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A Study on Improving the Navy PQS system to Advance the Navigational Quality (해기능력 향상을 위한 해군 PQS 제도 발전에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Bong-Taek;Kim, Byoung-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2012.10a
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    • pp.49-50
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    • 2012
  • This paper investigates the mandatory minimum requirements for certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch on ship specified in the international convention of STCW. The training education and evaluation systems for navigational competence of Korean navy were compared and analyzed. The paper suggests adjustment of the evaluation range, increment of evaluation items, diversification of evaluation types, differentiation of certification-related education by officer's commissioning program in order to improve the PQS system.

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A Study on Improving the Navy PQS system to Advance the Navigational Quality (해기능력 향상을 위한 해군 PQS 제도 발전에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Bong-Taek;Kim, Byoung-Suk
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2013
  • This paper investigates the mandatory minimum requirements for certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch on ship specified in the international convention of STCW. The training education and evaluation systems for navigational competence of Korean navy were compared and analyzed. The paper suggests adjustment of the evaluation range, increment of evaluation items, diversification of evaluation types, differentiation of certification-related education by officer's commissioning program in order to improve the PQS system.

Anti-tumor activities of Panax quinquefolius saponins and potential biomarkers in prostate cancer

  • He, Shan;Lyu, Fangqiao;Lou, Lixia;Liu, Lu;Li, Songlin;Jakowitsch, Johannes;Ma, Yan
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.273-286
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    • 2021
  • Background: Prostate carcinoma is the second most common cancer among men worldwide. Developing new therapeutic approaches and diagnostic biomarkers for prostate cancer (PC) is a significant need. The Chinese herbal medicine Panax quinquefolius saponins (PQS) have been reported to show anti-tumor effects. We hypothesized that PQS exhibits anti-cancer activity in human PC cells and we aimed to search for novel biomarkers allowing early diagnosis of PC. Methods: We used the human PC cell line DU145 and the prostate epithelial cell line PNT2 to perform cell viability assays, flow cytometric analysis of the cell cycle, and FACS-based apoptosis assays. Microarray-based gene expression analysis was used to display specific gene expression patterns and to search for novel biomarkers. Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR were performed to demonstrate the expression levels of multiple cancer-related genes. Results: Our data showed that PQS inhibited the viability of DU145 cells and induced cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. A significant decrease in DU145 cell invasion and migration were observed after 24 h treatment by PQS. PQS up-regulated the expression levels of p21, p53, TMEM79, ACOXL, ETV5, and SPINT1 while it down-regulated the expression levels of bcl2, STAT3, FANCD2, DRD2, and TMPRSS2. Conclusion: PQS promoted cells apoptosis and inhibited the proliferation of DU145 cells, which suggests that PQS may be effective for treating PC. TMEM79 and ACOXL were expressed significantly higher in PNT2 than in DU145 cells and could be novel biomarker candidates for PC diagnosis.

Traffic Congestion Control Using PQS in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (무선 멀티미디어 센서 네트워크에서 PQS를 이용한 트래픽 혼잡제어)

  • Lee, Chong-Deuk
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.218-224
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    • 2013
  • Uplink overflow in WMSN (Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks) aggravates the resource consumption, delay, and traffic congestion. This paper proposes a new traffic congestion control mechanism using popularity. The proposed mechanism controls congestions by dispersing the media traffic, and it control fairly packets according to priority. This paper proposes PQS (Packet Queue Scheduler) to control fairly packets, and the proposed mechanism provides a fair opportunity to all sensor nodes without a specific location. The simulation results show that the proposed mechanism achieves improved performance in throughput, delay ratio, link quality, and buffer queue control ratio compared with those of other existing methods.

Developing a Dynamic Materialized View Index for Efficiently Discovering Usable Views for Progressive Queries

  • Zhu, Chao;Zhu, Qiang;Zuzarte, Calisto;Ma, Wenbin
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.511-537
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    • 2013
  • Numerous data intensive applications demand the efficient processing of a new type of query, which is called a progressive query (PQ). A PQ consists of a set of unpredictable but inter-related step-queries (SQ) that are specified by its user in a sequence of steps. A conventional DBMS was not designed to efficiently process such PQs. In our earlier work, we introduced a materialized view based approach for efficiently processing PQs, where the focus was on selecting promising views for materialization. The problem of how to efficiently find usable views from the materialized set in order to answer the SQs for a PQ remains open. In this paper, we present a new index technique, called the Dynamic Materialized View Index (DMVI), to rapidly discover usable views for answering a given SQ. The structure of the proposed index is a special ordered tree where the SQ domain tables are used as search keys and some bitmaps are kept at the leaf nodes for refined filtering. A two-level priority rule is adopted to order domain tables in the tree, which facilitates the efficient maintenance of the tree by taking into account the dynamic characteristics of various types of materialized views for PQs. The bitmap encoding methods and the strategies/algorithms to construct, search, and maintain the DMVI are suggested. The extensive experimental results demonstrate that our index technique is quite promising in improving the performance of the materialized view based query processing approach for PQs.

Combined Approach of Subjective Survey and Objective EEG Measurement to Measure Presence Increment using Color in Moving Images (영상콘텐츠에서의 색감이 프레즌스 증감에 미치는 영향 측정을 위한 설문지와 뇌파측정의 결합측정기법)

  • Jeon, Seongsin;Kim, Seong Whan
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we define "presence" as a physiological and emotional feeling which feels that he or she is immerged in a specific artworks when he/she is very interested in the artwork. To measure the presence, we use a combined approach of subjective survey and brain signals (EEG). Subjective survey includes PQS (presence questionnaire survey) and IDQS (individual differences questionnaire survey). We experimented with 30 random populations, and we performed Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ test to verify the validity of the survey results. We also cross-checked the survey with EEG test for the populations. From our experimentation, we conclude that opponent color (e.g. yellow and blue) makes strong excitation on presence. In this paper, we believe that there are strong presence even in the abstract images, and it can be stronger than photo-realistic images if we well-design color, forms on the artwork.

A Study on the Characterization of Intrinsic Flame Retardant and Heat Resistant Sulfur-Bridged Heterocyclic Polymers (본질적 난연 및 내열성 헤테로환식 폴리머의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Young-Goo Kang;Hong Kim;Ho-Suk Ryu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.173-178
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    • 1997
  • The intrinsic flame retardant and heat resistant polymers such as PQXS [poly( quinoxaline )sulfide], PIQS [poly(isoquinoline)sulfide] and PQS [poly(quinoline)sulfide] were synthesized from 2, 3-dichloroquinoxaline, 1, 3-dichloroisoquinoline and 4, 7-dichloroquinoline. They were characterized by FT-IR, UV/Vis spectroscopy, DTA and elemental analysis. The melting point above $350^{\circ}C$ of the polymers show higher than that of the heat resistant PPS polymer(mp. $295^{\circ}C$), In the LOI test, the polymers exhibit an intrinsically high flame retardant property having the LOI values in the range of 41~42. The vertical burning test for the polymers also show an UL 94 V-0 performance.

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Analysis of Flight Performance and Efficiency according tothe Number of Consecutive Flight of Navy Pilots (해군 고정익조종사의 비행 훈련 주기에 따른 비행 효과 분석)

  • JungBong Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2023
  • In the case of the Navy, if some of the co-pilots are included in the long-term promotion process due to the limited number of co-pilots, operational flight and administrative tasks will be added to the co-pilots not included in the rest of the Pilot in commander process. Therefore, to solve this problem, the co-pilot who has passed the PQS step-by-step process minimizes the personnel gap in the flight operation unit through a system that evaluates whether it is possible to perform its duties as a co-pilot through actual flight after entering the school. The advantage of the PQS course is that you can control flight plans on your own and minimize gaps in flight and ground work while carrying out the curriculum, but you can't focus on education or improve your skills due to irregular training flight cycles. Therefore, in this study, after collecting opinions on effective flight cycles through a survey of pilots of P-3C, the Navy's fixed-wing aircraft representative, we will analyze the association of aircraft volume performance by flight cycle to derive the optimal flight cycle of the P-3C pilot course.

NIR - a Tool for Evaluation of Milling Procedure

  • Gergely, Sziveszter;Handzel, Lidia;Zoltan, Andrea;Salgo, Andras
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.1125-1125
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    • 2001
  • Micro-scale test methods are producing small-sample size where the conventional physical and chemical tests can not be used (high standard deviation, uncertain sampling conditions, low repeatability). Different small-scale test methods were developed recently for determination of physico-chemical, functional, rheological properties of wheat or wheat dough using miniaturized instruments with sophisticated sample preparation/handling and mechanics (RVA, 2 g mixograph, micro-Z-arm mixer, small-scale noodle maker, micro-baking method etc.). The small-scale methodologies can be used as basic research tools or as technology supported measurements and can be also essential in the early selection for quality traits in breeding programs. The milling as a sample preparation step is essential procedure providing good quality flour or semolina samples from small amount of grain (5-10 g) in a reproducible and reliable way. The aim of present study was to use NIR as quality control tool, and to evaluate the recently developed and manufactured micro-scale lab mill (FQC-2000) produced by Inter-Labor Co. Ltd., Hungary. The milling characteristics of the new instrument were compared to other laboratory mills and the effects of milling action on the chemical composition of fractions were analysed. The fractions were tested with both chemical and near infrared spectroscopic methods. The micro-scale milling resulted significantly different yields, particle size distributions and different fractions from compositional point of view. The near infrared spectra were sensitive enough to distinguish the fractions obtained by different milling procedures. Quantitative NIR calibration equations were developed and tested in order to measure the chemical composition of characteristic milling fractions. Special qualification procedure the PQS (Polar Qualification System) method was used for detecting the differences between fractions obtained by macro and micro-milling procedures. The results and the limitations of PQS method in this application will be discussed.

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