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920 MHz Band Antenna for Marine Buoy (해양 부이용 920 MHz 대역 안테나)

  • Choi, Hyung-dong;Kim, Sung-yul;Lee, Seong-Real
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.593-600
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    • 2020
  • The equipment for marine IoT service have to overcome the effect of seawater. Furthermore, the free floating transmitter in seawater will be less affected by the seawater environment. The results of the design and fabrication of antenna, which is embedded in buoy, are shown in this research. The proposed antenna is used to supervise the states of fishing gears in monitoring system for real-name system of electric fishing gear. The selected frequency band of the proposed antenna is 920 MHz, and PCB pattern type is selected for subminiature and light weight. It is confirmed that RF characteristics is more degraded, however, the radiation is gradually upward as the contact surface of buoy with seawater is more broaden through the simulation results. That is, the RF performance of the proposed antenna is more deteriorated but beam radiation characteristics is more suited the marine IoT, the seawater effect is more increased. It is expected that the proposed antenna will contribute the implementation of IoT network based on low power wide area (LPWA) when the degradation of RF performance will be settled.

Effect of Desensitization and Flooding using Sound and Skin Stimulation on the Behavior of Dogs during Grooming (소리와 피부 자극에 의한 탈감각화와 홍수법이 미용 견의 행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Ahn, Sun-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.365-368
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of desensitization and flooding on the behavior of dogs during grooming, focusing on their response to the sound and skin stimulation while using a clipper. A total of 20 adult dogs over two years of age with complete personality formation were included in the study. Ten dogs, of which three were Bichons (average weight 5 kg), four were Poodles (average weight 5 kg), and three were Malteses (average weight 4 kg), were subjected to the desensitization process. The remaining 10 adult dogs were subjected to the flooding experiment, and were of the same breed and average weight as the adult dogs used in the desensitization process. The desensitization and the flooding were performed three times a day (approximately 1 min per session) for 10 days. For desensitization, statistical significance was observed only on the fifth day, when compared by breed (p<0.05). Overall, when compared by measurement day, the results of desensitization for Bichon, Poodle and Maltese dogs were statistically significant (p<0.05). The results for the Bichon, Poodle, and Maltese dogs that were subjected to flooding were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). There was a significant difference in the results of the flooding on the second and ninth days (p<0.05); however, flooding had no effect on the other days (p>0.05). Desensitization using the clipper, a beauty tool, was faster than flooding in achieving stabilization. In conclusion, desensitization and flooding showed positive results on the stress relief and emotions of dogs during grooming, with respect to cosmetic fear response.

Possibility and Accuracy of Extracting Room Temperature Information from Mid-Infrared Sensor Satellite Images (중적외선 센서 위성 영상의 상온 온도 정보 추출 가능성 및 정확도)

  • Choi, SeokWeon;Seo, DooChun;Lee, DongHan
    • Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.356-363
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    • 2021
  • It was common knowledge in textbooks that images acquired using mid-infrared ray were not suitable for measuring temperature near room temperature. But a recent satellite image using a mid-infrared sensor show the possibility that the result measured using the mid-infrared sensor can also measure the temperature near room temperature. In this paper, the possibility and accuracy of extraction room temperature information from satellite images with mid-infrared sensors are reviewed. The mid-infrared satellite image reviewed in this paper showed the temperature of room temperature well, and regarding the reliability as an absolute value of the measured temperature, the effect of the heat transfer amount due to the direct reflection of sunlight on the surface and the effect of the infrared absorption amount absorbed in the atmosphere can be seen as a relatively small or constant value. However, the problem of uncertainty in the radiation coefficient due to physical properties, which is the limit of the non-contact thermometer, remained a problem to be solved.

Effective study of operating parameters on the membrane distillation processes using various materials for seawater desalination

  • Sandid, Abdelfatah Marni;Neharia, Driss;Nehari, Taieb
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2022
  • The paper presents the effect of operating temperatures and flow rates on the distillate flux that can be obtained from a hydrophobic membrane having the characteristics: pore size of 0.15 ㎛; thickness of 130 ㎛; and 85% porosity. That membrane in the present investigation could be the direct contact (DCMD) or the air-gap membrane distillation (AGMD). To model numerically the membrane distillation processes, the two-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) is used for the DCMD and AGMD cases here. In this work, DCMD and AGMD models have been validated with the experimental data using different flows (Parallel and Counter-current flows) in non-steady-state situations. A good agreement is obtained between the present results and those of the experimental data in the literature. The new approach in the present numerical modeling has allowed examining effects of the nature of materials (Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymers, copolymers, and blends) used on thermal properties. Moreover, the effect of the area surface of the membrane (0.021 to 3.15 ㎡) is investigated to explore both the laminar and the turbulent flow regimes. The obtained results found that copolymer P(VDF-TrFE) (80/20) is more effective than the other materials of membrane distillation (MD). The mass flux and thermal efficiency reach 193.5 (g/㎡s), and 83.29 % using turbulent flow and an effective area of 3.1 ㎡, respectively. The increase of feed inlet temperatures and its flow rate, with the reduction of cold temperatures and its flow rate are very effective for increasing distillate water flow in MD applications.

Load-transferring mechanism and evaluation theory of bolt with single and double nut fasteners

  • Qiyu Li;Dachang Zhang;Hao Xu;Yibi Li;Weiqun Chen;Kaixuan Zhang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.86 no.2
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    • pp.261-276
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    • 2023
  • The use of the ordinary double nut (i.e., ODN) composed of a master nut (i.e., M-nut) and a slave nut (i.e., S-nut) is a highly efficient method to prevent bolts loosening. A novel double nut (i.e., FODN) composed of a master nut (i.e., M-nut) and flat slave nut (i.e., FS-nut) is proposed to save raw materials. The bolt fastening tests with single nut, ODN and FODN are performed to investigate the preload and counterbalance forces. Corresponding finite element analysis (FEA) models are established and validated by comparing the preload with the experimental results. The load-bearing capacity, the extrusion effect, and the contact stress of each engaged thread for ODN and FODN are observed by FEA. The experimental and simulated results revealed that the bolt fastening with double-nut has different load-transferring mechanisms from single-nut. Nevertheless, for double-nut/bolt assemblies, the FS-nut can provide load transfer that is like that of the S-nut, and the FODN is a reasonable and reliable fastening method. Furthermore, based on the theory of Yamamoto, a formula considering the extrusion effect is proposed to calculate the preload distribution of the double-nut, which is applicable to varying thicknesses of slave-nuts in double-nut/bolt assemblies.

2D numerical study of the mechanical behaviour of non-persistent jointed rock masses under uniaxial and biaxial compression tests

  • Vaziri, Mojtaba Rabiei;Tavakoli, Hossein;Bahaaddini, Mojtaba
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.117-133
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    • 2022
  • Determination of the mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses has been a challenge for rock engineers for decades. This problem is more pronounced for non-persistent jointed rock masses due to complicated interaction of rock bridges on the overall behaviour. This paper aims to study the effect of a non-persistent joint set configuration on the mechanical behaviour of rock materials under both uniaxial and biaxial compression tests using a discrete element code. The numerical simulation of biaxial compressive strength of rock masses has been challenging in the past due to shortcomings of bonded particle models in reproducing the failure envelope of rock materials. This problem was resolved in this study by employing the flat-joint contact model. The validity of the numerical model was investigated through a comprehensive comparative study against physical uniaxial and biaxial compression experiments. Good agreement was found between numerical and experimental tests in terms of the recorded peak strength and the failure mode in both loading conditions. Studies on the effect of joint orientation on the failure mode showed that four zones of intact, transition to block rotation, block rotation and transition to intact failure occurs when the joint dip angle varies from 0° to 90°. It was found that the applied confining stress can significantly alter the range of these zones. It was observed that the minimum strength occurs at the joint dip angle of around 45 degrees under different confining stresses. It was also found that the joint orientation can alter the post peak behaviour and the lowest brittleness was observed at the block rotation zone.

The Effects of Personal and Social Relationship Characteristics and Community Satisfaction on Aerobic Physical Activity in Adults (개인 및 사회적 관계특성과 지역사회만족이 성인 유산소 신체활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Eun Hye Baek;Hyun Sill Rhee
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.13-26
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    • 2023
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence aerobic physical activity among Korean adults, including sociodemographic characteristics, health behavior, health status, social relationships, community satisfaction, and to find ways to increase aerobic physical activity among adults. Methods: In 2019, 191,152 adults in the Community Health Survey were analyzed, and complex sample frequency analysis, Rao-Scott test and complex sample logistic regression analysis were conducted by dividing them into the presence or absence of aerobic physical activity practice. Results: The rate of aerobic physical activity among adults was 36.0%, and males were higher than females. Among individual factors, gender, age, income level, smoking, drinking, weight control attempt, frequency of breakfast, obesity, quality of life, and subjective health status were factors that had a significant effect. Among social relationship factors, leisure activities and contact with neighbors at least once a week were significant factors, and only overall safety level satisfaction was a factor that had a significant effect on physical activity practice in community satisfaction factors. Conclusion: Programs focused on personal factors, social relationships, and networks should be strategically developed to improve the participation rate of adult aerobic physical activities, indicating the importance of these factors over community infrastructure. To development of community-centered professional integrated health education will be necessary in the future.

The effect of call center agent job characteristics on turnover intention : focused on moderating effect of self leadership (콜센터 상담직원의 직무특성이 이직의도에 미치는 영향 : 셀프리더십의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Oh, Jong-chul;An, Un-seok
    • Journal of Venture Innovation
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.145-164
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    • 2018
  • The purposes of this study was to investigate job related attitudes of emotional labors working at call centers in Korea. The attitudinal variables were burnout, psychological capital and turnover intention with job characteristics as the independent variables. In addition, leadership behaviors of the superiors, self leadership behavior in particular, was incorporated to see if it has any bearing on these relationship as moderating variable. Data has been collected from 543 respondents for this study using questionnaire method. The survey for the actual analysis of the research was done and analyzed with the employees who work for contact centers in Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju, Korea. The survey was done for 24 days from November, 2016 through December, 2016. * The following study results were revealed: First, the job characteristics does not have direct positive effect on turnover intentions. Second, the job characteristics were related positively to job burnout. Third, the job burnout does mediate the relationship between job characteristics and turnover intentions. Lastly, results of research on the moderating effect of self leadership in relationships between emotional labor, job burnout, psychological capital and turnover intention show that super leadership has only a limited regulatory effect between job characteristics and turnover intention.

The Effect of Customers' Perceived Organization Citizenship Behaviors of Frontline Employees on their Attitudes (서비스산업에서 접점종업원의 조직시민행동에 대한 고객지각이 고객의 태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Jong-Hee;Kim, Seon-Hee
    • Journal of Distribution Research
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.79-108
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we measured customers' perception of organization citizenship behaviors of employees which are known as the important factor for improving performance of companies, and examined the path relationship among related variables such as service quality, customer satisfaction, trust, and positive word of mouth. Although there have been many studies of OCB in the marketing field, the majority of these studies measured employee's OCB from the organization's perspective. This study has extended the prior studies by measuring employee's OCB from the customer's perspective. Customers of beauty salons and public houses were researched such that OCB may be applied to more various customer contact situations. The result is as follows. First, employees's OCB had a direct effect on perceived service quality and trust, and had an indirect effect on customer satisfaction. It means that customers evaluate the service quality of employees and trust frontline employees when they observed employees helping other organizational members, orientated customer facilitation beyond the regulated role and showed positive attitudes for their organization. As a result, customers feel more satisfied. Secondly, OCB had an indirect effect on positive word of mouth through mediation of service quality, satisfaction, and trust. Finally, consumer facilitation had the largest effect on consumer attitude among three dimensions of OCB-consumer facilitation, organization involvement, and sportsmanship. We understood the relationship between frontline employee's OCB and customer attitudes, and the necessity of multidimensional approach in measuring employee's OCB from the customer's perspective.

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A Study of Sterilization Effect of Long-wavelength UVA-LED Irradiation on Bacteria Causing Eye Diseases (장파장의 자외선 LED 광원을 이용한 안질환 세균의 살균효과)

  • Lee, Cheol-Woo;Jeong, Kyeong-In;Hwang, Kwang-Ha;Lee, Seok-Ju;Yoo, Geun-Chang
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.99-105
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate inactivation effect of UVA-LED ultraviolet radiation upon Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus which are the major bacteria causing eye diseases. Methods: The small sterilization device was made using UVA-LED of 400 nm. After Pseudomonas aeruginosa was diluted to $10^{-7}$ and Staphylococcus aureus to $10^{-5}$ and diluted solutions were put onto each liquid medium. They were irradiated by 400 nm of UVA for different amount of time; 15 min, 30 min, 60 min, 120 min, 240 min, 360 min and 480 min each. Results: The data from sterilization test was solved to regression line equation and the target log inactivation was obtained. The 3 log inactivation UV irradiation value of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was 54,847 UV dose ($mJ/cm^2$) and irradiation time was 135.42 min while the 3 log inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus was 39,066 UV dose ($mJ/cm^2$) and irradiation time was 98.72 min. Conclusions: The inactivation effect of sterilization method using 400 nm of UVA-LED upon Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus has been verified and it is considered as a useful method in inactivating the contact lenses.