• KIEAE Journal
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2013

Many countries over the world have taken many discussions and endeavors on environmental improvements of energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions for solving global climate change problems. In Korea, pre-considerations of environment-conscious factors in buildings have been taken to be critical with new constructions and renovation markets. In this situation, the Korean Green Building Certification(KGBC) system to induce the diffusion of sustainable buildings was introduced in 2002 and developed as an improved version of the G-SEED(Green Standard for Energy and Environmental Design) system in 2013 after major revisions. This research examines the importance of assessment criteria on apartment buildings to certify green buildings using the AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) method and suggests a new direction on certification assessment standards from the AHP result. In order to apply the AHP method, the survey via e-mail was conducted to design staffs in domestic architectural firms. As a result, assessment criteria such as ecological environment, indoor environment, and energy & environment pollution among 7 main ones proved to be important on assessing the G-SEED system for apartment buildings, while criteria such as land use & transportation, material & resource, water circulation management, maintenance management did relatively unimportant.

• 환경생물
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.330-342
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• 2008

A comprehensive quality survey for PCDDs/PCDFs and coplanar PCBs as well as heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) in sediments has been investigated in August 2006, Korea. Monitoring was undertaken at five streams representing different surrounding environments throughout Juwang and Gapyeong streams (reference sites), Jungrang stream (dense population site), Ansan stream (mixed small population and industrial site), and Siheung stream (heavy industrial site). The levels of heavy metal in samples were found to be significantly higher in sediment from Siheung stream compared to those of other stream sites. The heavy metal concentrations (dry weight basis) in sediment from Siheung stream were as follows; Cd (3.7 ${\mu}g$/g), Pb (1,295 ${\mu}g$/g), Cu (713.4 ${\mu}g$/g) and Zn (358.1 ${\mu}g$/g). Among 12 coplanar PCBs and 17 PCDDs/PCDFs selected as target compounds in this study, PCB (IUPAC no. 118) and OCDD were the most abundant congeners found in all sediment samples, followed by 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, OCDF and 1,2,3,4,6,7,8HpCDF as well as PCB (IUPAC no. 105). These results were shown to be in the same trend as the sediment samples of other countries. The levels of PCDDs/PCDFs/coplanar PCBs in sediment samples were expressed as concentrations and WHO- TEQ values. The PCDDs/PCDFs/coplanar PCBs concentrations and their WHO-TEQ values in sediment from Siheung stream were remarkably high. The levels detected were 788.16 pg/g and 36.080 pg WHO-TEQ/g dry weight for PCDDs/ PCDFs and 314 pg/g and 0.4189 pg WHO-TEQ/g dry weight for coplanar PCBs, respectively, beyond the safety level of sediment value 20 pg WHO-TEQ/g. Sediment samples of the five streams were also monitored by sensitive biomarkers using insect immune responses: hemocyte-spreading behavior and immune-associated enzyme activities of phospholipase A$_2$ (PLA$_2$) and phenoloxidase. Organic extracts of Siheung and Jungrang sediments significantly interfered with the hemocytespreading behavior, whereas those of Ansan, Gapyeong, and Juwang did not. These organic extracts did not inhibit the PLA$_2$ and phenoloxidase activities. However, phenoloxidase was highly susceptible to exposure to aqueous extracts in all site sediments. In comparison, PLA$_2$ activities of the hemocytes were significantly inhibited only by aqueous extracts of Siheung, Jungrang, and Gapyeong sediments, but not by those of Ansan and Juwang. Despite some disparity between bioand chemical monitoring results, the biomarkers can be recommended as a device warning the contamination of biohazard environmental chemicals because of a fast and inexpensive detection method.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.539-543
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• 2006

부산 연안에서 월동 중 사망한 아비류 3종 25개체의 체내 조직 중 카드윰과 납 축적 레벨을 밝히고 오염 수준을 파악하였다. 카드뮴과 납 농도는 아비, 회색머리아비, 큰회색머리아비 3종간에 종간차가 인정되지 않았다(p>0.05). 조직 중 카드뮴 농도는 0.02$\sim$18.3${\mu}g/g$의 범위로 신장에서 가장 높고 뼈에서 가장 낮은 정상적인 조직분포를 보였다. 간 조직 중 카드뮴 농도 (3.45$\sim$6.34${\mu}g/g$)는 다른 나라에서 보고된 아비류 농도(ND$\sim$7.11${\mu}g/g$)와 비슷하였다. 큰회색머리아비 1개체를 제외한 모든 개체의 신장 조직 중 카드뮴 농도는 비오염수준(<30 ${\mu}g/g$)에 해당하였다. 조직 중 납 농도는 0.03$\sim$1.49${\mu}g/g$의 범위로 뼈에서 가장 높고 근육에서 가장 낮은 정상적인 조직분포를 보였다. 간 조직 중 납 농도(0.19$\sim$1.22${\mu}g/g$)는 보고된 정상적인 아비류 농도와 비슷하였다. 대부분의 간 조직 중 납 농도는 비오염수준(0.15$\sim$3.0 ${\mu}g/g$)에 해당되었다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2008

Objectives: The main goals of cancer treatment are improvement of quality of life and survival prolongation. There is a limitation to prolonging the survival time in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited for traditional Korean cancer treatment. Methods: We evaluated the quality of life of 23 hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited for oriental medicine treatment at East-West Neo Medical Center from June to October of 2007. FACT-G (Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-General), used in this study, is a scale for evaluation of QOL confirmed validity and reliability, popularly used in many countries to evaluate QOL of cancer patients. Results: The average age of enrolled patients was 57. There were 10 hepatocellular carcinoma patients, 7 pancreatic cancer patients, 6 biliary tract cancer patients. Twenty one patients were in stage IV and 20 patients had distant metastases. By Sasang constitution, Taeumin were 7, Soyangin were 8, and Soeumuin were 8. The baselines of FACT-G score in the first visit were from 34.33 to 85, and the mean score was 67.3. The mean score of FACT-G in hepatocellular carcinoma patients was 67.5, that of pancreatic cancer patients was 62.5, and that of biliary tract cancer patients was 71. Conclusions: This study is valuable as an initial QOL study of hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer patients who visited an oriental medical clinic. We believe that consistent studies will be necessary to demonstrate oriental treatment-related quality of life with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer.

• 생태와환경
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• 제38권1호통권110호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2005

2003년 8월부터 2004년 4월까지 청평호의 어류상 및 어류군집을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 조사된 어류는 총10과 43종 4,591개체이었다. 한국 고유종은 18종 (41.86%) 이었다. 우점종은 가시납지리 (A. gracilis)로 17.43%고, 피라미 (Z. platypus) 14.59% , 줄납자루 (A. yamatsutae) 13.16%, 누치 (H. labeo) 11.85%, 밀어 (R. brunneus) 11.68%, 갈겨니 (Z. temmicki) 3.03% 등의 순으로 나타났다. 채집된 어종들의 생체량을 살펴보면 총 71,979.8 g이 채집되었고 강준치 (E. erythropterus) 15,071.9 g으로 가장 많았으며 다음은 누치 (H. labeo) 13,205.3 g, 떡붕어 (C. cuvierj) 6,469.7 g, 가시납지리 (A. gracilis) 6,051.2 g, 피라미 (Z, platypus) 4,705.8 g등의 순으로 나타났다. 청평호에서 확인된 도입종은 뱀장어 (A. japonica), 꾹저구 (C. urotaenius), 민물검정망둑 (T. brevispinis), 떡붕어 (C. cuvieri), 파랑볼우럭 (L. macrochirus), 큰입우럭 (M, salmoides) 등 6종이었다. 이 중 떡붕어 (C. cuvieri,), 파랑볼우럭 (L. macrochirus), 큰입우럭 (M. salmoides)은 국외종이며 뱀장어 (A. japonica), 꾹저구 (C. urotaenius), 민물검정망둑 (T. brevispinis)는 국내 다른 수계로부터 도입된 종이다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 우리나라 대표적인 4대강 수계의 퇴적물을 대상으로 HCB와 DDTs 농도분포 특성에 대해 검토하였다. HCB 농도는 한강 0.41~3.80(평균 1.58) ng/g, 낙동강 0.08~6.09(평균 0.90) ng/g, 금강 0.02~0.97(평균 0.30) ng/g, 영산강 0.28~0.59(평균 0.42) ng/g, 섬진강 0.23~0.48(평균 0.32) ng/g 으로 검출되었다. DDTs 농도는 한강 0.67~14.20(평균 4.76) ng/g, 낙동강 N.D.~10.36(평균 1.81) ng/g, 금강 N.D.~7.26(평균 1.87) ng/g, 영산강 N.D.~3.12(평균 1.08) ng/g 및 섬진강에서 0.02~2.04(평균 0.56) ng/g으로 검출되었다. 우리나라 하천 퇴적물 중 HCB와 DDTs 농도는 다른 나라의 강이나 하구언 퇴적물 농도와 비교해도 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 퇴적물 시료에서 검출된 농도를 미국해양기상연구소가 제시한 퇴적물권고기준치와 비교한 결과 HCB의 농도는 모두 ERL 값에 크게 미치지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. DDTs의 경우 46개 시료에서 ERL(1.58 ng/g)을 초과하는 농도를 나타내어 현재 퇴적물 중 DDTs 농도가 저서생물에 위해한 영향을 줄 것으로 예상되는 수준은 아니나 지속적인 관찰이 요구되는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.456-460
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 백단향의 다양한 추출방법에 따른 항산화활성, 미백 효과 및 세포 독성을 평가 하였다. DPPH 라디칼에 대한 소거능은 n-Hexane 추출물을 제외한 모든 추출물에서 양성대조군인 L-ascorbic acid ($IC_{50}$, $28.7\;{\mu}g/mL$)보다 강하거나 동등한 활성을 나타내었으며, 그중에서도 70% acetone추출물에는 강한 라디칼 소거능($IC_{50}$, $18.6\;{\mu}g/mL$)을 나타내었다. 또한 LDL 산화억제 실험에서도 활성이 인정되었고 총 페놀 함량이 높게 나타난 70% acetone 추출물에 가장 강한 활성($IC_{50}$, $58.3\;{\mu}g/mL$)이 확인되었으며, 다음으로 MeOH, EtOH, Hot water, n-Hexane추출물 순의 활성을 관찰할 수 있었다. Tyrosinase 저해활성을 평가한 결과 양성 대조군인 arbutin ($IC_{50}$, $13.7\;{\mu}g/mL$) 및 kojic acid ($IC_{50}$, $8.3\;{\mu}g/mL$)보다 다소 약한 활성을 나타내었으며 70% Acetone을 이용하여 백단향을 추출할 경우 미백 활성이 가장 강한 결과를 얻었다. 백단향의 열수 추출물은 마우스멜라노마세포(B16F10)에 대해서 1.0 mg/mL의 농도에서 24.7%의 성장억제효과를 나타내었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.611-615
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• 1992

Problems with maintaining service and equipment in some developing countries suggest that the rumen bag technique may be more appropriate for the determination of plant dry matter digestibility. The technique has been adapted for use in goats in the 16-25 kg liveweight range. Reliable results were obtained for animals maintained under shelter in cages and fed on a mixed legume/grass diet. The results showed that up to 7 bags containing dried and ground (2 mm screen) plant samples (1-3 g) could be satisfactorily used in each goat. The digestibility of the legumes studied did not increase with incubation times over 48 hours, but there was an increase in the digestibility of grasses. However an incubation time of 48 hours was adapted for both legumes and grasses as it allowed more efficient work scheduling for large numbers of samples while still giving acceptable comparisons between species. Losses of material from the bags during a 6 hour soaking in water were 2-9% as fine solids and 14-21% in solution. In the method finally adapted the disappearance was measured for plant samples that were placed in Dacron mesh bags ($7{\times}14cm$, 44 micron) and 6 bags suspended in the rumen of each sheep for 48 hours.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2020

Microseira wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) G.B.McGregor and Sendall ex Kennis, a mat-forming filamentous harmful cyanobacterium, has historically been found in the United States. Microseira wollei produces neurotoxins and hepatotoxins which affect declining water quality. In the present research, we report of unrecorded M. wollei with morphology, TEM anatomy, molecular phylogeny on the Korean population. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, Korean population were different by 0.02% (2 bp) to the Japanese population, 1.2-1.3% to the Australian population, and 2.5-3.7% to the United States populations. nifH gene sequences were 8.4-8.7% different to Australian ones and 3.5-3.8% to other population, however molecular phylogenetic analysis of M. wollei living in Korea revealed monophyly with the geographical populations of U.S.A., Australia, and other geographical populations. Since the mat of M. wollei has been reported to be maintained for several years in other countries, it is necessary further investigate the seasonal and regional distribution of this species in Korea.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2020

The study investigates the role of commodity prices and tax purpose recognition on bitcoin prices. Since the introduction of bitcoin in 2008, emphasis has focused on economists, policy-makers and analysts drastically increasing bitcoin's accessibility and commodity values (Dumitrescu & Firică, 2014). This study employs GARCH and EGARCH from ARCH/GARCH family on daily nature data. We measure the volatile behavior of bitcoin by employing auto-regressive conditional heteroscedasticity model with the aim to explore the relationship between major commodities and bitcoin volatility. We focus on major commodities like gold, silver, platinum, and crude oil to be regressed with bitcoin. The daily prices of commodities were retrieved from www.investing.com and bitcoin prices from www.coindesk.com for the period from 29April 2013 to 16 October 2018. Results confirmed the currency's long-term volatile behavior, which is due to its composition and market dynamics, whereas the existence of asymmetric information effect is not confirmed. Tax recognition by other countries may in future help in controlling the volatility as bitcoin is not a country-specific security. But, only silver impacts on volatility in comparison to oil prices and platinum, which is due to its similar features with gold. Eventually, bitcoin can be used for risk diversification and money making.