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Evolutionary Optimization of Pulp Digester Process Using D-optimal DOE and RSM

  • Chu, Young-Hwan;Chonghun Han
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.395-395
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    • 2000
  • Optimization of existing processes becomes more important than the past as environmental problems and concerns about energy savings stand out. When we can model a process mathematically, we can easily optimize it by using the model as constraints. However, modeling is very difficult for most chemical processes as they include numerous units together with their correlation and we can hardly obtain parameters. Therefore, optimization that is based on the process models is, in turn, hard to perform. Especially, f3r unknown processes, such as bioprocess or microelectronics materials process, optimization using mathematical model (first principle model) is nearly impossible, as we cannot understand the inside mechanism. Consequently, we propose a few optimization method using empirical model evolutionarily instead of mathematical model. In this method, firstly, designing experiments is executed fur removing unecessary experiments. D-optimal DOE is the most developed one among DOEs. It calculates design points so as to minimize the parameters variances of empirical model. Experiments must be performed in order to see the causation between input variables and output variables as only correlation structure can be detected in historical data. And then, using data generated by experiments, empirical model, i.e. response surface is built by PLS or MLR. Now, as process model is constructed, it is used as objective function for optimization. As the optimum point is a local one. above procedures are repeated while moving to a new experiment region fur finding the global optimum point. As a result of application to the pulp digester benchmark model, kappa number that is an indication fur impurity contents decreased to very low value, 3.0394 from 29.7091. From the result, we can see that the proposed methodology has sufficient good performance fur optimization, and is also applicable to real processes.

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Isolation of Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitory Compound from the Leaves of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (두충(Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.)잎으로부터 Monoamine Oxidase B 억제활성물질의 분리)

  • Ahn, Eun-Mi;Hahn, Jae-Taek;Lee, Dong-Wook;Sohn, Hyung-Ok;Kwon, Byoung-Mog;Baek, Nam-In
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.166-169
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    • 1999
  • The repeated silica gel colum chromatographies of n-BuOH fraction obtained from MeOH extracts of Eucommia ulmoides leaves led to isolation of a flavonoid-glycoside inhibiting monoamine oxidase B activity. Its chemical structure was determined to be $3-O-[{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl\;(1{\rightarrow}2)\;{\beta}-D-xylopyranosyl]$ quercetin through interpretation of spectral data and adaptation of acid hydrolysis. The $IC_{50}$ value of this compound in rat brain mitochondrial MAO-B inhibitory activity was evaluated to be $8.05\;{\mu}mol/l$.

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Effects of Boshimgeonbi-tang on Gene Expression in Hypothalamus of Immobilization-stressed Mouse (보심건비탕(補心健脾湯) 투여가 Stress 유발 Mouse의 Hypothalamus 유전자 발현에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee Seoung-Hee;Chang Gyu-Tae;Kim Jang-Hyun
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.1585-1593
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    • 2005
  • The genetic effects of restraint stress challenge on HPA axis and the therapeutic effect of Boshimgeonbi-tang on the stress were studied with cDNA microarray analyses, RT-PCR on hypothalamus using an immobilization-stress mice as an animal model. Male CD-1 mice were restrained in a tightly fitted and ventilated vinyl holder for 2hrs once a day, and this challenge was repeated for seven· consecutive days. In the change of body weight it showed that the Boshimgeonbi-tang is effected recovery on weight loss caused by the immobilization-stress. Seven days later, total RNA was extracted from the organs of the mouse, body-labeled with $CyDye^{TM}$ fluorescence dyes and then hybridized to CDNA microarray chip. Scanning and analyzing the array slides were carried out using GenePix4000 series scanner and GenePix $Pro^{TM}$ analyzing program, respectively. The expression profiles of 109 genes out of 6000 genes on the chip were significantly modulated in hypothalamus by the immobilization stress. Energy metabolism-, lipid metabolism-, apoptosis-, stress protein, transcriptional factor, and signal transduction-related genes were transcriptionally activated whereas DNA repair-, protein biosysthesis-, and structure integrity-related genes were down-regulated in hypothalamus. The 58 genes were up-regulated by the mRNA expression folds of 1.5 to 7.9. and the 51 genes were down-regulated by 1.5 - 5.5 fold. The 11 genes among them were selected to confirm the expression profiles by RT-PCR. The mRNA expression levels of Tnfrsf1a (apoptosis), Calm2 (cell cycle), Bag3 (apoptosis), Ogg1 (DNA repair), Aatk (apoptosis), Dffa (apoptosis), Fkbp5 (protein folding) were restored to the normal one by the treatment of Boshimgeonbi-tang.

Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance and Weldability for the Butt Welding Zone of Hot Rolled Clad Steel Plates (열간압연 클래드강의 맞대기용접부 내식성 및 용접성 평가)

  • Park, Jae-Won;Lee, Chul-Ku
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2013
  • We have investigated the traits of clad metals in hot-rolled clad steel plates, including the sensitization and mechanical properties of STS 316 steel plate and carbon steel (A516), under various specific circumstances regarding post heat treatment, multilayered welds, and thick or repeated welds for repair. For evaluations, sectioned weldments and external surfaces were investigated to reveal the degree of sensitization by micro vickers hardness, tensile, and etching tests the results were compared with those of EPR tests. The clad steel plates were butt-welded using FCAW and SAW with the time of heat treatment as the variable, a that was conducted at $625^{\circ}C$, for 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280 min. Then, the change in corrosion resistance was evaluated in these specimens. With carbon steel (A516), as the heat treatment time increased, the annealing effect caused the tensile strength to decrease. The micro-hardness gradually increased and decreased after 640 min. The elongation and contraction of the area also increased gradually. The oxalic acid etch test and EPR test on STS316 and the clad metal showed STEP structure and no sensitization. From the test results on multi-layered and repair welds, it could be concluded that there is no effect on the corrosion resistance of clad metals. The purpose of this study was to suggest some considerations for developing on-site techniques to evaluate the sensitization of stainless steels.

$F_2$ Formant Frequency Characteristics of the Aging Male and Female Speakers (한국어 모음에서 연령증가에 따른 제2음형대의 변화양상)

  • 김찬우;차흥억;장일환;김선태;오승철;석윤식;이영숙
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.119-123
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    • 1999
  • Background and Objectives : Conditions such as muscle atrophy, stretching of strap muscles, and continued craniofacial growth factors have been cited as contributing to the changes observed in the vocal tract structure and function in elderly speakers. The purpose of the present study is to compare F$_1$ and F$_2$ frequency levels in elderly and young adult male and female speakers producing a series of vowels ranging from high-front to low-back placement. Material and Methods : The subjects were two groups of young adults(10 males, 10 females, mean age 21 years old range 19-24 years) and two groups of elderly speakers(10 males, 10 females, mean age 67 years : range 60-84 years). Each subject participated in speech pathologist to be a speaker of unimpared standard Korean. The headphone was positioned 2 cm from the speakers lips. Each speaker sustained the five vowels for 5 s. Formant frequency measures were obtained from an analysis of linear predictive coding in CSL model 4300B(Kay co). Results : Repeated measure AVOVA procedures were completed on the $F_1$ and $F_2$ data for the male and female speakers. $F_2$ formant frequency levels were proven to be significantly lower fir elderly speakers. Conclusions : We presume $F_2$ vocal cavity(from the point of tongue constriction to lip) lengthening in elderly speakers. The research designed to observe dynamic speech production more directly will be needed.

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The Role of Magnetic Topology in the Heating of Active Region Coronal Loops

  • Lee, Jin-Yi;Barnes, Graham;Leka, K.D.;Reeves, Katharine K.;Korreck, K.E.;Golub, L.;Deluca, E.E.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.86.2-86.2
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    • 2011
  • We investigate the evolution of coronal loop emission in the context of the coronal magnetic field topology. New modeling techniques allow us to investigate the magnetic field structure and energy release in active regions (ARs). Using these models and high-resolution multi-wavelength coronal observations from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer and the X-ray Telescope on Hinode, we are able to establish a relationship between the light curves of coronal loops and their associated magnetic topologies for NOAA AR 10963. We examine loops that show both transient and steady emission, and we find that loops that show many transient brightenings are located in domains associated with a high number of separators. This topology provides an environment for continual impulsive heating events through magnetic reconnection at the separators. A loop with relatively constant X-ray and EUV emission, on the other hand, is located in domains that are not associated with separators. This result implies that larger-scale magnetic field reconnections are not involved in heating plasma in these regions, and the heating in these loops must come from another mechanism, such as smallscale reconnections (i.e., nanoflares) or wave heating. Additionally, we find that loops that undergo repeated transient brightenings are associated with separators that have enhanced free energy. In contrast, we find one case of an isolated transient brightening that seems to be associated with separators with a smaller free energy.

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Influence of Yb2O3 Doping Amount on Screen-printed Barium Strontium Calcium Titanate Thick Films

  • Noh, Hyun-Ji;Lee, Sung-Gap;Ahn, Byeong-Lib;Lee, Ju
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.241-245
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    • 2007
  • [ $(Ba_{0.9-x}Sr_xCa_{0.10})TiO_3$ ] (x=0.33, 0.36) powders were prepared by sol-gel method. $(Ba,Sr,Ca)TiO_3$(BSCT) thick films, undoped and doped with $MnCO_3$ and $Yb_2O_3(0.1{\sim}0.7mol%)$, were fabricated by the screen printing method on the alumina substrate. The coating and drying procedure was repeated 6-times. The Pt bottom electrode was screen printing method on the alumina substrate. These BSCT thick films were annealed at $1420^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr in atmosphere. The upper electrodes were fabricated by screen printing the Ag paste and then firing at $590^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. And then the structured and dielectric properties as a function of the doping amount of $Yb_2O_3$ were studied. As a result of the TG-DTA, exothermic peak was observed at around $670^{\circ}C$ due to the formation of the polycrystalline perovskite phase. All BSCT thick films showed XRD patterns of typical cubic peroveskite structure. The average thickness of BSCT thick films was about $70^{\mu}m$. The curie temperature and the dielectric constant decreased with increasing $Yb_2O_3$ doped content and the relative dielectric constant of the specimen, doped with 0.5 mol% $Yb_2O_3$ at BSCT(54/36/10), showed a best value of 5018 at curie temperature.

An Automatic Schema Generation System based on the Contents for Integrating Web Information Sources (웹 정보원 통합을 위한 내용 기반의 스키마 자동생성시스템)

  • Kwak, Jun-Young;Bae, Jong-Min
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2008
  • The Web information sources can be regarded as the largest distributed database to the users. By virtually integrating the distributed information sources and regarding them as a single huge database, we can query the database to extract information. This capability is important to develop Web application programs. We have to infer a database schema from browsing-oriented Web documents in order to integrate databases. This paper presents a heuristic algorithm to infer the XML Schema fully automatically from semi-structured Web documents. The algorithm first extracts candidate pattern regions based on predefined structure-making tags, and determines a target pattern region using a few heuristic factors, and then derives XML Schema extraction rules from the target pattern region. The schema extraction rule is represented in XQuery, which makes development of various application systems possible using open standard XML tools. We also present the experimental results for several public web sources to show the effectiveness of the algorithm.

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Analysis of Permanent Deformations in Asphalt Mixtures for Design of Asphalt Trackbed Foundation (철도 노반 설계를 위한 아스팔트 혼합물의 영구변형 특성 분석)

  • Lim, Yujin;Lee, JinWook;Lee, SeongHyeok;Lee, ByeongSik
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2014
  • In this study, permanent deformation of asphalt trackbed was investigated by performing repetitive load test on specimen made with dense graded asphalt mixture that was specially prepared for asphalt trackbed foundation. The obtained test results were compared with those computed from the prediction model proposed by AASHTO 2002, called MEPDG. No prediction model adaptable only for permanent deformation of the asphalt trackbed foundation has yet been developed, so the prediction model by AASHTO was adapted in this study to simulate permanent deformation of trackbed foundations in asphalt slab track and in ballasted asphalt track. In order to simulate permanent deformation, a finite element analysis was performed to obtain stresses generated in trackbed due to wheel load. It was found that the predicted permanent deformation was much smaller than the anticipated deformation and that the asphalt track could be stable during the service life of the structure.

Ergosterol Peroxide from Flowers of Erigeron annuus L.as an Anti-Atherosclerosis Agent

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun;Jung, Sung-Je;Chung, In-Sik;Lee, Youn-Hyung;Kim, Dae-Keun;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Kwon, Byoung-Mog;Jeong, Tae-Sook;Park, Mi-Hyun;Seoung, Nak-Sul;Baek, Nam-In
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.541-545
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    • 2005
  • Flowers of Erigeron annuus L. were extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract was partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH, and H$_2$O. Repeated silica gel and OD S column chromatography of the EtOAc fraction led to the isolation of a sterol, through activityguided fractionation, using ACAT inhibitory activity measurements. From the physico-chemical data, including NMR, MS, and IR, the chemical structure of the compound was determined to be an ergosterol peroxide (1), which has been isolated for the first time from this plant. This compound exhibited hACAT-1 and Lp-PLA$_2$ inhibitory effects, with inhibitory values of 51.6 ${\pm}$ 0.9 and 51 .7 ${\pm}$ 1.2%, at a treatment concentration of 0.23 mM.