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Estimation of the Potential Area for Roof Greening in Gyeonggi-do and Its Implications (경기도의 옥상녹화 가용면적 추정과 이의 정책적 함의)

  • Park, Eun-Jin;Nam, MiA;Kang, Gyui
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.107-117
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    • 2012
  • We estimated the potential area roof greening in Gyeonggi-do that will mitigate the heat island effect. The estimation was based on building age, roof shape, and building use which were recorded in the building register from "Sewoomteo, the Building Administration System in the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. The estimated potential roof greening area in Gyeonggi-do was approximately $102.5km^2$ assuming that the buildings for residence, public, education(school), office, shopping mall are appropriate for roof greening. The area occupied by apartment buildings over six-story was 76.3% of the potential roof greening area 10.2% for individual houses, 5.9% for under five-story apartment buildings, and 3.7% for school buildings. The result indicated that it is residential buildings that we need to pay attention for roof greening, especially high-rise buildings over six-story. Greening of the whole estimated area, $102.5km^2$, in Gyeonggi-do will result in the increase of green space per capita by $8.74m^2$. This is 1.65 times greater than the area of current urban parks, and 1.97 times greater than the total area of neighborhood parks, children's parks, and pocket parks. Greening of the estimated roof area will increase green coverage of urban area by twice, adding to current green coverage of the urban areas, 11.3%, in 10 major cities. In particular, the effect of roof greening would be remarkable in inceasing the green space of Anyang City, Gwangmyeong City, and Guri City where neighborhood park area falls short.

Variation of Electrical Behavior of Particles in Aqueous Environment Depending Upon the Adsorption Characteristics of Specific Ions (수중 특정 이온의 흡착 특성에 따른 입자의 전기적 거동 변화 양상)

  • Kim Dong-Su
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.14 no.6 s.68
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 2005
  • It was possible to understand the adsorption characteristics of ions in aqueous environment based on the variations of PZC and IEP of particles when adsorption of ions on particle surface occurred. The specific adsorption of $Cu^{2+}$ ion upon chalcopyrite surface provoked a lowered PZC, which was considered to be due to increased adsorption of OH- ion via the electrostatic attraction between the two ions. On the contrary, IEP of chalcopyrite was observed to rise when Cu2+ was specifically adsorbed on its surface. The reason for this could be explained by the necessity of the increase of pH to offset the positively increased surface potential of chalcopyrite for the reestablishment of IEP. Neither PZC or IEP of chalcopyrite was observed to change when non-specific adsorption occurred since no change in the surface potential of chalcopyrite was invoked under this condition.

Recharge Potential Assessment of Artificial Recharge System for Agricultural Drought Adaptation (농업가뭄대응을 위한 인공함양 시스템의 함양능력 평가)

  • Lee, Jae Young;Kim, Gyoo Bum
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2021
  • There is an increasing need for water supply plan using sustainable groundwater to resolve water shortage problem caused by drought due to climate change and artificial aquifer recharge has recently emerged as an alternative. This study deals with recharge potential assessment for artificial recharge system and quantitative assessment for securing stable water and efficient agricultural water supply adapt to drought finding optimal operating condition by numerical modeling to reflect recharge scenarios considering climate condition, target water intake, injection rate, and injection duration. In order to assess recharge potential of injection well, numerical simulation was performed to predict groundwater level changes in injection and observation well respect to injection scenarios (Case 1~4) for a given total injection rate (10,000 m3). The results indicate that groundwater levels for each case are maintained for 25~42 days and optimal injection rate is 50 m3/day for Case 3 resulted in groundwater level rise less than 1 m below surface. The results also show that influential area of groundwater level rise due to injection was estimated at 113.5 m and groundwater storage and elapsed time were respectively increased by 6 times and 4 times after installation of low permeable barrier. The proposed assessment method can be contributed to sustainable agricultural water supply and stable water security for drought adaptation.

Arbitrator's Duty to Disclose in the Context of U.S. Law: Focusing on Case Law's Evident Partiality (미국법 상의 중재인의 고지 의무: 판례법상 명백한 편파성을 중심으로)

  • Shin, Seung-Nam
    • Journal of Arbitration Studies
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.45-66
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    • 2016
  • The FAA provides that a district court may make an order vacating an arbitration award upon the application of any party to the arbitration where there was evident partiality on the arbitrator's behalf. The U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Commonwealth Coatings Corp. held that arbitrators must disclose to the parties "any dealing that might create an impression of possible bias." Justice White attempted to limit the scope of evident partiality to instances where an arbitrator has a "substantial interest" in the dispute before disclosure is required. The Second Circuit held that if an arbitrator thinks that a nontrivial conflict of interest might exist, the arbitrator must either (i) conduct an investigation into the potential conflict, or (ii) disclose to the parties why he or she thinks there could be a conflict. Further, the arbitrator must disclose his or her intent not to investigate the matter. By utilizing a reasonable impression of partiality standard, the Ninth Circuit held that evident partiality can exist despite an arbitrator's actual acknowledgement of a conflict, and if an arbitrator fails to discharge his or her duty to investigate potential conflicts of interest, his or her constructive knowledge of the conflicts can give rise to evident partiality.

Environmental Foreign Policy as a Soft Power Instrument: Cases of China and India

  • Karakir, Irem Askar
    • Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.5-26
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    • 2018
  • Joseph S. Nye defined soft power as the power of attraction to affect the behavior of other states through the use of non-coercive instruments including culture, political values and foreign policy. Over the last two decades, environmental issues have grown in importance on the international agenda and become critical components of states' foreign policy-making. This paper aims to analyze environmental foreign policy as a soft power instrument focusing on two major rising powers: China and India. Traditionally, China and India had been reluctant to make any commitments in the field. However, they have shown greater willingness to act in global environmental governance in the past decade. They started playing more active roles in global climate change negotiations and supported a number of initiatives. Their current rise in global environmental governance has even been praised by the international community as the Paris agreement case demonstrated. This study evaluates China's and India's recent efforts in global environmental governance with a focus on climate change negotiations linking their constructive position to their soft power potential. It is argued that environmental issues are used by these two states as foreign policy strategy to gain more influence in international politics. This study finds out that China's climate-related environmental diplomacy has been more ambitious than that of India and thus has been closer to fulfill its potential as a soft power asset.

Effects of Erythropoietin on Memory Deficits and Brain Oxidative Stress in the Mouse Models of Dementia

  • Kumar, Rohit;Jaggi, Amteshwar Singh;Singh, Nirmal
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 2010
  • The present study was undertaken to explore the potential of erythropoietin in memory deficits of mice. Memory impairment was produced by scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, $i.p.$) and intracerebroventricular streptozotocin (i.c.v STZ, 3 mg/kg, $10{\mu}l$, $1^{st}$ and $3^{rd}$ day) in separate groups of animals. Morris water-maze test was employed to assess learning and memory. The levels of brain thio-barbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) were estimated to assess degree of oxidative stress. Brain acetylcholinesterase enzyme (AChE) activity was also measured. Scopolamine/streptozotocin administration induced significant impairment of learning and memory in mice as indicated by marked decrease in Morris water-maze performance. Scopolamine/streptozotocin administration also produced a significant enhancement of brain AChE activity and brain oxidative stress (an increase in TBARS and a decrease in GSH) levels. Treatment of erythropoietin (500 and 1,000 IU/Kg i.p.) significantly reversed scopolamine- as well as streptozotocin-induced learning and memory deficits along with attenuation of those-induced rise in brain AChE activity and brain oxidative stress levels. It may be concluded that erythropoietin exerts a beneficial effect in memory deficits of mice possibly through its multiple actions including potential anti-oxidative effect.

Damage potential of earthquake records for RC building stock

  • Ozmen, Hayri Baytan;Inel, Mehmet
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.1315-1330
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    • 2016
  • This study investigates ground motion parameters and their damage potential for building type structures. It focuses on low and mid-rise reinforced concrete buildings that are important portion of the existing building stock under seismic risk in many countries. Correlations of 19 parameters of 466 earthquake records with nonlinear displacement demands of 1056 Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) systems are investigated. Properties of SDOF systems are established to represent RC building construction practice. The correlation of damage and ground motion characteristics is examined with respect to number of story and site classes. Equations for average nonlinear displacement demands of considered RC buildings are given for some of the ground motion parameters. Velocity related parameters are generally found to have better results than the acceleration, displacement and frequency related ones. Correlation of the parameters may be expected to decrease with increasing intensity of seismic event. Velocity Spectrum Intensity and Peak Ground Velocity have been found to have the highest correlation values for almost all site classes and number of story groups. Common parameter of Peak Ground Acceleration has lower correlation with damage when compared to them and some other parameters like Effective Design Acceleration and Characteristic Intensity.

Potential of Helicopter MRO Business (헬기 MRO 비즈니스의 잠재력)

  • Kim, Joune ho;Hwang, Chang jeon
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 2014
  • Since the global economic crisis in year 2008, the world civil helicopter market has been growing recently. According to the market outlook in the next decade, the demand of civil helicopter will be driven by the demand of Private & Corporate, Oil & Gas, Off-shore and EMS(Emergency Medical Service) usages. On the other side, the demand of military market will be driven by the modification and upgrading for life extension or performance enhancement than the new helicopter development for replacing old models. To summarize these situations, the demand of MRO(Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) market has also been on the rise because of the demand due to above several usages in civil side and the life-extension in military side. Through the MRO market analysis for characteristics, developmental trends and a supply chain, this paper describes that the potential of MRO business is considerably large as a propulsive power of domestic helicopter industry. And also, it proposes the construction direction of MRO network because the domestic industry must make the developmental awareness and reliability a stepping-stone towards own helicopter.

A Study on Bioremediation of Fish Farm Sediment Using CaO2 by Enhancement of Indigenous Microbial Activity (어류양식장 저질개선을 위한 과산화칼슘 투입에 의한 생태 환경변화 관찰)

  • Cho, Daechul;Bae, Hwan-Jin;Kwon, Sung-Hyun
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1187-1193
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    • 2012
  • The aim of this research is to enhance the bottom environment of Geoje fish farm that has been severely contaminated. Treatment of microbial agent and/or calcium oxide significantly changed that environment: in ignition loss, either treatment (25% or 21%) showed better than mixed treatment (13.2%). In COD, the oxygen releasing agent or mixed treatment reduced the index by more than 20%. In T-P and T-N, the effects of $CaO_2$ on them were overwhelming (50% or more) meanwhile that of the microbial agent on them was less than 20%. Also, $CaO_2$ influenced on the microbial flora: Desulfobvibrio thermophilus, a sulfate reducing bacterium decreased in number, considering the increase of pH and rise of redox potential. In contrast, Pseudomonas sp., Pseudoalteromonas sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa were remarkably dominant over other species with mixed treatment as a PCA analysis confirmed it.

Discussion-based Interface Design Research on the Smart phone at Cyber Universities (사이버대학 강의에서 스마트폰을 활용한 토론학습 인터페이스 설계연구)

  • Si, Ji-Hyun;Park, Dae-Ghun;Chae, A-Lm;Kim, Dong-Sik
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.81-96
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    • 2011
  • With the popularity of smart phones for mobile learning on the rise, cyber universities in Korea are trying to build a reliable mobile campus infrastructure. Such advances in smart phone technologies have made it increasingly easy for users to stay connected and this heightened interaction through smart phones has educational potential for collaborative learning. Thus, to fulfill its educational potential and ultimately provide optimal learning environments on the smart phones, this study has developed a discussion-based interface prototype for collaborative learning. The proposed interface design was evaluated through cognitive walkthrough of the expert reviewers and its usability improvements were also offered.

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