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A Experimental Study on Early Age Compressive Strength of Cement Mortar Using Anti Freezer and Hardening Accelerator at low temperature (방동제와 경화촉진제를 사용한 저온환경하 모르타르의 초기압축강도에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Mok-Kyu;Lee, Han-Seung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.135-136
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the experimental study on the early age compressive strength of cement mortar using anti freezer and hardening accelerator at low temperature was conducted. For this study, all of materials for experiment were kept in a low temperature for 24 hours before mortar mixing. After mortar curing at low temperature, compressive strength was measured at the early ages. Furthermore, properties of hardened cement material was analysed using TG-DTA and MIP.

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A Study on Freezing Assessment of the Water in the Z-Trap of Sewage Bay (PVC 오수받이 내부 Z형 트랩의 동결성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Changwoo;Oh, Seungju
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2016
  • This study clarifies the simulation on freezing of remaining water in the Z-trap set up in the PVC sewage bay to control malodor. It made use of commercial FEM LAB program(ver. 3.2) well known as a solution of the problems arising in the flow of various fluid, heat transfer and mass transfer. Simulation results under the temperature $-20^{\circ}C$ outwards show that the water in the Z-trap set up in the sewage bay to control malodor freeze in the 60cm under the ground level after 14 days in the wet ground, and after 17 days in the regular ground. On the other hand, if the soil is dry even after the 42 days does not go down below freezing. Therefore, the water in the Z-trap was confirmed that it does not freeze.

Effect of Rhodiola Extract Supplementation on Blood Lipid Concentrations and Anti-Oxidant Status in Rats Fed Highly Oxidized Linoleic Acid Diets

  • Park, Ock-Jin
    • Nutritional Sciences
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2001
  • The influence of Rhodiola extract on tissue antioxidant status, plasma lipid levels, cholesterol contents of liver and fores were investigated in rats find oxidized linoleic acid. Groups of five-week old male Sprague-Dawley rats fed ad libitum with a diet containing 20% oxidized linoleic acid with or without 300 mg/kg body weight freeze-dried Rhodiola water extract. The antioxidant effect of dietary Rhodiola extract supplementation on the peroxidation potential of rats was investigated. The microsomal thiobarbiruric acid reactive substance (TBARS) contents were changed significantly by Rhodiola extract supplementation. Hepatic Catalase activities were increased in Rhodiola supplemented rats, whereas hepatic Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) or Copper Zinc Superoxide Dismutase (CuZnSOD) were not elevated. In addition, plasma cholesterol lowering effect was observed along with the stimulated excretion of cholesterol through the feces were observed with Rhodiola feeding. Supplementation with Rhodiola extract did not alter high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. These results support that Rhodiola extract may be effective in protection against oxidative stress, and prevention and treatment of blood dyslipidemia. It demonstntes that Rhodiola extract has a potential to exert anti-atherogenic properties antioxidative capacities .

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A Study on the improvement of Strength delay according to Low Temperature of Cold Weather Concrete (한중콘크리트의 저온에 의한 강도지연 개선연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2012
  • The cold weather concrete poured in the winter season can cause the problem of the Due to recent high-rise building is made. In this research, the nominal mix of the early strength in concrete tried to be set through the mixing proportion experiment for each empirical variable and each component strength properties for the early strength improvement tries to be examined. In the cold weather concrete experiment, the cement and high early strength (type3) cement improving in OPC than OPC was excellent. The polycarboxylic acid based compound was exposed to be excellent in the intensity revelation properties. Because the using of the fly ash was disadvantageous it was excluded from this experiment. It showed the optimum temperature for the intensity revelation up over $12^{\circ}C$.

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Contemporary organic contamination levels in digested sewage sludge from treatment plants in Korea: (2) Non-alkylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (우리나라 하수 및 폐수 처리 슬러지의 다환방향족탄화수소의 함량)

  • Lee Kang-Young;Chung Chang-Soo;Kim Young-Il;Lee Hyun-Kyung;Hong Gi-Hoon
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.413-425
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    • 2005
  • The 16 priority PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) designated by US Environmental Protection Agency were analyzed for some digested sludges from wastewater treatment plants in Korea. PAHs are an important group of organic contaminants present in sewage sludge due to their persistence and toxic potential. PAHs were extracted from freeze-dried sludges using a methylene chloride-methanol (2:1) mixture in a soxhlet extractor. The extracts were cleaned-up by silica gel/alumina combination column and subsequently fed into gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) for determining PAH contents. The sum of the 16 PAHs in the sewage sludge varied from 534.8 to $5754.5 {\cal}ug/{\cal}kg$, dry wt.. In the sewage sludge, phenanthrene appears as the most abundant PAHs, followed by naphthalene, pyrene, fluoranthene. Source of the investigated sewage sludges relatively predominated pyrogenic. PAHs levels of sewage sludges in Korea appeared to be lower than those in other countries.

Effect of DIS Process on in vitro Physiological Functionality of Aloe vera Gel (알로에 겔의 in vitro 생리기능 특성에 미치는 삼투탈수공정의 영향)

  • Kim, Sung-A;Baek, Jin-Hong;Lee, Shin-Young
    • Food Engineering Progress
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.251-261
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    • 2009
  • In vitro physiological functions such as jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) urease inhibitory activity and retarding effect of glucose/bile acid of Aloe vera gel concentrated by the optimized DIS (Dewatering Impregnation & Soaking) process conditions were examined. Urease inhibitory activity of DIS aloes ranged from 84.6 to 94.4%, which was similar to or higher than 86.3% of fresh aloe. Also, urease inhibitory activity of DIS aloes was maintained at initial levels after heat treatment (90$^{\circ}C$, 10 min.) and drying treatment (freeze or hot air drying). Urease inhibition pattern from Lineweaver-Burk plot indicated general non-competitive inhibition, and inhibition constants ($K_{IE}$ and $K_{IES}$) of DIS aloes were 41-149 and 87-163 $\mu$L/mL, respectively. DIS(glucose) and DIS(polyethylene glycol) exhibited the highest retarding effect of glucose and bile acid. Their retarding effects were about 1.6 and 1.8 folds higher than that of fresh aloe after 0.5 and 1 hr of the dialysis, respectively. Conclusively, the above in vitro physiological functions of Aloe vera gel concentrated by DIS process suggested that aloe products treated with DIS would have the potential benefits for protection against Helicobacter pylori and reduction of blood glucose and cholesterol levels.

Evaluation of Microencapsulated Local Isolates Lactobacillus casei 97/L3 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii 94/L4 for Improved Probiotic and Yogurt Starter Culture Application

  • Juvi, Denny;Sthefanie, Sthefanie;Sugata, Marcelia;Lucy, Jap;Andrian, Danish;Rizkinata, Denny;Michelle, Michelle;Jan, Tan Tjie
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.211-219
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    • 2019
  • The effect of microencapsulation on previously isolated Lactobacillus delbrueckii 94/L4 as starter culture for yogurt, and Lactobacillus casei 97/L3 as a probiotic candidate was investigated. Preliminary results showed that L. delbrueckii 94/L4 exhibited tolerance to bile, unlike L. casei 97/L3. Freeze drying significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the viability of both isolates by log 0.71-2.70. Although microencapsulation preserved the viability of L. casei 97/L3 cells exposed to simulated gastrointestinal tract conditions for 120 min, it did not impart significant (p < 0.05) protection against loss of viability during the first 30 min of exposure. Conversely, microencapsulated L. delbrueckii 94/L4 with the addition of Streptococcus thermophilus 24/S1 as starter culture was successfully incorporated into milk to form yogurt, yielding a significantly (p < 0.05) improved product quality.

The Cryoprotective Effect on Frozen-thawed Boar Semen of Egg Yolk Low Density Lipoproteins

  • Hu, Jian-hong;Li, Qing-Wang;Li, Gang;Chen, Xiao-Yu;Hai-Yang, Hai-Yang;Zhang, Shu-Shan;Wang, Li-Qiang
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.486-494
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    • 2006
  • In order to protect the spermatozoa against cold shock, hen egg yolk is widely used as a cryoprotective agent in semen freezing extenders for domestic animals. The protective action of yolk is largely presumed to be due to low density lipoproteins (LDL). The effects of LDL on sperm quality of bull and northern pike (Esox lucius) after freezing-thawing have been reported, but no study has been made to evaluate the effect of LDL on boar sperm motility and other characteristics. The experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of LDL on the freezing of boar sperm in 0.25 ml straws. The aim was to evaluate the quality of boar spermatozoa cryopreserved in the presence of LDL. Motility of semen cryopreserved in LDL was analyzed and compared to semen cryopreserved with Tris-citric acid-glucose (TCG) and Tris-citric acid-fructose (TCF), two basic freezing extenders containing egg yolk. Similarly, acrosome and plasma membrane integrity were also evaluated and compared to semen cryopreserved with TCG and TCF. Analysis of sperm quality after freeze-thaw showed that the motility, acrosome and plasma membrane integrity were improved with LDL in the extender, as compared to the TCG and TCF. The highest post-thaw integrity of acrosome and plasma membrane and motility were obtained with 9% LDL (w/v). Consequently, the optimum LDL concentration in the extender was 9%. It is also suggested that the concentration of LDL addition is important for the effect on boar sperm protection during freezing and thawing. The percentage of motile spermatozoa was significantly higher after freezing in 9% LDL than in TCG and TCF 54.4% versus 30.4% and 30.1% (p<0.05), respectively. The integrity of acrosome and plasma membrane were also significantly higher at 70.3% and 50.5% respectively with semen frozen in 9% LDL extender compared to TCG at 37.8% and 30.3% and TCF at 36.4% and 29.9%, respectively (p<0.05),. In conclusion, we propose that extender containing LDL extracted from hen egg yolk could be used as a cryoprotective media with a better efficiency than TCG and TCF. LDL improved boar semen quality, allowing better spermatozoa motility, acrosome and plasma membrane integrity after the freeze-thaw process. Furthermore, we found out that the extender with 9% LDL concentration significantly enhanced motility, acrosome and plasma membrane integrity of boar sperm after freezing and thawing.

A Case Study for Energy Consumption Characteristics of High School Facilities in Seoul (서울지역 고등학교 건물의 에너지소비특성에 관한 사례분석)

  • Kim, Sung-Bum;Oh, Byung-Chil;Shin, U-Cheul
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we analyzed five-year(2011~2015) data for D high school in Seoul area to analyze energy consumption characteristics in high school. The results are summarized as follows. (1) In the result of comparison analysis about 2015 energy consumption by usage, based on primary energy, 18% of energy was consumed in cafeteria, and 82% was consumed in main building. In the case of main building, base and constant load excepting hot water supply in restroom took 40%, heating including freeze protection took 20%, hot water supply in restroom took 14%, and cooling took 8% in order. (2) In the 2015 total energy consumption in D high school based on primary energy, heating energy takes 28%. The range and limit of energy savings coming from the reinforcement of insulation and window performance could be estimated. (3) To introduce new & renewable energy system in high school, electricity-based system is suitable than heat-based system because usage of electric energy is larger than that of heat energy in high school. (4) Five-year energy consumption unit according to heating degree-day showed a linearly increasing trend, and the coefficient of determination(R2) was 0.9763, which means high correlation.

Stabilization of Dry Immuno-Diagnostic Kit with Immobilized Antibody and Determination of Its Shelf-Life (항체가 건조상태로 고정된 면역진단키트의 안정화와 Shelf-Life 결정)

  • 이창우;조정환;육순학;권오협;박영남;박세환
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.502-510
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    • 1998
  • Stabilization of antibody, which is specific to Salmonella typhimurium antigens, present in dry states on membranes was accomplished, and its shelf-life, i.e., duration for maintaining minimum 90% of the initial activity, under optimal conditions was determined. To prepare two major components of an immuno-strip, the antibody was not only immobilized on nitrocellulose membrane surfaces but also placed within the pores of glass fiber membrane after conjugating it with old colloids as signal generator. Among potential stabilizers of the immuno-components, a disaccharide, trehalose, showed a significant protection effect of immunoglobulin structure from thermal energy. Optimal concentrations of trehalose for the respective component were significantly different (8-fold higher for the antibody-gold conjugate than for the immobilized antibody), which probably resulted from distinct densities and configurations of antibody present on the membranes. An additional requirement for the gold conjugate was freeze-drying of this substance such that the conjugate can be readily resolubilized upon contact with aqueous medium. By using the components prepared under optimal conditions, immuno-strips were constructed and exposed to thermal energy. Signals with less than 10% decrease in the intensity were maintained for approximately 21 days at 60$^{\circ}C$. Compared to previous reports, this result represented a 2-year shelf-life at room temperature. it was, however, two times longer if determined from thermal acceleration tests based on the theory of inactivation rate of protein. Such discrepancy between the two estimates could be mainly attributed to errors in accurately controlling temperatures and also to changes in the physical properties of membranes due to a high thermal energy.

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