Kyung Duk Cho

Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) havebeen extensively detected in various surface water and wastewater. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) havearoused great research attention as a new type of adsorbent due to their unique properties and potentialapplications for the removal of various inorganic and organic EDCs and PPCPs. This review summarizesthe current research on the removal of EDCs and PPCPs with various CNTs, and provides valuableinformatio

The main aim of this work is focus on the Geum river water quality evaluation of pollution data obtained by monitoring measurement during the period 2001-2005. The complex data matrix 19 (entire monitoring stations)*13 (parameters), 60 (month)*13 (parameters) and 20 (season)*13 (parameters) were treated with different multivariate techniques such as factor analysis/principal component analysis (FA/PCA). FA/PCA identified two factor (19*13) classified pollutant Loading factor (BOD, COD, pH, Cond,

OBJECTIVE: Few studies have explored the clinical feasibility of using deep-learning reconstruction to reduce the radiation dose of CT. We aimed to compare the image quality and lung nodule detectability between chest CT using a quarter of the low dose (QLD) reconstructed with vendor-agnostic deep-learning image reconstruction (DLIR) and conventional low-dose (LD) CT reconstructed with iterative reconstruction (IR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively collected 100 patients (median age, 61

TiO2/UV system에서 azo dye 중 반응성 염료의 광촉매 산화분해에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 광촉매 산화공정은 다양한 인자에 의해 영향을 받으며 이런 인자들의 산화반응에서 효과 및 특성을 파악하고 예측식 모형을 추정하기란 매우 힘든 작업이다. 따라서 본 연구는 실험계획법 중 박스-벤켄법(Box-Behnken method)을 이용하여 2인자 3수준의 실험디자인으로 최적의 산화조건을 찾기 위한 실험을 수행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 본 실험에서 색도 제거율(Y1)의 반응모형에 가장 크게 영향을 끼치는 항은 주 효과(선형효과)와 교차항으로 나타났고 그 중 x2(dye concentration)가 가장 민감하게 반응모형에 영향을 받는 것으로 확인되었다. CODCr(Y2)의 반응모형의 경우 Y1의 모형과 마찬가지로 주 효과(선형효과) 및 교차항이 모델의 생성에 가장 중요한 모수로 작용하였지만 Y1와 달리 x1(TiO2) 및 x2(dye concentration) 모두 반응 모형에서

The experimental design and response surface methodologies haven been applied to the investigation of the chemical coagulation of livestock wastewater. The chemical coagulation reactions were mathematically described as a function of parameters raping mixing (rpm) of chemical coagulation (X1), slow mixing (rpm) of chemical coagulation (X2), FeCl3 concentration (mg/L) (X3) and pH (X4) being modeled by use of the central composite design. Empirical models were developed to describe relationship be

Micropollutants are often discharged to surface waters through untreated wastewater from sewage treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants. The presence of micropollutants in surface waters is a serious concern because surface water is usually provided to water treatment plants (WTP) to produce drinking water. Many micropollutants can withstand conventional WTP systems and stay in tap water. In particular, pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors are examples of micropollutants that are de

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have a wide range of domestic and industrial applications, but they are persistent in the environment. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) are among the metabolites of PFCs and occur at high concentration in the environment. Korea is the largest importer of PFC compounds in the world, therefore, the accumulation of these compounds is possible. In this study, the concentrations of PFOS and PFOA were determined in water samples taken fr

Environmental monitoring system has been adopted and supplemented as inspection measures for the quantitative and qualitative changes of environmental impact assessment (EIA). This study compares the results of environmental impact assessment with the results of post-environmental investigation using a correction and principal component analysis (PCA) in the housing development project. Correlation analysis showed that most of air quality variables including TSP, PM10, NO2, CO were linearly corr

This study was conducted to improve an effect of phosphorus removal using FNR(Ferrous Nutrient Removal) process which had iron precipitation reactor and to analyze the iron corrosion. For simultaneous removal of phosphorus, iron electrolysis was combined with oxic tank. In this study, The removal efficiency of phosphorus increased with an increase voltage in iron precipitation reactor. The distance of 15 mm between the two iron bed in each tests influence the concentration of remaining phosphoru

It is unclear whether the visualization methods for artificial-intelligence-based computer-aided detection (AI-CAD) of chest radiographs influence the accuracy of readers’ interpretation. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of radiologists’ interpretations of chest radiographs using different visualization methods for the same AI-CAD. Initial chest radiographs of patients with acute respiratory symptoms were retrospectively collected. A commercialized AI-CAD using three different methods of visual

A 60-year-old man was admitted due to rectosigmoid colon cancer, and a hepatic mass was incidentally found during the staging work-up. The mass appeared cystic with a thick wall and contained multiple bizarre cord-like structures on ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The differential diagnoses included organizing abscess/hematoma, foreign body granuloma and parasite infestation. Serologic study revealed anti-sparganum antibodies. Over 4-year follow-up, the patient di

Diazinon은 전 세계적으로 많이 사용하고 있는 유기인계 살충제이며 특히 한국에서 많이 사용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 광반응과 광촉매 반응을 이용하여 diazinon의 분해에 대하여 살펴보았다. 실험의 결과, diazinon은 인공 자외선의 경우 광반응과 광촉매 반응에서 모두 효과적으로 분해되었고, 특히 광촉매 반응시 광반응보다 더 빠른 분해 효율을 보였으나, TOC는 잘 제거되지 않았다. Diazinon의 광촉매 반응에서 발생한 이온 부산물은 질소의 경우 약 40%가 NO3-로 회수되었고, 인의 경우는 5% 정도만이 PO43-로 회수되었다. 이에 반해, SO42-이온은 광반응의 경우는 50%, 광촉매 반응의 경우 100%의 회수율을 보였다. 광반응이나 광촉매 반응에 의해서 diazinon의 이온성 부산물의 회수율과 TOC의 분해율이 낮은 이유는 반응에 의한 유기부산물의 생성을 의미한다. 이의 확인을 위한 GC/MS와 LC/MS의 분석 결과 diazinon의 광반응 및 광촉매 반

The road traffic noise has been increasing broader effects on urban areas as well as rural areas because of rapidly increasing traffic volume and newly-constructed roads. 10 sites in building development areas were selected and the noise levels were measured by the apartment floors and by the various block plans of apartment complex. The results showed that the highest traffic noise level was obtained at the 5 and 7 floors on the apartment floors. On the basis of 7 floor with the highest level,

The objectives of this study were to investigate the formation of trihalomethanes (THMs) and to compare the concentration level of THMs of swimming pools water by different disinfection methods such as chlorine, ozone-chlorine, and salt brine electrolysis generator (SBEG). The concentration of chloroform was the highest in the chlorine system, and the SBEG was the highest in the production of bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromochloromethane (DBCM) and bromoform. The average concentration of tot

본 연구에서는 난분해성 물질인 페놀을 초음파와 자외선 광선(UV-C)을 이용하여 분해를 알아본 연구이다. 초음파, 자외선, 그리고 초음파와 자외선의 결합반응에서 주파수, 온도, 용액의 pH, 아르곤가스 purging, 그리고 자외선 세기의 효과를 조사하였다. 초음파 단독 반응의 경우 pH 4, 5℃, 35 kHz에서 360분 동안 30%의 페놀의 최적 분해효율을 보였다. 자외선 (UV-C) 단독 반응의 경우 19.3 mW/cm2의 자외선 세기와 pH 4, 5℃에서 60분에 100%의 페놀 분해 효율을 보였다. 이에 반하여 초음파와 자외선의 결합반응에서는 동일 조건에서 45분 동안 페놀이 모두 제거되었다. 초음파와 자외선의 결합 반응에서 페놀은 자외선 강도가 7.6 mW/cm2일 때 360분 안에 19.3 mW/cm2일 때는 45분 안에 완전히 분해되었고, 각각의 분해 속도 상수는 17.3×10-3 min-1와 138.1×10-3 min-1이었다. 페놀의 분해반응에서 OH 라디칼의 s