• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.1200-1206
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• 2009

In this study, a new method of dental plaque scoring is proposed by adopting new criteria to divide the tooth surface with utilizing the geometrical features of a tooth color image. For the possible clinical usage of our new plaque scoring system, GUI(Graphic User Interface) system is also implemented to estimate the numerical plaque index for a specific tooth by designing the supplementary database management module that handles dental plaque scores.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.1207-1214
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• 2009

In this study, we propose a novel color-image segmentation algorithm to discern the teeth region utilizing RG intensity and its relevant RGB histogram features with resolving the variations of its maximum intensity in terms of peaks and valleys. Tooth candidates in a CCD image are first extracted by applying RGB color multi-threshold levels and consequently the successive morphological image operations and a Sobel-mask edge processing are performed to resolve the teeth region and its contour.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.79-88
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• 1999

In order top investigate the growth of water dropwort grown by sandculture irrigated with recirculated tilapia aquaculture water, these experiments were carried out. Fish(tilapia) production and biofiltration provided by sand cultured water dropwort(Oenanthe stolonifera DC.) were linked in a closed system of recirculation water. Water dropwort was irrigated with water drawn from the tilapia tank and drainage from sand beds was returned to the fish tank. The temperature, pH and EC of tilapia culture water were stable. The growth of water dropwort grown by sandculture with aquaculture water was normal. Microbial activity of the biofilterbed irrigated by tilapia rearing water was higher than that of biofilterbed irrigated by tapwater. The feasibility of an integrated, recirculatory system for concurrent production of water dropwort and fish with no additional fertilization application was demonstrated.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.47-53
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• 2007

The laminar combustion characteristics of interacting coal particles in a convective flow are numerically investigated at particle arrangement and size difference. The numerical simulations, which use the two-step global reaction model to account for the surrounding gas effect, show the detailed interaction among the inter-space particles, undergoing devolatilization and subsequent char burning. Several parametric studies, which include the effect of the gas temperature (1700 K), high pressure(10 atm) and variation in geometrical arrangement of the particle diameter on the volatile release rate and the char combustion rate, have been carried out. The comparison indicates that the shift to the multiple particle arrangement resulted in the substantial change of the combustion characteristics and that the volatile release rate of the interacting coal particles exhibits a strong dependency on the particle spacing and size difference.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.169-172
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• 2005

Recently the repair of damaged reinforced concrete members by the external bonding of fiber-reinforced polymer laminates has received considerable attention. This paper investigates the flexural behaviors of beam strengthened with Aramid fiber sheets(AFS), and attempts to evaluate the flexural strength of such RC beams by the use of nonlinear flexural analysis because the application of the KCI strength method to strengthened beam is somewhat limited and the failure strain of AFS is overestimated in particular cases.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.569-575
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• 2000

Fabrication of carbon fiber reinforced composites was carried out by hand lay-up method. Carbon nanofibers and SiC nanofibers were used as filler in the composites fabrication. Carbon nanofibers, one of the new carbon materials, have 5∼500 nm in diameter and 5-10 nm in length. SiC nanofibers were modified by silicon monoxide vapor with carbon nanofibers. The composites were carbonized at 1000$^{\circ}C$ in a nitrogen atmosphere, and then densified by molten pitches impregnated in vacuum. Multiple cycles of liquid pitch impregnation and carbonization were carried out to obtain a desired density. The composites were characterized by density, microstructure. The inter-laminar shear strength (ILSS) test was performed for mechanical properties. For the new application, the microwave reflective proeprty of composites was investigated. Dielectric constant and permeability spectrum were measured in 12∼18 GHz frequency ranges. On the basis of the wave propagation theory in a lossy media, the reflection loss from the composite inter-layer was predict as a function of frequency.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.317-318
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• 2008

효율적인 유통 물류매장 서비스를 지원하기 위해서는 RFID 미들웨어의 상태나 성능이 유동적인 환경에 대비하여 리소스의 안정적인 분배를 지원하는 환경이 필요 하다. 본 논문에서는 실제 산업 현장의 현실을 감안하여 소프트웨어 최소 요구사양으로 미들웨어 구성을 제시하는데, 필요한 정보를 제공하는데 그 목적을 두었다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.122-129
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• 1995

질소 기체의 온도변화에 따른 질소 레이저의 동작 특성을 조사하고 실험에 의해 얻은 E/P값을 이론치와 비교 연구하였다. 이를 위하여 레이저 관의 길이가 200mm이고, 다중 평행판 축전기형 전송 회로 및 질소 기체의 온도 조정 장치로 구성된 질소 레이저를 제작하였다. 반복률 20Hz에서 스파크 갭의 전극 거리 4mm일 때 최대출력을 얻었으며 최적동작 조건은 질소 기체 온도 $30^{\circ}C$, 기체 압력 70torr이었다. 이때의 E/P는 411V/cm.torr이었다. 한편 질소 기체의 온도가 증가함에 따라 최적 동작 조건은 높은 압력 쪽으로 이동하는 경향을 보였고 이때 E/P값은 감소하는 것으로 나타나 이론과 어느 정도 일치함을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.54-58
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• 1999

A method using coloric and spectrophotometric detection have been developed for the identification of the tertiary or quaternary alkaloids contained in Corydalis tuber and its preparations. The principle is based on the formation or decomposition of complex compounds. The complex compound of the tertiary and quaternary alkaloids have been formed by adding tetrathiocyanatocobaltate [II] ion to the test soln. Diverse crude drugs were screened using this method and the results indicated that isoquinoline, aconitine-type alkaloids in crude drugs can be readily detected. The method is simple, convenient, reproducible and applicable to the verification of the crude drug Corydalis tuber and its preparations.

• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.247-252
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• 1998

A series of greenhouse test was conducted to evaluate infection of Calonectria ilicicola on soybean plants of different ages at time of inoculation. Lesion length and number of perithecia were determined on cultivars Braxton, Deltapine 726, and Riverside 699 that were 10∼40 days old and 4-10 days old at time of inoculation. Quadratic and linear relationships were described between plant age at inoculation and lesion length or perithecia production in greenhouse studies. Soybean seedlings exhibited low susceptibility to C. ilicicola regardless of cultivar susceptibility. On 8- or 1-0-days-old Braxton, lesion lenght and perithecia numbers were reduced. Lesion lengths were longest on plants 30 days old whereas perithecia production was greatest on plants 20∼30 days old at time of inoculation. Differences in lesion length and perithecia production that were observed on young plants (4∼10 days old) were similar to relative levels of susceptibility in soybean cultivars in greenhouse and field tests, suggesting that reaction to C. ilicicola in soybean cultivars may be determined early in plant development.