• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.650-658
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• 2010

시설재배지의 경우 휴작기간 동안 녹비작물의 활용가능성이 높을 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구는 녹비작물이 시설재배지에서의 양분공급 및 토양질 개선에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 두과 (헤어리베치, 크림손클로버) 및 화본과 (호밀, 수수, 수단그라스) 녹비작물을 재배 후 토양과 혼합하였으며, 무기질소 공급능과 생물적 지표로써 토양 탄수화물, 미생물활성 및 부식함량의 경시적 변화를 측정하였다. 관행구의 무기태 질소함량은 전 기간 비슷한 수준을 유지하였으나 녹비작물을 처리한 토양에서는 토양처리 후 4주까지 무기태질소 함량이 지속적으로 증가하였고, 특히 수단그라스에서 무기태질소 함량이 두드러지게 증가하였다. 녹비작물 처리 후 토양 중 수용성 당은 두과 녹비작물 처리 후 서서히 증가하기 시작하여 7주 경에 가장 높았으며 이후 서서히 감소하는 경향이 나타났다. 반면 화본과 녹비작물 처리 후 수용성 당이 빠르게 증가하여 처리 후 4주 경에 최대치에 도달한 후 감소하는 양상이 나타났다. 토양 내의 부식산 (humicacid)은 아무것도 첨가하지 않은 관행구와 녹비처리 초기에는 비슷한 수준으로 낮았으나 녹비처리 후 4주 정도 시간이 경과하면서 녹비작물의 부숙에 의해 형성된 부식산이 점점 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 양이온과 결합하여 물에 잘 용해되는 염을 만드는 fulvic 산에서도 작물 간 차이는 있었지만 부식산의 함량 변화와 비슷한 경향이었다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2011

이번 연구의 목적은 소아환자의 골격성숙도 평가를 위해 경추골과 수완부골 방사선 사진의 상호연관도를 연구하는 것이다. 성적인 특징, 연령, 치아 발육, 신장, 체중과 골격성장은 성장 단계를 확인하기 위해 사용되는 일반적인 방법이다. 청소년기 전이나 청소년기 동안 성장잠재력에 대한 평가는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 6~18세 아동을 대상으로 측면 두부 방사선 사진과 수완부골 방사선 사진을 촬영하여 골격성숙 단계를 비교 평가하였다. 1. 일반연령은 Skeletal Maturity Indicators(SMI)와 Cervical Vertebrae Maturation(CVM)에 비하여 적절한 골격성숙도 표시자가 되지 못하였다. 2. SMI와 CVM의 골격성숙도는 여자의 경우 남자에 비해 더 빨랐다. 3. SMI 1, 2는 CVM 1, SMI 3, 4는 CVM 2, SMI 5, 6은 CVM 3에 해당하는 연관관계가 나타났다. 4. SMI와 CVM에 대한 측정자의 재현성 및 신뢰도는 우수하였다. 이상의 결과로 CVM도 SMI와 같이 교정치료에 있어 골격성숙도를 평가하는 적절한 방법이 될 수 있다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2009

There are increasing needs about creation and sustainable management of urban forest for environmental conservation and recreational service for citizen. However, it is difficult for local governments to create or manage urban forest in recreational or conservational way. The purpose of this study is to classify the urban forest types by considering its geographical feature, biological and sociological characteristics in order to suggest a guide to local governments about effective creation or management of urban forest. In this study, we extracted common characteristics of the selected five indicators. Factors about urban forest are divided into two groups. Factors were named according to the variables as 'Urban Forest Naturalness', and 'High Accessibility and Disturbed by Human.' In addition, we classified urban forests into four types in this study. The type I of urban forest is a large forest and has high naturalness such as Mt. Bukhan and Mt. Gwanak. The type II is fragmented to large forests by developmental projects. The type III is flat and has high accessibility such as forest behind Seonjeongneung. The type IV is located near residential area such as Mt. Ansan, Mt. Inwang and Mt. Bonghwa. It is possible to set up recreational area for citizens and ecological networks for species by the research of the urban forest type. The results of the study, classification of urban forest types and its application, contribute to provide a guide for local governments to create or manage urban forests effectively.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.812-819
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• 2018

Objective: An experiment was conducted to identify and characterize the circular RNA expression and metabolic characteristics in the liver of Jinhua pigs and Landrace pigs. Methods: Three Jinhua pigs and three Landrace pigs respectively at 70-day were slaughtered to collect the liver tissue samples. Immediately after slaughter, blood samples were taken to detect serum biochemical indicators. Total RNA extracted from liver tissue samples were used to prepare the library and then sequence on HiSeq 2500. Bioinformatic methods were employed to analyze sequence data to identify the circRNAs and predict the potential roles of differentially expressed circRNAs between the two breeds. Results: Significant differences in physiological and biochemical traits were observed between growing Jinhua and Landrace pigs. We identified 84,864 circRNA candidates in two breeds and 366 circRNAs were detected as significantly differentially expressed. Their host genes are involved in lipid biosynthetic and metabolic processes according to the gene ontology analysis and associated with metabolic pathways. Conclusion: Our research represents the first description of circRNA profiles in the porcine liver from two divergent phenotype pigs. The predicted miRNA-circRNA interaction provides important basis for miRNA-circRNA relationships in the porcine liver. These data expand the repertories of porcine circRNA and are conducive to understanding the possible molecular mechanisms involved in miRNA and circRNA. Our study provides basic data for further research of the biological functions of circRNAs in the porcine liver.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.818-827
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• 2016

This study hypothesized that dietary feed additive containing probiotics alter either immune-related serum substances or serum metabolites in Hanwoo heifers. A probiotic treatment was given at 0.5% top-dressing of concentrate diet for 6 months. The change of immunological indicators in the blood was analyzed under LPS (Lipopolysaccharide) challenge. One day before administration of LPS, all heifers were fitted with an indwelling jugular vein catheter for serial blood collections. Both a serum tube and an EDTA-coated tube were collected at 30-min intervals from - 2 to 8 hours relative to the LPS challenge at time 0 ($1{\mu}g/kg$ of BW). Serum was used for analyzing albumin (ALB), glucose (GLU), total protein (TP), triglycerides (TG), phosphorus (IP), and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA). Plasma was used for analyzing white blood cell (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), platelet (PLT) and inflammation-related factors (NE, LY, MO, EO, BA, Hb, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, MPV). There were significant differences in ALB, GLU, TG, IP, and NEFA concentration with the passage of hours post challenge (p < 0.05). The level of ALB, GLU, TG, and IP showed significant difference (p < 0.05) between treatments. However, none of the data showed interaction between time and treatments (p > 0.05). The level of WBC, EO, LY, and MO were reduced after LPS challenge (p > 0.05). In conclusion, LPS challenge after dietary supplementation of probiotics changed the levels of both serum metabolites and inflammation-related factors. The increase of GLU and TG indicated a probiotics-positive response under LPS challenge (p < 0.05).

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2017

본 연구는 임상병리사를 대상으로 직무스트레스의 정도를 파악하고, 이들 간의 상관성을 규명함으로써 직무스트레스의 감소를 위해 건강을 높일 수 있는 방안을 마련하는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행한 서술적 조사 연구이다. 임상병리사의 직무스트레스는 최대 100점에 49.74점으로 나타났고, 하부영역별로 직무불안정이 64.42점으로 가장 높았고, 조직체계가 52.46점, 보상부적절이 52.30점, 물리적환경이 51.15점, 직무 요구도는 49.57점, 직무자율성결여는 48.43점, 관계갈등은 39.78점 순이었고, 직장문화는 39.77점으로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 통해 임상병리사의 직무스트레스에 관련한 요인들의 상관성을 확인하였고 직무스트레스가 높은 군에서는 직무불안정을 감소시키고 건강증진에서의 신체활동을 증가시키는 활동이 요구되고, 이를 통해 직무스트레스 감소를 위해 절실한 프로그램의 개발이 요구되고. 건강상태 인자에 대한 정보를 향후 조사해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2018

This study is a model experimental study using a phantom to propose an optimized brain CT scan protocol that can reduce the radiation dose of a patient and remain quality of image. We investigate the CT scan parameters of brain CT in clinical medical institutions and to measure the important parameters that determine the quality of CT images. We used 52 multislice spiral CT (SOMATOM Definition AS+, Siemens Healthcare, Germany). The scan parameters were tube voltage (kVp), tube current (mAs), scan time, slice thickness, pitch, and scan field of view (SFOV) directly related to the patient's exposure dose. The CT dose indicators were CTDIvol and DLP. The CT images were obtained while increasing the imaging conditions constantly from the phantom limit value (Q1) to the maximum value (Q4) for AAPM CT performance evaluation. And statistics analyzed with Pearson's correlation coefficients. The result of tube voltage that the increase in tube voltage proportionally increases the variation range of the CT number. And similar results were obtained in the qualitative evaluation of the CT image compared to the tube voltage of 120 kVp, which was applied clinically at 100 kVp. Also, the scan conditions were appropriate in the tube current range of 250 mAs to 350 mAs when the tube voltage was 100 kVp. Therefore, by applying the proposed brain CT scanning parameters can be reduced the radiation dose of the patient while maintaining quality of image.

• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2011

Climate change has impacts on not only the average temperature rise but also the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as flood and drought. It is also expected that the damages on agricultural infrastructure will be increased resulting from increased rainfall intensity and frequency caused by climate change. To strengthen the climate change adaptation capacity, it is necessary to identify the vulnerability of a given society's physical infrastructures and to develop appropriate adaptation strategies with infrastructure management because generally facilities related to human settlements are vulnerable to climate changes and establishing an adaptive public infrastructure would reduce the damages and the repair cost. Therefore, development of mitigation strategies for agricultural infrastructure against climatic hazard is very important, but there are few studies on agricultural infrastructure vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategies. The concept of vulnerability, however, is difficult to functionally define due to the fact that vulnerability itself includes many aspects (biological, socioeconomic, etc.) in various sectors. As such, much research on vulnerability has used indicators which are useful for standardization and aggregation. In this study, for the vulnerability assessment for agricultural infrastructure, 3 categories of climate exposure, sensitivity, and adaptation capacity were defined which are composed of 16 sub-categories and 49 proxy variables. Database for each proxy variables was established based on local administrative province. Future studies are required to define the weighting factor and standardization method to calculate the vulnerability indicator for agricultural infrastructure against climate change.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권17호
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• pp.7819-7824
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• 2015

Purpose: To subtype breast cancer (BC) in Saudi women according to the recent molecular classification and to correlate these subtypes with available clinicopathological parameters. Materials and Methods: Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (Her2/neu) immunostaining was semi-quantitatively assessed to define molecular subtypes of luminal A and B, HER-2 and triple negative (basal-like) in BC paraffin embedded sections from 115 Saudi female patients diagnosed between 2005 to 2015 at the Department of Pathology, King Fahd Hospital, Almadinah, Saudi Arabia. Results: The most common subtypes were luminal A (47%), followed by luminal B (27.8%) and basal like subtypes (18.3%), whereas HER-2 was the least common subtype (6.9%). Luminal A was predominantly found in the old age group, with low tumor grade (p<0.001) and small tumor size, whereas HER-2 and basal-like subtypes were significantly associated with young age, high tumor grade, lymph node metastasis and lymphovascular invasion (p<0.03, 0.004, 0.05 and 0.04 respectively). All subtypes showed advanced clinical stage at the time of presentation. Conclusions: Molecular subtypes of Saudi BC patients in Almadinah region are consistent with most of the worldwide subtyping. The biological behaviour of each molecular subtype could be expected based on its characteristic clinicopathological features. Along with other prognostic indicators, molecular subtyping would be helpful in predicting prognosis and management of our BC patients. We recommend screening and early diagnosis of BC in our population.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.785-790
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hazards from onions and their cultivation areas. A total of 32 samples were collected from onion farms and tested for biological (sanitary indicators, and pathogenic bacteria and fungi) and chemical (heavy metals and pesticide residues) hazards. Aerobic bacteria and coliforms were detected at a level of 0.2-7.1 log CFU/g (or mL) in the soil and agricultural water, 1.6-3.6 log CFU/g on surface of the onion, 0.0-6.0 log CFU/hand (or $cm^2$) on the workers' hands, clothes, and gloves, and 4.7 log $CFU/cm^2$ on the onion bags. Fungi were detected at a level of 0.0-5.0 log CFU/g (or mL, hand, or 100 $cm^2$) in all the samples. Staphylococcus aureus was detected at a level of 1.2 log CFU/hand on the workers' hands, the detection level of Bacillus cereus was up to 4.8 log CFU/g in the soil. However, Escherichia coli (and in particular strain O157:H7), Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella spp. were not detected. Although heavy metals were detected in the environment (in soil and agricultural water) and pesticide residues were detected in onion, the levels were lower than the regulation limits.