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Adsorption Analysis of Fluorescent Whitening Agent on Cellulosic Fibers by Zeta Potential Measurement (지료의 제타전위 측정을 통한 형광증백제의 흡착 평가)

  • Lee, Ji Young;Kim, Eun Hea;Kim, Chul Hwan;Park, Jong Hye
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.106-112
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    • 2015
  • Many researchers have proposed analytical methods to measure the adsorption of di-sulpho fluorescent whitening agents (D-FWAs), but practical methods for D-FWA utilization in an actual paper mill have not been established. In particular, the D-FWA adsorption behavior must be monitored in paper mills to ensure the effective use of D-FWAs. This study used the zeta-potential of pulps as an indicator of the adsorption behavior of a D-FWA. We identified the relationship between the actual adsorption of the D-FWA and the zeta-potential of the pulps as a function of D-FWA addition. zeta-potential measurements were then used to analyze the D-FWA adsorption behavior under different conditions of pulp type, conductivity, and pH. The actual adsorption of a D-FWA was proportional to the ${\Delta}zeta-potential$ of the pulps (i.e., the difference between the zeta-potential of a pulp containing no D-FWA and one containing the D-FWA). The ${\Delta}zeta-potential$ of the pulps was therefore adopted for adsorption analysis. A higher adsorption of the D-FWA was observed onto Hw-BKP than onto Sw-BKP because of the shorter fiber length and higher fines content of Hw-BKP. A high conductivity and an acidic pH decreased the D-FWA adsorption because of direct effects of high ion concentrations and low pH on the D-FWA solubility. Therefore, a D-FWA must be added to Hw-BKP under low conductivity conditions and at neutral or alkaline pH to optimize the D-FWA adsorption.

Research on management plan of Defense Facilities and Equipments through DRES (국방연구시설장비 정보시스템(DRES)을 통한 국방연구시설·장비 관리 방안 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-sik
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2018
  • Major countries stay to expand invest in R&D to promote new growth engines in the future and to secure new technologies and Korea is also expanding to R&D investment. Quality of R&D investment is getting more Important than quantity of R&D investment because Korea's indicator related to R&D investment is already world class with other countries's investment scale by comparison with GDP. According to this trend, Korea's policy in R&D is focusing the R&D Innovation Plan and "Utilization of R&D Facility and Equipment(F&E)" has been getting important. In this research, it research on facility and equipment management plan through Defense R&D Equipment information System(DRES). It analyzes existing process F&E in Defense field and Nation. Furthermore, it explains major process, function, and menu reflecting Defense F&E management rule enacted recently. Lastly, it shows the development direction for Defense F&E management.

Utilization of nitrate stable isotopes of Chydorus sphaericus (OF Müller) to elucidate the hydrological characteristics of riverine wetlands in the Nakdong River, South Korea

  • CHOI, Jong-Yun;KIM, Seong-Ki;KIM, Jeong-Cheol;LA, Geung-Hwan
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.461-468
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    • 2019
  • Background: This study aimed to identify NO3--N sources using the stable isotope δ15N in Chydorus sphaericus (OF Müller), to investigate hydrological characteristics and nutrient states in artificial wetlands near the Nakdong River. Chydorus sphaericus is dominant in wetlands where aquatic plants are abundant, occurring in high density, and is sensitive to wetland water pollution, making it suitable for identification of NO3--N sources. Results: NO3--N sources for each wetland were strongly dependent on hydrological characteristics. Wetlands with sewage or rainfall/groundwater as their main sources had high levels of NO3--N, whereas wetlands with surface water as their main input had comparatively lower levels. Since wetlands with sewage and rainfall/groundwater as their main water sources were mostly detention ponds, their inputs from tributaries or the main river stream were limited and nutrients such as NO3--N easily become concentrated. Changes in NO3--N levels at each wetland were closely associated with δ15N of C. sphaericus. Interestingly, regression analysis also showed positive correlation between δ15N of C. sphaericus and NO3--N level. Conclusions: We conclude that the nitrate stable isotope (δ15N) of C. sphaericus can be used to elucidate the hydrological characteristics of riverine wetlands. This information is important for maintenance and conservation of artificial wetlands at the Nakdong River.

Evaluation of the Effect of Clinical Practice Guideline using Systematic Review (체계적 고찰 방법을 이용한 임상진료지침 정책효과 평가)

  • Lee, Sun-Hee;Ha, Gwi-Yeom;Kim, Ju-Hye;Seo, Ju-Hyun;Kim, Hyun-Mi
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.62-98
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    • 2009
  • A systematic review of the literatures was conducted to evaluate the effect of clinical practice guideline. The 77 studies were identified from a computerized search of published research on MEDLINE, Science-Direct and Blackwell synergy from January, 1997 to October, 2007. The main search terms were "clinical practice guideline" and "effectiveness", "clinical practice guideline" and "impact", "clinical practice guideline" and "evaluation". These studies were assessed the Quality twice by one Qualified expert and converted into weighted scale. The 63 studies were eligible inclusion criteria and subdivided into type of effect. Final indicator using for policy effect of clinical practice guidelines were classified as 4 categories; "improvement of outcomes" in 81 studies, "betterment in practice patterns" in 68 studies, "rationalization in resource utilization" in 84 studies and "cost containment" in 31 studies. The vote-counting method, one of meta-analysis method, was applied to summarized the effect of clinical practice guidelines and test statistically. From results of meta analysis, all indices were statistically significant. In conclusion, this meta-analysis showed that introduction of clinical practice guidelines were resulted positive outcomes in health policy.

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Aircraft Position Prediction and Shadow Zone Penetration Control Using Bezier Curve (베지에 곡선을 이용한 항공기 위치 예측 및 음영 지역 진입 제어 방법)

  • Jeong, Jae-Soon;Roh, Byeong-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.39C no.11
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    • pp.1011-1022
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    • 2014
  • Currently, the wireless network environment of air node is constructed mainly of ground relay station. However, as the Korean Peninsula is composed of 70% mountainous region, there are multiple shadow zones. This is calling for effective measures to prevent aircraft from losing communication link during low-mid altitude missions. In this article we propose the utilization of Bezier Curve for estimation of aircraft flight path and control method for entering shadow zone. This method successfully estimated aircraft track, and analyzed the existence, disseminated the warning, and took measures to avoid the shadow zone before entering. This article, suggested after simulated experiments, proves that the method enables seamless communication during air operations.

An Analysis of Discretionary Consumption Expenditure (선택성 소비지출의 변동을 통한 소비"패턴"고찰)

  • 강이주
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.113-127
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    • 1988
  • This paper attempts to investigate and analyze the change of the proportion of discretionary consumption expenditure (DCE) of main consumer goods among total household expenditure from 1964 to 1986 in Korea by reorganizing various data, particularly "Annual Report of Citizen's Household Experditure in Sooul".The result of the author's analysis can be summarized as follows. 1. The analysis shows that while the proportion of DCE in food has been increased during this period as the Korean economy developed, the value of income elasticity for beverages, liguor, out-door eating and processed food products which consist of major part of food, has been successively decreased. And also, though the absolute value of income elasticity for grain products has been increased, its proportion among total expenditure has been successively decreased. From these trends, we can conclude that general consumption pattern has a tendency to change from dependence on main grain products to the more utilization of out-door eating or processed food products. 2. The ratio of DEC of furnitures to housing expenditure has played a role of indicator of business cycle, reflecting the consumers' psychological expectation fro general economic trend. 3. In case of the proportion of DCE of clothes, there has been no great change. 4. As for as DCE of sundry expenditure is concerned, there has been no-great change in The proportion itself/ However. as the ratio of sundry expenditure to total household expenditure has been greatly increased, expenditure for leisure disproportionately increased. 5. The proportion of total DCE in total consumption expenditure, as in the case of housing, has been increased, which coincided exactly with business cyele appeared during this period. In fact, when Korea economy experienced a severe recession in 193 and 1980, that proportion deeply went down respectively, and again went up after those years. Accordingly, we can generalize that the size of DCE deperds on the formation of consumer's psychological expectation toward economy, which confirms George Katona's early proposition.

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Factors Affecting Financial Performance of ERP System Based on BSC Framework: The Moderate Effect of Strategic Alignment and the Mediating Effect of Customer and Business Process Perspectives (BSC프레임워크 기반 ERP시스템의 재무 성과 영향요인: 전략적 연계성의 상호작용효과와 고객 및 비즈니스 프로세스 관점의 매개 효과)

  • Park, Ki Ho
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.93-112
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    • 2021
  • Purpose Recently, many organizations are actively adopting enterprise architecture (EA) as a methodology to manage IT assets and build IT-based business system. This study intended to empirically examine how the role of EA operating unit and utilization capability of organizational members impact on system performance at the post-adoption stage. A balanced score card (BSC) is being used as a framework for a company's key performance indicator (KPI). Design/methodology/approach This study tried to investigate the causal relationship between the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard as an influencing factor of the introduction of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on the financial value. In particular, the mediating effect between the customer's point of view and the business process point of view was investigated between the learning growth point of view and the financial point of view, and the interaction effect (regulating effect) of strategic linkage in the system introduction process was investigated. Findings The results of the study were first, that the organizational learning and growth perspective had a positive effect on the customer perspective, business process, and financial perspective. In addition, the customer perspective and the process perspective also had a positive influence on the financial perspective. Second, between the learning growth and financial perspectives, the customer perspective and the process perspective showed a partial mediating effect. Third, as for strategic linkage, the interaction effect between the customer perspective, the learning growth perspective, and the process perspective and the financial perspective was not significant. The results of this study are expected to provide a framework for performance evaluation to organizations that have introduced ERP systems.

A Study on the Issue and Resolving the Institutional Evaluation System : Targets of the 2017 Education Department Indicator (기관평가 제도의 문제점과 해결을 위한 고찰 2017년도 교육(지원)청 지표를 대상으로)

  • Kwon, Do-gyun
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.49
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    • pp.51-75
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    • 2016
  • A records management agency assessment must reflect the possibility of actual situations including conditions and implementation. Institutional evaluation systems and indicators tools to improve records management. However, the reality is difficult if they are not conducted through the resources and efforts of the organization. The 2017 evaluation system of the National Archives of Korea and the index, which was published in March 2016, are expected to be highly difficult to perform as the frontline field tasks of the institution for a year. It is composed of indices with questionable effectiveness that are difficult to implement on the field. Some of these include the following: three training sessions for more than 10% of all employees, submission of document archive pictures of all schools, submission of the index items of all documents, increasing the utilization level of the standard record management system for the electronic documents that have not been transferred for several years, the transfer of non-electronic documents of all institutions, reclassification of non-disclosed records, etc. It recognizes the fundamental problems of the records management system and the 2017 evaluation indicators that the National Archives has mentioned about operations. As such, now is the time to reflect the years of experience in the field to amass knowledge that will help improve records management.

Dynamic Glide Path using Retirement Target Date and Forecast Volatility (은퇴 시점과 예측 변동성을 고려한 동적 Glide Path)

  • Kim, Sun Woong
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.82-89
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    • 2021
  • The objective of this study is to propose a new Glide Path that dynamically adjusts the risky asset inclusion ratio of the Target Date Fund by simultaneously considering the market's forecast volatility as well as the time of investor retirement, and to compare the investment performance with the traditional Target Date Fund. Forecasts of market volatility utilize historical volatility, time series model GARCH volatility, and the volatility index VKOSPI. The investment performance of the new dynamic Glide Path, which considers stock market volatility has been shown to be excellent during the analysis period from 2003 to 2020. In all three volatility prediction models, Sharpe Ratio, an investment performance indicator, is improved with higher returns and lower risks than traditional static Glide Path, which considers only retirement date. The empirical results of this study present the potential for the utilization of the suggested Glide Path in the Target Date Fund management industry as well as retirees.

Channel Selection Method of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes for avoiding Interference in 2.4Ghz ISM(Industrial, Scientific, Medical) Band (2.4Ghz ISM(Industrial Scientific Medical) 밴드에서 간섭을 회피하기 위한 무선 센서 노드의 채널 선택 방법)

  • Kim, Su Min;Kuem, Dong Hyun;Kim, Kyung Hoon;Oh, Il;Choi, Seung Won
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2014
  • In recent, ISM (Industrial Scientific Medical) band that is 2.4GHz band authorized free of charge is being widely used for smart phone, notebook computer, printer and portable multimedia devices. Accordingly, studies have been continuously conducted on the possibility of coexistence among nodes using ISM band. In particular, the interference of IEEE 802.11b based Wi-Fi device using overlapping channel during communication among IEEE 802.15.4 based wireless sensor nodes suitable for low-power, low-speed communication using ISM band causes serious network performance deterioration of wireless sensor networks. This paper examined a method of identifying channel status to avoid interference among wireless communication devices using IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) and other ISM bands during communication among IEEE 802.15.4 based wireless sensor network nodes in ISM band. To identify channels occupied by Wi-Fi traffic, various studies are being conducted that use the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) value of interference signal obtained through ED (Energy Detection) feature that is one of IEEE 802.15.4 transmitter characteristics. This paper examines an algorithm that identifies the possibility of using more accurate channel by mixing utilization of interference signal and RSSI mean value of interference signal by wireless sensor network nodes. In addition, it verifies such algorithm by using OPNET Network verification simulator.