• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2001

Environmentally adapted synthetic base oils of polyalkylene glycols (PAGs) and polyol esters (POEs) show a high polarity because of their functional groups containing oxygen atom. The lubricating performance of these polar base oils was investigated by using a four-ball tribometer under boundary lubrication condition. Four polyalkylene glycols and five polyol ester base oils were used as sample base oils of high polarity. A mineral oil (MO) and alkylnaphthalene (AN) were used as low polarity base oils. Tricrecylphosphate (TCP) was added to all the base oils, in the range of 10 mmol/L-2000 mmol/L, as an antiwear additive. All the TCP-for-mutated base oils showed optimum concentration characteristics for minimizing wear. The order of optimum concentration of all the base oils was in a good accordance with the order of relative stability of TCP in base oils. The interaction model on solvation between additive and different polar base oils can expect the stability order of TCP. Thus, the model on solvation can explain well the order of optimum concentration of all the base oils, by using the effect of polarity (dielectric constant, $\varepsilon$) and molecular size (molecular weight, MW) of them on stability of TCP in polar base oils. Finally, a good correlation of the optimum concentration for all the base oils was obtained when it was arranged as a function of C∝(M $W_{Base Oil}$/M $W_{TCP}$)$^{-2}$.71/.($\varepsilon$$_{Base Oil}$)$^{3.38}$ by these two parameters.s..

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2023

Objective: Reconstructed oocytes after polar body genome transfer constitute a potential therapeutic option for patients with a history of embryo fragmentation and advanced maternal age. However, the rescue of genetic material from the first polar body (PB1) through introduction into the donor cytoplasm is not yet ready for clinical application. Methods: Eighty-five oocytes were obtained following in vitro maturation (IVM) and divided into two groups: PB1 nuclear transfer (PB1NT; n=54) and control (n=31). Following enucleation and PB1 genomic transfer, PB1 fusion was assessed. Subsequently, all fused oocytes underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and were cultured in an incubator under a time-lapse monitoring system to evaluate fertilization, embryonic morphokinetic parameters, and cleavage patterns. Results: Following enucleation and fusion, 77.14% of oocytes survived, and 92.59% of polar bodies (PBs) fused. However, the normal fertilization rate was lower in the PB1NT group than in the control group (56.41% vs. 92%, p=0.002). No significant differences were observed in embryo kinetics between the groups, but a significant difference was detected in embryo developmental arrest after the four-cell stage, along with abnormal cleavage division in the PB1NT group. This was followed by significant between-group differences in the implantation potential rate and euploidy status. Most embryos in the PB1NT group had at least one abnormal cleavage division (93.3%, p=0.001). Conclusion: Fresh PB1NT oocytes successfully produced normal zygotes following PB fusion and ICSI in IVM oocytes. However, this was accompanied by low efficiency in developing into cleavage embryos, along with an increase in abnormal cleavage patterns.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제34권6_2호
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• pp.1203-1213
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• 2018

북극해 및 남극해는 접근이 어려운 지역으로 해양환경 모니터링을 위해 원격탐사 기술을 이용한 관측이 효과적이다. 원격탐사 플랫폼인 인공위성, 무인기와 선박 등에 관측센서를 장착하여 연구지역의 환경변화를 모니터링하고 있지만 극지역의 다양한 환경에서는 시계열자료 및 광범위한 데이터가 필요하다. 특히 고위도 지역에서는 낮은 태양고도의 영향으로 광학원격탐사를 적용하기는 쉽지않다. 본 논문에서는 2010년도 부터 극지연구소 쇄빙연구선 아라온호에 초분광계 HyperSAS(Satlantic inc.)를 설치하여 연구항해 및 이동항해 동안 해수의 분광학적 정보를 연속적으로 획득하고, 극지 해색 원격탐사자료 성능개선을 위해 현장에서 해수샘플을 채수하며 수행하고 있는 연구를 소개한다. 해수 상부의 반사도와 현장 해수샘플링은 2010년부터 연속적으로 획득하고 있어 동일 지역에 대한 반사도의 시계열 변화를 모니터링할 수 있다. 또한 고위도에서부터 저위도까지 연속적으로 관측하여 위도별 반사도 값의 연속 변화를 파악할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 취득한 자료는 극지역에서 남극해, 북극해 해수의 반사도가 어떻게 변화하는지 이해하고, 반사도를 통한 엽록소, 부유물질 등의 다양한 인자를 추정하는 알고리즘 개발에 활용될 것이다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.48-60
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• 2007

기존의 연구에서는 홍채 특징 추출을 위해 검출된 원형 홍채 영역을 직교 사각형 홍채 영상으로 스트레칭 및 보간 하는 작업을 수행하였다. 이러한 경우 실제 홍채 특징이 왜곡되는 현상이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 홍채 영상의 왜곡 없이 정확하게 홍채 특징을 추출할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 본 연구는 다음과 같은 세 가지 장점을 가지고 있다. 첫 번째, 극좌표 원형 영상 방식을 이용하여 기존의 직교 사각형 영상 방식보다 인식 성능 면에서 우수하다는 점을 해밍거리, 코사인거리, 유클리디안 거리의 3가지 metric을 이용하여 실제로 비교해본 점이며, 두 번째, 최근 홍채인식 연구의 주된 흐름인 품질이 좋지 못한 Non-Ideal 홍채 영상 중 하나의 형태인 홍채 카메라의 중심을 쳐다보지 않은 상태에서 취득된 홍채 영상의 동공과 홍채 중심 위치가 많이 차이나는 경우에 동공과 홍채 경계를 각각 원형 경계 검출로 경계를 찾은 후, 영상에 대한 보간(interpolation)없이 극좌표 원형 홍채 영상에서 직접 특징을 추출함으로써 홍채인식의 성능을 향상한 점이다. 마지막 세 번째는 극좌표 원형방식을 사용할 경우 발생하는 중복 포인트 문제를 해결한 것이다. 이러한 중복 포인트들은 같은 위치에서 여러 홍채 특징을 추출하는 현상을 야기함으로서 저주파 홍채 특징을 생성하는 결과를 낳게 된다. 즉, 홍채 특징의 신호 변화가 실제로 존재함에도 불구하고 같은 위치에서의 여러 홍채 특징들을 추출함으로써 파형변화가 적은 비슷한 홍채 신호를 만들게 된다. 중복 포인트가 주기적으로 많이 발생하는 동공부근의 첫 번째 트랙에 가버필더 적용 시 필터의 주파수를 작게 하여 중복 포인트에 의해 발생된 저주파 홍채 신호를 정확하게 추출하게 함으로써 홍채 인식 성능을 향상 시킨 점이다. 실험 결과, 기존의 직교 사각형 영상 기반 방식이 EER 0.29% 와 d'값 5.8 이였으며, 제안하는 극좌표 원형 방식이 EER 0.16% 와 d'값 6.4로 인식 성공률이 보다 높음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.23-23
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• 2009

GaN-based nitride semiconductors have attracted considerable attention in high-brightness light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs) covering from green to ultraviolet spectral range. LED and LD heterostructures are usually grown on (0001)-$Al_2O_3$. The large lattice mismatch between $Al_2O_3$ substrates and the GaN layers leads to a high density of defects(dislocations and stacking faults). Moreover, Ga and N atoms are arranged along the polar [0001] crystallographic direction, which leads to spontaneous polarization. In addition, in the InGaN/GaN MQWs heterostructures, stress applied along the same axis can also give rise to piezoelectric polarization. The total polarization, which is the sum of spontaneous and piezoelectric polarizations, is aligned along the [0001] direction of the wurtzite heterostructures. The change in the total polarization across the heterolayers results in high interface charge densities and spatial separation of the electron and hole wave functions, redshifting the photoluminescence peak and decreasing the peak intensity. The effect of polarization charges in the GaN-based heterostructures can be eliminated by growing along the non-polar [$11\bar{2}0$] (a-axis) or [$1\bar{1}00$] (m-axis) orientation instead of thecommonly used polar [0001] (c-axis). For non-polar GaN growth on non-polar substrates, the GaN films have high density of planar defects (basal stacking fault BSFs, prismatic stacking fault PSFs), because the SFs are formed on the basal plane (c-plane) due to their low formation energy. A significant reduction in defect density was recently achieved by applying blocking layer such as SiN, AlN, and AlGaN in non-polar GaN. In this work, we were performed systematic studies of the defects in the nonpolar GaN by conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2001

A Cd-binding protein was identified in the renal cytosol of the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica which naturally contains high concentrations of Cd. The Cd-binding protein showed similar characteristics of metallothionein (MT) in molecular weight (about 10-12 kDa) and low spectral absorbance at 280 nm with relatively high absorbance at 254nm. Results of immuno-histochemical staining suggested that the MT-like Cd-binding protein was mainly located in the epithelial cells of the kidney. The MT-like protein was a major ligand of cytosolic Cd as shown in the elution profiles of chromatography and may play an important role in Cd sequestration and accumulation in L. elliptica kidney. A considerable amount of Cd was also found to be associated with particulate fraction, indicating the sequestration to particulate fraction is as important as binding to the cytosolic MT-like protein in Cd accumulation in the kidney.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.237-247
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• 2002

We report all sky camera and Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) observations of mesospheric gravity waves and a 12-hour wave at Resolute $(75^{\circ}N)$ and a joint observation of 10-hour wave with Eureka $(80^{\circ}N)$. All sky camera observations showed a low occurrence of mesosphere gravity waves during equinoxes, which is similar to the mid-latitude region. A slightly higher occurrence near solstice appears to indicate that gravity waves are not filtered out by the neutral wind in the winter. The FPI observation of a 12-hour wave showed amplitude variations from day to day. The phase of the wave is mostly stable and consistent with the GSWM prediction in the winter. The phase shifts with season as predicted by the GSWM. Four events of the 12-hour wave were found in spring with amplitudes larger than the GSW predictions. The FPls at Resolute and Eureka also observed a wave with period close to 10 hours. The 10-hour wave maybe the result of the non-linear interaction between the semi-diurnal tide and the quasi-two day wave. Further studies are under way. Overall, the combined Resolute and Eureka observation have revealed some new fractures about the mesospheric gravity wave, tidal wave, and other oscillations.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.322-324
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• 2004

Poly(1-dodecyl-2,5-pyrrylene vinylene) (PDPV) has an extended 1t-conjugated structure and exhibits characteristic spectroscopic features. The PDPV we prepared has an absorption maximum at 510nm and its long absorption tail at ca. 750nm in methylene chloride is due to the long 1t-conjugated system connected to vinyl group. The large red-shift of emission was 625nm upon excitation at 480nm, which suggests the existence of a low emissive state. The emission of PDPV in less-polar solvents decreased markedly relative to that in the more-polar solvents; this observation was ascribed possibly to quenching by a strong vibrational mode of the dodecyl groups of PDPV in less-polar solvents. Furthermore, the emission from the high-energy side had a single decay component (0.1㎱, 49.96%), while that from the low-energy side had two components (0.6㎱, 27.1 %; 2.7㎱, 22.87%). We characterized the redox properties of PDPV by cyclic voltammetry. Every redox peak showed irreversible behavior; the oxidation peaks appeared at 1.7,0.8, and 0.6V and the reduction peak at -0.5V.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2002

Composite materials are created by combining two or more component to achieve desired properties which could not be obtained with the separate components. The use of reinforcing fillers, which can reduce material costs and improve certain properties, is increasing in thermoplastic polymer composites. Currently, various inorganic fillers such as talc, mica, clay, glass fiber and calcium carbonate are being incorporated into thermoplastic composites. Nevertheless, lignocellulose fibers have drawn attention due to their abundant availability, low cost and renewable nature. In recent, interest has grown in composites made from lignocellulose fiber in thermoplastic polymer matrices, particularly for low cost/high volume applications. In addition to high specific properties, lignocellulose fibers offer a number of benefits for lignocellulose fiber/thermoplastic polymer composites. These include low hardness, which minimize abrasion of the equipment during processing, relatively low density, biodegradability, and low cost on a unit-volume basis. In spite of the advantage mentioned above, the use of lignocellulose fibers in thermoplastic polymer composites has been plagued by difficulties in obtaining good dispersion and strong interfacial adhesion because lignocellulose fiber is hydrophilic and thermoplastic polymer is hydrophobic. The application of lignocellulose fibers as reinforcements in composite materials requires, just as for glass-fiber reinforced composites, a strong adhesion between the fiber and the matrix regardless of whether a traditional polymer matrix, a biodegradable polymer matrix or cement is used. Further this article gives a survey about physical and chemical treatment methods which improve the fiber matrix adhesion, their results and effects on the physical properties of composites. Coupling agents in lignocellulose fiber and polymer composites play a very important role in improving the compatibility and adhesion between polar lignocellulose fiber and non-polar polymeric matrices. In this article, we also review various kinds of coupling agent and interfacial mechanism or phenomena between lignocellulose fiber and thermoplastic polymer.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.776-783
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• 2003

A low speed wind tunnel test was conducted for full-scale model of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Low Speed Wind Tunnel(LSWT). The purpose of the presented paper is to illustrate the general aerodynamic and performance characteristics of the UAV that was designed and fabricated in KARI. Since the testing conditions were represented minor portions of the load-range of the external balance system, the repeatability tests were performed at various model configurations to confirm the reliability of measurements. Variations of drag-polar by adding model components such as tails, landing gear and test boom are shown, and longitudinal and lateral aerodynamic characteristics after changing control surfaces such as aileron, flap, elevator and rudder are also presented. To explore aerodynamic characteristics of an UAV with model components build-up and control surface deflections, lift curve slope, pitching moment variation with lift coefficients and drag-polar are examined. The discussed results might be useful to understand the general aerodynamic characteristics and drag pattern for the given UAV configuration.