• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.4C
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• pp.139-147
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• 2012

In this study, various laboratory tests using bottom ash, which has similar engineering properties with sand, were conducted in order to solve the problem of clogging in granular compaction pile and to address sand supply and demand. In particular, testing was performed to help reduce clogging and minimize voids in a crushed stone compaction pile constructed in soft ground. Based on compaction tests and large diameter direct shear tests, an optimum mixing ratio was determined to be 80:20 (crushed stone to bottom ash) because an 80:20 mixing ratio showed the highest shear strength. Test results showed that as the bottom ash content increased above 20%, internal friction angle decreased. Another test method showed freezing and thawing had little effect when the replacement ratio was over 40%. Therefore, bottom ash mixed compaction piles in soft ground are most economical at a 40% replacement ratio.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.149.1-149.1
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• 2011

신재생에너지 산업의 인수합병은 2010년, 전년 대비 70%가 증가하였고 이런 추이는 2011년에도 계속되고 있어 신재생에너지 인수합병 효과에 대한 심도 있는 분석과 이를 바탕으로 한 적절한 정책과 전략이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 인수합병 유형이 신재생에너지 기업의 가치에 미치는 영향을 주가를 이용하여 한 사건이 기업의 가치에 미치는 영향을 평가하는 통계학적 방법인 사건연구(event study) 방법을 통해 분석하였다. 인수합병 유형의 구분은 (1) 같은 신재생에너지원 산업 내 인수합병(수직형 기업결합), (2) 다른 신재생에너지원 산업의 기업 간 인수합병(수평형 기업결합), (3) 대형에너지 기업과 신재생에너지 기업 간 인수합병(수평형 기업결합), (4) 관련이 없는 이종 기업 간 이루어지는 인수합병(혼합형 기업결합) 총 네 유형으로 구분하였다. 분석결과 수평형 기업결합 ( horizontal merger)은 두 경우 모두 인수합병의 효과가 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 파악되었으며 혼합형 기업결합(conglomerate merger)과 수직형 기업결합(vertical merger)이 유의한 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 에너지산업 외부의 기업이 신재생에너지 기업을 인수하였을 때 그 효과가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났는데 이는 변동성이 매우 큰 신재생에너지 산업에 특성이 반영된 결과인 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.835-839
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• 2011

The characteristics of torch-type atmospheric pressure plasma and its sterilization effects have been analyzed. The length of plasma flame was varied with the level of applied voltage and the mixture gases composed of argon and oxygen. The effect of plasma flame on the temperature increase of surface treated was limited to $43^{\circ}C$ as a maximum temperature under exposing time of 10 min. The sterilization for E. coli was strongly affected by the applied voltage, the oxygen ratio in the mixture gas and the treatment time. At a high concentration of ozone, the increase of treatment time under the direct contact with plasma flame yields to maximize the effect of the sterilization on E. coli.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.211-219
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• 2015

Generalized linear mixed models are used to analyze longitudinal categorical data. Random effects specify the serial dependence of repeated outcomes in these models; however, the estimation of a random effects covariance matrix is challenging because of many parameters in the matrix and the estimated covariance matrix should satisfy positive definiteness. Several approaches to model the random effects covariance matrix are proposed to overcome these restrictions: modified Cholesky decomposition, moving average Cholesky decomposition, and partial autocorrelation approaches. We review several approaches and present potential future work.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.261-265
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• 2011

The sterilization effects of atmospheric pressure plasma with the mixture of argon and oxygen were analyzed. The plasma reactor with the shape of dielectric barrier discharge produced the uniform distribution of glow discharge and generated ozone gas effectively according to the various process parameters. The sterilization for E. coli was affected by power, oxygen ratio in the mixture gas, treatment time and distance between reactor and sample. The concentration of ozone was a major source for the sterilization of E. coli, which was enhanced by the increase of power and oxygen ratio. In this study, the effect of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment for the sterilization was confirmed and its result can deliver the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment as the novel sterilization method instead of conventional methods.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.789-796
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• 2016

The anti-lipogenic effect of cereal samples on high sucrose diet (HSD)-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice was studied. We divided C57BL/6 mice into various groups based on 8 weeks of treatment with three types of cereal samples (HSD+WR, HSD diet containing 40% white rice; HSD+MCG, HSD diet containing 40% mixed cereal grain; HSD+AO-MCG, HSD diet containing 40% mixed antiobesity-cereal grain). After the experimental period, body weight changes, liver weights, serum lipid profiles, and hepatic fatty acid metabolism-related gene expression levels were determined. We found that HSD+WR, HSD+MCG, and HSD+AO-MCG treatments reduced body weight and liver weight, especially HSD+MCG and HSD+AO-MCG effectively reduced levels of serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels increased compared to the control group. Furthermore, expression of hepatic lipogenic genes such as sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c, acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, fatty acid synthase, stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase-1, cluster of differentiation, and $PPAR-{\gamma}$ (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor ${\gamma}$) decreased, whereas expression of ${\beta}-oxidation$ genes such as $PPAR-{\alpha}$ and carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 increased following HSD+MCG and HSD+AO-MCG treatment compared with levels in HSD+WR and control groups. These results suggest that the functional cereal samples, especially HSD+AO-MCG treatment, improved hepatic steatosis triggered by an HSD-induced imbalance in hepatic lipid metabolism.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.965-974
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• 2007

This study was performed to investigate the effects of vegetable sprout powder on serum and adipose tissue lipid metabolism in rats fed high-fat diet for 4 weeks for induction hyperlipidemic model rat. Weight-matched male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to five groups according to dietary fat level (10% or 20% of diet wt.) and mixture of vegetable sprout powder levels (5% or 10% 10% or 20% of diet wt.). Vegetable sprout powder was the mixture of same amounts of dried barley, broccoli, rapeseed, alfalfa, radish, mustard, buckwheat and brussels sprouts. Experimental groups were normal fat diet with 5% cellulose (NF-C), high fat diet without fiber (HF-N), high fat diet with 5% cellulose (HF-C), HF-C diet with 5% vegetable sprout powder (HF-CSL), and HF-C diet with 10% vegetable sprout powder (HF-CSH). The body weight of HF-N group increased 16% compared with the NF-C group, while it was decreased by 15% and 22% for HF-CSL group and HF-CSH group, respectively. Fat mass and fat cell size of adipose tissue were lower in HF-CSL group and HF-CSH group compared with HF-C group, and lower in HF-CSH group compared with HF-CSL group. Serum triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol contents were markedly decreased by vegetable sprout powder containing diet, while the serum HDL-cholesterol and phospholipid contents were higher in vegetable sprout powder containing diet in a dose-dependent manner. Leptin and insulin levels in serum showed a decrease in HF-CSH group. Significantly increased contents of triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, leptin and insulin in the serum of HF-N group were returned to normal or even below normal levels by feeding 10% vegetable sprout powder diet. The increased activities of NADP-malate dehydrogenase (ME), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in adiposetissue by HF-N group were decreased to the activity of normal fat group by feeding vegetable sprout powder in a dose-dependant manner. These results indicate that lipid metabolism in rats fed high-fat diet was suppressed by feeding vegetable sprout powder.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.317-330
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• 2009

Research was initiated to investigate germination vigor, number of leaves, plant height and turfgrass density. A total of 18 treatment combinations were used in the study. Treatments were made of soil organic amendment(SOA), sand, and water-absorbing polymer. Germination vigor, leaf number, plant height and turfgrass density were evaluated in Kentucky bluegrass(KB) grown under greenhouse conditions. Significant differences were observed in germination vigor, leaf number, plant height and turfgrass density among 18 mixtures of SOA and polymer. Highest germination rate was associated with mixture of SOA 20% + sand 80% + polymer 0%, resulting in 56.3% for KB. Number of leaves at 60 DAS(days after seeding) were greater with KB over PR, while plant height higher with PR over KB. Leaf number increased with SOA, being SOA 20% > SOA 100% > SOA 10% and with polymer from 0 to 12%. Plant height was greatest with SOA 20% and lowest with SOA 100%. Greater density was observed with PR rather than KB due to longer plant height. Turf density was best under SOA 10% and poorest under SOA 100% in KB. A further research would be required for investigating the individual effect of K-SAM, Ca, perlite on the turf growth characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.260-261
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 제작된 콘텐츠에 배경음을 간편하고 효과적으로 혼합하기 위해서 녹음된 신호(전경음)를 분석하여 배경음 에너지를 적응적으로 조절하는 배경음혼합 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이를 위해, 제안된 알고리즘은 등청감 곡선 (equal-loudness curve) 및 linear prediction (LP) 분석에 기반하여 전경음신호의 청감 에너지 및 음성신호 존재여부를 결정한다. 이에 따라 전경음에 음성신호가 존재하는 경우에는 음성이 명확하게 들릴 수 있도록 혼합된 배경음의 에너지를 하향 조절하고, 반대로 전경음에 음성신호가 존재하지 않는 경우에는 배경음이 명확하게 들릴 수 있도록 혼합된 배경음의 에너지를 상향 조절한다. 제안된 알고리즘의 효율성을 검증하기 위해, 고정 가중치를 이용하여 배경음을 혼합하는 경우와의 음질 선호도 조사를 실시한 결과, 제안된 알고리즘에 대한 높은 선호도를 보였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 1970

A study was conducted on the coolant mixing between water flowing in two adjacent subchannels. Measurements were made of the quantity of mass transferred between a larger rectangular channel and a smaller triangular channel in a 19-rod fuel bundle under the conditions of single phase flow and air-water two-phase flow. The results of the experiments showed that the low mixing rate appears in single phase flow, and high mixing rate was measured in air-water two-phase flow Mixing rate decreases with the increasing of air void fraction during the air-water flow. It seems that the high mixing rate in the air-water flow was caused due to adequate agitation of the chaotic air void.