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Distributions of Urea and Urea Decomposition Rates in an Estuarine System of Mankyung and Dongjin Rivers, Korea (만경.동진강 하구계에서 요소와 요소 분해속도의 분포)

  • 심재형;조병철
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.402-413
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    • 1994
  • To understand the significance of urea in the pool size of nitrogenous nutrients and in nitrogen (N) requirements of primary producers in and estuarine system of Mankyung and Dongjin rivers nutrients, and urea decomposition rates between June 1992 and February 1994. Urea concentration during the study period ranged from undetectable to 12.5 ug-at. N 1/SUP -1/, contributing to 0-96% (mean of 11%) of the total nitrogenous nutrients in the study area. Urea comprised a major component of the total nitrogenous nutrients when concentration of total nitrogenous nutrients was low. Urea decomposition rates in the water column ranged from 0.02 to 5.77 nM h/SUP -1/, and netplankton was the major decomposer of urea. Vertical distributions of urea decomposition rates in the water column showed generally small variabilities (i.e. < 3 fold). The decomposition rates of urea in the MD estuary would supply 0.2 ∼88.4% of phytoplankton N requirements. The major contribution of urea to phytoplankton N requirements was found when phytoplankton production was low (<50 mg C m/SUP -2/d/SUP -1/).

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A Study on Design and Application of Tissue Compensator for 6MV X-rays (6MV X-선에 대한 조직 보상체의 제작 및 응용에 관한 연구)

  • Chai Kyu Young;Choi Eun Kyung;Chung Woong Ki;kang Wee Saing;Ha Sung Whan;Park Charn Il
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 1989
  • A radiation beam incident on an irregular or sloping surface produces the non-uniformity of absorded dose. The use of a tissue compensator can partially correct this dose inhomogeneity. The tissue compensator is designed based on the patient's three dimensional contour. After required compensator thickness was determined according to tissue deficit at $25cm\pm25cm$ field size, 10cm depth for 6MV x-rays, tissue deficit was mapped by isoheight technique using laser beam system. Compensator was constructed along the designed model using 0.8mm lead sheet or 5mm acryl plate. Dosimetric verification were peformed by film dosimetry using humanoid phantom. Dosimetric measurements were normalized to central axis full phantom readings for both compensated and non-compensated field. Without compensation, the percent differences in absorbed dose ranged as high as $12.1\%$ along transverse axis, $10.8\%$ along vertical axis. With the tissue compensators in place, the difference was reduced to $0\~43\%$ Therefore, it can be concluded that the compensator system constructed by isoheihnt technique can produce good dose distribution with acceptible inhomogeneity, and such compensator system can be effectively applied to clinical radiotherapy.

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Facial asymmetry: Critical element of clinical successful treatment (임상가를 위한 특집 4 - 안면비대칭의 외과적 교정)

  • Hong, Jongrak
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.52 no.10
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    • pp.623-632
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    • 2014
  • The facial asymmetries include maxillary, mandibular, and chin asymmetries, although the most common deformity is primarily in the mandible. Common causes of this type of asymmetry can include asymmetric growth of the condyle or the mandible. In these patients, the location of the Me would be deviated to the shorter side because of the asymmetric growth of the mandible, and, commonly, the maxillary occlusal plane would be tilted toward the deviated side because the maxilla likely grows asymmetrically according to the pattern of asymmetric mandibular growth. Three-dimensional CT images are ideal for evaluating the size and location of anatomic structures, and such reconstructed images allow the use of software that can show anatomic structures from numerous angles, allowing actual measurements of distances and angles without problems of magnification, distortion, or superimposition caused by 2-dimensional imaging. In the present study using 3D-CT imaging, the 8 parameters, including measurements of the upper midline deviation, maxillary canting in the canine and first molar regions, width of the upper arch, width of the mandible at the Go, vertical length of the ramus, inclination of the ramus, and deviation of the Me were easily measured. The dentition should be orthodontically decompensated and dental midline should ensure incisor midlines positioned in the midline of each jaw before surgical correction. Surgical correction could be considered such as canting or yawing correction in the frontal or horizontal aspect, respectively.

ASIC Design of Wavelet Transform Filter for Moving Picture (동영상용 웨이브렛 변환 필터의 ASIC 설계)

  • Kang, Bong-Hoon;Lee, Ho-Joon;Koh, Hyung-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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    • v.36S no.12
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 1999
  • In this paper, we present an ASIC(Application Specific Integrated Circuit) design of wavelet transform filter Wavelet transform is used in lots of application fields which include image compression, because it has an excellent energy compaction. The operation characteristic and performance of wavelet transform filter are analyzed by using verilog-HDL(Hardware Description Language). In this paper, the designed wavelet transform filter uses line memory to improve data processing rate. Generally, when it reads and writes data of DRAM by using Fast Page Mode, input and output processing is very fast in horizontal direction but substantially slow in vertical direction. The use of line memory solves this low speed processing problem. As a result, though the size of the chip is getting larger, processing time for an image frame becomes 4.66ms. Generally, since the limit of 1 frame processing time on the data of TV video is 33ms, so it is appropriate for TV video.

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Error Resilient IPC Algorithm for Noisy Image (잡음영상에 강한 IPC(Interlace to Progressive Conversion) 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Young-Ro;Hong, Byung-Ki
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we propose a new IPC(Interlace to Progressive Conversion) method based on ELA(EDge Line based Average) interpolation using detecting the reliable edge direction. Existing ELA algorithms execute linear interpolation using edge direction without considering noises. In noisy images, these algorithms degrade quality because if interpolation based on the wrong edge direction. Out scheme is able to solve the problem of existing ELA algorithms in noisy images. First, filter a noisy pixel and estimate sizes of the noiseless orginal pixed and the noise, repectively. Then, considering the size of the noise, calculate weights of ELA and vertical interpolation. If noises exist after IPC, these could be eliminated by post filtering. The experimental results show that our proposed algorithm has about $1{\sim}2$ dB better performance than those of existing ELA algorithms.

Preparation of x-cut $LiNbO_3$ Optical Waveguide and the Change in Near-field Properties according to Ti thickness (x-cut $LiNbO_3$ 광도파로 제작 및 Ti 두께에 따른 Near-field 특성 변 화)

  • Kim, Seong-Ku;Yoon, Hyung-Do;Yoon, Dae-Won;Han, Sang-Pill;Kim, Chang-Min;Park, Gye-Chun;Lee, Jin;Yoo, Yong-Taek
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.146-153
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    • 1998
  • The optical near-field patterns, propagation loss and mode sizes of x-cut $Ti:LiNbO_3$ optical waveguide which was fabricated by Ti-diffusion varying with Ti strip thickness in wet oxygen atmosphere were discussed at optical wavelength 1550nm. As Ti thickness increased from $760{\AA}$, the insertion loss of waveguide was decreased. But at Ti thickness $1500{\AA}$, mode sizes are widely broadened. The Ti thickness of below $1100{\AA}$ and above $1500{\AA}$ showed negative effects to propagation loss and fiber coupling. The best Ti thickness for fabricating low propagation loss and good fiber coupling was inferred to be between $1100{\AA}-1500{\AA}$ in our conditions. And for Ti thickness $1150{\AA}$, its propagation loss, horizontal/vertical mode sizes were showed 1.61 dB/cm, $11.9/8.9{\mu}m$ for TM, 0.22 dB/cm, $12.0/9.1{\mu}m$ for TE respectively.

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Indoor Tank Culture of the Abalone Haliotis discus hannai I . Effects of tank shape and stocking density on the growth of young abalone (전복 Haliotis discus hannai의 육상수조사육에 관한 연구 I. 치패성장에 미치는 수조형태 및 사육밀도의 영향)

  • JEONG Seong-Chae;JEE Young-Ju;SON Pal-Won
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.9-20
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    • 1994
  • To find out suitable indoor rearing tank shape and stocking density of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai, young abalones were reared in the square or ellipse shape tanks with various stocking densities and were fed dried sea mustard, Undaria Pinnatifida HARVEY for three years. There were no significant differences between the square rearing tank and the ellipse one in growth rate and survival rate. With regard to vertical design of rearing tanks with three floors, the significant differences were not found among culture floors. However, the growth and survival rates of young abalones from the running water system were significantly higher than those of the abalones from the circulating system (P< 0.05). For the stocking density experiment with 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 individuals of 20 mm young abalone, there was no significant differences in growth and survival rates among these groups. However, in that of 200-400 individuals of 40 mm abalone and 100-300 individuals of 50 mm abalone, the lower stocking density of young abalone showed the higher growth and survival rates. The lower stocking density and the smaller size of young abalones showed the higher daily feeding rate and feed efficiency.

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Quantification of Pediatric Cervical Growth : Anatomical Changes in the Sub-Axial Spine

  • Lee, Ho Jin;Lee, Jung Jae;Hong, Jae Taek;Kim, Jong Tae
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.185-191
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    • 2015
  • Objective : In order to provide normal values of the pediatric sub-axial cervical spinal canal and vertebral body growth pattern using computed tomographic scans, a total of 318 patients less than 10 years old were included. Methods : The growth of the vertebral body and canal space was investigated using four different age groups. The Torg ratio (TR) was calculated and all patients were classified into a low TR group and a high TR group according to a cutoff value of 1.0. To account for spinal curvature, the C3-7 angle was measured. Results : Very little axial expansion and growth in height were observed (2.9 mm and 3.4 mm, respectively), and the spinal canal increments (1.8 mm) were much smaller than the dimensions of the vertebral body. The mean TR values were $1.03{\pm}0.14$ at the C3 vertebral level, $1.02{\pm}0.13$ at C4, $1.05{\pm}0.13$ at C5, $1.04{\pm}0.13$ at C6, and $1.02{\pm}0.12$ at C7 in all patients. The mean sub-axial angle (C3-7) was $7.9{\pm}10.6^{\circ}$ (range: $-17-47^{\circ}$). Conclusion : The upper sub-axial spinal canal continuously increased in size compared to the lower sub-axial spine after 8 years of age. Considerable decrements in the TR was found after late childhood compared to younger ages. Generally, there were no significant differences between boys and girls in vertical length of the cervical vertebrae. However, the axial dimension of the vertebral body and the spinal canal space varied according to gender.

Analysis on Digital Image Composite Using Interpolation (보간을 이용한 디지털 이미지 합성 분석)

  • Song, Geun-Sil;Yun, Yong-In;Lee, Won-Hyung
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.457-466
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we propose a new method for detecting digital forgery that identify interpolated region between digital composited images. For detecting the interpolation factor and the tampered regions, we perform two algorithms: The first algorithm is to estimate the interpolation factors using the differential equation for forgery image along the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions, respectively; The second algorithm is to scan the interpolation factors along each direction for detection areas as the mask of the optical window size($64{\times}64$) in order to find out the forgery region. A detection map of the forgery is classified with the magnitude of estimated interpolation factors into colors. This detection map can be used to find out interpolated regions from the tampered image. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed algorithms are proven on several examples. We also show the proposed approach is to accurately detect interpolated regions from digital composite images.

Characteristics of wave propagation in a sloping-wall-type wave absorber

  • Zhu, Lixin;Lim, Hee Chang
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.39 no.8
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    • pp.843-848
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    • 2015
  • The objective of this study is to observe and optimize a typical ocean environment and reduce wave reflections in the wave flume. In order to generate ocean waves in the wave flume, a combination of a horizontal piston type wave generator and wave absorbers was installed in the channel. Two probes for measuring the wave heights, i.e., wave level gauges, were used to record the continuous variation of the wave surface, the phase difference, and the maximum (crest) and minimum (trough) points of the propagating waves. In order to optimize the shape and size of the propagating waves, several absorption methods were proposed. Apart from an active wave absorption method, we used methods that involved vertical porous plates, horizontal punching plates, and sloping-wall-type wave absorbers. To obtain the best propagating waves, a sloping-wall-type wave absorber was chosen and tested in terms of the constitutive filling materials and the location and shape of the plate. This study also focused on the theoretical prediction of the wave surface, separating them into the incident and reflective components. From the results, it is evident that the wave absorber comprising a hard filling material exhibits a better performance than the absorber comprising a soft material, i.e., the wave absorber can be a strong sink to control the energy of the incoming wave. In addition, larger wave absorbers correspond to lower reflectance because a larger volume can reduce the incoming wave energy. Therefore, at constant absorber conditions, the reflectance of the wave increases as the wave period increases. Finally, the reflectance of the wave was controlled to be less than 0.1 in this study so that the wave flume can be used to simulate an offshore environment.