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Haptoglobin as an early indicator of infection in pigs (돼지에서 감염의 조기진단 지표로서의 Haptoglobin 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Moon, Jin-san;Nam, Hyang-mi;Ku, Bok-gyeong;Joo, Yi-seok;Jung, Suk-chan;Kim, Jong-yeom;Park, Yong-ho
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.615-619
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    • 1996
  • Sera of pigs with clinically normal and infectious conditions were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE) to demonstrate the specific changes in protein profile. In the sera from pigs with infection, haptoglobin with a 40KDa protein was found to be increased as compared to that of sera from normal pigs. As a rapid detection method for monitoring infections at large-scale farms, one of acute phase protein, haptoglobin, was selected to compare the concentrations between infectious and non-infectious conditions. Haptoglobin concentrations were low in pigs with clinically normal conditions but significantly increased in pigs with Aujesky's disease, hog cholera and parvo-virus infection. The studies provide that haptoglobin can be used as an indicator to monitor infections early at farm level.

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Phase Analysis of Immiscible V-Cu MA Powders by Neutron and X-ray Diffraction (비고용 V-Cu계 MA합금의 중성자 및 X선 회절에 의한 상분석)

  • Lee Chung-Hyo;Cho Jae-Moon;Lee Sang-Jin;Kim Ji-Soon
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.348-352
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    • 2004
  • The mechanical alloying (MA) effect in immiscible V-Cu system with positive heat of mixing was studied by not only the neutron and X-ray diffraction but also the analysis of DSC spectra. The total energy, ΔHt accumulated during MA for the mixture of $V_{50}$ $Cu_{50}$ / powders increased with milling time and approached the saturation value of 14 kJ/mol after 120 h of milling. It can be seen that the free energy difference between the amorphous phase and the pure V and Cu powders with an atomic ratio 5:5 is estimated to be 11 kJ/mol by Miedema et al. This is thermodynamically taken as one of the evidences for the amorphization. The structural changes of V-Cu MA powders were characterized by the X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction. We take a full advantage of a negligibly small scattering length of the V atom in the neutron diffraction measurement. The neutron diffraction data definitely indicate that the amorphization proceeds gradually but incompletely even after 120 h of MA and bcc-Cu Bragg peaks appears after 60 h of MA.

The kinematical Evaluation of National Team' s Butterfly Turn Motion (국가대표 접영선수의 방향전환동작 평가)

  • Back, Jin-Ho;Lee, Soon-Ho;Moon, Young-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.117-131
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    • 2004
  • The foreign superior players and national team players' turning phase was measured, compared and analyzed to help the representative players improve the skill of turn. The underwater video camera used to analyze and evaluate the representative players' skill of turn in detail and the result is as follows. 1. The record for the phase of turn was similar to the rank of the last record. The improvement of the skill of turn was required because Korean players' record was lower than the foreign players' one. In case of 200m events the 1st turn was the fastest and it took more time as the turn is repeated. 2. It shows that the preparation phase and turing motion cause the difference between the players and within one player. 3. The horizontal movement of center of gravity moves to turning point slowly in the preparation phase, does not move nearly in the turning phase and increase again in the propulsion phase. Good record has short time for turn phase. The result means that the shorten the turning phase is the most important factor. Therefore the preparation for this is required. The vertical movement is maintained or increase a little and then move to from the turning phase. 4. The characteristic of horizontal velocity in center of gravity is that there is any big changes at the preparation phase, the faster velocity is found from the better record and the accelerating time is fast at the propulsion phasen. The wrong motion is made by not using the swimming velocity for fuming and waiting and more time is required by this. 5. The angle of knee when the player touch the turning point is 106.22-135.56 and the maximum angle of knee during the driving after the touch of tuning point is full extension. The size of maximum angle of knee did not match with the required time of propulsion phase. It seems that the individual difference is big when the players touch the turning point the angle of knee and the research for the individual angle which can reveal the maximum power should be carried out. The national team player's skill for the him is behind the foreign players' one and a lot of problems were found. It shows that the players could not practice the skill for turn during the training. The 1st reason for it is the various facilities like underwater window or analyzing equipment like underwater camera with which the coaches can teach and correct the players' detailed skill. It is need to evaluate the players' detailed skill exactly and correct it by objective data to complete the good skill in the future. In this regard, the investment for the facility is necessary.

STABILIZATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN RADIO TELESCOPE FOR VLBI (VLBI 전파망원경 기준 신호 전송시스템 안정화)

  • Je, Do-Heung;Lee, Won-Kyu;Kim, Soo-Yeon;Chung, Moon-Hee;Song, Min-Kyu;Jung, Taehyun;Byun, Do-Young;Kim, Seung-Rae;Sohn, Bong-Won;Wi, Seog-Oh;Han, Seog-Tae;Kang, Yong-Woo
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2013
  • A fiber-optic reference signal transmission system, which transmits the 1.4 GHz reference signal from H-maser to receiver cabin in radio telescopes, was adopted for compensating the phase changes due to temperature variation and antenna movement. At the first experiment, the remote signal's phase changed more than 15 degrees at 1.4 GHz. We found unstable components in sub-system experiments and replaced them. The main cause of unstable phase stability was the unaligned polarization axis between Laser Diode and Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM). The improved system stability showed $1{\times}10^{-16}$ allan standard deviation at 1,000 sec integration time with the antenna fixed. When the antenna moves in the azimuth axis, the 1.4 GHz remote signal showed the phase change smaller than 0.2 degrees.

Implementation and Analysis of Performance Estimation Model of H.264/AVC Baseline Profile Decoder (H.264/AVC Baseline Profile Decoder의 성능 예측 모델의 구현과 분석)

  • Moon, Kyoung-Hwan;Song, Yong-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.108-123
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    • 2007
  • As H.264/AVC standard has proven to be a key technology of multimedia application, many researches to improve H.264/AVC standard are actively conducted. Those researches are conducted in various ways such as algorithm analysis and improvement or structure enhancement for reducing bottlenecks of performance. Even though targets and directions of those studies are not the same, performance of H.264/AVC standard is commonly analyzed in the early phase. In analysis phase, potential problems with H.264/AVC standard are identified and the most critical problem which has serious effects on performance is determined. Therefore, analysis phase is one of the important steps to decide overall directions and targets of the research. This research proposes a mathematical model which can be used in the early performance analysis phase to estimate performance in conducting research of improving the performance of H.264/AVC Baseline Profile decoder. The proposed model is designed by considering many variables of H.264/AVC decoder operation so that it is easy to predict its performance according to changes in each element.

Wireless Power Charging System Capable of Soft-Switching Operation Even in Wide Air Gaps (넓은 공극범위에서 소프트스위칭 동작하는 무선전력 충전시스템)

  • Yu-Jin, Moon;Jeong-Won, Woo;Eun-Soo, Kim;In-Gab, Hwang;Jong-Seob, Won;Sung-Soo, Kang
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.515-525
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    • 2022
  • The wireless power transfer (WPT) charging system for AGV depends highly on the coupling conditions due to air gap variation. To attain stable output power with high transfer efficiency under various coupling conditions, a single-stage, DC-DC converter that operates with robustness to changes in air gaps is proposed for the WPT system. The proposed converter is capable of soft switching under the set input voltage (Vin: 380 VDC), load conditions (0-1 kW), and air gap changes (30-70 mm). In addition, a wide output voltage range (Vo: 39-54 VDC) can be controlled by varying the link voltage due to the phase control at a fixed switching frequency. Experimental results are verified using a prototype of a 1 kW wireless power charging system.

Study on the Change of Nuclear Energy Policy: Before and After Fukushima Nuclear Accident (원자력 정책 변동에 관한 연구: 후쿠시마 원전 사고 전후를 중심으로)

  • Park, Soo-Kyung;Jang, Dong-Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.222-235
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    • 2019
  • Since Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred in 2011, the nuclear energy policy of the international society has been in recession. However, In Korea, the nuclear-friendly policy had remained and even expanded over the last 60 years until the Park Geun-hye government. In other words, there was the path dependence of nuclear energy policy. Since the Moon Jae-in government that pledged to perform nuclear phase-out policy in 2017 was inaugurated, the nuclear-friendly policy began to swerve from the course of path dependence. Based on the mai logic of historical institutionalism, this study looked into the change of Korean nuclear policy by before and after the Fukushima nuclear accident. As the result of this research, the external situation of Fukushima Nuclear Accident became a critical turning point and led to a change in the government's policy on nuclear power. From an institutional perspective, it influenced the paradigm of nuclear power policy, policy decision structure, and laws of nuclear power. From a doer's perspective, it influenced political idea and social acceptability. Since Moon Jae-in government was inaugurated in 2017, nuclear phase-out policy has secured its institutional foundation and nuclear power policy has basically changed from nuclear-friendly policy to nuclear phase-out policy. Therefore, the energy policy of Moon Jae-in government gets out of the nuclear power based path dependency that previous governments pursued, keeps punctuated equilibrium, and changes to renewable energy oriented policy.

Future Change Using the CMIP5 MME and Best Models: II. The Thermodynamic and Dynamic Analysis on Near and Long-Term Future Climate Change over East Asia (CMIP5 MME와 Best 모델의 비교를 통해 살펴본 미래전망: II. 동아시아 단·장기 미래기후전망에 대한 열역학적 및 역학적 분석)

  • Kim, Byeong-Hee;Moon, Hyejin;Ha, Kyung-Ja
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.249-260
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    • 2015
  • The changes in thermodynamic and dynamic aspects on near (2025~2049) and long-term (2075~2099) future climate changes between the historical run (1979~2005) and the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 run with 20 coupled models which employed in the phase five of Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP5) over East Asia (EA) and the Korean Peninsula are investigated as an extended study for Moon et al. (2014) study noted that the 20 models' multi-model ensemble (MME) and best five models' multi-model ensemble (B5MME) have a different increasing trend of precipitation during the boreal winter and summer, in spite of a similar increasing trend of surface air temperature, especially over the Korean Peninsula. Comparing the MME and B5MME, the dynamic factor (the convergence of mean moisture by anomalous wind) and the thermodynamic factor (the convergence of anomalous moisture by mean wind) in terms of moisture flux convergence are analyzed. As a result, the dynamic factor causes the lower increasing trend of precipitation in B5MME than the MME during the boreal winter and summer over EA. However, over the Korean Peninsula, the dynamic factor causes the lower increasing trend of precipitation in B5MME than the MME during the boreal winter, whereas the thermodynamic factor causes the higher increasing trend of precipitation in B5MME than the MME during the boreal summer. Therefore, it can be noted that the difference between MME and B5MME on the change in precipitation is affected by dynamic (thermodynamic) factor during the boreal winter (summer) over the Korean Peninsula.

Analysis and Stability Test of the Extracts from Astragali Radix, Paeoniae Radix, and Corni Fructus for Toxicity Study (황기, 작약 및 산수유의 독성평가를 위한 성분분석 및 안정성 시험)

  • Tran, Huynh Nguyen Khanh;Nguyen, Van Thu;Han, Kang-Hyun;Moon, Kyoung-Sik;Kim, Jeong Ah;Min, Byung Sun
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.248-254
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    • 2017
  • A simple and reliable reverse phase HPLC method was developed to determine pharmacologically active marker compounds of Astragali Radix, Paeoniae Radix, and Corni Fructus. The stability test of water-extract from three natural medicines were examined for six months. However, no significant changes in the content of the marker compounds of each extract were observed during the investigation.

Effect of Phase Stabilizers on the Phase Formation and Sintering Density of $Na^+$-Beta-Alumina Solid Electrolyte (상 안정화제가 $Na^+$-Beta-Alumina 고체 전해질의 상 형성 및 소결밀도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Ki-Moon;Lee, Sung-Tae;Lee, Dae-Han;Lee, Sang-Min;Lim, Sung-Ki
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.534-538
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    • 2012
  • $Na^+$-beta-alumina solid electrolyte was synthesized by solid state reaction using $Li_2O$ and MgO as a phase stabilizer, and the effect of stabilizers on the phase formation and sintering density was investigated. In order to determine the phase fraction according to the synthesizing temperature, the molar ratio of [$Na_2O$] : [$Al_2O_3$] was fixed at 1 : 5, and calcination was conducted at temperatures between $1200{\sim}1500^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. In the $Li_2O$-$Na_2O$-$Al_2O_3$ ternary system, ${\beta}^{{\prime}{\prime}}$-alumina phase fraction considerably increased by the secondary phase transition at $1500^{\circ}C$, whereas it maintained similarly in the MgO-$Na_2O$-$Al_2O_3$ system. Additionally, the disc-type specimens of $Na^+$-beta-alumina were sintered at the temperature between $1550{\sim}1650^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, and relative sintering densities, phase changes, and microstructures were analyzed. In case of $Li_2O$-stabilized $Na^+$-beta-alumina, ${\beta}^{{\prime}{\prime}}$-phase fraction and relative density of specimen sintered at $1600^{\circ}C$ were 94.7% and 98%, respectively. Relative density of MgO-stabilized $Na^+$-beta-alumina increased with a rise in sintering temperature.