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Effect of Compost Fermented with Korean Medicinal Herb Waste on Physicochemical Characteristics of Rubus coreanus Miquel (Bokbunja) (한약탕제찌꺼기발효퇴비가 복분자과실의 이화학적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jae-Young;Baek, Seung-Hwa;Kim, Seong-Jo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.839-847
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    • 2011
  • Fermented compost made from medicinal herb waste (MHWC) as an environment-friendly manure was applied to determine the physicochemical characteristics of Rubus coreanus Miquel (Bokbunja). MHWC, poultry manure compost (PMC), and MHWC+PMC (1:1, w/w) were applied to 2 year-old Bokbunja plants at levels of 0 (UC: untreated control), 20, and 40 Mg/ha, respectively. The physicochemical characteristics of Bokbunja were investigated 15, 20, and 25 days after flowering (DAF). There were no differences between the chemical compositions of the group. However, the total sugar contents of the fruit harvested 15, 20, and 25 DAF from MHWC were increased 0.54~0.56, 0.46~0.53, and 1.80~2.52%, respectively, as compared with UC. The free sugar content in fruit from the MHWC group was higher compared to the other groups. The fructose and glucose contents were increased 0.08~0.31% and 0.08~0.18%, respectively. The organic acid content of the fruit was increased in the MHWC and PMC groups, and citric acid constituted 92.67~93.59% of the total organic acid content. In conclusion, MHWC treatment is a compost source for quality improvement of total sugar, free sugar, and organic acid contents of Bokbunja.

PM2.5 Simulations for the Seoul Metropolitan Area: (III) Application of the Modeled and Observed PM2.5 Ratio on the Contribution Estimation (수도권 초미세먼지 농도모사: (III) 관측농도 대비 모사농도 비율 적용에 따른 기여도 변화 검토)

  • Bae, Changhan;Yoo, Chul;Kim, Byeong-Uk;Kim, Hyun Cheol;Kim, Soontae
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.445-457
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we developed an approach to better account for uncertainties in estimated contributions from fine particulate matter ($PM_{2.5}$) modeling. Our approach computes a Concentration Correction Factor (CCF) which is a ratio of observed concentrations to baseline model concentrations. We multiply modeled direct contribution estimates with CCF to obtain revised contributions. Overall, the modeling system showed reasonably good performance, correlation coefficient R of 0.82 and normalized mean bias of 2%, although the model underestimated some PM species concentrations. We also noticed that model biases vary seasonally. We compared contribution estimates of major source sectors before and after applying CCFs. We observed that different source sectors showed variable magnitudes of sensitivities to the CCF application. For example, the total primary $PM_{2.5}$ contribution was increased $2.4{\mu}g/m^3$ or 63% after the CCF application. Out of a $2.4{\mu}g/m^3$ increment, line sources and area source made up $1.3{\mu}g/m^3$ and $0.9{\mu}g/m^3$ which is 92% of the total contribution changes. We postulated two major reasons for variations in estimated contributions after the CCF application: (1) monthly variability of unadjusted contributions due to emission source characteristics and (2) physico-chemical differences in environmental conditions that emitted precursors undergo. Since emissions-to-$PM_{2.5}$ concentration conversion rate is an important piece of information to prioritize control strategy, we examined the effects of CCF application on the estimated conversion rates. We found that the application of CCFs can alter the rank of conversion efficiencies of source sectors. Finally, we discussed caveats of our current approach such as no consideration of ion neutralization which warrants further studies.

Evaluation of Stability in the Purified Wood Vinegar and Its Hair Growth Effect (목초액의 안정성 및 모발 성장 촉진 효과)

  • Cho, Young-Ho;Lee, Ju-Yeon;Lee, Jong-Hwa;Cho, Jae-Su;Lee, Gye-Won
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1389-1395
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    • 2009
  • Generally, it takes a long time to purify wood vinegar, and it contains toxic compounds such as tar, methanol, phenol and benzopyrene. To reduce the toxicity of wood vinegar itself, we have developed a new purification method of wood vinegar using an oxidation-cohesion reaction and distillation with an active carbon. We have investigated the physico-chemical change (pH, specific gravity, refractive index and dissolved tar), the change of amount of toxic compounds (carbonyl group, phenol, benzopyrene and residual solvents) and organic acids (formic acid (FA), acetic acid (AA), propionic acid (PA)) of the purified wood vinegar under the long term and accelerated storage conditions. Also, we have evaluated the effect of the purified wood vinegar on hair growth using an alopecia model of C57BL/6 mice. As a result, we could find out that the purified wood vinegar was stable and remained without decay under the storage conditions and benzopyrene, a carcinogenic agent, was not detected in the purified wood vinegar. After topical treatment of the purified wood vinegar solution or minoxidil (MXD) for 2 weeks to dorsal skin, the hair regrowth of the mice accelerated faster than that of the control, with no clinical signs. In conclusion, we could suggest a guideline for quality control of process to reduce the toxic compounds in wood vinegar and it might be a useful hair growth promoter in the treatment of baldness or alopecia.

Effect of Adding Levels of Rice Bran Fiber on the Quality Characteristics of Ground Pork Meat Product (미강 식이섬유 첨가 수준이 분쇄형 돈육 육제품의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Yun-Sang;Choi, Ji-Hun;Han, Doo-Jeong;Kim, Hack-Youn;Lee, Mi-Ai;Kim, Hyun-Wook;Jeong, Jong-Youn;Paik, Hyun-Dong;Kim, Cheon-Jei
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.319-326
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    • 2008
  • This study evaluated the effects of adding levels of rice bran fiber on the chemical compositions, cooking characteristics and sensory properties of ground pork meat products. Meat products were produced with products containing 0% (control), 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5% and rice bran fiber. The control had the highest protein and fat contents, cooking loss, reduction in diameter, CIE L value and CIE a value of uncooked product, and CIE L value of cooked product. The meat product containing rice bran fiber had the higher ash, pH, and CIE b value than the controls. The addition of 5% rice bran fiber resulted in the lowest cooking loss and L value of cooked meat products. Meat product with 2% rice bran had the highest water content, water holding capacity, hardness, color, tenderness, juiciness values. There was a significant difference among the ground meat products with respect to sensory properties, and meat products containing 1% and 2% rice bran had higher overall acceptability than the other meat products.

Studies on the Quality of Silage from Domeestic Herbage I. Effects of water , corn starch and glucose as additives on Kudzu ( Puerarie thunbergii Bentham ) silage (야초 사일리지의 품질향상에 관한 연구 I. 칡 사일리지 제조에 있어서 물, 전분, 포도당 첨가효과)

  • Kim, Dae-Jin;Leem, Wan
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.162-167
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    • 1987
  • This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of the feeding value for the wild legumes silage-making with additives. The chopped Kudzu (Puerarie thunbergii Bentham) of wild legumes was ensiled by the conventional method in the small experimental silo of 2 liters. The additives used in the present experiments were water (8%),water (8%) plus corn starch (3%) and water (8%) plus glucose (3%). These additives as well as that of control without additive were set up and these silage were compared with the conventional corn silage. The fermentative qualities and the characteristic of fiber (neutral detergent fiber, NDF; acid detergent fiber, ADF; acid detergent lignin, ADL) of silage produced was determined by chemical analysis, and dry matter digestibility (DMD) was evaluated by pepsin-cellulase technique. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1 The weight of Kudzu silage was lost under the 10% for all the treatments. 2 In degree of pH for the Kudzu silages with glucose, starch, control and water treatments were high 3.80,4.04,4.57 and 5.34, respectively.

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Effects of Dietary Fiber from Rice Bran on the Quality Characteristics of Emulsion-type Sausages (미강에서 추출한 식이섬유 첨가가 유화형 소시지의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Yun-Sang;Jeong, Jong-Youn;Choi, Ji-Hun;Han, Doo-Jeong;Kim, Hack-Youn;Lee, Mi-Ai;Kim, Hyun-Wook;Paik, Hyun-Dong;Kim, Cheon-Jei
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2008
  • This study evaluated the effects of dietary fiber extracted from rice bran on the chemical composition, cooking characteristics and sensory properties of emulsion type sausage. Sausages were produced containing 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4% dietary fiber extracted from rice bran. The negative control had the highest fat, cooking loss, CIE L- and CIE a-values. The sausages containing rice bran had higher moisture, ash, pH, and CIE b-values than the control. Sausages with 3% rice bran had the lowest cooking loss. Sausages with 4% rice bran had the highest hardness and cohesiveness. There was a significant difference among the emulsion sausage samples with respect to sensory properties, with sausages containing 1% and 2% rice bran having a higher overall acceptability than the other sausages.

Changes of Quality Properties of Pork Loaves with Chemical-free Sweet Persimmon Powder during Chilled Storage at 5℃ (무 농약 단감분말로 제조한 미트로프의 5℃ 냉장 저장 중 품질 변화)

  • Ha, Chang-Ju;Jin, Sang-Keun;Nam, Young-Wook;Yang, Mi-Ra;Ko, Byung-Soon;Kim, Il-Suk
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.237-246
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    • 2008
  • Four different pork loaves were made with two levels, HP/FP-3% and HP/FP-6%, containing 3.0 and 6.0% HP(hot air dried sweet persimmon powder)/FP(freezer dried sweet persimmon powder), respectively. HP and FP(3% and 6%) were added into ground pork loin separately. A control without persimmon powder were used for comparison. Patties were cooked to 74℃ in electric oven, after cooling, the aerobic packaged meat loaves were stored at 5℃. The moisture and crude ash were higher in the FP-6%, and the crude protein and crude fat were no different among the samples. The pH in control sample was significantly higher(p<0.05) than those of treatment group, however no significant difference was found among the 4 treatments. The TBARS(thiobarbituric reactive substance) values of all samples showed a tendency of increasing value along the storage days. The TBARS and a* value increased(p<0.05) as the addition ratio of HP/FP increased, respectively. With regard to microorganisms, the number of total aerobic bacteria were lower than 3.11 log10 CFU/g. In sensory evaluation, meat loaves containing persimmon powder resulted in a high overall acceptability, although they were not significantly different in overall acceptability.

Quality Characteristics of Sponge Cakes with Wheat-Rice Composite Flour (쌀가루 혼합분으로 제조한 스폰지 케이크의 품질 특성)

  • Ju, Jung-Eun;Nam, Youn-Hwa;Lee, Kyong-Ae
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.22 no.6 s.96
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    • pp.923-929
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    • 2006
  • Sponge cakes were prepared by replacing wheat flour with rice flour ranging from 10-40% and their physico-chemical, textural and sensory properties were examined. Rice flour addition decreased the moisture content and increased the total sugar and protein contents of the sponge cake. The viscosity and specific volume of batter increased with rice flour addition. 'L' values of crumb of sponge cakes with 20% or more rice flour were lower, whereas corresponding 'a' values were higher than those of the control. Textural hardness was increased, and textural cohesiveness and springiness were decreased with the addition of 30% or 40% rice flour. perceived that sponge cake with 20% or more rice flour had a weaker sweet flavor than the others. With the addition of 30% or 40% rice flour, sponge cake showed a stronger roasted and weaker greasy flavor, and less softness and cohesiveness than the other sponge cakes. The sensory did not find my significant difference in overall acceptability between the control and rice flour-added sponge cakes. Therefore, wheat flour could be replaced by rice flour up to 40% without reducing acceptability.

The Effect of a Au Based Bonding Agent Coating on Non-Precious Metals-Ceramic Bond Strength (비귀금속 합금에 적용한 Au Based Bonding Agent가 금속-도재 결합에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jung-Hwan;Ahn, Jae-Seok
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study investigated the effect of Au coating on adhesion between porcelain matrix and metal substructure interface. Titanium, Ni-Cr alloy and Co-Cr alloy are well known as proper metal for the dental restorations. The success of a porcelain fused to metal (PFM) restoration depends upon the quality of the porcelain-metal bond. However, adhesion between dental alloys and porcelain is related to diffusion of oxygen during ceramic firing. The excessive oxidized layers make hard adhesion between dental alloy and ceramic. Ni-Cr and Co-Cr specimens were divided into test and a control group and Titanium specimens were divided into three test groups and a control group. Each group had 20 specimens. The adhesion characteristics of porcelain and metal with Au coating layer and without Au coating layer were observed with scanning electron microscopy(SEM). The adhesion was evaluated by a biaxial flexure test and volume fraction of adherent porcelain was determined by SEM/EDS analysis. Result of this study suggest that Au coating layer is effective barrier to diffuse oxide layer completely protect non-precious alloys from oxidation during the porcelain firing. The SEM photomicrographs of cross-section specimens showed a smooth interface between Au coating layer and metals and porcelain which suggested proper chemical bonding, and no gap, porosity were observed. The mode of failure was mainly adhesive for Ti tested specimens, but mixed failures with adhesive and cohesive were observed in Ni-Cr and Co-Cr specimens. The adhesion between non-precious metals and porcelain would not be improved by Au coating agent. However, It is suggested that the continuous study is required further investigation and development.

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Analysis of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yields at the Doam-dam Watershed considering Soil Properties from the Soil Reconditioned Agricultural Fields using SATEEC System (SATEEC 시스템을 이용한 객토 토양의 토성고려에 따른 도암댐 유역의 토양유실 및 유사량 분석)

  • Yoo, Dongsun;Ahn, Jaehun;Yoon, Jongsuk;Heo, Sunggu;Park, Younshik;Kim, Jonggun;Lim, Kyoung Jae;Kim, Ki-sung
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.518-526
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    • 2007
  • There have been serious soil erosion and water pollution problems caused by highland agriculture practices at Doam-dam watershed. Especially agricultural activities, chemical and organic fertilizer and pesticide applications, soil reconditioning to maintain soil fertility are known as primary causes of soil erosion and water qaulity degradation in the receiving water bodies. Among these, soil reconditioning can accelerate soil erosion rates. To develop soil erosion prevention practices, it is necessary to estimate the soil erosion from the watershed. Thus, the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model has been developed and utilized to assess soil erosion. However, the USLE model cannot be used at watershed scale because it does not consider sediment delivery ratio (SDR) for watershed application. For this reason, the Sediment Assessment Tool for Effective Erosion Control (SA TEEC) was developed to assess the sediment yield at any point in the watershed. The USLE-based SA TEEC system can estimate the SDR using area-based SDR and slope-based SDR module. In this study, the SATEEC system was used to estimate soil erosion and sediment yield at the Doam-dam watershed using the soil properties from reconditioned agricultural fields. Based on the soil sampling and analysis, the US LE K factor was calculated and used in the SA TEEC system to analyze the possible errors of previous USLE application studies using soil properties from the digital soil map, and compared with that using soil properties obtained in this study. The estimated soil erosion at the Doam-dam watershed without using soil properties obtained in the soil sampling and analysis is 1,791,400 ton/year (123 ton/ha/year), while the soil erosion amount is 2,429,900 ton/year (166.8 ton/ha/year) with the use of soil properties from the soil sampling and analysis. There is 35 % increase in estimated soil erosion and sediment yield with the use of soil properties from soil reconditioned agricultural fields. Since significant amount of soil erosion are known to be occurring from the agricultural fields, the soil erosion and sediment yield from only agricultural fields was assessed. The soil erosion rate is 45.9 ton/ha/year without considering soil properties from soil reconditioned agricultural fields, while 105.3 ton/ha/year after considering soil properties obtained in this study, increased in 129%. This study shows that it is very important to use correct soil properties to assess soil erosion and sediment yield simulation. It is recommended that further studies are needed to develop environment friendly soil reconditioning method should be developed and implemented to decrease the speed of soil erosion rates and water quality degradation.