• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.5 no.10
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• pp.2676-2685
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• 1998

In order to improve the branch prediction accuracy and to reduce the BTB miss rate, this paper proposes a two-level BTB structure that adds small-sized victim BTB to the convetional BTB. With small cost, two-level BTB can reduce the BTB miss rate as well as improve the prediction accuracy of the hybrid branch prediction strategy which combines dynamic prediction and static prediction. Through the trace-driven simulation of four bechmark programs, the performance improvement by the proposed two-level BTB structure is analysed and validated. Our proposed BTB structure can improve the BTB miss rate by 26.5% and the misprediction rate by 26.75%

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.631-639
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• 2022

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide, despite medical and technological advancements. The RhoBTB family consists of three isoforms: RhoBTB1, RhoBTB2, and RhoBTB3. RhoBTB1 and RhoBTB2 have been proposed as tumor suppressors in breast cancer. However, the roles of RhoBTB3 proteins are unknown in breast cancer. Bioinformatics analysis, including Oncomine, cBioportal, was used to evaluate the potential functions and prognostic values of RhoBTB3 and Col1a1 in breast cancer. qRT-PCR analysis and immunoblotting assay were performed to investigate relevant expression. Functional experiments including proliferation assay, invasion assay, and flow cytometry assay were conducted to determine the role of RhoBTB3 and Col1a1 in breast cancer cells. RhoBTB3 mRNA levels were significantly up-regulated in breast cancer tissues as compared to in adjacent normal tissues. Moreover, RhoBTB3 expression was found to be associated with Col1a1 expression. Decreasing RhoBTB3 expression may lead to decreases in the proliferative and invasive properties of breast cancer cells. Further, Col1a1 knockdown in breast cancer cells limited the proliferative and invasive ability of cancer cells. Knockdown of RhoBTB3 may exert inhibit the proliferation, migration, and metastasis of breast cancer cells by repressing the expression of Col1a1, providing a novel therapeutic strategy for treating breast cancer.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1149-1150
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• 2011

일반적으로 BTB STATCOM은 계통 분리 운전이나 이종계통의 연계 등의 목적으로 이용한다. 기본 구성으로는 두 대의 STATCOM을 직렬로 연결하여 계통에 삽입되며, 구조 및 개념상 HVDC와 유사한 특징을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 국내에서는 처음으로 독자 개발에 성공한 STATCOM의 기술을 바탕으로 BTB STATCOM의 제어 알고리즘을 설계하고, PSCAD/EMTDC를 이용하여 BTB STATCOM의 모델링 및 계통 연계 모의를 수행하였다. 모델링 및 모의를 통하여 설계 및 개발한 BTB STATCOM의 제어 알고리즘이 정상동작하며, 성공적으로 BTB STATCOM의 역할을 수행할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.898-902
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• 1998

Voltage and harmonic stability characteristics of capacitor commutated converters applied to a BTB (back to back) system (CCC-BTB) are analyzed and compared to characteristics of a BTB system composed of conventional line commutated converters (LCC-BTB). About 1.6 times larger safe operating regions can be obtained for the CCC-BTB system compared to the latter. The CCC-BTB system results in no harmonic instability problem as it has no shunt reactive compensators in the station and the adjoining AC system generates no low anti-res onance points.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.447-448
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• 2011

일반적으로 BTB STATCOM은 계통 분리 운전이나 이종계통의 연계 등의 목적으로 이용한다. 기본 구성으로는 두 대의 STATCOM을 직렬로 연결하여 계통에 삽입되며, 구조 및 개념상 HVDC와 유사한 특징을 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 국내에서는 처음으로 독자 개발에 성공한 STATCOM의 기술을 바탕으로 BTB STATCOM을 개발하고, PSCAD/EMTDC를 이용하여 BTB STATCOM의 모델링 및 계통 연계 모의를 수행하였다. 풍력발전의 발전량이 변하더라도 BTB STATCOM이 응동하여 실제 발전량을 정상적으로 전달하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.11
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• pp.1737-1742
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• 2012

The scott transformer is used to supply single-phase power to the AC railway system. Since the scott transformer is a passive facility, it cannot regulate load-side voltage according to load change. Meanwhile, the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) is able to convert the voltage and control active and reactive power. In this paper, the feasibility of a AC railway system based on Back-to-Back (BTB) VSC which is composed of a rectifier, a DC-DC converter, a inverter, has been proposed. A three-phase to single-phase BTB VSC is modeled. The proposed AC railway system based on BTB VSC is tested on Matlab/Simulink.

• Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.79-83
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• 2017

In this study, we used a choropleth map to explore the spatial variation of the risk of cattle herds being bovine tuberculosis (BTB) positive in Gangwon-do in 2015. The map shows that the risk of being BTB-positive was lower in provinces located in the middle of Gangwon-do (Wonju, Youngwol, Peongchang, and Kangneung) than in other provinces. In addition, one province located in the north (Goseong) had a low risk of BTB. The estimate for the intercept of the spatial lag model was 0.66, and the spatial autocorrelation coefficient (lambda) was 0.20 (Table 1). The Moran's I was 0.33 with p-value of 0.02. In 2015, provinces located in the North West (Hwacheon) and East (Donghae) of Gangwon-do had a higher BTB risk. We identified some specific provinces at low BTB-positive risk, information that may prove useful for control of BTB in the study area.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.50-60
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• 2015

A Block-Time-Bounded Time Division Multiple Access (BTB-TDMA) medium access control protocol, which estimates the propagation delay of nodes according to their location and moving velocity information, has been proposed for underwater acoustic networks. BTB-TDMA provides nodes with their transmission schedules by a time block that is a time unit, newly designed for BTB-TDMA. In this paper, we investigate how the receiver collision, that is induced by the asymmetry between node's uplink and downlink propagation delay due to its mobility, affects the performance of BTB-TDMA. To do this, we analytically obtain the collision rate, the channel access delay, and the channel utilization by considering the asymmetry of propagation delay. Then, simulations are extensively performed with respect to the length of a time block by varying the number of nodes, the network range, and the node's velocity. Thus, the simulation results can suggest performance criteria to determine the optimal length of a time block which minimizes the collision rate and concurrently maximizes the channel access delay and the channel utilization.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.131-142
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• 2009

Geosynthetic reinforced soil walls are well recognized alternatives to conventional retaining walls due to many advantages in terms of ease of construction, economy, and aesthetics, among others. In recent years, the use of back-to-back (BTB) geosynthetic reinforced soil walls has been increasing for roadway and railway construction. However, there are insufficient studies concerning the behavior of BTB type geosynthetic reinforced soil walls. In this study a series of finite element analysis were performed for BTB walls with various wall geometry and reinforcement distribution. The results were then analyzed to relate the wall geometry and reinforcement distribution and the performance of BTB walls. Optimum reinforcement pattern was also investigated.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.8
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• pp.1163-1171
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• 2017

The problem of fault current to exceed the rated capacity of a power circuit breaker can cause a serious accident to hurt the reliability of the power system. In order to solve this issue, current limiting reactors and circuit breakers with increased capacity are utilized but these solutions have some technical limitations. Back-to-back high voltage direct current(BTB HVDC) may be applied for reducing the fault current. When BTB HVDCs are installed for reduction in fault current, selecting the optimal location of the BTB HVDC without causing overload of line power becomes a key point. In this paper, we use genetic algorithm to find optimal location effectively in a short time. We propose a new methodology for determining the BTB HVDC optimal location to reduce fault current without causing overload of line power in metropolitan areas. Also, the procedure of performing the calculation of fault current and line power flow by PSS/E is carried out automatically using Python. It is shown that this optimization methodology can be applied effectively for determining the BTB HVDC optimal location to reduce fault current without causing overload of line power by a case study.