• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.353-362
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• 2009

A new method and equipment for measuring the zeta potential of the external surface of hollow fiber (HF) membranes is reported. An existing commercial streaming potential analyzer in conjunction with home-made test cells was used to determine the electrokinetic surface characteristics of various HF membranes. It was shown that measurements of the external surface of HF membrane using the home-made test cells designed in this study were easy and reliable. The zeta potential values were quite accurate and reproducible. By varying the physical shape of the test cells to adjust hydrodynamics inside the test cells, several upgrade versions of home-made test cells were obtained. It was shown that the zeta potential of the external surface of HF membranes was most influenced by membrane materials as well as the way of surface modification. However, the overall surface charge of tested HF membranes were much less than that of commercial polyamide thin-film-composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes due to the lack of surface functional groups. For the HF membranes with the same material, the effect of pore size on the zeta potential was not significant, implying the potential of accurate zeta potential measurements for various HF membranes. The results obtained in this study are expected to be useful for better understating of electrokinetic surface characteristics of the external surface of HF membranes.

• 대한수학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.89-99
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• 1996

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2013

This study was conducted to evaluate the non-timber forest functions of the Research Forest area of Kangwon National University. In this study, forest recreation function was investigated through survey method answered by forest management experts. The evaluation factors for forest recreation function were separated into external and internal factors. Each factor was classified into intermediate element and detailed element. Therefore in this study, the evaluation factors of forest recreation function were divided into two groups which are the potential of external factors and the suitability of internal factors. Potential of the external factors were divided into accessibility, location, landscape and induction factors while the suitability of internal factor was divided into stand structure, forest structure and human impact. The priority of the potential of external factors was in order that location, accessibility, induction factors and landscape. The most important factors for the location, accessibility, induction and landscape factors are based on regional characteristics.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.383-390
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• 2012

For the cost-effective biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process whose characteristics of influent have low COD/N ratios, the automatic control system for the addition of external carbon based on oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) data in an anoxic reactor has been developed. In this study, it was carried out with a pilot-scale Bardenpho process which was consisted of anoxic 1, aerobic 1, aerobic 2, anoxic 2, aerobic 3 tank and clarifier. Firstly, the correlation coefficient ($R^2$) of the dosage of external carbon source and ORP value was about 0.97. Consequently, the automatic control system using ORP showed that the dosage of external carbon source was decreased by about 20% compared with a stable dosage of 75 mg/L based on the COD/N ratio of the anoxic influent.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.217-233
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 IT융합제품 구매 결정에 있어 잠재 구매자들이 어떻게 외부 정보를 활용하는지를 대표적 IT융합제품인 스마트폰 사례를 중심으로 살펴보고 있다. 외부 정보 원천 (external information)의 활용이 중요시 되는 이유는 스마트폰과 같은 신기술 기반의 융합제품이 더 이상 제품 사양만으로 차별화되는 탐색재가 아닌 사용자 인터페이스, 애플리케이션 이용 등으로부터 체득한 경험정보가 더욱 중요시되는 경험재적 성격을 포함하기 때문이다. 기존의 연구에서는 이러한 신기술 기반의 제품 선택에 있어 지인들이나 일반소비자들의 구전이 중요한 역할을 하는 것을 검증하였으나 온라인, 오프라인을 통해 다양한 정보 원천의 영향력을 비교 검증하는 실증 연구는 거의 없었다. 본 연구에서는 기존 연구를 참조하여 외부 정보 원천을 기업광고, 지인집단, 전문가집단, 일반소비자집단, 언론매체로 구분하고 이러한 외부 정보 원천이 어떻게 스마트폰의 구매 결정에 영향을 미치는 지를 정보 원천의 속성, 정보의 품질인식 측면에서 실증 분석하였다. 특히, 잠재구매자의 자기조절초점(self-regulatory focus)에 따라 정보 원천에 대한 속성 인식과 각 정보원천으로부터 발생한 정보에 대한 품질 평가에 차이가 존재함을 밝혔다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제13권1_2호
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• pp.41-50
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• 1979

The activation mechanism of K-induced contracture was studied in renal vascular muscle which does not generate an action potential readily and in taenia coli which generates a spike potential spontaneously. Helical strips of arterial muscle from rabbit renal arteries and longitudinal strips of taenia coli from guinea-pig's colons, respectively, were prepared. All experiments were performed in Tris-buffered Tyrode solution which was aerated with 100% $O_2$ and kept $35^{\circ}C$. Renal arterial muscles developed the contracture rapidly, which was composed of a small phasic and a large tonic components, when exposed to a 40 mM K-Tyrode solution. In the absence of external $Ca^{++}$, however, no K-contracture appeared. The contracture induced by K-depolarization was abolished by the treatment with verapamil, which is known to be a selective $Ca^{++}-blocker$ through potential-sensitive $Ca^{++}-channel$. K-contracture of taenia coli showed the contracture composed of a large phasic and a small tonic components. In the $Ca^{++}-free$ Tyrode solution, only the tonic component was abolished and almost no change in the phasic component was observed. The amplitude of tonic component was dependent on the external $Ca^{++}$; The tonic component increased dose-dependently by a stepwise increase of the external $Ca^{++}$, and this component decreased in parallel with the increase of verapamil in the external medium. The results of this experiment suggest that K-contracture of rabbit renal artery is the direct result of the influx of the external $Ca^{++}$, while that of taenia coli is the result of both $Ca^{++}$ influx and the release of sequestered $Ca^{++}$.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.719-728
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• 2015

Following the Fukushima accident, a special safety inspection was conducted in Korea. The inspection results show that Korean nuclear power plants have no imminent risk for expected maximum potential earthquake or coastal flooding. However long- and short-term safety improvements do need to be implemented. One of the measures to increase the mitigation capability during a prolonged station blackout (SBO) accident is installing injection flow paths to provide emergency cooling water of external sources using fire engines to the steam generators or reactor cooling systems. This paper illustrates an evaluation of the effectiveness of external cooling water injection strategies using fire trucks during a potential extended SBO accident in a 1,000 MWe pressurized water reactor. With regard to the effectiveness of external cooling water injection strategies using fire engines, the strategies are judged to be very feasible for a long-term SBO, but are not likely to be effective for a short-term SBO.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2014

We calculated the resonance tunneling energy band in the BCS gap for Type-II superconductor in which periodic potential is generated by external magnetic flux. In this model, penetrating magnetic flux was assumed to be in a fixed lattice state which is not moving by an external force. We observed the existence of two subbands when we used the same parameters as for the $Nd_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_X$ thin film experiment. The voltages at which the regions of negative differential resistivity (NDR) started after the resonant tunneling ended were in a good agreement with the experimental data in the field region of 1 T - 2.2 T, but not in the high field regions. Discrepancy occurred in the high field region is considered to be caused by that the potential barrier could not be maintained because the current induced by resonant tunneling exceeds the superconducting critical current. In order to have better agreement in the low field region, more concrete designing of the potential rather than a simple square well used in the calculation might be needed. Based on this result, we can predict an occurrence of the electromagnetic radiation of as much difference of energy caused by the 2nd order resonant tunneling in which electrons transit from the 2nd band to the 1st band in the potential wells.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

Purpose - Based on transaction cost perspective and institution-based perspective, this research attempts to investigate the effect of outsourcing on a firm's performance and how it interacts with institutional context in which the firms operate. Research design, data, and methodology -With a sample of 164 manufacturing firms form South Korea, we examine the direct effects of outsourcing on the a firm's level of product innovation and internationalization and the moderating effects of competitive pressure and property right protection as important external factors that could affect the effectiveness of outsourcing decision. Result - The findings show that outsourcing not only enhance a firm's capability to concentrate on its core competencies, but also to increase a firm's combinative capacity to acquire external knowledge. Furthermore, we finds that in a highly competitive environment, potential knowledge spillovers to other competitors may attenuate the potential benefits of outsourcing. Conclusion - Outsourcing can enhance a firm's innovation activities by providing valuable access to external knowledge and also to complementary resources from the external partners, which in turn enables firms to focus on core competences.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.699-708
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• 2023

원자력 발전소는 안전하게 운영될 수 있도록 설계단계에서 자연재해를 포함한 예상 가능한 모든 외부사건들이 고려되고 있다. 그러나 최근에 기후변화로 인해 설계를 초과하는 자연재해의 발생 가능성이 증가하면서 설계 당시에 예측하지 못했던 극한자연재해와 외부사건에 대해 세심한 검토가 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 원전 부지별 잠재적 극한자연재해를 선별하고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 원전 부지특성과 원전 부지별 외부재해로 인해 발생한 사건을 조사하고 분석하였다. 그리고 기존 문헌과 연구 자료를 조사하여 국내 원전 실정에 맞는 선별절차와 기준을 수립하였다. 본 연구에서 수립된 선별기준에 근거하여 원전 부지별로 정성적 선별을 수행하였고, 선별된 자연재해를 대상으로 정량적 선별과 현장실사를 통해 국내 원전 부지별 잠재적 극한자연재해를 선별하였다. 선별 결과, 폭우에 의한 내부침수 이외에도 강풍에 의한 풍압과 극한 공기압이 모든 부지에서 공통적인 잠재적 극한자연재해로 선별되었다. 그리고 고리부지의 경우 폭풍해일이 1순위의 잠재적 극한자연재해로 선정되었다.