• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 채널추정 에러와 다중 전송률 서비스를 고려하여 다중 엑세스포인트 전송전력제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 실제 통신시스템에서는 1) 채널추정을 위해 사용하는 파일럿심볼의 갯수가 제한적이기 때문에, 수신단에서 채널추정이 완전하지 않으며, 2) 다중 전송률 서비스가 지원된다. 먼저, 제안하는 알고리즘이 다중 전송률 서비스 환경에서도 유일한 최소전력에 수렴함이 보장됨을 이론적으로 증명한다. 제안하는 전송전력제어 알고리즘은 하나의 내부루프와 하나의 외부루프로 구성된다. 실험결과를 통해 1) 내부루프 알고리즘은 전송전력 레벨의 수렴과 다중 전송률 서비스를 보장하고, 2) 외부루프 알고리즘은 채널추정 에러를 보상할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.184-193
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• 2021

Purpose: This study attempted to develop clinical guidelines to help patients use hospice and palliative care (HPC) at an appropriate time after writing physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) by identifying the characteristics of HPC use of patients with terminal cancer. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted to understand the characteristics of HPC use of patients with terminal cancer through decision tree analysis. The participants were 394 terminal cancer patients who were hospitalized at a cancer-specialized hospital in Seoul, South Korea and wrote POLST from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021. Results: The predictive model for the characteristics of HPC use showed three main nodes (living together, pain control, and period to death after writing POLST). The decision tree analysis of HPC use by terminal cancer patients showed that the most likely group to use HPC use was terminal cancer patients who had a cohabitant, received pain control, and died 2 months or more after writing a POLST. The probability of HPC usage rate in this group was 87.5%. The next most likely group to use HPC had a cohabitant and received pain control; 64.8% of this group used HPC. Finally, 55.1% of participants who had a cohabitant used HPC, which was a significantly higher proportion than that of participants who did not have a cohabitant (1.7%). Conclusion: This study provides meaningful clinical evidence to help make decisions on HPC use more easily at an appropriate time.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.86-109
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• 2019

Cloud computing systems' performance is still a central focus of research for determining optimal resource utilization. Running several existing benchmarks simultaneously serves to acquire performance information from specific cloud system resources. However, the complexity of monitoring the existing performance of computing systems is a challenge requiring an efficient and interactive user directing performance-monitoring system. In this paper, we propose an effective multivariate control framework for monitoring cloud systems performance. The proposed framework utilizes the hardware cloud systems performance metrics, collects and displays the performance measurements in terms of meaningful graphics, stores the graphical information in a database, and provides the data on-demand without requiring a third party software. We present performance metrics in terms of CPU usage, RAM availability, number of cloud active machines, and number of running processes on the selected machines that can be monitored at a high control level by either using a cloud service customer or a cloud service provider. The experimental results show that the proposed framework is reliable, scalable, precise, and thus outperforming its counterparts in the field of monitoring cloud performance.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2022

Squid is a sustainable source of long-chain omega 3 fatty acids. This study aims to assess the safety and triglyceride-lowering efficacy of refined oil derived from the squid(Todarodes pacificus) viscera. Male and female participants with elevated fasting serum lipids (i.e., total cholesterol of ≥5.2 mmol/L or fasting serum triglyceride of ≥1.65 mmol/L) were randomly allocated to the control (n = 52) or squid oil group (n = 52), and participants in the latter group were instructed to consume 3 g of squid oil daily for 60 days. None of the subjects reported adverse events associated with the consumption of squid oil. Baseline clinical chemistry and hematological parameter values and those toward the end of the treatment period were similar, and all values were within the normal range. Fasting cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the control and squid oil groups were similar; however, toward the end of the 60 day study period, these levels significantly reduced in the squid oil group relative to those in the control group (P< 0.01). However, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol remained unchanged in both groups. Thus, it can be inferred that squid oil is a safe source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and has beneficial effects on the blood lipid levels. This is the first clinical study on squid oil usage, and suggests that it could be a sustainable source of omega 3 fatty acids.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.18.1-18.9
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• 2022

Objectives: This study evaluated alterations in neuronal conductivity related to calcium silicate cements (CSCs) by investigating compound action potentials (cAPs) in rat sciatic nerves. Materials and Methods: Sciatic nerves were placed in a Tyrode bath and cAPs were recorded before, during, and after the application of test materials for 60-minute control, application, and recovery measurements, respectively. Freshly prepared ProRoot MTA, MTA Angelus, Biodentine, Endosequence RRM-Putty, BioAggregate, and RetroMTA were directly applied onto the nerves. Biopac LabPro version 3.7 was used to record and analyze cAPs. The data were statistically analyzed. Results: None of the CSCs totally blocked cAPs. RetroMTA, Biodentine, and MTA Angelus caused no significant alteration in cAPs (p > 0.05). Significantly lower cAPs were observed in recovery measurements for BioAggregate than in the control condition (p < 0.05). ProRoot MTA significantly but transiently reduced cAPs in the application period compared to the control period (p < 0.05). Endosequence RRM-Putty significantly reduced cAPs. Conclusions: Various CSCs may alter cAPs to some extent, but none of the CSCs irreversibly blocked them. The usage of fast-setting CSCs during apexification or regeneration of immature teeth seems safer than slow-setting CSCs due to their more favorable neuronal effects.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2007

현재 그리드 환경에서 자원 접근 제어에 관련된 다양한 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 대부분 그리드 자원에 대한 접근 권한은 사용자의 특성 및 역할에만 맞춰 부여되도록 설계되었다. 그러나 그리드가 활성화되기 위해서는 비즈니스 모델 측면에서 자원 접근 제어가 이뤄져야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 그리드 어카운팅 정보에 의해 구동되는 자원 접근 제어를 실시할 수 있는 아키텍처를 제안한다. 그리드 작업에 대한 어카운팅 정보를 수집하고, 이를 토대로 처리비용을 산출한다. 만약 사용자의 가용 자금이 처리비용보다 부족할 경우, 자원 접근 제어 정책에 따라 그리드 작업을 제어하게 된다. 최종적으로 그리드 작업이 완료되면, 사용자는 자원 제공자의 자원 사용에 대한 과금을 지불하게 된다. 그럼으로, 자원 제공자는 유휴 자원들을 활용하기 위해 자발적으로 참여함으로써 그리드에 안정적인 자원을 공급하게 된다. 그리고 그리드에 참여하는 조직체들의 자원 접근 정책을 보장함으로써, 경제 원리에 준하는 유틸리티 컴퓨팅 환경을 실현할 수 있는 연구로 평가된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.359-371
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• 2018

Strong seismic events commonly cause large drift and deformation, and functionality failures in the superstructures. One way to prevent functionality failures is to design structures which are ductile and flexible through yielding when subjected to strong ground excitations. By developing forces that assist motion as "negative stiffness forces", yielding can be achieved. In this paper, we adopt the weakening and damping method to achieve a new approach to reduce all of the structural responses by further adjusting damping phase. A semi-active control system is adopted to perform the experiments. In this adaptation, negative stiffness forces through certain devices are used in weakening phase to reduce structural strength. Magneto-rheological (MR) dampers are then added to preserve stability of the structure. To adjust the voltage in MR dampers, an inverse model is employed in the control system to command MR dampers and generate the desired control forces, where a velocity control algorithm produces initial required control force. An extensive numerical study is conducted to evaluate proposed methodology by using the smart base-isolated benchmark building. Totally, nine control systems are examined to study proposed strategy. Based on the numerical results of seven earthquakes, the use of proposed strategy not only reduces base displacements, base accelerations and base shear but also leads to reduction of accelerations and inter story drifts of the superstructure. Numerical results shows that the usage of inverse model produces the desired regulated damping, thus improving the stability of the structure.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1881-1900
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• 2014

Since 802.11 wireless LANs are so widely used, it has become common for numerous access points (APs) to overlap in a region, where most of those APs are managed individually without any coordinated control. This pattern of wireless LAN usage is called the private OBSS (Overlapping Basic Service Set) environment in this paper. Due to frame collisions across BSSs, each BSS in the private OBSS environment suffers severe performance degradation. This study approaches the problem from the perspective of congestion control rather than noise or collision resolution. The retry limit, one of the 802.11 attributes, could be used for traffic control in conjunction with TCP. Reducing the retry limit causes early discard of a frame, and it has a similar effect of random early drops at a router, well known in the research area of congestion control. It makes the shared link less crowded with frames, and then the benefit of fewer collisions surpasses the penalty of less strict error recovery. As a result, the network-wide performance improves and so does the performance of each BSS eventually. Reducing the retry limit also has positive effects of merging TCP ACKs and reducing HOL-like blocking time at the AP. Extensive experiments have validated the idea that in the OBSS environment, reducing the retry limit provides better performance, which is contrary to the common wisdom. Since our strategy is basically to sacrifice error recovery for congestion control, it could yield side-effects in an environment where the cost of error recovery is high. Therefore, to be useful in general network and traffic environments, adaptability is required. To prove the feasibility of the adaptive scheme, a simple method to dynamically adjust the value of the retry limit has been proposed. Experiments have shown that this approach could provide comparable performance in unfriendly environments.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.743-744
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• 2016

현재 그린에너지로 부상하고 있는 태양광발전으로 인하여 많은 시설의 전력을 태양광으로 대체함으로 많은 에너지 및 공해 및 환경오염 요소를 줄여나가고 있다. 지금도 많은 연구가 되고 있으며 각종 응용분야에 접목을 시도하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 태양광 패널을 간판과 융합하여 낮에는 에너지를 생성하고 밤에는 간판 역할을 함으로 간판에 사용되는 에너지를 보다 절약 할 수 있는 장점을 가진다 또한 낮 시간때에는 천막과 같은 역할을 함과 동시에 에너지를 발전함으로 사용 용도가 높을 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2004

최근 들어 가장 경제적인 에너지원 중의 하나인 가스의 사용이 확대되고 있으나 안전관리 미숙으로 수많은 가스사고가 발생하고 있다. 가스사고의 중요한 원인은 현행 가스안전제어시스템이 수동제어 매카니즘에 크게 의존하는데 있다 본 논문에서는 현장의 가스농도감지에서부터 차단밸브 제어까지 일련의 핵심적인 기능을 컴퓨터에 의해 자동화하고, 통합적으로 관리하기 위한 프로토 타입을 설계하고 구현하였다. 이러한 자동화 시스템은 디지털 네트워크로 연결되기 때문에 원격 제어가 가능하다는 특징이 있다. 특히, 본 논문에서 제안한 자동화 안전 시스템은 가스누출에 대한 상황파악 및 이에 대한 대처가 실시간대에 이루어지기 때문에 사고의 위험성과 피해를 대폭적으로 경감할 수 있다.