• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2017

In this study, based on hydrolysis and condensation via $St{\ddot{o}}ber$ process of sol-gel method, synthesis of mono-dispersed silica nanoparticles was carried out with hydrophilic solvent. This operation was expected to be a more simplified process than that with organic solvent. Based on the sol-gel method, which involves simply controlling the particle size, the particle size of the synthesized silica specimens were ranged from 30 to 300 nm by controlling the composition of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), DI water and ammonia solution, and by varying the stirring speeds while maintaining a fixed amount of ethanol. Increasing the content of DI water and decreasing the content of ammonia caused the particle size to decrease, while controlling the stirring speed at a high level of RPMs enabled a decrease of the particle size. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were utilized to investigate the success factors for synthesizing process; Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) was used to study the effects of the size and morphology of the synthesized particles. To analyze the dispersion properties, zeta potential and particle size distribution (PSD) analyses were utilized.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.495-508
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• 1996

This study had three purposes: (1) to investigate dispersion and enrichment level of potentially toxic elements; (2) to identify uranium-bearing minerals in black shales; and (3) to assess the chemical speciation of heavy metals in soils and sediments. Rock, surface soil and stream sediment samples were collected in the Chungjoo area covered with black shales in Korea. These samples were analyzed for multi-elements using INAA and ICP-AES. The maximum abundance of U in black shales is 56 ppm and radioactivity counts up to 240CPM. Molybdenum, V, Ba, Cu, and Pb are enriched in black shales and most of soils show high concentrations of U, Mo, Ba, Cu, Pb and Zn. Concentrations of potentially toxic elements decrease in the order of mountain soil > farmland soil > paddy soil. Enrichment index of soils and sediments are calculated and higher than 1.0 in the black shale area with the highest value of 6.1. In order to identify U-bearing minerals, electron probe micro analysis was applied, and uraninite and brannerite in black shale were found. Uraninite grains are closely associated with monazite or pyrite with the size of $2{\mu}m$ to $10{\mu}m$ in diameter whereas brannerite occurs as $50{\mu}m$ euhedral grains. With the results of sequential extraction scheme, residual fractions of Cu, Pb and Zn in soils are mainly derived from weathering of black shale but Cu, Pb and Zn in sediments are present as non-residual fractions. Lead is predominantly present as oxidizable phase in soils whereas Zn is in exchageable/water-acid soluble phase in sediments.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.387-396
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• 1994

Mineralogical and geochemical studies on gold-bearing quartz veins and wallrock from the Mugeug mine were carried out in order to investigate the variation of mineralogical composition and the geochemical behavior of elements with distance from the gold-bearing quartz veins. Gold-bearing quartz veins occur in early Cretaceous medium- to coarse-grained biotite granite. The unaltered wallrock is composed mainly of quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase, microcline, biotite and hornblende with accessory minerals of sphene and apatite. Mineralogical changes in altered wallrock around the gold-bearing quartz veins were observed as follows; 1) biotite and hornblende altered into chlorite, and next to sericite, 2) plagioclase, orthoclase and microcline altered into sericite, and 3) calcite and quartz introduced into wallrock. Contents of $K_2O$, Rb, Cs, Au, As and Sb in altered wallrock increase, whereas those of $Na_2O$, CaO, Ba, and Sr decrease with proximity to the gold-bearing quartz veins. The loss on ignition also increases with the increase of alteration mineral. The width of primary dispersion increases in order $Au=SiO_2<As=Cs=Rb<K_2O=Sb$ and $MnO<Na_2O=CaO=Ba<Sr$. The sericitization index, $K_2O/(K_2O+Na_2O)$, is an important indicator to interpret the degree of alteration at the Mugeug mine, which is more than 0.8 in strongly and moderately altered granite, 0.5~0.8 in wea altered granite, and less than 0.5 in unaltered granite. Alteration indices for major and trace elements, and the ratio of Rb/Sr are also useful to discriminate alteration zones.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.591-605
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• 2010

Recirculation of airmass in coastal region occurs because of the change from land to sea breeze and was shown to produce a contrary result on air quality. This study examines the numerical simulation to analyze the effect of recirculation flow in Gwangyang Bay, Korea. For this purpose two case studies are performed by the WRF-FLEXPART-CMAQ modeling system, each for a different Meso-Synoptic Index. Additionally this research make a comparative study of large domain (Domain L) and small domain (Domain S). The horizontal wind fields are simulated from WRF. Changes in the land-sea breeze have an effect on the particle dispersion modeling. The numerical simulation of air quality is carried out to investigate the recirculation of ozone. Ozone is transported to eastward under strong synoptic condition (Case_strong) because of westerly synoptic flow and this pattern can confirm in all domain. However ozone swept off by the land breeze and then transported to northward along sea breeze under conditions of clear sky and weak winds (Case_weak). In this case re-advected ozone isn't simulate in Domain S. The study found that recirculation of airmass must be concerned when numerical simulation of air quality is performed in coastal region, especially on a sunny day.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 nonconstant modulus 신호 전송에서 채널에서 발생되는 부호간 간섭 영향을 줄이기 위한 FC-MMA 적응 등화 알고리즘에 가변 스텝 크기를 적용하여 등화 성능을 개선할 수 있는 VSS-FC-MMA 알고리즘을 제안한 후, 이의 개선된 성능을 확인하였다. FC-MMA 는 적응 등화를 위한 오차 신호를 얻을 때 신호 심볼의 레벨수를 고려한 수정된 dispersion constant와 고정 스텝 크기를 적용하여 MMA의 수렴 속도를 개선할 수 있지만 정상 상태에서 등화 성능이 열화된다. 논문에서 제안하는 VSS-FC-MMA는 기존 FC-MMA와 가변 스텝 크기를 적용하므로서 정상 상태에서 등화 성능을 개선할 수 있으며, 이를 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다. 이를 위하여 동일한 채널과 신호대 잡음비를 적용할 때 알고리즘의 신호 복원 능력 및 성능 비교를 위한 지수로는 잔류 isi, MSE와 SER을 적용하였다. 시뮬레이션의 결과 제안 VSS-FC-MMA는 FC-MMA보다 잔여량과 SER 성능이 개선되지만, 수렴 속도에서는 1.7배 정도 늦어짐을 확인하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.277-283
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• 2020

Objective: The sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) guides the clinician's choice of an appropriate assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedure. The DFI can be determined using commercially available methodologies, including sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) kits and sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA). Currently, when DFI is evaluated using SCD kits, the result is analyzed in reference to the SCSA-derived threshold for the choice of an ART procedure. In this study, we compared DFI values obtained using SCSA with those obtained using SCD and determined whether the difference affects the choice of ART procedure. Methods: We compared SCSA to two SCD kits, CANfrag (n=36) and Halosperm (n=31), to assess the DFI values obtained, the correlations between tests, the technical repeatability, and the impact of DFI on the choice of ART. Results: We obtained higher median DFI values using SCD kits than when using SCSA, and this difference was significant for the CANfrag kit (p<0.001). The SCD kits had significantly higher coefficients of variation than SCSA (p<0.001). In vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) would be chosen for a significantly higher proportion of patients if a decision were made based on DFI derived from SCD rather than DFI determined using SCSA (p=0.003). Conclusion: Our results indicate that SCD kit-specific thresholds should be established in order to avoid the unnecessary use of IVF/ICSI based on sperm DNA damage for the management of infertility. Appropriate measures should be taken to mitigate the increased variability inherent to the methods used in these tests.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.169-183
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• 2022

In this article, vibrational behavior and wave propagation characteristics in (FG) functionally graded plates resting on Kerr foundation with three parameters is studied using a 2D dimensional (HSDT) higher shear deformation theory. The new 2D higher shear deformation theory has only four variables in field's displacement, which means has few numbers of unknowns compared with others theories. The shape function used in this theory satisfies the nullity conditions of the shear stresses on the two surfaces of the FG plate without using shear correction factors. The FG plates are considered to rest on the Kerr layer, which is interconnected with a Pasternak-Kerr shear layer. The FG plate is materially inhomogeneous. The material properties are supposed to vary smoothly according to the thickness of the plate by a Voigt's power mixing law of the volume fraction. The equations of motion due to the dynamics of the plate resting on a three-parameter foundation are derived using the principle of minimization of energies; which are then solved analytically by the Navier technique to find the vibratory characteristics of a simply supported plate, and the wave propagation results are derived by using the dispersion relations. Perceivable numerical results are fulfilled to evaluate the vibratory and the wave propagation characteristics in functionally graded plates and some parameters such wave number, thickness ratio, power index and foundation parameters are discussed in detail.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 1999

대표적인 이차 비선형 광학 물질인 곁가지형 NPP(N-(4-nitrophenyI)-(L)-prolinol) 고분자 박막을 스핀코팅으로 제작하였다. 위상변조방식의 분광타원해석기를 사용하여 코로나 특성배향법으로 온도와 전기장을 변화시켜가며 실시간으로 타원해석 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 광투과영역에서의 타원해석상수를 모델링분석하여 박막의 두께를 구하였고, 광합수영역에서는 타원해석상수의 역방계산을 통해 굴절율과 소광계수를 구하였다. 분광광도계를 사용하여 배향 전후 각각의 상태에 따른 광 투과율 스펙트럼을 측정한 후 이를 되먹임 관계식에 적용하여 구한 소광계수가 분광타원해석법으로 결정한 결과와 일치함을 확인하였다. 또한 두께가 비교적 얇은 시료의 타원해석 스펙트럼을 코로나배향 전후에 걸쳐 분석한 후 시료 면에 수직한 수직 복소굴절율과 시료 면에 평행한 수평 복소굴절율을 각각 결정하였다. 이 수직과 복소굴절율을 기준데이터로 사용하고 모델링 과정을 적용하여 배향의 각 단계별로 유효 수직조성비를 결정하여 두꺼운 고분자 박막의 배향된 정도를 정량화하는 분석모델을 제시하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.762-768
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• 2019

참취, Doellingeria scabra Thunb. (이전의 학명: Aster scaber Thunb.)는 국화과의 다년생 초본으로 한국의 야생산지에서 흔히 찾을 수 있다. 본 연구는 강원도 태백시 매봉산에 분포하는 참취의 국지적 집단에 대해 패치 특성을 측정하고자 하였다. 이 종의 공간적 분포를 평가하기 위해 분산의 지수, Lloyd 평균 군집도, Morisita 지수 등을 통해 자료를 분석했다. 참취 집단의 평균 밀도는 2.94이었다. 참취는 작은 규모의 플롯에서는 일정한 분포 또는 임의 분포를 하였고, 두 개의 큰 규모 플롯($16{\times}32m^2$와 $32{\times}32m^2$)에서는 응집 형태로 분포했다. 평균 밀집도($M^*$)는 0.916이었다. 평균 patchiness index (PAI)는 0.796이었다. Morisita의 계수는 플롯 크기가 커짐에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 이 집단에서 Eberhardt 지수(IE)의 예상 값은 2.623이었다. 참취의 Moran's I 값에서 처음 5개 구간은 양의 값이었다. 그 중 4개는 유의성을 나타내어 개체간 유사성은 8 m 이내에서 발생한다고 볼 수 있다. 본 연구는 매봉의 참취군락뿐만 아니라 다른 산의 산림 생태계 내 참취 군락의 지속 가능한 유지 및 복원에 대한 이론적 근거를 제공할 수 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.148-152
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• 2018

지역 미세 환경의 패치는 식물의 공간적 분포에 일차적 요인이다. 식물의 공간적 양상을 결정한다는 귀무가설을 임의화 과정을 통해 검증하였다. 홀아비꽃대는 초본으로 홀아비꽃대과(Chloranthaceae) 홀아비꽃대속(Chloranthus)에 속한다. 홀아비꽃대의 공간적 양상을 여러 패치 지표로 분석하였고, 분산 지수에 따른 플롯 크기별 운집 분포, 균일분포, 공간적 상관관계를 분석하였다. 홀아비꽃대의 집단 밀도(D)는 0.356에서 2.270으로 평균은 1.527이었다. 아홉산 홀아비꽃대의 분산지표(C)는 작은 플롯($2m{\times}2m$, $2m{\times}4m$, $4m{\times}4m$, $4m{\times}8m$, $8m{\times}8m$, and $8m{\times}16m$)은 1보다 작았으며 큰 플롯($16m{\times}16m$ and $16m{\times}32m$)은 1보다 상회하였다. 따라서 홀아비꽃대의 운집지표(CI)는 작은 플롯에서 음의 값으로 균일한 분포를 이룬다. 큰 플롯의 운집지표는 양의 값으로 나타났으나 그 값은 높지 않았다. 평균 클라운딩($M^{\ast}$)과 패치지수(PAI)는 모든 플롯에서 양의 값을 보였다.