• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2004

Recent livestock people concern not only increase of production, but also superior quality of animal-breeding environment. So far, the optimization of the breeding and air environment has been focused on the production increase. In the very near future, the optimization will be emphasized on the environment for the animal welfare and health. Especially, cattle farming demands the precision livestock farming and special attention has to be given to the management of feeding, animal health and fertility. The management of individual animal is the first step for precision livestock farming and animal welfare, and recognizing each individual is important for that. Though electronic identification of a cattle such as RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) has many advantages, RFID implementations practically involve several problems such as the reading speed and distance. In that sense, computer vision might be more effective than RFID for the identification of an individual animal. The researches on the identification of cattle via image processing were mostly performed with the cows having black-white patterns of the Holstein. But, the native Korean and Japanese cattle do not have any definite pattern on the body. The purpose of this research is to identify the Japanese black cattle that does not have a body pattern using computer vision technology and neural network algorithm. Twelve heads of Japanese black cattle have been tested to verify the proposed scheme. The values of input parameters were specified and then computed using the face images of cattle. The images of cattle faces were trained using associate neural network algorithm, and the algorithm was verified by the face images that were transformed using brightness, distortion, and noise factors. As a result, there was difference due to transform ratio of the brightness, distortion, and noise. And, the proposed algorithm could identify 100% in the range from -3 to +3 degrees of the brightness, from -2 to +4 degrees of the distortion, and from 0% to 60% of the noise transformed images. It is concluded that our system can not be applied in real time recognition of the moving cows, but can be used for the cattle being at a standstill.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제60권11호
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• pp.26.1-26.9
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• 2018

Background: This experiment aimed at assessing polyphenol-rich plant biomass to use in complete feed making for the feeding of ruminants. Methods: An in vitro ruminal evaluation of complete blocks (CFB) with (Acacia nilotica, Ziziphus nummularia leaves) and without (Vigna sinensis hay) polyphenol rich plant leaves was conducted by applying Menke's in vitro gas production (IVGP) technique. A total of six substrates, viz. three forages and three CFBs were subjected to in vitro ruminal fermentation in glass syringes to assess gas and methane production, substrate degradability, and rumen fermentation metabolites. Results: Total polyphenol content (g/Kg) was 163 in A. nilotica compared to 52.5 in Z. nummularia with a contrasting difference in tannin fractions, higher hydrolysable tannins (HT) in the former (140.1 vs 2.8) and higher condensed (CT) tannins in the later (28.3 vs 7.9). The potential gas production was lower with a higher lag phase (L) in CT containing Z. nummularia and the component feed block. A. nilotica alone and as a constituent of CFB produced higher total gas but with lower methane while the partitioning factor (PF) was higher in Z. nummularia and its CFB. Substrate digestibility (both DM and OM) was lower (P < 0.001) in Z. nummularia compared to other forages and CFBs. The fermentation metabolites showed a different pattern for forages and their CFBs. The forages showed higher TCA precipitable N and lower acetate: propionate ratio in Z. nummularia while the related trend was found in CFB with V. sinensis. Total volatile fatty acid concentration was higher (P < 0.001) in A. nilotica leaves than V. sinensis hay and Z. nummularia leaves. It has implication on widening the forage resources and providing opportunity to use forage biomass rich in polyphenolic constituents in judicious proportion for reducing methane and enhancing green livestock production. Conclusion: Above all, higher substrate degradability, propionate production, lower methanogenesis in CFB with A. nilotica leaves may be considered useful. Nevertheless, CFB with Z. nummularia also proved its usefulness with higher TCA precipitable N and PF. It has implication on widening the forage resources and providing opportunity to use polyphenol-rich forage biomass for reducing methane and enhancing green livestock production.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2020

비행기록장치는 항공기 사고 조사를 위해 필요한 데이터를 저장하는 장비로 ED-112A 규격을 준수하여 개발되어야 한다. 비행기록장치는 일반 데이터 저장 장비와 달리 항공기 사고 후에도 데이터 복원이 가능해야 함으로 극한환경에서 데이터를 보호할 수 있는 하우징과 메모리 보드가 필요하다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 극한환경시험의 충격, 전단/인장, 관통, 압박 시험의 물리적 환경을 분석하여 시험을 견딜 수 있는 하우징을 설계하였고 항공기 장착을 고려하여 기존 대비 크기 및 중량을 최소화하였다. 고온화재, 저온화재에 견딜 수 있도록 단열재와 상변환물질을 적용하여 260도, 10시간 환경에서도 150도 이상으로 내부 온도가 상승하지 않도록 설계하였다. 또한 메모리 보드도 크기를 최소화하고 Hoping Programming 방식을 고안하여 16초 이상의 연속 데이터 손실을 방지할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 이를 통해 ED-112A를 만족하는 충돌보호메모리모듈을 제작에서 시험까지 완료하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 1998

This study used in vivo intracellular recording in rat hippocampus to evaluate the effect of lidocaine and MK-801 on the membrane properties and the synaptic responses of individual neurons to electrical stimulation of the commissural pathway. Cells in control group typically fired in a tonic discharge mode with an average firing frequency of $2.4{\pm}0.9$ Hz. Neuron in MK-801 treated group (0.2 mg/kg, i.p.) had an average input resistance of $3.28{\pm}5.7\;M{\Omega}$ and a membrane time constant of $7.4{\pm}1.8$ ms. These neurons exhibited $2.4{\pm}0.2$ ms spike durations, which were similar to the average spike duration recorded in the neurons of the control group. Slightly less than half of these neurons were firing spontaneously with an average discharge rate of $2.4{\pm}1.1$ Hz. The average peak amplitude of the AHP following the spikes in these groups was $7.4{\pm}0.6$ mV with respect to the resting membrane potential. Cells in MK-801 and lidocaine treated group (5 mg/kg, i.c.v.) had an average input resistance of $3.45{\pm}6.0\;M{\Omega}$ and an average time constant of $8.0{\pm}1.4$ ms. The cells were firing spontaneously at an average discharge rate of $0.6{\pm}0.4$ Hz. Upon depolarization of the membrane by 0.8 nA for 400 ms, all of the tested cells exhibited accommodation of spike discharge. The most common synaptic response contained an EPSP followed by early-IPSP and late-IPSP. Analysis of the voltage dependence revealed that the early-IPSP and late-IPSP were putative $Cl^--and\;K^+-dependent$, respectively. Systemic injection of the NMDA receptor blocker, MK-801, did not block synaptic responses to the stimulation of the commissural pathway. No significant modifications of EPSP, early-IPSP, or late-IPSP components were detected in the MK-801 and/or lidocaine treated group. These results suggest that MK-801 and lidocaine manifest their CNS effects through firing pattern of hippocampal pyramidal cells and neural network pattern by changing the synaptic efficacy and cellular membrane properties.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.365-372
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• 2015

Aripiprazole (ARI) is a commonly prescribed medication used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. To date, there have been no studies regarding the molecular pathological and immunotoxicological profiling of aripiprazole. Thus, in the present study, we prepared two different formulas of aripiprazole [Free base crystal of aripiprazole (ARPGCB) and cocrystal of aripiprazole (GCB3004)], and explored their effects on the patterns of survival and apoptosis-regulatory proteins under acute toxicity and cytotoxicity test conditions. Furthermore, we also evaluated the modulatory activity of the different formulations on the immunological responses in macrophages primed by various stimulators such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), pam3CSK, and poly(I:C) via toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), TLR2, and TLR3 pathways, respectively. In liver, both ARPGCB and GCB3004 produced similar toxicity profiles. In particular, these two formulas exhibited similar phospho-protein profiling of p65/nuclear factor $(NF)-{\kappa}B$, c-Jun/activator protein (AP)-1, ERK, JNK, p38, caspase 3, and bcl-2 in brain. In contrast, the patterns of these phospho-proteins were variable in other tissues. Moreover, these two formulas did not exhibit any cytotoxicity in C6 glioma cells. Finally, the two formulations at available in vivo concentrations did not block nitric oxide (NO) production from activated macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells stimulated with LPS, pam3CSK, or poly(I:C), nor did they alter the morphological changes of the activated macrophages. Taken together, our present work, as a comparative study of two different formulas of aripiprazole, suggests that these two formulas can be used to achieve similar functional activation of brain proteins related to cell survival and apoptosis and immunotoxicological activities of macrophages.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.305-318
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• 2002

한반도 상공의 중간 자외선 대기광을 측정하기 위해 3단형 과학로켓(KSR-III)에 탑재될 대기광도계(Airglow Photometer, AGP)가 제작되었다. 대기광도계 비행 모형(FM)은 4-channel로 이루어져 100km~300km 구간의 중간 자외선 영역의 OI 2972${\AA}$, $N_2$ VK(0,6) 2780${\AA}$, $N_2$ 2PG 3150${\AA}$ 대기광과 배경으로 3070${\AA}$을 지평선 방향으로 측정하게 된다. 대기광도계는 광도계 본체, 차폐경(Baffle), 전자제어부, 전원공급기로 구성되어 있다. 광도계 본체는 협대역 간섭 필터를 통해 선택된 파장의 대기광을 직경 2.5cm 렌즈로 초점면에 설치된 실틈(slit)을 통해 자외선 감지용 광전증배관으로 진입시키는 구조로 되어있다. 비행중 영점 측정을 위해 초점면 실틈 뒤편의 회전판에 영점광원을 설치하였다. 차폐경은 저충대기로부터 산란되는 태양광이 광도계로 진입하지 못하도록 성능을 최적화하여 설계 제작되었다. 대기광도계 비행모형의 지상 테스트로서 각광도계의 성능 테스트 및 감응도, 영점 측정 등을 실시하였다. 대기광도개가 미약한 빛을 감응하도록 제작되었기 때문에 국내에서 신뢰도를 갖고 절대 감응도를 결정할 수 없었다. 그러나 대기광도계 각 channel 간 상대 감응도 측정값은 안정되게 측정되었기 때문에, 추후 로켓 비행시 측정한 자료를 신뢰성있게 분석할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2000

Three different white cast irons alloyed with Cr, V, Mo and W were prepared in order to study their abrasion wear behavior in as-cast and heat-treated conditions. The specimens were produced using a 15㎏-capacity high frequency induction furnace. Melts were super-heated to $1600^{\circ}C$, and poured at $1550^{\circ}C$ into Y-block pepset molds. Three combinations of the alloying elements were selected so as to obtain the different types of carbides : 3%C-10%Cr-5%Mo-5%W(alloy No. 1: $M_7C_3$ and $M_6C$), 3%C -10%V-5%Mo-5%W(alloy No. 2: MC and $M_2C$) and 3%C-17%Cr-3%V(alloy No. 3: $M_7C_3$ only). A scratching type abrasion test was carried out in the states of as-cast(AS), homogenizing(AH), air-hardening(AHF) and tempering(AHFT). First of all, the as-cast specimens were homogenized at $950^{\circ}C$ for 5h under the vacuum atmosphere. Then, they were austenitized at $1050^{\circ}C$ for 2h and followed by air-hardening in air. The air-hardened specimens were tempered at $300^{\circ}C$ for 3h. 1 ㎏ load was applied in order to contact the specimen with abrading wheel which was wound by 120 mesh SiC paper. The wear loss of the test piece(dimension: $50{\times}50{\times}5$ mm) was measured after one cycle of wear test and this procedure was repeated up to 8 cycles. In all the specimens, the abrasion wear loss was found to decrease in the order of AH, AS, AHFT and AHF states. Abrasion wear loss was lowest in the alloy No.2 and highest in the alloy No.1 except for the as-cast and homogenized condition in which the alloy No.3 showed the highest abrasion wear loss. The lowest abrasion wear loss of the alloy No.2 could be attributed to the fact that it contained primary and eutectic MC carbides, and eutectic $M_2C$ carbide with extremely high hardness. The matrix of each specimen was fully pearlitic in the as-cast state but it was transformed to martensite, tempered martensite and austenite depending upon the type of heat-treatment. From these results, it becomes clear that MC carbide is a significant phase to improve the abrasion wear resistance.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.6247-6253
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• 2015

본 논문은 병렬 오차 증폭기 구조를 적용하여 과도응답특성 개선한 LDO 레귤레이터를 제안한다. 제안하는 LDO 레귤레이터는 고 이득, 좁은 주파수 대역의 오차증폭기 (E/A1)와, 저 이득, 넓은 주파수 대역의 오차증폭기 (E/A2)로 이루어지며, 두 오차증폭기를 병렬 구조로 설계해서 과도응답특성을 개선한다. 또한 슬루율을 높여주는 회로를 추가하여 회로의 과도응답특성을 개선하였다. 극점 불할 기법을 사용하여 외부 보상 커패시터를 온 칩 화하여 IC 칩 면적을 줄여 휴대기기 응용에 있어서도 적합하게 설계 하였다. 제안된 LDO 레귤레이터는 매그나칩/하이닉스 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 사용하여 회로설계 하였고 칩은 $500{\mu}m{\times}150{\mu}m$ 크기로 레이아웃을 실시하였다. 모의실험을 한 결과, 2.7 V ~ 3.3 V의 입력 전압을 받아서 2.5 V의 전압을 출력하고 최대 100 mA의 부하 전류를 출력한다. 레귤레이션 특성은 100 mA ~ 0 mA에서 26.1 mV의 전압변동과 510 ns의 정착시간을 확인하였으며, 0 mA에서 100 mA의 부하 변동 시 42.8 mV의 전압 변동과 408 ns의 정착 시간을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.615-622
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• 2018

최근 가시광원을 사용하는 카메라 통신 기술의 발전과 더불어 디스플레이를 통해 가시광 데이터를 표출하고 이를 인식하는 기술에 대한 수요가 증가하고 있다. 기존의 디스플레이 기반 CamCom 기법은 사용자가 설정한 RoI 영역 기반의 2차원 컬러코드를 인식하는 방식을 사용하였으나, 이는 보행 상황 등 수신위치가 변동되는 상황에 적합하지 않은 단점이 존재한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 카메라 통신에서 자동 RoI 설정을 위해 적용될 수 있는 Lambertian 색상 분할과 Canny 엣지 검출이 결합된 알고리즘 기반의 자동 디스플레이 검출 기법에 대하여 제안하였다. 기존 디스플레이 검출 기법은 디스플레이에서 표출되고 있는 콘텐츠의 변화가 발생하면 검출율이 현저히 감소하는 문제점이 존재하며, 본 논문에서는 이를 해결하기 위하여 lambertian 색상 분할 및 canny 엣지 검출을 결합한 알고리즘 적용을 통헤 자동으로 디스플레이를 검출 할 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서는 디스플레이 엣지 인식을 위해 사용되는 다양한 알고리즘을 분석하고 변화하는 컬러코드 콘텐츠 인식시 성능을 측정하였으며, 제안한 저속 카메라 통신용 자동 디스플레이 검출을 위한 lambertian 색상 분할 및 Canny Edge Detection 알고리즘을 적용한 실험 결과 약 96%의 검출율을 달성함을 확인하였다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2017

정원소재로서 수요가 늘어날 것으로 예상되는 애기소엽맥문동(Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus')을 대상으로 18개월(2015년 5월~2016년 10월)간 차광생육실험을 실시해 내음성 범위와 피복정도를 알아보았다. 전남 장흥군 노지에 3년간 재배된 애기소엽맥문동을 공시재료로 이용했다. 전남 나주시의 실험장에서 식재상자($70cm{\times}70cm{\times}24cm$)에 애기소엽맥문동을 심고 차광막을 덮어 자연광을 차단했는데 차광처리 수준은 무차광(0%), 55%, 75%이었다. 차광처리구별 생장량(엽장, 엽수, 생중량 건중량)과 지표면 피복률을 조사했다. 애기소엽맥문동의 엽장 엽수는 무차광(0%)이 다른 처리구보다 통계적으로 높았다. 생중량 건중량은 무차광(0%) 차광처리 55%가 차광처리 75%보다 유의적으로 많았다. 애기소엽맥문동이 정상적으로 생육가능한 내음성 범위는 차광률 0~50%정도며, 50%이상의 자연광이 차단되면 생장량이 감소하는 것으로 판단된다. 차광처리구별 피복률은 통계적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 애기소엽맥문동을 $1m^2$당 220분얼을 심었는데 18개월 후에는 지표면 80%까지 덮었다. 애기소엽맥문동은 비옥한 토양에서 생육이 적합해 조기 피복을 위해선 충분한 질소비료 시비가 필요하다. 본 실험장에서 애기소엽맥문동은 동해를 입지 않아 온대 남부지역까지 식재 가능할 것으로 보인다.