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Toward a Structural and Semantic Metadata Framework for Efficient Browsing and Searching of Web Videos

  • Kim, Hyun-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.227-243
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    • 2017
  • This study proposed a structural and semantic framework for the characterization of events and segments in Web videos that permits content-based searches and dynamic video summarization. Although MPEG-7 supports multimedia structural and semantic descriptions, it is not currently suitable for describing multimedia content on the Web. Thus, the proposed metadata framework that was designed considering Web environments provides a thorough yet simple way to describe Web video contents. Precisely, the metadata framework was constructed on the basis of Chatman's narrative theory, three multimedia metadata formats (PBCore, MPEG-7, and TV-Anytime), and social metadata. It consists of event information, eventGroup information, segment information, and video (program) information. This study also discusses how to automatically extract metadata elements including structural and semantic metadata elements from Web videos.

Potentiality of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria - A Mini Review

  • Karagozlu, Mustafa Zafer;Kim, Se-Kwon
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.26-32
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    • 2011
  • Green fluorescent protein (GFP), a very important biological agent that involves shifting the color of bioluminescence from blue to green in luminous coelenterates and to increase the quantum yield of light emission. GFP discovered in medusa, Aequorea victoria is a key factor of various biotechnological and cell biological applications. Beside these applications, GFP of A. victoria is generally stable, which does not require co-factors for activity and can be functionally expressed in different bacterial species. This property of GFPs from A. victoria permits them to be a unique tool to monitor gene expression and protein localization in different organisms. The present review brings out the past milestones and future perspectives on GFPs, with an elaborative reviewing on its applications.

A Second-Order Particle Tracking Method

  • Lee, Seok;Lie, Heung-Jae;Song, Kyu-Min;Lim, Chong-Jeanne
    • Ocean Science Journal
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.201-208
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    • 2005
  • An accurate particle tracking method for a finite difference method model is developed using a constant acceleration method. Being assumed constant temporal and spatial gradients, the new method permits temporal-spatial variability of particle velocity. Test results in a solid rotating flow show that the new method has second-order accuracy. The performance of the new method is compared with that of other methods; the first-order Euler forward method, and the second-order Euler predictor-corrector method. The new method is the most efficient method among the three. It is more accurate and efficient than the other two.

PRINCIPLES OF AN ACTIVE NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION FOR SHIP

  • Maslov, Viatcheslav L.;Soloveitchik, Leonid I.
    • Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1994.06a
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    • pp.860-863
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    • 1994
  • Main sources of increased vibrations and air noise on ship are main and auxiliary engines and ship ducts. The various ways of transfer of vibration energy and air noise in passenger cabin of a vessel require, in general case, of various methods of attenuation. The transfer of vibration energy from engines through a support requires, alongside with shock-absorbers, availability active shock-absorbers. The transfer of vibration energy and hydrodynamic noise on ship ducts requires availability, alongside with flexible muffler, active mufflers. The availability of air noise from working equipment can require, along with absorbent covers, of space systems of active noise control. In the given article it is spoken about the unified approach to formation of the block-diagram of active noise and vibration control. The complex approach permits to receive additional efficiency in reduction of noise in passenger cabin of vessels.

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Extension Test of Midday Apparent Evapotranspiration toward Daily Value Using a Complete Remotely-Sensed Input

  • Han, Kyung-Soo;Kim, Young-Seup
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.341-349
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    • 2003
  • The so-called B-method, a simplified surface energy budget, permits calculation of daily actual evapotranspiration (ET) using remotely sensed data, such as NOAA-AVHRR. Even if the use of satellite data allows estimation of the albedo and surface temperature, this model requires meteorological data measured at ground-level to obtain the other inputs. In addition, a difficulty may be occurred by the difference of temporal scales between the net radiation in daily scale and instantaneous measurement at midday of the surface and air temperatures because the data covered whole day are necessary to obtain accumulated daily net radiation. In order to solve these problems, this study attempted a modification of B-method through an extension of hourly ET value calculated using a complete instantaneous inputs. The estimation of the daily apparent ET from newly proposed system showed a root mean square error of 0.26 mm/day as compared the output obtained from the classical model. It is evident that this may offer more rapid estimation and reduced data volume.

Pseudo plastic zone analysis of steel frame structures comprising non-compact sections

  • Avery, P.;Mahendran, M.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.371-392
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    • 2000
  • Application of "advanced analysis" methods suitable for non-linear analysis and design of steel frame structures permits direct and accurate determination of ultimate system strengths, without resort to simplified elastic methods of analysis and semi-empirical specification equations. However, the application of advanced analysis methods has previously been restricted to steel frames comprising only compact sections that are not influenced by the effects of local buckling. A concentrated plasticity method suitable for practical advanced analysis of steel frame structures comprising non-compact sections is presented in this paper. The pseudo plastic zone method implicitly accounts for the effects of gradual cross-sectional yielding, longitudinal spread of plasticity, initial geometric imperfections, residual stresses, and local buckling. The accuracy and precision of the method for the analysis of steel frames comprising non-compact sections is established by comparison with a comprehensive range of analytical benchmark frame solutions. The pseudo plastic zone method is shown to be more accurate and precise than the conventional individual member design methods based on elastic analysis and specification equations.

Analysis of circular plates on two - parameter elastic foundation

  • Saygun, Ahmet;Celik, Mecit
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.249-267
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    • 2003
  • In this study, circular plates subjected to general type of loads and supported on a two-parameter elastic foundation are analysed. The stiffness, elastic bedding and soil shear effect matrices of a fully compatible ring sector plate element, developed by Saygun (1974), are obtained numerically assuming variable thickness of the element. Ring sector soil finite element is also defined to determine the deflection of the soil surface outside the domain of the plate in order to establish the interaction between the plate and the soil. According to Vallabhan and Das (1991) the elastic bedding (C) and shear parameters ($C_T$) of the foundation are expressed depending on the elastic constants ($E_s$, $V_s$) and the thickness of compressible soil layer ($H_s$) and they are calculated with a suitable iterative procedure. Using ring sector elements presented in this paper, permits the generalization of the loading and the boundary conditions of the soil outside the plate.

Nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beam elements subject to cyclical combined actions of torsion, biaxial flexure and axial forces

  • Cocchi, Gian Michele;Tiriaca, Paolo
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.829-862
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents a method for the nonlinear analysis of beam elements subjected to the cyclical combined actions of torsion, biaxial flexure and axial forces based on an extension of the disturbed compression field (DSFM). The theoretical model is based on a hybrid formulation between the full rotation of the cracks model and the fixed direction of the cracking model. The described formulation, which treats cracked concrete as an orthotropic material, includes a new approach for the evaluation of the re-orientation of both the compression field and the deformation field by removing the restriction of their coincidence. A new equation of congruence permits evaluating the deformation of the middle line. The problem consists in the solution of coupled nonlinear simultaneous equations expressing equilibrium, congruence and the constitutive laws. The proposed method makes it possible to determine the deformations of the beam element according to the external stresses applied.

Evaluation of static response in stress-ribbon concrete pedestrian bridges

  • Stavridis, Leonidas T.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.213-229
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    • 2010
  • An analytical method is proposed for the evaluation of the static response of a prestresse-dribbon concrete pedestrian bridge, which may also be applied for the roofing of large areas. On the basis of an established analogy with a suspension bridge system, a procedure is presented for the prestresse-dribbon direct analysis, leading to the introduction of two dimensionless parameters as governing factors of the design, namely the thinness and the prestressing steel ratio. The exposed procedure, applied by a simple computer program, allows a quick evaluation of the response and permits the investigation of the influence of the aforementioned parameters on it, by means of comprehensive diagrams. The presented diagrams may be directly used for the preliminary design of a pedestrian bridge of this type, for the whole practical range of span lengths. A design example is also included, showing the applicability of the proposed procedure.

A Study on Battery Chargers for the next generation high speed train using the Phase-shift Full-bridge DC/DC Converter (위상전이 풀-브리지 DC/DC 컨버터를 이용한 차세대 고속 전철용 Battery Charger에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Han-Jin;Lee, Won-Cheol;Lee, Sang-Seok;Kim, Tae-Hwan;Won, Chung-Yuen
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05b
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    • pp.623-628
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    • 2009
  • There is an increasing demand for efficient high power/weight auxiliary power supplies for use on high speed traction application. Many new conversion techniques have been proposed to reduce the voltage and current stress of switching components, and the switching losses in the traditional pulse width modulation(PWM) converter. Especially, the phase shift full bridge zero voltage switching PWM techniques are thought most desirable for many applications because this topology permits all switching devices to operate under zero voltage switching(ZVS) by using circuit parasitic components such as leakage inductance of high frequency transformer and power device junction capacitance. The proposed topology is found to have higher efficiency than conventional soft-switching converter. Also it is easily applicable to phase shift full bridge converter by applying an energy recovery snubber consisted of fast recovery diodes and capacitors.

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