• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.327-335
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• 2006

In the development of new hydrogen absorbing materials for a next generation of metal hydride electrodes for rechargeable batteries, metastable Mg-Ni-based compounds find currently special attention. Amor phous-nanocrystalline $Mg_{63}Ni_{30}Y_7$ and $Mg_{50}Ni_{30}Y_{20}$ alloys were produced by mechanical alloying and melt-spinning and characterized by means of XRD, TEM and DSC. On basis of mechanically alloyed Mg-Ni-Y powders, complex hydride electrodes were fabricated and their electrochemical behaviour in 6M KOH (pH=14,8) was investigated. The electrodes made from $Mg_{63}Ni_{30}Y_7$ powders, which were prepared under use of a SPEX shaker mill, with a major fraction of nanocrystalline phase reveal a higher electrochemical activity far hydrogen reduction and a higher maximum discharge capacity (247 mAh/g) than the electrodes from alloy powder with predominantly amorphous microstructure (216 mAh/g) obtained when using a Retsch planetary ball mill at low temperatures. Those discharge capacities are higher that those fur nanocrystalline $Mg_2Ni$ electrodes. However, the cyclic stability of those alloy powder electrodes was low. Therefore, fundamental stability studies were performed on $Mg_{63}Ni_{30}Y_7$ and $Mg_{50}Ni_{30}Y_{20}$ ribbon samples in the as-quenched state and after cathodic hydrogen charging by means of anodic and cathodic polarisation measurements. Gradual oxidation and dissolution of nickel governs the anodic behaviour before a passive state is attained. A stabilizing effect of higher fractions of yttrium in the alloy on the passivation was detected. During the cathodic hydrogen charging process the alloys exhibit a change in the surface state chemistry, i.e. an enrichment of nickel-species, causing preferential oxidation and dissolution during subsequent anodization. The effect of chemical pre-treatments in 1% HF and in $10\;mg/l\;YCl_3/1%\;H_2O_2$ solution on the surface degradation processes was investigated. A HF treatment can improve their anodic passivation behavior by inhibiting a preferential nickel oxidation-dissolution at low polarisation, whereas a $YCl_3/H_2O_2$ treatment has the opposite effect. Both pre-treatment methods lead to an enhancement of cathodically induced surface degradation processes.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2020

Objective: Porcine respiratory disease is one of the most important health problems causing significant economic losses. To understand the genetic basis for susceptibility to swine enzootic pneumonia (EP) in pigs, we detected 102,809 single nucleotide polymorphisms in a total of 249 individuals based on genome-wide sequencing data. Methods: Genome comparison of susceptibility to swine EP in three pig breeds (Jinhua, Erhualian, and Meishan) with two western lines that are considered more resistant (Duroc and Landrace) using cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity and F-statistic (F_ST) statistical approaches identified 691 positively selected genes. Based on quantitative trait loci, gene ontology terms and literature search, we selected 14 candidate genes that have convincible biological functions associated with swine EP or human asthma. Results: Most of these genes were tested by several methods including transcription analysis and candidate genes association study. Among these genes: cytochrome P450 1A1 and catenin beta 1 (CTNNB1) are involved in fertility; transforming growth factor beta receptor 3 plays a role in meat quality traits; Wnt family member 2, CTNNB1 and transcription factor 7 take part in adipogenesis and fat deposition simultaneously; plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor (completely linked to AXL receptor tyrosine kinase, r² = 1) plays an essential role in the successful ovulation of matured oocytes in pigs; colipase like 2 (strongly linked to SAM pointed domain containing ETS transcription factor, r² = 0.848) is involved in male fertility. Conclusion: These adverse genes susceptible to swine EP may be selected while selecting for economic traits (especially reproduction traits) due to pleiotropic and hitchhiking effect of linked genes. Our study provided a completely new point of view to understand the genetic basis for susceptibility or resistance to swine EP in pigs thereby, provides insight for designing sustainable breed selection programs. Finally, the candidate genes are crucial due to their potential roles in respiratory diseases in a large number of species, including human.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2020

필터가 장착 된 먼지 감소 팬을 포함하여 새로운 유형의 Composite Cyclone Scrubber를 개발하고, 목표 설치 및 유지 보수 비용에 대해서는 기존 도로 오염 저감 시스템 대비 64 %의 투자비 절감 (61 억 원 vs. 170 억 원), 기존 도로 오염 저감 조치 (72.6 억 원) 대비 사회적 비용편익이 43 % 증가, 50.8 억 원)가 예측되고 있다. 장치의 구성은 송풍기 형 나선형 가이드 베인이며, 분사 압력은 미세먼지를 포집한다. 분사 각도 및 접촉 범위가 다양한 노즐, 스프레이 액체 등과 순환 수를 이용한 스프레이이며, 분사 된 물이 Guide Vane과 45도 각도로 충돌로 인해 오염된 가스를 만나기 때문에 41.4 % 더 많은 미세 먼지를 포집한다. 이는 기존의 집진기보다 141 % 증가한 것이다. 포집 액체, 순환 빗물 및 우물 공급원과 관련하여 우리는 특허에서 막대한 양의 에너지와 경제적으로 절약되는 친환경 시스템을 기대한다. 가이드 베인 및 금속 필터는 90 % 이상의 미세 먼지를 줄였으며, 분무 된 물은 베인과 필터를 청소하여 유지 관리 예산을 최소화했다. 개발 된 설계의 예비 평가를 통해 특징적인 물분사로 인하여 유지 보수 예산을 줄일 수 있다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.207-214
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• 1988

강원도 홍천군내를 임류하여 경기도 청평댐으로 유입되는 홍천강 유역 주민의 Metagonimus속 흡충 감염실태와 홍천강에 서식하는 중간숙주의 감염상을 조사하였다. 홍천강 유역 주민의 Metngonimus속 흡충 감염률은 529명(남 314, 여 215)중 39명(남 33명, 10.5%; 여 6명, 2.8%)으로 평균 7.4%의 양성률을 보였다. 총 8개 지점에 대한 조사중 북방면 굴흑이가 주민감엽률 26.9% (남자는 38.2%)로 가장 높았고 제 1중간숙주인 다슬기의 서식밀도도 높았다(m2당10∼20개). 다슬기의 Metagonimus 유미유충 감염률은 10.7%(121개중 13개)였다. 주민들의 호생식성 어종이며 근단. 수가 많은 피라미 (Zncco platypus)의 metacercaria 감염은 68.2%(44마리중 30마리)이며 주 검출부위는 비늘(89.9%)이었다. 피라미에서 검출된 metacercaria를 흰쥐에 감염시킨 다음 15일후에 성충을 회수하고, 사람에서 검출한 충체와 비교하였던 바 동일종으로 관찰되었다. 검출된 충체는 Metagcnimus takahashis([고교]흡충)와 기타 Metagonimus속 흡충이 혼재해 있었다. 이상의 결과로 강원도 홍천강 유역에 Metagonimus 흡충 감염이 높은 지역이 있음을 알았고 주요 감염원이 되는 어종은 피라미임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-14
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• 1981

Weed is one of the problems in the crop land as well as in uncultivated land, raising the farm management costs. Therefore, the weed control is essential for effective agricultural management. The cost for weed control in Korea occupies on the average 27.6% of the total labor cost required. Agricultural policies since 1960 were transferring from yield increase due to land productivities to increase of income due to labor productivities. Therefore, the weed control by hand is also changed to weed control by chemicals. The weed control by chemicals has also brought about some side-effects and needs better, improved weed control methods. The present weed control situation and related problems were studied to present new approaches for agricultural development in the future. There were 458 species of weeds in 82 families which were growing in the crop land. The weeds to control, however, are 12 in paddy field and 9 in upland. So far weeds in paddy field are well under control, while weeds in upland are poorly controlled due to change in chemical efficiency and chemical damage in the upland. The administration, research and extension work for the efficient use of agricultural chemicals have been done by various institutions, such as Office of Rural Development, Office of Forestry, and chemical companies. The courses for agricultural chemicals were offered in the agricultural colleges. However, the efficiency of chemicals could not be maximized due to the poor relationships among related institutes. The newly established Agricultural Chemical Research Center at the Office of Rural Development and the Korean Weed Science Association are expected to contribute toward improving weed control in Korea. The Korean agriculture in the future will eventually be mechanized and the varieties resistant to high nitrogen application and to high plant density will be required for high yields. The rice will be transplanted earlier and the whole growing period will be extended. The application of organic matter will be increased for increasing soil fertility, and the use of agricultural chemicals will be continued. Under such a condition, the studies on the weed occurrence and its integrated control measures will be needed. Also weed controls in the newly exclaimed land, crop varieties, horticultural varieties, forage crops, and forests are also needed to study. Basic and practical researches for the weed control to improve the labor productivity will be also needed. In order to meet the all requirements for efficient weed control, weed control systems including all the academics, research and extension workers, administratives, farmers and companies should be established. Also securing researchers and education of personnels are pre-required and research funds for the chemical studies should be provided efficiently and timely.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2012

In aquatic invertebrates, particularly marine gastropods, organotin compounds induce irreversible sexual abnormality in females, which is termed imposex, at very low concentrations. Organotin compounds are agonists for nuclear receptors such as RXRs and $PPAR{\gamma}$. However, the imposex phenomenon has not been reported to act as an antagonist on estrogen receptors in other species, including vertebrates and invertebrates. In order to gain insights into the antagonistic activity of organotin compounds on estrogen receptors (ERs), we examined the inhibitive effect of these compounds on estradiol-dependent ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity using the yeast two-hybrid detection system consisting of a combination of the human estrogen receptor ($hER{\beta}$) ligand-binding domain and the co-activator steroid receptor co-activator-1 (SRC1). Tributyltin-hydroxide (TBT-OH) and triphenyltin-chlorine (TPT-Cl) exhibited an inhibitive effect on $E_2$-dependent transcriptional activity, similar to antagonistic chemicals such as 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHT) or ICI 182,780, at a very low concentration of $10^{-14}$ M TBT or $10^{-10}$ M TPT, respectively. The yeast growth and transcriptional activity with transcriptional factor GAL4 did not exhibit any effect at the tested concentration of TBT or TPT. Moreover, the yeast two-hybrid system using the interaction between p53 and the T antigen of SV40 large did not describe any effect at the tested concentration of OHT or ICI 182,780. However, the interaction between p53 and T antigen was inhibited at a TBT or TPT concentration of $10^{-9}$ M, respectively. These results indicate that TBT and TPT act as inhibitors of ER-dependent reporter gene transcriptional activation and of the interaction between $hER{\beta}$ LBD and the co-activator SRC1 in the yeast two-hybrid system. Consequently, our data could partly explain the occurrence of organotin compound-induced imposex on the endocrine system of mammals, including humans.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.859-865
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• 2006

With an approach to study the anti-tumor effects and mechanism of selenium compound, we investigated the anti-tumor activity and mechanism of $Na_5SeV_5O_{18}{\cdot}3H_2O$ (NaSeVO) in K562 cells. The results showed that $0.625{\sim}20\;mg/L$ NaSeVO could significantly inhibit the proliferation of K562 cells in vitro in a time- and concentration-dependent manner as determined by microculture tetrazolium (MTT) assay, the IC50 values were 14.41 (4.45-46.60) and 3.45 (2.29-5.22) mg/L after 48 hand 72 h treatment with NaSeVO respectively. In vivo experiments demonstrated that i.p. administration of 5, 10 mg/kg NaSeVO exhibited an significant inhibitory effect on the growth of transplantation tumor sarcoma 180 (S180) and hepatoma 22 (H22) in mice, with inhibition rate 26.8% and 58.4% on S180 and 31.3% and 47.4% on H22, respectively. Cell cycle studies indicated that the proportion of G0/G1 phase was increased at 2.5 mg/L while decreased at 10 mg/L after treatment for 24, 48 h. Whereas S phase was decreased at 2.5-5 mg/L and markedly increased at 10 mg/L after treatment for 48 h. After treatment for 24 h, 10 mg/L NaSeVO also markedly increased S and G2/M phases. Take together, the result clearly showed that NaSeVO markedly increased S and G2/M phases at 10 mg/L. The study of immunocytochemistry showed that the expression bcl-2 is significantly inhibited by 10 mg/L NaSeVO, and bax increased. Morphology observation also revealed typical apoptotic features. NaSeVO also significantly caused the accumulation of $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the reduction of pH value and mitochondrial membrane potential in K562 cells as compared with control by confocal laser scanning microscope. These results suggest that NaSeVO has anti-tumor effects and its mechanism is attributed partially to apoptosis induced by the elevation of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ and ROS concentration, and a reduction of pH value and mitochondria membrane potential (MMP).

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.495-500
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• 2015

우리나라 주요 양식어종은 넙치, 조피볼락, 참돔이 전체 양식어종의 80% 이상을 차지하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 양식 어종의 다양화와 그에 따른 새로운 양식기법 도입을 위하여 LED파장을 이용하여 강도다리의 성장률을 계측하여 성장에 최적한 LED 파장을 규명하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 LED 파장의 조건은 Red 645nm, Green 525nm, Blue 465nm, 3차 혼합색인 White LED를 사용하였고, 전압의 차이에 따라 각 파장별 Package 배열에 차이를 두었다. 또한 연구에 사용된 조명은 적분구 측정을 통해 동일한 양의 방사속을 조사하도록 조절하여 진행하였으며 실험에 사용된 자어의 평균 체중은 $17.1{\pm}3.3g$, 체장은 $101.5{\pm}12.6mm$이였다. 자어는 사각형($60{\times}45{\times}45cm$) 순환 여과식 수조에 각각 10미씩 수용하여 12주간 사육하였고 매 1주에 체중 및 체장을 계측하여 성장률을 조사하였다. 연구 결과 Green 실험구에서 가장 높은 체중 증가율이 54.03%로 가장 높았으며 다음으로 White 실험구에서 38.47%, Red 실험구에서 36.98% Blue 실험구에서 34.72%로 나타났으며, 체장의 증가도 또한 Green 실험구에서 14.36% 가장 높았으며, White, Red, Blue 순서로 체장의 증가율이 나타났다. 본 연구결과로 강도다리는 사육환경에서 조명에 대한 영향을 크게 받는 것을 알 수 있으며, 나아가서 양식현장에의 적용 가능한 양식용 특수조명 개발과 공학을 기반으로 한 새로운 수산-LED 융합기술의 발전방향을 선도하는 중요한 기초연구가 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2020

As globalization, international cooperation has grown in importance. In accordance with this trend, Korea has been receiving high demands from international organizations about expanding the scale of Official Development Assistance(ODA) in line with its improved national status. In addition, in the economic aspect of Korea, the ODA project is expected to provide new growth opportunities in the mid- to long-term by promoting cooperation with developing countries. Uganda is an area with high strategic value due to good agricultural conditions and favorable geographical conditions. The poultry industry is a business that is generally carried out to the Ugandan, but due to economic problems such as initial investment cost, most of them have raised poultry on a small scale which is not enough for main income. This paper proposes the construction and operation plan of adapting to small poultry farms in the village-intensive type to sustainable income for residents in Uganda through ODA project in Korea's agricultural technology. The economic feasibility was analyzed from the long-term perspective when the initial construction cost was supported or not and the poultry species ratio was adjusted in terms of initial and operating costs. Economic analysis was performed using Net Present Value(NPV) method. As of after 10 years, when operating in the form of shifting kuroiler to layers, it was estimated to earn about 700,000 ugx more than when only kuroiler is raised, and it is able to reduce about 14 million ugx from the initial cost than when only raising layers. As of 20 years, the most profitables scenario was the breeding of 100 kuroilers and 400 layers methods. however, this case was anlayzed to be unsuitable for Uganda farmers, with initial costs more than three times higher than the shifting method of the kuroiler to layers. If the initial construction cost is supported by ODA project, the initial investment cost can be recovered in the first year with the shifting method, whereas raising only layers take two years to recoup the cost. In the meantime, when studying livestock industry in Uganda, it was examined by relying on statistical data, but this paper is meaningful in that it predicted how much it is economically effective based on field experience.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.342-345
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• 2009

"화원2호"는 종간교잡을 통해 화성벼의 근동질계통을 육성하고자 '97년 화성벼와 O. rufipogon을 교배하고, 계속적인 여교배와 MAS를 병행 실시하여 CR121-1-1 계통을 선발하였다. 생산력검정 시험 결과 조사된 형질 중 천립중, 출수기, 간장, 수당립수 등에서 화성벼와 차이를 보이는 화성벼 근동질계통으로, 품종보호원 출원 조건에 부합하여 "화원2호"로 명명하고 품종보호원을 출원하였다. 화원 2호는 중간모본 혹은 분자연구를 위한 재료로서도 유용할 것이다. 1. 출수기는 보통기재배에서 8월 16일로 "화성벼보다 6일 정도 늦은 중만생종 품종이다. 2. 천립중은 24.4 g으로 "화성벼"보다 1.9 g 정도 증가하였으며 간장, 수당립수 등에서도 화성벼와 차이를 보였다. 3. 흰잎마름병에는 이병성이며, 줄무늬잎마름병에는 저항성이다. 5. 도정 특성, 아밀로스 함량은 화성벼와 비슷한 수준이다. 6. "화원 2호"의 정조수량은 '05~'06년 2개년간 실시한 생산력검정 시험에서 평균 7.68 MT/ha로 "화성벼" 대비 114% 수준이었다.