• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.566-580
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• 2003

To resolve the concern of the SWR possibility in LMR and improve the economic feature of LMR, relative performance of various SG designs using a double tube bundle configuration is evaluated and a new SG design concept is proposed. The new steam generator design houses two tube bundles that are functionally different and its tube bundle region is radially divided into two. It prevents the occurrence of sodium water reaction while sodium is still used as the coolant for the primary heat transport system. The feasibility of the SG with a double tube bundle for actual use in an LMR plant is evaluated by setting up the skeleton of the NSSS for various possible configurations of the SG tube bundles. The evaluation revealed the relative advantages and disadvantages of the configurations and the new SG design concept performs good and can be actually used in an LMR plant.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.127.1-127.1
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.678-683
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• 1998

액체금속로의 노심은 핵연료봉과 와이어랩에 의한 부수로로 구성된 복잡한 기하학적 구조의 집합체로 이루어져 있다. 이러한 액체금속로의 정상상태 및 과도상태 노심열수력 상세해석을 위하여 부수로 해석코드 MATRA-LMR 코드를 개발하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 ORNL 19 Pin 실험결과와 EBR-II 실험 모의시 정상상태 노심열수력 해석코드인 SLTHEN 코드 계산에 사용되었던 실험데이타를 사용하여 현재 MATRA-LMR 코드로 계산을 수행한 후 그 결과를 비교.분석함으로써, MATRA-LMR 코드의 개발 상태를 평가해 보았다 ORNL 19 Pin 실험과 MATRA-LMR 계산를 비교한 결과 실험을 정확히 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. SLTHEN 코드 계산결과와의 비교에서는 집합체 평균 출구온도와 부수로 최대 출구온도를 비교한 결과 두 코드의 계산은 약 3% 이하의 차이를 보이고 있다. 현재의 MATRA-LMR 코드는 단일 집합체 계산만 가능하나 앞으로의 작업을 통해 전 노심 해석이 가능하도록 다중 집합체 계산 코드로 개발할 예정이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.165-174
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• 2004

The distributed resistance model has been recently implemented into the MATRA-LMR code in order to improve its prediction capability over the wire-wrap model for a flow blockage analysis in the LMR. The code capability has been investigated using experimental data observed in the FFM (Fuel Failure Mock-up)-2A and 5B for two typical flow conditions in a blocked channel. The predicted results by the MATRA-LMR with a distributed resistance model agreed well with the experimental data for wire-wrapped subchannels. However, it is suggested that the parameter n in the distributed resistance model needs to be calibrated accurately for a reasonable prediction of the temperature field under a low flow condition. Finally, the analyses of a blockage for the assembly of the KALIMER design are performed. Satisfactory results by the MATRA-LMR code were obtained through and rerified a comparison with results of the SABRE code.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.453-461
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• 2021

In wood-based composite panels, low-molar ratio (LMR) urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins usually result in reduced formaldehyde emission (FE) at the expense of poor adhesion. However, the FE and adhesion of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) bonded with LMR UF resins were both improved in this study. The modified LMR UF resins with transition metal ion-modified bentonite (TMI-BNT) nanoclay simultaneously improved the FE and adhesion of MDF panels. The modified LMR UF resins with 5% TMI-BNT resulted in a 37.1% FE reduction and 102.6% increase in the internal bonding (IB) strength of MDF panels. Furthermore, thickness swelling and water absorption also significantly decreased to 13.0% and 24.9%, respectively. These results imply that TMI-BNT modification of LMR UF resins could enhance the formation of a three-dimensional network rather than crystalline domains, resulting in improved cohesion.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.797-806
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• 2009

The Multichannel Analyzer for Transient and steady-state in Rod Array - Liquid Metal Reactor for Flow Blockage analysis (MATRA-LMR-FB) code for the analysis of a subchannel blockage has been developed and evaluated through several experiments. The current version of the code is improved here by the implementation of a distributed resistance model which accurately considers the effect of flow resistance on wire spacers, by the addition of a turbulent mixing model, and by the application of a hybrid scheme for low flow regions. Validation calculations for the MATRA-LMR-FB code were performed for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 19-pin tests with wire spacers and Karlsruhe 169-pin tests with grid spacers. The analysis of the ORNL 19-pin tests conducted using the code reveals that the code has sufficient predictive accuracy, within a range of 5 $^{\circ}C$, for the experimental data with a blockage. As for the results of the analyses, the standard deviation for the Karlsruhe 169-pin tests, 0.316, was larger than the standard deviation for the ORNL 19-pin tests, 0.047.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.2245-2250
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• 2015

Background: The interaction between tumor cells and inflammatory cells has not been systematically investigated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether preoperative the lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) could predict the prognosis of ESCC patients undergoing esophagectomy. Materials and Methods: Records from 218 patients with histologically diagnosed ESCC who underwent attempted curative surgery from January 2007 to December 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. Besides clinicopathological prognostic factors, we evaluated the prognostic value of the LMR, the NLR, and the PLR using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models. Results: The median follow-up was 38.6 months (range 3-71 months). The cut-off values of 2.57 for the LMR, 2.60 for the NLR and 244 for the PLR were chosen as optimal to discriminate between survival and death by applying receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of patients with low preoperative LMR demonstrated a significant worse prognosis for DFS (p=0.004) and OS (p=0.002) than those with high preoperative LMR. The high NLR cohort had lower DFS (p=0.004) and OS (p=0.011). Marginally reduced DFS (p=0.068) and lower OS (p=0.039) were found in the high PLR cohort. On multivariate analysis, only preoperative LMR was an independent prognostic factor for both DFS (p=0.009, HR=1.639, 95% CI 1.129-2.381) and OS (p=0.004, HR=1.759, 95% CI 1.201-2.576) in ESCC patients. Conclusions: Preoperative LMR better predicts cancer survival compared with the cellular components of systemic inflammation in patients with ESCC undergoing esophagectomy.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.62 no.2
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• pp.62-67
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• 2019

Purpose: We aimed to determine the prognostic significance of lymphocyte counts and the lymphocytemonocyte ratio (LMR) in pediatric patients with osteosarcoma. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 27 pediatric patients with localized extremity osteosarcoma, treated at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital between May 2002 and March 2016. Leukocyte counts and LMR before treatment and on day 14 (LMR14) of the first cisplatin-doxorubicin chemotherapy round were evaluated. Patients were dichotomized according to the median value of these parameters, and survival rates were compared. Results: The median age of the 27 patients was 9.9 years (range, 3.2-14.1 years) and tumor sites were: distal femur (n=14), proximal humerus (n=7), proximal tibia (n=2), proximal fibula (n=2), and elsewhere (n=2). Patients were followed up on for a median of 76.4 months (range, 4.5-174.7 months), and 5-year overall (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) rates were $66.0%{\pm}9.8%$ and $60.9%{\pm}9.7%$, respectively. Patients with a higher pretreatment lymphocyte count (${\geq}2,320/{\mu}L$) had better OS (90.9% vs. 46.2%, P=0.04) and EFS (83.9% vs. 38.5%, P=0.02). However, the day 14 lymphocyte count was not associated with survival. While no survival difference was observed between patients grouped according to pretreatment LMR (median value, 6.3), patients with a higher LMR14 (${\geq}5$) fared better than those with lower LMR14 (5-year OS: 83.3% vs. 46.3%, P=0.04). Conclusion: Pretreatment lymphocyte count and LMR during chemotherapy had prognostic significance in pediatric osteosarcoma patients. Further studies involving larger cohorts are necessary to validate our findings.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.169-180
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• 2021

Inherent crystalline domains present in low formaldehyde to urea (F/U) molar ratio urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins are responsible for their poor adhesion in wood-based composite panels. To modify the crystallinity of low molar ratio (LMR) UF resins, this study investigates the additional effect of cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs), such as cellulose microfibrils (CMFs), cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), and TEMPO-oxidized CNFs (TEMPO-CNFs) on the crystallinity of modified LMR UF resins. First, two modification methods (post-mixing and in situ) were compared for modified LMR UF resins with TEMPO-CNFs. The modified UF resins with TEMPO-CNFs decreased the nonvolatile solid contents, while increasing the viscosity and gel time. However, the in situ modification of UF resins with TEMPO-CNFs showed lower crystallinity than that of post-mixing. Then, the in situ method was compared for all CNMs to modify LMR UF resins. The modified UF resins with CMFs using the in situ method increased nonvolatile solid contents and viscosity but decreased the gel time. The crystallinity of UF resins modified with TEMPO-CNFs was the lowest even though the crystalline domains were not significantly changed for all modified UF resins. These results suggest that these CNMs should be modified to prevent the formation of crystalline domains in LMR UF resins.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.72-77
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• 2008

본 논문은 혼합현실(Mixed reality) 에 대한 새로운 접근법을 제시한다. 혼합현실은 실제환경 (Real environment)과 가상환경 (Virtual environment) 이 융합된 가상현실로서 기존의 혼합현실 연구자들은 두 환경을 가능한 정확하게 정합(Registration)시키고자 노력하였다. 이러한 노력은 때때로 복잡한 계산과정이나 부가적인 장치를 요하기도 한다. 부가적인 장치의 사용은 사용성문제를 유발할 뿐만 아니라 추가적인 비용도 요구한다. 우리가 제시하는 접근법은 이러한 노력들과는 반대로 많은 부분을 사용자의 인지력과 상상력에 의지한다. 즉, 사용자의 인지력으로 두 환경 간의 오차를 보정하며 심지어는 사용자에 의해 두 환경 간의 결합이 머릿속에서 이루어진다. 우리는 이러한 접근 방법을 Loosely Coupled Mixed Reality(LMR)라고 부른다. 본 논문에서는 혼합현실에 대한 새로운 접근법인 LMR에 대해 설명하고 LMR이 갖는 여러 가지 쟁점을 짚어보았다. 또한 LMR의 효과를 검증하기 위해 만든 골프 게임을 설명 하도록 하겠다.