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Research on Water-Energy-Food Comprehensive Utilization Efficiency in China (중국의 물-에너지-식량 종합 이용 효율성을 평가 연구)

  • LU, YULIN;HE, YAN
    • Journal of Digital Policy
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2022
  • The World Economic Forum has included Water-Energy-Food among the three major risk groups in the world, and Water-Energy-Food is related to the development strategies of countries and the lives of their citizens. This study calculates the combined Water-Energy-Food use efficiency in China for 2011-2020 based on the SBM-Malmquist index. The results show that the overall combined Water-Energy-Food efficiency in China is low, but shows an upward trend. There is a clear variability in the combined Water-Energy-Food utilization efficiency in China, with an overall geographic distribution pattern of East > Middle > West. Only Beijing and Shanghai have reached the real above effective nationwide, and all other provinces have inefficiency between input and output. The Malmquist index of integrated Water-Energy-Food utilization efficiency is 1.136, with an up ward trend, and technical efficiency and technological progress lead the improvement of integrated Water-Energy-Food utilization efficiency in China at the sametime. The Water-Energy-Food issue should be raised to a strategic level as soon as possible, and policy support should be provided for its development. Each region should establish a cross-regional coordinating body to formulate targeted measures according to the province's food production and water distribution, so as to promote economic transformation from sloppy development to green development as soon as possible.

Pulping Properties of Bast Fibers of Paper Mulberry by Pre-steaming and 2-stage Cooking System (증기 전처리 및 2단 증해 시스템에 의한 닥 인피부의 펄프화 특성)

  • Hwang, Ji Hyun;Seo, Jin Ho;Kim, Hyoung Jin
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2013
  • The traditional Hanji-making was confronted with lots of industrial disadvantages and economic problems, due to the original hand-made process. Recently, the studies on the automation of overall Hanji manufacturing process is carried out by applying the commercial chemical pulping method in order to expand industrial application or efficiency of non-wood fibrous materials. However, the application of commercial pulping methods to the bast tissues of paper mulberry leads to the chemical and mechanical deterioration of cellulosic fibers. In this study, the optimal cooking method using the bast parts of paper mulberry produced by an auto-scraping device was applied to minimize the damage of fiber strength for the paper yarn manufacture. The pre-steaming treatment and alkaline pulping systems were evaluated in removal efficiency of lignin and pectin materials within the bast tissue of paper mulberry. With the application of pre-steaming treatment and 2 stage pulping system using potassium carbonate and then sodium hydroxide, kappa values were decreased two times more in lignin removal than the single stage of pulping method. It was also identified from SEM images and ATR-FTIR spectra that the pectin components within cellular structure of bast tissue were easily removed and the debarked bast parts by a auto-scraping device were easily defiberized by 2-stage pulping sequence using potassium carbonate/sodium hydroxide pulping system.

A Selection of PM-LSM Topology Structure for Ropeless Elevator System (Ropeless 엘리베이터 시스템용 영구자석 선형동기전동기 구조에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Sang-Min;Chung, Koon-Seok;Zhu, Yu-Wu;Cho, Yun-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.973.1_974.1
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    • 2009
  • One of the most important technical improvement required for ropeless elevator system to become practical is the improvements in overall system efficiency. Moreover, the predominant drawback of permanent magnet (PM) linear synchronous motor (LSM) is large detent force. Therefore, for the given volume the selection of high power density PM-LSM with low detent force is very imperative. In this paper, we will investigate the characteristics of thrust and detent force of PM-LSM under different motor topology structure. Finally, the long stator double-sided iron core type PM-LSM with fractional slot winding is the best choice for the ropeless elevator system.

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Adoption of Foreign Technologies in Korean Manufacturing Firms: Characteristics and Microfoundations

  • SUH, JOONGHAE
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.75-106
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    • 2015
  • The primary goal of this paper is to explore the microeconomic foundation of Korean firms' adoption of foreign technologies. The paper also reviews the overall trend of international technology transfers to Korea. The period covered in this paper is Korea's high growth era, from the 1960s to the 1990s. The works of this paper center on the two questions of what characterizes foreign technologies which had been imported through licensing contracts, and which driving forces expedite technology adoption by firms. The Korean experience provides the context of success in the catch-up growth. The co-movement of technology imports with capital goods imports manifests Korea's effort to improve the technical efficiency toward the world frontier. Underlying this trend are firms' decisions to adopt new technologies. The paper shows that firms respond proactively to wage increases by adopting newer technologies and thus, in turn, increasing employment, which implies the existence of a virtuous interactive mechanism among these factors.

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Minimum Current Control for PWM Inverter-Mounted Drive System

  • Shin, Woo-Seok;Choe, Gyu-Ha
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.352-356
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    • 1998
  • This paper describes minimum current control method for size reduction and performances improvement at unified inverter-induction motor system. This control method is based on V/F without speed sensor. Through the use of minimum stator current points at required torque during V/F operation it is possible to minimize the size of heat-sink related with the losses of power circuit and to improve overall efficiency compared to conventional V/F control. Using this proposed scheme, it is so much more useful to apply to some fields such a selectric vehicles. air conditioning system and textile mills where the limited space is given and required low cost.

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The Impact of Environment and Adoption Factors on the Performance of Financial EDI systems (금융EDI시스템의 환경 및 도입 요인이 성과에 미치는 영향)

  • 송미향;정철용
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.75-88
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    • 1997
  • Many Korean banks and companies have adopted EDI to replace traditioanal paper documents by electronic ones, which can move much faster with greater accuracy, Also, it is expected to reduce overall costs and maintain good relationships with customers. However, in practice, the performance of EDI seems to be less than expected. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of environment and adoption factors on the performance of financial EDI. We proposed a model for the relationships based on the existing literature and peformed a survey of Korean commercial banks and companies using KTNET. The results of this study are as follows: First, the business environment represented by the size of companies and the frequency of transactions showed a negative impact on the performance in terms of efficiency, which is quite converse to the common belief. Second, the technical environment, including computing skills of users and operators, showed a positive impact on the performance in terms of effectiveness. Third, the clearer the adoption purpose, the higher is the performace as intended, while the initiative for the adoption process showed no significant impact.

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Trends of 5G Network Automation and Intelligence Technologies Standardization (5G 네트워크 자동화 및 지능 기술 표준화 동향)

  • Shin, M.K.;Lee, S.H.;Yi, J.H.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.92-100
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    • 2019
  • Vast amounts of different service-specific requirements and vertical network slicing in a 5G network increase the complexity, cost of the network management and resource operations for carriers. To solve this problem, 3GPP is working on the standardization of NWDAF to support the automation of the 5G network by utilizing artificial intelligence technologies based on Big Data to improve the efficiency of network management and resource operation. In addition, the ETSI ZSM Industry Specification Group is developing technical standards for the automation of end-to-end network management and service delivery. This document provides an overall survey of the latest standardization issues of the NWDAF in 3GPP and ETSI ZSM for 5G network automation and intelligence.

Design of Emergency Fire Fighting and Inspection Robot Riding on Highway Guardrail

  • Ma, Xiaotong;Li, Xiaochen;Liu, Yanqiu;Tao, Xueheng
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.833-843
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    • 2022
  • Based on the problems of untimely Expressway fire rescue and backward traditional fire rescue methods, an emergency fire fighting and inspection robot riding on expressway guardrail is designed. The overall mechanical structure design of emergency fire fighting and inspection robot riding on expressway guardrail is completed by using three-dimensional design software. The target fire detection is realized by using the target detection algorithm of Yolov5; By selecting a variety of sensors and using the control method of multi algorithm fusion, the basic function of robot on duty early warning is realized, and it has the ability of intelligent fire extinguishing. The BMS battery charging and discharging system is used to detect the real-time power of the robot. The design of the expressway emergency fire fighting and inspection robot provides a new technical means for the development of emergency fire fighting equipment, and improves the reliability and efficiency of expressway emergency fire fighting.

TRADITIONAL PIG FARMING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY

  • Ochetim, S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.347-360
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    • 1993
  • The project was undertaken to provide information on the present system of traditional pig farming in the South Pacific region, to identify the problems currently limiting productivity of such pigs and to offer practical strategies which could be used for increasing productivity of the animals. The problems were identified by surveying some 220 subsistence pig farms in eleven island countries in the South Pacific region using a prepared questionnaire. The units were found to be generally small, consisting of about 2-4 sows per herd. The productivity of the units as assessed in terms of sow reproductive efficiency was rather low, being only about 7.5. Feed, housing, breeding, disease, marketing, lack of capital, technical know-how and existing social traditions were identified as current constraints. Based on three of the most limiting factors identified namely feed, housing and breeding, strategies for improvement were developed on the basis of better and more effective use of locally available feed resources, better housing and genetic improvement through crossbreeding programmes. These improvement strategies were tested as a package model on some ten farms in two of the island countries. The results of these on-farm trials indicated that using the improvement strategies increased sow reproductive efficiency by approximately 60 percent, to nearly 12. The significance of these findings in the overall management of traditionally raised pigs in the South Pacific region is discussed.

Current Status and Prospects of Nuclear Transplantation Technology for Production of Cloned Animals (복제동물 생산을 위한 핵이식기술의 개발 현황과 전망)

  • 이효종
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.163-176
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    • 1999
  • The nuclear transplantation technique is known as the most potential and efficient method for producing large numbers of genetically identical animals from a single embryo and somatic cells. After Dolly was introduced in 1997, many scientists were amazed. A possibility came to a reality that live offspring could be produced with differentiated somatic cells from an adult animal. On the other side, many in the press and the sensationalists focused on the socially, ethically and scientifically unacceptable sides of the technology. In this article, the history, current status and prospects of the technological development of nuclear transplantation in mammals and its application to the production of cloned animals are described. For the efficient and successful production of cloned embryos by nuclear transplantation, the right selection, preactivation and micromanipulation of oocytes as capacious recipient cytoplasm, the adequate and benefitial preparation of multiple totipotent embryonic and somatic cells as donor nuclei, fusion of them and in vitro production of cloned embryos are very critical. Recently the overall efficiency of production of cloned embryos and offspring in livestock has been much improved. Cloning will also be a more efficient, faster and useful way of creating transgenic fetuses for gene therapies, gene pharming, organs for xenotransplantation by preselection and mass production of transgenic embryos and consequently improving the production efficiency in transgenic animals. Further technical development of nuclear transplantation will enable large-scale production of cloned livestock and in near future the commercial cloning of animals will become a reality.

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