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Relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and metabolic syndrome among Jordanian adults

  • Khader, Yousef S.;Batieha, Anwar;Jaddou, Hashim;Batieha, Zahi;El-Khateeb, Mohammed;Ajlouni, Kamel
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.132-139
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    • 2011
  • Evidence of the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and metabolic syndrome (MeS) remains uncertain and incongruent. This study aimed to determine the association between 25(OH)D and MeS among Jordanian adults. A complex multistage sampling technique was used to select a national population-based household sample. The present report deals exclusively with adults aged > 18 years who had complete information on all components of MeS (n = 3,234). A structured questionnaire was used to collect all relevant information. Anthropometric, clinical, and laboratory measurements were obtained. MeS was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition. Of the total, 42.0% had MeS and 31.7% had 25(OH)D < 30 ng/ml. In a stratified analysis, the prevalence of MeS did not differ significantly between subjects with low and normal 25(OH)D levels for men and women in all age groups. In the multivariate analysis, the odds of MeS were not significantly different between subjects with low and normal 25(OH)D levels (OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.70, 1.05, P-value = 0.133). The association between 25(OH)D and MeS remained non-significant when 25(OH)D was analyzed as a continuous variable (OR = 1.004, 95% CI; 1.000, 1.008, P = 0.057) and when analyzed based on quartiles. None of the individual components of MeS were significantly associated with 25(OH)D level. This study does not provide evidence to support the association between 25(OH)D level and MeS or its individual components. Prospective studies are necessary to better determine the roles of 25(OH)D levels in the etiology of MeS.

Next Generation Energy Efficient Semiconductors: Status of R&D of GaN Power Devices (차세대 고효율/고출력 반도체: GaN 전력소자 연구개발 현황)

  • Mun, J.K.;Min, B.G.;Kim, D.Y.;Chang, W.J.;Kim, S.I.;Kang, D.M.;Nam, E.S.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.96-106
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    • 2012
  • 차세대 에너지 절감 반도체로 각광을 받고 있는 GaN(Gallium Nitride) 전자소자의 연구개발 동향, 특히 전력증폭기용 GaN 기술동향에 관하여 기술하였다. GaN 전자소자는 와이드 밴드갭($E_g=3.4eV$)과 고온($700^{\circ}C$) 안정성 등 재료적인 특징으로 인하여 고출력 RF(Radio Frequency) 전력증폭기와 고전력 스위칭 소자로서 큰 장점을 갖는다. 본고에서는 차세대 GaN 전력소자의 주요 특성을 소개하고 미국, 유럽, 일본을 중심으로 한 대형 국책 연구 프로젝트 분석을 통한 GaN 전력소자 연구개발 방향 및 GaN 전력소자 시장과 주요 특허 현황을 살펴보았다. 또한 국내의 주요 연구개발 현황과 현재 수행 중이거나 완료된 연구개발 과제를 간략하게 언급하였다. 이러한 연구개발 현황분석을 통하여 GaN 기술의 중요성과 함께 국산화의 시급성을 강조하고자 한다.

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Acoustic Properties of Electrostrictive Buzzer Using PZN-BT-PT Ceramics (PZN-BT-PT 세라믹스를 이용한 전왜 BUZZER의 음향 특성)

  • 유준현;김현재;박창엽
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 1992
  • Piezoelectric Buzzer which has been generally used requires about 30kV/cm poling process and has the aging effects. In this study, 0.85 PZN - 0.10 BT - 0.05 PT system ceramics with additives of 0 - 2 wt% YS12TOS13T were fabricated and investigated on electromechanical coupling coefficient(kS1pT), electric field induced charge coefficient(dS131T), and sound level. As the results, in the 0.4 wt% YS12TOS13T added composition ceramics compared with the basic, kS1pT was increased from 0.355 to 0.39 and induced piezoelectric d constant increased from 204 to 220 x 10S0-12T (C/N) and sound level of electrostrictive Buzzer has the highest value of 71.5 dB under 8kV/cm bias electric field.

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A 10-bit 40-MS/s Low-Power CMOS Pipelined A/D Converter Design (10-bit 40-MS/s 저전력 CMOS 파이프라인 A/D 변환기 설계)

  • Lee, Sea-Young;Yu, Sang-Dae
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 1997
  • In this paper, the design of a 10-bit 40-MS/s pipelined A/D converter is implemented to achieve low static power dissipation of 70 mW at the ${\pm}2.5\;V$ or +5 V power supply environment for high speed applications. A 1.5 b/stage pipeline architecture in the proposed ADC is used to allow large correction range for comparator offset and perform the fast interstage signal processing. According to necessity of high-performance op amps for design of the ADC, the new op amp with gain boosting based on a typical folded-cascode architecture is designed by using SAPICE that is an automatic design tool of op amps based on circuit simulation. A dynamic comparator with a capacitive reference voltage divider that consumes nearly no static power for this low power ADC was adopted. The ADC implemented using a $1.0{\mu}m$ n-well CMOS technology exhibits a DNL of ${\pm}0.6$ LSB, INL of +1/-0.75 LSB and SNDR of 56.3 dB for 9.97 MHz input while sampling at 40 MHz.

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Swine Wastewater Treatment Using Continuos Circulation Biofilm Process (연속순환 생물막 공정을 이용한 돈사 폐수 처리)

  • Goh, B.D.;Ra, C.S.
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2007
  • A submerged biofilm sequencing batch reactor (SBSBR) process, which liquor was internally circulated through sandfilter, was designed, and performances in swine wastewater treatment was evaluated under a condition of no external carbon source addition. Denitrification of NOx-N with loading rate in vertical and slope type of sandfilter was 19% and 3.8%, respectively, showing approximately 5 times difference, and so vertical type sandfilter was chosen for the combination with SBSBR. When the process was operated under 15 days HRT, 105L/hr.m3 of internal circulation rate and 54g/m3.d of NH4-N loading rate, treatment efficiencies of STOC, NH4-N and TN (as NH4-N plus NOx-N) was 75%, 97% and 85%, respectively. By conducting internal circulation through sandfilter, removal performances of TN were enhanced by 14%, and the elevation of nitrogen removal was mainly attributed to occurrence of denitrification in sandfilter. Also, approximately 57% of phosphorus was removed with the conduction of internal circulation through sandfilter, meanwhile phosphorus concentration in final effluent rather increased when the internal circulation was not performed. Therefore, It was quite sure that the continuous internal circulation of liquor through sandfilter could contribute to enhancement of biological nutrient removal. Under 60g/m3.d of NH4-N loading rate, the NH4-N level in final effluent was relatively low and constant(below 20mg/L) and over 80% of nitrogen removal was maintained in spite of loading rate increase up to 100g/m3.d. However, the treatment efficiency of nitrogen was deteriorated with further increase of loading rate. Based on this result, an optimum loading rate of nitrogen for the process would be 100g/m3.d.

Design of corase flash converter using floating gate MOSFET (부유게이트를 이용한 코어스 플레쉬 변환기 설계)

  • Chae, Yong Ung;Im, Sin Il;Lee, Bong Hwan
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.55-55
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    • 2001
  • 개의 N과 P채널 EEPROM을 이용하여 A/D 변환기를 설계하였다. 프로그래밍 모드에서 EEPROM의 선형적 저장능력을 관찰하기 위해 MOSIS의 1.2㎛ double-poly CMOS 공정을 이용하여 셀이 제작되었다. 그 결과 1.25V와 2V구간에서 10㎷ 미만의 오차 내에서 셀이 선형적으로 프로그램 되는 것을 보았다. 이러한 실험 결과를 이용하여 프로그램 가능한 A/D 변환기의 동작이 Hspice에서 시뮤레이션 되었으며, 그 결과 A/D 변환기가 37㎼의 전력을 소모하고 동작주파수는 333㎒ 정도인 것으로 관찰되었다.

A Fault Tolerant ATM Switch using a Fully Adaptive Self-routing Algorithm - The Cyclic Banyan Network (실내 무선 통신로에서 파일럿 심볼을 삽입한 Concatenated FEC 부호에 의한 WATM의 성능 개선)

  • 박기식;강영흥;김종원;정해원;양해권;조성준
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.24 no.9A
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    • pp.1276-1284
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    • 1999
  • We have evaluated the BER's and CLP's of Wireless ATM (WATM) cells employing the concatenated FEC code with pilot symbols for fading compensation through the simulation in indoor wireless channel modeled as a Rayleigh and a Rician fading channel, respectively. The results of the performance evaluation are compared with those obtained by employing the convolutional code in the same condition. In Rayleigh fading channel, considering the maximum tolerance BER ( $10^-3$) as a criterion of the voice service, it is blown that the performance improvement of about 4 dB is obtained in terms of $E_b/N_o$ by employing the concatenated FEC code with pilot symbols rather than the convolutional code with pilot symbols.When the values of K parameter which means the ratio of the direct signal to scattered signal power in Rician fading channel are 6 and 10, it is shown that the performance improvement of about 4 dB and 2 dB is obtained, respectively, in terms of $E_b/N_o$ by employing the concatenated FEC code with pilot symbols considering the maximum tolerance BER of the voice service. Also in Rician fading channel of K=6 and K= 10, considering CLP = $10^-3$ as a criterion, it is observed that the performance improvement of about 3.5 dB and1.5 dB is obtained, respectively, in terms of $E_b/N_o$ by employing the concatenated FEC code with pilot symbols.

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Standardization of Cautious blasting (정밀발파의 표준화)

  • Huh Ginn
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.3-13
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    • 1990
  • First ot of all, under given condition such as bit gage of 36mm Drill bit with right class of jack-leg-experimental test carried out from two face of Bench, firing of each hole brought 90 degree Angle face and them measured length of Burden and charged ammount of powder as following. $ca=\frac{A}{SW}$ A=Activated Area A=nd i=m S=Peripheral length of charged, room Ca=Rock Coeffiecency d: di=Hole diameter When constructed subway of Seoul in 1980 the blasting works increased complaint of ground vibration, in order to prevent the damage to structures. Some empirical equations were made as follows on condition with Jackleg Drill (Bit Gage 36mm) and within 30 meter distance between blasting site and structures. $V=K(D/W)^{-n}$ N=1.60 - 1.78 K= 48 - 138 Project is one of contineous works to above a determination of empirical equation on the cautious blasting vibration with Crawler Drill (70-75mm) in long distance. $V=41(D/\sqrt[3]{W})^{-1.41}$ $30m\le{D}\le{100m}$ $V=124(D/\sqrt[3]{W})^{-1.66}$ $100m\le{D}\le{285m}$.

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A Dialectical Study of the Book Selection Theory (도서선택론의 변증법적 연구)

  • Yun Hee-Yun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.29
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    • pp.173-204
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this study is to promote understanding of the book selection theory by researching dialectically of its development process centering on the BSTv(value theory) and BSTd(demand theory). The results of this study are summarized as follows 1. In the period of enlightenment and education, the book selection theory of public libraries was the thesis state of BSTv(d). 2. Antithesis state of BSTv(d), that is, BSTd was raised to real central theory of book selection in the early 20th century. 3. In the 1930-40's, BSTv and BSTd were transformed into balance state or coexistence relations(BSTb $[v(d){\cdot}d(v)$]. 4. After World War II, BSTn(library needs theory) and BSTo(library objective theory) were evoked, and opposed to the existing selection theories. Now, they are developing into BSTbl$[n(d)\cdot\;o(v)\;or\;n(d){\cdot}v(o)]$.

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