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Analysis of Center Finding Algorithms for Telescope Autoguiding System

  • Lee, Hye-In;Pak, Soojong;Sim, Chae Kyung;Kang, Wonseok;Chun, Moo-Young;Jeong, Ueejeong;Yuk, In-Soo;Kim, Kangmin;Park, Chan
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.85.2-85.2
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    • 2013
  • We developed autoguiding system for IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph) which is a high resolution near-IR spectrograph. This instrument will be attached on the 2.7m telescope at the McDonald observatory in 2013 November. IGRINS consists of three near-Infrared detector modules, i. e., H and K band spectrograph modules and a K band slit camera module, within which we are using the slit camera for autoguiding of the telescope. Comparing to typical optical CCDs, however, the infrared array shows non-uniform responses, higher noises, and many bad pixels. In this poster, we present methods to improve center finding functions and algorithms for the infrared array and the simulator test results of the IGRINS Slit-Camera Package.

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A Phenomenological Study Defining the Fundamentals between Artistic Stimulation and the Creation of a Product-Service Innovation Idea (학습자의 경영예술 창작 체험이 제품-서비스 혁신 아이디어 생성에 미치는 영향에 대한 현상학적 연구)

  • Yoon, Ayoung;Kym, Hyogun;Suh, Hyunju
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.105-135
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    • 2019
  • This study investigates cognitive and emotional changes in individuals to clarify the principle between artistic stimulation and business innovation idea generation based on phenomenological research methodology. We conducted in-depth interviews with six participants who participated in the artistic creation program of business art, and derived meanings from their experience. As a result, we presented 4 essential categories, 8 main subjects, and 20 sub-subjects; 1) Optimizing rational and creative thinking, 2) Projecting oneself to the artist, finding balance, 3) Having room in mind to view the surroundings, finding insight into the world, 4) Eureka moment, crossing the boundary between business and art. We also found out participants of the program 1) Gradually expanded the criteria, 2) In chaotic directions, and 3) Leaded business creativity through from a non-form to reality throughout the project experience, The attempt to identify business phenomena by using phenomenological qualitative research methods had an academic significance regarding the unfamiliarity of the method in the business administration area. Moreover, this study broadened the possibility of promoting creativity by art in business areas. The study verified the categories and subjects of the business art, paving the way towards application in the real business situation.

Factors Affecting Consumer's Loyalty in Food Delivery Application Service in Thailand

  • LIMSARUN, Tanakorn;NAVAVONGSATHIAN, Ampol;VONGCHAVALITKUL, Busaya;DAMRONGPONG, Nantaporn
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.1025-1032
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    • 2021
  • The study investigates factors affecting the loyalty of Food Delivery Application (FDA) service in Thailand. This study employs quantitative research methodology with a non-probability sampling method to draw 510 FDA samples from the FDA users in Thailand. The online questionnaires with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.886 were used as a research tool to collect data from samples. By using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze data, the results show that trustworthiness, social influence, system design, and task-technology fit affect the user's technology acceptance, which also show the significant relationship with the loyalty of FDA users in Thailand. The study checks the harmony with the statistics; χ2 = 258.686, df. =160, χ2/df. = 1.616, p-value = 0.050, CMIN/DF = 1.616, GFI = 0.960, AGFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.953, CFI = 0.965, RMSEA = 0.047, significant level at 0.05, along with testing the weight factor. In conclusion, the research model was harmonious with the empirical data at the significant level 0.05. The finding of this study suggested that the FDA service provider might apply this research finding to develop a greater understanding of the FDA's customer loyalty, as well as determine marketing strategies, identify opportunities, and create a competitive advantage in the future.

Human umbilical cord blood plasma alleviates age-related olfactory dysfunction by attenuating peripheral TNF-α expression

  • Lee, Byung-Chul;Kang, Insung;Lee, Seung-Eun;Lee, Jin Young;Shin, Nari;Kim, Jae-Jun;Choi, Soon Won;Kang, Kyung-Sun
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2019
  • Social requirements are needed for living in an aging society and individual longevity. Among them, improved health and medical cares, appropriate for an aging society are strongly demanded. Human cord blood-derived plasma (hUCP) has recently emerged for its unique anti-aging effects. In this study, we investigated brain rejuvenation, particularly olfactory function, that could be achieved by a systemic administration of young blood and its underlying mechanisms. Older than 24-month-old mice were used as an aged group and administered with intravenous injection of hUCP repetitively, eight times. Anti-aging effect of hUCP on olfactory function was evaluated by buried food finding test. To investigate the mode of action of hUCP, brain, serum and spleen of mice were collected for further ex vivo analyses. Systemic injection of hUCP improved aging-associated olfactory deficits, reducing time for finding food. In the brain, although an infiltration of activated microglia and its expression of cathepsin S remarkably decreased, significant changes of proinflammatory factors were not detected. Conversely, peripheral immune balance distinctly switched from predominance of Type 1 helper T (Th1) cells to alternative regulatory T cells (Tregs). These findings indicate that systemic administration of hUCP attenuates age-related neuroinflammation and subsequent olfactory dysfunction by modulating peripheral immune balance toward Treg cells, suggesting another therapeutic function and mechanism of hUCP administration.

Clinical Characteristic and Roentgenographic Finding of the Cervical Spine in Chronic Tension -type Headache (만성 긴장성 두통 환자의 경추 방사선 소견과 일반적 특성과의 상관관계 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Jung;Lee, Ki-Su;Kwak, Byung-Min;Lee, Eun-Kyoung;Choi, Eun-Hee;Park, Yang-Chun;Kang, Wee-Chang;Lee, Jin-Woo;Lee, Sang-Bong;Hong, Kwon-Eui
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 2009
  • Objectives : Although CTTH is one of the most common symptom in primary headache, the mechanism and treatment is not definite. The purpose of this study is to research about clinical characteristic and roentgenographic finding of the cervical spine in CTTH to determine relationship between the cervical spine and headache. Methods : This study was carried out on 93 patients with CTTH. By roentgenographic finding, they were classified into four groups - HNP, Spondylosis, Sprain, Normal. Then the HNP group was divided again into two groups - singer type and multiple type. Results: 1. Among 93 patients with CTTH, 69(74.19%) patients had abnormal cervical spine by roentgenographic finding. 2. There were HNP, spondylosis, sprain in abnormal roentgenographic finding. And a great majority of the patients were diagnosed as cervical sprain. 3. There were no significant difference between four groups on sex, weight, height, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate. But on ages, the HNP group showed the highest average while the sprain group showed the lowest. 4. The patients in HNP group had more frequent, severe pain, longer onset and higher onset-age than those of the other three group. 5. The patients in Multiple-type HNP group had severe pain, longer pain-duration, longer onset, more pre-symptoms and younger onset-age than those of the Single-type HNP group. Conclusions : A great majority of the patients with CTTH had abnormal cervical spines. Also, we found out that the worse the grade of HNP, heavier the level of headache.

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The Participation Effect of Study Abroad Program: Mixed Methods Research on College Students' Career Decision Self-efficacy (해외 교환학생 프로그램의 참여 효과 : 대학생의 진로결정 자기효능감에 대한 혼합방법연구)

  • Shin, Hyun-Seok;Jeon, Jae-Eun;No, Myeong-Sun;Sin, Yun-Jeong
    • (The)Korea Educational Review
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.225-251
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to examine study abroad participation and its relationship with career decision self-efficacy. It also aims to explore the explanatory factors for this relationship using mixed methods. Data were collected from 258 study abroad participants using pre- and post-test surveys at the A university. Subsequently, qualitative interviews with 16 participants were conducted to explain quantitative results. Findings showed that the career-related achievement goal and participants' interactions with local students played an important role in participants' career development. On the other hand, the group of participants whose career decision self-efficacy decreased after participation were also identified. This finding can be understood from the qualitative finding that participants bounced back to their previous career plans after return, re-experiencing the barrier of reality in finding a job in the Korean society. This is different from the circumstances in a destination country they studied abroad in. In addition, the quantitative finding can be understood from the qualitative finding that some students decided to participate in study abroad program simply for vacation and international experiences, without trying to relate it to career exploration. Based on findings from this study, implications for higher education institutions running a study abroad program were discussed and suggestions for future research were provided.

Development of User Customized Path Finding Algorithm for Public Transportation Information (대중교통 정보제공을 위한 맞춤형 경로탐색 알고리즘 개발)

  • Shin, Sung Il;Park, Je Jin;Lee, Jong Chul;Ha, Tae Jun
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.3D
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    • pp.317-323
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    • 2008
  • Mass transit information can contribute many benefits to users. Especially, transportation information technology is developing highly with information technology in Korea recently. Hereafter, it is expected to give customized transportation information to users individually with the advent of ubiquitous age in earnest. This public transportation information service can be realized by path finding algorithm in public transportation networks including travel and transfer attributes. In this research, constraints are constructed with the primary facts influencing users. Moreover, the method reducing user's path finding condition arbitrarily is proposed by making the maximum value as variables. In this study, transfer frequency, total travel time, seat confirmation, transfer time and travel time become constraint condition based on k path finding algorithm considering service time constraint condition. Moreover, case study about user customized transfer information is performed in Seoul and metropolitan subway networks.

An Amplitude Comparison Direction-Finding Antenna Assembly for Mounting on a Small Flight Vehicle (소형 비행체 탑재를 위한 크기 비교용 방향 탐지 안테나 조립체)

  • Kim, Jaesik
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.459-465
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, a compact antenna assembly for an amplitude comparison direction-finding(DF) method for a small flight vehicle is presented. Designed antenna assembly consists of four antennas and it is mounted on a radius of 1.45 λc where λc corresponds to the wavelength of the center frequency. To achieve compactness and robustness of the assembly, the elements are fed by end-launch feeding method and have modified aperture shapes of E- or H-sectoral horns. The feeding part consists of SMA connector, stepped impedance matching structure, and square waveguide of 0.6 λc × 0.6 λc. To achieve different main beam directions for every antenna which is required condition for amplitude comparison DF method, all apertures of the antennas are inclined and it makes the main beam direction of each antenna to top, bottom, left, and right with respect to the axis of the platform. To verify the validation of DF performance of the presented antenna assembly, amplitude comparison curves using measurement results are presented. The bandwidth of the antennas are above 3.2 % in Ku-band(VSWR ≤ 2:1).

Studies on the mycoplasmal pneumonia in slaughter pigs. 1. Seasonal detection by gross finding of lung lesion and dot-ELISA technique (도축돈의 마이코플라즈마성 폐렴에 관한 연구 1. 육안적 폐병변과 dot-ELISA에 의한 계절별 조사)

  • Lim, Young-Taek;Seok, Ho-Bong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.219-224
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    • 2002
  • We report the seasonal prevalence of the mycoplasmal pneumoniae of swine (MPS) in slaughter pigs from July of 1999 to June of 2000. Gross finding of lung lesion observed and examined by dot-ELISA. In gross finding of lung lesion from 750 pig samples, 465 (62.0%) was MPS, and 129 (17.2%) was single or double infection with actinobacillosis and pasturellosis. However, 156 (20.8%) had no lesion. In seasonal detection, the prevalence was found to be winter (69.5%), autumn (63.5%), summer (60.0%) and spring (54.7%) in orderly frequency. In dot-ELISA, the result was showed the positive reaction (x16>titre) with 58.0% and negative (x4

Mutual Coupling Compensation and Direction Finding for Anti-Jamming 3D GPS Antenna Array (항재밍 3차원 GPS 배열 안테나를 위한 Mutual coupling 보상 및 재밍 방향탐지 알고리즘)

  • Kang, Kyusic;Sin, Cheonsig;Kim, Sunwoo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.723-730
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we consider an online compensation algorithm considering the mutual coupling and suggest a new GPS antenna array to apply. To evaluate the anti-jamming performance for the proposed antenna array, ULA and URA, we divide direction finding of multiple jamming signals into environments. 1. there is no mutual coupling. 2. there is mutual coupling but no compensation. 3. mutual coupling is compensated. RMSE analysis showed that the online compensation algorithm works and that peak detection is possible for multiple jamming signals.