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The incidence of dural venous sinus thrombosis (DVST) and the cerebral venous infarct have not exactly known, but DVST is closely related to the skull fracture around the venous sinus. A 56-year-old man experienced massive watery discharge after hitting on his face by a falling machine. He was alert and no cerebrospinal fluid discharge on admission. Air-density was shown on the jugular fossa in the brain computed tomography. On the 3th day of trauma, he suddenly had dyspnea and loss of consciousness and became comatose. Acute edema on medulla, pons and right cerebellar hemisphere and focal infarct on right medulla were visualized on the brain magnetic resonance imaging. And the sigmoid sinus and the jugular vein were occluded and venous circulation on the right posterior fossa was diminished on the cerebral angiography. Air-density on the sinus may be an indicator into developing venous thrombosis and brainstem venous infarct could be followed by the DVST round the jugular bulb.

This study presents a novel strategy to construct ceramic structures comprised of microporous filaments using photocurable ceramic/monomer feedstocks containing terpene crystals as sublimable porogens for UV curing-assisted 3D plotting technique. The biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) feedstock, composed of frozen terpene crystals surrounded by BCP/UDMA walls, could be favorably extruded through a fine nozzle and then effectively photopolymerized by UV light. Thus, green filaments with high shape retention could be obtained. In addition, a number of pores could be created in BCP filaments after removing terpene crystals via freeze-drying and the porosity could be tailored by adjusting terpene content in BCP feedstocks. This approach allowed for the construction of dual-scale porous structures comprising microporous filaments in a periodic pattern, with tailored overall porosities and compressive strengths. Several types of self-supporting structures were also successfully constructed using our approach.

This paper proposes a photocurable ceramic slurry containing a freezing vehicle as a novel feedstock for digital light processing (DLP) technique, which can produce hierarchical porous ceramic structures. A thin layer, comprised of a 3-dimensionally interconnected ceramic/monomer network surrounded by a frozen camphene-camphor alloy network, can be effectively photopolymerized by the DLP process, and thus micropores can be created after the removal of the camphene-camphor network via freeze-drying. Several processing parameters for the DLP process, including the temperature of the building vat, layer thickness, and UV exposure time, were optimized to produce hierarchical porous ceramic structures. The effect of freezing vehicle content on the microporous structures (e.g., porosity and pore size) and mechanical properties of ceramic frameworks was examined. In addition, hierarchical macro/micro-porous ceramic scaffolds comprised of microporous ceramic frameworks separated by microporous CaP frameworks were produced, and their porous structures and mechanical properties were characterized.

This study presents the utility of solid camphor as a novel type of diluent for the preparation of photocurable ceramic slurries with sufficiently low viscosity at high solid loading (48 vol%), which can be applicable for the conventional digital light processing (DLP) process. The camphor addition remarkably decreased the viscosity of calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramic slurries without affecting their photopolymerization behavior. This approach could effectively mitigate the clogging of pores with residual slurries, and thus the porous structure of porous CaP scaffolds with 3D channels could be tightly controlled. Furthermore, the high densification of CaP frameworks after sintering at 1250 °C for 3 h could be achieved owing to the use of the high solid loading in the CaP slurry. The porous CaP scaffolds produced displayed high compressive strength (˜ 23.8 MPa) and modulus (˜ 276 MPa) at a high porosity of ˜ 50.6 vol%.

To investigate whether clinical condition, imaging session, and locations affect repeatability of amide proton transfer–weighted (APTw) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the brain. Three APTw MRI data sets were acquired, involving two intrasession scans and one intersession scan for 19 healthy, 15 glioma, and 12 acute stroke adult participants (mean age 53.8, 54.6, and 68.5, respectively) on a 3T MR scanner. The mean APTw signals from five locations in healthy brain (supratentorial and infratentorial locations) and from entire tumor and stroke lesions (supratentorial location) were calculated. The within-subject coefficient of variation (wCV) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated for each clinical conditions, image sessions, and anatomic locations. Differences in APTw signals between sessions were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance. The ICC and wCV were 0.96 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.91–0.99) and 16.1 (12.6–21.3) in glioma, 0.93 (0.82–0.98) and 15.0 (11.4–20.6) in stroke, and 0.84 (0.72–0.91) and 34.0 (28.7–41.0) in healthy brain. There were no significant differences in APTw signal between three sessions, irrespective of disease condition and location. The ICC and wCV were 0.85 (0.68–0.94) and 27.4 (21.8–35.6) in supratentorial, and 0.44 (− 0.18 to 0.76) and 32.7 (25.9 to 42.9) in infratentorial locations. There were significant differences in APTw signal between supra- (mean, 0.49%; 95% CI, 0.38–0.61) and infratentorial locations (1.09%, 0.98–1.20; p

Objective To develop algorithms using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for automatic segmentation of acute ischemic lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and compare them with conventional algorithms, including a thresholding-based segmentation. Materials and Methods Between September 2005 and August 2015, 429 patients presenting with acute cerebral ischemia (training:validation:test set = 246:89:94) were retrospectively enrolled in this study, which was performed under Institutional Review Board approval. Ground truth segmentations for acute ischemic lesions on DWI were manually drawn under the consensus of two expert radiologists. CNN algorithms were developed using two-dimensional U-Net with squeeze-and-excitation blocks (U-Net) and a DenseNet with squeeze-and-excitation blocks (DenseNet) with squeeze-and-excitation operations for automatic segmentation of acute ischemic lesions on DWI. The CNN algorithms were compared with conventional algorithms based on DWI and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) signal intensity. The performances of the algorithms were assessed using the Dice index with 5-fold cross-validation. The Dice indices were analyzed according to infarct volumes (< 10 mL, ≥ 10 mL), number of infarcts (≤ 5, 6–10, ≥ 11), and b-value of 1000 (b1000) signal intensities (< 50, 50–100, > 100), time intervals to DWI, and DWI protocols. Results The CNN algorithms were significantly superior to conventional algorithms (p < 0.001). Dice indices for the CNN algorithms were 0.85 for U-Net and DenseNet and 0.86 for an ensemble of U-Net and DenseNet, while the indices were 0.58 for ADC-b1000 and b1000-ADC and 0.52 for the commercial ADC algorithm. The Dice indices for small and large lesions, respectively, were 0.81 and 0.88 with U-Net, 0.80 and 0.88 with DenseNet, and 0.82 and 0.89 with the ensemble of U-Net and DenseNet. The CNN algorithms showed significant differences in Dice indices according to infarct volumes (p < 0.001). Conclusion The CNN algorithm for automatic segmentation of acute ischemic lesions on DWI achieved Dice indices greater than or equal to 0.85 and showed superior performance to conventional algorithms.

We herein propose a novel type of additive manufacturing (AM) technique, denoted as “in situ photocuring-assisted 3D plotting”, which can rapidly solidify extruded green filaments comprised of ceramic powders and photocurable monomers using UV light during 3D plotting. To accomplish this, the rheological properties and photocuring behavior of the ceramic slurry were carefully tailored, particularly by using a mixture of diruethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) and triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) monomers as the photocurable vehicle. This innovative approach enabled the favorable extrusion of the ceramic slurry through a fine nozzle with high green strength after photocuring, and thus complex-shaped ceramic architectures with high shape retention could be constructed. As an example, a free-standing helical structure with a circular cross-section was successfully produced even without the use of any supporting materials. In addition, a porous ceramic scaffold with a tightly controlled porous structure could be produced.

To investigate the diagnostic performance of perfusion CT for prediction of hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke. A computerized literature search of Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE was conducted up to October 29, 2018. Search terms included acute ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic transformation, and perfusion CT. Studies assessing the diagnostic performance of perfusion CT for prediction of hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke were included. Two reviewers independently evaluated the eligibility of the studies. A bivariate random effects model was used to calculate the pooled sensitivity and pooled specificity. Multiple subgroup analyses were performed. Fifteen original articles with a total of 1134 patients were included. High blood-brain barrier permeability and hypoperfusion status derived from perfusion CT are associated with hemorrhagic transformation. The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 84% (95% CI, 71–91%) and 74% (95% CI, 67–81%), respectively. The area under the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.84 (95% CI, 0.81–0.87). The Higgins I2 statistic demonstrated that heterogeneity was present in the sensitivity (I2 = 80.21%) and specificity (I2 = 85.94%). Although various perfusion CT parameters have been used across studies, the current evidence supports the use of perfusion CT to predict hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke. • High blood-brain barrier permeability and hypoperfusion status derived from perfusion CT were associated with hemorrhagic transformation. • Perfusion CT has moderate diagnostic performance for the prediction of hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke. • The pooled sensitivity was 84%, and the pooled specificity was 74%.

Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can result in delayed neurological sequelae (DNS). Factors predicting DNS are still controversial. This study aims to determine whether acute brain lesions observed using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following acute CO poisoning are related to the subsequent development of DNS. Methods: This prospective study was conducted on patients with CO poisoning treated at a university hospital in Bucheon, Korea. From August 2016 to July 2019, a total of 283 patients visited the hospital because of CO poisoning. Exclusion criteria included age under 18 years, refusing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, refusing MRI, being discharged against medical advice, being lost to follow-up, having persistent neurological symptoms at discharge, and being transferred from another hospital 24 h after exposure. Results: Of the 154 patients included in the final study, acute brain lesions on MRI (ABLM) were observed in 49 patients (31.8%) and DNS occurred in 30 patients (19.5%). In a logistic regression analysis, lower Glasgow coma scale score and higher exposure time were associated with DNS, and the presence of ABLM in white matter was significantly associated with DNS (OR 6.741; 95% CI, 1.843–24.660; p = 0.004). Conclusion: The presence of ABLM in white matter was significantly related to the occurrence of DNS. Early prediction of the risk of developing DNS through MRI may be helpful in treating patients with CO poisoning.

Background and purpose We aimed to determine the intermethod reproducibility between the commercial software Inbrain (MIDAS IT) and the established research-purpose method FreeSurfer, as well as the effect of MRI resolution and the pathological condition of subjects on their intermethod reproducibility. Methods This study included 45 healthy volunteers and 85 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In 43 of the 85 patients with MCI, three-dimensional, T1-weighted MRI data were obtained at an in-plane resolution of 1.2 mm. The data of the remaining 42 patients with MCI and the healthy volunteers were obtained at an in-plane resolution of 1.0 mm. The within-subject coefficient of variation (CoV), intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and effect size were calculated, and means were compared using paired t-tests. The parameters obtained at 1.0-mm and 1.2-mm resolutions in patients with MCI were compared to evaluate the effect of the in-plane resolution on the intermethod reproducibility. The parameters obtained at a 1.0-mm in-plane resolution in patients with MCI and healthy volunteers were used to analyze the effect of subject condition on intermethod reproducibility. Results Overall the two methods showed excellent reproducibility across all regions of the brain (CoV=0.5-3.9, ICC=0.93 to >0.99). In the subgroup of healthy volunteers, the intermethod reliability was only good in some regions (frontal, temporal, cingulate, and insular). The intermethod reproducibility was better in the 1.0-mm group than the 1.2-mm group in all regions other than the nucleus accumbens. Conclusions Inbrain and FreeSurfer showed good-to-excellent intermethod reproducibility for volumetric measurements. Nevertheless, some noticeable differences were found based on subject condition, image resolution, and brain region.

Ethyl carbamate is naturally occurring compound, commonly found in many fermented foods and alcoholic beverages. During the process of plum wine production, ethyl carbamate can be formed. To this date, limited studies were conducted to monitor the ethyl carbamate in the plum wine brewed in-house. The objective of this study was to analyze the ethyl carbamates in plum wine, that were produced in differently: in-house and commercial production. A total of 33 plum wines were analyzed. The levels of ethyl carbamate ranged from N.D to 352.7 μg/kg in plum wines available in Korea. The current level of ethyl carbamate in plum wine was below the governmental regulation. However, continuous monitoring and further develop a strategy to reduce the level of ethyl carbamate in plum wine is in need, as the highest level of ethyl carbamate in plum wine is near the governmental standard (400 μg/kg).

The objective of the present study is to demonstrate the versatility of the digital light processing (DLP) technique particularly when using a freeze-cast ceramic layer as the feedstock, which can manufacture porous calcium phosphate (CaP) scaffolds with arbitrarily designed macroporous structures with tailored microporous frameworks specially designed for bone scaffold applications. For this goal, we employed camphene-camphor as the freezing vehicle and porogen for the preparation of photocurable CaP suspensions containing diurethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) monomers. After freeze-casting, the CaP suspensions could be solidified at controlled temperatures (~33&ndash, 38 &deg, C) and then be photopolymerized by DLP. All produced CaP scaffolds fairly resembled the designed macroporous structures (the gyroid structure with two interpenetrating macropore networks). In addition, numerous micropores were created in the CaP filaments, while the microporosity increased with increasing the camphene-camphor amount from 40 vol % to 60 vol %. As a consequence, compressive strength and modulus of hierarchically porous CaP scaffolds decreased due to an increase in overall porosity. However, reasonable mechanical properties could be obtained at high porosities owing to the CaP frameworks constructed in a periodic manner. In addition, excellent water penetration capability, biocompatibility, and apatite-forming ability were obtained, which were attributed to the microporous CaP frameworks with good pore interconnectivity and large surface area.

BackgroundThe black-blood (BB) technique was developed to suppress the signal from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to provide improved depiction of vessel walls.PurposeThe aim was to compare three-dimensional turbo spin echo T1-weighted imaging (3D TSE T1WI) with or without two BB techniques (delay alternating with nutation for tailored excitation [DANTE], and improved motion-sensitized driven equilibrium [iMSDE]) for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) of the vessel walls of intracranial arteries.Study typeProspective.PopulationFourteen healthy volunteers who underwent 3D T1WI for examination of intracranial vessel walls.Field strength/sequence3 Tesla, 3D TSE T1WI (SPACE and BrainVIEW) and BB (DANTE and iMSDE).AssessmentSPACE with or without DANTE, and BrainVIEW with or without iMSDE, were acquired in each subject. Two neuroradiologists independently assessed image quality, vessel wall delineation, BB effect, CSF, and acceptability using visual scoring systems, and measured signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) in vessel walls, lumen, and CSF, while blinded to the presence and type of BB technique used.Statistical testsRepeated measures ANOVA or Friedman tests were performed for the comparisons, followed by Bonferroni correction.ResultsThe 3T T1WI sequences without BB are significantly superior in vessel wall delineation (P = 0.001). Black CSF scores were lower in SPACE with DANTE than SPACE without DANTE, and in BrainVIEW without iMSDE than SPACE without DANTE (P < 0.001). However, there were no significant differences in BB effect, image quality, and acceptability between the four 3D T1WI sequences (p > .05). The SNRVessel wall, CNRWall-Lumen, and CNRWall-CSF were higher (all p < .001) on SPACE with and without DANTE than on BrainVIEW with and without iMSDE. SNRLumen were higher (all p < .001) on BrainVIEW with and without iMSDE than on SPACE with and without DANTE. SNRCSF was higher (all p < .001) on BrainVIEW with iMSDE than on SPACE with DANTE.Data conclusionBoth 3D TSE T1WI sequences were acceptable for intracranial vessel wall evaluation, with or without BB techniques. Therefore, BB techniques may not necessarily be required with 3D TSE T1WI with a long ETL and TR (below 1160 ms).

Summary In this study, the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (docosahexaenoic acid; DHA and eicosapentaenoic acid; EPA), as well as chemical indices including acid and peroxide values were determined among twenty-four commercially available functional fish oil supplements. The sum of indicator PCB congeners (congeners 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153 and 180) was below the limit of quantification of 0.043 mg kg−1. Metallic compounds (Cd, Pb, Hg and As) were not detected in all fish oil supplement samples. The relative percentages of EPA and DHA in fish oil supplements ranged from 25% to 80%. The acid values ranged from 0.1 to 1.4 mg KOH per g oil, and peroxide values ranged from 2.7 to 28.8 meq per kg oil. All fish oil supplement samples tested in current study met the safety standard for fish oil supplements set by Korean government as well as International standard.

This study proposes a simple, useful approach to produce three-dimensionally macrochanneled titanium (Ti) scaffolds with tailored porosities and mechanical properties using porous polylactic acid (PLA) templates that can be prepared by conventional solid freeform fabrication (SFF) technique. Specifically, methylcellulose (MC) polymer was used as a binder since it could effectively bind coarse Ti particles and remain chemically stable inert in organic solvents used to dissolve PLA polymer. A Ti slurry-filled PLA was immersed in chloroform to remove the PLA template, followed by sintering at 1300 °C for 3 h in a vacuum. The use of a relatively small amount of a MC binder and removal of the PLA template in solvent enabled the construction of straight Ti frameworks and macrochannels in a 3-D periodic pattern without severe impurity contamination. This tightly controlled porous structure enabled the achievement of high compressive strengths without a catastrophic failure, while the compressive strength increased from ~ 72 MPa to 121 MPa with a decrease in overall porosity from ~ 75 vol% to ~ 67 vol%. In addition, the porous Ti scaffolds showed good biocompatibility, which was assessed by in vitro cell tests in terms of attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells.

We herein demonstrate the utility of the rapid direct deposition of a titanium hydride (TiH2) paste for the production of porous titanium (Ti) scaffolds with tailored porous structures and mechanical properties. In particular, methylcellulous (MC) polymer was used as the binder, since it can rapidly solidify in acetone through solvent extraction, thus enabling deposited green filaments to have high structural integrity. In addition, TiH2 powder was used as the Ti source because of its smaller particle size than commercial Ti powder and conversion to Ti metal through a two-step dehydrogenation process. The uses of fine TiH2 powder and MC binder allowed for the creation of three−dimensionally interconnected periodic macrochannels with sizes of ∼165 ± 14 × 167 ± 25 μm. The produced Ti scaffold had a porosity of ∼42 ± 7 vol % and a reasonably high compressive strength of 48 ± 15 MPa. In addition, the porosity and mechanical properties of porous Ti scaffolds could be tailored simply by adjusting the initial distances between deposited green TiH2/MC filaments. All of the porous Ti scaffolds produced with various porosities showed good in vitro biocompatibility.

PurposeTo evaluate the real-world diagnostic performance of high-resolution susceptibility-weighted imaging (HR-SWI) and investigate whether the reader's predictions can be used to find cases where HR-SWI finding and final clinical diagnosis matched.MethodsThis retrospective study enrolled patients with suspected Parkinsonism (n = 48) or volunteers with other intracranial pathologies (n = 31) who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including HR-SWI, which was used to evaluate nigrosome 1 (NG1). All patients with suspected Parkinsonism underwent N-3-fluoropropyl-2-carbomethoxy-3-4-iodophenyl nortropane (FP-CIT) positron emission tomography and a clinical diagnosis was made by a neurologist. The HR-SWI data were qualitatively analyzed by two independent reviewers. A consensus reading was performed and a diagnostic confidence score was assigned. According to final clinical diagnosis, diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to examine whether the diagnostic confidence score could be used to identify HR-SWI finding-final clinical diagnosis matched cases.ResultsOf the 48 patients with suspected Parkinsonism, 31 were diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, and three with multiple system atrophy. The remaining 14 patients were included in the disease control group. Of the 31 volunteers, 10 subjects were excluded due to possibility of nigrostriatal degeneration and finally 21 subjects were enrolled as controls with non-Parkinsonism pathology (non-PD control). After consensus reading, 25 subjects were classified as true positive and 28 as true negative, according to HR-SWI findings. The calculated diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 73.5%, 80.0%, and 76.8%, respectively. With using diagnostic concordance score, the area under the ROC curve for the detection of concordance case was 0.83 (95% CI: 0.72-0.91, p < 0.05).ConclusionThe diagnostic performance of NG1 detection using HR-SWI with 3T MRI was within acceptable range. Using the reader's diagnostic confidence could be helpful to find cases which HR-SWI finding and final clinical conclusion match. So HR-SWI may be of added value in the evaluation of suspected Parkinsonism.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising method for limiting the effects of global warming. A multistage membrane process is needed to capture and recover high-purity CO2 from off-gas with low CO2 concentrations in thermal power plants. In this study, a simple design method based on the “no-mixing-loss” concept was suggested. The performance of the process could be improved by avoiding mixing loss and the optimization process was simplified using a reduced number of optimization parameters. The feed and permeate pressure, and the design criteria of CO2 concentration at the retentate side in each section were considered as decision variables for optimizing the process with a target purity of 95% and a target recovery of 90%. Three-, five-, and seven-stage processes were designed and evaluated in terms of energy consumption and capture cost. In addition, a well-designed inner cooling system in the pressure units enhanced compressor efficiency and contributed to the reduction in energy consumption and costs.

In this study, the effect of food additives such as iron sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, citric acid, gallic acid, and ascorbic acid on the reduction of 4(5)-methylimidazole (4(5)-MI) was investigated using a soy sauce model system. The concentration of 4(5)-MI in the soy sauce model system with 5% (v/v) caramel colorant III was 1404.13 μg/L. The reduction rate of 4(5)-MI level with the addition of 0.1M additives followed in order: iron sulfate (81%) > zinc sulfate (61%) > citric acid (40%) > gallic acid (38%) > ascorbic acid (24%) > magnesium sulfate (13%). Correlations between 4(5)-MI levels and the physicochemical properties of soy sauce, including the amount of caramel colorant, pH value, and color differences, were determined. The highest correlations were found between 4(5)-MI levels and the amount of caramel colorant and pH values (r(2) = 0.9712, r(2) = 0.9378). The concentration of caramel colorants in 8 commercial soy sauces were estimated, and ranged from 0.01 to 1.34% (v/v).

The conventional National Forest Inventory(NFI)-based forest carbon stock estimation method is suitable for national-scale estimation, but is not for regional-scale estimation due to the lack of NFI plots. In this study, for the purpose of regional-scale carbon stock estimation, we created grid-based forest carbon stock maps using spatial ancillary data and two types of up-scaling methods. Chungnam province was chosen to represent the study area and for which the 5 th NFI (2006~2009) data was collected. The first method (method 1) selects forest type map as ancillary data and uses regression model for forest carbon stock estimation, whereas the second method (method 2) uses satellite imagery and k-Nearest Neighbor( k-NN) algorithm. Additionally, in order to consider uncertainty effects, the final AGB carbon stock maps were generated by performing 200 iterative processes with Monte Carlo simulation. As a result, compared to the NFI-based estimation(21,136,911 tonC), the total carbon stock was over-estimated by method 1(22,948,151 tonC), but was under-estimated by method 2(19,750,315 tonC). In the paired T- test with 186 independent data, the average carbon stock estimation by the NFI-based method was statistically different from method2(p 0.01). In particular, by means of Monte Carlo simulation, it was found that the smoothing effect of k-NN algorithm and mis- registration error between NFI plots and satellite image can lead to large uncertainty in carbon stock estimation. Although method 1 was found suitable for carbon stock estimation of forest stands that feature heterogeneous trees in Korea, satellite-based method is still in demand to provide periodic estimates of un-investigated, large forest area. In these respects, future work will focus on spatial and temporal extent

In developed countries such as USA and Europe, agricultural monitoring system is developed and utilized in various fields in order to predict crop yield, observe weather conditions and anomaly, categorize crop fields, and calculate areas for each crop. These system is Web Map Service(WMS) which utilizes open source and commercial softwares, and various information collected from remote sensing data are provided. This study will utilize tools such as Geoserver, ArcGIS server, which are widely used to monitor agricultural production, to publish Map Server and Web Application Server. This enables performance test study for future agricultural production monitoring system by making use of response time and data transfer test. When tested in identical condition Geoserver showed a better result in response time and data transfer for performance test.

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle technology with Carbon Capture Storage has many potential advantages for future power generation system and many pre-combustion CO 2 capture technologies have been developed for removing the acid gas and CO 2 from the syngas. In this study, redesign and modeling of the two-stage pre-combustion CO 2 capture process, using three different physical solvents, was conducted. The quantitative design modeling analysis was performed using the computational software ASPEN Plus ® . The Selexol process was evaluated as the most efficient pre-combustion CO 2 capture process from the points of electric/thermal energy consumption as a result of ASPEN Plus ® modeling. The Selexol modeling process resulted in electric energy of about 3.2 MW e to maintain the operating temperature and pressure by using the pump, the compressor and the chiller. The consumption of thermal energy was also evaluated to be 0.85 MW th for regeneration of the solvent in the H 2 S stripper. Concomitantly, various comparison and performance results were obtained by changing the key design modeling parameters; Water-Gas Shift conversion rate, operating temperature and CO 2 capture rate were varied for their individual effects on energy consumption, solvent and hydrogen loss. As Water-Gas Shift conversion rate increased, the Selexol process consumes the least amount of electric energy among the modeled CO 2 capture processes using the physical solvents. On the other hand, changing the operating temperature turned out to be advantageous for the Rectisol process over other CO 2 capture processes using the physical solvents. The reboiler heat duty and hydrogen loss with total solvent flow rate can also be reduced by dropping the operating temperature. As CO 2 capture rate increased, Selexol process was more efficient than other processes using the Methanol and NMP (N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone). This modeling result is explained by the decrease in the reboiler heat duty and electrical energy consumption although the solvent flow rate increased.

Korean government proposed a new initiative ‘government 3.0’ with which the administration will open its dataset to the public before requests. City of Seoul is the front runner in disclosure of government data. If we know what kind of attributes are governing factors for any given segmentation, these outcomes can be applied to real world problems of marketing and business strategy, and administrative decision makings. However, with respect to city of Seoul, selection of optimal variables from the open dataset up to several thousands of attributes would require a humongous amount of computation time because it might require a combinatorial optimization while maximizing dissimilarity measures between clusters. In this study, we acquired 718 attribute dataset from Statistics Korea and conducted an analysis to select the most suitable variables, which differentiate Gangnam from other districts, using the Genetic algorithm and Dunn’s index. Also, we utilized the Microsoft Azure cloud computing system to speed up the process time. As the result, the optimal 28 variables were finally selected, and the validation result showed that those 28 variables effectively group the Gangnam from other districts using the Ward’s minimum variance and K-means algorithm.Keywords: Clustering, Dunn’s Index, Ward’s Minimum Variance, K-means Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm

최근 기후변화로 인하여 농작물 생산에 영향을 주는 기온, 강수량 등 환경요인의 변화가 급격하게 진행되고 있다. 이에 따른 농작물에 대한 생산량 예측은 전세계적인 식량 안보 문제의 해결, 국가차원의 농작물 수급정책 결정, 농가단위의 농가 소득 보전 등 지속가능한 농업경제 발전을 위한 중요한 요소가 되고 있다. 미국, 유럽, 중국, 캐나다, FAO, USDA, NASA 등 여러 국가들 및 기관들은 협력체계를 구축하여 넓게는 전세계 단위에서 국가단위까지 작물 모니터링 시스템을 운영하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 스케일로 운영되고 있는 국외 작황모니터링 시스템의 전반적인 현황을 파악하고 제공되고 있는 정보의 수준, 활용되고 있는 위성영상, 기후, 토양 습도 등 다양한 생물리변수의 활용 여부를 판단하여 향후 위성영상을 활용한 작황모니터링 시스템의 발전방향을 제시하고자 한다.

In this study, as a candidate of the carbon dioxide () absorbents, the mixture solution of polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether (PEGDME) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) were investigated. absorption rate was measured by using high pressure screening equipment in the range of 1 - 10wt% THF. Absorption capacity of the mixture solution was also estimated. Based on the results, we found that mixture solution containing THF had higher absorption rate and loading capacity compared to PEGDME at .

A solution of 0.1 mol/L to 1.0 mol/L H2SO4 can dissolve alkali metals and alkaline earth metals which weaken an active site of SCR catalyst. The waste catalyst washed with 0.5 mol/L H2SO4 regained the best catalytic activity. When a concentration of the sulfuric acid is less than 0.5 mol/L, sufficient cleaning effects cannot be obtained. In contrast, when the concentration is greater than 1.0 mol/L, the active components, vanadium and tungsten are undesirably eluted. The total BET surface of the catalyst regenerated by air lift loop reactor showed almost the same as that of fresh catalyst due to the removal of insoluble compounds which may be penetrated into pores of catalyst. The addition of a solution of 0.075 mol/L ammonium vanadate (NH4VO3) and 0.075 mol/L ammonium paratungstate (5(NH4)2O·12WO3·5H2O) to 0.1 mol/L H2SO4 significantly increases the activity of the waste catalyst.

Objectives: Recent trends show an increase in driving by the elderly and most of them drive with a poor posture. In this study, not only the tests for body pressure but also the tests to identify characteristics of the seat itself were conducted. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Static load tests were conducted first to derive the seat-inherent characteristics such as deflection and hardness, etc. of the seat cushion as a function of loads for the automotive seat, and measurement tests for body pressure were conducted to secure body pressure data of the elderly. Combining the above two test results, final hardness values were obtained through which seat cushion pattern models having 8-hardness distributions could be derived. Findings: As a result, curves and functional equation for the two variables were derived through deflection as a function of measured loads. Also, hardness values at each point of the cushion could be found from the slopes of the curves mentioned, with the appearance of the phenomenon where the slope showed a steep increase in a particular region. This was affirmed to have occurred due to a difference in thicknesses of the cushion. Secondly, concentrated regions of body pressure per subject were affirmed and analyzed in the body pressure tests. By combining two test results, a total of 11 seat cushion pattern models could be derived, of which pattern analyses were conducted for 3 types observed with many personnel. Improvements/Applications: When the cushions are produced on the basis of the above pattern, it is considered possible to more ideally distribute the weight and to improve comfort upon seating compared with the commercial cushions.

The aim of this work is to prospectively compare the effectiveness of iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation (IDEAL), T2-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE), and spoiled gradient-echo (SPGR) MR imaging to frequency selective fat suppression (FSFS) protocols for minimizing metallic artifacts in postoperative ankles with metallic hardware.The T2-weighted and SPGR imaging with IDEAL and FSFS were performed on 21 ankles of 21 patients with metallic hardware. Two musculoskeletal radiologists independently analyzed techniques for visualization of ankle ligaments and articular cartilage, uniformity of fat saturation, and relative size of the metallic artifacts. A paired t test was used for statistical comparisons of MR images between IDEAL and FSFS groups.IDEAL T2-weighted FSE and SPGR images enabled significantly improved visualization of articular cartilage (p0.05), the size of metallic artifact (p0.05), and the uniformity of fat saturation (p0.05). However, no significant improvement was found in the visibility of ligaments.IDEAL T2-weighted FSE and SPGR imaging effectively reduces the degree of tissue-obscuring artifacts produced by fixation hardware in ankle joints and improves image quality compared to FSFS T2-weighted FSE and SPGR imaging. However, visibility of ligaments was not improved using IDEAL imaging.

Forest carbon stocks change due to land use change is an important data required by UNFCCC(United Nations framework convention on climate change). Spatially explicit estimation of forest carbon stocks based on IPCC GPG(intergovernmental panel on climate change good practice guidance) tier 3 gives high reliability. But a current estimation which was aggregated from NFI data doesn't have detail forest carbon stocks by polygon or cell. In order to improve an estimation remote sensing and GIS have been used especially in Europe and North America. We divided research trends in main countries into 4 categories such as remote sensing, GIS, geostatistics and environmental modeling considering spatial heterogeneity. The easiest way to apply is combination NFI data with forest type map based on GIS. Considering especially complicated forest structure of Korea, geostatistics is useful to estimate local variation of forest carbon. In addition, fine scale image is good for verification of forest carbon stocks and determination of CDM site. Related domestic researches are still on initial status and forest carbon stocks are mainly estimated using k-nearest neighbor(k-NN). In order to select suitable method for forest in Korea, an applicability of diverse spatial data and algorithm must be considered. Also the comparison between methods is required.KEYWORDS : Forest Carbon Stocks, Forest Biomass, Remote Sensing, GIS, Geostatistics, National Forest Inventory

Stand age information in forestry generally is collected by means of expensive, labour-intensive and time-consuming field surveys that are also often inconsistent in their analysis results. As an alternative, this research provides a solution to the problem of loblolly pine plantation stand age estimation, using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and the National Elevation Dataset (NED). The multivariate and tree-based regression models were applied to the derived information, namely the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), tasselled cap (TC) transformation and interferometric tree heights. Time-series analyses were carried out to determine the relation of the optical and interferometric tree height data to the forest stand age. The feasibility of regression analysis for timber age estimation, for the two applied regression models, was supported by the high values of R 2 and the low standard error of estimate (SEE). With regard to the multivariate regres...

Commercial SCR catalysts used in a coal-fired power plant were regenerated by H2SO4 solution. The characterization study of the catalysts was carried out by using various analytical techniques. Major deactivating elements for the SCR catalyst were determined and the optimal condition for regeneration of the catalyst was investigated. The catalyst regenerated with 0.5 wt% H2SO4 solution showed a high catalytic activity due to an increase in the polymeric vanadates and acid sites by surface sulfates. A higher H2SO4 concentration than 2.5 wt% in the washing solution leads to a loss of active components out of the catalyst by dissolution and a dramatic decrease in the surface area.

Situation awareness services which increasingly expand their influence in everyday life can be classified into location-based service and social network service. Their quality of service (QoS) can be differed based on the location accuracy of smart phones and accuracy of directional recognition technology. This study was conducted to analyze GPS, digital compass, radio communication, and geospatial web information which can provide a clue in using the situation aware services based on lab experiments and surveys. According to the result of lab experiment on accuracy of determining location / direction with smart phones, owing to inherent lack of indoor accuracy in determining position and direction, as well as errors in spatial data used as platform, it was found that devices were not provided with sufficiently accurate data when using the situation aware services indoors compared to outdoors. To enhance accuracy of determining indoor positions, there are several methods including location metering based on Wi-Fi, which had several problems compared with GPS used in outdoor environment. Thus, it was determined that more study would be necessary to solve these issues.

Korea is the 11th largest energy consumption country and 96% of its total energy consumption depends on imports from overseas. Therefore it is a very important task to secure renewable energy sources which can reduce both the carbon-dioxide emission and dependency on overseas energy imports. Among the various renewable energy sources, organic wastes are important sources. In Korea, 113 million toe of methane is generated from organic wastes annually, but only 3.7% is effectively used for energy conversion. Thus, it is very important to make better use of organic wastes, especially for power generation. The goals of this project are to develope the fuel supplying system of Bio Gasturbine (GT) for 5MW-class co-generation system. The fuel supplying system mainly consists of H2S removal system, Bio Gas compression system, Siloxane removal system and moisture separating systems. The fuel requirement of 5MW-class GT is at around 60% of CH 4, H2S ( 25 bar) from biogas compressor. Main mechnical charateristics of Bio Gasturbine system have the specific performance; 1) high speed turbine speed (12,840 rpm) 2) very clean emmission NOx (

―The high fuel flexibility of Micro Gas Turbine(MGT) has boosted their use in a wide variety of applications. Recently, the demand for biogas generated from the digestion of organic wastes and landfill as a fuel for gas turbines has increased. We researched the influence of firing landfill gas(LFG) on the performance and operating characteristics of a micro gas turbine combined heat and power system. CH 4 and CO 2 simultaneous recovery process has been developed for field plant scale to provide an isothermal, low operating cost method for carrying out the contaminants removal in Land Fill Gas(LFG) by liquid phase catalyst for introduce into the green house for the purpose of CO 2 rich cultivation of the plants. Methane purification and carbon dioxide stripping by muti panel autocirculation bubble lift column reactor utilizing Fe-EDTA was conducted for evaluate optimum conditions for land fill gas. Based on inflow rate of LFG as 0.207 m 3 /min, 5.5 kg/cm 2 , we designed reactor system for 70% CH

Human diploid fibroblasts have the capacity to complete a finite number of cell divisions before entering a state of replicative senescence characterized by growth arrest, changes in morphology, and altered gene expression. Herein, we report that interaction with extracellular matrix (ECM) from young cells is sufficient to restore aged, senescent cells to an apparently youthful state. The identity of the restored cells as having been derived from senescent cells has been confirmed by a variety of methods, including time lapse live cell imaging and DNA finger print analysis. In addition to cell morphology, phenotypic restoration was assessed by resumption of proliferative potential, growth factor responsiveness, reduction of intracellular reactive oxygen species levels, recovery of mitochondrial membrane potential, and increased telomere length. Mechanistically, we find that both Ku and SIRT1 are induced during restoration and are required for senescent cells to return to a youthful phenotype. These observations demonstrate that human cellular senescence is profoundly influenced by cues from the ECM, and that senescent cell plasticity is much greater than that was previously believed to be the case.

This study demonstrates the usefulness of the lithography-based ceramic 3-dimensional printing technique with a specifically designed top-down process for the production of porous calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramic scaffolds with tailored pore orientations and mechanical properties. The processing parameters including the preparation of a photocurable CaP slurry with a high solid loading (&phi, = 45 vol%), the exposure time for photocuring process, and the initial designs of the porous scaffolds were carefully controlled. Three types of porous CaP scaffolds with different pore orientations (i.e., 0&deg, /90&deg, 0&deg, /45&deg, /135&deg, and 0&deg, /30&deg, /60&deg, /120&deg, /150&deg, ) were produced. All the scaffolds exhibited a tightly controlled porous structure with straight CaP frameworks arranged in a periodic pattern while the porosity was kept constant. The porous CaP scaffold with a pore orientation of 0&deg, demonstrated the highest compressive strength and modulus due to a number of CaP frameworks parallel to the loading direction. On the other hand, scaffolds with multiple pore orientations may exhibit more isotropic mechanical properties regardless of the loading directions. The porous CaP scaffolds exhibited an excellent in vitro apatite-forming ability in a stimulated body fluid (SBF) solution. These findings suggest that porous CaP scaffolds with tailored pore orientations may provide tunable mechanical properties with good bone regeneration ability.

CuCl 2 /TiO 2 -based catalysts were examined to investigate the role of copper chloride for the oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process. CuCl 2 on CuCl 2 /TiO 2 catalyst was decomposed releasing Cl by calcination at high temperatures and restored to its original form by being exposed to gas phase HCl, reversibly. The activity for mercury oxidation was significantly increased with the increase of CuCl 2 loading and HCl concentration. CuCl 2 /TiO 2 catalysts revealed high activity for mercury oxidation even in the absence of HCl. This suggests that mercury oxidation could occur via a Mars–Maessen mechanism by which adsorbed or weakly bound Hg 0 would react with Cl in CuCl 2 that is replenished from gas phase HCl. However, the activity of CuCl 2 -loaded catalysts for NO removal considerably decreased with the increase of temperature above 300–350 °C, which may be due to the ability of CuCl 2 for NH 3 oxidation in SCR reaction.

For the purpose of evaluating to remove elemental mercury using SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalysts, the result of the concentration variation of elemental mercury in lab experiment and field measurement was compared. The effect of the elemental mercury oxidation on commercial catalysts was studied in simulated gas. Three species of SCR catalyst, type, were selected. The elemental mercury reduced 30% without HCl gas in SCR operating condition. But the width of reduction increased 60% at 20 ppm HCl gas. According to the result of field measurement, reduction rate of elemental mercury at SCR outlet showed 60%. The total mercury concentration decreased about 20%. The results were similar to the lab test. The results of chemical analysis of test sample showed increase of mercury concentration but surface change was not observed.

The performance of V2O5/TiO2-based commercial SCR catalyst for the oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0) with respect to reaction conditions was examined to understand the mechanism of Hg0 oxidation on SCR catalyst. It was observed that a much larger amount of Hg0 adsorbed on the catalyst surface under oxidation condition than under SCR condition. The activity of commercial SCR catalyst for Hg0 oxidation was negligible in the absence of HCl, regardless of reaction conditions. The presence of HCl in the reactant gases greatly increased the activity of SCR catalyst for the oxidation of Hg0 to oxidized mercury (Hg2+) such as HgCl2 under oxidation condition. However, the effect of HCl on the oxidation of Hg0 was much less under SCR condition than oxidation condition. The activity for Hg0 oxidation increased with the decrease of NH3/NO ratio under SCR condition. This might be attributed to the strong adsorption of NH3 prohibiting the adsorption of HCl which was vital species promoting the oxidation of Hg0 on the catalyst surface under SCR condition.

A new protocol to analyse sulfonamides and quinolones from cows’ and goats’ milk was developed. Seven antibiotics, sulfamonomethoxine (SMM), sulfadimethoxine (SDM), sulfamethazine (SMZ), sulfamerazine (SMR), sulfaquinoxaline (SQX), enrofloxacin (ERF), and ciprofloxacin (CIP), were analysed by microbial assays and HPLC. In microbial assays, 21 of 269 samples were screened to have possible antibiotic residues. In HPLC analysis 4 samples were detected to contain SMR (3 samples) and CIP (1 sample). The concentration of SMR in the cows’ milk was 12.2 μg kg −1 , which is higher than the LOQ (limit of quantification) and LOD (limit of detection). The levels of SMR and CIP in the other 3 samples were between their LOD and LOQ. Based on this study, we were able to establish an analytical protocol for accurate and robust detection of sulfonamide and quinolone-type antibiotics in milk using two assays.

Y-chromosomal STRs loci were analyzed from a sample of 201 healthy unrelated male individuals of Chinese Korean ethnic group. Allele and haplotype frequencies for DYS19, DYS385a/b, DYS388, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS437, DYS438 and DYS439 were determined by the general PCR and silver staining methods. The gene diversity values for the Y-STRs loci ranged from 0.4146 (DYS437) to 0.9631 (DYS385a/b). A total of 194 haplotypes were identified in the Y-STR loci, among which 188 were unique, while 6 occurred more than once. And the combined haploytpes diversity was 0.9996. The results in the present study can be used for routine forensic application in the region, and enrich Chinese ethnical genetic informational resources.

Medicines such as antibiotics and hormones have been widely used for treating diseases in animals. As more antibiotics are needed to prevent various diseases that occur, not only in domestic animals, but also in imported livestock, a quick and robust analytical method is required for detecting antibiotic residues. In this study, agricultural and fishery products, including beef (n = 148), pork (n = 78), chicken (n = 88), eel (n = 70), flatfish (n = 17), armorclad rockfish (n = 18), sea bream (n = 18), perch (n = 18), and oyster (n = 4) were obtained from local markets in different areas of Korea. A total of 13 antibiotics, including tetracycline, macrolide, penicillin, aminoglycoside, polyester, peptide, and chloramphenicol types, were analyzed by a microbial assay and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In the microbial assay, 34 of the 459 screened samples had possible antibiotic residues. The antibiotic concentrations of the 34 samples were analyzed using HPLC with UV and fluorescence detection. The levels of oxytetracycline in pork and eel were 0.01 and 0.05 mg/kg, respectively. In eel and oyster, the concentrations of ampicillin were 0.4 and 0.32 mg/kg, respectively. In beef, the concentration of tylosin was 0.05 mg/kg. The levels of oxytetracycline and tylosin were below the Korean Food Code's recommended maximum residue limit (MRL). A maximum residue limit for ampicillin in fishery products, however, has not been established in Korea. These data indicate that an MRL for ampicillin should be set for sea foods and regulated by the Korean authorities.