• 멤브레인
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 실리카 복합막 기반 고분자 전해질막을 5단 연료전지 스택에 적용하여 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 이를 통하여, 개별 구성 요소의 성능도 중요하지만, 전체적인 관점에서 공급되는 연료의 유량이 스택 성능에 중요한 역할을 하며, 특히 수소의 유량에 크게 의존한다는 사실이 확인하였다. 산소의 유량을 증가시켜도 성능의 변화는 미미한 반면, 수소의 유량을 증가시키면 성능이 향상되는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나 수소의 유량 증가는 수소와 산소 유량 비율의 불균형을 초래하여 장기적으로는 스택 성능과 내구성을 저하시키는 문제가 관찰되었다. 이러한 현상을 스택 구성 요소 및 개별 단위 셀에서도 관찰할 수 있었으며, 따라서 스택 운전 시 각 구성 요소의 성능을 최적화하는 것 외에도 균일한 유량 제어를 위해 유로 설계 및 운전 조건을 최적화하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 실리카 복합막은 최대 출력 기준 25 W 이상의 성능을 나타내어 실제 연료전지 시스템에 적용하기에 충분한 성능을 갖춘 것으로 판단된다.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.417-444
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• 2009

2005년 10월 러시아 정부는 한국 시안화나트륨 수입에 대해 세이프가드 조치를 검토하기 시작하였다. 한국측으로서는 양국간 통상마찰 전례가 별로 없었고 WTO 미가입국인 러시아와의 통상협상에서 선진국 등 WTO 가입국과는 이질적인 협상 환경에 놓이게 되었다. 러시아와의 협상에서도 목표의 설정, 협상력의 제고, 정보의 획득, 관계의 개선 등 일반적인 통상협상의 요소들이 적용될 수 있었지만 정보접근의 제약, 제도와 절차의 불확실성이라는 새로운 제약요인이 나타났다. 한국측은 이러한 제약요인을 극복하고 협상력을 제고하기 위하여 정부간 협상을 제의하였고 러시아 수요업계의 협조, WTO규정과 러시아 관련법규의 해석, 수집된 정보의 활용 등을 통해서 러시아측의 시안화나트륨 조사가 기각되는 결과를 유도하였다. 향후 WTO 미가입국과의 통상마찰에 대비하기 위하여 상시적인 정보 수집채널이 구축될 필요성이 있다. 본 연구가 러시아와 유사한 협상 환경을 가진 국가와의 통상협상에서 활용되기를 기대한다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.324-327
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• 2015

Scaffold is the most commonly used equipment in various types of construction works. Since various types of construction works use the same scaffold equipment, it becomes more difficult to be controlled and managed, thus resulting hazard frequently. According to the information announced in July 2012 by Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yan, the site collapse or incomplete anti-falling protection has led the site to accident frequently, and this is the main reason that causes construction industry occupational disasters. The labor death occupational hazard ratio rises up to 13% in scaffold activity, and the Council of Labor Affairs Executive Yan has showed that the death ratio is higher when using the scaffold in construction site, the total number of death has reached to 139 from 2005 to 2010. In order to ensure the safety of scaffold user, this study tends to build a wireless sensor monitoring system to detect the reliability and safety of the scaffold. The wireless sensor technique applies in this study is different with the traditional monitoring technique which is limited with wired monitoring. Wireless sensor technique does not need wire, it just needs to consider the power supply for establishing the network and receiving stable information, and it can become a monitoring system. In addition, this study also integrates strain gauge technique in this scaffold monitoring system, to develop a real-time monitoring data transfer mechanism and replace the traditional wired single project monitoring equipment. This study hopes to build a scaffold collapse monitoring system to effectively monitor the safety of the scaffold as well as provide the timesaving installation, low-cost and portable features.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2023

태양, 파도, 바람 등 친환경 재생에너지원을 이용한 전력 생산 기술이 성숙함에 따라 재생에너지 전력의 경제성과 규모 측면에서 빠르게 발전하고 있다. 특히, 전기화학적인 방법으로 수소를 생산하는 기술은 이러한 재생에너지와 효율적으로 연계될 수 있는 방법 중 하나로 주목받고 있다. 수전해 기술은 작동 온도에 따라서 저온(100 ℃ 이하), 중온(300-700 ℃), 고온(700 ℃ 이상) 수전해로 나눌 수 있으며, 에너지 소비량 및 전압 효율 평가는 열역학 법칙에 따라 계산한다. 그러나 수전해 평가에서 열역학적 전압(thermodynamic voltage)과 열중성 전압(thermo-neutral voltage)의 개념이 혼용되어 사용되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 저온 PEM (proton exchange membrane) 수전해 기술을 바탕으로 작동 전압과 효율 평가에 대한 이해를 높이고, 열역학적 전압과 열중성 전압의 차이점을 명확히 하고자 한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.487-494
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• 2023

Objectives: Community organization is a resident-led movement aimed at creating fundamental social changes in the community by resolving its problems through the organized power of its residents. This study evaluated the effectiveness of health community organization (HCO), Gangwon's Health-Plus community program, implemented from 2013 to 2019 on residents' health behaviors. Methods: This study had a before-and-after design using 2011-2019 Korea Community Health Survey data. To compare the 3-year periods before and after HCO implementation, the study targeted areas where the HCO had been implemented for 4 years or longer. Therefore, a total of 4512 individuals from 11 areas with HCO start years from 2013 to 2016 were included. Complex sample multi-logistic regression analysis adjusting for demographic characteristics (sex, age, residential area, income level, education level, and HCO start year) was conducted. Results: HCO implementation was associated with decreased current smoking (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57 to 0.95) and subjective stress recognition (aOR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.64 to 0.97). Additionally, the HCO was associated with increased walking exercise practice (aOR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.13 to 1.71), and attempts to control weight (aOR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.12 to 1.64). No significant negative changes were observed in other health behavior variables. Conclusions: The HCO seems to have contributed to improving community health indicators. In the future, a follow-up study that analyzes only the effectiveness of the HCO through structured quasi-experimental studies will be needed.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2023

Seawater has been used to cool devices in nuclear power plants. However, the pipes used to transport seawater are vulnerable to corrosion; hence, the inner side of pipelines is coated with an epoxy layer as prevention. Upon coating damage, the pipe becomes exposed, and corrosion progresses. The major cause is widely known as cavitation corrosion, causing the degradation of mechanical properties. In this study, corroded specimens were prepared using cavitation and immersion methods to clarify the degradation trend of mechanical properties with corrosion. Three different types of epoxy coatings were used, and accelerated cavitation procedures were composed of amplitudes of 15 ㎛, 50 ㎛, and 85 ㎛ for 2 h, 4 h, and 6 h. The immersion periods were 3 and 6 weeks. We conducted instrumented indentation tests on all degradation samples to measure mechanical properties. The results showed that higher cavitation amplitudes and longer cavitation or immersion times led to more degradation in the samples, which, in turn, decreased the yield strength. Of the three samples, the C coating had the highest resistance to cavitation and immersion degradation.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.9.1-9.21
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• 2024

The cytokine IL-7 plays critical and nonredundant roles in T cell immunity so that the abundance and availability of IL-7 act as key regulatory mechanisms in T cell immunity. Importantly, IL-7 is not produced by T cells themselves but primarily by non-lymphoid lineage stromal cells and epithelial cells that are limited in their numbers. Thus, T cells depend on cell extrinsic IL-7, and the amount of in vivo IL-7 is considered a major factor in maximizing and maintaining the number of T cells in peripheral tissues. Moreover, IL-7 provides metabolic cues and promotes the survival of both naïve and memory T cells. Thus, IL-7 is also essential for the functional fitness of T cells. In this regard, there has been an extensive effort trying to increase the protein abundance of IL-7 in vivo, with the aim to augment T cell immunity and harness T cell functions in anti-tumor responses. Such approaches started under experimental animal models, but they recently culminated into clinical studies, with striking effects in re-establishing T cell immunity in immunocompromised patients, as well as boosting anti-tumor effects. Depending on the design, glycosylation, and the structure of recombinantly engineered IL-7 proteins and their mimetics, recombinant IL-7 molecules have shown dramatic differences in their stability, efficacy, cellular effects, and overall immune functions. The current review is aimed to summarize the past and present efforts in the field that led to clinical trials, and to highlight the therapeutical significance of IL-7 biology as a master regulator of T cell immunity.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2024

Global population growth has resulted in an increased demand for food production. Simultaneously, aging rural communities have led to a decrease in the workforce, thereby increasing the demand for automation in agriculture. Drones are particularly useful for unmanned pest control fields. However, the current method of uniform spraying leads to environmental damage due to overuse of pesticides and drift by wind. To address this issue, it is necessary to enhance spraying performance through precise performance evaluation. Therefore, as a foundational study aimed at optimizing drone-based pest control technologies, this research evaluated water-sensitive paper (WSP) via density map estimation using convolutional neural networks (CNN) with a encoder-decoder structure. To achieve more accurate estimation, this study implemented multi-task learning, incorporating an additional classifier for image segmentation alongside the density map estimation classifier. The proposed model in this study resulted in a R-squared (R²) of 0.976 for coverage area in the evaluation data set, demonstrating satisfactory performance in evaluating WSP at various density levels. Further research is needed to improve the accuracy of spray result estimations and develop a real-time assessment technology in the field.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2024

Accidents at nuclear facilities and nuclear power plants led to leaks of large amounts of radioactive substances. Of the various radioactive nuclides released, ¹³⁷Cs are radioactive substances generated during the fission of uranium. Therefore, due to the high fission yield (6.09%), strong gamma rays, and a relatively long half-life (30 years), a rapid and efficient removal method and a study of adsorbents are needed. Accordingly, an adsorbent was prepared using Prussian blue (PB), a material that selectively adsorbs radioactive cesium. As a result of evaluating the adsorption performance with the prepared adsorbent, it was confirmed that 82% of the removal efficiency was obtained, and most of the cesium was rapidly adsorbed within 10 to 15 minutes. The purpose of this study was to adsorb cesium using the Prussian blue alginate bead and to compare the change in detection efficiency according to the amount of adsorbent added for quantitative evaluation. However, in this case, it is difficult to determine the detection efficiency using a standard source with the same conditions as the measurement sample, so the efficiency change of the HPGe detector according to the different heights of Prussian blue was calculated through MCNP simulation using certified standard materials (1 L, Marinelli beaker) for radioactivity measurement. It is expected to derive a relational equation that can calculate detection efficiency through an efficiency curve according to the volume of Prussian blue, quantitatively evaluate the activity at the same time as the adsorption of radioactive nuclides in actual contaminated water and use it in the field of nuclear facility operation and dismantling in the future.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.18-29
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• 1983

효율적(效率的)인 농업기계(農業機械)의 실내(室內) 및 실외실험(室外實驗)을 위(爲)하여 Microcomputer에 의(依)한 Data 측정(測定)을 위(爲)해 A/D 변환기(變煥器)를 Interface 시키고, 이를 기록보관(記錄保管)하기 위해 Computer memory인 2716용(用) EPROM programmer와 Microprinter를 interface시켰고, 실험(實驗) 후(後)Data를 다시 HP computer로 전송(傳送)하기 위(爲)한 RS232C 장치(裝置) 등(等)의 Hardware를 구성(構成)하고, 이들의 작동(作動)을 위(爲)한 Microprogram을 개발(開發)하여 Data acquisition system으로 활용(活用)할 수 있는 방안(方案)을 연구(硏究)한 본(本) 연구(硏究)의 주요(主要) 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 사용(使用) channel수(數), 측정시간(測定時間) 간격(間隔) 및 측정(測定) data수(數)를 자유(自由)로 조정할 수 있는 측정용(測定用) microprogram을 개발(開發)하였으며 최소(最小) 측정시간(測定時間) 간격(間隔)은 $58.8{\mu}s$이었다. 2. A/D 변환기(變煥器)의 Calibration을 위(爲)해 Function generator에서 삼각파(三角波), 구형파(矩形波), sin파등(波等)을 발생(發生)시켜 Oscillograph에서 확인(確認)하고 이를 계측(計測)하여 보관(保管)한 후(後) HP Computer에 전송(傳送)하여 plotting한 결과(結果) 정확(正確)한 파형(波形)을 얻을 수 있었다. 3. Data 기록(紀錄)을 위(爲)한 EPROM programmer는 잘 동작(動作)하였으며 기록(紀錄) 및 원래(原來)의 Data와 비교(比較)하는 데 총 소요시간(所要時間)은 75초 정도였고, 취급이 용이(容易)할 뿐 아니라 지워서 재사용(再使用)할 수 있어 경제적(經濟的)이었다. 4. Data의 기록(記錄)을 위(爲)한 Microprinter는 그 2kB Decimal로 변환(變換)시켜 Print하는 시간(時間)이 15분(分) 정도이었으며 계측(計測)과 동시(同時)에 기록(記錄)시키는 완속측정용(緩速測定用)으로 적당하였다. 5. 본(本) system과 HP3000 컴퓨터 간(間)의 Data 전송(傳送) 장치(裝置)를 사용(使用)하면 2k byte의 Data를 HP3000 computer로 전송(傳送)하는데 1~2분(分)정도 소요(所要)되었고, 작동(作動)은 만족스러웠다. 6. 사용(使用) 전원(電源)은 DC/DC 변환기(變煥器)를 사용(使用)하여 입력전원(入力電源)이 7~25V로 단일화(單一化)하였으며, 그 상용전류(常用電流)는 1.8A정도로 tractor의 battery를 사용(使用)할 경우도 시동시(始動時)에 전압강하(電壓降下)에 의(依)한 컴퓨터의 오동작(誤動作)이 일어나지 않았으며 야외실험(野外實驗)에서의 적응성(適應性)이 우수하였다. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)를 종합할 때 본(本) system은 실내(室內) 및 실외(室外) 실험(實驗)을 위(爲)한 Data auquistition system으로 활용(活用)할 수 있으며 경제적면(經濟的面)이나 정말 고속 측정(側定) 면(面)에서 우수한 성능(性能)을 갖춘 것으로 인정(認定)된다.