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Effect of "CellCaSi" recycling Coal Fly Ash on Soil Amendment and the growth of Turfgrass in Golf Course (석탄회를 재활용한 '셀카시'의 토양 개량과 골프 코스 잔디 생육에 대한 효과)

  • 이상재;허근영;정운익
    • Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.191-200
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    • 1999
  • The objective of this study was to improve the recycling rate of coal ash fly, industrial waste. This study was conducted to analyze the physico-chemical properties of \"CellCaSi\" and clarify the effects on the growth of Kentucky bluegrass(Poa pratensis L.) and creeping bentgrass(Agrostis paulstris Huds \"Penncross\") and the chemical properties of soil, which was cellular calcium silicate reproduced by coal ash fly. A field assay was carried out in Young-Pyong Golf Course. The results were as follows. 1. The main chemical composition of CellCaSi was $SiO_2$(45~55%) and CaO(25~35), which was 70~90% of total weight. CellCaSi showed pH 8~9. Bulk density of CellCaSi was 0.35~0.45g/㎤. Water content of CellCaSi was 52.5~67.5%. 2. In the applied plots, leaf width, grass density per $1\textrm{cm}^2$, rhizome number and length per plant, and root number per plant of Kentucky bluegrass(Poa pratensis L.) and creeping bentgrass(Agrostis paulstris Huds \"Penncross\") showed increasing tendency compared with the control. The application of CellCaSi increased the growth of turfgrasses. Their visual quality on hardness, grass shoot density per $1\textrm{cm}^2$ and root growth was very good. And, their visual quality on rhizome growth was good. 3. After the application of CellCaSi, pH, CEC, Ex-cation of the applied soil showed increasing tendency with the little range, $SiO_2$content increasing tendency considerably, and organic matter content decreasing tendency compared with the control.ncy compared with the control.

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Differentiation between Glioblastoma and Solitary Metastasis: Morphologic Assessment by Conventional Brain MR Imaging and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

  • Jung, Bo Young;Lee, Eun Ja;Bae, Jong Myon;Choi, Young Jae;Lee, Eun Kyoung;Kim, Dae Bong
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.23-34
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: Differentiating between glioblastoma and solitary metastasis is very important for the planning of further workup and treatment. We assessed the ability of various morphological parameters using conventional MRI and diffusion-based techniques to distinguish between glioblastomas and solitary metastases in tumoral and peritumoral regions. Materials and Methods: We included 38 patients with solitary brain tumors (21 glioblastomas, 17 solitary metastases). To find out if there were differences in the morphologic parameters of enhancing tumors, we analyzed their shape, margins, and enhancement patterns on postcontrast T1-weighted images. During analyses of peritumoral regions, we assessed the extent of peritumoral non-enhancing lesion on T2- and postcontrast T1-weighted images. We also aimed to detect peritumoral neoplastic cell infiltration by visual assessment of T2-weighted and diffusion-based images, including DWI, ADC maps, and exponential DWI, and evaluated which sequence depicted peritumoral neoplastic cell infiltration most clearly. Results: The shapes, margins, and enhancement patterns of tumors all significantly differentiated glioblastomas from metastases. Glioblastomas had an irregular shape, ill-defined margins, and a heterogeneous enhancement pattern; on the other hand, metastases had an ovoid or round shape, well-defined margins, and homogeneous enhancement. Metastases had significantly more extensive peritumoral T2 high signal intensity than glioblastomas had. In visual assessment of peritumoral neoplastic cell infiltration using T2-weighted and diffusion-based images, all sequences differed significantly between the two groups. Exponential DWI had the highest sensitivity for the diagnosis of both glioblastoma (100%) and metastasis (70.6%). A combination of exponential DWI and ADC maps was optimal for the depiction of peritumoral neoplastic cell infiltration in glioblastoma. Conclusion: In the differentiation of glioblastoma from solitary metastatic lesions, visual morphologic assessment of tumoral and peritumoral regions using conventional MRI and diffusion-based techniques can also offer diagnostic information.

Skin malignancy initially misdiagnosed as a benign epidermal cyst

  • Chung, Chan Min;Wee, Sung Jae;Lim, Hyoseob;Cho, Sang Hun;Lee, Jong Wook
    • Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.123-126
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    • 2020
  • Skin cancer, which often occurs as a result of skin exposure to ultraviolet light radiation, usually presents with characteristic abnormal features, such as ulcerative lesions, irregular morphology, bleeding, and excessive growth. Therefore, skin cancer rarely resembles a benign tumor on visual inspection. Nonetheless, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma with nodular or polypoid features can have a similar appearance to that of benign tumors, meaning that they are sometimes misdiagnosed as benign. As benign and malignant tumors have some overlapping features, clinicians sometimes use additional imaging techniques such as ultrasonography to improve the accuracy of the diagnosis because even a malignant tumor that externally resembles a benign tumor generally has internal morphological features characteristic of malignancy, such as invasion and irregular borders. However, these imaging tools also have limitations, and punch or excisional biopsy can be needed if malignancy cannot be completely ruled out. Herein, we report a case of skin malignancy initially misdiagnosed as a benign epidermal cyst based on external visual inspection and ultrasonography.

Study on the Visual Cells in the Retina of Macropodus ocellatus (Pisces, Osphronemidae) Freshwater Fish from Korea (한국산 담수어류 버들붕어, Macropodus ocellatus (Pisces, Osphronemidae) 망막의 시각세포에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jae Goo;Park, Jong Yong
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.218-223
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    • 2017
  • Using both light and scanning electron microscopies, it was investigated on the visual cells as well as the eyes of Macropodus ocellatus (Pisces, Osphronemidae). This species had a circular lens and yellowish cornea. The eyes had $3.5{\pm}0.2mm$ which is $31.1{\pm}3.0%$ in a percentage of eye diameter relative to head length. The retina ($158.2{\pm}10.6{\mu}m$) was built of several layers, including the visual cell layer which consists of three types of cells: single cons ($27.8{\pm}1.6{\mu}m$) and equal double cone ($33.9{\pm}3.7{\mu}m$), and large rods ($57.3{\pm}1.3{\mu}m$). The visual cell layer then was classified into the correct pattern. All visual cells were clearly distinguished from two parts (inner and outer segments). The elongated rod cells were extend to the bottom of the retinal pigment epithelium. In scanning electron microscopy, the outer segment links to inner segment by so-called calyceal piles. The M. ocellatus single and double cones appearance form a flower-petal arrangement, which is a regular mosaic pattern that contains quadrilateral units by four double cones surrounding a single cone.

Dynamic Behavioral Prediction of Escherichia coli Using a Visual Programming Environment (비쥬얼 프로그래밍 환경을 이용한 Escherichia coli의 동적 거동 예측)

  • Lee, Sung-Gun;Hwang, Kyu-Suk;Kim, Cheol-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2004
  • When there is a lack of detailed kinetic information, dFBA(dynamic flux balance analysis) has correctly predicted cellular behavior under given environmental conditions with FBA and different ial equations. However, until now, dFBA has centered on substrate concentration, cell growth, and gene on/off, but a detailed hierarchical structure of a regulatory network has not been taken into account. For this reason, the dFBA has limited the represen tation of interactions between specific regulatory proteins and genes and the whole transcriptional regulation mechanism with environmental change. Moreover, to calculate optimal metabolic flux distribution which maximizes the growth flux and predict the b ehavior of cell system, linear programming package(LINDO) and spreadsheet package(EXCEL) have been used simultaneously. thses two software package have limited in the visual representation of simulation results and it can be difficult for a user to look at the effects of changing inputs to the models. Here, we descirbes the construction of hierarchical regulatory network with defined symbolsand the development of an integrated system that can predict the total control mechanism of regulatory elements (opero ns, genes, effectors, etc.), substrate concentration, growth rate, and optimal flux distribution with time. All programming procedures were accoplished in a visual programming environment (LabVIEW).

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A Study on the Anti-copying method for hard copy documents using Human Visual System (인간시각시스템을 이용한 하드카피 복사방지기법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Kang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.11 no.4 s.42
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a new anti-copying methode for hard copy documents. The approach protects the document and its content from unauthorized copying and forgeries, while using ordinary paper and ordinary printer. The paper copy is protected against copying as the photocopy version will appear differently when compared to the authorized printed original hard copy using Human Visual System. The anti-copying pattern created through pointillism with a halftone cell and a spot. The proposed method is useful for unauthorized copying and forgeries with high-resolution scanners and photocopiers.

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CALCIUM EFFECTS OF VISUAL ADAPTATION IN A VERTEBRATE RETINA (I)

  • ung, Hyuk J
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.127-132
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    • 1996
  • Calcium has a variety of functions in neuron and muscle cells and blood clotting, especially in the visual system where dark adapted rods cotransport with Na$^+$ into the cell. An influx of Ca$^{2+}$ flows out of the cell through the Na$^+$ - Ca$^{2+}$ exchanger. By using a modified Ussing chamber in order to bring in vivo environment close, we have concluded that Ca$^{2+}$ blocks the activity of guanylate cyclase; in consequence, having an effect on the amplitude of electroretinogram (ERG). We suggest that Ca$^{2+}$ moves between the photoreceptor and the vitreous humor by way of certain Ca$^{2+}$ transport mechanisms. Also, the effect of Zn$^{2+}$ in Ca$^{2+}$ - free ringer solution caused an elevation of amplitude in ERG and a reduction of threshold.

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A Visual Simulation of Car-Traffic Flow on a Crossing

  • Yamamoto, Yuichi;Makino, Mitsunori
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.07b
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    • pp.1115-1118
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    • 2000
  • In order to understand information of geographic information systems(GIS) exactly and easily, visualization technique becomes important. In this paper, we consider car-traffic which is one of the information accompanying with a map. Then, a visual simulation method is proposed for car-traffic flow at crossing with the cell-automaton and the ray tracing method. We simulate the various situations and discuss about changes of traffic.

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Image Data Configuration and Recognition based on Visual Cortex (시각피질의 특성에 의한 영상 데이터 구성과 인식)

  • Cho, Jae-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2020.01a
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    • pp.229-230
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    • 2020
  • 컴퓨터 하드웨어, 소프트웨어의 급속한 발전에도 불구하고 인간의 정보처리능력에 뒤지는 경우도 있다. 이와 같이 인간의 정보처리체계가 어떻게 이런 문제를 해결할 수 있는지에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 본 논문에서는 인간의 시각 정보 처리의 특성에 의한 인지 정보 처리 모델링을 기반으로 학습 가능성을 보이고 일반적인 영상 인식 모델과의 차이를 비교 분석하고자 한다.

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Whole Structure of the Photoreceptors in the Ascidian Larva Visualized by an Antibody Against Arrestin (Ci-Arr)

  • Horie, Takeo;Nakagawa, Masashi;Orii, Hidefumi;Tsuda, Motoyuki
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.272-274
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    • 2002
  • The anterior brain vesicle of ascidian larvae contains two distinct pigment cells. Ultrastructure of these pigment cells has been shown that the anterior pigment cell is an otolith for perception of gravity and the posterior pigment cell is an ocellus for light reception. The larva has remarkably simple central nervous system (CNS) composed of about 330 cells. We focused to study neural networks of visual systems. In the present paper, we report the whole structure of the photoreceptors of the ascidian larva visualized by an antibody against arrestin. Visual arrestin is the key protein for the termination of phototransduction and one of the abundant proteins in photoreceptors. Recently, we cloned an arrestin homologue gene, Ci-arr and the expression of Ci-arr was found to be restricted to the photoreceptors in the ocellus. To study the whole structure of the photoreceptors in the larva, we prepared an antibody against Ci-Arr. It is found that anti Ci-Arr antibody specifically stains the photoreceptors, including the cell bodies, the axons, and the nerve terminals. The photoreceptor cell bodies lies in row outside the pigment cup which penetrate the pigment cell and is continuous with the outer segments of the photoreceptor cell, inside the concavity of the pigments. The axons form bundle into a single tract. The tract extends toward the midline, where the nerve terminals diverge and seem to form synapses

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