• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.375-387
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• 2023

The subsea power cables are increasingly important for harvesting renewable energies as we develop offshore wind farms located at a long distance from shore. Particularly, the continuous flexural motion of inter-array dynamic power cable of floating offshore wind turbine causes tremendous fatigue damages on the cable. As the subsea power cable consists of the helical structures with various components unlike a mooring line and a steel pipe riser, the fatigue analysis of the cables should be performed using special procedures that consider stick/slip phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs between inner helically wound components when they are tensioned or compressed by environmental loads and the floater motions. In particular, Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) can be generated by currents and have significant impacts on the fatigue life of the cable. In this study, the procedure for VIV fatigue analysis of the dynamic power cable has been established. Additionally, the respective roles of programs employed and required inputs and outputs are explained in detail. Demonstrations of case studies are provided under severely sheared currents to investigate the influences on amplitude variations of dynamic power cables caused by the excitation of high mode numbers. Finally, sensitivity studies have been performed to compare dynamic cable design parameters, specifically, structural damping ratio, higher order harmonics, and lift coefficients tables. In the future, one of the fundamental assumptions to assess the VIV response will be examined in detail, namely a narrow-banded Gaussian process derived from the VIV amplitudes. Although this approach is consistent with current industry standards, the level of consistency and the potential errors between the Gaussian process and the fatigue damage generated from deterministic time-domain results are to be confirmed to verify VIV fatigue analysis procedure for slender marine structures.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.818-837
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• 2023

Understanding adipocyte development in fetus during bovine pregnancy is important for strengthening fattening technology. Additionally, nutritional level of dams during pregnancy has the potential to improve offspring growth and fat development. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the intramuscular adipocyte development and expression level of related genes in bovine fetus, and the effect of increased crude protein (CP) intake during pregnancy on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of male offspring. Eighty six pregnant Hanwoo cows (average body weight, 551.5 ± 51.3 kg, age 5.29 ± 0.61 y) were used. Fetuses were collected at 90, 180 and 270 d of gestation from 18 pregnant Hanwoo cows. The remaining 68 pregnant cows were randomly assigned to 2 feeding groups. The control (CON) group was provided the standard protein diet (n = 34), and treatment (TRT) group was provided a diet with a 5% increase in CP intake (n = 34). Male offspring were divided into two groups according to protein treatment of the pregnant cows: CON male offspring (CON-O) and TRT male offspring (TRT-O). Intramuscular adipocytes were found in the fetal skeletal muscle after 180 days of gestation. Male calf's birth weight increased in the TRT group compared to that in the CON group (p < 0.002). The final body weight (p < 0.003) and average daily gain (p < 0.019) of male offspring were significantly higher in TRT-O than in CON-O. The feed conversion ratio was also improved by 10.5% in TRT-O compared to that in CON-O (p < 0.026). Carcass weight was significantly higher in the TRT-O group than that in the CON-O group (p < 0.003), and back fat was thicker in the TRT-O group (p = 0.07). The gross receipts and net income were higher in TRT-O than in CON-O (p < 0.04). Thus, fetal intramuscular fat can be formed from the mid-gestation period, and increased CP intake during pregnancy can increase net income by improving the growth and carcass weight of male offspring rather than intramuscular fat.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.529-533
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• 2023

우리 일상에서 대량으로 생성되는 리그노셀룰로즈(lignocellulose) 물질인 커피 찌꺼기(coffee grounds)를 탄화하여 얻어지는 탄소 소재의 전기화학적 특성과 흡착 성능을 고찰하였다. 커피 찌꺼기를 섭씨 600도 정도의 상대적 저온에서 탄화하여 얻어지는 탄소의 형태적 구조를 주사전자현미경(scanning electron microscope, SEM)으로 고찰하였다. Raman 분석을 통하여 얻어진 탄소 재료의 결정성 정보를 얻었다. 기본적인 전기적 특성을 간단한 옴의 관계(Ohmic relation)를 통하여 확인하였다. 나아가, 탄화된 재료가 리튬 이차 전지의 음극(anode) 소재로 활용될 수 있는지 여부를 반쪽 전지(half-cell) 충방전(charge/discharge) 테스트를 통해 살펴보았으며, 초기 음극재의 비용량은 약 520 mAh/g으로 나타났다. 이어서, 커피 찌꺼기 탄화로 얻어진 탄소 소재의 다공성 구조로 인해 분자를 흡착할 수 있음을 자외선(ultraviolet, UV) 흡광도(absorption) 측정을 통해 확인하였다. 탄소 소재의 표면 개질을 통해 극성이 다른 분자들의 선택적으로 흡착할 수 있음을 추가로 확인하였다. 본 연구는 향후 목질계 폐기물의 활용에 대한 중요한 정보를 제공할 것이다.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2024

과수에서 생산량과 품질을 결정하는 조건 중 가장 중요한 것은 광이다. 차광은 광합성 효율을 떨어뜨리는 직접적인 원인으로 매실과 같이 생육기간이 짧은 과수에서 피해는 더 크게 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 최근 과수 주산단지에 일조방해에 의한 피해가 증가함에 따라 매실에서 차광조건이 생산량과 품질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 차광시간이 증가함에 따라 매실의 평균 광합성 유효광선 (PAR) 조사량은 무처리 (304μmol/m²/s)에 비해 급격히 감소하여 8시간 차광에서는 142μmol/m²/s로 나타났다. 하루 중 광합성 효율이 최대(PAR 900~1,000μmol/m²/s)인 시간은 무처리와 차광 2시간은 5시간(오전 11시~오후 3시), 차광 4시간은 2시간(오후 1시~2시)이었으며, 6시간, 8시간 차광은 하루 종일 낮은 광량이 조사되었다. 차광시간에 따른 매실의 과중은 차광 2시간까지는 차이가 없었으나, 차광시간이 길어짐에 따라 유의하게 감소되었다. 산함량과 과형지수는 차광시간에 따라 유의한 차이가 없었으나 과실의 당도는 시간이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 결론적으로 매실의 2시간 이상의 차광은 과중과 당도를 떨어뜨리며 단위 면적당 생산량과 상품성 가치 하락에 직접적인 영향을 미친다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.438-448
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• 2024

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic outcomes of no-touch radiofrequency ablation (NT-RFA) using twin cooled wet (TCW) electrodes in patients experiencing recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after undergoing locoregional treatments. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective, single-arm study of NT-RFA involving 102 patients, with a total of 112 recurrent HCCs (each ≤ 3 cm). NT-RFA with TCW electrodes was implemented under the guidance of ultrasonography (US)-MR/CT fusion imaging. If NT-RFA application proved technically challenging, conversion to conventional tumor puncture RFA was permitted. The primary metric for evaluation was the mid-term cumulative incidence of local tumor progression (LTP) observed post-RFA. Cumulative LTP rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression was used to explore factors associated with LTP. Considering conversion cases from NT-RFA to conventional RFA, intention-to-treat (ITT; including all patients) and per-protocol (PP; including patients not requiring conversion to conventional RFA alone) analyses were performed. Results: Conversion from NT-RFA to conventional RFA was necessary for 24 (21.4%) out of 112 tumors. Successful treatment was noted in 111 (99.1%) out of them. No major complications were reported among the patients. According to ITT analysis, the estimated cumulative incidences of LTP were 1.9%, 6.0%, and 6.0% at 1, 2, and 3 years post-RFA, respectively. In PP analysis, the cumulative incidence of LTP was 0.0%, 1.3%, and 1.3% at 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively. The number of previous locoregional HCC treatments (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.265 per 1 treatment increase; P = 0.004), total bilirubin (aHR, 7.477 per 1 mg/dL increase; P = 0.012), and safety margin ≤ 5 mm (aHR, 9.029; P = 0.016) were independently associated with LTP in ITT analysis. Conclusion: NT-RFA using TCW electrodes is a safe and effective treatment for recurrent HCC, with 6.0% (ITT analysis) and 1.3% (PP analysis) cumulative incidence of LTP at 2 and 3-year follow-ups.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.160-168
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• 2024

Background: Data on perioperative outcomes of emergent versus elective resection in esophageal cancer patients requiring esophagectomy are lacking. We investigated whether emergent resection was associated with increased risks of morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data on patients with esophageal malignancy who underwent esophagectomy from 2005 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Thirty-day complication and mortality rates were compared between emergent esophagectomy (EE) and non-emergent esophagectomy. Logistic regression assessed factors associated with complications and mortality. Results: Of 10,067 patients with malignancy who underwent esophagectomy, 181 (1.8%) had EE, 64% had preoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, or septic shock, and 44% had bleeding requiring transfusion. The EE group had higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class and functional dependency. More transhiatal esophagectomies and diversions were performed in the EE group. After EE, the rates of 30-day mortality (6.1% vs. 2.8%), overall complications (65.2% vs. 44.2%), bleeding, pneumonia, prolonged intubation, and positive margin (17.7% vs. 7.4%) were higher, while that of anastomotic leak was similar. On adjusted logistic regression, older age, lower albumin, higher ASA class, and fragility were associated with increased complications and mortality. McKeown esophagectomy and esophageal diversion were associated with a higher risk of postoperative complications. EE was associated with 30-day postoperative complications (odds ratio, 2.39; 95% confidence interval, 1.66-3.43; p<0.0001). Conclusion: EE was associated with a more than 2-fold increase in complications compared to elective procedures, but no independent increase in short-term mortality. These findings may help guide data-driven critical decision-making for surgery in select cases of complicated esophageal malignancy.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.145-155
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• 2024

This study was conducted to determine the effects of amino acid (AA) supplementation in low-protein (LP) diets on growth performance and nitrogen (N) excretion. A total of 175 7-day-old Ross 308 male broilers, with a mean body weight (BW) of 165 g (standard deviation = 11.2 g), were grouped into five blocks by BW and allocated to seven treatments according to a randomized complete block design with five replicate cages at five birds per cage. Dietary treatments comprised a control diet containing 20.0% crude protein (CP) and six LP diets containing either 18.5% or 17.0% CP. These LP diets were supplemented with either no AA supplementation, indispensable AA, or both indispensable and dispensable AA (glutamic acid and glycine). Birds were fed experimental grower diets from day 7 to 21 and then commercial finisher diets until day 28. During the grower period (day 7 to 21), birds fed LP diets supplemented with indispensable AA exhibited greater (p < 0.05) BW, body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and gain-to-feed ratio (G:F) than birds fed LP diets without crystalline AA and were comparable to birds fed the control diet. During the finisher period (day 21 to 28), birds fed LP diets supplemented with indispensable AA showed greater (p < 0.05) BW than birds fed LP diets without crystalline AA, and their growth performance was comparable to birds fed the control diet. Throughout the overall period, supplementing indispensable AA in LP diets resulted in elevated (p < 0.05) BWG, FI, and G:F more than those of LP diets without crystalline AA and were comparable to those of the control diet. Supplementing indispensable AA in LP diets decreased amount and coefficient of N excretion as much as the control diet. Dispensable AA supplementation in LP diets did not influence growth performance and N excretion. In conclusion, supplementing indispensable AA in LP diets maintains growth performance and N excretion until the dietary CP lowers from 20.0% to 17.0% during the grower period. As long as dietary CP is above 17.0%, dispensable AA may not be deficient in LP diets during the grower period.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.261-269
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• 2023

In light of recent social concerns related to issues such as water supply pipe deterioration leading to problems like leaks and degraded water quality, the significance of maintenance efforts to enhance water source quality and ensure a stable water supply has grown substantially. In this study, scan statistic was applied to analyze water quality complaints and water leakage accidents from 2015 to 2021 to present a reasonable method to identify areas requiring improvement in water management. SaTScan, a spatio-temporal statistical analysis program, and ArcGIS were used for spatial information analysis, and clusters with high relative risk (RR) were determined using the maximum log-likelihood ratio, relative risk, and Monte Carlo hypothesis test for I city, the target area. Specifically, in the case of water quality complaints, the analysis results were compared by distinguishing cases occurring before and after the onset of "red water." The period between 2015 and 2019 revealed that preceding the occurrence of red water, the leak cluster at location L2 posed a significantly higher risk (RR: 2.45) than other regions. As for water quality complaints, cluster C2 exhibited a notably elevated RR (RR: 2.21) and appeared concentrated in areas D and S, respectively. On the other hand, post-red water incidents of water quality complaints were predominantly concentrated in area S. The analysis found that the locations of complaint clusters were similar to those of red water incidents. Of these, cluster C7 exhibited a substantial RR of 4.58, signifying more than a twofold increase compared to pre-incident levels. A kernel density map analysis was performed using GIS to identify priority areas for waterworks management based on the central location of clusters and complaint cluster RR data.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.79-96
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• 2018

본 연구는 기술력 평가항목 중 기업의 재무안정성과 관련된 항목을 신용평가모형에 반영하여 중소기업뿐만이 아닌 전체 기업을 대상으로 한 신용평가모형의 부도변별력을 높이기 위한 기술력 평가모형의 신용평가모형 내 내재화에 착안하여 시작되었다. 따라서 기술력 평가모형이 부채비율 기준의 고안정성 중소기업을 사전에 판별하는 데 적용될 수 있는지 검증하는 것을 목표로 한다. 대상 기업을 업종(제조업 vs. 비(非)제조업)과 업력(창업기업 vs. 비(非)창업기업)으로 구분하고, 3개년 동안 해당 군집의 평균 부채비율 1/2 이하를 달성한 기업에 대해 고안정성 중소기업으로 정의한 후, C5.0 기법을 적용하여 모형의 판별력을 검증하였다. 분석결과 소항목 수준에서는 업종과 업력에 따라 중요도 간 차이가 있지만, 중항목 수준에서는 기술개발역량이 고안정성 중소기업을 판별하는 중요변수로 도출되었으며, 기업의 업력에 따라 창업 초기에는 자금조달능력(수익창출능력을 고려한 자본구조, 자본비용 및 자금조달 방법의 다양성)이 미래 고안정성 중소기업 여부를 결정하는 중요변수이지만, 업력이 증가함에 따라 지속적인 성과를 가능하게 하는 기술개발 인프라가 재무안정성에 영향을 미치는 중요 변수로 변화한다는 결론을 도출하였다. 업종과 업력에 따른 모형의 분류 정확도는 71~91% 수준이며, 기술력 평가항목을 이용하여 고안정성 중소기업을 판별할 수 있다는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2008

목적: 최근에 세포증식성 PET 방사성의약품으로 소개되고 있는 FLT를 이용하여 국소진행성 유방암 환자에서 FLT-PET 영상을 시행하여 종양 영상으로서의 향후 적용 가능성을 살펴보고, FDG와 FLT의 섭취양상에 대한 비교 및 정상 장기에 대한 섭취분포 양상을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본 연구는 2005년 8월부터 2006년 11월까지 총 22명(모두 여성, 평균나이; 42세)의 국소진행성 유방암 진단 받은 환자들을 대상으로 하였으며, 모든 종양의 조직형은 침윤성관상피암이었다. 모든 환자를 대상으로 하여 conventional imaging workup, FLT PET/CT, FDG-PET를 시행하였다. MRI로 측정 한 종양 장경의 평균은 $7.2{\pm}3.4$ cm 이었다. 원발 병소와 림프절 섭취에 대한 육안적인 분석과 반정량적인 분석(SUVmax, $SUV_{75}$, TB ratio)을 하였고, 림프절 섭취에 대한 FDG-PET와 FLT-PET의 일치도를 살펴보았다. 정상장기에서의 FLT와 FDG 분포양상을 비교하기 위해 간과 골수의 SUVmax와 $SUV_{75}$을 측정하였다. 결과: 모든 원발 종양근 FLT-PET와 FDG-PET에서 섭취 증가를 나타냈다. MR로 측정한 종양 장경과 FLT-PET 또는 FDG-PET의 SUVmax간에 유의한 상관관계는 없었다(p>0.05). 종양의 SUVmax (FLT $6.5{\pm}5.2$ vs FDG $8.3{\pm}4.9$, p=0.02)와 $SUV_{75}$ (FLT $5.3{\pm}4.3$ vs FDG $6.9{\pm}4.2$, p=0.02)에서는 FDG가 FLT보다 유의하게 높았으며, 중등도의 유의한 상관관계를 보였다(SUVmax; rho=0.450, p=0.04 / $SUV_{75}$; rho=0.472, p=0.03). 반면, TB 섭취비는 FLT가 FDG보다 현저히 높았다(FLT $11.7{\pm}7.7$ vs FDG $6.3{\pm}3.8$, p=0.001). 림프절 섭취 분포에 대한 비교에서는 FDG와 FLT-PET는 34개 구역에서 33개가 일치하였다. FLT와 FDG의 정상 장기의 섭취분포를 보았을 때 FLT는 간(FLT $4.2{\pm}1.2$ vs FDG $1.8{\pm}0.4$)과 골수(FLT $7.4{\pm}1.2$ vs FDG $1.6{\pm}0.4$)의 섭취가 FDG보다 높고 환자마다 다양하였다. 결론: 국소진행성 유방암에서 FTLT는 FDG보다 종양 섭취도는 낮지만 종양과 전이 림프절 섭취가 PET에서 잘 관찰되었다. FLT-PET는 종양 대 주변섭취의 비가 FDG-PET보다 높았으며, 전이 림프절의 진단에서도 FDG-PET와 높은 일치율을 보여 종양 진단 영상으로 유용할 것으로 생각된다. FLT는 정상 간과 골수 조직의 섭취가 높고 개인차가 커서 이들 장기의 전이를 진단하는 데는 제한적일 것으로 생각된다.