지구온난화와 급속한 기후 변화는 북서 태평양 내 태풍의 특성에 오랫동안 영향을 미쳤고, 이로 인해 한반도 연안에서 치명적인 재해가 증가하고 있다. 마이크로파 센서의 일종인 Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR)는 위성 광학 및 적외선 센서로는 바람을 구할 수 없는, 흐린 대기 조건인 태풍 주위에서 고해상도 바람장을 생산할 수 있다. SAR 자료 로부터 해상풍을 산출하기 위한 Geophysical Model Functions (GMFs)에는 풍향 입력이 필수적이며, 이는 태풍 중심을 정확히 추정하는 것에 기반해야 한다. 본 연구는 태풍 중심 탐지 방법의 문제점을 개선하고 이를 해상풍 산출에 반영하기 위하여, Sentinel-1A 영상을 이용해 태풍 중심을 추정하였다. 그 결과는 한국 및 일본 기상청이 제공한 태풍 경로 자료와 비교하여 검증하였고, Himawari-8 위성의 적외 영상도 활용하여 검증하였다. 태풍의 초기 중심 위치는 VH 편파를 이용해 설정하여 오차의 발생 가능성을 줄였다. 탐지된 중심은 한국 및 일본 기상청에서 제공하는 4개 태풍의 경로 자료와 평균 23.76 km의 차이를 보였다. Himawari-8 위성에서 추정된 태풍 중심에 비교했을 때 결과는 육지 근처에 위치하면서 58.73 km의 큰 차이를 보인 한 태풍을 제외하고는 평균 11.80 km의 공간 변이를 보였다. 이는 고해상도 SAR 영상이 태풍 중심을 추정하고 태풍 주위 해상풍 산출에 활용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

Sikhye is a traditional rice beverage, produced from steamed rice, barley or wheat malt and water. Nine varieties of barley and seven varieties of wheat cultivars were investigated and compared quality characteristics, diastatic power, and activities of α- and β-Amylase. For barley malt, the crude lipid and protein content of malt 1.74~2.42% and 10.71~14.36%, respectively. Also, the crude lipid and protein content for wheat malt 1.57~1.71% and 10.07~13.59%, respectively. The ‘Dahyang’ barley showed the highest diastatic power with 117.61 °L, while for wheat, ‘Baegjoong’ produced the highest diastatic power with 85.25 °L. The enzymatic activities, α- and β-Amylase for barley cultivar was 110.17~214.70 μnit/g and 869.73~1,638.43 μnit/g, respectively. Likewise, α- and β-Amylase for wheat cultivar was 73.19~132.23 μnit/g and 726.70~ 889.30 μnit/g, respectively. The highest sugar content of Sikhye from barley was 11.10 °Bx (‘Hyeda’), while from wheat, was 10.20 °Bx (‘Baegjoong’). Among the four free sugar components analyzed from Sikhye, maltose was the highest in all cultivars. The highest maltose content was produced in ‘Dahyang’ Sikhye at 6.91%. There was significant positivecorrelation among the diastatic power and enzymatic activities of malt and free sugar components in Sikhye.

Crawling robots are advantageous in overcoming obstacles. These robots have characteristics such as light weight and outstanding mobility. In case of large robots, they have difficulties passing narrow gaps or entering the cave. In this paper, we propose a milli-scale hexapedal robot using 4-bar linkages. Two conditions are necessary to enable efficient walking. In short, the trajectory of the foot must be elliptical, and the lowest point of the foot should be the same. These conditions are satisfied with a novel leg design. The robot has a pair of three legs and the legs are coupled to operate simultaneously. Each set of the legs are installed to robot’s both sides and the legs satisfy the equal lowest foot point and elliptical trajectory. As a result, this hexapedal robot can crawl with 0.56m/s speed.

본 연구는 퇴비단 내에서 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자의 발아력 억제효과를 분석하기 위하여 염소 분 퇴비, 젖소 분 퇴비 그리고 한우 분 퇴비를 대상으로 하여 실험을 수행하였다. 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자를 거즈에 싸서 퇴비단 내에 묻어놓고 1.5일, 3일, 10일, 20일 경과 후 종자를 회수한 뒤 발아력을 측정하였다. 실험 결과 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자의 발아율은 가축 분의 종류와 퇴비화 방법에 관계없이 퇴비단의 온도와 직접적인 상관관계를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 온도가 60∼70°C인 조건의 퇴비단에서 1.5일 동안 머무른 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자는 발아력을 완전히 상실하였다. 반면에 퇴비단 최고 온도가 51°C 이하인 퇴비단에서는 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자가 퇴비단 내에서 20일간 머무른 후에도 10 % 정도의 발아력을 유지하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합해보면, 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자의 발아율을 억제하기 위해서는 가축 분 퇴비화단계에서 최소 55°C 이상의 온도를 3일 이상 유지하는 것이 좋다. 또한 퇴비단 온도가 60∼70°C 정도 상승한다면 약 1.5일 정도 체류하는 것으로도 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자의 발아력을 억제할 수 있을 것이다. 퇴비화 방법을 기준으로 보면, 호기적 퇴비화 방법이 퇴비단의 온도상승기간이 더 짧았다. 따라서 호기적 퇴비화방법을 적용하는 것이 소리쟁이 종자와 피 종자의 발아력을 억제하는데 더 효율적일 것이다.

Recently, the robotic hand sector is widely utilized throughout the entire machine industry, where gripping mechanism is gradually becoming more complex and standardized. In this study, studies were conducted to hold irregular, unstructured objects with simpler, more manageable operating principles based on compliant mechanics. In fact, it used the principle of buckling which is not commonly used in mechanical design to provide stable grasping force without giving any damage to objects with uncertain magnitude and rigidity. By using CFM(constant force mechanism) based on the principle of buckling, the force of the object and the contact surface is fixed evenly across the segments, providing a stable grasping force to the object. Also, a bar that serves as a linear guide prevents the hand from buckling to unwanted direction gives elaboration to the hand. With a simpler principle, the lower unit price and higher applicability, there is little friction in the mechanism, and it focused on creating a lightweight hand, which have significance for about 90% of excellent gripping performance.

Construction techniques and materials are developing and structures are designed to be irregular shaped, and therefore more detailed structural analysis is required. The purpose of this study is to analyze the cause of accidents related to falsework systems during construction and discuss prevention methods in order to prevent accidents relate to prefabricated shoring system during construction. In this paper structural analysis was conducted to study the influence of slab irregularity on system supports and analysis to investigate the participation of the bracing in the system support.

This review summarizes the history of freshwater zooplankton research in Korean Society of Limnology and necessary future topics that are remain poorly investigated in South Korea based on main research topics of published articles focusing on lakes, reservoirs, rivers and wetland ecosystems. In Korea, a total 450 freshwater zooplankton species have been reported (85 species of cladocera, ca. 230 species of rotifera since 1939, and 138 species of copepoda), and they cover 10% of total zooplankton species list. In the present paper, we provide recent species list of zooplankton found in Korea and their taxonomic keys. Over periods of 45 years, there are 25 published papers for zooplankton biota in lentic ecosystems in Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (KJEE). The ecology of zooplankton communities in rivers has focused on the mechanisms involved in regulating their abundance, diversity and spatio-temporal patterns of genus Bosmina and rotifers (genus Brachionus and Keratella) that are most frequently found from Korea. On the other hand, the studies on zooplankton in wetland has focused on Alona, Chydorus and Ceriodaphnia with special emphasis on their relationships with aquatic macrophytes. Even though studies on the freshwater ecosystem in Korea have a long history, a few of studies on zooplankton biota were conducted at rice paddy, Dumbeong and wetlands. During the last two decades, experimental advances in freshwater zooplankton ecology and understanding of structure and function of this biota were made from a series of articles mainly in journal of KJEE. For future studies, quantitative, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches would be key words to understand zooplankton ecology and their roles in aquatic ecosystems under changing environments, and we have suggested necessary zooplankton research fields and future directions.