• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1814-1822
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• 2018

Most people use cosmetics to protect their skin. Preservatives are often used to prevent their contamination upon use. There has been a great demand for natural preservatives due to recent reports on the side effects of parabens. Therefore, we evaluated the antimicrobial activities of Lonicera japonica and Magnolia obovata extracts and determined their potential as natural preservatives. We found that the 50% ethanol extract from L. japonica had antibacterial activity only against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa, while the ethyl acetate fraction showed antimicrobial activity against all six microbial strains tested. On the other hand, the 70% ethanol extract and the ethyl acetate fraction from M. obovata showed antimicrobial activity against all six strains. A synergistic effect against S. aureus, B. subtilis, and C. albicans was confirmed when two ethyl acetate fractions having antimicrobial activity against all six strains were used in combination. Synergistic activity against B. subtilis was also confirmed through kill-time analysis. High-performance liquid chromatography was performed to identify the components of each extract. Based on the minimum inhibitory concentration and the results of a disc diffusion assay, we confirmed that caffeic acid and luteolin influenced the antimicrobial activity of L. japonica and that the antimicrobial activity of M. obovata was influenced by the interaction of magnolol and honokiol with other components. Therefore, this study suggests that the combination of L. japonica and M. obovata extracts may be used as a plant-derived natural preservative.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.718-723
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• 2017

본 논문에서, 극다중 안테나 시스템을 다중셀 환경에 적용하고 기지국의 안테나 수가 무한하다고 가정한 상태에서, 파일럿 오염으로 인해 제한된 시스템 용량을 개선하는 파일럿 도약 기법을 제안한다. 기존의 파일럿 고정 방식은, 각 사용자가 긴 시간 동안 동일한 Signal-to-interference ratio (SIR)를 얻게된다. 따라서, 약한 간섭을 받게 된 사용자는 지속적으로 SIR이 높은 반면에, 강한 간섭을 받게 된 사용자의 SIR은 지속적으로 낮아서 서비스의 질이 저하된다. 본 논문에서 제안한 파일럿 도약 기법에서는 매 타임 슬롯마다 다른 파일럿 신호를 사용하며, 이에 따라 매번 다른 양의 간섭을 받게 되므로, 매 타임 슬롯마다 SIR이 요동치게 된다. 이러한 채널에서 Hybrid Automatic Repeat & reQuest (HARQ) 기법을 적용할 경우에, 아웃티지 확률과 전송률의 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 극다중 안테나 시스템에 파일럿 도약 기법을 적용 후, 체이스 결합 유형의 HARQ를 적용하고 시뮬레이션을 통하여 성능이 개선됨을 보인다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2004

This dissertation identifies and investigates the possible control modes of hybrid ventilation system in applying to general apartments. It evaluates range of hybrid ventilation control modes in terms of indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and energy consumption in a living room and a kitchen of the $1000m^2$ apartment. The TRNSYS simulation program was used for evaluating the following four ventilation types : A ventilation mode relying on only infiltration for supplying air, A natural ventilation mode considering with weather condition, A hybrid ventilation (natural + mechanical ventilation) mode allowing minimum ventilation with no heat exchange, and a hybrid ventilation mode with heat exchange. This study shows the following results. As temperature being controlled by heating cooling equipments, there is without significant difference in thermal performance among ventilation types. Regarding Indoor Air quality, Indoor air contamination level of the hybrid ventilation case consistently keep the lower levels. The hybrid ventilation modes consume more energy by a 49% as compared to the A ventilation mode relying on only infiltration for supplying air. It is caused by the continuous ventilation for keeping good indoor air quality; the increase of energy consumption can be attributable to the increase of the heating energy. Therefore, the heat exchange between indoor and outdoor air is required during heating season in severe weather conditions. During the cooling seasons, Introducing natural ventilation can achieve energy saving by 40 ~ 45%. Thus, it can be an effective strategies for energy saving. Based on these results, a hybrid ventilation system can be suggested as an effective ventilation strategy for archiving high level of indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and energy consumption.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2018

농업 인구의 감소와 노령화로 인하여 온실 재배 중심의 스마트 팜에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행 중이나 채소와 같은 작물의 경우 노지 재배가 70%를 차지한다. 이에 노지 농작물 재배의 자동화, 무인화 및 지능화를 통해 생산성을 향상시키고 토양 오염을 방지할 필요가 있다. 본 논문은 사물인터넷을 이용한 노지 농작물 제배 시스템 구축 사례를 설명하고 노지작물 제배 시스템에서의 환경 변수를 정의하였다. 다양한 센서을 통해서 토양의 온도, 함수율, 전기전도도, 산성도를 측정하여 LoRa 통신 모듈을 이용하여 서버로 정보를 전달하고, 서버는 이 데이터를 바탕으로 시비량 및 관수량을 제어한다. 노지농작물 재배에 적합한 통신 방식인 LoRa 기술을 이용하여 넓은 노지를 관리하고 생산량 및 판매실적까지 관리하는 시스템을 개발하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.614-621
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• 2020

Antibiotic pollution is one of the factors contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment. Advanced oxidation and irradiation processes have been introduced to eliminate antibiotics from water and wastewater. However, few studies have reported the toxic effects of residual antibiotics and their byproducts induced by a treatment system. In this study, we compared the efficacies of chemical (high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)) and biological (antimicrobial susceptibility test) assays for measuring the concentrations of residual antibiotics after gamma irradiation for degrading amoxicillin, cephradine, lincomycin, and tetracycline. The concentrations of residual antibiotics estimated using the two assay methods were almost identical, except cephradine. In the case of cephradine, inhibited bacterial growth was observed that was equivalent to twice the concentration measured by HPLC in the samples subjected to gamma irradiation. The observed inhibition of bacterial growth suggested the generation of potentially toxic intermediates following antibiotic degradation. These results indicate that biological and chemical assays should be used in concert for monitoring antibiotic contamination and the toxic derivatives of antibiotic degradation. The results demonstrate that these four antibiotics can be decomposed by 2.0 kGy gamma-irradiation without toxic effects of their byproducts.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2016

토양 환경은 그 유한성과 다양한 기능의 가치로 인해 중요한 자원으로 인식되고 있다. 따라서 많은 나라에서 토양의 질과 관련된 인자를 활용한 전략환경영향평가를 수행하고 있다. 하지만 우리나라는 아직까지도 오염도 위주의 제한된 인자만을 사용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 개발기본계획에 대한 전략환경영향평가에서 토양의 복합적 특성을 고려할 수 있도록 개선하고 이를 보금자리주택 공급계획과 도시관리계획에 시범 적용하였다. 토양을 고려한 전략환경영향평가는 체크리스트 방법을 사용하여 상위계획과의 연계성, 대안 설정 분석, 입지의 타당성을 평가하였다. 평가 결과, 토양 유기물과 토양 침식 항목이 개발기본계획에서 가장 중요하게 고려해야 하는 인자로 도출되었다. 다만, 상기 두 인자에 대한 데이터베이스의 준비, 평가 비용의 증가 등을 예상할 수 있지만, 본 연구에서 개선한 전략환경영향평가 기법은 토양자원 보전에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.110-122
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• 1999

Hot-wire anemometers are most commonly used in measuring hood capture velocities due to their accuracy and convenience. But it was questionable that the anemometers being used in the field are accurate enough for the purpose of measurements. To answer this ques tion, a calibration wind tunnel was newly devised and tested. Subsequently, 53 hot-wire anemometers being currently used in the field were tested to evaluate the accuracy of anemometers. The average error was 16.93% while the average errors in the low (0.5~5m/s) and high (5~20m/s) velocity range were 17.40% and 16.45%, respectively. Most of anemometers underestimated the true velocities. It might be due to the contamination of hot-wire, resulting in the slow heat transfer between the sensor and air flow. Astonishingly, 16 of 53 anemometers were out of order due to the malfunctioning of zero adjustment control, power supply, display panel and sensor. It is desirable to calibrate periodically and clean the sensor after using in the dirty environment.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2012

Nationally, flatfish vaccination has been performed manually, and is a laborious and time-consuming procedure with low accuracy. The handling requirement also makes it prone to contamination. With a view to eliminating these drawbacks, we designed an automatic vaccine system in which the injection is delivered by a Cartesian coordinate robot guided by a vision system. The automatic vaccine injection system is driven by an injection site location algorithm that uses a template-matching technique. The proposed algorithm was designed to derive the time and possible angles of injection by comparing a search area with a template. The algorithm is able to vaccinate various sizes of flatfish, even when they are loaded at different angles. We validated the performance of the proposed algorithm by analyzing the injection error under randomly generated loading angles. The proposed algorithm allowed an injection rate of 2000 per hour on average. Vaccination of flatfish with a body length of up to 500mm was possible, even when the orientation of the fish was random. The injection errors in various sizes of flatfish were very small, ranging from 0 to 0.6mm.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.350-362
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• 2017

The study examined evaluated the sanitation management state of the high school foodservice operations, as measured by temperature, humidity and airborne bacteria concentration in functional areas and further identified their relationships. Data were collected from 26 high school foodservices in Gyeonggi Province. Statistical analyses were conducted with the SPSS program using descriptive analysis and spearman's correlation. The sanitation management performances in high school foodservice scored 86.85 out of 100 points and showed higher scores in the dimensions of preparation and storing management (17.85/20 points), operation management (17.78/20 points), and cooking utensil management (17.62/20 points), while the dimensions of cross contamination management as well as personal hygiene management needed action plans for prompt improvement. The airborne bacteria concentration was highest in the dining area (179.2 CFU/plate), and requiring action plans for improvement. The relative humidity in functional areas ranged from 66.5% in the receiving area to 74.4% (dish-washing area) and the temperature of the preparation area showed an average of $25.1^{\circ}C$ with the highest of $35.4^{\circ}C$ in the dish-washing area. In terms of the relationships among airborne bacteria, temperature, and humidity, the concentration of airborne bacteria was negatively correlated with and temperature in the dish-washing area (r= -0.693, P<0.05), and no other significances were shown in the other areas.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2018

The friction characteristics of Al-Fe alloy powders are investigated in order to develop an eco-friendly friction material to replace Cu fiber, a constituent of brake-pad friction materials. Irregularly shaped Al-Fe alloy powders, prepared by gas atomization, are more uniformly dispersed than conventional Cu fiber on the brake pad matrix. The wear rate of the friction material using Al-8Fe alloy powder is lower than that of the Cu fiber material. The change in friction coefficient according to the friction lap times is 7.2% for the Cu fiber, but within 3.8% for the Al-Fe alloy material, which also shows excellent judder characteristics. The Al-Fe alloy powders are uniformly distributed in the brake pad matrix and oxide films of Al and Fe are homogeneously formed at the friction interface between the disc and pad, thus exhibiting excellent friction and lubrication characteristics. The brake pad containing Al-Fe powders avoids contamination by Cu dust, which is generated during braking, by replacing the Cu fiber while maintaining the friction and lubrication performance.