• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2014

Petroleum a vital commodity affecting every aspect of 21st century. Toxicity and adverse effects of sulphur as catalyst in petroleum products is of great concern required development of techniques for desulphurization in compliance with the International standards. Installation of desulphurizing units costs over $200 million per unit placing economic burden on developing countries like Pakistan. Present study analysis of commercial fuels (station petrol and jet fuel JP8) on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identified sulphur concentration of 19.94 mg/L and 21.75 mg/L, respectively. This scenario urged the researcher to attempt synthesis of material that is likely to offer good adsorption capacity for sulphur. Following protocol of sol-gel method, transition metals (Ni, Cu, Zn) solution is gelated with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS; silica precursor) using glycerol. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra revealed bonding of Zn-O, Cu-O, and Ni-O by stretching vibrations at $468cm^{-1}$, $617cm^{-1}$, and $468cm^{-1}$, respectively. Thiophene and Benzothiophene mixed in n-heptane and benzene (4:1) for preparation of Model Fuels I and II, respectively. Each of silica based metal was applied as adsorbent in batch mode to assess the removal efficiency. Results demonstrated optimal desulphurization of more than 90% following efficacy order as Si-Ni > Si-Zn > Si-Cu based adsorbents. Proposed multilayered (Freundlich) adsorption mechanism follows ${\pi}$-complexation with pseudo secnd order kinetics.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2020

Brain tumors or gliomas are fatal cancer species with high recurrence rates due to their strong invasiveness. Therefore, the goal of surgery is complete tumor resection. However, the surgery is difficult to distinguish the border because tumors and blood vessels have the same color tone and shape. The fluorescein sodium is used as a fluorescence contrast agent for boundary separation. When the external light source is irradiated, yellow fluorescence is expressed in the tumor, which helps distinguish between blood vessels and tumor boundaries. But, the fluorescence expression of fluorescence sodium depends on the concentration of fluorescein sodium and such analytical data is insufficient. The unclear fluorescence can obscure the boundaries between blood vessels and tumors. In addition, reduce the efficiency of fluorescence sodium use. This paper proposes a protocol of concentration range for fluorescence expression conditions. Fluorescent expression was observed using a near-infrared (NIR) color camera with corresponding dilution using normal saline in 1 ml microtube. The flunoresence emission density range is 1.00 mM to 0.15 mM. The fluorescence emission begin to 1.00 mM and the 0.15 mM discolor. The discolor is difficult to fluorescence emission condition obserbation. Thus, the maximum density range of the bright fluoresecein is 0.15 mM to 0.30 mM. When the concentration range of fluorescein sodium is analyzed based on the gradient of fluorescence expression and the power measurement, the brightest fluorescence is expected to facilitate the complete resection of the tumor. For the concentration range protocol, setting concentration ranges and analyzing fluorescence expression image according to saturation and brightness to find optimal fluorescence concentration are important. Concentration range protocols for fluorescence expression conditions can be used to find optimal concentrations of substances whose expression pattern varies with concentration ranges. This study is expected to be helpful in the boundary classification and resection of brain tumors and glioma.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.387-397
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• 2014

This work aims at estimating global warming potentials (GWP) of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a among green house gases. It has been reported that they have much higher GWP than $CO_2$ in the atmosphere. $CF_3Br$, halon 1301 which is well known to be a fire extinguisher, as one of the bromine-containing halons has been banned since 2003 due to destruction of ozone. HFCs, a kind of chiller which replaced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are one of greenhouse gases regulated by the Kyoto Protocol. In this study, we produced GWPs of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a by calculating a life time and measuring an absorption cross section to obtain a radiative forcing (RF). Their absorption cross sections were measured by using Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTS) with a gas cell filled with their certified reference materials at room temperature. As a result, the RFs of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a were 0.32 and $0.168Wm^{-2}ppb^{-1}$, respectively and the GWPs were calculated as 7989, 6076, 3903 for $CF_3Br$ and 3855, 1300, 656 for HFC-134a for the time horizon of 20, 100, 500 years, respectively. Overall, uncertainty of the estimated GWPs can be estimated to be about 2.6%. Our results were compared with those proposed by the previous studies (IPCC, 2007; WMO, 1999).

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2010

본 논문에서 구현한 지능형 인터넷 전원 콘센트는 인터넷 환경을 이용하여 주변의 전기, 전자 제품들을 인터넷에 연결하여 원격으로 감시하고 제어할 수 있다. 또한, 주변의 온도와 밝기를 감지하고, 실시간 타이머를 내장하여 만년달력을 이용한 스케줄링 제어가 가능하다. 그리고 4개의 전원 콘센트를 4개의 외부 입력조건과 적외선 리모콘을 이용하여 제어함으로서 간단한 홈오토메이션 제어기 기능을 수행 할 수 있다. 사용자 인터페이스는 임베디드 웹서버를 내장하고 UDP 프로토콜로 제어할 수 있도록 설계하여 웹브라우저와 전용 제어 프로그램을 이용할 수 있도록 구현하였다. 따라서 최적의 스케쥴링과 다양한 통신기능을 활용한 실시간 전원제어 기능을 설정하면, 최근 관심이 고조되고 있는 대기전력 절감을 통한 절전형 전원 콘센트의 기능을 충실히 수행할 수 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권6B호
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• pp.527-533
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• 2006

본 논문은 앞으로 산업의 많은 부분에 영향을 미치게 될 ITS(Intelligent Transport System)의 주요 통신 수단인 단거리 전용 통신(DSRC : Dedicated Short Range Communication) 시스템의 성능을 매체 접근 제어(MAC : Media Access Control)단에서의 전송 효율을 분석함으로써 평가하였다. 현재 DSRC는 자동요금징수(ETC : Electric Toll Control)과 버스정보시스템(BIS : Bus Information System) 등의 전송 효율이 시스템이 미치는 영향이 극히 낮은 시스템에 사용되고 있으나, 향후 첨단 운전자 정보 안내 시스템(ADIS : Advanced Driver Information Systems) 또는 첨단차량 및 도로 시스템(AVHS : Advanced Vehicle Highway System) 등과 같은 고도화된 시스템으로 진화할 경우 DSRC의 주요한 매체인 적외선(IR : Infra Red) 방식과 주파수(RF : Radio Frequency) 방식의 MAC 프레임 속성에 따른 서비스의 질은 급격히 변화될 것이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 그 특성을 전송 속도에 따른 시간의 함수로 구성하여 분석함으로써 이후 다양한 ITS 서비스에 활용할 수 있는 지표를 제공하고자 하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2020

Recently, there have been many research on fever management using u-healthcare technology. Especially, fever of infants requires continuous monitoring of body temperature by parents. For infants between 4 weeks and under 5 years old, it is recommended to use an electronic thermometer or chemical thermometer in the axilla, or to use an infrared thermometer. However, in order to overcome the reality of not being able to waste significant time on continuous monitoring, there have been demands of patch type thermometers with the internet of things (IoT) and wireless communication technologies. Existing IoT thermometers are difficult to attach to infants' body because they do not take into account its size, and their interoperability is not guaranteed because they do not comply with standards in communication. Therefore, in this study, a patch-type thermometer with a diameter of 20 mm and a weight of 2.9 g was developed to manage the fever of infants, while it communicates wirelessly with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication protocol and complies with IEEE 11073 PHD(Personal Health Device) at the same time. We verified its performance under the requirements of thermometers regulated by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.