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Flexible Microelectronics; High-Resolution Active-Matrix Electrophoretic Displays

  • Miyazaki, Atsushi;Kawai, Hideyuki;Miyasaka, Mitsutoshi;Nebashi, Satoshi;Shimoda, Tatsuya;McCreary, Michael
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.575-579
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    • 2005
  • A beautiful, flexible active-matrix electrophoretic display (AM-EPD) device is reported. The flexible AM-EPD device has a $40.0{\times}30.0\;mm^2$ display area, measures about 0.27 mm in thickness, weighs about 0.45 g and possesses only 20 external connections. The flexible AM-EPD device displays clear black-and-white images with 5 gray-scales on $160{\times}120$ pixels. The display is free from residual image problems, because we use an area-gray-scale method on $320{\times}240$ EPD elements, each of which is driven with binary signals. Each pixel consists of 4 EPD elements. In addition, since the response time of the electrophoretic material is as long as approximately 400 ms and since the display possesses a large number of EPD elements, we have developed a special driving method suitable for changing EPD images comfortably. A complete image is formed on the AM-EPD device, consisting of a reset frame and several, typically 6, image frames.

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Development of Human Performance Measures for Human Factors Validation in Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (신형원전 주제어실 인적요소 검증을 위한 인적수행도 평가척도 개발)

  • Ha, Jun-Su;Seong, Poong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2006
  • Main control room(MCR) man-machine interface(MMI) design of advanced nuclear power plants(NPPs) such as APR(advanced power reactor)-1400 can be validated through performance-based tests to determine whether it acceptably supports safe operation of the plant. In this work, plant performance, personnel task, situation awareness, workload, teamwork, and anthropometric/physiological factor are considered as factors for the human performance evaluation. For development of measures in each of the factors, techniques generally used in various industries and empirically proven to be useful are adopted as main measures and some helpful techniques are developed in order to complement the main measures. Also the development of the measures is addressed based on the theoretical background. Finally we discuss the way in which the measures can be effectively integrated and then HUPESS(HUman Performance Evaluation Support System) which is in development based on the integrated way is briefly introduced.

North Korea Cement Industry in Satellite Imagery (위성사진으로 본 북한의 시멘트 산업)

  • Baek, Chul-Seoung;Seo, Jun-Hyung;Cho, Jin-Sang;Ahn, Ji-Whan;Cho, Kye-Hong
    • Ceramist
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.198-214
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    • 2019
  • The possibility of economic exchange with North Korea is increasing, but there is still a shortage of information of cement industry, which occupies the largest proportion of North Korean construction material industry. Therefore, this study researched the status of cement production facility management using satellite photographs of 16 cement factories in North Korea, and examined the operating status of North Korean cement industry by observing smoke discharged from the chimneys of the cement production facilities. When the satellite photographs were analyzed, it was observed that the monthly stack fog ratio of the North Korean cement factories was 55% in 2016, 60% in 2017 and nearly 65% in 2018. This demonstrates that the average operating ratio has been increasing continuously. However, the operation rate of the five major cement factories reaches the limit, actual cement production is estimated to have maintained the previous level or small increased.

A Study on the Antibacterial Properties of Ag Electropulsed Anodized Aluminium Alloy (Pulse도금법에 의한 Ag주입 양극산화 알루미늄 합금의 항균특성에 관한 기초연구)

  • Lim, Ki-Young;Ki, Joon-Seo;Jang, Yong-Seok;Lee, Woo-Min;Yoon, Jeong-Mo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.639-646
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    • 2006
  • Over the last two decades, microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of metallic materials has received considerable attention due to its serious effects on industrial field. In this context, it is important to devise control methods which inhibit biofilm formation on various metallic compounds and are compatible with environment. It was change of various conditions (duty cycle, current density, $AgNO_3$ concentration and pH) for injection of Ag particles in anodized Aluminum alloy pore using pulsed current. Optimal condition was obtained by means of FE-SEM, ICP analysis etc. The antibacterial metal's specimen were manufactured under optimal condition and this specimen were tested the antibacterial characterization and anticorrosion characterization. In result of test, we can confirmed that the antibacterial characterization and anticorrosion characterization of the specimens of injected Ag particles in anodized Aluminum alloy pore using pulsed current were better than the anodized Aluminum alloy specimens.

Biosafety and Toxicological Evaluation of Tissue-Cultured Echinacea purpurea Adventitious Roots

  • Murthy, Hosakatte Niranjana;Park, So-Young;Lee, Eun Jeong;Paek, Kee Yoeup
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.124-132
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    • 2015
  • Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench (purple cone flower) is an important medicinal plant; it can enhance immunity, relieve pain, and reduce inflammation, and also has hormonal, antiviral, and antioxidant effects. Adventitious root biomass of Echinacea purpurea was produced in commercial-scale bioreactors for use as a dietary supplement in the food industry and in traditional medicine. Biosafety and toxicological evaluations of tissue-cultured Echinacea purpurea adventitious roots (TCEPARs) were performed. Reverse mutation and chromosomal aberration tests showed no significant mutagenicity. Furthermore, repeated four-week oral dose tests performed in Sprague-Dawley rats did not show any notable changes in the general behavior of the rats, in the gross appearance of their internal organs, or in their mortality rate. There were no differences between the control group and the treatment group in parameters such as absolute body weight, hematology, blood chemistry, and absolute and relative organ weights. These findings indicate that TCEPARs are safe and nontoxic when consumed at an average dietary level and can be used as raw material for traditional medicine and the food industry.

Preliminary Hazard Analysis: Assessment of New Component Interface Module Design for APR1400

  • Olaide, Adebena Oluwasegun;Jung, Jae Cheon;Choi, Moon Jae;Ngbede, Utah Michael
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.21-34
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    • 2021
  • The use of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in the development of safety-related Human-Machine Interface (HMI) systems has gained much momentum in nuclear applications. Recently, one of the application areas for the Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400) is in the development of the advanced Component Interface Module (CIM) of the Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS). Using systems engineering approach, we have developed a new FPGA-based advanced CIM software. The first step of our software development process involves the Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) based on the previous CIM design. In this paper, we describe the qualitative approach used in performing the preliminary hazard analysis. The paper presents the methodology for applying a modified Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) procedure for the conduct of PHA which resulted in a qualitative risk-ranking scheme that informed the decisions for the safety criteria in the requirements specification phase. The qualitative approach provided the justification for design changes during the advanced CIM software development process.

Efficient Task-Resource Matchmaking Technique for Multiple/Heterogeneous Unmanned Combat Systems (다중/이종 무인전투체계를 위한 효율적 과업-자원 할당 기법)

  • Young-il Lee;Hee-young Kim;Wonik Park;Chonghui Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.188-196
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    • 2023
  • In the future battlefield centered on the concept of mosaic warfare, the need for an unmanned combat system will increase to value human life. It is necessary for Multiple/Heterogeneous Unmanned Combat Systems to have suitable mission planning method in order to perform various mission. In this paper, we propose the MTSR model for mission planning of the unmanned combat system, and introduce a method of identifying a task by a combination of services using a request operator and a method of allocating resources to perform a task using the requested service. In order to verify the performance of the proposed task-resource matchmaking algorithm, simulation using occupation scenarios is performed and the results are analyzed.