• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.380-388
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• 2004

This study proposed an improved spike detection algorithm which automatically detects suitable spike threshold on the amplitude of surface electromyography(SEMG) signal during isometric contraction. The EMG data from the low back muscles was obtained in six channels and the proposed signal processing algorithm is compared with the median frequency and Gabriel's spike parameter. As a result, the reliability of spike parameter was inferior to the median frequency. This fact indicates that a spike parameter is inadequate for analysis of multi-channel EMG signal. Because of uncertainty of fixed spike threshold, the improved spike detection algorithm was proposed. It automatically detects suitable spike threshold depending on the amplitude of the EMG signal, and the proposed algorithm was able to detect optimal threshold based on mCFAR(modified Constant False Alarm Rate) in the every EMG channel. In conclusion, from the reliability points of view, neither median frequency nor existing spike detection algorithm was superior to the proposed method.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.37-40
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• 2012

EDISON CFD 수치 해법 기법을 바탕으로 초음속 유동장 속에서 spike가 부착된 무딘 물체에 대하여, spike 형상 변화에 따른 압축성 효과에 의한 항력 변화 추이를 고찰하였다. Spike의 길이 따른 항력 변화 추이를 살펴보았다. Spike의 길이가 Main body와 특정한 비율을 가질 때 항력이 최소가 된다. 이를 기준으로 spike 길이가 특정 길이만큼 줄어들거나 늘어날 경우에 각각 1.35%, 4.95% 항력이 증가하였다. 이러한 자료들은 초음속 유동장에서 무딘 물체에 가해지는 압축성 효과에 의한 저항을 최소화하기 위한 spike 설계 시 중요한 견해를 제공한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.407-407
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• 2021

토양수분량은 그 양은 작지만 다양한 수문현상에 관여하는 주요한 수문인자 중 하나이다. 특히, 강우, 유출, 홍수 및 가뭄 등과 직접적인 연관이 있어 국내에서도 그 중요성이 점차 강조되고 있다. 일찍이 해외에서는 토양수분량 위성자료나 관측기기의 검증 및 교정을 위해 다수의 지상 관측소를 운영해왔으며, ISMN(International Soil Moisture Network)과 같은 기관을 통해 자료의 취합 및 품질관리, 배포 등도 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 최근 국내에서도 최신 관측기기의 도입이나 수자원위성의 개발 등 토양수분량에 관한 연구가 점차 활발하게 이루어지고 있으며, 위성자료와 관측기기의 검증 및 교정을 위한 지상관측소도 점차 확대되고 있는 추세이다. 하지만, 국내 지상관측소는 현재 다양한 기관과 단체에 의해 운영되고 있으며, 품질관리 기준이 통일되어 있지 않아 자료의 접근 및 활용 측면에서 개선이 필요한 실정이다. 이에 한국수자원조사기술원은 국내 환경에 맞는 품질관리 기준을 제시하고, 자료의 접근성 및 활용성 개선의 토대를 마련하고자 품질관리 시스템을 개발하고 있다. 본 연구는 정량화된 품질관리 기준을 바탕으로 spike를 판별하는 알고리즘에 대한 성능평가를 다루고 있으며, 청미천 토양수분량 관측소 2020년 자료에 임의의 튀는 값(spike)을 추가하고, 해당 이상치의 검출여부를 확인하는 방식으로 진행되었다. 각각의 지점자료에서 강우사상 중 하강부, 무강우기간 중 하강부를 1개씩 선정하고, 해당 구간에 positive spike를 추가한 case와 negative spike를 추가한 case를 생성해 강우조건 및 spike 유형에 따른 검출성능 차이를 평가했다. 평가 결과, 강우기간 검출률 84.3%, 무강우기간 검출률 96.3%로 강우조건에 따른 성능차이가 명확하게 나타났으며, positive spike는 91.7%, negative spike는 88.9%로 spike 유형에 따른 검출성능차이는 미미했다. 강우조건과 spike 유형을 동시에 고려했을 때는 무강우기간의 positive spike가 98.2%로 가장 높은 검출률을 보인 반면에 강우기간의 negative spike는 83.3%로 가장 낮은 검출률을 보였다. 알고리즘이 검사시간대를 중심으로 24시간 동안의 토양수분량 변화를 감지하기 때문에 강우기간에 검출성능이 저하되는 것으로 판단되며, 이를 개선하기 위해선 강우사상에 따른 유동적인 window size 조절 알고리즘의 추가가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.4 no.6
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• pp.705-713
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• 2006

For the analysis of multiunit extracellular neural signals as multiple spike trains, neural spike sorting is essential. Existing algorithms for the spike sorting have been unsatisfactory when the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) is low, especially for implementation of fully-automated systems. We present a novel method that shows satisfactory performance even under low SNR, and compare its performance with a recent method based on principal component analysis(PCA) and fuzzy c-means(FCM) clustering algorithm. Our system consists of a spike detector that shows high performance under low SNR, a feature extractor that utilizes projection pursuit based on negentropy maximization, and an unsupervised classifier based on Gaussian mixture model. It is shown that the proposed feature extractor gives better performance compared to the PCA, and the proposed combination of spike detector, feature extraction, and unsupervised classification yields much better performance than the PCA-FCM, in that the realization of fully-automated unsupervised spike sorting becomes more feasible.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.191-199
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• 2007

This study was conducted to examine the biomechanical characteristics of open spike in the volleyball to improve the technique of the volleyball spike. The subjects were six male college and high school athletes. The motions of volleyball spike were filmed by using two Sony VX 2000 Video Cameras. The mechanical factors were angle and angular velocity of body segments in the upper and the lower limbs. The conclusions were as follows; 1. The angle of the shoulder joint of the skilled showed larger than that of the unskilled in impacting of the volley ball spike. 2. The angle of the elbow joint of the skilled showed larger than that of the unskilled in impacting of the volley ball spike. 3. The angle of the wrist joint of the skilled showed smaller than that of the unskilled in impacting of the volley ball spike. 4. The angle of the hip joint of skilled showed larger than that of unskilled in impacting of the volley ball spike. 5. The angle of the knee joint of the skilled and the unskilled showed same in take off and impacting of the volley ball spike, and that of the skilled showed smaller than that of the unskilled in take-off touchdown and touchdown after impact of the volley ball spike. 6. The angle of the ankle joint of skilled showed larger than unskilled in take-off of the volley ball spike. 7. The angular velocity of the shoulder joint, elbow joint, wrist joint of the skilled showed faster than that of the unskilled in impacting of the volley ball spike. Taken together the result of them, I have come to conclusion that knee joint angle in touchdown of the take off should be decreased and knee joint angle in take off should be increased, and then stability of the take off should be made and, and that extension of the elbow joint should be made and wrist joint angle decreased and shoulder and hip joint angle increased, and then C.O.G of the arm and hand should be positioned ahead C.O.G of the body in impacting for effective impact of the spike, and that the transfer of the angular velocity of body segments for effective impact of the spike make from the proximal segment to the distal segment at spike in volleyball.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.809-816
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• 2007

This paper presents an analysis of the SEMG signal quantitatively and automatically using spike variables : MSF, MSA, MSS, and MSD. The SEMG signals were recorded in three muscle parts, first dorsal interosseus, biceps brachii and abductor policis brevis, from 14 normal subjects. Emphasis was placed on the following 3 points in the experiments. 1) Suggest proper window length to estimate the spike variables 2) Investigate variation of the spike variables to varying %MVC. 3) Investigate variation of the spike variables to the sustained contraction for 30 minutes. Quantitative results were showed and examined in point of practical clinical application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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• 2017.06a
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• pp.234-234
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• 2017

Recent abnormal weather, especially continued rainfall during sowing season causes difficulty in proper sowing of wheat and delayed sowing after November 15 is concerned about freezing damage during winter, resulting in reduction of wheat yield. To correspond government policy of crop sufficiency improvement and produce and supply raw wheat and barley steadily, expansion of cultivation area is necessary and spring sowing of wheat is required. To obtain basic information on the improvement of spring sown wheat and barley production, comparison and path coefficients analysis was conducted for yield and yield related components from autumn and spring sown wheat and barley. Path analyses were known as very useful in clarifying the effects of yield components on grain yield formation, which were not accurately reflected in simple correlation anaylses. Most cultivated 5 wheat and 9 barley cultivars were sown on October and February at Cheon-ju province according to standard sowing method. For the spring sowing of wheat and barley, the varieties having vernalization degree I~III are seeded in the mid of February and seeding rate is 200~250kg/ha which is increased by 25% than autumn sowing. N-fertilizer of 95 kg/ha and the same amount of P, K dressed in autumn are applied at once as basal fertilizer. The magnitude of direct effect in each yield components on yield was in sequence as follows. In autumn wheat, grain number per $spike{\geq}$ the number of spike per $m^2$>1000-grain weight and in spring wheat, grain number per $ spike{\geq}the$ number of spike per $m^2$> 1000-grain weight. In autumn naked barley, 1000-grain weight> the number of spike per $m^2$, grain number per spike and in spring barely, the number of spike per $m^2$> grain number per spike > 1000-grain weight. In autumn covered barley, grain number per spike>the number of spike per $m^2$ and in spring coverd barley, the number of spike per $m^2$> grain number per spike, 1000-grain weight. In autumn malt barley, the number of spike per $m^2$>1000-grain weight and in spring malt barley, the direct effects of three yield components were similar. According to the path analysis of yield components for spring sown wheat and barley, it was suggested that adequate number of spike per $m^2$ was most important factor for yield increase.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.278-287
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• 2019

In this study, a zero-crossing spike current issue in a totem-pole bridgeless power factor correction (PFC) converter is comprehensively investigated for the first time. Spike current occurs when input voltage crosses zero, becomes a noise source, and causes severe common mode emission issues. A generation mechanism for electromagnetic interference (EMI) is presented to investigate the EMI problem caused by zero-crossing issue, and a noise spectrum due to this issue is predicted by a theoretical analysis based on the Fourier coefficient of an approximate spike current waveform. Furthermore, a noise reduction method is proposed and then improved to reduce the spike current. Experimental measurements are implemented on a GaN-based totem-pole bridgeless PFC converter, and the spike current can be effectively suppressed through the proposed method. Furthermore, the noise spectrums measured without and with the reduced zero-crossing spike current are compared. Experimental results validate the analysis of the noise spectrum caused by the zero-crossing spike current issue.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.143-151
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• 2021

The purpose of our study is to confirm the trend of the muscle activity of the trunk and lower limb muscles by the attack method and phase during volleyball exercise. To achieve this purpose, spike serve and spike were conducted for 9 male middle school students, and at that time, it was divided into four phase, such as run jump, take off, impact, and follow, and the rectus abdominis, erector spine, and left rectus femoris, left biceps femoris, left anterior tibialis, left gastrocnemius midialis, right rectus femoris, right biceps femoris, right anterior tibialis, right gastrocnemius midialis, were examined. Spike serve and spike were each performed three times, and randomly cross-allocated to extract accurate data. We was no difference in all muscles according to the attack method, and the muscle activity of the rectus abdominis was highest in the impact phase and the muscle activity of the vertebral spine muscle was highest in the close-up phase. In addition, all of the measured left and right lower limb muscles showed the highest muscle activity between the assisted devices. As a result, We found out that regardless of the method of spike serve and spike, the lower limbs in the run-up phase for a high jump, the vertebrae in the take off phase, the preparation phase for hitting the ball strongly, and in the impact phase at the moment of hitting the ball. It can be seen that it exerts the greatest power in the rectus abdominis.

• Atmosphere
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.73-84
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• 2016

A method to make ice spike using home refrigerator with ice tray was found. Many experiments have carried out with this method and many natural phenomena occurring on the formation of ice spike are found. A new concept of the Latter Freezing Water (LFW) was imported to explain the ice spike formation. At LFW position on water surface, the Sprout of Super cooled Water (SSW) grows by the Volume Expansion Effect (VEE) caused by the phase change of water in water. And air bubbles that are expelled from ice during freezing process, gather, rise, and detonate at the upper most part of SSW that make SSW freeze and grow upward with the water pipe in it. Together with VEE the capillarity in the water pipe makes the column grow more, that makes the ice spike. Many other findings were succeeded; 1) Ice spike process is completed before the whole water freezes. 2) If water is corrupted or shocked, even though it is very slight, ice spike is not generated. 3) Rain water contains the most LFW among all kind of waters used in experiments. 4) LFW is changed into normal water after passing the ice spike. 5) A new concept of the ice bullet is introduced. 6) The reason of frequent occurrences of the ice spike at Mt. Mai is investigated also.