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Ingestive Behavior of Lambs Confined in Individual and Group Stalls

  • Filho, A. Eustaquio;Carvalho, G.G.P.;Pires, A.J.V.;Silva, R.R.;Santos, P.E.F.;Murta, R.M.;Pereira, F.M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.284-289
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    • 2014
  • The experiment was conducted to evaluate the ingestive behavior of lambs confined in individual and group stalls. We used thirty-four lambs in their growing phase, aged an average of three months, with mean initial live weight of $17.8{\pm}5.2$ kg. They were allotted in a completely randomized design with 24 animals kept in individual stalls and 10 animals confined as a group. The experiment lasted for a total of 74 days, and the first 14 days were dedicated to the animals' adaption to the management, facilities and diets. The data collection period lasted 60 days, divided into three 20-d periods for the behavior evaluation. The animals were subjected to five days of visual observation during the experiment period, by the quantification of 24 h a day, with evaluations on the 15th day of each period and an interim evaluation consisting of two consecutive days on the 30th and 31st day of the experiment. The animals confined as a group consumed less (p<0.05) fiber. However, the animals confined individually spent less (p<0.05) time on feeding, rumination and chewing activities and longer in idleness. Therefore, the lower capacity of lambs confined in groups to select their food negatively affects their feeding behavior.

Performance Evaluation of an IoT Platform (듀티사이클 환경의 무선센서네크워크에서 분산 브로드캐스트 스케줄링 기법)

  • Dang, Thien-Binh;Tran, Manh-Hung;Le, Duc-Tai;Yeom, Sanggil;Choo, Hyunseung
    • Annual Conference of KIPS
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    • 2017.04a
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    • pp.673-676
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    • 2017
  • Accompanying the Internet of Things (IoT) is a demand of advanced applications and services utilizing the potential of the IoT environment. Monitoring the environment for a provision of context-aware services to the human beings is one of the new trends in our future life. The IoTivity Cloud is one of the most notable open-source platform bringing an opportunity to collect, analyze, and interpret a huge amount of data available in the IoT environment. Based on the IoTivity Cloud, we aim to develop a novel platform for comprehensive monitoring of a future network, which facilitates on-demand data collection to enable the network behavior prediction and the quality of user experience maintenance. In consideration of performance evaluation of the monitoring platform, this paper presents results of a preliminary test on the data acquisition/supply process in the IoTivity Cloud.

Diagnostic Approaches for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  • Jae Ha Lee;Jin Woo Song
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.87 no.1
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    • pp.40-51
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    • 2024
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia with a very poor prognosis. Accurate diagnosis of IPF is essential for good outcomes but remains a major medical challenge due to variability in clinical presentation and the shortcomings of existing diagnostic tests. Medical history collection is the first and most important step in the IPF diagnosis process; the clinical probability of IPF is high if the suspected patient is 60 years or older, male, and has a history of cigarette smoking. Systemic assessment for connective tissue disease is essential in the initial evaluation of patients with suspected IPF to identify potential causes of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Radiologic examination using high-resolution computed tomography plays a pivotal role in the evaluation of patients with ILD, and prone and expiratory computed tomography images can be considered. If additional tests such as surgical lung biopsy or transbronchial lung cryobiopsy are needed, transbronchial lung cryobiopsy should be considered as an alternative to surgical lung biopsy in medical centers with experience performing this procedure. Diagnosis through multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) is strongly recommended as MDD has become the cornerstone for diagnosis of IPF, and the scope of MDD has expanded to monitoring of disease progression and suggestion of appropriate treatment options.

A Review of Stream Assessment Methodologies and Restoration: The Case of Virginia, USA

  • Bender, Shera M.;Ahn, Chang-Woo
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.69-79
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    • 2011
  • Rapid population growth and land use changes have severely degraded streams across the United States. In response, there has been a surge in the number of stream restoration projects, including stream restoration for mitigation purposes. Currently, most projects do not include evaluation and monitoring, which are critical in the success of stream restoration projects. The goal of this study is to review the current status of assessment methodologies and restoration approaches for streams in Virginia, with the aim of assisting the restoration community in making sound decisions. As part of the study, stream restoration projects data from a project in Fairfax County, Virginia was assessed. This review revealed that the stream assessment methodologies currently applied to restoration are visuallybased and do not include biological data collection and/or a method to incorporate watershed information. It was found from the case study that out of the twenty nine restoration projects that had occurred between 1995 and 2003 in Fairfax County, nineteen projects reported bank stabilization as a goal or the only goal, indicating an emphasis on a single physical component rather than on the overall ecological integrity of streams. It also turned out that only seven projects conducted any level of monitoring as part of the restoration, confirming the lack of evaluation and monitoring. However, Fairfax County has recently improved its stream restoration practices by developing and incorporating watershed management plans. This now provides one of the better cases that might be looked upon by stakeholders when planning future stream restoration projects.

Study on the Surface Defect Classification of Al 6061 Extruded Material By Using CNN-Based Algorithms (CNN을 이용한 Al 6061 압출재의 표면 결함 분류 연구)

  • Kim, S.B.;Lee, K.A.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.229-239
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    • 2022
  • Convolution Neural Network(CNN) is a class of deep learning algorithms and can be used for image analysis. In particular, it has excellent performance in finding the pattern of images. Therefore, CNN is commonly applied for recognizing, learning and classifying images. In this study, the surface defect classification performance of Al 6061 extruded material using CNN-based algorithms were compared and evaluated. First, the data collection criteria were suggested and a total of 2,024 datasets were prepared. And they were randomly classified into 1,417 learning data and 607 evaluation data. After that, the size and quality of the training data set were improved using data augmentation techniques to increase the performance of deep learning. The CNN-based algorithms used in this study were VGGNet-16, VGGNet-19, ResNet-50 and DenseNet-121. The evaluation of the defect classification performance was made by comparing the accuracy, loss, and learning speed using verification data. The DenseNet-121 algorithm showed better performance than other algorithms with an accuracy of 99.13% and a loss value of 0.037. This was due to the structural characteristics of the DenseNet model, and the information loss was reduced by acquiring information from all previous layers for image identification in this algorithm. Based on the above results, the possibility of machine vision application of CNN-based model for the surface defect classification of Al extruded materials was also discussed.

Development and Application of an Online Alternative Therapy and Health Promotion Class (대체요법과 건강증진 가상강좌 개발 및 적용)

  • Park, Jeong-Sook;Kwon, Young-Sook;Lee, Hye-Ran
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.286-298
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: This study was to develop an online 'alternative therapy and health promotion' class for university students and to evaluate its changes. Method: The online class was developed based on the Instructional Systems Development(ISD) model and model of Web-Based Instruction(WBI) developmental process. This was a quasi-experimental, one group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 130 students in 3 universities, and they were provided the cyber class for 16 weeks. Data was analyzed by descriptive and plural answer statistics, and paired t-test. Results: The cyber class was developed in five steps : analysis, design, data collection and reconstruction, programing and publishing, and evaluation. The results of program evaluation were positive, which included learning 3.47. system 3.57, and learning satisfaction 3.64 on the scale of 5. The posttest scores of cognition and reliability of alternative therapy were higher than pretest scores. The posttest score of health promoting lifestyle(t=-5.051, p=.000) and perceived health status(t=2.979, p=.003) were significantly higher than those of the pretest. Conclusion: These results suggest that the cyber class is a positive method in increasing a cognition, reliability of alternative therapy, and is effective to improve a health promotion lifestyle and perceived health status for the university students.

Role and Prospective of Reference Standards for Integrity Controls of Large-scale Structure and Facilities (대형 설비/구조물 안전성에 있어서 국가참조표준의 역할과 전망)

  • Nahm, Seung-Hoon;Lee, Yun-Hee;Baek, Un-Bong;Chung, In-Hyun;Lee, Hae-Moo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.84-89
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    • 2007
  • In order to guarantee the safety of the facility systems, one of the essential components is information on mechanical properties of materials used for the construction. However, acquisition or accumulation of the mechanical property data in industrial fields is limited because this operation does not yield profit, excepting few materials production companies. Corresponding to the urgent needs and poor economical features, the MOCIE has founded the National Center for Standard Reference Data in the KRISS and also designated the Data Center of Mechanical Properties for Metallic Materials (DCMP) as a principal operating section. The DCMP plays roles of collection, edition and evaluation of the mechanical data and development of reference standards. In this study, several functions of the DCMP and standardization procedures of mechanical properties data will be introduced the prospective of standard reference researches will be discussed based on active feedbacks from industrial fields.

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A study of in - Patients' Evaluation on the Dietetic Foodservice (환자 대상 설문조사를 통한 급식서비스 평가 연구)

  • Im, Hyeon-Suk;Kim, Hyeong-Mi;Kim, Jeong-Ri
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 1995
  • The foodservice operation in SEVERANCE dietetic department was assessed to evaluate and improve the foodservice quality product in and served. The survey questionnaire consisted of the general background / its evaluation of quality / sanitary condition / patient's taste. The survey has been done since 1987. The following results are based on the survey done on the July second, 1994. It was done for every patient and the percentile of data collection was 80.8. All data were analyzed through Chi-square, t-test, ANOVA, Correlation, Multiple Regression(ENTER). The results are as follows 1. Patient's perception, variety in fooditems, food's temperture was not bad'. 2. The intake of meals was 60-65% for meat, 65-70% for vegetable, and 50-55% for kimchi. Bad appetite(30.2 %), poor displays of food( 13.2%), and lack of variety of fooditems were responsible for the residue. 3. Foodservice and sanitary condition were excellent. 4. The patient's demend for nutritional deucation was high though only a few(7.6%) were educated. 5. Patients' satisfaction with the department was significantly(p<0.001) different from that with other medical department. 6. Patient's satisfaction was influenced and determined by menu's variety, sanitary condition, age, length of stay and food's temperature.

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Evaluation of Water Supply and Selection of Deficient Districts in Gunwigun Farmland for Drought Response (가뭄대책 수립을 위한 군위군 경작지의 용수공급 평가와 부족지구의 선정)

  • Ahn, Seung Seop;Park, Ki bum
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.1099-1108
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    • 2020
  • In this study, the capacity of supplying agricultural water to 13 districts was analyzed by calculating the necessary water supply for the arable land of Gunwi-gun and examining the capacity of supplying water to reservoirs, streams, pumping stations, collection sites, and groundwater wells in Gunwi-gun. As a result, among the 13 districts the second district was found to be short of water by 1.2×106 tons/year. In general, local governments establish drought measures by selecting drought disaster risk zones. While selecting drought-risk areas, some water-poor areas that do not have water sources should be selected, even if the entire area has a sufficient water supply. The water-supply evaluation at the regional level was insufficient for locating areas without water sources, but most areas with water sources, such as streams, reservoirs, and pumping stations, were found to have no shortage of water. To locate water shortage areas without water sources, GIS analysis conducted a field survey of areas with a distance of 4 or less than that of water sources analyzed by GIS analysis. Sixty-nine sites in 13 districts were selected for the on-site survey and six areas of water shortage were identified in areas other than the second district.

Bibliographic Use and Scatting of Foreign Academic Journal in Library and Information Science (문헌정보학분야의 외국학술잡지 이용빈도와 이용분포에 관한 연구 - 박사학위 논문을 중심으로 -)

  • Hong, Ki-Churl
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.35-54
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    • 2001
  • The Libraries are face to difficult of academic journal subscription for the increasing price of journal and the increasing number of journal. Bibliographic citation analysis is one of method of evaluating the use of a journal collection. This study is used bibliographic use and scatting of foreign academic journal in Library and Information Science found in doctorial dissertation of graduate students in Seoul city, for serve to complement another method of journal evaluation. Journal selection and cancellation may be done on the basis to dispersion of journal citation to usefulness of journal subscription in the library budget. But the library should not rely on one single evaluation technique, it should take advantage of combination technique.

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