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Changes of Volatile Compounds in Flue-cured Leaf Tobacco during Aging (황색종 잎담배의 후숙과정 중 정유성분의 변화)

  • Bock, Jin-Young;Park, Yoon-Shin;Park, Won-Jong;Lee, Joung-Ryoul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2006
  • This study was carried out to investigate the changes of essential oils in flue-cured leaf tobacco during aging for 21 months. The threshed leaf tobacco(BlO) produced in 2002 crop year was aged for 21 months in the warehouse of Oc-Cheon Leaf Tobacco Processing Factory. The leaf tobacco were sampled at three month intervals for analysis of volatile compounds. Volatile compounds were identified by GC/MS and comparison of gas chromatographic retention time with those of the authentic standard. The total of 75 compounds from the steam volatile concentrate of the flue-cured leaf tobacco were identified; they were 15 hydrocarbons, 12 alcohols, 3 aldehydes, 18 ketones, 7 esters, 10 acids, 3 phenols, 4 furans, 2 pyrrols and 1 pyridine. The major components of essential oil were neophytadiene, solanone, megastigmatrienone and phytol. After a aging period of 21 months, most of volatile compounds showed a gradual increasing tendency.

HEALTH PROMOTION - A NEW CHALLENGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY (건강증진-21세기의 새로운 도전)

  • 한상태
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 1992
  • For the world as a whole, many of the trends in health are towards improvement, especially in terms of increasing life expectancy and decreasing infant mortality. By the year 2000 we expect some diseases such as poliomyelitis to be eradicated, and others, such as leprosy, measles and iodine deficiency disorders, to have been brought under virtually complete control. For this country, the situation will probably soon be like that of the OECD-countries, with a life expectancy for both men and women of over 75 years, 12% or more of the population in the age group of 65 and over, and 75% of the population living in cities. Once those levels have been reached, however, change becomes much more gradual. In this paper I will mention some of the health benefits we now enjoy as a result of rapid development, as well as some of the new problems we now face. I will then attempt to show how health promotion is a response to this new situation and how it can be used in some particular dimensions of modem life. (omitted)

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Utilization of Waste Glass Micro-particles in Producing Self-Consolidating Concrete Mixtures

  • Sharifi, Yasser;Afshoon, Iman;Firoozjaei, Zeinab;Momeni, Amin
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.337-353
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    • 2016
  • The successful completion of the present research would be achieved using ground waste glass (GWG) microparticles in self-consolidating concrete (SCC). Here, the influences of GWG microparticles as cementing material on mechanical and durability response properties of SCC are investigated. The aim of this study is to investigate the hardened mechanical properties, percentage of water absorption, free drying shrinkage, unit weight and Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) of binary blended concrete with partial replacement of cement by 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 wt% of GWG microparticles. Besides, slump flow, V-funnel, L-box, J-ring, GTM screen stability, visual stability index (VSI), setting time and air content tests were also performed as workability of fresh concrete indicators. The results show that the workability of fresh concrete was increased by increasing the content of GWG microparticles. The results showed that using GWG microparticles up to maximum replacement of 15 % produces concrete with improved hardened strengths. From the results, when the amount of GWG increased there was a gradual decrease in ASR expansion. Results showed that it is possible to successfully produce SCC with GWG as cementing material in terms of workability, durability and hardened properties.

A Case of Plasmodium ovale wallikeri Infection in a Chinese Worker Returning from West Africa

  • Li, Yuchun;Wang, Guangze;Sun, Dingwei;Meng, Feng;Lin, Shigan;Hu, Ximin;Wang, Shanqing
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.51 no.5
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    • pp.557-562
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    • 2013
  • In contrast to the gradual reduction in the number of locally transmitted malaria cases in China, the number of imported malaria cases has been increasing since 2008. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old Chinese man who acquired Plasmodium ovale wallikeri infection while staying in Ghana, West Africa for 6 months in 2012. Microscopic examinations of Giemsa-stained thin and thick blood smears indicated Plasmodium vivax infection. However, the results of rapid diagnostic tests, which were conducted 3 times, were not in agreement with P. vivax. To further check the diagnosis, standard PCR analysis of the small-subunit rRNA gene was conducted, based on which a phylogeny tree was constructed. The results of gene sequencing indicated that this malaria is a variant of P. ovale (P. ovale wallikeri). The infection in this patient was not a new infection, but a relapse of the infection from the one that he had contracted in West Africa.

Opportunities and Challenges in Metals Recovery from Secondary Sources - US Perspective

  • Han, Kenneth N.
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2001
  • The mineral industry of the United States is going through a challenging time. The US as an industrial nation faces with increasing demand in raw materials to fuel various industrial sectors but, at the same time, meeting environmental constraints associated with excavating and extracting these raw materials. In addition, gradual depletion of material resources. and the necessity of handling more complex forms of resources of primary origin have led to a decline in her resource productivity, once a strategic advantage of the U.S. As a result. the United States currently relies heavily upon foreign importation of various materials such as precious and strategic metals. However, since the US is the major consumer of most of these materials, the recovery of these values from scrap would help renew her position as a resource-producing nation, and ultimately help spur its domestic economy. Furthermore. recycling would also help maintain a clean environment and reduce energy consumption. In this paper. the author attempts to discuss opportunities and challenges lied ahead of the US mineral in relation to recovering their much-needed resources from secondary sources. The need and demand in various metals in the US will be reviewed and discussed. The implication of resource recovery from secondary sources will also be discussed. Extraction methods treating secondary sources are inherently different from those for primary sources. There is a need for new technologies which are metallurgically efficient and environmentally benign in treating secondary sources. Ways to meet such a need will be examined and key factors to be considered in approaching these challenges will be discussed.

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Pyritization of heavy metals in Lake Shihwa sediments, Korea

  • Shim, Moo-Joon;Kim, Eun-Soo;Kim, Kyung-Tae;Lee, Kwang-Woo
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.89-97
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    • 2000
  • The pyritization of heavy metals in Lake Shihwa sediments was investigated to determine sedimentary Pyrite-heavy metal associations influenced by various metal fractions, organic carbon, and total reduced sulfur. Parameters indicating the degree of heavy metal pyritization (DTMP) and degree of pyritization (DOP) were used to study the incorporation of heavy metals into the pyrite phase. The DOP levels ranged from 3.28-39.45%, showing wide differences among sampling stations. The levels were greater near the water gate and the center of the lake than near the industrial complex. The spatial pattern of the DOP levels was similar to the S/C ratio and also to the salinity. Based on the measured relationships between DOP and DTMP, heavy metals can be divided into three groups. In the first group was As, which showed a high affinity for pyrite. In the second group were Ni, Co and Cu, which showed a gradual increase in DTMP with increasing DOP. In the final group were Pb, Zn, Mn and Cr, which all showed a low DTMP with constant values with respect to DOP.

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Preliminary investigation of Ic homogeneity along the longitudinal direction of YBCO coated conductor tape under tensile loading

  • Dizon, J.R.C.;Oh, S.S.;Sim, K.D.;Shin, H.S.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.24-28
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the homogeneity of critical current, $I_c$, along the lengthwise direction in the coated conductor (CC) tape under uniaxial tension was investigated using a multiple voltage tap configuration. Initially, a gradual and homogeneous $I_c$ degradation occurred in all subsections of the tape up to a certain strain value. This was followed by an abrupt $I_c$ degradation in some subsections, which caused scattering in $I_c$ values along the length with increasing tension strain. The $I_c$ degradation behaviour was also explained through n-value as well as microstructure analyses. Subsections showed $I_c$ scattering corresponding to damaged areas of the CC tape revealed that transverse cracks were distributed throughout the gauge length. This homogeneous $I_c$ degradation behaviour under tension is similar with the case under torsion strain but different with the case under hard bending which were previously reported. This behaviour is also different with the case using Bi-2223 HTS tapes under tension strain.

Flow visualization and spray characteristics of twin-fluid atomization with converging-diverging nozzles (축소확대 노즐에 의한 2유체 미립화의 유동가시화 및 분무특성)

  • Park, Byeong-Gyu;Lee, Jun-Sik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.1056-1067
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    • 1997
  • Present study visualized flow pattern and investigated spray characteristics of twin-fluid atomization with converging-diverging nozzles. Particle sizes were measured by using the Malvern particle analyzer, and the radial size distributions were evaluated by using the tomographic transform technique. The results show that the SMD generally increases in the radial direction at a prescribed liquid flow rate and the increasing rate in the SMD becomes gradual as atomizing gas pressure increases. The SMD decreases as the liquid flow rate increases at a fixed GLR (gas/liquid mass ratio). The atomization performance of the protrusion-type nozzle turned out to be superior to that of the flush-type. However, in the case of the protrusion-type, flow separation occurs outside the liquid delivery tube when the pressure at the gas nozzle chamber is high enough, which may deteriorate the atomization performance.

The Effects of Seasons (Hot/Dry and Cool/Humid) on Thermoregulatory Responses of Male and Female Bali-Cattle Working in the Field

  • Kasa, I.W.;Hill, M.K.;Thawites, C.J.;Baillie, N.D.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.64-69
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    • 1997
  • A study was conducted on the effects of ploughing on physiological responses of male and female Bali-cattle. A $2{\times}2{\times}6{\times}8$ factorial design (2 seasons, 2 sexes, 6 days and 8 consecutive time of measurements every 30 minutes) was employed. Responses during the cool/humid season were lower than hot/dry; respiration rate (RR) was 52 vs 75/min, rectal temperature(RT) was 39.1 vs $39.5^{\circ}C$ and skin temperature (ST) was 37.1 vs $37.6^{\circ}C$. Within sexes, males were less tolerant than females in that their RR (66 vs 61 breath/min), RT (39.4 vs $39.2^{\circ}C$) and ST (37.6 vs $37.1^{\circ}C$) were each higher than females during work. With increasing time, during the average 2.5 h working period gradual increases in RR, RT and ST were recorded and the overall increases of 84 breath/min, $1.9^{\circ}C$ and $13.8^{\circ}C$ respectively (p < 0.001). Packed cell volume (PCV) data indicated significant difference between sexes, time and season (p < 0.001, p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 respectively). Within time (before and after 2.5 h working) the PCV decreased from 27.4 to 25.6%.

Analysis of Drone Technology Using in Journalism : Focusing on Log and Diary of Korean General Service Program Provider (드론기술의 저널리즘 활용 실태 : 종합편성채널 방송 활용 일지 분석을 중심으로)

  • Lim, Hyunchan
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.588-594
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    • 2020
  • This study analyzes the current status of drone journalism in Korean broadcasting industry, with a case study of TV Chosun Company's drone use for news gathering. It analyzes TV Chosun's record of drone logs between 2014 and 2018. The log consists of date, time, news content, users, machine and on-air date. In 2014, the total of 31 cases of using drones for news gathering is identified, while in 2018, the frequency increases to 60, with a gradual, annual increase, making the total frequency of 160, during the period between 2014 and 2018. This means that the broadcasting company used the drone news gathering system every week. The analysis also reveals that the company used this drone news gathering system mostly in the metropolitan area in Korea, amounting to more than 76 per cent of its total use: 31.3 per cent in Seoul, 36.9 per cent in Kyunggi, and 8.1 percent in Incheon. The system was more frequently used in the summer and autumn than the winter and spring. Interestingly, it was first popularly used for disaster related news, but the use of drone for social and other issues is increasing every year, which may imply its diverse use in the future.