• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.33-63
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• 2016

This paper compares and contrasts the concept of nature and the theory of evolution held by leading synthetic biologists and transhumanists in the post-genomic era. Synthetic biology, which emerged in the early 2000s, aims to design biological systems that perform specific functions with the two key concepts of "rational design" and "directed evolution". However, synthetic biology has also raised serious concerns about the creation of man-made biological materials and the manipulation of the direction and speed of evolution. It is no wonder that transhumanists, who dream of creating new, enhanced human species, have welcomed the arrival of synthetic biology. How, then, can we deal with the nature reinvented by synthetic biology? By what means can one justify research that may affect the process of evolution? What intellectual resources do synthetic biology and transhumanism share in common? What influence would the new trend of commercialization of science and technology exert upon the development of synthetic biology? Addressing those questions, this paper argues that the moral authority of nature can be restored in this post-genomic era.

• Journal of Korean Philosophical Society
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• v.116
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• pp.79-110
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• 2010

In this paper I will consider the Rousseauistic origin of Knat's theory of Freedom. Kant's autonomous freedom which is the main theme of the Critique of practical Reason have three characteristic elements, namely spontaneity, self-lawmaking and universal validity. Rousseau mentions three kinds of freedom in his works. Natural freedom which is treated in Discourse on the origin of inequality is freedom which a man in natural state have. I proved that natural freedom is the origin of Kant's theory of spontaneity that is a essential part of autonomous freedom. Social freedom which is treated in Social contract is deeply connected with general will. General will is the power of self-lawmaking. We can easily conclude that Rousseau's social freedom is the origin of Kant's theory of self-legislation which is another essential part of autonomous freedom. The last essential part of Kant's autonomous freedom is universality that is inseparably connected with Rousseau's moral freedom which is largely mentioned in Emlie.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.793-800
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• 2007

A total of 48 samples of street dust were collected in Daegu area during April and May 2006, were sieved below 100 ${\mu}m$, and analysed by ICP for the analysis of 14 elements after an acid extraction. Results obtained from the source assessment of trace elements using enrichment factor showed that Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na and V were influenced by natural sources such as soil and dust, while Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were influenced by urban anthropogenic sources such as fuel combustion and waste incineration. The measured values were remarkably higher in components from natural sources than in components from urban anthropogenic sources. The concentrations of trace elements in Daegu area were generally higher than in other foreign cities. Samples originated from industrial and commercial areas had higher concentrations of trace elements and pollution indices of heavy metals than those from residential and green areas. The correlation analysis among trace elements indicated that the correlations among components from urban anthropogenic sources were much significant, while those among components from natural sources were less correlated. In addition there were significant correlations between traffic density and components from urban anthropogenic sources.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.168-176
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• 2012

A total of 48 dust samples were collected from large shopping mall parking lots in Daegu metropolitan city in March 2011. Samples were sieved through a 100 ${\mu}m$ mesh and the concentration of 14 elements have been determined using by ICP after acid extraction. Results showed that Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na and V were affected by natural sources while Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn were affected by anthropogenic sources. The measured values were remarkably higher in components from natural sources than in components from anthropogenic sources. Anthropogenic trace element concentrations of ground roof dust were higher than those of ground and underground indoor dust. A large percentage of trace elements came from natural sources rather than anthropogenic sources. The percentage composition of chemicals of ground roof dust were higher than those of ground and underground indoor dust. This study showed that investigated parking lots were rarely contaminated with hazardous heavy metals. The heavy metal pollution of ground roof were higher than those of ground and underground indoors. The correlation analysis among trace elements suggest that components in ground roof were more highly correlated than those in ground and underground indoor. Also anthropogenic trace element levels were well correlated with parking lot age and parking density.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.131-133
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• 1998

LPG 공동이 위치한 곳의 지하수 흐름은 단층이나 절리면 같은 자연적인 요인과 수막터널, LPG 공동의 인공적 요인에 의해 동시에 영향을 받게 된다 1985년부터 1997까지의 수위변화를 통해 분석한 결과 연구지역의 지하수위 변동은 크게 강우와 공동운영압에 의해 크게 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 관측정의 수위 강하와 공동누입수의 감소에 대한 문제는 94, 95년 연구지역의 가뭄에 따른 지하수 유입량의 감소에 따른 것으로 판단되며 미생물에 의한 clogging은 명확하지 않은 것으로 판단된다. 지하수의 수리지구화학 분석 결과 연구지역 지하수는 단층이 지하수 흐름의 통로가 될 수 있음을 보여주었으며 강우와 세정제가 지하수 화학에 가장 영향을 많이 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 미생물 세정작업에 사용된 차아 염소산나트륨용액은 pH, Na, Cl의 증가를 유발하였으며 지화학 모델 계산 결과 방해석의 포화지수를 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.139-139
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• 2018

국내 하천은 산업화와 도시화로 인하여 하천수가 오염되고, 치수를 위한 인공적, 획일적인 하천개수가 보편화 되었다. 그 결과 본래 하천이 가지고 있던 생물서식처 기능과 자정, 친수 기능 등 하천환경 기능이 점차 상실되었고, 하천형태도 변형되었다. 이와 같은 자연적인 변화와 더불어 준설, 수리구조물 설치 등 인위적인 변화에 의하여 흐름 및 유사이송 양상이 바뀌어 하상변동이 초래되기도 한다. 하상변동은 하천 시설물의 안정, 홍수위 및 지하수위 변화, 하천부지의 변화 등 하천관리에 중대한 영향을 미치고, 또한 수생태계의 서식환경에 영향을 미치기 때문에 하천을 복원하는데 있어 중요한 고려사항이 된다. 본 연구의 목적은 청미천 복원 사업 구간에 대하여 장기하상변동 모의를 수행하고 하도 안정성을 평가하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 구하도 복원구간에서 새롭게 수행된 측량데이터를 토대로 지형자료를 구축하였으며, 2차원 하상변동 모의가 가능한 CCHE2D 모형을 이용하여 장기하상변동 모의를 실시하였다. 또한 구하도 복원의 하천지형학적 영향을 평가하기 위하여 구하도를 복원하지 않았을 경우의 시나리오를 도입하여 비교하고 그 결과를 분석하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.113 no.1
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• pp.40-50
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• 2024

Pine forests are continuously declining due to competition with broadleaf trees, such as oaks, as a consequence of changes in the natural dynamics of forest ecosystem. This natural decline creates a risk of losing the various benefits pine trees have provided to people in the past. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare future forest management directions by considering the state of pine tree decline in each region. The goal of this study is to understand the characteristics of pine forest changes according to forest dynamics and to predict future regional changes. For this purpose, we evaluated the trend of change in pine forests and extracted various variables(topography, forest stand type, disturbance, and climate) that affect the change, using time-series National Forest Inventory (NFI) data. Also, using selected key variables, a model was developed to predict future changes in pine forests. As a results, it showed that the importance of pine trees in forests across the country has decreased overall over the past 10 years. Also, 75% of the sample points representing pine trees remained unchanged, while the remaining 25% had changed to mixed forests. It was found that these changes mainly occurred in areas with good moisture conditions or disturbance factors inside and outside the forest. In the next 10 years, approximately 14.2% of current pine forests was predicted to convert to mixed forests due to changes in natural forest dynamics. Regionally, the rate of pine forest change was highest in Jeju(42.8%) and Gyeonggi(26.9%) and lowest in Gyeongbuk(8.8%) and Gangwon(13.8%). It was predicted that pine forests would be at a high risk of decline in western areas of the Korean Peninsula, including Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Jeonnam. This results can be used to make a management plan for pine forests throughout the country.

• Particle and aerosol research
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.135-144
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• 2018

Based on a two-year measurement data, major sources for the ambient carbonaceous aerosols at the Anmyeon Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) station were identified by using the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) model. The particulate matter less than or equal to $2.5{\mu}m$ in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) aerosols were sampled between June 2015 to May 2017 and carbonaceous species including ~80 organic compounds were analyzed. When the number of factors was 5 or 6, the performance evaluation parameters showed the best results, With 6 factor case, the characteristics of transported factors were clearer. The 6 factors were identified with various analyses including chemical characteristics and air parcel movement analysis. The 6 factors with their relative contributions were (1) anthropogenic Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA) (10.3%), (2) biogenic sources (24.8%), (3) local biomass burning (26.4%), (4) transported biomass burning (7.3%), (5) combustion related sources (12.0%), and (6) transported sources (19.2%). The air parcel movement analysis result and seasonal variation of the contribution of these factors also supported the identification of these factors. Thus, the Anmyeon Island GAW station has been affected by both regional and local sources for the carbonaceous aerosols.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.39-39
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• 2016

기후 변화의 수자원 영향 평가에서 전지구모형이 갖는 불확실성이나 이산화탄소 배출 등의 시나리오별 불확실성에 대해서는 많은 연구가 진행되어져 왔으나, 외부의 변화가 아닌 지구 시스템상의 내부 변화에 대한 자연적인 변동성에 대해서는 상대적으로 연구가 미흡한 상태이다. 대표적인 내적 변동성의 예시로 엘리뇨 또는 라니뇨 현상을 들 수 있으며, 일정 영역 해수의 온도 변화에 따른 순환정도가 전세계적으로 큰 영향 (태풍, 가뭄, 홍수 등)을 주는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 유역에서의 침식 및 퇴적 현상에서도 기후변화에서와 비슷한 내적변동성의 영향이 관찰되어지나, 과거의 대부분의 연구는 외적변동성의 영향에만 집중되어 왔다. 가장 빈번하게 발생하는 예로, 토양 표면의 미묘한 변화 (aggregation, dispersion, shielding, crusting 등)때문에 같은 양의 강우 또는 유출이 발생하는 경우라도 같은 양의 침식량이 발생하지 않는 현상을 들 수 있다. 여기에서 다루어지는 침식량의 '다름'은 같은 지역에서라도 적게는 수십배에서 크게는 수백배까지 예측량이 다를 수 있음을 뜻한다. 이러한 다름이 그동안 수자원/지질학을 연구하는 학자 및 실무자로 하여금 수치모델을 적용하고 예측하는 것을 어렵게 했던 원인이 되었다. 본 연구에서는 기후 변화가 가져올 수자원의 영향 평가를 수행할 것이다. 관심있는 기후변화 변수로서 기온 및 강수량을 시간단위로 상세화할 것이며, 변화한 기후의 영향을 평가할 수자원의 현상으로는 증발산, 토양수분량, 유출량, 하천에서의 수심 및 첨두량, 침식량 등을 고려할 것이다. 물리현상을 모의하기 위해, 유역기반의 수리, 수문, 침식 및 퇴적 현상을 동시에 계산할 수 있는 통합모델을 개발하였고 적용하였다. 여기에서 얻은 결과로부터 내적 변동성이 수자원 현상에 미치는 불확실성을 확률통계적인 기법을 이용하여 정량화할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1596-1600
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• 2006

자연적인 하천은 하도 상황의 변경, 유역 토지이용의 변화, 댐과 저수지, 하천 골재채취의 영향 등 여러가지 요인에 의해 하상변동이 발생하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 금강 대청댐 하류구간의 실측자료를 토대로 장기하상변동 모의를 하여 예측된 결과와 실측단면을 비교하였으며, 실측단면이 장기하상변동 모의결과보다 상당히 저하된 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 금강의 측량자료를 수집하여 비교분석한 결과 시간이 경과함에 따라 금강의 하상이 지속적으로 저하되는 것으로 나타났으며, 대청댐 하류의 하상고는 대청댐 상류보다 저하폭이 상당히 큰 것으로 나타났다. 원인분석 결과 대청댐 건설로 인한 유사차단으로 인하여 대청댐 하류의 하상고는 지속적으로 저하되는 것으로 판단되었으며, 주요원인으로 금강의 골재채취가 금강하류 하상변동에서 상당히 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다.