• 제목/요약/키워드: Utilization Efficiency

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Effect of High Dietary Carbohydrate on the Growth Performance, Blood Chemistry, Hepatic Enzyme Activities and Growth Hormone Gene Expression of Wuchang Bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) at Two Temperatures

  • Zhou, Chuanpeng;Ge, Xianping;Liu, Bo;Xie, Jun;Chen, Ruli;Ren, Mingchun
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2015
  • The effects of high carbohydrate diet on growth, serum physiological response, and hepatic heat shock protein 70 expression in Wuchang bream were determined at $25^{\circ}C$ and $30^{\circ}C$. At each temperature, the fish fed the control diet (31% CHO) had significantly higher weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio and hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activities, lower feed conversion ratio and hepatosomatic index (HSI), whole crude lipid, serum glucose, hepatic glucokinase (GK) activity than those fed the high-carbohydrate diet (47% CHO) (p<0.05). The fish reared at $25^{\circ}C$ had significantly higher whole body crude protein and ash, serum cholesterol and triglyceride, hepatic G-6-Pase activity, lower glycogen content and relative levels of hepatic growth hormone (GH) gene expression than those reared at $30^{\circ}C$ (p<0.05). Significant interaction between temperature and diet was found for HSI, condition factor, hepatic GK activity and the relative levels of hepatic GH gene expression (p<0.05).

병상 이용의 적절성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 -한 대학병원 자료를 중심으로- (Appropriateness of Bed Utilization in One University Hospital)

  • 이상일;김용익;신영수
    • 보건행정학회지
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 1993
  • This study is designed to find clues to make a plan for efficient hospital bed utilization. Author has tried to estimate the level of appropriateness and to find out factors affecting intra-hospital variation of inappropriate bed utilization using modified Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol of which criteria are based on service intensity and patients' conditions. Systematic random sampling was done from the population of inpatients during one month in on university hospital. Data were collected by concurrent and retrospective medical record review and analysed by multiple logistic regression. In medical services, 83.5% of admission reveals appropriate and the level of inappropriate admission shows significant differences by patients' residence, type of department admitted to, admission 개\ulcorner, and length of stay. In surgical services, 97.3% and 34.7% are appropriate in location and timing of surgery respectively. Inappropriate timing of surgery differs significantly depending on patients' age, type of department admitted to, admission route, and length of stay. Sixty two percent of hospital days shows appropriate and the level of inappropriateness show marked differences by patients'age, type of services, admission routes, part of the month, part of the stay, and length of stay. Inappropriate hospital days are due to inappropriate level of care, premature admission, improper scheduling of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, and problems in scheduling surgery in sequence. In conclusion, substantially high proportion of inappropriate hospital bed utilization was confirmed. To reduce it, it is necessary to develop alternative services with which can replace inpatient services, and to introduce utilization management system which may include internal peer review.

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R32/R152a 혼합냉매를 적용한 해양온도차발전의 기초성능해석 (Basic performance analysis of ocean thermal energy conversion using the refrigerant mixture R32/R152a)

  • 차상원;이호생;문덕수;김현주
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.502-507
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    • 2014
  • 본 논문에서는 혼합작동유체를 해양온도차발전에 적용하였을 때에 그에 따른 사이클의 성능특성에 대해 연구를 수행하였다. 다양한 혼합작동유체 중 본 논문에서는 R32/R152a를 해양온도차발전에 적용하였다. 사이클로는 기존의 밀폐형사이클, 암모니아/물 혼합물에 적용하고 있는 칼리나 사이클에 대해 시뮬레이션 해석을 수행하였고, 온열원의 온도는 $26^{\circ}C$, 냉열원의 온도는 $5^{\circ}C$를 적용하였다. R32를 적용한 밀폐사이클의 출력은 22kW, 사이클의 효율은 2.02%를 보였다. 혼합작동유체를 적용하였을 때에 R32/R152a(90%:10%)의 출력은 29.93kW, 사이클 효율은 2.78%로 기존의 단일 냉매보다 36%, 사이클효율은 37%상승함을 확인 하였다. 칼리나 사이클 또한 위와 같은 방법으로 연구를 수행하였다.

Efficiency Analysis of Chinese Blockchain Concept Stock Listed Companies

  • Yan, Hai-Shui;Kim, Hyung-Ho;Yang, Jun-Won
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2020
  • With the continuous development and application of Internet technology, in recent years, new technologies such as cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things, and AI are becoming more and more familiar to the general public. The development of a digital society has entered a new period of development. In this paper, we used on the 2018 annual data of 50 listed companies with blockchain concept stocks in China. Using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to study and analyze the input-output efficiency, it can be concluded that the input-output efficiency of 50 listed companies is very different. Inefficient companies are as high as 62%. Most companies have a large room for improvement in input-output efficiency due to uneconomical scale or inefficient technology. In order to better improve the company's input-output efficiency, one must improve the efficiency of resource utilization, optimize the company's research and development costs and the input and management of technical personnel; the second is to increase technological innovation and business innovation.

일 종합병원 병동 간호단위의 간호효율성 평가-자료포락분석의 적용 (Evaluation of the Efficiency of General Nursing Units using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA))

  • 이수연;임지영
    • 가정∙방문간호학회지
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of nursing units in a hospital using DEA. Methods: Data were collected using the medical information system of a general hospital in a city. Input variables were number of nurses, number of nurse-aides, number of beds, and overhead costs. Output variables included number of admitted patients, rate of bed utilization, satisfaction of discharged patients, and prevention rate of safety accidents and sores. EMS Window version 3.1 was used to measure the efficiency score and descriptive statistics were applied to analyze the general characteristics of variables. Results: The average efficiency score of 18 general nursing units was approximately .99. Nine nursing units had a 1.00 efficiency score. Conclusion: Our findings reveal that nursing units operated very efficiently. To increase efficiency of inefficient nursing units, we recommend results of the DEA slack analysis as a benchmark of the most efficient nursing unit.

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저압 에어포그 시스템을 설치한 온실의 냉방효율 (Cooling Efficiency of Low Pressure Compressed Air Fogging System in Naturally Ventilated Greenhouses)

  • 남상운;김영식;성인모;고기혁
    • 한국농공학회논문집
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    • 제54권5호
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2012
  • In order to derive the efficient utilization of low pressure compressed air fogging system, cooling efficiencies with control types were analyzed through cooling experiments in tomato greenhouses. The control types were set up with temperature control, humidity control, temperature and humidity control, and time control. It showed that the cooling effects were 0.7 to $3.3^{\circ}C$ on average and maximum of 4.3 to $7.0^{\circ}C$, the humidification effects were 3.5 to 13.5 % on average and maximum of 14.3 to 24.4 %. Both the cooling and humidification effect were the highest in the time control method. The cooling efficiency of the air fogging system was not high with 8.3 to 27.3 % on average. However, the cooling efficiency of 24.6 to 27.3 % which appears from the time control is similar to the cooling efficiency of high pressure fogging system experimented in Japan. The air fogging system is operated by low pressure, but its efficiency is similar to high pressure. We think because it uses compressed air. From this point of view, we suggest that the air fogging system can get the cooling efficiency of similar levels to that of high pressure fogging system and it will have an advantage from clogging problem of nozzle etc.

A Novel Hitting Frequency Point Collision Avoidance Method for Wireless Dual-Channel Networks

  • Quan, Hou-De;Du, Chuan-Bao;Cui, Pei-Zhang
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.941-955
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    • 2015
  • In dual-channel networks (DCNs), all frequency hopping (FH) sequences used for data channels are chosen from the original FH sequence used for the control channel by shifting different initial phases. As the number of data channels increases, the hitting frequency point problem becomes considerably serious because DCNs is non-orthogonal synchronization network and FH sequences are non-orthogonal. The increasing severity of the hitting frequency point problem consequently reduces the resource utilization efficiency. To solve this problem, we propose a novel hitting frequency point collision avoidance method, which consists of a sequence-selection strategy called sliding correlation (SC) and a collision avoidance strategy called keeping silent on hitting frequency point (KSHF). SC is used to find the optimal phase-shifted FH sequence with the minimum number of hitting frequency points for a new data channel. The hitting frequency points and their locations in this optimal sequence are also derived for KSHF according to SC strategy. In KSHF, the transceivers transmit or receive symbol information not on the hitting frequency point, but on the next frequency point during the next FH period. Analytical and simulation results demonstrate that unlike the traditional method, the proposed method can effectively reduce the number of hitting frequency points and improve the efficiency of the code resource utilization.

진단방사선 영역에서 증감지의 유효이용에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Effective Utilization of Intensifying Screens in the Region of Diagnostic Radiology)

  • 김영근;이경섭
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 1999
  • In order to obtain effective utilization of intensifying screens[$CaWO_4(W),\;Gd_2O_2S:Tb(Gd)$, BaFCl : Eu(Ba)] over the diagnostic radiology range, we calculated absorption coefficient (${\mu}$), absorption efficiency (${\eta}_{\alpha}$) and absorbed energy ratio(R) and analyzed effects of these properties on X-ray image, finally concluded as below. Regardless of presence of contrast media, absorption coefficient of Gd the highest and decreased with increase of thickness and kVp. Absorption efficiency related with absorbance of fluorescent materials showed the highest value for the Gd, and discontinuous points exhibited at around $80{\sim}90\;kVp$ and $90{\sim}100kVp$ for the Ba and the Gd, respectively. Furthermore, the absorbed energy ratio(R) correspond to contrast of reflection showed the largest value for the W in the absence of contrast media, and for the Gd in the case of the existence of it, and the ratio was decreased with increasing of incident energy. Owing to these properties, we assumed that it was more preferable to use rare earth type intensifying screen for the radiography using in the C.M.(I, Ba), while in the general radiography, $CaWO_4$ intensifying screen was applicable.

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Rate Effects of Swine Manure Fermented with Sawdust on Efficiency of Nitrogen Utilization of Silage Corn and Soil Fertility

  • Yook, Wan-Bang;Park, Dong-Ho;Park, Ki-Chun
    • 한국초지조사료학회지
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2000
  • This study was carried out to examine the effects of animal manure on efficiency of the nitrogen utilization of silage corn (Zea mays L.) and soil fertility. The experiment was conducted on the field plot at Gongiam, Kwangju, Kyunggi-Do for 3 years, from 1996 to 1998, and arranged in split-plot design with three replications. The main plots were two kinds of composts such as swine manure fermented with sawdust (SMFWS) and swine manure fermented without sawdust (SMF). Subplots were the nitrogen fertilization rate (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400kgNhalyear). The nitrogen (N) yield increased as the nitrogen fertilization rate increased up to a rate of 300 kg Nha, but decreased at rate of 400 kg Nlha. Nitrogen yield in SMF treatments was higher than that of SMFWS treatments. But there were no significant differences between SMFWS and SMF treatments. Organic matter (OM) content of the soils in SMFWS was higher than that of SMF, &d was not significantly different between SMFWS and SMF treatments. OM content increased with increasing the nitrogen fertilization rate. Total nitrogen (TN) content of the soils increased as the nitrogen fertilization rate increased. No difference of TN content was found between SMFWS and SMF treatments. (Key words : Swine manure, Compost, Corn, Sawdust, Nutritive value)

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Pigment Reduction to Improve Photosynthetic Productivity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

  • Kim, Nag-Jong;Lee, Jeong-Kug;Lee, Choul-Gyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.442-449
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    • 2004
  • Improving the light utilization efficiency of photosynthetic cells in photobioreactors (PBRs) is a major topic in algal biotechnology. Accordingly, in the current study we investigated the effect and suitability of photosynthetic pigment reduction for improving light utilization efficiency. The light-harvesting complex II (LH-II) genes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides were removed to construct a mutant strain with less pigment content. The mutant strain exhibited a slower growth rate than the wild-type under a low light intensity, while the mutant grew faster under a high light intensity. In addition, the specific absorption coefficient was lower in the mutant due to its reduced pigment content, thus it seemed that light penetrated deeper into its culture broth. However, the distance (light penetration depth) from the surface of the PBR to the compensation point did not increase, due to an increase in the compensation irradiance of the mutant strain. Experimental data showed that a reduced photosynthetic pigment content, which lessened the photoinhibition under high-intensity light, helped the volumetric productivity of photosynthetic microorganisms.