• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.549-558
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• 2004

TTo comply with increasingly strict regulations for protection against radiation exposure, many nuclear power plants have been working ceaselessly to reduce and control both the radiation sources within power plants and the radiation exposure experienced by operational and maintenance personnel. Many research studies have shown that deposits of irradiated corrosion products on the surfaces of coolant systems are the main cause of occupational radiation exposure in nuclear power plant. These corrosion product deposits on the fuel-clad surface are also known to be main factors in the onset of axial offset anomaly (AOA). Hence, there is a great deal of ongoing research on water chermistry and corrosion processes. In this study, a magnetic filter with permanent magnets was devised to remove the corrosion products in the coolant stream by taking advantage of the magnetic properties of the corrosion products demonstrated a removal efficiency of over 90% for particles above 5${\mu}m$. This finding led to the construction of an electromagnetic device that causes the metallic particulates to flocculate into larger aggregates of about 5${\mu}m$ in diameter by using a novel application of electromagnetic flocculation on radioactive corrosion products.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2005

여러 센서들의 배열을 이용한 최근의 해양 자력구배 측정시스템의 개발을 통하여 넓은 오염지역의 조사를 빠르게 수행할 수 있게 되었다. 그러나 물밑의 UXO 는 조류에 의해 이동할 수 있으며 따라서 이런 환경에서의 복원과정은 정적이라기 보다는 동적이 되었다. 이는 곧 성공적인 복원을 위해서는 탐지가 거의 실시간으로 이루어져야 함을 말한다. 그러므로 해양 자력탐사자료로부터 물밑 물체의 신호를 빠르게 탐지할 수 있는 신속한 해석법이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 물밑 UXO 의 위치 및 특성을 알아내는 신속한 방법을 소개하였다. 먼저 대상체의 정밀 탐지를 위해 자력구배자료의 해석기법(해석적 신호와 Euler 방법)을 이용하며, 반복적 선형 최소자승법을 이용해 대상체의 자기 특성을 얻어낸다. 이 방법은 알고 있는 대상체에 대해 무작위 잡음을 더한 이론적 해양 자력이상에 적용되었으며, 일본의 해양 자력구배탐사 자료를 이용하여 실질적인 유용성을 예시하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.693-696
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• 2005

KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) launched a new project to develop the low-temperature geothermal water in the area showing high geothermal anomaly, north of Pohang city, for large-scale space heating. Surface geologic and geophysical surveys including Landsat 1M image analysis, gravity, magnetic, Magnetotelluric (MT) and controlled-source audio-frequency MT (CSAMT), and self-potential (SP) methods have been conducted and the possible fracture zone was found that would serve as deeply connected geothermal water conduit. In 2004, two test wells of 1.1km and 1.5km depths have been drilled and various kinds of borehole survey including geophysical logging, pumping test, SP monitoring, core logging and sample analysis have followed. Temperature of geothermal water at the bottom of 1.5km borehole reached over $70^{\circ}C$ and the pumping test showed that the reservoir contained huge amount of geothermal water. Drilling for the production well of 2 km depth is on going. After test utilization and the feasibility study, geothermal water developed from the production well is going to be provided to nearby apartments.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 1999

Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly that is characterized by hypoplasia of the right lung and the right pulmonary artery with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage to the inferior vena cava. The scimitar vein is usually visible on chest radiographs, but may be obscured by the heart. It is essential for surgical correction to establish the point of drainage of the anomalous vein and associated anomalies. There are recent reports of familial total anomalous pulmonary venous return suggesting heritable forms of this anomaly. Although genetic factors are believed to have important roles in congenital heart disease, few genes involved in heart development have been located. We report a case of familial chromosome 9 inversion with Scimitar syndrome in an offspring who presented with dextrocardia. Evaluation with magnetic resonance cineangiograph imaging demonstrated an anomalous pulmonary vein draining into the inferior vena cava above the diaphragm and hypoplasia of the right lung and the right pulmonary artery. Chromsome analysis showed pericentric inversion of chromosome 9, inv 9 (p13, q21), in the patient and his mother as well. A brief review of the related literature is also included.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.10-13
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• 2023

To confirm the room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure as claimed in recent arXiv preprints by Lee et al., we followed the original authors' systematic solid-state synthesis recipe to reproduce Cu-doped Pb-apatite, known as LK-99. Using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, we identified inclusion of various impurities alongside the apatite phase in our sample. While the sample exhibited an overall semiconducting behavior in electrical transport, an intriguing resistivity anomaly at 380 K was observed, possibly originating from a structural phase transition of the Cu_2-δS impurity. Based on the transport and magnetization measurements, we conclude that the sample is a non-magnetic semiconductor, with absence of superconductivity.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2012

특정한 지질 구조에 의한 이상을 분리하는 문제, 특히 깊이가 다른 샘들에 의하여 중첩된 이상을 수직적으로 분리하는 문제는 중력과 자력탐사 자료 해석에서 매우 필수적이며 중요한 과정이라 할 수 있다. 측정된 퍼텐셜 자료를 단순하게 광역 효과와 남은 이상의 합으로 가정할 수도 있지만, 수직적으로 여러 층인 구조인 경우로 확장하여 특정한 층에 의한 효과를 분리해 내거나 분리된 이상을 깊이에 관하여 정량적으로 규정할 수 있으면, 이것은 깊이 분리라고 부를 수 있을 것이다. 깊이 분리 필터로서 로그 파워 빛띠 분석을 이용한 진동수 필터를 제안한다. 이것을 수치 모델링과 흥해 일대에서 얻은 실제 중력탐사 자료에 적용하였으며, 2 배 깊이만큼 위로 연속 필터와 비교, 검토해 보았다. 수치 모델링과 실제 중력 자료에 적용한 바에 의하면, 이 논문에서 제안한 깊이 분리 필터는 지구물리적인 의미가 있는 중력 불연속면까지의 중력 효과를 잘 벗겨냄으로써 불연속면의 중력 분포를 추정하여 지질 구조를 해석하는 데에 유용한 도구임을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2016

The East African ionosphere (3°S-18°N, 32°E-50°E) was mapped using Total Electron Content (TEC) measurements from ground-based GPS receivers situated at Asmara, Mekelle, Bahir Dar, Robe, Arbaminch, and Nairobi. Assuming a thin shell ionosphere at 350 km altitude, we project the Ionospheric Pierce Point (IPP) of a slant TEC measurement with an elevation angle of >10° to its corresponding location on the map. We then infer the estimated values at any point of interest from the vertical TEC values at the projected locations by means of interpolation. The total number of projected IPPs is in the range of 24-66 at any one time. Since the distribution of the projected IPPs is irregularly spaced, we have used an inverse distance weighted interpolation method to obtain a spatial grid resolution of 1°×1° latitude and longitude, respectively. The TEC maps were generated for the year 2008, with a 2 hr temporal resolution. We note that TEC varies diurnally, with a peak in the late afternoon (at 1700 LT), due to the equatorial ionospheric anomaly. We have observed higher TEC values at low latitudes in both hemispheres compared to the magnetic equatorial region, capturing the ionospheric distribution of the equatorial anomaly. We have also confirmed the equatorial seasonal variation in the ionosphere, characterized by minimum TEC values during the solstices and maximum values during the equinoxes. We evaluate the reliability of the map, demonstrating a mean error (difference between the measured and interpolated values) range of 0.04-0.2 TECU (Total Electron Content Unit). As more measured TEC values become available in this region, the TEC map will be more reliable, thereby allowing us to study in detail the equatorial ionosphere of the African sector, where ionospheric measurements are currently very few.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.335-346
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• 2008

Using the global total electron contents (TEC) measured by the TOPEX satellite from Aug. 1992 to Oct. 2005, we investigate the variations of the longitudinal wavenumber-4 (LW-4) structure in the equatorial anomaly (EA) crests with season, local time, and solar activity. Our study shows that the LW-4 structure in the EA crests ($5{\sim}20^{\circ}$ MLAT in both hemispheres) has clear four peaks at fixed longitude sectors during the daytime for both equinoxes and June solstice. In spite of being called a wavelike structure, however, the magnitudes and spatial intervals of the four peaks are far from being the same or regular. After sunset, the four-peak structure begins to move eastward with gradual weakening in its amplitude during equinoxes and this weakening proceeds much faster during June solstice. Interestingly, the longitudinal variations during December solstice do not show clear four-peak structure. All these features of the LW-4 structure are almost the same for both low and high solar activity conditions although the ion densities are greatly enhanced from low to high solar activities. With the irrelevancy of the magnetic activity in the LW-4, this implies that the large changes of the upper atmospheric ion densities, one of the important factors for ion-neutral interactions, have little effect on the formation of the LW-4 structure. On the other hand, we found that the monthly variation of the LW-4 is remarkably similar to that of the zonal component of wavenumber-3 diurnal tides at low latitudes, which implies that the lower atmospheric tidal forcing, transferred to the upper atmosphere, seems to have a dominant role in producing the LW-4 structure in the EA crests via the E-region dynamo.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.72-84
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• 2008

This study is focused on the main concepts of gravity and geomagnetics which are introduced in the earth science textbooks of high school in 7th curriculum. This study examines the validity and accuracy of the Earth Science textbooks and shows some effective teaching plans by using the latest materials. This study also illustrates the main concepts of gravity and geomagnetics through presenting some effective and practical teaching-learning methods. The results of the study were as follows: First of all, a number of main concepts of six textbooks of high school were selected; the field of gravity, the direction and dimension of gravity, the measurement of gravity, the main reason of gravity anomaly and geoid, earth terrestrial magnetic field, secular variation of goemagnetics. Secondly, most Earth Science textbooks of high school explains the main concepts of the gravity and geomagnetics in similar ways. Those textbooks, however, don't put an emphasis on the essential contents which has been regarded as important thing in terms of the current educational course of study. The high school textbooks also use the material which is too old-fashioned and has some problems of accuracy and validity. Especially, many main concepts of the textbooks and scientific data(such as the direction of gravity, the measurement of gravity, the main reason of gravity anomaly, the use of geoid, secular variation) are different with those of South Korea, In addition, some materials(graphs and diagrams) are very old ones and they don't have authentic information.Finally, Among the various main concepts, some important ideas (the direction of the gravity and the method of measuring gravity, the measurement and use of gravity anomaly, the definition of geoid and secular variation of geomagnetics) should be corrected by showing the latest and authentic materials.

• 지구물리
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2001

공주시 능치 지역에 지구물리탐사 방법을 적용하여 비파괴적으로 천부지하에서의 이상체의 존재유무에 관한 정보를 유추하였다. 적용되어진 지구물리학적 탐사 방법은 전기비저항 탐사, 탄성파 탐사, 자력탐사, 중력탐사를 실시하였다. 이들 각 탐사는 고해상의 정보를 제공하는 것으로 해석된다. 전기 비저항탐사 해석결과 주위보다 고비저항을 보이는 이상구간이 나타났으며, 이상구간 중‘M'형태의 이상을 보이고 구간은 지하에 지하 공동이나 그 밖의 지하구조물 및 지질 이상체가 존재할 가능성이 있는 것으로 해석된다. 탄성파탐사 해석결과 저속도층이 지하 심부까지 분포함을 알 수 있다. 이는 지하에 매장되어 있는 지하공간을 지남으로써 나타나는 현상으로 해석되어진다. 탄성파 자료해석에서 이상을 보이는 구간은 비저항 이상을 보였던 구간에 포함되는 범위로 두 탐사 방법의 결과가 잘 일치한다. 자력탐사 결과 전기비저항탐사와 탄성파 탐사에서 이상을 보이는 지역에서 원형의 쌍극자장의 이상을 보이고 있다. 중력탐사 구간에 대해 하부에 주위와 밀도가 다른 이상체가 지하 하부에 존재할 것으로 해석된다. 이상의 각 탐사의 자료 해석을 통하여 천부지하의 정보를 유추한 결과 연구지역 내에서 공통적으로 이상체가 존재하는 것으로 해서되었다.