In the information system service sectors, it is crucial to measure the quality of service. Especially factors determining the quality of service should be identified. For that purpose, in this study, the factors of two research models-SERVQUAL and TAM-ar

원자력을 이용한 황-요오드 수소생산 공정 중 황산용액을 이송하는 기존의 시스템과 달리 새로운 황산 이송장치는 벨로우즈 박스 내에서 벨로우즈 외측으로 고온 부식성 액체인 황산이 흐르고, 벨로우즈 내측으로는 냉각수가 흐르는 상태에서 주기 운동을 통해 황산용액이 펌핑 되도록 구성된다. 200 ℃ 이상의 고온 부식성 액체인 황산용액을 정량으로 이송할 수 있도록 장치의 주요부품인 벨로우즈 주변의 열해석을 통해 온도분포를 확인하여, 테프론 재질의 벨로우즈의 내식성 및 내열성을 파악하고, 장치의 안전하고 효율적인 운용을 위한 기초자료를 취득하고자 하였으며, 냉각수 입구직경 3 ㎝, 질량유량이 3.9199 ㎏/s로 고정한 경우 벨로우즈의 길이에 관계없이 테프론 변형온도 이하임을 알 수 있었다.

본 연구의 주요 목적은 최근 이슈화 되고 있는 개발도상국의 해외 직접 투자(Outward Foreign Direct Investment)의 동인 분석이며 연구 대상국은 중국이다. 제도이론(institutional theory)의 논의를 바탕으로 하여 기존 연구에서는 실증적으로 다루지 않았던 본국 및 진출대상국의 제도적 요인을 모델화하여 전통적 해외 직접 투자 동인과 제도적 요인들의 직접 효과 및 조절효과를 규명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 중국 상무부가 공식 발표하는 2003~2008년까지의 OFDI 데이터와 해당기간 진출한 62개국의 지표를 이용, GLS 회귀분석 방식으로 분석하였으며 총 6개의 가설 중 4개의 가설이 지지되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 연구 결과, 해당기간 중국 해외 직접 투자의 핵심적인 동인은 천연자원형 추구로서, 이러한 동인이 시장추구형, 효율성추구형, 전략적 자산 추구형보다 강조되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 아울러, 중국 자체의 제도적 요인과 투자대상국의 제도적 요인이 모두 해외 직접투자의 직접적 영향을 주는 것을 알 수 있었고, 또한 이러한 제도적 요인이 각각의 해외 직접 투자 동인에 따라서 그 조절효과가 달라짐을 알 수 있었다. 따라서, 중국의 해외 직접 투자 패턴은 전통적인 해외 직접 투자 이론에 부합하면서도 일부분은 중국 특유의 투자 패턴이 혼재하는 양상을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다.

Selenium is an essential micronutrient which functions as an essential constituent of selenoproteins. The selenoproteins play an important role in the body’s defense from free radicals associated with chronic diseases such as cancer. The effect of selenium on colon carcinogenesis was investigated using an experimental animal model. Five-week old ICR mice were acclimated for one week, and fed on the Fe-overloaded diet (450 ppm) with different Se diets (0.02, 0.1 or 0.5 ppm) for 12 weeks. Animals were injected intraperitoneally with azoxymethane (AOM, 10 mg/㎏ B.W. weekly for 3 weeks), followed by 2% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in the drinking water for a week. There were three experimental groups including low Se group (Lse), medium (normal standard diet for mice) Se (MSe), and high Se (HSe). The numbers of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and aberrant crypt (AC) were measured in the colonic mucosa. The iron and selenium concentrations in liver was measured using ICP-AES. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity was determined in the liver and colon. TUNEL assay for cell apoptosis and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining for cell proliferation were performed. Immunohistochemical staining of β-catenin was also performed in mucous tissue of colon. The dietary Se decreased the numbers of ACF/㎠ and AC/㎠ in a dose-dependent manner. HSe diet significantly decreased the numbers of AC/㎠, compared with LSe diet (p<0.05). The tumor incidence rate in low Se diet group was 5% higher than medium Se diet group and 20% higher than high Se diet group. The activities of GPx in the liver and colon were dependent on the content of dietary selenium. Apoptosis-positive cells were also increased by dietary Se in a dose-dependent manner. PCNA-positive staining was weak in high Se group. β-catenin stained area was increased in low Se group while it was decreased in high Se group. These findings indicate that dietary selenium exert a protecting effect on colon cancer by inhibiting the development of ACF/AC, increasing GPX and apoptosis, and decreasing cell proliferation and expression of β-catenin in mice.

근래에 전기추진선박의 필요성이 대두되고 있으며 특수선박을 시작으로 건조가 증가되고 있는 실정이다. 하지만 선박은 운항 환경에 따라 추진기의 출력 토크 및 속도의 변동이 심하므로 전기추진시스템에 큰 영향을 미친다. 대표적으로 출 입항시, 정상상태의 대양 항해시, 황천 항해시에 선박 추진시스템의 토크 및 속도 변동이 짧지만 빈번하게 변동하게 되므로 전기추진시스템의 전력변환장치에서 전류 및 전압파형에 고조파가 크게 포함되어 발전기, 변압기, 컨버터, 인버터 및 추진전동기에 손실의 증가, 기기의 열화 및 토크 맥동 발생 등의 좋지 않은 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 선박의 운항 환경에 따른 추진시스템의 전류 및 전압파형에 포함되는 고조파 함유율을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 저속 영역에서의 잦은 속도 및 부하 변동에 따라서 전동기에 공급되는 전류 및 전압 파형에 포함된 총 고조파 왜형율과 전동기의 토크 맥동이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

In service science, it is critical to measure service satisfaction for innovating service processes, which is challenging for service sectors oriented to the usage of IT systems. For that purpose, in this study, a model based on the technology acceptance

선박화재는 육상화재와 달리 숙련된 인원과 다양한 장비에 의한 소화활동이 곤란하므로 거의 자체적으로 소화되어야 하므로 소화가 쉽지 않다. 화재발생시 온도 상승에 의한 사망보다 연기에 의해 질식사의 경우가 더 많다. 그 이유는 화재현장에서 충분한 가시거리를 확보하지 못하여 신속하게 피난하지 못하기 때문이다. 이 연구에서는 피난에 필요한 시간을 좀 더 확보하기 위해 선박 거주구역의 높이를 기존의 2.0m에서 공동주택(아파트)의 높이에 해당하는 2.3m로 상향하여 연기거동을 상호 비교하였다. 비교 방법은 기존의 실습선 한바다호의 도면을 바탕으로 30cm 상향조정된 도면을 추가 제작하여 미국의 NIST에서 제작 운용중인 FDS를 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 실시하고 결과를 예측하였다. 온도에 의한 피난 안전시간을 예측한 시뮬레이션 결과, 화재구역에서 10m 떨어진 지점에서 피난 안전시간은 55.8초 증가하였다. 가시거리에 의한 피난 안전시간을 예측한 시뮬레이션 결과, (1) 화재구역에서 10m 떨어진 지점에서 피난 안전시간은 27.1초 증가하였고, (2) 화재구역에서 20m 지점에서는 피난 안전시간이 109.2초 증가하였으며, (3) 화재구역에서 30m지점에서는 피난 안전시간이 73.3초 증가하였다. 즉, 선박의 거주구역 높이를 육상건축물과 동일하게 할 경우 승무원의 피난안전성이 증가하는 것으로 예측되었다.

Selenium (Se) obtained from dietary sources is an essential micronutrient for normal body function and it functions as an essential constituent of selenoproteins. We investigated the influence of Se on the formation of colonic aberrant crpyt foci (ACF) and tumor formation induced by azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in male ICR mice. Five-week old ICR mice were acclimated for one week and fed on the low iron diet (LFe, 4.5 ppm) and different Se diet [Lse (0.02 ppm), Normal Se (0.1 ppm), HSe (0.5 ppm)] for 12 weeks. Animals received intraperitoneal injections of AOM (10㎎/㎏ B.W. in saline weekly for 3 weeks), followed by 2% DSS (molecular weight 36,000～50,000) in the drinking water for a week. There were five experimental groups, including a normal control group, AOM/DSS, LFe+AOM/DSS, LFe+AOM/DSS+LSe, LFe+AOM/DSS+HSe. After sacrifice of animals, the total numbers of AC and ACF were measured in the colonic mucosa. The number of mice bearing tumors was expressed as tumor incidence rate. The iron and selenium liver concentration was measured using ICP-AES. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity was determined using a GPx assay kit in the liver and colon. TUNEL and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining were performed to examine the cell apoptosis and cell proliferation. In addition, immunohistochemistry of β-catenin was also performed on the mucous membrane tissue of colon. In AOM/DSS-induced colon carcinogenesis animal model, LFe diet decreased the number of 2.95±2.5 ACF/cm2 to 1.85±1.1 ACF/cm2 but it increased the total number of 5.06±4.2 AC/cm2 to 6.19±4.8 AC/cm2 compared with normal iron diet. In the iron-deficient mice, selenium did not affect the either the number of ACF or AC. The tumor incidence rate was higher in LFe diet groups than in normal iron diet group and high selenium diet weakly reduced the tumor incidence. Low selenium diet decreased the activity of GPx in the liver and colon. Apoptotic positive cells were decreased in the low selenium diet group. In addition, on the β-catenin staining, positive cells were increased in the low selenium diet group while they were decreased in the high selenium diet group. These findings indicate that the dietary levels of selenium was not highly enough to exhibit a significant protection against colon carcinogenesis in the iron-deficient mice. However, our results also indicate that dietary selenium might exert a protecting effect against colon cancer by increasing GPx activity and apoptosis and by inhibiting cell proliferation and β-catenin over-expression.

Business models of e-commerce which have been successfully applied in a developed society do not always guarantee success in other environments where the degree of IT availability differs. This is due to the difference of culture, systems and technologica

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ZnO nanostructures were grown on an Au seed layer by a hydrothermal method. The Au seed layer was deposited by ion sputter on a Si (100) substrate, and then the ZnO nanostructures were grown with different precursor concentrations ranging from 0.01 M to 0.3M at 150˚C and different growth temperatures ranging from 100˚C to 250˚C with 0.3 M of precursor concentration. FE-SEM (field-emission scanning electron microscopy), XRD (X-ray diffraction), and PL (photoluminescence) were carried out to investigate the structural and optical properties of the ZnO nanostructures. The different morphologies are shown with different growth conditions by FE-SEM images. The density of the ZnO nanostructures changed significantly as the growth conditions changed. The density increased as the precursor concentration increased. The ZnO nanostructures are barely grown at 100˚C and the ZnO nanostructure grown at 150˚C has the highest density. The XRD pattern shows the ZnO (100), ZnO (002), ZnO (101) peaks, which indicated the ZnO structure has a wurtzite structure. The higher intensity and lower FWHM (full width at half maximum) of the ZnO peaks were observed at a growth temperature of 150˚C, which indicated higher crystal quality. A near band edge emission (NBE) and a deep level emission (DLE) were observed at the PL spectra and the intensity of the DLE increased as the density of the ZnO nanostructures increased.

Carnosine is a dipeptide (β-alanyl-L-histidine) found in mammalian brain, eye, olfactory bulb and skeletal muscle at high concentrations. Its biological functions include antioxidant and anti-glycation activities. The objectives of this study were to investigate anti-diabetic effects of carnosine as determined by blood glucose levels in glucose tolerance test (GTT) and insulin tolerance test (ITT), insulin level and serum biochemical and lipid levels in male C57BL/6J db/db mice. There were five experimental groups including normal (C57BL/6J), control (vehicle), and three groups of carnosine at doses of 6, 30, and 150 mg/kg b.w. Carnosine was orally administered to the diabetic mice everyday for 8 weeks. There was no significant difference in body weight changes in carnosine-treated groups compared to the control. The treatments of carnosine significantly decreased the blood glucose level in the diabetic mice compared with the control (p < 0.05) after 5 weeks. The treatments of carnosine also significantly decreased the blood glucose levels in GTT and ITT and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), compared with the control (p < 0.05). Carnosine at the dose of 6 mg/kg significantly decreased the serum insulin level compared to the control (p < 0.05). Carnosine significantly increased total proteins but significantly decreased lactate dehydrogenase and blood urea nitrogen compared with the control (p < 0.05). Carnosine also significantly decreased glucose, LDL, and triglyceride in the serum of diabetic mice compared to the control (p < 0.05). These results suggest that carnosine has a hypoglycermic effect resulting from reduction of glucose and lipid levels and that high carnosine-containing diets or drugs may give a benefit for controlling diabetes mellitus in humans.

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