• 제목/요약/키워드: Barrier Function

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Metal Ion Dissolution in Nitric Acid with Lead-Borosilicate Glass for Barrier Ribs in PDP

  • Kim, Jae-Myung;Lee, Chong-Mu;Kim, Hyung-Sun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2005년도 International Meeting on Information Displayvol.II
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    • pp.1252-1254
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    • 2005
  • Recently, PDP barrier ribs require the formation of complex structure so that they are usually formed by etching method. For producing the fine ribs structure, during the etching process the metal ions of matrix (glass) of barrier materials should be understood on the etching mechanism with etching condition. We analyzed the quantity of Pb, Si, and B ions from the etch solution as a function of etching time.

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Dietary Regulations of the Intestinal Barrier Function at Weaning

  • Bosi, Paolo;Gremokolini, Cyrien;Trevisi, Paolo
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.596-608
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    • 2003
  • Weaning is a complex phase when the mammal suffers the action of different stressors that contribute to negatively affect the efficiency of the intestinal mucosa and of the whole local integrated system, that acts as barrier against any nocuous agent. The components of this barrier are mechanical, chemical, and bacteriological; immunological and not. The development of contact with a saprophyte microflora and the maintenance of feed intake after the interruption of motherly nutrition are essential for the maturation of an equilibrated local immune function and for a functional integrity of villi. Opportunities and limits of some dietary strategies that can contribute to reduce negative effects of weaning on health and performance are discussed. Knowledges on the possible mechanism of action of probiotics are upgraded, particularly for their supposed role in the balance between different immune functions (effectory/regulatory). Some tools to control pathogen microflora are reviewed (acids, herbs, immunoglobulin sources) and practical feeding systems are proposed.

A JOINT DISTRIBUTION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION WITH AN APPLICATION TO AN OUTSIDE BARRIER OPTION

  • Lee, Hang-Suck
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.245-254
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    • 2004
  • This paper derives a distribution function of the terminal value and running maximum of two-dimensional Brownian motion {X($\tau$) = (X$_1$($\tau$), X$_2$ ($\tau$))', $\tau$ 〉0}. One random variable of the joint distribution is the terminal time value, X$_1$ (T). The other random variable is the maximum of the Brownian motion {X$_2$($\tau$), $\tau$〉} between time s and time t. With this distribution function, this paper also derives an explicit pricing formula for an outside barrier option whose monitoring period starts at an arbitrary date and ends at another arbitrary date before maturity.

A Distribution of Terminal Time Value and Running Maximum of Two-Dimensional Brownian Motion with an Application to Barrier Option

  • Lee, Hang-Suck
    • 한국통계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국통계학회 2003년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2003
  • This presentation derives a distribution function of the terminal value and running maximum of two-dimensional Brownian motion {X(t) = (X$_1$(t), X$_2$(T))', t > 0}. One random variable of the joint distribution is the terminal time value of the Brownian motion {X$_1$(t), t > 0}. The other random variable is the partial-time running maximum of the Brownian motion {X$_2$(t), t > 0}. With this distribution function, this presentation also derives an explicit pricing formula for a barrier option whose monitoring period of the option starts at an arbitrary date and ends at another arbitrary date before maturity.

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무장애 건축 환경을 위한 계단의 설계특성에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Characteristic of Staircase for Barrier-Free Architectural Environment)

  • 성기창
    • 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2004
  • Safety, accessibility and distinguishment as the concept of architectural planning and design are demanded in staircases due to increase of the old aged people and disabled people's enlarged social participation. In this research is tried to provide the importance of vertical walking function at the design for the staircases. For this reason, structural elements of the staircases are studied in the ergonomic aspect for barrier-free environment and a comparative study is made on the regulations of the staircases in the inside and outside of the country in disabled & aged people's view. Based on this study, the quality of the staircases in public facilities and Apartments is analyzed. As the result, it has been proved that the vertical walking function of the staircases is the most fundamental characteristic of the staircases design before everything else.

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Research Trends in the Development of Cosmetic Ingredients for Skin Barrier Improvement

  • Hyung-Bum Park;Jeong-Yeon Park
    • 한국응용과학기술학회지
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    • 제40권6호
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    • pp.1445-1453
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    • 2023
  • In 2022, the domestic production performance of functional cosmetics in South Korea reached 4.6 trillion won, accounting for 33.85% of the total cosmetics production. The number of functional cosmetics reviewed increased by about 7.5% from the previous year, totaling 974 items. Especially with the increasing importance of the skin barrier function due to skin sensitivity caused by various environmental pollutants, domestic cosmetic companies are showing interest in the development of new ingredients and products related to this area. This study aims to analyze academic research trends related to in vitro experiments for the development of cosmetics improving the skin barrier, to provide practical information for the cosmetic industry. The findings are as follows: Academic research mainly focused on the efficacy of natural ingredients in improving the skin barrier, but there is a significant lack of quantitative accumulation of research. For the development of skin barrier-improving cosmetic ingredients, efficacy evaluation indicators were set, including hyaluronic acid production, expression of filaggrin gene, loricrin, formation of cornified envelope (CE), and expression of ceramide synthesis enzyme genes. Moreover, effective cosmetic ingredients for improving the skin barrier included lemongrass and perilla leaf extracts, flavonoids, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Exosomelike Nanovesicles derived from apple callus, Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus, Acanthopanax sessiliflorus, Eleutherococcus gracilistylus, Acer okamotoanum extracts, Aloe vera adventitious root extract, ethanol extract of Aruncus dioicus, and organic solvent fraction of Dracocephalum argunense.

출력 제약된 Pure-Feedback 시스템의 적응 신경망 제어 (Adaptive Neural Control for Output-Constrained Pure-Feedback Systems)

  • 김봉수;유성진
    • 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2014
  • This paper investigates an adaptive approximation design problem for the tracking control of output-constrained non-affine pure-feedback systems. To satisfy the desired performance without constraint violation, we employ a barrier Lyapunov function which grows to infinity whenever its argument approaches some limits. The main difficulty in dealing with pure-feedback systems considering output constraints is that the system has a non-affine appearance of the constrained variable to be used as a virtual control. To overcome this difficulty, the implicit function theorem and mean value theorem are exploited to assert the existence of the desired virtual and actual controls. The function approximation technique based on adaptive neural networks is used to estimate the desired control inputs. It is shown that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded.

Compound K improves skin barrier function by increasing SPINK5 expression

  • Park, No-June;Bong, Sim-Kyu;Lee, Sullim;Jung, Yujung;Jegal, Hyun;Kim, Jinchul;Kim, Si-Kwan;Kim, Yong Kee;Kim, Su-Nam
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제44권6호
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    • pp.799-807
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    • 2020
  • Background: The skin acts as a barrier to protect organisms against harmful exogenous agents. Compound K (CK) is an active metabolite of ginsenoside Rb1, Rb2 and Rc, and researchers have focused on its skin protective efficacy. In this study, we hypothesized that increased expression of the serine protease inhibitor Kazal type-5 (SPINK5) may improve skin barrier function. Methods: We screened several ginsenosides to increase SPINK5 gene promoter activity using a transactivation assay and found that CK can increase SPINK5 expression. To investigate the protective effect of CK on the skin barrier, RT-PCR and Western blotting were performed to investigate the expression levels of SPINK5, kallikrein 5 (KLK5), KLK7 and PAR2 in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells. Measurement of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and histological changes associated with the skin barrier were performed in a UVB-irradiated mouse model and a 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB)-induced atopic dermatitis-like model. Results: CK treatment increased the expression of SPINK5 and decreased the expression of its downstream genes, such as KLKs and PAR2. In the UVB-irradiated mouse model and the DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis model, CK restored increased TEWL and decreased hydration and epidermal hyperplasia. In addition, CK normalized the reduced SPINK5 expression caused by UVB or DNCB, thereby restoring the expression of the proteins involved in desquamation to a level similar to normal. Conclusions: Our data showed that CK contributes to improving skin-barrier function in UVB-irradiated and DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis-like models through SPINK5. These results suggest that therapeutic attempts with CK might be useful in treating barrier-disrupted diseases.

Lower Hole-injection barrier between pentacene and HDT-modified Gold with lowered workfunction

  • Hong, Ki-Pyo;Lee, Jong-Won;Yang, Sang-Yoon;Shin, Kwon-Woo;Jeon, Ha-Young;Kim, Se-Hyun;Park, Chan-Eon
    • 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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    • pp.238-238
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    • 2006
  • Through ultra-violet photoemission spectroscopy in-situ experiment, 0.67 eV energy barrier between 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT)-modified gold and pentacene was observed, which was 0.03 eV smaller than the energy barrier between bare gold and pentacene despite HDT modified gold had 0.8 eV lower work function than that of bare gold. This result is opposed to the idea that increasing the work function a metal decreases the energy barrier. This can be explained by two factors. One is the absence of interface dipole, which is observed in pentacene deposited on gold. The other is reduced ionization energy which can be explained through polarization energy or electronic splitting of molecular orbital with more crystalline structure observed through X-ray diffraction patterns.

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제어 장벽함수를 이용한 안전한 행동 영역 탐색과 제어 매개변수의 실시간 적응 (Online Adaptation of Control Parameters with Safe Exploration by Control Barrier Function)

  • 김수영;손흥선
    • 로봇학회논문지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.76-85
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    • 2022
  • One of the most fundamental challenges when designing controllers for dynamic systems is the adjustment of controller parameters. Usually the system model is used to get the initial controller, but eventually the controller parameters must be manually adjusted in the real system to achieve the best performance. To avoid this manual tuning step, data-driven methods such as machine learning were used. Recently, reinforcement learning became one alternative of this problem to be considered as an agent learns policies in large state space with trial-and-error Markov Decision Process (MDP) which is widely used in the field of robotics. However, on initial training step, as an agent tries to explore to the new state space with random action and acts directly on the controller parameters in real systems, MDP can lead the system safety-critical system failures. Therefore, the issue of 'safe exploration' became important. In this paper we meet 'safe exploration' condition with Control Barrier Function (CBF) which converts direct constraints on the state space to the implicit constraint of the control inputs. Given an initial low-performance controller, it automatically optimizes the parameters of the control law while ensuring safety by the CBF so that the agent can learn how to predict and control unknown and often stochastic environments. Simulation results on a quadrotor UAV indicate that the proposed method can safely optimize controller parameters quickly and automatically.