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Cybernetic Modeling of Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation for Ethanol Production from Steam-Exploded Wood with Brettanomyces custersii

  • Shin Dong-Gyun;Yoo Ah-Rim;Kim Seung-Wook;Yang Dae-Ryook
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.1355-1361
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    • 2006
  • The simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process consists of concurrent enzymatic saccharification and fermentation. In the present cybernetic model, the saccharification process, which is based on the modified Michaelis-Menten kinetics and enzyme inhibition kinetics, was combined with the fermentation process, which is based on the Monod equation. The cybernetic modeling approach postulates that cells adapt to utilize the limited resources available to them in an optimal way. The cybernetic modeling was suitable for describing sequential growth on multiple substrates by Brettanomyces custersii, which is a glucose- and cellobiose-fermenting yeast. The proposed model was able to elucidate the SSF process in a systematic manner, and the performance was verified by previously published data.

Critical Review of Cybernetic Epistemology to Family Therapy (가족치료에 대한 사이버네틱 인식론의 문헌연구)

  • 정혜정
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 1995
  • This paper is to introduce cybernetic epistemology, which is one of the nonlinear or circular epistemology and have provided the basis for the development of various theories and models of family therapy. First, the history and the concept of the term cybernetics is briefly described, and then cybernetics is compared with general systems theory. following is the discussion of different levels of cybernetics, i.e., simple cybernetics and cybernetics of cybernetics, and of their major concepts, respectively. the ways in which cybernetic epistemology is applied to family therapy are also discussed in terms of diagnosis of problems, unit of therapy, goal of therapy, and role of family therapist. Finally, some implications for training and educating cybernetic family therapist are discussed.

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Semantic, Cybernetic, Semitic, Hermeneutics for Design (디자인교육을 이를 위한 이론적 이해)

  • 최성운
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society of Design Studies Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.116-117
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    • 2000
  • 18세기와 19세기는 기능주의라는 것이 하나의 상징으로서 자리를 잡고 있었던 시기이며, 이는 1960 연대까지 하나의 디자인 독트린으로 인식이 되었었다. 이러한 기능주의 적인 디자인은 결국 위기를 맞이하게 되었으며, 1960연대 사회, 정치적인 혼란을 통하여 새로운 전환의 요구를 수용하게 되었던 것이다. (중략)

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Information Retrieval: A Communication Process in the 21st Century Library

  • Umeozor, Susan Nnadozie
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.7-18
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    • 2020
  • Communication is a process involving a group of interrelated elements working together for the purpose of information transfer. This paper discusses information retrieval as a communication process in the 21st century library. The difficulties associated with access to recorded knowledge through bibliographic control devices have been exacerbated by the interposition of additional encoding processes in the library and further decoding by the users. In addition, the innovation of internet/web has revolutionized the means and mode of communication process in the library by flooding information seekers with information and creating an illusion of self-sufficiency in many users. With these changes in information seeking behaviour and pattern, a cybernetic approach to information retrieval has emerged emphasizing adaptive control mechanisms and feedback processes. This paper argues that libraries should strive to continuously remain relevant by keeping abreast with changes in the behavior of information users. To this end, this paper proposes apomediatic-cybernetic model of communication, which illustrates information retrieval processes for the 21st-century library.

전기공학측면에서 본 Biocybernetics

  • 박상희
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.16-18
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    • 1974
  • 최근 공학분야의 조류는 세분화됨과 동시에 종합화되고 있다. 특히 Norbert Wiener가 1948년에 cybernetics라는 말을 사용한 이후 이것에 바탕을 가지는 학문 분야들의 많은 발전과 확대는 주목할만한 일다. 또한 많은 발전을 한 현대기술의 한계성을 탈피하여 보다 효과적인 인공 system을 구성하기 위해 그의 기본적인 자료를 추구하는 학문의 필요성이 점차적으로 요구되고 있으며, 여기에 따라 새로이 형성된 한 분야가 biocybernetics라 볼 수 있다. 그러므로 본고에서는 cybernetics의 간단한 배경을 먼저 살펴봄으로서 그 정의를 명백히 하고, 특히 전기공학과 관련지워서 다루워지고 있는 biocybernetics분야의 일부인 biosystem에 대한것을 소개하므로서 오늘날 발전하고 있는 생체공학의 이해에 도움을 주고져 한다.

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A Study of the Characteristics of Cybernetics Exhibited in Fashion as a Media of Digital Environment (디지털환경 매체로서 패션에 나타난 사이버네틱스의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Hyun-Soo;Kim Min-Ja
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.55 no.4 s.94
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    • pp.79-94
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    • 2005
  • The goal of this research, contorted from the perspective of media aesthetics, is to uncover the ways how mechanical/cybersensual fashion products express aesthetic characteristics of cybernetics, by comparing them with digital products designed by an application of cybernetics. The other goal is to provide a cultural and design framework of cybernetics as d digital-environmental medium for fashion in which hightech and human sensibilities are fused. The results urged to explore two new contrasting perceptual possibilities for an understanding of digital technology application: negative and positive feedbacks. Cybernetic optimism, centered on technological dimensions, focuses on a concept of fashion that emphasize instrumental aspects-efficiency and convenience. In contrast, cybernetic pessimism focuses on digital fashion that expresses environmental destruction and the loss of human identity. A comparative analysis of the aesthetics of expression in digital fashion design and digital industrial products from a cybernetic perspective showed that in digital environment society, the combination of negative and positive feedbacks resulted in design products in which internal and external aspects of beauty complemented each other.

Multi-Generation Diffusion Model for Economic Assessment of New Technology (신기술의 경제성 평가를 위한 다세대 확산모형 연구)

  • Sohn, So-Young;Ahn, Byung-Joo
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.337-344
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    • 2001
  • As cost invested in developing the specified technology is increasing, investors are paying more attention to cost to benefit analysis (CBA). One of the basic elements of CBA for new technological development is the diffusion pattern of demand of such technology. Many studies of technology evaluation have adopted a single generation model to simulate the diffusion pattern of demand. This approach, however, considers the diffusion of the new technology itself, not taking into account a newer generation that can replace the one just invented. In this paper, we show how a multi-generation technology diffusion model can be applied for more accurate CBA for information technology. Monte Carlo simulation is performed to find influential factors on the CBA of a Cybernetic Building System.

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Merging the old with the new: a cybermedicine marriage for oncology interactions with traditional herbal therapies and complementary medicines

  • Yap, Kevin Yi-Lwern;Lim, Ken Juin
    • CELLMED
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.18.1-18.16
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    • 2012
  • An oncology-specific database called OncoRx (http://bit.ly/cancerRx) was previously set up in cyberspace to aid clinicians in identifying interactions of anticancer drugs (ACDs) and chemotherapy regimens with traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) and complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs). Since then, users have requested the drug-CAM interactions (DCIs) of 5 specific CAMs (cranberry, melatonin, co-enzyme Q10, huachansu, reishi mushroom) to be updated in the database. Pharmacokinetic properties (metabolism, enzyme induction/inhibition, elimination), TCM properties and DCIs of each CAM were collated with 117 ACDs using 9 hardcopy compendia and online databases as resources. Additionally, individual ACDs and CAMs were used as keywords for PubMed searches in combination with the terms 'anticancer drugs', 'drug interactions', 'herb-drug/drug-herb interactions', 'pharmacokinetic interactions' and 'pharmacodynamic interactions'. DCI parameters consisted of interaction effects, evidence summaries, proposed management plans and alternative non-interacting CAMs, together with relevant citations and update dates of the DCIs. OncoRx is also used as a case to introduce the "Four Pharmaco-cybernetic Maxims" of quality, quantity, relationship and manner to developers of digital healthcare tools. Its role in Hayne's "5S" hierarchy of research evidence is also presented. OncoRx is meant to complement existing DCI resources for clinicians and alternative medicine practitioners as an additional drug information resource that provides evidence-based DCI information for ACD-CAM interactions.

Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation on Visual Discrimination (전수면박탈이 시각변별력에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Heon-Jeong;Yang, Jae-Won;Lee, Bun-Hee;Ham, Byung-Joo;Suh, Kwang-Yoon;Kim, Leen
    • Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.122-126
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    • 2002
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the 37-hour sleep deprivation on visual discrimination using the Cybernetic Flicker Fusion Analyzer (FLIMK) and to see the correlation between this finding and various subjective scale scores. Methods: Twenty six subjects (20 men 6 women, $24.50{\pm}1.45$ years of age) participated in this study. Subjects remained awake for 37 hours under continuous surveillance. In the morning and evening of two study days, the FLIMK and the self-reporting scale of sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety and mood states were instituted. Results: In FLIMK, the flicker fusion threshold was significantly decreased after sleep deprivation (F=7.66, p=0.01). The number of trials (responses) before reaching fusion frequency threshold was significantly increased after sleep deprivation (F=13.16, p=0.001). The reduction of fusion frequency was correlated with the increase of sleepiness and fatigue (p<0.05), and the number of the trials was correlated with the scores of negative mood, anxiety, and fatigue (p<0.05). Conclusions: These results suggest that 37 hour total sleep deprivation cause the decrement in visual discrimination. The decrease of the fusion frequency after sleep deprivation was correlated with sleepiness and fatigue. Further study is needed to enlighten the biological mechanism of the decrement in visual function after sleep deprivation.

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