• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.286-290
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• 2007

기후변화가 국내 수자원에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 고해상도 기후변화 시나리오를 이용하여 수자원의 변동성을 평가하였다. IPCC SRES A2 시나리오를 이용하여 5대강수계 139개 유역에 대해 기후 및 유출시나리오를 생산하고 수자원의 변동성을 시공간적으로 분석하였다. 고해상도$(27km{\times}27km)$ 시나리오는 기상연구소에서 전구기후모델인 ECHO-G의 결과를 지역기후모델인 MM5에 경계조건을 사용하여 역학적으로 상세화한 것이다. 이 시나리오를 이용하여 현실성 있는 유역별 기후시나리오를 생산하기 위해 LARS-WG를 사용하였으며, 유출시나리오 생산을 위해 USGS에서 개발된 PRMS 모형을 이용하였다. 생산된 시나리오를 이용하여 분석한 결과 전반적으로 한강유역이 위치한 북쪽유역에서는 연평균유출량이 증가되고, 남쪽에 위치한 유역들에서는 감소할 것으로 전망되었다. 이것은 기온의 증가에 따른 평균증발산량의 증가에 따른 영향으로 나타났다. 계절별로는 봄과 여름철의 유출량은 감소하고, 가을과 겨울철 유출량은 증가할 것으로 분석되었다. 그러나 여름철 평균유출량의 감소에도 불구하고 고수량(Q>100mm)의 규모 및 빈도가 증가할 것으로 전망되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09b
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• pp.804-805
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• 2006

Electric scroll-compressor drives are commonly used for e.g. home appliance cooling units. The recent development of hybrid cars with internal combustion engine in combination with electrical propulsion requires new solutions to be able to cool the passenger compartment of cars at stand-still. Both application areas demand efficient motor drives to reach good economy and efficient use of limited battery power as well as competitive volume/weight for a given output. The BLDC motor is a controllable and efficient solution. A major part of the motor is the soft-magnetic core. The powder based $Somaloy^{(R)}$ material shows high resistivity and induction as the result of engineered iron particles with in-organic coating. The unique features of compacted $Somaloy^{(R)}$ components can be utilized to enhance the shape and total volume of the BLDC motor with at least maintained efficiency compared to the use of traditional laminated steel sheet cores. A careful design of the $Somaloy^{(R)}$ components can also simplify assembly and positively influence the coil configuration. This study shows a comparison between a typical laminated BLDC motor and a redesigned, $Somaloy^{(R)}$ based version adapted for a scroll-compressor application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.25-25
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• 2003

Atrial myocytes have two functionally separate $Ca^{2+}$ release sites: those in peripheral sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) adjacent to the $Ca^{2+}$ channels of surface membrane and those in central SR not associated with $Ca^{2+}$ channels. Study on the spatio-temporal properties of focal $Ca^{2+}$ releases (“sparks”) occurring spontaneously in central and peripheral sites of voltage-clamped rat atrial myocytes, using rapid two-dimensional (2-D) confocal $Ca^{2+}$ imaging revealed that peripheral and central sparks were similar in size and release time (~300,000 $Ca^{2+}$ ions for=12 ms), but significantly larger and longer than ventricular sparks. Both sites were resistant to Cd$^{2+}$ and inhibited by ryanodine. Peripheral sparks were brighter and flattened against surface membrane, had ~5-fold higher frequency, ~2 times faster diffusion coefficient, and dissipated abruptly. Central sparks, in contrast, occurred less frequently, were elongated along the cellular longitudinal axis, and dissipated slowly. Compound sparks (composed of 2-5 unitary focal releases) aligned longitudinally, occurred more frequently at the center.at the center.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.372-376
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• 2010

기후변화에 의한 각 분야의 영향예측과 평가가 전 세계적으로 진행되고 있으며, 이 결과가 국제기관들에 의해 종합 정리되어 발표되고 있다. 또한 이를 토대로 범 지구차원, 국가차원의 대응방안에 관한 연구가 지속적으로 이루어지고 있다. 우리나라는 아시아 몬순 기후 지역으로 년 평균 강수량이 1,270mm 정도로 세계 평균의 1.3배 정도로 비교적 많은 편이나 1인당 강수 총량은 세계평균의 1/11로서 물부족 국가에 속하고 있다. 년간 강수량의 분포는 계절적, 지역적으로 큰 차이를 보여 다우기인 6월에서 9월까지의 강수량이 2/3을 차지하며 그 후 이듬해 3월 까지의 강수량이 전체의 1/5에 불과해 여름에는 집중호우로 인한 홍수가 빈발하며, 겨울과 봄에는 물 부족이 발생하게 된다. 또한 기후변화로 인한 강수량과 기온은 지역적으로 차이는 있으나 계속적으로 증가하는 것으로 분석됨에 따라 기후변화에 따른 농업수자원은 더욱 취약해 질 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 우리나라 농업용저수지에 대한 필요저수량을 예측하였다. 그 결과 2020s, 2050s, 2080s 및 각 지역별로 많은 차이가 났다. MM5의 경우 13.1%~37.4%, CF방법에서는 -7.3%~36.2%, LARS-WG방법에서는 -33.1%~37.8%로 지역별 및 년도별로 남거나 부족한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 미래에 내리는 강우가 관개기에 얼마나 큰 영향을 미치느냐에 따라 크게 달라지는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.543-549
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• 2006

DNA microarray was used to study the transcription profiling of Escherichia coli adapting to acetate as a sole carbon source. Bacteria grown in glucose minimal media were used as a reference. The dynamic expression levels of 3,497 genes were monitored at seven time points during this adaptation. Among the central metabolic genes, the glycolytic and glucose phosphotransferase genes were repressed as the bacteria entered stationary phase, whereas the glyoxylate pathway, TCA cycle, and gluconeogenic genes were induced. Distinct induction or repression patterns were recognized among different pathway genes. For example, the repression of glycolytic genes and the induction of gluconeogenic ones started immediately after glucose was depleted. On the other hand, the regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway genes and glyoxylate genes gradually responded to the glucose depletion or was more related to growth in acetate. When the whole genome was considered, many of the CRP, FadR, and Cra regulons were immediately responsive to the glucose depletion, whereas the $\sigma^s$, Lrp, and IHF regulons were gradually responsive to the glucose depletion. The expression profiling also provided differential regulations between isoenzymes; for example, malic enzymes A (sfcA) and B (maeB). The expression profiles of three genes were confirmed with RT-PCR.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.63-70
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• 2020

Stereotactic radiosurgery is one of the most sophisticated forms of modern advanced radiation therapy. Unlike conventional fractionated radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery uses a high dose of radiation with steep gradient precisely delivered to target lesions. Lars Leksell presented the principle of radiosurgery in 1951. Gamma Knife^® (GK) is the first radiosurgery device used in clinics, and the first patient was treated in the winter of 1967. The first GK unit had 179 cobalt 60 sources distributed on a hemispherical surface. A patient could move only in a single direction. Treatment planning was performed manually and took more than a day. The latest model, Gamma Knife^® Icon^TM, shares the same principle but has many new dazzling characteristics. In this article, first, a brief history of radiosurgery was described. Then, the physical properties of modern radiosurgery machines and physicists' endeavors to assure the quality of radiosurgery were described. Intrinsic characteristics of modern radiosurgery devices such as small fields, steep dose distribution producing sharp penumbra, and multi-directionality of the beam were reviewed together with the techniques to assess the accuracy of these devices. The reference conditions and principles of GK dosimetry given in the most recent international standard protocol, International Atomic Energy Agency TRS 483, were shortly reviewed, and several points needing careful revisions were highlighted. Understanding the principles and physics of radiosurgery will be helpful for modern medical physicists.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.66-86
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• 2019

Purpose - This paper describes the use of trade preferences under the EU-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) and empirically examines potential reasons for the less than full use, using data on daily EU imports from Korea at the product level. Design/methodology - We employ a probit model to analyse the relationship between the use of trade preferences on the one hand and variables such as potential duty savings, rules of origin and the characteristics of the good traded (intermediate input or final product) on the other. Findings - The paper finds that EU imports from Korea make good use of trade preferences with an overall preference utilisation rate of close to 90% in 2016, which is up from about 80% in 2012. It further shows that potential duty savings influence preference utilisation positively and that more than one quarter of the observations in our sample made use of preferences under EU-Korea FTA in 2012, despite duty savings standing at €10 or less. Originality/value - The finding that a non-negligible share of observations use preferences even when the duty savings are low has not yet figured in the literature. We further show how preference utilisation rates differ by importing EU Member State and by section of the Harmonised System and estimate the marginal impact of an increase in potential duty savings on the preference utilisation rate by broad product group, which is novel.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.659-664
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• 2011

Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia is associated with high mortality, and often results in metastatic infections. The methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) is an urgent health care issue, as nosocomial infections with these bacteria represent limited treatment alternatives. Samples of whole blood containing challenge inoculums of SA and MRSA strains were passed through columns packed with surfaceheparinized polyethylene beads. The bound bacteria were eluted and quantitatively determined by culturing and by real-time PCR. Significant amounts of both SA and MRSA adhered to the heparinized beads (more than 65% of inoculated bacteria). After rinsing with buffer at high ionic strength, viable bacteria or bacterial DNA were eluted from the columns, indicating that the binding was specific. The conclusions that can be made from these experiments are that, as earlier reported in the literature, the high affinity of SA to heparin is retained in whole blood, and MRSA in whole blood binds to heparin with similar or higher affinity than SA. It should be possible to lower the amount of SA and/or MRSA from the blood of infected patients to levels that could be taken care of by the immune system. In previous studies, we have shown that passing blood from septic patients over beads coated with end-point-attached, biologically active heparin is a useful technique for regulating the levels of heparinbinding cytokine. These findings in combination with the present findings indicate the possibility of creating an apheresis technology for treatment of sepsis caused by SA and/or MRSA.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.12
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• pp.138-145
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• 2009

Humanism connotes dignity and esteem with the essential idea of human and more human. This paper has conducted a inquiry of the understanding about human and humanism represented by visual image of film. Especially, this study investigated the way to adhere to reflective attitude about human and society. It is based on theoretical discussion of formalism and auteurism and analyzed the way of constructing time-space structure of (by Lars von Trier) which is known the typical formalism film. According to the findings, appeared to appropriate the ocularcentrism aesthetic to film form and give the self-regulation to definite the idea of film art through picturesque imagination of dramatic stage. Such a result means that it converts the filmic time-space to the virtual things and practicalize the classification of the ethical doctrine of innate goodness and innate sin of human and the definition of humanism. Also it means formalism film overturns the existing institutional mode of representation.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.1088-1095
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• 2008

The outpaced growth of online channel sales over the traditional retail sales is a result from superior shopping convenience that online stores offer to their customers. One major source of online shopping convenience is a personalized store that reduces customer's shopping time. personalization of an online store is accomplished by using various in-store shopping behavior data that the Internet and Web Technology provides. Brick-and-mortar retailers have not been able to make this type of data available for their stores until now. However, RFID technology has now opened a new possibility to personalization of traditional retail stores. In this paper, we propose BRIMPS (BRIck-and-Mortar Personalization System) as a system that brick-and-mortar retailers may use to personalize their business and become more competitive against online retailers.