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Aqueous Extract of Coriander Seeds as Green Corrosion Inhibitor for 304 Stainless Steel in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions

  • Fouda, Abd El-Aziz. S.;Rashwan, Salah M.;Abo-Mosallam, Hytham A.
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.58 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2014
  • Corrosion inhibition of 304 stainless steel (SS) in 1 M HCl by aqueous extract of coriander seeds was studied using weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM) techniques. Values of inhibition efficiency obtained are dependent upon the concentration of extract and temperature. Generally, inhibition was found to increase with inhibitor concentration, but decrease with temperature. Physical adsorption mechanism has been proposed for the inhibition with Langmuir adsorption isotherm obeyed. Values of activation energy of the inhibited corrosion reaction of 304 SS are greater than the value obtained for the blank. Thermodynamic consideration reveals that adsorption of aqueous extract of coriander seeds 304 SS surface is spontaneous.

Study of Hollow Letter CAPTCHAs Recognition Technology Based on Color Filling Algorithm

  • Huishuang Shao;Yurong Xia;Kai Meng;Changhao Piao
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.540-553
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    • 2023
  • The hollow letter CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is an optimized version of solid CAPTCHA, specifically designed to weaken characteristic information and increase the difficulty of machine recognition. Although convolutional neural networks can solve CAPTCHA in a single step, a good attack result heavily relies on sufficient training data. To address this challenge, we propose a seed filling algorithm that converts hollow characters to solid ones after contour line restoration and applies three rounds of detection to remove noise background by eliminating noise blocks. Subsequently, we utilize a support vector machine to construct a feature vector for recognition. Security analysis and experiments show the effectiveness of this algorithm during the pre-processing stage, providing favorable conditions for subsequent recognition tasks and enhancing the accuracy of recognition for hollow CAPTCHA.

A Study on Investors Determinants Addressed by Startup Entrepreneurs : In the Center of Startups in Water Industry (창업기업관점에서 바라본 투자자의 투자결정요인에 관한 연구 : 물산업 창업기업을 중심으로)

  • Park, Dong Il;Yang, Young Seok;Kim, Myung Seuk
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-19
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this research is to improve the investment success rate for startups in the water industry for the development of the entrepreneurial environment of the Korean water industry. In this research, we identified investment determinants through prior research and stratified them, and then surveyed the investor group at the beginning of the start-up using the FGI method, and determined the order of the investment determinants of investors. At the same time, we classified 41 start-ups related to the water industry into two groups: the group that received investment and the group that did not in the early stages of the start-up. Then we investigated the understanding of the investor's investment determinants, ranked them, and compared them by using the AHP technique. Through this, this research proposes five implications. First, it is important for start-ups in the early stages to receive seed investment to revitalize investment for startups in the water industry. For this, startups need to understand investors and prepare to attract investment with the perspective of angel investors rather than the perspective of VC investors. Second, Start-ups in the water sector should consider that the characteristics of the founder are important in order to receive seed investment, and also need to define their business at the industry and market level, and provide relevant rationale to meet the expectations of investors who value industry expertise and experience, and to increase the possibility of seed investment, which is important in the early stages of a startup. Third, institutions, such as K-water(Korea Water Resources Corporation), that support water industry startups need to conduct open innovation business opportunities discovery programs linked to startups so that startups currently participating in the startup support program could have business opportunities from the business infrastructure of platform-forming companies in the water industry. In particular, such institutions should help founders develop their industrial expertise and careers by supporting this type of start-up preparation process through the participation of in-house venture founders. Fourth, when K-water uses the government start-up support fund to discover and foster founders, it should increase initial contact with seed investors, conduct more thorough verification of business plans, and develop programs that use government start-up support funds to prepare a business suitable for seed angel investors. Fifth, K-water should support seed by connecting funds for initial investment among funds operated by itself. It is also necessary to develop a program that links the company receiving the seed investment with VC investment, not angel investment in cooperation with the VC fund operation entity participating as an LP so that companies that have attracted seed investment could attract follow-up VC investment.

Analyses of Capsaicinoids and Ascorbic Acid in Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) Breeding Lines (고추의 육성계통에 따른 Capsaicinoids와 Ascorbic Acid 분석)

  • Jung, Mi-Ri;Hwang, Young;Kim, Hae-Young;Jeong, Heong-Sang;Park, Ji-Sung;Park, Dong-Bok;Lee, Jun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.39 no.11
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    • pp.1705-1709
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    • 2010
  • Peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) are a rich source of phytochemicals including polyphenolics, flavonoids, capsaicinoids and ascorbic acid. Capsaicinoids are a group of 12 or more related alkaloids responsible for the pungent sensation in the fruits of the genus Capsicum. Ascorbic acid is another functional and nutritional constituent of peppers. In this study, the contents of two major capsaicinoids (capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin) and ascorbic acid in 131 pepper breeding lines were quantified by HPLC. In 131 pepper breeding lines, capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin contents were in the range of 0.0 to 219.6 and 0.0 to 110.8 mg/100 g, respectively. The breeding lines with higher capsaicin content contained higher dihydrocapsaicin content as well. Ascorbic acid contents were 264.9 to 1695.5 mg/100 g for the 131 pepper breeding lines. The analytical method validation parameters including accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility were calculated to ensure the method's validity. This study provides basic information to plant breeders and biotechnologists who are planning to breed genotypes with high content of phytochemicals.

A Survey on Adulteration and Safety of Sesame oil Circulated in Gwangju (광주지역에서 유통되고 있는 참기름의 진위판별 및 안전성 조사)

  • Yang, Yong-Shik;Kim, Jong-Pil;Seo, Kye-Won;Cho, Bae-Sick;Gang, Gyung-Lee;Kim, Eun-Sun;Park, Jong-Tae
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.212-217
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    • 2008
  • This survey was conducted to monitor the adulteration of sesame oil circulated in Gwangju, 2007. A total of 60 samples was tested by analysis of fatty acid composition. Of these samples, 22 were from large-scale manufacturer, 25 were from small-scale manufacturer and 13 from Bangagan. First of all, in goods manufactured by large-scale company, there are no sesame oils where linolenic acid($C_{18:3}$) exceed regulatory guidance(0.5%). 5 samples from small-scale manufacturer contained linolenic acid from 0.90% to 8.38%, which means that they have other cooking oil, such as com oil, soybean oil and rape seed oil. Among Bangagan goods, only one sample have 1.20% of linolenic acid. On the other hand erucic acid($C_{22:1}$) was not detected in 60 samples at all, which means that they were not adulterated with rape seed oil. And among 6 samples of exceeding 0.5% of linolenic acid and 12 samples from Bangagan, 13 of them had benzo(a)pyrene from $0.2{\mu}g/kg\;to\;0.7{\mu}g/kg$ and the other 5 samples did not.

Design and Implementation of 10 Giga VPN Acceleration Board (10 Giga급 VPN 가속보드 설계 및 구현)

  • 김기현;한종욱
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.661-664
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    • 2003
  • Trade-off of sorority and speed always exists in the latest network environment. Recently, developed security processors is improved very performance, and sorority connection algorithms of a lot of part were embodied by hardware. This high speed security processor is essential ingredient in string network security solution equipment development that require very big band width. In this paper, we wish to describe about design and implementation of 10 Giga VPN equipments. In this system, embodied 10 Giga to use Cavium company's Nitrox-II processor, and supports two SP14-2 interface and PCI interface. All of the password algorithm that password algorithm that support is used in common use VPN equipment for compatibility with common use VPN equipment are supported and support SEED algorithm developed in domestic. Designed to support IPsec and SSL protocol, and supports all of In-Line structure that is profitable in high speed transaction and the Look-Aside structure that is profitable in practical use degree of NPU(Network Processor Unit).

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Antitumor Activity of Cell Suspension Culture of Green Tea Seed (Camellia sinensis L.)

  • Choi, Jae-Hoon;Yoon, Sang-Kun;Lee, Keyong-Ho;Seo, Min-Soo;Kim, Doo-Hwan;Hong, Seung-Beom;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Paik, Hyun-Dong;Kim, Chang-Han
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.396-401
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the antitumor activity of suspension cultures of tea callus cells grown in the presence of different concentrations of the growth regulator 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) with or without light irradiation. The methanol and ethanol extracts of precipitated cells (MEP, EEP) exhibited stronger inhibitory effects on the growth of tumor cell lines than the water extract of precipitated cells (WEP) or the supernatant Compared to culture under dark conditions, exposure to light irradiation led to significantly higher antitumor activity. The MEP from light irradiated cells at $250{\mu}g/mL$ with 2.0mg/L 2,4-D displayed more than 64% growth inhibition of HEP-2 cells, whereas normal cells showed less than 25% growth inhibition. The some fractions of MEP obtained from Diaion HP-20 column chromatography displayed the majority of inhibitory activity against the HEP-2 cell line. These results show that 2,4-D, and light stimulated the synthesis of antitumor compounds.

Breeding for New Evergreen Dianthus Cultivar 'URI 2010-6' with Bright Red Flower Color (밝은 적색계의 상록성 패랭이꽃 신품종 'URI 2010-6' 육성)

  • Park, Kong-Young;Hwang, Hyeon-Jeong;Choi, Geun-Won
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.143-148
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    • 2015
  • A new Dianthus cultivar 'URI 2010-6' was selected among F1 progenies from a cross between interspecific hybrid 'Evergreen Emerald' as the seed parent and D. chinensis ' Ruby' as the pollen parent. In 2007, the cross w as made, and the seedlings of $F_1$ progenies were obtained and investigated. After three rounds of characteristic evaluation from 2008 to 2010, a clone was selected and registered as 'URI 2010-6' at the Korea Seed and Variety Service (plant variety protection number: 4431) in 2011. The flower of 'URI 2010-6' is caryophyllaceous, single type, and mainly bright red (Red, N79C) with secondary white (White, N155C) on the edge or as spots on the petal. The flower has diameter of 2.7 cm and length of 0.8 cm. This cultivar blooms continuously about 150 d on average and may be used as evergreen plant during winter months.

Differential expression of pistil genes induced by $CO_2$ treatment in chinese cabbage ($CO_2$ 처리에 의한 배추 화주 유전자의 특이적 발현 연구)

  • Hong, Mun-Young;Kim, Ki-Tae;Min, Byung-Hoon;Baek, Nam-Kwon;Lee, Chul-Woo;Jeong, Yong-Yun
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 1999
  • Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris), one of the major vegetable crops in Korea, undergoes self-incompatible pathway for reproduction. To maintain inbred lines of chinese cabbage, a method in that $CO_2$ gas is treated to the pistils to break the self-incompatibility and thereby self-pollens can successfully make germination and fertilization has been selectively used in speed company. In this study, the pistil genes induced by the $CO_2$ treatment was investigated by mRNA differential display (DD-PCR) method. The result shows PCR products amplified in a differential pattern from both $CO_2$ gas treated- and untreated-pistil mRNAs, suggesting that the pistil genes are probably regulated positively and also negatively by the $CO_2$ gas.

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The Effects of Natural Disinfectants Naringin on Corneal Epithelium and Endothelium of Rabbit - By Scanning Electron Microscopy (천연보존제 나린진이 가토안의 각막 상피와 내피에 미치는 영향 - 주사전자현미경을 통한 고찰)

  • Kim, In-Suk;Yoo, Geun-Chang;Chae, Soo-Chul;Jeon, Chang-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2005
  • The effects of R products of B company and natural disinfectant naringin, well-known chemical disinfectant on Corneal endothelium and epithelium of rabbit were observed by scanning electron microscope. The main component of naringin is extract of grapefruit seed, which is one of the flavonoid widely recognized as natural antioxidants and used as preservative agent of food and cosmetics. The chemical disinfectants cytotoxicity in cell cultures were announced by MIT assay and LDH leakage assay. But there has been no study about that chemical disinfectants and natural disinfectants is inserted drops on rabbit's cornea directly. In this test R products B company and natural disinfectants has been dropped on the cornea of rabbits for one weeks and observed cytotoxiciy by light camera after rose bengal staining. Also, we analysed the damage of corneal epithelium and endothelium morphologically after enucleating the cornea by scanning electron microscope.

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