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A Deep Learning based Inter-Layer Reference Picture Generation Method for Improving SHVC Coding Performance (SHVC 부호화 성능 개선을 위한 딥러닝 기반 계층간 참조 픽처 생성 방법)

  • Lee, Wooju;Lee, Jongseok;Sim, Dong-Gyu;Oh, Seoung-Jun
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.401-410
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we propose a reference picture generation method for Inter-layer prediction based deep learning to improve the SHVC coding performance. A description will be given of a structure for performing filtering using a VDSR network on a DCT-IF based upsampled picture to generate a new reference picture and a training method for generating a reference picture between SHVC Inter-layer. The proposed method is implemented based on SHM 12.0. In order to evaluate the performance, we compare the method of generating Inter-layer predictor by applying dictionary learning. As a result, the coding performance of the enhancement layer showed a bitrate reduction of up to 13.14% compared to the method using dictionary learning, a bitrate reduction of up to 15.39% compared to SHM, and a bitrate reduction of 6.46% on average.

Effect of Ghrelin on Memory Impairment in a Rat Model of Vascular Dementia (그렐린이 혈관성 치매 쥐의 기억 손상에 미치는 효과)

  • Park, Jong-Min;Kim, Youn-Jung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.317-328
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of ghrelin on memory impairment in a rat model of vascular dementia induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion. Methods: Randomized controlled groups and the posttest design were used. We established the representative animal model of vascular dementia caused by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion and administered $80{\mu}g/kg$ ghrelin intraperitoneally for 4 weeks. First, behavioral studies were performed to evaluate spatial memory. Second, we used molecular biology techniques to determine whether ghrelin ameliorates the damage to the structure and function of the white matter and hippocampus, which are crucial to learning and memory. Results: Ghrelin improved the spatial memory impairment in the Y-maze and Morris water maze test. In the white matter, demyelination and atrophy of the corpus callosum were significantly decreased in the ghrelin-treated group. In the hippocampus, ghrelin increased the length of hippocampal microvessels and reduced the microvessels pathology. Further, we confirmed angiogenesis enhancement through the fact that ghrelin treatment increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-related protein levels, which are the most powerful mediators of angiogenesis in the hippocampus. Conclusion: We found that ghrelin affected the damaged myelin sheaths and microvessels by increasing angiogenesis, which then led to neuroprotection and improved memory function. We suggest that further studies continue to accumulate evidence of the effect of ghrelin. Further, we believe that the development of therapeutic interventions that increase ghrelin may contribute to memory improvement in patients with vascular dementia.

The Analysis of the effect of the Regeneration Project of the Decrepit Industrial Complex by the Private-led Aggregation Governance - Focusing on the comparison with the Public-led Project - (민간주도 집단화 거버넌스 구축에 의한 노후산업단지 재생사업의 효과분석 - 공공주도 사업과의 비교를 중심으로 -)

  • Jung, Hyun-Jin;Kwon, Young-Sang
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.34 no.10
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    • pp.131-142
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    • 2018
  • Being dealt in Alfred Weber's Theory of the location of Industries, a lot of economic benefits can be obtained through aggregation and clustering of industrial facilities, which derived to the development of industrial complexes in Korea. However, with the IMF economic crisis as well as various institutional changes, the framework of aggregation and clustering of industries is broken, which led to individual developments that took place without any consideration of surrounding industries. For reformation of these condition of industrial complexes, national government-led regeneration projects are being carried out currently. However, national government-led projects mainly focus on profitable projects such as officetel and hotel that are irrelevant to exist composition of industrial complexes which is usually manufacturing base industries and are unable to solve the fundamental problems of industrial complexes. Thus, a necessity of industry clustering is deduced through case analysis of actual private-led manufacturing industry cluster with governance and analysis of benefits on financial, spatial and environmental aspects. In addition, implications on the necessity follow base on factorial analysis on the benefit of clustering development than individual development as well as analysis on the measures taken for successful clustering.

Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of a Nanostructured TiN-AlN Composite by Pulsed Current Activated Sintering (펄스전류활성 소결에 의한 나노구조 TiN-AlN 복합재료 제조 및 기계적 특성)

  • Kim, Wonbaek;Suh, Chang-Yul;Roh, Ki-Min;Lim, Jae-Won;Shim, Hyun-Bo;Park, Hyun-Kuk;Shon, In-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.50 no.11
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    • pp.861-866
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    • 2012
  • A dense nanostructured TiN-AlN composite was prepared from high-energy ball milled TiN-AlN mixture powders by pulsed current activated sintering (PCAS). A highly dense TiN-AlN bulk composite was obtained within 2 minutes at $1500^{\circ}C$ with the simultaneous application of 80 MPa pressure and pulsed current. The fine crystalline structure of the TiN-AlN mixture, which was obtained by high-energy milling, was effectively maintained during PCAS and resulted in the enhancement of the mechanical properties. The micro hardness and fracture toughness of TiN-AlN composite were $1780kg/mm^2$ and $5MPa.m^{1/2}$, respectively. The mechanical properties were higher than monolithic AlN or TiN.

Structure Analysis of ARS Cryptoprocessor based on Network Environment (네트워크 환경에 적합한 AES 암호프로세서 구조 분석)

  • Yun, Yeon-Sang;Jo, Kwang-Doo;Han, Seon-Kyoung;You, Young-Gap;Kim, Yong-Dae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents a performance analysis model based on an M/M/1 queue and Poisson distribution of input data traffic. The simulation on a pipelined AES system with processing rate of 10 rounds per clock shows $4.0\%$ higher performance than a non-pipelined version consuming 10 clocks per transaction. Physical implementation of pipelined AES with FPGA takes 3.5 times bigger gate counts than the non-pipelined version whereas the pipelined version yields only $3.5\%$ performance enhancement. The proposed analysis model can be used to optimize cost-performance of AES hardware designs.

Numerical Investigation of the Progressive Failure Behavior of the Composite Dovetail Specimens under a Tensile Load (인장하중을 받는 복합재료 도브테일 요소의 점진적인 파손해석)

  • Park, Shin-Mu;Noh, Hong-Kyun;Lim, Jae Hyuk;Choi, Yun-Hyuk
    • Composites Research
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.337-344
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    • 2021
  • In this study, the progressive failure behavior of the composite fan blade dovetail element under tensile loading is numerically investigated through finite element(FE) simulation. The accuracy of prediction by FE simulation is verified through tensile testing. The dovetail element is one of the joints for coupling the fan blade with the disk in a turbofan engine. The dovetail element is usually made of a metal material such as titanium, but the application of composite material is being studied for weight reduction reasons. However, manufacturing defects such as drop-off ply and resin pocket inevitably occur in realizing complex shapes of the fan blade made by composite materials. To investigate the effect of these manufacturing defects on the composite fan blade dovetail element, we performed numerical simulation with FE model to compare the prediction of the FE model and the tensile test results. At this time, the cohesive zone model is used to simulate the delamination behavior. Finally, we found that FE simulation results agree with test results when considering thermal residual stress and through-thickness compression enhancement effect.

Electrical Properties and Phase Transition Behavior of Lead-Free BaTiO3-Modified Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3-SrTiO3 Piezoelectric Ceramics (BaTiO3 첨가에 따른 Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3-SrTiO3 무연 압전 세라믹스의 전기적 특성 및 상전이 거동 연구)

  • Kang, Yubin;Park, Jae Young;Devita, Mukhllishah Aisyah;Duong, Trang An;Ahn, Chang Won;Kim, Byeong Woo;Han, Hyoung-Su;Lee, Jae-Shin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.516-521
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    • 2022
  • We investigated the microstructure, crystal structure, dielectric, and elecromechanical strain properties of lead-free BaTiO3 (BT)-modified (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-SrTiO3 (BNT-ST) piezoelectric ceramics. Samples were prepared by a conventional ceramic processing route. Temperature dependent dielectric properties confirmed that a phase transition from a nonergodic relaxor to an ergodic relaxor was induced when the BT concentration reached 1.5 mol%, interestingly, where the average grain size reached a maximum value of 4.5 ㎛. At the same time, enhanced electromechanical strain (Smax/Emax = 600 pm/V) was obtained. It is suggested that the induced ferroelectric-relaxor phase transition by the BT modification is responsible for the enhancement of electromechanical strain in 1.5 mol% BT-modified BNT-ST ceramics.

Effective Coupling of a Topological Corner-state Nanocavity to Various Plasmon Nanoantennas

  • Ma, Na;Jiang, Ping;Zeng, You Tao;Qiao, Xiao Zhen;Xu, Xian Feng
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.497-505
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    • 2022
  • Topological photonic nanocavities are considered to possess outstanding optical performance, and provide new platforms for realizing strong interaction between light and matter, due to their robustness to impurities and defects. Here hybrid plasmonic topological photonic nanocavities are proposed, by embedding various plasmon nanoantennas such as gold nanospheres, cylinders, and rectangles in a topological photonic crystal corner-state nanocavity. The maximum quality factor Q and minimum effective mode volume Veff of these hybrid nanocavities can reach the order of 104 and 10-4 (𝜆/n)3 respectively, and the high figures of merit Q/Veff for all of these hybrid nanocavites are stable and on the order of 105 (𝜆/n)-3. The relative positions of the plasmon nanoantennas will influence the coupling strength between the plasmon structures and the topological nanocavity. The hybrid nanocavity with gold nanospheres possesses much higher Q, but relatively large Veff. The presence of a gold rectangular structure can confine more electromagnetic energy within a smaller space, since its Veff is smallest, although Q is lowest among these structures. This work provides an outstanding platform for cavity quantum electrodynamics and has a wide range of applications in topological quantum light sources, such as single-photon sources and nanolasers.

Human Resource Nurturing Algorithm Leading the Energy and Electric Element Technology of Electric Vehicles (전기자동차의 에너지 및 전기 요소기술을 선도하는 인력양성 알고리즘)

  • Yoon, Yongho
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.181-186
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    • 2022
  • The world's electric automobile sector has shifted beyond technological environmental changes to a stage that has an impact on the market environment. And automakers are shifting from the existing strategy of "technological advantage → brand enhancement → sales expansion of existing internal combustion engine vehicles" to the expansion of the electric automobile market itself, which is to enhance market competitiveness. In addition, competition in the electric automotive parts market is expected to intensify due to the expansion of the business areas of existing parts makers and the entry of new companies, and development cooperation is expected to actively proceed to improve the efficiency of major eco-friendly parts. Along with this prospect, electric vehicles are expected to change the overall structure of the automobile industry, the overall growth of the electric vehicle value chain such as batteries, power trains (motors, power management and control systems), electric vehicle production, and charging infrastructure Is expected. Therefore, in this thesis, in order to cultivate a variety of high-quality human resources that companies want to keep pace with the changing automobile industry, we study a professional manpower training program that leads the growth engine of the electric automobile industry.

Effects of metal dopant content on mechanical properties of Ti-Cu-N films

  • Hyun S. Myung;Lee, Hyuk M.;Kim, Sang S.;Jeon G. Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.37-37
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    • 2001
  • TiN coatings were applied for VarIOUS application fields, because of a good wear-resistance and a high hardness. Typically, TiN thin films show the hardness of 25GPa and friction coefficient of 0.6. However, in many field, one is looking for a more improved tool which has low friction coefficient and high wear resistance. The main motivation of this study is to characterize the influence of copper dopant content on TiN thin films. Ti-Cu-N thin films were deposited onto D2 steel substrates by PVD processing with various magnetron current densities (Cu contents). In this work, we synthesized titanium nitride films similar with reported typical titanium nitride films and synthesized Ti-Cu-N thin films with the addition of elemental copper which is measured improved hardness more than pure TiN films with copper content variables. This films has preferred oriented films of (111) direction. In addition, It was found that there is a strong correlation between content of various metal and film characteristics such as preferred orientation, grain size, hardness and friction coefficient and so, in future study, improved mechanical properties of TiN films can be controlled by change in target current density. The Ti-Cu-N film will show apparent hardness improvement and mechanical properties enhancement, when doping element is added onto TiN thin films. Film structure, chemical composition, mechanical properties were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS), wear resistance tester and nanohardness tester.

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