The study presents a framework for the sustainable carbon-based nanomaterials, focusing on Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs). The framework integrates performance, hazard, and economic considerations toward the development of CNT-enabled products. Through Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and environmental degradation studies, the research highlights the energy-intensive nature of CNT production, the persistence of CNTs in the environment, and the associated ecotoxicity risks. Functionalization of CNTs is emphasized as a crucial strategy to enhance biodegradability and reduce toxicity. The study also addresses the economic trade-offs, noting that while CNTs offer superior functional performance, their high production costs and energy demands must be carefully managed. The proposed framework aims to ensure that CNTs maximize their benefits while minimizing their environmental and health impacts, thereby supporting the sustainable advancement of carbon nanomaterials in various applications. The study found that CNT production is highly energy-intensive, but scaling up can improve efficiency. CNTs persist in the environment, with partial degradation, indicating potential long-term ecological risks. Functionalization enhances biodegradability and reduces toxicity, helping to balance performance with sustainability.

Ride comfort is a key factor in vehicle performance, yet traditional evaluations often rely on subjective methods, leading to inconsistencies. This study presents a deep neural network (DNN)-based model trained on real-world driving data to objectively assess ride comfort. The model’s accuracy is validated using RMS, VDV, and Crest Factor based on ISO 2631. Results show that the DNN effectively captures nonlinear vibration characteristics and offers reliable predictions. This highlights the potential of AI in improving ride comfort assessment.

This study examines the innovative applications and future prospects of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in the field of medical image analysis. CNNs significantly enhance the accuracy and efficiency of medical image diagnostics through their powerful data processing and feature extraction capabilities. This review analyzes various CNN architectures and recent technological advancements, highlighting the importance of transfer learning and data augmentation techniques. It also discusses the potential for integrated multi-modality data analysis and real-time clinical applications, while emphasizing the need for ethical considerations and data security. This research underscores the potential of CNN technology to improve healthcare quality and contribute to patient health management.

Truss structures, widely used in engineering, consist of straight members transferring axial forces. Traditional analysis methods like FEM and the Force Method become computationally expensive for large-scale and nonlinear problems. Surrogate models using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), particularly Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), offer alternatives but require extensive training data and computational resources. Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) address these challenges by leveraging quantum circuits for optimization with fewer parameters. Variational Quantum Circuits (VQCs) based on Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) utilize quantum entanglement and superposition to approximate high-dimensional data efficiently, making them suitable for computationally intensive tasks like surrogate modeling in structural analysis. This study applies QNNs to truss analysis using 6-bar and 10-bar planar trusses, assessing their feasibility. Results indicate that residual-based loss functions enable QNNs to make reliable predictions, with increased layers improving accuracy and a higher Q-bit count contributing to performance, albeit marginally.

본 연구에서는 구조물의 재료, 구조물의 단면, 지진 하중등의 불확실성을 고려한 저형 전단벽의 최대 전단력를 예측하는 뉴 런-네트워크 모델을 개발하였다. 이를 위해 실험 데이터를 통해 검증된 박스타입 저형 전단벽 수치해석 모델을 구축하였고, 가정된 분 포를 통해 200개의 구조물의 재료, 단면변수를 라틴 하이퍼 큐브 샘플링을 통해 추출하였다. 또한 이전 연구에서 사용된 인공지진파를 데이터를 기반으로 10개의 다른 PGA 레벨별 총 200개의 인공지진파 데이터를 구축하였다. 뉴런-네트워크 모델의 Training 및 testing을 위해 200개의 데이터셋에 상응 수치해석 모델을 구축하고 최대 전단력을 산출하였다. 이렇게 구축된 데이터셋을 이용하여 최종적으로 뉴런-네트워크 모델을 확정하였다. 마지막으로 구축된 모델로부터 얻어진 취약도와 기존에 사용되는 방법들로부터 얻은 취약도를 비교, 분석하여 본 연구에서 구축된 모델의 정확도를 보여주었다.

The secondary growth model for Salmonella was developed based on the artificial neural network (ANN) with data collected from ComBase and FoodData Central. In addition to the existing secondary model variables (temperature, pH, Na+, and water contents), more input variables (sugar, carbohydrate, lipid, and protein contents) were considered. The output variables were microbial growth parameters (lag phase duration [l] and maximum growth rate [mmax]). A commercial ANN program (NeuralWorks Predict) was utilized with training at 80%, validation at 10%, and test data at 10%. ANN models were created using all data and cleansed data. Using the cleansed data, the training/testing root mean square error (RMSE) for mmax improved from 0.14/0.16 to 0.11/0.14, whereas the RMSE for l was still not acceptable, from 11.94/33.03 to 7.09/4.18. The l data were divided into two ranges with high and low goodness of fit, whereas the ANN model for each field was built, resulting in an optimally low RMSE.

This study deals with the application of an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict power consumption for utilizing seawater source heat pumps of recirculating aquaculture system. An integrated dynamic simulation model was constructed using the TRNSYS program to obtain input and output data for the ANN model to predict the power consumption of the recirculating aquaculture system with a heat pump system. Data obtained from the TRNSYS program were analyzed using linear regression, and converted into optimal data necessary for the ANN model through normalization. To optimize the ANN-based power consumption prediction model, the hyper parameters of ANN were determined using the Bayesian optimization. ANN simulation results showed that ANN models with optimized hyper parameters exhibited acceptably high predictive accuracy conforming to ASHRAE standards.

최근에 선박을 안전하게 설계 및 운항하기 위해 인공지능으로 운동성능을 예측하는 연구가 늘고 있다. 하지만 일반적인 선박 에 비해 소형 어선에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 소형 어선의 운동성능 계산에 필수적인 운동응답을 심층신경망으로 추정하는 모델을 제안한다. 15척의 소형 어선에 대하여 유체동역학 해석을 수행하였으며 이를 통해 데이터베이스를 구축하였다. 환경 조 건과 주요 제원을 입력 데이터로, 단위 파고에 대한 운동응답(Response Amplitude Operator)을 출력 데이터로 설정하였다. 훈련된 심층신경 망 모델을 통해 예측된 운동응답은 유체동역학 해석 결과와 유사한 경향을 보이며 고주파 성분을 가진 운동응답 함수를 낮은 오차로 근 사하는 결과를 보여준다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 어선의 선형 특성 고려한 심층신경망 모델로 확장하여 연구 결과의 활용도를 넓히 고자 한다.

Tomato is one of the major widely cultivated crops around the world. The leaf area is directly related to the total amount of photosynthesis, which affects the yield and quality of the fruit. Traditional methods of measuring the leaf area are time-consuming and can cause damage to the leaves. To address these problems, various studies are being conducted for measuring the leaf area. In this study, we introduced a model to estimate the leaf area using images of tomatoes. Using images captured by a camera, we measured the leaf length and width and used linear regression analysis to derive the leaf area estimation formula. Furthermore, we used a Neural Network (NN) for additional analysis to compare the accuracy of the models. Initially, to verify the reliability of the image data, we conducted a correlation analysis between the actual measurement data and the image data, which showed a high positive correlation. The leaf area estimation model presented 23 estimation formulas. We used regression analysis to estimate the coefficients of each model and also used employed an artificial neural network analysis to derive high R-squared (R2) values and low Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) values. Among the estimation formulas, the ninth model showed the highest reliability with an R-squared value of 0.863. We conducted a verification experiment to confirm the accuracy of the selected model, and the R-squared value was 0.925. This study confirmed the reliability of data measured from images and the reliability of the leaf area estimation model using image data. These methods are expected to be an important tool in agriculture, using imaging equipment for measuring and monitoring the crop growth.

PURPOSES : This study aims to determine whether machine learning techniques based on the results of chemical analysis experiments can be rationally applied to evaluate the aging of various asphalt binders used throughout the country. METHODS : We conducted chemical experiments such as FT-IR, H-NMR, C- NMR, and GPC for the three-stage aging levels of eight types of asphalt binders used in the country and utilized two artificial neural network models to determine valid chemical experimentation and conditions for the use of neural modeling through predictions. RESULTS : The M-prop model, which combined the findings from each neural network model into a single artificial neural network model, demonstrated superior predictive performance compared with the M-base model, which assessed aging using two cluster layers. In addition, the minimum amount of data required to achieve 100% predictive accuracy for the target asphalt binders, regardless of the artificial neural network model, was 18, and the amount of training data decreased to less than 50%. CONCLUSIONS : The predictive accuracy of the aging of asphalt binders was significantly enhanced when GPC data was used, indicating that GPC should be prioritized in evaluating the aging of asphalt binders.

본 논문에서는 소형어선의 운동 응답을 예측하기 위해 딥러닝 모델을 구축하였다. 크기가 다른 두 소형어선을 대상으로 유체 동역학 성능을 평가하여 데이터세트를 확보하였다. 딥러닝 모델은 순환 신경망 기법의 하나인 장단기 메모리 기법(LSTM, Long Short-Term Memory)을 사용하였다. 딥러닝 모델의 입력 데이터는 6 자유도 운동 및 파고의 시계열 데이터를 사용하였으며, 출력 라벨로는 6 자유도 운동의 시계열 데이터로 선정하였다. 최적 LSTM 모델 구축을 위해 hyperparameter 및 입력창 길이의 영향을 평가하였다. 구축된 LSTM 모 델을 통해 입사파 방향에 따른 시계열 운동 응답을 예측하였다. 예측된 시계열 운동 응답은 해석 결과와 전반적으로 잘 일치함을 확인 할 수 있었다. 시계열의 길이가 길어짐에 따라서 예측값과 해석 결과의 차이가 발생하는데, 이는 장기 데이터에 따른 훈련 영향도가 감 소 됨에 따라 나타난 것으로 확인할 수 있다. 전체 예측 데이터의 오차는 약 85% 이상의 데이터가 10% 이내의 오차를 보였으며, 소형어 선의 시계열 운동 응답을 잘 예측함을 확인하였다. 구축된 LSTM 모델은 소형어선의 모니터링 및 경보 시스템에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

Lightweight face recognition models, as one of the most popular and long-standing topics in the field of computer vision, has achieved vigorous development and has been widely used in many real-world applications due to fewer number of parameters, lower floating-point operations, and smaller model size. However, few surveys reviewed lightweight models and reimplemented these lightweight models by using the same calculating resource and training dataset. In this survey article, we present a comprehensive review about the recent research advances on the end-to-end efficient lightweight face recognition models and reimplement several of the most popular models. To start with, we introduce the overview of face recognition with lightweight models. Then, based on the construction of models, we categorize the lightweight models into: (1) artificially designing lightweight FR models, (2) pruned models to face recognition, (3) efficient automatic neural network architecture design based on neural architecture searching, (4) Knowledge distillation and (5) low-rank decomposition. As an example, we also introduce the SqueezeFaceNet and EfficientFaceNet by pruning SqueezeNet and EfficientNet. Additionally, we reimplement and present a detailed performance comparison of different lightweight models on the nine different test benchmarks. At last, the challenges and future works are provided. There are three main contributions in our survey: firstly, the categorized lightweight models can be conveniently identified so that we can explore new lightweight models for face recognition; secondly, the comprehensive performance comparisons are carried out so that ones can choose models when a state-of-the-art end-to-end face recognition system is deployed on mobile devices; thirdly, the challenges and future trends are stated to inspire our future works.

Image recognition is not very effective in the water environment due to multiple factors, such as high scattering and high scattering in the water column. This is why the relevant parameters in the Faster R-CNN network model need to adjust continuously to improve the effectiveness of water detection. The control variable method adjusts the program's learning rate by tuning the network model's parameters. Then, the number of training rounds is adjusted according to the loss function of each round, and finally, we can get the number of matches with the minimum loss function. Based on the experimental results on the dataset, it is shown that the proposed method not only selects the learning rate with the best detection results but also has the strongest robustness and achieves a 96%-99% recognition rate for passenger ships, cargo ships, warships, and bridges compared with other learning rates. Experiments show that the Faster R-CNN network model detects water targets with significant results, and the best network model learning rate parameter is 6×10-3.