• 한국재료학회지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.422-426
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• 2008

The effects of an addition of $ZrO_2$ on the microstructure and electrical properties of MgO films as a protective layer for AC plasma display panels were investigated. MgO + a 200 ppm $ZrO_2$ protective layer prepared by e-beam evaporation exhibited a secondary electron emission coefficient ($\gamma$) that was improved by 21% compared to that of a pure MgO protective layer. The relative density and Vickers hardness increased with a further addition of $ZrO_2$. These results suggest that the discharge properties and optical properties of MgO protective layers are closely related to the relative density and Vickers hardness. The good optical and electrical properties of $\gamma$, at 0.080, a grain size of $19\;{\mu}m$ and an optical transmittance of 91.93 % were obtained for the MgO + 200 ppm $ZrO_2$ protective layer sintered at $1700^{\circ}C$ for 5 hrs.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권18호
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• pp.8553-8557
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• 2016

Background: Accurate dose assessment and correct identification of irradiated from non-irradiated people are goals of biological dosimetry in radiation accidents. Objectives: Changes in the FDXR and the RAD51 gene expression (GE) levels were here analyzed in response to total body exposure (TBE) to a 6 MV x-ray beam in rats. We determined the accuracy for absolute quantification of GE to predict the dose at 24 hours. Materials and Methods: For this in vivo experimental study, using simple randomized sampling, peripheral blood samples were collected from a total of 20 Wistar rats at 24 hours following exposure of total body to 6 MV X-ray beam energy with doses (0.2, 0.5, 2 and 4 Gy) for TBE in Linac Varian 2100C/D (Varian, USA) in Golestan Hospital, in Ahvaz, Iran. Also, 9 rats was irradiated with a 6MV X-ray beam at doses of 1, 2, 3 Gy in 6MV energy as a validation group. A sham group was also included. After RNA extraction and DNA synthesis, GE changes were measured by the QRT-PCR technique and an absolute quantification strategy by taqman methodology in peripheral blood from rats. ROC analysis was used to distinguish irradiated from non-irradiated samples (qualitative dose assessment) at a dose of 2 Gy. Results: The best fits for mean of responses were polynomial equations with a R2 of 0.98 and 0.90 (for FDXR and RAD51 dose response curves, respectively). Dose response of the FDXR gene produced a better mean dose estimation of irradiated "validation" samples compared to the RAD51 gene at doses of 1, 2 and 3 Gy. FDXR gene expression separated the irradiated rats from controls with a sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 87.5%, 83.5% and 81.3%, respectively, 24 hours after dose of 2 Gy. These values were significantly (p<0.05) higher than the 75%, 75% and 75%, respectively, obtained using gene expression of RAD51 analysis at a dose of 2 Gy. Conclusions: Collectively, these data suggest that absolute quantification by gel purified quantitative RT-PCR can be used to measure the mRNA copies for GE biodosimetry studies at comparable accuracy to similar methods. In the case of TBE with 6MV energy, FDXR gene expression analysis is more precise than that with RAD51 for quantitative and qualitative dose assessment.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.261-269
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• 2013

이 연구에서는 산업부산물인 고로슬래그 미분말과 알칼리 활성화제(물유리, 수산화나트륨)를 사용하였다. 또한, 이를 활용하여 철근콘크리트 보에 적용하여 휨성능 평가를 하였다. 주요변수는 W/B, 알칼리 활성화제의 혼입비율, 혼화재의 종류 및 혼입유무로서 총 8개의 실험체를 제작하였으며, 재료 및 구조성능 평가를 위한 실험을 수행한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 친환경 무기결합재 콘크리트는 초기 경화속도가 빠르며, 고강도 콘크리트의 가능성을 보였다. 또한, 이를 활용한 철근콘크리트 보는 기존 시멘트를 사용한 철근콘크리트 보와 유사한 거동과 파괴양상을 보였다. 친환경 무기결합재 콘크리트가 시멘트 콘크리트를 대체할 수 있는 기초연구로서 향후 건설소재 및 재료분야에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료되며, 이러한 특성을 바탕으로 콘크리트 2차 제품 생산과 구조부재를 PC화하여 활용할 경우 생산성 향상, 공기단축 등 효율이 상승될 것으로 보인다.

• Composites Research
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2016

섬유금속적층판과 같은 하이브리드 소재는 여러 방향의 하중에 의한 접착층의 파괴로 인해 층간분리가 발생할 수 있다. 모든 하중은 수직 방향의 응력과 면내 두 방향의 전단 응력으로 분해할 수 있으며, 이러한 하중은 접착층의 모드 I, II, III 파괴를 일으킨다. 따라서 하중에 의한 층간분리 현상을 예측하기 위해, 접착층의 모드별 임계 에너지 해방률을 도출하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 접착층의 모드 I 임계 에너지 해방률을 측정하기 위해 double cantilever beam 시험을 수행하였으며, 모드 II 임계 에너지 해방률을 측정하기 위해 end-notched flexure 시험을 수행하였다. 또한, 실험으로부터 도출한 임계 에너지 해방률을 ABAQUS의 응집영역모델에 적용하여 유한요소해석을 수행하였으며, 실제 실험 결과와의 비교를 통해 층간분리 현상에 대한 수치해석 기법 적용의 유효성을 입증하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.15-42
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• 2024

A flexible-base coupled-two-beam (CTB) discrete model with equivalent tuned mass dampers is used to assess the effect of soil-structure interaction (SSI) and different types of lateral resisting systems on the design of passive dynamic absorbers (PDAs) under the action of along-wind and across-wind loads due to vortex shedding. A total of five different PDAs are considered in this study: (1) tuned mass damper (TMD), (2) circular tuned sloshing damper (C-TSD), (3) rectangular tuned sloshing damper (R-TSD), (4) two-way liquid damper (TWLD) and (5) pendulum tuned mass damper (PTMD). By modifying the non-dimensional lateral stiffness ratio, the CTB model can consider lateral deformations varying from those of a flexural cantilever beam to those of a shear cantilever beam. The Monte Carlo simulation method was used to generate along-wind and across-wind loads correlated along the height of a real shear wall-frame building, which has similar fundamental periods of vibration and different modes of lateral deformation in the xz and yz planes, respectively. Ambient vibration tests were conducted on the building to identify its real lateral behavior and thus choose the most suitable parameters for the CTB model. Both alongwind and across-wind responses of the 144-meter-tall building were computed considering four soil types (hard rock, dense soil, stiff soil and soft soil) and a single PDA on its top, that is, 96 time-history analyses were carried out to assess the effect of SSI and lateral resisting system on the PDAs design. Based on the parametric analyses, the response significantly increases as the soil flexibility increases for both type of lateral wind loads, particularly for flexural-type deformations. The results show a great effectiveness of PDAs in controlling across-wind peak displacements and both along-wind and across-wind RMS accelerations, on the contrary, PDAs were ineffective in controlling along-wind peak displacements on all soil types and different kind of lateral deformation. Generally speaking, the maximum possible value of the PDA mass efficiency index increases as the soil flexibility increases, on the contrary, it decreases as the non-dimensional lateral stiffness ratio of the building increases; therefore, there is a significant increase of the vibration control effectiveness of PDAs for lateral flexural-type deformations on soft soils.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2003

IrMn에 Mn을 첨가시킨 N $i_{80}$F $e_{20}$/[I $r_{22}$M $n_{78}$-Mn] $Co_{75}$F $e_{25}$ 다층박막을 상온에서 이온빔 증착(ion beam deposition: IBD)법으로 제작하여 그 자기적 및 열적 특성을 연구하였다. Mn이 첨가된 NiFe/[IrMn-Mn]/CoFe다층박막은 Mn이 첨가되지 않은 순수 합금 IrMn 박막 위의 CoFe 고정층 보다 큰 교환결합력( $H_{ex}$)과 방해온도(blocking temperature: $T_{b}$)을 가지고 있었다. Mn이 첨가되지 않는 I $r_{22}$M $n_{78}$ 와 CoFe 사이의 $H_{ex}$는 상온에서 거의 없었으나, 25$0^{\circ}C$ 열처리 후 100 Oe로 나타났다. IrMn 내에서 76.8-78.1 vol% Mn일 때, $H_{ex}$와 $T_{b}$는 크게 향상되었고, Mn이 0.6 vol%씩 증가함에 따라 크게 줄어들었다. NiFe/[IrMn-Mn]/CoFe 다층박막 구조에서 [(111)CoFe, NiFe]/(111)IrM $n_3$인 x-선 회절 피크비 평균값은 75.5, 77.5, 79.3 vol% Mn일 때 각각 1.4, 0.8, 0.6였다. 특히, 열처리 전 77.5과 78.7 vol% Mn일 때, $H_{ex}$는 각각 259와 150 Oe였다. 77.5 vol% Mn인 경우, $H_{ex}$가 열처리 온도 35$0^{\circ}C$까지 475 Oe였으며, 450 $^{\circ}C$에서는 200 Oe로 크게 감소하였다. 따라서 합금형 반강자성체 IrMn에서 높은 $H_{ex}$와 $T_{b}$을 얻을 수 있는 최적의 Mn 함유량의 존재를 확인하였다.다.다. 확인하였다.다.하였다.다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2009

In a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator, the ponderomotive force of an ultrashort high intensity laser pulse excites a longitudinal wave or plasma bubble in a way similar to the excitation of a wake wave behind a boat as it propagates on the water surface. Electric fields inside the plasma bubble can be several orders of magnitude higher than those available in conventional RF-based particle accelerator facilities which are limited by material breakdown. Therefore, if an electron bunch is properly phase-locked with the bubble's acceleration field, it can gain relativistic energies within an extremely short distance. Here, in the bubble regime we show the generation of stable and reproducible sub GeV, and GeV-class electron beams. Supported by three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, our experimental results show the highest acceleration gradients produced so far. Simulations suggested that the plasma bubble elongation should be minimized in order to achieve higher electron beam energies.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3441-3449
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• 2023

We determined the radiation shielding properties for 10CaO-xPbO-(90-x) deteriorated silica gel (DSG) glass system (x = 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 mol.%). The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) has been estimated at photon energies of 74.23, 97.12, 122, 662, 1173, and 1332 keV using a narrow beam X-ray attenuation and transmission experiment, the XCOM program, and a PHITS simulation. The obtained MAC values were applied to estimate the half value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), effective atomic number, and effective electron density. Results show that the MAC value of the studied glasses ranges between 0.0549 and 1.4415 cm²/g, increases with the amount of PbO, and decreases with increasing photon energy. The HVL and MFP values decrease with increasing PbO content and increase with increasing photon energy. The recycled glass, with the addition of PbO content (20-45 mol.%), exhibited excellent radiation shielding capabilities compared to standard barite and ferrite concretes and some glass systems. Moreover, the experimental radiation shielding parameters agree with the XCOM and PHITS values. This study suggests that this new waste-recycled glass is an effective and cost-saving candidate for X-ray and gamma-ray shielding applications.

• 천문학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

The Crab nebula is widely used as a polarization angle calibrator for single-dish radio observations because of its brightness, high degree of linear polarization, and well-known polarization angle over a wide frequency range. However, the Crab nebula cannot be directly used as a polarization angle calibrator for single-dish observations with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN), because the beam size of the telescopes is smaller than the size of the nebula. To determine the polarization angle of the Crab nebula as seen by KVN, we use 3C 286, a compact polarized extragalactic radio source whose polarization angle is well-known, as a reference target. We observed both the Crab nebula and 3C 286 with the KVN from 2017 to 2021 and find that the polarization angles at the total intensity peak of the Crab nebula (equatorial coordinates (J2000) R.A. = 05^h34^m32.3804^s and Dec = 22°00'44.0982'') are 154.2° ± 0.3°, 151.0° ± 0.2°, 150.0° ± 1.0°, and 151.3° ± 1.1° at 22, 43, 86, and 94 GHz, respectively. We also find that the polarization angles at the pulsar position (RA = 05^h34^m31.971^s and Dec = 22°00'52.06'') are 154.4° ±0.4°, 150.7° ±0.4°, and 149.0° ± 1.0° for the KVN at 22, 43, and 86 GHz. At 129 GHz, we suggest to use the values 149.0° ± 1.6° at the total intensity peak and 150.2° ± 2.0° at the pulsar position obtained with the Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter Range (IRAM) 30-meter Telescope. Based on our study, both positions within the Crab nebula can be used as polarization angle calibrators for the KVN single-dish observations.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2979-2982
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• 2016

Background: High dose ionizing radiation can induce ovarian cancer, but the effect of low dose radiation on the development of ovarian cancer has not been extensively studied. We evaluated the effect of low dose radiation and total background radiation, and the radiation delivered to the ovaries during the treatment of rectosigmoid cancer and breast cancer on ovarian cancer incidence. Materials and Methods: Background radiation measurements are from Assessment of Variations in Radiation Exposure in the United States, 2011. Ovarian cancer incidence data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) of ovarian cancer following breast cancer and rectosigmoid cancer are from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data. Obesity data by US state are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mean ages of US state populations are from the United States Census Bureau. Results: We calculated standardized incidence ratios (SIR) from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data, which reveal that in 194,042 cases of breast cancer treated with beam radiation, there were 796 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months of treatment (0.41%); in 283, 875 cases of breast cancer not treated with radiation, there were 1,531 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months (0.54%). The difference in ovarian cancer incidence in the two groups was significant (p < 0.001, two tailed Fisher exact test). The small dose of scattered ovarian radiation (about 3.09 cGy) from beam radiation to the breast appears to have reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 24%. In 13,099 cases of rectal or rectosigmoid junction cancer treated with beam radiation in the SEER data, there were 20 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months of treatment (0.15%). In 33,305 cases of rectal or rectosigmoid junction cancer not treated with radiation, there were 91 cases of ovarian cancer by 120+ months (0.27%). The difference in ovarian cancer incidence in the two groups was significant (p = 0.017, two tailed Fisher exact test). In other words, the beam radiation to rectum and rectosigmoid that also reached the ovaries reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 44%. In addition, there was a significant inverse relationship between ovarian cancer in white women and radon background radiation (r = - 0.465. p = 0.002) and total background radiation (r = -0.456, p = 0.002). Because increasing age and obesity are risk factors for ovarian cancer, multivariate linear regression was performed. The inverse relationship between ovarian cancer incidence and radon background was significant (${\beta}=-0.463$, p = 0.002) but unrelated to age (${\beta}=-0.080$, p = 0.570) or obesity (${\beta}=-0.180$, p = 0.208). Conclusions: The reduction of ovarian cancer risk following low dose radiation may be the result of radiation hormesis. Hormesis is a favorable biological response to low toxin exposure. A pollutant or toxin demonstrating hormesis has the opposite effect in small doses as in large doses. In the case of radiation, large doses are carcinogenic. However, lower overall cancer rates are found in U.S. states with high impact radiation. Moreover, there is reduced lung cancer incidence in high radiation background US states where nuclear weapons testing was done. Women at increased risk of ovarian cancer have two choices. They may be closely followed (surveillance) or undergo immediate prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. However, the efficacy of surveillance is questionable. Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is considered preferable, although it carries the risk of surgical complications. The data analysis above suggests that low-dose pelvic irradiation might be a good third choice to reduce ovarian cancer risk. Further studies would be worthwhile to establish the lowest optimum radiation dose.