• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.2143-2159
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• 2011

The hybrid architecture of content delivery networks (CDN) and peer-to-peer overlay networks (P2P) is a promising technology enables effective real-time streaming services. It complements the advantages of quality control and reliability in a CDN, and the scalability of a P2P system. With real-time streaming services, however, high connection setup and media delivery latency are becoming the critical issues in deploying the CDN-P2P system. These issues result from biased peer selection without location awareness or content awareness, and can lead to significant service disruption. To reduce service disruption latency, we propose a group-based CDN-P2P hybrid architecture (iCDN-P2P) with a location/content-aware selection of peers. Specifically, a SuperPeer network makes a location-aware peer selection by employing a content addressable network (CAN) to distribute channel information. It also manages peers with content awareness, forming a group of peers with the same channel as the sub-overlay. Through a performance evaluation, we show that the proposed architecture outperforms the original CDN-P2P hybrid architecture in terms of connection setup delay and media delivery time.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.157-174
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• 2013

The present study is devoted to the validation of a new method for in line electrokinetic characterisation of deposits on membrane surfaces. This method is based upon simultaneous measurements of transversal streaming potential and permeates flux at constant pressure before and during the deposit formation. Dead-end filtration experiments were conducted with negative flat membranes forming a narrow slit channel, negative hollow fiber membranes and mono-dispersed suspensions of (negatively charged) polystyrene latex and (positively charged) melamine particles at various concentrations. It was observed that the overall streaming potential coefficient increased in absolute value with the deposited latex quantity, whereas it decreased and changed of sign during the filtration of melamine suspensions. By considering a resistance-in-series model, the streaming potential coefficient of the single deposit ($SP_d$) was deduced from the electrokinetic and hydraulic measurements. The independence of $SP_d$ with respect to growth kinetics validates the measurement method and the reliability of the proposed procedure for calculating $SP_d$. It was found that $SP_d$ levelled off much more quickly when filtration was performed through the slit channel. This different behaviour could result from a non-uniform distribution of the deposit thickness along the membrane given that the position of measuring electrodes is different between the two cells.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.151-168
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• 2012

Gas sparging is one of the techniques used to control the concentration polarization during ultrafiltration. In this work, the effects of gas sparging in stratified flow regime were investigated during gel layer controlling cross flow ultrafiltration in a rectangular channel. Synthetic solution of pectin was used as the gel forming solute. The liquid and gas flow rates were selected such that a stratified flow regime was prevalent in the channel. A mass transfer model was developed for this system to quantify the effects of gas flow rates on mass transfer coefficient (Sherwood number). The results were compared with the case of no gas sparging. Gas sparging led to an increase of mass transfer coefficient by about 23% in this case. The limitation of the developed model was also evaluated and it was observed that beyond a gas flow rate of 20 l/h, the model was unable to explain the experimental observation, i.e., the decrease in permeate flux with flow rate.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2009

랜덤 빔 형성 기법은 정적인 채널에서 다중 사용자 다이버시티를 얻게 하지만, 사용자수에 따른 성능의 제약이 있다. 이를 극복하기 위해 송신단에서 다중 랜덤 빔을 형성하는 기법들이 소개되었다. 특히 코드북에 기반을 둔 랜덤 빔 형성 기법은 적은 파일럿 수로 다중 랜덤 빔을 형성한다. 그러나 그 기법은 채널특성에 따른 빔 디자인의 어려움이 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 다중 코드북을 교대로 이용하여 랜덤 빔을 형성하는 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법은 기존 기법에 비해 휠씬 용이하게 빔을 디자인하여 적은 파일럿을 이용하면서 다중 사용자 다이버시터 이득과 선택적 다이버시티 이득을 동시에 얻는다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.411-416
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• 1996

In order to study the role of the protein shell in both iron uptake and iron core formation of ferritin, we constructed a deletion mutant of the ferritin gene and expressed the mutant gene in Escherichia coli, This mutant was obtained by introducing an amber mutation at position Pro-157 and a deletion of the 19 amino acid residues at the carboxy-terminus of the recombinant tadpole H-chain ferritin. The deleted amino acids correspond to E-helix forming the hydrophobic channel in the protein. E. coli harboring the plasmid pTHP157, which contains the deleted gene, was grown at $23^{\circ}C$ in the presence of 0.1 mM IPTG, and the induced protein appeared to be partly soluble. Nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the expressed mutant H-chains coassemble into holoprotein, suggesting that E-helix is not necessary for assembly of the subunits as reported for human H-chain ferritin. Its ability in iron core formation was proven in an Fe staining gel, the result disagreeing with the observation that the hydrophobic channel is necessary for iron core formation in human H-chain ferritin.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2005

The junction properties between the ferromagnet (FM) and two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) system are crucial to develop spin electronic devices. Two types of 2DEG layer, InAs and GaAs channel heterostructures, are fabricated to compare the junction properties of the two systems. InAs-based 2DEG layer with low trans-mission barrier contacts FM and shows ohmic behavior. GaAs-based 2DEG layer with $Al_2O_3$ tunneling layer is also prepared. During heat treatment at the furnace, arsenic gas was evaporated and top AlAs layer was converted to aluminum oxide layer. This new method of forming spin injection barrier on 2DEG system is very efficient to obtain tunneling behavior. In the potentiometric measurement, spin-orbit coupling of 2DEG layer is observed in the interface between FM and InAs channel 2DEG layers, which proves the efficient junction property of spin injection barrier.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2002

Turbulent flow past a square cylinder confined in a channel is numerically investigated by Large Eddy Simulation(LES). The main objectives of this study are to verify the experimental results of Nakagawa et al.[Exp. in Fluids, Vol. 27, 3, pp. 284∼294, 1999] by LES and to obtain related flow information in detail. The LES results obtained are in excellent agreement with the experiment both qualitatively and quantitatively. The passive paticles numerically released into the flow field clearly show the barman vortex street. However, the vortices shed from the cylinder are significantly affected by the presence of the plates. Futhermore, periodic and alternating vortex-rollups are observed in the vicinity of the plates. The rolled-up vortex is convected downstream together with the corresponding Karman vortex forming a counter-rotating vortex pair. It is also revealed that the cylinder greatly enhances mixing process of the flow.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2006

Gap junctional channels, allowing rapid intercellular communication and synchronization of coupled cell activities, play crucial roles in many signaling processes, including a variety of cell activities. Consequently, a modulation of the gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) should be a potential pharmacological target. In the present, the GJIC of a epithelial-derived rat mammary cells (BICR-M1Rk) was assessed in the presence of ginseng saponin, by using an established method of scrape-loading dye transfer assay. The transfer of Lucifer yellow (diameter: 1.2 nm) among the neighboring BICR-M1Rk cells, in which connexin43 (Cx43) is a major gap junction channel-forming protein, was significantly retarded at a concentration of $10{\mu}g/ml$ ginseng saponin. By using both methods of RT-PCR and Western blotting, it was demonstrated that ginseng saponin modulated neither the mRNA synthesis of Cx43 nor the translational process of Cx43. This ginseng saponin-induced modification of GJIC was a similar phenomenon observed under the $\beta$-glycyrrhetinic acid treatment, a well-known gap junction channel blocker. Taken together, it is reasonable to conclude that the ginseng saponin inhibits GJIC only by modulating the gating property of gap junction channels.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2006

간극결합은 이웃하는 두 세포 사이에 형성된 이온채널이며 또한 단일세포막에서도 작용한다. 간극결합채널을 형성하는 아미노 말단의 10번째 아미노산 잔기 부위까지가 개폐극성(gating polarity)과 전류-전압관계에 영향을 미친다. 정상적인 Cx32 채널은 음성의 개폐극성과 내향적인 정류현상을 보이는 반면, 음성전하를 띠는 aspartate로 치환된 T8D 채널은 반대의 개폐극성과 직선의 정류현상을 보인다. 이러한 개폐극성과 정류현상의 변화가 전하 자체에 의한 것인지 아니면 아미노 말단의 구조적인 변화에 의한 것인지는 아직 불명확하다. 이러한 문제점을 규명하기 위하여 아미노 말단의 8번째 아미노산 잔기를 cysteine기로 치환시킨 T8C 채널을 만들어 substituted-cysteine accessibility method (SCAM) 방법으로 이 채널의 생물리학적 특성을 조사하고자 하였다. T8C 채널은 정상적인 Cx32 채널처럼 음성의 개폐극성과 내향적인 정류현상을 보였으며, cysteine기로 치환이 정상적인 Cx32 채널의 원래 구조를 변화시키지 않았다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 이런 전하효과를 규명하기 위하여 음성 전하를 갖는 MTSES-와 양성전하를 갖는 MTSET+를 사용하였다. MTSES-를 처리하면 T8C 채널은 T8D 채널의 특성처럼 양성의 개폐극성과 직선의 정류현상을 보였다. 그러나 양성전하를 갖는 MTSET+를 처리한 경우에는 T8C 채널은 본래의 특성을 그대로 유지하였다. 작은 분자의 MTS에 의해서 부여된 전하가 아미노 말단의 구조적인 변화를 초래하지는 않을 것으로 생각된다. 따라서 반대의 전하를 띠는 MTSES-와 MTSET+가 서로 상반대는 영향을 미치는 것으로 보아 본 연구에서 관찰된 개폐극성과 전류-전압의 변화는 아미노말단의 구조적인 변화라기보다는 MTS에 의해서 부여된 전하 자체에 기인한다고 할 수 있다. 또한 MTS가 아미노말단의 8번째 부위에 접근하여 반응을 일으킬 수 있다는 결과는 간극결합채널의 아미노말단이 채널의 통로(pore)를 형성한다는 가설을 뒷받침한다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

This paper proposes a method to extend Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI) canceling Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) receivers for 5G mobile systems to spatial multiplexing 2×2 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) systems to support high-speed ground transportation services by linear motor cars traveling at 500 km/h. In Japan, linear-motor high-speed ground transportation service is scheduled to begin in 2027. To expand the coverage area of base stations, 5G mobile systems in high-speed moving trains will have multiple base station antennas transmitting the same downlink (DL) signal, forming an expanded cell size along the train rails. 5G terminals in a fast-moving train can cause the forward and backward antenna signals to be Doppler-shifted in opposite directions, so the receiver in the train may have trouble estimating the exact channel transfer function (CTF) for demodulation. A receiver in such high-speed train sees the transmission channel which is composed of multiple Doppler-shifted propagation paths. Then, a loss of sub-carrier orthogonality due to Doppler-spread channels causes ICI. The ICI Canceller is realized by the following three steps. First, using the Demodulation Reference Symbol (DMRS) pilot signals, it analyzes three parameters such as attenuation, relative delay, and Doppler-shift of each multi-path component. Secondly, based on the sets of three parameters, Channel Transfer Function (CTF) of sender sub-carrier number n to receiver sub-carrier number l is generated. In case of n≠l, the CTF corresponds to ICI factor. Thirdly, since ICI factor is obtained, by applying ICI reverse operation by Multi-Tap Equalizer, ICI canceling can be realized. ICI canceling performance has been simulated assuming severe channel condition such as 500 km/h, 8 path reverse Doppler Shift for QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM modulations. In particular, 2×2MIMO QPSK and 16QAM modulation schemes, BER (Bit Error Rate) improvement was observed when the number of taps in the multi-tap equalizer was set to 31 or more taps, at a moving speed of 500 km/h and in an 8-pass reverse doppler shift environment.