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Variability of the PM10 Concentration in the Urban Atmosphere of Sabah and Its Responses to Diurnal and Weekly Changes of CO, NO2, SO2 and Ozone

  • Wui, Jackson CHANG Hian;Pien, CHEE Fuei;Kai, Steven KONG Soon;SENTIAN, Justin
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.109-126
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents seasonal variation of $PM_{10}$ over five urban sites in Sabah, Malaysia for the period of January through December 2012. The variability of $PM_{10}$ along with the diurnal and weekly cycles of CO, $NO_2$, $SO_2$, and $O_3$ at Kota Kinabalu site were also discussed to investigate the possible sources for increased $PM_{10}$ concentration at the site. This work is crucial to understand the behaviour and possible sources of $PM_{10}$ in the urban atmosphere of Sabah region. In Malaysia, many air pollution studies in the past focused in west Peninsular, but very few local studies were dedicated for Sabah region. This work aims to fill the gap by presenting the descriptive statistics on the variability of $PM_{10}$ concentration in the urban atmosphere of Sabah. To further examine its diurnal and weekly cycle pattern, its responses towards the variations of CO, $NO_2$, $SO_2$, and ozone were also investigated. The highest mean value of $PM_{10}$ for the whole study period is seen from Tawau ($35.7{\pm}17.8{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$), while the lowest is from Keningau ($31.9{\pm}18.6{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$). The concentrations of $PM_{10}$ in all cities exhibited seasonal variations with the peak values occurred during the south-west monsoons. The $PM_{10}$ data consistently exhibited strong correlations with traffic related gaseous pollutants ($NO_2$, and CO), except for $SO_2$ and $O_3$. The analysis of diurnal cycles of $PM_{10}$ levels indicated that two peaks were associated during the morning and evening rush hours. The bimodal distribution of $PM_{10}$, CO, and $NO_2$ in the front and at the back of ozone peak is a representation of urban air pollution pattern. In the weekly cycle, higher $PM_{10}$, CO, and $NO_2$ concentrations were observed during the weekday when compared to weekend. The characteristics of $NO_2$ concentration rationed to CO and $SO_2$ suggests that mobile sources is the dominant factor for the air pollution in Kota Kinabalu; particularly during weekdays.

Effect of Electrical Stimulation using ABR and ECochG Analysis based on Jastreboff Tinnitus Mocel (Jastreboff 이명 모델에서의 ABR과 ECochG 신호분석을 통한 전기자극의 효과)

  • 임재중;김경식;김남균;전병훈
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.471-477
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    • 1999
  • Many researches have been performed whether electrical stimulation could be used for diagnosis and treatment on the auditory system impairment. Unfortunately, there were no standard methods or theoretical background for choosing stimulus conditions because of the lack of understanding on the transmission of electrical stimulation through the auditory pathway. This research was conducted to observe the effect of electrical stimulation on the tinnitus-induced animals. Nine guniea pigs were used for the experment and divided into two groups, five animals for the experimental group(A) and four animals for the control group(B). Experimental conditions were divided into four steps, before tinnitus induction and 1, 6, 12 hours after tinnitus induction using salicylate based on the Jastreboff model. In each experimental condition, ABR and ECochG were obtained, and autocorrelation coefficients were calculated from normalized waveforms based on rms values. Sum of all the autocorrelation coefficients was extracted as a parameter to observe the changes between before and after the electrical stimulation. As a result, ABR parameter values were rapidly increased 6 hours after tinnitus induction, the gradually returned back to the initial state. On the other hand, when electrical stimulation was applied, parameter values did not change compared with the initial sate. Parameter values of ECochG showed that the effect of electrical stimulation appeared 12 hours after the tinnitus induction. It was concluded that an electrical stimulation to the tinnitus-induced model changes the correlation coefficients of ABR and ECochG waveforms.

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A Preliminary Study on Mobile Medical Unit for Emergency Medical System (응급 의료체계용 이동 의료단위에 대한 기초연구)

  • Yang, Minkyu;Lee, Young;Suh, Sangwook
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2017
  • Recently, the disaster situation has been diversified and compounded worldwide as well as in Korea. And the damage scale of each disasters have increased, and following economic loss is also increasing immensely. In Korea, especially the out break frequency of large-scale disasters has increased. Disasters caused by earthquakes are also very likely to occur. When a major accident such as Mauna resort collapse accident, Ferry sewol sinking accident occurred, systematic emergency medical care at the site at the time of disaster occurred in order to operate an emergency medical facility corresponding to the site, which is not systematic. The need for this service is urgent. If highly reliable emergency medical system function at appropriate times in the disaster site, secondary damage can be reduced and the whole situation would be back to normal shortly. Therefore, it is necessary to provide an emergency medical system capable of quickly and safely responding to disaster sites in relation to various damage scale. For the purpose, thorough analysis on mobile medical units of inside and outside the country was accomplished. As a result, Mobile Medical Unit of outside the country are trailer type, tent type, container type etc. At home, these types have been studied and will be proposed early next year as a temporary solution. Here we introduce suitable types for our country.

DDS-Based BLE Adaptor for Standard Profile Data Interoperation in Internet of Things (사물인터넷 환경에서 표준 Profile 데이터 상호운용을 위한 DDS 기반 BLE 어댑터)

  • Oh, Jung-Hoon;Back, Moon-Ki;Oh, Gil-Tak;Lee, Kyu-Chul
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.5 no.11
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    • pp.403-410
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    • 2016
  • IoT(Internet of Things) has purpose for providing new kind of service though interaction with everything. With development of IoT, computer model which is based on internet is changed to distributed connection model between heterogeneous things. There is a problem that it is impossible to connect between each other different protocols. To solve this problem, we should abstract each of things of data through using adaptor of middleware structure in order to make consistent data unit. In this paper, we propose BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) adaptor, which is interaction with things, based on DDS(Data Distribution Service) that is real-time standard middleware. It is possible to data interaction between BLE Devices as well as two-way data interaction with different protocol devices. Also existing BLE Devices and study have a problem that Data exchange without using a standard data format of a profile defined by the Bluetooth SIG. Using the data formats defined independently by a problem that should not exchange data according to the type and manufacturer of the device BLE. The BLE adapter to solve this problem, the classification and analysis of the 12 stand profile was applied to create a profile based on the standard data format. It is possible to get wide interoperability of not affected on the BLE devices type and manufacturer of the device because it is applied a profile that standard data format.

A Study of Skin Reflectance Using Kubelka-Munk Model (Kubelka-Munk 모델을 이용한 피부 분광반사율 연구)

  • Cho, A Ra;Kim, Su Ji;Lee, Jun Bae;Sim, Geon Young;Back, Min;Cho, Eun Seul;Jang, Ji Hui;Jang, Eunseon;Kim, Youn Joon;Yoo, Kweon Jong;Han, Jeong Woo
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2016
  • Light shows various optical behaviors such as reflection, absorption, and scattering on skin for individuals. In particular, reflection of light from the skin has been widely used as the brightness index of the skin of individuals through the measurement of the physical quantity of spectral reflectance. Therefore, the study of light behavior on skin would be useful for the preparation of new evaluation method in the development stage of make-up products. In this study, multi-dimensional analysis for spectral reflectance behavior of light on individual skin was performed using Kubelka-Munk model. Also, we analyzed the contribution of skin parameters such as skin thickness and hemoglobin, which could affect the spectral reflectance, using above model and literature information. Base on this, we calculated the theoretical reflectance of normal women for visual light, which showed good agreement with the measured reflectance. Our study of light propagation in skin based on Kubelka-Munk model provides useful insight for the development of personalized cosmetic in the near future.

Development and Evaluation of Physical Fitness Program for Special Security Guards in Nuclear Power Plant (원자력발전소 특수경비원을 위한 체력훈련 프로그램의 개발 및 효과검증)

  • Jeong, Ho-won;Lee, Suk-ho
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.62
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    • pp.87-111
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    • 2020
  • Special security guards working at nuclear power plants, one of the country's major facilities, serve as human protection to safeguard from threats to nuclear facilities and nuclear materials. The purpose of this study was to develop a physical fitness program for fitness management that is essential for the completion of missions of special guards. This program was designed to prepare the physical fitness test proposed by Jeong et al. (2019). Researchers conducted literature analysis, research meetings, expert meetings and pretests, and developed a 90-minute physical fitness program for 6 weeks, 3 times a week. In order to verify the effectiveness of the developed physical fitness program, the experiment was conducted on 29 subjects(control group: 15, exercise group:14). Specifically, a six-week physical fitness program was conducted for exercise groups, and the fitness test for a special security guard was conducted for all subjects before and after the experiment. As a result, it was found that the physical fitness program was effective in improving the performance of 20m shuttle run, leg tuck, 20m sprint & carry, and medicine ball back throw. Until recently, problems of neglecting fitness management of security guards have been pointed out. It is expected that the physical fitness program proposed by this study will be a practical alternative for security guards' fitness management.

Kinematical Analysis of Endo 360° El-grip in Horizontal Bar (철봉 엔도 360°엘그립 동작의 기술분석)

  • Back, Jin-Ho;Park, Jong-Chul;Yoon, Jong-Wan;Lee, Yong-Sik;Park, Jong-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2006
  • This study was attempted to Kinematical characteristics of the Endo $360^{\circ}$El-grip Swing on the horizontal bar. To do this, we selected and analyzed the performance of two athletes who did Endo $360^{\circ}$El-grip Swing in the horizontal bar competition of male artistic gymnastic in the 22nd Universiad Games 2003 Daegu. We drew the conclusions from the kinematical factors that were came out through analyzing three-dimensional cinematography of the athletes' movements, by using two video cameras. In point of analyzing the actual competition situation, it is expected that gymnastics and coaches have the effective informations, and the following conclusion had resulted. 1. When performing Endo $360^{\circ}$El-Grip, the average for entire required time was $1.93{\pm}0.06sec$. The average for descent phase time was $0.24{\pm}0.02sec$, ascent phase time was 0.22${\pm}0.07sec$, connecting phase time was $0.87{\pm}0.07sec$, and El-Grip phase time was $0.61{\pm}0.02sec$. The descent phase need short period of time but however to have a stable performance, ensuring ascent and connecting phase time are needed. El-Grip phase need short period of time to have a stable re-grasp. 2. To have a convenient preparation for El-Grip in descent and ascent phase, lowering CM, and ease up in sway and plunge from the High Bar would make descent and ascent even more faster and would have increase effect in trunk rotation. 3. In descent and ascent phase, if shoulder angle and arm slope is dwindling then it would effect rotation angle so might risk it from hitting a Bar when putting legs in and out. 4. In connecting phase, it requires some time to show stable performance when El-Grip phase is continued by using hip angle which would make trunk rotation angle bigger and make descent and ascent time slower. 5. In El-Grip phase, when doing motions like hand standing. using hip angle more than maximum would make CM even faster and it is stable position while performing.

A Case Study of Tkatchev stretched Motion by Technical Feedback in Horizontal Bars (기술처치에 의한 철봉 Tkatchev stretched 동작의 사례연구)

  • Back, Jin-Ho;Son, Won-Il
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2008
  • This study is to formulate strategy for subject who are selected as national team in horizontal bars event in apparatus gymnastics. For this, skill training program was applied to players for 8 weeks. Then it was analyzed by using 3D motion Analysis system to seek the difference between before and after using the program. There were decisive demerit element K's first try for Tkatchev stretched movement from low elevation and crooked body while elevating. Not only, the location of his center of mass is far and low and there was some concern in his landing due to bended his hip-joint, but also, it exposed weak point in retro-action followed technique. Thus, to overcome that weak point, the subject repeated practices on following; when preparing for Tkatchev stretched movement at downward for big spin, make sure extend shoulder angle faster, make sure Tap movement is short and concise using hip-joint angular while delaying Tap timing for folding the body, and moreover, while backlashing the body, used shoulder joint angle wide to pull up the body. As a result, the speed of vertical upward did rut increase when separation from the bar. However, height of elevation increased that the leg would rut hit the horizontal bar even straight up the hip-joint. Therefore, the movement itself provided magnificent motion and even helped decrease the demerits.

Phylogenetic Analysis of Downy Mildew Caused by Peronospora destructor and a Method of Detection by PCR (양파 노균병균 Peronospora destructor의 분자계통학적 유연관계 분석과 PCR 검출기술 개발)

  • Back, Chang-Gi;Hwang, Sun-Kyung;Park, Mi jeong;Kwon, Young-Seok;Jung, Hee-Young;Park, Jong-Han
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.386-393
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    • 2017
  • Onion downy mildew, caused by Peronospora destructor, is a major disease in onion cultivation areas in Korea. The causal fungi were collected and analyzed based on sequence similarity and molecular phylogenetic relationships of multi-gene sequences, including the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. All isolates from Changnyeong-gun, Hamyang-gun, and Hapcheon-gun in Gyeongnam province, and Muan-gun, Haenam-gun, and Sinan-gun in Jeonnam province were identical in the four types of gene sequences, indicating they were genetically the same strains. In this study, a PCR method was developed based on the ITS gene sequences to amplify the specific DNA fragment for P. destructor only. The detection limit of was total genomic DNA of the P. destructor and the plant $0.7ng/{\mu}L$. Therefore, the developed PCR method could be used to detect P. destructor effectively from symptomless onion leaves.

Control Method for Performance Improvement of BLDC Motor used for Propulsion of Electric Propulsion Ship (전기추진선박의 추진용으로 사용되는 브러시리스 직류전동기의 제 어방법에 따른 성능향상에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Hyeonmin;Hur, Jaejung;Yoon, Kyoungkuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.802-808
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    • 2019
  • DC motors are used extensively on shipboard, including as the ship's winch operating motor, owing to their simple speed control and excellent output torque characteristics. Moreover, they were used as propulsion motors in the early days of electric propulsion ships. However, mechanical rectifiers, such as brushes, used in DC motors have certain disadvantages. Hence, brushless DC (BLDC) motors are increasingly being used instead. While the electrical characteristics of both types of motors are similar, BLDC motors employ electronic rectifying devices, which use semiconductor elements, instead of mechanical rectifying devices. The inverter system for driving conventional BLDC motors uses a two-phase excitation method so that the waveform of the back electromotive force becomes trapezoidal. This causes harmonics and torque ripple in the phase current switching period in which the winding wire through which the current flows is changed. Researchers have studied and presented various methods to reduce the harmonics and torque ripple. This study applies a cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter, which implements a proportional-integral speed current controller algorithm in the driving circuit of the BLDC motor for electric propulsion ships using a power analysis program. The simulation results of the modeled BLDC motor show that the driving method of the proposed BLDC motor improves the voltage waveform of the input side of the motor and remarkably reduces the harmonics and torque ripple compared with the conventional driving method.