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Effects of the Environmental Issue Instruction Materials for Elementary Students Based on IEEIA Model (IEEIA 모형을 활용한 환경 쟁점 수업이 초등학생의 환경 소양에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Eun-Jung;Lee, Sang-Won
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.124-136
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to develop the environmental issues instruction materials for elementary students based on IEEIA model, and to investigate the influence of on environmental literacy of 6th graders in elementary school. A reconstructed questionnaire through Jin(2004)'s test tool is used to survey the effects of applying an environmental issue instruction materials. The i-STATistics program is used to analyze the results. The results of this study are as follows. First, this instruction materials had a positive effect on elementary school students' environmental literacy in environmental issue. Second, according to qualitative analysis, students appear to be more concerned and interested in the environment and environmental problem while participating in an environmental issue instruction based on the IEEIA model. In conclusion, the environmental issue instruction materials has a positive effect on environmental literacy. Therefore, this environmental issue instruction is meaningful as a new environmental education method, and it is necessary to more intensively and systematically research on the teaching-learning activities related to this study.

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Effect of Environmental Marketing on Consumer Trust and Loyalty at Coffee Stores (커피전문점의 환경마케팅이 소비자 신뢰 및 충성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Ji-Eung;Park, Ji-Yang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.251-260
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    • 2012
  • This study was designed to provide practical environmental marketing data by measuring the effect of environmental marketing on customer loyalty and trust at coffee stores. The results were obtained by empirical analysis and are summarized as follows. The first hypothesis, the effect of environmental marketing on consumer trust at coffee stores, showed that environmental marketing at coffee stores had a statistically significant positive effect on consumer trust. Price, product, and facilities as sub-factors of environmental marketing at coffee stores had effects on consumer trust. Especially, facilities was the highest. The second hypothesis, the effect of environmental marketing on customer loyalty at coffee stores, showed that environmental marketing at coffee stores had a statistically significant positive effect on customer loyalty. Price, product, and facilities as sub-factors of environmental marketing at coffee stores had effects on customer loyalty. Especially, facilities was the highest. The third hypothesis, the effect of consumer trust on customer loyalty at coffee stores, showed that consumer trust at coffee stores had a statistically significant positive effect on customer loyalty. Improvement of consumer trust by environmental marketing was an important factor in improving customer loyalty. As for these findings, price, product, and facilities as sub-factors of environmental marketing at coffee stores had effects on consumer trust and loyalty. Consequently, these findings provide helpful information for coffee stores to plan environmental marketing strategies and establish direction, and they can be used for management activities.

Toxicological Effects of PFOS and PFOA on Earthworm, Eisenia fetida

  • Joung, Ki-Eun;Jo, Eun-Hye;Kim, Hyun-Mi;Choi, Kyung-Hee;Yoon, Jun-Heon
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.181-186
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    • 2010
  • Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) are anthropogenic compounds found in trace amounts in many environmental compartments far from areas of production. Along with the highly persistent nature of PFCs, there are increasing concerns over the potential adverse effects of them on the ecosystems. Most of highly fluorinated compounds degrade into PFOS and PFOA that are very stable compounds hard to break down. So, in this study, we tried to determine the toxicity of PFOS and PFOA in the terrestrial invertebrate. Acute toxicity test using earthworm, Eisenia fetida, was performed according to the OECD test guideline 207 (Earthworm, Acute Toxicity Tests). In the 14 day acute toxicity tests, the highest concentration causing no mortality and the lowest concentration causing 100% mortality of PFOS were 160 and 655 mg/kg (dry weight), respectively. And the highest concentration causing no mortality and the lowest concentration causing 100% mortality were 500 and 1,690 mg/kg (dry weight), respectively in the PFOA-exposure group. 14 day-LC50 values were estimated at the level of 365 and 1,000 mg/kg (dry weight) in the PFOS and PFOA-exposed group. These results indicate that under laboratory conditions PFOS is about 3 times more toxic to earthworms than PFOA. Based on known environmental concentrations of PFOS in the soil of Korea, which occur in the 0.42~0.73 ng/L range, there is no apparent risk to terrestrial invertebrate, earthworms. However, further work is required to investigate long-term effects on these and other terrestrial organisms.

Hepatoprotective Effects of Polysaccharides of Croton tiglium on $\textrm{CCl}_4$ Intoxication (사염화탄소의 간독성에 대한 파두 다당류분획의 예방효과)

  • 이은경;길이룡;소동수;창동신;전선덕;정명규;문창규
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.11 no.3_4
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 1996
  • In present study, we fractionated polysaccharides from Croton tiglium and investigated their hepatoprotective effects on CCl$_4$ intoxication. Polysaccharide fraction of which molecular weight is over 300,000 (HP) showed the most potent hepatoprotective effects on CCl$_4$ intoxication. Lipid peroxidation, sAST and sALT were used as parameters to evaluate the liver damage. Glucose, xylose and arabinose were found to be monosaccharides composing sugar moiety of HP.

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The Effects of Environmental Dynamism on the Dissolution Intention (환경의 동태성이 관계해지의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Boy-Yeon;Oh, Se-Jo
    • Journal of Distribution Research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.85-106
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    • 2005
  • This study has investigated the mediating effects of dependence, goal incongruence, and conflict in processing of environmental dynamism effects on the dissolution intention in the discount store industry. As the result of hypotheses test using data collected from 180 supplier samples, environmental dynamism has the positive effects on dependence, goal incongruence, and conflict. Goal incongruence has the positive effect on conflict. Goal incongruence and conflict has the positive effects on dissolution intention. But, dependence didn't decrease dissolution intention significantly. Finally, the authors discussed the theoretical contributions, managerial implications, and limitations of this study and presented the future research directions.

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Determining Emotional Effects of Pet Plants Through Analysis of Daily Gardening Records (가드닝 일지 분석을 통한 반려식물이 정서면에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Hee-Seog;Cho, Tae-Dong
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.789-796
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    • 2018
  • This study aims to measure the emotional effects of pet plants, which have become popular in recent years. A questionnaire regarding perceptions of these indoor plants was administered to 78 university students. Thirty of these students took care of two species of pet plants for 90 days, and the emotional effects of this exercise were determined based on the type of words used in their daily records. The questionnaire results showed that the general recognition of emotional effects was low, though awareness of the term "pet plants" was high. However, after gardening for 90 days, participants began to consider their pet plants friends or family members, noting feelings of affection and sympathy in their daily writeups. These participants also experienced positive changes in their emotional well-being, including feelings of joy, hope, relaxation, confidence, and accomplishment. This study argues that pet plants can have positive effects on emotional stability and suggests that their adoption would be beneficial to humanity at large.

Binary Mixture Toxicity of AROCLOR 1248, Oleic Acid, and Elemental Sulfur to Vibrio fischeri Luminescence

  • Kalciene, Virginija;Dabkeviciene, Daiva;Cetkauskaite, Anolda
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.24 no.11
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    • pp.1541-1546
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    • 2015
  • The objective of this research was to evaluate the toxicity of the industial xenobiotic Aroclor 1248 (A) and natural origin substances~elemental sulfur (S80) and oleic acid (OA) and their binary mixtures to V. fischeri bioluminescence during the prolonged exposure time (up to 60 min). The bioluminescence quenching test was used to determine the toxic effects. Full factorial experiment design and multiple regression analysis and the comparison of binary mixture effect with the sum of effects of individual chemicals were used for the evaluation of combined effects of toxicants. The analysis of general trend of mixture toxicity to bioluminescence showed that mixture toxic effects were reversible up to 60 min. Data analysis revealed different joint effects, which were depended on mixture composition. S80 enhanced toxic effect of A and acted additively with synergistic interaction. Hydrophobic OA in mixture with A acted antagonistically and in mixture with sulfur caused an additive effect with antagonistic component of interaction. It was concluded that low concentrations of natural toxic substances present in environmental samples as mixtures of chemicals can define the toxicodynamic character of industrial xenobiotics.