• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2006

In order to study the effect of acupuncture stimulation on bone mineral density (BMD), using the ovariectomized (OVX) rat model, we assessed the degree of osteopenia by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, measured the level of locomotor activity using a metabolism measuring system, and performed histological studies of bone tissue. Twenty-four female Wistar rats (8 weeks old, 160 - 180 g)were divided into three groups. Rats in the OVX-A group underwent ovariectomy followed by acupuncture stimulation. The OVX rats in the Vehicle control group were not treated with acupuncture as a control. The rats in the control group received neither ovariectomy nor acupuncture. Acupuncture stimulation for 12 weeks in the OVX-A group inhibited the reduction in BMD of the femoral bones caused by ovariectomy. Moreover, in the two OVX groups, there was no clear difference in the level of locomotor activity between the active and resting phases prior to acupuncture stimulation in each rat, and the pattern of locomotor activity was irregular. After acupuncture stimulation of the OVX-A rats, the pattern of locomotor activity became diphasic with clear active and resting phases, as was observed in the Control group. On histological studies, the continuity of trabecular bone was maintained more favorably and bone mass was higher in the OVX-A group than in the vehicle control group. These results suggest that the increased locomotor activity that had been induced by acupuncture stimulation increased the BMD.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.258-262
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• 2003

Avulsion fracture of the calcaneal tuberosity is an uncommon injury. Usually it occurs from indirect trauma, and can be seen in old patients with osteoporosis or in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Follow-up studies showed healing of the fracture in most cases, but skeletal deformity may develop in some cases. Therefore we should take plain X-ray evaluations in diabetic patients with foot and ankle pain, even though there have been no definite trauma history. Four cases of calcaneus avulsion fracture were treated operatively in diabetic patients, and reported.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.133-144
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• 2012

In order to make cognitive radio systems a practical technology to be deployed in real-world scenarios, the core Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems must meet the stringent requirements of the target application, especially in terms of performance and energy consumption for mobile platforms. In this paper we present a feasibility study of hardware acceleration as an energy-efficient implementation for SDR. We identified the amplifier function from the Software Communication Architecture (SCA) for hardware acceleration since it is one of the functions called for most frequently and it requires intensive floating-point computation. Then, we used the Virtex5 Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to perform a comparison between compiler floating-point support and the on-chip floating-point support. By enabling the on-chip floating-point unit (FPU), we obtained as high as a 2X speedup and 50% of the overall energy reduction. We achieved this with an increase of the power consumption by no more than 0.68%. This demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed approach.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.341-342
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• 2006

Gadolinium-substituted bismuth titanate, $Bi_{3.3}Gd_{0.7}Ti_3O_{12}$ (BGT), thin films were successfully fabricated on Pt(111)/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si substrates by a sol-gel method and their structural and ferroelectric properties have been characterized. Fabricated BGT thin films were found to be random orientations, which were confirmed by X-ray diffraction experiment and scanning electron microscope analysis. The remanent polarization ($2P_r$)) of BGT thin film annealed at $720^{\circ}C$ was $25.85\;{\mu}C/cm^2$ at an applied voltage of 5 V. The BGT thin films exhibited a 11 % reduction in their switching charge after no less than $10^{11}$ switching cycles at a frequency of 1 MHz.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.421-437
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• 2020

This study provides an assessment on a proposed method for separation of cesium, strontium, and barium using electrochemical reduction at a liquid bismuth cathode in LiCl-KCl eutectic salt, investigated via cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS). CV studies were performed at temperatures of 723-823 K and concentrations of the target species up to 4.0wt%. Redox reactions occurring during potential sweeps were observed. Concentration of BaCl2 in the salt did not seem to influence the diffusivity in the studied concentration range up to 4.0wt%. The presence of strontium in the system affected the redox reaction of lithium; however, there were no distinguishable redox peaks that could be measured. Impedance spectra obtained from EIS methods were used to calculate the exchange current densities of the electroactive active redox couple at the bismuth cathode. Results show the rate-controlling step in deposition to be the mass transport of Cs+ ions from the bulk salt to the cathode surface layer. Results from SEM-EDS suggest that Cs-Bi and Sr-Bi intermetallics from LiCl-KCl salt are not thermodynamically favorable.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.320-327
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• 2023

In this study, the nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)₂) electrode for supercapacitor was prepared via hydrothermal method. Based on the nickel (Ni) foam, the electrode does not require any additional binder material or post-processing. Nickel nitrate (Ni(NO₃)₂) and hexamethylenetetramine (C₆H₁₂N₄) were used for synthesis, and the synthesis condition was 12 hours at 80 ℃. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to analyze the structural characteristics of the electrode, and it shown that the nickel hydroxide was successfully prepared after only the one-step hydrothermal synthesis. The electrochemical properties were analyzed through the half-cell test. The prepared electrode shown a pair of oxidation/reduction peaks, indicating that the driving method included the redox reaction on the electrode surface. After the charge/discharge test, the specific capacitance was calculated as the value of 438 F/g at 3 A/g.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.48-59
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• 2018

본 연구는 커피 생산 폐기물인 커피박의 효율적인 처리 및 재자원화 방안의 일환으로 목분과 혼합하여 고체 바이오 연료인 펠릿을 제조하고자 수행하였다. 먼저 펠릿 제조에 사용된 커피박의 화학적 조성과 연료적 특성을 조사하여 커피박의 펠릿 원료화 가능성을 조사하였다. 또한 다양한 조건에서 낙엽송 목분과 함께 펠릿을 제조한 후, 최적 펠릿 제조조건을 제시하였다. 커피박은 전섬유소, 단백질, 지방/오일로 구성되었으며, 0.7% 정도의 회분을 함유하고 있었다. 회분에 대한 정성분석 결과, 칼슘, 나트륨, 칼륨, 마그네슘 순으로 조사되었다. 커피박의 용이한 건조 특성으로 인한 낮은 함수율과 높은 발열량 그리고 커피박/낙엽송 펠릿의 연료적 특성(함수율, 회분 함량, 겉보기밀도, 내구성)이 국립산림과학원에서 고시한 목재펠릿 품질기준의 1급을 상회하여 커피박의 펠릿 원료화 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 원소분석 결과, 커피박의 높은 질소 및 유황 함량으로 고등급의 펠릿 제조용 원료보다는 $NO_x$ 및 $SO_x$를 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 포집장치를 보유한 열병합발전소용 펠릿 원료로 적당할 것으로 생각한다. 그러나 커피박 및 낙엽송을 이용하여 1급 기준을 만족하는 펠릿을 제조하기 위하여 91 wt%의 낙엽송 목분과 9 wt%의 커피박이 필요할 것으로 추산된다. 이 조건에서 제조한 펠릿의 질소함량은 0.298% 그리고 유황 함량은 0.03%로 1급 기준을 만족하며 나머지 펠릿의 품질 항목에서도 모두 1급 기준을 상회할 것으로 예상된다. 마지막으로 커피박과 낙엽송의 구매가 및 각 등급의 목재펠릿 수요에 따라 펠릿 내의 커피박과 낙엽송 목분 양을 적절히 조절하여 펠릿을 제조할 경우, 생산비용의 절감 외에 폐기물의 이용에 따른 재자원화와 쓰레기 감량을 통한 환경부담 완화에도 일조할 것으로 생각한다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1074-1081
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• 2021

아산화질소(N₂O, Nitrous Oxide)는 6대 온실가스 중 하나로 대기 중에서 적외선을 흡수하여 온실효과를 유발하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히 지구온난화지수(GWP)는 CO₂에 비해 310배 높아 국내뿐만 아니라 전 세계적으로 이슈화되고 있으며, 그에 따른 강력한 환경 규제 강화법들이 발의되고 있다. N₂O 저감 기술에는 물리적인 방식에 따라 농축회수, 촉매분해, 그리고 열분해로 구분할 수 있는데, 본 연구에서는 그 중 가장 효과적인 열분해 처리방식에 대해 논의하고자 일반적인 연소 조건 내 고온 열분해 방식을 이용하여 비용 저감과 함께 질소산화물을 저감시키는 온도 조건 및 반응 시간에 대한 정보를 제공하고자 한다. 열분해 조건으로 선정된 고온 영역은 1073 K부터 1373 K까지 100 K 간격을 두고 계산을 수행하였다. 1073 K과 1173 K의 온도조건에 경우, N₂O 저감율과 일산화질소 농도가 체류시간에 따라 비례관계를 이루는 것이 관측되었으며, 1273 K에 경우, 체류시간이 증가함에 따라 발생되는 역반응으로 인해 N₂O 저감율이 감소되는 것이 관측되었다. 특히 1373 K에 경우, 모든 체류시간에 대해 정반응과 역반응이 화학 평형상태에 도달하여 N₂O 저감에 대한 반응진행율이 오히려 감소하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2014

멀미는 구토 증상뿐만 아니라 현기증, 두통, 졸음, 피로감, 무기력증 등을 동반하여 선박운항자의 신체리듬과 판단능력을 저하시켜 해양사고로 이어질 수 있다. 이 연구는 승선경험이 없는 조타실 근무자(실습항해사)와 기관실 근무자(실습기관사)를 대상으로 뱃멀미 민감성에 대하여 조사하였다. 선박의 X, Y, Z축 방향에 대한 선체운동을 측정할 수 있는 선체운동계측장비(motion sensor)를 이용하여 선체의 운동을 계측하였고, 설문을 통해 조타실과 기관실 근무자의 멀미에 대한 증상 정도(VIR, VSR)를 산출하였다. 이 연구를 통해 동일한 상황에서 조타실 근무자와 기관실 근무자간에 느끼는 멀미 정도에 차이가 있다는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 멀미는 선체 움직임의 크기뿐만 아니라 움직임의 주기와도 높은 연관성이 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 X축과 Y축 방향 선체운동보다 Z축 방향의 선체운동이 멀미와 상관관계가 높았다. Z축 이외 X축과 Y축에 대한 연구가 진행된다면 조타실과 기관실 근무자의 안전과 선박의 거주성 및 승선감 향상에 크게 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.338-341
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• 1988

Two crystal structures of fully dehydrated silver and potassium exchanged zeolite A, stoichiometries of $Ag_{9.3}K_{{2.7}^-}A$ (${\alpha}$ = 12.282(2) ${\AA}$) and $Ag_{10.7}K_{{1.3}^-}{\AA}$ (${\alpha}$ = 12.287(2) A) per unit cell, have been determined from 3-dimensional x-ray diffraction data gathered by counter methods. All structures were solved and refined in the cubic space group Pm3m at 21(1)$^{\circ}C$ . The crystals of $Ag_{9.3}K_{{2.7}^-}A$ and $Ag_{10.7}K_{{1.3}^-}A$ were prepared by flow method using exchange solutions in which mole ratios of $AgNO_3$ and $KNO_3$ were 1:10 and 1:5, respectively, with total concentration of 0.05M. The structures of the dehydrated $Ag_{9.3}K_{{2.7}^-}A$ and $Ag_{10.7}K_{{1.3}^-}A$ were refined to yield the final error indices $R_1$ = 0.037 and $R_2$ = 0.040 with 321 reflections, and $R_1$ = 0.042 and $R_2$ = 0.043 with 371 reflections, repectively, for which I > 3${\sigma}$(I). In both structures, eight $Ag^+$ ions are found nearly at 6-ring centers and each $Ag^+$ ion is nearly in the (1 1 1) plane at its O(3) ligands. The 8-ring sites are preferentially occupied by $K^+$ ions in both structures. 1.3 and 1.7 reduced silver atoms per unit cell were found inside of sodalite units of $Ag_{9.3}K_{{2.7}^-}A$ and that of $Ag_{10.7}K_{{1.3}^-}A$, respectively. These reduced silver species were presumably formed from the reduction of $Ag^+$ ions by oxide ions of residual water molecule or of the zeolite framework. These two crystals may be presented as hexasilver cluster in 21.7% and 28.3% of sodalite unit cells for $Ag_{9.3}K_{{2.7}^-}A$ and $Ag_{10.7}K_{{1.3}^-}A$, repectively.