• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5.1-5.4
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• 2009

This article is an addendum to the authors’ previous article (Kim, J. et al. (2008) Plant Cell 20, 307-319). The instrumentation and software described in this article were used to analyze the circadian leaf movement in the previous article. Here, we provide detailed and practical information on the instrumentation and the software. The source code of the LMA program is freely available from the authors. The circadian clock regulates a wide range of cyclic physiological responses with a 24 hour period in most organisms. Rhythmic leaf movement in plants is a typical robust manifestation of rhythms controlled by the circadian clock and has been used to monitor endogenous circadian clock activity. Here, we introduce a relatively easy, inexpensive, and simple approach for measuring leaf movement circadian rhythms using a USB-based web camera, public domain software and a Leaf Movement Assay (LMA) program. The LMA program is a semi-automated tool that enables the user to measure leaf lengths of individual Arabidopsis seedlings from a set of time-series images and generates a wave-form output for leaf rhythm. This is a useful and convenient tool for monitoring the status of a plant's circadian clock without an expensive commercial instrumentation and software.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2014

The centrifugal oil purifier is used in an engine for lubrication and to remove impurities. The momentum needed for the rotation of the cylindrical chamber is obtained by jet injections. An impure particle in the oil is separated by the centrifugal forces moving to the inner wall of the rotating cylindrical chamber body. The dust particles are eliminated when the particles are absorbed onto the surface of the inner wall of the chamber body. The flow characteristics and the physical behaviors of particles in this centrifugal oil purifier were investigated numerically and the filtration efficiencies was evaluated. For calculations, a commercial code is used and the SST (Shear Stress Transport) turbulence model has been adopted. The MFR (Multi Frames of Reference) method is introduced to consider the rotating effect of the flows. Under various variables, such as particle size, particle density and rotating speed, the filtration efficiencies are evaluated. It has been verified that the filtration efficiency is increased with the increments in the particle size, the particle density and the rotating speed of the cylindrical chamber.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1479-1483
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• 2008

The three main physiological functions of nose are air-conditioning, filtering and smelling. Knowledge of airflow characteristics in nasal cavities is essential to understand the physiological and pathological aspects of nasal breathing. Several studies have utilized physical models of the healthy nasal cavity to investigate the relationship between nasal anatomy and airflow. In our laboratory, there have been a series of experimental investigations on the nasal airflow in normal and deformed nasal cavity models by PIV under both constant and periodic flow conditions. In this time, airflow inside normal nasal cavity is investigated numerically by the FVM general purpose code. The comparisons with PIV measurement are appreciated. Heat and humidity transfer is dealt numerically. Dense CT data and careful treatment of model surface under the ENT doctor’s advice provide more sophisticated cavity models for both PIV experiment and numerical grid system. Average and RMS velocity distributions have been obtained for inspirational and expirational nasal. Temperature distribution, heat and humidity transfer through the mucosa are obtained.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2011

This study developed the cyclone conveying system using roughage cutter for the round bale reported in the previous papers. Performance tests were conducted whether it can easily separate dust from roughage such as rice straws and it can transport roughages from cutter to TMR mixer. In addition, the airflow patterns in the cyclone conveying system were investigated using CFD code (FLUENT 6.2) for various velocities of dust collection fan. The cyclone conveying system was designed based on dried rice straws with a diameter of 1,340 mm, a cylinder length of 1,220 mm, a cone length of 850 mm and the current velocity of the dust collection fan was 15~20 m/s. It was found that transporting of roughage from cutter to TMR mixer and the separation of dust were satisfactory, and the dust removal rate of rice straws was around 31.9%. CFD analysis showed that, at the blowing fan velocity of 11.6 m/s, the airflow velocity inside the dust collector increased as velocity of the dust collection fan increased, but the airflow patterns inside the dust collector were all much the same.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 국내에 가장 많이 보급되어 있는 1-2W 모델 연동온실에 대한 온실 규격 및 환기창 형태 실태 조사를 수행하고, 이를 바탕으로 연동온실의 천창 형태에 따른 유동 특성을 분석하기 위해 수치해석을 수행하여 자연환기효과를 분석하고자 하였다. 온실 실태조사 대상농가의 환기창면적 비율은 평균10%로 자연환기를 위한 시설면적 대비 환기창 면적 설계가 부족한 것으로 나타나 환기창 개선이 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 연동 온실의 천창 형태별 자연환기를 해석 및 분석한 결과, 온실 내 작물위치의 온도 분포 및 내외부 온도차는 몽골식 천창 온실에서 가장 낮고 외몽골식 천창 온실에서 가장 높게 나타났으나 추후 풍하중에 의한 구조적인 안전성을 평가해야할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.432-437
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• 2014

본 연구는 국내 외에서 생산된 다양한 벌꿀에 대한 품질특성을 비교 분석하고, 국내 유통 벌꿀의 과학적 벌꿀 관리를 위한 기초 자료를 마련하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위한 분석은 수집된 벌꿀을 대상으로 하여 안정탄소동위원소비율, 수분함량, 전화당 및 자당 함량, HMF 함량을 측정하였다. 안정탄소동위원소비율은 밀원에 따라 -25.18 - -12.60‰ 범위로 $C_4$ 식물군인 사양꿀을 제외하면 모든 벌꿀이 순수벌꿀로 유통되었다. 수분함량은 18.12-19.70% 범위로 식품공전 및 Codex 기준치에 충족하였다. 벌꿀의 당 함량은 fructose의 경우 36.10-43.94% 범위, glucose의 경우 22.61-31.91% 범위로 전화당 함량이 64.89-72.79% 범위를 나타내어 기준치에 충족하였다. Sucrose 함량 역시 1.56-4.75%로 기준치에 모든 벌꿀이 충족하였다. HMF 함량은 국내산의 경우 0.11-48.85 mg/kg 수준, 수입산의 경우는 4.10-78.66 mg/kg 수준을 나타내어 기준치에 적합하였다. 결론적으로 국내 유통 벌꿀을 수집하여 품질을 비교 분석한 결과, 모든 벌꿀이 우리나라 식품공전상 규정하고 있는 기준치에 충족한 결과를 나타내었지만, 긴 유통과정을 거치는 수입산 벌꿀의 경우 HMF 함량이 4.10-78.66 mg/kg 수준으로 국제기구인 Codex의 기준치인 40 mg/kg 이하에 일부 벌꿀이 초과하였고, 식품공전 상 기준치인 80 mg/kg 이하에 근접한 결과를 나타내었다. 따라서 국내에 유통 판매되는 벌꿀의 품질수준을 높이기 위해서는 당 및 HMF 함량 등 품질지표가 될 수 있는 구성성분에 대한 국제적 수준 또는 국내 실정에 적합한 벌꿀의 규격 관리가 마련되어야할 것으로 판단된다.

• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.3.1-3.10
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• 2014

Amino acid substitution matrices are essential tools for protein sequence analysis, homology sequence search in protein databases and multiple sequence alignment. The PAM matrix was the first widely used amino acid substitution matrix. The BLOSUM series then succeeded the PAM matrix. Most substitution matrixes were developed by using the statistical frequency of substitution between each amino acid at blocks representing groups of protein families or related proteins. However, substitution of amino acids is based on the similarity of physiochemical properties of each amino acid. In this study, a new approach was used to obtain major physiochemical properties in multiple sequence alignment. Frequency of amino acid substitution in multiple sequence alignment database and selected attributes of amino acids in physiochemical properties database were merged. This merged data showed the major physiochemical properties through principle components analysis. Using factor analysis, these four principle components were interpreted as flexibility of electronic movement, polarity, negative charge and structural flexibility. Applying these four components, BAPS was constructed and validated for accuracy. When comparing receiver operated characteristic ($ROC_{50}$) values, BAPS scored slightly lower than BLOSUM and PAM. However, when evaluating for accuracy by comparing results from multiple sequence alignment with the structural alignment results of two test data sets with known three-dimensional structure in the homologous structure alignment database, the result of the test for BAPS was comparatively equivalent or better than results for prior matrices including PAM, Gonnet, Identity and Genetic code matrix.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제8A권3호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2001

네트워크와 컴퓨터 기술의 발달로 물리적으로 분산된 컴퓨터를 하나의 자원으로 사용하려는 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 일반적으로 이러한 연구들은 메시지 패싱을 기반으로 하는 환경을 개발하는 것이 주류를 이루고 있다. 이러한 환경은 보통 과학계산용 문제를 풀기 위해 많이 사용되고 주어진 문제의 내부병렬성을 이용하여 병렬처리 하게 된다. 따라서 보통 이러한 환경에서는 고도의 병렬성을 얻을 수 있다는 장점이 있는 반면에, 프로그래밍이 어렵고, 사용하기가 어려우며, 분산된 컴퓨터에 사용자의 계정이 있어야 한다는 단점이 있다. 그런데 만일 주어진 문제가 완전히 독립적인 작은 문제를 분할된다면 더욱 효율적인 환경을 만들 수 있다. 이러한 문제 유형은 생물정보학, 3차원 애니메이션, 그래픽스 등에 많이 준재하며, 이를 위한 새로운 환경 개발은 매우 중요한 연구라 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 효율적으로 처리하는 프록시 컴퓨팅 기반의 InterCom이라는 새로운 환경을 제안하고, 이들 구현한 것에 대해서 설명한다. 이 환경은 에이전트, 서버, 클라이언트로 구성되어 있다. 이 환경의 장점은 프로그래밍하기가 쉽고 분산된 모든 컴퓨터에 사용자 계정이 없어도 되며, 분산되는 코드를 자동 컴파일해 줌으로써 사용하기 쉽다는 것이다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2015

Establishment of appropriate data in certain formats is essential for agricultural water cycle analysis, which involves complex interactions and uncertainties such as climate change, social & economic change, and watershed environmental change. The main objective of this study was to develop web-based Data processing and Model linkage Techniques for Agricultural Water-Resource analysis (AWR-DMT). The developed techniques consisted of database development, data processing technique, and model linkage technique. The watershed of this study was the upper Cheongmi stream and Geunsam-Ri. The database was constructed using MS SQL with data code, watershed characteristics, reservoir information, weather station information, meteorological data, processed data, hydrological data, and paddy field information. The AWR-DMT was developed using Python. Processing technique generated probable rainfall data using non-stationary frequency analysis and evapotranspiration data. Model linkage technique built input data for agricultural watershed models, such as the TANK and Agricultural Watershed Supply (AWS). This study might be considered to contribute to the development of intelligent watercycle analysis by developing data processing and model linkage techniques for agricultural water-resource analysis.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2016

Initial prevention activities and rapid propagation conditions is the most important to prevent diffusion of water pollution. If water pollutants flow into streams river or main stresm located in environmental conservation area or water intake facilities, we must predict immediately arrival time and the diffusion concentration to the proactive. National Institute of Environmental Research developed water pollution incident response prediction system linking dam and movable weir. the system is mathematical model which is updated daily. Therefore it can quickly predict the arrival time and the diffusion concentration when there are accident of oil spills and hazardous chemicals. Also we equipped with mathematical model and toxicity model of EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) to calculate the arrival time and the diffusion concentration. However these systems offer the services of an offline manner than real-time control services. we have ensured the reliability of data collection and have developed a real-time water quality measurement data transmission device by using the data linkage utilizing a mode bus communication and a commercial SCADA system, in particular, we implemented to be able to do real-time water quality prediction through information infrastructure of the water quality integrated management business created by utilizing the construction of the real-time prediction system that utilizes the data collected, the Open map, the visual representation using charts API and development of integrated management system development based on web maps.