• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.645-666
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• 2023

Due to the steadily declining supply of natural coarse aggregates, the concrete industry has shifted to substituting coarse aggregates generated from byproducts and industrial waste. Oil palm shell is a substantial waste product created during the production of palm oil (OPS). When considering the usage of OPSC, building engineers must consider its uniaxial compressive strength (UCS). Obtaining UCS is expensive and time-consuming, machine learning may help. This research established five innovative hybrid AI algorithms to predict UCS. Aquila optimizer (AO) is used with methods to discover optimum model parameters. Considered models are artificial neural network (AO - ANN), adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (AO - ANFIS), support vector regression (AO - SVR), random forest (AO - RF), and extreme gradient boosting (AO - XGB). To achieve this goal, a dataset of OPS-produced concrete specimens was compiled. The outputs depict that all five developed models have justifiable accuracy in UCS estimation process, showing the remarkable correlation between measured and estimated UCS and models' usefulness. All in all, findings depict that the proposed AO - XGB model performed more suitable than others in predicting UCS of OPSC (with R², RMSE, MAE, VAF and A_15-index at 0.9678, 1.4595, 1.1527, 97.6469, and 0.9077). The proposed model could be utilized in construction engineering to ensure enough mechanical workability of lightweight concrete and permit its safe usage for construction aims.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2004

콘크리트 포장의 장기 공용성은 시공조건과 환경조건에 크게 좌우된다. 즉 초기에 무작위 균열이나 균열틈이 많이 벌어진 경우 포장수명을 저감시키는 원인이 된다. 시공당시의 온도와 습도, 시멘트와 골재의 종류, 양생조건들은 콘크리트포장의 품질에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요소이다. 그 중에서도 대기온도와 수화열의 증가에 의한 높은 온도차이는 심각한 초기균열을 발생시키는 원인이 되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 차광막을 사용하여 콘크리트 슬래브의 온도를 제어하여 초기균열이 발생할 가능성을 낯추고 슬래브질이의 온도차이에 의해 발생되는 curling stress를 줄일 수 있었고, 강도에 있어서는 차광막 설치 구간이 일반시공구간보다 장기강도를 크게 할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 콘크리트포장의 포설 후 72시간의 강도 및 응력을 예측하는 프로그램인 HIPERPAV를 사용하여 초기에 균열이 발생할 가능성을 비교해본 결과 차광막을 설치한 구간이 본 시험시공의 예에서 균열이 발생하지 않을 가능성(reliability)이 차광막을 설치하지 않은 구간(일반시공구간) 72.5%. 차광막설치 구간 95%로 나타나 차광막설치 구간이 차광막을 설치하지 않은 구간보다 균열이 발생하지 않을 가능성을 크게 증가시킬 수 있을 것으로 분석되었다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2004

최근 시멘트 및 골재 등 원재료 값의 상승 및 세계적인 유가 급등으로 인한 운송비의 증가로 레미콘 제조원가는 상승하고있다. 그러나 레미콘 제조업체들 간의 과당경쟁으로 인해 레미콘의 납품 단가는 오히려 낮아지고 있는 실정이다. 이를 극복하기 위한 일환으로 레미콘 제조업체들은 레미콘의 제조원가를 최소한으로 줄이고자 하는 노력 중 하나로 고로슬래그미분말 및 플라이애쉬를 혼화재로 사용하는 업체가 증가하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 광물질 혼화재를 사용한 콘크리트의 품질관리에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 고로슬래그미분말 혼합 콘크리트의 28일 압축강도를 조기에 예측하기 위해 열수양생법 및 표준양생에 의한 7일 압축강도를 이용하였다. 고로슬래그미분말 혼합률 별로 선형회귀분석을 실시하여 추정식을 제시하였고 90%의 신뢰구간을 나타내었다. 또한 실험의 신뢰성을 높이기 위해 모든 배합은 3회 반복하였고, 배합순서는 랜덤추출법을 사용하였다. 이러한 실험결과 열수양생법에 의한 1일 촉진강도로서 고로슬래그미분말 혼합 콘크리트의 재령 28일 압축강도를 예측할 수 있는 추정식의 신뢰성을 확인하는 성과를 얻었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.2027-2032
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• 2007

[ ${\alpha}$ ]-Synuclein is the major component of Lewy bodies and responsible for the amyloid deposits observed in Parkinson's disease. Ordered filamentous aggregate formation of the natively unfolded ${\alpha}$-synuclein was investigated in vitro with the periodic ultrasonication. The ultrasonication induced the fibrillation of ${\alpha}$-synuclein, as the random structure gradually converted into a ${\beta}$-sheet structure. The resulting fibrils obtained at the stationary phase appeared heterogeneous in their size distribution, with the average length and height of $0.28\;{\mu}m{\pm}0.21\;{\mu}m$ and $5.6\;nm{\pm}1.9\;nm$, respectively. After additional extensive ultrasonication in the absence of monomeric ${\alpha}$-synuclein, the equilibrium between the fibril formation and its breakdown shifted to the disintegration of the preexisting fibrils. The resulting fragments served as nucleation centers for the subsequent seed-dependent accelerated fibrillation under a quiescent incubation condition. This self-seeding amplification process depended on the seed formation and subsequent alterations in their properties by the ultrasonication to a state that accretes the monomeric soluble protein more effectively than their reassociation of the seeds back to the original fibrils. Since many neurodegenerative disorders have been considered to be propagated via the seed-dependent amyloidosis, this study would provide a novel aspect of the significance of the seed structure and its properties leading to the acce]erated amyloid formation.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5517-5523
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• 2012

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonograph and fine-needle aspiration cytologic examination (USG-FNAC) in the staging of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients.Methods: We conducted an electronic search of the literature addressing the performance of USG-FNAC in diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastasis in databases such as Pubmed, Medline, Embase, Ovid and Cochrane library. We introduced a series of diagnostic test indices to evaluate the performance of USG-FNAC by the random effect model (REM), including sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratios and area under the curve (AUC). Results: A total of 20 studies including 1371 cases and 1289 controls were identified. The pooled sensitivity was determined to be 0.66 (95% CI 0.64-0.69), specificity 0.98 (95% CI 0.98-0.99), positive likelihood ratio 22.7 (95% CI 15.0-34.49), negative likelihood ratio 0.32 (95% CI 0.25-0.41), diagnostic OR 84.2 (95% CI 53.3-133.0). Due to the marginal threshold effect found in some indices of diagnostic validity, we used a summary SROC curve to aggregate data, and obtained a symmetrical curve with an AUC of 0.942. Conclusion: The results of this meta-analysis indicated that the USG-FNAC techniques have acceptable diagnostic validity indices and can be used for early staging of axillary lymph node in breast cancer patients.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권19호
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• pp.8361-8366
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• 2014

This meta-analysis was performed to assess the implementation effects of clinical pathways in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. A comprehensive search was conducted in the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (from inception to May 2014). Selection of studies, assessing risk of bias and extracting data were performed by two reviewers independently. Outcomes were analyzed by fixed-effects and random-effects model meta-analysis and reported as mean difference (MD), standardized mean difference (SMD) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). The Jadad methodological approach was used to assess the quality of included studies and the meta-analysis was conducted with RevMan 5.1 software. Nine citations (eight trials) involving 642 patients were included. The aggregate results showed that a shorter average length of stay [MD = -4.0; 95% CI (-5.1, -2.8); P < 0.00001] was observed with the clinical pathways as compared with the usual care. A reduction in inpatient expenditure [SMD = -1.5; 95% CI (-2.3, -0.7); P = 0.0001] was also associated with clinical pathways, along with higher patient satisfaction [OR = 4.9; 95% CI (2.2, 10.6); P < 0.0001]. Clinical pathways could improve the quality of care in patients with gastrointestinal cancer, as evidenced by a significant reduction in average length of stay, a decrease in inpatient expenditure and an improvement in patient satisfaction. Therefore, indicators and mechanisms within clinical pathways should be a focus in the future.

• 대한한의진단학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.51-65
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• 2016

Objectives This study was conducted to suggest a standard operating procedure (SOP) in order to improve the reliability of tongue-image analysis system. Methods An affecting-factors list was made, which may affect the diagnostic parameters of the tongue-image analysis system. They were sub-classified into two groups: controllable and uncontrollable. Only the controllable factors, which could affect the results and easily set-up, were included into the SOP draft. Affecting factors control experiment was performed to investigate the effects of controllable factors, whose influence on diagnostic parameters of the tongue-image analysis system is ambiguous: rehearsal for tongue extrusion; alignment of camera axis; and presentation of a guideline. Three subjects volunteered for this experiment. Each of three variables was implemented twice in a random order by two operators on the subjects. Finally, 96 tongue images obtained in the aggregate. The diagnostic parameter set as a primary outcome in this experiment was the percentage of tongue coating. Results All of the control variables were not significant in both operators; however, the presentation of a guideline was relatively more affect than two other variables. Interaction effects among the variables were also insignificant. Therefore, the presentation of a guideline was included in the final SOP and the other variables were not included. Conclusions We suggested the SOP which could be used for both experimenter and subject. Moreover, Each of the SOPs applied to various types of tongue-image analysis system should be developed in order to improve the reliability.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.315-324
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• 2008

본 연구는 조건부가치평가법 중 이중양분선택형 질문을 사용하여 안양천 유역의 수질개선에 대한 지불의사를 추정하였다. 선형로짓모형에서 전체 응답자의 지불의사액은 4,930원이었으며 서울지역 거주민과 경기지역 거주민의 차이는 없는 것으로 추정되었다. 응답자들은 전반적으로 조건부 시장을 잘 받아들였으며 가구당 월평균 3,860원에서 5,101원의 지불의사를 가지고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 이 값을 전체지역으로 확장하면 연간 약 83.0억원에서 109.7억원에 해당한다. 본 연구는 정책결정자들이 향후 유역과 관련된 사업에서 의사결정과정에 유용한 연구과정과 정량적인 정보를 제공할 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.577-585
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• 2004

시스템 패킷 인터페이스 4레벨 2단계(System Packet Interface Leve14 Phase 2)는 10Gbps 이더넷 응용 뿐만아니라, OC-192 대역폭의 ATM 및 POS를 통한 패킷 또는 셀 전송을 위한 물리계층과 링크계층 소자간의 인터페이스이다. 본 논문에서는 시스템 패킷 인터페이스 4레벨 2단계(SPI-4.2)에 대한 연구와 C언어를 이용한 인터페이스 모듈의 성능평가를 실시하였다. SPI-4.2 인터페이스 모들은 512워드의 FIFO를 사용할 경우 랜덤 유니폼 트래픽에서는 97％까지, 버스트 길이 32를 갖는 버스트 트래픽에서는 94％ 까지의 offered load에 대해 적응이 가능하다. 그리고 14 바이트 미만의 작은 크기 패킷을 대규모로 수신할 경우, 오버헤드로 인한 성능 저하가 발생한다는 것을 확인하였다. SPI-4.2 인터페이스 모듈은 기가비트/테라비트 라우터, 광학 크로스바 스위치 및 SONET/SDH 기반의 전송 시스템에서 라인카드로 사용할 경우 적합할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.155-168
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• 2013

This study describes consumers' movie choices in conjunction with other group members and attempts to reassess the effect of the online word of mouth (WOM) source in a joint decision context. The tendency of many people to go to movies in groups has been mentioned in previous literature but there is no modeling research that studies movie choice from the group decision perspective. We found that ignoring the group movie-going perspective can result in a misunderstanding, especially underestimation of genre preference and the impact of the WOM variables. Most of the studies to measure online WOM effects were done at the aggregate level, and the role of online WOM variables(volume vs valence) is mixed in the literature. We postulate that group-level analysis might offer insight to resolve these mixed understanding of WOM effects in the literature. We implemented the study via a random effect model with group-level heterogeneity. Romance, drama, and action were selected as genre variables; valence and volume were selected as online WOM variables. A choice-based conjoint survey was used for data collection and the models was estimated via Bayesian MCMC method. The empirical results show that (i) both genre and online WOM are important variables when consumers choose movies, especially as group, and (ii) the WOM valence effect are amplified more than the volume effect does as individuals are engaged in group decision. This research contributes to the literature in several ways. First, we investigate movie choice from a group movie-going perspective that is more realistic and consistent with the market behavior. Secondly, the study sheds new light on the WOM effect. At group-level, both valence and volume significantly affect movie choices, which adds to the understanding of the role of online WOM in consumers' movie choice.