• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2004

Morphological and rheological properties of the poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS) blends were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and advanced rheometric expansion system (ARES). From the SEM results, the PMMA-PS blends showed dispersed morphology and the particle size of the dispersed phase was quite small (0.1~0.6 $\mu\textrm{m}$ compared with other immiscible polymer blends. Values of the interfacial tension of the PMMA-PS blend were obtained from the Choi-Schowalter and the Palierne emulsion models using the storage modulus of the PMMA and PS, and found to be 1.0 and 2.0 mN/m, respectively. The interfacial tension between the PMMA and PS was also calculated from the Flory-Huggins polymer-polymer interaction parameter ($\chi$) and found to be from 0.98 to 1.86 mN/m depending on the molecular weight and composition. Comparing the values of the interfacial tension from the Flory-Huggins polymer-polymer interaction parameter and the values measured by oscillatory rheometer, it is suggested that the interfacial tension of the PMMA-PS blend obtained from the polymer-polymer interaction parameter are in good agreement with the values obtained by rheological measurements.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1174-1179
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• 2008

Many modeling and calibration methods have been developed to analyze and design the biological wastewater treatment process. For the systematic use of activated sludge model (ASM) in a real treatment process, a most important step in this usage is a calibration which can find a key parameter set of ASM, which depends on the microorganism communities and the process conditions of the plants. In this paper, a standardized calibration protocol of the ASM model is developed. First, a weighted effluent quality index(WEQI) is suggested far a calibration protocol. Second, the most sensitive parameter set is determined by a sensitive analysis based on WEQI and then a parameter optimization method are used for a systematic calibration of key parameters. The proposed method is applied to a calibration problems of the single carbon removal process. The results of the sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation based on a WEQI shows a quite reasonable parameter set and precisely estimated parameters, which can improve the quality and the efficiency of the modeling and the prediction of ASM model. Moreover, it can be used for a calibration scheme of other biological processes, such as sequence batch reactor, anaerobic digestion process with a dedicated methodology.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.228-230
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• 2000

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 1995

The parameter, B/A, quantifies nonlinearity of the pressure-density relationship of propagation medium. This study investigated quantitative evaluation technique for healing fractured bones using this ultrasonic nonlinear parameter, B/A, obtained by the second harmonic amplitude method. A series of fundamental experiments were performed on cylinder phantoms made of aluminium, which demonstrated potential capability of nonlinear parameter B/A in the diagnosis of healing fractured bones using ultrasound.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1163-1169
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• 2004

An unstructured mathematical model is presented for lactic acid fermentation based on the energy balance. The proposed model reflects the energy metabolic state and then predicts the cell growth, lactic acid production, and glucose consumption rates by relating the above rates with the energy metabolic rate. Fermentation experiments were conducted under various initial lactic acid concentrations of 0, 30, 50, 70, and 90 g/l. Also, a genetic algorithm was used for further optimization of the model parameters and included the operations of coding, initialization, hybridization, mutation, decoding, fitness calculation, selection, and reproduction exerted on individuals (or chromosomes) in a population. The simulation results showed a good fit between the model prediction and the experimental data. The genetic algorithm proved to be useful for model parameter optimization, suggesting wider applications in the field of biological engineering.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제26권5_6호
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• pp.1037-1048
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• 2008

The purpose of this paper is to present a differential equation with delay from biological excitable medium. Existence, uniqueness and data dependence (monotony, continuity, differentiability with respect to parameter) results for the solution of the Cauchy problem of biological excitable medium are obtained using weakly Picard operator theory.

• 한국고분자학회지:고분자과학과기술
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.574-578
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• 2013

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.139-142
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• 2001

The one of important parameter involved in the calculation of internal radiation dose to the human body is the biological half-life of the radionuclide. The biological half-life is population specific and may differ from one population group to another. So the effective half-life of tritium exposure based on urinal bioassay measurement of Wolsong Nuclear Power Plants was investigated and studied.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 1985

A solution scheme for the squeeze film problem using the Newton-Raphson method with a tangential matrix is presented. The integration of elasticity equation is done with the aid of isoparametric elements and the film thickness under a sinusoidal load is obtained. A new squeeze-suction phenomenon which shoㅁvs the possibility oi maintaining fluid film under cyclic positive load conditions is observed for small load and Period and large compliance parameter cases. Thia could be an interesting result in applications like the viscous hydroplaning and the biological joints.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2000

광대역 고분자 초음파 변환기를 이용한 초음파 비선형 파라메타 B/A 측정장치를 이용하여 생체조직에서 지방질의 농도에 대한 B/A의 의존성을 알아보기 위하여 계란의 흰자와 노른자의 혼합에 대하여 조사하였다. 이들 두 성분에 대한 음속과 밀도가 서로 1% 정도임에도 불구하고 yoshizuni등에 의해 제시된 선형성보다 이차적 의존성이 더 있음을 확인하였다. 이것은 생체조직을 fat과 nonfat의 두 부분으로 나누어 지방질의 농도에 대한 초음파 비선형 파라메타 B/A와 음속의 크기에 대하여 본 연구에서 제시한 이론식과 잘 일치하였다. 또한 지방질이 없는 skim milk의 다양한 용해도 성분에 대한 B/A와 음속을 측정한 결과 용해도의 농도가 클수록 B/A와 음속의 값이 커짐을 알 수 있었으며, 이들에 영향을 주는 것은 단백질 등으로 예상된다.