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Effect of different exercise intensities on biomarkers of oxidant-antioxidant balance, inflammation, and muscle damage

  • Roh, Hee-Tae;Ha, Hyoung Zoo;Woo, Jin-Hee;Lee, Yul-Hyo;Ko, Kangeun;Bae, Ju-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.778-786
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    • 2018
  • We investigated the effect of different exercise intensities on biomarkers of oxidant-antioxidant balance, inflammation, and muscle damage. Eighteen healthy and untrained male subjects were enrolled.Subjects were randomly and equally assigned to a moderate-intensityexercise(MIE, $65%VO_2max$) group(n=9) or a high-intensity exercise(HIE, $85%VO_2max$) group(n=9).Blood samples were collectedimmediately pre-exercise, post-exercise, and 60min post-exercisetoexamine oxidant-antioxidant balance(d-ROMs; BAP), inflammation(CRP; fibrinogen), muscle damage(CK; LDH), and lactate. Serum d-ROMs and BAP levels were significantly increased post-exercise compared with pre-exercise levels in HIE group(p<0.05). Lactate levels were significantly increased post-exercise compared pre-exercise levels in both the MIE and HIE groups(p<0.05). In addition, post-exercise serum d-ROMs and plasma lactate levels were significantly higher in the HIE group than in the MIE group(p<0.05). These results suggest that although relatively high-intensity exercises may increase oxidative stress levels in the body, they do not produce inflammatory response and/or muscle damage.

Thermal Property of CNT/Cu Nanocomposite (Carbon Nanotube/Cu 나노복합체의 열적특성)

  • Hong, Youn-Jeong;Kim, Hye-Jin;Jung, Chung-Hun;Lee, Kyu-Mann
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.89-90
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    • 2006
  • The CNTs are of great interest because of their unique complete properties of matter, especially, the large thermal conductivity (Thermal conductivity of CNTs ~ >2000W /mK vs. Thermal conductivity of Aluminum ~ >204W/mK). However, owing to the strong agglomeration cause by the vander wall's force, the CNTs are limited to applicate. In this study. we suggest a new method for CNTs dispersion. which are developed by the mechanical and chemical method. and then Cu was coated. This new process produces CNTs/Cu nanocomposite powders. The CNTs are homogeneously located within the Cu powders by chemical reaction. And the thermal properties of the CNTs/Cu nanocomposite were investigated.

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Development and Effect of H-STEAM centering on Secondary Education of Korea

  • CHO, Yunkyung
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and analyze the meaning and contents of the "H-STEAM teaching & learning model" which combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM) with the elements of Humanities. We developed this model based on the key competencies linked with career path for middle school students in Korea, with the recognition of two issues. First, the existing Korean STEAM education lacks the elements of humanities, thus failing to achieve an authentic convergence education. Second, it is necessary to develop a program that might correspond to the Free Semester Program that was first introduced in 2013, and implemented at full scale in 2016 for middle school students in Korea. The advantages of H-STEAM are as follows: First, H-STEAM enables students to flexibly think while traversing the physical world and the symbolic world in the process of dealing with the daily problems. Second, it combines advanced technology with human sensibility and imagination, and enables students to derive creative outcomes that stimulate their minds. Third, it makes students feel and realize a point of contact between the subject that students learn, and jobs of the real world.

Initial Reaction of Hexachlorodisilane on Amorphous Silica Surface for Atomic Layer Deposition Using Density Functional Theory

  • Kim, Ki-Young;Yang, Jin-Hoon;Shin, Dong-Gung;Kim, Yeong-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.443-447
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    • 2017
  • The initial reaction of hexachlorodisilane ($Si_2Cl_6$, HCDS) on amorphous silica ($SiO_2$) surface for atomic layer deposition was investigated using density functional theory. Two representative reaction sites on the amorphous $SiO_2$ surface for HCDS reaction, a surface hydroxyl and a two-membered ring, were considered. The reaction energy barrier for HCDS on both sites was higher than its adsorption energy, indicating that it would desorb from the surface rather than react with the surface. At high temperature range, some HCDSs can have kinetic energy high enough to overcome the reaction energy barrier. The HCDS reaction on top of the reacted HCDS was investigated to confirm its self-limiting characteristics.

Pounding analysis of RC bridge considering spatial variability of ground motion

  • Han, Qiang;Dong, Huihui;Du, Xiuli;Zhou, Yulong
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.1029-1044
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    • 2015
  • To investigate the seismic pounding response of long-span bridges with high-piers under strong ground motions, shaking table tests were performed on a 1/10-scaled bridge model consisting of three continuous spans with rigid frames and one simply-supported span. The seismic pounding responses of this bridge model under different earthquake excitations including the uniform excitation and the traveling wave excitations were experimentally studied. The influence of dampers to the seismic pounding effects at the expansion joints was analyzed through nonlinear dynamic analyses in this research. The seismic pounding effects obtained from numerical analyses of the bridge model are in favorable agreement with the experimental results. Seismic pounding effect of bridge superstructures is dependent on the structural dynamic properties of the adjacent spans and characteristics of ground motions. Moreover, supplemental damping can effectively mitigate pounding effects of the bridge superstructures, and reduce the base shear forces of the bridge piers.

A Game Theory Based Interaction Strategy between Residential Users and an Electric Company

  • Wang, Jidong;Fang, Kaijie;Yang, Yuhao;Shi, Yingchen;Xu, Daoqiang;Zhao, Shuangshuang
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2018
  • With the development of smart grid technology, it has become a hotspot to increase benefits of both residential users and electric power companies through demand response technology and interactive technology. In this paper, the game theory is introduced to the interaction between residential users and an electric company, making a mutually beneficial situation for the two. This paper solves the problem of electricity pricing and load shifting in the interactive behavior by building the game-theoretic process, proposing the interaction strategy and doing the optimization. In the simulation results, the residential users decrease their cost by 11% mainly through shifting the thermal loads and the electric company improves its benefits by 5.6% though electricity pricing. Simulation analysis verifies the validity of the proposed method and shows great revenue for the economy of both sides.

Design of Context-Aware System Using Multi-Sensor for Semiconductor Equipment (멀티센서를 이용한 반도체 장비의 상황인지 시스템 설계)

  • Jeon, Min-Ho;Jeong, Seung-Heui;Kang, Chul-Gyu;Oh, Chang-Heon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.547-549
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we propose context-aware system for semiconductor equipment that acquires information from multiple sensors in indoor environment. This proposed system acquires information from acceleration, pressure, temperature and gas sensors then the acquired information send to server. The data transmitted to server generates an alarm via context-aware algorithm of unit event and multi event. From that result, high-quality real-time monitoring is possible because of the reduced unnecessary alarms, and the efficient management is possible because the surrounding information is recognized at once.

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Gamma spectrum denoising method based on improved wavelet threshold

  • Xie, Bo;Xiong, Zhangqiang;Wang, Zhijian;Zhang, Lijiao;Zhang, Dazhou;Li, Fusheng
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.8
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    • pp.1771-1776
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    • 2020
  • Adverse effects in the measured gamma spectrum caused by radioactive statistical fluctuations, gamma ray scattering, and electronic noise can be reduced by energy spectrum denoising. Wavelet threshold denoising can be used to perform multi-scale and multi-resolution analysis on noisy signals with small root mean square errors and high signal-to-noise ratios. However, in traditional wavelet threshold denoising methods, there are signal oscillations in hard threshold denoising and constant deviations in soft threshold denoising. An improved wavelet threshold calculation method and threshold processing function are proposed in this paper. The improved threshold calculation method takes into account the influence of the number of wavelet decomposition layers and reduces the deviation caused by the inaccuracy of the threshold. The improved threshold processing function can be continuously guided, which solves the discontinuity of the traditional hard threshold function, avoids the constant deviation caused by the traditional soft threshold method. The examples show that the proposed method can accurately denoise and preserves the characteristic signals well in the gamma energy spectrum.

M-Learning Systems Usage: A Perspective from Students of Higher Educational Institutions in Sri Lanka

  • SHAMEEM, Aliyar Lebbe Mohamed Abdul;SANJEETHA, Mohamed Buhary Fathima
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.8
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    • pp.637-645
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    • 2021
  • Mobile devices have become attractive learning devices for education. The digitalization of the higher education system in Sri Lanka by 2020 is part of the government's effort to modernize and enhance the country's overall education system particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretically, this study contributes to the M-Learning model in higher education institutions via the integration of literature on technology adoption (TAM and UTAUT) with the variables of Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Attitude, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, and Facilitating Condition. The attitude towards M-Learning amongst higher education students was gauged via an online questionnaire survey. The convenience sample comprised 344 students from the Advanced Technological Institutes (ATI) in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Descriptive statistics, a measurement, and structural model, and hypotheses testing were used to analyze the derived data. The findings indicate that mobile learning is significantly affected by perceived ease of use, social influence, effort expectancy, and facilitating condition, but negatively affected by attitude and perceived usefulness. The exhaustive literature review revealed that there are very few M-Learning studies related to digital learning in the context of higher education in the Batticaloa district.