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KDICical Characteristics and Microbial Activity of Streams Contaminated by The Abandoned Coal Mine Drainage (폐탄광 배수에 의해 오염된 하천의 화학적 특성과 미생물 활성)

  • Cho, Kyoung-Suk;Ryu, Hee-Wook;Chang, Young-Keun
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.365-373
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    • 1996
  • A survey was carried out to investigate the contamination of streams by the acid mine drainage originated from the abandoned coal mines and coal refuse piles. The physico-KDICical characteristics such as pH, sulfate and elements concentrations in the water and sediment in streams were analyzed. Microbial activity in the sediment was evaluated by measuring dehydrogenase activities. At sites contaminated by acid mine drainage, the pH of the water and sediment declined to acidic range from neutral due to the accumulation of sulfate. The dehydrogenase activity ranged from 12 to $170{\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$ at the contaminated sites, whereas uncontaminated sites had activities of 1,176~4,259 ${\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$. The dehydrogenase activity was significantly affected by low pH of the sediment, indicating that high concentration of sulfate inhibited microbial activity. The concentrations of heavy metals such as Pb and Fe in contaminated sdeiment (37~46 ppm Pb; 46,000~464,000 ppm Fe) were much higher than those in the uncontaminated sediment. The concentration of Al in the contaminated water acidfied by coal mine drainage was in the range of 11 to 42 ppm. Compared with those in the uncontaminated sediment, the concentrations of Mn, Mg and Ca in contaminated sediment were low because of the leaching from soil to water by the acidfied stream water.

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The Use of Continuous Confidence Judgments in ROC of Digital Radiography (디지털 X선영상 평가에서 연속확신도법 ROC의 적용)

  • Kim, Hark-Sung;Lee, In-Ja;Kim, Sung-Chul
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.147-151
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    • 2009
  • In general, the discrete confidence judgments that use five-step assessment method have been used to assess the medical images by ROC. TPF or FPF can be computed easily with this independent reading test. However, during experiments, it happens frequently that adequate distribution for observers is required to smoothly estimate the ROC curve. In addition, data becomes invalid for distribution of the created categories. To solve such problems or to apply the ROC interpretation to data that is not obtained from the experimental observation, the continuous confidence judgements (CCJ) has been proposed, which implements ROC interpretation using continuously-distributed experimental results without category classification has been used. As the use of CCJ to assess medical images was barely reported in Korea, we applied it to the assessment of chest digital images in this study. The results showed that a smooth ROC curve was obtained conveniently by the commercialized program and the characteristic value was measured easily. Therefore, it is recommended that this method can be applied to the assessment of digital medical images.

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Spectral Bio-signature Simulation of full 3-D Earth with Multi-layer Atmospheric Model and Sea Ice Coverage Variation

  • Ryu, Dong-Ok;Seong, Se-Hyun;Lee, Jae-Min;Hong, Jin-Suk;Jeong, Soo-Min;Jeong, Yu-Kyeong;Kim, Sug-Whan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.48.1-48.1
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    • 2009
  • In recent years, many candidates for extra-solar planet have been discovered from various measurement techniques. Fueled by such discoveries, new space missions for direct detection of earth-like planets have been proposed and actively studied. TPF instrument is a fair example of such scientific endeavors. One of the many technical problems that space missions such as TPF would need to solve is deconvolution of the collapsed (i.e. spatially and temporally) spectral signal arriving at the detector surface and the deconvolution computation may fall into a local minimum solution, instead of the global minimum solution, in the optimization process, yielding mis-interpretation of the spectral signal from the potential earth-like planets. To this extend, observational and theoretical understanding on the spectral bio-signal from the Earth serves as the key reference datum for the accurate interpretation of the planetary bio-signatures from other star systems. In this study, we present ray tracing computational model for the on-going simulation study on the Earth bio-signatures. A multi-layered atmospheric model and sea ice variation model were added to the existing target Earth model and a hypothetical space instrument (called AmonRa) observed the spectral bio-signals of the model Earth from the L1 halo orbit. The resulting spectrums of the Earth show well known "red-edge" spectrums as well as key molecular absorption lines important to harbor life forms. The model details, computational process and the resulting bio-signatures are presented together with implications to the future study direction.

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Effect of Different Fertilization Management Practices on Soil Microbial Activities and Community Structure in Volcanic Ash Citrus Orchard Soil (화산회토 감귤원 토양의 시비관리가 토양미생물활성 및 군집구조에 미치는 영향)

  • Joa, Jae-Ho;Han, Seung-Gap;Won, Hang-Yeon;Lim, Han-Cheol;Hyun, Hae-Nam;Suh, Jang-Sun
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.222-229
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    • 2009
  • This study was performed to evaluate effect of different fertilization management practices on soil microbial activities and community structure using soil enzyme activities and PLFA contents in volcanic ash citrus orchard soil. Six experiment plots have differently managed based on the recommended application rate(NPK) of chemical fertilizer and compost for 13 years. Experiment plots were composed of no-fertilization(control), compost only, half amount of NPK with compost (1/2NPK+COM), NPK, NPK with compost(NPK+COM), and 3 times amount of NPK(3NPK). Soil samples collected in early March, May, July, and September 2007. Urease activity was high at NPK+COM in March, May, and September. It was higher in NPK+COM than in NPK. Urease activity decreased according to the order NPK>compost>control in March and May; compost>NPK>control in July and September. Dehydrogenase activity was significantly higher in 1/2NPK+COM($4.3ug\;TPF\;g^{-1}\;24h^{-1}$) than in control($2.4ug\;TPF\;g^{-1}\;24h^{-1}$), May. $\beta$-glucosidase activity was significantly higher in NPK and 1/2NPK+COM than in control, May. In March, Total PLFA contents were higher in NPK+COM($349.2n\;mol\;g^{-1}$) than in 3NPK($228.5n\;mol\;g^{-1}$). And that were higher in 1/2NPK+COM($237.8n\;mol\;g^{-1}$) than in 3NPK($133.1n\;mol\;g^{-1}$), May. Distribution ratio of soil microbial groups by PLFA biomaker were not significantly difference in between seasonal and treatments. Principal component analysis by PLFA profiles showed that microbial community in compost and 3NPK plot were different compared with other treatments in March. But Differences in compost and 3NPK plot were not found in May. Our result showed that the change of microbial community structure affected by fertilization effect and seasonable variation.

Measurement and Analysis of Power Quality on Elevator Equipments (승강기설비 전원의 전력품질 측정 및 분석)

  • Bang, Sun-Bae;Bae, Seok-Myung;Kim, Gi-Hyun;Lee, Kun-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.11c
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2005
  • 본 논문은 대단위 아파트를 주 대상으로 서울 7개소, 경기도 7개소, 강원도 10개소, 충청도 6개소, 총 30개소에 대한 승강기설비 전원품질을 측정하고 역률 변화, 고조파, 전압변동, 전압강하 등을 분석하였다. 분석결과 승강기설비 제어반 인입구에서의 실제역률(TPF)과 기본역률(DPF)의 차이가 고조파로 인하여 크게 나타나는 것을 확인하였고, 역률의 변화는 전원측(변압기)에 가까워질수록 작아지는 것을 확인하였다. 전압 종합왜형률(VTHD)은 안정적이지만 전류 종합왜형률(CTHD)은 기준치 이상의 매우 높은 수치가 발생되었고, 전원측(변압기)에 가까워질수록 작아지는 것을 확인하였다. 승강기설비 제어반 인입구에서의 전압강하율은 기준치 5%를 상회하고 있으나, 전압변동률은 최대 5.1%로서 기준치 10% 범위에 포함되었다.

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Effect of Consequent Application of Pig Manure Compost on Soil Chemical Properties and Dehydrogenase Activity in Volcanic Ash Soil (돈분퇴비 연용이 감자재배 화산회토양의 화학성과 탈수소 효소활성에 미치는 영향)

  • Joa, Jae-Ho;Moon, Doo-Gyung;Won, Hang-Yeon;Koh, Sang-Wook;Hyun, Hae-Nam;Lee, Chong-Eon
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.283-288
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    • 2010
  • This study were carried out to evaluate effect of consequent application of pig manure compost (PMC) on soil chemical properties, dehydrogenase activity, and yield of potato in volcanic ash soil. The more application rate of PMC increased, the more increased soil pH, total-nitrogen, available phosphate, exchangeable cations (K, Ca, and Mg), heavymetal (Zn and Cu)contents. When application rate of PMC and crop cultivation times increased gradually, soil dehydrogenase activity was significantly increased. After third cultivation period, dehydrogenase activity showed PMC 2 ton (3.5), PMC 4 ton (6.3), PMC 6 ton (8.0 ug TPF $g^{-1}\;24h^{-1}$), respectively. The activity was twofold higher than first cultivation period. During the third cultivation period, dehydrogenase activity increased linearly comparison to Cu and Zn contents and that was correlated with Cu ($R^2$=0.907) and Zn ($R^2$=0.859) content, respectively. As the application rate of PMC increased, the yield of potato increased, but NPK+PMC 2 ton treatment was more higher than other treatments.

Effects of Dolomite and Oyster Shell on Nitrogen Processes in an Acidic Mine Soil Applied with Livestock Manure Compost

  • Yun, Seok-In;Seo, Dong-Hyuk;Kang, Ho Sang;Cheng, Hyocheng;Lee, Gunteak;Choi, Woo-Jung;Lee, Chang-Kyu;Jung, Mun Ho
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.49 no.5
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    • pp.614-620
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    • 2016
  • Mine soils are usually unfavorable for plant growth due to their acidic condition and low contents of organic matter and nutrients. To investigate the effect of organic material and lime on nitrogen processes in an acidic metal mine soil, we conducted an incubation experiment with treating livestock manure compost, dolomite, and oyster shell and measured soil pH, dehydrogenase activity, and concentration of soil inorganic N ($NH_4{^+}$ and $NO_3{^-}$). Compost increased not only soil inorganic N concentration, but also soil pH from 4.4 to 4.8 and dehydrogenase activity from 2.4 to $3.9{\mu}g\;TPF\;g^{-1}day^{-1}$. Applying lime with compost significantly (P<0.05) increased soil pH (5.9-6.4) and dehydrogenase activity ($4.3-7.0{\mu}g\;TPF\;g^{-1}day^{-1}$) compared with applying only compost. Here, the variation in dehydrogenase activity was significantly (P<0.05) correlated with that in soil pH. Soil inorganic N decreased with time by 14 days after treatment (DAT) due to N immobilization, but increased with time after 14 DAT. At 28 DAT, soil inorganic N was significantly (P<0.05) higher in the lime treatments than the only compost treatment. Especially the enhanced dehydrogenase activity in the lime treatments would increase soil inorganic N due to the favored mineralization of organic matter. Although compost and lime increased soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity, ammonia oxidation still proceeded slowly. We concluded that compost and lime in acidic mine soils could increase soil microbial activity and inorganic N concentration, but considerable ammonium could remain for a relatively long time.

Soil Dehydrogenase Activity and Microbial Biomass C in Croplands of JeJu Province (제주지역 농경지 이용유형별 토양 탈수소효소활성과 미생물체량)

  • Joa, Jae-Ho;Moon, Kyung-Hwan;Choi, Kyung-San;Kim, Seong-Cheol;Koh, Sang-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.122-128
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    • 2013
  • This study was carried out to evaluate the soil dehydrogenase activity and microbial biomass C with soil type and land use in cropland of JeJu region. Soil chemical properties, dehydrogenase activity, and microbial biomass C were analyzed after sampling from upland (50 sites), orchard (50 sites), paddy (30 sites), horticultural facility (30 sites) in March. Average pH values was at 6.3 in upland soil, however soil chemical properties showed a large spatial variations in both orchard and horticultural facility soil. The Zn and Cu contents increased by the continuous application of pig manure compost in some citrus orchard soil. Soil dehydrogenase activity and microbial biomass C were higher in non-volcanic ash than in volcanic ash soil regardless of land use type. Soil dehydrogenase activity was two to four times higher in upland than in the others. It was at 38.7 ug TPF $24^{h-1}g^{-1}$ in non-volcanic ash of upland soil. Microbial biomass C content was very high in horticultural facility soil and it showed at 216.8 $mg\;kg^{-1}$ in non-volcanic ash. Soil dehydrogenase activity showed a positive correlation with organic matter ($r^2$=0.59), Zn ($r^2$=0.65), and Cu ($r^2$=0.66) in non-volcanic ash horticultural facility soil. There was a negative correlation ($r^2$=0.57) between soil organic matter and dehydrogenase activity in volcanic ash upland soil.

The Effects of Spray Parameters on the Flame and Spray Characteristics for Liquid Fuel Spray Flame (액체연료 의 분사연소시 분사조건 이 화염 과 액적군 의 성질 에 미치는 영향)

  • 김호영
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.201-209
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    • 1984
  • In order to examine the effect of initial spray condition on the spray combustion mode and flame characteristics, theoretical analysis was carried out to predict combustion mode and flame structure for various initial distribution of droplets in spray. A system of conservation equations of spray flame in two dimensional axisymmetric for two phase flow was solved by a discrete element method for n-Butylbenzen (C$_{10}$ $H_{14}$). As a results of present study, there are two principal group combustion modes that may occur independently for various initial group combustion numbers in a spray burner. These group combustion modes are termed as an external and internal group combustion mode. The critical group combustion number between the internal and external group combustion mode and the flame characteristics of those flame are also predicted. These results may be used as a basic data in the designing of new combustors as well as proper operating conditions for spray burners.s.

Design of Antenna Tracking Software for MSC(Multi-Spectral Camera) Antenna Control

  • Kim, Young-Sun;Yong, Sang-Soon;Kong, Jong-Pil;Heo, Haeng-Pal;Park, Jong-Euk;Paik, Hong-Yul
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 2002
  • This paper shows the desist concept of an ATS(Antenna Tracking Software) to control the movement of the MSC(Multi-Spectral Camera) antenna. The MSC has a two-axes directional X-band antenna for image transmission to KGS(KOMSAT2 Ground Station). The main objective of the ATS is to drive the APM(Antenna Pointing Mechanism) to the required elevation and the azimuth position according to an appropriate TPF(Tracking Parameter File). The ATS is implemented as one task of the SBC(Single Board Computer) software, which uses VxWorks as a real time OS. The ATS has several operational modes such as STANDBY mode, First EL mode, First AZ mode, Normal Operation mode, and so on. The ATS uses two PI controllers fur the velocity and the position loop respectively, to satisfy the requirements specification. In order to show the feasibility of the described design concept, the various simulations and the experiments are performed under specific test configuration.

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