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NDE for Realising Better Quality of Life in the Context of INDIA - An Emerging Economy

  • Raj, Baldev
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.497-519
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    • 2003
  • Science and technology is an essential ingredient of the progress in modern society. Measurements enable action and actions enable results. Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) - the science and technology of measurements without affecting the Properties and performance of the test object is an interdisciplinary domain area of high significance far ensuring quality, productivity and safety thus enabling better qualify of lift to the inhabitants on this planet. The test object can be material, component, plant, earth, environment etc. Total qualify management, total productivity management, concurrent engineering and many other essential ingredients of success in plant engineering and manufacturing industry are dependent on NDE far success and good returns on investments.

Effect of Feeding Yeast (Saceharomyces eerevisiae) on Growth Performance and Changes of Intestinal E. coli in Broiler Chicks (효모의 급여가 육계의 성장 및 장내 대장균의 변화에 미치는 영향)

  • 이현우;김인호;김춘수;손중천
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 1997
  • In order to investigate the effect of feeding live yeast (Sacckaromyces cerevisiae) on the growth performance and changes of intestinal microorganism (E. coli), a growth assay was conducted with 144 broiler chicks. Treatments were consisted of corn-soybean meal control, 0.05% live yeast, and 0.05% dead yeast. Most of the chick protein of the live yeast was in the pure protein form, and had a high amino acid composition with 47% of essential amino acids and 53% of non-essential amino acids. No differences in growth performance were shown among dietany treatments. Total number of E. coli in the small intestine of chicks fed either live or dead yeast was significantly reduced compared to chicks fed the control diet. Although the changes of E. coli in the cecum were not identical to differences in the small intestine, the changes of E. coli in the cecurn had a similar trend.

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An Immunohistochemical and Ultrastructural Study of the Heavy Metals accumulated in the Kidney of an Antarctic Clam, Laternula elliptica (중금속이 축적된 남극 큰띠조개의 신장에 대한 면역조직학적 및 미세구조적 연구)

  • 이용석;안인영;김완종;정계헌
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2002
  • The kidney of bivalve mollusks often contains remarkably high concentrations of both essential and non-essential metals and perform regulating and detoxicating activities. The kidney has also been proposed as a biological indicator for radioactive as well as for stable metals in the sea. The present study of the Antarctic clam, Laternula elliptica, concerns the functional morphology of the kidney epithelium, which contains highly accumulated heavy metals. The immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study was undertaken in order to find out the localization of metallothionein and heavy metals accumulated in the kidney of Laternula elliptica. In the immunohistochemical investigation, an intense metallothionein immunostaining reaction was found in the epithelial cells of the kidney of Laternula elliptica. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the epithelial cells contained numerous electron-dense inclusion bodies which were considered to be accumulated heavy metals.

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Effect of Pine Pollen on Rat Liver(II) (송화분이 흰쥐의 간장에 미치는 영향(II))

  • 한준표
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.200-207
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    • 2000
  • This study was conducted to investigate the nutritional constituents of pine pollen and the effects of pine pollen on rat liver. Using the chemical components analysis method, the constituents of pine pollen are crude protein(13.97%). crude lipid (6.50%), crude ash (3.25%). Detectable in pine pollen are main fatty acids and non-essential amino acids such as glutamic acid and aspartic acid such as oleic and linoleic acid and 18kinds of amino acid including essential amino acids. The effects of pine pollen on rat liver fed with a high fat diet for 6 weeks showed significant decrease in total lipid and triglyceride as compared with the group fed with a fat diet only. Total cholesterol content decreased by 20.33%. No significant difference was found in total protein content of each group. Pine pollen Is efficacious in preventing geriatric diseases (arteriosclerosis, hyper-lipidemia and cardiovascular system-related diseases).

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Silicene on Other Two-dimensional Materials: Formation of Heterostructure

  • Kim, Jung Hwa;Lee, Zonghoon
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2014
  • Silicene is one of the most interesting two-dimensional materials, because of not only the extraordinary properties similar to graphene, but also easy compatibility with existing silicon-based devices. However, non-existing graphitic-like structure on silicon and unstable free-standing silicene structure leads to difficulty in commercialization of this material. Therefore, substrates are essential for silicene, which affects various properties of silicene and supporting unstable structure. For maintaining outstanding properties of silicene, van der Waals bonding between silicene and substrate is essential because strong interaction, such as silicene with metal, breaks the band structure of silicene. Therefore, we review the stability of silicene on other two-dimensional materials for van der Waals bonding. In addition, the properties of silicene are reviewed for silicene-based heterostructure.

A Review of the Potency of Plant Extracts and Compounds from Key Families as an Alternative to Synthetic Nematicides: History, Efficacy, and Current Developments

  • Mwamula, Abraham Okki;Kabir, Md. Faisal;Lee, DongWoon
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.53-77
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    • 2022
  • The global nematicides market is expected to continue growing. With an increasing demand for synthetic chemical-free organic foods, botanical nematicides are taking the lead as replacements. Consequently, in the recent years, there have been vigorous efforts towards identification of the active secondary metabolites from various plants. These include mostly glucosinolates and their hydrolysis products such as isothiocyanates; flavonoids, alkaloids, limonoids, quassinoids, saponins, and the more recently probed essential oils, among others. And despite their overwhelming potential, variabilities in quality, efficacy, potency and composition continue to persist, and commercialization of new botanical nematicides is still lagging. Herein, we have reviewed the history of botanical nematicides and regional progresses, the potency of the identified phytochemicals from the key important plant families, and deciphered some of the impediments involved in standardization of the active compounds in addition to the concerns over the safety of the purified compounds to non-target microbial communities.

Differences in Unmet Healthcare Needs among the Elderly by the Level of Medical Vulnerability: Implications for Securing Essential Healthcare Resources for the Medically Vulnerable Elderly (의료취약성 정도에 따른 노인의 미충족의료 경험 비교: 의료취약계층 노인의 필수적 의료자원 보장을 위한 시사점)

  • Shin, Serah
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.49-64
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to investigate unmet healthcare needs due to economic or non-economic difficulties among the elderly aged 65 or older. Using Korea Health Panel Survey (KHPS) data from 2018, the elderly are classified into one of four groups (health insurance subscribers, non-take-up, lower income relief, and medical aid recipients) based on their level of medical vulnerability. For hospital or dental care, the prevalence rates of unmet healthcare needs due to economic and non-economic difficulties are 12.6% and 10.6%, respectively. The prevalence rate of unmet healthcare needs due to economic difficulty in the medically vulnerable group was much higher than that of the non-vulnerable group-that is, health insurance subscribers. After controlling for other influential factors, medical vulnerability has a great impact on the prevalence rates of unmet healthcare needs due to economic difficulties. Compared to health insurance subscribers, the non-take-up, the lower relief, and the medical aid recipients are 1.4 times, 3.3 times, and 2.4 times more likely to experience unmet healthcare needs due to economic difficulty, respectively. The results of this study can provide important policy implications for securing essential healthcare resources for the elderly.

Furrow Cover Effects of Black Non-woven Fabric on Reduction of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Discharge from Upland Soil Used for Red Pepper Cultivation

  • Hong, Seung Chang;Kim, Min Kyeong;Jung, Goo Buk;So, Kyu Ho
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.671-676
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    • 2015
  • Control of surface runoff from upland soil is essential to reduce nonpoint source pollution. The use of non-woven fabric as a soil cover can be helpful to control surface runoff. The field experiment was conducted to evaluate the furrow cover effects of black non-woven fabric on the nutrient discharge from upland soil used for red pepper cultivation. The experimental plots consisted of chemical fertilizer (CF), cow manure compost (CMC), and pig manure compost (PMC) treatment. Each nutrient material treatment plot has control (no furrow cover (NFC)) and black non-woven fabric cover treatment, respectively. The amount of nutrient application was chemical fertilizer of $190-112-149(N-P_2O_5-K_2O)kgha^{-1}$, cow manure compost of $29.5tonha^{-1}$, and pig manure compost of $7.9tonha^{-1}$ as recommended amount after soil test for red pepper cultivation. Compared to control (NFC), furrow cover treatment with black non-woven fabric reduced the amount of T-N discharge by 50% at CF treatment, 36.9% at CMC treatment, and 44.8% at PMC treatment. Furrow cover treatment with black non-woven fabric reduced the amount of T-P discharge by 37.1% at CF treatment, 49.9% at CMC treatment, and 63.4% at PMC treatment compared to control (NFC). The production of red pepper did not show significant difference. There was no weed occurring in furrow cover treatment plots with black non-woven fabric. Results from this study showed that the furrow cover with black non-woven fabric could play a significant role in reduce nutrient discharge from upland soil used for red pepper cultivation.

A Dynamic Characteristics on Non-linear Voltage Electric Equipment under Voltage Sag (순간전압강하에 대한 비선형 저압전기기기의 동적특성)

  • Lee, Hyun-Chul;Jeong, Sung-Won;Gim, Jae-Hyeon;Lee, Geun-Joon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.336-343
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    • 2008
  • In this study, a transition of power quality was characterized by non-linear voltage electric equipments under voltage sag. The test was inputted voltage sag to IPC(Sag Generator) from AVR, and then to equipments by IPC which adjust voltage magnitude and duration. The load test which non-linear voltage electric equipments used PLC, Magnetic Contactor, SMPS, HID Lamp. The test result was different from each other according to a manufacturing companys, models, and equipments. PLC was greatly described to be stabilized voltage sag in case of no load then rated load. Magnetic Contactor was made a difference to phase angles on voltage sag, which was $0^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$. HPD Lamp was described to be stabilized the sodium lamp, and to be unstabilized the metal hailed lamp. The test result was showed CBEMA curve that stand for evaluated responsiveness of voltage sag. This study was tested description to dynamic characteristics on non-linear voltage electric equipment under voltage sag. There was hoped that power system designed the essential particulars.

Building Points Classification from Raw LiDAR Data by Information Theory (정보이론에 의한 LiDAR 원시자료의 건물포인트 분류기법 연구)

  • Choi Yun-Woong;Jang Young-Woon;Cho Gi-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.469-473
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    • 2006
  • In general, a classification process between ground data and non-ground data, which include building objects, is required prior to producing a DEM for a certain surface reconstruction from LiDAR data in which the DEM can be produced from the ground data, and certain objects like buildings can be reconstructed using non-ground data. Thus, an exact classification between ground and non-ground data from LiDAR data is the most important factor in the ground reconstruction process using LiDAR data. In particular, building objects can be largely used as digital maps, orthophotos, and urban planning regarding the object in the ground and become an essential to providing three dimensional information for certain urban areas. In this study, an entropy theory, which has been used as a standard of disorder or uncertainty for data used in the information theory, is used to apply a more objective and generalized method in the recognition and segmentation of buildings from raw LiDAR data. In particular, a method that directly uses the raw LiDAR data, which is a type of point shape vector data, without any changes, to a type of normal lattices was proposed, and the existing algorithm that segments LiDAR data into ground and non-ground data as a binarization manner was improved. In addition, this study proposes a generalized building extraction method that excludes precedent information for buildings and topographies and subsidiary materials, which have different data sources.

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