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Challenges and Effective Management of Supply Chain in Wine Industry and Agribusiness

  • Ngoe, Tata Joseph
    • Agribusiness and Information Management
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 2012
  • Studies have shown that the future of the wine market rests on the effective and efficient changes in technology to the supply chain used by most of the major global players. In today's wine industry, companies are faced with the ever-shifting demand for their products, strict regulation and increasing price competition. Even at that, mature companies in the wine industry are succeeding by scaling up production, streamlining their supply chains, expanding into new geographic areas, implementing more efficient processes, cleverly marketing products, and focusing on ever closer relationships with suppliers, partners and customers. However, this paper looks at supply chain challenges in the wine industry from a global perspective presented in the inbound, manufacturing and outbound processes as well as offer effective solutions in order for companies to gain a competitive advantage and succeed on a global level.

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Damage detection in beams and plates using wavelet transforms

  • Rajasekaran, S.;Varghese, S.P.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.2 no.6
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    • pp.481-498
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    • 2005
  • A wavelet based approach is proposed for structural damage detection in beams, plate and delamination of composite plates. Wavelet theory is applied here for crack identification of a beam element with a transverse on edge non-propagating open crack. Finite difference method was used for generating a general displacement equation for the cracked beam in the first example. In the second and third example, damage is detected from the deformed shape of a loaded simply supported plate applying the wavelet theory. Delamination in composite plate is identified using wavelet theory in the fourth example. The main concept used is the breaking down of the dynamic signal of a structural response into a series of local basis function called wavelets, so as to detect the special characteristics of the structure by scaling and transformation property of wavelets. In the light of the results obtained, limitations of the proposed method as well as suggestions for future work are presented. Results show great promise of wavelet approach for damage detection and structural health monitoring.

Neural Networks for Solving Linear Programming Problems and Linear Systems (선형계획 문제의 해를 구하는 신경회로)

  • Chang, S.H.;Kang, S.G.;Nam, B.H.;Lee, J.M.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1993.07a
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    • pp.221-223
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    • 1993
  • The Hopfield model is defined as an adaptive dynamic system. In this paper we propose a modified neural network which is capable of solving linear programming problems and a set of linear equations. The model is directly implemented from the given system, and solves the problem without calculating the inverse of the matrices. We get the better stability results by the addition of scaling property and by using the nonlinearities in the linear programming neural networks.

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Effect of Constituent Characteristics of Cotton Fabrics on the Visual Perception and Image Scale (면직물의 구성특성이 시지각에 미치는 영향과 이미지 스케일에 관한 연구)

  • 노의경;유효선
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.28 no.8
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    • pp.1142-1152
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to verify the visual perception on various cotton fabrics of the same color. Results obtained through subjective evaluation of cotton fabrics showed that the textural adjectives could be classified into 3; warm/cool, flexibility and surface property, the sensibility adjectives into 5; simple, attractive, masculine, conservative, comfortable and visual perception adjectives into 6; hard, warm, smooth, brilliant, classic and casual. Image distribution results on 12 different fabrics, showed different distributions among textiles on visual perception due to varying texture and sensibility. In thickness, weight, weave type, bending and surface characteristics which are structure characteristics, significant differences were shown for visual perception examination. Having placed into an image scale, visual perception dimension developed divided into the 'soft-hard' axis and the 'warm-cool' axis.

Development of Design Static Property Analysis of Mooring System Caisson for Offshore Floating Wind Turbine

  • Dodaran, Asgar Ahadpour;Park, Sang-Kil
    • International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2012
  • A all floating structures operating within a limited area require, stationkeeping to maintain the motions of the floating structure within permissible limits. In this study, methods for selecting and optimizing the mooring system Caisson for floating wind turbines in shallow water are investigated. The design of the mooring system is checked against the governing rules and standards. Adequately verifying the design of floating structures requires both numerical simulations and model testing, the combination of which is referred to as the hybrid method of design verification. The challenge in directly scaling moorings for model tests is the depth and spatial limitations of wave basins. It is therefore important to design and build equivalent mooring systems to ensure accurate static properties (global restoring forces and global stiffness).

Morphological Representation of Channel Network by Dint of DEM (DEM을 이용한 수로망의 형태학적 표현)

  • Kim, Joo-Cheol;Kim, Jae-Han
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.287-297
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    • 2007
  • The procedures for identifying channel network are suggested by exploring the scaling property between the local slope and the contributing area, given that the area threshold criterion is an indispensable complement to the slope-area threshold criterion. Through the use of the above procedures and the field data, the basin slopes illustrate the trends of large scatters in space for the geomorphologic/topographic factors. According to the scaling regimes of them both the forms of landscape can be classified as topographic divergence and convergence. The presentation of the procedures proposed in this study is implemented in the case study on Seolma experimental catchment in Korea. As a result the dynamic behaviors of basin are confirmed, and thus the dynamics of channel head advance and channel network are shown to represent better than the method using the topographic chart manually.

Media Scaling Technology for MPEG Video Service on Heterogeneous Network Environment (이질적인 네트워크 환경에서 MPEG 비디오 서비스를 위한 미디어 계층화 기법)

  • Yoo, Woo-Jong;Lee, Heung-Ki;Lee, Sung-In;Lee, Jung-In;Yoo, Kwan-Jong
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.7 no.12
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    • pp.3896-3909
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    • 2000
  • The MPEG Video Service of hilving il property of continuity and large cilPilcity needs lilrge network capilcity. Because most of users have a heterogeneous network environment, it's not efficient way that all users have same size of video data to provide them with real time video service. Therefore, for the pUl1Xlse of an efficient and appropriate utilization of network resources, it requires to develop and deploy a new scalable transmission technique in consideration of respective network environment and individual clients computing power. The purpose of this paper is to develop a technology that can adjust the amount of dilta transmitted as an M1'EG video stream according to its gi yen communication bandwidth, and a technique that can reflect dynamic bilndwidth while playing a video stream. For this purpose, we propose a TFS (Temporal-Fidelity Scaling) technique that splits the MPEG video stream into various substream according to picture type or resolution. Those methods proposed her can filcilitilte an effective use of network resources, and provide multimedia MPEG video services in real- time with respect to individual client computing environment

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A Study for Microstructure and Durability of Metakaolin Concrete (메타카올린 콘크리트의 미세 공극구조 및 내구성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Myung-Yu;Yang, Eun-Ik;Yang, Joo-Kyoung;Park, Hae-Geun;Chun, Sang-Eun;Lee, Myeong-Sub
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.417-420
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    • 2008
  • The requirement for durability of concrete is increasing recently as a large-scale concrete structure is built. For this reason, the concern about high-durable concrete is being high. Recently, metakaoline to be profitable in economical aspect as well as to have strength and durability of level similar to silica fume is evaluated highly as new admixture. In this study, the scaling, the drying shrinkage, the chloride resistance and the air-void structure are compared for both metakaolin and silica fume concrete. According to the results, the replacement of metakaoline improved the resistance of chloride penetration, freezing and thawing in concrete. On the other hand, as metakaolin was replaced to 10%, it was similar level with OPC in the property of scaling. It was showed that replacement of only metakaoline was similar with OPC in the drying shrinkage. However, MS5 reduced the drying shrinkage about 10%. In conclusion, replacement of the metakaoline 10% is the most excellent performance in terms of durability of concrete.

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The Fractural-Mechanical Properties and Durability of Lightweight Concrete Using the Synthetic Lightweight Aggregate (합성경량골재(SLA)를 사용한 경량콘크리트의 파괴, 역학적 특성 및 내구성)

  • Jo Byung-Wan;Park Seung-Kook;Park Jong-Bin;Daniel C. Jansen
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.17 no.1 s.85
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2005
  • Recycling of waste materials in the construction Industry is a useful method that can cope with an environment restriction of every country. In this study, synthetic lightweight aggregates are manufactured with recycled plastic and fly ash with 12 percent carbon. Nominal maximum-size aggregates of 9.5 mm were produced with fly ash contents of 0, 35, and $80\%$ by the total mass of the aggregate. An expanded clay lightweight aggregate and a normal-weight aggregate were used as comparison. Gradation, density, and absorption capacity are reported for the aggregates. Five batches of concrete were made with the different coarse aggregate types. Mechanical properties of the concrete were determined including density, compressive strength, elastic modulus, splitting tensile strength, fracture toughness, and fracture energy. Salt-scaling resistance, a concrete durability property, was also examined. Compressive and tensile strengths were lower for the synthetic aggregates; however, comparable fracture properties were obtained. Relatively low compressive modulus of elasticity was found for concretes with the synthetic lightweight aggregate, although high ductility was also obtained. As nv ash content of the synthetic lightweight aggregate increased, all properties of the concrete were improved. Excellent salt-scaling resistance was obtained with the synthetic lightweight aggregate containing 80 percent fly ash.

Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Structure for Flexible Nonvolatile Memory Thin-Film Transistor

  • Yun, Gwan-Hyeok;Kalode, Pranav;Seong, Myeong-Mo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.118-118
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    • 2011
  • The Nano-Floating Gate Memory(NFGM) devices with ZnO:Cu thin film embedded in Al2O3 and AlOx-SAOL were fabricated and the electrical characteristics were evaluated. To further improve the scaling and to increase the program/erase speed, the high-k dielectric with a large barrier height such as Al2O3 can also act alternatively as a blocking layer for high-speed flash memory device application. The Al2O3 layer and AlOx-SAOL were deposited by MLD system and ZnO:Cu films were deposited by ALD system. The tunneling layer which is consisted of AlOx-SAOL were sequentially deposited at $100^{\circ}C$. The floating gate is consisted of ZnO films, which are doped with copper. The floating gate of ZnO:Cu films was used for charge trap. The same as tunneling layer, floating gate were sequentially deposited at $100^{\circ}C$. By using ALD process, we could control the proportion of Cu doping in charge trap layer and observe the memory characteristic of Cu doping ratio. Also, we could control and observe the memory property which is followed by tunneling layer thickness. The thickness of ZnO:Cu films was measured by Transmission Electron Microscopy. XPS analysis was performed to determine the composition of the ZnO:Cu film deposited by ALD process. A significant threshold voltage shift of fabricated floating gate memory devices was obtained due to the charging effects of ZnO:Cu films and the memory windows was about 13V. The feasibility of ZnO:Cu films deposited between Al2O3 and AlOx-SAOL for NFGM device application was also showed. We applied our ZnO:Cu memory to thin film transistor and evaluate the electrical property. The structure of our memory thin film transistor is consisted of all organic-inorganic hybrid structure. Then, we expect that our film could be applied to high-performance flexible device.----못찾겠음......

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