• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.494.2-494.2
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• 2014

실리콘 태양전지는 현재 다른 태양전지 셀에 비해서 높은 변환효율 및 우수한 안정성을 가지고 있으며, 상대적으로 가격도 저렴하여 상용으로 판매되는 대다수의 모듈이 실리콘 태양전지를 사용하고 있다. 이러한 태양전지 모듈이 25년 이상 보증을 위해서는 장기 열화메카니즘 연구가 중요시 되고 있다. 따라서 태양전지 모듈을 가속열화하여 높은 내구성을 보유하고 있는지 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 결정질 실리콘 태양전지 모듈의 옥외실증 시험을 통해 일사량, 기온, 습도, 풍향, 풍속과 같은 환경인자에 따른 모듈의 성능 비교를 통해 모듈의 열화요인에 대하여 분석하였다. MYPGT (Maximal Yield Power Generation Tracking)를 활용하여 모듈의 특성을 정밀하게 측정하며, 빠른 대기환경의 변화에 따른 매시간 태양전지의 전류-전압 특성을 지속적으로 정확하게 측정함으로써 대기환경에서 받는 영향에 대해 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1475-1477
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 LNG/LPG 센서와 솔벤트 센서를 국산화한 결과를 보고한다. LNG/LPG 센서는 $SnO_{2-}\;WO_3$ 모물질에 Pd, Pt 촉매를 첨가하여 제작하였다. 센서를 $400^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 동작시키면 CO가 촉매층에서 거의 $CO_2$로 산화되어 감지막의 저항변화에 아무런 기여도 못하기 때문에 팔라듐 촉매 센서부와 백금촉매 센서부의 신호로부터 탄화수소와 CO를 구별할 수 있다. 또한 촉매층 위에 다공성 보호층를 형성하여 촉매층과 감지막을 보호함으로써 장기 안정성이 크게 향상 되었다. 한편, 감지물질로 $BaSnO_3$를 사용해 제작된 솔벤트 센서는 에탄올에 매우 우수한 감도와 선택성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.612-620
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• 2012

This study was performed to investigate the 4-week repeated-dose toxicity of $Lactobacillus$ $plantarum$ AF1 ($Lb.$ $plantarum$ AF1), a lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, in male and female rats. Sprague-Dawley male and female rats were divided into four groups, with 10 animals in each group. The test article was administered once daily by gavage to rats at dosage levels of 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g/kg/day for 4-weeks. There were no test articlerelated deaths or abnormal clinical signs in either gender of rat during the observation period. Furthermore, no differences were found between the control and treatment groups in terms of body weight changes, food intake, and water consumptions. Hematological parameters, serum biochemical analysis, and any other findings also showed no significant or dose-dependent alterations. There were no alterations in organ weights upon administration of $Lb.$ $plantarum$ AF1. These results suggest that there were no adverse effects of oral application of $Lb.$ $plantarum$ AF1 up to a dosage level of 2.0 g/kg in both male and female rats.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.321-329
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• 2013

Despite the advantage of unlimited access, there are insufficient studies for the accuracy and stability of FKP that blocks the spread of the system for various applications. Therefore, we performed a long-term analysis from continuous real-time positioning, and investigated the error characteristics dependent on the size and the surrounding environment. The FKP shows significant changes in the positioning accuracy at different times of day, where the accuracy during daytime is worse than that of nighttime. In addition, the size and deviation of FKP correction may change with the ionospheric conditions, and high correlation between ambiguity resolution rate and the deviation of correction was observed. The receivers continuously request the correction information in order to cope with sudden variability of ionosphere. On the other hand, the correction information was not received up to an hour in case of stable ionospheric condition. It is noteworthy that the outliers of FKP are clustered in their position with some biases. Since several meters of errors can be occurred for kinematic positioning with FKP, therefore, it is necessary to make appropriate preparation for real-time applications.

• Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.254-259
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• 1999

노화는 모든 사람에게 공통적으로 일어나는 자연스러운 현상이다. 그러나 이에 따른 신체적인 변화는 각 개인에 따라, 그리고 한 개인 안에서조차 각종 장기별로 다양한 속도로 진행된다. 노년기의 생리적인 변화는 예비용량(reserve capacity)의 저하에 따라 외부의 스트레스에 대처하여 항상성을 유지하는 능력이 감소되어 나타나게 된다. 안정적 상태에서 기능수준에는 큰 변화가 없으나 활동상태의 기능 수준은 연령증가에 따라 상당히 저하되는 것을 보여준다. 노년기의 생리적 변화에 따라 직병에 대한 감수성은 증가하나 대다수의 만성퇴행성질환은 특정 병리현상에 의해 발생하며 노화가 직접적인 원인으로 작용하지는 않는 것으로 알려지고 있다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.437-465
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• 2019

In this study, we propose a new method to forecast long-term energy demand in Korea. Based on Chang et al. (2016), which models the time varying long-run relationship between electricity demand and GDP with a function coefficient panel model, we design several schemes to retain objectivity of the forecasting model. First, we select the bandwidth parameters for the income coefficient based on the out-of-sample forecasting performance. Second, we extend the income coefficient using the functional principal component analysis method. Third, we proposed a method to reflect the elasticity change patterns inherent in Korea. In the empirical analysis part, we forecasts the long-term energy demand in Korea using the proposed method to show that the proposed method generates more stable long term forecasts than the existing methods.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.1-32
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• 2010

The global financial crisis has exerted enormous impacts on the attainment of inflation target in Korea. The annual average CPI inflation was 3.3% during the targeting period of 2007-2009 and the target was $3.0{\pm}0.5%$. Thus Korea has succeeded in keeping annual average CPI inflation just below the upper limit of the 2007-2009 target under the global crisis. This paper intends to evaluate the performance of the inflation targeting system in Korea. First, it estimates the conventional call rate reaction equation under the global crisis and finds that the policy interest rates never reacted to expected inflation, output gap, and won/dollar exchange rate, as expected by theory. Second, it identifies the shock of global financial crisis into core and non-core, applying the structural VAR model. The core shock was defined to have no (medium- to) long-run impact on real output. The core shock was identified to have the character of the demand shock, since it has the positive impact on the inflation and output in the short run. The structural core inflation due to core shock was an attractor of headline inflation, not vice versa. Therefore, the structural core inflation that reflects the demand-side shock would be the better intermediate target for the final headline inflation target than the official core inflation that excludes the volatile inflation of agricultural and oil-related products. During the inflation targeting period of 2007-2009, the structural core inflation was more volatile than the official core inflation, because the global crisis has very large negative impacts on the domestic demand as well as the prices of agricultural and oil-related products. This paper shows that the negative core shock during the fourth quarter of 2008 was larger than that in the financial crisis in 1998. But the core shock turned into positive very quickly in 2009, as the Korean economy recovered very quickly from crisis. The volatile changes in structural core inflation suggests that the Bank of Korea barely managed to attain the 2007-2009 inflation target, owing to the very large negative impacts of the global financial crisis on the domestic demand. It also suggests that the rapid rise in core inflation with the rapid recovery of the Korean economy will lead to rapid rise in headline inflation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

We conducted an isothermal slow cook-off(ISCO) test for an aluminized explosive containing AP. The sample bulged before the run-away reaction, and therefore we were unable to obtain the ISCO data. However, these phenomena did not occur for a certain AP grade, which means that the quality of the AP exerted a significant effect on the thermal stability of the explosive formulation. In this study, we investigated the thermal stability difference between a good and bad AP grade. First, we characterized the thermal properties of all APs by Differential Scanning Calorimeter(DSC) and correlated them to the ISCO phenomena. In addition to the DSC study and ISCO test, we also investigated and calculated the SADT and self-heating rate by the ARC of the different AP qualities to interpret the thermal stability of the explosive formulation. Moreover, we investigated the impurity of the AP and a preparation method to remove the included impurity and crystallization. Finally, we implemented qualification methods to identify the quality of AP by DSC using a high-pressure crucible.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.369-392
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• 2011

A pure project finance is exposed to high default risk because it is made solely based on the business value of the project. Project finance with sinking funds can reduce the high default risk, in that it uses sinking funds to ensure the principal without requiring collaterals or guarantees. In view of economic efficiency, this paper analytically compares project finance with sinking funds to usual project finance and derives the condition for its superiority in corporate tax saving. Because sinking funds generate the repayments for the principal with compounding interest rates, in terms of effectiveness, project finance with sinking funds is suitable for long-term projects whose period is longer than 10 years. Pension funds can be good sources for project finance with sinking funds, since they should be managed to ensure stable investment returns for long periods.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.10
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• pp.151-161
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• 2007

EPS provides a superb self-sufficient stability. Studies on the process of EPS construction method focus on the inchoate phase of general construction, which is increasingly applied to construction sites throughout the world. Unfortunately, there has been little study on the durability and long-term soil behavior involving EPS materials. In this study, the boring, in-site and laboratory tests were conducted to examine the long-term soil behavior in the back-filling of alternating behind the side to which EPS was applied. And results of finite element analysis considering various test results and the soil behavior data measured during the construction show that EPS construction method is a superb process that relieves the load and consequently reduces the settlement, alleviates the stress on the abutment, and prevents lateral flow.