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Development of a Simultaneous Analytical Method for Diquat, Paraquat and Chlormequat in Animal Products Using UPLC-MS/MS

  • Cho, Il Kyu;Rahman, Md. Musfiqur;Seol, Jae Ung;Noh, Hyun Ho;Jo, Hyeong-Wook;Moon, Joon-Kwan
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.368-374
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    • 2020
  • BACKGROUND: The residual analysis of polar pesticides has remained a challenge. It is even more difficult to simultaneously analyze multiple polar pesticides. Diquat, paraquat, and chlormequat are typical examples of highly polar pesticides. The existing methods for the analysis of diquat, paraquat and chlormequat are complex and time consuming. Therefore, a simple, quick and effective method was developed in the represent study for simultaneous analysis of diquat, paraquat and chlormequat in animal products, meat and fat using UPLC-MS/MS. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sample extraction was carried out using acidified acetonitrile and water and re- extracted with acidified acetonitrile and combine the extracts followed by centrifugation. The extract was then cleaned up with a HLB cartridge after reconstitution with acidic acetonitrile and water. The method was validated in quintuplicate at three different concentrations. The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were 0.0015 and 0.005 mg/L, respectively. Matrix suppression effect was observed for all of the analytes. A seven point matrix matched calibration curve was constructed for each of the compound resulted excellent linearity with determination coefficients (R2) ≥ 0.991. Accuracy and precision of the method was calculated from the recovery and repeatability and ranged from 62.4 to 119.7% with relative standard deviation less than 18.8%. CONCLUSION: The recovery and repeatability of the developed method were in the acceptable range according to the Codex Alimentarius guideline. The developed method can be applied for the routine monitoring of diquat, paraquat, and chlormequat in animal products, meat and fat.

Study of the Production Method of the Framework of Lacquerware Inlaid with Mother-of-pearl Using X-ray Computed Tomography (엑스선 컴퓨터 단층면 조사를 통한 나전연상 백골의 제작기법 연구)

  • Park, Youngman;Yang, Seokjin
    • Conservation Science in Museum
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    • v.24
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2020
  • X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT), which is often applied to the investigation of the interior structures of cultural properties, is very useful for studying production methods used in lacquerware that would otherwise be difficult to observe with the naked eye. Lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl is an important subject in the study of traditional Korean craft. However, it can be a challenge to specify the production methods used in the framework of a lacquerware item unless the object has been structurally damaged. Studies of lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl have thus far focused on the techniques of lacquering and of inlaying the mother-of-pearl. Production methods for the framework of lacquerware has received little academic attention. This study conducted X-ray CT on a lacquerware item from the Joseon period to reveal the materials and woodworking techniques used for the framework. The study revealed that softwood was used for the framework, and the post (gidungmok) and apron (soemok) were joined using a three-way miter joint (sambang yeongwi jjaim). Other pieces were joined with nails.

Vaccine Cold Chain Monitoring System Using IoT Vaccine Fridge for Developing Countries (IoT 백신 냉장고를 사용한 개발도상국 백신 콜드체인 모니터링 시스템)

  • Lyu, Jang-Hyeon;Park, Samuel;Yu, Jong-Ha;Wang, Xin-Lin;Im, Hyuck-Soon;Rhee, Hyop-Seung;Ahn, Sung-Hoon
    • Journal of Appropriate Technology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.26-32
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    • 2021
  • In the process of vaccine delivery and vaccination, temperature is mostly controlled by an insulated containers containing ice. Moreover, amount of wasted vaccine is significant because the temperature of the vaccine is not properly controlled. A core challenge of vaccination is temperature data monitoring, since it is critical for managing and operating strategical vaccination by health organizations. In this research, a real-time monitoring vaccine carrier system was developed. Temperature, location, and power consumption data of the vaccine carrier were monitored and working performances of the vaccine carrier were tested in both Korea and Tanzania (Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions). For both places, Short Message Service (SMS) communication method was used to send information of the carrier's status. As a result, the monitoring system was able to transmit and receive real-time data of the vaccine carrier status while the vaccine carrier was tested. The vaccine status data can be accessed from any location through the cloud server and web-based user interface.

Development and Effect of the Creative Problem Solving Capacity Education Program for University Freshmen Using Game component (게임적 요소를 활용한 대학 신입생의 창의적 문제해결 교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과)

  • Jeon, Shin-young;Park, Joo-Hee
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2021
  • This study analyzed the effectiveness by developing an online program to enhance collaborative problem-solving capabilities for college freshmen using gamification. According to the research results, the operational model of the online program for enhancing collaborative problem-solving capabilities using gamification was presented in five stages: 1 preparation, 2 team building, 3 assessment, 4 feedback, and 5 achievement sharing. The results of the "pre-test" and post T-test of creative problem-solving capabilities, the variables related to creative problem-solving skills, academic challenge, creative thinking ability, and convergence value creation have been significantly improved. What should be discussed in the future is the need to experience collaborative problem solving process online, and to develop game design and platform that can discuss and communicate.

Vertiport Location Problem to Maximize Utilization Rate for Air Taxi (에어 택시 이용률 최대화를 위한 수직이착륙장 위치 결정 문제)

  • Gwang Kim
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 2023
  • This paper deals with the operation of air taxis, which is one of the latest innovative technologies aimed at solving the issue of traffic congestion in cities. A key challenge for the successful introduction of the technology and efficient operation is a vertiport location problem. This paper employs a discrete choice model to calculate choice probabilities of transportation modes for each route, taking into account factors such as cost and travel time associated with different modes. Based on this probability, a mathematical formulation to maximize the utilization rate for air taxi is proposed. However, the proposed model is NP-hard, effective and efficient solution methodology is required. Compared to previous studies that simply proposed the optimization models, this study presents a solution methodology using the cross-entropy algorithm and confirms the effectiveness and efficiency of the algorith through numerical experiments. In addition to the academic excellence of the algorithm, it suggests that decision-making that considers actual data and air taxi utilization plans can increase the practial usability.

A Review on the Critical Issues for Global Electronic Commerce (전자상거래 확산을 위한 주요 이슈에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Chung-Young;Cho, Nahm-Jae;Kim, Jeong-Deok
    • Korean Business Review
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    • v.12
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    • pp.255-274
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    • 1999
  • Electronic Commerce (EC) is a relatively new and has been attracting a considerable amount of attention. Even though it is still in an introductory stage, growth rates are impressively high and its economic importance will continue to grow. Electronic Commerce is born to be global because its connectivity using the Internet is universal. As Electronic Commerce accelerates the globalization, it will also increase both the interdependence of national economies in different countries and the need for international cooperation and coordination. Electronic Commerce is really a global challenge that requires global solutions. For this reason, Electronic Commerce becomes an important agenda in major international cooperative organizations including APEC, OECD, and G7 (G8). However, current international discussions on Global Electronic Commerce are initiated mostly by the United States and European Union (EU). The objective of this paper is to raise awareness creation activities in which the international cooperation is needed for promoting the global electronic marketplace in Asia. For this purpose, this paper reviews the approaches of U.S. and European countries (or European Union), and suggests an development framework on the basis of the reviews. The framework is used to analyze current issues around Electronic Commerce, and identify some fields which require coherent work among researchers in different countries.

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Status and Subject of Art Therapy in the Local Social Community in the Seoul Area (서울 지역 사회복지관련 기관에서의 미술치료 현황과 과제)

  • Jang, Eun-Kyung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.8
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    • pp.350-359
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    • 2009
  • This thesis in the social welfare-related institutions in the Seoul area, art therapy and the therapist based on the status of welfare-related agencies in the community of art therapy is to present possibilities and challenges. Research results presented by Health and Welfare, where seven of the 14 kinds of social welfare facilities, participate in the survey and the target organ, 45.1% of art therapy's role in social welfare-related institutions and gradually establish the location was the result. Art therapy is to conduct the current difficulties in institutions about the environmental factors related to a professional therapist and art therapist in the therapist's expansion as a major research and maintenance was network. Welfare-related agencies and community relationships we maintain mutual relationship, and are formed within the community have an effect on consciousness and collectivization. To provide the opportunity which realize the value in the art therapy by applying more to expand the variety of professional method. First, secure the facility of art therapy environment and the therapists. Second, if the art therapy association secures the integrated system, it makes a connection with professional therapists to improve recruitment environment in the art therapy community and therapists need to be addressed by all involved is a challenge. Third, a therapist for the duration of training in order to access a variety of academic and clinical research is the importance of the process of learning the training and supervision is to discuss the issue.

Oral History as a Record of Dance (무용 기록으로서의 구술사)

  • Lee, Eunjoo
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    • v.6
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    • pp.43-78
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    • 2019
  • Dance is an art that includes not only art historical facts, but also a series of processes for dancers' body, choreography, and the creation of entire process of dances and their lives. In other words, dance is the art of embodying the experience and consciousness of the dancer as the subject, and embodying it through the physical body, and therefore, the existing empirical study which relies solely on the literature in the history of dance study is difficult to deliver a complete history. Oral history is a new methodology historical writing that overcomes the limitations of research methods based on literature centered documents. Oral history in the field of dance is that the dancer becomes the subject of the history of dance's narrative. The memory and testimony of a dancer can become a history, complement the missing parts of the documentary record, and amount to analysis and interpretation to attempt the history of dance from various perspectives. The history of dance through oral history analysis thus generates another view from the literature. The oral history is acted as a prism that can explore the sociocultural discourse of the time and the history of dance. As a new academic challenge for the history of dance field, I expect to be able to review the artistic, social, and cultural functions and roles of dance beyond the limit of existing literature-oriented history study and to be able to progress to various the history of dance.

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Mediating Effect of Self-Soothing Ability in Relationship of Youth Counselors' Job Environment Stress and Psychological Burnout (자기위로능력이 청소년상담사의 직무환경 스트레스와 심리적 소진의 관계에 미치는 매개 효과)

  • Lee, Young-Ae;Byun, Sang-Hae
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.11
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    • pp.238-249
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    • 2015
  • This study was carried out to analyze the mediating effect of self-soothing ability in the relationship of job environment stress and psychological burnout of youth counselors. To achieve the study purpose, a survey was executed on 150 counselors who gathered for a academic meeting held at Korea National University of Education with the theme of youth counseling on May 5, 2015. The participants included nation-wide counselors working at public agencies, schools, university and colleges, and private counseling offices. Analysis was executed for 113 questionnaires found valid with SPSS v.20, and study findings are as follows: first, career and working conditions youth counselors showed no difference in job environment stress between groups; second, 'lack of challenge' and 'role ambiguity' were found to affect psychological burnout; third, 'resilience' and 'self-disclosure' were found to affect psychological burnout; fourth, self-soothing ability was shown to have a mediating effect in the relationship between job environment stress and psychological burnout of youth counselors. This result will contribute to helping develop programs to cope with stress faced by both experienced youth counselors and counselors in general.

The Anticommons: BRCA Gene Patenting Controversy in the United States (유전자와 생명의 사유화, 그리고 반공유재의 비극: 미국의 BRCA 인간유전자 특허 논쟁)

  • Yi, Doogab
    • Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-43
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    • 2012
  • This paper examines the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU)'s recent legal challenge on patents held by Myriad Genetics on two genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) associated with a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Instead of analyzing the ACLU's objections to the BRCA patents in terms of its legal technicalities and normative ethical principles, this paper seeks to situate this legal case in the broader historical context of the shifting understanding of the relationship between private ownership, economic development, and the public interest in academic sciences. This paper first briefly chronicles a series of scientific developments and key legal decisions involving patenting of life forms, including genetically engineered micro-organisms animals and biological materials of human origins like cell cultures and genes, that led to the US Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO)'s official guidelines on human gene patenting in 2001. At another level, this paper analyzes the expansion of the scope of intellectual property rights in the life sciences in terms of shifting economic and legal assumptions about public knowledge and its role for economic development in the 1970s. I then show how these economic, legal, and ethical ideas that linked private ownership and the public interest have been challenged from the 1990s, calling for revisions in intellectual property laws regarding a wide array of life forms. The tragedy of the anticommons in human gene patenting, according to ACLU, has severely undermined creative scientific activities, medical innovations, access to health care and rights to life among cancer patient groups. ACLU's objection to human gene patenting on several US-constitutional grounds in turn suggests issues regarding intellectual property are critically linked to vital issues pertinent to the creative communities in arts and sciences, such as free exchange of ideas, censorship and monopoly, and free expression and piracy etc.

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