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액체로켓 메탄엔진 개발동향 및 시사점 (Development Trends of Liquid Methane Rocket Engine and Implications)

  • 임병직;김철웅;이금오;이기주;박재성;안규복;남궁혁준;윤영빈
    • 한국추진공학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.119-143
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    • 2021
  • 최근 발사체 개발의 큰 흐름을 살펴보면, 친환경, 저비용, 재사용, 심우주 탐사를 위한 저장성, 외부행성에서의 추진제 확보 가능성 등의 이유로 액체 메탄이 로켓 연료로 각광 받기 시작했다. 재사용 발사체 기술의 보편화, 국제적인 엔진개발 추세에 발맞춰 미래의 경쟁력과 임무 유연성을 확보하려면 엔진 개발 기간 등을 고려해서 가능한 빨리 메탄엔진 개발을 추진해야 하며, 제작 및 시험 인프라, 활용성, 개발 비용 등을 종합적으로 고려하면 부스터 엔진보다 저추력 엔진을 선행 개발하는 것이 더 적절한 것으로 판단된다.

수도권 및 비수도권 청년층의 주거특성 및 주거특성에 미치는 영향요인 분석 (Housing Characteristics of the Youth and their Determinants in Capital and Non-Capital City Regions)

  • 황광훈
    • 토지주택연구
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.21-38
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구에서는 한국고용정보원의 청년패널조사(YP2007) 4-14차(2010~2020년) 자료를 이용하여 청년층의 주거 관련 특성 현황들을 정리해보고, 심층적으로 주거의 특성들(자가 여부, 아파트 거주 여부)에 미치는 영향요인을 추정하였다. 분석 결과, 남성, 고학력층, 취업한 청년층은 자가 및 아파트에 거주할 가능성이 높지만, 이들 중 상당수는 부모와 동거중인 것으로 보인다. 반면, 경제적으로 독립한 청년층의 경우, 전/월세 형태의 입주형태와 다세대, 빌라, 오피스텔 등의 주택에 거주하는 경우가 많은 것으로 추정된다. 청년층이 주거, 일자리, 결혼 등의 문제로부터 벗어나 제 역할을 할 수 있는 여건을 마련하기 위해서는 주택 마련 및 임대 등에 소요되는 비용이 청년층의 경제적 상황과 수준 등에 맞게 맞추어져야 하겠다.

온라인 구매후기에 나타난 소비자의 비건 패션제품 평가 차원 (Evaluation of Vegan Fashion Products by Consumers in Online Review)

  • 정지운;윤소정
    • 한국의류산업학회지
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.419-428
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    • 2023
  • This study examines customer reviews from online stores of Korean vegan fashion brands to determine the qualities that customers value in vegan fashion items. For this purpose, we conducted a case study of online reviews-2,285 reviews were collected and analyzed. The results are as follows: The clothing evaluation criteria for vegan fashion products can be divided into four categories: aesthetics, material characteristics, affordability, and characteristics. This suggests that evaluation standards for vegan fashion items operate at multiple levels. The animal welfare aspect of the product was the most important factor, followed closely by how well the clothes fit. High-quality vegan materials and the use of recycled materials that are environmentally friendly were emphasized. The findings of this study suggest that even for vegan products, stylistic features remain an essential component of fashion items. To understand the main aspects of clothing evaluation criteria in the current vegan fashion market, this study differs from other studies in that it examined online reviews of vegan fashion brands. This comprehensive analysis contributes to a deeper understanding of customer preferences and highlights the importance of ethical considerations alongside style in the evaluation of vegan fashion items, providing valuable insights for the industry. Moving forward, this study is significant in suggesting that vegan fashion brands should develop their products as well as their brands, capitalizing on the demand for ethically conscious and stylish options.

문헌고찰을 통한 물리적 도구와 가상도구의 사용이 과학 개념학습에 미치는 시사점 (Implications of Using Physical and Virtual Tools in Learning Science Concepts from a Literature Review)

  • 강석민;김성연
    • 과학교육연구지
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    • 제47권2호
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    • pp.154-166
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    • 2023
  • 물리적 도구와 가상도구가 가진 서로 다른 도구적 특성은 사용자의 지식획득과 개념 이해에 있어 각기 다른 기제로 작용하여 학습에 영향을 미친다고 알려져 왔다. 본 개관연구는 문헌고찰을 통해 물리적 도구와 가상도구의 사용을 통한 학습과정을 도구가 부여하는 행동유도성의 관점과 인지적 개입의 깊이에 따른 관점에서 정리하였다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 기존에 수행된 물리적 도구와 가상도구의 사용을 통한 학습수행 정도를 비교한 연구의 결과들을 재해석하였다. 비록 물리적 도구와 가상도구의 사용에 있어 각기 다른 행동유도성이 관여되긴 하지만 실제 학습에 영향을 미치는 요인은 가상도구를 사용하느냐 혹은 물리적 도구를 사용하느냐가 아니라, 도구가 제공하는 새롭고 부가적인 정보의 양과 학습자가 도구를 이용한 다양한 학습활동을 통해 개념을 이해하는 과정에서 발생하는 인지적 개입의 깊이에 달려 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 교사들이 물리적 및 가상도구를 사용하여 학생들의 개념 이해를 돕기 위한 학습 시 행동유도성과 인지적 개입의 관점에서 수업 계획을 세울 때 고려해야 할 시사점을 제시하였다.

Review on CNT-based Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Sensing of Ascorbic Acid

  • P Mary Rajaitha;Runia Jana;Sugato Hajra;Swati Panda;Hoe Joon Kim
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제32권3호
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    • pp.131-139
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    • 2023
  • Ascorbic acid plays a crucial role in the regulation of neurotransmitters and enzymes in the central nervous system. Maintaining an optimal level of ascorbic acid, which is between 0.6-2 mg/dL, is vital for preventing oxidative stress and associated health conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, and liver disease. Therefore, the detection of ascorbic acid is of the utmost importance. Electrochemical sensing has gained significant attention among the various detection methods, owing to its simplicity, speed, affordability, high selectivity, and real-time analysis capabilities. However, conventional electrodes have poor signal response, which has led to the development of modified electrodes with better signal response and selectivity. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their composites have emerged as promising materials for the electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid. CNTs possess unique mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties that depend on their structure, and their large surface area and excellent electron transport properties make them ideal candidates for electrochemical sensing. Recently, various CNT composites with different materials and nanoparticles have been studied to enhance the electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid. Therefore, this review aims to highlight the significance of CNTs and their composites for improving the sensitivity and selectivity of ascorbic acid detection. Specifically, it focuses on the use of CNTs and their composites in electrochemical sensing to revolutionize the detection of ascorbic acid and contribute to the prevention of oxidative stress-related health conditions. The potential benefits of this technology make it a promising area for future research and development.

토양건강성을 고려한 정화토 재활용을 위한 제도 개선 (Management Strategies to Improve Recycling of Remediated Soil with Sustained Soil Health )

  • 김민철;박용하;천미희;정명채;김정욱
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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    • 제28권5호
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2023
  • This review examined the current administrative policies and guidelines for management of reclaimed soils after remediation processes and proposed practical strategies to improve the potential value of the remediated soil as a resource. Three management practices are proposed to facilitate more efficient recycling of remediated soil; obligatory use, quality certification, and tracking of the remediated soils. If properly implemented in utilization of remediated soil, these strategies could contribute to enhancing public safety by assuring soil quality. Such administrative tools, for both suppliers and demanders, are expected to mitigate potential risks associated with the transactions of remediated soil. To enhance the quality assurance process, a soil quality certification combined with the soil health assessment index was proposed. The systematic integration of the suggested practices with soil health assessment can allow to produce optimal results, encompassing affordability, efficiency, and accessibility, which helps establishing more robust 'Remediated Soil Recycling Management System (RSRMS)'. Subsequent researches should be conducted to develop more effective policies that incorporate soil health assessment tools. The proposed management practices for remediated soil, coupled with soil health assessment, can be a pioneering effort to achieve such goals. By fostering an environmentally friendly policies, the sustainable utilization of remediated soil can be attained. Overall, the proposed strategies can provide a sound framework for responsible and sustainable soil management practices.

Exploiting Natural Diatom Shells as an Affordable Polar Host for Sulfur in Li-S Batteries

  • Hyean-Yeol Park;Sun Hyu Kim;Jeong-Hoon Yu;Ji Eun Kwon;Ji Yang Lim;Si Won Choi;Jong-Sung Yu;Yongju Jung
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.198-206
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    • 2024
  • Given the high theoretical capacity (1,675 mAh g-1) and the inherent affordability and ubiquity of elemental sulfur, it stands out as a prominent cathode material for advanced lithium metal batteries. Traditionally, sulfur was sequestered within conductive porous carbons, rooted in the understanding that their inherent conductivity could offset sulfur's non-conductive nature. This study, however, pivots toward a transformative approach by utilizing diatom shell (DS, diatomite)-a naturally abundant and economically viable siliceous mineral-as a sulfur host. This approach enabled the development of a sulfurlayered diatomite/S composite (DS/S) for cathodic applications. Even in the face of the insulating nature of both diatomite and sulfur, the DS/S composite displayed vigorous participation in the electrochemical conversion process. Furthermore, this composite substantially curbed the loss of soluble polysulfides and minimized structural wear during cycling. As a testament to its efficacy, our Li-S battery, integrating this composite, exhibited an excellent cycling performance: a specific capacity of 732 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles and a robust 77% capacity retention. These findings challenge the erstwhile conviction of requiring a conductive host for sulfur. Owing to diatomite's hierarchical porous architecture, eco-friendliness, and accessibility, the DS/S electrode boasts optimal sulfur utilization, elevated specific capacity, enhanced rate capabilities at intensified C rates, and steadfast cycling stability that underscore its vast commercial promise.

지속가능한 식이의 개념과 측정방법 및 한국형 식이 지수 개발을 위한 방안 모색: 주제범위 문헌고찰과 기술 연구 (Sustainable diets: a scoping review and descriptive study of concept, measurement, and suggested methods for the development of Korean version)

  • 정수경
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.34-50
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    • 2024
  • Objectives: Transformation through a sustainable food system to provide healthy diets is essential for enhancing both human and planetary health. This study aimed to explain about sustainable diets and illustrate appropriate measurement of adherence to sustainable diets using a pre-existing index. Methods: For literature review, we used PubMed and Google Scholar databases by combining the search terms "development," "validation," "sustainable diet," "sustainable diet index," "planetary healthy diet," "EAT-Lancet diet," and "EAT-Lancet reference diet." For data presentation, we used data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017-2018, among adults aged 20 years and older (n = 3,920). Sustainable Diet Index-US (SDI-US), comprising four sub-indices corresponding to four dimensions of sustainable diets (nutritional quality, environmental impacts, affordability, and sociocultural practices), was calculated using data from 24-hour dietary recall interview, food expenditures, and food choices. A higher SDI-US score indicated greater adherence to sustainable diets (range: 4-20). This study also presented SDI-US scores according to the sociodemographic status. All analyses accounted for a complex survey design. Results: Of 148 papers, 16 were reviewed. Adherence to sustainable diets fell into 3 categories: EAT-Lancet reference diet-based (n = 8), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) definition-based (n = 4), and no specific guidelines but including the sustainability concept (n = 4). Importantly, FAO definition emphasizes on equal importance of four dimensions of diet (nutrition and health, economic, social and cultural, and environmental). The mean SDI-US score was 13 out of 20 points, and was higher in older, female, and highly educated adults than in their counterparts. Conclusions: This study highlighted that sustainable diets should be assessed using a multidimensional approach because of their complex nature. Currently, SDI can be a good option for operationalizing multidimensional sustainable diets. It is necessary to develop a Korean version of SDI through additional data collection, including environmental impact of food, food price, food budget, and use of ready-made products.

Implementation of point-of-care platforms for rapid detection of porcine circovirus type 2

  • Chiao-Hsu Ke;Mao-Yuan Du;Wang-Ju Hsieh;Chiu-Chiao Lin;James Mingjuh Ting;Ming-Tang Chiou;Chao-Nan Lin
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.28.1-28.11
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    • 2024
  • Background: Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection is ubiquitous around the world. Diagnosis of the porcine circovirus-associated disease requires clinic-pathological elements together with the quantification of viral loads. Furthermore, given pig farms in regions lacking access to sufficient laboratory equipment, developing diagnostic devices with high accuracy, accessibility, and affordability is a necessity. Objectives: This study aims to investigate two newly developed diagnostic tools that may satisfy these criteria. Methods: We collected 250 specimens, including 170 PCV2-positive and 80 PCV2-negative samples. The standard diagnosis and cycle threshold (Ct) values were determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Then, two point-of-care (POC) diagnostic platforms, convective polymerase chain reaction (cPCR, qualitative assay: positive or negative results are shown) and EZtargex (quantitative assay: Ct values are shown), were examined and analyzed. Results: The sensitivity and specificity of cPCR were 88.23% and 100%, respectively; the sensitivity and specificity of EZtargex were 87.65% and 100%, respectively. These assays also showed excellent concordance compared with the qPCR assay (κ = 0.828 for cPCR and κ = 0.820 for EZtargex). The statistical analysis showed a great diagnostic power of the EZtargex assay to discriminate between samples with different levels of positivity. Conclusions: The two point-of-care diagnostic platforms are accurate, rapid, convenient and require little training for PCV2 diagnosis. These POC platforms can discriminate viral loads to predict the clinical status of the animals. The current study provided evidence that these diagnostics were applicable with high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of PCV2 infection in the field.

일부(一部) 지역사회(地域社會) 주민(住民)의 의료(醫療) 행태(行態)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) - 반월읍(半月邑) 주민(住民)의 Shopping-around 현상(現象)을 중심(中心)으로 - (A Study on Health Seeking Behavior - Focused on Shopping-Around Phenomenon in Banwol-Eup Residents)

  • 최영택;이은일;김효중
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.44-54
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    • 1986
  • This study was aimed at investigating the health seeking behaviors of patients; For the purpose of analyzing the research theme we classified the study into two phase. First, the types of patients' health seeking behavior were categorized into a scheme according to what medical care resources were utilized in patients' coping process. Second, from patients' first visits to third visits to medical resources, we analyzed variations of factors which noted as crucial elements in constituting the patients' sickness career. To grasp the generalized characteristics from complicated empirical data, we limited the scope of our analysis to third stage of health seeking. A total of 121 persons who had beer suffering from chronic diseases more than 3 months was sampled among the residents of Banwol-Eup, the target Area of Korea University Health Project. The findings are as follows ; 1) In the course of visiting medical care resources, 34 different types of health seeking Behavior were found. From this result we inferred the idea that patients in Banwol-Eup had not any stable norms to cope with their pains. Clinics, hospital, pharmacy, Herb-doctors', folkways (self-treatment) were accessed by patients in orders. But more than half of patients who had utilized clinics or hospitals from their first to third visits, changed medical care resources to others, for example herb doctors or folkways, which had fundamentally different treatment models. Upon these two facts, the diversified types and capricious patterns in the health seeking behavior of Banwol patients, we observed a typical Shopping-Around phenomenon. 2) Factors which influenced patients' to their sickness career were changed along the courses of health seeking, from first to third visits as follows ; $\cdot$ Perceived seriousness of diseases were tended to decrease. $\cdot$ Professional medical personnel tended to be influencial in the patients' sickness career, (5.0%, 25.0% and 65.7%). The influence of the primary interaction groups such as parents, friends, neighbours, tended to decrease ; (90.9%, 71.2% and 30.0%). $\cdot$ The subjective reasons why to choose such a medical care resource were related to economic affordability and disease-itself as main motives. Credibility of health resources tended to increase 14.9%, 24.0% and 31.4 sequently. $\cdot$ Geographic accessibility factors did not change significantly. Most of patients had utilized health resources in Banwol and Anyang area. 3) Cultural inclination in the shopping-around phenomenon has shown difference among age groups. The age group' over 50 years' preferred traditional health resources to modern health resources. 4) Consistency of health seeking behavior on the shopping around phenomenon has shown difference according to the degrees of patients' economic affordability and those of psychological satisfaction toward modern health services. However, there were some restrictions in this thesis ; a) the study was limited to the 3rd health seeking career so it did not allow us to collect more informations after that, b) the study was not able to carry out causal analysis on patients health behavior determinated by explanatory model of health resources, and c) the study was not able to take into consideration of factors connected with social structural circumstances. Despite of restrictions described above, we are sure that this thesis would promote health providers' understanding toward patients' inclinations, through which they could provide efficient and accurate medical service.

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