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The Mongolian LTER : Hovsgol National Park

  • Goulden;Clyde E.;J. Tsogtbaatar;Chuluunkhuyag;W.C. Hession;D. Tumurbaatar;Ch. Dugarjav;C. Cianfrani;P. Brusilovskiy;G. Namkgaijangtsen
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2000
  • The Government of Mongolia approved establishment of the Mongolian LTER network in December 1997. In June 1998, a seminar was organized by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences to initiate the program. Dr. James Gosz of the US LTER program keynoted the seminar. A Mongolian LTER Steering Committee was established to organize the network and to develop guidelines for its management. This Committee designated Hovsgol National Park in northern Mongolia as the first Mongolian LTER network site. Other potential sites are presently being considered. including study sites in steppe grassland and desert locations. The primary goals of the Mongolian LTER Network are to study human impacts on Mongolia's environment; with a focus on short-term impacts of nomadic grazing on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and long-term climate change impacts on more pristine environments in the protected areas. There are at least two additional goals: to provide information and advice on how best to protect Mongolia's pristine environments, and to train Mongolian students to work on environmental problems to encourage the growth of expertise for making sound environmental decisions.

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A study on the dynamic characteristics of the cord-rubber laminates rectangular plate by finite element method (유한요소법을 이용한 코오드-고무 복합판의 동적특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김두만;김항욱
    • Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.51-64
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    • 1986
  • There has been considerable interest over the last twenty years in the subject of the elastic properties of the cord-rubber laminate. This has been due to the rather intensive study of the composites materials characteristics brought about by the increased use of rigid composites materials characteristics brought about by the increased use of rigid composites in many structural applications. The object of this study is to obtain the natural frequencies and modes of the simply supported cord-rubber laminate plates prior to the study on the analysis of the dynamic properties of the pneumatic tire. To obtain these natural frequencies and modes, the 12 degrees of freedom orthotropic rectangular plate finite elements are developed. By using classical lamination theory, the stress-strain relations are represented. The governing equation for the finite element is derived by energy method. To find the natural frequencies and modes, he eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors are computed by the well known Jacobi power method. In order to verify the capability of this present finite element, the results of the specially orthotropic plate and the angle-ply laminate plate are compared with the analytical solution. The analytical and numberical results are in good agreement. The following problems of the simply supported plate are analyzed by the present finite element. a) the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the cord-rubber laminate plate for various aspect ratio. b) The natural frequencies and mode shapes of the orthotropic plate with the rectangular hole in its center.

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Fundamental Natural Frequency Analysis of Stepped Cantilever Beams by Equivalent Beam Transformation Technique (계단형 외팔보의 등가보 변환에 의한 기본고유진동수 해석)

  • Moon, Sang-Pil;Hong, Soon-Jo
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.401-410
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    • 2008
  • The natural frequency of a beam plays an important role in not only vibration analysis but also understanding its dynamic characteristics. It is complicated to analyse the natural frequency of a stepped beam with discontinuously varying section. Approximate analysis methods such as Rayleigh-Ritz method, FEM, etc. are frequently used for the vibration analysis of stepped beams. In such a case, accuracy of these methods depends upon the number of partitioned elements, the number of the iterations in calculation and the assumed mode shape. This study presents an approximate analysis method for the fundamental natural frequency analysis of stepped cantilever beam, using equivalent beam transformation technique. Validity and usefulness are verified by comparing the proposed method with FEM for several example problems.

Construction of Library for 3D Natural Phenomena Using 2D Images (2D 이미지를 이용한 3D 공간상의 자연현상 라이브러리 구축)

  • Kim, Jong-Chan;Kim, Jong-Seong;Kim, Eung-Kon;Kim, Chee-Yong
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.461-470
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    • 2008
  • There are two methods to express natural phenomena using image processing techniques. One is the presentation of simulations for natural phenomena and the other is the display of images based on script. A lot of people used to get the display using vast data and complicated math formulas. When we get the output images in this way, we will have some problems in time and cost. In this paper, we use fluid images excluding using the complicated math formulas, programming, and taking pictures to present the natural phenomena. We construct the library to express the natural phenomena effectively using 2D images and simulation of fog for the background of oriental painting in 3D space.

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Improving the natural ventilation in multi-housing units of tower-type buildings according to their shapes and directions (탑상형 공동주택의 주동형태와 배치각에 따른 주호의 자연환기 성능)

  • Yoo, Seon-Yong;Kim, Ji-Yoeng;Kim, Tae-Yeon;Leigh, Seung-Bok
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.897-902
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    • 2006
  • Natural ventilation is an effective method for improving IAQ(Indoor Air Quality) and removing heats in buildings. In oder to use natural ventilation, many factors such as wind pressure around the buildings and possibility of air intake on different shapes need to be known. On this paper, the natural ventilation performance in multi-housing units of tower-type buildings was investigated. Tower-type multi-housing buildings are recently more and more constructed for they may change urban landscape and get more openness in multi-housing site. However, such housing buildings have problems with natural ventilation because of the various directions of the building units. The purpose of this paper is to find the proper building direction regarding to wind direction in order to optimize air intake in every units in the building.

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Development of Filter Replacement Type Mask by Natural Dyeing of Gallnut (오배자 천연염색을 적용한 필터교체형 면마스크 개발)

  • Kim, Minseo;Song, Hyunjoo;Lee, Sohee
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2020
  • Recently, as the demand for masks increases, the use of filter-replaceable cotton masks is increasing. A filter-replaceable cotton mask is one of the ways to solve the environmental problems of a disposable nonwoven mask because only the filter can be replaced after washing. Cotton fiber products are known to be environmentally friendly, but cotton products dyed with general synthetic dyes are not safe for humans. In this study, to prepare of cotton mask applied with natural dyeing, the optimal dyeing conditions are set when dyeing with gallnut extract. A polychromatic natural dye that changes color by mordant, and the functionalities of gallnut dyeing fabrics are evaluated. The experimental method is dyed the gallnut by temperature and time by concentration to set the optimal conditions. The color fastness rating grade of aluminium potassium sulfate dodecahydrate, copper(ll) sulfate pentahydrate, and iron(ll) chloride tetrahydrate were evaluated after the pre/post mordanting.

A Study on Design Improvement by Vibration Analysis of Hardened Glass & Sapphire Machining Equipment for Smart IT Parts Industry (스마트 기기용 강화유리&사파이어 유리 전용 가공기의 진동해석을 통한 설계 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Jun-Hyun;Park, Sang-Hyun;An, Beom-Sang;Lee, Jong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2016
  • High brittleness is a characteristic of glass, and in many cases it is broken during the process of machining due to processing problems, such as scratches, chipping, and notches. Machining defects occur due to the vibration of the equipment. Therefore, design techniques are needed that can control the vibration generated in the equipment to increase the strength of tempered glass. The natural frequency of the machine tool via vibration analysis (computer simulation) must be accurately understood to improve the design to ensure the stability of the machine. To accurately understand the natural frequency, 3D modeling, which is the same as actual apparatus, was used and a constraint condition was also applied that was the same as that of the actual apparatus. The maximum speeds of ultrasonic and high frequency, which are 15,000 rpm and 60,000 rpm, respectively, are considerably faster than those of typical machine tools. Therefore, an improved design is needed so that the natural frequency is formed at a lower region and the natural frequency does not increase through general design reinforcement. By restructuring the top frame of the glass processing, the natural frequency was not formed in the operating speed area with the improved design. The lower-order natural frequency is dominant for the effects that the natural frequency has on the vibration. Therefore, the design improvement in which the lower-order natural frequency is not formed in the operating speed area is an optimum design improvement. It is possible to effectively control the vibrations by avoiding resonance with simple design improvements.

Using Ontologies for Semantic Text Mining (시맨틱 텍스트 마이닝을 위한 온톨로지 활용 방안)

  • Yu, Eun-Ji;Kim, Jung-Chul;Lee, Choon-Youl;Kim, Nam-Gyu
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.137-161
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    • 2012
  • The increasing interest in big data analysis using various data mining techniques indicates that many commercial data mining tools now need to be equipped with fundamental text analysis modules. The most essential prerequisite for accurate analysis of text documents is an understanding of the exact semantics of each term in a document. The main difficulties in understanding the exact semantics of terms are mainly attributable to homonym and synonym problems, which is a traditional problem in the natural language processing field. Some major text mining tools provide a thesaurus to solve these problems, but a thesaurus cannot be used to resolve complex synonym problems. Furthermore, the use of a thesaurus is irrelevant to the issue of homonym problems and hence cannot solve them. In this paper, we propose a semantic text mining methodology that uses ontologies to improve the quality of text mining results by resolving the semantic ambiguity caused by homonym and synonym problems. We evaluate the practical applicability of the proposed methodology by performing a classification analysis to predict customer churn using real transactional data and Q&A articles from the "S" online shopping mall in Korea. The experiments revealed that the prediction model produced by our proposed semantic text mining method outperformed the model produced by traditional text mining in terms of prediction accuracy such as the response, captured response, and lift.

Comparison of Stress Relieving Effects of Horticultural Therapy Programs between Judging and Perceiving Personality Types among Female Undergraduate Students

  • An, Su Yeon;Hong, Jong Won;Jang, Eu Jean;Kim, Jongyun
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.63-73
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    • 2021
  • Background and objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effects and preferences of horticultural therapy programs for stress relief according to MBTI personality types (Judging and Perceiving types) of female undergraduate students. Methods: The participants were divided into 15 Judging and 15 Perceiving types based on lifestyle preferences of the MBTI personality test, and a total of 30 participants participated in the horticultural therapy programs for 6 sessions. Results: Both Judging and Perceiving types showed a significant decrease in stress after participating in the horticultural therapy programs. Among the 8 life stress subfactors, Judging types showed significant stress relieving effects in 5 subfactors (relationship with the opposite sex, relationship with family, economic problems, future problems, value problems), while Perceiving types showed stress relieving effects in only 3 subfactors (relationship with family, economic problems, future problems). However, the changes in stress relief of 8 subfactors were not significantly different between the two personality types. The most preferred program for the Judging types was 'Making a flower basket', while the most preferred ones for the Perceiving types were 'Planting monstera', and 'Making preserved lemons with marigold', suggesting that the preferences varied depending on personality types. Conclusion: Therefore, it is necessary to develop suitable horticultural therapy programs for different subjects based on their personality types to enhance the effect of the programs on the subjects.

Natural Tooth Form Zirconia Implant Based on Anatomical Morphology (임상가를 위한 특집 2 - 형태 해부학적 특징을 바탕으로 한 자연치형 지르코니아 임플란트)

  • Park, Young-Seok;Lee, Seung-Pyo
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.52 no.9
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    • pp.541-549
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    • 2014
  • The restorative treatment using titanium implants has become a standard procedures in everyday clinical practice. However, there are several concerns about the use of titanium as a materials. Above all, the grayish metal color provokes esthetic problems when the soft tissue around the implants is not optimal. Recently, zirconia has been emerging as an alternative to titanium due to its white color and superior physicochemical properties. In this paper, the current findings about zirconia implants was reviewed based on the results from animal and clinical experiments. In addition, the immediate implantation protocols using the natural tooth form zirconia implants was introduced as a novel procedures and future perspectives were discussed.