT(River information Auto Upload Tool)를 개발하였다., RAUT 툴은 첫째, 실무에서 하천기본계획 수립 시 활용되는 HEC-RAS 1차원 모형의 입력자료를 CAD 측량자료를 직접수기로 입력 및 모의를 실시하는 복잡한 단계를 자동화시키고자 하였다. 둘째, 하천공간정보인 CAD측량 자료를 직접 읽어 표준 데이터 모델 (Arc River)기반 하천공간정보 DB에 자동 업도드하여 전국단위의 하천정비계획의 하천측량자료 관리가 가능하게 할 수 있다. 즉, 만약 RIMGIS가 RAUT와 같은 툴을 사용하면 하천단면과 같은 전국단위 하천측량 자료를 체계적으로 관리할 수 있게 된다는 의미이다. 개발한 RAUT는 제주도 한천유역을 대상으로 하천정비기본계획의 하천공간정보 CAD자료를 읽어들여 mySQL기반 공간 DB로 구축하고, 구축된 DB로부터 HEC-RAS 1차원 모의 실시하기 위한 지형자료를 자동으로 생성시키는 과정을 시범적으로 구현하였다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.95-110
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• 2020

Comparisons between two different surface temperatures from high-resolution ECMWF ReAnalysis 5 (ERA5) and Automated Synoptic Observing System (ASOS) observations were performed to investigate the reliability of the new reanalysis data over South Korea. As ERA5 has been recently produced and provided to the public, it will be highly used in various research fields. The analysis period in this study is limited to 1999-2018 because regularly recorded hourly data have been provided for 61 ASOS stations since 1999. Topographic characteristics of the 61 ASOS locations are classified as inland, coastal, and mountain based on Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data. The spatial distributions of whole period time-averaged temperatures for ASOS and ERA5 were similar without significant differences in their values. Scatter plots between ASOS and ERA5 for three different periods of yearlong, summer, and winter confirmed the characteristics of seasonal variability, also shown in the time-series of monthly error probability density functions (PDFs). Statistical indices NMB, RMSE, R, and IOA were adopted to quantify the temperature differences, which showed no significant differences in all indices, as R and IOA were all close to 0.99. In particular, the daily mean temperature differences based on 1-hour-averaged temperature had a smaller error than the classical daily mean temperature differences, showing a higher correlation between the two data. To check if the complex topography inside one ERA5 grid cell is related to the temperature differences, the kurtosis and skewness values of 90-m DEM PDFs in a ERA5 grid cell were compared to the one-year period amplitude among those of the power spectrum in the time-series of monthly temperature error PDFs at each station, showing positive correlations. The results account for the topographic effect as one of the largest possible drivers of the difference between ASOS and ERA5.