• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.431-446
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• 2023

Samama wood (Anthocephalus macrophyllus (Roxb) Havil) is a fast-growing and lesser-utilized wood species that has inferior properties; therefore, its quality needs to be improved. This research aimed to determine the effect of citric acid impregnation at high curing temperatures on the dimensional stability and mechanical properties of wood. Citric acid solution with 10% concentration (w/w) was impregnated into wood samples by vacuum-pressure method (-0.5 cmHg, 30 min; 0.7 MPa, 3 h), followed by curing process at 140℃, 160℃, and 180℃ of temperature for 1 h. In comparison, the other wood samples were heat treated at the same temperatures and time. The results showed that the increase in curing and heat temperatures for both treatments were directly proportional to the dimensional stability, but inversely proportional to the mechanical properties. Citric acid impregnated had higher density, dimensional stability, and mechanical properties, except for modulus of rupture, than that of heat treatment. The optimum temperature is suggested at 160℃ in both treatments.

• 천문학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.169-185
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• 2023

The GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF) is the first instrument for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). G-CLEF is a fiber feed, optical band echelle spectrograph that is capable of extremely precise radial velocity measurement. G-CLEF Flexure Control Camera (FCC) is included as a part in G-CLEF Front End Assembly (GCFEA), which monitors the field images focused on a fiber mirror to control the flexure and the focus errors within GCFEA. FCC consists of an optical bench on which five optical components are installed. The order of the optical train is: a collimator, neutral density filters, a focus analyzer, a reimager and a detector (Andor iKon-L 936 CCD camera). The collimator consists of a triplet lens and receives the beam reflected by a fiber mirror. The neutral density filters make it possible a broad range star brightness as a target or a guide. The focus analyzer is used to measure a focus offset. The reimager focuses the beam from the collimator onto the CCD detector focal plane. The detector module includes a linear translator and a field de-rotator. We performed thermoelastic stress analysis for lenses and their mounts to confirm the physical safety of the lens materials. We also conducted the global structure analysis for various gravitational orientations to verify the image stability requirement during the operation of the telescope and the instrument. In this article, we present the opto-mechanical detailed design of G-CLEF FCC and describe the consequence of the numerical finite element analyses for the design.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.689-696
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• 2024

Objective: Our study examined the impact of propriety blends of Bacillus strain probiotics on the performance, egg quality, and faecal microflora of laying hens. Methods: A total of 183 Institut de selection Animale (ISA) brown laying hens aged 23 weeks with an average body weight of 1,894±72 g were randomly allocated into 3 groups as control (corn-soybean meal based diet, CON), 0.5 g/kg Enterosure probiotics (ET1, 3×10⁸ colony-forming unit [CFU]/kg feed), and 5 g/kg Enterosure probiotics (ET2, 3×10⁹ CFU/kg feed) administered in mashed form. At the completion of each phase hen day egg production (HDEP), average egg weight (AEW), feed intake, and faecal microbiota were evaluated. Results: HDEP and AEW were higher (p<0.05) in the ET2-supplemented diet in phase 3 (week 9 to 12) compared with CON. Egg mass (EM) was higher (p<0.05) in phase 2 at ET2, and also higher (p<0.05) in phase 3 at the ET1 and ET2-supplemented diets compared with CON. Feed conversion ratio was lower (p<0.05) in phase 3 at the ET1 and ET2-supplemented diets, with ET2 being the lowest compared with ET1 and CON. Yolk colour was higher (p<0.05) in the ET-supplemented diets at phase 3 compared with CON. Bifidobacterium spp. was higher (p<0.05) in the ET2- supplemented diet compared with CON in phase 2, while in In phase 3, Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. were higher (p<0.05) in the ET-supplemented diets compared with CON. Coliforms were lower (p<0.05) in the ET-supplemented diets compared with CON in phase 3. Conclusion: The propriety blends of Bacillus strain probiotics supplements at 0.5 g/kg and 5 g/kg could improve the production and quality of eggs with more significance at 5 g/kg for HDEP, AEW and EM, which was achieved via the increase of beneficial microbiomes such as Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and the decrease of pathogenic microbiomes like Escherichia coli and Coliforms which was speculated to improve gut barrier function and the reproductive hormone.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.862-874
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• 2024

Objective: This study evaluated the effect of Andrographis paniculata (A. paniculata) supplementation in sow diets before and after farrowing on the sow and piglets' performances during early postpartum period and on sows' backfat and longissimus muscle losses during lactation. Methods: Seventy Landrace×Yorkshire sows and their offspring (1,186 piglets) were distributed into three groups: control (n = 31), treatment-250 (n = 18), and treatment-1000 (n = 21). From 110.2±0.7 days of gestation until farrowing (5.8 days) and throughout the lactation period (25.2 days), sows in the control group were given the conventional lactation diet, while sows in the treatment-250 and treatment-1000 groups received supplements of 250 ppm and 1,000 ppm of A. paniculata, respectively. Results: In sows with parity 3-5, piglets from the treatment-1000 group had higher colostrum intake than the control and treatment-250 groups (p<0.05), but not in sows with parity 6-9. Colostrum immunoglobulin G (IgG) increased in treated sows versus controls for parity 6-9 (p<0.05), but was consistent for parity 3-5. Piglet performance until day 3 postnatal was similar across groups (p>0.05). Treatment-250 sows had higher feed intake post-farrowing than treatment-1000 sows (p<0.05). Longissimus loss was less in both treatment groups than control (p<0.05), but backfat loss was similar across groups (p>0.05). Post-partum complications were consistent across groups (p>0.05). Farrowing duration and piglet birth intervals in sows with parity 6-9 were prolonged in the treatment-1000 group. Conclusion: Supplementing with 1,000 ppm A. paniculata for 5.8 days pre-farrowing and 25.2 days post-farrowing enhanced sow colostrum IgG and piglet colostrum intake, while also reducing longissimus loss in sows. However, for sows of parity 6-9, this supplementation led to prolonged farrowing, increased intervals between piglet births, increased stillbirth, and reduced piglet birth weight. These effects should be considered when using A. paniculata supplementation.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1172-1184
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• 2021

Objective: The purposes of this study were to analyze the radiation doses for pediatric abdominopelvic and chest CT examinations from university hospitals in Korea and to establish the local diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) based on the body weight and size. Materials and Methods: At seven university hospitals in Korea, 2494 CT examinations of patients aged 15 years or younger (1625 abdominopelvic and 869 chest CT examinations) between January and December 2017 were analyzed in this study. CT scans were transferred to commercial automated dose management software for the analysis after being de-identified. DRLs were calculated after grouping the patients according to the body weight and effective diameter. DRLs were set at the 75th percentile of the distribution of each institution's typical values. Results: For body weights of 5, 15, 30, 50, and 80 kg, DRLs (volume CT dose index [CTDI_vol]) were 1.4, 2.2, 2.7, 4.0, and 4.7 mGy, respectively, for abdominopelvic CT and 1.2, 1.5, 2.3, 3.7, and 5.8 mGy, respectively, for chest CT. For effective diameters of < 13 cm, 14-16 cm, 17-20 cm, 21-24 cm, and > 24 cm, DRLs (size-specific dose estimates [SSDE]) were 4.1, 5.0, 5.7, 7.1, and 7.2 mGy, respectively, for abdominopelvic CT and 2.8, 4.6, 4.3, 5.3, and 7.5 mGy, respectively, for chest CT. SSDE was greater than CTDI_vol in all age groups. Overall, the local DRL was lower than DRLs in previously conducted dose surveys and other countries. Conclusion: Our study set local DRLs in pediatric abdominopelvic and chest CT examinations for the body weight and size. Further research involving more facilities and CT examinations is required to develop national DRLs and update the current DRLs.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1213-1224
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• 2021

Objective: To develop a machine learning (ML) pipeline based on radiomics to predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and the future deterioration to critical illness using CT and clinical variables. Materials and Methods: Clinical data were collected from 981 patients from a multi-institutional international cohort with real-time polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19. Radiomics features were extracted from chest CT of the patients. The data of the cohort were randomly divided into training, validation, and test sets using a 7:1:2 ratio. A ML pipeline consisting of a model to predict severity and time-to-event model to predict progression to critical illness were trained on radiomics features and clinical variables. The receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC-AUC), concordance index (C-index), and time-dependent ROC-AUC were calculated to determine model performance, which was compared with consensus CT severity scores obtained by visual interpretation by radiologists. Results: Among 981 patients with confirmed COVID-19, 274 patients developed critical illness. Radiomics features and clinical variables resulted in the best performance for the prediction of disease severity with a highest test ROC-AUC of 0.76 compared with 0.70 (0.76 vs. 0.70, p = 0.023) for visual CT severity score and clinical variables. The progression prediction model achieved a test C-index of 0.868 when it was based on the combination of CT radiomics and clinical variables compared with 0.767 when based on CT radiomics features alone (p < 0.001), 0.847 when based on clinical variables alone (p = 0.110), and 0.860 when based on the combination of visual CT severity scores and clinical variables (p = 0.549). Furthermore, the model based on the combination of CT radiomics and clinical variables achieved time-dependent ROC-AUCs of 0.897, 0.933, and 0.927 for the prediction of progression risks at 3, 5 and 7 days, respectively. Conclusion: CT radiomics features combined with clinical variables were predictive of COVID-19 severity and progression to critical illness with fairly high accuracy.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.178-185
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• 2007

Myrionecta rubra Jankowski 1976(=Mesodinium rubrum Lohmann 1908)는 다양한 해양 환경에서 적조를 일으키는 매우 일반적인 원생생물인 혼합영양 섬모류이다. M. rubra의 실험실 종주가 처음 보고된 2000년 이후, M. rubra의 생태적 역할 및 진화적 중요성에 관한 새로운 논문들이 발표되고 있다. 본고는 M. rubra의 생태학적 중요성에 관한 새로운 연구 결과들을 중심으로, 이 혼합영양성 종에 대한 정확한 인식에 도움이 되는 종설로서 작성되었다. M. rubra는 Teleaulax sp.와 Geminigera sp. 등의 은편모류를 섭식한 후 이들의 색소체를 잔류시켜 광합성을 하는 "kleptoplastidic ciliate"이다. 최근에는 M. rubra의 박테리아 섭식이 확인되어, 지금까지 보고된 M. rubra의 영양유형은 광합성, 박테리아 섭식, 편모조류섭식 등으로 다양하다. M. rubra는 요각류, 곤쟁이류, 유즐동물과 멸치류의 유생, 그리고 이매패류 치패와 같은 metazoan predator의 먹이생물로 알려져 있다. 2006년에는 설사성 패독을 일으키는 원생생물인 와편모류 Dinophysis도 M. rubra를 섭식하는 섭식자 가운데 하나라는 사실이 새로이 발표되었다. 따라서, 해양 혼합영양 섬모류 M. rubra는 표영 생태계 먹이망(pelagic food web)의 핵심적 주요 linking ciliate의 하나로서 에너지 및 유기물 흐름에 크게 기여할 것이다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.497-507
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• 2024

In squat reinforced concrete walls, the displacement capacity for lateral deformation is low and the ability to resist the axial load can quickly be lost, generating collapse. This work consists of testing two squat reinforced concrete walls. One of the specimens is built with conventional detailing of reinforced concrete walls, while the second specimen is built applying an alternative design, including stirrups along the diagonal of the wall to improve its ductility. This solution differs from the detailing of beams or coupling elements that suggest building elements equivalent to columns located diagonally in the element. The dimensions of both specimens correspond to a wall with a low aspect ratio (1:1), where the height and length of the specimen are 1.4 m, with a thickness of 120 mm. The alternative wall included stirrups placed diagonally covering approximately 25% of the diagonal strut of the wall with alternative detailing. The walls were tested under a constant axial load of 0.1f'cAg and a cyclic lateral displacement was applied in the upper part of the wall. The results indicate that the lateral strength is almost identical between both specimens. On the other hand, the lateral displacement capacity increased by 25% with the alternative detailing, but it was also able to maintain the 3 complete hysteretic cycles up to a drift of 2.5%, reaching longitudinal reinforcement fracture, while the base specimen only reached the first cycle of 2% with rapid degradation due to failure of the diagonal compression strut. The alternative design also allows 46% more energy dissipation than the conventional design. A model was used to capture the global response, correctly representing the observed behavior. A parametric study with the model, varying the reinforcement amount and aspect ratio, was performed, indicating that the effectiveness of the alternative detailing can double de drift capacity for the case with a low aspect ratio (1.1) and a large longitudinal steel amount (1% in the web, 5% in the boundary), which decreases with lower amounts of longitudinal reinforcement and with the increment of aspect ratio, indicating that the alternative detailing approach is reasonable for walls with an aspect ratio up to 2, especially if the amount of longitudinal reinforcement is high.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.96-109
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• 2024

본 연구는 딥러닝 모델 중 VGG-16 및 ResNet50 모델을 활용하여 전시 정원의 유사성 평가 방법을 제시하는 것에 목적이 있다. VGG-16과 ResNet50 모델을 기반으로 전시 정원 유사성 판단을 위한 모형을 개발하였고, 이를 DRG(deep recognition of similarity in show garden design)모형이라 한다. 평가를 위한 방법으로 GAP와 피어슨 상관계수를 활용한 알고리즘을 사용하여 모형을 구축하고 1순위(Top1), 3순위(Top3), 5순위(Top5)에서 원본 이미지와 유사한 이미지를 도출하는 총 개수 비교로 유사성의 정확도를 분석하였다. DRG 모형에 활용된 이미지 데이터는 국외 쇼몽가든페스티벌 전시 정원 총 278개 작품과 국내 정원박람회인 서울정원박람회 27개 작품 및 코리아가든쇼 전시정원 이미지 17개 작품이다. DRG모형을 활용하여 동일 집단과 타 집단간의 이미지 분석을 진행하였고, 이를 기반으로 전시 정원 유사성의 가이드라인을 제시하였다. 첫째, 전체 이미지 유사성 분석은 ResNet50 모델을 기반으로 하여 데이터 증강 기법을 적용하는 것이 유사성 도출에 적합하였다. 둘째, 내부 구조와 외곽형태에 중점을 둔 이미지 분석에서는 형태에 집중하기 위한 일정한 크기의 필터(16cm × 16cm)를 적용하여 이미지를 생성하고 VGG-16 모델을 적용하여 유사성을 비교하는 방법이 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 이때, 이미지 크기는 448 × 448 픽셀이 효과적이며, 유채색의 원본 이미지를 기본으로 설정함을 제안하였다. 이러한 연구 결과를 토대로 전시 정원 유사성 판단에 대한 정량적 방법을 제안하고, 향후 다양한 분야와의 융합 연구를 통해 정원 문화의 지속적인 발전에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• 의료법학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.193-222
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• 2024

세계적 추세에서 볼 때, 환자의 존엄사에 대한 논의는 연명의료중단의 문제에서 점차 조력사망의 허용 여부와 그 요건에 대한 문제로 진행되고 있다. 미국의 여러 주와 캐나다, 벨기에, 네덜란드 등 서구유럽 국가에서는 의사의 조력을 통하여 사망시기를 앞당기는 치료를 제도화하였다. 프랑스에서는 오랜 시간 동안의 문제 제기와 검토 끝에, 다른 유럽 국가에 비해서는 완만한 속도로 관련 법제에 대한 논의가 이루어지고 있다. 프랑스에서는 20세기 후반부터 존엄사에 대한 사회적 논의와 입법적 시도가 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 2005년의 레오네티 법에 의해 환자의 의사에 반하는 무의미한 치료의 지속이 금지되었고 2016년 클레이-레오네티 법 이후 환자에게 강도 높고 지속적인 진정제를 사망시까지 투여하는 것을 합법화하였다. 그러나 이웃하는 다수의 유럽국가와 달리 프랑스에서는 사망 시기 자체를 앞당기는 처치는 환자가 원한다고 하여도 여전히 금지되고 있다. 임종기의 환자가 의사의 조력을 받아 고통 없이 사망에 이르는 것을 허용할 것인가에 대한 실존적이고 보편적인 질문이 최근 중요한 문제로 부각되면서 다수의 국회의원들이 조력사망을 합법화하는 내용의 법률안을 제출하였다. 이 논문에서는 프랑스에서 존엄한 죽음에 대한 환자의 권리(droit de mourir dans la dignité)와 관련하여 전개된 입법과정을 살펴보고 최근 조력사망의 합법화를 시도하는 프랑스의 법률안들을 우리 연명의료결정법 개정안과 비교·검토하고자 한다.