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Numerical Analysis of Switching Arcs with the Ablation of PTFE Nozzles (PTFE 노즐로부터 발생하는 용삭가스를 고려한 스위칭 아크 해석)

  • Lee, Won-Ho;Kim, Hong-Kyu;Lee, Jong-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1536-1537
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    • 2011
  • The high-voltage circuit breaker plays an important role in the electrical system because there has been a need for suitable switching devices capable of initiating and interrupting the flow of the electric fault current. It continues as the contacts recede from each other and as the newly created gap is bridged by a plasma. The arc plasma happens inside the insulation nozzle of SF6 self-blast interrupter which is newly developed as the next-generation switching principle. The ablation of PTFE nozzle is caused by this high temperature medium, the PTFE vapor from the nozzle surfaces flows toward the outlets and the pressure chamber. The vapor makes the pressure of the chamber increased by heat and mass transfer from the arcing zone. Because the rate of ablation depends on the magnitude of applied current, it decreases when the current goes to zero. The compressed gas inside the chamber flows reversely toward the arc plasma during this moment. According to this principle, the arc can be cooled down and the fault current can be interrupted successfully. In this study, we calculate arc plasmas and thermal-flow characteristics caused by fault current interruption inside a SF6 self-blast interrupter, and to investigate the effect of PTFE ablation on the whole arcing history.

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Selection of antigen epitope for Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) rapid diagnosis based on bioinformatics (생명정보학 기반 구제역바이러스 특이 진단을 위한 항원 단백질 epitope 선정)

  • Seo, Seung Hwan;Jo, Si Hyang;Lee, Jihoo;Kim, Hak Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.223-224
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    • 2015
  • 구제역은 소, 돼지 등 발굽이 두 개로 갈라진 가축들에게 감염을 유발하는 전염성이 매우 높은 바이러스성 질병이다. 구제역 감염 시 입 주변, 구강 내, 코, 발굽사이 등에 수포가 생기며 고열과 식욕이 저하되어 심하게 앓거나 죽게 되는데, 강한 감염 전파력을 가졌음에도 치료제가 없고, 감염확인 즉시 확산 방지를 위한 살 처분만이 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 무엇보다도 빠른 감염여부 진단이 중요하다. 현재까지 구제역을 진단하는 방법으로는 감염 된 가축의 혈액에서 구제역 항원 단백질에 대한 항체형성 여부를 확인하는 항체진단법과 수포액과 같은 체액을 채취하여 세포배양을 통한 구제역 바이러스 분리방법이 있지만 두 가지 모두 짧은 잠복기를 갖는 구제역 바이러스를 빠른 시간 내 진단하기는 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 보다 빠른 구제역 진단 키트개발을 위해 NCBI Pubmed를 이용하여 구제역바이러스가 가지는 6개의 주요 단백질을 확인하였고, NCBI BLAST를 이용하여 6개의 단백질 중 구제역 바이러스에 특이적인 항원 단백질 peptidase C28을 선정하였다. 선정된 단백질의 아미노산 서열을 이용하여 IEDB analysis resource를 통해 peptidase C28의 epitope 부위를 예측하였다. 예측 된 부위의 아미노산 서열을 NCBI BLAST에서 정상 동물과 비교하여 구제역바이러스 특이 항원 단백질 epitope peptide를 최종 선정하였다. 이를 이용한 구제역 바이러스 진단키트 제작은 보다 빠른 진단을 통해 감염 확산을 조기에 차단하고 경제적 손실과 피해를 최소화 할 수 있다.

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Application of genomics into rice breeding

  • Ando, Ikuo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2017.06a
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    • pp.13-13
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    • 2017
  • By the progress of genome sequencing, infrastructures for marker-assisted breeding (MAB) of rice came to be established. Fine mapping and gene isolation have been conducted using the breeding materials derived from natural variations and artificial mutants. Such genetic analysis by the genome-wide dense markers provided us the knowledge about the many genes controlling important traits. We identified several genes or quantitative trait loci (QTL) for heading date, blast resistance, eating quality, high-temperature stress tolerance, and so on. NILs of each gene controlling heading date contribute to elongate the rice harvest period. Determination of precise gene location of blast resistance gene pi21, allowed us to overcome linkage drag, co-introduction of undesirable eating quality. We could also breed the first practical rice cultivar in Japan with a brown planthopper resistance gene bph11 in the genetic back-ground of an elite cultivar. Discovery of major and minor QTLs for good eating quality allowed us to fine-tune of eating quality according to the rice planting area or usage of rice grain. Many rice cultivars have bred efficiently by MAB for several traits, or by marker-assisted backcross breeding through chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) using genetically diverse accessions. We are also systematically supporting the crop breeding of other sectors by MAB or by providing resources such as CSSLs. It is possible to pyramid many genes for important traits by using MAB, but is still difficult to improve the yielding ability. We are performing a Genomic Selection (GS) for improvement of rice biomass and grain yield. We are also trying to apply the genome editing technology for high yield rice breeding.

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Proposition of the Removal Time of From Based on the Analysis of Strength Development of Concrete Using Blast-furnace Slag Cement (고로슬래그 시멘트를 사용한 콘크리트의 강도 증진 해석에 의한 거푸집 존치기간의 제안)

  • 표대수;유호범;한민철;윤기원;한천구
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.163-168
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, removal times of from from concrete using OPC( Ordinary Portland Cement) and BSC(Blast-furnace Slag cement) are suggested by appling logistic curve, which evaluates the strength development of concrete with maturity. W/B, kinds of cement and curing temperatures are selected as test parameters. According to the results, the estimation of strength development by logistic curve has a good agreement between calculated values. As for the removal time of from suggested in this paper, as W/B increase, curing temperature decrease and BSC in used, removal they times of from are shown to be kept longer. Removal times of from from concrete using OPC suggested in this paper are shorter by about 2~3day than those of standard specifications provided in KCI in the rang of over $20^{\circ}C$, while they takes 4~5 day shorter compared with those of standard specifications Provided in KCI in the range of 10~$20^{\circ}C$. Removal times of from for concrete using OPC are longer than those using BSC by about 1 day.

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Strength enhancement of concrete incorporating alccofine and SNF based admixture

  • Reddy, Panga Narasimha;Jindal, Bharat Bhushan;Kavyateja, Bode Venkata;Reddy, A. Narender
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.345-354
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    • 2020
  • Cement is the most significant component in concrete. Large scale manufacturing of cement consumes more energy and release harmful products (Carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere that adversely affect the environment and depletes the natural resources. A lot of research is going on in globally concentrating on the recycling and reuse of waste materials from many industries. A major share of research is focused on finding cementitious materials alternatives to ordinary Portland cement. Many industrial waste by-products such as quartz powder, metakaolin, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume, and fly ash etc. are under investigations for replacement of cement in concrete to minimize greenhouse gases and improve the sustainable construction. In current research, the effects of a new generation, ultra-fine material i.e., alccofine which is obtained from ground granulated blast furnace slag are studied as partial replacement by 25% and with varying amounts of sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde (i.e., 0.3%, 0.35% and 0.40%) on mechanical, water absorption, thermal and microstructural properties of concrete. The results showed moderate improvement in all concrete properties. Addition of SNF with combination of alccofine showed a significant enhancement in fresh, hardened properties and water absorption test as well as thermal and microstructural properties of concrete.

Screening of Fruiting Body Formation-Specific Genes from the Medicinal Mushroom Cordyceps militaris MET7903 (약용버섯번데기 동충하초 MET7903의 특이적 자실체형성 유전자의 선별)

  • Yun, Bangung;Chung, Ki-Chul
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.145-148
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    • 2004
  • This study was carried out to screen the fruiting body formation-specific genes from the medicinal mushroom Cordyceps militaris. A cDNA synthesized using total RNA from 4 stages of mushroom development, mycelium, primordium, immature fruiting body and mature fruiting body. Differential expression gene screening was performed by DD-PCR(Differential Display Arbitrary Primer PCR) with cDNA, we sequenced partial 6 genes using pGEM cloning vector. The DNA Sequence of the six DD-PCR products derived from differentially expressed genes was compared to that in the GenBank database by using the NCBI BLAST search to identify similarities to known sequences. Sequence analysis showed that six of DD-PCR products have unknown sequence.

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A Study on the Compressive Strength Properties of the Ternary Blended Non-Cement Concrete using Ternary Diagram (삼각조성도를 통한 3성분계 무시멘트 콘크리트의 압축강도 특성 연구)

  • Jung, Yu-Jin;Kim, Young-Su
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2020
  • To improve the problem of strength reduction of unary and binary blended non-cement concrete that occur at room temperature, comparative analysis was conducted based on the slump and compressive strength properties of ternary blended non-cement concrete in which cement was replaced with silica fume, fly ash, and blast furnace slag, and the following conclusions were drawn. The ternary blended non-cement concrete showed higher compressive strength than binary binder concrete, and the slump reduction was less when 10% silica fume was mixed. In addition, the appropriate composition ratio range of each by-product was suggested according to slump and compressive strength level based on ternary diagram.

Functional Analysis of MCNA, a Gene Encoding a Catalytic Subunit of Calcineurin, in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

  • Choi, Jin-Hee;Kim, Yang-Seon;Lee, Yong-Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2009
  • Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of rice blast, forms a specialized infection structure, called an appressorium, which is crucial for penetration and infection of the host plant. Pharmacological data suggest that calcium/calmodulindependent signaling is involved in appressorium formation in this fungus. To understand the role of the calcium/calmodulin-activated protein phosphatase on appressorium formation at the molecular level, MCNA, a gene encoding the catalytic subunit of calcineurin, was functionally characterized in M. oryzae. Transformants expressing sense/antisense RNA of MCNA exhibited significant reductions in mycelial growth, conidiation, appressorium formation, and pathogenicity. cDNA of MCNA functionally complemented a calcineurin disruptant strain (cmp1::LEU2 cmp2::HIS3) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These data suggest that calcineurin A plays important roles in signal transduction pathways involved in the infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenicity of M. oryzae.

Invesigation of Functional Roles of a Protein Kinase in a Fungal Plant Pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae

  • Han, Joon-Hee;Shin, Jong-Hwan;Kim, Kyoung Su
    • 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.43-43
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    • 2014
  • The rice blast disease caused by of Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive diseases of rice. By the microarray analysis, we profiled expression changes of genes during conidiation and found out many putative genes that are up-regulated. Among those, we first selected MGG_06399 encoding a dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated protein kinase (DYRK), homologous to YAK1 in yeast. To investigate functional roles of MoYAK1, We made ${\Delta}Moyak1$ mutants by homology dependent gene replacement. The deletion mutant showed a remarkable reduction in conidiation and produced abnormally shaped conidia smaller than those of wild type. The conidia form ${\Delta}Moyak1$ were able to develop a germ tube, but failed to form apppressoria on a hydrophobic coverslip. The ${\Delta}Moyak1$ formed appressria on a hydrophobic cover slip when exogenous cAMP was induced, but the appressoria shape was abnormal. The ${\Delta}Moyak1$ also formed appressoria abberent in shape on onion epidermis and rice sheaths and failed to penetrate the surface of the plants. These data indicate that MoYAK1 is associated with cAMP/PKA pathway and important for conidiation, appressorial formation and pathogenic development in Magnaporthe oryzae. Detailed characterization of MoYAK1 will be presented.

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The Reinforcement Method and Stability Analysis of Cut Slopes (절토사면의 안정해석과 보강방법)

  • 지인택;이달원
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.112-121
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    • 1997
  • The aim of this study was to analyze the slope stability relating to the failure of cut slopes and the characteristics of stress-strain relations obtained by limit equilibrium method, finite element method, and stereographic projection method for the reinforced cut slopes. The following conclusions were made : 1.To use stereographic projection method led to little possibility to take the toppling and wedge failure while to use the other methods led to the failure. It was recommended to reduce the slope inclination from 1:1 to 1: 1.5~1 :1.8 and adopt coir mesh method to protect the slope surface. position with the horizontal displacement after final excavation moved to the excavation base. The maximum shear strain values concentrated at the excavation base indicated the possibility to induce the local failure. 3. It was recommended that the slope inclination for blast rock with the slope height larger than l0m was 1: 0.5, 1:1, and 1: 1~1 :1.5 for hard rocks, soft and ordinary rocks, and ripping and soils, respectively. 4. Berm width criteria for blast rock with the slope height larger than l0m were recommended as follow : 2~3m per 20m slope height for hard rocks, 1 ~2m per l0m slope height for soft and ordinary rocks, 1 ~ l.5m per 5m slope height for ripping and soils.

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