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Estimating Permissible Intake Level for Endosulfan Using Benchmark Dose based on Reproductive Tonicity (생식독성과 Benchmark Dose를 활용한 Endosulfan의 노출허용수준 산출)

  • 이효민;윤은경;염영나;황명실;양기화;신효선
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2002
  • A benchmark dose (BMD) approach has been evaluated us a replacement for the traditional NOAEL methodology currently being wed to assess the noncancer effects of toxicants. The endocrine disrupt-ing effect of endosulfan which showed decrement of sperm count and testicular testosterone level in animals, was currently reported. The amount of endosulfan used as pesticide in the country has been continuously increased. The aim of this study was to suggest the permissible intake level (PIL), corresponding to Accept-able Daily Intake (ADI), based on endocrine disrupting effect wing BMD. Various animal data were collected by consideration of critical effect showing endocrine disruption and an animal data for reproductive toxicity was selected. The Power model from BMD software for induction of $BMD_10$ having meaning which is the dose at the 95% lower confidence limit on a 10% response was used due to that the form of selected dose-response animal data was continuous data. The $BMD_10$ was estimated to be 0.393 mg/kg/day based on reproductive toxicity showing decrement of sperm count. The permissible intake level (PIL) was calculated by dividing the $BMD_10$ by the uncertainty factors of 100 with consideration of from animal to human and human variability. The PIL as 0.004 mg/kg/day was compared with traditional ADI as 0.006 mg/kg/day based on the incidence of marked progressive glomerulonephrosis and blood vessel aneurysm in males.

BEAVRS benchmark analyses by DeCART stand-alone calculations and comparison with DeCART/MATRA multi-physics coupling calculations

  • Park, Ho Jin;Kim, Seong Jin;Kwon, Hyuk;Cho, Jin Young
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.9
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    • pp.1896-1906
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    • 2020
  • The BEAVRS (Benchmark for Evaluation and Validation of Reactor Simulation) benchmark calculations were performed by DeCART stand-alone and DeCART/MATRA multi-physics coupled code system to verify their accuracy. The solutions of DeCART stand-alone calculations for the control rod bank worth, detector signal, isothermal temperature coefficient, and critical boron concentration agreed very well with the measurements. The root-mean-square errors of the boron letdown curves for two-cycles were less than about 20 ppm, while the individual and total control rod bank worth agreed well within 7.3% and 2.4%, respectively. For the BEAVRS benchmark calculations at the beginning of burnup, the difference between DeCART simplified thermal-hydraulic stand-alone and DeCART/MATRA coupled calculations were not significantly large. Therefore, it is concluded that both the DeCART stand-alone code and the DeCART/MATRA multi-physics coupled code system have the capabilities to generate high fidelity transport solutions at core follow calculations.

A Validation Method for Solution of Nonlinear Differential Equations: Construction of Exact Solutions Neighboring Approximate Solutions

  • Lee, Sang-Chul
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.46-58
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    • 2002
  • An inverse method is introduced to construct benchmark problems for the numerical solution of initial value problems. Benchmark problems constructed through this method have a known exact solution, even though analytical solutions are generally not obtainable. The solution is constructed such that it lies near a given approximate numerical solution, and therefore the special case solution can be generated in a versatile and physically meaningful fashion and can serve as a benchmark problem to validate approximate solution methods. A smooth interpolation of the approximate solution is forced to exactly satisfy the differential equation by analytically deriving a small forcing function to absorb all of the errors in the interpolated approximate solution. A multi-variable orthogonal function expansion method and computer symbol manipulation are successfully used for this process. Using this special case exact solution, it is possible to directly investigate the relationship between global errors of a candidate numerical solution process and the associated tuning parameters for a given code and a given problem. Under the assumption that the original differential equation is well-posed with respect to the small perturbations, we thereby obtain valuable information about the optimal choice of the tuning parameters and the achievable accuracy of the numerical solution. Illustrative examples show the utility of this method not only for the ordinary differential equations (ODEs) but for the partial differential equations (PDEs).

Benchmark Results on the Linearized Equations of Motion of an Uncontrolled Bicycle

  • Schwab A. L.;Meijaard J. P.;Papadopoulos J. M.
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.spc1
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    • pp.292-304
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    • 2005
  • In this paper we present the linearized equations of motion for a bicycle as a benchmark. The results obtained by pencil-and-paper and two programs are compared. The bicycle model we consider here consists of four rigid bodies, viz. a rear frame, a front frame being the front fork and handlebar assembly, a rear wheel and a front wheel, which are connected by revolute joints. The contact between the knife-edge wheels and the flat level surface is modelled by holonomic constraints in the normal direction and by non-holonomic constraints in the longitudinal and lateral direction. The rider is rigidly attached to the rear frame with hands free from the handlebar. This system has three degrees of freedom, the roll, the steer, and the forward speed. For the benchmark we consider the linearized equations for small perturbations of the upright steady forward motion. The entries of the matrices of these equations form the basis for comparison. Three diffrent kinds of methods to obtain the results are compared : pencil-and-paper, the numeric multibody dynamics program SPACAR, and the symbolic software system Auto Sim. Because the results of the three methods are the same within the machine round-off error, we assume that the results are correct and can be used as a bicycle dynamics benchmark.

Korean students' mathematics achievement according to the TIMSS-R international benchmarks - focused on the relationship with mathematics curriculum and text - (TIMSS-R 국제성취수준에 따른 우리나라 학생들의 수학 성취도 분석-교육과정, 교과서와의 관련성을 중심으로-)

  • 나귀수
    • Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.383-401
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    • 2003
  • This study intends to examine the characteristics of Korean students' mathematics achievement according to the TIMSS-R International Benchmarks in the relation with mathematics curriculum and text. The concrete contents of this study are as followings. First, we consider the Korean students' mathematical abilities according to the TIMSS-R international benchmarks classified into Top 10% Benchmark, Upper Quarter Benchmark, Median Benchmark, and Lower Quarter Benchmark. Second, we examine the precent correct and the error-types of Korean students on the anchor items of such benchmarks. From these examinations, we grasp the mathematical titles that Korean students showed insufficient performance and lead the educational implications.

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A response matrix method for the refined Analytic Function Expansion Nodal (AFEN) method in the two-dimensional hexagonal geometry and its numerical performance

  • Noh, Jae Man
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.11
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    • pp.2422-2430
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    • 2020
  • In order to improve calculational efficiency of the CAPP code in the analysis of the hexagonal reactor core, we have tried to implement a refined AFEN method with transverse gradient basis functions and interface flux moments in the hexagonal geometry. The numerical scheme for the refined AFEN method adopted here is the response matrix method that uses the interface partial currents as nodal unknowns instead of the interface fluxes used in the original AFEN method. Since the response matrix method is single-node based, it has good properties such as good calculational efficiency and parallel computing affinity. Because a refined AFEN method equivalent nonlinear FDM response matrix method tried first could not provide a numerically stable solution, a direct formulation of the refined AFEN response matrix were developed. To show the numerical performance of this response matrix method against the original AFEN method, the numerical error analyses were performed for several benchmark problems including the VVER-440 LWR benchmark problem and the MHTGR-350 HTGR benchmark problem. The results showed a more than three times speedup in computing time for the LWR and HTGR benchmark problems due to good convergence and excellent calculational efficiency of the refined AFEN response matrix method.

Bank Credit, Trade Credit and Growth of Listed Agricultural Firms in Vietnam

  • LE, Ninh Khuong;BUI, Anh Tuan;PHAN, Tu Anh
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.11
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    • pp.303-314
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    • 2020
  • This paper investigates the relationships between bank credit and trade credit with profit of 130 agricultural firms listed on Vietnam's stock exchanges during the period 2008-2014. Using the GMM approach, the paper reveals inverted-U shaped (∩) relationships between bank credit and trade credit with profit. Specifically, the optimal threshold of bank credit and trade credit to total assets of the firms are 0.4173 and 0.2425, respectively. The findings mean that if the ratio of bank credit to total assets exceeds the benchmark of 0.4173, firms should consider restructuring debts to get them back to the benchmark. To do so, firms should withdraw from those business fields that are not of their profession, in addition to liquiditizing unused assets to repay debts and not using short-term credit to invest in long-term projects. Firms may use trade credit wisely when other sources of finance are lacking. In concrete terms, firms can increase trade credit use if the ratio of trade credit to total assets is below 0.2425. Yet, if this ratio goes beyond this benchmark, firms should get back to this benchmark, e.g., keeping a suitable amount of inventory. The implications of this study is to boost firm growth in the proposed way.

Development of the Performance Benchmark Tool for Data Stream Management Systems Combined with DBMS (DBMS와 결합된 데이터스트림관리시스템을 위한 성능 평가 도구 개발)

  • Kim, Gyoung-Bae
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.15 no.8
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2010
  • Many applications of DSMS(Data Stream Management System) require not only to process real-time stream data efficiently but also to provide high quality services such as data mining and data warehouse combining with DBMS(Database Management System) to users. In this paper we execute the performance benchmark of the combined system of DSMS and DBMS that is developed for high quality services. We use the stream data of network monitoring application system and combine the traditional representative DSMSs and DBMSs in a single system for the performance testing. We develop the total performance benchmark tool implementing JAVA language for the our testing. For our performance testing, we combine DSMS such as STREAM and Coral8 and DBMS such MySQL and Oracle10g respectively.

A benchmark for two-dimensional numerical subduction modeling using COMSOL Multiphysics® (콤솔 멀티피직스를 활용한 2차원 수치 섭입모델링 벤치마크)

  • Yu, Suhwan;Lee, Changyeol
    • Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
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    • v.54 no.6
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    • pp.683-694
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    • 2018
  • Subduction has been the focal point of numerical studies for decades because it plays an important role in the Earth's mass and energy circulations and generates earthquakes and arc volcanoes which are closely related to the human lives. Among the studies on subduction, numerical modeling has been broadly applied to the quantitative studies on the subducting slab in the mantle which cannot be directly observed. In this study, we benchmark the numerical subduction modeling using a finite element package, COMSOL $Multiphysics^{(R)}$ and the results are consistent with the previously reported benchmark results.