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The Improvement of Point Cloud Data Processing Program For Efficient Earthwork BIM Design (토공 BIM 설계 효율화를 위한 포인트 클라우드 데이터 처리 프로그램 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Heeyeon;Kim, Jeonghwan;Seo, Jongwon;Shim, Ho
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2020
  • Earthwork automation has emerged as a promising technology in the construction industry, and the application of earthwork automation technology is starting from the acquisition and processing of point cloud data of the site. Point cloud data has more than a million data due to vast extent of the construction site, and the processing time of the original point cloud data is critical because it takes tens or hundreds of hours to generate a Digital Terrain Model (DTM), and enhancement of the processing time can largely impact on the efficiency of the modeling. Currently, a benchmark program (BP) is actively used for the purpose of both point cloud data processing and BIM design as an integrated program in Korea, however, there are some aspects to be modified and refined. This study modified the BP, and developed an updated program by adopting a compile-based development environment, newly designed UI/UX, and OpenGL while maintaining existing PCD processing functions, and expended compatibility of the PCD file formats. We conducted a comparative test in terms of loading speed with different number of point cloud data, and the results showed that 92 to 99% performance increase was found in the developed program. This program can be used as a foundation for the development of a program that reduces the gap between design and construction by integrating PCD and earthwork BIM functions in the future.

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in Cold Pressed Nickel Doped Bismuth Sulfide Compounds

  • Fitriani, Fitriani;Said, Suhana Mohd;Rozali, Shaifulazuar;Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd;Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd;Bui, Duc Long;Nakayama, Tadachika;Raihan, Ovik;Hasnan, Megat Muhammad Ikhsan Megat;Bashir, Mohamed Bashir Ali;Kamal, Farhan
    • Electronic Materials Letters
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.689-699
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    • 2018
  • Nanostructured Ni doped $Bi_2S_3$ ($Bi_{2-x}Ni_xS_3$, $0{\leq}x{\leq}0.07$) is explored as a candidate for telluride free thermoelectric material, through a combination process of mechanical alloying with subsequent consolidation by cold pressing followed with a sintering process. The cold pressing method was found to impact the thermoelectric properties in two ways: (1) introduction of the dopant atom in the interstitial sites of the crystal lattice which results in an increase in carrier concentration, and (2) introduction of a porous structure which reduces the thermal conductivity. The electrical resistivity of $Bi_2S_3$ was decreased by adding Ni atoms, which shows a minimum value of $2.35{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}m$ at $300^{\circ}C$ for $Bi_{1.99}Ni_{0.01}S_3$ sample. The presence of porous structures gives a significant effect on reduction of thermal conductivity, by a reduction of ~ 59.6% compared to a high density $Bi_2S_3$. The thermal conductivity of $Bi_{2-x}Ni_xS_3$ ranges from 0.31 to 0.52 W/m K in the temperature range of $27^{\circ}C$ (RT) to $300^{\circ}C$ with the lowest ${\kappa}$ values of $Bi_2S_3$ compared to the previous works. A maximum ZT value of 0.13 at $300^{\circ}C$ was achieved for $Bi_{1.99}Ni_{0.01}S_3$ sample, which is about 2.6 times higher than (0.05) of $Bi_2S_3$ sample. This work show an optimization pathway to improve thermoelectric performance of $Bi_2S_3$ through Ni doping and introduction of porosity.

Engineering Properties of Concrete using of Coal Gasification Slag as the Fine Aggregates (석탄가스화 용융슬래그를 잔골재로 치환한 콘크리트의 공학적 특성)

  • Park, Kyung-Taek;Han, Min-Cheol;Hyun, Seung-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.194-201
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    • 2019
  • This study analyzed the properties of concrete depending on the coal gasification slag(CGS) contents in order to examine the applicability of CGS as the fine aggregate for concrete. Experimental results, trended that the slump and slump flow increased with increasing CGS contents, and air contents has decreased. Evaluation index for segregation of normal strength concrete(EISN) is showed was good from CGS 25% when using crushed sand A(CSa) and CGS 50% when using mixed sand(MS). The compressive strength decreased with increasing CGS contents when CSa was used. However, when MS was used, the maximum value was CGS 50% due to parabolic tendency. Depending on fine aggregates type, compared with compressive strength of CSa was about 8% higher than that of MS, and depending on the use or unuse of CGS, more advantageous at higher strength than low strength. As a result of relative performance study on the quality of concrete according to the CGS contents, it is considered that CGS can be positively contributed to enhancement of workability and strength development when mixed with fine aggregate around 25~50%.

Effects of Ginseng Saponins in Energy Metabolism, Memory, and Anti-neurotoxicity

  • Wang Lawrence C.H.;Lee Tze-fun
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 2002
  • Ginseng has been used as a key constituent in traditional medicine prescriptions for centuries. Other than its well-known anti-stress and adaptogenic properties, ginseng has also been shown to be very effective in treating age-related deterioration in metabolic and memory functions. Although it is generally believed that the saponin (GS) fraction of the ginseng root accounts for the bioactivity of ginseng, a direct demonstration on which ginsenoside does what is still generally lacking. In the past decade, our laboratory has endeavored to identify the active GS components involved in energy metabolism, memory, and anti-neurotoxicity. To examine the ergogenic effects of GS in enhancing aerobic capacity, rats were subjected to either severe cold ($40^{\circ}C$ under helium-oxygen, two hours) or exercise workload $(70\%\;VO_{2}max,$ to exhaustion). Acute systemic injection (i.p.) of ginseng GS (5-20 mg/kg) significantly elevated both the total and maximum heat production in rats and improved their cold tolerance. However, pretreating the animal with the optimal dose (10 mg/kg) of GS devoid of $Rg_1\;and\;Rb_1$ failed to elicit any beneficial effects in improving cold tolerance. This indicates that either $Rb_1\;and/or\;Rg_1$ may be essential in exemplifying the thermogenic effect of GS. Further studies showed that only pretreating the animals with $Rb_1(2.5-5\;mg/kg),\;but\;not\;Rg_l,$ resulted in an increase in thermogenesis and cold tolerance. In contrast to the acute effect of GS on cold tolerance, enhancement of exercise performance in rats was only observed after chronic treatment (4 days). Further, we were able to demonstrate that both $Rb_1\;and\;Rg_1$ are effective in enhancing aerobic endurance by exercise. To illustrate the beneficial effects of GS in learning and memory, a passive avoidance paradigm (shock prod) was used. Our results indicated that the scopolamineinduced amnesia can be significantly reversed by chronically treating (4 days) the rats with either $Rb_1\;or\;Rg_1$ (1.25 - 2.5 mg/kg). To further examine its underlying mechanisms, the effects of various GS on ${\beta}-amyloid-modulated$ acetylcholine (ACh) release from the hippocampal slices were examined. It was found that inclusion of $Rb_1$ (0.1 ${\mu}M$), but not $Rg_1$, can attenuate ${\beta}-amyloid-suppressed$ ACh release from the hippocampal slices. Our results demonstrated that $Rb_1\;and\;Rg_1$ are the key components involved in various beneficial effects of GS but they may elicit their effects through different mechanisms.

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Development of Teaching-Learning Plans of Middle School Home Economics for Media Literacy: Focusing on Core Concept of 'Relationship' (미디어 리터러시 함양을 위한 중학교 가정과 교수·학습 과정안 개발: 핵심개념 '관계' 관련 단원을 중심으로)

  • Shim, Jaeyoung;Choi, Saeeun
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to improve media literacy through home economics education. To this end, in this study, developed were 10 teaching-learning plans, learning activity sheets, and teaching materials for the 'relationship' area, the core concept of the 2015 revised home economics curriculum, using the ADDIE method. Pre- and post-survey results after implementing the developed program showed statistically significant improvements in enhancing participants' ability to access media and critical understanding of media. Through this, also found was that the ability to express and produce one's own thoughts and feelings has improved. As a result of a qualitative analysis, it was found that students who participated in the class experienced an overall change in the performance goals of media literacy, especially in 'critical understanding and evaluation', and improved in media use ethics and social participation consciousness as well. It is significant that this study has developed a program that can foster media literacy in home economics education. It is expected to help improve the acceptability of media literacy education in home economics education, enhancement of the expertise of home economics teachers' media literacy education, and the improvement of teaching and learning activities in the field.

Propylene/Nitrogen Separation Membranes Based on Amphiphilic Copolymer Grafted from Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (양친성 고분자가 그래프팅된 Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) 기반의 프로필렌/질소 분리막)

  • Park, Cheol Hun;Lee, Jae Hun;Park, Min Su;Kim, Jong Hak
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.88-95
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    • 2019
  • Hydrocarbons containing carbon double bonds are generally called olefins and it is extensively used in petro-chemical industry as essential base material. Especially, olefins are essential in polymer synthesis and thus the effective separation and purification of olefins from gas mixture are very important and it gives significant positive effect on the future industrial development. In this study, we fabricated polymeric composite membrane based on poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP) for propylene/nitrogen separation and enhancement of its separation performance by grafting amphiphilic copolymer. Furthermore, to accelerate facilitated transport for propylene molecules, Ag salt ($AgBF_4$) and ionic liquid ($EMIM-BF_4$) was incorporated to polymer composite membranes. The neat PTMSP membrane exhibited extremely high gas permeance and low gas selectivity due to its high free volume. To address this issue, PTMSP was grafted with poly(oxyethylene glycol methacrylate) (POEM) and poly(ethylene glycol) behenyl ether methacrylate (PEGBEM). Additionally, the additives such as $AgBF_4$ and $EMIM-BF_4$ further increased the propylene permeance, resulting in increment of propylene/nitrogen selectivity.

The Effect of College Festival Participants' Experience on Festival Satisfaction, Re-participation and Peer Relation Enhancement: Focusing on College Life Participation (대학축제체험이 축제만족, 재참가의도, 교우관계에 미치는 영향: 대학생활 참여정도를 중심으로)

  • Yang, Soung-Hoon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.246-257
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    • 2019
  • This research aimed to verify possibly expanding college festival's performance to ordinary life. College festivals have consolidated student communities and created college culture. Recently, the festivals have been challenged for commercialization such as celebrity concert and company sponsorship. College festival is a text, which is based on ordinary college life and should served a role to restore college life. Pine & Gilmore's experience model was used to find that quality festival experience leads to satisfaction and satisfaction enhance peer relations. More participate school life, the better experience the festival program. Total 195 of questionnaires were administered to college festival participants and coding data were analyzed by regression and t test. Result found that College festival experience significantly affects festival satisfaction(H1), festival satisfaction affect re-participation(H2) and peer relations(H3). High level of school life participation group showed significant differences in festival experience and other variables in compare with low level group(H4). Theoretical /practical significances and research limitation were included.

Improved breakdown characteristics of Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode using floating metal guard ring structure (플로팅 금속 가드링 구조를 이용한 Ga2O3 쇼트키 장벽 다이오드의 항복 특성 개선 연구)

  • Choi, June-Heang;Cha, Ho-Young
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.193-199
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    • 2019
  • In this study, we have proposed a floating metal guard ring structure based on TCAD simulation in order to enhance the breakdown voltage characteristics of gallium oxide ($Ga_2O_3$) vertical high voltage switching Schottky barrier diode. Unlike conventional guard ring structures, the floating metal guard rings do not require an ion implantation process. The locally enhanced high electric field at the anode corner was successfully suppressed by the metal guard rings, resulting in breakdown voltage enhancement. The number of guard rings and their width and spacing were varied for structural optimization during which the current-voltage characteristics and internal electric field and potential distributions were carefully investigated. For an n-type drift layer with a doping concentration of $5{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$ and a thickness of $5{\mu}m$, the optimum guard ring structure had 5 guard rings with an individual ring width of $1.5{\mu}m$ and a spacing of $0.2{\mu}m$ between rings. The breakdown voltage was increased from 940 V to 2000 V without degradation of on-resistance by employing the optimum guard ring structure. The proposed floating metal guard ring structure can improve the device performance without requiring an additional fabrication step.

Structure Design Sensitivity Analysis of Active Type DSF for Offshore Plant Float-over Installation Using Design of Experiments (실험계획법을 이용한 해양플랜트 플로트오버 설치 작업용 능동형 DSF의 구조설계 민감도 해석)

  • Kim, Hun-Gwan;Song, Chang Yong;Lee, Kangsu
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.98-106
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    • 2021
  • The paper deals with comparative study on sensitivity analysis using various methods regarding to design of experiments for structure design of an active type DSF (Deck support frame) that was developed for float-over installation of offshore plant. The thickness sizing variables of structure member of the active type DSF were considered the design factors. The output responses were defined from the weight and the strength performances. Various methods such as orthogonal array design, Box-Behnken design, and Latin hypercube design were applied to the comparative study. In order to evaluate the approximation performance of the design space exploration according to the design of experiments, response surface method was generated for each design of experiment, and the accuracy characteristics of the approximation were reviewed. The design enhancement results such as numerical costs, weight minimization, etc. via the design of experiment methods were compared to the results of the best design. The orthogonal array design method represented the most improved results for the structure design of the active type DSF.

A Study on the Basic Physical Properties of Water-Soluble Rubber Asphalt-based Coating Waterproofing for Exterior Application (수용성 고무 아스팔트계 도막방수재의 실외 적용을 위한 기본 물성 연구)

  • Kang, Hyo-Jin;Youn, Sung-Hwan;Oh, Sang-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.553-561
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    • 2020
  • Water-soluble rubber asphalt-based waterproofing material, which is one of the waterproofing materials for building structures, is mainly used indoors (toilet, kitchen, balcony, etc.). In general, asphalt-based materials are used for non-exposed installation, rather than as exposed type as they do not deviate from their usual basic black pigmentation, and water-soluble rubber asphalt-based coating waterproofing materials are basically limited to indoors because of their low physical properties. Accordingly, in order to improve the tensile and elongation properties, a silane coupling agent, an inorganic filler, and a processor oil w ere added to improve the physical properties, and accordingly, the basic physical properties of the outdoor coating waterproofing material quality standard were analyzed. As a result, the water-soluble rubber asphalt coating waterproofing material compared with the exposure quality standard showed a result that exceeded the basic physical property quality standard of silicone rubber in all items under test evaluation, but the tensile strength and tear strength of the first class of urethane rubber were chloroprene. It was found that the performance compared to the quality standards of rubber-based tear strength was about 34.2% to about 40.8%.