• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2008

In this paper, an iterative multiple symbol differential detection for turbo coded differential unitary space-time modulation using a posteriori probability (APP) demodulator is investigated. Two approaches of different complexity based on linear prediction are presented to utilize the temporal correlation of fading for the APP demodulator. The first approach intends to take account of all possible previous symbols for linear prediction, thus requiring an increase of the number of trellis states of the APP demodulator. In contrast, the second approach applies Viterbi algorithm to assist the APP demodulator in estimating the previous symbols, hence allowing much reduced decoding complexity. These two approaches are found to provide a trade-off between performance and complexity. It is shown through simulation that both approaches can offer significant BER performance improvement over the conventional differential detection under both correlated slow and fast Rayleigh flat-fading channels. In addition, when comparing the first approach to a modified bit-interleaved turbo coded differential space-time modulation counterpart of comparable decoding complexity, the proposed decoding structure can offer performance gain over 3 dB at BER of $10^{-5}$.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회 논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2005

디클러스터링과 병렬 색인 구조는 효과적인 대용량 데이터의 검색을 위한 데이터베이스의 중요한 연구 분야이다. 기존의 연구에서 다중 디스크에서 다양한 방법들을 이용하여 R-tree등의 색인을 위한 다양한 방법들이 제시되었으나, 이에 적절한 검색 기법에 관한 연구는 거의 없었다. 이 연구에서는 기존의 연구에서 제시된 병렬 공간 색인 구조에서 검색 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 새로운 검색 기법을 제시한다. 제시된 기법은 디스크로부터 동시에 여러 개의 노드를 읽어 들일 수 있는 병렬 디스크의 장점을 최대한 활용한 기법이다. 기존의 한번에 한 노드를 읽는 알고리즘을 개선하여 여러 노드를 동시에 접근하기 위한 최적화된 기법이다 실험을 통하여 제시된 기법은 기존의 연구에서 제시된 알고리즘들을 검색 기법의 변경을 통하여 최대 40%이상의 성능 향상을 유발함을 입증하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.223-232
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• 2003

This paper presents a new method driving multiple robots to their goal position without collision. Each robot adjusts its motion based on the information on the goal location, velocity, and position of the robot and the velocity and position of the .other robots. To consider the movement of the robots in a work area, we adopt the concept of avoidability measure. The avoidability measure figures the degree of how easily a robot can avoid other robots considering the following factors: the distance from the robot to the other robots, velocity of the robot and the other robots. To implement the concept in moving robot avoidance, relative distance between the robots is derived. Our method combines the relative distance with an artificial potential field method. The proposed method is simulated for several cases. The results show that the proposed method steers robots to open space anticipating the approach of other robots. In contrast, the usual potential field method sometimes fails preventing collision or causes hasty motion, because it initiates avoidance motion later than the proposed method. The proposed method can be used to move robots in a robot soccer team to their appropriate position without collision as fast as possible.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2094-2114
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• 2022

Due to the wide application of fifth generation communication, wireless sensor networks have become an indispensable part in our daily life. In this paper, we analyze physical layer security for two-way relay with energy harvesting (EH), where power splitter is considered at relay. And two kinds of combined methods, i.e., selection combining (SC) and maximum ratio combining (MRC) schemes, are employed at eavesdropper. What's more, the closed-form expressions for security performance are derived. For comparison purposes, this security behaviors for orthogonal multiple access (OMA) networks are also investigated. To gain deeper insights, the end-to-end throughput and approximate derivations of secrecy outage probability (SOP) under the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime are studied. Practical Monte-Carlo simulative results verify the numerical analysis and indicate that: i) The secure performance of SC scheme is superior to MRC scheme because of being applied on eavesdropper; ii) The secure behaviors can be affected by various parameters like power allocation coefficients, transmission rate, etc; iii) In the low and medium SNR region, the security and channel capacity are higher for cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems in contrast with OMA systems; iv) The systematic throughput can be improved by changing the energy conversion efficiency and power splitting factor. The purpose of this study is to provide theoretical direction and design of secure communication.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.429-437
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• 2023

This paper studied the prediction of structural damage indices to buildings after earthquake occurrence using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Fuzzy Linear Regression (FLR) methods. Particularly, the structural damage degree, represented by the Maximum Inter Story Drift Ratio (MISDR), is an essential factor that ensures the safety of the building. Thus, the seismic response of a steel building was evaluated, utilizing 65 seismic accelerograms as input signals. Among the several response quantities, the focus is on the MISDR, which expresses the postseismic damage status. Using MLR and FLR methods and comparing the outputs with the corresponding evaluated by nonlinear dynamic analyses, it was concluded that the FLR method had the most accurate prediction results in contrast to the MLR method. A blind prediction applying a set of another 10 artificial accelerograms also examined the model's effectiveness. The results revealed that the use of the FLR method had the smallest average percentage error level for every set of applied accelerograms, and thus it is a suitable modeling tool in earthquake engineering.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.369-386
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine which aspects of coresident intergenerational relationships were associated with the life satisfaction of unmarried children in established adulthood and of their parents. In this study, the coresident relationship characteristics included support exchange, emotion, interference-conflict, and perceptions of coresidence. Data were collected from (a) 250 never-married adults who were 35+ years old and lived in Seoul with at least one parent aged 75 years or younger and (b) 250 older adults who were 75 years old or younger and had at least one unmarried child aged 35+ years living in the same household. Our multiple regression analysis of unmarried children showed that the adult child's financial support, the adult child's psychological reliance on parents, the parent's psychological reliance on the child, and relationship quality were significantly related to higher levels of life satisfaction. In contrast, the parent's daily interference, daily conflicts, and anticipation of future care of parents were related to lower levels of life satisfaction. Second, the characteristics that were positively associated with the parent's life satisfaction were the parent's instrumental support, relationship quality, the coresident child's daily interference, positive perceptions of intergenerational coresidence, and expectation of future care of parents. In contrast, the parent's financial support, daily conflicts with the child, and taking intergenerational coresidence for granted were negatively related to the parent's life satisfaction. This study advances our understanding of coresidence between unmarried children in established adulthood and their older parents by focusing on the multiple aspects of intergenerational coresidence.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권1A호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2010

다중채널 신호처리 알고리즘은 사용 주파수 대역의 가변성, 효율적인 전송전력 할당, 서로 다른 전송률과 대역을 요구하는 서비스 형태를 충족시키기 위한 가변 주파수 대역 변환을 요구한다. 본 논문에서는 다중채널 반송파 신호의 가변 주파수 대역 변환을 위해 시간 영역의 윈도우 함수와 DFT(Discrete Fourier Transform)를 이용한 다중채널 신호처리 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 기존의 주파수 영역에서 대역통과 신호처리를 하는 다중채널 신호처리 알고리즘과 달리, 시간 영역에서 윈도우 함수를 사용한 블록 신호처리를 하기 때문에 기존의 주파수 영역에서 신호처리 방식보다 연산이 간단하며 효율적인 주파수 변환을 할 수 있다. 전산모의 실험을 통해 제안한 알고리즘의 출력신호 복원과 가변 주파수 대역 변환이 효율적으로 이루어지는 것을 보였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.486-490
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• 2015

이차원 초음파는 심장 기능의 평가에 있어 널리 이용되어지고 있다. 심혈관계 질환의 진단을 위해서는 좌심실 내강의 영상화가 필수적이다. SonoVue$^{TM}$는 육불화황 가스로 안정화된 새로 나온 조영제이다. 현재 이 초음파 조영제를 이용하여 활발한 연구가 진행되고 있으나, 개에서 진단을 위한 가장 효율적인 용량에 대한 연구가 없었다. 이 연구의 목적은 SonoVue$^{TM}$ 조영제를 이용하여 좌심실 내강의 영상화에 있어 효율적인 용량을 찾는데 있다. 열 마리의 건강한 비글 성견을 실험에 이용하였다. 본 연구에서는 조영제의 용량을 각 0.03 ml/kg, 0.05 ml/kg 그리고 0.1 ml/kg 으로 사용하여 각 용량에서의 좌심실 내강의 영상화 되는 시간을 비교하였다. 내강이 영상화되는 시간의 측정은 segmental score를 이용하였다. Segmental score법은 좌심실 내강을 6개의 가상의 구역으로 나누고 각 구역이 영상화되는 것을 수치화 하는 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 일반적으로 유의성이 있다고 할 수있는 segmental score가 5이상일 때의 시간을 측정하였다. 그리고 재연성의 평가를 위해 3명의 관찰자가 실험에 동참하였다. 측정치의 통계분석은 SPSS 14.0버전에서 일원배치 분산분석과 Scheffe 다중 비교를 이용하였다. 각 용량에서(0.03 ml/kg, 0.05 ml/kg, 0.1 ml/kg) 좌심실이 영상화 되는 평균 시간은 3.54초, 6.15초, 24.39초로 나타났다. 표준편차는 각 용량별 2.14124, 2.61205, 11.09802로 나타났다. 실험에 참여한 모든 동물에서 과민 반응, 심마진, 혈관 부종 등의 부작용이 나타나지 않았다. 결론적으로 소노뷰 조영제를 이용하여 좌심실 내강의 영상화시 가장 효율적인 조영제의 용량은 단위체중당 0.1 ml/kg이며, 이 용량에서 재연성 역시 가장 높았다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2015

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill pediatric patients has been reported as increasing to 25 %, depending on population characteristics. The etiology of AKI has changed over the last 10-20 years from primary renal disease to the renal conditions associated with systemic illness. The AKI in pediatric population is associated with increased mortality and morbidity, and prevention is needed to reduce the consequence of AKI. It is known that the most important risk factors for AKI in critically ill pediatric patients are clinical conditions to be associated with decreased renal blood flow, direct renal injury, and illness severity. Renal hypoperfusion leads to neurohormonal activation including renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, sympathetic nervous system, antidiuretic hormone, and prostaglandins. Prolonged renal hypoperfusion can result in acute tubular necrosis. The direct renal injury can be predisposed under the condition of renal hypoperfusion, and appropriate treatment of volume depletion is important to prevent AKI. The preventable causes of AKI include contrast-induced nephropathy, hemodynamic instability, inappropriate mediation use, and multiple nephrotoxic insults. Given the evidence of preventable factors for AKI, several actions such as the use of protocol for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy, appropriate treatment of volume depletion, vigorous treatment of sepsis, avoidance of combinations of nephrotoxic medications, and monitoring of levels of drugs should be recommended.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.428-430
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• 2014

Isolated traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the basilar artery are extremely rare but often fatal resulting in a mortality rate as high as 50%. A 51-year-old man presented with craniofacial injury after blunt trauma. A brain computed tomography (CT) scan showed thick basal subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with multiple craniofacial fractures, while CT angiography revealed contrast extravasation at the distal basilar artery with pseudoaneurysm formation. After this primary survey, the condition of the patient suddenly deteriorated. Conventional angiography confirmed the contrast extravasation resulted from pseudoaneurysm formation, which was successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization. Decompressive craniectomy and coma therapy with propofol were also performed. However, the patient died on the 7th hospital day because of the poor initial clinical condition. The current case is the first report of acute pseudoaneurysm rupture arising from the basilar artery within the first day after trauma. Our findings suggest the possibility that pseudoaneurysm rupture should be considered if brain CT shows thick traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage on the basal cistern with a basal skull fracture.