• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.129-135
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• 1997

This study has investigated the effects of aging treatment on thc nlechanical propcrries of blg-iiAl-x%nix - 0.1.2) alloys fabricated by the squeeze castmg process. The microstructurcs of as-squeeze cast were composed of pro eurectic $\alpha$ magnesium solid solution, super saturated $\alpha$ solid solution and $\beta(Mg_{17}AI_{12}$) compund. Agcd at both $200^{\circ}C$ and $240^{\circ}C$, Mg--6AixZn alloys showed the peak hardness due to the formation of $\beta(Mg_{17}AI_{12}$) precipitates. The tiiscontinuous precipitates of the lamella r\.pe are predominant at $200^{\circ}C$ aging tredrment. tvhilc. the finely dispersed continu ous precipitates were major type at $240^{\circ}C$ treatment. Mg-- GAI-xZn a1loi.s fabricated hy the squeeze casting process had the hetter combination of tensile strength and elongation compared to the conventionally cast alloys. As increascci zinc: contents. the tensile strength was increased 11y the soiid solutirin strengthening effect of zinc,.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.1145-1152
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• 2015

This study examined the serum lipid levels according to the obesity indices, and obtained the relationship between obesity indices and serum lipid levels among adults who underwent a health checkup in a university hospital. The subjects for this study were 4,112 adults aged 18 to 77 years who underwent medical examinations at the health center of a university hospital in Daejeon city from Jan 2012 to Dec 2013. The serum lipid levels (TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, TG, AI) and obesity indices (height, weight, waist circumference, body fat rate, BMI, WHR WSR) of the study subjects were surveyed from self-recorded questionnaires and medical examination charts of the hospital. As a result, the serum lipid levels (TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, TG, AI) of the study subjects were increased significantly with higher level of obesity indices (WC, body fat rate, BMI, WHR WSR) in both sexes. The TC, LDL-C, TG, and AI showed that positive correlated with the WC, body fat rate, BMI, and WSR in both sexes, but HDL-C was negatively correlated with the WC, body fat rate, BMI, and WSR in both sexes. The above results suggest that the obesity indices and the serum lipid levels are closely related, i.e., the serum lipid levels increase with increasing obesity indices.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.257-263
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• 2007

This study was performed to investigate the relationship between PSS-HSP70 gene polymorphism and artificial insemination (AI) reproductivity in the pigs. The RFLP polymorphism of PSS and the SSCP polymorphisms of HSP70 K1, K3 and K4 PCR product were detected different patterns. In the experiment for AI of fresh semen, spring and fall season showed higher litter size born of 10.89 head than 10.47 head of summer season. Landrace was showed higher litter size of 9.96 head than that of Duroc and Yorkshire (p<0.05). Stress relating PSS and HSP70 polymorphism of PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showd a highest litter size born of 10.97 head and litter size born alive of 10.69 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). In the experiment for AI of frozen semen, effects of season and pig breeds were not showed for litter size born. The stress relating polymorphism of PSS-Carrier, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-BB, K4-AB showed highest litter size born of 11.29 head and litter size born alive of 10.82 head and PSS-Normal, HSP70 K1-BB, K3-AB, K4-AA showed the lowest litter size born of 8.48 head and litter size born alive of 7.33 head than that of the other polymorphisms(p<0.05). These results suggest that AI litter size born for the stress of forzen thawed semen may be affected by PSS and HSP70 polymorphism in pigs.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.3077-3082
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• 2012

Aim: The incidence of biliary tract cancer (BTC) is many-fold higher for American Indians (AI) relative to non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Neither gallstones nor genetics can account for this difference. There is speculation that certain fatty acids in bile may play a role in preventing BTC. Since diet may influence composition of bile, we compared the dietary intakes of urban AI and NHW adult women in New Mexico. Methods: Design, a cross-sectional study of the diets of lactating AI and NHW women was conducted. Setting, the University of New Mexico Hospital. Participants, healthy lactating women 18 to 39 years of age were recruited. Main outcome measures, a three-day diet record for each participant was analyzed. Results: The AI women consumed less calcium (p = 0.04) and significantly less short and intermediate chain-length fatty acids (C4-C12), but nearly twice as much proinflammatory arachidonic acid as the NHWs (p <0.01). The intake of dairy products by AI women was less than NHW women (p = 0.01) while the intake of processed meat products was higher (p <0.01). Conclusion: Dietary factors may account for the difference in the risk of BTC between AI and NHW women.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.327-333
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• 1995

전자소자의 축소화에 따라 박막배선에서의 electromigration은 점차 극소전자 디바이스의 주요 결함원인으로 부각되고 있다. 본 실험에서는 현재 박막 배선 재료로 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 AI-1%Si 금속박막배선의 electromigration에 대한 온도 및 배선길이의 의존성에 관하여 연구하였다. PSG($8000AA$)/SiO2(1000$\AA$)/AI-1%Si(7000$\AA$)/SiO2(5000$\AA$)/p-Si(100)의 보호막처리되지 않은 시편 등을 standard photolithography 공정을 이용하여 각각 제작하였다. 선폭 3$\mu$m, 길이 100, 400, 800, $\1600mu$m등의 AI-1%Si 배막배선구조를 사용하였다. 가속화실험을 위해 인가된 d.c.전류밀도는 4.5X106A/$ extrm{cm}^2$이었고 실온에서 $100^{\circ}C$까지의 분위기 온도에서 electromigration test를 진행하였다. 박막배선의 길에에 따른 MTF(Mean-Time-to-Failure)는 임계길이 이상에서 포화되는 경향을 보이며 이는 보호막층의 유무에 관계없이 나타난다. 선폭 $3\mu$m인 AI-1%Si 박막배선에서 임계길이는, 보호막처리된 시편은 $800\mu$m, 보호막처리되지 않은 시편은 $400\mu$m 배선길이에서 나타난다. 이러한 포화의 경향은 낮은 온도에서 더욱 명확해지는 특성을 보인다. 각 시편에서 electromigration에 대한 활성화에너지도 MTF의 특성과 유사하게 임계길이 이상에서 포화되는 특성을 보인다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.106-118
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• 2021

The field of brain science (or neuroscience in a broader sense) has inspired researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) for a long time. The outcomes of neuroscience such as Hebb's rule had profound effects on the early AI models, and the models have developed to become the current state-of-the-art artificial neural networks. However, the recent progress in AI led by deep learning architectures is mainly due to elaborate mathematical methods and the rapid growth of computing power rather than neuroscientific inspiration. Meanwhile, major limitations such as opacity, lack of common sense, narrowness, and brittleness have not been thoroughly resolved. To address those problems, many AI researchers turn their attention to neuroscience to get insights and inspirations again. Biologically plausible neural networks, spiking neural networks, and connectome-based networks exemplify such neuroscience-inspired approaches. In addition, the more recent field of brain network analysis is unveiling complex brain mechanisms by handling the brain as dynamic graph models. We argue that the progress toward the human-level AI, which is the goal of AI, can be accelerated by leveraging the novel findings of the human brain network.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.157-165
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• 1996

Characteristics of microstructure, hardness and wear of two AI-20Si-5Fe-2Ni materials produced by powder metallurgy and spray forming respectively were studied at temperatures up to 560$^{\circ}C$. Above 300$^{\circ}C$, the microstructure of powder processed alloy became inhomogenous, whereas the spray formed alloy showed homogeneous microstructures. Hardness of both alloys was increased between 300$^{\circ}C$~490$^{\circ}C$ in both alloy. It was interpreted that increase in hardness was mainly related to the formation of stable and fine intermetallic phase from metastable one. It was showed that hoogenity of microstructure in the rapidliy soldified affected directly wear property.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.545-547
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• 2019

Policy Gradient 방식의 학습은 최근 강화학습 분야에서 많이 연구되고 있는 주제로, 본 논문에서는 강화학습을 적용시킬 수 있는 OpenAi Gym 의 'CartPole-v0' 와 'Pendulum-v0' 환경에서 Policy Gradient 방식의 Asynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic (A3C) 알고리즘과 Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) 알고리즘의 학습 성능을 비교 분석한 결과를 제시한다. 딥러닝 모델 등 두 알고리즘이 동일하게 지닐 수 있는 조건들은 가능한 동일하게 맞추면서 Episode 진행에 따른 Score 변화 과정을 실험하였다. 본 실험을 통해서 두 가지 서로 다른 환경에서 PPO 가 A3C 보다 더 나은 성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.60-69
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• 2022

So far, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) has produced impressive results in speech recognition, computer vision, and natural language processing. AI/ML has recently begun to show promise as a viable means for improving the performance of 5G mobile telecommunication systems. This paper investigates standardization activities in 3GPP and O-RAN Alliance regarding AI/ML applications on mobile telecommunication system. Future trends in AI/ML technologies are also summarized. As an overarching technology in 6G, there appears to be no doubt that AI/ML could contribute to every part of mobile systems, including core, RAN, and air-interface, in terms of performance enhancement, automation, cost reduction, and energy consumption reduction.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.159-166
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• 1994

The variation of the microstructures and the mechanical properties with varying vacuum hot pressing temperature and pressure was investigated in PyM processed 20 vol%) SiCw/ 2124Al composites. As increasing the vacuum hot pressing temperature, the aspect ratio of whiskers and density of composites increased due to the softening of 2124Al matrix with the increased amount of liquid phase. The tensile strength of composite increased with increasing vacuum hot pressing temperature up to $570^{\circ}C$ and became saturated above $570^{\circ}C$, To attain the high densification of composites above 99%, the vacuum hot pressing pressure was needed to be above 70 MPa. However, the higher vacuum hot pressing pressure above 70 MPa was not effective to increase the tensile strength due to the reduced aspect ratio of SiC whiskers from damage of whiskers during vacuum hot pressing. A phenomenological equation to predict the tensile strength of $SiC_w$/2124AI composite was proposed as a function including two microstructural parameters, i.e. density of composites and aspect ratio of whiskers. The tensile strength of $SiC_w$/2124AI were found more sensitive to the porosity than other P/M materials due to the higher stress concentration and reduced load transfer efficiency by the pores locating at whisker/matrix interfaces.