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A study for Earthquake Parameter of Ulgin Earthquake (울진지진(2004/05/29)의 지진원상수에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Seong-Hwa;Kim, Jun-Kyoung;Oh, Tea-Suk
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2007
  • The source mechanism parameters of the Ulgin earthquake on 29 May 2004 are analyser using moment tensor inversion technique. The Green's function are calculated for the Kim's(1985) crust model of southern Korean Peninsula. Results derived from the Ulgin earthquake show the dependence of azimuthal station distribution and epicentral distances. final results show fairly good agreement to those of other authors. the focal mechanism for the Ulgin earthquake is found to be oblique reverse motion with NNE strike. The focal depth is estimated to be 10-12km.

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The 29 May 2004 Offshore Southeast Coast of Korea Earthquake Sequence: Shallow Earthquakes in the Ulleung Back-arc basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan)

  • Kim, Won-Young;Noh, Myung-Hyun;Choi, Ho-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.249-262
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    • 2006
  • The 29 May 2004 offshore Uljin, Korea earthquake was predominantly thrust-faulting at a depth of approximately 12 (±2) km. The mainshock attained the seismic moment of M0 =5.41 (±1.87)  1016 N m (Mw = 5.1). The focal mechanism indicates a subhorizontal P-axis trending 264° and plunging 2°. The orientation of P- and T-axis is consistent with the direction of absolute plate motion generally observed within the plates, hence the cause of the May 29 shock is the broad-scale stress pattern from the forces acting on the downgoing slab along the Japan trench and inhibiting forces balancing it. The 29 May 2004 earthquake occurred along a deep seated (~12 km), pre-existing feature that is expressed on the surface as the basement escarpment along the western and southern slopes of the Ulleung basin. The concentrated seismicity along this basement escarpment suggests that this feature may qualify as a seismic zone - the Ulleung basement escarpment seismic zone (UBESZ).

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Automatic crack detection of dam concrete structures based on deep learning

  • Zongjie Lv;Jinzhang Tian;Yantao Zhu;Yangtao Li
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.615-623
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    • 2023
  • Crack detection is an essential method to ensure the safety of dam concrete structures. Low-quality crack images of dam concrete structures limit the application of neural network methods in crack detection. This research proposes a modified attentional mechanism model to reduce the disturbance caused by uneven light, shadow, and water spots in crack images. Also, the focal loss function solves the small ratio of crack information. The dataset collects from the network, laboratory and actual inspection dataset of dam concrete structures. This research proposes a novel method for crack detection of dam concrete structures based on the U-Net neural network, namely AF-UNet. A mutual comparison of OTSU, Canny, region growing, DeepLab V3+, SegFormer, U-Net, and AF-UNet (proposed) verified the detection accuracy. A binocular camera detects cracks in the experimental scene. The smallest measurement width of the system is 0.27 mm. The potential goal is to achieve real-time detection and localization of cracks in dam concrete structures.

Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Aloesin against Focal Ischemic Brain Injury

  • Lee, Moon-Jung;Cho, Eun-Young;Lee, Yong-Ha;Jung, Kyung-Ja;Song, Yun-Seon;Jin, Chang-Bae
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.303.1-303.1
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    • 2002
  • Recent studies have suggested that the cerebral ischemia induced the neuronal cell death by mediating multiple mechanisms with necrosis and/or apoptosis. The present study examined neuroprotective mechanism of aloesin against transient focal cerebral ischemia. Aloesin. main component of aloe possesses various biological activates such as wound healing. anti-gastric ulcer. and chemopreventive activity. Transient focal cerebral ischemia was induced by 120 min MCAO. (omitted)

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Application of Moment Tensor Inversion to Small Local Earthquakes in the Korean Peninsula (한반도의 소규모지진 모멘트 텐서 역산의 응용)

  • Kim, So-Gu;Van, Phan Thi Kim;Lee, Seoung-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.1 no.3 s.3
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    • pp.123-136
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of application of moment tensor inversion method is to determine source parameters, such as, focal mechanism, seismic moment and source depth. This paper presents results of focal mechanism solutions of 14 recent events with magnitudes ranging from M3.3 to M4.8 by using moment tensor inversion method called TDMT_INV. The strike of faults is in the direction of NE-SW and NW-SE with the movement of strike-slip or strike-slip of minor reverse component. The compressional axis of the stress field is predominantly E-W or ENE-WSW except for some faults, which are distributed at Ryongnam Massif and Wonsan, they have a compressional axis of N-S or NNW-SSE.

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Animal Models for Development of Cognitive Enhancers and Action of Drugs

  • Nomura, Yasuyuki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1995.04a
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    • pp.35-36
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    • 1995
  • To gain insight into the etiological mechanism of dementia and to develop clinically effective congnitive enhancers, it is required to prepare animal models with symptoms and mechanism resemble to that in human. Dementia is mainly classified into two types : senile type of Alzheimer's disease (STAD) and cerebral ischemia-induced one. As animal models of cerebral ischemia, a couple of types in rats have been introduced : one is the occlusion of bilateral carotid arteries-induced forebrain/global ischemia and the other is the occlusion of middle cerebral arteries-induced focal/regional ischemia.

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Surface Topographical Cues for Regulating Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells

  • Yang, Kisuk;Lee, Jong Seung;Lee, Jaehong;Cheong, Eunji;Lee, Taeyoon;Im, Sung Gap;Cho, Seung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2016.11a
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    • pp.122.2-122.2
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    • 2016
  • Surface topographical cues has been highlighted to control the fate of neural stem cells (NSCs). Herein we developed a hierarchically patterned substrate (HPS) platform for regulating NSC differentiation. The HPS induced cytoskeleton alignment and highly activated focal adhesion in hNSCs as indicated by enhanced expression of focal adhesion proteins such as focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and vinculin. hNSCs cultured on HPS exhibited enhanced neuronal differentiation compared to flat group. We also developed a graphene oxide (GO)-based hierarchically patterned substrates (GPS) that promote focal adhesion formation and neuronal differentiation of hNSCs. Enhanced focal adhesion and differentiation of hNSCs on the HPS was reversed by blocking the ${\beta}1$ integrin binding and mechanotransduction-associated signals including Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) and extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway, which may suggest a potential mechanism of beneficial effects of HPS. In addition, hNSCs on the HPS differentiated into functional neurons exhibiting sodium currents and action potentials as confirmed by whole cell patch-clamping analysis. The hierarchical topography can direct differentiation of NSCs towards functional neurons, and therefore would be an important element for the design of functional biomaterials for neural tissue regeneration applications.

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Source parameters for the December 13 1996 ML 4.5 Earthquake in Yeongwol, South Korea (1996년 12월 13일 ML 4.5 영월 지진의 지진원 상수)

  • Choi, Ho-Seon
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2009
  • On December 13, 1996, an earthquake with local magnitude (M$_L$) 4.5 occurred in the Yeongwol area of South Korea. The epicenter was 37.2545$^{\circ}$N and 128.7277$^{\circ}$E, which is located inside the Okcheon Fold Belt. The waveform inversion analysis was carried out to estimate source parameters of the event according to the filtering bandwidth of seismic data. Using 0.02$\sim$0.2 Hz filtering bandwidth, focal depth and seismic moment were estimated to be 6 km and 1.3$\times$10$^{16}$ N$\cdot$m, respectively. This seismic moment corresponds to the moment magnitude (M$_W$) 4.7. The focal mechanism by the waveform inversion and P wave first motion polarity analysis is a strike slip faulting including a small thrust component, and the direction of P-axis is ENE-WSW. The moment magnitude estimated by spectral analysis was 4.8, which is similar to that estimated by waveform inversion. Average stress drop was estimated to be 14.3 MPa.

A Study for Earthquake Parameter of Odaesan Earthquake (오대산지진(2007/01/20)의 지진원 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jun-Kyoung
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.673-680
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    • 2007
  • The seismic source parameters of the Odaesan earthquake on 20 January 2007, including focal depth, focal mechanism, magnitude, and source characteristics, are analysed using seismic moment tensor inversion. The Green's function for different 3 crust models representing the southern Korean Peninsula are used. Final results show that the event, considering 6 seismic moment tensor elements, is caused by the typical strike slip fault with nearly NNE strike. The focal depth is estimated to be about 11km and 6 seismic moment tensor elements with 7.2% CLVD value shows typical double couple seismic source. The consistent characteristics of the strike and epicenter of the event with Odaesan fault imply that Odaesan earthquake is mainly caused by movement of the Odaesan fault.