• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권6_2호
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• pp.1881-1890
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• 2021

미세먼지는 인체에는 물론 생태계, 날씨 등에도 많은 영향을 끼치며, 인구와 건물, 차량 등이 밀집된 대도시에서의 미세먼지의 예측과 모니터링은 중요하다. 특히 자동차, 연소 등에서 발생하는 PM_2.5 농도는 독성 물질을 포함할 수 있어 체계적인 관리가 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구는 화학 인자, 위성 기반의 aerosol optical depth (AOD), 기상 인자 등을 입력 자료로 하여 수도권PM_2.5 농도를 예측하고자 한다. PM_2.5 농도 예측을 위해 기계 학습 모델 중 PM 농도 예측에 우수한 성능을 보이는 random forest (RF) 모델을 선정하였으며, 모델 평가를 위해 통계 지표인 R², RMSE, MAE, MAPE를 산출하였다. RF 모델의 모델 정확도는 R², RMSE, MAE, MAPE는 각각 0.97, 3.09, 2.18, 13.31로 나타났으며, 예측 정확도는 각각 0.82, 6.03, 4.36, 25.79로 본 연구에서 사용한 인자들을 이용하여 PM_2.5를 예측 시 높은 정확도와 상관성을 나타내었다. 따라서 향후 학교 미세먼지 예측 및 범주화를 위해 본 연구에서 사용한 인자들을 RF 모델에 적용하였을 때 신뢰할만한 결과를 도출할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.473-478
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• 2018

Background: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is an acquired disease which etiology remains unknown. It is characterized by the development of sensitivity to certain chemical products. Most of the hypotheses formulated to explain the syndrome associate it to a previous exposition to some kind of volatile chemical. University researchers in chemical laboratories suffer a phenomenon of multi-exposition to chemical agents at low concentration during long periods of time although in an irregular form. Many of these chemical agents have similar properties to those suspicious of causing MCS. This article studies the prevalence of MCS in laboratory researchers. Methods: The study group is university researchers in chemical laboratories. The control group was obtained from administrative personnel who work in the same universities and therefore, are not exposed to chemical products from the laboratories, but have the same exposition to the rest of environmental polluting agents from the area and from the buildings of the university. In this study, it is used the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI) (sensitivity of 92%/specificity of 95%). Results: The results showed that the prevalence of MCS for the university researchers is not related to exposition by inhalation to multiple chemical agents, at low concentration. Conclusions: The results disagree with one of the main etiological hypotheses of MCS, which is based on the existence of hypersensitive people, who presents a response after prolonged expositions to very low concentrations during a long period of time.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.685-689
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• 2017

We studied the removal of zinc ions from synthetic brackish water by an adsorption method using natural Algerian Bentonite (NAB). The effect of the main physico chemical parameters-contact time, pH, temperature, ionic strength, clay weight and initial metal ion concentrations on the removal of $Zn^{+2}$-were investigated. The results showed that equilibrium was attained within 10 min of stirring time. The retention capacity of $Zn^{+2}$ increased with the increase of pH, the adsorbent dose and ionic strength. A modelization study showed that the adsorption follows Langmuir isotherm, while its kinetics was pseudo-second-order. Based on the results, it was concluded that NAB, which is natural and available, could be used as an alternative for the removal of zinc from saline aqueous solutions.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.398-400
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• 1998

In this paper, the etching studies for n-GaN were carried out using the wet chemical, the photo-enhanced-chemical, and the electro-chemical etching methods. The experimental results show that n-GaN is etched in diluted NaOH solution at room temperture and the etched thickness of NaOH and electron concentrations. Te etching rate of n-GaN samples with n.simeq.1*10$^{19}$ cm$^{-3}$ were used to compare the photo-enhanced-chemical etching with the electrochemical etching methods. The removed thickness was 680.angs./25min by the electrochemical etching methods. The removed thickness was 680 .angs./25min by the electrochemical etching method ad 784.angs./25min by the photoenhanced-chemical etching method. The patterns are 100.mu.m*100.mu.m rectangulars covered with SiO$_{2}$film. It is shown that the profile of etched side-wall of the pattern is vertical without dependance of the n-GaN orientations.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2002년도 생물공학의 동향 (X)
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• pp.515-518
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• 2002

The method of foam fractionation can be applied to enrich proteins from a dilute protein solution if the proteins are hydrophobic and foam. If a protein, such as invertase, is hydrophilic, a dilute solution containing this protein may not foam. In that case, a batch foam fractionation process may not be appropriate for recovering a concentrated solution of that protein. In this paper, various concentrations of invertase were added to a dilute solution containing bromelain (a hydrophobic protein), in order to determine how the presence of a hydrophilic protein can affect the recovery of the desired hydrophobic protein. The effect of invertase on bromelain recovery was studied here at an initial bulk solution pH of 5 and an air superficial velocity of 4.6 cm/s.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.72-78
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• 1993

The application of time-resolved laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLIF) to the complexation studies of Eu(III) and Cm(III) with humic substances is described. Using this method, three different spectroscopic characteristics(excitation spectra, emission spectra, and lifetimes) of these aquo ions and their complexes can be directly measured. By observing shifts in the wavelength and changes in the lifetime and intensities of the fluorescence emission, the information on the complexation behavior of humic substances with these trivalent metal cations in an aqueous solution, as well as energy transfer mechanisms, can be obtained. In addition, this method allows precise spectroscopic quantification of the complexation processes at very low concentrations of both components.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.455-466
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• 2021

Micro and nanoparticles of Finasteride were prepared by gas-antisolvent method. The influence of process parameters such as pressure (100, 130 and 160 bar), temperature (308, 318 and 328 K) and solute concentrations (10, 25 and 40 mg/ml) on mean particle size was studied by Box-Behnken design. As ANOVA results indicated, the highest influence in production of smaller particles was attributed to the pressure. Optimum condition leading to the smallest particle size was as follows: initial solute concentration, 10 mg/ml; temperature, 308 K and pressure, 160 bar. The particles were evaluated with FTIR, SEM, DLS, XRD as well as DSC. The analyses revealed a size decrease in the precipitated Finasteride particles (232.4 nm, on mean) via gas-antisolvent method, as compared to the original particles (55.6 ㎛).

• 분석과학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.182-193
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• 2017

In order to examine the variation characteristics of chemical compositions in relation to the inflow pathways of Asian dust, $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ aerosols were collected at Gosan site of Jeju Island during the Asian dust days between 2010 and 2015, and their chemical compositions were analyzed. The mean mass concentrations of $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ during Asian dust days were $130.0{\pm}90.2$ and $38.2{\pm}24.7{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The composition ratios of major secondary pollutants ($nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$, $NH_4{^+}$, $NO_3{^-}$) were high as 53.7 % for $PM_{10-2.5}$ and 90.6 % for $PM_{2.5}$. When the Asian dusts had been transported to the Korean Peninsula via Loess Plateau of central China, the concentrations of $nss-Ca^{2+}$, $NH_4{^+}$, $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$, and $NO_3{^-}$ increased more noticeably. Whereas in case when the inflow pathways of Asian dust had been through the Bohai bay, the concentrations of the crustal species such as Al, Fe, and Ca were relatively high in coarse particles. The atmospheric aerosols were acidified largely by sulfuric and nitric acids. They were neutralized mainly by calcium carbonate in coarse particle mode passed through Manchuria area, but by ammonia in fine particle mode passed through Loess plateau and Bohai bay. Ammonium salts are assumed to exist as ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate in coarse particles, but mostly as ammonium sulfate in fine particles.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.331-338
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• 2014

Descriptive statistics methods were used to study the spatiotemporal variations and sources of ambient particulate matter ($PM_{10}$) in Luzhou, China. The analyzed datasets were collected from four national air quality monitoring stations: Jiushi (S1), Xiaoshi (S2), Zhongshan (S3), Lantian (S4) over the period of 2003-2012. This city was subjected serious $PM_{10}$ pollution, and the long-term annual average $PM_{10}$ concentrations varied from 76 to $136{\mu}g/m^3$. The maximum concentration was more than 3-fold of the annual average ($40{\mu}g/m^3$) issued by EPA-China for the ambient air quality. General temporal pattern was characterized by high concentrations in winter and low concentrations in summer, and general spatial gradient was in the reduction order of S2 > S4 > S3 > S1, which were both due to different particulate contributors and special meteorological conditions. The source apportionment indicated that vehicular emissions, road dusts, coal burning and chemical dusts were the major contributors of the identified $PM_{10}$ pollution, and the vehicular emissions and the road wear re-suspended particles dominated the heavy $PM_{10}$ pollution in recent years. Two other potential sources, agricultural and celebration activities could decrease the air quality in a short term. Finally, some corresponding suggestions and measures were provided to improve the air quality.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2015

$Er^{3+}$ 이온이 5, 7.3, 8, 10 at.% 치환된 $Y_3Al_5O_{12}$ 단결정을 Czochralski법으로 질소 분위기에서 성장시켰다. 1.0 mm/h의 인상속도와 10 rpm의 회전 속도로 50 mm의 결정 직경을 가진 <111> 방향의 $Er:Y_3Al_5O_{12}$ 단결정을 얻었다. 두꺼운 직경의 core 영역은 주로 결정 성장 중 직경 변화가 있는 영역에서 발생되었다. 결정 내에서 $Er^{3+}$의 농도는 융액 내의 농도와 같았다. Core 영역의 $Er^{3+}$ 농도는 core가 없는 영역보다 다소 높게 검출되었다. $Er^{3+}$ 이온의 도핑 농도가 증가함에 따라 형광 수명은 포화되었다.