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A New Design of Blood Cell Counter using DSP chip and Optimal Discrimination Method (DSP 칩과 최적분별법을 이용한 새로운 혈구입자 계수기 설계)

  • Kim, G.H.;Kim, J.W.;Kim, K.S.;Hong, W.H.;Kim, S.H.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1991 no.05
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 1991
  • The purpose of this reserch is to design the blood cell counting instrument which can measure the number of RBC(Red Blood Cell) and WBC(White Blood Cell) including many other blood component. The proposed method uses the electrical impedence method and the new discrimination method wi th DSP chip and software algorithm. The system consist of control unit, blood cell discrimination unit, hemoglobin spectrometer, post detect ion processor unit, and IBM-PC interface unit. In this paper, the discrimination system has been implemented using digital signal processor, which result in the reduction of system hardware and cost. The system is helpful in providing necessary clinical test for screen test and quality control of hematology.

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PRACTICAL MODELLING OF STONE-COLUMN REINFORCED GROUND

  • Tan By S.A.;Tjahyono S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.291-311
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    • 2006
  • The acceleration of consolidation by stone columns was mostly analysed within the framework of a basic unit cell model (i.e. a cylindrical soil body around a column). A method of converting the axisymmetric unit cell into the equivalent plane-strain model would be required for two-dimensional numerical modelling of multi-column field applications. This paper proposes two practical simplified conversion methods to obtain the equivalent plane-strain model of the unit cell, and investigates their applicability to multi-column reinforced ground. In the first conversion method, the soil permeability is matched according to an analytical equation, whereas in the second method, the column width is matched based on the equivalence of column area. The validity of these methods is tested by comparison with the numerical results of unit-cell simulations and with the field data from an embankment case history. The results show that for the case of linear-elastic material modelling, both methods produce reasonably accurate long-term consolidation settlements, whereas for the case of elasto-plastic material modelling, the second method is preferable as the first one gives erroneously lower long-term settlements, where plastic yielding of stone column are ignored.

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Design and homogenization of metal sandwich tubes with prismatic cores

  • Zhang, Kai;Deng, Zichen;Ouyang, Huajiang;Zhou, Jiaxi
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.439-454
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    • 2013
  • Hollow cylindrical tubes with a prismatic sandwich lining designed to replace the solid cross-sections are studied in this paper. The sections are divided by a number of revolving periodic unit cells and three topologies of unit cells (Square, Triangle and Kagome) are proposed. Some types of multiple-topology designed materials are also studied. The feasibility and accuracy of a homogenization method for obtaining the equivalent parameters are investigated. As the curved elements of a unit cell are represented by straight elements in the method and the ratios of the lengths of the curved elements to the lengths of the straight elements vary with the changing number of unit cells, some errors may be introduced. The frequencies of the first five modes and responses of the complete and equivalent models under an internal static pressure and an internal step pressure are compared for investigating the scope of applications of the method. The lower bounds and upper bounds of the number of Square, Triangular and Kagome cells in the sections are obtained. It is shown that treating the multiple-topology designed materials as a separate-layer structure is more accurate than treating the structure as a whole.

Development of a New Method for the Effectiveness of Standardized Packing Module (포장모듈 표준화의 효과평가를 위한 척도개발)

  • Choi, Chang-Ho;Kim, Chang-Hyun;Park, Dong-Joo;Kim, Gwang-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1553-1560
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    • 2008
  • The modern logistics has tried not only to convert the conventional packing system into unit load system using pallet but also to enhance the fitness between packing facilities and transport modes. This is based on the goal to reduce total logistics cost using logistics efficiency. Because the packing unit can affect on both loading rate and loading facilities, the basic form of packing unit is very important to the unit load system. In Korea, the standardization of logistics has been centered on pallet, and the basic condition will be continued except of the variety of standardized pallet form. Because of this, to enhance the standardization of pallet, it is necessary to develop new standard size and form of pallet. The object of this study is to develop a new method of collecting the effectiveness of standardized packing module. The new method is based on measure of effectiveness (MOE) which can be developed by expert survey. This study has originality from the fact that the collecting method for effectiveness of pallet standardization has not been developed up to now.

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Computer-Aided Design of Involute Cylindrical Gears for Power Transmission (컴퓨터를 이용한 동력전달용 인벌류우트 원통치차의 설계)

  • 정태형;김민수
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.594-602
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    • 1990
  • A computer-aided design system of involute cylindrical gears(spur and helical gears) for power transmission is developed, in which the volume of a gear unit is minimized with satisfying various design constraints. As the design constraints, bending strength and pitting resistance of AGMA 218.01, scoring of Dudley's flash temperature, contact ratio, and involute interference of pinion are considered and effective factors for strength calculation(life, reliability, hardness ratio, load distribution, velocity, etc.) are also included. This complicated nonlinear optimization problem is solved by using ALM(Augmented-Lagrange-Multiplier) method with self scaling BFGS(Broydon-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno) method employed for unconstrained optimization programming. This design method can be easily applied to designing power transmission gear unit in the machines of various kinds. It is expected for the proposed method to be a contribution for an automated design of gear unit towards weight minimization, miniaturization and high strength of gear unit.

INTERPRETING A SINGLE ANTISTREPTOLYSIN O TEST: A COMPARISON OF THE 'UPPER LIMIT OF NORMAL' AND LIKELIHOOD RATIO METHODS

  • Gray Gregory C.;Struewing Jeffery P.;Hyams Kenneth C.;Escamilla Joel;Tupponce Alan K.;Kaplan Edward L.
    • 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1994.02b
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    • pp.164-168
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    • 1994
  • Single serologic tests may occasionally influence clinicians in making diagnoses. The antistreptolysin O (ASO) test is a frequently used tool for detecting recent Streptococcus pyogenes infection and is helpful in the diagnosis of diseases like rheumatic fever. Using data from a 1989 prospective study of 600 healthy male military recruits, in which 43% experienced S. pyogenes upper respiratory tract infection (2-dilution rise in ASO), this report compared two methods of interpreting a single ASO titer. Using the 'upper limit of normal' (80 percentile) method, recruits with an ASO titer of greater than 400 showed evidence of recent S. pyogenes infection. This method had a sensitivity and specificity of only 65.9 and 81.9% respectively. In contrast to the 'yes-no'. dichotomy of the 'upper limit of normal' method. the likelihood ratio method statistics were ASO value specific, more consistent with clinical judgment, and better emphasized the caution clinicians must use in interpreting a single ASO test.

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Unbalanced Power Sharing for Islanded Droop-Controlled Microgrids

  • Jia, Yaoqin;Li, Daoyang;Chen, Zhen
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.234-243
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    • 2019
  • Studying the control strategy of a microgrid under the load unbalanced state helps to improve the stability of the system. The magnitude of the power fluctuation, which occurs between the power supply and the load, is generated in a microgrid under the load unbalanced state is called negative sequence reactive power $Q^-$. Traditional power distribution methods such as P-f, Q-E droop control can only distribute power with positive sequence current information. However, they have no effect on $Q^-$ with negative sequence current information. In this paper, a stationary-frame control method for power sharing and voltage unbalance compensation in islanded microgrids is proposed. This method is based on the proper output impedance control of distributed generation unit (DG unit) interface converters. The control system of a DG unit mainly consists of an active-power-frequency and reactive-power-voltage droop controller, an output impedance controller, and voltage and current controllers. The proposed method allows for the sharing of imbalance current among the DG unit and it can compensate voltage unbalance at the same time. The design approach of the control system is discussed in detail. Simulation and experimental results are presented. These results demonstrate that the proposed method is effective in the compensation of voltage unbalance and the power distribution.

Interactive Pixel-unit AR Lip Makeup System Using RGB Camera

  • Nam, Hyeongil;Lee, Jeongeun;Park, Jong-Il
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.1042-1051
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we propose an AR (Augmented Reality) lip makeup using bare hands interactively using an RGB camera. Unlike previous interactive makeup studies, this interactive lip makeup system is based on an RGB camera. Also, the system controls the makeup area in pixels, not in polygon-units. For pixel-unit controlling, the system also proposed a 'Rendering Map' that can store the relative position of the touched hand relative to the lip landmarks. With the map, the part to be changed in color can be specified in the current frame. And the lip color of the corresponding area is adjusted, even if the movement of the face changes in the next frame. Through user experiments, we compare quantitatively and qualitatively our makeup method with the conventional polygon-unit method. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method enhances the quality of makeup with a little sacrifice of computational complexity. It is confirmed that natural makeup similar to the actual lip makeup is possible by dividing the lip area into more detailed areas. Furthermore, the method can be applied to make the face makeup of other areas more realistic.

On the Competitive Model among Northeast Asia Port by System Dynamics Method (System Dynamics법을 이용한 동북아항만 경쟁모델에 관한 연구)

  • Yeo, K.T.;Lee, C.Y.
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1998
  • If a system has a large boundary and complexity, forecast's accuracy will be very low when consider the system's substance as black box. Thus, it is necessary that analysis by structure model. To examine competition in Northeast Asia Ports, it has assumed that the form of structure model, For which the System Dynamics method is adapted in this paper. Northeast Asia Ports Model includes five ports - Pusan, Kobe, Yokohama, Kaoshiung, Keelung, - which are adjacent to each other by geographically and has a competition relation. The Northeast Asia Ports Model has several sub-systems which consists of each unit port models. And, each unit port model found by quantitive, qualititive factors and their feedback loops. All effects which components of one port have influence to components of the rest ports must be surveyed in order to construct Northeast Asia Ports Model, but it may be impossible currently. In this paper Northeast Asia Ports Model was simplified by HFP-Hierarchical Fuzzy Process Method-adapted to integration of level variables of unit port model. Container cargo volumes in Northeast Ports Model is distributed by results of HFP method. And distributed container cargo volumes effected to unit port model. Developed model can estimate change of container cargo volumes in competitive relation by alternation of simple parameter, and reflects dynamics characteristics which are included in model.

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Development of Direct Surface Forming Process

  • Cho, Kwang-Hwan;Yoon, Kyung-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2003
  • The backlight unit(BLU) is used as a light source of TFT liquid-crystalline-display (TFT-LCD) module. In this backlight unit, one of important components is the light guide, which is usually made of transparent polymers. Currently the screen-printing method is mainly used for the light guide as a manufacturing process. However, it has limitation to the flexibility of three-dimensional optical design. In the present paper a new alternative manufacturing method for the light guide with low-cost is proposed. This manufacturing method is named as direct surface forming (DSF), which is very similar to the well-known hot embossing except for partial contact between mold and substrate. The results of this new manufacturing method are presented in terms of processing condition, dimensional accuracy, productivity, etc.

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