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A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of Gloiopeltis furcata J. Agardh (Rhodophyta) in Korea

  • Lee, Jae-Won
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.165-171
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    • 1995
  • Plants of G. furcata were divided into four variant populations. The habit characteristics, external and internal morphology were analysed quantitatively in order to clarify their morphological variation. Among four variant populations, type I(typical G. furcata type) and type II(G. furcata f. intricata type) may be influenced by the time when the develop from the crustose basal discs and the tidal level. Type III is the immature plants, and type IV (G. furcata f. coliformis type) is a G. furcata population in late spring after the luxuriant season. For the reason, the formas of G. furcata f. intricata and f. coliformis are no more valid in Gloiopeltis furcata.

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Transcervical or Laparoscopic Insemination of Frozen-thawed Semen in Estrus-synchronized Himalayan Tahrs (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

  • Yong, Hwan-Yul;Park, Jung-Eun;Kim, Min-Ah;Bae, Bok-Soo;Kim, Seung-Dong;Ha, Yong-Hee;Oh, Chang-Sik;Kim, Doo-Hee;Kim, Myoung-Ho;Yoo, Mi-Hyun;Jeong, Yu-Jeong;Ro, Sang-Chul
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.291-295
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    • 2010
  • Four estrus-induced Himalayan tahrs (Hemitragus jemlahicus) were inseminated with frozen-thawed semen by laparoscopic or transcervical insemination techniques with no regard to the site of ovulation in non-breeding season. In June and July, 2009, estrus was synchronized by Eazi-Breed $CIDR^{(R)}$ (Controlled internal drug release; Pfizer Animal Health, New Zealand) insertion for 16 days and PG 600 (PMSG 400IU, hCG 200 IU; Intervet, Netherlands) injection (IM) a day before removing $CIDR^{(R)}$. Forty eight hours later, laparoscopic or transcervical insemination was done to each of two tahrs under anesthetic condition inducted by ketamine (1.5 mg/kg) and medetomidine (0.09 mg/kg). For examination of estradiol and progesterone, blood was collected right before $CIDR^{(R)}$ insertion, PG 600 injection, $CIDR^{(R)}$ removal and insemination. Estradiol levels of four tahrs (No. 1, 2, 3, 4) before $CIDR^{(R)}$ insertion and insemination were 13.3, 8.8, 14.3, 12 pg/ml and 23.5, 25.5, 21.1, 11.5 pg/ml, respectively. Progesterone levels of four tahrs (No. 1, 2, 3, 4) before $CIDR^{(R)}$ insertion and insemination were 1.8, 0.05, 0.63, 0.61 ng/ml and 1.03, 0.37, 1.48, 2.12 ng/ml. Except for No. 4 tahr, cervices showed cervical mucus and opened enough to penetrate with embryo transfer gun sheet usually used for cows. Therefore, No.4 was laparoscopically inseminated together with No. 1. In conclusion, none of four Himalayan tahrs was pregnant. However, we proved that estrus could be induced by CIDR and PG 600 injection in non-breeding season, and laparoscopic or transcervical insemination with frozen-thawed semen could be one of assisted reproductive techniques in Himalayan Tahr.

A Study on the Spring Season Food in View of Oriental Medicine (한의학 이론에 근거한 봄철 시절식(時節食)의 고찰)

  • Ji, Myoung-Soon;Kim, Yong-Jin
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.21-36
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    • 2013
  • Jeol-sik, (festive seasons every 15 days based on sun cycle), refers to both Korean Traditional Festival food(jeol-sik), intertwined between months, and in-season meals(si-jeol-sik) in which the ingredients used are produced in each and one of the four season. Si-jeol-sik is a kind of recommendatory food, which is combined to seasonal changes. I found that ingredients in Si-jeol-sik of spring are helpful for strengthening one's life force. Moreover, the ingredients also reflects seasonal changes. The main ingredient of Si-jeol-sik in January(in lunar year) is rice. Rice is good for upgrading one's stomach qi(energy). Rice continues to be used in February. In addition, some greens are included in February Si-jeol-sik as to help defecation. In March, the ingredients become diverse and abundant. The main concern in the ingredients found in March is not limited to stomach qi. These changes of ingredients are in line with the concept of 'health maintenance', which is written in Huangdi Neijing. The writing teaches the wisdom of adaptation to nature. Si-jeol-sik's basic idea is maybe giving people some food, which includes useful elements to help them survive through a season or the next season. They can be also explained properly by the help of five flavours theory. According to Huangdi Neijing liver is main organ of spring. So liver is more important than other organs in spring. And the most efficient way for liver is supplying sweet or sour food. Interestingly, there are many sweet elements in Si-jeol-sik of spring.

Effect of Transplant and Harvest Time on Grain Quality of Rice in Reclaimed Paddy Field (간척지에서 이앙기 및 수확시기가 쌀의 품질 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Je-Cheon Chae
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.534-539
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    • 2003
  • The yield and quality characteristics of three rice varieties(Seojinbyeo, Ilpumbyeo, and Chuchungbyeo) in reclaimed saline paddy field were investigated under different cultural practices, three transplanting times (May 15, May 30 and June 15) and four harvest times (40, 50, 60 and 70days after heading) in order to obtain basic information for the production of high quality rice. Brown rice yield of three rice varieties were significantly higher in early and medium than late season cultivation. The protein content of milled rice showed high interaction effect between transplanting time and harvest time. Palatability values of Seojinbyeo and Ilpumbyeo were significantly higher in late than medium season cultivation, but Chucheongbyeo did not show any difference in its palatability value by different transplanting time. The palatability values of three rice variety was the highest in the harvest at 40 days after heading. The grain yield of three rice varieties were higher in early and medium than late season cultivation, whereas palatability values of three rice varieties were significantly higher in the early and late season cultivation than medium season cultivation. The palatability value measured by rice taster showed a highly negative correlation(r=$0.43^{**}$) with cumulative air temperature during ripening period.

Exposure to PM10 and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Associated with Automobile Travels (자동차 운행과 관련한 PM10 및 일산화탄소 노출 평가)

  • 조완근;이진우
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.321-329
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    • 2001
  • This study included three experiments to evaluate in-vehicle exposures to PM10 and CO: 1) evaluation of in-passenger car exposures, 2) evaluation of in-public bus exposures, and 3) simultaneous evaluation of in-passenger car and in -university bus exposures. The tests of four factors (transportation mode, passenger-car type, commute period, and commute season were focused. A total of 40 actual passenger car commuters, 20 public bus commuters, and four university buses were recruited or surveyed. The same commuters ware participated in both the summer and winter studied. Two factory such as transportation mode and passenger-car type were found to have little effect on the in-vehicle levels of PM10 and CO. Commute period was found to have little effect on the in-vehicle CO levels. Conversely, the other factor, commuting season was found to influence on the in-vehicle levels of PM10 and CO. The present study also confirmed that under the Korean commute conditions, vehicle interiors are an important microenvironment for exposure to PM10 and CO. This was supported by finding that the in-vehicle Air levels were much higher than ambient air levels reported by several previous studies. The mean in -vehicle PM10 concentrations were 114 and 103$\mu\textrm{g}$/m$^3$for passenger cars and public buses, respectively. For CO, the mean in-vehicle concentrations were 2.9 and 2.6 ppm for passenger cars and public louses, respectively.

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Suggestion of the Worth Evaluation of Cool Air and the Allocation Methodology of Cooling Cost (냉기의 가치평가 및 냉방비 배분방법론 제안)

  • Kim, Deok-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.201-208
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    • 2009
  • Our government will make a plan regulating the cooling limit temperature of the summer season to 26 degree and the heating limit temperature of the winter season to 20 degree for energy saving. Where, the key point of this politic pursuit can be the charge system on heating and cooling cost. We have suggested new cost allocation methodology as a worth evaluation method in the precedent study, and preformed the worth evaluation and cost allocation on four kind of warm air produced from a heating system as an example. In this study, we applied the suggested method to four kind of cool air, and preformed the worth evaluation and cost allocation on each cool air. As a result, similarly to the precedent study, the more energy a customer saved, the more cooling unit cost decreased, and the more energy a customer consumed, the more cooling unit cost increased. From this analysis, we hope that the suggested methodology can offer a theoretical basis to the energy charge policy of government, and induce the spontaneous energy saving of consumers.

The Effect of Parity and Calving Seasons on the Reproductive Performance of Korean Native Cows

  • Kim, Bong-Han;Lee, Sang-Kyu;Kim, Ill-Hwa;Kang, Hyun-Gu
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.127-130
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cows parity and calving seasons on the subsequent reproductive performance of the herd of Korean native cows raised under the same condition. With the parity of the cows ranged 1 to 4 (mean: 1.9), significant associations were found between parity and calving interval (p<0.05). Calving interval of the primiparous cows group was 395.0 ${\pm}$ 16.5 days, which was the longest calving interval among the four groups. On the other hand, calving interval of the second parity group was 333.7 ${\pm}$ 3.6 days. The primiparous cows had tendencies that long interval from calving to conception and small number of service per conception relatively when compared with the multiparous cows. In the case of calving season, the interval from calving to first service was short in summer and winter relatively. The interval from calving to conception in summer was the shortest in four seasons. The number of service per conception was larger in spring and winter and smaller in summer and autumn. Calving in spring showed delayed reproductive performance and calving in summer showed desirable reproductive performance.

A Suggestion for the Cost Allocation Methodology of Cool Air Produced from Cooling System (냉방시스템에서 생산된 냉기의 가격배분 방법론 제안)

  • Kim, Deok-Jin
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.499-504
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    • 2008
  • Our government will make a plan regulating the cooling limit temperature of the summer season to 26 degree and the heating limit temperature of the winter season to 20 degree for energy saving. Where, the key point of this politic pursuit can be the charge system on heating and cooling cost. We have suggested new cost allocation methodology as a worth evaluation method in the precedent study, and preformed the worth evaluation and cost allocation on four kind of warm air produced from a heating system as an example. In this study, we applied the suggested method to four kind of cooling air as an example, and preformed the worth evaluation and cost allocation on each cooling air. As a result, similarly to the precedent study, the more energy a customer saved, the more heating unit cost decreased, and the more energy a customer consumed, the more heating unit cost increased. From this analysis, we hope that the suggested methodology can offer a theoretical basis to the politic pursuit of government, and induce the spontaneous energy saving of consumers.

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Prediction of Chemical and Physical Properties by Climatic Factors in Burley Tobacco (기상요인에 의한 버어리종 잎담배의 이화학적 특성 예측)

  • Jeong, Kee-Taeg;Cho, Soo-Heon;Bock, Jin-Young;Lee, Joung-Ryoul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2007
  • This study was conducted in order to predict the chemical and physical properties by climatic factors during the growing season of burley tobacco as soon as possible. The data of six chemical and five physical properties were collected from "Analysis of chemical and physical properties on farm leaf tobacco" conducted at KT&G Central Research Institute from 1987 to 2006. Data of climatic factors from April to July in 6 districts were collected from Korea Meteorological Adminstration. Except for total nitrogen, total nitrogen/nicotine and yellowness(b), all probabilities of linear regression equations between the climatic factors(X) and the average contents of twelve grades(whole plant) for chemical and physical properties(Y) were significant($P{\leq}0.05$). The predicable probabilities within ${\pm}20%$ range of difference were 100% in ether extract content, 95% in nicotine content, and 90% in filling value. These results suggest that the regression equations may be useful to predict the average content of twelve grades for four chemical and four physical properties by climatic factors during the growing season of burley tobacco at the beginning of August.