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Effect of Gun Nozzle Geometry, Increase in the Entrance Convergent Section Length and Powder Injection Position on Cold Sprayed Titanium Coatings

  • Sakaki, Kazuhiko;Shinkai, Shuhei;Ebara, Nobuharu;Shimizu, Yasuo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.238-239
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    • 2006
  • Nozzle geometry influences gas dynamics making sprayed particle behavior one of the most important parameters in cold spray process. Gas flows at the entrance convergent section of the nozzle takes place at relatively high temperature and are subsonic. Thus, this region is a very suitable environment for heating spray particle. In this study, numerical simulation and experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of nozzle contour, entrance geometry of nozzle and powder injection position at nozzle on the cold spray process. The process changes were observed through numerical simulation studies and the results were used to find a correlation with coating properties.

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Lyα spectrum regulated by the cold interstellar medium surrounding H II regions

  • Seon, Kwang-il;Kang, Jun-Gu
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.73.5-73.5
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    • 2019
  • Studying the amount and kinematics of circumand intergalactic medium (CGM and IGM) is key to understanding the role of feedback and environment (cold streams and galactic winds) in the evolution of galaxies. In particular, $Ly{\alpha}$ emission line has been utilized to investigate the density structure and kinematics of the (most abundant) H I gas in the CGM and IGM around galaxies. Therefore, modeling $Ly{\alpha}$ radiative transfer through multiphase interstellar medium (ISM), CGM and IGM is crucial in understanding the galaxy evolution. As discussed in Kakiichi & Dijkstra (2018), most $Ly{\alpha}$ RT effects would occur on interstellar scales. This is because the main source of $Ly{\alpha}$ photons would be H II regions, which are in most cases, if not all, surrounded by "cold" photo-dissociation regions. However, most $Ly{\alpha}$ RT studies have been performed in the CGM and IGM environments with T ~ 10,000K. In this talk, we present how the $Ly{\alpha}$ RT effect in the cold ISM with T ~ 100 K regulates the $Ly{\alpha}$ spectral properties.

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HI gas kinematics of galaxy pairs in the Hydra cluster from ASKAP pilot observations

  • Kim, Shin-Jeong;Oh, Se-Heon
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.61.1-61.1
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    • 2020
  • We examine the HI gas kinematics and distribution of galaxy pairs in group or cluster environment from high-resolution Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) WALLABY pilot observations. We use 22 well-resolved galaxies in the Hydra cluster of which 4 galaxies are visually identified as pairs and others are isolated ones. We perform profile decomposition of HI velocity profiles of the galaxies using a new tool, BAYGAUD which enables us to separate a line-of-sight velocity profile into an optimal number of Gaussian components based on Bayesian MCMC techniques. All the HI velocity profiles of the galaxies are decomposed into kinematically cold or warm gas components with their velocity dispersion, 4~8 km/s or > 8 km/s, respectively. We derive the mass fraction of the kinematically cold gas with respect to the total HI gas mass, f = log10(M_cold / M_HI), of the galaxies and correlate them with their dynamical mass. The cold gas reservoir of the paired galaxies in the Hydra cluster is found to be relatively higher than that of the isolated ones which show a negative correlation with the dynamical mass in general.

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A Performance Analysis of Pulling Rate Based on Image Layer Concurrency Level in Docker Environment for Cold Start Mitigation (콜드 스타트 완화를 위한 도커 환경에서의 이미지 레이어 동시성 수준에 따른 풀링 속도 성능 분석)

  • Minwoo Kang;Donggyun Kim;Heonchang Yu;Jihun Kang
    • Annual Conference of KIPS
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    • 2023.11a
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    • pp.89-92
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    • 2023
  • 최근에 Serverless 컴퓨팅은 많은 관심을 받는 기술로, 서버 프로비저닝 없이 코드를 배포하고 실행할 수 있으며 요청량에 따라 동적으로 컴퓨팅 리소스를 확장하여 애플리케이션을 안정적으로 운영할 수 있는 환경을 제공한다. Serverless 컴퓨팅의 주요 이슈 중 하나인 cold start 는 함수를 실행하기 위한 컨테이너 초기화 및 구동하는 단계이며, 해당 과정에서는 이미지 풀링이 수행될 수 있다. 이미지 풀링은 cold start 지연의 대부분을 차지하고 함수의 응답시간을 증가 시켜서 사용자 경험에 부정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 cold start 지연을 줄이기 위해 도커를 활용해서 이미지 레이어 동시 풀링 개수를 조절함으로써 이미지 풀링 속도를 개선시킬 수 있는지 분석하였다. 이와 같은 분석을 통해 풀링 개수가 풀링 속도에 영향을 줄 수 있음을 확인하였다.

A Study on Cold Start and Resource Improvement Using Time Warming Allocation Engine in Serverless Computing

  • Gun-Woo Kim;Seok-Jae Moon;Byung-Joon Park
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2024
  • With the advent of serverless computing, cloud customers no longer needed to maintain and manage server environments directly. Instead, cloud service providers took on that role, managing and maintaining the server environment according to customer requests, a concept known as Function as a Service (FaaS). This service demonstrated improvements in operational costs and resource utilization over traditional cloud computing, offering various advantages such as enhanced scalability. However, a delay occurred in processing and returning results to user requests, a phenomenon referred to as the cold start problem. This paper proposed the Time Warming Allocation Engine (TWAE) to improve resource management and mitigate the cold start problem in Function as a Service. The proposed engine comprised a collection module, a learning module, a classification module, and an allocation module. Additionally, it utilized a list called Pre-Warming. Through this approach, it suggested directions for improving cold start issues and resource utilization according to different time periods.

The Characteristic of a Functional Design for a Commercial Outdoor-Wear Jacket (국내 아웃도어 브랜드 등산복 재킷의 기능별 디자인 특성)

  • Lee, Young-Wha;Seo, Moon-Jung;Seo, In-Kyung;Kim, Young-In
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.63 no.7
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2013
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the characteristic of a functional design for a commercial outdoor brand jacket based on 3 types of functions : windproof, waterproof, and cold proof. To analyze the design and fabric characteristics of outdoor jackets by function, 903 men's and women's outdoor jacket images were selected from the catalogues during S/S 2009 - F/W 2011 of the 6 brands: The North Face, Columbia Sports Wear, Kolon Sports, K2, Arcteryx and Mont-Bell. These brands were selected based on their high market share and brand awareness of the outdoor brands in Korea. In this study, design elements analysis was conducted as following 8 elements: hood/collar height/central front flap/waistline/pocket location/ventilation for the body part/sleeve patterns/cuff for the sleeve part. Fabrics were analyzed by the frequency of fabric types used in the 3 jacket types. According to the result derived from the analysis of the six brands of outdoor wear jacket design trends by year, detachable hood and a co-use of velcro and elastic bands have been mainly designed for all of windproof, waterproof, and cold proof jacket to all in order to respond quickly to changes in the external environment. For reinforced storage function on trekking, the number of pockets has been gradually growing, and a function was being developed to connect an electronic device to a pocket. The method, result, and collateral observations relevant to each of these phases are described. Outdoor jacket design characteristics were investigated for outdoor brands, which can provide data to suggest more accurate functional design, and satisfy functional design needs. In this regard, this research was significant in the sense that it suggested preliminary data to reconsider competitiveness of the brand products.

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a Cold-Adapted Shikimate Kinase from the Psychrophilic Bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H

  • Nugroho, Wahyu Sri Kunto;Kim, Dong-Woo;Han, Jong-Cheol;Hur, Young Baek;Nam, Soo-Wan;Kim, Hak Jun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.2087-2097
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    • 2016
  • Most cold-adapted enzymes possess higher $K_m$ and $k_{cat}$ values than those of their mesophilic counterparts to maximize the reaction rate. This characteristic is often ascribed to a high structural flexibility and improved dynamics in the active site. However, this may be less convincing to cold-adapted metabolic enzymes, which work at substrate concentrations near $K_m$. In this respect, cold adaptation of a shikimate kinase (SK) in the shikimate pathway from psychrophilic Colwellia psychrerythraea (CpSK) was characterized by comparing it with a mesophilic Escherichia coli homolog (EcSK). The optimum temperatures for CpSK and EcSK activity were approximately $30^{\circ}C$ and $40^{\circ}C$, respectively. The melting points were $33^{\circ}C$ and $45^{\circ}C$ for CpSK and EcSK, respectively. The ${\Delta}G_{H_2O}$ (denaturation in the absence of denaturing agent) values were 3.94 and 5.74 kcal/mol for CpSK and EcSK, respectively. These results indicated that CpSK was a cold-adapted enzyme. However, contrary to typical kinetic data, CpSK had a lower $K_m$ for its substrate shikimate than most mesophilic SKs, and the $k_{cat}$ was not increased. This observation suggested that CpSK may have evolved to exhibit increased substrate affinity at low intracellular concentrations of shikimate in the cold environment. Sequence analysis and homology modeling also showed that some important salt bridges were lost in CpSK, and higher Arg residues around critical Arg 140 seemed to increase flexibility for catalysis. Taken together, these data demonstrate that CpSK exhibits characteristics of cold adaptation with unusual kinetic parameters, which may provide important insights into the cold adaptation of metabolic enzymes.

Cold-induced ginsenosides accumulation is associated with the alteration in DNA methylation and relative gene expression in perennial American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) along with its plant growth and development process

  • Hao, Mengzhen;Zhou, Yuhang;Zhou, Jinhui;Zhang, Min;Yan, Kangjiao;Jiang, Sheng;Wang, Wenshui;Peng, Xiaoping;Zhou, San
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.44 no.5
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    • pp.747-755
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    • 2020
  • Background: Ginsenosides accumulation responses to temperature are critical to quality formation in cold-dependent American ginseng. However, the studies on cold requirement mechanism relevant to ginsenosides have been limited in this species. Methods: Two experiments were carried out: one was a multivariate linear regression analysis between the ginsenosides accumulation and the environmental conditions of American ginseng from different sites of China and the other was a synchronous determination of ginsenosides accumulation, overall DNA methylation, and relative gene expression in different tissues during different developmental stages of American ginseng after experiencing different cold exposure duration treatments. Results: Results showed that the variation of the contents as well as the yields of total and individual ginsenosides Rg1, Re, and Rb1 in the roots were closely associated with environmental temperature conditions which implied that the cold environment plays a decisive role in the ginsenoside accumulation of American ginseng. Further results showed that there is a cyclically reversible dynamism between methylation and demethylation of DNA in the perennial American ginseng in response to temperature seasonality. And sufficient cold exposure duration in winter caused sufficient DNA demethylation in tender leaves in early spring and then accompanied the high expression of flowering gene PqFT in flowering stages and ginsenosides biosynthesis gene PqDDS in green berry stages successively, and finally, maximum ginsenosides accumulation occurred in the roots of American ginseng. Conclusion: We, therefore, hypothesized that cold-induced DNA methylation changes might regulate relative gene expression involving both plant development and plant secondary metabolites in such cold-dependent perennial plant species.

Improvement of Abiotic Stress Resilience for Stable Rice Production

  • Dongjin Shin;Hyunggon Mang;Jiyun Lee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.13-13
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    • 2022
  • Recently, stable crop production is threatened by the effects of climate change. In particular, it is difficult to consistently maintain agricultural policies due to large price fluctuations depending on the difference in total domestic rice production from year to year. For stable rice production amid changes in the crop growing environment, development of varieties with improved disease resistance and abiotic stress stability is becoming more important. In here, drought and cold tolerant trait have been studied. First, for the development of drought tolerant varieties, we analyzed which agricultural traits are mainly affected by domestic drought conditions. As a result, it was observed that drought caused by the lack of water during transplanting season inhibits the development of the number of tiller and reduces the yield. 'Samgang' was selected as a useful genetic resource with strong drought tolerant and stable tiller number development even under drought conditions by phenotype screening. Three of drought tolerant QTLs were identified using doubled haploid (DH) population derived from a cross between Nacdong and Samgang, a drought sensitive and a tolerant, respectively. Among these QTLs, when qVDT2 and qVDTl1 were integrated, it was investigated that the tiller number development was relatively stable in the rainfed paddy field conditions. It is known that the high-yielding Tongil-type cultivars are severely affected by cold stress throughout the entire growth stage. In this study, we established conditions that can test the cold tolerance phenotype with alternate temperature to treat low temperatures in indoor growth conditions similar to those in field conditions at seedling stage. Three cold tolerant QTLs were explored using population derived from a cross between Hanareum2 (cold sensitive variety, Tongil-type) and Unkwang (cold tolerant variety, Japonica). Among these QTLs, qSCT12 showed strong cold tolerant phenotype, and when all of three QTLs were integrated, it was investigated that cold tolerant score was relatively similar to its donor parent, Unkwang, in our experimental conditions. We are performing that development of new variety with improved cold tolerant through the introduction of these QTLs.

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First Record of Two Cold-Water Jellyfishes Aurelia limbata and Parumbrosa polylobata (Scyphozoa: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) in Korean Coastal Waters

  • Chang, Soo-Jung;Kim, Jung Nyun;Yoon, Won-Duk;Ki, Jang-Seu
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.272-280
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    • 2016
  • Most scyphomedusae jellyfishes recorded in Korean waters are temperate and subtropical species. In the present study, two cold-water jellyfishes from Korean waters are first described. Scyphomedusae were collected from the coasts of Gangneung and Ulsan of the East Sea, and Boryeong, and the eastern area of the Yellow Sea from June 2006 to May 2015. Scyphomedusae collected in Ulsan and Gangneung were identified morphologically as Aurelia limbata Brandt, 1835. Their umbrella was 250-500 mm in width and 30-50 mm in height; the exumbrella was white and the subumbrella was dark brown in color. The vascular system was complex with anastomosed branches. Individuals of this species lived at about 6.6-9.9℃ and 30-50 m depth in Korean waters. Scyphomedusae collected from the center of the Yellow Sea and from Boryeong were identified as Parumbrosa polylobata Kishinouye, 1910. Their umbrella was disc-shaped, 80-200 mm in width and 20-40 mm in height. Its milky white gonads could be seen through the transparent exumbrella. The stomach cavity was round and flat with four interradial cavities connected by subgenital cavities, and the four oral arms were bifurcated and spear-head shaped. Individuals were found at about 6.4-10.0℃ and 40-90 m depth in Korean waters. The identities of both species were confirmed by molecular analysis using nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences.