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Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer Project to Foster Mongolia Dairy Industry

  • Kwon, Tae-Hyeon;Choi, Byeong-Hyun;Cho, Su-Jin;Tsolmon, Munkhbatar;Durevjargal, Naidansuren;Baldan, Tumur;Min, Chan-Sik;Kong, Il-Keun
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2009
  • Mongolia has 80% livestock of total agriculture industry, 170,000 farms are engaged, 2,500,000 of cows that were beef and dairy cows are raised. Despite of Mongolian has great application with milk, there are not clear differences between cow and dairy cattle, and the production of milk is also low. But the milk suppliers are varied (horse, sheep, goat, etc), so that the total milk production is 500 thousand ton per year. It's really considerable to improve the breed of owing to many problems with big differences among milk qualities. For carrying out for first year project, artificial insemination project was operated with 3rd grade Holstein semen that were imported from S. Korea, and initiation and field training were also carried out through appropriate AI technique we developed for Mongolia environment. Local information research and MOU conclusion were done with professor D. Altangerel in May $10^{th}{\sim}13^{th}$, 2009, and development for AI technique and AI equipments were supplied for Mongolia breeding and natural environment in July $10^{th}{\sim}17^{th}$ in 2009. All cows were treated by synchronization for AI. To do this, $PGF_{2\alpha}$ injection were treated for luteal phase cow, if it wouldn't work, try again after 11 days. After confirmation of estrus, AI and AI training were carried out with sperm injection in the uterus or cervix by rectum-vagina method which is common worldwide, the most effective artificial insemination technique. If cows were return to next estrus cycle, second AI was carried out about approximately 21 days after artificial insemination. After 2 months, all cows not showing return estrus should be taken pregnancy test. Every pregnant cow will be cared thoroughly. Total 48 cows administrated by $PGF_{2\alpha}$ for synchronization and after 48 hours 45 cows (93.8%) showing estrus were detected and then artificial inseminate them within who 8 cows (27.8%) showed return estrus. Therefore, Using $PGF_2{\alpha}$ for synchronization is effective to use for Mongolia breeding conditions. There are possibility of base for food production after all, including increase of livestock production in Mongolia by improvement of breeding cow with AI and embryo transfer project.

A Study on Evaluation of Target Region for the Agricultural Non-point Sources Management (새만금 유역 농업비점오염원 관리를 위한 우선지구 선정연구)

  • Jang, Nam-Jung;Kim, Bo-Guk;Im, Seoung-Hyun;Kim, Tae-Kyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2012
  • Measures against non-point sources pollution in Saemangeum watershed should be established to control water quality of Saemangeum lake, because non-point sources pollution discharge portions of BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) and TP (Total Phosphorous) in the watershed were 68.4 and 61.4%, respectively. In this study, target regions for the non-point sources pollution control were selected to apply BMP (Best Management Practices) for the agricultural area of Saemanguem watershed in terms of TP that caused eutrophication at the lake. Target regions were selected by the NPSI (Non-point source index) that was calculated by the total 12 indexes at the steps of non-point source production, emission and outflow. Weights of the indexes were determined by the watershed management experts oriented AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) analysis. The target region was selected at the unit of Korean basic administrative district 'Dong/Li'. At the results of NPSI calculations through the GIS (Geographical Information System) tools, two sets of 5 regions were selected in the Man-kyung River and Dong-gin River. The main reason for the selected target regions was livestock activity in the district. The results of this study can be useful for implementing the reduction projects of agricultural non-point sources pollution to control water quality in Saemangeum lake.

A Stdudy on SUS MASK Etching using of FeCl3 (FeCl3를 이용한 SUS MASK 에칭에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Woo-Sik
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.412-418
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    • 2020
  • This paper produced an automatic fluid management system that can accurately control the specific gravity of etching solution(FeCl3), and produced a SUS MASK applied to OLED. The target was set at 0.4 mm in diameter of the hole. As a result of this misconception, the etching speed increased when the specific gravity(S.G) value of FeCl3 was changed from 1.43 to 1.49. And when the weight was 1.49, it was found that the vertical diameter was 0.405 mm, approaching the target. When pressure injection was varied from 2.0kg/cm2 to 3.5kg/cm2, the hole diameter at 3.0 kg/cm2 averaged 0.4mm, matching the target. The characteristics of the change in gravity were analyzed by applying the additive 1.2% and setting the weight at 1.430 by mixing HCl and H2O in FeCl3 and fixing the injection pressure at 3.0 kg/cm2. When the weight changed from 1.460 to 1.469 the etching speed increased from 0.564 to 0.540. When the weight was 1.467, the hole diameter was measured at 0.4 mm and the target was reached.

Subjectivity of Female College Students Menstruation Experience (여대생의 월경경험에 관한 주관성)

  • Hwang, Yun-Young;Park, Eun-Hee;Back, Sun-Sook;Kim, Myung-Hee;Kim, Hee-Young;Lee, Won-Yu;Ryoo, Eon-Na;Park, Kyung-Sook
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2003
  • This study is an attempt to provide fundamental information on how to manage menstruation discomforts by surveying the subjective viewpoint s on menstruation from female college students. Utilizing 40 Q-samples in Seoul between May 1 and June 30, 2001, data has been collected from 30 randomized P-samples. Data analysis involves the PC QUANL Program, Q-factor analysis, and Principal Component Analysis. The result of the data analysis gives four types of categorizat ion as follows : The first is the "inconvenience-recognizing" type that includes 10 subjects out of 30. During menstruation, this type of subject usually complained of physical discomfort such as pain in the lower back and abdomen. Even though they considered menstruation to be troublesome, they did nothing about the in convenience. The second is the "positively-accepting" type that includes 7 subjects out of 30. This type of subject takes menstruation as natural and even a privilege for a woman. They think they are blessed to conceive a new life through their biological cycle. Therefore unlike other types, they rarely complained of any physical and psychological discomfort caused by menstruation. The third is the "destined course" type that includes 6 subjects out of 30. This type of subject endures the discomfort caused by menstruation with out any medication or medical treatment. They appeared to take menstruation a s fate without having any specially negative or positive attitude. The fourth is the "negatively-accepting" type that includes 7 out 30. This type of subject takes menstruation as negative, even if it is unavoidable for a woman. Menstruation, very negatively taken, felt uncomfortable and caused them to have pain in the lower back and abdomen and an oversensitive nervous system. The four types of attitude towards menstruation show their own characteristic features in dealing with menstruation. Understanding these features in detail will enhance nursing implementation which is related to menstruation. This study is intended to provide fundamental information with which nurses can deal with menstruation problems by investigating subjective viewpoints about menstruation. This study is a stepping stone on which further study on this subject can build to develop an effective and efficient way to deal with menstruation discomforts.

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Pattern classification of the synchronized EEG records by an auditory stimulus for human-computer interface (인간-컴퓨터 인터페이스를 위한 청각 동기방식 뇌파신호의 패턴 분류)

  • Lee, Yong-Hee;Choi, Chun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.2349-2356
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we present the method to effectively extract and classify the EEG caused by only brain activity when a normal subject is in a state of mental activity. We measure the synchronous EEG on the auditory event when a subject who is in a normal state thinks of a specific task, and then shift the baseline and reduce the effect of biological artifacts on the measured EEG. Finally we extract only the mental task signal by averaging method, and then perform the recognition of the extracted mental task signal by computing the AR coefficients. In the experiment, the auditory stimulus is used as an event and the EEG was recorded from the three channel $C_3-A_1$, $C_4-A_2$ and $P_Z-A_1$. After averaging 16 times for each channel output, we extracted the features of specific mental tasks by modeling the output as 12th order AR coefficients. We used total 36th order coefficient as an input parameter of the neural network and measured the training data 50 times per each task. With data not used for training, the rate of task recognition is 34-92 percent on the two tasks, and 38-54 percent on the four tasks.

Identification of Antiviral-related Genes Up-regulated in Response to Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus (누에로부터 핵다각체병 바이러스 방어관련 유전자 정보 분석)

  • Goo, Tae-Won;Hong, Sun-Mee;Kim, Sung-Wan;Choi, Kwang-Ho;Kim, Seong-Ryul;Park, Seung-Won;Kang, Seok-Woo;Yun, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2012
  • Silkworm larvae often suffer from viral infections causing heavy losses to the economy of silk industry. Insects exhibit both humoral and cellular immune responses that are effective against various pathohens like bacteria, fungi, protozoa, etc., but no insect immune responses is effective against viral infection. To obtain genes related to insect antiviral immunity from Bombyx mori, the cDNA library was constructed from B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)-infected B. mori. From the cDNA library, we selected 411 differentially expressed clones, and the 5' ends of the inserts were sequenced to generate ESTs. In this work, 135 unigenes were generated after the assembly of 411 differentially expressed clones ESTs. Of these 135 unigenes, we selected 109 antiviral response-related candidates except 26 clones that high similarity with genes derived from BmNPV. Among 109 unigenes, a total of 80% had significant matches to genes from other organisms in the database, wheres 20% of the unigenes had not matched in the database. Functional groups of these sequences with matches in database were constructed according to their putative biological function. Three largest categories were control of cellular oraganization (52%), metabolism (20%), and protein fate (10%). The genetic information reported in this study will provide more information about antiviral-related genes in silkworms.

A Study on the Application of BIPV for the Spread of Zero Energy Building (제로에너지 건축물 확산을 위한 건물 일체형 태양광 적용방안 연구)

  • Park, Seung-Joon;Jeon, Hyun-Woo;Lee, Seung-Joon;Oh, Choong-Hyun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.189-199
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    • 2021
  • In order to increase the self-reliance rate of new and renewable energy in order to respond to the mandatory domestic zero-energy buildings, the taller the building, the more limited the site area, and installing PV modules on the roof is not enough. Therefore, BIPV (Building integrated photovoltaic, hereinafter BIPV) is the industry receiving the most attention as a core energy source that can realize zero-energy buildings. Therefore, this study conducted a survey on the problems of the BIPV industry in a self-discussing method for experts with more than 10 years of experience of designers, builders, product manufacturers, and maintainers in order to suggest the right direction and revitalize the BIPV industry. Industrial problems of BIPV adjustment are drawn extention range of standard and certification for products, range improvement for current small condition of various kind productions, need to revise standards for capable of accomodating roof-type, color-module and louver-module, necessary of barrier in flow of foreign modules into korea through domestic certification mandatory, difficulty in obtaining BIPV information, request to prevent confusion among participants by exact guidelime about architectural application part of BIPV, and lack of the BIPV definition clearness, support policy, etc. Based on the improvements needed for the elements, giving change and competitiveness impacts aims to present and propose counter measures and direction.

Archaeogenetic Research of Excavated Human Bones from the Ancient Tombs (분묘 유적지 출토 인골에 대한 고고유전학 연구)

  • Jee, Sang Hyun;Chung, Yong Jae;Seo, Min Seok
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 2008
  • The paleogenetic analysis has become an increasingly important subject of archaeological, anthropological, biological as well as public interest. Recently, scientific research for human skeletal remains was more activated because of increasing awareness of the valuable archaeological information by the ancient DNA analysis. State of preservation of organic remains vary in different soil and burying environmental condition. Almost all available tissue disappear to analysis ancient DNA of bone in acidic soil caused by climate and geological features in Korea. Many preserved human remains excavated in the 'Heogwakmyo'(limelayered tomb of Chosun Dynasty Period) is able to explain through the relationship between burial conditions and bone survival form the burial method and ceremony. Ancient DNA analysis of excavated human bone form ancient tomb requires to remove contaminants such as microorganism's DNA and soil components that affect authentic results. Particularly, contamination control of contemporary human DNA is major serious problem and should verified by criteria of authenticity. In order to understand migration and culture of ancient population, when possible, ancient DNA studies needs to go abreast both radiocarbon and stable isotope studies because the dietary inferences will suggest ancient subsistence and settlement patterns. Also when the paleogenetic research supported with the arts and humanities research such as physical anthropology and archaeology, more valuable ancient genetic information is providing a unique results about evolutionary and population genetics studies to reconstruct the past.

A Ten-Year('08~'17) Study on the Distribution of the Common Kestrel (천연기념물 제323-8호 황조롱이의 최근 10년('08~'17) 분포 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Wooyuel;Kim, Sung-hyun;Park, Jongchul;Jung, Sungeun;Bing, Gi-chang
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.82-89
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    • 2019
  • In this study observation records of the National Natural Environment Survey (2008-2012, 2014-2017) and the Korean Natural History Research Information System (KNHRIS) for the common kestrel (2013-2016) were consulted to determine the correlation of the distribution of kestrels in an area and the area's land use type. Distribution characteristics were studied based on data collected over the last 10 years (2008-2017). Findings show that the common kestrel is widely distributed between 4,407 sites registered in KNHRIS in the period of 2008-2012, 3,899 sites in 2014-2017, and 508 sites in 2013-2016. Relationship analysis was conducted for the altitude and urban planning factors of statistics based on a 2017 GIS check to determine the distribution characteristics. The birds' altitude was confirmed to range from 0 to 1,200 metersck but was most commonly observed at less than 100 meters. Above 200 meters, the rate of occurrence decreased rapidly. The rate of occurrence of the common kestrel was highest in Chungcheongnam-do province, followed by Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kyonggi-do, Jeollanam-do and Jeollabuk-do. As urban areas, green areas, commercial areas, and industrial areas the presence of swere positively correlated with the presence of kestrels, the rate of occurrence of the kestrel was higher in those regions. However, there was no significant relationship between the incidence of kestrels and housing construction or residential areas.

Quality Control of Dose Calibrator using 3D Printery (3D 프린터를 이용한 Dose Calibrator의 품질관리)

  • Ryu, Chan-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.307-312
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    • 2021
  • In nuclear medicine, radioactive isotope tracers are administered to the human body to obtain and evaluate disease morphological information and biological function information. Dose calibrator is a device used to measure the radioactivity of a single nuclide in medical institutions. Administration of the correct dose to the human body acts as an important factor in diagnosis and treatment, and measurement through a dose calibrator before administration is the most important factor. Dose calibrator performs daily quality control after installation in each medical institution. Quality control is a means of guaranteeing quality control after installation, and is essential for improving the quality of treatment and promoting patient safety. Therefore, accurate and standardized performance evaluation methods should be established. In this study, 3D printing was used for quantitative evaluation of quality control by increasing the accuracy and standardization of quality control. When the 3D printer was installed and reproducibility was tested, the error range of the expected value and reading value decreased by 0.302% in the F-18 nuclide and 0.09% in the 99mTc-pertechnate nuclide than when the 3D printer was installed. The error rate for other nuclides was also found to have a low error rate for reproducibility tests when 3D printing was installed.