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Single Toxicity Evaluation of the Polygonati Rhizoma Preparata with Benzo[a]pyrene Contents in ICR Mice (구증황정(九蒸黃精)의 벤조피렌 함량과 마우스 단일투여 독성실험)

  • Kim, Yong-Ung;Roh, Seong-Soo
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.100-108
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    • 2011
  • The object of this study was two. One was if Polygonati Rhizoma preparata had a benzo(a)pyrene, the other was to evaluate the single dose toxicity of 9 repetitive steaming and fermenting processed Polygonati Rhizoma, dried root parts of Polygonati Rhozoma preparata extract, in male and female mice. We measured a content of benzo(a)pyrene in Polygonati Rhozoma preparata using a method with HPLC/FLD. And for single dose toxicity, aqueous extracts of Polygonati Rhozoma preparata (EPP; Yield = 35.4 %) was administered to female and male ICR mice as an oral dose of 2,000, 1,000 and 500 mg/kg (body weight) according to the recommendation of Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) Guidelines. Animals were monitored for the mortality and changes in body weight, clinical signs and gross observation during 14 days after dosing, upon necropsy; organ weight and histopathology of 12 principle organs were examined. As results, we could not find any mortality, clinical signs, and changes in the body and organ weight except for slight soft feces sporadically detected in EPP treated male mice at 1 day after administration. In addition, no EPP-treatment related abnormal gross findings and changes in histopathology of principle organs were detected except for some sporadic accidental findings. The results obtained in this study suggest that benzo(a)pyrene was not existed in Polygonati Rhozoma preparata and the 50% lethal dose and approximate lethal dose of EPP aqueous extracts in both female and male mice were considered as over 2,000 mg/kg, the limited highest dosage recommended by KFDA Guidelines. However, it also observed that the possibilities of digestive disorders, like soft feces when administered over 500 mg/kg of EPP aqueous extracts in the present study.

Influence of soil model complexity on the seismic response of shallow foundations

  • Alzabeebee, Saif
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.193-203
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    • 2021
  • The time-history finite element analysis is usually used to evaluate the seismic response of shallow foundations. However, the literature lacks studies on the influence of the soil constitutive model complexity on the seismic response of shallow foundations. This study, thus, aims to fill this gap by investigating the seismic response of shallow foundation resting on dry silica sand using the linear elastic (LE) model, elastic-perfectly-plastic (EPP) model, and hardening soil with small strain stiffness (HS small) model. These models have been used because it is intended to compare the results of a soil constitutive model that accurately captures the seismic response of the soil-structure interaction problems (which is the HS small model) with simpler models (the LE and EPP models) that are routinely used by practitioners in geotechnical designs. The results showed that the LE model produces a very small seismic settlement value which is approximately equal to zero. The EPP model predicts a seismic settlement higher than that produced using the HS small model for earthquakes with a peak ground acceleration (PGA) lower than 0.25 g for a relative density of 45% and 0.40 g for a relative density of 70%. However, the HS small model predicts a seismic settlement higher than the EPP model beyond the aforementioned PGA values with the difference between both models increases as the PGA rises. The results also showed that the LE and EPP models predict similar trend and magnitude of the acceleration-time relationship directly below the foundation, which was different than that predicted using the HS small model. The results reported in this paper provide a useful benchmark for future numerical studies on the response of shallow foundations subjected to seismic shake.

Increasing the attractiveness of physical education training with the involvement of nanotechnology

  • Jinyan Ge;Yuxin Hong;Rongtian Zeng;Yunbin Li;Mostafa Habibi
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.291-302
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    • 2023
  • As the first part of the body that strikes the ground during running, sports shoes are especially important for improving performance and reducing injuries. The use of new nanotechnology materials in the shoe's sole that can affect the movement angle of the foot and the ground reaction forces during running has not been reported yet. It is important to consider the material of the sole of the shoe since it determines the long-term performance of sports shoes, including their comfort while walking, running, and jumping. Running performance can be improved by polymer foam that provides good support with low energy dissipation (low energy dissipation). Running shoes have a midsole made of ethylene propylene copolymer (EPP) foam. The mechanical properties of EPP foam are, however, low. To improve the mechanical performance of EPP, conventional mineral fillers are commonly used, but these fillers sacrifice energy return. In this study, to improve the magnificence of physical education training with nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) derived from recycled plastics were prepared by catalytic chemical vapor deposition and used as nucleating and reinforcing agents. As a result of the results, the physical, mechanical, and dynamic response properties of EPP foam combined with CNT and zinc oxide nanoparticles were significantly improved. When CNT was added to the nanocomposites with a weight percentage of less than 0.5 wt%, the wear resistance, physical properties, dynamic stiffness, compressive strength, and rebound properties of EPP foams were significantly improved.

Agree and Move. (일치와 이동)

  • 박승혁
    • Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.561-585
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    • 2001
  • It has been claimed recently that the two computational operations Move and Agree of Chomsky (2000, 2001a) should be separated into distinct and independent operations. According to this view, Move is an “operation that applies only to meet an EPP-feature of a functional category.” It is also claimed under that analysis that “a candidate for Move is simply a syntactic object with phonetic content.” The purpose of this short paper is to show that the operation Move should still be viewed as composite; hence it must have the operation Agree as one of its prerequisites. We argue that the EPP feature of T may not be analyzed as an independent feature that triggers overt displacement in syntax. Under Chomsky's (2000, 2001a) theory, displacement in syntax must require the probe-goal (P, G) association before the actual movement takes place. It is shown in this paper that in order for an element $\beta$ to raise to the [Spec, T] position, the $\varphi$-features of T must establish a (P, G) relation with those of $\beta$ prior to movement. In short, Move requires Agree, the EPP feature being dependent on the minimal $\varphi$-feature [person] of nominals.

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A Constitutive Equation Including Strain Rate Effect for the Expanded Polypropylene (변형률 속도가 고려된 발포 폴리프로필렌의 구성방정식)

  • Kim, Han-Kook;Cheon, Seong S.
    • Composites Research
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.130-134
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this paper is to build DB in order to Propose new constitutive equations by redefining constitutive equations for Polyurethane presented by Jeong et al. [12] based on Quasi-static test and Impact test DB of Expanded polypropylene using cylindrical specimens with 4 different densities presentsd by Kim et al. [7] for EPP foam and combining the impulse-momentum theory.

A Study for Digital Oscilloscope based AVR and PC EPP Protocol (AVR과 PC EPP Protocol을 이용한 디지털 오실로스코프 개발)

  • Moon, Il-Hyoun;Lee, You-Sang;Choi, Kwan-Sun;Ahn, Chang
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.129-132
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    • 2006
  • 본 논문에서는 AVR8535 Micro Controller와 PC의 Parallel EPP Protocol을 이용하여 PC환경에서의 디지털 오실로스코프를 개발하였다. 기존의 오실로스코프는 고가이고 휴대하기가 어려워 필요시에 실험을 측정하기에 불편한 점을 해결하기 위해 저가격의 사용하고 휴대하기 편리한 디지털 오실로스코프를 개발하였다. 어플리케이션 프로그램은 MFC를 이용하였으며 파형 측정 기능과 측정된 데이터를 범용의 데이터형식으로 추출하여 여러 측정환경에 응용할 수 있도록 개발하였다.

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Development of a Supporting Program for the Emergency Preparedness Plan (사고대비물질 취급자의 비상대응계획 작성 프로그램 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Bum;Noh, Hye-Ran;Seok, Gwang-Seol;Park, Jae-Deuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 2011
  • Emergency preparedness plan(EPP) is the systematic management of activities that involve a material degree of risk of loss or other damage to the surroundings(people, property and environment), and the boundary of accident recovery plan(ARP). The main purpose of the program is to provide a safety management system to each facility in order to enable to prevent accident and to control accident immediately. The EPP includes not only typical safety-related documentations such as material safety data sheet(MSDS), standard operation procedure(SOP), emergency response plan(ERP). EPP is established basis of the preliminary safety analysis involving risk identification, assessment and prevention plans. The program is also helpful for government or related agencies to control a number of accidents in small-scale companies in the whole country.

History of Research on Pharmacopuncture in Korea

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho;Cho, Yoon-Young;Kim, Sungchul;Sun, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: This study introduces the history and types of Korean pharmacopuncture and reports trends of research on Korean pharmacopuncture. Methods: Pharmacopuncture studies were searched from the first year of each search engine to 2014 by using seven domestic and foreign search databases. Selected studies were divided into the history of pharmacopuncture, kinds and features of pharmacopuncture, research types, and experimental and clinic studies and were then classified by year of publication, type of pharmacopuncture, disease, and topic. Results: Pharmacopuncture can be classified into four large groups: meridian field pharmacopuncture (MFP), eight-principles pharmacopuncture (EPP), animal-based pharmacopuncture (ABP) and mountain-ginseng pharmacopuncture, which is a single-compound pharmacopuncture (SCP). The largest numbers of studies were reported from 1997 to 2006, after which the numbers decreased until 2014. Of experimental studies, 51.9%, 18.7%. 14.3%, 9% and 3.4% were on SCP, ABP, MFP, formula pharmacopuncture (FP), and EPP, respectively. Of clinical studies, 54.7%, 15.3%. 14.9% 10.0% and 1.5% were on ABP, MFP, EPP, SCP, and FP (1.5%), respectively. Among clinical studies, case reports and case series accounted for 76.5%, followed by randomized controlled trials (RCTs, 16.4%) and non-RCT (13.9%). Musculoskeletal diseases, toxicity and safety tests, anti-cancer effects, and nervous system diseases were mainly treated in experimental studies while musculoskeletal diseases, nervous system diseases, toxicity and safety tests, and autonomic nerve function tests were addressed in clinical studies. Bee venom (BV) was the most frequently-used pharmacopuncture in mechanism studies. Pharmacopuncture was mainly used to treat musculoskeletal diseases. Conclusion: Pharmacopuncture and studies of it have made great progress in Korea. Studies on BV pharmacopuncture and musculoskeletal diseases accounted for most of the studies reported during the review period. Research on the types of pharmacopuncture and diseases has to be expanded. Especially, studies on the use of MFP and EPP for treating patients with various diseases are needed.

Hardware Implementation of Motor Controller Based on Zynq EPP(Extensible Processing Platform) (Zynq EPP를 이용한 모터 제어기의 하드웨어 구현)

  • Moon, Yong-Seon;Lim, Seung-Woo;Lee, Young-Pil;Bae, Young-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.8 no.11
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    • pp.1707-1712
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we implement a hardware for motor control based on FPGA + embedded processor using Zynq EPP which is All Programmable SoC in order to improve a structural problem of motion control based on such as DSP, MCU and FPGA previously. The implemented motor controller that is fused controller with advantage of FPGA and embedded processor. The signal processing part of high velocity motor control is performed by motor controller based on FPGA. A motion profile and kinematic calculation that are required algorithm process such as operation of a complicate decimal point has processed in an embedded processor based on dual core. As a result of a hardware implementation, it has an advantage that has can be realized an effect of distribution process in one chip. It has also an advantage that is able to organize as a multi-axis motor controller through adding the IP core of motor control implemented on FPGA.

Development of energy-based excess pore pressure generation model using damage potential (손상잠재력을 이용한 에너지-과잉간극수압 발현 모델 개발)

  • Park, Keun-Bo;Kim, Soo-Il;Kim, Ki-Poong;Lee, Chae-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.575-586
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    • 2008
  • The main objective of this paper is to develop an improved model for the analysis of liquefaction potential and to predict excess pore pressure (EPP) using the proposed model that can simulate behavior of saturated sand under earthquake loading conditions. The damage concept is adopted for the development of the proposed model. For the development of the model, a general formulation based on experimental results and damage potential using cumulative absolute velocity (CAV) is proposed for a more realistic description of dynamic responses of saturated sand. Undrained dynamic triaxial tests are conducted using earthquake loading conditions. Based on test results, the NCER-NCW function in terms of $w_d$ and CAV is developed. Procedure for the evaluation of EPP and determination of model parameters for the proposed model is presented as well. For the determination of initial liquefaction, the minimum curvature method using the NCS-NCW curve is proposed. It is observed that predicted initial liquefaction using the proposed method agrees well with measured initial liquefaction. From results of additional undrained dynamic triaxial tests, it is seen that predicted EPP generation using the proposed model agrees well with measured results for earthquake loading cases.

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