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A Study on the Characteristics of Ambient Suspended Particulate Matter at Coastal Area, Kangwha (해안지역 대기부유미립자상 물질의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 강공언;우상윤;강병욱;김희강
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 1994
  • In order to investigate the regional level of air pollutants at Kangwha island situated on the western coast in Korea, the suspended particulate matter samples were collected by using the low volume air sampler on ten interval from March 1992 to February 1993 and the mass concentration of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and the chemical composition of water-soluble major ionic components in SPM samples were measured. During the sampling period, the average concentration of SPM under diameter 10 $\mu$m was found to be 48 $\mu$g/m$^3$ (+ 12). The seasonal concentration of SPM was showed in order of spring>fall>winter>summer. It was considered that higher concentration on spring than other season was affected by the long-range transport of Yellow sand particulate from China continent and lower concentration on summer by the washout and rainout effect of large rainfall. The content of water-soluble component in SPM samples was founded to be about 31% (14.69 $\mu$g/m$^3$) and 65% was unknown or unanalyzed. The content of cationic component showed in order of NH$_4^+$ (44.6%)>Na$^+$ (21.2%)>K$^+$ (14.7%)>Ca$^{2+}$ (13.6%)>Mg$^{2+}$ (5.9 %) and the content of anionic component SO$_4^{2-}$ (62.5%)>NO$_3^-$ (22.3%)>Cl$^-$ (15.2%), respectively. This fact indicates that ammonium and sulfate ion of water-soluble component in SPM sample were dominant in this region. From the chemical composition of water-soluble component, the most of Na$^+$, Mg$^{2+}$ and Cl$^-$ were originated from seawater source but K$^+$, Ca$^{2+}$ and SO$_4^{2-}$ were originated from other non-marine source. The contribution of seasalt to the composition of precipitation was 23%.

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Large-Scale Environmental Effects on the Mass Assembly of Dark Matter Halos

  • Jung, Intae;Lee, Jaehyun;Yi, Sukyoung K.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.32.2-32.2
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    • 2013
  • We examine large-scale environmental effects on the formation and the mass growth of dark matter halos. To facilitate this, we constructed dark matter halo merger trees from a cosmological N-body simulation, which enabled us to trace the merger information and the assembly history of individual halos. In fact, since the massive halos are more likely to be distributed in denser regions than in less dense regions (Mo & White, 1996), the large-scale environment dependence of the properties of halos can be partly originated from the halo mass effect. In order to avoid such contamination, caused by the mass dependence of halo properties, we carefully measured the local overdensity as the indicator of large-scale environment, which was calculated to be as independent of halo mass as possible. Small halos (${\sim}10^{11-12}M_{\odot}$), which usually host isolated single galaxies, show a notable difference on the formation time of galaxies depending on their large-scale environments, which reconfirms halo assembly bias (Gao & White, 2007). Furthermore, we investigate how this environmental effect on small halos is correlated with the mass assembly history of galaxies by using our semi-analytic model. We found that assembly bias in small halos does not have significant effects on the formation time or on the star formation history of galaxies residing in those halos except for the individual stellar mass of galaxies at z = 0. On average, isolated galaxies in high-density regions tend to be slightly more massive than those in low-density regions. Although the observational data from the current galaxy surveys is not yet sufficient for testing this prediction, future galaxy surveys will be able to explore these small galaxies more thoroughly.

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Investigation "On the Paddy Storage at the Farm Level" (농가의 미곡저장실태)

  • 김용환;서상용;김성태;나우정;민영봉
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 1980
  • This study was carried out to investigate the actual environmental paddy storage conditions in conventional Korean farm warehouses. The paddy storage conditions by the locations and sizes of warehouses were figured out. The effectiveness of the small insulated box for storing paddy was also examined. Observations were made at sixteen different warehouses located in Moonsan-Myeon, Jinyandg-gun, Gyungnam Province from July lst to September 28 th, the period which was considered to be the worst for storing grains. The results are as follows ; 1. the average temperatures of rough rice and air inside the warehouse were 0.9 and 0.7$^\circ$ higher than the outside air temperature. 2. The average relative humidity in warehouses was 1.5percent higher than that of the atomosphere. This fact resulted in the increased moisture content of grains. Therefore, the ventilation for equalizing the relative humidity of inside and outside of warehouses was required. 3. The dry matter of stored rough rice was decreased by 1.1 percent in average druing the observation period. In order to reduce the dry matter loss, application of new grain storing method ;hermetic storage or filling inert gas storage, was highly recommended. 4. Environmental conditions for storing rough rice in a warehouse located in a sloping site are, in general , better than those of a warehouse located in a flat site. But as far as the dry matter of rough rice was concerned, above situation is not always satisfactory. Because it is fairly frequent to observe the higher rate of moisture absorption by grains stored in a warehouse located in a sloping site. 5. Environmental conditions for storing rough rice in a large-scale warehouse were better than those in a small size warehouse. Therefore, it is advisible for farmers to store their grins in the large-scale warehouses commonly used by villagers. 6. It was undesirable to store rough in a insulated box.

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FLY-BY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN DARK MATTER HALOS IN COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS

  • AN, SUNG-HO;KIM, JEONGHWAN H.;YUN, KIYUN;KIM, JUHAN;YOON, SUK-JIN
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.331-333
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    • 2015
  • Gravitational interactions - mergers and fly-by encounters - between galaxies play a key role as the drivers of their evolution. Here we perform a cosmological N-body simulation using the tree-particle-mesh code GOTPM, and attempt to separate out the effects of mergers and fly-bys between dark matter halos. Once close pair halos are identified by the halo finding algorithm PSB, they are classified into mergers ($E_{12}$ < 0) and fly-by encounters ($E_{12}$ > 0) based on the total energy ($E_{12}$) between two halos. The fly-by and merger fractions as functions of redshift, halo masses, and ambient environments are calculated and the result shows the following.(1) Among Milky-way sized halos ($0.33-2.0{\times}10^{12}h^{-1}M{\odot}$), $5.37{\pm}0.03%$ have experienced major fly-bys and $7.98{\pm}0.04%$ have undergone major mergers since z ~ 1; (2) Among dwarf halos ($0.1-0.33{\times}10^{12}h^{-1}M{\odot}$), $6.42{\pm}0.02%$ went through major fly-bys and $9.51{\pm}0.03%$ experienced major mergers since z ~ 1; (3) Milky-way sized halos in the cluster environment experienced fly-bys (mergers) 4-11(1.5-1.7) times more frequently than those in the field since z ~ 1; and (4) Approaching z = 0, the fly-by fraction decreases sharply with the merger fraction remaining constant, implying that the empirical pair/merger fractions (that decrease from z ~ 1) are in fact driven by the fly-bys, not by the mergers themselves.

Contactor Coupled Sequencing Batch Reactor for Nitrogen Removal (접촉조 결합형 연속회분식반응조를 이용한 질소제거)

  • Nam, Se-Yong;Lee, Sang-Min;Kim, Dong-Wook;Seo, Yong-Chan
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1141-1145
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    • 2005
  • A contactor coupled sequencing batch reactor composed of pre-anoxic contact zone and intermittently aerated zone was proposed and operated for nitrogen removal. Emphasis was placed on the fact that the contactor can be operated in a rapid reaction mode that results In biological uptake but incomplete metabolism of organic matter. Consequently, 61.2% of the sewage SCOD was adsorbed to activated sludge by 30-minute contact reaction. The specific uptake of organic matter was 22.3 mg SCOD/g MLVSS that enhanced the denitrification efficiency in the following denitrification stage. The removal efficiencies of the organic matter(SCOD) and the total nitrogen(T-N) were 86% and about 60% at the TCOD/TKN ratio as low as 6.0, respectively.

The Changes of Specific Surface Area of Soils after Peroxidation and Its Implication for the Calculation of Critical toads of Soil Acidification (Peroxidation 전후의 토양 비표면적 변화와 토양산성화 임계부하량 계산에의 의의)

  • Yeo, Sang-Jin;Lee, Bumhan;Soyoung Sung;Kim, Soo-Jin
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.195-204
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    • 2002
  • Mineralogy and the exposed surface area are two of the most important factors controlling dissolution and weathering rates of soils. The mixture of inorganic and organic materials of various size distributions and structures that constitute soils makes the calculation of weathering rates difficult. The surface area of soil minerals plays an important role in most of programs for calculating the weathering rates and critical loads. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurement is recommended for the measurement of specific surface area. However, BET values measured without organic matter removal are in fact those far all the N2-adsorbed surface areas, including the surfaces covered and aggregated with organisms. Surfaces occupied by organisms are assumed to be more reactive to weathering by organic activities. Therefore, the BET surface area difference before and after organic removal depicts the area occupied by organisms. The present study shows that the BET values after organic matter removal using $H_2$O$_2$ are larger than those without removal by 1.68~4.87 $m^2$/g. This implies that BET measurement without organic removal excludes the reactive area occupied by organisms and that the area occupied by organisms in soils is much larger than expected. It is suggested that specific surface area measurement for calculating weathering rates of mineral soils should be made before and after organic matter removal. The results of a column experiment are presented to demonstrate the potential retarding influence that this organic matter may have on mineral dissolution and weathering.

A Constructive Study on the Carriers Liability Clauses of the Liner Bill of Lading (정기선용(定期船用) 표준선하증권상(標準船荷證券上)의 해상운송인(海上運送人) 책임약관(責任約款)에 관한 해석논적(解釋論的) 고찰(考察))

  • Kim, Jin-Kwon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.283-296
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    • 2001
  • As a matter of fact, the document which has been developed to resolve the obvious conflicts between the interests of buyer and seller is the bill of lading. The bill of lading provides the seller with some security against default by the buyer and the buyer with some assurance of performance of the seller before the buyer is required to make payment. So to speak, the B/L provides some extent protection for both seller and buyer. This is a study on the construction of Liner Bill of Lading(Code name : CONLINEBILL) adopted by BIMCO(The Baltic and International Maritime Conference) and is using a basic bill of lading in the liner ships operation. In this study, the writer makes a wider and deeper study of rights of rights and obligations of Contract Parties by means of the rules of construction, specially focusing the Carriers liability under Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971(COGSA 1971), Hague-Visby Rules and Korea Commercial Law.

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Relationships between Soil Factors and Growth of Annual Ring in Pinus densiflora on Stony Mountain (바위산의 토양요인과 소나무의 연륜생장 사이의 관계)

  • Lee, Chang Seok;Joon Ho Kim
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.151-159
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    • 1987
  • Relationships between soil factors and the growth of annual ring of Pinus densiflora grown on stony mountain were investigated at two sites of the different parent rocks: the one was formed by granite at Mt. Gwanag, Seoul and the other feldspar porphyry at Mt. Bipa, Daegu. The growth of annual ring was influenced by the physical factors of soil, such as soil depth, field caacity and water content of soil, rather than by the KDICical factors, such as total nitrogen, potassium, and calcium of soil. Of the soil factors affecting the growth of annual ring, soil depth, field capacity, water content of soil and organic matter closely interrelated with each other. All of these factors influenced water content of soil which might affect the water potential of Pinus densiflora leaves. In fact, the leaf water potential, affecting as the main factor for the growth of annual ring, of the pine grown in a deep soil was higher than that of the pine in a shallow soil.

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Waste Load Allocation of Hwanggujicheon Watershed Using Optimization Technique (최적화기법을 이용한 황구지천유역의 오염부하량 할당)

  • Cho, Jae Heon;Chung, Wook Jin;Lee, Jong Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.728-737
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    • 2005
  • Water quality of the Hwanggujicheon is poor because of the rapid housing and development in the large area of the basin. Establishment of water quality management strategy, based on the pollution sources survey and pollutant loads estimation, has to be established for the preservation of the stream water quality of the region. In this study, waste load allocation model to achieve the water quality goal of the stream and the optimization of pollutant load reduction, was developed. Nonpoint pollutant loads calculated by runoff model in the previous study are utilized for pollutant loads estimation of the drainage areas in this study. From the application result of the allocation model, water quality goals of the Hwanggujicheon that can be achieved as a matter of fact are BOD 8 mg/L. To achieve these goals, 23% of effluent BOD loads have to be reduced in the basin.

A Study on The Present State of Housing in Uijeongbu City (의정부시 주택 현황에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Whan
    • Journal of The Korean Digital Architecture Interior Association
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2004
  • This study is to furnish basic data for establishing the improvement counterplan of Housing environment and to solve the problem of Housing supply resulting from the continuous increase of population and to examine the historical flowing, the present condition and problems of Housing in Uijeongbu city. Including of the multi-house to the number of Housing, the supply ratio of Housing is 95% in quantity of the Housing in Uijeongbu city in 2004. Now, it is important time in the respect of quality as well as the quantity in supply matter of Housing. In fact, the main viewpoint in housing supply policy has been brought focus into the economic profits more than public interests. As a result of that, the residence environment has been worse. From now on, a Local autonomous entity including the construction authorities and Uijeongbu city authorities must focus on the public interests in solving problems of Housing.

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