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Performance analysis of multiple access mechanism based on error adaptation in CDMA cellular system (CDMA 셀룰러 시스템용 오율 적응 다중 엑세스 기법의 성능분석)

  • 송상호;조동호
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.713-720
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    • 1996
  • In recent, the demand of mobile communication system is increasing rapidly. However, since wireless resources is limitted, the protocol to utilize wireless resource efficiently is needed. Up to now, Slotted CDMA_ALOHA(S_CDMA_ALOHA) and Mini-Slotted CDMA_ALOHA(MS_CDMA_ALOHA) methods are proposed as a CDMA_ALOHA mechanism, and it is turned out that MS_CDMA_ALOHA offers betterperformance than S_CDMA_ALOHA mechanism. Also, IS-95 multiple access mechanism has been proposed as common air interface(CAI) protocol of CDMA digital cellular system. However, in former study, the performance evaluations were made without considertion of chnnel characteristics of wireless communication environment. In this paper, a new access mechanism for improring the performance in the DS/CDMA digital cellular environment is suggested. This mechanism is adaptive to the channel condition and based on the conventional MS_CDMA_ALOHA mechanism. Also, the performance of new access mechanism is compared with that of conventional mechanisms, through computer simulation. According tot h simulation results, it is shown that the proposed NA_CDMA_ALOHA(Noise-Adaptation CDMA_ALOHA) mechanism offers better performance than conventional three CDMA_ALOHA mechanisms in view of mean delay time and system throughput characteristics. This phenomenon is due to the fast that NA_CDMA_ALOHA mechanism controls the access attempts efficiently based on the channel condition in heavy traffic environments.

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Safety Culture Assessment in Petrochemical Industry: A Comparative Study of Two Algerian Plants

  • Boughaba, Assia;Hassane, Chabane;Roukia, Ouddai
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.60-65
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    • 2014
  • Background: To elucidate the relationship between safety culture maturity and safety performance of a particular company. Methods: To identify the factors that contribute to a safety culture, a survey questionnaire was created based mainly on the studies of $Fern{\acute{a}}ndez-Mu{\tilde{n}}iz$ et al. The survey was randomly distributed to 1000 employees of two oil companies and realized a rate of valid answer of 51%. Minitab 16 software was used and diverse tests, including the descriptive statistical analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, mean analysis, and correlation, were used for the analysis of data. Ten factors were extracted using the analysis of factor to represent safety culture and safety performance. Results: The results of this study showed that the managers' commitment, training, incentives, communication, and employee involvement are the priority domains on which it is necessary to stress the effort of improvement, where they had all the descriptive average values lower than 3.0 at the level of Company B. Furthermore, the results also showed that the safety culture influences the safety performance of the company. Therefore, Company A with a good safety culture (the descriptive average values more than 4.0), is more successful than Company B in terms of accident rates. Conclusion: The comparison between the two petrochemical plants of the group Sonatrach confirms these results in which Company A, the managers of which are English and Norwegian, distinguishes itself by the maturity of their safety culture has significantly higher evaluations than the company B, who is constituted of Algerian staff, in terms of safety management practices and safety performance.

Establishment of Flight Inspection Evaluation Items and Optimal Design of SBAS Performance Test Measurement Equipment by Analyzing Evaluation Items and Essential Components of Korean SBAS (한국형 SBAS의 평가항목 및 필수 구성요소 분석을 통한 비행검사 평가항목 수립 및 SBAS 성능 시험 측정 장비 최적 설계 방안)

  • Kim, Young-Bin;Hong, Gyo-Young
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.78-83
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    • 2021
  • Due to rapidly increasing air traffic congestion and airspace restrictions, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is urging all aircraft to use SBAS by 2025, in order to implement Performance-based navigation to increase airspace capacity. In line with this, research and development of Korean-style SBAS, which reflects the characteristics of Korea's airspace environment, continues in Korea. Since there is no flight inspection procedure for performance testing and verification of SBAS in Korea yet, this paper analyzes FAA, ICAO Regulations, and laws enacted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to derive essential evaluations and parameters of Korean SBAS, and presents the optimal design using RTK-DGPS as a position fixing system.

Implementation and performance evaluation of PIPO lightweight block ciphers on the web (웹상에서의 PIPO 경량 블록암호 구현 및 성능 평가)

  • Lim, Se-Jin;Kim, Won-Woong;Kang, Yea-Jun;Seo, Hwa-Jeong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.731-742
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    • 2022
  • PIPO is the latest domestic lightweight block cipher announced in ICISC'20, which is characterized by being lightweight to facilitate implementation on IoT with limited resources. In this paper, PIPO 64/128-bit and 64/256-bit were implemented using web-based languages such as Javascript and WebAsembly. Two methods of performance evaluation were conducted by implementing bitsice and TLU, and the performance was compared by implementing Looped written using for statements and Unrolled written for statements. It performs performance evaluations in various web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, as well as OS-specific environments such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android. In addition, a performance comparison was performed with PIPO implemented in C language. This can be used as an indicator for applying PIPO block cipher on the web.

Applicability of the Tensile Test Performance Evaluation Baseline for Ground Anchors (지반앵커에 대한 인장시험 성능평가 기준선의 적용성 고찰)

  • Kim, Dae Gun;Park, Tae Kwang;Park, Lee Keun;Kim, Tae-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.38 no.8
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2022
  • Currently, tension ground anchors are divided into temporary and permanent based on their purpose and period of use, and their performance evaluations are presented separately. Therefore, applying the current performance evaluation's upper and lower limits to practice seems reasonable. However, because compression ground anchors have been mainly used as permanent, performance evaluation corresponding to permanent is conducted without distinction between temporary and permanent. This evaluation is a strict standard for ground anchors used as temporary, including the removal type. Because of examining the existing performance evaluation for the compression ground anchor, the lower limit can be applied without distinguishing between the temporary and permanent. However, the upper limit should be presented separately for the temporary and permanent. In applying the upper limit, it is necessary to adjust the upper limit of the anchor considering the anchored ground condition (rock or soil), the period of use, and particularly whether the load-displacement curve maintains the elastic state.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae feed supplements improve growth performance and gut mucosal architecture with modulations on cecal microbiota in red-feathered native chickens

  • Lee, Tzu-Tai;Chou, Chung-Hsi;Wang, Chinling;Lu, Hsuan-Ying;Yang, Wen-Yuan
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.869-883
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    • 2022
  • Objective: The aim of study was to investigate the effects of in-feed supplementation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) on growth performance, gut integrity, and microbiota modulations in red-feathered native chickens (RFCs). Methods: A total of 18,000 RFCs in a commercial farm were evenly assigned into two dietary treatments (control diet; 0.05% BA and 0.05% SC) by randomization and raised for 11 weeks in two separate houses. Fifty RFCs in each group were randomly selected and raised in the original house with the partition for performance evaluations at the age of 9 and 11 weeks. Six non-partitioned RFCs per group were randomly selected for analyses of intestinal architecture and 16S rRNA metagenomics. Results: Feeding BA and SC increased the body weight and body weight gain, significantly at the age of 11 weeks (p<0.05). The villus height/crypt ratio in the small intestines and Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio were also notably increased (p<0.05). The supplementation did not disturb the microbial community structure but promote the featured microbial shifts characterized by the significant increments of Bernesiella, Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group, and Butyrucimonas, following remarkable decrements of Bacteroides, Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group, and Succinatimonas in RFCs with growth benefits. Besides, functional pathways of peptidoglycan biosynthesis, nucleotide excision repair, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, and aminoacyl transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) biosynthesis were significantly promoted (p<0.05). Conclusion: In-feed supplementation of BA and SC enhanced the growth performance, improved mucosal architectures in small intestines, and modulated the cecal microbiota and metabolic pathways in RFCs.

Effect of Cognitive Control and Dual-Task Training on Gait Stability and Fall Risk In Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Su-Ha Lee;Changho Song
    • Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.332-342
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    • 2024
  • Objective: With the proportion of the elderly population in Korea reaching 17.5% in 2022 and projected to increase to 20.6% by 2025, 30.1% by 2035, and 43% by 2050, the accelerated aging of the population is raising societal concerns about elderly care. Maintaining mobility is crucial for a healthy and independent old age. Design: Cross-sectional study Methods: This study investigates the effects of dual-task performance on gait variables and cognitive function in older adults. This cross-sectional study involved 60 older adults aged 65 and above, categorized into a dementia group (Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-K) score ≤ 22) and a control group (MoCA-K score ≥ 23). Cognitive and gait functions were assessed using the GAITRite system (GAITRite system, CIR Systems Inc., USA), measuring gait variables (speed, stride length, etc.) before and after dual-task performance. The assessments were conducted under a single-blind condition, and data were analyzed using SPSS (ver. 25.0, SPSS Inc., USA). Results: The dementia group scored lower on cognitive assessments compared to the control group (p<0.05). In dual-task performance evaluations, the dementia group exhibited longer total task times and lower accuracy than the control group (p<0.001), while reaction times were longer but not statistically significant. GAITRite system analysis revealed that the dementia group had reduced gait speed and stride length compared to the control group (p<0.05). However, the difference in gait time was not statistically significant. The study results indicate that older adults with dementia show significant differences in cognitive function and gait performance, with notable impacts under dual-task conditions. Conclusions: These findings underscore the effect of cognitive decline on gait and provide valuable insights for predicting gait and cognitive function deterioration in dementia, which can aid in developing fall prevention strategies.

Experimental Study on Performances and Economic Evaluations of the Qualify of the Material for Light Path (광도파로(光導波路)를 위한 재질의 성능과 경제적 평가를 위한 실험적 연구)

  • Pak, Ee-Tong;Lee, Kang-Ju;Park, Hae-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.175-179
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    • 2007
  • This experimental demonstration has successfully shown that it is possible to use direct sunlight for the illumination of deeper building zones using the material for light path system(light duct). Three kinds of reflectors which were 95% Silver vaporizing fixed, 85% Anodized and 85% Hot melted applied to evaluate and compare their performances each others. Also, these three kind of reflectors were compared in view point of economics. The most high performance was obtained in 95% Silver vaporizing fixed reflector hater than another reflectors of 85% Anodized reflector and 85% Hot melted reflector even though more high production cost in 95% Silver vaporizing fixed reflector. The rest two reflectors of 85% Anodized and 85% Hot melted $10{sim}15%$ less performance than 95% Silver vaporizing fixed reflector but their production cost were low than the production cost of 95% Silver vaporizing fixed reflector which identified very weak and light yellow color in the light.

Performance Evaluations of the Lightning Impulse Voltage Measuring System by Intercomparative Test - in case of full lightning impulse voltage - (뇌충격 측정시스템의 비교시험에 의한 성능평가 - 전파 뇌충격전압 인가시 -)

  • Kim, Ik-Soo;Kim, Young-Bae;Lee, Hyeong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1995.07c
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    • pp.1368-1370
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    • 1995
  • Lightning impulse voltage is essential to evaluate the insulation performance of electric power apparatus. Recently international standard(IEC-60) on high voltage measurement techniques are being revised. In the draft of this standard, a new calibration method is introduced and the accuracy of most industrial measuring systems is maintained by means of comparison test against the reference measuring systems. Intercomparison tests of dividers for lightning impulse measurement were carried out by KERI. The shielded resisitive divider with 700kV rating developed by KERI were done comparison test with PTB divider with 300kV rating which have the similar charateristics as that were circulated among the laboratories. This paper reports on the comparison test results with full lightning impulse voltages from 126kV to 240kV. It is demonstrated that KERI are capable of realizing the idea in the revision of the IEC standand, that is, to establish traceability.

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Implementation and Evaluation of Proxy Caching Mechanisms with Video Qualify Adjustment

  • Sasabe, Masahiro;Taniguchi, Yoshiaki;Wakamiya, Naoki;Murata, Masayuki;Miyahara, Hideo
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.121-124
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    • 2002
  • The proxy mechanism widely used in WWW systems offers low-delay data delivery by means of "proxy server". By applying the proxy mechanisms to the video streaming system, we expect that high-quality and low-delay video distribution can be accomplished without introducing extra load on the system. In addition, it is effective to adapt the quality of cached video data appropriately in the proxy if user requests are diverse due to heterogeneity in terms of the available bandwidth, end-system performance, and user′s preferences on the perceived video quality. We have proposed proxy caching mechanisms to accomplish the high-quality and highly-interactive video streaming services. In our proposed system, a video stream is divided into blocks for efficient use of the cache buffer. The proxy server is assumed to be able to adjust the quality of a cached or retrieved video block to the request through video filters. In this paper, to verify the practicality of our mechanisms, we implemented them on a real system and conducted experiments. Through evaluations from several performance aspects, it was shown that our proposed mechanisms can provide users with a low-latency and high-quality video streaming service in a heterogeneous environment.

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