• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.184-193
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• 2012

Gastric cancer is ranked as the most common cancer in Koreans. A recent molecular biological study about the folate pathway gene revealed the correlation with a couple of cancer types. In the folate pathway, several genes are involved, including methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase reductase (MTRR), and methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase (MTR). The MTHFR gene has been reported several times for the correlation with gastric cancer risk. However, the association of the MTRR or MTR gene has not been reported to date. In this study, we investigated the association between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the MTHFR, MTRR, and MTR genes and the risk of gastric cancer in Koreans. To identify the genetic association with gastric cancer, we selected 17 SNPs sites in folate pathway-associated genes of MTHFR, MTR, and MTRR and tested in 1,261 gastric cancer patients and 375 healthy controls. By genotype analysis, estimating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI), rs1801394 in the MTRR gene showed increased risk for gastric cacner, with statistical significance both in the codominant model (odds ratio [OR], 1.39; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.85) and dominant model (OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.75). Especially, in the obese group (body mass index ${\geq}25kg/m^2$), the codominant (OR, 9.08; 95% CI, 1.01 to 94.59) and recessive model (OR, 3.72; 95% CI, 0.92 to 16.59) showed dramatically increased risk (p < 0.05). In conclusion, rs1801394 in the MTRR gene is associated with gastric cancer risk, and its functional significance need to be validated.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2021

The expansion of upland crop cultivation in rice paddy fields is recommended by the Korean government to solve the problem of falling rice price and reduction of rice farmer's income due to oversupply of rice. However, water use efficiency is significantly influenced by the land use change from paddy field to upland. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the water budget of soybean grown in using APEX (Agricultural Policy and Environmental eXtender) model. The amount of runoff was measured in a test bed located in Iksan, Jeollabu-do and used to calibrate and validate the simulated runoff by APEX model. From 2019 to 2020, the water budget of soybean grown in uplands were estimated and compared with the one grown in paddy fields. The calibration result of AP EX model for runoff showed that R² (Coefficient of determination) and NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency) were 0.90 and 0.89, respectively. In addition, the validated results of R² and NSE were 0.81 and 0.62, respectively. The comparative study of each component in water budget showed that the amounts of evapotranspiration and percolation estimated by APEX model were 549.1 mm and 375.8mm, respectively. The direct runoff amount from upland was 390.1 mm, which was less than that from paddy fields. The average amount of irrigation water was 28.7 mm, which was very small compared to the one from paddy fields.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.363-375
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• 2016

가락지나물은 장미과에 속하는 다년생 초본으로 potentillin, agrimoniin 등 생리활성물질은 한약재와 화장품 원재료로 이용되고 있다. 본 연구는 가락지나물의 재배 시 차광, 광질 및 화학적 elicitation에 따른 생육, 바이오매스, 엽록소함량, 생리활성물질 함량 축적효과를 조사하여 생산조건을 구명하고자 하였다. 온실에서 재배 중인 가락지나물을 각각 다른 차광조건[0% (200 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹), 35% (95 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹), 55% (65 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹), 75% (40 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹)]에서 60일간 재배한 결과, 엽록소 함량과 카로티노이드 함량은 35% 처리구에서 가장 높았으나 개체당 초장, 엽수와 바이오매스는 무차광구에서 가장 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 식물생장상 내(25 ± 2℃, 185 ± 3 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹)에서 형광등과 3가지 혼합광원 [red:white:blue(RWB) = 8:1:1, red:blue(RB) = 8:2, red:green:blue(RGB) = 8:1:1] 처리구에서 재배한 결과, RWB 처리구에서 생장, 바이오매스, 엽록소함량, 총 페놀화합물과 플라보노이드 함량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 모든 처리구에서 높았으며, 특히 형광등과 RGB 처리구에서 가장 높았다. 화학적 elicitor (SA; salicylic acid, MeJA; methyl jasmonate)를 0, 50, 100, 200 μM 농도별로 처리한 결과, 무처리구와 MeJA 50 μM 처리구에서 초장, 엽병직경, 바이오매스가 높게 조사되었다. 또한 MeJA 50 μM 처리구의 생체중과 건체중이 높은 것으로 나타났다. SA 50 μM 처리구에서의 총 페놀화합물(33.20 ㎎·g DW⁻¹)과 플라보노이드 함량(7.18 ㎎·g DW⁻¹)은 높게 분석되었으나 DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 MeJA 200 μM 처리구(88.65%)에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 가락지나물의 높은 생장, 바이오매스, 기능성물질 함량을 얻기 위한 온실과 식물생장상 내 최적의 차광 및 광질조건을 구명하였으며, 화학적 elicitation 농도에 따른 생리활성물질 함량과 항산화도를 확인하였다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2006

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) have been emphasized due to their threats in human health. Waste incinerator emission has been emphasized as a source of EDC including polychlorinateddibenzofurans(PCDD/F) and other carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) has been used as an exposure biomarker for the PAHs. On the other hand, etheno-DNA adducts, e.g. 1, $N^6-ethenodeoxyadenosine({\varepsilon}dA)$, has been developed as an useful effective or response biomarker for carcinogenesis. Thus, I investigated association between urinary 1-OHP and ${\varepsilon}dA$ levels due to distance from an incinerator which was built more 10 years ago in the middle of a farm in P city. I designated the EDC-high and low exposed group due to distance from the incinerator, i.e. within 2.5km and $5.0{\sim}7.5km$ from the incinerator, respectively. The study subjects were age and sex-matched males and females (mean age, $61.3{\pm}9.6$ yrs; total 40 persons, male, 10; female, 10 for the each group). Urinary 1-OHP and ${\varepsilon}dA$ were analyzed with HPLC-FD and IP-HPLC-FD, respectively. As results, the distance from the incinerator was not associated with urinary 1-OHP nor ${\varepsilon}dA$ levels (p=0.43 and 0.82, respectively). On the other hand, urinary ${\varepsilon}dA$ levels were significantly higher in the hyperlipidemia group (N=10) than normal group (N=30). In conclusion, urinary 1-OHP nor ${\varepsilon}dA$ levels can not be suggested as an incinerator-related exposure nor effective biomarker. However, not only distance from the incinerator bot also systemic approaches including wind and soil contamination are required to assume exposure levels of incinerator-related EDC.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.364-375
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• 2019

Background: Ecologists continue to investigate the factors that potentially affect the pattern and magnitude of tree damage during catastrophic windstorms in forests. However, there still is a paucity of research on which trees are more vulnerable to direct damage by winds rather than being knocked down by the fall of another tree. We evaluated this question in a mixed hardwood-softwood forest within the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) of southeast Texas, USA, which was substantially impacted by Hurricane Rita in September 2005. Results: We showed that multiple factors, including tree height, shade-tolerance, height-to-diameter ratio, and neighborhood density (i.e., pre-Rita stem distribution) significantly explained the susceptibility of trees to direct storm damage. We also found that no single factor had pervasive importance over the others and, instead, that all factors were tightly intertwined in a complex way, such that they often complemented each other, and that they contributed simultaneously to the overall susceptibility to and patterns of windstorm damage in the BTNP. Conclusions: Directly damaged trees greatly influence the forest by causing secondary damage to other trees. We propose that directly and indirectly damaged (or susceptible) trees should be considered separately when assessing or predicting the impact of windstorms on a forest ecosystem; to better predict the pathways of community structure reorganization and guide forest management and conservation practices. Forest managers are recommended to adopt a holistic view that considers and combines various components of the forest ecosystem when establishing strategies for mitigating the impact of catastrophic winds.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2018

본 연구는 $Co-CeO_2$ 촉매의 $N_2O$ 분해 반응에서 촉매의 제조 방법이 활성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. $Co-CeO_2$ 촉매는 공침법(Co-precipitation)과 함침법(Incipient wetness impregnation)으로 제조하였다. 제조된 촉매의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 $N_2O$ 직접 촉매 분해(Direct catalytic $N_2O$ decomposition) 반응을 $250{\sim}375^{\circ}C$에서 실시하였다. 그 결과 공침법으로 제조된 촉매(CoCe-CP)는 $O_2$ 및/또는 $H_2O$의 존재 하에서도 $N_2O$ 분해 반응에서 향상된 성능을 보인 반면에 함침법으로 제조된 촉매(CoCe-IM)는 그렇지 못하였다. 이러한 촉매 활성의 차이를 조사하기 위하여 XRD, BET, TEM, $H_2-TPR$, $O_2-TPD$ 그리고 XPS와 같은 촉매 특성 분석들을 진행하였다. 촉매의 제조 방법에 따라서 입자의 크기 및 표면적이 변화하는 것을 확인하였고 합성 과정이 촉매의 물리적 특성에 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다. 공침법으로 제조된 촉매의 활성 증가는 $Co^{3+}{\rightarrow}Co^{2+}$의 향상된 환원 특성 및 산소 탈착 속도 향상에 기인한 것으로 여겨진다. 하지만, $N_2O$ 분해와 관련이 있는 촉매의 표면 전하 상태 및 결합에너지는 제조 방법에 따라서 변하지 않는 것을 확인하였다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.345-375
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 자원산업이 국내 경제에 미치는 영향과 자원산업발전을 위한 광물자원 전주기 기술개발의 필요성을 살펴보고 국내 재개발 광산인 가곡광산에 전주기 기술을 적용할 경우의 예상되는 파급효과에 대해 검토하였다. 본 논문의 결과에 따르면 국내 재개발 아연 연 동 복합 금속광산 1개 광산을 대상으로 전주기 기술개발 적용효과를 분석한 결과 약 550억 원의 수입대체효과를 기대할 수 있으며 유사광산 10개를 개발하여 적용할 경우, 연간 관련 금속의 10.4%에 해당되는 수입대체효과를 기대할 수 있다. 또한 광물자원산업 가치사슬에서 상류부문의 기술선진화를 통해 이미 선진국 수준에 있는 중 하류 부문과 균형을 이루어 국가 경쟁력을 제고할 수 있으며 자원산업이 국가 신성장동력 산업으로 역할을 구축하는 데 기여할 것이다.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.23-42
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• 2020

Objectives : This study is designed to analyze the outpatients who received medical treatments for ear diseases in ophthalmology & otolaryngology & dermatology clinic of Daejeon Korean Medical Hospital from March, 2013 to February, 2019. Methods : We classified the otology outpatients who received medical treatments in ophthalmology & otolaryngology & dermatology clinic of Daejeon Korean Medical Hospital from March, 2012 to February, 2019 according to gender, year, age, season, anatomical parts, and main diagnosis. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 25.0. Results : 1. The number of outpatients with ear diseases were 880; 505 female and 375 male. The number of female patients were approximately 1.7 times higher. 2. The average age of the outpatients with ear diseases were 50.0. The number of middle-aged (40-50s) patients were 439, which is almost half the number(49.9%) of the whole patients. 3. By analyzing the number of patients classified by year, we found out that the number of the outpatients with ear diseases has increased gradually for the past 7 years. 4. In the analysis of the number of patients classified by the anatomical parts of the ear, the inner ear diseases group were the largest, amounting to 79.3% of the whole patients. 5. In the analysis of the number of patients classified by main diagnosis, Tinnitus turns out to be the largest group with 338 patients, followed by sudden sensorineural hearing loss, dizziness, otalgia, Meniere's syndrome, otitis, auditory tube dysfunction, BPPV. 6. No statistical-significant difference were shown in the analysis of the number of patients classified by season. Conclusions : It turns out that patients with ear diseases had increased by the years, and middle aged patients (40-50s) were the largest among the age groups. Most of the patients came for the inner-ear diseases, and tinnitus, sudden sensorineural hearing loss took up the largest proportions.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.236-245
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• 2020

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in the elderly in Korea. Increased arterial stiffness is linked to risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between arterial stiffness and physical activity in the elderly. Methods: A total of 209 older adults (110 men and 99 women) participated in this study. Arterial stiffness of subjects such as brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle brachial pressure index (ABI) was measured using a non-invasive vascular screening device (VP-1000 Plus, Omron, Kyoto, Japan). The interviewed Korean version of the international physical activity questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF) was used to evaluate subject's physical activity level and classify subjects as active or inactive group based on the time spent doing moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Results: The mean age of total subjects was 75.3 ± 5.6 years. There was no significant difference in sex distribution between the active group (39.7%) and inactive group (60.3%). The baPWV (1,758.1 ± 375.2 cm/sec) of the active group was significantly lower than that (1,969.7 ± 372.3 cm/sec) of the inactive group (P < 0.05). There was a significant inverse association between time spent in MVPA and baPWV (r = -0.245, P < 0.01). Conclusions: This study suggests that physical activity programs for older adults are needed to prevent arteriosclerosis.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.375-389
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• 1993

The delivery of optimal orthodontic treatment is greatly influenced by a clinician's ability to predict and control tooth movement achieved by applying known force systems to the dentition. It is important to determine the location of the center of resistance of a tooth or group of teeth to better understand the nature of their displacement characteristics under the various force levels. The purpose of this study was to define the location of the centers of resistance of various units of the upper anterior segment for lingually directed 100gm and 200gm force in a dry human skull. The units investigated were composed of four incisors and six anterior teeth. In addition, the effect of change in force magnitude on the location of the center of resistance of these units was investigated. The laser reflection technique was used to measure the initial displacements of the consolidated teeth under loading. The results were as follows: 1. The instantaneous center of resistance for the four anterior teeth was located vertically between level 4 and level 5-that is, at $37.4\%$ apical to the cementoenamel junction level. 2. The instantaneous center of resistance for the six anterior teeth was located vertically just beneath level 5-that is, at $50.3\%$ apical to the cementoenamel junction level. 3. Increasing force levels had little effect on the location of the center of resistance of a given unit. 4. The location of the instantaneous center of resistance shifted apically as the number of dental units consolidated increased.