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Improving the Precision for the T-history Method for Latent Heat Measurements of Low Melting Temperature PCMs (T-history법에 의한 저온 PCM 잠열측정의 정밀도 향상)

  • Lee Yoonsuk;Peck Jong Hyeon;Kang Chaedong;Hong Hiki
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.223-231
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    • 2005
  • When test tubes for PCM with melting point lower than a room temperature are installed vertically as the T-history method proposes, there exists a temperature distribution in the longitudinal direction by natural convection, which lowers the precision of measured heat-of-fusion. The purpose of the present work is to improve the precision by arranging the test tubes horizontally, while maintaining the simplicity and convenience. Assuming that the amount of heat transfer is very small through the vapor space formed in the upper part of the tubes by volumetric change, the obtained value by the T-history method using the latent heat period bounded by two inflection points is in good agreement with that of the literature. Also, the scattering of measured values by the proposed method decreases markedly compared to that of vertical positioning.

A Study of the Education and Licensure System of California Regarding East Asian Medicine and Acupuncture (캘리포니아 침구 및 동양의학 교육과 면허관리 체계 연구)

  • Hong, Jiseong;Han, Raeun;Han, Changhyun;Kang, Yeonseok
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2017
  • In the United States, California is well known for its rigorous education and licensing system regarding East Asian Medicine and acupuncture. As in most other states in America, the State government controls the practice of acupuncture, massage, acupressure therapy, food therapy, and natural therapy using a board established to set, maintain, and uphold licensing credentials for acupuncturists and practitioners of East Asian medicine. In California the system started in the 1970s when the State Legislature passed a bill to measure competency, and license acupuncturists. This study briefly describes the California Acupuncture Board (CAB), which is authorized to control the related education, examination, continuing education, and management of licenses already awarded. This study addresses the essential and minimum educational requirement established by the CAB for licensure, that is mandate classroom lecture with additional 950 hours clinic training, and the 50 hours of continuing education credits earned every two years, for maintaining the license.

Oriental medicine mangifera indica

  • Rai, Sujay;Basak, Souvik;Mukherjee, Kakali;Saha, BP;Mukherjee, Pulok K
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2007
  • Mangifera indica Linn. (MI) (Family: Anacardiaceae) is commonly known worldwide as mango and ‘Aam’ in India. MI shares an important place in treatment of several diseases in various ancient system of medicine like Ayurveda and other Indian System of Medicine and some other Traditional Medicines world wide. Almost all the parts of MI have been used in oriental medicine, so in this review attempt has being made to review the history, traditional uses, phytoconstituents and therapeutic potentials of mango.

Natural Product Research in Dental Caries Prevention (임상가를 위한 특집 1 - 충치예방과 관련된 천연물(natural products) 연구의 현황)

  • Jeon, Jae-Gyu
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.50 no.9
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    • pp.544-551
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    • 2012
  • Dental caries is a biofilm-related oral disease, and continues to afflict the majority of the world's population. Although fluoride, delivered in various modalities, remains the mainstay for the prevention of caries, additional approaches are required to enhance its effectiveness. Natural products have been used as a major source of innovative and effective therapeutic agents throughout human history, and have shown promise as a source of components for the development of new drugs. In addition. studies using natural products to prevent or treat oral diseases such as dental caries have received a great deal of attention. A number of compounds, such as epicatechin, allicin and sanguinarine, isolated from natural products, have also been investigated for their efficacy against oral microbial pathogens. However, the use of natural products as an anti-caries agent in clinical practice was controversial because of inadequate knowledge concerning their mechanisms of action and chemical characterization. This study focuses on the current knowledge of natural products in dental caries prevention and suggests natural products are importance sources for the prevention of dental caries.

A New Sponge of the Genus Smenospongia (Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) from Gageodo Island, Korea

  • Lee, Kyung-Jin;Sim, Chung-Ja
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.9-11
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    • 2005
  • A new species of the genus Smenospongia (Dictyoceratida, Thorectidae), S. coreana n. sp., is described from Gageodo Island, Korea. This new species is readily distinguished from the other species of Smenospongia by the un-lobated growth forms and un-crowded primary fibres. S. aurea and S. lamellata are no distinction between primary and secondary elements, but this species is easily distinguished from them. The matrix easily derived from the fibres. This species has five sesterterpenes, three scalaranetypes and two linear furanosesterterpenes, in chemical compounds.

A New Species of the Genus Hymeniacidon (Demospongiae: Halichondrida: Halichondriidae) from Korea

  • Sim, Chung-Ja;Lee, Kyung-Jin
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.187-189
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    • 2003
  • A new sponge species of the genus Hymeniacidon (family Halichondriidae) from Munsum, Jeju Island, Korea is described. This species is similar to H. sinapium in spicule size, but the color, oscules, external surface and arrangement of the spicules are considerably different. This species is bright yellow in live, and retains multiple oscules and a plumose bundle of styles in the subectosomal region.

A study on the characteristics of Vibration Reduction Type Disk bearing in Station of Rapid Transit Railway (역사 내 진동저감형 디스크 받침 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Tae-Hyun;Park, Hean-Sang;Kim, Ho-Bae;Choi, Jin-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2011
  • Railway construction in the random vibration natural phenomena, as well as a relatively regular train loads for dynamic loads, such as a usability and safety should be ensured. Vibration due to train loads and seismic vibrations caused by wind compared to the typically very small in size, rather than the safety of the structure affects the usability. Recently in the downtown area, ground and underground facilities, such as a permanent facility that may cause excessive vibration increases, associated with the construction of these transportation facilities on ground vibrations of structures has been increasing concern and complaint. More recently, high-speed train vibration and noise due to furnace is increasing. In order to solve this problem, such as soundproof considering several feet, but by applying the vibration and noise reduction measures insufficient for the study is Free. In this study, track structure, track, and the inside of the building to support the system, the different forms of neurological history and share about the history cheonanahsan high-speed rail, if passed by the bus stop on the train loads of noise, and the history of interior noise and vibration measurement / analysis of measurement results to assess the relative comparison with the relevant provisions were reviewed. Based on this history, future plans for the design of the bridge to reflect the results of a study is intended to provide information. Waiting for the analysis of vibration and noise reduction, cheonanahsan history passed quietly in the train, on average, appeared to 67.53dB and 65.41dB nervous week on average, were measured with the history. Nervous week waiting room of history and the history cheonanahsan radically different shapes and sizes, so a direct comparison is impossible, but the vibration caused by the disc on the base of the polyurethane elastomer disk is not supported by GERB SYSTEM Waiting more effective in reducing the noise level considered in The main materials for railway and for the localization will help to ensure affordability is considered.

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A Comparative study on the thought of Chinese landscape architecture and Painting theory (중국(中國) 회화이론(繪畵理論)과 원림건축사상(園林建築思想) 비교연구(比較硏究))

  • Kim, Jung-Yong
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.8 no.2 s.19
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    • pp.33-45
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    • 1999
  • The essence of Chinese landscape architecture is realization of a space that embraces nature and human integrating the openness and encloseness. The concept of landscape architecture that artificially furnishes natural elegance into urban areas coincides with the spiritual basis of Chinese literati-painting which subjectifies the scenery of objective world and entrusts personal feelings on that. In other words, the ultimate ideal of Chinese landscape architecture is embodying the Utopia of confucian intellectual in a city. This paper has tried to shed a light on inter-relationship of literati-painting theory and Chinese landscape architecture theory through comparing them. It is the identical spiritual basis they shared harmoniously that made landscape architecture, poetry and painting possible to meet.

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Application of the Direct Displacement Based Design Methodology for Different Types of RC Structural Systems

  • Malekpour, Saleh;Dashti, Farhad
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.135-153
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    • 2013
  • This study investigates the direct displacement based design (DDBD) approach for different types of reinforced concrete structural systems including single moment-resisting, dual wall-frame and dual steel-braced systems. In this methodology, the displacement profile is calculated and the equivalent single degree of freedom system is then modeled considering the damping characteristics of each member. Having calculated the effective period and secant stiffness of the structure, the base shear is obtained, based on which the design process can be carried out. For each system three frames are designed using DDBD approach. The frames are then analyzed using nonlinear time-history analysis with 7 earthquake accelerograms and the damage index is investigated through lateral drift profile of the models. Results of the analyses and comparison of the nonlinear time-history analysis results indicate efficiency of the DDBD approach for different reinforced concrete structural systems.

A History of the Common Logarithmic Table with Proportional Parts (상용로그표의 비례부분에 대한 역사적 고찰)

  • Kim, Tae Soo
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.409-419
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    • 2014
  • In school mathematics, the logarithmic function is defined as the inverse function of an exponential function. And the natural logarithm is defined by the integral of the fractional function 1/x. But historically, Napier had already used the concept of logarithm in 1614 before the use of exponential function or integral. The calculation of the logarithm was a hard work. So mathematicians with arithmetic ability made the tables of values of logarithms and people used the tables for the estimation of data. In this paper, we first take a look at the mathematicians and mathematical principles related to the appearance and the developments of the logarithmic tables. And then we deal with the confusions between mathematicians, raised by the estimation data which were known as proportional parts or mean differences in common logarithmic tables.