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Thermal Analysis of TRIO-CINEMA Mission

  • Yoo, Jae-Gun;Jin, Ho;Seon, Jong-Ho;Jeong, Yun-Hwang;Glaser, David;Lee, Dong-Hun;Lin, Robert P.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2012
  • Thermal analysis and control design are prerequisite essential to design the satellite. In the space environment, it makes satellite survive from extreme hot and cold conditions. In recent years CubeSat mission is developed for many kinds of purpose. Triplet Ionospheric Observatory (TRIO)-CubeSat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, MAgnetic fields (CINEMA) is required to weigh less than 3 kg and operate on minimal 3 W power. In this paper we describe the thermal analysis and control design for TRIO-CINEMA mission. For this thermal analysis, we made a thermal model of the CubeSat with finite element method and NX6.0 TMG software is used to simulate this analysis model. Based on this result, passive thermal control method has been applied to thermal design of CINEMA. In order to get the better conduction between solar panel and chassis, we choose aluminum 6061-T6 for the material property of standoff. We can increase the average temperature of top and bottom solar panels from $-70^{\circ}C$ to $-40^{\circ}C $ and decrease the average temperature of the magnetometer from $+93^{\circ}C$ to $-4^{\circ}C$ using black paint on the surface of the chassis, inside of top & bottom solar panels, and magnetometer.

Phellodendron amurense and Its Major Alkaloid Compound, Berberine Ameliorates Scopolamine-Induced Neuronal Impairment and Memory Dysfunction in Rats

  • Lee, Bom-Bi;Sur, Bong-Jun;Shim, In-Sop;Lee, Hye-Jung;Hahm, Dae-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2012
  • We examine whether Phellodendron amurense (PA) and its major alkaloid compound, berberine (BER), improved memory defects caused by administering scopolamine in rats. Effects of PA and BER on the acetylcholinergic system and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the hippocampus were also investigated. Male rats were administered daily doses for 14 days of PA (100 and 200 mg/kg, i.p.) and BER (20 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min before scopolamine injection (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Daily administration of PA and BER improved memory impairment as measured by the passive avoidance test and reduced the escape latency for finding the platform in the Morris water maze test. Administration of PA and BER significantly alleviated memory-associated decreases in cholinergic immunoreactivity and restored brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cAMP-response element-binding protein mRNA expression in the hippocampus. PA and BER also decreased significantly the expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-$1{\beta}$, tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ and cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA in the hippocampus. These results demonstrated that PA and BER had significant neuroprotective effects against neuronal impairment and memory dysfunction caused by scopolamine in rats. These results suggest that PA and BER may be useful as therapeutic agents for improving cognitive functioning by stimulating cholinergic enzyme activity and alleviating inflammatory responses.

APPLICATION OF MERGED MICROWAVE GEOPHYSICAL OCEAN PRODUCTS TO CLIMATE RESEARCH AND NEAR-REAL-TIME ANALYSIS

  • Wentz, Frank J.;Kim, Seung-Bum;Smith, Deborah K.;Gentemann, Chelle
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.150-152
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    • 2006
  • The DISCOVER Project (${\underline{D}}istributed$ ${\underline{I}}nformation$ ${\underline{S}}ervices$ for ${\underline{C}}limate$ and ${\underline{O}}cean$ products and ${\underline{V}}isualizations$ for ${\underline{E}}arth$ ${\underline{R}}esearch$) is a NASA funded Earth Science REASoN project that strives to provide highly accurate, carefully calibrated, long-term climate data records and near-real-time ocean products suitable for the most demanding Earth research applications via easy-to-use display and data access tools. A key element of DISCOVER is the merging of data from the multiple sensors on multiple platforms into geophysical data sets consistent in both time and space. The project is a follow-on to the SSM/I Pathfinder and Passive Microwave ESIP projects which pioneered the simultaneous retrieval of sea surface temperature, surface wind speed, columnar water vapor, cloud liquid water content, and rain rate from SSM/I and TMI observations. The ocean products available through DISCOVER are derived from multi-sensor observations combined into daily products and a consistent multi-decadal climate time series. The DISCOVER team has a strong track record in identifying and removing unexpected sources of systematic error in radiometric measurements, including misspecification of SSM/I pointing geometry, the slightly emissive TMI antenna, and problems with the hot calibration source on AMSR-E. This in-depth experience with inter-calibration is absolutely essential for achieving our objective of merging multi-sensor observations into consistent data sets. Extreme care in satellite inter-calibration and commonality of geophysical algorithms is applied to all sensors. This presentation will introduce the DISCOVER products currently available from the web site, http://www.discover-earth.org and provide examples of the scientific application of both the diurnally corrected optimally interpolated global sea surface temperature product and the 4x-daily global microwave water vapor product.

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Characteristics of electrodes using V-Ti based hydrogen storage alloys (V-Ti계 수소저장합금의 전극특성)

  • 김주완;이성만;백홍구
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.284-291
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    • 1997
  • The electrode characteristics of two kinds of metal hydride electrodes using V-Ti (V-rich) based alloy were studied, in which one electrode was prepared by sintering the mixture of V-Ti alloy and Ni powders by a rapid thermal annealing technique and the other one was prepared using V-Ti-Ni ternary alloy, The discharge capacities of all electrodes during the charge-discharge cycling were completely deteriorated within 10 cycles. It appeared that the deterioration of the electrodes was caused by the dissolution of V in the near-surface region into the electrolyte and the formation of $TiO_2$ layer on the alloy particle surface. This degradation mechanism was supported by the facts that V is main hydride forming element and $TiO_2$ has very low electrical conductivity and hydrogen diffusivity.

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Experimental study on a Cantilever Type Metallic Damper for Seismic Retrofit of Building Structures (건물의 내진보강을 위한 캔틸레버타입 강재댐퍼의 실험)

  • Ahn, Tae-Sang;Kim, Young-Ju;Park, Jin-Hwa;Kim, Hyung-Geun;Jang, Dong-Woon;Oh, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.149-161
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    • 2012
  • The use of seismic energy-dissipative devices for passive control is increasing exponentially in the recent years for both new and existing buildings. Use of these devices started in and has been somewhat limited to developed countries. One of the current challenges is to promote the use of seismic dampers in earthquake-prone developing countries by lowering the cost of the devices. This paper proposed a new type of seismic damper based on yielding of a cantilever type metallic element for seismic retrofit of existing and new building structures. The hysteretic behavior and energy dissipation capacity of the proposed damper was investigated using component tests under cyclic loads. The experimental results indicated that the damping device had stable restoring force characteristics and a high energy dissipation capacity. Based on these results, a simple hysteretic model for predicting the load-displacement curve of the seismic damper was proposed.

A Basic Model of the Procurement Planning of Resources by Activity in Construction Projects (건축공사 액티비티별 소요자원 조달계획의 기초모델링)

  • Kim, Ji-Hyun;Nam, Gi-Yung;Lee, Soo-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.340-346
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    • 2012
  • Recently, the construction industry has been pursuing the rationalization of its various systems through informatization. Procurement is a highly important element of the construction process, as it is directly related to the cost and quality of a construction project. In addition, procurement management of resources is in an indivisible relation, so that it is significant to link each other effectively. This study proposed construction activity and basic data connected to cost summary work for the categorization and utilization of resources. This study connected that activity to detailed items of material and labor cost, and proposed a procurement planning model of resources by activity that can utilize all resources and information. In addition, this model can classify resources and information by various forms. We found that the utilization of this procurement planning model will be higher because it can grasp various problems that occur in the passive procurement and provide additional functions that can be modified.

Assessing the Perspective of Individual Consumers on Cosmetics Brand Purchasing According to Their Lifestyle of Young Consumers Living in the Metropolitan Areas of China (소비자의 개인적 특성이 브랜드 구매의사결정에 미치는 영향 연구 - 중국 20-30대 화장품 소비자 라이프스타일 연구를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Joo-Ho;Jia, Yong-Xian
    • Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1-30
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    • 2005
  • Currently, attentions toward the Chinese market have been growing rapidly. Economical values of China are highly appreciated. The current shift of economical environments in China leads to changes in the way of consumers' consumption. The purpose of this study is to identify the Chinese consumers' brand purchasing behavior according to their lifestyle. Questionnaires developed by researcher were distributed and collected from 118 Chinese consumers living in metropolitan areas of China. In research, five different lifestyles were identified; which are the vogue pursuing group, the social intercourse group, the traditional conservative group, the achievement pursuit group, and the passive stagnated group. These groups differed in the perception of cosmetic prices, purchase motivations, post-acquisitional satisfaction, and their demographics. For example, the vogue pursuing group consumers turned out to consider price as the most important element when they purchase cosmetics, while the social intercourse group valued recommendation from others more. Meanwhile the traditional conservative group and the achievement group each used past experience and attributes as their criterion.

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A $120-dB{\Omega}$ 8-Gb/s CMOS Optical Receiver Using Analog Adaptive Equalizer (아날로그 어댑티브 이퀄라이저를 이용한 $120-dB{\Omega}$ 8-Gb/s CMOS 광 수신기)

  • Lee, Dong-Myung;Choi, Boo-Young;Han, Jung-Won;Han, Gun-Hee;Park, Sung-Min
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.119-124
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    • 2008
  • Transimpedance amplifier(TIA) is the most significant element to determine the performance of the optical receiver, and thus the TIA must satisfy tile design requirements of high gain and wide bandwidth. In f)is paper, we propose a novel single chip optical receiver that exploits an analog adaptive equalizer and a limiting amplifier to enhance the gain and bandwidth performance, respectively. The proposed optical receiver is designed by using a $0.13{\mu}m$ CMOS process and its post-layout simulations show $120dB{\Omgea}$ transimpedance gain and 5.88GHz bandwidth. The chip core occupies the area of $0.088mm^2$, due to utilizing the negative impedance converter circuit rather than using on-chip passive inductors.

Design of Lossy Matching Network for Microwave Broadband Amplifier Using the Relationship Between Gain and Reflection Coefficients (이득-반사계수 관계를 이용한 마이크로파 광대역 증폭기용 유손실 정합회로의 설계)

  • Koo, Kyung-Heon;Lee, Choong-Woong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 1989
  • A new design method of lossy matching network for the microwave broadband ampilfier is presented by using seattering parameters instead od modeling of transistor. A lossy matching network is represented as the combination of 2 lossless networks between which lossy serial or parallel immittance is inserted without using specific topology, and so many useful matching cireuits can be realized. Also it is shown that linear transforming relation exists between gain and reflection coefficient of the amplifier, and the transforming equation is derived using scattering parameters. With this equation some constant gain circles can be drawn on reflection coefficient plane to get adequate reflection coefficient and gain. And since the relations between amplifier gain/reflection coefficient and the immittance of passive element are bilinear transformations. constant gain or reflection coefficients circles. Illustrative examples are presented to show the usefulness of proposed method.

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Stacked LTCC Band-Pass Filter for IEEE 802.11a (IEEE 802.11a용 적층형 LTCC 대역통과 여파기)

  • Lee Yun-Bok;Kim Ho-Yong;Lee Hong-Min
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.16 no.2 s.93
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    • pp.154-160
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    • 2005
  • Microwave Otters are essential device in modem wireless systems. A compact dimension BPF(Band-pass Filter) for IEEE 802.11a WLAN service is realized using LTCC multi-layer process. To extrude 2-stage band-pass equivalent circuit, band-pass and J-inverter transform applied to Chebyshev low-pass prototype filter. Because parallel L-C resonator is complicate and hard to control the inductor characteristics in high frequency, the shorted $\lambda/4$ stripline is selected for the resonator structure. The passive element is located in the different layers connected by conventional via structure and isolated by inner GND. The dimension of fabricated stacked band-pass filter which is composed of six layers, is $2.51\times2.27\times1.02\;mm^3$. The measured filter characteristics show the insertion loss of -2.25 dB, half-power bandwidth of 220 MHz, attenuation at 5.7 GHz of -32.25 dB and group delay of 0.9 ns at 5.25 GHz.