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Effects of alfaxalone on echocardiographic examination in healthy dogs

  • Kim, Ye-Won;Kim, Tae-Jun;Hyun, Changbaig
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.221-225
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    • 2015
  • This study evaluated the effects of alfaxalone (3 mg/kg, intravenously) on echocardiographic examination in healthy dogs using echocardiography. Six adult Beagle dogs were used for this study. Left ventricular dimensions with systolic indexes, trans-blood flow at all cardiac valvular annulus and trans-mitral tissue Doppler values were measured from routine transthoracic echocardiography. Although the changes were not statistically significant, heart rate, left ventricular end-systolic diameter, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, peak velocities of tricuspid A-wave and transpulmonic flow were increased after alfaxalone induction, while systolic blood pressure, fractional shortening, left ventricular ejection fraction, peak velocities of mitral E-wave, mitral A wave, tricuspid E-wave, transaortic flow and medial e'-, a'- and s'-peaks decreased after alfaxalone induction. No dogs showed hypoxemia during sedation, regardless of intubation and oxygen supply. Although alfaxalone showed mild cardiovascular depression, this protocol could be a good alternative sedative protocol for echocardiographic examination in healthy dogs because the cardiovascular depression was statistically and clinically insignificant. However, further studies in dogs with heart diseases should be conducted to confirm these findings after alfaxalone induction.

Effects of Individual Sweating Response on Changes in Skin Blood Flow and Temperature Induced by Heat of Sorption Wearing Cotton Ensemble

  • Tanaka, Kaori;Hirata, Kozo
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.2 no.5
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    • pp.398-404
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    • 2000
  • We examined the effect of individual sweating responses on thermoregulatory responses induced by heat of sorption, immediately after the onset of sweating. The present study consists of two experiments. In experiment 1, made of 100% cotton (C) and 100% polyester (P) clothing were exposed in the chamber at ambient temperature (Ta) of $27.2^{\circ}C$ and relative humidity (rh) raised from 50% to 95% at five different increase rates of environmental vapor pressure (VP). The increase rate of clothing surface temperature (Tcs), peak Tcs and peak time showed significant correlation with the increase rate of environmental VP in C-clothing (p<0.05). In experiment 2, seven female subjects were studied during leg water immersion ($35-41^{\circ}C$) for 70min in Ta of 27.2 and 50%rh. There were significant positive correlations in the increase rate of clothing microclimate VP vs. changes in Tcs, skin blood flow, mean skin temperature and mean body temperature (p<0.05). The present results showed that individual clothing microclimate VP had significant effects on thermoregulatory responses induced by heat of sorption wearing C ensembles.

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Modeling System for Unsteady Flow Simulations in Drainage Channel Networks of Paddy Field Districts (논 지구의 배수로 부정류 흐름 모의를 위한 모델링 시스템)

  • Kang, Min Goo
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2014
  • A modeling system is constructed by integrating an one-dimensional unsteady flow simulation model and a hydrologic model to simulate flood flows in drainage channel networks of paddy field districts. The modeling system's applicability is validated by simulating flood discharges from a paddy field district, which consists of nine paddy fields and one drainage channel. The simulation results are in good agreement with the observed. Particularly, in the verification stage, the relative errors of peak flows and peak depths between the observed and simulated hydrographs range 8.96 to 10.26 % and -10.26 to 2.97 %, respectively. The modeling system's capability is compared with that of a water balance equation-based model; it is revealed that the modeling system's accuracy is superior to the other model. In addition, the simulations of flood discharges from large-sized paddy fields through drainage channels show that the flood discharge patterns are affected by drainage outlet management for paddy fields and physical characteristics of the drainage channels. Finally, it is concluded that to efficiently design drainage channel networks, it is necessary to analyze the results from simulating flood discharges of the drainage channel networks according to their physical characteristics and connectivities.

A Study on the effect of hydrogen flow rate and $CH_4$ concentration in deposition of the diamond thin films by MWPECVD (MWPECVD법에 의한 Diamond합성에 있어서 수소류양과 메탄농도의 영향)

  • Cho, J.K.;Park, S.T.;Park, S.H.;Geun, H.K.;Park, J.C.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1994.07b
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    • pp.1493-1495
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    • 1994
  • Study on the effect of hydrogen flow rate and $CH_4$ concentration in deposition of the diamond thin films by MWPECVD diamond thin films were deposited on Si substrate from $CH_4-H_2-O_2$ system by MWPE CVD, and identified by SEM, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The flow rate of hydrogen didn't affect the surface morphology and crystallity of diamond thin films, but did slightly affect growth rate. When the concentration of oxygen was fixed at 40%, the growth rate and crystallity of diamond thin films were gradually improved according to increasment of concentration of $CH_4$ but growth rate of the thin films showed peak at 7% and the crystallity showed peak at 6%.

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Numerical prediction analysis of propeller exciting force for hull-propeller-rudder system in oblique flow

  • Sun, Shuai;Li, Liang;Wang, Chao;Zhang, Hongyu
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.69-84
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    • 2018
  • In order to analyze the characteristics of propeller exciting force, the hybrid grid is adopted and the numerical prediction of KCS ship model is performed for hull-propeller-rudder system by Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) method and volume of fluid (VOF) model. Firstly, the numerical simulation of hydrodynamics for bare hull at oblique state is carried out. The results show that with the increasing of the drift angle, the coefficients of resistance, side force and yaw moment are constantly increasing, and the bigger the drift angle, the worse the overall uniformity of propeller disk. Then, propeller bearing force for hull-propeller-rudder system in oblique flow is calculated. It is found that the propeller thrust and torque fluctuation coefficient peak in drift angle are greater than that in straight line navigation, and the negative drift angle is greater than the positive. The fluctuation peak variation law of coefficient of side force and bending moment are different due to various causes.

Violet Photoluminescence Emitted from Al-doped ZnO Thin Films (Al 도핑된 ZnO 박막에서 방출되는 보라색 발광 스펙트럼)

  • Hwang, Dong-Hyun;Son, Young-Guk;Cho, Shin-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.318-324
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    • 2007
  • We report on a strong violet luminescence emitted from the ZnO:Al films grown on glass substrate by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The growth of high-quality thin films and their optical properties are controlled by adjusting the mixture ratio of Ar and $O_2$, which is used as the sputtering gas. The crystallinity of the films is improved as the oxygen flow ratio is decreased, as evidenced in both x-ray diffractometer and atomic force microscope measurements. As for the violet luminescence measured by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, the peak energy and intensity of the PL signal are decreased with increasing the oxygen flow ratio. The peak energy of the violet PL spectrum for the thin film with an oxygen flow ratio of 50 % is almost constant, regardless of the increase of laser Power and temperature. These results indicate that the violet PL signal is probably due to defects related to interstitial Zn atoms.

Experimental Study on the Three Dimensional Unsteady Flow in a Counter-Rotating Axial Flow Fan (엇회전식 축류팬의 3차원 비정상 유동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Park, Hyun-Soo;Cho, Lee-Sang;Cho, Jin-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1005-1014
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    • 2004
  • Experiments were done for the three dimensional unsteady flow in a counter-rotating axial flow fan under peak efficiency operating condition. Flow fields in a counter rotating axial flow fan were measured at cross-sectional planes of the upstream and downstream of each rotor. Cross sectional flow patterns were investigated through the acquired data by the 45$^{\circ}$ inclined hot-wire. Flow characteristics such as tip vortex, secondary flow and tip leakage flow were confirmed through axial, radial and tangential velocity vector plot. It has been found that the radial and tangential velocity components disappeared, while the axial velocity component highly increased as soon as the tip vortex was generated. It has been observed that secondary flow and turbulence intensity which were increased by the front rotor were dissipated passing through the rear rotor. As the result the energy loss of the counter rotating axial flow fan decreased at the downstream of rear rotor. Also, it has been verified that tip vortex pattern of the rear rotor was dampened because the tip vortex generated by front rotor was mixed with that of the rear rotor.

Evaluating Calibration Methods of Stream Flow for Water Quality Management (수질학적 관점에서의 수문모델 유출량 보정 방법 평가)

  • Jeon, Ji-Hong;Choi, Donghyuk;Kim, Jung-Jin;Kim, Taedong
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.432-440
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    • 2009
  • The effect of selecting hydrologic item for calculating objective function on calibration of stream flow was evaluated by Hydrologic Simulation Porgram-Fortran (HSPF) linked with Model Independent Parameter Optimizer (PEST). Daily and monthly stream flow and flow duration were used to calculate objective function. Automated calibration focused on monthly stream was proper to analyze seasonal or yearly water budget but not proper to predict daily stream flow or percent chance flow exceeded. Calibration result focused on flow duration is proper to predict precent chance flow exceeded but not proper to analyze water budget or predict peak flow. These results indicate that hydrologic item calculated for objective function on calibration procedure could influence calibration results and watershed modeler should select carefully hydrologic item for the purpose of model application. Current, the criteria of stream flow of Korean TMDL is generated based on percent chance flow exceeded, so flow duration should be included to calculate objective function on calibration procedure for the estimation of criteria of stream flow using hydrologic model.

Numerical Investigation on the Characteristics of Flow-Induced Noise in a Centrifugal Blower

  • Lee, Chanyoung;Jeong, Taebin;Ha, Kyoung-Ku;Kang, Shin-Hyoung
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2014
  • In the present study, a computational analysis of the flow in a centrifugal blower is carried out to predict a performance and to explain noise characteristics of the blower. Unsteady, 3D Navier-Stokes equations were solved with k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model using CFX software. CFD results were compared with the experimental data that is acquired from an experiment conducted with the same blower. The pressure fluctuation in the blower was transformed into the frequency domain by Fourier decomposition to find the relationship between flow behaviors and noise characteristics. Sound pressure level (SPL) which is obtained from wall pressure fluctuation at impeller outlet represents relative overall sound level of the blower well. Sound spectra show that there are some specific peak frequencies at each mass flow rate and it can be explained by flow pattern.

A model of roof-top surface pressures produced by conical vortices : Evaluation and implications

  • Banks, D.;Meroney, R.N.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.279-298
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    • 2001
  • The greatest suction on the cladding of flat roof low-rise buildings is known to occur beneath the conical vortices that form along the roof edges for cornering winds. In a companion paper, a model of the vortex flow mechanism has been developed which can be used to connect the surface pressure beneath the vortex to adjacent flow conditions. The flow model is experimentally validated in this paper using simultaneous velocity and surface pressure measurement on a 1 : 50 model of the Texas Tech University experimental building in a wind tunnel simulated atmospheric boundary layer. Flow visualization gives further insight into the nature of peak suction events. The flow model is shown to account for the increase in suction towards the roof corner as well as the presence of the highest suction at wind angles of $60^{\circ}$. It includes a parameter describing vortex suction strength, which is shown to be related to the nature of the reattachment, and also suggests how different components of upstream turbulence could influence the surface pressure.