개선된 MRME 알고리즘을 이용한 H.264 움직임 추정기 설계 및 FPGA 검증

진군선,강진아,임재윤 제주대학교 공과대학 첨단기술연구소 2004 尖端技術硏究所論文集 Vol.15 No.2

This paper presents an architectural enhancement to reduce the data load of the Multi-Resolution motion estimation. Our approch is based on eliminating unnecessary data load using memory reuse. New hardware architecture for integer-pel ME(motion estimation) dedicated to H.264/AVC is proposed. The proposed architecture supports all 7 modes (16x16, 16x8, 8x16, 8x8, 8x4, 4x8, and 4x4) for variable block size ME. The features of our design are 2-D PE(processing element) array and SAD merging scheme. A pipelined and shared datapath architecture for motion estimation unit are designed to improve the system performance at the reduced hardware complexity.

광주광역시 치매의 유병률과 위험인자의 도시-농촌 지역 비교

신일선,김재민,윤진상,김석재,양수진,김웅장,이승현,강순아,곽지영,이형영 大韓神經精神醫學會 2002 신경정신의학 Vol.41 No.6

연구목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 광주광역시의 도시 및 농촌 지역에 거주하는 노인에서 치매의 유병률과 위험인자를 조사하고자 하였다. 부가적으로 이 두 지역간에 치매의 유병률과 위험인자를 비교하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 광주광역시의 전형적인 도시와 농촌지역의 65세 이상의 노인(N=1,598)을 대상으로, 2단계의 역학연구를 수행하였다. 1차 선별 단계에서는 38명의 훈련된 연구보조원이 대상노인을 면담하여, 사회인구학적 특징을 조사하고 한국판 간이정신상태검사(Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination ; MMSE-K)로 평가하였다. 2차 임상 진단 단계에서는 1차 단계에서 MMSE-K 점수가 24점 이하인 노인(N=431)을 대상으로, 전문연구팀의 임상적 평가를 통해 치매를 진단하고 원인질환별로 알쯔하이머병(Alzheimer's disease ; AD), 혈관성 치매(vascular dementia ; VaD) 및 기타 치매로 분류하였다. 대상노인에서 치매의 유병률을 측정한 후, 광주광역시 전체 노인의 연령보정 유병률을 산출하였다. 전체 대상에서 AD의 위험인자를 조사한 후, 도시와 농촌군으로 나누어 분석을 다시 시행하였다. 결 과 : 1차 및 2차 단계의 참가율은 각각 71.0%(N=1,134) 및 83.2%(N=410) 였다. 연구 참여 노인(N=1,134)에서 전체 치매, AD 및 VaD의 유병률은 최소 각각 9.7%, 5.2%, 1.8%였다. 광주광역시 전체 노인의 연령 보정 유병률은 각각 10.7%, 5.7%, 1.9%인 것으로 산출되었다. AD의 독립 위험인자는 고령, 여성, 무학이었다. 도시와 농촌에 따른 유병률의 차이는 파악되지 않았다. 그러나 AD의 위험인자는 지역에 따라 차이가 있었다. 도시 노인에게는 무학만이, 농촌 노인에게는 고령과 여성인 경우가 독립 위험인자였다. 결 론 : 광주광역시 노인에서 치매의 유병률은 높았고, 이는 국내 다른 지역에서 수행된 선행연구 결과와 유사하였다. 알쯔하이머형 치매의 위험인자는 도시와 농촌에 따라 다른 결과를 보였다. 본 연구 결과는 한국에서의 치매의 실태를 반영하며, 치매의 적절한 관리와 예방을 위해서는 지역성 특성이 고려되어야 함을 시사한다. Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence rate and risk factors of dementia in an urban and a rural sample of older persons in the metropolitan Kwangju area, Republic of Korea. In addition, the prevalence rate and risk factors of dementia between the two samples were compared. Methods : A two-phase epidemiological study of residents aged 65 or over(N=1,598) was conducted in a highly developed, urban and a non-contiguous, poorly developed, rural area of metropolitan Kwangju. In the first(screening) phase, 38 trained research assistants collectively peformed in-home interviews for all participants. Detailed sociodemographic characteristics were gathered and the Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-K) was administered. In the second (diagnosing) phase, diagnosis of dementia was established for those scoring 24 or less on the MMSE-K in the screening phase(N=431), and etiological types of dementia were classified to Alzheimer's disease(AD), vascular dementia(VaD) or miscellanous type by two teams of experts. Prevalence rate of dementia was determined in the participants, and age-standardized prevalence rate adjusted by age distribution in metropolitan Kwangju was estimated. For AD, the risk factors were investigated in all participants, and analyses were repeated for the urban and rural samples separately. Results : The participating rates in the first and second phases were 71.0%(N=1,134) and 83.2%(N=410), respectively. In the participants, the prevalence rates of dementia(all types), AD and VaD were 9.7%, 5.2% and 1.8%, respectively. The age-standardized prevalence rates were 10.7%, 5.7% and 1.9%, respectively. Aging, female gender and no education(complete lack of formal education) were identified as independent risk factors for AD. No difference between the urban and rural samples was observed in the prevalence rates of dementia(all types), AD and YaD. However, risk factors for AD differed between these areas. In the urban sample, no education was the only significant factor ; whereas, aging and female gender were identified as risk factors in the rural sample. Conclusion : A high prevalence rate of dementia was observed among old persons in metropolitan Kwangju, consistent with previous studies conducted in other Korean areas. The risk factor profi1es for AD differed between urban and rural settings. The results of this study reflect the current status of dementia in Korea and suggests that appropriate management and prevention strategies for dementia should be tailored toward the geographic settings.

Microalgal Oil Supplementation Has an Anti-Obesity Effect in C57BL/6J Mice Fed a High Fat Diet

Jin-Seon Yook,Kyung-Ah Kim,Jeong Eun Park,Seon-Hwa Lee,Youn-Soo Cha 한국식품영양과학회 2015 Preventive Nutrition and Food Science Vol.20 No.4

This study investigated the impact of microalgal oil (MO) on body weight management in C57BL/6J mice. Obesity was induced for 8 weeks and animals were orally supplemented with the following for 8 additional weeks: beef tallow (BT), corn oil, fish oil (FO), microalgal oil (MO), or none, as a high fat diet control group (HD). A normal control group was fed with a normal diet. After completing the experiment, the FO and MO groups showed significant decreases in body weight gain, epididymal fat pad weights, serum triglycerides, and total cholesterol levels compared to the HD and BT groups. A lower mRNA expression level of lipid anabolic gene and higher levels of lipid catabolic genes were observed in both FO and MO groups. Serum insulin and leptin concentrations were lower in the MO group. These results indicated that microalgal oil has an anti-obesity effect that can combat high fat diet-induced obesity in mice.

Elevation of Serum APE1/Ref-1 in Experimental Murine Myocarditis

Jin, Seon-Ah,Lim, Byung-Kwan,Seo, Hee Jung,Kim, Sun Kyeong,Ahn, Kye Taek,Jeon, Byeong Hwa,Jeong, Jin-Ok MDPI 2017 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES Vol.18 No.12

<P>Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium that causes cardiogenic shock and death. However, endomyocardial biopsy that is, the gold standard for a diagnosis is limited. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox effector factor-1 (APE1/Ref-1) is a multifunctional protein, which is involved in DNA-based excision repair pathway, and in redox signaling, its changes are observed in various cardiovascular diseases including hypertension and coronary artery disease. We analyzed serum APE1/Ref-1 in experimental murine myocarditis. To induce myocarditis, coxsackievirus B3 was injected intraperitoneally to BALB/c mice. The serum APE1/Ref-1, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and troponin I were measured. The histology and virus titers measurements were performed. The troponin I and inflammation were significantly elevated at day 3, peaked to day 7 and decreased at day 10. The NT-proBNP and virus titers were significantly peaked at day 3, and dropped at day 7 and 10. The serum APE1/Ref-1 was gradually raised and its elevation is still maintained until a later time, namely day 10. Also, its level was positively correlated with myocardial inflammation, reflecting severity of myocardial injury. We suggest that serum APE1/Ref-1 can be used to assess for myocardial injury in viral myocarditis without endomyocardial biopsy.</P>

Reversible Hydrogen Storage in LiBH₄−MH₂ (M = Ce, Ca) Composites

Jin, Seon-Ah,Lee, Young-Su,Shim, Jae-Hyeok,Cho, Young Whan American Chemical Society 2008 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C Vol.112 No.25

A Nature-originated 3D Materials with Nanoparticles and ssDNA Aptamers for Biotechnological Application

Seon Ah KIM,Sang Hoon KIM,Seung Beom SEO,Eon Seon JIN,Man Bock GU 한국생물공학회 2016 한국생물공학회 학술대회 Vol.2016 No.10

The prevalence of HPV infection in the semen among Korean men and the effect of HPV infection on sperm parameters

( Seon Ah Kim ),( So Yoon Kim ),( Yoo Kyung Lee ),( Ki Heon Lee ),( Kyeong A So ),( Mi Kyung Kim ),( Sung Jae Kim ),( Doo Jin Paik ),( Joong Shik Lee ),( Hyo Serk Lee ),( Ju Tae Seo ),( Mi Seon Jeong 대한산부인과학회 2015 대한산부인과학회 학술대회 Vol.101 No.-

Drop Tube Furnace에서 석탄의 순산소 연소 특성

노선아(Seon Ah Roh),윤진한(Jin Han Yun),이정규(Jung Kyu Lee),길상인(Sang In Keel),민태진(Tai Jin Min),김상복(Sang-Bok Kim),박인용(In-Yong Park),한방우(Bangwoo Han),김진태(Jin-Tae Kim) 한국청정기술학회 2021 청정기술 Vol.27 No.4

순산소 석탄 화력 발전 시스템은 CO₂ 가스 회수 및 저장 기술(CCS: carbon capture & storage)의 하나로 순산소와 재순환된 연소가스를 이용하여 석탄 연소를 수행하는 기술이다. 이는 이산화탄소와 질소가 혼합된 배출 가스를 생산하는 기존의 공기 연소 시스템과 달리 공기 중의 산소를 먼저 분리하여 생산된 순산소와 재순환된 연소 가스를 이용하여 석탄을 연소하면 이산화탄소와 질소를 분리하는 후처리 공정 없이 이산화탄소만으로 이루어진 배출 가스를 생성하여 이의 저장을 용이하게 하는 기술이다. 본 연구에서는 O₂/CO₂ 혼합 모의 가스를 이용하여 순산소 연소 시 발생되는 대기오염물질인 NO, SO₂의 생성 특성을 살펴보았다. 반응 온도를 900 ℃ ~ 1200 ℃, 산소 분율을 30% ~ 50%로 변화시키면서 실험한 결과 생성 가스 내 NO 및 SO₂의 농도는 반응 온도와 산소 분율이 증가할수록 증가하는 현상을 나타내었으며 CO₂의 분율도 증가하는 현상을 나타내었다. 순산소 연소에서 30% O₂/CO₂를 이용한 연소와 air 조건인 21% O₂/N₂ 연소에서 NO 발생을 비교한 결과 양쪽 모두 반응 온도에 따라서 NO 발생이 증가하게 되며 순산소 연소 조건에서 air 연소에 비하여 약 40 ~ 80 ppm까지 NO 발생이 낮아지는 현상을 나타내었다. The oxy-combustion system is one of the carbon recovery and storage technologies (CCS: Carbon capture & storage) that performs coal combustion using pure oxygen and recirculated flue gas. This is a technology that facilitates storage of carbon dioxide by generating an exhaust gas consisting of only carbon dioxide without a process of separating carbon dioxide and nitrogen when coal is burned using pure oxygen and recirculated flue gas mixture instead of a conventional air combustion system that produces carbon dioxide and nitrogen mixed exhaust gas. In this study, the characteristics of generated NO and SO₂ as atmospheric pollutants during oxy-combustion were examined using O₂/CO₂ mixed simulation gas. The reaction temperature was varied from 900 ℃ to 1200 ℃ and oxygen partial pressure was varied from 30% to 50%. The results showed that NO and SO₂ concentrations in flue gas increased as the oxygen concentration and the reaction temperature in the furnace increased. The partial pressure of CO₂ in flue gas also increased as the oxygen concentration and the reaction temperature in the furnace increased. As a results of comparing NO production of 30% O₂/CO₂ oxy-combustion with air combustion, NO in flue gas increased with reaction temperature in both experiments and NO of oxy-combustion was 40 ~ 80 ppm lower than that of air combustion.

VALIDATION OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE METHOD

Jeong-Ah Song,Hyo-Seon Yagn,Min-Sung Kang,Soo-Nam Kim,Young-Su Yang,Jinsoo Lee,Soonjin Kwon,Hee-Jin Yu,Seong-Jin Choi,Byeong-Chan Lee,Young-Ahn Han,Heung-Sik Seo,Jin-Hee Lee,Jae-hwan Kim,Jeong-Doo Heo 한국환경독성학회 2009 한국독성학회 심포지움 및 학술발표회 Vol.2009 No.11

순산소 가스화 반응장에서 CO₂ 전환 메커니즘 연구

노선아(Seon Ah Roh),윤진한(Jin Han Yun),길상인(Sang In Keel),이정규(Jung Kyu Lee),민태진(Tai Jin Min) 대한기계학회 2015 대한기계학회 논문집. Transactions of the KSME. C, 산업기술과 혁신 Vol.3 No.4

저급 에너지인 폐기물로부터 고부가 합성가스를 생산하고 온실가스 저감 연구를 동시에 수행하기 위하여 1000-1400℃의 고온에서 순산소 가스화 연구를 수행하였다. 폐기물 시료로는 RPF (Refused Plastic Fuel)를 이용하였으며 실험 장치로는 열중량 분석기와 0.5 ton/day의 pilot plant 가스화 시스템을 이용하였다. 열중량 분석기에서는 이산화탄소에 의한 RPF 촤(char)의 가스화 실험을 수행하여 온도에 따른 중량 변화를 고찰하고 Boudouard reaction에 의해 일산화탄소가 생성되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 0.5 ton/day pilot plant system에서 RPF의 순산소 가스화를 통하여 고농도의 수소를 함유한 합성가스를 생산하였다. 생산된 합성가스는 수송용 연료 생산과 화학제품 생산에 가능한 수소와 일산화 탄소의 비율을 나타내었다. Oxy gasification was performed for the production of high quality syngas from the waste. CO₂ was used as reactant with O₂ for CO₂ gasification and greenhouse gas reduction. Therefore, gasification was performed at high temperature of 1000-1400℃. RPF was gasified in the thermobalance and 0.5 ton/day pilot plant gasifier. Weight variation with temperature and CO production by Boudouard reaction were studied for CO₂ gasification of RPF in thermobalance reactor. Syngas of high H₂ concentration was produced from oxy gasification in 0.5 ton/day pilot system, which showed appropriate H₂/CO ratio for the production of transport fuel and chemical products.