• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.629-637
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of high-salinity wastewater on the microbial activity of Aerobic Granule Sludge (AGS). Laboratory-scale experiments were performed using a sequencing batch reactor, and the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), nitrogen removal efficiency, sludge precipitability, and microbial activity were evaluated under various salinity injection. The COD removal efficiency was found to decrease gradually to 3.0% salinity injection, and it tended to recover slightly from 4.0%. The specific nitrification rate was 0.043 - 0.139 mg $NH_4{^+}-N/mg$ $MLVSS{\cdot}day$. The specific denitrification rate was 0.069 - 0.108 mg $NO_3{^-}-N/mg$ $MLVSS{\cdot}day$. The sludge volume index ($SVI_{30}$) ultimately decreased to 46 mL/g. The specific oxygen uptake rate decreased from an initial value 120.3 to a final value 70.7 mg $O_2/g$ $MLVSS{\cdot}hr$. Therefore, salinity injection affects the activity of AGS, causing degradation of the COD and nitrogen removal efficiency. It can be used as an indicator to objectively determine the effect of salinity on microbial activity.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.1079-1090
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• 2021

This study examines the influence of individual investors' sentiment on Japanese IPO aftermarket performance (measured by return and trading volume on the first trading day and return on the first trading year). This study proposes that IPOs will be, on average overpriced on the listing day when individual investors' sentiment is highly optimistic. Higher initial return and trading volume are expected in IPOs with higher investors' optimism. Further, the positive initial return will occur in the short term as individual investors usually are uninformed investors who demand shares based on their personal preferences, which will last only in a short period. Following the overvaluation hypothesis, price reversals should be predicted once the effect of individual investors' optimism has disappeared, causing the IPOs to underperform in the long term. Using 520 Japanese IPOs issued from January 2010 to December 2019, this study reveals that individual investors' sentiment is positively and significantly related to returns and trading volume on the first trading day. Return reversals are found on the first trading year despite the insignificant influence of individual investors' sentiment on IPO return on the first trading year.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.167-173
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• 2022

임팩트투자는 재무적인 수익과 더불어 사회에 긍정적인 영향을 만들고자 하는 의도를 가진 기업, 조직, 펀드를 대상으로 하는 투자 방식으로서 사회적 문제를 해결하기 위해 혁신적인 기술과 아이디어를 기잔 소셜벤처 기업에 재무적 지원을 위한 초기단계 투자로서 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 임팩트투자자는 재무적 수익과 사회적 가치추구라는 이중적인 판단 요인 때문에 사회적가치지표(SVI: Social Value Index)를 투자판단에 참고로 활용하고 있으나 투자를 결심하는 판단요인에 있어서는 여전히 개인의 경험과 주관적인 판단에 의존하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구를 통하여 임팩트투자자가 복합적으로 고려하는 투자판단 요인들에 대한 타당도와 상대적 가중치를 객관화 하고, 재무적 수익과 사회적 가치의 이중적이 가치판단 중에서 어느 쪽을 더 주요하게 고민하는 지에 대하여 분석하였다. 본 연구는 판단분석기법을 활용하였으며 '임팩트투자자의 소셜벤처 투자결정에 대한 종합적인 평가'를 판단문제로 정의하고, 임팩트투자자의 투자의사결정 요인을 도출하기 위하여 투자자로서 재무적 이익과 회수 가능성 판단을 위한 ①초기투자단계에서의 투자의사결정 요인, 사회에 미치는 영향과 파급력, 소셜벤처의 상생과 연대를 위한 ②창업가(팀)의 정치적 기술, 임팩트투자펀드 조성 목적에 부합하는 ③소셜벤처기업의 소셜미션 등 세가지의 분류로 구성하여 연구를 진행하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.704-712
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• 2009

Advanced Phase Isolation Ditch (APID) process was studied to develop economic retrofitting technology, for the plants where retrofitting of common activated sludge process is required. In this study, to evaluate and monitor the effluent water quality ($BOD_5$, SS, T-N, and T-P) and operating conditions (Influent, SVI, SRT, and HRT) as process capable and stable parameters for treating municipal wastewater, a demonstration plant was installed and operated in the existing sewage treatment plant of P city. During this study, the average effluent $BOD_5$, SS, T-N, and T-P concentrations were 7.7, 5.6, 10.8, and 1.6 mg/L. Trend analysis of influent $BOD_5$, SS, T-N, and T-P in APID process were illustrated that APID process need for more strong APID process management on the winter session, such as developing new intermediated aeration mode, operating methods, and managements strategy. At the application of control chart, the signal of uncommon effects at APID process was determined much higher existing control chart tntr conventional control chart in this study. These results indicate that conventional control chart has been collected and determined cleary signal at only stable situation. Therefore, newly developed APID process of dynamic control chart can be one of the useful tool for monitoring and management process.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.233-240
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to confirm the applicability of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in the advanced sewage treatment process. Simulated influent was used in the operation of a laboratory scale reactor. The operation time of one cycle was 4 h and the reactor was operated for six cycles per day. The volume exchange ratio was 50%. The influent was injected in divisions of 25% to increase the removal efficiency of nitrogen in every cycle. As a result, the removal efficiencies of $COD_{Cr}$ and TN in this reactor were 98.2% and 76.7% respectively. During the operation period, the AGS/MLVSS concentration ratio increased from 70.0% to 86.7%, and the average $SVI_{30}$ was 67 mL/g. The SNR and SDNR were 0.073-0.161 kg $NH_4{^+}$-N/kg MLVSS/day and 0.071-0.196 kg $NO_3{^-}$-N/kg MLVSS/day respectively. These values were higher or similar to those reported in other studies. The operation time of the process using AGS is shorter than that of the conventional activated sludge process. Hence, this process can replace the activated sludge process.

• Environmental engineer
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• s.323
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• pp.22-27
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• 2013

종이 펄프 공장의 폐수는 다른 공업에 비해서 폐수량이 많고 오염도가 높다. 목재로부터 종이를 제조하는 경우에 수율은 종이의 종류와 제법에 의해 큰 차이가 있어서 한마디로 말하기는 어렵지만 평균 50~70%로 보는 경우, 목재 성분의 30~50%는 용해 또는 SS의 상태로 폐수중에 존재하기 때문에, 이들이 직접 하천이나 바다에 방류되면 오염의 원인이 된다. 그 때문에 각 공장에서는 목재자원의 종합적인 이용의 입장으로서 제품의 수율을 좋게 하고 동시에 폐수의 양을 감소시키고 폐수에서 유용한 자원을 회수하거나 증해약품의 회수 등을 위하여 연구 및 노력을 계속하고 있는 것이 현 상태이다. 우리 나라의 거의 모든 제지회사에서는 물리적, 화학적 처리법과 생물학적 처리법 중 호기성 처리방법이 주 처리방법으로 사용되고 있으며 탈묵 폐수나 리그닌을 다량 함유하는 폐수의 경우에는 혐기성 처리방법을 이용하기도 한다. 본 실험에서는 우유팩을 재생하여 화장지 제조의 원료로 이용하는 G제지공장의 폐수를 이용하였고, 공장의 원폐수를 부상법으로 1차 처리한 처리수를 실험실로 운반하여 활성슬러지법으로 실험하였다. 처리효율의 영향인자인 HRT를 G제지공장에 맞추어 12시간으로 조정하고 적절한 F/M비(0.23)를 위해 COD와 MLSS가 유지된 후부터 실험을 시작했다. $20^{\circ}C{\sim}560^{\circ}C$까지 $10^{\circ}C$간격으로 온도를 변화시키면서 미생물의 상태변화를 관찰하고, 또한 각 용도에서의 처리수질을 비교해 보았다. 실험조건은 pH는 중성상태(6.5~7.5), DO는 $2{\sim}4mg/{\ell}$, 영양원은 BOD : N : P = 100 : 5 : 1로 맞추고 BOD, COD, SS, SVI를 측정하였으며, 현미경을 통하여 미생물과 Floc를 관찰하였다. $20^{\circ}C$부터 종균제를 초기 운전시 $200mg/{\ell}$ (분말상)을 폭기조에 투여하고 매일 $200mg/{\ell}$를 정기적으로 투입하여 온도변화에 따른 미생물의 상태 및 처리수질을 비교해보았다. 특히 종균제로는 기존의 G제G지공장에서 사용하는 신일 미생물(Bio sound S)종균제와 청림C&C의 종균제(Cell bio P)를 비교 관찰하였다. 고온성 종균제를 두배 투입하여 투입량에 대한 처리효율을 비교하였으며 종균제를 사용하지 않고 운용함으로써 그 차이도 비교할 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.43-50
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• 1985

With the improvement of hemodialysis, the course of the disease in patient with endstage renal disease has been clearly improved. Nevertheless, among several shortcomings to our present mode of renal replacement therapy, cardiovascular complications have been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Several factors such as anemia, arteriovenous shunting of blood, intermittent extracorporeal circulation and hypertension may be contributing. But little is known about the quantitative cardiac hemodynamic characteristics occurred during hemodialysis. The purpose of this study is to observe the sequential hemodynamic changes before, during and after the hemodialysis and to investigate reliable parameters in the detection of ventricular dysfunction. In the present study, equilibrium radionuclide cardiac angiography was performed and left and right ventricular volume indices, ejection phase indices of both ventricular, performance were measured in the 16 stable patients with chronic renal failure treated with maintenance hemodialysis sequentially i.e. before, during (early and late phase) and after the hemodialysis. The results obtained were as follows; 1) The indices of the left ventricular function were not changed during the hemodialysis but increased after the hemodialysis. 2) The indices of the right ventricular function(EF, SVI) were significantly decreased in the early phase (15, 30 minutes after starting extracorporeal circulation) but recovered after the hemodialysis. 3) The ratio of right ventricular to left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly decreased in the early phase and the lung volume indices were significantly increased at the same phase. As a conclusion, hemodialysis improves left ventricular function maybe due to increased contractility, and effects on the right ventricular function maybe due to the increased lung volume in the early phase of hemodialysis.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1001-1009
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• 2000

This study is to find the utilization of intermittent aeration system, around S-COD, T-COD, SS, timewise changes of treatment performance, sludge conversion yield, changes of temperature and pH, etc. In consequence of this study, factors of temperature correction showed 1.052 on continuous aeration, and 1.056 on intermittent aeration which is more sensitive to temperature through a minute degree. Meanwhile, sludge conversion yield on intermittent aeration showed lower and more economical than that on continuous aeration. In case of changing pH, treatment water of both reactors worsened slightly in acid but improved in alkali. In general. considering the quality of effluent water, variation pH of effluent water, etc. the case of intermittent aeration was more favorable than that of continuous aeration.

• Advances in environmental research
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.207-216
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• 2014

A study was conducted to determine the phytotoxic effect of mercury on seed germination and seedling growth of an important arid legume tree Albizia lebbeck. The seeds germination and seedling growth performance of A. lebbeck responded differently to mercuric chloride treatment (1 mM, 3 mM, 5 mM and 7 mM) as compared to control. Seed germination of A. lebbeck was significantly (p < 0.05) affected by mercury treatment at 1 mM. Root growth of A. lebbeck was not significantly affected by mercury treatment at 1 mM, and 3 mM. Shoot and root length of A. lebbeck were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by 5 mM concentration of mercury treatment. Increase in concentration of mercury treatment at 5 mM and 7 mM significantly (p < 0.05) reduced seedling dry weight of A. lebbeck. The treatment of mercury at 1 mM decreased high percentage of seed germination (22%), seedling length (10%), root length (21.85%) and seedling dry weight (9%). Highest decrease in seed germination (51%), seedling (34%), root length (48%) and seedling dry weight (41%) of A. lebbeck occurred at 7 mM mercury treatment. A. lebbeck showed high percentage of tolerance (78.14%) to mercury at 1 mM. However, 7 mM concentration of mercury produced lowest percentage of tolerance (51.65%) in A. lebbeck. The seed germination potential and seedling vigor index (SVI) clearly decreased with the higher level of mercury. Plantation of A. lebbeck in mercury-polluted area will help in reducing the burden of mercury pollution. A. lebbeck can serve better in coordinating in land management programs in metal contaminated areas. The identification of the toxic concentration of metals and tolerance indices of A. lebbeck would also be helpful for the establishment of air quality standard.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.581-591
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• 2020

In this study, two types of reactors were operated to examine the properties of methanol uptake under the high-rate denitrification process. In a sequencing batch reactor, the denitrifying activity was enriched up to 0.80 g-N/g-VSS-day for 72 days. Then, the enriched denitrifying sludge was transferred to a completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR). At the final phase on Day 46-50, the nitrogen removal efficiency was around 100% and the total nitrogen removal rate reached 0.097±0.003 kg-N/㎥-day. During the continuous process, the sludge settling index (SVI30) was stabilized as 118.3 mL/g with the biomass concentration of 1,607 mg/L. The continuous denitrifying process was accelerated by using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with a total nitrogen removal rate of 0.403±0.029 kg-N/㎥-day with a high biomass concentration of 8,433 mg-VSS/L. Because the reactor was open to ambient air with the dissolved oxygen range of 0.2-0.5 mg-O2/L, an increased organic carbon requirement of 5.58±0.70 COD/NO3--N was shown for the SBR in comparison to the value of 4.13±0.94 for the test of the same biomass in a completely anaerobic batch reactor. The molecular analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene showed that Methyloversatilis discipulorum and Hyphomicrobium zavarzinii were the responsible denitrifiers with the sole organic carbon source of methanol.