• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2016

Ophiocordyceps sinensis is a natural fungus that has been valued as a health food and used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. The fungus is parasitic and colonizes insect larva. Naturally occurring O. sinensis thrives at high altitude in cold and grassy alpine meadows on the Himalayan mountain ranges. Wild Ophiocordyceps is becoming increasingly rare in its natural habitat, and its price limits its use in clinical practice. Therefore, the development of a standardized alternative is a great focus of research to allow the use of Ophiocordyceps as a medicine. To develop an alternative for wild Ophiocordyceps, a refined standardized extract, CBG-CS-2, was produced by artificial fermentation and extraction of the mycelial strain Paecilomyces hepiali CBG-CS-1, which originated from wild O. sinensis. In this study, we analyzed the in vitro immune-modulating effect of CBG-CS-2 on natural killer cells and B and T lymphocytes. CBG-CS-2 stimulated splenocyte proliferation and enhanced Th1-type cytokine expression in the mouse splenocytes. Importantly, in vitro CBG-CS-2 treatment enhanced the killing activity of the NK-92MI natural killer cell line. These results indicate that the mycelial culture extract prepared from Ophiocordyceps exhibits immune-modulating activity, as was observed in vivo and this suggests its possible use in the treatment of diseases caused by abnormal immune function.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2022

As the level of consumption is improved and cultural life is pursued, the consumer's consciousness structure is rapidly changing, and the demand for product selection level, variety, and quality is becoming more diverse. The restaurant economy is falling due to the prolonged COVID-19, the economic recession, income decline, and changes in population structure and lifestyle, but the Meal- kit market is growing rapidly. This study aims to identify the consumer perception of Meal-kit, which is rapidly growing as an alternative to existing meals in the fields of dining out, food, and distribution due to the development of technology and social environment using big data. As a result of the analysis, the keywords with the highest frequency of appearance were in the order of Meal-kit, Cooking, Product, Launching, and Market and were divided into 8 groups through the CONCOR analysis. We want to identify consumer trends related to the key keywords of Meal-kit, present effective data related to Meal-kit demand for Meal-kit specialized companies, and provide implications for establishing marketing strategies for differentiated competitive advantage.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2019

Purpose - The Millennial Generation, which grew in the wake of the spread of the Internet and rapid changes in the media environment, is rapidly moving from the traditional broadcasting environment to the Internet-broadcasting environment in terms of content acceptance. With the emergence of UGC (User-generated content), the change in the status of single-person content creators enables the growth of multi-channel networks (MCN), a new content-distribution platform and an agency concept for single creators. Youtube-based MCN produces multiple single star producers and casts and provides its own video series through Youtube. It is also emerging as a major M&A target for global media providers in terms of providing content to a wide range of consumers with the same interests and consumption characteristics. In addition, for the Millennials generation, which are part of their lives, MCN is becoming the most suitable media for TGIF (Twitter, Google, i-phone, Facebook). Accordingly, this study defines newly emerging MCNs and analyzes the factors for accepting MCN-produced content based on the push-pull-mooring (PPM) model. Research design, data, and methodology - An empirical analysis is performed through a questionnaire survey. For this purpose, 204 people who have experience of watching MCN were studied. Collected data is processed through analysis of a structural equation model using R to test the hypothesis. Results - For the MCN service to become an alternative to existing media, it is necessary to continuously promote cultural diversity and diversity of attempts that conventional media cannot provide. It is the attractiveness of the alternative that has the greatest influence on the intention to switch to a MCN service. When we look at MCN content so far, certain patterns such as game progress, introduction, food, and chat rooms have already appeared. We need to overcome this and develop a completely new conceptual content that we have never seen before. This requires a more generous viewer perception of the topics covered. For diversity, linguistic and verbal violence should be tolerant in common sense to provide a foundation for securing cultural diversity. Conclusions - In this study, we tried to develop a comprehensive approach to the substitution effect of MCN. In terms of academic achievement, the PPM model is used to enhance the utilization of media and broadcasting. Practical implications are to provide an analytical framework for verifying alternative or complementary effects when viewers switch to MCN.

• 지역연구
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.29-43
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 농촌개발에 관한 지난 30년간의 연구사를 분석함으로써 선행연구에서 간과되었던 연구 과제를 도출, 향후 농촌개발의 연구방향을 모색하는데 기여하고자 하였다. 사회연결망분석을 통해 정책시기별 주요 연구주제어의 변화와 주제어들 간의 연결 구조를 분석하였다. 1986년부터 2000년까지 참여정부 이전에는 연구 분야 간 융합이 활발하지 않으며, 주제어 연결구조에서는 '인구이동, IMF, 녹색관광'의 주제어를 매개로 주제어 간 연계가 일어나고 있지만 그 형태는 복잡하지 않다. 참여정부 시기에는 '노인, 농촌관광, 농촌개발정책' 등의 핵심어를 중심으로 통합된 형태의 복잡한 클러스터가 형성되어 있다. 2008년 이후 현재까지 농촌개발연구의 주제어 네트워크는 클러스터의 결집이 조밀하고 단일형태로 구성되었으며, '공동체, 주민참여, 사회적자본'과 같은 주제어가 본격적으로 연구되기 시작하였다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권37호
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• pp.144-176
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• 2015

In September 2013, President Park Geun-hye announced her controversial "Look North" policy, of which the most salient aspect is the "Eurasia Initiative". This comprises various proposals designed to overcome existing constraints by developing new markets and creating new economic partners in continental areas from which South Korea has been alienated since the end of World War II, and this dovetails nicely with China's One Belt, One Road Initiative. The concepts of the "Silk Road Rail Express (SRX)" and the "East Sea Rim Maritime Community (ESRMC)" have also been discussed. SRX is at present a purely symbolic railroad project intended to encourage individual, cultural, trade and diplomatic exchanges. ESRMC is a model for establishing an ad hoc community to promote regional economic cooperation around the East Sea. President Park's Eurasia Initiative will provide South Korean investment for the Northeast to complement Russian plans, like the "Northern Energy Road" being built by Gazprom, and Chinese plans, like the Chang-Ji-Tu Development Plan for the North Korean port of Rajin. China's trade, as well as its energy and food supplies, pass through the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean, and are thus vulnerable to interdiction by India or the US. China is therefore trying to reduce its exposure geopolitical risk by establishing a network of corridors between the Belt and the Road to provide alternative paths. The "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor" and the "China-Myanmar Economic Corridor" provide such connections, and South Korea hopes that SRX and ESRMC can become part of a "China-South Korea Economic Corridor". This concept could do much to revitalize the underdeveloped northern provinces of China and Russia's Far East, not to mention North Korea. By linking up the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Trans-China Railway, the Trans-Mongolian Railway and the Trans-Korean Railway all these Asian countries will be connected to one another, and ultimately to Europe. An interim connection between China and South Korea using a rail-ferry has also been proposed.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.44.1-44.17
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• 2023

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health concern around the globe. Antimicrobial peptides exhibit broad-spectrum and efficient antibacterial activity with an added advantage of low drug resistance. The higher water content and 3D network structure of the hydrogels are beneficial for maintaining antimicrobial peptide activity and help to prevent degradation. The antimicrobial peptide released from hydrogels also hasten the local wound healing by promoting epithelial tissue regeneration and granulation tissue formation. Objective: This study aimed at developing sodium alginate based hydrogel loaded with a novel antimicrobial peptide Chol-37(F34-R) and to investigate the characteristics in vitro and in vivo as an alternative antibacterial wound dressing to treat infectious wounds. Methods: Hydrogels were developed and optimized by varying the concentrations of crosslinkers and subjected to various characterization tests like cross-sectional morphology, swelling index, percent water contents, water retention ratio, drug release and antibacterial activity in vitro, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected wound mice model in vivo. Results: The results indicated that the hydrogel C proved superior in terms of cross-sectional morphology having uniformly sized interconnected pores, a good swelling index, with the capacity to retain a higher quantity of water. Furthermore, the optimized hydrogel has been found to exert a significant antimicrobial activity against bacteria and was also found to prevent bacterial infiltration into the wound site due to forming an impermeable barrier between the wound bed and external environment. The optimized hydrogel was found to significantly hasten skin regeneration in animal models when compared to other treatments in addition to strong inhibitory effect on the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α). Conclusions: Our results suggest that sodium alginate -based hydrogels loaded with Chol-37(F34-R) hold the potential to be used as an alternative to conventional antibiotics in treating infectious skin wounds.

• 생태와환경
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.176-187
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 기후요인에 의하여 두루미류의 월동개체군 규모가 달라질 것으로 가설을 세웠다. 그중 가장 추운 시기인 1월의 기후변수에 의하여 월동개체수가 달라질 것이라고 가정하였다. 특히, 재두루미의 경우 두루미와는 달리 철원지역 이외에 눈 덮임의 영향이 적은 대체 월동지(일본의 이즈미)가 있다. 따라서 철원지역 눈 덮임의 정도에 따라 연도별로 개체군의 증감이 발생할 것으로 예측하였다. 이에 일반적으로 분석되는 기상청의 기후자료와 함께 MODIS 위성영상을 이용한 눈 덮임 범위 자료를 활용하여 요인을 분석하였다. 철원지역 두루미류의 개체수 자료는 2002년부터 2014년까지의 1월 개체수를 활용하였다. 철원지역의 기온은 2002년부터 2007~2008년도 월동기까지 증가하다가 감소하며 2011~2012년도 월동기에 가장 낮은 온도를 보였다. 이와 함께 온량지수도 유사한 증감의 경향을 보였다. 신적설량은 2002년 이후 낮게 유지되었으나 2010~2011, 2011~2012년 크게 증가한 형태를 보였다. 눈 덮임의 범위는 2002년부터 2005~2006년까지 급속히 감소하였다가, 2009~ 2010, 2010~2011년 월동기에 급격히 증가한 양상을 보였다. 재두루미의 월동개체수는 다른 기후요인에 비하여 1월의 눈 덮임 범위가 넓을수록 감소하였으며 가장 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 하지만 두루미의 개체수는 일반적 기후요인뿐만 아니라 눈 덮임 관련 요인에 대해서도 상관관계를 나타내지 않았다. 따라서 두루미의 개체군 변동은 기후요인에 변화하지 않고 다른 서식지 선택요인 (안정적 잠자리, 취식지 넓이 등)에 의해 결정되기 때문이라 판단된다. 재두루미의 월동개체수는 다중 회기분석에서 눈 덮임 범위 및 기간의 로그값과 유의미한 회귀관계가 성립하였다. 따라서 재두루미의 월동개체수는 월동기 눈 덮임의 범위에 영향을 받으며 이는 눈 덮임에 의해 먹이원인 낙곡을 찾기 힘들어지기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 재두루미의 개체수 변화는 다른 월동지로 이동한 것으로 보이며, 눈 덮임의 영향이 적은 월동지인 일본의 이즈미시로 이동한 것으로 나타났다. 이즈미 월동지의 재두루미 개체수와 철원의 개체수는 음의 상관관계를 가져 서로 연관된 것으로 파악되었다.