• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.315-323
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• 1996

인회석 배수로가 1994년 9월 30일 미국 인디아나주 중서부에 위치한 Green Valley 폐탄광에 건설되었다. 현장설치의 일차적인 목적은 현장조건에서 산성수에 대한 인회석 배수로의 장기적인 처리능력을 평가하는 데 있다. 이 배수로는 실내실험결과에 따라 설계되었는데 연장 9m, 폭 3.3m, 심도 0.75m이며，95mm~30번 채 크기의 인회석광 (francolite)으로 채워져 있고 복구된 폐석더미로 부터 흘러나오는 산성수가 유입되게 되어 있다. 본 배수로는 폭우 및 실트의 퇴적으로 인한 손상을 막기 위해 석회석 자갈과 filter fabric으로 덮여져 있다. 본 배수로는 플로리다주의 인광석광산에서 채광된 50톤의 인회석으로 채워져 있다. 인회석은 산성수내의 첼 최대 4,200 mg/l, 알루미늄 최대 830 mg/l, 황산염 최대 13,430 mg/l를 제거하였다. 산도는 거의 일정하였으며 3.1에서 4.3까지 변화를 보였다. 배수로 하류에서 측정한 유출량은 3~4.5 l/m였다. 철 및 알루미늄 인산염 침전물은 노란색 및 흰색 부유성 입자인데 침전못에 계속적으로 퇴적되었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.192-203
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• 2013

금오열도 연안에서 출현하는 동물플랑크톤 계절별 군집의 변동 양상을 이해하기 위해 그들의 출현 양상과 환경인자를 2003년 8월부터 2004년 4월까지 계절별로 실시하였다. 조사기간 동안 출현한 동물플랑크톤은 모두 44개 분류군이 출현하였고, 출현 개체수는 15~$28,183inds.\;m^{-3}$의 범위를 보였으며, N. scintillans가 가장 우점 하는 분류군이었다. 동물플랑크톤 주요 분류군은 N. scintillans를 포함하여 P. parvus s. l., A. omorii, Oithona spp., Aidanosagitta crassa, 십각류 유생, 요각류 전기유생, 요각류 후기유생이었다. 종 다양도 지수는 여름철과 봄철에 낮게 나타난 반면에 가을철과 겨울철에는 높게 나타났다. 결과적으로 금오열도 연안의 동물플랑크톤 출현양상이 계절에 따른 수온, 염분, Chl. a 농도와 함께 일부 내만종들에 기인하여 변동될 수 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.411-426
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• 2010

남해 연안에 출현하는 동물플랑크톤 군집의 계절 변화와 주요 분류군의 변동 양상을 파악하기 위해 2005년 5월부터 2006월 2월까지 사계절 동안 실시하였다. 사계절 동안 출현한 동물플랑크톤은 전체 74개 분류군이 출현하였고, 평균 출현 개체수는 2,426~23,793 indiv./$m^3$ 범위였으며, 이 중 N. scintillans가 가장 우점하는 분류군이었다. 동물플랑크톤 주요 분류군은 N. scintillans, A. omorii, A. erythraea, P. parvus s. l, 십각류 유생, Aidanosagitta crassa, 따개비 유생으로 나타났다. 여름철의 동물플랑크톤의 종 다양성 지수는 내만 해역에서 주로 높게 나타났으며, 가을철에 외만에 위치하는 조사해역에서 낮게 나타났다. 이것은 남해 연안의 동물플랑크톤 출현 개체수 변동이 계절에 따른 수온, 염분과 엽록소-a 농도, N. scintillans의 대량 증식에 따라서 변동할 수 있으며, 또한 계절에 따른 대마난류의 세력확장에 따라서 조절될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.154-170
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• 2022

The zooplankton composition, abundance, community structure, and species diversity in the major commercial fishery species spawning grounds in the southern coast of Korea were investigated in this study. A total of 80 taxa were sampled, with the mean abundance range of 5,612-11,720 ind. m^-3 and the mean biomass range of 41.6-1,086.8 mg m^-3. The dominant species were Paracalanus copepodites, Paracalanus parvus s. l., Oithona copepodites, Paracalanus nauplii, Noctiluca scintillans, Oithona similis, and Ditrichocorycaeus affinis. The species diversity indices were highest in August, suggesting that diversity is influenced by neritic and oceanic warm-water species. A cluster analysis with non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) revealed three groups of zooplankton communities. The April and May samples clustered into Group A, having the highest mean total zooplankton abundance and lowest species diversity, consisting mainly of temperate species located in the middle region of the southern coast of Korea. Cluster Group B was from the early summer season (June) and contained the highest species diversity with some oceanic and neritic zooplankton species. Cluster Group C from the summer season (July and August) mainly comprised P. parvus s. l. and O. similis. The redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that abundance is positively correlated with salinity, and chlorophyll-a concentrations.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1161-1171
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• 2018

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate diffusion tensor (DT) imaging-derived properties of benign oligemia, true "at risk" penumbra (TP), and the infarct core (IC) during the first 3 hours of stroke onset. Materials and Methods: The study was approved by the local animal care and use committee. DT imaging data were obtained from 14 rats after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) using a 7T magnetic resonance scanner (Bruker) in room air. Relative cerebral blood flow and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were generated to define oligemia, TP, IC, and normal tissue (NT) every 30 minutes up to 3 hours. Relative fractional anisotropy (rFA), pure anisotropy (rq), diffusion magnitude (rL), ADC (rADC), axial diffusivity (rAD), and radial diffusivity (rRD) values were derived by comparison with the contralateral normal brain. Results: The mean volume of oligemia was $24.7{\pm}14.1mm^3$, that of TP was $81.3{\pm}62.6mm^3$, and that of IC was $123.0{\pm}85.2mm^3$ at 30 minutes after pMCAO. rFA showed an initial paradoxical 10% increase in IC and TP, and declined afterward. The rq, rL, rADC, rAD, and rRD showed an initial discrepant decrease in IC (from -24% to -36%) as compared with TP (from -7% to -13%). Significant differences (p < 0.05) in metrics, except rFA, were found between tissue subtypes in the first 2.5 hours. The rq demonstrated the best overall performance in discriminating TP from IC (accuracy = 92.6%, area under curve = 0.93) and the optimal cutoff value was -33.90%. The metric values for oligemia and NT remained similar at all time points. Conclusion: Benign oligemia is small and remains microstructurally normal under pMCAO. TP and IC show a distinct evolution of DT-derived properties within the first 3 hours of stroke onset, and are thus potentially useful in predicting the fate of ischemic brain.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.235-253
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• 2011

The annual variation of mesozooplankton community in the Jangmok harbor of Jinhae Bay was studied in relation to environmental variables. Sampling was carried out weekly from January to December 2009. During the study periods, mesozooplankton community consisted of 44 taxa and the annual mean abundance was 8308 inds. $m^{-3}$. The maximum abundance was observed to be 50043 inds. $m^{-3}$ in August and the minimum in April with 1013 inds. $m^{-3}$. Of these, Penilia avirostris, cirripedia larvae, Evadne tergestina, Acartia omorii, Oikopleura s, Paracalanus parvus s. l., Eurytemora pacifica, Podon s, Oithona s, and Acartia steueri were observed as dominant species in Jangmok bay and they also contributed to 79% of total mesozooplankton. According to non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) and cluster analysis based on the mesozooplankton community data from each season, the community was divided into three groups. The first group included appearence species in winter and spring season, which is mainly dominated the copepod such as A. omorii and E. pacifica. The second and third group was composed with observed species in summer and autumn, respectively. Based on the SIMPER (similarity percentages), P. avirostris in summer and cirripedia larvae in autumn were significantly dominated. Our results indicate that although the mesozooplankton abundances in Jangmok harbor fluctuated abruptly, its annual variation was strongly influenced by water temperature.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2019

The annual production of silver croaker (Argyrosomus argentatus) in Korean towed fishing gears has been increased in recent five years. In 2017, the annual production of silver croaker in metric ton was increased 99.2% compared to 2013. However, the research for silver croaker has been focused on ecology in Korea. There has not been enough research in terms of fishing gears. Therefore, the research for retention probability for towed gears was conducted on covered codend method from June, 2016 to July, 2018. During the experiments, the total catch of silver croaker was 1,563. The geometry of the experimental trawl gear was controlled by trawl monitoring system; net height was 3.3 m, distance of trawldoors was 59.8 m and distance of wing net was 17.3 m. The selection curve for silver croaker was estimated by a logit model. The analysis was applied with the confidence interval to reduce uncertainty of the estimation. The $l_{50}$ was 13.87 cm and its selection range was 2.71 cm. P-value was estimated at 0.99. The mesh size for silver croaker in towed gears needs to be adjusted by considering its minimum maturity length, stakeholder's interests and fisheries regulations.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.438-448
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• 2024

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic outcomes of no-touch radiofrequency ablation (NT-RFA) using twin cooled wet (TCW) electrodes in patients experiencing recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after undergoing locoregional treatments. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective, single-arm study of NT-RFA involving 102 patients, with a total of 112 recurrent HCCs (each ≤ 3 cm). NT-RFA with TCW electrodes was implemented under the guidance of ultrasonography (US)-MR/CT fusion imaging. If NT-RFA application proved technically challenging, conversion to conventional tumor puncture RFA was permitted. The primary metric for evaluation was the mid-term cumulative incidence of local tumor progression (LTP) observed post-RFA. Cumulative LTP rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression was used to explore factors associated with LTP. Considering conversion cases from NT-RFA to conventional RFA, intention-to-treat (ITT; including all patients) and per-protocol (PP; including patients not requiring conversion to conventional RFA alone) analyses were performed. Results: Conversion from NT-RFA to conventional RFA was necessary for 24 (21.4%) out of 112 tumors. Successful treatment was noted in 111 (99.1%) out of them. No major complications were reported among the patients. According to ITT analysis, the estimated cumulative incidences of LTP were 1.9%, 6.0%, and 6.0% at 1, 2, and 3 years post-RFA, respectively. In PP analysis, the cumulative incidence of LTP was 0.0%, 1.3%, and 1.3% at 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively. The number of previous locoregional HCC treatments (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.265 per 1 treatment increase; P = 0.004), total bilirubin (aHR, 7.477 per 1 mg/dL increase; P = 0.012), and safety margin ≤ 5 mm (aHR, 9.029; P = 0.016) were independently associated with LTP in ITT analysis. Conclusion: NT-RFA using TCW electrodes is a safe and effective treatment for recurrent HCC, with 6.0% (ITT analysis) and 1.3% (PP analysis) cumulative incidence of LTP at 2 and 3-year follow-ups.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.937-949
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• 2022

Health concern of dogs is the most important issue for pet owners. People who have companied the dogs long-term provide the utmost cares for their well-being and healthy life. Recently, it was revealed that the population and types of gut microbiota affect the metabolism and immunity of the host. However, there is little information on the gut microbiome of dogs. Hericium erinaceus (H. erinaceus; HE) is one of the well-known medicinal mushrooms and has multiple bioactive components including polyphenol, β-glucan, polysaccharides, ergothioneine, hericerin, erinacines, etc. Here we tested a pet food that contained H. erinaceus for improvement in the gut microbiota environment of aged dogs. A total of 18 dogs, each 11 years old, were utilized. For sixteen weeks, the dogs were fed with 0.4 g of H. erinaceus (HE-L), or 0.8 g (HE-H), or without H. erinaceus (CON) per body weight (kg) with daily diets (n = 6 per group). Taxonomic analysis was performed using metagenomics to investigate the difference in the gut microbiome. Resulting from principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) to confirm the distance difference between the groups, there was a significant difference between HE-H and CON due to weighted Unique fraction metric (Unifrac) distance (p = 0.047), but HE-L did not have a statistical difference compared to that of CON. Additionally, the result of Linear discriminate analysis of effect size (LEfSe) showed that phylum Bacteroidetes in HE-H and its order Bacteroidales increased, compared to that of CON, Additionally, phylum Firmicutes in HE-H, and its genera (Streptococcus, Tyzzerella) were reduced. Furthermore, at the family level, Campylobacteraceae and its genus Campylobacter in HE-H was decreased compared to that of CON. Summarily, our data demonstrated that the intake of H. erinaceus can regulate the gut microbial community in aged dogs, and an adequate supply of HE on pet diets would possibly improve immunity and anti-obesity on gut-microbiota in dogs.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.27-43
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• 2017

본 연구는 금강 상류에 위치한 적벽강에서 지역간 주민불편 해소를 위하여 도로 연결노선 건설 및 기반시설확충에 따른 환경영향성을 검토를 위해 2015년 수생태계의 어류 종조성 평가, 멸종위기종 특성, 군집평가 및 일반 수질특성을 분석하였다. 본 사업 구간에서 어류는 총 28종 1186개체가 출현하였고, 법적보호종은 멸종위기 1급인 감돌고기 (Pseudopungtungia nigra) 79개체, II급인 돌상어(Gobiobotia brevibarba)와 꾸구리(Gobiobotia macrocephala)가 각각 5개체, 2개체가 출현하여 종 보존이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 한편 국내 하천 및 호수에 널리 분포하는 큰입배스(Micropterus salmoides)와 파랑볼우럭(Lepomis macrochirus)의 생태계교란어류는 출현하지 않아 외래어종에 의한 생태계교란 현상은 나타나지 않아 생태계가 잘 보존된 지역으로 분석되었다. 어류군집 평가에 따르면, 전반적으로 종다양도 지수는 모든 지점에서 높게 나타났으며 (범위: 0.788 - 1.030), 우점도 지수는 아주 낮은 것 (범위: 0.097 - 0.183)으로 나타나 특정 종에 의해 우점하지 않고, 군집이 잘 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 어류의 내성도 및 트로픽 길드 분석 결과 내성종에 비해 민감종의 비율이 상대적으로 높고 잡식종에 비해 충식종의 비율이 상대적으로 높아 어류에 대한 오염도 측면 및 섭식구조에서도 생태계가 잘 유지됨을 나타냈다. 이런 특성은 다변수어류평가모델 (Multi-metric fish model)을 이용한 생태건강도 분석에서 잘 반영되었다. 즉, 어류평가지수 (FAI 모델값)는 82.4으로서, 생태건강도 등급은 "양호상태 (B등급)"로 평가되어 전반적으로 건강한 하천 생태계 특성을 보였다. 또한, 용존산소량(DO)과 수소이온농도(pH)가 각 각 $10mg\;L^{-1}$, pH8 전후로 나타났으며 그 외 일반 이화학적 수질특성에서도 양호하게 나타났으며, 물리적 서식지도 여울과 풀 (Pool)이 잘 조화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이런 지역간 연결도로 건설은 수체내의 토사유입을 가져올 수 있고 이는 서식지 특성 및 어류먹이 연쇄에 직 간접적인 영향 줄 수 있어, 건설 시 토사유출에 대한 대책마련이 필요할 것으로 사료되었다.