• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.1241-1249
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• 1997

The problem of structural topology optimization can be relaxed and converted into the optimal density distribution problem. The optimal density distribution must be post-processed to get the real shape of the structure. The extracted shape can then be used for the next process, which is usually shape optmization based on the boundary movement method. In the practical point of view, it is very important to get the optimal density distribution from which the corresponding shape can easily be extracted. Among many other factors, the presence of checker-board patterns is a powerful barrier for the shape extraction job. The nature of checker-board patterns seems to be a numerical locking. In this paper, an efficient algorithm is presented to suppress the checker-board patterns. At each iteration, density is re-distributed after it is updated according to the optimization rule. The algorithm also results in the optimal density distribution whose corresponding shape has smooth boundary. Some examples are presented to show the performance of the density re-distribution algorithm. Checker-board patterns are successfully suppressed and the resulting shapes are considered very satisfactory.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.96-98
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• 2002

This paper proposes the digital pin line checker which can extremely improve the efficiency of the pine line checking using a micro processor. The line checker is designed which can check efficiently up to maximum 2048 pin. Alarm busser is designed ringing real-timely the case that the pin line is connected differently with real node number. Accordingly the comparing and identifying work visually the node number showing on the displaying board with real node number is avoided after the electronic stimulus enforce to the pin of the fixture by the test engineer. The digital line checker is designed based on the 8051. And the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed line checking strategy is tested by simulating the several error connections for pin lines on the small scale board.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.41-46
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• 1999

Purpose : To investigate the difference of total activation in visual area, motor area, and cerebellum according to the stimulation paradigm. Materials and Methods : Functional MR imaging was performed in 5 healthy volunteers with visual and motor activity using EPI technique. LED and Checker-Board stimulation were performed for visual activity. Thumb motion and Finger Tapping were performed for motor and cerebellum activity. Stimulus timing was 60sec. off, 120sec. on, 60sec. off. Data processing was carried out by using the cross-correlation method for each pixel. Each pixel was then selected and assumed activated if the correlation coefficient was equal or larger than a threshold value. Time course data was obtained by calculating the total activation which was defined as the number of activated pixel x averaged pixel intensity. Results : In the case of visual activity with LED stimulation, we found increased total activity of more than 100% compared with Checker-Board stimulation. In the case of motor area and cerebellum with Finger tapping stimulation, we found increased total activity of more than 10% and 150%, respectively compared with Thumb motion stimulation.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1998 no.11
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• pp.289-290
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• 1998

Purpose To investigate the difference of total activation in visual area, motor area, and cerebellum according to the stimulation paradigm. Materials and Methods Functional MR imaging was performed in 5 healthy volunteers with visual and motor activity using EPI technique. LED and Checker-Board stimulation were performed for visual activity. Thumb motion and Finger tapping were performed for motor and cerebellum activity. Time course data was obtained by calculating the total activation which was defined as the number of activated pixels x averaged pixel intensity. Results In the case of visual activity with LED stimulation, we found increased total activity of more than 100% compared with Checker-Board stimulation. In the case of motor area and cerebellum with Finger tapping stimulation, we found increased total activity of more than 100% and 150%, respectively compared with Thumb motion stimulation.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.81-95
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• 2020

The main objective of this research is to investigate the impact of board size and board composition on financial performance of banks. The sample of this study consists on two countries listed bank sector Pakistan and China. The annul data is used from 2009-2018 to find the objective of this study. The Panel regression model is used to check the relationship between dependent and independent variables. Return on Asset and Return on Equity is used as performance checker dependent variables. The results of this study confirm board size coefficient value positive for ROA and negative for ROE but shows insignificant behavior for Pakistani banking sector while in Chinese banking sector the coefficient value of board size positively for ROA and ROE at 10% level. The board composition coefficient shows the negatively significant with ROA but insignificantly related to ROE for Pakistani banking sector. However, in Chinese banking sector the coefficient value of board composition is insignificant for both ROA and ROE. This study is helpful for banks, management of banks, policy makers, researcher as well as Government.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.94-101
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• 1994

To develope the new simulator for the analysis of fluid flow information, the influence of various convective difference schemes were evaluated. General curvilinear coordinate system with nonorthogonal grids was adopted for the successful analysis of various complex geometries. Computation results show that if we can not obtain full grid numbers within available computational environment, we need to use higher order finite difference schemes to keep the prediction accuracy.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.103-115
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• 2002

This paper describes the results on the design and implementation of large capacity cable checking system using I/O buffer method. The I/O buffer module which has feedback loops with input and output buffers is designed with logic gate in the VME board and controlled by MPC860 microprocessor. So this system can check a lot of cable at the same time with less size and less processing time than that of relay matrix method with the A/D converter. The size of the I/O buffer module can be variable according to the number of cable. And any type of cable can be checked even if the pin assignment of cable is changed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.68-70
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• 2002

Prediction of 3-D permeability tensor for multi-axial preform is critical to model and design the manufacturing process of composites by considering resin flow through the multi-axial fiber structure. In this study, the in-plane and transverse permeabilities for braided preform are predicted numerically. The flow analyses are calculated by using 3-D CVFEM(control volume finite element method) for macro-unit cells. To avoid checker-board pressure field and improve the efficiency of numerical computation, a new interpolation function for velocity is proposed on the basis of analytic solutions. Permeability of a braided preform is measured through unidirectional flow experiment and compared with the permeability calculated numerically. Unlike other studies, the current study is based on more realistic unit cell and prediction of permeability is improved.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.165-168
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• 2016

카메라 캘리브레이션은 실제 세상인 3차원의 좌표와 카메라가 만든 영상의 2차원 좌표 사이에서 수학적 관계를 알기 위해서 필요하다. 보통 체커보드의 교점을 이용하여 2차원의 좌표를 정확하게 찾는데 사용하며, 이는 카메라 캘리브레이션 계산으로 응용된다. 따라서 체커보드의 교점을 정확하게 찾아야만 카메라 캘리브레이션이 정상적인 성능을 낼 수 있다. 현존하는 체커보드 검출 방법은 입력 인수를 많이 필요로 하거나 정확도가 낮아 체커보드의 교점을 정확히 입력하지 못하면 좋지 않은 결과가 나타난다. 따라서 체커보드를 자동으로 검출하여 카메라 캘리브레이션 하는 방법은 아직 신뢰도가 낮은 편이다. 본 논문에서는 보다 안정적인 카메라 캘리브레이션을 위해서 체커 보드의 검출 성능을 높이고자 한다. 주위 픽셀들간의 미분 값을 기준삼아 검출된 교점들을 이용하여 체크 모양의 직선을 추측한다. 이 직선을 이용하면 장애물이 있거나 노이즈가 있어서 검출하기 어려운 교점들이 있는 경우에도 교점 보간 (point interpolation) 방법을 사용하여 나머지 교점들을 찾을 수 있다. 보간 과정을 통해서 검출에 방해가 되는 요소들이 있는 상황에서 체커 보드 교점 검출의 성능을 높이도록 하였다.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 1999

In this paper, we developed the internet-based educational software package (DVLab) for design and virtual experiment of the digital logic circuits. The DVLab consists of the LogicSim module for design and simulation of digital combinational/sequantial logic circuits, micro-controller application circuits and the BreadBoard module for virtual experiment and the Theory module for lecture and the Report/ReportChecker module and some other utility modules. All developed modules can be run as application programs as well as applets in the Internet. The LogicSim and the BreadBoard support real time clock function, output verification function on the designed circuits, trace function of logic values, copy-protection function of designed circuits and provide various devices including logic gates, TTLs, LED, buzzer, and micro-controller. The educational model of digital logic circuit design and experiment using the DVLab is also presented in this paper.