• Computers and Concrete
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.337-349
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• 2013

Traditional concrete is effectively an insulator in the dry state. However, conductive concrete can attain relatively high conductivity by adding a certain amount of electronically conductive components in the regular concrete matrix. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the electrical and thermal properties of conductive concrete with various graphite contents, specimen dimensions and applied voltages. For this purpose, six different mixtures (the control mixtures and five conductive mixtures with steel fibers of 2% by weight of coarse aggregate and graphite as fine aggregate replacement at the levels of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight) were prepared and concrete blocks with two types of dimensions were fabricated. Four test voltage levels, 48 V, 60 V, 110 V, and 220 V, were applied for the electrical and thermal tests. Test results show that the compressive strength of specimens decreases as the amount of graphite increases in concrete. The rising applied voltage decreases electrical resistivity and increases heat of concrete. Meanwhile, higher electrical current and temperature have been obtained in small size specimens than the comparable large size specimens. From the results, it can be concluded that the graphite contents, applied voltage levels, and the specimen dimensions play important roles in electrical and thermal properties of concrete. In addition, the superior electrical and thermal properties have been obtained in the mixture adding 2% steel fibers and 10% graphite.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.538-542
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• 2006

Nano-sized cobalt oxide powders were prepared by low pressure spray pyrolysis process. The precursor powders obtained by low pressure spray pyrolysis process from the spray solution with ethylene glycol had several microns size and hollow structure. The precursor powders obtained from the spray solution with optimum concentration of ethylene glycol formed the nano-sized cobalt oxide powders with regular morphology after post-treatment without milling process. On the other hand, the cobalt oxide powders obtained from the spray solution without ethylene glycol had submicron size and spherical shape before and after posttreatment. The mean size of the cobalt oxide powders formed from the spray solution with concentration of ethylene glycol of 0.7M was 180 nm after post-treatment at temperature of $800^{\circ}C$. The mean size of the powders could be controlled from several tens nanometer to micron sizes by changing the post-treatment temperatures in the preparation of cobalt oxide powders by low pressure spray pyrolysis process.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2001

A three-dimensional, porous collagen/chitosan complex sponge was prepared to closely simulate basic extracellular matrix (ECM) constitutes, collagen and glycosaminoglycan. The complex sponge was prepared by a lyophilization method and had the regular network with highly porous structure, suitable for cell adhesion and growth. The pores were well interconnected, and their distribution was fairly homogeneous. The complex sponge was crosslinked using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethyl aminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) to increase its boilogical stability and enhance its mechanical properties. The crosslinking medium has a great effect on the inner structure of the sponge. The homogeneous, porous structure of the sponge was remarkably collapsed in an aqueous crosslinking medium. However, the morphology of the sponge remained almost intact in a water/ethanol mixture crosslinking milieu. Mechanical properties of the collagen/chitosan sponge were significantly enhanced by EDC-mediated crosslinking. The potential of the sponge as a scaffold for tissue engineering was investigated using a Chinese hamster ovary cell (CHO-K1) line.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2005

엄밀한 지반-구조물 상호작용 해석을 위해서는 지반에 대한 묘사가 적절히 이루어져야 한다. 그러나 물성이 불연속적이거나 지층의 모양이 복잡할 때에는 유한요소망을 구성하는 것이 어려운데, 그 이유는 유한요소망이 지층의 모양을 정확히 나타내어야하기 때문이다. 이러한 어려움을 극복하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 지층의 불연속선을 따라 요소를 재배열하지 않고 엄밀하게 수치적분이 가능한 방법을 채용하였다. 그 결과로 정렬된 요소망을 그대로 이용하게 되어 강성행렬의 성질이 좋아지며, 해석 또한 신뢰성이 높아지게 되었다. 이 해석 방법을 이용하여 지진응답에 미지는 지층의 영향을 조사하였으며, 결과적으로 복잡하고 불연속적인 물성을 가지는 지층으로 이루어진 지반과 구조물의 상호작용을 해석하는 데에 쉽게 이용 될 수 있음을 보였다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 변수 불확실성을 가지는 이산시간 특이시스템의 강인 안정화 기법과 강인 보장비용 제어기법을 다룬다. 제안하는 제어기법은 제어기 존재조건에서 준정부호조건(semi-definite condition)이나 시스템 행렬의 분해 없이 볼록최적화(convex optimization)가 가능한 선형행렬부등식 접근방법을 이용하여 제안한다. 먼저, 강인 안정화 상태궤환 제어기는 폐루프 시스템의 정규성, 코잘 및 안정화를 만족하는 제어기의 존재조건과 설계방법을 선형행렬부등식으로 제시한다. 그리고 보장비용 함수의 상한치의 최소화를 보장하는 강인 보장비용 제어기 설계방법은 강인 안정화 제어기 설계를 기반으로 제안한다. 예제를 통하여 제안한 제어기 설계기법의 타당성을 확인한다

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 1996

The crystal structure of diflunisal, 2',4'-difluoro-4-hydroxy-3-biphenyl-carboxylic acid, was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The compound was recrystallized from a mixture of acetone and water in monoclinic, space group C2/c, with $a\;=\;34.666(6),\;b\;=\;3.743(1),\;c\;=\;20.737(4)\;{\AA},\;{\beta}=\;110.57(2)^{\circ}$, and Z = 8. The calculated density is $1.324\;g/cm^3$. The structure was solved by the direct method and refined by full matrix least-squares procedure to the final R value of 0.045 for 1299 observed reflections. It was found that the molecules in the crystal are partially disordered, that is, the two equivalent conformers $(180^{\circ}$ rotated ones through C(1)-C(7)) are packed alternatively without regular symmetry or sequence. The two phenyl rings of the biphenyl group is tilted to each other by the dihedral angle of $43.3^{\circ}$. The carboxyl group at the salicylic moiety is just coplanar to the phenyl ring, and the planarity of this salicylic moiety is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond of O(3)-H(O3) O(2). The molecules are dimerized through the intermolecular hydrogen bonds at the carboxyl group in the crystal.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1759-1768
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• 2018

The energy density, power density and ohm resistance of battery change significantly as results of battery aging, which lead to decrease in the accuracy of the equivalent model. A parameter identification method of the equivale6nt circuit model with 3 R-C branches based on the test database of battery life cycle is proposed in this paper. This database is built on the basis of experiments such as updating of available capacity, charging and discharging tests at different rates and relaxation characteristics tests. It can realize regular update and calibration of key parameters like SOH, so as to ensure the reliability of parameters identified. Taking SOH, SOC and T as independent variables, lookup table method is adopted to set initial value for the parameter matrix. Meanwhile, in order to ensure the validity of the model, the least square method based on variable forgetting factor is adopted for optimizing to complete the identification of equivalent model parameters. By comparing the simulation data with measured data for charging and discharging experiments of Li-ion battery, the effectiveness of the full life cycle database and the model are verified.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.204-208
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• 2003

웨이브릿 변환 기반의 부대역(subband) 분해과정을 새로운 수학적 모델로 표현한다. 제안된 모델은 많은 계층의 분해과정에 거쳐 정규적인 다해상도 해석을 수행할 수 있다. 이러한 접근방식은 단일채널 선형 공간불변 필터링문제를 다채널로 확장할 수 있게 해주는 동시에 선형 공간불변 영상복원문제와 주파수상에서 적응적 제약적 최소제곱(Constrained Least Square:CLS) 필터에 적용될 수 있다. 제안된 필터에서 우리는 부대역의 특징에 따라 적응적으로 다른 변수를 사용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제안한 주파수상의 적응적 CLS 필터를 S/W로 구현하였으며, 이 실험을 통해 부대역의 특징을 정화하게 측정할 경우 제안된 주파수상 적응적 CLS 필터는 기존의 단채널 필터에서 벗어나 현저히 화질을 개선할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2008

Consuming regular meals has been studied in relation to better health, while higher regularity of eating-out has been linked to obesity. This study examined whether acculturation was associated with regularity of meals, eating-out, and overweight in Korean Americans. Pre-tested questionnaires were mailed to a U.S. national sample with Korean American surnames, and 55% of the deliverable sample responded, producing 356 usable questionnaires. Acculturation was measured using a two-culture matrix model and Gordon's theoretical work, and showed there were three distinct groups (acculturated, bicultural, and traditional). Only 36% reported that they regularly ate three meals a day. Breakfast was the least frequent meal of the day with 43% reporting eating breakfast everyday. More than half (58%) reported that they usually eat out or get take-out food at least once a week. After controlling for age, sex, income, education, and working status, higher acculturation was related to greater regularity of eating-out, but not meal regularity. A total of 28% of men and 6% of women were overweight (BMI>25), and there were significant and positive relationships between body weight status and acculturation in men but not women. However, no significant relationships between frequency of meals and eating-out and overweight status were present. This study did not find significant relationships of meal regularity and eating-out with body weight, however, given the positive relationship between acculturation and eating-out among the subjects and the well-established relationship between eating-out and obesity, nutrition education about skipping meals and eating-for Korean Americans may be useful to prevent such relationships from developing.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.423-433
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• 2019

Midgut microbiota is known to play a fundamental role in the biology and physiology of the agricultural pest, Spodoptera litura. This study reports the difference in the larval midgut microbiota of field-caught and laboratory-reared populations of S. litura by performing 16S rDNA amplicon pyrosequencing. Field populations for the study were collected from castor crops, whereas laboratory-reared larvae were fed on a regular chickpea based diet. In total, 23 bacterial phylotypes were observed from both laboratory-reared and field-caught caterpillars. Fisher's exact test with Storey's FDR multiple test correction demonstrated that bacterial genus, Clostridium was significantly abundant (p < 0.05) in field-caught larvae of S. litura as compared to that in the laboratory-reared larvae. Similarly, bacterial genera, such as Bradyrhizobium, Burkholderia, and Fibrisoma were identified (p < 0.05) predominantly in the laboratory-reared population. The Bray-Curtis dissimilarity matrix depicted a value of 0.986, which exhibited the maximum deviation between the midgut microbiota of the laboratory-reared and field-caught populations. No significant yeast diversity was seen in the laboratory-reared caterpillars. However, two yeast strains, namely Candida rugosa and Cyberlindnera fabianii were identified by PCR amplification and molecular cloning of the internal transcribed space region in the field-caught caterpillars. These results emphasize the differential colonization of gut residents based on environmental factors and diet.