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Gas Diffusion Tube Dimension in Sensor-Controlled Fresh Produce Container System to Maintain the Desired Modified Atmosphere

  • Jo, Yun Hee;An, Duck Soon;Lee, Dong Sun
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.61-65
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    • 2013
  • Modified atmosphere (MA) of reduced $O_2$ and elevated $CO_2$ concentrations has been used for keeping the quality of fresh produce and extending the shelf life. As a way to attain the beneficial MA package around the produce, a gas diffusion tube or perforation can be attached onto the container and controlled on real time in its opening/closing responding to $O_2$ and $CO_2$ concentrations measured by gas sensors. The timely-controlled opening of the gas diffusion tube can work in harmony with the produce respiration and help to create the desired MA. By use of the mathematical modeling, the effect of tube dimension on the controlled container atmosphere was figured out in this study. Spinach and king oyster mushroom were used as typical commodities for designing the model container system (0.35 and 0.9 kg in 13 L, respectively) because of their respiration characteristics and the optimal MA condition ($O_2$ 7~10%/$CO_2$ 5~10% for spinach; $O_2$ 2~5%/$CO_2$ 10~15% for mushroom). With a control logic for the gas composition to stay as close as possible to optimum MA window without invading injurious low $O_2$ and/or high $CO_2$ concentrations, the atmosphere of the sensor-controlled container could stay at its lower $O_2$ boundary or upper $CO_2$ limit under certain tube dimensional conditions. There were found to be the ranges of the tube diameter and length allowing the beneficial MA. The desired range of the tube dimension for spinach consisted of combinations of larger diameter and shorter length in the window of 0.3~2 cm diameter and 0.2~10 cm length. Similarly, that for king oyster mushroom was combinations of larger diameter and shorter length in the window of 0.9~2 cm diameter and 0.2~3 cm in length. Clear picture on generally affordable tube dimension range may be formulated by further study on a wide variety of commodity and pack conditions.

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Sputtered Al-Doped ZnO Layers for Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Solar Cells

  • Lee, Kee Doo;Oh, Lee Seul;Seo, Se-Won;Kim, Dong Hwan;Kim, Jin Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.688-688
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    • 2013
  • Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films have attracted a lot of attention as a cheap transparent conducting oxide (TCO) material that can replace the expensive Sn-doped In2O3. In particular, AZO thin films are widely used as a window layer of chalcogenide-based thin film solar cells such as Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS). Mostly important requirements for the window layer material of the thin film solar cells are the high transparency and the low sheet resistance, because they influence the light absorption by the activelayer and the electron collection from the active layer, respectively. In this study, we prepared the AZO thin films by RF magnetron sputtering using a ZnO/Al2O3 (98:2wt%) ceramic target, and the effect of the sputtering condition such as the working pressure, RF power, and the working distance on the optical, electrical, and crystallographic properties of the AZO thin films was investigated. The AZO thin films with optimized properties were used as a window layer of CZTS thin film solar cells. The CZTS active layers were prepared by the electrochemical deposition and the subsequent sulfurization process, which is also one of the cost-effective synthetic approaches. In addition, the solar cell properties of the CZTS thin film solar cells, such as the photocurrent density-voltage (J-V) characteristics and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) were investigated.

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The Effects of Austempering Heat Treatment on the Processing Window and Mechanical Properties in Cast and Hot-rolled Fe-0.7wt%C-2.3wt%Si-0.3wt%Mn Steel (주조 및 열간 압연된 Fe-0.7wt%C-2.3wt%Si-0.3wt%Mn 강의 프로세싱 윈도우와 기계적 성질에 미치는 오스템퍼링 조건의 영향 비교)

  • Son, Je-Young;Hwang, Dong-Chan;Choi, Jae-Joo;Song, June-Hwan;Kim, Ji-Hun;Kim, Won-Bae;Ye, Byung-Joon
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.60-65
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    • 2010
  • In this study, we investigate the effects of austempering heat treatment on the processing window and mechanical properties in cast and hot-rolled Fe-0.7 C-2.3 Si-0.3 Mn steel. Each specimens were austenitised at $900^{\circ}C$ for 7 min, and austempered at $260^{\circ}C,\;320^{\circ}C$, and $380^{\circ}C$ for the various periods of time from 2 min to 240 min. After heat treatment, the evaluation of stage I and stage II as performed by optical metallography, XRD, hardness test. Both cast and hot rolled specimens had similar processing window. So grain size effect is not important to the austempered high carbon high silicon cast steel. When the austempering temperature was $260^{\circ}C$, the microstructure consisted of the lower ausferrite while the upper ausferrite structure was formed at $380^{\circ}C$. As the austempering temperature increases from 260 to $380^{\circ}C$, the strength and hardness decreased, elongaton and volume fraction of austenite increased. In addition, there was no change of mechanical properties between cast and hot-rolled specimens.

A Study of the Architectural Characteristic Depending upon the Module in the BIPV System (BIPV 시스템에서의 모듈 종류에 따른 건축적 특성 연구 - 채광형 시스템을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Eung-Jik;Lee, Chung-Sik
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.196-202
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    • 2008
  • Effective climate protection is a most important tasks of our time. The BIPV is one of the most interesting and promisingly possibilities of an active use of solar energy at the building. In this study it was analyzed by the case study the function of the requirement of the BIPV-module as building material and this architectural characteristic according to the kind of the module. Therefore the goal of this study is to get securing the application information of BIPV as windowpane. BIPV modules are manufactured in the form of G/G. In the case of the crystal type the Transparent and the light Transmission is to be adjusted by the spacer attitude of the cell. Although this type could not be optimal for light effect of indoors because of the inequality of shade, the moving shade play makes a dramatic Roomimage by the run of sun. The application of this type would be for canopy, window or roof in the corridor or resounds. With amorphous the type it is to be manufactured simply largely laminar, and thus that will shorten building process. There is a relatively good economy to use and to the window system easily. After the production technology is easy the transparency of the modules to adjust, and the module shows to a high degree constant characteristics of light permeability and transparency. Without mottle of module shade is good the use for the window or roof glazing of office, library, classroom, etc. to adapt. The BIPV modules took generally speaking a function as building material to the daylight use, shading, isolation and also to the sight. That means that BIPV modules have as multifunctional system to sustainable architecture good successes and they are at the same time as Design element for architecture effectively.

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Thromboxane A2 Synthetase Inhibitor Plus Low Dose Aspirin : Can It Be a Salvage Treatment in Acute Stroke Beyond Thrombolytic Time Window

  • An, Gyu-Hwan;Sim, Sook-Young;Jwa, Cheol-Su;Kim, Gang-Hyeon;Lee, Jong-Yun;Kang, Jae-Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2011
  • Objective : There is no proven regimen to reduce the severity of stroke in patients with acute cerebral infarction presenting beyond the thrombolytic time window. Ozagrel sodium, a selective thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor, has been known to suppress the development of infarction. The antiplatelet effect is improved when aspirin is used together with a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor. Methods : Patients with non-cardiogenic acute ischemic stroke who were not eligible for thrombolysis were randomly assigned to two groups; one group received ozagrel sodium plus 100 mg of aspirin (group 1, n=43) and the other 100 mg of aspirin alone (group 2, n=43). Demographic data, cardiovascular risk factors, initial stroke severity [National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and motor strength scale] and stroke subtypes were analyzed in each group. Clinical outcomes were analyzed by NIHSS and motor strength scale at 14 days after the onset of stroke. Results : There were no significant differences in the mean age, gender proportion, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, stroke subtypes, and baseline neurological severity between the two groups. However, the clinical outcome for group 1 was much better at 14 days after the onset of stroke compared to group 2 (NIHSS score, p=0.007, Motor strength scale score, p<0.001). There was one case of hemorrhagic transformation in group 1, but there was no statistically significant difference in bleeding tendency between two groups. Conclusion : In this preliminary study, thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor plus a low dose of aspirin seems to be safe and has a favorable outcome compared to aspirin alone in patients with acute ischemic stroke who presented beyond the thrombolytic time window.

Preparation and characterization of nanoporous monolith with high thermal insulation performance (나노 기공성 단열 실리카 모노리스 제조 및 특성 연구)

  • Choi, Hyun-Muk;Kim, Seong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2014
  • In this study, we synthesized two different silica monoliths by using sol-gel, solvent exchange, surface modification, ambient pressure drying processes, and surfactant-based templating technique followed by calcination process. All of the prepared two silica monoliths showed crack-free appearance with fairly good transparency, and furthermore were confirmed to have extremely high porosity, specific surface area, and mean pore size below 30 nm. The silica aerogel sample exhibited finer and more homogeneous nano-sized pore structure due to spring back effect caused by surface modification, which resulted in better thermal insulation performance. Based on measured thermal conductivities and theoretical relationship, multi-layered glass window system in which silica monolith prepared in this study was inserted as a middle layer was revealed to have superior thermal insulation performance compared to conventional air-inserted glass window system.

Effect of Nitrogen, Titanium, and Yttrium Doping on High-K Materials as Charge Storage Layer

  • Cui, Ziyang;Xin, Dongxu;Park, Jinsu;Kim, Jaemin;Agrawal, Khushabu;Cho, Eun-Chel;Yi, Junsin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.445-449
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    • 2020
  • Non-volatile memory is approaching its fundamental limits with the Si3N4 storage layer, necessitating the use of alternative materials to achieve a higher programming/erasing speed, larger storage window, and better data retention at lower operating voltage. This limitation has restricted the development of the charge-trap memory, but can be addressed by using high-k dielectrics. The paper reviews the doping of nitrogen, titanium, and yttrium on high-k dielectrics as a storage layer by comparing MONOS devices with different storage layers. The results show that nitrogen doping increases the storage window of the Gd2O3 storage layer and improves its charge retention. Titanium doping can increase the charge capture rate of HfO2 storage layer. Yttrium doping increases the storage window of the BaTiO3 storage layer and improves its fatigue characteristics. Parameters such as the dielectric constant, leakage current, and speed of the memory device can be controlled by maintaining a suitable amount of external impurities in the device.

Optimization of a Double Patching Technique for True Video-on-Demand Services (True VoD 서비스를 위한 더블 패칭 기법의 최적화)

  • Ha, Sook-Jeong;Kim, Jin-Gyu
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.46-56
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    • 2008
  • Double Patching is a multicasting technique for a VoD system which has been proposed to provide a true VoD service by making clients share a long patching stream as well as a regular stream For subsequent short patching streams, the technique always makes the long patching stream have extra data that will be played back during a double period of a patching window. In this paper, we propose a technique, using the start time of the latest short patching stream, optimizes Double Patching by deleting the useless data included in the long patching stream when the patching window of the long patching stream closes. The mean requirement for the server's bandwidth to provide the true VoD service is used as a performance metric, and the effect of the request inter-arrival time, the size of the client's local buffer and the video length on the mean bandwidth requirement is evaluated. Performance evaluation result shows that the proposed technique optimizes Double Patching in all cases.

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The Effect of PP&E Revaluation under K-IFRS on Information Asymmetry (K-IFRS에 따른 유형자산 재평가 정보가 정보비대칭 감소에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin, Chan-Hyu
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.163-173
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    • 2018
  • This study examined the difference between the information asymmetry in pre- and post K-IFRS adoption used each samples. Efficient market assumption suggests that capital markets already have recognized real value of PP&E and applied those values for estimating the item, in which case PP&E revaluation is not additional information in the capital market but simply an activity to makes costs. This study examined whether the information asymmetry had reduced significantly after adopting K-IFRS or not, verified each period samples those are pre- and post-adopting the asset revaluation since it could have been adopted in advance from 2008. As study results, I confirmed PP&E revaluation affected to reduce the information asymmetry in pre- adopting K-IFRS, but not in post- adopting K-IFRS. These results could be one of proofs which are supported that capital market have been judging PP&E revaluation as the window dressing.

Generalization of Window Construction for Subsequence Matching in Time-Series Databases (시계열 데이터베이스에서의 서브시퀀스 매칭을 위한 윈도우 구성의 일반화)

  • Moon, Yang-Sae;Han, Wook-Shin;Whang, Kyu-Young
    • Journal of KIISE:Databases
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.357-372
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, we present the concept of generalization in constructing windows for subsequence matching and propose a new subsequence matching method. GeneralMatch, based on the generalization. The earlier work of Faloutsos et al.(FRM in short) causes a lot of false alarms due to lack of the point-filtering effect. DualMatch, which has been proposed by the authors, improves performance significantly over FRM by exploiting the point filtering effect, but it has the problem of having a smaller maximum window size (half that FRM) given the minimum query length. GeneralMatch, an improvement of DualMatch, offers advantages of both methods: it can use large windows like FRM and, at the same time, can exploit the point-filtering effect like DualMatch. GeneralMatch divides data sequences into J-sliding windows (generalized sliding windows) and the query sequence into J-disjoint windows (generalized disjoint windows). We formally prove that our GeneralMatch is correct, i.e., it incurs no false dismissal. We also prove that, given the minimum query length, there is a maximum bound of the window size to guarantee correctness of GeneralMatch. We then propose a method of determining the value of J that minimizes the number of page accesses, Experimental results for real stock data show that, for low selectivities ($10^{-6}~10^{-4}$), GeneralMatch improves performance by 114% over DualMatch and by 998% iver FRM on the average; for high selectivities ($10^{-6}~10^{-4}$), by 46% over DualMatch and by 65% over FRM on the average.

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