In this paper, we investigated the membrane fouling mechanism according to the coagulant dosage in algal rich water using a ceramic membrane. The algae that were used in this experiment were Microcystis sp. of cyanobacteria, and the fouling mechanism was analyzed through irrigation and filtration resistance through a constant flow operation. The experimental results showed that the filtration resistance decreased as the coagulant dosage increased, but the irreversibility at above optimum coagulant dosage increased. Additionally, as the coagulant dosage increased, the resistance value due to cake and adsorption contamination decreased, and membrane fouling by adsorption was dominant in comparison with cake fouling and adsorption fouling. The specific cake resistance was decreased as the coagulant dosage increased. The characteristics of the cake layer according to the coagulant dosage were found to loosely form the cake layer by increasing micro-size algae as the coagulant dosage increased. The results of this experiment confirmed the membrane fouling mechanism according to coagulant dosage when the ceramic membrane filtered algal rich water.

Numerous previous studies have been conducted on quantifying road noise through transfer path analysis (TPA) using the matrix inversion and the dynamic stiffness methods. However, the matrix inversion method is a calculation that always contains error, even when treated with the best condition number found by trial and error iteration to match the calculation SPL (sound pressure level) to measured SPL. Furthermore, the caveat of the dynamic stiffness method is that it requires accurate dynamic stiffness value up to the frequency range of interest, which, in reality, is rarely available and is challenging to obtain. Therefore, TPA using these two methods is only possible when a complete vehicle is available. For the sake of cost and time reduction, circumventing these limitations is crucial within the vehicle production period. The main focus of the present study is to directly obtain the operational forces at the suspension mounting points neglecting the effect of the vehicle body through a special suspension rig. The suspension rig is verified through a comparative analysis with the actual baseline vehicle measurement up to 250 Hz. In addition, an example approach for finding suspension's NVH performance improving factor using the rig benchmarking technique is introduced.

Cosmetics are products used over long periods by the public, and their safety is very important. Contact dermatitis induced by cosmetics is the result of an inflammatory response of the skin to direct irritancy. The initial event that this inflammatory response is observed is the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. In this study, the anti-inflammatory activities of extracts from Korean herb medicines were investigated using RAW264.7 macrophage. Among the fifty one extracts tested, the ethanol extracts from Biotae Orientalis Folium, Biotae Orientalis Folium (roasted), Cyperi Rhizoma, Nepetae Spica, Benincasae Semen, Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Dioscoreae Rhizoma (roasted), Mori Ramulus, Pini Ramulus and Alismatis Rhizoma reduced the cytotoxicity and inhibited the productions of Nitric oxide (NO) and cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-αn lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.7 macrophage. Additionally, they didn't induce the skin irritation when tested the human patch test. Overall, the result of this study suggests that the extracts of the ten Korean herb medicines are useful cosmetic agents for preventing the skin irritation.

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