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Mechanism of Tungsten Recovery from Spent Cemented Carbide by Molten Salt Electrodeposition

  • Hongxuan Xing;Zhen Li;Enrui Feng;Xiaomin Wang;Hongguang Kang;Yiyong Wang;Hui Jin;Jidong Li
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2023
  • The accumulation of spent carbide (YG8), not only pollutes the environment but also causes waste of tungsten, cobalt and other rare metal resources. To better address this issue, we proposed a combined electrochemical separation process of low-temperature aqueous solution and high-temperature molten salt for tungsten and cobalt. H2WO4 was obtained from spent carbide in an aqueous solution, and we calcined it to obtain WO3, which was used as a raw material to obtain tungsten by using molten salt electrodeposition. The influence of the current efficiency and the electrochemical behavior of the discharge precipitation of W(VI) were also studied. The calcination results showed that the morphology of WO3 was regular and there were no other impurities. The maximum current efficiency of 82.91% was achieved in a series of electrodeposition experiments. According to XRD and SEM analysis, the recovered product was high purity tungsten, which belongs to the simple cubic crystal system. In the W(VI) reduction mechanism experiments, the electrochemical process of W(VI) in NaCl-Na2WO4-WO3 molten salt was investigated using linear scanning voltammetry (LSV) and chronoamperometry in a three-electrode system. The LSV showed that W(VI) was reduced at the cathode in two steps and the electrode reaction was controlled by diffusion. The fitting results of chronoamperometry showed that the nucleation mechanism of W(VI) was an instantaneous nucleation mode, and the diffusion coefficient was 7.379×10-10 cm2·s-1.

A Fast and Exact Verification of Inter-Domain Data Transfer based on PKI

  • Jung, Im-Y.;Eom, Hyeon-Sang;Yeom, Heon-Y.
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2011
  • Trust for the data created, processed and transferred on e-Science environments can be estimated with provenance. The information to form provenance, which says how the data was created and reached its current state, increases as data evolves. It is a heavy burden to trace and verify the massive provenance in order to trust data. On the other hand, it is another issue how to trust the verification of data with provenance. This paper proposes a fast and exact verification of inter-domain data transfer and data origin for e-Science environment based on PKI. The verification, which is called two-way verification, cuts down the tracking overhead of the data along the causality presented on Open Provenance Model with the domain specialty of e-Science environment supported by Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI). The proposed scheme is easy-applicable without an extra infrastructure, scalable irrespective of the number of provenance records, transparent and secure with cryptography as well as low-overhead.

Single-Cell Toolkits Opening a New Era for Cell Engineering

  • Lee, Sean;Kim, Jireh;Park, Jong-Eun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.127-135
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    • 2021
  • Since the introduction of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) as a high-throughput mRNA expression analysis tool, this procedure has been increasingly implemented to identify cell-level transcriptome changes in a myriad of model systems. However, early methods processed cell samples in bulk, and therefore the unique transcriptomic patterns of individual cells would be lost due to data averaging. Nonetheless, the recent and continuous development of new single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) toolkits has enabled researchers to compare transcriptomes at a single-cell resolution, thus facilitating the analysis of individual cellular features and a deeper understanding of cellular functions. Nonetheless, the rapid evolution of high throughput single-cell "omics" tools has created the need for effective hypothesis verification strategies. Particularly, this issue could be addressed by coupling cell engineering techniques with single-cell sequencing. This approach has been successfully employed to gain further insights into disease pathogenesis and the dynamics of differentiation trajectories. Therefore, this review will discuss the current status of cell engineering toolkits and their contributions to single-cell and genome-wide data collection and analyses.

Recent Progress in Blue Perovskite LEDs

  • Joonyun, Kim;Jinu, Park;Byungha, Shin
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.32 no.11
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    • pp.449-457
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    • 2022
  • Halide perovskites are emerging materials for next-generation display applications, thanks to their narrow emission linewidth and band gap tunability, capable of covering the entire range of visible light. Despite their short period of research, perovskite light emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have shown rapid progress in device external quantum efficiency (EQE) in the near-infrared (NIR), red, and green emission wavelengths, and the record EQE has exceeded over 20 %. However there has been limited progress with blue emission compared to the red and green counterparts. In this review, the current status and challenges of blue PeLEDs are introduced, and strategies to produce spectrally stable blue PeLEDs are discussed. The strategies include 1) a mixed halide system in the form of 3-dimensional (3D) perovskites, 2) colloidal perovskite nanocrystals and 3) low dimensional perovskites, known as quasi-2D perovskites. In the mixed halide system, previous reports based on the compositional engineering of 3D perovskites to reduce spectral instability (i.e., halide segregation) will be discussed. Since spectral instability issue originate from the mixed halide composition in perovskites, the two other strategies are based on enlarging the band gap with a single halide composition. Finally, the prospects for each strategy are discussed, for further improvement in spectrally stable blue PeLEDs.

A Modeling of Information Process Concept for Analyzing Information Effect in Combat Simulation (전투 시뮬레이션에서 정보효과 분석을 위한 정보처리 개념 모델링)

  • Noh, Hyunil;Lee, Youngwoo;Lee, Taesik
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.730-743
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    • 2016
  • Network-Centric Warfare is a forthcoming military revolution paradigm for maximizing combat effectiveness in terms of information superiority. However, quantitative assessment of information effect is a challenging issue. Among the many approaches, war-game is a well known method to evaluate combat effectiveness. However, previous researches and current models have a limited function or logic to simulate information process, which is core concept of NCW. So this research suggests a concept of simulation modeling method to describe the information process as defining of combat information process based on probability decision model. In addition, we suggest a simple scenario to represent proposed concept modelling method. This results can be used in designing war-game analysis model for enhanced information effectiveness.

An Efficient Refresh Method in Multi-Level Storage System with Snapshot Data (스냅샷 데이터를 갖는 다중 레벨 저장 시스템에서의 효율적인 리프레시 기법)

  • Zhou, Peng;Eo, Sang-Hun;Kim, Myoung-Keum;Cho, Sook-Kyoung;Bae, Hae-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 2005
  • In multi-level storage system with snapshot data, some snapshots which are from selection portions of the base tables are kept in main memory. So how to efficiently refresh snapshots in response to changes on their base tables for preserving consistency which requires snapshots reflect the current state of the base tables referenced by the snapshot query is a very import research issue. In this paper, a method for efficiently refreshing snapshots is proposed. In this method, it uses a data structure to store metadata which contains some necessary information of every snapshot and an updating log that records the history of changes on its base tables. Synchronization process scans the metadata and refreshing process is executed using appropriate logs after it finds anyone of the snapshot need to be refreshed.

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Global Assessment of Current Water Resources using Total Runoff Integrating Pathways and Global GIS

  • Taikan Oki;Takao Saruhashi;Yasushi Agata;Shinjiro Kanae;Katumi Musiake
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 2001
  • Anticipated water scarcity in the first half of this century is one of the most concerned international issues. However, even though the issue has an international impact and world wide monitoring is critical, there are limited number of global estimates at present. In this study, annual water availability was derived from annual runoff estimated by land surface models using Total Runoff Integrating Pathways (TRIP) with 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree longitude/latitude resolution globally. Global distribution of water withdrawal for each sector in the same horizontal spatial resolution was estimated based on country-base statistics of municipal water use, industrial water use, and agricultural intake, using global geographical information system with global distributions of population and irrigated crop land area. The total population under water stress estimated for 1995 corresponded very well with former estimates, however, the number is highly depend on how to assume the ratio how much water from outside of the region can be used for water resources within the region. It suggests the importance of regional studies evaluating the possibility of water intake as well as the validity of the investment for water resources withdrawal facilities.

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An Analysis of the Current Practice of E-book Management and Services in Academic Libraries : Focused on A and B Academic Libraries (대학도서관 전자책 관리 및 서비스 실태 분석: A와 B 대학도서관을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Soojung;Lee, Ji-Won
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.167-190
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to analyze the current status of e-book management and services in academic libraries and identify related issues in the provision of the services. To do that, it performed case studies with A and B university libraries. E-book usage statistics was collected from each library and interviews were conducted with librarians responsible for e-book management and services. The interviews included questions regarding obstacles to e-book management and services and current issues as well as budget and acquisition, access and catalogues, usage, and marketing for e-books. The results show that in both libraries, the usage of e-books is low compared with that of printed books and the usage of e-books has declined recently. This is because of lack of new books with shortage of budget. Also, the most important issue surrounding e-book services is academic library evaluation, enacted by Academic Library Promotion Act in 2015. This study discussed how the criteria for academic library evaluation influence the way the academic libraries acquire and manage e-books.

Electromigration and Thermomigration in Flip-Chip Joints in a High Wiring Density Semiconductor Package

  • Yamanaka, Kimihiro
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2011
  • Keys to high wiring density semiconductor packages include flip-chip bonding and build-up substrate technologies. The current issues are the establishment of a fine pitch flip-chip bonding technology and a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) substrate technology. In particular, electromigration and thermomigration in fine pitch flipchip joints have been recognized as a major reliability issue. In this paper, electromigration and thermomigration in Cu/Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305)/Cu flip-chip joints and electromigration in Cu/In/Cu flip chip joints are investigated. In the electromigration test, a large electromigration void nucleation at the cathode, large growth of intermetallic compounds (IMCs) at the anode, a unique solder bump deformation towards the cathode, and the significantly prolonged electromigration lifetime with the underfill were observed in both types of joints. In addition, the effects of crystallographic orientation of Sn on electromigration were observed in the Cu/SAC305/Cu joints. In the thermomigration test, Cu dissolution was accelerated on the hot side, and formation of IMCs was enhanced on the cold side at a thermal gradient of about $60^{\circ}C$/cm, which was lower than previously reported. The rate of Cu atom migration was found comparable to that of electromigration under current conditions.

Research on Corporate Risk Reporting: Current Trends and Future Avenues

  • Mazumder, Mohammed Mehadi Masud;Hossain, Dewan Mahboob
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.29-41
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    • 2018
  • These days, corporate risk management has become a major concern in the corporate world. Companies in the global environment are exposed to diverse kinds of risks that are affecting the decisions of investors and other stakeholders. Therefore, companies are expected to not only identify and manage risks but also voluntarily report the same to the stakeholders. Increasingly, standard setters and regulators are requiring firms to disclose such information. On the contrary, there also exists a perception that risk reporting can create a negative impression among the stakeholders about the future of the company. In line with such growing dilemma for risk disclosures, the issue of corporate risk reporting (CRR) has been receiving immense emphasis from the accounting academicians. The main objective of this article is to conduct a comprehensive literature review on corporate risk disclosures. In order to fulfill this objective, at first, a summary of the relevant available literature is presented to identify the current regulations on risk reporting, existing trends of CRR research and theories applied in research. Then, through analysis, several research avenues are identified. It is expected that if these dimensions are explored by the future researchers, a better and broader understanding of the risk reporting practices can be achieved.