• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

Bang-Poong and related species are an important herbal medicine. However, it is difficult to determine the commercial dry material through anatomical and chemotaxonomical characteristics. Here, we used a PCR-based technique for an accurate discrimination of Bang-Poong and related species. With the RAPD primers, 215 RAPDSs(random amplified polymorphic DNAs) were obtained, and 98% of them showed polymorphic patterns. RAPDs from the four primers were appropriate for the discrimination of S. divaricata $(T_{URCZ{\cdot}})\;S_{CHISKIN}$, those from the six primers for P. japonicum $T_{HUNBERG}$, those from the four primers for P. terebinthaceum $F_{ISHER}$, and those from the six primers for G. littoralis Fr. $S_{CHMIDT}$. The specific bands from the primer 425 were obtained and used to develop SCAR (sequence characterized amplified region) markers, based on the sequence information of the RAPD markers. The SCAR primers generated a 215 bp fragment specific to Peucedanum terebinthaceum $F_{ISHER}$, and a 177 bp and a 300 bp fragment specific to G. littoralis Fr. $S_{CHMIDT}$. As a result, the three SCAR markers were able to discriminate from two Bang-Poong related species.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.337-340
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• 2012

The genetic connectedness between herds is an essential requirement to make robust across-herd estimation of the breeding values of the animals. In this study, genetic connectedness between herds was evaluated by a connectedness rating method. A total of 24,971 records of days to 90 kg (D90KG) of the pigs on performance testing programs collected from six herds (labeled from 'A' to 'F') of Duroc breed along with pedigree information comprising 456,697 families were used. Results showed that a total of eight boars were used for semen exchange programs among participant farms. Herds 'A' through 'E' were found strongly connected among them. But 'F' herd was genetically connected strongly only with 'A' herd. The highest average connectedness rating was 91.7% between 'A' herd and 'C' herd. The lowest average connectedness rating was 65.1% between 'D' and 'F'. The concept of a single genetic group comprising six Duroc herds studied is meaningful due to high connectedness rates among them. Therefore, with this high genetic ties between participant Duroc farms, the more accurate genetic evaluation would be possible.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.90-96
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• 2017

Gray mold disease, cause by Botrytis cinerea, occurs severe damage on varieties of fruit and vegetable production, and have no a critical control method. In case of chemicals control, it is a trigger emergence of drug resistance strains due to using them continuously. In addition, the pathogen is difficult to control naturally because it is possible to survive regardless of host status. In this study, microorganisms were isolated from tomato flower and hive samples and in order to select suitable microbial control agents for tomato gray mold disease. During six-months study, we isolated 1,004 isolates from flower and 925 isolates from pollinator hive samples. Among them, 6 strains were selected based on result of antifungal activity test. The selected strains showed not only strong antifungal activity against gray mold pathogen, but also cellulase and protease enzyme activities. The selected strains were identified as Paenibacillus polymyxa. In plant assay, P. polymyxa prevented the gray mold disease occurrence near 75%.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.12 no.4 s.31
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• pp.21-26
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• 2004

Annually repeated flood damage is bringing about the rapid increasement of the loss of human lives and properly, and the enormous social cost for the restoration work is required. The annual amount of flood damage caused by the abnormal climate is reached about 1% of GDP, so more effective management of the flood control operation is needed to prevent the repetitive flood occurred same region. Also, the systematic planning and management or river improvement works are keenly required for the more effective execution of government working budget that expense to recover or to prevent the flood damage. The several organizations of government - Ministry of Construction & Transportation, Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affair, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Science & Technology, Korea Meteorological Adminstration and so on - are promoting the flood prevention operations, but those promotion system makes it difficult to maintain the consistency of works. In this study, we try to develop the Web-GIS system prototype that will be able to effectively manage the nationwide river improvement works and to establish a framework that will be able to maintain the consistency of river improvement works. To achieve the study goals, we analysed current system of flood prevention operations, gathered related documents, had interviews with many government employees, and developed the Web-GIS system prototype.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.44-52
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• 2020

More accurate forecasting of port cargo in the global long-term recession is critical for the implementation of port policy. In this study, the Busan Port container volume (export cargo and transshipment cargo) was estimated using the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model and the vector error correction (VEC) model considering the causal relationship between the economic scale (GDP) of Korea, China, and the U.S. as well as ARIMA, a single volume model. The measurement data was the monthly volume of container shipments at the Busan port J anuary 2014-August 2019. According to the analysis, the time series of import and export volume was estimated by VAR because it was relatively stable, and transshipment cargo was non-stationary, but it has cointegration relationship (long-term equilibrium) with economic scale, interest rate, and economic fluctuation, so estimated by the VEC model. The estimation results show that ARIMA is superior in the stationary time-series data (local cargo) and transshipment cargo with a trend are more predictable in estimating by the multivariate model, the VEC model. Import-export cargo, in particular, is closely related to the size of our country's economy, and transshipment cargo is closely related to the size of the Chinese and American economies. It also suggests a strategy to increase transshipment cargo as the size of China's economy appears to be closer than that of the U.S.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.124-134
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• 2018

Despite the many advantages of modular housing, low preference for modular housing for consumers who are familiar with RC structure leads to high construction cost of modular housing. The cost of modular buildings is about 130% of that of RC structures, so it is urgent to secure economical efficiency of modular buildings. Therefore, in this study, after calculating the savings amount of modular housing by type of construction work, economic analysis was conducted from a long - term perspective. In order to carry out the research, the authors compiled and analyzed the material cost, labor cost, and expenses incurred by each type of work by reclassifying the statement of the modular housing into the factory production and the site installation. After that, Pareto diagrams were created to find a core work that is included in the cost ratio of about 80%, and selected it as a cost reduction subject. Based on the assumption that the market size of domestic modular housing is similar to the level of modular advanced countries such as Japan and European countries, six cost reduction methods were set up that reflects the characteristics of the modular construction method and used for the expert interviews. Cost saving potentials in percentage from the interview were converted to the amount of savings that can be achieved by each type of method when applying the method. Finally, the findings of the study are expected to suggest long-term directions for technical development for modular construction and cost savings.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Community Living Science Conference
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• 2009.09a
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• pp.85-85
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• 2009

차는 세계에서 가장 오랜 역사를 가지고 있는 음료로 건강에 대한 관심증가와 함께 음용량이 꾸준히 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 국내 차 산업은 중국이나 일본 등에 비해 가격 품질경쟁력, 상품개발 면에서 크게 뒤떨어져 있는 실정이며, 향후 차시장도 전면적인 시장개방의 위협에 직면해 있어 차 산업의 발전을 위해서는 경쟁력 있는 수출전략과 함께 국내산업 유지를 위한 전략도 모색해야 한다. 본 연구는 차 소비자의 구매 선택속성을 분석한 것이다. 수도권에 거주하는 20세 이상 남녀 소비자를 대상으로 총 220부의 질문지를 배부하여 최종적으로 189부를 분석하였다. 전체 조사대상자는 여자가 155명(82.0%)이었으며, 연령은 20대가 29명(15.3%), 30대가 52명(27.5%), 40대가 56명(29.6%), 50대 이상은 52명(27.5%)이었다. 교육수준은 대학교졸/재가 91명(48.2%), 으로 가장 많은 비율을 차지했으며, 직업은 회사원/공무원이 59명(31.2%), 주부가 59명(31.2%)으로 가장 많은 비율을 차지했다. 월평균 소득은 200만원~300만원 미만이 57명(30.2%)으로 가장 많은 비율을 차지했다. 조사대상자의 차 소비 특성으로는 잎차와 티백, 가루차를 포함해 연평균 차 구매량이 '1~3통'이라고 응답한 사람이 73명(38.6%)으로 가장 높게 나타났고, '4~6통'이 39명(20.6%), '1통 미만'이 32명(16.9%), '6~10통'은 24명(12.7%), '10통 이상'은 21명(11.1%)으로 나타났다. 차를 마시는 장소는 '사무실이나 학교'가 100명(52.9%)으로 가장 높게 나타났으며, '집'은 83명(43.9%), '녹차전문점이나 찻집'은 6명(3.2%)으로 나타났다. 차를 마시는 상황은 '혼자 마신다'가 72명(38.1%)으로 가장 높게 나타났다. '친구와 만날 때나 사교모임 시'는 68명(36.0%), '가족과 함께 대화 시'는 31명(16.4%), '사업상대를 만날 때'는 18명(9.5%)으로 나타났다. 차를 음용하는 이유는 '편안한 대화를 하는데 도움이 되기 때문'이 65명(34.4%)으로 가장 높게 나타났고, '건강에 좋은 웰빙 음료이기 때문'은 53명(28.0%), '기호음료로서 맛과 향이 좋기 때문'은 42명(22.2%), '정신을 맑게 해주기 때문'은 21명(11.1%), '갈증해소에 좋기 때문'은 8명(4.2%)으로 나타났다. 차 구입 시 정보를 얻는 곳은 '주위사람들'이 77명(40.7%)으로 가장 높았고, '신문이나 잡지, TV 등'은 66명(34.9%), '판매원이나 시음을 통해서'는 33명(17.5%), '인터넷'이 13명(6.9%)으로 나타났다. 차소비자들이 가장 중요하게 여기는 속성은 맛(4.31)이 가장 높게 나타났으며, 그 다음이 향(4.12), 브랜드(3.84), 가격(3.76), 생산지역(3.75), 발효정도(3.72), 색(3.68), 채엽시기(3.69), 포장(3.66), 제조방법(3.56) 순으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.465-471
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• 2013

A steam generator in nuclear power plant is a heatexchager which is used to convert water into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor core, and the steam produced in steam generator is delivered to the turbine to generate electricity. Because of damage to steam generator tubing may impair its ability to adequately perform required safety functions in terms of both structural integrity and leakage integrity, eddy current testing is periodically performed to evaluate the integrity of tubes in steam generator. This assessment is normally performed during a reactor refueling outage. Currently, the eddy current testing for steam generator of nuclear power plant in Korea is performed in accordance with KEPIC & ASME Code requirements, the eddy current testing system is consists of remote data acquisition unit and data analysis program to evaluate the acquired data. The KEPIC & ASME Code require that the electrical properties of remote data acquisition unit, such as total harmonic distortion, input & output impedance, amplifier linearity & stability, phase linearity, bandwidth & demodulation filter response, analog-to-digital conversion, and channel crosstalk shall be measured in accordance with the KEPIC & ASME Code requirements. In this paper, the measurement requirements of electrical properties for eddy current testing instrument described in KEPIC & ASME Code are presented, and the measurement results of newly developed eddy current testing instrument by KHNP(Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD) are presented.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.41-74
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• 2007

This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of Korea's official development assistance (ODA) in terms of improvement in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of aid recipients, and promotion of Korea's exports and outward foreign direct investments (FDI) to ODA recipients. The assessment has also been done for different groups of aid recipient countries divided by their regional location, income level, and economic freedom. For this purpose, this paper empirically tests the effectiveness of bilateral grants and loans for 163 aid recipient countries during the period of 1990 to 2003. Results show that ODA from Korea had not been able to explain the variations in aid recipient countries' growth in per capita GDP. Provision of aid promoted outward FDI to aid recipient countries during the entire period considered. With respect to exports, provision of aid had facilitated Korea's exports to aid recipient countries, except for the period of 2000~2003. On the basis of the findings, recommendations for future aid policy have been made.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.523-549
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• 2015

This paper investigates an oil refiner's asymmetric behavior in the adjustments of gasoline and diesel prices to changes in his own price and his rivals' prices as well as input costs. An asymmetric error correction model which allows a firm's pricing behavior to the deviation of other firms' prices from their long-run equilibrium level is employed for estimation using weekly data for the period April 2009 to January 2015. Evidence is found that there is a significant degree of asymmetry in the adjustment of wholesale prices to changes in crude oil price. A similar result in regard to the exchange rate is also found by the data. The estimation results for firm's response to changes in other firms' prices indicates that implicit collusion could be more easily exploited in the wholesale petroleum market as results of firms' interaction with each other and anticipation of rivals' pricing behavior. A few refiners show competitive price adjustment in response to the upward deviation of the others' prices from their equilibrium level.