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Poultry industry of Bangladesh: entering a new phase

  • Rahman, Md Shahidur;Jang, Dong-Heon;Yu, Chan-Ju
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.272-282
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    • 2017
  • In Bangladesh, since the beginning of 21st century, the poultry industry has become an unparalleled platform for a quick profit, the generation of local employment, and the production of cheaper animal proteins. This paper summarizes poultry industry-related facts and figures for Bangladesh, starting from the very beginnings of this sector when poultry farming was part of subsistence family farming only to today's highly commercialized horizon, through personal experiences, secondary data analysis, spot visits, and the sharing of views and ideas with stakeholders. A critical analysis reveals that the poultry industry in Bangladesh may become multi-dimensional and more stable in the near future as it establishes sufficient backward and forward linkages to input and output supplies. We can foresee its passing the very fast growing juvenile stages of higher net profit earning and less responsible then becoming fully mature. The projected demand and production potentials of this sector are increasing, but at a slower pace than before, in the face of some important challenges like emerging disease, higher prices of inputs, consumer preferences, and strong market competition. However, evidence suggests that the production systems of poultry in Bangladesh are entering a new era to cater to the needs of consumers, society, and government as it produces healthier and more diversified, further-processed foods, in the coming years. A better economy in the country, a more health-conscious population, and the availability of new and affordable innovations in this sector might be the driving forces to support the foreseen transformations.

Development of Automatic Filling Process using Low-Melting Point Metal for Rapid Manufacturing with Machining Process (절삭가공과 저융점금속에 의한 쾌속제작용 자동충진공정 개발)

  • Shin, Bo-Seong;Yang, Dong-Yeol;Choi, Du-Seon;Kim, Ki-Don;Lee, Eung-Suk;Je, Tae-Jin;Hwang, Kyeong-Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.88-94
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    • 2002
  • Recently, the life cycle and the lead-time of a product are to be shortened in order to satisfy consumer's demand. It is thus important to reduce the time and cost in manufacturing trial products. Several technique have been developed and successfully commercialized in the market of RPM(Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing). However, most commercial systems currently use resins or waxes as the raw materials. So, the limited mechanical strength for functional testing is regarded as an obstacle towards broader application of rapid prototyping techniques. To overcome these problems, high-speed machining technology is being investigated worldwide for rapid manufacturing and even for direct rapid tooling application. In this paper, some fundamental experiments and analyses are carried out to obtain the filling time, materials, method, and process parameters for HisRP(High-Speed RP) process. HisRP is a new RP process that is combined high-speed machining with automatic filling. In filling process, Bi58-Sn alloy is chosen as filling material because of the properties of low-melting point, low coefficient of thermal expansion and no harm to environment. Also the use of filling wire it if advantage since it needs simple and flexible mechanism. Then the rapid product, for example a skull, is manufactured for aluminum material by HisRP process with an automatic set-up device thor 4-faces machining.

Effects of Compost Application on Soil Properties and Leaf and Bud Characteristics of Pear Trees in Orchard Farms (유기질 비료의 시용이 배 과원의 토양과 엽과 눈 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jae-An;Kim, Wol-Soo;Choi, Hyun-Sug
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.567-575
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    • 2009
  • Organic pear (Pyrus pyriforia) fruits have remarkably increased in Korea since year 2000 due to increase consumer's demand for the fruit, and the farmers are keep trying to change their cultivation system that is replaced from conventional farming to organic-base farming for the fruit. However, there is little information for the soil properties, tree nutrition, and tree growth at organic orchards in Korea. Therefore, this study was established to investigate for the chemical properties of soils and leaf and bud characteristics of a conventional and organic pear trees in experimental orchards for two years. Commercial (Sanwool, YoungHwa Co., Korea) compost was applied to the orchard soils with conventional farming systems for two years for pear trees (10 to 15 year old trees) in KyungSan, Korea. The compost application increased pH, organic matter content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and, microbial biomass in the soil. The compost treatment also increased specific leaf weight and foliar $P_2O_5$ concentration as well as leaf and floral bud sizes.

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Effect of Microwave Heat Treatment on Inhibition of Corn Seed Germination

  • Ambrose, Ashabahebwa;Lee, Wang-Hee;Cho, Byoung-Kwan
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.224-231
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: Corn is a major commercial crop targeted for genetic modification owing to its high consumer demand as a foodstuff for humans and livestock, as well as its other industrial applications. However, the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops is controversial. Indeed, several countries have banned the importation of GM seeds that can germinate. Therefore, development of effective, convenient, and nondestructive methods to inhibit seed germination is required. Methods: This study aimed to examine the efficacy of microwave heat treatment for inhibition of germination of corn kernels and for optimization of power and exposure time required for effective aging treatment. Artificial inhibition was induced in corn kernels using microwave heat treatment. Seven power levels were examined (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, and 1000 W) at each of the four exposure times (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 min). Results: Corn kernels could be aged effectively after heating for 0.5~1.0 min at powers greater than 800 W, with increasing efficacy observed at higher powers. Further analysis showed that the most effective inhibition of germination was observed at 1000 W for 40 s. This setting did not cause any physical damage to the corn kernels. Conclusions: Optimal inhibition of corn kernel germination was achieved using higher power for shorter times, which may be useful for industrial corn seed treatment.

Residues of Diazinon in Growing Chinese cabbage: A study Under Greenhouse Conditions

  • Khay, Sathya;El-Aty, A.M. Abd;Lim, Kye-Taek;Shim, Jae-Han
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.174-179
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    • 2006
  • Chinese cabbage, Braccica campestris has long been consumed as a staple food for Koreans in various forms of fresh, salted, and fermented Kimchi. Cultivation of the crop under greenhouse has become a general practices to fulfill its off-seasonal consumer's demand. However, agricultural practices of the crop have always accompanied with heavy applications of pesticides caused by severe outbreaks of diseases and pose under warm and humid circumferences. Since dissipation patterns of pesticide residues in/on the crop under greenhouse conditions ate quite different from those in the open-air, changes of diazinon, O,O-diethyl O-2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidin-4-yl phosphornthioate, in/on the Chinese cabbage applied by foliar spraying under greenhouse were studied. Diazinon 34% EC was applied with dilution of recommended and double dose to the crop. The shoots of crop were harvested immediately after this application and at regular intervals over a 10-day. After sample preparations, the diazinon residue was analyzed using gas chromatography equipped with electron capture detector (GC/ECD). Initially deposited amount of the chemical in/on the crop right after applications with recommended and double doses were 8.3 and 15.2 mg/kg, respectively. The residue levels after 10 days of application were 0.03 and 0.09 mg/kg with 1.3 and 1.5 days of half-life in/on the crop, respectively. In consequent 10 days of pre-harvest interval (PHI) for diazinon EC formulation in/on Chinese cabbage under greenhouse condition was fulfill maximum residue level set by Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA, 0.1 mg/kg).

Design and Implementation of Commodity Information System Using LBS with Augumented Reality Based on Smart Phone (스마트폰 기반 위치기반서비스와 증강현실을 결합한 상점정보시스템의 설계 및 구현)

  • Yoon, Sunhee
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.229-239
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    • 2012
  • In 2011, more than 2000 million smartphone users are in our country. As a result, consumer demand have been developed for a variety of applications, especially in the information service-related applications that combine location-based services and augmented reality in addition to related information for the virtual reality of things are rapidly increased. This paper analysed location-based services and augmented reality technology as related research and designed and implemented the system that provides the same environment as if the user is shopping and purchasing the items in the real world and offers the information characterizing the real situation combines location-based service and augmented reality which provides with an excellent reality in the smart phone environment. The proposed system in this paper is excellent in mobility, scalability and reality as a result of analysis of functions and services compared to web-based systems and has advantages to apply for the suitable system in ubiqutous environment which can be used in anytime and anywhere.

Design of Web Retrieval Component for Marine Leisure Information Database (해양레저정보 데이터베이스 구축을 위한 웹 탐색 컴포넌트 설계)

  • Choi, Hong-Seok;Jung, Sung-Hun;Ahn, Seong-Hwan;Yim, Jae-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.142-145
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    • 2005
  • According as marine leisure industry has developed and the demand of leisure culture has increased rapidly, a desire about service which supply marine safety and connect marine information is enlarging. We wish to develop contents of download form that supply geographic information of Electronic Navigational Chart(ENC) in the marine that is digitalized to carrying along terminal of WIPI base and various informations for marine leisure. For this, DB that offer ENC and additional information should be constructed. Also, we need server(CPS; Contents provider Server) that offer required contents. In this paper, we design web retrieval component which store request information to database. When consumer required necessary information through personal mobile device, CPS can inform that. So, we wish to develop web retrieval agent component that parse informations in various World Wide Webs, and store to database.

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Analyzing the Challenges for Cloud Computing Business Dissemination in the Service Provider's Perspective (클라우드 컴퓨팅 시장 확산을 위한 공급자 관점의 선결요인)

  • Park, Soo Kyung;Cho, Ji Yeon;Lee, Bong Gyou
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.99-116
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    • 2015
  • The concept of Cloud computing has been introduced in the IT field over 10 years and industry has been expanding constantly. However, compare to the maturity of global market, Korea cloud computing industry is only in the early stage. Even the Korea has advantages in technology infrastructure; the pace of Korea cloud computing market growth is taking a serious downturn. Under these circumstances, it is needed to be discussing that strategy for expanding the cloud computing market size and for sustaining global competitiveness of local companies. Previous studies on plans for Korea cloud computing market has been conducted since 2009 and most of them are tend to examined in demand perspective. Thus, this study aims at identifying the priority of business challenges for making better performance in the market with service provider aspects. To analyze the important factors in the providing cloud computing service, ANP methodology was applied in this study. The network model including five clusters, security, stability, performance, consumer, and institution, was defined through literature review and expert survey was conducted to collect data. As a result of ANP analysis, 'Securing service reliability' was analyzed as the most important factor and followed by 'Preparing the range of legal liability', 'Preventing personal information leakage' and 'Preventing confidential information data leakage.' The priority of result indicates that service provider needs to focus on to make the secured service environment. This study has significance on analyzing the priority of business challenges in the service provider perspective. This study will provide useful guidelines to for establishing strategies in cloud computing market.

Component Design of Marine Leisure Information Retrieval Agent (해양레저정보 탐색 에이전트의 컴포넌트 설계)

  • Choi Hong-Seok;Jung Sung-Hun;Yim Jae-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.221-224
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    • 2005
  • According as marine leisure industry has developed and the demand of leisure culture has increased rapidly, a desire about service which supply marine safety and connect marine information is enlarging. We wish tc develop contents of download form that supply geographic information of Electronic Navigational Chart(ENC) in the marine that is digitalized to carrying along terminal of WIPI base and various informations for marine leisure. For this, DB that offer ENC and additional information should be constructed. Also, we need server (CPS; Contents provider Server) that offer required contents. In this paper, we design web retrieval component which store request information to database. When consumer required necessary information through personal mobile device, CPS can inform that. So, we wish to develop web retrieval agent component that parse informations in various World Wide Webs, and store to database.

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Development of Economic based Optimal Operation Program for Microgrid (경제성 기반의 마이크로그리드 최적운영 프로그램 개발)

  • Lee, Hak-Ju;Cha, Woo-Ku;Song, Il-Kun;Yoon, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.106-114
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    • 2009
  • This paper addresses unit commitment for microgrid optimization including renewable energy sources, working under deregulated power market. As microgrid supplies both heat and electricity for consumer, operational optimization must be done to meet their demand economically. So renewable energy sources are considered to be negative load, and batteries are used as the load flattening device to raise possibly operational function. In the state of solution, the program is developed to solve out the maximum profit of microgrid using dynamic programming method. Finally, its validity is verified through case study in isolation mode and interconnected mode. The S/W will be used to operate microgrid economically after the market of microgrid is formed.