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Color Noise Reduction Method in Non-constant Luminance Signal for High Dynamic Range Video Service

  • Lee, Jinho;Jun, Dongsan;Kang, Jungwon;Ko, Hyunsuk;Kim, Hui Yong;Choi, Jin Soo
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.858-867
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    • 2016
  • A high dynamic range (HDR) video service is an upcoming issue in the broadcasting industry. For compatibility with legacy devices receiving a non-constant luminance (NCL) signal, new tools supporting an HDR video service are required. The current pre-processing chain of HDR video can produce color noise owing to the chroma component down-sampling process for video encoding. Although a luma adjustment method has been proposed to solve this problem, some disadvantages still remain. In this paper, we present an adaptive color noise reduction method for an NCL signal of an HDR video service. The proposed method adjusts the luma component of an NCL signal adaptively according to the information of the luma component from a constant luminance signal and the level of color saturation. Experiment results show that the color noise problem is resolved by applying our proposed method. In addition, the speed of the pre-processing is increased more than two-fold compared to a previous method.

An Empirical Study on the Shipper′s Decision Making Process of Liner Shipping Services : Primarily on the Information Search (정기선 해운서비스의 구매의사 결정에 관한 연구 - 정보탐색을 중심으로 -)

  • 이정관;신한원
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.73-84
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    • 2000
  • Shipping industry continues to face dramatic changes in its environment ranging from development in containerization, computerization and telecommunications to the emergence of global marketplace. Perhaps the most significant trend - representing both a threat and opportunity - is the increasingly competitive nature of shipping service market. In order for the shipping companies to cope with those improvements and challenges, they should analyze and clarify customer's DM(decision making) process for the purchase of container shipping service. The major research findings from the study were found as follows; 1) The degree of shipper's involvement in purchasing shipping services was found to be a discriminating variable affecting the information sources consisting of personal and non-personal information sources. 2) The positive relationship was found between the experiences on shipping services and non-personal information sources. 3) It was observed that as people had more experience searching for information, the more in depth their searches became. 4) There existed a positive relationship between knowledges on shipping services and information search. 5) According to the SEM analysis, the shipper's information search on shipping services was also found to have a great influence on the shipper's purchasing behavior. The shipper's search was resulted in positive customer satisfaction.

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A Study on the Special Settlement and Electronic Settlement System in the International Trade (무역거래상의 특수결제방식과 전자결제방식에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Soon-Hwan
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.159-176
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    • 2005
  • The Purpose of this Article is to analyze the special settlement and electronic settlement system in the international trade. First, Factoring is a fast, easy and flexible way to improve a company's cash flow and generate working capital for the company. Factoring can be short-term or part of an ongoing financing program. New companies can benefit as well, since there is no requirement for a long-term credit history. Second, Forfaiting is a method of trade financing that allows exporters to obtain cash and be free of all risks by selling their medium term receivables on a 'without recourse' basis. Forfaiting can be an alternative to export credit or insurance cover, especially for those transactions in which the export credit agency is not open to a particular country and/or bank. Third, The Bolero System is jointly financed by SWIFT(Society for World International Financial Telecommunications) which handles most of the electronic funds transfer for banks, and the Through Transport Mutual Assurance Association(the TT Club), a mutual insurance association most of whose members are drawn from the Multimodal transport industry or transport intermediaries. Fourth, TradeCard is a payment and settlement system that is an alternative to letters of crdeit. That is, TradeCard is a business-to-business e-commerce infrastructure that enables buyers and sellers to conduct and settle international trade transactions securely over the Internet.

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Influences of Anodizing and Thermal Oxidation on the Galvanic Corrosion between Aluminium and Titanium and GECM (GECM과 Al 및 Ti 간의 갈바닉 부식에 미치는 양극산화 및 열산화의 영향)

  • Kim, Young-Sik;Lim, Hyun-Kwon;Sohn, Young-Il;Yoo, Young-Ran;Chang, Hyun-Young
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.514-522
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    • 2010
  • Graphite epoxy composite material (GECM) shows high specific strength and its application in the aerospace industry is gradually increasing. However, its application would induce galvanic corrosion between GECM and metallic materials. This work focused on the effects of anodizing and thermal oxidation on galvanic corrosion in a 3.5% NaCl solution between GECM and aluminium and titanium. In the case of anodized aluminium, galvanic corrosion resistance to the GECM was greatly improved by the anodizing treatment regardless of area ratio. In the case of anodized titanium, the anodizing by a formation voltage of 50V increased corrosion resistance of titanium in galvanic tests. Thermal oxidation of titanium also improved corrosion resistance of Ti to GECM.

A Multiple Variable Regression-based Approaches to Long-term Electricity Demand Forecasting

  • Ngoc, Lan Dong Thi;Van, Khai Phan;Trang, Ngo-Thi-Thu;Choi, Gyoo Seok;Nguyen, Ha-Nam
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2021
  • Electricity contributes to the development of the economy. Therefore, forecasting electricity demand plays an important role in the development of the electricity industry in particular and the economy in general. This study aims to provide a precise model for long-term electricity demand forecast in the residential sector by using three independent variables include: Population, Electricity price, Average annual income per capita; and the dependent variable is yearly electricity consumption. Based on the support of Multiple variable regression, the proposed method established a model with variables that relate to the forecast by ignoring variables that do not affect lead to forecasting errors. The proposed forecasting model was validated using historical data from Vietnam in the period 2013 and 2020. To illustrate the application of the proposed methodology, we presents a five-year demand forecast for the residential sector in Vietnam. When demand forecasts are performed using the predicted variables, the R square value measures model fit is up to 99.6% and overall accuracy (MAPE) of around 0.92% is obtained over the period 2018-2020. The proposed model indicates the population's impact on total national electricity demand.

A Study on the Regulatory Standards and Rationale of OTT Adoption (OTT 도입의 규제 기준과 근거에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Hee-Kyung;Do, Joonho
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 2022
  • New services such as OTT have appeared, and the value chain of the media industry has formed a complex terrain, and new problems have arisen in terms of fair competition between operators and user protection. However, the problem of introducing OTT under the existing law that classifies services by physical characteristics and technical elements of the network has been criticized in terms of hindering industrial activation due to excessive regulation. The introduction of the new regulatory system has been delayed for a long time despite the dissatisfaction of stakeholders and attempts to legislate

The Impact of Supervisory Communication Apprehension on Subordinates' Job Performance: An Empirical Study in Pakistan

  • ASAD, Muhammad;ZAFAR, Mueen Aizaz;SAJJAD, Aymen
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.437-448
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    • 2022
  • The impact of supervisory communication apprehension (SCA) on subordinates' job performance was investigated in this study. We also examined the impact of task-related uncertainty in mediating the relationship between SCA and subordinate work performance, as well as the role of information-seeking behavior in moderating the relationship between task-related uncertainty and subordinate job performance. A sample of subordinates and their supervisors from public and private sector enterprises in Pakistan were used in the study. The concept of communication apprehension is not limited to a single organization or industry, and the conditions suggest that apprehensive supervisors are likely to exist in different organizations and industries in Pakistan, including banks, telecommunications, and development sector organizations. Company directors and leaders of human resources departments were contacted to reach out to possible respondents. SmartPLS software was used to evaluate the data using a structural equation modeling technique which is commonly used in explanatory studies (Atta et al., 2021). We found evidence to support ideas predicting the association between SCA and subordinate job performance, as well as the mediating role of task-related ambiguity in the relationship. Furthermore, the findings show that information-seeking activity has a moderating effect on the link between task-related ambiguity and subordinate job performance. This is one of the first studies to look at major mediating and moderating mechanisms in the link between SCA and subordinate job performance.

Comparing automated and non-automated machine learning for autism spectrum disorders classification using facial images

  • Elshoky, Basma Ramdan Gamal;Younis, Eman M.G.;Ali, Abdelmgeid Amin;Ibrahim, Osman Ali Sadek
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.613-623
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    • 2022
  • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder associated with cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders. It affects the person's behavior and performance. Autism affects verbal and non-verbal communication in social interactions. Early screening and diagnosis of ASD are essential and helpful for early educational planning and treatment, the provision of family support, and for providing appropriate medical support for the child on time. Thus, developing automated methods for diagnosing ASD is becoming an essential need. Herein, we investigate using various machine learning methods to build predictive models for diagnosing ASD in children using facial images. To achieve this, we used an autistic children dataset containing 2936 facial images of children with autism and typical children. In application, we used classical machine learning methods, such as support vector machine and random forest. In addition to using deep-learning methods, we used a state-of-the-art method, that is, automated machine learning (AutoML). We compared the results obtained from the existing techniques. Consequently, we obtained that AutoML achieved the highest performance of approximately 96% accuracy via the Hyperpot and tree-based pipeline optimization tool optimization. Furthermore, AutoML methods enabled us to easily find the best parameter settings without any human efforts for feature engineering.

A Systematic Review of Big Data: Research Approaches and Future Prospects

  • Cobanoglu, Cihan;Terrah, Abraham;Hsu, Meng-Jun;Corte, Valentina Della;Gaudio, Giovanna Del
    • Journal of Smart Tourism
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.21-31
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    • 2022
  • This review paper aims at providing a systematic analysis of articles published in various journals and related to the uses and business applications of big data. The goal is to provide a holistic picture of the place of big data in the tourism industry. The reviewed articles have been selected for the period 2013-2020 and have been classified into 8 broad categories namely business strategy and firm performance; banking and finance; healthcare; hospitality; networks and telecommunications; urbanism and infrastructures; law and legal regulations; and government. While the categories are reflective of components of tourism industries and infrastructures, the meta-analysis is organized around 3 broad themes: preferred research contexts, conceptual developments, and methods used to research big data business applications. Main findings revealed that firm performance and healthcare remain popular contexts of research in the big data realm, but also demonstrated a prominence of qualitative methods over mixed and quantitative methods for the period 2013-2020. Scholars have also investigated topics involving the notions of competitive advantage, supply chain management, smart cities, but also ethics and privacy issues as related to the use of big data.

Blockchain Data Management for Pharmaceuticals

  • Shih-Shuan Wang;Alexandru Dinu;Eugen-Silviu Vrajitoru;Aleksander Ryszard Izemski;Alin Mihai Meclea;Mircea Boscoianu
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2023.05a
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    • pp.243-245
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    • 2023
  • The care and quality provided to service users depend heavily on the documentation of medication administration. The results of medication management will be greatly impacted by the Medication Data Management (MDM) sheets, which will be examined during audits. Along with this impact, registered hospitals, care facilities, and residential homes will all be inspected by the healthcare industry. In order to deploy MDM sheets, it is proposed to create a blockchain prototype, or more specifically, to develop a blockchain-based Electronic Health Records (EHR) application. Confidentiality and confidence with the auditors are provided by the usage of permissioned blockchain technology (e.g., Care Quality Commission - CQC). Results from testing the prototype in two scenarios are positive. According to the findings, the use of EHR with permissioned blockchain can result in reminders being sent to medical practitioners as well as other effects.