• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2008

Free ammonia ($NH_3$-N) inhibition of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) has been widely studied for partial nitrification (or nitrite accumulation) and denitrification via nitrite ($NO_2^-$-N) as a low-cost treatment of ammonium containing wastewater. The literature on $NH_3$-N inhibition of NOB, however, shows disagreement about the threshold $NH_3$-N concentration and its degree of inhibition. In order to clarify the confusion, a simple and cheap respirometric method was devised to investigate the effect of free ammonia inhibition of NOB. Sludge samples from an autotrophic nitrifying reactor were exposed to various $NH_3$-N concentrations to measure the maximum specific nitrite oxidation rate ($\hat{K}_{NO}$) using a respirometer. NOB biomass was estimated from the yield values in the literature. Free ammonia inhibition of nitrite oxidizing bacteria was reversible and the specific nitrite oxidation rate ($K_{NO}$) decreased from 0.141 to 0.116, 0.100, 0.097 and 0.081 mg $NO_2^-$-N/mg NOB h, respectively, as the $NH_3$-N concentration increased from 0.0 to 1.0, 4.1, 9.7 and 22.9 mg/L. A nonlinear regression based on the noncompetitive inhibition mode gave an estimate of the Inhibition concentration ($K_I$) of free ammonia to be 21.3 mg $NH_3$-N/L. Previous studies gave $\hat{K}_{NO}$ of Nitrobacter and Nitrospira as 0.120 and 0.032 mg/mg VSS h. The free ammonia concentration which inhibits Nitrobacter was $30{\sim}50\;mg$ $NH_3$-N/L and Nitrospira was inhibited at $0.04{\sim}0.08\;mg$ $NH_3$-N/L. The results support the fact that Nitrobacter is the dominant NOB in the reactor. The variations in the reported values of free ammonia inhibition may be due to the different species of nitrite oxidizers present in the reactors. The respirometric method provides rapid and reliable analysis of the behavior and community of the nitrite oxidizing bacteria.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.596-610
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 스케일러블 비디오 부호화기의 복잡도 감소를 위해, 공간 계층간 잔차 신호 부호화를 선택적으로 수행하고 그 정보를 바탕으로 향상 계층에서 모드를 고속으로 결정하는 방법에 대해 소개한다. 계층간 잔차 신호 부호화는 스케일러블 비디오 부호화에서 공간 계층간 상관도를 이용하여 계층간의 두 잔차 신호에 대한 차 신호를 부호화하는 방법으로서 부호화 효율을 증대 할 수 있는 장점이 있으나 향상 계층의 모든 화면간 모드에 대해 율-왜곡 비용을 계산하기 때문에 부호화기의 복잡도를 크게 증가시키는 주요 요인이 된다. 제안 알고리듬은 하위 계층으로부터 업샘플된 잔차 신호와, 하위 계층의 움직임 벡터, 참조 화면 정보를 이용하여 향상 계층에서 얻은 잔차 신호의 SAD값을 통해 정수 변환 계수의 특징을 미리 판별하여 계층간 잔차 신호 부호화를 선택적으로 수행하는 방법이다. 제안 알고리듬에서는 계층간 잔차 영상의 차 신호에 대한 SAD값에 양자화 계수와 시간 계위에 따라 문턱치 값을 적응적으로 적용시키면서 SAD가 적응적으로 설정된 문턱치 보다 작을때는 잔차 블록에 대한 정수변환 계수가 매우 작다고 판단하여 그 블록에 대해서는 선택적으로 계층간 잔차 부호화를 수행하고 역시 공간적 향상 계층에서 $16{\times}16$블록에 대해서만 율-왜곡 최적화를 수행한다. 따라서 계층간 차분 신호에 대한 SAD값만으로 정수변환계수의 특성을 양자화 계수와 시간 계위에 따라 분류하여 고속의 부호화를 달성함으로써 SVC 부호화기의 복잡도 및 부호화 시간을 크게 감소 시켰다. 제안 알고리듬을 적용하면 다양한 특성을 갖는 영상에 대하여 부호화 시간을 원래의 SVC 참조 소프트웨어 대비 평균 51.5%의 부호화 속도를 향상하였음에도 이에 따른 PSNR의 감소는 평균 0.03dB, 비트율의 증가는 0.64%로 무시할 수 있을 정도로 작았다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1414-1419
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• 2015

영상에서 피부영역을 탐지하는 방법은 색상 정보를 이용하여 탐지하는 방법이 일반적이다. 하지만 영상의 채도가 낮아지는 경우 색상정보가 손실되어 올바른 피부영역 탐지가 어렵다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문은 촬영 시 밝은 조명에 의해 채도 정보가 낮아진 피부 영상의 색상 보정 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법의 색상 보정 절차는 채도 영상 획득 및 저채도 영역 분류, 영역 분할, 분할한 저채도 영역에서의 채도 및 색상값 추출, 색상 보정 순이다. 이 방법은 영상에서 채도가 낮은 부분을 추출한 후 해당 영역 및 주변영역의 색상과 채도를 추출하는 방법을 통해 원 색상과 유사한 색상을 예측하여 적용한다. 따라서 저채도 영역을 올바르게 산출하는 방법이 선행되어야 한다. 저채도 영역을 구하는 과정에서 보다 정확한 영역 분할을 위하여 HSV 색상공간의 Hue 값에 오츠가 제안한 다중문턱치를 이용하여 이진 영상을 만든 후 사용하였다. 170장의 인물 사진들을 사용하여 실험을 수행한 결과, 제안한 방법을 사용하지 않은 피부 결과에 비해 약 5.8% 이상 검출율이 높게 나타났으며, 제안하는 방법이 피부색 탐지를 위한 전처리에 적합함을 확인하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2014

This study was conducted to understand the chemical characteristics of groundwater in carbonate areas of Korea. In this study, data on pH, electric conductivity (EC), $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, and $HCO_3{^-}$ were collected from 97 wells which were installed in various carbonate rock regions of Korea. The pH values ranged from 5.7 to 9.9, and the average value was 7.3. The concentration range showed differences between the maximum value of $HCO_3{^-}$ and the medium to minimum values of $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, and $K^+$ in the study area. The average value of EC was $374{\mu}S/cm$, higher than in granite and gneiss areas, where the value is $176{\mu}S/cm$. Most of the groundwater was type $Ca-HCO_3$, and some was type $Mg-HCO_3$. The relationship between $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, and $HCO_3{^-}$, respectively, and EC showed relatively significant positive correlations compared to the other dissolved components. However, the determination coefficients for $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, and $K^+$ were very low less than 0.2. These results indicate that the source of $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$ is relatively simple (carbonate dissolution) compared to other sources. The sources of $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, and $HCO_3{^-}$ might be not only water-rock interactions, but also irrigation return flow, because many groundwater wells had been developed for irrigation purposes. Subsequently, the influence of agriculture on groundwater chemistry was evaluated using a cumulative plot of $SO_4{^{2-}}$. The threshold value of $SO_4{^{2-}}$ calculated from the cumulative frequency curve was 29.2 mg/L. Therefore, 12.4% of all the groundwater wells were affected by agricultural activity.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2001

Objective : For the purpose of preparing the fundamental data and health promotion and control program on organic solvents in air of manufacturing industry. Methods : The author surveyed number of organic solvent components which was used in working site and also determined the organic solvents concentration in air of 927 manufacturing industries and 1,267 working process with gas chromatography(NIOSH manual) for five years from 1995 to 1999. Results : Mean number of solvents components by type of industry, working process was number of 12. There were exceeded to TLV of 1,2-dichloroethane in textile manufacturing industry N,N-dimethyl furan in tanning and dressing of leather ; luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear manufacturing industry and chemical and chemical product manufacturing industry by type of industry. There were exceeded to TLV of 1,2-dichloroethane in handwriting and drawing process, cellosolve in adhesive spreading process, N,N-dimethly furan in production of solvent process and adhesion process by working process Total exceeded rate to threshold limit values of organic solvents mixture were 12.9% for EI(Exposure index) and 10.0% for Em(Estimation of mixture) by type of industry, 11.3% for EI and 8.2% for Em by type of working process. The highest exceed rate was 36.7% for EI in tanning and dressing of leather ; luggage handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear manufacturing industry and 29.0% for Em in textile manufacturing industry. The highest exceeded rate was 23.1% for EI and 12.5% for Em in adhesive spreading process by working process. Mean values of total subjects by type of industry and type of working process were $0.7{\pm}1.8$ for EI and $0.7{\pm}1.7$ for Em respectively. Conclusions : As above results, the author suggest that it makes the environmental control program on 1.2-dichloroethane, N,N-dimethyl furan, cellosolve by kind of organic solvent and on textile manufacturing industry, tanning and dressing of leather ; luggage, handbags, saddlery harness and footwear manufacturing industry by type of industry, and on handwriting, drawing process and adhesive spreading process and adhesion process by type of working process.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1042-1052
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• 2018

Objective: To determine the utility of computed tomography (CT) ventricular volumes and morphometric parameters for deciding the treatment strategy in children with a hypoplastic left ventricle (LV). Materials and Methods: Ninety-four consecutive children were included in this study and divided into small LV single ventricle repair (SVR) (n = 28), small LV biventricular repair (BVR) (n = 6), disease-matched control (n = 19), and control (n = 41) groups. The CT-based indexed LV volumes, LV-to-right-ventricular (LV/RV) volume ratio, left-to-right atrioventricular valve (AVV) area ratio, left-to-right AVV diameter ratio, and LV/RV long dimension ratio were compared between groups. Proportions of preferred SVR in the small LV SVR group suggested by the parameters were evaluated. Results: Indexed LV end-systolic (ES) and end-diastolic (ED) volumes in the small LV SVR group ($6.3{\pm}4.0mL/m^2$ and $14.4{\pm}10.2mL/m^2$, respectively) were significantly smaller than those in the disease-matched control group ($16.0{\pm}4.7mL/m^2$ and $37.7{\pm}12.0mL/m^2$, respectively; p < 0.001) and the control group ($16.0{\pm}5.5mL/m^2$ and $46.3{\pm}10.8mL/m^2$, respectively; p < 0.001). These volumes were $8.3{\pm}2.4mL/m^2$ and $21.4{\pm}5.3mL/m^2$, respectively, in the small LV BVR group. ES and ED indexed LV volumes of < $7mL/m^2$ and < $17mL/m^2$, LV/RV volume ratios of < 0.22 and < 0.25, AVV area ratios of < 0.33 and < 0.24, and AVV diameter ratios of < 0.52 and < 0.46, respectively, enabled the differentiation of a subset of patients in the small LV SVR group from those in the two control groups. One patient in the small LV biventricular group died after BVR, indicating that this patient might not have been a good candidate based on the suggested cut-off values. Conclusion: CT-based ventricular volumes and morphometric parameters can suggest cut-off values for SVR in children with a hypoplastic LV.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2018

Purpose: In 2012, a revised guideline for acute acetaminophen overdose was proposed in the UK, recommending that the treatment threshold should be lowered to 100 mcg/ml at 4 hours after ingestion without risk stratification of hepatotoxicity. However, the poison centers in some developing countries do not have laboratory resources to provide serum drug levels in time. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the cut-off value of reported dose per kilogram to determine when N-acetylcysteine treatment is warranted under the revised guideline. Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from the toxicology registry of an urban emergency medical center between 1st January 2010 and 30th June 2017. Inclusion criteria were single acute overdose of more than 75 mg/kg in 15 hours from ingestion and over 14 years of age. Subgroups were created by 25 mg/kg increments of reported dose, then sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated for the cut-off values of 100 mg/kg, 125 mg/kg, 150 mg/kg and 175 mg/kg for toxic serum level over '100-treatment line'. Results: A total of 99 patients were enrolled in the study; 24 patients showed toxic serum levels (24.2%). Zero of 17 patients with an ingestion dose under 100 mg/kg showed toxic level (0%), and 0 of 15 under 125 mg/kg (0%), 2 of 14 under 150 mg/kg (14.3%), and 4 of 12 under 175 mg/kg (33.3%) had toxic levels. The higher the ingested dose per kilogram of weight, the higher the frequency of the toxic serum concentration on the first test (${\chi}^2$ test for trend, ${\chi}^2=22.66$, p-value<0.001) and the sensitivity of each value was 100%, 100%, 92% and 76%. Conclusion: In acute single acetaminophen intoxication, the ingestion dose of 100 mg/kg of weight will be useful in determining the need for the N-acetylcysteine antidote in the indigent laboratory environment.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.83-97
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• 2021

무선 센서 네트워크를 구성하는 무선 센서는 일반적으로 전력 및 자원이 극히 제한적이다. 무선 센서는 전력을 보존하기 위해 일정 주기마다 sleep 상태로 진입한다. Sleep deprivation attack은 무선 센서의 sleep 상태 진입을 막음으로써 전력을 소진 시키는 치명적인 공격이지만 이에 대한 뚜렷한 대응책이 없다. 이에 본 논문에서는 클러스터링 기반 이진 탐색 트리 구조의 Sleep deprivation attack 탐지 모델을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 sleep deprivation attack 탐지 모델은 기계학습을 통해 분류한 공격 센서 노드와 정상 센서 노드의 특징을 사용한다. 이때 탐지 모델에 사용한 특징은 Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM), Decision Tree(DT), Support Vector Machine(SVM), K-Nearest Neighbor(K-NN)을 이용하여 결정하였다. 결정된 특징은 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘에 사용하여 공격 탐지를 위한 값들을 계산하였으며, 계산한 값을 판정하기 위한 임계값은 SVM을 적용하여 도출하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 탐지 모델은 기계학습으로 도출된 특징과 임계값을 본 논문에서 제안한 탐지 알고리즘에 적용하여 구성하였으며, 실험을 통해 전체 센서 노드 20개 중 공격 센서 노드의 비율이 0.35일 때 94%의 탐지율을 갖고 평균 에너지 잔량은 기존 연구보다 최대 26% 향상된 결과를 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1292-1298
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• 2023

PAMB 00755^T, a bacterial strain, was isolated from Korean fir leaves. The strain exhibits yellow colonies and consists of Gram-negative, non-motile, short rods or ovoid-shaped cells. It displays optimal growth conditions at 20℃, 0% NaCl, and pH 6.0. Results of 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analyses showed that strain PAMB 00755^T was most closely related to Sphingomonas chungangi MAH-6^T (97.7%) and Sphingomonas polyaromaticivorans B2-7^T (97.4%), and ≤96.5% sequence similarity to other members of the genus Sphingomonas. The values of average nucleotide identity (79.9-81.3%), average amino acid identity (73.3-75.9%), and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (73.3-75.9%) were significantly lower than the threshold values for species boundaries; these overall genome-related indexes (OGRI) analyses indicated that the strain represents a novel species. Genomic analysis revealed that the strain has a 4.4-Mbp genome encoding 4,083 functional genes, while the DNA G+C content of the whole genome is 66.1%. The genome of strain PAMB 00755^T showed a putative carotenoid biosynthetic cluster responsible for its antioxidant activity. The respiratory quinone was identified as ubiquinone 10 (Q-10), while the major fatty acids in the profile were identified as C_18:1ω7c and/or C_18:1ω6c (summed feature 8). The major polar lipids of strain PAMB 00755^T were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingoglycolipid, and phosphatidylcholine. Based on a comprehensive analysis of genomic, phenotypic, and chemotaxonomic characteristics, we proposed the name Sphingomonas abietis sp. nov. for this novel species, with PAMB 00755^T as the type strain (= KCTC 92781^T = GDMCC 1.3779^T).

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.414-427
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• 2022

이 연구의 목적은 한국 소아 및 청소년 환자의 상악 영구전치의 색조 분포를 분석하고, 환자의 연령과 치근 발육 정도가 색조에 미치는 영향을 확인하는 것이다. 평균 연령 10.0 ± 1.5 세인 7세에서 15세 사이의 한국 어린이 101명에서 치아우식, 수복물, 외상 이력과 변색이 없으며 건전하고 충분히 맹출한 상악 영구 중절치와 측절치 404개의 국제조명위원회 L^*a^*b^* 값을 분광광도계를 이용하여 측정하였다. L^*a^*b^* 값은 상악 중절치에서 84.01, 0.17, 24.07, 상악 측절치에서 82.33, 0.31, 25.99로 나타났다. 상악 중절치가 상악 측절치에 비해 L^* 값은 높고 b^* 값은 낮았다(p < 0.001). 치아 각 부위 사이의 색조 차이는 상악 중절치와 상악 측절치 모두에서 임상 허용의 한계치보다 높았다. 10세 이하의 소아 청소년의 L^* 값은 상악 중절치와 상악 측절치에서 각각 84.14 및 84.04였으며, 11세 이상의 소아 청소년의 L^* 값은 상악 중절치와 상악 측절치에서 각각 80.62 및 80.56였다. 10세 이하 환아의 상악 절치의 L^* 값이 11세 이상 환아에 비해 높게 나타났다. 치근 발육 정도에 따른 색조 차이는 없었다. 이 연구에서는 소아 환자의 상악 영구 절치 심미 수복을 위해서 상악 중절치와 상악 측절치 사이의 색조 차이와 치아 각 부위 사이의 색조 차이, 그리고 연령에 따른 색조 차이를 고려해야 할 것을 제안한다.