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Physiological Functionalities of Vitis hybrid (Sheridan)-Rubus coreanus Red Wine Made by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Jang, Jeong-Hoon;Kim, Jae-Ho;Ahn, Byung-Hak;Lee, Jong-Soo
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.109-112
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    • 2011
  • Vitis hybrid (Sheridan)-Robus coreanus red wine was vinified by fermentation of a mixture of Vitis hybrid and Robus coreanus must at $25^{\circ}C$ for 10 days. The Vitis hybrid-Robus coreanus red wine had ethanol contents of 10.9%. It had high antihypertensive angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity of 57.8% and antioxidant activity of 64.8%. Changes in the physicochemical properties and functionality of the Vitis hybrid-Robus coreanus red wine was investigated during a post-fermentation period of three months. The ACE inhibitory activity of the red wine increased as the post-fermentation period prolonged, and showed the highest ACE inhibitory activity of 70.4% 60 days post-fermentation. However, the antioxidant activity declined significantly to 47.2% during the post-fermentation period of 60 days. In terms of sensory evaluation, the Vitis hybrid-Robus coreanus red wine had the best acceptability 60 days post-fermentation.

Antioxidant Activity and Quality Characteristics of Sulgidduk prepared with Prunus yedoensis Matsumura Extract (화피 추출물 첨가 설기떡의 항산화활성 및 품질특성)

  • Joo, Shin-Youn
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2013
  • This study investigated the quality and antioxidative properties of a Korean steamed-rice cake, Sulgidduk added with Prunus yedoensis Matsumura extract, and vitamin C. Sulgidduk was prepared by adding Prunus yedoensis Matsumura extract at 0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3% of rice powder. Antioxidant activities were measured by the scavenging activities of DPPH radicals, $ABTS^+$ radicals, $superoxide^-$ radicals and the reducing power. For analyzing quality characteristics, proximate composition, color, texture profile analysis, and sensory evaluations were measured. The antioxidative effect of the Sulgidduk significantly increased as the addition level increased, compared to the original Sulgidduk (p<0.001). As the content of Prunus yedoensis Matsumura extracts increased, L-values significantly decreased while the a-value and b-value significantly increased (p<0.001). For the texture profile analysis, the control group had a significantly higher value for hardness as compared to the Prunus yedoensis Matsumura extract-added groups (p<0.05). Springiness, chewiness and adhesiveness were not significantly different among the samples. In the sensory evaluation, the samples containing 0.1% and 0.2% Prunus yedoensis Matsumura extracts obtained better results in attribute. From these results, we suggest that Prunus yedoensis Matsumura is a good ingredient for increasing the consumer acceptability and the functionality of Sulgidduk.

Ambient Intelligence in Distributed Modular Systems

  • Ngo Trung Dung;Lund Henrik Hautop
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • summer
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    • pp.421-426
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    • 2004
  • Analyzing adaptive possibilities of agents in multi-agents system, we have discovered new aspects of ambient intelligence in distributed modular systems using intelligent building blocks (I-BLOCKS) [1]. This paper describes early scientific researches related to technical design, applicable experiments and evaluation of adaptive processing and information interaction among I-BLOCKS allowing users to easily develop ambient intelligence applications. The processing technology presented in this paper is embedded inside each DUPLO1 brick by microprocessor as well as selected sensors and actuators in addition. Behaviors of an I-BLOCKS modular structure are defined by the internal processing functionality of each I-Blocks in such structure and communication capacities between I-BLOCKS. Users of the I-BLOCKS system can do 'programming by building' and thereby create specific functionalities of a modular structure of intelligent artefacts without the need to learn and use traditional programming language. From investigating different effects of modem artificial intelligence, I-BLOCKS we have developed might possibly contain potential possibilities for developing applications in ambient intelligence (AmI) environments. To illustrate these possibilities, the paper presents a range of different experimental scenarios in which I-BLOCKS have been used to set-up reconfigurable modular systems. The paper also reports briefly about earlier experiments of I-BLOCKS in different research fields, allowing users to construct AmI applications by a just defined concept of modular artefacts [3].

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An Extensible Smart Home IoT System Based on Low-power Networks (저전력 네트워크 기반의 확장 용이한 스마트 홈 IoT 시스템)

  • Lee, Jun-young;Yoo, Seong-eun
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.133-141
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    • 2018
  • There are increasing interests on smart home systems. However, most of the existing works focus on the functionality itself. In this paper, we propose an extensible smart home system based on low power networking such as CoAP, 6LoWPAN, and Zigbee. The proposed home IoT system consists of Home APP, Home Server, Home Broker, and Power Devices. Each component of the system is connected by the low-power network technologies aforementioned. As the end device, Power Device senses the current consumption of the attached appliance and controls the power to it. Power Device reports the sensing data to Home Server via Home Broker. The Home Broker enhances the scalability of the system. Home Broker extends the service area and the user's services, and it manages the connection of the underlying devices and processes, and transmits data to Home Server from Power Devices. Through the experimental evaluation, we show that the proposed system achieves the design goals such as extensibility and low power networking.

Peformance Evaluation of XBench using an Object-Relational DBMS (객체 관계형 DBMS를 이용한 XBench 성능평가)

  • Kim Jae-Uk;Song Yong-Ho;Lee Sang-Won
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.30 no.1C
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2005
  • XML is rapidly spreading as a standard for data representation and exchange, and XML documents are adopted in various applications. According to this trend, researches in database has also focused on efficient storage and retrieval of XML documents. Recently, major (object) relational DBMS vendors support XML functionality, and several native XML DBMSs have been developed in academic or industry side. In addition, various benchmarks have been proposed so as to evaluate these na database performance. In this paper, we evaluate the XBench benchmark using a commercial object-relational DBMS, analyze its performance, and investigate the future improvements of object-relational DBMSs for XML support.

A Study on the Relationship between the Cooking Wine Attributes and Demographic Characteristics (조리용 와인의 선택 속성과 인구통계학적 특성 사이의 관계에 대한 연구)

  • Ryul, Cheol;Cha, Suk-Bin;Choi, Sung-Man
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.274-287
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the actual state of cooking wine usage, and analyze the relationship between the attributes of cooking wine and demographic characteristics. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, the origin and correct choice of cooking wine were significantly related to hotel type, restaurant type and career. Second, the importance of the taste and aroma of a cooking wine, which are intrinsic attributes in the evaluation of a wine, had significant relationships with all the demographic variables whereas the importance of purchase cost and label information of the cooking wine only exhibited a significant correlation with career (p<0.05). Third, 53.7% of the respondents used cooking wine based on recipes, while the rest used it by rule of thumb. These results between restaurant type were significantly different (p<0.05). For the results of this research to be of more use, further research should be conducted on the functional aspects of cooking wine and their effects on cooking. In addition, further systematic research should be performed on the functional and sensory effects of a variety of wine tastes and aromas on cooking.

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A Study on Usability Evaluation for Improving Quality of University Digital Library Website in Korea (전자도서관 웹사이트의 품질향상을 위한 사용성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Eung-Bong;Ryu, Bum-Jong;Kim, Woo-Sung;Kim, Suk-Dong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.41-60
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    • 2002
  • This study aims to evaluate the usability for improving quality of Hoseo university digital library website. Compatibility of web browser and loading speed are analyzed in using Doctor HTML and Web Site Garage, and seven major attributes of website. that is navigation, functionality, user control language and contents. system and user feedback, consistency, architectural and visual clarify, are analyzed and evaluated in using online questionnaire method. Finally this paper was suggested some problems and improvements of that website mentioned above, and general guidelines of website construction based on usability in university digital library in korea.

Proposal and Simulation of Flow Control and Error Recovery in EAP for Performance Improvement (EAP 성능 향상을 위한 흐름 제어 및 오류 복구 방식의 제안과 시뮬레이션)

  • Cha, Eun-Chul;Han, Chan-Kyu;Choi, Hyoung-Kee
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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    • v.16C no.3
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    • pp.299-306
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    • 2009
  • Followed by the popularity of the Internet, a number of access technologies to the Internet have been developed. EAP is an authentication framework. It is designed to provide the authentication functionality in the access network. Because of its flexibility and extensibility EAP poses a global solution for the authentication supported by many access networks. However, EAP has critical weaknesses in the protocol which may, in turn, decrease the EAP performance. Some of the weaknesses are caused by the "lock-step" flow control which only supports a single packet in flight. Considering the weaknesses, we propose a solution for the flow control. Using simulation we prove that our solutions improve the EAP performance.

A comparative study of granular activated carbon and sand as water filtration media with estimation of model parameters

  • Chatterjee, Jaideep;A, Shajahan;Pratap, Shailendra;Gupta, Santosh Kumar
    • Advances in environmental research
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.35-51
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    • 2017
  • The use of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) and naturally occurring silica (Sand) as filtration media in water and waste water treatment systems is very common. While GAC offers the additional functionality of being an "adsorptive" filter for dissolved organics it is also more expensive. In this paper we present an experimental evaluation of the performance of a bed of GAC for colloid removal and compare the same with that from an equivalent bed of Sand. The experiments are performed in an "intermittent" manner over extended time, to "simulate" performance over the life of the filter bed. The experiments were continued till a significant drop in water flow rate through the bed was observed. A novel "deposition" and "detachment" rate based transient mathematical model is developed. It is observed that the data from the experiments can be explained by the above model, for different aqueous phase electrolyte concentrations. The model "parameters", namely the "deposition" and "detachment" rates are evaluated for the 2 filter media studied. The model suggests that the significantly better performance of GAC in colloid filtration is probably due to significantly lower detachment of colloids from the same. While the "deposition" rates are higher for GAC, the "detachment" rates are significantly lower, which makes GAC more effective than sand for colloid removal by over an order of magnitude.

Evaluation of urban pollutant washoff characteristics and treatment efficiency of a small constructed wetland

  • Reyes, Nash Jett DG.;Geronimo, Franz Kevin F.;Kim, Lee-Hyung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.412-412
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    • 2019
  • Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer a wide variety of techniques that promote cost-efficient stormwater management practices. In particular, low impact development facilities utilize NBS principles to restore the ecosystem services in a highly-urbanized area. Despite the advancements in these technologies, several considerations should still be addressed to ensure optimum functionality and attainment of desired pollutant removal efficiency a LID facility. This study evaluated the mass flushing characteristics of pollutants in an urban catchment and the efficiency of a small constructed wetland (SCW) in treating urban stormwater runoff. 21 rainfall events from 2010 to 2018 were monitored to determine and quantify stormwater pollutants. The highest pollutant washoff was observed on rainfall depths ranging from 0.1mm to 10mm, whereas events with greater rainfall depths exhibited lower pollutant concentrations due to dilution effect. However, the SCW manifested lower pollutant-removal performance on rainfall depths exceeding 10mm due to the exceedance of the facility's design rainfall. This study is beneficial in assessing the dynamics of pollutant washoff and efficiency of LID facilities subjected under various external factors.

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