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Comparison of Short-Term Toxicity Tests Based on Feeding Behavior and Temperature Control by Ceriodaphnia dubia (Ceriodaphnia dubia의 먹이섭생 기작과 온도조절에 근거한 급성독성조사법의 비교)

  • Park, Jong-Ho;Lee, Sang-Ill;Cho, Young-Oak
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.48-54
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    • 2004
  • Two methods, a Ceriodaphnia algal uptake suppression test (CAUST) and a new toxicity test based on temperature control (TTBTC) which are based on feeding behaviour and temperature control, respectively, were developed and compared for the adoption as the better methodology for short-term toxicity screening. As previously published by Lee et aI., (1997), the CAUST method is based on the feeding behaviour of C. dubia and requires as little as 1 hour of contact time between C. dubia neonates and toxicant. However, even though CAUST requires only 1 hour of contact time, this method still take many hours for the preparation and measurement. Before the test starts, neonate digestive tracts were cleared by feeding yeast to the daphnids, Neonates were then exposed to toxicant, followed by addition of Scenedesmus subspiatus into the bioassay vessels. Daphnids were examined under the bright-field microscope with the presence of algae (indicated by a green colored digestive tract) or the absence of algae. Uptake indicated no toxic effect, whereas, absence of uptake indicated toxic inhibition. Unlike CAUST, the newly developed method (TTBTC) is based on just temperature control for the toxicity test of C. dubia. Initially, neonates are exposed to toxicants while the temperature of water bath containing media increased to $35.5^{\circ}C$. After 1.25 hour of contact time, the number of the daphnids, either live (no toxic effect) or dead (toxic effect), is counted without the aid of any instrument. In both methods, median effective concentrations ($EC_{50}$ values) were computed based on the results over a range of dosed toxicant concentrations. It showed that TTBTC was as sensitive as the standard 48-hour acute bioassay and CAUST. TTBTC and CAUST were much more sensitive than the I-hour I.Q. test and 30-minute Microtox. This study indicates that TTBTC is an easier and more rapid toxicity test than the standard 48-hour acute bioassay and even CAUST.

Design and Implementation of Public Management System for Performance Improvement Technology based on Green IT (Green IT 기반 성능개선 기술을 적용한 공공관리 시스템의 설계 및 구현)

  • Chang, Young-Hyun;Park, Dea-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.201-207
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    • 2010
  • This paper covers a series of activities including initial proposal and actual development for the performance improvement of large-scale public facility management system under the application of green IT concept, which finally produced various excellent results in the administration of expense control, human resources, and general affairs. Actual development procedure starts from the analysis required by system users with the purpose of finding cost reduction opportunities under the application of green IT concept, which is followed by a series of activities including making a proposal for performance improvement, the development of trial system and the actual application into real system. As an example of large-scale public facility management system, national qualification management system was taken in order to convert the existing individual test storage unit into on-line storage space equipped with reinforced security function, resulting in acquisition of efficient productivity and greater savings in human resources as well as general expenses. A comparison with existing system and newly developed system was made in the area of number of operators, abnormal processing, system maintenances. It proved that efficiency increased to the minimum of 2 times and to the maximum 12 times with the 5 million savings of personal storage unit.

The Study on Medication Management in Small-to-Medium Sized Workplaces and the Level of Awareness about 'Separation of Prescribing and Dispending' (중소규모 사업장의 의약품 관리실태 및 의약분업에 대한 근로자의 인식도)

  • Kim, Young-Im;Jee, Ju-Ok;Yun, Soon-Nyung;Jung, Hye-Sun;Choi, Sook-Ja;Lee, Jung-Ok;Lee, Hyun-Jung
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.513-525
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    • 2000
  • This study was to investigate medication management and the level of awareness about separation of prescribing and dispending at small-to-medium sized workplaces which have less than 300 employees in Korea. The data were collected by questionnaires from May to June in 2000. The number of subjects were 127 workplaces and 130 employees. The SAS PC Program was used for the descriptive statistics. The results are as follows; 1. The over the counter(OTC) drug was provided sufficiently(91.1 %). but medication management was not performed systematically. 2. On drug-providing rate and drug-using rate, the latter was high in the workplace and Health care management's nurses consume all of the over the counter drug provided. 3. When the separation of prescribing and dispending starts, employees shall be medically examined, treated and prescribed by physicians and drugs shall be dispended by pharmacists. It is necessary to make it possible to visit health care institutions whenever they want to. (eg. lunch time or after work) They should change their drug-dependent behaviour. We should focus on strengthening Health Promotion Program to prevent disease by making habitual of health promotion behaviour.

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Research on optimization of traffic flow control at intersections (교차로 교통 흐름 제어 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Li, Qiutan;Song, Jeong-Young
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2022
  • At present, there are few studies on signal control of pedestrian traffic flow and non-motor traffic flow at intersections. Research on the optimization scheme of mixed traffic flow signal control can coordinate and control the overall traffic flow of pedestrians, non-motor vehicles and motor vehicles, which is of great significance to improve the congestion at intersections. For the traffic optimization of intersections, this paper starts from two aspects: channelization optimization and phase design, and reduces the number of conflict points at intersections from spatial and temporal right-of-way allocation respectively. Taking the classical signal timing method as the theoretical basis, and aiming at ensuring the safety and time benefit of traffic travelers, a channelization optimization and signal control scheme of the intersection is proposed. The channelization and phase design methods of intersections with motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians as objects are discussed, and measures to improve the channelization optimization of intersections are proposed. A multi-objective optimization model of intersection signal control was established, and the model was solved based on NSGA-II algorithm.

Assessing Efficiency of Handoff Techniques for Acquiring Maximum Throughput into WLAN

  • Mohsin Shaikha;Irfan Tunio;Baqir Zardari;Abdul Aziz;Ahmed Ali;Muhammad Abrar Khan
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.172-178
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    • 2023
  • When the mobile device moves from the coverage of one access point to the radio coverage of another access point it needs to maintain its connection with the current access point before it successfully discovers the new access point, this process is known as handoff. During handoff the acceptable delay a voice over IP application can bear is of 50ms whereas the delay on medium access control layer is high enough that goes up to 350-500ms. This research provides a suitable methodology on medium access control layer of the IEEE 802.11 network. The medium access control layer comprises of three phases, namely discovery, reauthentication and re-association. The discovery phase on medium access control layer takes up to 90% of the total handoff latency. The objective is to effectively reduce the delay for discovery phase to ensure a seamless handoff. The research proposes a scheme that reduces the handoff latency effectively by scanning channels prior to the actual handoff process starts and scans only the neighboring access points. Further, the proposed scheme enables the mobile device to scan first the channel on which it is currently operating so that the mobile device has to perform minimum number of channel switches. The results show that the mobile device finds out the new potential access point prior to the handoff execution hence the delay during discovery of a new access point is minimized effectively.

Studies on the Ecology of the pine Gall-Midge (Thecodiplosis japonesis Uchida et Inouye) II -The summer Felling period and Distribution of infested degrees (솔잎 혹파리의 생태조사(生態調査) (2) -하기벌채시기(夏期伐採時期)와 피해분포(被害分布)-)

  • Ko, Je Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.40-44
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    • 1968
  • 1. The larvae of the pine gall-midge begin to grow slowly from early July but grow rapidly from September. 2. The number of larvae in the galls does not decrease during the feeding period. 3. Pine needles infested by pine gall-midge cease to grow as soon as the gall starts to form. 4. In Seoul district the effective felling season of the pine trees for the Control of the pine gall-midge seems to be around 20th September when the size of larvae reaches 1.4-1.5mm in length. 5. The stratification and direction of the Crown, and the length of new shoot had no effect on the degree of infestation by pine gall-midge. However the degree of infestation differed among the trees of different ages as well as at the different levels of the mountain.

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Damage Analysis for Last-Stage Blade of Low-Pressure Turbine (저압터빈 최종단 블레이드 손상해석)

  • Song, Gee Wook;Choi, Woo Sung;Kim, Wanjae;Jung, Nam Gun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.37 no.12
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    • pp.1153-1157
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    • 2013
  • A steam turbine blade is one of the core parts in a power plant. It transforms steam energy into mechanical energy. It is installed on the rim of a rotor disk. Many failure cases have been reported at the final stage blades of a low-pressure (LP) turbine that is cyclically loaded by centrifugal force because of the repeated startups of the turbine. Therefore, to ensure the safety of an LP steam turbine blade, it is necessary to investigate the fatigue strength and life. In this study, the low cycle fatigue life of an LP steam turbine blade is evaluated based on actual damage analysis. To determine the crack initiation life of the final stage of a steam turbine, Neuber's rule is applied to elastic stresses by the finite element method to calculate the true strain amplitude. It is observed that the expected life and actual number of starts/stops of the blade were well matched.

Seasonal Occurrence and Chemial Control Effects of Eriococcus largerstroemiae Kuwana on Persimmon Trees (감나무의 주머니깍지벌레에 대한 발생생태 및 화학적 방제효과)

  • 권태영;박소득;박선도;최부술;권용정
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.295-299
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    • 1995
  • This study was conducted to find the control methods, status of overwintering and seasonal occurrence of Erioccoccus largerstroemiae on persimmon trees in Ch'ondo area, Kyongbuk province in Korea. Usually, overwintering eggs were sheltered in bark, among them the rate of alive eggs was 28.7%. The activiation of garpe-myrtle scale showed from late April, and they have three generations per year. The first occurrence of larval stage of Erioccoccus largerstroemiae starts from late June to early July, the second occurrence begins from middle August to late August, and from late June to early July, the second occurrence begins from middle August to late August, and from middle September to late September is the third, thus, three peaks of occurrence revealed in early July middle August, and late September respectively. Average number of eggs conceived in female adult was 229.3. Spray effect of chemical control showed as follows; lime sulfur with tow applications of pesticides (late June, late August) at 97.8%, machine oil with tow applications of pesticides (late June, late August) at 96.8%. And during the growing period, the spray results using three applications of pesticide only (late June, late August, amid September) showed 77.2% in field condition.

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Development of Finite Element Model of Hybrid III 5th Percentile Female Dummy (Hybrid III 5% 성인 여성 더미의 유한요소 모델 개발)

  • Yi, Sang-Il;Mohan, Pradeep K.;Kan, Cing-Dao Steve;Park, Gyung-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.18-30
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    • 2010
  • As the automobile industry is developing, the number of deaths and injuries has increased. To reduce the damages from automobile accidents, the government of each country proposes experimental conditions for reproducing the accident and establishes the vehicle safety regulations. Automotive manufacturers are trying to make safer vehicles by satisfying the requirements. The Hybrid III crash test dummy is a standard Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) used for measuring the occupant's injuries in a frontal impact test. Since a real crash test using a vehicle is fairly expensive, a computer simulation using the Finite Element Method (F.E.M.) is widely used. Therefore, a detailed and robust F.E. dummy model is needed to acquire more accurate occupant injury data and behavior during the crash test. To achieve this goal, a detailed F.E. model of the Hybrid III 5th percentile female dummy is constructed by using the reverse engineering technique in this research. A modeling process is proposed to construct the F.E. model. The proposed modeling process starts from disassembling the physical dummy. Computer Aided Design (CAD) geometry data is constructed by three-dimensional (3-D) scanning of the disassembled physical dummy model. Based on the geometry data, finite elements of each part are generated. After mesh generation, each part is assembled with other parts using the joints and rigid connection elements. The developed F.E. model of dummy is simulated based on the FMVSS 572 validation regulations. The results of simulation are compared with the results of physical tests.

A Routing Method Considering Sensed Data in Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크에서 데이터 센싱을 고려한 라우팅 기법)

  • Song, Chang-Young;Lee, Sang-Won;Cho, Seong-Soo;Kim, Seong-Ihl;Won, Young-Jin;Kang, June-Gill
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2010
  • It is very important to prolong the lifetime of wireless sensor networks by using their limited energy efficiently, since it is not possible to change or recharge the battery of sensor nodes after deployment. LEACH protocol is a typical routing protocol based on the clustering scheme for the efficient use of limited energy. It is composed of a few clusters, which consist of head nodes and member nodes. Though LEACH starts from the supposition that all nodes have data transferred to a head, there must be some nodes having useless data in actual state. In this paper we propose a power saving scheme by making a member node dormant if previous sensed data and current data is same. We evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme in comparison with original clustering algorithms. Simulation results validate our scheme has better performance in terms of the number of alive nodes as time evolves.