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Age-related changes in bone metabolism are well established by biochemical markers of bone matrix in serum and urine, but analysis of the residual bone matrix, which is still turning over, has not been investigated. In the present study, we measured in vivo rates of bone protein synthesis using a precursor-product method based on the exchange of ²H from ²H₂O into amino acids. Four percent ²H₂O was administered to mice in drinking water after intraperitonial (i.p) bolus injection of 99.9% ²H₂O. Mice were divided into the two groups: growing young mice were administered 4% ²H₂O for 12 weeks after an i.p bolus injection at 5 week of age, whereas weight stable adult mice started drinking 4% ²H₂O 8 weeks later than the growing group and continued 4% ²H₂O drinking for 8 weeks. Mass isotopomer abundance in alanine from bone protein was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Body ²H₂O enrichments were in the range of 1.88-2.41% over the labeling period. The fractional synthesis rates (ks) of bone protein were 2.000±0.071%/d for growing mice and 0.243±0.014%/d for adult mice. These results demonstrate that the bone protein synthesis rate decreases with age and present direct evidence of age-related changes in bone protein synthesis.

지금까지 저궤도 위성의 자세제어 SW는 자세제어 연산을 위해서 CPU Resource로 있는 FPU를 사용하였으며, 이 결과 SW Throughput의 상당 부분이 행렬 곱셈 연산에 사용 되었다. 향후 위성에서 제어 주기가 더 짧아지고, 연산 량이 증가하면, 심각한 영향을 받을 수 있기 때문에 곱셈 전용 HW구현이 필요하게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 부동소수점 행렬 곱셈을 전용으로 수행하는 HW를 구현 및 성능 측정을 수행한 결과를 제시하며 추가적인 성능 향상을 위한 방법들과 향후 과제를 언급한다.

Until now, AOCS SW has used FPU which is one of CPU resources for satellite attitude control. And most of the SW Throughput was consumed to calculate Matrix Multiply. As SW throughput margin is decreasing seriously with shorter control period and more computational burden at next satellite programs, a dedicated HW matrix multiplier is absolutely required. This paper represents results of HW implementation & performance measurement and mentions several techniques for performance improvement, further works.

IoT시스템 품질확보를 목표로 하는 QoS 관리체계에서 가장 중요한 포인트는 품질 측정체계 설계와 품질평가 제도이 다. 본 연구는 IoT시스템 구조와 기능 진단을 토대로 한 핵심품질 측정용 매트릭스 모델 연구이다. 특히 사물인터넷 (IoT) 환경의 품질측정에 대한 메트릭스를 개발함으로써 사물 인터넷(IoT) 품질 측정/분석을 위한 기초를 제공한다. IoT 시스템 품질평가용 매트릭스는 기능적 요구사항과 품질 요구사항을 하나의 통합 테이블에 기술하여 품질평가를 시행하 는 방법이다. 기능적 요구사항과 품질 요구사항을 종합하여 연관성을 평가함으로써 평가 신뢰도와 활용성을 높일 수 있 다. 제안된 방법 적용 시 IoT 품질은 신호처리, 프로세싱, 네트워킹 기능 등에서 보다 효율적인 품질확보의 토대가 되고 전체적으로 지연을 줄이면서 QoS를 향상 시킬 수 있다.

The most important point in the QoS management system to ensure the quality of the IoT system design goal is quality measurement system and the quality evaluation system. This research study is a matrix model for the IoT based on key quality measures by diagnosis system structure and function. Developing for the quality metrics measured Internet of Things environment will provide the foundation for the Internet of Things quality measurement / analysis. IoT matrix system for quality evaluation is a method to describe the functional requirements and the quality requirements in a single unified table for quality estimation performed. Comprehensive functional requirements and quality requirements by assessing the association can improve the reliability and usability evaluation. When applying the proposed method IoT quality can be improved while reducing the QoS signaling, the processing, the basis for more efficient quality assurances as a whole.

In this paper, a new joint speech encoding scheme based on compressed sensing was proposed. In this encoding algorithms, the compressed sensing reconstruction and PCM (Pulse Coding Modulation) were used for the speech signal encode. For the speech signal, the high frequency and low frequency coefficients can be acquired by using the wavelet transform based on the lifting scheme. For the details coefficients, using a hard threshold to remove the smaller coefficients, the high frequency coefficients are sparse, so the high frequency can be reconstructed with the compressed sensing method. Because the length of the low frequency coefficients is half of the original signal length, the PCM complex of the speech signal can be reduced. Finally, the speech can be approximately recovered with the low frequency PCM coefficients and the high frequency compressed sensing reconstructed coefficients. The experimental results demonstrate the application effectiveness for this encoding scheme in the speech processing fields.

The measurement matrix of compressed sensing has a significant impact for sampling and reconstruction algorithm of the original signal. At present, the majority of the measurement matrix is randomly constructed, and it is difficulty for hardware implementation in the practical applications. In this paper, we use the sparse characteristic of parity- check matrix of LDPC codes, construct measurement matrix based on QC-LDPC (Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check) matrix, which is a structural and sparse deterministic measurement matrix. The simulation results show that, the measurement matrix is proposed in this paper not only can obtain a better reconstructed image quality, but also it can reduce the complexity of hardware implementation for quasi-cyclic.

A polarimetric experimental method was developed to determine the Jones matrix elements of transparent optical materials without sign ambiguity. A set of polarization dependent transmittance data of the samples was measured with polarizer - sample - analyzer system and another set of data was measured with polarizer - sample - quarter-wave plate - analyzer. Two data sets were compared and mathematically analyzed to obtain the correct signs of the elements of the matrix. The Jones matrix elements of a quarter-wave plate were determined to check the validity of the method. The experimentally obtained matrix elements of the quarter-wave plate were consistent with the theoretical expectations. The same method was applied to obtain the Jones matrix elements of a twisted nematic liquid crystal panel.

A feature vectors extracting method for similarity measurement between a referenced sequence and an analyzed sequence is proposed. The referenced sequence and analyzed sequence are compressed into two wavelet matrices by Discrete Orthogonal Wavelet Transform (DOWT), respectively. A singular value vector and the multi-subspaces of the referenced matrix are derived from wavelet matrices by singular value decomposition (SVD). Consequently, a uniform subspace of which all sequences are mutual orthogonal can be constructed by serializing multi-subspaces, and the analyzed feature vectors can also be obtained by inner product transformation between analyzed sequence and all sequences derived from the multi-subspaces. The similarity is measured between the analyzed feature vector and the singular value vector of the referenced sequence. The simulation results show that the proposed method is improved in the dimension, accuracy and anti-noise ability with little sensitivity sacrifice.

Currently Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) has become an essential step in the overall semiconductor wafer fabrication technology. Especially the CMP pad conditioner, one of the diamond tools, is required to have strong diamond cohesion. Strong cohesion between diamond and metal matrix prevents macro scratch on the wafer during CMP Process. Typically the diamond tool has been manufactured by sintered, brazed and electro-plated methods. In this paper, some results will be reported of cohesion between diamond and metal matrix of the diamond tools prepared by three different manufacturing methods. The cohesion force of brazed diamond tool is found stronger than the others. This cohesion force is increased in reverse proportion to the contact area of diamond and metal matrix. The brazed diamond tool has a strong chemical combination of the interlayer composed of Cr in metal matrix and C in diamond, which enhance the interfacial cohesion strength between diamonds and metal matrix.

The approach is based on a phenomenon of lighting on electronic transient response of a PMOLED pixel. It achieves a speedy measurement because of using a compact algorithm; therefore, the method is suitable applied to production lines for examining quality of PMOLEDs panels

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the clinical efficacy of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) immunoassay and tear osmolarity measurement in diagnosing dry eye severity. Methods: Dry eye disease (DED) patients underwent diagnostic tests including MMP-9 assay, tear osmolarity measurement, fluorescein tear breakup time, ocular surface staining, anesthetized Schirmer test, Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire, and slit-lamp examination. The dry eye parameters were compared according to positive MMP-9 status and increased tear osmolarity. The correlation between dry eye profiles and MMP-9 positivity and high tear osmolarity was also analyzed. Results: Those who tested positive in MMP-9 immunoassay had significantly higher corneal fluorescein staining score and worse DED severity than those who tested negative. The intensity of MMP-9 positivity showed positive correlation with the corneal staining score and DED severity. However, DED patients with high tear osmolarity above 308 mOsm/L did not show significantly different dry eye signs and symptoms compared to those with lower tear osmolarity values. Tear osmolarity was associated with ocular surface staining score in severe DED patients. Conclusions: MMP-9 positivity was associated with ocular surface staining and worse dry eye severity. Therefore, it may be used as a useful indicator of disease severity in conjunction to other diagnostic tests.

ED-2523 (Measuring methods for matr ix reflective LCD modules) was published by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) in 2001. Since then, round robin tests had been done and the accuracy of measurement values had been discussed. In this paper, considerations for error factors in four measurement systems are showed.

압축 센싱은 샤논/나이퀴스트 표본화 정리를 만족하는 나이퀴스트 율 보다 더 적은 수의 표본화 주파수로 신호를 획득하더라도 그 신호가 성긴 신호라는 조건 하에 샘플링을 가능하게 하는 신호 처리 기술이다. 일반적으로 측정 예측방식은 작은 블록 크기에서 성능이 좋은 반면에 복원 이미지 품질은 큰 블록으로 복원하는 것이 좋다. 이러한 두 개의 상충하는 속성을 해결하기 위해 압축 센싱은 작은 블록에서 행해지고, 복원은 큰 블록에서 수행하게 되는 구조화된 측정 행렬을 사용하며, 이러한 방법으로 예측과 복원 모두 동시에 개선을 추구한다. 본 논문에서는 구조화된 측정 행렬을 확장함으로써 블록 크기에 따른 다양한 방식이 비교되어진다. 다양한 실험 결과를 통해 $4{\times}4$ 하다마드 행렬을 이용한 구조화된 측정 행렬이 블록 크기가 4의 크기에서 가장 좋은 성능을 보여주었다.

Compressed sensing is a signal processing technique for efficiently acquiring and reconstructing in and under Nyquist rate representation. Generally, the measurement prediction usually works well with a small block while the quality of recovery is known to be better with a large block. In order to overcome this dilemma, conventional research works use a structural measurement matrix with which compressed sensing is done in a small block size but recovery is performed in a large block size. In this way, both prediction and recovery are made to be improved at same time. However, the conventional researches did not compare the performances of the structural measurement matrix, affected by the block size. In this paper, by expanding a structural measurement matrix of conventional works, their performances are compared with different block sizes. Experimental results show that a structural measurement matrix with $4{\times}4$ Hadamard transform matrix provides superior performance in block size 4.

최근 몇 년 동안 급격한 성장과 확산을 거듭하면서 인터넷은 기업의 비즈니스에 있어서 중요한 위치를 차지하게 되었다. 특히 B2B e-마켓플레이스 시장은 큰 거래 규모를 바탕으로 하여 괄목할 만한 성장을 보이며 인터넷 비즈니스의 중심으로 자리 잡고 있다. B2B e-마켓플레이스 도입의 가속화됨에 따라 B2B e-마켓플레이스의 성과평가 문제도 중요하게 인식되고 있으며, 따라서 성과평가에 대한 연구가 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. 따라서 본 연구는 『B2B 네트워크 구축사업』에 참여하고 있는 "업종별 전문 B2B e-마켓플레이스"의 성과를 균형적으로 평가할 수 있는 BSC(Balanced Scorecard)방법론을 활용하여 성과지표를 개발하고, 성과지표 항목과 항목별 중요도를 밝혀내기 위한 연구 방법으로는 기존 문헌에 대한 연역적 연구와 항목별 중요도 도출을 위한 계층분석과정 방법(AHP; Analytic Hierarchy Process)을 사용하였다. 본 연구는 현재까지 연구가 활발하지 않은 B2B e-마켓플레이스의 성과 측정에 대해 연구를 시도하였다는 점과 기존의 균형적 성과 측정 관점에 대해 지식경영과 연관된 혁신역량 및 성장 관점을 강화하였다는 점에서 연구의 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

In recent years, the Internet has taken an important position in business fields through rapid growth and advancement. Particularly in showing eye-opening growth with the large volume of business, the B2B e-marketplace is putting down its roots in the Internet business field. As the introduction of the B2B e-marketplace is speeding up, performance measurement in the B2B e-marketplace is recognized more importantly. Consequently a study of performance measurement is needed. This study has drawn four performance measurement viewpoints, namely- business value, operation process, renovation capability, and growth on the basis of the existing study of balanced performance measurement. I developed 11 Critical success factors and 28 Key performance indicators through a deductive method. I interviewed specialists on the basis of four performance measurement viewpoints, drawing out an importance degree from a vertical type e-market place model and horizontal type e-market place model participating in the B2B networking business. As a result, comparing a model of vertical type e-market place with a model of horizontal type e-market place, it is confirmed that the financial outcome of an outside user's viewpoint is more important than the viewpoint of business measurement on both types of e-marketplaces. Participants in the vertical type e-market place received the results as a cost reduction and productivity improvement through business process reform, participants in the horizontal type e-market place received the results as a sale elevation caused by transaction increase, new market, and customer creation through the introduction of a B2B e-market place, with a conclusion that should measure the results about those in priority. This study revealed the significance of tracking the performance measurement of the B2B e-market place that has not been actively studied, as well as reinforcing the reform capacity and growth viewpoints connected to knowledge management and preexisting measurement viewpoints of balanced performance.

본 논문에서는 온-웨이퍼형 DUT 측정을 위한 입력 터미네이션의 정의방법을 제안하였으며, 제안된 방법으로 새롭게 정의된 입력 터미네이션과 잡음전력비에 기초한 잡음상관행렬 측정방법을 이용, 온-웨이퍼형 DUT의 잡음상관행렬을 측정하였다. 그리고 온-웨이퍼 DUT를 측정하기 위해 웨이퍼 프로브와 바이어스-티가 포함된 잡음측정 구성을 보였다. 온-웨이퍼형 DUT 측정을 위한 입력 터미네이션을 정의하기 위해서는 바이어스-티와 프로브 그리고 open으로 종단된 선로가 결합된 어댑터의 S-파라미터가 필요하며, 이를 위해 1-포트 측정을 통해 어댑터의 2-포트 S-파라미터를 결정하는 방법을 보였다. 이 측정된 어댑터의 S-파라미터 이용, 온-웨이퍼형 DUT 측정을 위한 새로운 입력 터미네이션을 정의하는 방법을 보였다. 제안된 방법으로 1.5 dB의 잡음지수를 갖는 칩 소자의 잡음상관행렬을 측정하였고, 측정된 잡음상관행렬을 이용하여 칩 소자의 잡음 파라미터 결과를 얻었다. 칩 소자의 잡음 파라미터 결과는 칩 소자의 데이터시트에 있는 잡음 파라미터 결과와 유사한 결과를 보였으며, 반복 측정을 통해 측정된 결과가 신뢰할 수 있는 결과임을 보였다.

In this paper, we propose a method for defining the input termination for on-wafer-type device under test (DUT) measurement. Using the newly defined input termination and noise wave correlation matrix (NWCM) measurement method based on noise power ratio, the NWCM of the on-wafer-type DUT was measured. We demonstrate a noise measurement configuration that includes wafer probes and bias tees to measure the on-wafer DUT. The S-parameter of the adapter that combines the bias tee, probe, and a line terminated by open is required to define the input termination for on-wafer DUT measurement. To measure the S-parameter of the adapter, a 2-port S-parameter measurement method using 1-port measurement is introduced. Using the measured S-parameters, a method for defining the new input termination for on-wafer-type DUT measurement is applied. The proposed method involves the measurement of the NWCM of the chip with a 1.5 dB noise figure. The noise parameters of the chip were obtained using the measured NWCM. The results indicate that the obtained values of the noise parameters are similar to those mentioned on a datasheet for the chip. In addition, repeated measurements yielded similar results, thereby confirming the reliability of the measurements.

일반적으로 잡음 측정결과는 회로망분석기의 측정결과에 비해 상당히 큰 불규칙 리플을 보인다. 이에 대한 주 원인은 회로망분석기는 측정 시에 상대적인 전력의 비를 이용하고, 잡음 측정은 절대적인 잡음전력 측정에 의존하기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 잡음측정의 불규칙 리플을 최소화하기 위해서 상대적인 잡음비를 이용한 새로운 잡음상관행렬 측정방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 5개의 입력에 대해 측정된 잡음전력들 중 하나를 기준으로 4개의 상대적인 잡음비를 통해 불규칙 리플을 최소화하고, 이를 이용하여 잡음상관행렬 및 잡음 파라미터를 측정하는 방법이다. 제안된 방법을 이용한 잡음파라미터 측정결과, 수동 DUT인 0.5 dB 감쇠기의 경우, S-파라미터를 이용하여 계산되어진 잡음 파라미터의 이론값과 거의 일치하는 결과를 보였다. 그리고 1 dB 이하의 잡음지수를 갖는 능동 DUT에 대해서도 신뢰할 수 있는 잡음파라미터 측정이 가능함을 보였다.

In general, noise measurement results show larger random ripple than those of the network analyzer. The reason for the lager random ripple of the noise measurements is considered that the general noise measurements uses absolute measured noise powers, while the network analyzer measures using a ratio of the measured powers. In this paper, a novel measurement method of noise correlation matrix using relative noise ratios is proposed. Proposed method measures the five noise powers of DUT for the five input impedance variations and the four relative noise ratios are formed using the five measured noise powers. The four noise ratios are used to compute the noise correlation matrix and noise parameters. The resulting noise parameters for a 0.5 dB attenuator show good agreements with theoretical values calculated by S-parameters. Also, the noise parameters of an active DUT with a noise figure of less than 1 dB are measured and the measured results show a small random ripple as expected and their values are physically acceptable. In conclusion, the proposed method can be applied to the noise parameter measurements for DUT with a noise figure below 1 dB.

This paper presents a new algorithm of optimal measurement system by using band matrix characteristic respectively for state estimation. A performance index of measurement system is established to reflect relation among measurement sets, probability of measurement failure and cost of individual meter installation. Selection ranking in the candidates of measurement sets is composed to guarantee the observability for any any single meter outage. Performance index sensitivity is introduced and recursive formula which based on the matrix inversion lemma used for selection. The proposed algorithm is composed of successive addition algorithm, successive elimination algorithm and combinatorial algorithm. The band matrix characteristic could save in memory requirements and calculate the performance index faster than earlier.

Background and Objectives A Korean Matrix Sentence Test is one of the adaptive testsused to evaluate speech intelligibility in noise. The present study aimed to investigate the influenceof measurement procedure (presentation level and mode) on the Korean matrix sentence-in-noise intelligibility of normal-hearing listeners. Subjects and Method Twenty-seven normal-hearing adults participated in the study. Thespeech reception threshold (SRT) was determined using a software-based adaptive procedure,which converges on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), corresponding to 50% intelligibility. Thespeech or speech-shaped noise was given at three presentation levels based on the previouscategorical loudness judgments (between soft and medium: 55 dB SPL, medium: 65 dB SPL,and loud level: 80 dB SPL). The effect of the presentation mode was explored by fixing eitherthe sentence level or noise level, while the noise or sentence level was adaptively adjusted accordingto the subject’s response. Results The presentation level significantly affected the SRTs, whereas the SRTs did not dependon the presentation mode. The sentence-in-noise intelligibility was similar between 55and 65 dB SPL, yet the sentence-in-noise intelligibility significantly decreased at 80 dB SPLregardless of the presentation mode. Correlation analyses showed moderate to high positivecorrelations among the results of two presentation modes. Conclusion A presentation level of 55 or 65 dB SPL yielded comparable adaptive measurementresults for normal-hearing subjects, yet the sentence-in-nose intelligibility became worseat 80 dB SPL. Clinicians should be careful with the influence of the presentation level whenidentifying speech-in-noise intelligibility.

본 논문에서는 전기 단층 촬영 기법과 같이 많은 양의 데이터에 대해 산술 계산을 수행하는 응용의 수행속도를 개선하기 위하여 이중 CPU PC 상에서 Matlab의 기본연산, 즉 행렬 곱하기, 역행렬 계산, 의사 역행렬 계산 등을 병렬로 수행하는 라이브러리 프로그램을 구현하고 그 성능을 측정한다. 구현된 라이브러리는 행렬의 곱하기, 역행렬 계산, 의사 역행렬 계산 등 기본적인 행렬 연산에 대해 각 CPU에서 수행될 쓰레드를 생성하고 이 쓰레드에 분할 행렬을 인자로 넘겨줌으로써 병렬 계산을 실행하도록 하고 부분 결과를 합성하여 최종적인 결과를 산출하게 된다. 구현된 코드를 수행시켜 속도를 측정한 결과 행렬의 곱하기는 최대 69%, 역행렬은 34.8 %, 의사 역행렬은 52 % 까지 수행시간을 단축시켰다. 이에 의해 전기 단층 촬영 프로그램은 한번의 전류 주입에 대해 영상 복원에 소요되는 시간을 48 %로 감소시켰다.

감쇠가 큰 고분자 복합재료에서 초음파 다중반사파를 이용한 Pulse Echo법, 공진주파수에서 내부마찰계수 측정법과 Rheometer를 이용한 동적탄성계수 측정법을 사용하여 음향감쇠계수를 측정하고 각각의 측정자료를 비교하는 연구를 수행하였다. Pulse Echo법을 이용하여 0.5, 1.0, 2.25MHz에서 음향감쇠계수를 측정하였고, 이때 폴리에틸렌기지 복합재료의 음향감쇠계수는 강화재의 부피분율에 따라 3-15dB/cm 정도로 큰 값을 나타내었다. 폴리에틸렌기지 복합재료를 600kHz 근처에서 공진주파수를 가지도록 시편을 만든 후에 내부마찰계수를 측정한 결과로 계산된 음향감쇠계수는 Pulse Echo 실험에서 구한 값과 잘 일치하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. Rheometer를 이용한 동적탄성계수 측정법은 0.1-100Hz의 주파수에서 측정한 자료를 TTSP 이론을 이용하여 1MHz의 결과와 비교하였는데, 단일 고분자 재료에서는 다른 측정방법과 음향감쇠계수가 일치하였지만 복합재료에서는 음향감쇠계수값이 일치하지 않는 결과를 나타내었다.

잡음지수분석기의 일반적인 교정방법은 잡음전원을 이용하는 방법이다. 이 방법은 교정 시 잡음전원과 잡음지수분석기의 부정합을 고려하지 않기 때문에 측정결과에서 심각한 불규칙 리플을 동반한다. 본 논문에서는 잡음전원과 잡음지수분석기의 부정합을 모두 고려한 새로운 잡음지수분석기의 교정 및 이를 이용한 새로운 잡음상관행렬 측정방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 uncorrected 잡음전력을 이용, 교정하지 않은 잡음지수분석기의 이득과 잡음상관행렬을 결정하였다. 그리고 결정된 이득과 잡음상관행렬을 이용, DUT에 대한 잡음상관행렬 측정결과에서 잡음지수분석기의 영향을 교정하였다. 제안된 방법을 통해, 측정된 DUT의 잡음파라미터는 상대적인 잡음비를 이용한 측정 결과와 같은 정도의 불규칙 리플을 보였다.

The conventional calibration method for a noise figure analyzer is to use a noise source. This method is accompanied by a significant irregular ripple in the measurement results, because it does not consider the mismatch of the noise source and noise figure analyzer during calibration. A novel calibration method of the noise figure analyzer is proposed that considers the mismatch between the noise power and noise figure analyzer. A novel noise correlation matrix measurement technique using this method is also proposed. The method determines the noise correlation matrix and the gain of the uncorrected noise figure analyzer using uncorrected noise powers. Then, having determined the gain and noise correlation matrix, the effects of noise figure analyzers were corrected in the measurement results of the noise correlation matrix for the device under test (DUT). Through the proposed method, the measured noise parameters of a DUT showed the same degree of irregular ripples as the result of using the relative noise ratio.