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Decomposition of category mixture in a pixel and its application for supervised image classification

  • Matsumoto, Masao;Arai, Kohei;Ishimatsu, Takakazu
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1992.10b
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    • pp.514-519
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    • 1992
  • To make an accurate retrieval of the proportion of each category among mixed pixels (Mixel's) of a remotely sensed imagery, a maximum likelihood estimation method of category proportion is proposed. In this method, the observed multispectral vector is considered as probability variables along with the approximation that the supervised data of each category can be characterized by normal distribution. The results show that this method can retrieve accurate proportion of each category among Mixel's. And a index that can estimate the degree of error in each category is proposed. AS one of the application of the proportion estimation, a method for image classification based on category proportion estimation is proposed. In this method all pixel in a remotely sensed imagery are assumed to be Mixel's, and are classified to most dominant category. Among the Mixel's, there exists unconfidential pixels which should be categorized as unclassified pixels. In order to discriminate them, two types of criteria, Chi square and AIC, are proposed for fitness test on pure pixel hypothesis. Experimental result with a simulated dataset show an usefulness of proposed classification criterion compared to the conventional maximum likelihood criterion and applicability of the fitness tests based on Chi square and AIC,

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An integrated approach to tropical and subtropical island conservation

  • Yamano, Hiroya;Satake, Kiyoshi;Inoue, Tomomi;Kadoya, Taku;Hayashi, Seiji;Kinjo, Koichi;Nakajima, Daisuke;Oguma, Hiroyuki;Ishiguro, Satoshi;Okagawa, Azusa;Suga, Shinsuke;Horie, Tetsuya;Nohara, Katsuhito;Fukayama, Naoko;Hibiki, Akira
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.271-279
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    • 2015
  • After the reversion of Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands) to Japan in 1972, extensive urban and agricultural development resulted in a significant increase in sediment discharge to coastal waters. The release of sediment has caused the degradation of freshwater and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity. A consideration for catchment-to-reef continua, as well as agricultural (socioeconomic) factors is necessary to establish proper land-based management plans for the conservation of the island environment. We have set up a framework to integrate biophysics and socioeconomics: 1) setting a conservation target and threshold, 2) identifying the sources and processes, and 3) examining cost-effectiveness and management priorities. The framework may be applicable to other tropical and subtropical islands with similar characteristics.

Vibration analysis of mountain tunnel lining built with forepoling method

  • Gao, Yang;Jiang, Yujing;Du, Yanliang;Zhang, Qian;Xu, Fei
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.583-590
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    • 2018
  • Nowadays, many tunnels have been commissioned for several decades, which require effective inspection methods to assess their health conditions. The ambient vibration test has been widely adopted for the damage identification of concrete structures. In this study, the vibration characters of tunnel lining shells built with forepoling method was analyzed based on the analytical solutions of the Donnell-Mushtari shell theory. The broken rock, foreploing, rock-concrete contacts between rock mass and concrete lining, was represented by elastic boundaries with normal and shear stiffness. The stiffness of weak contacts has significant effects on the natural frequency of tunnel lining. Numerical simulations were also carried out to compare with the results of the analytical methods, showing that even though the low nature frequency is difficult to distinguish, the presented approach is convenient, effective and accurate to estimate the natural frequency of tunnel linings. Influences of the void, the lining thickness and the concrete type on natural frequencies were evaluated.

Reproductive Cycle of the Female Grey Mullet, Mugil cephalus, on the Coast of Jeju Island, Korea (제주 연안 숭어, Mugil cephalus 암컷의 생식주기)

  • Kim, Sung-Jun;Lee, Young-Don;Yeo, In-Kyo;Baek, Hea-Ja;Kim, Hyung-Bae;Nagae, Masaki;Soyano, Kiyoshi;Hara, Akihiko
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2004
  • 숭어의 생식주기를 밝히기 위해 2002년 2월부터 2003년 3월까지 제주도 동남부 연안에서 채집하였고, 난모세포의 발달과정을 조직학적 방법으로 관찰하였다. 난모세포의 발달과정은 GSI변화와 밀접하였다. GSI는 9월에 급격히 증가하여 12월에 최고 값을 나타내었다. 난소의 조직학적 관찰결과, 염색인기와 주변인기의 난모세포는 연중 관찰되었으며,8월에는 일부에서 난황을 포함하는 난모세포가 관찰되었다. 대부분의 난모세포가 10월과 12월에는 난황구기 단계의 난모세포로 발달했다. 10월과 12월에 난황구기 난모세포들을 가진 개체의 출현이 가장 높았으며, 잔존여포와 퇴화 난모세포는 2월부터 관찰되었다. 숭어의 주 산란기는 11월에서 1월이고, 난군동기발달형의 난소를 가지며 외양으로 이동하여 산란하는 어류에 속한다.

Marine Environmental Characteristics on the Dinoflagellate Cysts Distribution in Surface Sediments in the Southwest Sea, Korea (한국남서해역 표층퇴적물 중의 와편모조류 시스트 분포에 영향을 미치는 해양환경요인)

  • Shin, Hyeon-Ho;Yoon, Yang-Ho;Park, Jong-Sick
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.205-214
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    • 2007
  • Marine environmental characteristics on the dinoflagellate cysts distribution in surface sediment of the southwest sea of Korea were investigated from 21 stations in September 2003, and 36 stations in June, 2004. The water mass characteristics indicated that the southwest sea of Korea is characterized by various oceanographic conditions due to coastal waters of Korea and China. The Tsushima warm currents and the cold bottom water of the Yellow Sea. Mud contents and chlorophyll a concentrations were higher in central region such as, Namhaedo, Yeosu and Goheung coast than in western region such as, Wando, Haenam and Jindo coast in the South Sea of Korea. A total of 35 taxa of dinoflagellate cysts were identified representing 21 genera, 33 species, 2 unidentified species. Cyst abundance ranged from 13 to 527 cysts $g-dry^{-1}$, showing higher abundance in the coastal areas than in western region of the South Sea of Korea. From the result of the PCA analysis, the distribution of dinoflagellate cysts was not only related to the different water masses which appeared in the southwestern sea but also to physical and biological parameters such as water temperature, light, surface sediment faces and phytoplankton biomass.

A study on possibility of land vegetation observation with Mid-resolution sensor

  • Honda, Y.;Moriyama, M.;Ono, A.;Kajiwara, K.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.349-352
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    • 2007
  • The Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC predicted that global warming is already happening and it should be caused from the increase of greenhouse gases by the extension of human activities. These global changes will give a serious influence for human society. Global environment can be monitored by the earth observation using satellite. For the observation of global climate change and resolving the global warming process, satellite should be useful equipment and its detecting data contribute to social benefits effectively. JAXA (former NASDA) has made a new plan of the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) for monitoring of global environmental change. SGLI (Second Generation GLI) onboard GCOM-C (Climate) satellite, which is one of this mission, provides an optical sensor from Near-DV to TIR. Characteristic specifications of SGLI are as follows; 1) 250 m resolutions over land and area along the shore, 2) Three directional polarization observation (red and NIR), and 3) 500 m resolutions temperature over land and area along shore. These characteristics are useful in many fields of social benefits. For example, multi-angular observation and 250 m high frequency observation give new knowledge in monitoring of land vegetation. It is expected that land products with land aerosol information by polarization observation are improved remarkably. We are studying these possibilities by ground data and satellite data.

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Application of GIS Technique for Fire Drill in Hillside Area

  • Chung Yeong-Jin
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.12 no.4 s.31
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    • pp.321-328
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to describe 3-Dimensional technique to obtain spatial information automatically using PhotoModeler Pro. PhotoModeler Pro is excellent software with the three-dimensional measurement function used by a personal computer using Windows operating system However, it is not sufficient to carry out the automatic matching work with two stereo images. This is very large neck as a 3-D measurement software. In this study, the automatic stereo matching work using the self-making program and DDE interface within PhotoModeler Pro was tried. The experiment field is the hillside and stair zone of Tateyama region, Nagasaki City. The results of automatic stereo matching work were very good with $100\%$ hitting ratio of target.

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Interaction of NpO+2 with Cl- in Na-Ca-Cl-type solutions at ionic strength of 6M: Effect of presence of Ca ion on interaction

  • Nagasaki, Shinya;Saito, Takumi;Tsushima, Satoru;Goguen, Jared;Yang, Tammy
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.8
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    • pp.1778-1782
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    • 2017
  • The interaction of $NpO^+_2$ with $Cl^-$ was studied using visible-near-infrared spectroscopy in $NaCl-Ca-Cl_2-NaClO_4$, $NaCl-NaClO_4$, and $CaCl_2-NaClO_4$ solutions with ionic strength (I) of 6M. The spectra of $NpO^+_2$ around 980 nm varied with $Cl^-$ concentration in the $NaCl-CaCl_2-NaClO_4$ and $NaCl-NaClO_4$ solutions at [$Cl^-$] ${\geq}3.5M$, but not in the $CaCl_2-NaClO_4$ solution. Assuming the 1:1 interaction between $NpO^+_2$ and $Cl^-$, the apparent equilibrium constants at I = 6M were evaluated. The presence of $Ca^{2+}$ was found to destabilize overall interaction between $NpO^+_2$ and $Cl^-$. The observations were consistent with the density functional theory calculation.

ESR dosimetry and Dating toward $21^{st}$ Century

  • Ikeya, Motoji
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.84-88
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    • 2002
  • Dating and dosimetry using electron spin resonance (ESR) in 20th Century developed at both Yamaguchi University and Osaka University have been reviewed with emphasis on new prospects and strategies in 21th century. Natural radiation have been generating radicals that accumulated in archaeological and geological materials. ESR detects these radicals and the ESR signal intensity is proportional to the radiation dose and therefore the age. The assessment of the total dose of natural radiation and the annual dose rate give their ESR ages. The ESR dating of stalactites and stalagmites ant Akiyoshi cave in Yamaguchi prefecture in 1975 was extended to anthropological dating using bones and tooth enamel excavated in Greek Petralona cave. Fossils of shells and corals gave the ages of marine terraces and sea-level changes. Quartz grains gave the ages of geothermal alteration and fault movements. Future ESR dating of ices at outer planets anf their satellite are also investigated as basic studies for ices od $H_2O,\;CO_2,\;SO_2$ as well as terrestrial hydrates in laboratory. Atomic bomb radiation dosimetry at Hiroshima and Nagasaki using ESR lead to the dosimetry of personnel, Chemobyl and JCO criticality accidents. Monitoring of radiation dose with sensitive materials with tissue equivalence are being developed. finally a new scanning ESR imaging apparatus (a near field microwave microscope) developed in our laboratory gave ESR images of Radicals from fossils to Si-CVD and diamond films as summarized in my book in 2002.

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A Double-Hybrid Spread-Spectrum Technique for EMI Mitigation in DC-DC Switching Regulators

  • Dousoky, Gamal M.;Shoyama, Masahito;Ninomiya, Tamotsu
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.342-350
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    • 2010
  • Randomizing the switching frequency (RSF) to reduce the electromagnetic interference (EMI) of switching power converters is a well-known technique that has been previously discussed. The randomized pulse position (RPP) technique, in which the switching frequency is kept fixed while the pulse position (the delay from the starting of the switching cycle to the turn-on instant within the cycle) is randomized, has been previously addressed in the literature for the same purpose. This paper presents a double-hybrid technique (DHB) for EMI reduction in dc-dc switching regulators. The proposed technique employed both the RSF and the RPP techniques. To effectively spread the conducted-noise frequency spectrum and at the same time attain a satisfactory output voltage quality, two parameters (switching frequency and pulse position) were randomized, and a third parameter (the duty ratio) was controlled by a digital compensator. Implementation was achieved using field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology, which is increasingly being adopted in industrial electronic applications. To evaluate the contribution of the proposed DHB technique, investigations were carried out for each basic PWM, RPP, RSF, and DHB technique. Then a comparison was made of the performances achieved. The experimentally investigated features include the effect of each technique on the common-mode, differential-mode, and total conducted-noise characteristics, and their influence on the converter’s output ripple voltage.