• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.242-242
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• 2006

Increasingly complex tasks are performed by computers or cellular phone, requiring more and more memory capacity as well as faster and faster processing speeds. This leads to a constant need to develop more highly integrated circuit systems. Therefore, there have been numerous studies by many engineers investigating circuit patterning. In particular, PCB including module/package substrates such as FCB (Flip Chip Board) has been developed toward being low profile, low power and multi-functionalized due to the demands on miniaturization, increasing functional density of the boards and higher performances of the electric devices. Imprint lithography have received significant attention due to an alternative technology for photolithography on such devices. The imprint technique. is one of promising candidates, especially due to the fact that the expected resolution limits are far beyond the requirements of the PCB industry in the near future. For applying imprint lithography to FCB, it is very important to control thermal properties and mechanical properties of dielectric materials. These properties are very dependent on epoxy resin, curing agent, accelerator, filler and curing degree(%) of dielectric materials. In this work, the epoxy composites filled with silica fillers and cured with various accelerators having various curing degree(%) were prepared. The characterization of the thermal and mechanical properties wasperformed by thermal mechanical analysis (TMA), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheometer, an universal test machine (UTM).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.525-532
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• 2016

High-energy linear accelerators are increasingly used in the medical field. However, the unwanted photo-neutrons can also be contributed to the dose delivered to the patients during their treatments. In this study, neutron fluxes were measured in a solid water phantom placed at the isocenter 1-m distance from the head of an18-MV linac using the foil activation method. The produced activities were measured with a calibrated well-type Ge detector. From the measured fluxes, the total neutron fluence was found to be $(1.17{\pm}0.06){\times}10^7n/cm^2$ per Gy at the phantom surface in a $20{\times}20cm^2$ X-ray field size. The maximum photo-neutron dose was measured to be $0.67{\pm}0.04$ mSv/Gy at $d_{max}=5cm$ depth in the phantom at isocenter. The present results are compared with those obtained for different field sizes of $10{\times}10cm^2$, $15{\times}15cm^2$, and $20{\times}20cm^2$ from 10-, 15-, and 18-MV linacs. Additionally, ambient neutron dose equivalents were determined at different locations in the room and they were found to be negligibly low. The results indicate that the photo-neutron dose at the patient position is not a negligible fraction of the therapeutic photon dose. Thus, there is a need for reduction of the contaminated neutron dose by taking some additional measures, for instance, neutron absorbing-protective materials might be used as aprons during the treatment.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.875-883
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• 2015

The use of subcritical aqueous homogenous reactors driven by accelerators presents an attractive alternative for producing $^{99}Mo$. In this method, the medical isotope production system itself is used to extract $^{99}Mo$ or other radioisotopes so that there is no need to irradiate common targets. In addition, it can operate at much lower power compared to a traditional reactor to produce the same amount of $^{99}Mo$ by irradiating targets. In this study, the neutronic performance and $^{99}Mo$, $^{89}Sr$, and $^{131}I$ production capacity of a subcritical aqueous homogenous reactor fueled with low-enriched uranyl nitrate was evaluated using the MCNPX code. A proton accelerator with a maximum 30-MeV accelerating power was used to run the subcritical core. The computational results indicate a good potential for the modeled system to produce the radioisotopes under completely safe conditions because of the high negative reactivity coefficients of the modeled core. The results show that application of an optimized beam window material can increase the fission power of the aqueous nitrate fuel up to 80%. This accelerator-based procedure using low enriched uranium nitrate fuel to produce radioisotopes presents a potentially competitive alternative in comparison with the reactor-based or other accelerator-based methods. This system produces ~1,500 Ci/wk (~325 6-day Ci) of $^{99}Mo$ at the end of a cycle.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1289-1296
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• 2021

In this study, an electron-scattering device was fabricated to practically use the ultra-high dose rate electron beams for the FLASH preclinical research in Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences. The Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences has been involved in the investigation of linear accelerators for preclinical research and has recently implemented FLASH electron beams. To determine the geometry of the scattering device for the FLASH preclinical research with a 6-MeV linear accelerator, the Monte Carlo N-particle transport code was exploited. By employing the fabricated scattering device, the off-axis and depth dose distributions were measured with radiochromic films. The generated mean energy of electron beams via the scattering device was 4.3 MeV, and the symmetry and flatness of the off-axis dose distribution were 0.11% and 2.33%, respectively. Finally, the doses per pulse were obtained as a function of the source to surface distance (SSD); the measured dose per pulse varied from 4.0 to 0.2 Gy/pulse at an SSD range of 20-90 cm. At an SSD of 30 cm with a 100-Hz repetition rate, the dose rate was 180 Gy/s, which is sufficient for the preclinical FLASH studies.

• 지질동맥경화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.98-109
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• 2018

Objective: To examine the effects of sodium intake on the correlations between the saltsensitive gene ${\alpha}$-adducin 1 (ADD1) and inflammatory cytokines in Korean childhood obesity. Methods: A total of 2,070 students aged 8-9 years old participated in this study. The anthropometrics, serum biochemistry profile, inflammatory cytokines, and three-day dietary assessment were analyzed according to sex, obesity degree, and ADD1 polymorphism. Results: The obesity prevalence was higher in boys (15.6%) than in girls (11.9%). Boys also showed higher values in anthropometrics; lipid, glucose, and insulin profiles; total calorie intakes, as well as those of sodium and calcium compared with those of the girls. The more obese were boys and girls, the higher were the anthropometrics and the blood levels (total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting blood sugar, and insulin), but the lower was high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The obese boys had significantly higher sodium and Na/K intakes, while the obese girls had higher visfatin level and Na/K intake. In addition, an increase in the risk factors for blood pressure and obesity in ADD1 variants was identified. Serum tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$($TNF-{\alpha}$) significantly increased with increasing sodium intake in the ADD1 W allele carriers, regardless of sex. The presence of obesity with the ADD1 W allele induced inflammatory accelerators such as $TNF-{\alpha}$ or C-reactive protein(CRP) with higher sodium intake. Conclusion: Obese children with an ADD1w allele can experience a more complex form of obesity than non-obese when exposed to an obesity-inducing environment and need to be controlled sodium intake in the diet.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4142-4159
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• 2019

We have developed composite measures of supercomputer technology, reflecting various factors of supercomputers using Martino's scoring model. CPUs, accelerators, memory, interconnection networks, and power consumption are chosen as factors of the model. The weight values of the factors are derived based on a survey of 129 domestic and international experts. The measured values are then standardized to integrate measurement units of the factors in the model. This model has been applied to 50 supercomputers, and rank correlation analysis was performed using representative measures. As a consequence, the ranking drastically changes except for the 1st and 2nd supercomputers on the TOP500. In addition, the characteristics of memory and interconnection networks influence the ranking, and the results demonstrate that the proposed model has low correlations with HPL and HPCG but a high correlation with Green500. This indicates that power consumption is an important factor that has a significant effect on the measures of supercomputer technology. In addition, it is determined that the differences between the HPL ranking and the proposed model ranking are influenced by power consumption, CPU theoretical peak performance, and main memory bandwidth in order of significance. In conclusion, the composite measures proposed in this study are more suitable for comprehensively describing supercomputer technology than existing performance measures. The findings of this study are expected to support decision making related to management and policy in the procurement and operation of supercomputers.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.123-136
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• 2018

The complex dose distribution and dose transfer characteristics of intensity-modulated radiotherapy increase the importance of precise beam data measurement and review in the acceptance inspection and preparation stages. In this study, we propose a process map for the introduction and installation of high-precision radiotherapy devices and present items and guidelines for risk management at the acceptance test procedure (ATP) and commissioning stages. Based on the ATP of the Varian and Elekta linear accelerators, the ATP items were checked step by step and compared with the quality assurance (QA) test items of the AAPM TG-142 described for the medical accelerator QA. Based on the commissioning procedure, dose quality control protocol, and mechanical quality control protocol presented at international conferences, step-by-step check items and commissioning guidelines were derived. The risk management items at each stage were (1) 21 ionization chamber performance test items and 9 electrometer, cable, and connector inspection items related to the dosimetry system; (2) 34 mechanical and dose-checking items during ATP, 22 multileaf collimator (MLC) items, and 36 imaging system items; and (3) 28 items in the measurement preparation stage and 32 items in the measurement stage after commissioning. Because the items presented in these guidelines are limited in terms of special treatment, items and practitioners can be modified to reflect the clinical needs of the institution. During the system installation, it is recommended that at least two clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMP) perform a double check in compliance with the two-person rule. We expect that this result will be useful as a radiation safety management tool that can prevent radiation accidents at each stage during the introduction of radiotherapy and the system installation process.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.561-564
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• 2014

한국의 기초과학연구원(IBS) 산하 중이온가속기구축사업단(RISP)은 희귀동위원소가속기시설을 구축하고 있다. 가속기 제어 시스템에 사용하게 될 다양한 장비와 모든 장치들은 이더넷 환경을 통해 연결되기 때문에 통합된 네트워크 기반의 제어 시스템을 구축하는 것이 필요하다. 하지만 시설의 복잡성으로 인해 네트워크 보안과 장비 응답속도를 충족시켜줄 최적화된 장비 설치 위치를 선정하는 것이 어렵다. 각 장비의 역할에 맞게 최적화된 위치를 찾아내며, 가속기 제어시스템에 사용될 실시간 분산 제어 시스템인 EPICS(Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) 통합을 위한 초기 연구단계인 본 연구는 이상적인 네트워크 환경에서 네트워크 기반 장비들을 SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol)를 이용한 장비 모니터링에 관한 연구이다. 덧붙여, SNMP와 입자가속기, 천체망원경 그리고 큰 과학 실험에서 사용되는 실시간 분산 제어 시스템인 EPICS의 통합 계획을 논한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.1139-1145
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• 2019

한정된 위성통신망 자원을 효율적으로 사용하기 위해서는 통신망에 대한 성능과 사용량을 파악하는 것이 우선이다. 본 논문에서는 K-water 홍수예보 경보망으로 운영 중인 위성통신시스템에서 시스템의 운영 효율성과 안정성을 분석하기 위하여, 중심국과 관측국간에 다운로드 및 업로드의 속도를 측정하는 FTP 및 핑 시험과 네트워크 트래픽 분석 방법을 도입하였다. 도입한 시험방법에 의한 전송속도를 측정한 결과, TCP 가속기의 영향은 관측국에서 다운로드시 120% 속도 향상이 되었으며, 데이터의 크기에 따른 차이가 발생하였고, 트래픽 분석에서는 네트워크상에 접속되는 프로토콜 종류와 사용량을 파악하였다. 도입한 위성수문관측시스템의 성능 시험 및 트래픽 분석을 통하여 위성통신시스템의 환경보완 및 개선점을 도출하여 통신망의 운영 효율성과 안정성 향상을 기대할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1403-1408
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• 2021

AI 프로세서를 FPGA 기반으로 구현하는 연구가 최근 활발하게 진행되고 있다. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) 는 AI 프로세서가 수행하는 기본적인 연산 구조로서 매우 방대한 양의 곱셈을 필요로 한다. CNN 추론 연산에서 사용되는 곱셈 계수는 상수라는 점과 FPGA 은 특정 계수에 맞춰진 곱셈기 설계가 용이하다는 점에 착안하여 곱셈기를 최적화 구현할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 본 방법은 2의 보수와 분배법칙을 활용하여 곱셈 계수에서 값이 1인 비트의 개수를 최소화하여 필요한 적층 덧셈기의 개수를 절감한다. CNN 을 FPGA 에 구현한 실제 예제에 본 방법을 적용해본 결과 로직 사용량은 최대 30.2%까지, 신호 전달 지연은 최대 22%까지 줄어들었다. ASIC 전용 칩으로 구현할 경우에도 하드웨어 면적은 최대 35%까지, 신호 전달 지연은 최대 19.2%까지 줄어드는 것으로 나타났다.