• 대한본초학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2008

Objectives : This study was evaluated to elucidate the inhibitory potential of Bodusan (BDS) and its components, Strychnos ignatii semen (SIS) and Glycyrrhizae Radix (GR), on human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC) migration and production of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 by $TNF-{\alpha}$ treatment. Methods : Cytotoxic activity of BDS and its components on HASMC was using 5-(3-caroboxymeth- oxyphenyl)-2H-tetra-zolium inner salt (MTS) assay. Effect of BDS, SIS and GR on $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ HASMC migration underside of matrigel filter was stained with hematoxylin-eosin. And total number of cells that migrated to the underside of the filter was counted. MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity was evaluated by gelatin zymography assay. Results : The matrigel migration assay showed that BDS effectively inhibited the $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ migration of HASMC. Moreover, BDS significantly inhibited MMP-9 activity. Our present study demonstrates that BDS and its components inhibits $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ HASMC migration and MMP-9 activity. The inhibitory effect of BDS extract is more potent than that of its component herb extracts. Conclusions : These results provide evidence that BDS has multiple effects in the inhibition of HASMC migration and may offer a therapeutic approach to block HASMC migration.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 픽셀 기반 joint BDCP (bright and dark channel prior)와 계층적 양방향 필터를 적용하여 저 복잡도를 갖는 단일 영상 기반 안개 제거 기법을 제안한다. 픽셀 기반 joint BDCP는 기존의 패치 기반 DCP에 비해 연산량을 감소시키고, 픽셀 단위의 안개값 예측을 가능하게 하여 전달량 추정의 정확성을 높인다. 또한 에지를 보존하면서 평탄화 성능이 우수한 양방향 필터를 사용하여 전달량을 정련함으로써 후광 효과(halo effect)를 줄이고, 에지 성분에 대한 계층적 적용을 통해 반복 적용에 의한 연산량의 증가를 방지한다. 안개 성분이 포함된 다양한 영상에 대해 수행한 실험 결과는 제안하는 기법이 기존의 기법에 비해 우수한 안개 제거 성능을 보이면서 저 복잡도로 실행되어 다양한 분야에 응용될 수 있음을 나타낸다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2006년도 제33회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.117-121
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• 2006

Non-thermal plasma technology has many applications in various areas. One of the applications is regenerating diesel particulate filter (DPF). DPF is a widely applied device to control the particulate emission of diesel engines. But it needs periodic removal of clogged soot for the smooth running of engine. Conventional high-temperature removal processes easily leads to the breakage of DPF. Herein, low-temperature plasma formed in a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was used to form active oxidants such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide. Experimentally, the effects of discharge power and frequency on the performance of DBD reactor were studied. Two oxidants, $O_3$ and $NO_2$, were synthesized and used for incinerating soot in the used DPF. Performances of the two oxidants on the reduction of soot were compared, and it was found that $NO_2$ is more effective than $O_3$ for getting rid of soot

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.398-410
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• 2017

This work presents the design of a dual extended Kalman filter (EKF) as a state/parameter estimator suitable for adaptive state-of-charge (SoC) estimation of an automotive lithium-iron-phosphate ($LiFePO_4$) cell. The design of both estimators is based on an experimentally identified, lumped-parameter equivalent battery electrical circuit model. In the proposed estimation scheme, the parameter estimator has been used to adapt the SoC EKF-based estimator, which may be sensitive to nonlinear map errors of battery parameters. A suitable weighting scheme has also been proposed to achieve a smooth transition between the parameter estimator-based adaptation and internal model within the SoC estimator. The effectiveness of the proposed SoC and parameter estimators, as well as the combined dual estimator, has been verified through computer simulations on the developed battery model subject to New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) related operating regimes.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2015

This study presents a precise relative navigation algorithm using both laser and Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in real time. The measurement model of the navigation algorithm between two spacecraft is comprised of relative distances measured by laser instruments and single differences of GPS pseudo-range measurements in spherical coordinates. Based on the measurement model, the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is applied to smooth the pseudo-range measurements and to obtain the relative navigation solution. While the navigation algorithm using only laser measurements might become inaccurate because of the limited accuracy of spacecraft attitude estimation when the distance between spacecraft is rather large, the proposed approach is able to provide an accurate solution even in such cases by employing the smoothed GPS pseudo-range measurements. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the errors of the proposed algorithm are reduced by more than about 12% compared to those of an algorithm using only laser measurements, as the accuracy of angular measurements is greater than $0.001^{\circ}$ at relative distances greater than 30 km.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.663-671
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• 1988

In this paper, in order to reduce the blocking effect of block coded images, we propose the method considering the lowpass and bandpass components of Granrath's human visual model. This method consists of two-stage enhancement procedure. The first step is lowpass filtering which smooths out the blocking effect, and the second step is a high frequency enhancement procedure to increase the contrast decreased by the lowpass filtering in the first step. In the first step, the one-dimensional Gaussian filter which aligthns parallel to the edge direction is considered to preserve the edge in the block and the two-dimensional Gaussian filter is used to smooth out the blocking effect near the block boundaries. In the second step, the lowpass and bandpass components of the Granrath's model are considered to increase contrast in a restored image. The performance comparison of the proposed method and the existing mehtods is made by a computer simulation with several block coded images. We can see that the enhancement in the subjective quality of images of the proposed method is more significant than the enhancement in the subjective quality of images of the proposed method is more significant than the existing methods, though the proposed method does not show better performance on the PSNR gain, the poor measure of picture quality for block coded images.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.451-456
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• 2009

저해상도 3D 해저 디지털 지형 모형(Digital terrain model: DTM)의 이미지를 컴퓨터 화면에 확대 표시할 때 데이터가 없는 픽셀은 인위적으로 보간해서 표시할 수밖에 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기존의 선형 보간법의 문제점을 개선하기 위해 저해상도 DTM으로부터 지형정보를 추출하고 이로부터 보간하는 방법을 다룬다. 이를 위해 DTM을 다수의 패치로 분할하고 프랙탈 이론(Fractal theory)를 이용하여 프랙탈 차원을 추정하고, 추정 정보와 원래의 데이터를 근간으로 패치 지형을 Midpoint Displacement법으로 보간하고, 보간된 이미지의 국부적인 기복을 완화해 자연스런 해저지형을 만들기 위해 미디언 필터(Median filter)를 이용한다. 가상의 프랙탈 지형 맵을 이용하여 제안된 알고리즘의 그 유효성을 검정한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.863-870
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• 2018

The traditional power control theories for the harmonic reduction methods in multilevel inverters are found to be unreliable under unbalanced load conditions. The unreliability in harmonic mitigation is caused by voltage fluctuations, non-linear loads, the use of power switches, etc. In general, the harmonics are reduced by filters. However, such devices are an expensive way to provide a smooth and fast response to secure power systems during dynamic conditions. Hence, the Decoupled Double Synchronous Reference Frame (DDSRF) theory combined with a State Delay Controller (SDC) is proposed to achieve a harmonic reduction in power systems. The DDSRF produces a sinusoidal harmonic that is the opposite of the load harmonic. Then, it injects this harmonic into power systems, which reduces the effect of harmonics. The SDC is used to reduce the delay between the compensation time for power injection and the generation of a reference signal. The proposed technique has been simulated using MATLAB and its reliability has been verified experimentally under unbalanced conditions.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1225-1235
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• 2016

This paper presents a method for computer-assisted slide presentation using vision-based gesture recognition. The proposed method consists of a sequence of steps, first detecting a hand in the scene of projector beam, then estimating the smooth trajectory of a hand or a pointing finger using Kalman Filter, and finally interfacing to an application system. Additional slide navigation control includes moving back and forth the pages of the presentation. The proposed method is to help speakers for an effective presentation with natural improved interaction with the computer. In particular, the proposed method of using finger pointing is believed to be more effective than using a laser pointer since the hand, the pointing or finger are more visible and thus can better grab the attention of the audience.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2008

촉매와 필터가 결합된 촉매필터는 먼지와 가스상 물질을 동시에 제거할 수 있으며 이로 인해 운영비와 설치공간의 감소가 가능한 다기능 반응시스템으로 다양한 환경분야에 적용이 가능하다. 본 연구는 실험실 규모 반응시스템에서 촉매필터를 이용한 먼지와 할로겐 휘발성 유기화합물(halogenated volatile organic compound, 1,2-dichlorobenzene) 제거 연구를 수행하였다. 촉매필터는 저온활성이 우수한 매그린사의 $WO_3-V_2O_5/TiO_2$ 촉매와 $250^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 사용 가능한 P-84를 이용하여 제조하였다. 온도, 면속도, 먼지농도와 같은 다양한 변수조절을 통한 촉매필터의 촉매활성과 먼지제거 효율을 평가하였다. 촉매활성은 온도와 촉매 담지량에 따라 증가하였다. 먼지제거효율은 면속도에 가장 많은 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 시간에 따른 필터의 차압변화 평가 결과 virgin 필터의 경우 탈진간격은 급격한 감소를 보였으며, 잔류압력감소는 거의 변하지 않았다. 촉매필터의 경우 전단에 고착된 나노섬유의 미끄럼 특성에 의하여 차압증가폭이 낮게 나타났다. 촉매필터는 1 m/min, $210^{\circ}C$에서 99.98% 이상의 탈진효율과 90% 이상의 1,2-DCB 제거 효율을 나타냈다.