• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.650-659
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• 2016

As a type of accident-tolerant fuel, fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel was proposed after the Fukushima accident in Japan. The FCM fuel consists of tristructural isotropic particles randomly dispersed in a silicon carbide (SiC) matrix. For a fuel element with such high heterogeneity, we have proposed a two-temperature homogenized model using the particle transport Monte Carlo method for the heat conduction problem. This model distinguishes between fuel-kernel and SiC matrix temperatures. Moreover, the obtained temperature profiles are more realistic than those of other models. In Part I of the paper, homogenized parameters for the FCM fuel in which tristructural isotropic particles are randomly dispersed in the fine lattice stochastic structure are obtained by (1) matching steady-state analytic solutions of the model with the results of particle transport Monte Carlo method for heat conduction problems, and (2) preserving total enthalpies in fuel kernels and SiC matrix. The homogenized parameters have two desirable properties: (1) they are insensitive to boundary conditions such as coolant bulk temperatures and thickness of cladding, and (2) they are independent of operating power density. By performing the Monte Carlo calculations with the temperature-dependent thermal properties of the constituent materials of the FCM fuel, temperature-dependent homogenized parameters are obtained.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.660-672
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• 2016

In Part I of this paper, the two-temperature homogenized model for the fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel, in which tristructural isotropic particles are randomly dispersed in a fine lattice stochastic structure, was discussed. In this model, the fuel-kernel and silicon carbide matrix temperatures are distinguished. Moreover, the obtained temperature profiles are more realistic than those obtained using other models. Using the temperature-dependent thermal conductivities of uranium nitride and the silicon carbide matrix, temperature-dependent homogenized parameters were obtained. In Part II of the paper, coupled with the COREDAX code, a reactor core loaded by fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel in which tristructural isotropic particles are randomly dispersed in the fine lattice stochastic structure is analyzed via a two-temperature homogenized model at steady and transient states. The results are compared with those from harmonic- and volumetric-average thermal conductivity models; i.e., we compare $k_{eff}$ eigenvalues, power distributions, and temperature profiles in the hottest single channel at a steady state. At transient states, we compare total power, average energy deposition, and maximum temperatures in the hottest single channel obtained by the different thermal analysis models. The different thermal analysis models and the availability of fuel-kernel temperatures in the two-temperature homogenized model for Doppler temperature feedback lead to significant differences.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.354-361
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• 2007

The distribution of light in a randomly scattering medium can represent problems found in many area. Particularly, in the clinical application of lasers for Photodynamic therapy(PDT) or in the fluorescence spectroscopy for biological tissue, turbidity plays a very important role. The influences of fluorophor, scatterer, and absorber in turbid material by light scattering were interpreted for the scattered fluorescence intensity and wavelength. The molecular properties have been studied by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy in scattering medium as tissue. It has been found that the effects of optical properties in scattering media could be investigated by the optical $parameters({\mu}_s$, ${\mu}_a$ ,${\mu}t)$. Experimental and Monte Carlo simulation method for modelling light transport in tissue was applied. The experimental results using a randomly distributed scattering medium were discussed and compared with those obtained through Monte Carlo simulation. It'll be also important in designing the best model for oil chemistry, medicine and application of medical engineering.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2015

장거리 ($50\;fiber\;spans{\times}80km$) 전송 링크의 융통적 구성을 위해 단일 모드 광섬유 (SMF; single mode fiber)의 길이와 중계 구간 당 잉여 분산 (RDPS; residual dispersion per span)이 랜덤하게 분포하는 링크에서 광 위상 공액과 결합된 분산 제어 (DM; dispersion management)를 통한 왜곡된 WDM 채널의 보상 특성을 살펴보았다. WDM 채널들의 입사 전력이 0 dBm 이하로 제한된다면 SMF 길이와 RDPS가 랜덤하게 분포하는 링크를 통한 보상 효과가 균일하게 분포하는 링크에서의 보상 효과와 유사하게 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 이는 제안한 랜덤 분포 링크 구조를 이용하면 장거리 WDM 전송 링크 설계와 구축에서 융통성을 확보할 수 있다는 것을 의미한다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.8-10
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• 2000

In order to rapidly identify and differentiate Salmonella typhimurium from the intestinal gram-negative bacteria, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting of Salmonella typhimurium was carried out using random primers designated OPA-13 (5'-CAGCACCCAC-3'), OPB-10 (5'-CGTCTGGGAC-3'), OPB-18 (5'-CCACAGCAGT-3'), and OPJ-10 (5'-AAGCCCGAGG-3'), and its patterns compared with 6 representive intestinal, gram-negative bacterial strains, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Proteus sp., which are often found in foods. S. typhimurium had unique and distinct fingerprinting patterns. RAPD fingerprinting is thus concluded to be a rapid and sensitive method for the identification of S. typhimurium compared to conventional culturing procedures or immunoassays.

• 한국조사연구학회지:조사연구
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.77-90
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• 2002

본 논문은 임의표집법(Random Sampling)에 의거한 전화조사방법을 2002년 울산시장선거조사에 적용하여 실시한 사례를 다루었다. 임의로 표집된 1,233개 가정용 전화번호에 전화하여 생일법으로 추출된 응답자를 대상으로 최대 5회에 걸쳐 접촉을 시도하였다. 최대 5회 전화시도의 접촉 차수를 분석하여 부재와 약속 등에 대한 재접촉의 효과를 살펴보고, 표집된 표본집단의 인구사회학적 특성을 모집단과 비교하였으며 조사결과와 실제 투표결과와의 비교도 다양하게 검토하였다. 또한 생일법을 통한 임의표집법의 어려움과 조사시간대 조정 및 지속적 재접촉 등 임의표집법 활성화 방안에 대해 논의한다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2015

The prime objective of this research was to study the influence of hot-pressing pressure and matrix-to-reinforcement ratio on the densification of short-carbon-fiber-reinforced, randomly oriented carbon/carbon-composite. Secondary objectives included determination of the physical and mechanical properties of the resulting composite. The 'hybrid carbon-fiber-reinforced mesophase-pitch-derived carbon-matrix' composite was fabricated by hot pressing. During hot pressing, pressure was varied from 5 to 20 MPa, and reinforcement wt% from 30 to 70. Densification of all the compacts was carried at low impregnation pressure with phenolic resin. The effect of the impregnation cycles was determined using measurements of microstructure and density. The results showed that effective densification strongly depended on the hot-pressing pressure and reinforcement wt%. Furthermore, results showed that compacts processed at lower hot-pressing pressure, and at higher reinforcement wt%, gained density gradually during three densification cycles and showed the symptoms of further gains with additional densification cycles. In contrast, samples that were hot-pressed at moderate pressure and at moderate reinforcement wt%, achieved maximum density within three densification cycles. Furthermore, examination of microstructure revealed the formation of cracks in samples processed at lower pressure and with low reinforcement wt%.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.1301-1309
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• 2017

The extinction probability of a branching process (a neutron chain in a multiplying medium) is calculated for a system randomly varying in time. The evolution of the first two moments of such a process was calculated previously by the authors in a system randomly shifting between two states of different multiplication properties. The same model is used here for the investigation of the extinction probability. It is seen that the determination of the extinction probability is significantly more complicated than that of the moments, and it can only be achieved by pure numerical methods. The numerical results indicate that for systems fluctuating between two subcritical or two supercritical states, the extinction probability behaves as expected, but for systems fluctuating between a supercritical and a subcritical state, there is a crucial and unexpected deviation from the predicted behaviour. The results bear some significance not only for neutron chains in a multiplying medium, but also for the evolution of biological populations in a time-varying environment.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2005

대학병원의 임상검체에서 extended-spectrum-${\beta}$-lactamase (ESBL)생성 Klebsiella pneumoniae 51균주를 분리하였다. ESBL생성 K. pneumoniae 51균주는 광범위한 항생제에 내성을 보였고 대부분의 균주는 amikacin, gentamycin과 ciprofloxacin항생제에 내성을 나타내었다. 대학병원에서 분리한 51균주를 randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)로 분석한 결과 충남대학병원 21균주와 충북대학병원에서 분리한 10균주는 Ia 와 Ib에 속하였고 경상대학 병원에서 분리한 20균주는 IIa, IIb에 속하였다. ESBL 생성 K. pneumoniae 51균주는 RAPD 분석으로 4가지의 유전형으로 구분 할 수 있었고 유전적으로 다양하였다. 이상의 결과로 RAPD 분석은 유전형분석에 빠르고 단순하고 경제적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.90-101
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• 2019

Biodiversity refers to the total number and variation among species of flora and fauna of an area. Due to tremendous biotic especially anthropogenic pressure these natural resources are being vanishing. In present study genetic diversity among accessions of Thamnocalamus spathiflorus was evaluated. A total of 51 vegetative characters and 42 primers (10-mer) were screened. Out of 42 screened primers, 28 polymorphic primers were selected for further analysis. A total of 263 bands were recorded as polymorphic whereas 48 bands were monomorphic. The resolving power (Rp) of 28 Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers ranged from 4.6 (OPE08) to 17.6 (OPA11). The polymorphic information content (PIC) value ranged from 0.21 (OPAH09) to 0.44 (OPG02). The result revealed high degree of genetic relatedness (56 to 80%). Cluster analysis revealed two major clusters both for morphology as well as RAPD. Unlike morphological characterization, the accession (D5) from Bahli, Rampur, Shimla (H.P.) was clustered separately from the others in RAPD cluster analysis. Accessions with closed locality grouped together through RAPD marker system however analogy was recorded for morphological traits. The study conducted reflects the utility of RAPD technique for species identification and phylogenetic studies in bamboo for conducting bamboo breeding program.