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Physiochemical Changes and Optimization of Phosphate-Treated Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Using Response Surface Methodology

  • Omar, Saiah Djebbour;Yang, Je-Eun;Oh, Sang-Cheol;Kim, Dae-Wook;Lee, Yang-Bong
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.44-51
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    • 2016
  • The objective of this study was to determine the factors responsible for the changed physiochemical properties of unpeeled shrimp treated in cold phosphate solution ($2{\sim}4^{\circ}C$) with the intervention of 4 factors: phosphate concentration, dipping time, rotation speed, and volume of brine solution. Response surface analysis was used to characterize the effect of the phosphate treatment on shrimps by running 33 treatments for optimizing the experiment. For each treatment, phosphate amount, moisture content, and weight gain were measured. The results showed that phosphate concentration is the most important factor than other factors for facilitating phosphate penetration in the meat of the shrimp and for getting the best result. The optimum condition of phosphate-treated shrimp in this study was 110 to 120 min dipping time, 500 to 550 mL brine solution for 100 g shrimp sample, and 190 to 210 rpm agitation speed. The studied conditions can be applied in fisheries and other food industries for good phosphate treatments.

Microencapsulated Iron for Drink Yogurt Fortification

  • Kim, S.J.;Ahn, J.;Seok, J.S.;Kwak, H.S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.581-587
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    • 2003
  • This study was designed to examine the effect of icroencapsulated iron fortified drink yogurt and vitamin C as a bioavailable helper of iron on chemical and sensory aspects during 20 d storage. Coating material was polyglycerol monostearate (PGMS), and ferric ammonium sulfate and vit C were selected as core materials. The highest efficiency of microencapsulation of iron and vit C were 73% and 95%, respectively, with 5:1:50 ratio (w/w/v) as coating to core material to distilled water. Iron fortification did not affect the fermentation time required for the drink yogurt to reach pH 4.2. The addition of uncapsulated iron decreased the pH during storage. TBA absorbance was significantly lower in capsulated treatments than in uncapsulated treatments during storage. In sensory aspect, the yogurt sample added with uncapsulated iron and vit C, regardless of capsulation, showed a significantly high score of astringency, compared with those of control and other groups. A significantly strong sourness was observed in treatment containing capsulated iron and uncapsulated vitamin C at every time interval. The present study provides evidence that microencapsulation of iron with PGMS is effective for iron fortification in drink yogurt.

Evaluation of Honey and Rice Syrup as Replacements for Sorbitol in the Production of Restructured Duck Jerky

  • Triyannanto, Endy;Lee, Keun Taik
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.271-279
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    • 2016
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of natural humectants such as honey and rice syrup to replace sorbitol in the production of restructured duck jerky. Each humectant was mixed at 3%, 6%, and 10% (wt/wt) concentrations with the marinating solution. The values of water activity and the moisture-to-protein ratio of all of the samples were maintained below 0.75. Jerky samples treated with honey retained more moisture than those exposed to other treatments. Among all samples, those treated with 10% sorbitol produced the highest processing yield and the lowest shear force values. The highest $L^*$ value and the lowest $b^*$ value were observed for the sorbitol-treated sample, followed by the rice syrup- and honey-treated samples. Duck jerky samples treated with 10% honey showed the highest scores for the sensory parameters evaluated. The overall acceptability scores of samples treated with rice syrup were comparable with those of samples treated with sorbitol. Microscopic observation of restructured duck jerky samples treated with honey showed stable forms and smaller pores when compared with other treatments.

A study on the treatment of a max-value cost function in parametric optimization (매개변수 종속 최적화에서 최대치형 목적함수 처리에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Soo;Choi, Dong-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1561-1570
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    • 1997
  • This study explores the treatment of the max-value cost function over a parameter interval in parametric optimization. To avoid the computational burden of the transformation treatment using an artificial variable, a direct treatment of the original max-value cost function is proposed. It is theoretically shown that the transformation treatment results in demanding an additional equality constraint of dual variables as a part of the Kuhn-Tucker necessary conditions. Also, it is demonstrated that the usability and feasibility conditions on the search direction of the transformation treatment retard convergence rate. To investigate numerical performances of both treatments, typical optimization algorithms in ADS are employed to solve a min-max steady-state response optimization. All the algorithm tested reveal that the suggested direct treatment is more efficient and stable than the transformation treatment. Also, the better performing of the direct treatment over the transformation treatment is clearly shown by constrasting the convergence paths in the design space of the sample problem. Six min-max transient response optimization problems are also solved by using both treatments, and the comparisons of the results confirm that the performances of the direct treatment is better than those of the tranformation treatment.

A Study on Solid Particle Erosion Characteristics of Surface Treated 12wt%Cr Steel for USC Power Plant (USC 화력발전소용 12wt%Cr강의 표면처리에 따른 고체입자침식특성에 관한 연구)

  • 엄기원;이선호;이의열
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.324-326
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    • 2004
  • l2wt%Cr Steel has been applied on turbine bucket and nozzle partition material of power plant. Turbine bucket and nozzle get damaged by solid particle within steam, therefore they are protected by surface treatments such as ion nitriding, boriding and chrome carbide HVOF spray coating. In this study, solid particle erosion(SPE) characteristics after these surface treatments are examined at operating temperature 540$^{\circ}C$ and 590$^{\circ}C$ of fossil power plant and the mechanism of damage was studied. Erosion of 12wt%Cr steel is originated by micro cutting and that of boriding and chrome carbide HVOF spray is originated by these mechanism - repeating collision, crack initiation and propagation. As the results of SPE test at 540$^{\circ}C$ and 30$^{\circ}$ impact angle that is the most commonly occurred in power plant, Boriding had the best SPE -resistance property, Cr$_2$C$_3$-25(Ni20Cr) HVOF spayed and ion nitrided samples were also better than bare metals(l2wt%Cr Steels). At 590$^{\circ}C$ and 30$^{\circ}$ impact angle, Boriding had also the most superior characteristic and HVOF spay sample was better than bare metal.

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Effects of surface-treated boron powder using chemical solvents on MgB2 bulk superconductors

  • Lim, J.Y.;Ahn, J.H.;Ranot, M.;Oh, Y.S.;Kang, S.H.;Jang, S.H.;Hwang, D.Y.;Chung, K.C.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2018
  • $MgB_2$ superconducting properties have been investigated with the surface-treated boron powders using the chemical solvents. Various solvents were used such as acetone, ethanol, methanol, and water to possibly modify the surface condition of raw boron powders as received. This treatment was done at an argon gas environment inside the glove box to reduce the further contamination during and after chemical treatments. It was found that $T_c$ values were increased to 37.58-37.73 K from the pure sample of 37.50 K when they were treated in inert environment. High- fields $J_c$ at both 5 & 20 K was all increased regardless of any kinds of chemical treatments mentioned above. It is also noted that the $J_c$ at low-fields were increased in the order of solvents: ethanol > acetone > pure $MgB_2$ = methanol > water.

Assessing Phosphorus Availability in a High pH, Biochar Amended Soil under Inorganic and Organic Fertilization

  • Kahura, Millicent Wanjiku;Min, Hyungi;Kim, Min-Suk;Kim, Jeong-Gyu
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2018
  • Phosphorous remains as one of the most limiting nutrients to plant growth, second only to nitrogen. Research on use of biochar as a soil amendment for available phosphorus in temperate calcareous soils has limited studies compared with to tropical acidic soils. An incubation experiment to assess phosphorous availability in a biochar amended calcareous soil under inorganic (Fused superphosphate, FSP) and organic fertilizer (bone meal, BM) and respectively, at the dose of 40, 80 and $120mg\;P\;kg^{-1}$ was carried out. Soil was incubated at $25^{\circ}C$ for 70 days. Results show that the rate of increase in available P was proportional to the fertilizer application rate with or without biochar amendment. Biochar did not have a significant effect on soils amended with either fertilizeron the values of available P. However, time had a significant effect (p<0.001) on the amount of available P during the incubation period. Inorganic fertilizer treatments had recorded high amount of available P with time compared to organic fertilizer treatments. Organic fertilizer treatment sample were significantly not different from control and for most of the incubation time biochar acted as a soil conditioner. Further research is required to understand the holistic and long-term effect of biochar.

Treatment and Characteristics Related to Patients with Hemophilia (혈우병 환자의 질병관련 특성과 관리실태)

  • Kang, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Won-Ok;Yoo, Myung-Chul;Choi, Jin-Yi
    • Journal of muscle and joint health
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.119-129
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze current treatments and characteristics of patients with hemophilia. Method: research design is a descriptive study exploring the current treatments, accompanied disorders, features related to the disease and subjects' social-demographic characteristics. The sample consisted of 218 hemophilia patients registered at Korea Hemophilia Foundation. Results: 80.3% of the subjects were diagnosed of this disease before the age of 10. 64.7% of them had a hemophilia familial history. 74.3% of them had disabilities. Main characters related to the disease were lack of the 8th factor and bleeding tendencies. Levels of severity had significant relationship with the number of hemorrhagic experiences. A common comorbidity found was hepatitis C. A treatment agent frequently use was GREENMONO INJ. and most patients injected it by themselves. 47.7% of the subjects used a dosage of 100 unit, and 45.4% of them injected to once a week. Conclusion: These data will be used as valuable knowledge for planning a patient care and managing their symptoms.

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Immiscibility, nucleation and mechanical properties in the lithia-baria-silica system

  • Ertug, Burcu
    • Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.394-400
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    • 2018
  • The current work investigates the effects of nucleation heat treatments, on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a novel silicate glass in $Li_2O-BaO-SiO_2$ system with 1 mol% $P_2O_5$ as nucleating agent. As-cast glass was exposed to nucleation heat treatments at $490-550^{\circ}C$ for 1-3 h. The microstructural examination was performed by SEM/EDS. The highest Vickers microhardness was determined to be 650 Hv for the sample heat treated at $550^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. The increase in the nucleation time also affected Vickers microhardness and the highest one was determined to be 600 Hv after nucleation for 3 h. The fracture toughness, $K_{IC}$ reached $2.51MPa.m^{1/2}$ after nucleation at $550^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. The nucleation temperatures had a more pronounced effect on the fracture toughnesses in comparison to nucleation times. The indentation toughness data was used to determine Weibull parameters from Ln ln [1/(1-P)]-$lnK_{IC}$ plots. Weibull modulus, m of the samples nucleated at 500, 510, 530, $550^{\circ}C$ for 1h. and $540^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. were determined similarly to be 3.8, 3.5, 4.7 and 3.9, respectively. The rest of the samples indicated higher Weibull moduli, which may be attributed to the formations of microcracks due to the mismatch in between newly formed crystals and remaining glassy matrix.

A Comparative Analysis on Korean Medical and Western Medical Service Usage Tendency of Rotator Cuff Surgery Patients - Using HIRA's Patients Sample Data

  • Khang, Hyun-jin;Lee, Hye-Yoon;Lee, Se-Yeon;Kim, NamKwen;Song, YunKyung
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.133-149
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: To lay the foundation for future research into Korean Medicine treatment for Rotator Cuff repair surgery patients by analyzing Korean Medical and Western Medical service utilization and treatment duration. Methods: Data sampling was performed on 2015's HIRA patient data (confidence level of 97%) to analyze patients' Korean Medical and Western Medical service usage tendency. Sampled groups were divided into two groups: i) Patients who completed their treatment within five months after the rotator cuff surgery (termination group), ii) Patients who were treated for more than five months after the surgery (continuation group). Then the patients' Korean Medical and Western Medical service usage tendency was investigated and information of these patients are arranged. Results: Out of 1,453,486 patients who were gathered for sampling, 2,461 patients in total had gone through rotator cuff repair surgery. The termination group had 517 patients and the continuation group had 541 patients. The proportion of patients who visited a Korean Medicine clinic was lower in the termination group than the continuation group. Conclusion: The continuation group received more treatments (both in Western Medicine and Korean Medicine) and spent more on medical expenses compared to the termination group. Further research is highly recommended for more efficient Western Medicine and Korean Medicine treatments and reduced medical expenditure.