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Implementation of waste silicate glass into composition of ordinary cement for radiation shielding applications

  • Eid, Mohanad S.;Bondouk, I.I.;Saleh, Hosam M.;Omar, Khaled M.;Sayyed, M.I.;El-Khatib, Ahmed M.;Elsafi, Mohamed
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.1456-1463
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    • 2022
  • The aim of this work is to study the radiation shielding properties of cement samples with waste glass incortated into its composition. The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) of the samples were experimentally determined to evaluate their radiation shielding ability. The experimental coefficient was evaluated using NaI detector for gamma energies between 59.53 keV and 1408.01 keV using different radioactive point sources Am-241, Eu-152, Co-60, and Cs-137, and the gamma transmission parameters half-value layer, mean free path, and transmission factor were calculated. The theoretical coefficient of the composites was determined using Geant4 and XCOM software. The results were also compared against Geant4 and XCOM simulations by calculating the relative deviation between the values to determine the accuracy of the results. In addition the mechanical properties (including Compressive and porosity) as well as the thermogravimetric analysis were tested for the present samples. Overall, it was concluded that the cement sample with 50% waste glass has the greatest shielding potential for radiation shielding applications and is a useful way to reuse waste glass.

Study on the character of the old aged pulsation (고령자의 맥상 특성에 대한 맥파분석적인 연구)

  • Kim, Gyeong-Cheol;Lee, Jeong-Won;Ryu, Gyeong-Ho;Gang, Hui-Jeong;Cho, Sang-Won;Park, Young-Jae;Kim, Min-Yong;Oh, Hwan-Sup;Park, Young-Bae
    • The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2008
  • Objectives: The basis research of aged people's healthcare technology is very important, because our nation goes into an aged society rapidly. Especially in traditional medicine, pulse shapes of aged people were supposed to weak and empty pulse until now, but any objective measurement and compare research do not taken. Methods and Results: Therefore in this study we design observation study to find characteristic of pulse between younger group (age $20{\sim}30$) and elder group (age $43{\sim}80$) in Busan area. We used 3-dimensional pulse analyzer '3-D MAC' (Daeyomedi Co., Ltd.). And major parameters for comparison are 1) pulse height (h1), 2) applied pressure, 3) pulse power (energy), 4) high pressure duration (w) and 5) R-AI. Conclusions: According to analysis result, elder people's pulse has more large value in pulse height, applied pressure and pulse power than younger's that. It reveals that elder people in modernized lifestyle has Yang symptoms as well Yin symptoms. Consequently we need new method to care elder people's health, and this means more important direction than old text book. From now on verification research with objective diagnosis device like 3-D MAC, must be activated to build of evidence in traditional medicine. Cause traditional medicine's spirit of care and prevention is suitable to care elder people's cardiac and cerebral vascular disease those are have close relation with elder people.

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Suggestion to Improve Power Efficiency by Changing Sleep-Wakeup Period in Wireless Network Environment for Internet of things

  • Woo, Eun-Ju;Moon, Yu-Sung;Choi, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Jung-Won
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.862-865
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    • 2018
  • The proposed scheme minimizes the Idle time under the residual energy of the sensor node to adjust the Sleep-Wakeup period and minimize unnecessary energy consumption. It is The proposed scheme minimizes the Idle time under the residual energy of the sensor node to adjust the Sleep-Wakeup period and minimize unnecessary energy consumption. It is an important process to control the Application Packet Framework including the PHY and the MAC layer at each node's Idle time with the Idle time mechanism state before the proposed function is executed. The Current Control Level of the Report Attribute is fixed at one sending / receiving node where power consumption can occur, by changing Sleep-Wakeup time, the low power consumption efficiency was improved while satisfying the transmission requirement of the given delay time constraint.

Acupuncture treatment of torticollis in a foal

  • Kim, Duck-Hwan;Liu, Jianzhu;Lee, Jung-Yeon;MacManus, Philip;Jennings, Padraic;Darcy, Karl;Burke, Fiona;Rogers, Philip A.M.
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 2006
  • A 6-month-old thoroughbred filly foal had torticollis and circled towards the right side. A local veterinarian treated her twice using dexamethasone for 1 week but there was little clinical improvement. Needles were inserted into Ting points of both hind limb and one ocular acupoint (shang jiao area from GB01). Injection acupuncture (dexamethasone, twice/week) was used at GV16, GB20, BL10 and LU07, for the neck and head. Acupoint GB34 was added to those points at session 4. In addition, a trigger point in the left neck was injected with 0.2 ml ($200{\mu}g$ of apitoxin) of bee-venom diluted with 1 ml of 2% lidocaine from session 1 to session 3. At session 2, the symptoms had ameliorated a little. At session 3, they were much improved; the right ear was completely normal and the neck could be moved about 60% of normal range. At session 4, nodding was possible and stiffness of the neck was much improved, having returned to about 80% of normal range. Three days after session 4, the symptom of torticollis had disappeared completely and the foal could walk in a straight line. In conclusion, the present patient was a case with equine torticollis which showed favourable therapeutic response by combination of needle-acupuncture plus injection-acupuncture with dexamethasone and apitoxin.

Effect of spin-polarized current injection on pair tunneling properties of $Bi_2$$Sr_2$Ca$Cu_2$$O_{8+x}$ intrinsic Josephson junctions

  • Shin, Ho-Seop;Lee, Hu-Jong;Do Bang;Nguyen Khac Mac
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.5-8
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    • 2003
  • We studied the effect of spin injection on tunneling conduction properties of intrinsic Josephson junctions formed in $Bi_2$$Sr_2$$CaCu_2$$O_{ 8+x}$ single crystals. properties of an identical stack (10${\times}$5.0${\times}$0.030 $\mu\textrm{m}^3$) of intrinsic Josephson junctions were compared for the bias current injected through Au and Co electrodes. The suppression of the superconducting gap in the $_2$ double layers and the interlayer Josephson critical current was manifested in the tunneling current-voltage characteristics of the stacks. This effect appears to be caused by the pair breaking associated with spin-polarized carriers injected from the Co electrode into the $Bi_2$$Sr_2$$_2$O$CaCu_{ 8+x}$ single crystal. This study may provide valuable information on clarifying the mechanism of high- $T_{c}$ superconductivity.y.y.

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Comparison of Image reformation Using Personal Computer with Dentascan Program (CT scan의 다평면 재구성을 하는 Dentascan 프로그램과 개인용 컴퓨터를 이용한 영상재형성과의 비교에 관한 연구)

  • KIM Eun Kyung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 1997
  • This study was performed to demonstrate the method of image reformation for dental implants, using a personal computer with inexpensive softwares and to compare the images reformatted using the above method with those using Dentascan software. CT axial slices of 5 mandibles of 5 volunteers from GE Highspeed Advantage(GE Medical systems, U.S.A.) were used. Personal computer used for image reformation was PowerWave 6041120 (Power Computing Co, U.S.A.) and softwares used were Osiris (Univ. Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland) and Import ACCESS V1.H Designed Access Co., U.S.A.) for importing CT images and NIH Image 1.58 (NIH, U.S.A.) for image processing. Seven images were selected among the serial reconstructed cross-sectional images produced by Dentascan(DS group). Seven resliced cross-sectional images at the same position were obtained at the personal computer(PC group). Regression analysis of the measurements of PC group was done against those of DS group. Measurements of the bone height and width at the reformed cross-sectional images using Mac-compatible computer were highly correlated with those using workstation with Dentascan software(height : r²=0.999, p<0.001, width : r²=0.991, p<0.001). So, it is considered that we can use a personal computer with inexpensive softwares for the dental implant planning, instead of the expensive software and workstation.

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Image Reformation with a Personal Computer for Dental Implant Planning (치과 임플란트 계획시 개인용 컴퓨터를 이용한 영상재형성에 관한 연구)

  • Eun-Kyung Kim
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.255-264
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    • 1996
  • This study was performed to demonstrate the method of image reformation for dental implants, using a personal computer with inexpensive softwares and to compare the images reformatted using the above method with those using Dentascan software. CT axial slices of 4 mandibles of 4 volunteers from GE Highspeed Advantage(GE Medical systems, U.S.A.) were used. personal computer used for image reformation was PowerWave 604/120 (Power computing Co, U.S.A. ) and softwares used were Osiris (Univ. Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland) and ImportACLESS Vl.1 (Designed Access Co., U.S.A.) for importing CT images and NIH image 1.58 (NIH, U.S.A.) for image processing. Seven image were selected among the serial reconstructed cross-sectional images produced by Dentascan. Seven resliced cross-sectional images at the same position were obtained at the personal computer. Regression analysis of the measurements of PC group was done against those of DS group. Measurements of the bone height and width at the reformer cross-sectional images using Mac-compatible computer was highly correlated with those using workstation with Dentascan software(height : r2= 0.999, p<0.001, width : r2= 0.993, p <0.001). So, it is considered that we can use a personal computer with inexpensive software for the dental implant planning, instead of the expensive software and workstation.

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Acupuncture Treatment in a Case with Equine Conjunctivitis (말 결막염에 대한 침 치료 1례)

  • Kim Duck-Hwan;Liu Jianzhu;Choi Seok-Hwa;MacManus Phillip;Jennings Paoraic;Darcy Karl;Burke Fiona;Leorald Nola;Rogers Phil A.M.
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.180-182
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    • 2006
  • One male Arabian horse, 5-year-old, reared in Gort, Co Galway, Ireland was diagnosed as conjunctivitis. Acupuncture and aquapuncture with dexamethasone were done at BL01, BL02 and ST01, twice a week, and oculo-acupuncture was done into Shangjiao area using with oculo-acupuncture needle for human use. At session 3, there were no lacrimation, ocular discharge and hyperemia in the eye. The present patient was a case with equine conjunctivitis which showed favorable therapeutic response by acupuncture treatment.

Study of the Adsorbent-Adsorbate Interactions from Cd(II) and Pb(II) Adsorption on Activated Carbon and Activated Carbon Fiber

  • Kim, Dae Ho;Kim, Doo Won;Kim, Bo-Hye;Yang, Kap Seung;Lim, Yong-Kyun;Park, Eun Nam
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.104-108
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    • 2013
  • The adsorption characteristics of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in aqueous solution using granular activated carbon (GAC), activated carbon fiber (ACF), modified ACF (NaACF), and a mixture of GAC and NaACF (GAC/NaACF) have been studied. The surface properties, such as morphology, surface functional groups, and composition of various adsorbents were determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements. The specific surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distribution were investigated using nitrogen adsorption, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) methods. In this study, NaACF showed a high adsorption capacity and rate for heavy metal ions due to the improvement of its ion-exchange capabilities by additional oxygen functional groups. Moreover, the GAC and NaACF mixture was used as an adsorbent to determine the adsorbent-adsorbate interaction in the presence of two competitive adsorbents.

A Study on the Sasang Constitutional Differences in the Pulse Wave of Korean Healthy Adult Men (한국인 성인 남성의 체질별 맥상 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ho-Seok;Ryu, Hyun-Hee;Lee, Si-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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    • v.13 no.2 s.20
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 2007
  • Background : Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM) is the field of traditional Korean medicine that emphasize four constitutional types for diagnosis and treatment. Appearance, personalities and pathological characteristics are main factors of Sasang constitutional classification. Previous studies carried out by the pulse analyzer showed that the pulse wave can discriminate these types. In addition, It was reported that the pulse wave are affected by age and sexuality. In this study, we investigated the pulse wave characteristics related Sasang constitution types in control group regarding their age and sexuality. Subjects and Method : Two hudred and eighteen volunteers participated in this study: healthy men in $20{\sim}49$ years old. Participants were interviewed and examined to evaluate their health condition and Sasang constitution type. Then they were tested with pulse analyzer when they ere stabilized. The pulse at the radial artery just beside styloid process was measured, because this area is landmark for pulse diagnosis in oriental medicine. 3-D Mac pulse analyzer (Daeyo Medi Co. Ansan. Korea) was used in this study. We analyzed main features of pulse waves with the Sasang condtitution types by the SPSS for Windows (ver 12.0). Results : There was significant difference between Taeum and other types in contact pressure as weil as in coefficient of floating and sinking pulse. Conclusion : By analyzing pulse waves of healthy adult men. we found significant differences exist between Taeum and other types. These pulse differences may characterize Taeum type, and it will be helpful for the evaluation of Taeum type.

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