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Satellite monitoring of land and vegetation and its potential application in urban sustainability

  • Feng, Xue-zhi;Ramadan, Elnazir
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.78-81
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    • 2003
  • The present study illustrates a method for monitoring the urban vegetation around Shaoxing city, Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in urban areas will become increasingly important as the number and proportion of urban residents continues to increase. The synoptic view of urban land cover provided by satellite and airborne sensors is an important complement to in situ measurements of physical, environmental and socioeconomic variables in urban settings. The results obtained have revealed a notable change in the vegetation cover in and around the City premises. In this study, we discussed methodology for measurement of urban vegetation and vegetation distributions based on band ratioing in Shaoxing city using Land sat TM imageries. A systematic analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation in urban areas is required to ensure a healthy sustainable environment.

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Graph coloring problem solving by calculations at the DNA level with operating on plasmids

  • Feng, Xiongfeng;Kubik, K.Bogunia
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.49.3-49
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    • 2001
  • In 1994 Adelman´s pioneer work demonstrated that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) could be used as a medium for computation to solve mathematical problems. He described the use of DNA based computational approach to solve the Hamiltonian Path Problem (HPP). Since then a number of combinatorial problems have been analyzed by DNA computation approaches including, for example: Maximum Independent Set (MIS), Maximal Clique and Satisfaction (SAT) Problems. In the present paper we propose a method of solving another classic combinatorial optimization problem - the eraph Coloring Problem (GCP), using specifically designed circular DNA plasmids as a computation tool. The task of the analysis is to color the graph so that no two nodes ...

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Study on the overcurrent detection and blocking method of SiC MOSFET using the PCB pattern Rogowski coil (PCB패턴 Rogowski 코일을 이용한 SiC MOSFET의 과전류 검출 및 차단 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Hanjong;Cho, Younghoon
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2018.11a
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    • pp.92-94
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    • 2018
  • 본 논문은 SiC MOSFET 디바이스를 사용하는 전력변환장치에서 Rogowski 코일을 이용하여 SiC MOSFET 디바이스에 흐르는 전류를 측정하여, 과전류를 검출하고 게이팅 신호를 차단하는 기법에 관하여 연구한다. SiC MOSFET는 소자의 특성으로 보편적으로 사용되는 과전류 검출 방법인 DeSAT 적용이 어렵기 때문에 Rogowski 코일을 사용하여 스위치 전류를 측정, 과전류를 검출한다. 본 논문에서는 PCB패턴 Rogowski 코일의 설계 방법뿐만 아니라 Rogowski 코일과 적분기의 대역폭에 대해서도 논의한다. 실험은 직류링크 커패시터에 SiC MOSFET 스위치 레그를 병렬로 연결하고, 직류링크 커패시터에 직류전압을 충전 후 스위치 레그를 약 6us정도 단락시켜 SiC MOSFET에 과전류를 발생시킨다. 이 때, 제안한 Rogowski 코일을 이용한 과전류 검출 및 차단 기법의 적용 전후를 비교하여 동작 및 성능(검출 및 차단 소요시간)을 확인한다. 마지막으로 실험 결과를 통해 본 논문에서 제안한 PCB패턴 Rogowski 코일을 이용하여 과전류 검출 및 차단 기법이 검증되었다.

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Spatial Ability, Its Relationship to Mathematics Achievement, and Strategic Choices for Spatial Tasks Among Engineering Freshmen, and Gender Differences (공과대학 신입생들의 공간 시각화 능력의 수학 성취도와의 관계와 문제해결 전략 및 성별 차이에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Yon Mi
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.149-171
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    • 2017
  • In this research, based on the fact that spatial ability is important for the achievement in the STEM fields, and technological innovation, Purdue Spatial Visualization Test-Rotation has been used to investigate engineering freshmen's spatial ability and gender differences. Students who have taken advanced mathematics courses in high school(those who have taken type B math test in Korean SAT test) and students with general math courses(those who have taken type A in Korean SAT-Math test) are included in this study to find out the relationship between mathematics achievement and spatial ability. Finding out the strategies taken by students was another aim of this study. This strategic differences between high achievers and lower achievers, male and female students were analyzed from students' self report. Spatial ability test score was highest in the SAT-Math type B male students, decreased in the order of type A male students, type B female students, and lastly type A female students. There was no substantial difference between second and third groups. In each group, male students' average score was 8~10% higher than female students, which affirms 2015's results. The correlation between spatial ability and mathematics achievement was negligible in each group, but male students' math score and spatial ability score were higher than that of female students. This can be interpreted that there is some correlation between these two. Strategic choices can vary in the continuous spectrum with analytic method and holistic method at both ends. From students' self report, using Mann-Witney test, it turned out that there exists strategic differences between male and female students. Male students have a tendency to use holistic strategy more often than female students. I also found that the strategy choice did not vary greatly among all score groups. For the perfect score groups, both female and male students used holistic strategy most frequently. For low achieving groups, there is an evidence that these students overuse one method compared to average or high achieving groups, which turned out to be less effective. Based on these, I suggest that low achieving students need to have more chances to adopt efficient strategies and to practice challenging problems to improve their spatial abilities.

A Study on Reliability and Applicability of Oriental Medical Music Therapy Using (음악요법의 한의학적 활용을 위한 신뢰도 및 적용 가능성 연구)

  • Song, Min Sun;Choi, Chan Hun
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.674-682
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of applying oriental music therapy and reliability of electroencephalogram(EEG) equipment. The study was approved by the critical trial judge committee from ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$(IRB No. 2013-07) university. In order to measure test-retest reliability for 15 subjects, EEG for same participants were measured using same method mentioned above after 2 hours from the first measurement. Same provider implemented to each person at same time. Firstly, EEG was measured for 5 minutes after the subject with attached electrodes sat on chair comfortably for 10 minutes. Then, the subject was given mental stress using the four fundamental arithmetic operations for 5 minutes, and measured EEG for another 5 minutes. After that the subject sat on the chair comfortably listening oriental medicine music therapy for 5 minutes, and EEG was measured for 5 minutes again. There was no side effect regarding music therapy reported. Raw data, which was measured in each step, were converted through FFT(fast fourier transform) and analyzed after divided into certain frequency including ${\alpha}$ wave, ${\beta}$ wave, ${\theta}$ wave, immersion wave, stabilization wave, sef100 wave, and sef95 wave. Data were analyzed using wilcoxon signed rank test, Intraclass correlation coefficient(ICC), repeated measures ANOVA with the SPSS program. In test-retes method, there were significantly differences in ${\alpha}$ wave, ${\beta}$ wave, immersion wave, stability wave, ${\theta}$ wave, sef100 wave, sef95 wave. ICC has shown a high degree of reliability that it was ${\alpha}$ wave .877, ${\beta}$ wave .855, ${\gamma}$ wave .895, immersion wave .897, stability wave .816, ${\theta}$ wave .904, sef100 wave .910, sef95 wave .776. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in ${\alpha}$ wave after applying oriental music therapy. Based on these results, it is considered that average of the channel EEG and application of oriental music therapy would be practiced by increase of sample size using this machine.

Effectiveness of the Electrochemical Sensor for the Free Chlorine Measurement (잔류염소 측정용 전기화학센서의 유효성)

  • Kim, Hong-Won;Chung, Nam-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.720-725
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    • 2012
  • Sodium hypochlorite is used worldwide as a water disinfectant and in bleaching agent. Sodium hypochlorite applied to water initially undergoes hydrolysis to form free chlorine consisting of hypochlorous acid(HOCl) and hypochlorite ion($OCl^-$). For free chlorine determination, an electrochemical method is simple due to the electroactivity of free chlorine; it measures current and is free of most reagents. Amperometric free chlorine sensor has been developed with gold (Au)-based electrode. The 3-electrode free chlorine sensor whose working and counter electrodes were Pt exhibited excellent response to HClO at +400mV vs. Ag/AgCl/sat. KCl. In addition, the use of a pH error correction algorithm provided a reliable measurement of residual free chlorine in water sample without any pretreatment in the normal pH range(pH 6~8) of municipal water supply. The free chlorine sensor installed in on-line monitoring system could be used to continually monitor the level of residual free chlorine in real samples.

A Study on Welding Union by Welding Fume Shape Measurement (용접 Fume 형상 측정에 따른 용접 결합에 관한 연구)

  • Kim J.Y.;Choi C.J.;Kwak N.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.35-36
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    • 2006
  • In Nd:YAG laser welding, evaluation methods of welding flaw are various. But, the method due to fume shape is difficult to classification of welding flaw. The Nd:YAG laser process is known to have high speed and deep penetration capability to become one of the most advanced welding technologies. At the present time, some methods are studied for measurement of fume shape by using high-speed camera and photo diode. This paper describes the machining characteristics of SM45C carbon steel welding by use of an Nd:YAG laser. In spite of its good mechanical characteristics, SM45C carbon steel has a high carbon contents and suffers a limitation in the industrial application due to the poor welding properties. In this study, fume shape was measured by infrared thermal camera that is non-contact/non-destructive thermal measurement equipment through change of laser generating power, speed, focus. Weld was performed on bead-on method. Measurement results are compared as two equipments. Here, two results are composed of measurement results of fume quantities due to fume shape by infrared thermal camera and inspection results of weld bead include weld flaws by ultrasonic inspector.

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Conversion of Ginseng Saponin with the Enzyme Produced by Rhizopus sp. (Part 1) Confirmation of Conversion of Ginsenoside- Rb$_1$to Ginsenoside-Rd (Rhizopus sp.가 생산하는 효소에 의한 인삼 Saponin의 전환 (제1보) Ginsenoside-Rb$_1$에서 Ginsenoside-Rd로의 전환확인)

  • 김상달;서정훈
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.267-273
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    • 1982
  • Among 12 kinds of ginsenosides in ginseng saponin, ginsenoside-Rb$_1$was contained the most abundantly. But ginsenoside-Rd which is similar to ginsenoside-Rb$_1$in structure, was known to be superior to ginsenoside-Rb$_1$pharmaceutically. In order to convert ginsenoside-Rb$_1$into ginsenoside-Rd by microbial enzyme treatment, a Rhizopus sp. was selected among various strais of molds found in rotten ginseng roots. Enzyme was prepared from the extract of wheat bran koji culture by ammonium sulfate precipitation (1.0 sat'd) and succeeding ammonium sulfate fractionation method (0.6-0.9 sat'd). For the purpose of use as substrate, saponins were purified by the several purification steps from alcohol extract of red ginseng roots. We obtained the total saponin which was composed of 36.5% of ginsenoside Rb$_1$, 12.2% of ginsenoside-Rd and other ginsenosides. For increase of ginsenoside-Rb$_1$ component ratio, we also obtained further purified ginsenoside-Rb group saponin containing 54.5% of ginsenoside-Rb$_1$, 1.1% of ginsenoside- Rd and other ginsenosides from purified the total saponin. In the enzymatic reaction system including the total saponin or the ginsenoside-Rb group saponin, we confirmed the specific conversion of ginsenoside-Rb$_1$to ginsenoside-Rd proportionally and no change of any other ginsenoside patterns by thin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography.

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Identification of a Novel Cassette Array in Integron-bearing Helicobacter Pylori Strains Isolated from Iranian Patients

  • Goudarzi, Mehdi;Seyedjavadi, Sima Sadat;Fazeli, Maryam;Roshani, Maryam;Azad, Mehdi;Heidary, Mohsen;Navidinia, Masoumeh;Goudarzi, Hossein
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.3309-3315
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    • 2016
  • Helicobacter pylori as the second most common cause of gastric cancer in the world infects approximately half of the developed countries population and 80% of the population living in developing countries. Integrons as genetic reservoirs play major roles in dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report carriage of class 1 and 2 integrons and associated gene cassettes in H. pylori isolates from Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran among 110 patients with H. pylori infection. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) for H. pylori strains were assessed by the micro broth dilution method. Class 1 and 2 integrons were detected using PCR. In order to determine gene cassettes, amplified fragments were subjected to DNA sequencing of both amplicon strands. The prevalence of resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, clarithromycin, tetracycline, amoxicillin, rifampin, and levofloxacin were 68.2% (n=75), 25.5% (n=28), 24.5% (n=27), 19.1% (n=21), 18.2% (n=20) and 16.4% (n=18), respectively. Frequency of multidrug resistance among H. pylori isolates was 12.7%. Class 2 integron was detected in 50 (45.5%) and class 1 integron in 10 (9.1%) H. pylori isolates. The most predominant gene cassette arrays in class 2 integron-bearing H. pylori were included sat-era-aadA1, dfrA1-sat2-aadA1, blaoxa2 and, aadB whereas common gene cassette arrays in class 1 integron were aadB-aadA1-cmlA6, aacA4, blaoxa2, and catB3. The high frequency of class 2 integron and multidrug resistance in the present study should be considered as a warning for clinicians that continuous surveillance is necessary to prevent the further spread of resistant isolates.

The Characteristics of the Wafer Bonding between InP Wafers and $\textrm{Si}_3\textrm{N}_4$/InP (Direct Wafer Bonding법에 의한 InP 기판과 $\textrm{Si}_3\textrm{N}_4$/InP의 접합특성)

  • Kim, Seon-Un;Sin, Dong-Seok;Lee, Jeong-Yong;Choe, In-Hun
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.8 no.10
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    • pp.890-897
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    • 1998
  • The direct wafer bonding between n-InP(001) wafer and the ${Si}_3N_4$(200 nm) film grown on the InP wafer by PECVD method was investigated. The surface states of InP wafer and ${Si}_3N_4$/InP which strongly depend upon the direct wafer bonding strength between them when they are brought into contact, were characterized by the contact angle measurement technique and atomic force microscopy. When InP wafer was etched by $50{\%}$ HF, contact angle was $5^{\circ}$ and RMS roughness was $1.54{\AA}$. When ${Si}_3N_4$ was etched by ammonia solution, RMS roughness was $3.11{\AA}$. The considerable amount of initial bonding strength between InP wafer and ${Si}_3N_4$/InP was observed when the two wafer was contacted after the etching process by $50{\%}$ HF and ammonia solution respectively. The bonded specimen was heat treated in $H^2$ or $N^2$, ambient at the temperature of $580^{\circ}C$-$680^{\circ}C$ for lhr. The bonding state was confirmed by SAT(Scannig Acoustic Tomography). The bonding strength was measured by shear force measurement of ${Si}_3N_4$/InP to InP wafer increased up to the same level of PECVD interface. The direct wafer bonding interface and ${Si}_3N_4$/InP PECVD interface were chracterized by TEM and AES.

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