• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.140-150
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to develop an efficient method for Korean food to make inroads into Paraguay. In-depth interviews with 15 Korean restaurant owners in Asuncion, Paraguay and foodies (food experts) who had experiences with Korean food were conducted. The results are as follows: Paraguay wants to establish economic ties with Korea currently, and economic development is ongoing in Paraguay. The food service industry for the middle class in Paraguay is now in the development stage. There are not many Korean restaurants (currently 15) in Asuncion. First and second generation Korean immigrants are operating these restaurants. It is necessary to provide support for a comprehensive food culture system by developing a menu composition system to meet local tastes, a strategy for improving distribution of Korean food materials, and a plan for sanitary management and operations.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a method to evaluate performances of mobile personal robots. A set of performance measures is proposed and the corresponding evaluation methods are developed. Different from industrial manipulators, personal robots need to be evaluated with its mobility, navigation, task and intelligent performance in environments where human beings exist. The proposed performance measures are composed of measures for mobility including vibration, repeatability, path accuracy and so on, as well as measures for navigation performance including wall following, overcoming doorsill, obstacle avoidance and localization. But task and intelligent behavior performances such as cleaning capability and high-level decision-making are not considered in this paper. To measure the proposed performances through a series of tests, we designed a test environment and developed measurement systems including a 3D Laser tracking system, a vision monitoring system and a vibration measurement system. We measured the proposed performances with a mobile robot to show the result as an example. The developed systems, which are installed at Korea Agency for Technology and Standards, are going to be used for many robot companies in Korea.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1664-1669
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• 2017

Gamma-aminobutyric acid is a precursor of nylon-4, which is a promising heat-resistant biopolymer. GABA can be produced from the decarboxylation of glutamate by glutamate decarboxylase. In this study, a synthetic scaffold complex strategy was employed involving the Neurospora crassa glutamate decarboxylase (GadB) and Escherichia coli GABA antiporter (GadC) to improve GABA production. To construct the complex, the SH3 domain was attached to the N. crassa GadB, and the SH3 ligand was attached to the N-terminus, middle, and C-terminus of E. coli GadC. In the C-terminus model, 5.8 g/l of GABA concentration was obtained from 10 g/l glutamate. When a competing pathway engineered strain was used, the final GABA concentration was further increased to 5.94 g/l, which corresponds to 97.5% of GABA yield. With the introduction of the scaffold complex, the GABA productivity increased by 2.9 folds during the initial culture period.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

본 연구는 위성항법신호감시국용으로 기 개발된 GPS L1 수신기를 실제 GPS Live 신호수신처리 동작의 장기시험을 통하여 기 개발된 수신기의 성능을 향상시키고, 수신기의 동작 및 성능의 안정화를 얻고자 수행되었다. 본 연구를 통해서 위성항법신호감시국용 수신기 설계 및 개발 시 간과되었던 사안들에 대해 수정보완이 이루어졌으며, 설계 및 구현 결과에서 성능 열화 요인을 제거함으로써 성능향상을 이루었다. 또한, GPS Live 신호 수신처리의 장기시험을 통하여, 개발 시 사용했던 항법 시뮬레이터 환경에서 제공되지 않는 실제 환경을 반영한 시험을 수행하였고, 그 결과 위성항법신호감시국용 GPS L1 수신기가 수개월동안 안정적으로 동작 중에 있다. 또한, 본 연구 결과가 반영된 위성항법신호감시국용 수신기 기술은 위성항법 지상인프라 핵심기술을 국산 기술로 개발했다는 점에서 큰 의미를 갖는다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.361-367
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• 2006

This paper describes a novel stereo vision based localization of free parking site, which recognizes the target position of automatic parking system. Pixel structure classification and feature based stereo matching extract the 3D information of parking site in real time. The pixel structure represents intensity configuration around a pixel and the feature based stereo matching uses step-by-step investigation strategy to reduce computational load. This paper considers only parking site divided by marking, which is generally drawn according to relevant standards. Parking site marking is separated by plane surface constraint and is transformed into bird's eye view, on which template matching is performed to determine the location of parking site. Obstacle depth map, which is generated from the disparity of adjacent vehicles, can be used as the guideline of template matching by limiting search range and orientation. Proposed method using both the obstacle depth map and the bird's eye view of parking site marking increases operation speed and robustness to visual noise by effectively limiting search range.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2015년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.311-313
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• 2015

무선 센서 네트워크 맞는 에너지 효율적인 라우팅을 위해 많은 방법들이 제안 되고 있으며, 크게 계층구조 방식 알고리즘과 평면구조 방식 알고리즘으로 나뉘고 있다. 각 알고리즘들은 저마다 장단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크에서 기존의 계층적 구조 알고리즘과 평면적 구조 알고리즘의 장점을 살린 혼합 방식 알고리즘을 구상하고 있으며, 해양 측정 센서의 위치를 GPS를 활용한 위치 파악을 안테나의 위치와 전파의 세기로 측정한 후 센서의 위치를 파악한다. 이 후, 파악된 위치를 고려한 혼합 방식 알고리즘을 사용하여 효율적인 네트워크 라우팅을 고려할 것이다. 이 때, 주변 환경으로 인한 센서의 위치 이동 또한 가속도 센서를 이용하여 끊임없이 파악을 하여 전파의 세기를 이용한 센서의 망구성에서 벗어나게 되면 센서의 폐기를 지시하여 새로운 망 구성을 하여 새로운 라우팅을 고려하게 된다. 이러한 라우팅 기법은 계층구조 클러스터처럼 여러 노드를 묶고 하나의 노드로 동작하게 한 후에 평면구조 방식 프로토콜을 적용하여 통신한다. 무선 센서 네트워크에서 중요시 하는 에너지 효율을 좋게 할 뿐만 아니라 효율적인 에너지 관리를 할 수 있다. 또한 이에 따르는 다양한 어플리케이션도 구현 할 수 있다. 더욱이, 기존의 센서 네트워크 라우팅 프로토콜의 특성인 data aggregation과 in-network 프로세싱도 수행 할 수 있고, 각 노드의 에너지를 고르게 사용 가능하게 함으로써 기존 계층 구조 라우팅 프로토콜의 단점도 보완할 수 있다.

• Experimental and Molecular Medicine
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• 제50권12호
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• pp.6.1-6.10
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• 2018

Bmal1 is one of the key molecules that controls the mammalian molecular clock. In humans, two isoforms of Bmal1 are generated by alternative RNA splicing. Unlike the extensively studied hBmal1b, the canonical form of Bmal1 in most species, the expression and/or function of another human-specific isoform, hBmal1a, are poorly understood. Due to the lack of the N-terminal nuclear localization signal (NLS), hBMAL1a does not enter the nucleus as hBMAL1b does. However, despite the lack of the NLS, hBMAL1a still dimerizes with either hCLOCK or hBMAL1b and thereby promotes cytoplasmic retention or protein degradation, respectively. Consequently, hBMAL1a interferes with hCLOCK:hBMAL1b-induced transcriptional activation and the circadian oscillation of Period2. Moreover, when the expression of endogenous hBmal1a is aborted by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout, the rhythmic expression of hPer2 and hBmal1b is restored in cultured HeLa cells. Together, these results suggest a role for hBMAL1a as a negative regulator of the mammalian molecular clock.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2009

This study introduces a novel approach for locating damage in a structure using wireless sensor system with local level computational capability to alleviate data traffic load on the centralized computation. Smart wireless sensor systems, capable of iterative damage-searching, mimic an optimization process in a decentralized way. The proposed algorithm tries to detect damage in a structure by monitoring abnormal increases in strain measurements from a group of wireless sensors. Initially, this clustering technique provides a reasonably effective sensor placement within a structure. Sensor clustering also assigns a certain number of master sensors in each cluster so that they can constantly monitor the structural health of a structure. By adopting a voting system, a group of wireless sensors iteratively forages for a damage location as they can be activated as needed. Since all of the damage searching process occurs within a small group of wireless sensors, no global control or data traffic to a central system is required. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the newly developed searching algorithm implemented on wireless sensors successfully localizes stiffness damage in a plate through the local level reconfigurable function of smart sensors.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.632-637
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• 2017

Even though the potential for an accident in nuclear power plants is very low, multiple emergency plans are necessary because the impact of such an accident to the public is enormous. One of these emergency plans involves a robotic system for investigating accidents under conditions of high radiation and contaminated air. To develop a robot suitable for operation in a nuclear power plant, we focused on eliminating the three major obstacles that challenge robots in such conditions: the disconnection of radio communication, falling on uneven floors, and loss of localization. To solve the radio problem, a Wi-Fi extender was used in radio shadow areas. To reinforce the walking, we developed two- and four-leg convertible walking, a floor adaptive foot, a roly-poly defensive falling design, and automatic standing recovery after falling methods were developed. To allow the robot to determine its location in the containment building, a bar code landmark reading method was chosen. When a severe accident occurs, this robot will be useful for accident condition monitoring. We also anticipate the robot can serve as a workman aid in a high radiation area during normal operations.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.629-644
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• 2018

Global fast fashion brands have been popular and most of them have entered the Korean market. With their success, Korean apparel companies launched domestic fast fashion brands; however, recently they have become fiercely competitive, and consumers are demanding better design and quality and cheaper prices than before. The purpose of this study is to explore consumer purchasing behavior of the global as well as domestic fast fashion brands sold in Korea and to suggest marketing strategies for the brands sold in Korea. The study includes interviewing 61 Korean consumers to ask about their purchasing behavior and experiences. This study found four themes from these in-depth interviews: 1) demand of product glocalization which considers both globalization and localization for better style, quality, and assortment plan, 2) satisfaction with the reasonable price range of fast fashion brands but dissatisfaction with price discrimination among countries, 3) importance of easy, comfortable, and convenient accessibility to fast fashion brands, and 4) preference for good brand reputation related to corporate social responsibility(CSR) and nationality. From these four themes, this study developed the four elements of the marketing mix: product, price, accessibility, and reputation to adapt to a new marketing environment that emphasizes the development of information technology, consumer-centric marketing, and corporate ethics. The findings of this research could contribute useful information to both global and domestic fashion companies as well as consumers.