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Biological assessment of streams and rivers in U.S. - design, methods, and analysis

  • Rashleigh, Brenda;Paulson, Steve;Flotemersch, Joe;Pelletier, Peg
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.85-88
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    • 2013
  • Bioassessment is the use of biosurvey data, most commonly for benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, to obtain information about the health of waters in a region. In rivers, bioassessment results are used to evaluate biological condition and trends, to establish relationships between stressors and impairments, and to guide and evaluate management actions.

Analysts of Assumption Part of Protection Profile for Evaluation of Smart Card (스마트 카드 평가를 위한 보호프로파일의 가정요소 분석)

  • Kim, Tai-Hoon;Kim, Min-Chul;No, Byung-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07d
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    • pp.2744-2746
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    • 2003
  • ISO/IEC 15408 requires the TOE(Target of Evaluation) Security Environment section of a Protection Profile(PP) or Security Target(ST) to contain a list of assumptions about the TOE security environment or the intended usage of the TOE. This paper presents a specific conditions should be assumed to exist in the smart card environment and the analysis of those conditions developer of smart card PP must consider.

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Partitioning Interwell Tracer Test for NAPL Source Characterization: A General Overview

  • Lee, Tony R.;A. Lynn Wood;Jeong, Seung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.159-162
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    • 2002
  • Innovative and nondestructive characterization techniques have been developed to locate and quantify nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in the vadose and saturated zones in the subsurface environment. One such technique is the partitioning interwell tracer test (PITT). The PITT is a simultaneous displacement of partitioning and non-partitioning tracers through a subsurface formation. Partitioning tracers will partition into the NAPL during their transport through NAPL-contaminated formations. Mean travel times of partitioning and non-partitioning tracers are used to estimate the quantity of NAPL encountered by the displaced tracer pulse. Travel times are directly proportional to the partitioning coefficient and the volume of NAPL contacted in the subsurface environment. This paper discusses the conceptual background, design and implementation of PITTs. (This document has not been subjected to Agency review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency, and no official endorsement should be inferred.)

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Analysis of Physical Component Considered for The Development of Smart Card Protection Profile (스마트 카드 보호프로파일 개발을 위하여 고려하여야 하는 물리적 위협 요소 분석)

  • Kim, Tai-Hoon;Kim, Min-Chul;Sung, Yune-Gie;Cho, Kyu-Min;No, Byung-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07d
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    • pp.2747-2749
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    • 2003
  • Security is concerned with the protection of assets from threats, where threats are categorised as the potential for abuse of protected assets. All categories of threats should be considered, but in the domain of security greater attention is given to those threats that are related to malicious or other human activities ISO/IEC 15408 requires the TOE(Target of Evaluation) Security Environment section of a Protection Profile(PP) or Security Target(ST) to contain a list of threats about the TOE security environment or the intended usage of the TOE. This paper presents a specific physical threats should be considered in the smart card PP which developers of smart card PP must consider.

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Forecasting Fish Communities in River Networks

  • Rashleigh, Brenda;White, Denis;Ebersole, Joe L.;Barber, Craig;Boxall, George;Brookes, Allen
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.150-157
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    • 2012
  • Fish communities in river networks provide significant ecosystem services that will likely decline under future land use and climate change. We developed a model that simulates the consequences to multiple populations of one or more fish species-a meta-community-from multiple stressors across a river network. The model is spatially-explicit and age-structured, with three components: habitat suitability; population dynamics, including species interactions; and movement across a spatial network. Although this model is simple, it can form the basis of fisheries assessments and may be incorporated into an integrated modeling system for watershed management and prediction.

DNAPL Removal Mechanisms and Mass Transfer Characteristics during Cosolvent-Air Flooding

  • Jeong, Seung-Woo;A. Lynn Wood;Lee, Tony R.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.163-166
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    • 2002
  • The concurrent injection of cosolvent and air, a cosolvent-air (CA) flood was recently suggested for a dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) remediation technology. The objectives of this study were to elucidate the DNAPL removal mechanisms of the CA flood and to quantify mass transfer rate coefficients during CA flooding. DNAPL removal mechanisms were examined by evaluating the effects of air flow rate and DNAPL solubility and visually documented at a pore-scale. Two serial processes, immiscible displacement and dissolution, were experimentally and visually documented during CA flooding. Mass transfer rate coefficients (K) were computed from the data showing PCE saturation versus time. Results showed that CA floods exhibited higher K values than cosolvent floods without concurrent air injection. (This document has not been subjected to Agency review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency, and no official endorsement should be inferred.)

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A Study on the Thermal Protection Performance of Elastomeric Insulators in Different Mixing Environments (탄성내열재 배합 환경에 따른 내열 성능 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Namjo;Seo, Sangkyu;Kang, Yoongoo;Go, Cheongah
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.108-115
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    • 2019
  • The thermal response of elastomeric insulators used as protection against high-temperature and high-pressure combustion gases varies depending on their composition and thermal environment conditions. In this paper, the thermal response characteristics of elastomeric insulators in different mixing environments were compared. Tests to determine thermal protection performance were carried out using a thermal protection rubber evaluation motor(TPREM), combustion gas velocities of 20 m/s and 100 m/s were tested at a chamber pressure of 1,000 psig. The pressure time curve of the chamber, the temperature time curve of the internal materials, the residual thickness and the thermal destruction depth of the test specimens were obtained. The results showed that the thermal protection performance of elastomeric insulators in different mixing environments was similar.

A Study on Assumptions for Operational Environment of OS Security Enhancement System

  • Kim, Tai-Hoon;Kim, Min-Chul;Baik, Nam-Kyun;Kim, Jae-Sung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.2093-2096
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    • 2003
  • Trusted operating systems (OS) provide the basic security mechanisms and services that allow a computer system to protect, distinguish, and separate classified data. Trusted operating systems have been developed since the early 1980s and began to receive National Security Agency (NSA) evaluation in 1984. The researches about trusted OS are proceeding over the world, and new product type using the loadable security kernel module (LSKM) or dynamic link library (DLL) is being developed. This paper proposes a special type of product using LSKM and specific conditions for operational environment should be assumed.

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Environment Assessing for Airborne Radioactive Particulate Release-introduction of Methods in IAEA Safety Report Series No.19

  • Meng, Dan;Yang, Liu;Shen, Fu;Yang, Yi;Ma, Yinghao;Ma, Tao;Zhang, Zhilong;Fu, Cuiming
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.409-417
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    • 2016
  • Background: Airborne radioactive particulate in many important nuclear facilities (particularly nuclear power plants) will have a strong impact on the relative public dose if they are released into the corresponding environment traversing the stack or vents. The radiation protection researchers have regarded the relative environment assessing and estimation of public doses. And the model of assessing impact of discharges radioactive substance to the environment have been recommended by many international organizations (e.g. IAEA) with the nuclear energy safety and radiation protection. Materials and Methods: This paper introduced the generic models that were suggested by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for use in assessing the impact of discharges of radioactive substances to the environment (e.g. IAEA Safety Report Series No.19). Results and Discussion: The writers of this paper, based on the recommend methods, assessed the discharge limits in some airborne radioactive substances discharging standards. The reasons that IAEA method are introduced are mainly the following considerations: IAEA is one of international organizations with some authorities in the nuclear energy safety and radiation protection; and, more important, the recommend modes are operational methods rather than the methods having little operations such as that have used by some researchers. Conclusion: It is wish that the introduced methods in this paper can be referenced in draft or revise of the standards related to discharges of radioactive substances to the environment.