• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.253-259
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• 2012

Disposal of high amount of coal combustion by-products, such as fly ash and bottom ash, is of a great concern to the country, due to the huge treatment cost and land requirement. On the other hand, those coal-ash wastes are considered to have desirable characteristics that may improve physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils. Especially, compared with fly ash, bottom ash has a larger particle size, porous surface area, and usable amount of micronutrients. In the present study, we examined bottom as a soil amendment for mitigating $CO_2$ emission and enhancing carbon sequestration in soils fertilized with organic matter (hairy vetch, green barely, and oil cake fertilizer). Through laboratory incubation, $CO_2$ released from the soil was quantitatively and periodically monitored with an enforced-aeration and high-temperature respirometer. We observed that amendment of bottom ash led to a marked reduction in $CO_2$ emission rate and cumulative amount of $CO_2$ released, which was generally proportional to the amount of bottom ash applied. We also found that the temporal patterns of $CO_2$ emission and C sequestration effects were partially dependent on the relative of proportion labile carbon and C/N ratio of the organic matter. Our results strongly suggest that amendment of bottom ash has potential benefits for fixing labile carbon as more stable soil organic matter, unless the bottom ash contains toxic levels of heavy metals or other contaminants.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.3437-3443
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• 2013

The polymer insulators have been extensively used as an alternate material of ceramic insulators. However, when they are used in practical conditions, there are many problems of decreasing performance and shortening lifetime due to the exposures of degradation factors applied from the outdoor situations. Accordingly, the analysis of polymer degradations has been getting influential too late as one of important subjects for improvements of safety and reliability. Heat, water treatments are arbitrary simulated for finding out the initiations and processes of surface degradation on the polymer surface. Especially, this study is focused on the chemical changes properties. From the analysis of hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecular structures, final modeling of surface degradation is accomplished. We checked the contact angle depending on heat and moisturized accelerated degradation and ran an XPS analysis to check the mechanism change of the surface of the PCB polymer composite. The surface that had a tendency to attract moisture showed a decrease in the contact angle and generated a large amount of carboxyl($-COO^*$) radicals. The hydrophobized surface showed an increase in the contact angle and had a stable chemical composition constituted of the breakaway of oxygen radicals and the formation of double bond by carburization.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.33-41
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• 1997

This study was carried out to establish simple and easy methods to judge the survival, senescence and death of the protoplasts in culture system by identifying the marker substance related to metabolic status of the cells. When rice and tobacco protoplasts were cultured in MS and KM-8P media containing 2,4-D or coconut milk ABA decreased especially in the media containing coconut milk, but GA$_3$, IAA and zeatin increased as the cultures progressed. The decrease of ABA and increase of zeatin was especially remarkable. When the supraoptimal amount of osmoticum (mannitol) was added to the culture media ABA decreased after a momentary increase, but other growth hormones slowly increased as the concentration of the osmoticum increased. Contents of individual hormones were contrasted when protoplasts rice and tobacco were cultured on the same medium containing 10mM super mine or NaCl. Tobacco protoplasts were more sensitive to NaCl stress and stopped protoplast division at the late stage of culture. Protoplast viability decreased greatly in 48 hours when the protoplast were at 32$^{\circ}C$ on a medium lacking several components. ABA content increased up to 10 days from incubation in negative proportion to the protoplast viability. On the other hand contents of other growth hormones, especially zeatin, decreased. The present results clearly showed that the contents of individual growth hormones in the plant protoplasts in culture varied sensitively in response to environmental factors that they are faced with. This indicates that the physiological states of the protoplast, such as survival, senescence or death can be simply judged based on the quantitative analysis of those hormones by ELISA.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.479-483
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• 2003

Knowledge of N accumulation during the vegetative growth stage of rice (Oryza sativa L.) is useful for determining the need for topdressing fertilizer N at panicle initiation and booting stage. The chlorophyll content showing SPAD threshold values generated by a simple and portable diagnostic instrument, chlorophyll meter, enables implement the measures of greenness and/or relative chlorophyll contents of leaves. Two-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the possible application of the chlorophyll meter for N diagnosis in transplanted paddy rice. The chlorophyll meter threshold values (SPAD reading) were taken from uppermost fully expanded leaves at 10days interval from 10 days after transplanting. SPAD readings and N contents of rice leaf blade were closely related at the maximum tillering stage. SPAD readings during growth period showed M-shaped distribution, sharply finished to drop at 20 days after heading date. As N fertilizer increased, the SPAD readings increased. The SPAD readings showed more critical and clear difference in immature paddy field than in ordinary paddy field, where the former soil showed higher response to N fertilizer topdressed. Based on the PAD readings for obtaining an optimum sink size bearing the maximum grain yield, N fertilizer to be dressed at the panicle initiation stage is to be adjusted within the SPA$\times$tillers value range 888 in ordinary paddy, and 800 in immature paddy vice. Among the cultivars tested, Huckhyangbyeo, Jinpumbyeo, Ansungbyeo, Sobibyeo, Manpungbyeo, Sangmibyeo, Jinbongbyeo, showed high SPAD values, whereas the cultivars, Nonghobyeo, Saechuchungbyeo, Hwabongbyeo, Mananbyeo, did low values and others intermediate SPAD threshhold values.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.465-468
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• 2003

In order to find out the basic information for salt tolerance in vice (Oryza sativa L.), effects of NaCl treatment on absorption of inorganic components and growth were investigated in 6 japonica and 5 tongil varieties and compared to the salt tolerance variety, Annapurna. The absorption of N and $\textrm{P}_2\textrm{O}_5$ was less repressed than that of $\textrm{K}_2\textrm{O}$, MgO, CaO, and $\textrm{Si}\textrm{O}_2$ which were a little affected by NaCl treatment. $\textrm{K}_2\textrm{O}$ was the most highly repressed component in the absorption of inorganic components, followed by MgO, CaO, total-N, $\textrm{P}_2\textrm{O}_5$ and $\textrm{Si}\textrm{O}_2$. $\textrm{Na}_2\textrm{O}$ content was increased about twenty times to the control at 30days after NaCl treatment, and tonsil varieties more than absorbed japonica ones. Dry weight of japonica varieties by NaCl treatment was less reduced than that of tonsil varieties, followed by Seomjinbyeo, Sinseonchalbyeo, Nakdongbyeo, Daechoungbyeo, Dongjinbyeo and Chuchoungbyeo in japonica group, and Milyang30, Gayeabyeo, Jangseongbyeo, Chilseongbyeo and Taebackbyeo in tonsil group. The relationship between dry weight reduction and Na/K ratio showed positively significant correlation in rice.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.95-103
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• 2012

Precast concrete method is known to have advantages of minimizing works in the construction, controlling concrete quality easily and saving construction period due to only fabrication work in the construction field, but it needs to apply steam curing to accelerate early concrete strength. In the meanwhile, the oil cost for steam curing has been continuously increased because of political instability in the middle East and international economic shaky. Thus, this study addresses the development of precast/ prestressed concrete which has over 14MPa at 1 day age and specified concrete strength of 40MPa at low temperature, not applying steam curing. Tests were carried out in terms of material characteristics in fresh concrete and compressive strength using 3 types of cement such as Type I, Type III and rapid hardening compound cement. As results of tests, it is found that cements for rapid hardening had disadvantages with respect to slump, slump loss, and air content, but showed higher compressive strength than specified one, especially the highest value when using rapid hardening compound.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.173-179
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• 2014

This is an experimental study for recycling coal ash left over from coal use as a potential fine aggregate in concrete. Coal ash is generally divided into either fly ash or bottom ash. Fly ash has been utilized as a substitution material for cement in concrete mixes. On the other hand, bottom ash has the problem of low recycling rates, and thus it has been primarily reclaimed. This study partially substituted fine concrete aggregates with bottom ash to increase its application rate and therefore its recycling rate; its suitability for this purpose was confirmed. The concrete's workability dropped noticeably with increasing bottom ash content when a fixed water-cement ratio of concrete mix was used. Thus, concrete mixes with higher ratio levels are required. To address this problem, concrete was mixed using a polycarboxylate high-range water reducing agent. The fluidity and air entrainment immediately after mixing the concrete and 1 h after mixing were measured, thereby replicating the time concrete is placed in the field when produced either in a ready-mixed concrete or in a batch plant. As a result of this research, the workability and air entrainment were maintained 1 h after mixing for a concrete mixture with approximately 30% of its fine concrete aggregates substituted with the bottom ash. A slight drop in compression strength was seen; however, this confirmed that potential of using bottom ash as a fine aggregate in concrete.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.266-279
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• 1991

1989년 9월부터 1990년 8월까지 국제 원자력기구의 지역 계획에 의해 국내 26개 (후반부 31개)의 기관이 참가하여 T3, T4, TSH를 측정하여 결과를 모으고, 외부정도관적를 시행한 결과가 다음과 같다. 1) 외부정도관리를 위한 컴퓨터 소프트웨어를 작성하였다. 데이타의 입력, 정도 분석, 월별 보고, 분기별 보고 및 수행 분석 프로그램을 만들되 전체 검사실결과에서 추린 평균값(all laboratories trimmed mean: ALTM)으로 모집단평균을 삼아 편차, 편이, 편이평균 그리고 이들의 경시적 변화를 분석하도록 하였다. 2) 전후반 2회에 나누어 만든 및치 사이의 편차는 유의하지 않았다. T3값의 변이계수는 7.2%이하(정상 T3 값) 또는 9.2%와 13.4%사이 (높은 T3 값), 74 값의 변이계수는 4.6%이하(정상 또는 높은 T4값), 5.4%와 9.5%사이(낮은 T4값)이었다. TSH는 정상범위 값에서 21.7%이하의 변이 계수를 보였고 정상보다 낮거나 높은 TSH의 풀은 8 7%와 21.2%사이의 변이제수를 보였다. 3) 전체 검사실 추린 평균값(ALTM)에 따른 변이계수의 변동은, ALTM이 정상 T4값범위일 때 변이계수는 15%이하이었고, 낮은 T4값일 때는 중간값이 15%이고 분포범위는 50%까지이었다. T3값의 변이계수는 대체로 20%이하이었다. TSH의 변이계수는 1mU/L를 전후로 급격히 상승하여 200%에 달하였다. 4) 3표준편차보다 높거나 낮은 값을 보인 검사실들의 분포는 전체 검사실결과에서 추린 평균값(ALTM)과 상관없었다. 5) 첨가한 T3, T4, TSH에 대한 회수율은 T4는 104, 106%, T3는 67%, 74%, TSH는 87%, 86%이었다. 이상과 같이, 저자들이 만든 소프트웨어 프로그램으로 외부정도관리를 위하여 쉽게 데이터를 분석하고 보고서를 작성하여 갑상선호르몬의 경사신뢰도를 평가할 수 있게 되었으며, 위에 요약한 첫 해의 외부정도관리 결과를 바탕으로 참가기관의 동의하에, 앞으로 정도관리 항목의 확대와 외부정도관리의 지속적인 시행이 바람직하다고 생각하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.15-22
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• 1990

The efects of application time on the persistence of chlorothalonil in sesame plants and its persistence in soil were studied in the field. A procedure was used which permited the analysis of residues of Chlorothalonil (DACONIL 2787) in sesame(Sesamum indicum L.)and soil. The procedure was based on the multiresidue analytical method using an polarized acetonitrile solution or acidified acetone as the extracting solvent. The DACONIL 2787 is separated from the fat in the extracts by using an activated alumina and Florisil chromatogaphic column. Residues of DACONIL 2787 were determined by subjecting the alternate eluate from the Florisil column to gas chromatographic analysis(ECD). Residue of chlorothalonil in sesame are proved to 0.06 ppm for six sprays, 3rd day before harvest The half-life of chlorothalonil in soil proved to be 8.9 days and residues of chlorothalonil was only 0.03 ppm 100 days after application of 15 ppm.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.249-254
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• 2011

Mycophenolic acid blocking the synthesis of xanthosine monophosphate is a nonnucleoside inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase. Therefore mycopholoic acid is a drug currently used as immunosuppressive agent in transplantation of heart, kidney and liver. Mycophenolic acid has been industrially produced through fermentation process by fungus Penicillium brevi-compactum. In this study, the profile of mycophenolic acid fermentation was observed in 5L-jar fermentor to investigate the utilization of carbon and nitrogen sources and the production of mycophenolic acid. It was investigated that what kind of carbon sources was better to cell growth and mycophenolic acid production. Fructose was the best carbon source for mycophenolic acid fermentation, but it is the most expensive one. Thereafter molasses containing sucrose as the supply source of fructose was confirmed to be the best carbon source for the industrial production. Use of molasses increased the fermentation yield of mycophenolic acid more than two times higher than glucose. It was confirmed that urea was the best inorganic nitrogen source, which did not give rise to sudden drop of culture pH. Addition of urea increased the fermentation yield of mycophenolic acid about 3.6 times higher than addition of ammonium nitrate as control. Casein, peptone and casamino acid originated from milk protein increased the fermentation yield of mycophenolic acid about 3.4 times higher than control. Peptone and casamino acid, which are casein hydrolysates, increased cell growth considerably as well.