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Enhanced Expression of Aldosterone Synthase and Adrenome-dullin in Left and Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Rats

  • Lee, Jong-Un;Lee, Sung-Su;Kim, Sun-Mi;Lee, Won-Jung
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 2002
  • The pathophysiological implications of aldosterone and adrenomedullin in the cardiac ventricular hypertrophy were examined. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt and monocrotaline (MCT) to selectively elicit left and right ventricular (LV, RV) hypertrophy, respectively. The mRNA expression of aldosterone synthase and adrenomedullin in LV and RV was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The expression of aldosterone synthase and adrenomedullin was increased in LV, while not altered significantly in RV of DOCA-salt-treated rats. On the contrary, the expression was not significantly altered in LV, but increased in RV of MCT-treated rats. The enhanced expression of aldosterone synthase may be causally related with the development of ventricular hypertrophy, and the increased expression of adrenomedullin may act as a counter-regulatory mechanism.

Synthesis and Characterization of CNT/TiO2 Composites Thermally Derived from MWCNT and Titanium(IV) n-Butoxide

  • Oh, Won-Chun;Chen, Ming-Liang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.159-164
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    • 2008
  • Two kinds of CNT/TiO2 composite photocatalysts were synthesized with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and titanium(IV) n-butoxide (TNB) by a MCPBA oxidation method. Since MWCNTs had charge transfer and semiconducting, the CNT/TiO2 composite shows a good photo-degradation activity. The XRD patterns reveal that only anatase phase can be identified for MCT composite, but the HMCT composite synthesized with HCl treatment was observed the mixed phase of anatase and rutile. The EDX spectra were shown the presence as major elements of Ti with strong peaks. From the SEM results, the sample MCT and HMCT synthesized by the thermal decomposition with TNB show a homogenous sample with only individual MWCNTs covered with TiO2 without any jam-like aggregates between CNTs and TiO2. From the photocatalytic results, we could be suggested that the excellent activity of the CNT/TiO2 composites for organic dye and UV irradiation time could be attributed to combination effects between TiO2 and MWCNTs with plausible photodegradation mechanism.

New Tunneling Model Including both the Thermal and the Tunneling Transition through Trap (트랩을 통한 열적 천이와 터널링 천이를 동시에 고려할 수 있는 새로운 터널링 모델에 관한 연구)

  • 박장우;곽계달
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.29A no.8
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 1992
  • According to increasing the doping concentration in p-n junction, a tunneling current through trap as well as SRH(Shockley-Read-Hall) generation-recombination current in depletion region occurs. It is the tunneling current that is a dominant current at the forward bias. In this paper, the new tunneling-recombination equation is derived. The thermal generation-recombination current and tunneling current though trap can be easily calculated at the same time because this equation has the same form as the SRH generation-recombination equation. For the validity of this equation, 2 kind of samples are simulated. The one is $n^{+}$-p junction device fabricated with MCT(Mercury Cadmium Telluride, mole fraction=0.29), the other Si n$^{+}-p^{+}$ junction. From the results for MCT $n^{+}$-p junction device and comparing the simulated and expermental I-V characteristics for Si n$^{+}-p^{+}$ junction, it is shown that this equation is a good description for tunneling through trap and thermal generation-recombination current calculation.

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Development of the Accessibility Guidelines for Mobility Handicapped Persons in Passenger Ship

  • Kim, Hongtae;Lee, Jong-Gap
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.36 no.9
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    • pp.763-767
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    • 2012
  • The ratio of the mobility handicapped person is about 25.8% of the total population in Korea(MCT, 2006). In order to prepare for the enforcement of the "Transportation Services Improvement Act for the Mobility Handicapped People"(MCT, 2006), various equipments and installations should be developed to ensure appropriate safety level for the mobility handicapped persons in maritime transportation. While approximately 10 million people are using domestic passenger vessels annually, preferences for maritime transport is very low, especially for the mobility handicapped. This study reviewed a current status of the mobility handicapped person in domestic passenger ship and analysed the improvement plan for them. To investigate the current status of domestic passenger vessel usage by the mobility handicapped, to analysis the requirements for amenities necessary for the mobility handicapped and select the ones to be developed based on the investigated results and to do feasibility study of barrier-free ship.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF ADVANCED GENERATION IGBTS AND MCT IN SINGLE-ENDED RESONANT INVERTER

  • Ishimaru, N.;Fujita, A.;Hirota, I.;Yamashita, H.;Omori, H.;Nakamizo, Tetsuo;Shirakawa, S.;Nakaoka, Mutsuo.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.851-854
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    • 1998
  • In recent years, a cost-effective voltage-source type single-ended resonant-load inverter using MOS gate power switching devices and its related resonant inverter topologies have been commonly used for induction-heated cooking appliances because of relatively-lowered switching losses, simple circuit topology, low cost, compactness and low harmonic current in utility AC side. This paper present some comparative performance evaluations of IGBTs as sample devices in each generation and MOS controlled Thyristor(MCT) incorporated into the voltage-source type single-ended load resonant inverter for induction-heating rice cookers used for consumer power electronic applications, in which the output power can be regulated on the basis of Frequency Modulation Scheme.

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A New Wire Bonding Technique for High Power Package Transistor (고출력 트랜지스터 패키지 설계를 위한 새로운 와이어 본딩 방식)

  • Lim, Jong-Sik;Oh, Seong-Min;Park, Chun-Seon;Lee, Yong-Ho;Ahn, Dal
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.653-659
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    • 2008
  • This paper describes the design of high power transistor packages using high power chip transistor dies, chip capacitors and a new wire bonding technique. Input impedance variation and output power performances according to wire inductance and resistance for internal matching are also discussed. A multi crossing type(MCT) wire bonding technique is proposed to replace the conventional stepping stone type(SST) wire bonding technique, and eventually to improve the output power performances of high power transistor packages. Using the proposed MCT wire bonding technique, it is possible to design high power transistor packages with highly improved output power compared to SST even the package size is kept to be the same.

A Study on 4-Axis Machining for Mono Pump Rotor (모노펌프 로터 4-축 가공에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Hyun-Deog;Park, Jong-Bae;Wang, Si-Kuan;Heo, Yu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.94-102
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    • 2019
  • Mono pump rotors are widely used in wastewater treatment plants, medicine, cosmetics, paint, paper, and chemical manufacturing, dairy production, public works, agriculture, and so on. A mono pump comprises two main parts: the rotor and stator. Typically, the rotor is machined using an expensive whirling machine. In this study, we developed an algorithm for 4-axis machining of the rotor on machining center (MCT). NC-code was obtained by applying the algorithm and finally the rotor of the mono pump was machined on a 4-axis MCT. Results of four sample experimental works showed close agreement with design geometries.

A Study on the Analysis of Optimal Working Condition for Constant Temperature Laser MCT(LAM) Combined Machining (항온 Laser MCT(LAM) 복합 가공의 최적 가공 조건 해석)

  • Jeong-Ho Park;Gwi-Nam Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.26 no.6_3
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    • pp.1197-1204
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    • 2023
  • Ti-alloy, a high-strength alloy material among the materials used in aircraft that are trending toward lighter weight, is classified as a difficult-to-cut material that requires a lot of energy for cutting. Cutting in a high-temperature environment is considered one means of making this possible, and various studies have been conducted on it. In particular, research on LAM (Laser Assisted Machining (LAM)), which utilizes laser heating of the cutting area, is being actively conducted. Before processing of the milling cutter begins, the temperature is raised locally by the laser irradiated through the laser head carrier, and the resistance during milling is reduced. Therefore, in this paper, in order to derive such conditions, we performed heat transfer analysis according to transfer conditions and compared it with actually applied test data to use it to establish appropriate processing conditions.

Real-Time Face Recognition System Based on Illumination-insensitive MCT and Frame Consistency (조명변화에 강인한 MCT와 프레임 연관성 기반 실시간 얼굴인식 시스템)

  • Cho, Gwang-Shin;Park, Su-Kyung;Sim, Dong-Gyu;Lee, Soo-Youn
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.123-134
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we propose a real-tin e face recognition system that is robust under various lighting conditions. Th Modified Census Transform algorithm that is insensitive to illumination variations is employed to extract local structure features. In a practical face recognition system, acquired images through a camera are likely to be blurred and some of them could be side face images, resulting that unacceptable performance could be obtained. To improve stability of a practical face recognition system, we propose a real-time algorithm that rejects unnecessary facial picture and makes use of recognition consistency between successive frames. Experimental results on the Yale database with large illumination variations show that the proposed approach is approximately 20% better than conventional appearance-based approaches. We also found that the proposed real-time method is more stable than existing methods that produces recognition result for each frame.

Software Development for the Performance Evaluation and Blade Design of a HACT by BEMT (블레이드요소 운동량 이론에 의한 수평축 조류발전용 터빈 블레이드 설계 및 성능평가 소프트웨어 개발)

  • Mo, Jang-Oh;Kim, Mann-Eung;Hyun, Beom-Soo;Kim, You-Taek;Oh, Cheol;Lee, Young-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.96-101
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    • 2011
  • In this study, we have established the design techniques, with which we can design and evaluate performance of blades on a horizontal axis current turbine, by application of blade element momentum theory considering the blade tip's loss model, and finally developed the domestic software(MCT-blade V2.0). We have designed and evaluated performance of blades for the 2MW class by using of the software, and confirmed its calculation results from BEMT by comparing those results from commercial code of ANSYS FLUENT. In a state of rated velocity 2.5m/s, the mechanical power from BEMT is calculated as 2,121kW, which is considered to satisfy the electrical power, but the value from CFD is calculated as 1,901kW, which is considered a little deficient for the target output.