• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.732-739
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• 2009

Metabolic syndrome has been strongly associated with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT), a surrogate of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. We investigated the relationship between metabolic syndrome and elevated ALT in the general Korean population. The study sample was comprised of 4,781 Korean adults who had participated in the 2005 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Metabolic syndrome was defined by National Cholesterol Education Program for Adult Treatment Panel III. Elevated ALT was defined as an enzyme activity > 40 IU/L for men, and > 31 IU/L for women. ALT was measured by enzymatic methods. Among participants, 425 (8.9%) subjects displayed elevated ALT. The odds ratios (ORs) for elevated ALT increased in subjects with obesity or one of components of metabolic syndrome such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high fasting glucose, high triglyceride, and low HDL cholesterol after adjusting for age and sex. The unadjusted OR for elevated ALT increased according to the number of components of metabolic syndrome (OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 0.96-2.32 for 1 component; OR = 3.0, 95% CI: 1.98-4.61 for 2 components; OR = 6.3, 95% CI: 4.29-9.35 for ${\geq}3$ components; p for trend < 0.0001). This trend did not differ after adjustments for putative risk factors including age, sex, BMI, smoking status, and alcohol intake. Metabolic syndrome is implicated as a strong risk factor of elevated ALT in Korean adults.

• 분석과학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2019

This paper reports results on the physical properties of a powder type of $Al_2O_3:C$ commonly used as a luminescence dosimeter using the LM-OSL technique. On the analysis with the general order kinetics model, the LM-OSL signal measured appeared to be composed of three components (fast, medium, slow) showing the largest area in the medium component. The photoionization cross sections of three components were distributed between $10^{-19}{\sim}10^{-21}cm^2$. The values of the thermal assistance energy were evaluated the largest in slow component and the smallest in fast component, which indicates the electrons trapped in defects attributed to slow component should be the most sensitive to thermal vibration among three components. In illumination to blue light, the fast component showed a rapid linear decay and completely disappeared after light exposure time of about 5 s. The medium component decayed with two exponential elements but the slow component did not observed any noticeable change until light exposure time of 40 s. In a dose response study, all components exhibited a linear behaviour up to approximately 10 Gy.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2019

This study compares and analyzes inorganic components of four different Pu-erh tea species consumed in Korea. The criteria for the inorganic components was based on the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) recommendations. Out of the 19 general items: potassium, manganese, silicon and fluorine were detected in amounts exceeding the maximum allowable concentration by 5~23, 57~91, 1.6~1.8 and 9~18 times respectively. Out of the 15 potentially harmful elements: aluminum and nickel were exceeded the Maximum allowable concentration by 9~14 times and 0.8~1.2 times respectively. To reduce the concentration of inorganic elements in excess of the maximum allowable concentration, the extraction time of tea should be less than 1 minute in addition to limiting the amount. The amount of Pu-erh tea for extraction was about 0.1 g manganese, about 0.3 g potassium, about 0.5 g fluoride and about 2 g silicon. Therefore, the maximum amount of tea for extraction should be 0.1 g in regards to the safety of Pu-erh tea. Based on the recommended maximum daily intake of inorganic ingredients by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, it is desirable that the number of extractions be less than three.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2021

Relative to the outer surface of the mastic coating, the reliability of the available waterproofing resource is determined by the ability to stabilize the structural characteristics in difficult climatic conditions. Organic components of mastic as a result of solar radiation, elevated temperatures and their alternating change, atmospheric oxidants, especially in industrial areas, have a tendency to self-polymerization and loss of low molecular weight components. This is the gradual loss of deformability and the transition to brittleness with its tendency to crack as the reasons for the gradual transition from normal to emergency operating condition.The presented mechanism of functioning of the coating surface indicates the expediency of increasing its components, able to stabilize the structure and prevent changes in deformability.Durability, hydrophobicity, water displacement, water absorption are accepted as estimating indicators. The main dependences of the influence of the lost additional components of mastic on the operational properties of the formed coating characterize the ability to provide successful resistance to environmental influences and longer stability. As a result, mastic acquires additional service life.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.95-106
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• 2024

일반 백색 LED의 연색성을 보완하기 위해 적색 양자점을 선택적으로 활용함으로써 고연색성 조명을 구현하는 연구가 최근 활발하다. 본 논문에서는 최근 이루어지고 있는 원격 양자점 부품 연구 및 이를 활용한 고연색성 조명 개발의 현황에 대해 소개한다. 특히 양자점 부품이 배치되는 조명의 광구조 최적화에 있어서 중요하게 고려해야 할 다양한 요소를 집중적으로 논의함으로써 향후 고연색성 조명 연구의 방향 및 전망까지 다루고자 했다.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.77-93
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 영재의 사고양식 및 수학적 능력의 특성을 밝혀 영재의 특성을 고려한 프로그램 개발에 이바지하고자 하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 초등학교 수학영재교육 대상자와 일반학생을 대상으로 사고양식과 수학적 능력의 구성 요소를 분석하고, 두 변인간의 상호관련성을 탐색하였다. 연구 결과에 따르면 수학영재교육대상자가 일반학생에 비해 입법형, 사법형, 위계형, 전체형, 부분형 내부지향형, 자유형의 사고양식이 높을 뿐만 아니라 계산력, 추론 능력, 가역성, 일반화, 공간, 기억력의 수학적 능력 또한 수학영재교육대상자가 일반학생보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 회기분석 결과, 사고양식과 수학적 능력 간에는 어느 정도 상관관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.246-250
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• 2017

This study was performed to investigate the quality characteristics of noodles made from four different potato varieties: Atlantic, Go-un, Sae-bong, Jin-sun, and wheat flour. Quality characteristics of five noodles were analyzed by general components analysis, cooking quality (rate of water absorption, cooking loss, and volume increase), and mechanical textural properties. Some variations existed in wheat- or potato-based noodles for the general components analysis, but no clear trend was observed. Higher values in the rates of water absorption, cooking loss, and volume increase were observed for the wheat flour noodle, while some variations were observed for potato noodles depending on the variety. The wheat flour noodles exhibited higher values of textural characteristics obtained from the texture profile analysis, except for adhesiveness. Higher gluten contents as well as lower ash contents in the wheat flour noodles compared to the potato noodles are thought to be the two key factors contributing to this finding.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2010

In this study, Sulgidduk samples were prepared with 0%, 3%, 5% and 7% yacon powder. Sulgidduk samples were then examined for quality characteristics such as moisture content, general components, color, texture profile analysis, sensory qualities, and sugar content, in order to determine the optimal ratio of yacon powder in the formulation. Regarding the general components of yacon Sulgidduk, the contents of crude protein and lipid decreased as the ratio of yacon powder increased. The L-value for color decreased, whereas a- and b-values increased. In the texture profile analysis, 7%-added yacon showed significantly lower hardness, whereas 7% yacon powder showed the highest values for cohesiveness, springiness, and chewiness. The contents of sucrose, fructose, and glucose in yacon Sulgidduk were found to be 3%, 5%, and 7% by LC, respectively. Sucrose showed a decreasing trend with increased yacon powder content, but fructose and glucose increased with increased amount of yacon powder. For sensory qualities, taste/flavor, texture, hardness, and overall acceptability were not significantly different among the 0%, 3%, and 5% yacon powder samples.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.303-324
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• 2004

The Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) has established itself as a sound paradigm in the software engineering discipline and has gained wide spread acceptance in the industry. The CBSD relies on the availability of standard software components for encapsulation of specific functionality. This paper presents the framework for the development of a software component for the design of general member cross-sections. The proposed component can be used in component-based structural engineering software or as a stand-alone program developed around the component. This paper describes the use-case scenarios for the component, its design patterns, object models, class hierarchy, the integrated and unified handling of cross-section behavior and implementation issue. It is expected that a component developed using the proposed patterns and model can be used in analysis, design and detailing packages to handle reinforced concrete, partially prestressed concrete, steel-concrete composite and steel sections. The component can provide the entire response parameters of the cross section including determination of geometric properties, elastic stresses, flexural capacity, moment-curvature, and ductility ratios. The component can also be used as the main computational engine for stand-alone section design software. The component can be further extended to handle the retrofitting and strengthening of cross-sections, shear and torsional response, determination of fire-damage parameters, etc.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1500-1508
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• 2001

This paper represents the importance of dependent variables in non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates just as the importance of those variables of convective scheme and turbulence model in computational fluid dynamics. Each of Cartesian, physical covariant and physical contravariant velocity components was tested as the dependent variables of momentum equations in the staggered grid system. In the flow past a circular cylinder, the results were computed to use each of three variables and compared to experimental data. In the skewed driven cavity flow, the results were computed to check the grid dependency of the variables. The results used in Cartesian and physical contravariant components of velocity in cylinder flow show the nearly same accuracy. In the case of Cartesian and contravariant component, the same number of vortex was predicted in the skewed driven cavity flow. Vortex strength of Cartesian component case has about 30% lower value than that of the other two cases.