• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제25권3E호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2006

Besides dorsal-aspect target strength (TS) of the fish, side-aspect TS information is also acoustically important parameter in fisheries acoustics. In this study, the side-aspect TS of 11 black sea bream (Acanthopagurus schlegeli) were measured using a split beam echosounder of 120, 200, and 420 kHz; total length of the fish ranged from 12.4 to 23.7 cm, and wet weight from 27.5 to 229.8g. For the precise TS measurement with side-aspect angle, we used anesthetized and tethered specimens of known size while being rotated through $360^{\circ}C$ by means of a carousel structure. The side-aspect TS measurements of the fish were conducted by rotating the fish in the horizontal plane at 50 interval. The ping interval was 0.2 second and elapsed time at each angle was 30-60 second. As a result, the measured side-aspect TS data were fitted by sinusoidal function. The relationships between fish length and near full side-aspect TS were as follows: $TS_{120kHz}= 21.46 log (TL)-67.5 (r = 0.70), \;TS_{200 kHz}= 31.03 log (TL)-76.9 (r=0.83),\;TS_{420 kHz}= 30.79 log (TL)-72.2 (r = 0.77)$. For comparison, theoretically estimated side-aspect TS from the Kirchhoff ray mode (KRM) model, which based on swimbladder and body morphology, were compared with the measured TS.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.1677-1688
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• 2020

In the sodium-cooled fast reactor, the steam generator is a heat exchange device between sodium and water, which may cause leakage, resulting in a sodium-water reaction accident, which in turn affects the safe operation of the entire nuclear reactor. To this end, the electromagnetic vortex flowmeter is used to detect leakage of the steam generator and its signal processing method is studied in this paper. The hydraulic experiment was carried out by using water instead of liquid sodium, and the sensor output signal of the electromagnetic vortex flowmeter under different gas injection volumes was collected. The bubble noise signal is reflected by the base line of the sensor output signal. According to the relationship between the proportion of the bubble noise signal in the sensor output signal and the gas injection volume, a signal processing method based on the energy ratio calculation is proposed to detect whether the water contains bubbles. The gas injection experiment of liquid sodium was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the signal processing method in the detection of bubbles in sodium, and the minimum detectable leak rate of water in the steam generator was detected to be 0.2 g/s.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제24권9B호
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• pp.1624-1630
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• 1999

CDMA 이동 통신 시스템에서는 호를 진행중인 단말기가 인접한 기지국의 서비스 영역으로 이동할 때 호의 계속적인 서비스를 위하여 단말기가 handoff 영역에 있는 동안 인접한 기지국으로부터 동시에 서비스를 받는 soft handoff 방식을 사용한다. 이 때 soft handoff가 성공적으로 이루어지기 위해서는 진행중인 호가 이전의 기지국에서 서비스를 받을 때 사용되던 것과 동일한 frequency assignment와 frame offset을 새로운 기지국으로부터 할당받아야 한다. 새로운 호에 대해 frame offset을 할당할 때 인접한 기지국의 frame offset의 할당 상태를 고려하지 않고 해당되는 기지국의 frame offset의 할당 상태만을 고려할 경우 호가 인접한 기지국으로 soft handoff를 요청할 때 frame offset의 불일치로 인하여 soft handoff가 실패할 확률이 커질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 인접한 기지국의 frame offset의 할당 상태를 고려하는 새로운 frame offset 할당 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 분석적인 방법을 통하여 새로이 제안된 frame offset assignment algorithm의 성능을 분석한 결과에 의하면 제안된 방법으로 handoff 영역에서 \ulcorner생한 호에 대해 frame offset을 할당할 경우 frame offset의 불일치로 인한 soft handoff blocking probability가 크게 작아지는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2017

Background: No study has compared lidocaine with articaine, each at a concentration of 4% and combined with epinephrine. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of 4% lidocaine with that of 4% articaine, with a concentration of 1:100,000 epinephrine added to each, in an inferior alveolar nerve block for surgery on impacted lower third molars. Method: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. The randomized, single-blind, comparative split-mouth study was carried out in patients with symmetrically impacted lower third molars, as identified on panoramic radiographs. Each patient underwent surgery for the removal of the lower third molars by the same surgeon under local anesthesia at two separate visits, 3 weeks apart. The onset and duration of local anesthesia, intra-operative pain, surgical duration, and number of additional anesthetics administered were recorded. Results: The subjective and objective onset of action for the local anesthetics showed statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). However, the intra-operative pain, surgical duration, duration of local anesthesia, and number of additional anesthetics administered did not show statistically significant differences. Conclusion: The use of 4% articaine for the inferior alveolar nerve block was clinically more effective in the onset of subjective and objective anesthesia as compared with the use of 4% lidocaine. Based on the pain scores from the visual analogue scale, 4% lidocaine provided more analgesia during the procedure, and patients noted less intra-operative pain than with 4% articaine; however, the difference was not clinically significant.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2017

소형 수중무인체에 탑재 운용되는 능동 합성개구면소나는 외부 수중환경의 영향으로 진행경로에 여러 가지 궤적 교란이 발생한다. 이는 해저 물체에서 반사된 신호의 합성 개구면처리에 있어서 위상 부정합이 발생되어 탐지성능의 저하를 가져 온다. 본 논문에서는 수중무인체가 정속도 직선기동시 현측방향으로 주기적 궤적교란이 발생될 때 DPC를 이용한 능동 SAS 자동초점처리로 훼손된 이미지를 보상하고 탐지성능에 미치는 영향을 비교 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 플랫폼의 주기적 교란 크기 및 변동 주기에 의한 훼손된 이미지는 인접된 송신 핑신호의 겹쳐진 위상중심점 위상차 적용으로 궤적교란 보상처리가 가능하고 3dB 기준 방위해상도 및 탐지 이미지의 성능개선 특성을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.305-308
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• 2006

Advanced mobile communication devices require a bright, high information content display in a small, light-weight, low power consumption package. For portable applications flexible (or conformable) and rugged displays will be the future. In this paper we outline our progress towards developing such a low power consumption active-matrix flexible OLED $(FOLED^{TM})$ display. We demonstrate full color 100 ppi QVGA active matrix OLED displays on flexible stainless steel substrates. Our work in this area is focused on integrating three critical enabling technologies. The first technology component is based on UDC's high efficiency long-lived phosphorescent OLED $(PHOLED^{TM})$ device technology, which has now been commercially demonstrated as meeting the low power consumption performance requirements for mobile display applications. Secondly, is the development of flexible active-matrix backplanes, and for this our team are employing PARC's Excimer Laser Annealed (ELA) poly-Si TFTs formed on metal foil substrates as this approach represents an attractive alternative to fabricating poly-Si TFTs on plastic for the realization of first generation flexible active matrix OLED displays. Unlike most plastics, metal foil substrates can withstand a large thermal load and do not require a moisture and oxygen permeation barrier. Thirdly, the key to reliable operation is to ensure that the organic materials are fully encapsulated in a package designed for repetitive flexing, and in this device we employ a multilayer thin film Barix encapsulation technology in collaboration with Vitex systems. Drive electronics and mechanical packaging are provided by L3 Displays.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2014

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and particle image velocimetry (PIV) are commonly used techniques to evaluate the flow characteristics in the development stage of blood pumps. CFD technique allows rapid change to pump parameters to optimize the pump performance without having to construct a costly prototype model. These techniques are used in the construction of a bi-ventricular assist device (BVAD) which combines the functions of LVAD and RVAD in a compact unit. The BVAD construction consists of two separate chambers with similar impellers, volutes, inlet and output sections. To achieve the required flow characteristics of an average flow rate of 5 l/min and different pressure heads (left - 100mmHg and right - 20mmHg), the impellers were set at different rotating speeds. From the CFD results, a six-blade impeller design was adopted for the development of the BVAD. It was also observed that the fluid can flow smoothly through the pump with minimum shear stress and area of stagnation which are related to haemolysis and thrombosis. Based on the compatible Reynolds number the flow through the model was calculated for the left and the right pumps. As it was not possible to have both the left and right chambers in the experimental model, the left and right pumps were tested separately.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.753-760
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• 2007

3-D 날개짓 운동은 왕복운동과 회전운동으로 구성된다. 3-D 날개짓 운동은 왕복운동하는 동안 날개 길이방향의 유동이 발생된다. 또한 각각의 왕복운동의 끝에서 날개 회전에 의하여 회전에 의한 순환이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 날개 길이방향 유동과 날개 회전이 3-D 날개짓 운동의 공기역학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 3-D 날개짓 운동과 2-D 병진운동을 비교하였다. 각각의 날개짓 운동에서 받음각과 레이놀즈수에 따라 공력을 측정하였다. 2-D 병진운동의 공력이 3-D 날개짓 운동의 공력 보다 크다. 하지만 3-D 날개짓 운동시 발생되는 양력은 왕복운동의 중반부에서 받음각 $50^{\circ}$까지 증가하였고 2-D 병진운동시 발생되는 양력은 받음각 $30^{\circ}$이상에서 감소하였다. 또한 각각의 왕복운동의 끝에서 날개 회전에 의하여 공력이 급격하게 증가하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2014

Znf45l, containing classical $C_2H_2$ domains, is a novel member of Zinc finger proteins in zebrafish. In vertebrates, TGF-${\beta}$ signaling plays a critical role in hematopoiesis. Here, we showed that Znf45l is expressed both maternally and zygotically throughout early development. Znf45l-depleted Zebrafish embryos display shorter tails and necrosis with reduced expression of hematopoietic maker genes. Furthermore, we revealed that znf45l locates downstream of TGF-${\beta}$ ligands and maintains normal level of TGF-${\beta}$ receptor type II phosphorylation. In brief, our results indicate that znf45l affects initial hematopoietic development through regulation of TGF-${\beta}$ signaling.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.546-551
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• 2014

The insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry toxins involves toxin stabilization, oligomerization, passage across the peritrophic membrane (PM), binding to midgut receptors and pore-formation. The residues Arg-158 and Tyr-170 have been shown to be crucial for the toxicity of Bt Cry4Ba. We characterized the biological function of these residues. In mosquito larvae, the mutants R158A/E/Q (R158) could hardly penetrate the PM due to a significantly reduced ability to alter PM permeability; the mutant Y170A, however, could pass through the PM, but degraded in the space between the PM and the midgut epithelium. Further characterization by oligomerization demonstrated that Arg-158 mutants failed to form correctly sized high-molecular weight oligomers. This is the first report that Arg-158 plays a role in the formation of Cry4Ba oligomers, which are essential for toxin passage across the PM. Tyr-170, meanwhile, is involved in toxin stabilization in the toxic mechanism of Cry4Ba in mosquito larvae.