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Epicotyl Field Grafting in Walnut (Juglans sinensis Dode) (거접법을 이용한 호두나무 유경접목)

  • Park, Hyo-Won;Lee, Uk;Oh, Sung-Il;Jo, Yong-Sung;Kim, Chul-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.109 no.2
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    • pp.243-247
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    • 2020
  • This study investigates bench grafting (BG) and field grafting (FG) in walnut by comparing the graft take rate, grade ratio, and simple earning rate using a conventional method. The mean grafting-take rate of the BG was 30.3% while that of FG was 77.1%. The quality of grafted seedlings is classified as good, fair, and poor. The quality grade ratio of FG seedlings is 3:4:3 (good:fair:poor) while the grade ratio of BG seedlings is 2:3:5. Field grafting resulted in 20% more good and fair seedlings than the BG method. As a result of calculating the earning rate with the sales income versus the input cost, FG has 1.5 times higher earning rate than BG. In summary, FG could be an alternative to conventional epicotyl grafting because it produced high-quality seedlings and increased productivity due to its high graft-take rate and earning rate.

Effect of Dietary Alfalfa Meal on Egg Yolk Cholesterol Content and Productivity in Laying Hens (산란계 사료에 대한 Alfalfa Meal의 첨가가 난황 콜레스테롤 및 생산성에 미치는 영향)

  • 안병기;정태영;김종민;이상진;김삼수;정선부
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 1992
  • This study was conducted to estimate the effect of dietary alfalfa meal on the contents of egg yolk cholesterol, the levels of egg yolk pigmentation and the performance of laying hens. Alfalfa meal which was alternated wheat bran was supplied 0, 3.5 and 7%, respectively. Total 192 brown laying pullets of 47 weeks old were randomly assigned to the wire cages from July 23 to October 7, 1991 for 10 weeks. The results obtained were summarized as follows : 1. The egg production was highest at 3.5% alfalfa meal level during the entire period. But there was no significant difference among treatments. 2. Egg weight increased in treatments 3.5 and 7% alfalfa meal supplementation significantly. (P<0.01). 3. Even though there was no significant difference, the daily egg mass was the highest at 3.5% of alfalfa meal level. 4. Daily feed intake was the highest at 3.5% of alfalfa meal level. However, feed conversion rate was the lowest among treatments. 5. The feed cost per kg egg mass in the treatment of 3.5% alfalfa meal was significantly lower than the other treatments. (P<0.05). 6. Shell thickness and shell weight in terms of egg shell quality were increased as the levels of alfalfa meal were increased. But there was no significant difference among treatments. 7, The egg yolk Pigmentation was improved significantly as the level of alfalfa meal was increased (P<0.01). 8.899 yolk cholesterol contents were decreased in the treatments of 3.5 and 7% alfalfa meal supplementation compared with those in the treatment of wheat bran only(P >0.05). The results of this study indicate that 3.5% alfalfa meal level was most effective and economical in laying hen.

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A Study on Implementation of Robot Overlay Welding System Based on OLP for Ball of Ball Valves (볼밸브용 볼의 OLP 기반 로봇육성용접 시스템 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Jae-Sung;Hwang, Seong-Hyun;Lho, Tae-Jung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.446-452
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    • 2016
  • Recently, heat resistant super alloys (which are wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and heat-resistant), have been used as the basic structural material in offshore and petrochemical plants. On the other hand, making valves from very expensive, high heat-resistant alloys increases the production cost and decreases its market competitiveness. To solve these problems, the technique of overlaying only those that flow on the fluid has been used as an effective method. Nevertheless, because the former technique of overlaying the ball is performed manually, it takes too much time and perfect welding is difficult to perform. To solve this problem, this study developed a robot automation system that can make uniformly overlay welding of the ball for ball-valves. The system consists of a 6-axis welding robot with a welding torch and additional 2 axes for the rotation of positioner, the controller, and a robot path OLP (Off-Line Programming). The CAD drawing data was entered in the Off-line program to obtain the robot teaching point and drive source. Overlay welding paths were implemented using Matlab. Through an automated overlaying system that implemented the OLP, the productivity rose 2.58 times, as the amount of time required for work decreased from 88 hours to 41 hours.

A Study on Scalability of Profiling Method Based on Hardware Performance Counter for Optimal Execution of Supercomputer (슈퍼컴퓨터 최적 실행 지원을 위한 하드웨어 성능 카운터 기반 프로파일링 기법의 확장성 연구)

  • Choi, Jieun;Park, Guenchul;Rho, Seungwoo;Park, Chan-Yeol
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.9 no.10
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    • pp.221-230
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    • 2020
  • Supercomputer that shares limited resources to multiple users needs a way to optimize the execution of application. For this, it is useful for system administrators to get prior information and hint about the applications to be executed. In most high-performance computing system operations, system administrators strive to increase system productivity by receiving information about execution duration and resource requirements from users when executing tasks. They are also using profiling techniques that generates the necessary information using statistics such as system usage to increase system utilization. In a previous study, we have proposed a scheduling optimization technique by developing a hardware performance counter-based profiling technique that enables characterization of applications without further understanding of the source code. In this paper, we constructed a profiling testbed cluster to support optimal execution of the supercomputer and experimented with the scalability of the profiling method to analyze application characteristics in the built cluster environment. Also, we experimented that the profiling method can be utilized in actual scheduling optimization with scalability even if the application class is reduced or the number of nodes for profiling is minimized. Even though the number of nodes used for profiling was reduced to 1/4, the execution time of the application increased by 1.08% compared to profiling using all nodes, and the scheduling optimization performance improved by up to 37% compared to sequential execution. In addition, profiling by reducing the size of the problem resulted in a quarter of the cost of collecting profiling data and a performance improvement of up to 35%.

Development of a Multi-step Stamping Process for the Effective Fabrication of a Thin Sheet for High Aspect Ratio Corrugated Structures (고세장비 연속주름을 갖는 박판구조물 제작을 위한 다단성형공정 개발)

  • Choi, Sung-Woo;Park, Sang-Hu;Jeong, Ho-Seung;Min, June-Kee;Jeong, Jae-Hun;Cho, Jong-Rae;Kim, Hyun-June;Willians, Paul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.219-226
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    • 2010
  • The stamping process is widely used in fabricating various sheet-parts for vehicle, airplane, and electronic devices due to its low processing cost and high productivity. Recently the use of thin sheets with corrugated structures has rapidly increased for the production of energy devices, e.g., heat exchangers and fuel cells. However, it is very difficult to make corrugated structures directly in the stamping process due to their geometrical complexity. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a multi-step stamping process with a combined heat treatment process: a sequence of the first stamping, heat treatment, and second stamping. By multi-stamping, we obtained successful results in fabricating very thin corrugated structures with thicknesses of $100{\mu}m$; these are applicable as part of a plate-type heat exchanger.

A Ka-band Harmonic Miter Design Using Multiplier Theory (체배기 이론을 이용한 Ka-대역 고조파 믹서 설계)

  • Go Min-Ho;Kang Suk-Youb;Park Hyo-Dal
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.30 no.11A
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    • pp.1104-1109
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, a Ka-band harmonic mixer is designed and fabricated on the base of the multiplier theory that there is a bias point to maximize the third harmonic order($3f_{LO}$) with respect to a fundamental LO frequency($f_{LO}$), which can make the high-order mixing element($f_{RF}{\pm}3f_{LO}$) to be greater than other mixing elements, Pumping a RF frequency($f_{RF}$) and LO frequency($f_{LO}$). The harmonic mixer by the proposed design method is fabricated by using a commercial GaAs MESFET device with a plastic package and overcome these disadvantages that a conventional mixer in Ka-band suffer from a high cost, inefficient productivity and circuit complexity. The harmonic mixer have a -10 dB conversion loss at the IF Sequency($3f_{LO}-f_{RF}$=1.0GHz) by selecting a gate bias voltage for the maximum third-order LO harmonic element($3f_{LO}$=34.5 GHz) as pumping LO frequency($f_{LO}$=11.5 GHz) With respect to RF Sequency ($f_{RF}$=33.5GHz)

Eritadenin Contents Analysis in Various Strains of Lentinula edodes using LC-MS/MS (LC-MS/MS를 이용한 표고 균주별 에리타데닌 함량 분석)

  • Park, Young-Ae;Lee, Kyoung-Tae;Bak, Won-Chull;Kim, Myung-Kil;Ka, Kang-Hyeon;Koo, Chung-Duck
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.239-242
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    • 2011
  • Eritadenine, a potent compound of hypocholesterolemic activity, was investigated in relation to its content in domestic cultivars and wild types of shiitake (Lentinula edodes). Eighteens strains of shiitake were tested for the quantification of eritadenine by LC-MS/MS analysis. Among the strains, wild type-40 was highest as the content was 3.912 mg/g. Also, Soohyangko was 3.352mg/g, Sanlim No. 9 3.008mg/g, Chunbaegko 2.832 mg/g, Gaeulhyang and KFRI 675 both 2.792 mg/g as high-content strains. Soohyangko and Chunbaegko are applied strains for registration in 2010. Soohyangko is high-temperature type with concentrated fruiting, and 90% of production occurs in the first year, thus, recovery of cost is very fast. Chunbaegko is mid-temperature type with concentrated flushing, and produces "hwago", the best quality, in spring. Wild type-40 is excellent in productivity and is prepared for registration. Wild type-40 could be used as parent strain to make new strain with high eritadenine content.

A study on the Thermal Filter Press for the Reduction of Pigment Sludge (안료 슬러지 감량화(減量化)를 위한 열필터프레스 기술(技術)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Lee, Jung-Eun;Lee, Jae-Keun
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2009
  • Dewatering process to remove water from pigment sludge was important in the diverse aspects of the improvement of product quality, curtailment of the drying cost and the transportation. It was difficult to dewater pigment particles with the mechanical forces because the size was fine under $5{\mu}m$. Thermal filter press dewatering equipment composed of squeezing plate and a fixed heating plate was developed to improve the dewaterability of pigment the sludge as supplying the heat from the fixed heating plate to the cake. Several tests that estimate the dewaterability for pigment sludge as with or without squeezing process and the difference of dewatering time was conducted with this equipment. Dewaterability of thermal dewatering under squeezing process was increased about 20% compared with non squeezing process. Under squeezing process, thermal dewatering tests changing dewatering time with 70 and 80 minute were conducted respectively. The water content of cake was more reduced at dewatering time of 80 minute compared with 70 minute, and dewatering velocity was also decreased, which caused the productivity of thermal filter press to drop. It was observed that clogging of filter cloth didn't almost occur because the liquid was discharged from cake layer easily. In this research, it was resulted that the squeezing process and long dewatering time were effective to improve the dewaterability of pigment sludge. So, this thermal filter press equipment was useful for dewatering the fine particle sludge like pigment.

Optimization of Briquette Manufacturing Conditions Using Steel Sludge (제강슬러지를 이용한 브리켓 제조 조건 최적화 연구)

  • Lee, Dong Soo;Chae, Hui Gwon;Park, Tae Jun
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2022
  • Korea depends on the import of raw materials such as iron ore and coal for the steel industry. These raw materials have a major impact on the cost, productivity, and quality competitiveness in the global steel industry. To secure the competitiveness of steel companies, it is necessary to reduce the country's dependence on raw materials. This can be achieved using byproducts with a high Fe content, which are primarily generated by the steel industry. These byproducts are available in the form of a very fine powder, which can disperse as dust when used directly in plant processes. Dust dispersion has a negative impact on the environment and can lead to the loss of raw materials. To enable the use of a wide range of Fe-containing byproducts, it is necessary to pretreat them in the form of larger aggregates such as pellets and briquettes. There are several methods to achieve such aggregates. There are two ways to produce briquettes: using a hot briquette, which supplies additional heat to produce briquettes, or using a cold briquette, which does not use heat. A method for producing cold briquettes using Fe-containing byproducts was investigated in this study. The yield ratio and briquette strength were examined under various manufacturing conditions.

Mathematical Algorithms for the Automatic Generation of Production Data of Free-Form Concrete Panels (비정형 콘크리트 패널의 생산데이터 자동생성을 위한 수학적 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Doyeong;Kim, Sunkuk;Son, Seunghyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.565-575
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    • 2022
  • Thanks to the latest developments in digital architectural technologies, free-form designs that maximize the creativity of architects have rapidly increased. However, there are a lot of difficulties in forming various free-form curved surfaces. In panelizing to produce free forms, the methods of mesh, developable surface, tessellation and subdivision are applied. The process of applying such panelizing methods when producing free-form panels is complex, time-consuming and requires a vast amount of manpower when extracting production data. Therefore, algorithms are needed to quickly and systematically extract production data that are needed for panel production after a free-form building is designed. In this respect, the purpose of this study is to propose mathematical algorithms for the automatic generation of production data of free-form panels in consideration of the building model, performance of production equipment and pattern information. To accomplish this, mathematical algorithms were suggested upon panelizing, and production data for a CNC machine were extracted by mapping as free-form curved surfaces. The study's findings may contribute to improved productivity and reduced cost by realizing the automatic generation of data for production of free-form concrete panels.