Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images are affected by noise called speckle, which is very severe and may hinder image exploitation. Despeckling is an important task that aims to remove such noise so as to improve the accuracy of all downstream image processing tasks. Many different schemes have been proposed for the restoration of SAR images. Among the different possible approaches, methods based on convolutional neural networks(CNNs) have recently shown to reach state-of-the-art performance for SAR image restoration. DnCNN(DeNoising Convolutional Neural Network) is one of the most widely used neural network architecture embedded in baseline SAR image despeckling methods. In military applications of SAR satellite image, fast processing is the most critical factor except the precision rate of the recognition. In this paper, we propose an improved DnCNN architecture for faster SAR image despeckling. The experimental results on real-world SAR images show that our proposed method takes faster processing time than the original DnCNN architecture without despeckling performance downgrade. Subjective visual inspection demonstrates that the proposed method has great potential in preserving the image signal details and suppressing speckle noise.

Maritime monitoring requirements have been beyond human operators capabilities due to the broadness of the coverage area and the variety of monitoring activities, e.g. illegal migration, or security threats by foreign warships. Abnormal vessel movement can be defined as an unreasonable movement deviation from the usual trajectory, speed, or other traffic parameters. Detection of the abnormal vessel movement requires the operators not only to pay short-term attention but also to have long-term trajectory trace ability. Recent advances in deep learning have shown the potential of deep learning techniques to discover hidden and more complex relations that often lie in low dimensional latent spaces. In this paper, we propose a deep autoencoder-based clustering model for automatic detection of vessel movement anomaly to assist monitoring operators to take actions on the vessel for more investigation. We first generate gridded trajectory images by mapping the raw vessel trajectories into two dimensional matrix. Based on the gridded image input, we test the proposed model along with the other deep autoencoder-based models for the abnormal trajectory data generated through rotation and speed variation from normal trajectories. We show that the proposed model improves detection accuracy for the generated abnormal trajectories compared to the other models.

본 연구에서는 철원군 대득봉의 관속식물을 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 비무장지대에 인접한 대득봉의 지리적 입지 는 DMZ와 그 이남지대를 연결하는 완충지대로 기능하고 있기에 대득봉의 식물자원을 조사하는 것은 DMZ의 식물상을 이해하는 한 방법이기도 하다는 점에서 본 연구는 중요한 의미를 지닌다. 대상지역을 2015년 5월부터 2017년 5월까지 총 7차례에 걸쳐 조사한 결과 관속식물은 84과 245속 341종 4아종 43변종 5품종으로 총 393분류군이 조사되었다. 그 중 산림청 지정 희귀식물은 삼지구엽초, 땅나리, 천마 등 총 8분류군, 특산식물은 처녀치마, 진범, 외대으아리 등 총 6분류군이 확인되었으며 식물구계학적 특정식물은 44분류군이 조사되었다. 귀화식물은 23분류군으로 확인되었으며 귀화율과 도시화지수는 각각 5.8%, 7.1%로 나타났다.

It is necessary to understand of temporal and spatial dynamics by establishing a periodical monitoring system for theproper management in small brown planthopper (SBPH). A dataset is including the number of SBPHs by location, collectionmethod [aerial collection net (AeCN) or light trap (LT)] and period (May~Aug.) for five years (2011~2015), and missingvalues were imputed using multiple imputation methods. Of the 15,848 individuals collected, approximately 47% and 52.9%were collected using the AeCN and LT methods, respectively. A high incidence of migratory SBPHs was observed duringJulian days 144-166 using the AeCN method. Generally, the migratory SBPHs from China composed 39.4% of the totalpopulations of SBPHs. These results would provide valuable information to predict the incidence period of migratory SBPHsand establish a proactive management system against SBPH.

Biological properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) of hemimetabolous insect are poorly characterized in innate immunity field. To investigate the biochemical properties of hemimetabolous insect’s AMPs, we purified the pyrrhocoricin-like AMP from the hemolymph of Riptortus pedestris and then named as riptocin. We successfully determined the primary protein structure and its cDNA sequence. Interestingly, the determined cDNA revealed that riptocin precursor is composed of 12 repeating units of active riptocins, which implied that riptocin precursor might require to be processed to generate active riptocins by several unidentified processing enzymes. In order to characterize the bio-processing mechanisms of riptocin precursor, we generated the antibody against active riptocin. Using quantitative PCR and Western blot analyses, we showed that gene of riptocin was started to express from the fatbody after three hours post bacterial infection. To address our hypothesis that active riptocin is generated from riptocin precursor by several processing enzymes, we need to obtain the riptocin precursor. Currently, we are expressing the recombinant riptocin precursor using in vitro translation system. Meanwhile, we investigated whether naive hemolymph (naive HL), which may contain precursor riptocin, can generate active riptocin when riptocin precursor was co-incubation with bacteria-challenged hemolymph (active HL), which may contain all processing enzymes. Actually, when naive HL was incubated with active HL, antimicrobial activity was dramatically increased, suggesting that processing enzymes in active HL may induce processing of riptocin precursor to generate active riptocins.

본 연구에서는 떡 굳음방지기술의 적용하여 저장성이 개선된 건강지향형 잡곡 떡을 제조하기 위하여 멥쌀의 일부를 보리 분말 0, 15, 30, 45%로 대체한 가래떡을 제조한 후 4oC에서 3일간 저장하면서 수분, 색도, 텍스처 및 기호도 검사를 수행하였고, 이들간의 상관성을 분석하였다. 떡굳음방지기술을 적용하여 제조한 가래떡의 경도는 보리 분말로 45% 대체한 가래떡을 제외하고 저장 기간이 경과하였음에도 경도 증가가 억제되었다. 색도는 보리 분말 대체량이 증가할수록 명도(L값)는 감소하고, 적색도(a값) 및 황색도(b값)는 증가하였다. 떡 굳음방지기술을 적용한 가래떡의 전반적인 기호도는 제조 직후에는 보리 분말을 함유하지 않은 가래떡이 가장 높은 결과를 보였으며, 보리 분말 대체량이 증가할수록 전반적 기호도는 저하되었으나, 보리분말 0, 15% 대체 가래떡은 저장 3일 후 유의적 차이가 없었다. 가래떡의 기계적 및 관능적 품질 특성 간의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 가래떡의 전반적인 기호도는 수분 함량과 높은 양의 상관관계를 보였고, 제조 직후와 저장 3일 후 기호도 평가에서는 각각 경도와 점착성이 높은 음의 상관성을 나타내었다(p < 0.01). 이상과 같이, 굳음방지기술을 적용한 보리 분말 대체 가래떡의 저장 후 노화지연, 기계적 텍스처 및 관능적인 기호도를 고려할 때 보리 분말 대체량 15%가 적합한 것으로 사료된다.

Mt. Bonghwa reaches a height of 800 m (2,870 ft) and stands on the flank of Mt. Daeam-san, which has an elevation of 1,304 m (4,278 ft). It is important to survey the flora of Bonghwa-san in that it is a way to make out what kind of plant species exist in DMZ due to the geographical characteristics of Bonghwa-san adjacent to Korean DMZ. Therefore this study was conducted to elucidate the distribution of vascular plants and their value of Bonghwa-san. The vascular plants that were collected 10 times from May 2015 to April 2017 consisted of a total of 525 taxa; 93 families, 309genera, 458 species, 4 subspecies, 58 varieties and 5 forms. The observed rare plant species as designated by Korea Forest Service were 12 taxa including Echinosophora koreensis, Epimedium koreanum, Anemone koraiensis etc. Endemic species were 16 taxa containing Cirsium setidens, Heloniopsis koreana, Salvia chanryoenica etc. 31 taxa were recorded as naturalized plants and their naturalized rate and urban index were noted as 5.8% and 7.25%. Among the surveyed 525 taxa, edible, medicinal, pasturing, ornamental, timber, dye, fiber and industrial plants included 213 taxa, 172 taxa, 196 taxa, 50 taxa, 23 taxa, 10 taxa, 6 taxa and 3 taxa, respectively.

This study was conducted to elucidate the distribution of vascular plants and their value of Mt. Samyeong. The vascular plants that were collected 10 times from October 2013 to July 2015 consisted of a total of 538 taxa; 92 families, 308genera, 466 species, 3 subspecies, 62 varieties and 7 forms. The observed rare plant species as designated by Korea Forest Service were 24 taxa. Endemic species were 25 taxa. 28 taxa were recorded as naturalized plants and their naturalized rate and urban index were noted as 5.3% and 8.7%. Among the surveyed 538 taxa, edible, medicinal, pasturing, ornamental, timber, dye, fiber and industrial plants included 220 taxa, 195 taxa, 167 taxa, 65 taxa, 25 taxa, 8 taxa, 6 taxa and 3taxa, respectively.

Cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) is a multiple systemic disease caused by the embolization of cholesterol crystals from an atherosclerotic plaque of a proximal large-caliber artery, which results in the occlusion of distal small to mediumsized arteries. CES is characterized by development of a multitude of small emboli over time, and should be distinguished from arterial thromboembolism, which occurs through the obstruction of medium-sized to large arteries by one or a few large emboli. We report on a case of CES initially presenting as acute limb ischemia following an intervention for iliac artery occlusion.

이 연구는 선수의 경기력에 많은 영향을 주는 지도자의 행동유형과 지도효율성에 대해 접근하여 개인과 상황별 상호작용의 효과를 분석함으로써 선수들과의 관계를 개선하고, 만족도를 더해 줌으로써 훌륭한 지도효과를 기대할 수 있다. 따라서 이 연구는 아마추어 골프 선수들이 인지하는 지도자의 행동유형과 지도효율성과의 관계를 분석하여 보다 효율적인 골프지도방안에 관한 자료를 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 서울 및 경인 지역에 소재한 골프 연습장에서 골프 지도자에게 강습을 받으면서 아마추어 대회에 참가하고 있는 골프 선수 270명에게 지도행동유형과 지도효율성 질문지를 통해 자료를 수집하였다. 이렇게 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0의 위계적 중다회귀분석과 일원변량분석을 통해 분석하였으며, 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 아마추어 골프 선수의 배경변인인 핸디캡, 강습비용, 지도자의 자격 요인은 행동유형과 지도효율성에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타나 골프 지도자의 행동유형과 지도효율성의 관계를 분석하는데 영향을 미칠 수 있는 변인으로 작용할 수 있다. 따라서 핸디캡, 강습비용, 지도자의 자격 요인을 공변인으로 적용시켜 분석한 결과, 지도효율성의 기능향상과 지도만족에는 훈련 및 지시행동과 사회적 지지행동과 관련성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 아마추어 선수들의 경기력 향상을 위해서는 훈련 및 지시행동과 사회적 지지행동이 강한 지도자를 선호하는 것이 바람직하다.