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Effects of Light and Temperature on Nitrate Uptake, Germling Growth and Fatty Acid Composition of Enteromorpha compressa (Chlorophyta) (녹조 납작파래 (Enteromorpha compressa)의 질산염 흡수, 배아 생장 및 지방산 조성에 대한 광 및 온도의 영향)

  • LEE Dong Hoon;LEE Soon Jeong;RYU Jina;PARK Eunjeong;NAM Ki Wan
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2004
  • Effects of light and temperature on the nitrate uptake and germling growth of Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Greville (Chlorophyta) were studied based on samples from Cheongsapo near Busan, Korea. In addition, their effects on fatty acids composition in thallus were examined. Nitrate uptake showed saturation kinetics. $V_{max}$ (maximal uptake rate) and its $K_s$ (half-saturation constant) at $20^{\circ}C,\;80\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1},$ white light were $1.571\;{\mu}mol{\cdot}g\;fr\;wt^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}$ and 3.56 ${\mu}M$, respectively. In nitrate uptake with irradiance, wavelength and temperature, its rate represented respectively the highest value as $1.405\pm0.020,\;0.623\pm0.040,\;1.422\pm0.022\;{\mu}mol{\cdot}g\;fr\;wt^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}\;at\;100\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1},$ red light, $20^{\circ}C$ and exhibited significant difference among the examined conditions (p<0.001). Germling growth of E. compressa also showed saturation kinetics, and $V_{max}$ and its $K_s$ value at $20^{\circ}C,\;100\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1},$ 12:12 h were $56.18\%\;day^{-1}$ and 0.33 ${\mu}M$, respectively. SGR (specific growth rate) recorded a maximal value as 49.33-54.80, 39.07-50.72, $47.20-54.53\%\;dat^{-1}$ at $120\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1},$ blue light and $18^{\circ}C$ respectively, and showed significant difference (p<0.001). Red light made the effective nitrate uptake, but germling growth was largely limited by the light. In fatty acids analysis, PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids) were high at blue light, $18^{\circ}C,\;100\;{\mu}M\;NO_3^-.$ However, irradiance did not affect the production of PUFAs. In conclusion, nitrate uptake and germling growth of E. compressa showed saturation kinetics to external nitrate concentration, and were significantly affected by irradiance, wave length and temperature. Fatty acid composition was also influenced by the factors except for irradiance. Their maximal values, together with the highest production of PUFAs, were found at blue light band, $20^{\circ}C,\;100\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1},\;and\;100\;{\mu}M\;NO_3^-.$

Effect of Highly Concentrated Oxygen Administration on Addition Task Performance and Physiological Signals (고농도 산소가 덧셈과제 수행능력과 생리신호에 미치는 영향)

  • Chung, Soon-Cheol;Lim, Dae-Woon
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2008
  • This study investigated the effect of 40% oxygen administration on the addition task performance in three levels of difficulties and physiological signals. Ten male and female college students were selected as the subjects for this study. The experiment consisted of two runs: one was a addition task, with normal air (21% oxygen) administered and the other was with hyperoxic air (40% oxygen) administered. The experimental sequence in each run consisted of Rest1 (3 min), Task1 (1 min, one digit addition task), Task2 (1 min, two digit addition task), Task3 (1 min, three digit addition task), and Rest2 (4 min). Blood oxygen saturation and heart rate were measured throughout the five phases. The accuracy rates of the addition task were enhanced with 40% oxygen administration compared to 21% oxygen. Difference in the accuracy rates grew higher with the rise of difficulty. When 40% concentration oxygen is supplied, blood oxygen saturation increased and heart rate was decreased comparing to 21%. This study showed that the supply of high concentration oxygen increases blood oxygen saturation, which in turns accelerates brain activation resulting from cognitive process and enhances arithmetic abilities. Particularly when difficulty is high, demand for oxygen increases and, as a result, the effect of high concentration oxygen becomes more significant.

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Performance Analysis of HomePNA 2.0 MAC Protocol (HomePNA 2.0 MAC 프로토콜의 성능 분석)

  • Kim, Jong-Won;Kim, Dae-Young
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.30 no.10A
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    • pp.877-885
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    • 2005
  • The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) 2.0 technology can establish a home network using existing in-home phone lines, which provides a channel rate of 4-32 Mbps. HomePNA 2.0 Medium Access Control(MAC) protocol adopts an IEEE 802.3 Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) access method, Quality of Service(QoS) algorithm, and Distributed Fair Priority Queuing(DFPQ) collision resolution algorithm. In this paper, we propose some mathematical models about the important elements of HomePNA 2.0 MAC protocol performance, which are Saturation Throughput, Packet Delay and Packet Jitter. Then, we present an overall performance analysis of HomePNA 2.0 MAC protocol along with simulations.

A Study on Adaptive Skin Extraction using a Gradient Map and Saturation Features (경사도 맵과 채도 특징을 이용한 적응적 피부영역 검출에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Dae-Dong;Lee, Keun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.4508-4515
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    • 2014
  • Real-time body detection has been researched actively. On the other hand, the detection rate of color distorted images is low because most existing detection methods use static skin color model. Therefore, this paper proposes a new method for detecting the skin color region using a gradient map and saturation features. The basic procedure of the proposed method sequentially consists of creating a gradient map, extracting a gradient feature of skin regions, noise removal using the saturation features of skin, creating a cluster for extraction regions, detecting skin regions using cluster information, and verifying the results. This method uses features other than the color to strengthen skin detection not affected by light, race, age, individual features, etc. The results of the detection rate showed that the proposed method is 10% or more higher than the traditional methods.

Study on Headways at Signalized Intersections Before and After Installation of Red Arrow Signal (3색 화살표 신호등 설치 전.후 차두시간 비교 분석)

  • Lee, Ho-Won;Ju, Du-Hwan;Hyeon, Cheol-Seung;Park, Bu-Hui;Kim, Dong-Hyo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2011
  • After heated discussion, National Police Agency decided not to install Red Arrow signal at such major intersections as Gwanghwamoon, Sejongro. The major issues can be summarized in the following reasons. The one is the conflict of color and symbol (red means STOP and arrow means PROGRESS), and it would confuse drivers and may cause traffic accident. The other includes high replacement cost. This paper delivered how much red arrow signal would affect (1) drivers start up delay time, (2) saturation flow rate and (3) vehicle headway. The result showed that there was no statistical difference in those even when a red arrow signal is placed.

Changes in Photosynthetic Characteristics during Grain Filling of a Functional Stay-Green Rice SNUSG1 and its $F_1$ Hybrids

  • Fu, Jin-Dong;Lee, Byun-Woo
    • Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2008
  • Functional stay-green is a beneficial trait that may increase grain yield through the sustained photosynthetic competence during monocarpic senescence in cereal crops. The temporal changes of photosynthesis and related characteristics throughout the grain filling period of a stay-green japonica rice "SNU-SG1" was compared in growth chamber conditions with three high-yielding cultivars(HYVs) and their $F_1$ hybrids with SNU-SG1. SNU-SG1 exhibited a typical characteristic of functional stay-green in terms of chlorophyll degradation and photosynthetic competence during grain filling. According to the photosynthesis-light response curve measured at 10 and 35 d after heading for the flag leaf, SNU-SG1 exhibited higher initial light conversion efficiency and thus higher gross photosynthetic rate at light saturation compared to HYVs. Light saturation point was not different among genotypes, ranging from 1000 to 1500 ${\mu}mol$ photon $m^{-2}s^{-1}$. Net photosynthetic rate at light saturation($P_{max}$) of the upper four leaves in SNU-SG1 was much higher and sustained longer throughout grain-filling than HYVs and $F_1$ hybrids. The sustained high photosynthetic competence of SNU-SG1 during grain filling was ascribed to the longer maintenance of high mesophyll conductance that resulted from not only high chlorophyll content and its delayed degradation but also the slow degeneration of photosystem II(PS II) as judged by chlorophyll fluorescence($F_v/F_m$) of flag leaves. $F_1$ hybrids showed slow degeneration of photosystem II similar to the male parent SNU-SG1 while chlorophyll degradation pattern close to female parents, thus exhibiting a little higher $P_{max}$ than female parents. These results suggest that SNU-SG1 has a typical functional stay-green trait that can be utilized for increasing rice yield potential through the improved dry matter production during grain filling.

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INTRAVENOUS SEDATION FOR UNCOOPERATIVE DENTAL CHILD PATIENTS (비협조적인 아동의 치과 치료를 위한 정주 진정요법)

  • Park, Yong-Kyu;Kim, Jong-Soo;Kim, Seung-Oh
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.710-716
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the intravenous (IV) sedation technique with midazolam and ketamine for uncooperative dental child patients. Three child patients between the ages of 4.4 years and 5.6 years who required sedation for dental treatment were given midazolam and ketamine. Initial dosage was combined of $0.03{\sim}0.06mg/kg$ midazolam and 1.0mg/kg ketamine. Additional dosages of ketamine (0.33mg/kg) were given as needed to maintain deep sedation. Pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, adverse reactions, postoperative recovery and behavior were monitored with saturation pulse oximetry, ECG, NIBP and Cardiocap. In conclusion, the combination of midazolam and ketamine is efficacious in deep sedation for painful dental treatment. However, a significant drop in oxygen saturation was observed as a common adverse side effect. Therefore advanced airway management proficiency is required in order to achieve a successful IV sedation.

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Voltage Holding Ratio of a Homogeneously-Aligned Liquid-Crystal Cell

  • Lin, Yu-Ting;Lin, Yu-Jiun;Lee, Wei
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.17-19
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    • 2009
  • The voltage and frequency dependence of voltage holding ratio (VHR) in a homogeneously-aligned liquid-crystal (LC) cell is studied in this paper. The discharge curves with different scan frequencies are obtained and the saturation phenomenon of VHR is observed under specific amplitudes of driving voltage. Our results suggest a reasonable concept to improve the VHR in LC displays without increasing the frame rate.

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Development of Control Algorithm for Greenhouse Cooling Using Two-fluid Fogging System (이류체 포그 냉방시스템의 제어알고리즘 개발)

  • Nam, Sang-Woon;Kim, Young-Shik;Sung, In-Mo
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.138-145
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    • 2013
  • In order to develop the efficient control algorithm of the two-fluid fogging system, cooling experiments for the many different types of fogging cycles were conducted in tomato greenhouses. It showed that the cooling effect was 1.2 to $4.0^{\circ}C$ and the cooling efficiency was 8.2 to 32.9% on average. The cooling efficiency with fogging interval was highest in the case of the fogging cycle of 90 seconds. The cooling efficiency showed a tendency to increase as the fogging time increased and the stopping time decreased. As the spray rate of fog in the two-fluid fogging system increased, there was a tendency for the cooling efficiency to improve. However, as the inside air approaches its saturation level, even though the spray rate of fog increases, it does not lead to further evaporation. Thus, it can be inferred that increasing the spray rate of fog before the inside air reaches the saturation level could make higher the cooling efficiency. As cooling efficiency increases, the saturation deficit of inside air decreased and the difference between absolute humidity of inside and outside air increased. The more fog evaporated, the difference between absolute humidity of inside and outside air tended to increase and as the result, the discharge of vapor due to ventilation occurs more easily, which again lead to an increase in the evaporation rate and ultimately increase in the cooling efficiency. Regression analysis result on the saturation deficit of inside air showed that the fogging time needed to change of saturation deficit of $10g{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ was 120 seconds and stopping time was 60 seconds. But in order to decrease the amplitude of temperature and to increase the cooling efficiency, the fluctuation range of saturation deficit was set to $5g{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ and we decided that the fogging-stopping time of 60-30 seconds was more appropriate. Control types of two-fluid fogging systems were classified as computer control or simple control, and their control algorithms were derived. We recommend that if the two-fluid fogging system is controlled by manipulating only the set point of temperature, humidity, and on-off time, it would be best to set up the on-off time at 60-30 seconds in time control, the lower limit of air temperature at 30 to $32^{\circ}C$ and the upper limit of relative humidity at 85 to 90%.

Pain Relieving Effect of Yakson Therapy for Infants (신생아 통증완화를 위한 약손요법 적용 효과)

  • Park, Eun-Sook;Sung, Kyung-Suk;Oh, Won-Oak;Im, Hye-Sang;Kim, Eun-Sook;Kim, Yeon-Ah;Lee, Chun-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.897-904
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Yakson therapy as a pain management tool oil the physiologic and behavioral reponses of infants with a painful heelstick procedure. Method: Infants were randomly assigned to a group that underwent a series of Yakson therapy and a control that received nothing before a heelstick. Heart rate, oxygen saturation, and NIPS were compared between the experimental (n=16) and control (n=16) infants during an undisturbed baseline and after a standard heelstick procedure Yakson therapy consisted of laying a hand on the back, and caressing the abdomen by hand for 5 minutes. Result: The pain scores of the Yakson group were lower than the control group. Foroxygen saturation, there were statistically significant differences between groups. For heart rate, there were no statistically significant differences between groups. Conclusion: This data suggests that Yakson therapy had a pain relief effect in behavior responses and $SaO_2$. Accordingly, Yakson therapy should be used as a nursing intervention for simple pain management for a heel prick.