• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.466-485
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• 2023

Crop productivity can be obstructed by various biotic and abiotic stresses and thus these stresses are a threat to universal food security. The information on the use of viruses providing efficacy to plants facing growth challenges owing to stress is lacking. The role of induction of pathogen-related genes by microbes is also colossal in drought-endurance acquisition. Studies put forward the importance of viruses as sustainable means for defending plants against dual stress. A fundamental part of research focuses on a positive interplay between viruses and plants. Notably, the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) possess the capacity to safeguard tomato host plants against severe drought conditions. This study aims to explore the combined effects of TYLCV, ToCV, and drought stress on two tomato cultivars, Money Maker (MK, UK) and Shalala (SH, Azerbaijan). The expression of pathogen-related four cellulose synthase gene families (CesA/Csl) which have been implicated in drought and virus resistance based on gene expression analysis, was assessed using the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction method. The molecular tests revealed significant upregulation of Ces-A2, Csl-D3,2, and Csl-D3,1 genes in TYLCV and ToCV-infected tomato plants. CesA/Csl genes, responsible for biosynthesis within the MK and SH tomato cultivars, play a role in defending against TYLCV and ToCV. Additionally, physiological parameters such as "relative water content," "specific leaf weight," "leaf area," and "dry biomass" were measured in dual-stressed tomatoes. Using these features, it might be possible to cultivate TYLCV-resistant plants during seasons characterized by water scarcity.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2023

이온 농도 분극 현상은 전기투석, 전기화학 전지에서 일어나는 기초 이동 현상일 뿐만 아니라, 생체 물질 전처리용 농축 장치의 핵심 기작으로 활용된다. 외부 인가 전압에 의해 발생한 이온 농도 분극 현상은 분석 물질의 농축에 필요한 국소적으로 증폭된 전기장을 통해 물질의 농축을 가능케 한다. 그러나 기존의 농축 기작은 농축의 평형 지점이 불분명하며, 농축 플러그의 유체역학적 불안정성의 두가지 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 이온 농도 분극 기반의 농축 기작의 한계점을 해결하기 위해 막다른 미세유로와 양이온 교환막을 사용한 농축 방법을 연구하였다. 막다른 미세유로의 공간 제약적 구조를 통해 유체역학적 안정성을 확보할 수 있으며, 분석 물질의 농축 지점이 이온 공핍 영역의 충격 전단과 일치함을 수치적으로 확인하였다. 또한 농축 공정의 핵심 인자로써 인가 전압과 미세유로의 체적 전하 농도를 변화시켜가며, 농축 물질의 전기동역학적 거동을 연구하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 현장 진단 검사(point-of-care)와 같은 초단시간의 농축을 필요로 하는 미세유체역학 장치에 유효한 기작으로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.211-222
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• 2023

다변수 이차식 기반 암호알고리즘은 양자컴퓨터에 안전하다고 믿어지는 수학적 난제에 기반을 둔 공개키 암호알고리즘 중의 하나로 현재 사용하고 있는 공개키 암호를 대체할 수 있는 양자내성암호 중의 하나이다. NIST 양자내성암호 공모 3라운드 최종 후보 알고리즘으로 선정되었던 다변수 이차식 기반 전자서명 알고리즘 Rainbow의 다중레이어를 사용하는 구조에 대한 진화된 공격이 대두된 후에 단일 레이어를 이용하는 UOV의 구조에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단일 레이어를 갖는 UOV 구조를 유지하면서 일차식의 특별한 구조, 희소다항식, 랜덤다항식의 다양한 조합을 통해 비밀키의 길이를 대폭 줄이고, 블록 부분 행렬의 역행렬을 이용하여 선형 시스템의 해를 구하는 방법을 적용한 효율적인 다변수 이차식 기반 전자서명 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 전자서명의 안전성 분석을 통해 안전한 파라미터를 설정하고 각 파라미터에서의 키길이와 서명 길이를 비교 분석한다. 제안한 다변수 이차식 기반 전자서명 알고리즘은 서명의 길이가 양자내성 전자서명 중 가장 짧고, 기존 다변수 이차식 기반 전자서명에 비해 비밀키 길이가 최대 97%의 축소 효과를 가진다.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2023

하천에서는 어류의 상·하류 간의 이동을 위해 어도는 필수적으로 설치해야 하는 시설이다. 그러나 어도 내부의 흐름에 따라 이동효율의 차이가 발생한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FLOW-3D를 통해 월류수심에 따른 계단식 어도 내의 어류 친화적 흐름을 검토하였고, 모형을 검증하기 위해 개수로 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 어류의 유영능력에 영향을 미치는 주요 항목으로는 유속, 난류운동에너지, 에너지소산율 등이 있으며, 이와 같은 항목으로 대상 어류를 피라미로 가정하여 어류 친화적 흐름의 적합성을 판단하였다. 월류 수심은 피라미에게 유효한 영향을 끼치는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 어도의 낙차에 따라 적합한 월류수심이 요구된다. 향후, 본 연구결과는 계단식 어도 설계의 기초자료가 될 수 있을 것이라 기대된다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2024

A nonthermally sterilized raw apple vinegar was manufactured using an ultra-fine filtration process (0.2 ㎛ membrane filter) and its quality was comparable to commercially available vinegar products. First, using apple concentrate as a raw material, it was possible to produce non-thermal sterilized Using a two-stage fermentation process of alcohol and acetic acid fermentations, a non-thermally sterilized raw apple vinegar with pH 2.94 and an acidity of 6.20% was produced from an apple concentrate. The fermentation process increased the browning index significantly. However, the fundamental quality parameters of the non-thermal sterilized raw apple vinegar (A) with sterilized apple vinegar (B) did not differ significantly. The pH (2.92-2.95) of apple vinegar (A and B) was higher than that (pH 2.65-2.70) of commercial vinegar (C and D), and the total acidity, which is in the range of 6.20-6.21% and 6.53-6.90%, respectively, was higher in samples C and D than in samples A and B. However, four kinds of organic acids were detected in non-thermal sterilized raw apple vinegar (A), and its total organic acid content (6,245.00 mg%) was significantly higher than that of other samples (B, C, D) (p<0.05). In particular, malic acid content, as a main organic acid in apples, was very high in sample (A) (244.83 mg%) and sample (B) (210.21 mg%), compared to commercial products C (125.78 mg%) and D (86.90 mg%). The total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of fermented apple vinegar (A, B) were more than twice as high as those of commercial products (C, D). Vinegar A had higher total polyphenol content than vinegar B. The above results suggest it is possible to manufacture and commercialize non-thermal sterilized raw apple vinegar with higher organic acid content and antioxidant properties using ultra-fine filtration.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.206-210
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• 2024

Industrial facilities that use modern IT technologies require the ensured reliability and security of information in automated enterprise management. Concurrently, so as to ensure a high quality of communication, it is necessary to expand the bandwidth of communication channels, which are limited by the physical parameters of the radio frequency spectrum. In order to overcome this contradiction, we propose the application of technology fundamental to ultra-wideband signals, in which the ratio between the bandwidth and its central part is greater than "one". For this reason, the information signal is emitted without a carrier frequency - simultaneously within the entire frequency band - provided that the signal level is lower than the noise level. For the transmission of information content, the method of positional-time coding is used, in which each information bit is encoded by hundreds of ultrashort pulses that arrive within a certain sequence. Mathematical models of signals and values observed in wireless communication systems with autocorrelation reception of modulated ultra-wideband signals are furthermore recommended. These assist in identifying features of the dependence of the error probability on the normalized signal-to-noise ratio and the signal base. Comparative analysis has shown that the best noise immunity of the systems considered in this paper is the communication system, which uses the time separation of the reference and information signals. During the first half of the bit interval, the switch closes the output of the transmitter directly to the generator of the ultra-wideband signal - forming a reference signal. In the middle of the bit interval, the switch alternates the output to one of two possible positions depending on the encoding signal - "zero" or "one", forming the information part of the ultra-wideband signal. It should also be noted that systems with autocorrelation reception and separate transmission of reference and information signals, provide a high level of structural signal secrecy. Furthermore, they provide the reliable transmission of digital information, especially in interference conditions.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.511-525
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• 2024

Underground openings significantly affect the mechanical stability of underground spaces and create damaged zones. This study investigated the acoustic emission (AE) characteristics associated with the formation of damaged zones around circular openings. Uniaxial compression experiments were conducted on three types of rock specimens, namely, granite (GN-1 and GN-2), gabbro (GB), and slate (SL), containing a circular opening. AE and digital image correlation (DIC) techniques were used to monitor and evaluate the damaged zones near the circular openings. The AE characteristics were evaluated using AE parameters, including count, energy, amplitude, average frequency, and RA value. The DIC results revealed that the estimated diameters of the damaged zones of GN-1, GN-2, GB, and SL were 1.66D, 1.53D, 1.49D, and 1.9D, respectively. The average displacements at the surface of the damaged zones for these specimens were 0.814, 0.786, 0.661, and 0.673 mm, respectively, thus demonstrating a strong correlation with Young's modulus. The AE analysis with DIC revealed that tensile failure occurred in the direction parallel to the maximum compression axis as the load increased. Thus, this study provides fundamental data for a comprehensive analysis of damaged zones in underground openings and will facilitate the optimization of rock engineering projects and safety assessments thereof.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.200-206
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• 2024

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique has been used for the elemental composition of the soils. In this technique, a high energy laser pulse is focused on a sample to produce plasma. From the spectroscopic analysis of such plasma plume, we have determined the different elements present in the soil. This technique is effective and rapid for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of all type of samples. In this work a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser operating with its fundamental mode (1064 nm laser wavelength), 5 nanosecond pulse width, and 10 Hz repetition rate was focused on soil samples using 10 cm quartz lens. The emission spectra of soil consist of Iron (Fe), Calcium (Ca), Titanium (Ti), Silicon (Si), Aluminum (Al), Magnesium (Mg), Manganese (Mn), Potassium (K), Nickel (Ni), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Mercury (Hg), Barium (Ba), Vanadium (V), Lead (Pb), Nitrogen (N), Scandium (Sc), Hydrogen (H), Strontium (Sr), and Lithium (Li) with different finger-prints of the transition lines. The maximum intensity of the transition lines was observed close to the surface of the sample and it was decreased along the axial direction of the plasma expansion due to the thermalization and the recombination process. We have also determined the plasma parameters such as electron temperature and the electron number density of the plasma using Boltzmann's plot method as well as the Stark broadening of the transition lines respectively. The electron temperature is estimated at 14611 °K, whereas the electron number density i.e. 4.1 × 10¹⁶ cm^-3 lies close to the surface.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제90권4호
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• pp.325-343
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• 2024

Triple-tower double-cable suspension bridges have increased confinement stiffness imposed by the main cable on the middle tower, which has bright application prospects. However, vertical bending and torsional vibrations of the double-cable and the girder are coupled in such bridges due to the hangers. In particular, the bending vibration of the towers in the longitudinal direction and torsional vibrations about the vertical axis influence the vertical bending and torsional vibrations of the stiffening girders, respectively. The conventional analytical algorithm for assessing the dynamic features of the suspension bridge is not directly applicable to this type of bridge. This study attempts to mitigate this problem by introducing an analytical algorithm for solving the triple-tower double-cable suspension bridge's natural frequencies and mode shapes. D'Alembert's principle is employed to construct the differential equations of the vertical bending and torsional vibrations of the stiffening girder continuum in each span. Vibrations of stiffening girders in each span are interrelated via the vibrations of the main cables and the bridge towers. On this basis, the natural frequencies and mode shapes are derived by separating variables. The proposed algorithm is then applied to an engineering example. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of vertical bending and torsional vibrations derived by the analytical algorithm agreed well with calculations via the finite element method. The fundamental frequency of vertical bending and first- and second-order torsion frequencies of double-cable suspension bridges are much higher than those of single-cable suspension bridges. The analytical algorithm has high computational efficiency and calculation accuracy, which can provide a reference for selecting appropriate structural parameters to meet the requirements of dynamics during the preliminary design.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2006

지반의 동적 변형 특성인 전단파 속도$(V_s)$, 압축파 속도$(V_p)$, 그리고 그에 따른 포아송 비(v)는 내진 설계나 내진 성능 평가 외에도 구조물의 거동 평가에 필요한 매우 중요한 지반 정수이다. 지난 수십 년 동안 이러한 지반 정수를 효율적이고 정밀하게 측정하기 위하여, 여러 가지 공내 탄성파 시험 기법들이 개발 및 적용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 가장 신뢰성이 높은 현장 탄성파 기법인 크로스홀 탄성파 시험을 지반 동적 물성 획득 기법으로 선정하였다. 지하수위 존재 여부에 관계 없이 토사뿐만 아니라 암반을 대상으로 크로스홀 시험을 성공적으로 수행할 수 있도록, 연직 시추공 안에서 지반을 대상으로 횡방향 가진이 가능한 스프링식 발진 장치를 개발하고, 두 곳의 기존 항만 부두 부지와 신규 LNG 저장 시설 두 부지로 구성된 국내 세 지역을 대상으로 크로스홀 탄성파 시험을 실시하였다. 대상 부지에서의 개발 발진 장치 적용을 통한 크로스홀 시험으로부터 지표 부근 토사부터 하부 공학적 기반암 및 지진학적 기반암으로 구성된 암반까지의 깊이별 $V_s,\;V_p$ 및 v와 같은 지반 동적 특성을 매우 효율적으로 결정하였으며, 적용 대상 시설물인 기존 항만 부두 시설물의 내진 성능 평가 그리고 신규 LNG 저장 시설물의 내진 설계를 위한 근본 자료로 제시하였다.