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An Assessment of Ascending Functions of the Pool-and-Weir Fishway at Jamsil Weir in the Han River (한강 잠실수중보 계단식 어도의 어류소상기능 평가)

  • Park, Sang-Deog;Shin, Sung-Sook;Ahn, Hyo-Yoon;Ma, Soo-Bong;Hwang, Chong-Seo
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.541-552
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, ascending functions of the pool-and-weir fishway which has been established for the upstream migration of migratory fish at Jamsil Weir in the lower part of the Han River was assessed by applying tile Existing Fishway Measurement Method, and measures to improve these functions were suggested. The primary fish which ascended the fishway during the period of measurement was Erythroculter erythropterus Basilewsky, greater than 29cm in the body length. A total of 361 individual fish were collected with traps established at the exit of the fishway The maximum ascending capacity for the fish was 2.53${\times}$10^{-3}$ fish/hr/g. The fishway of Jamsil Weir does not satisfy the various fish species inhabiting in the river. Especially, small fishes of lower swimming ability may not ascend the fishway because the difference in water levels between upper and lower pools in the fishway was too large at the exit and there was too much discharge flowing into the fishway. This fishway does not have a roll in the ascending function for other species except Erythroculter erythropterus Basilewsky and Hemibarbus labeo Pallas, for which swimming ability is great. In order to improve the ascending function of the fishway, the structures of the fishway need to be changed so that various species in the river can easily ascend and the fishway function be taken into consideration in operation of the gates of the weir. Additional construction of fishways on both sides of the lower flow channel are needed to correct a decline in the fishway effectiveness due to continuous flow over the fixed part of the weir.

Efficacy between Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture Therapy and Hominis Placenta Pharmacopuncture Therapy on Peripheral Facial Paralysis : Retrospective Comparision Study (말초성 안면신경마비에 대한 황련해독탕약침과 자하거약침의 효능 : 후향적 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Jung Hun;Yang, Tae Jun;Kim, Seon Wook;Jeong, Joo Yong;Ma, Young Hun;Oh, Jae Seon;Choi, Jeong Wook;Lee, Eun Ji;Wei, Tung Shuen
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2015
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of Hwangryunhaedok-tang pharmacopuncture therapy with Hominis Placenta pharmacopncture therapy in hospitalized patients with peripheral facial paralysis. Methods : We investigated 34 cases of patients with peripheral facial paralysis who were admitted into the Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion of Dongshin University Suncheon Oriental Hospital from February 1, 2014 to June 31, 2015. Subjects were divided into two groups, Hwangryunhaedok-tang pharmacopuncture group(HR group), and Hominis Placenta Pharmacopuncture group(JH group). HR group was treated by Hwangryunhaedok-tang pharmacopuncture five times a week and JH group was treated by Hominis Placenta Pharmacopuncture five times a week. And both groups were treated by acupuncture, electroacupuncture, herbal medicine therapy, western drug therapy equally. To investigate the effectiveness of treatment, we used House-Brackmann Grading System, Yanagihara's unweighted grading system and Sunnybrook facial grading scale at before admission and after admission. Results : Each scores by 3 evaluation methods improved both in two groups. However, there were no significant differences in improvement between two groups. Conclusions : These results suggest that the Hwangryunhaedok-tang pharmacopuncture therapy is as effective as Hominis Placenta pharmacopuncture therapy to improve symptoms of peripheral facial paralysis.

Feasibility of Pyrophyllite Ceramic Membrane for Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling (국내산 납석기반 세라믹 멤브레인 수처리 적용 가능성 평가 및 파울링 현상관찰)

  • Park, Eunyoung;Jang, Hoseok;Choi, Nakcheol;Lee, Sungjae;Kim, Jeonghwan
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.205-211
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    • 2016
  • Performance of pyrophyllite-based ceramic membranes newly developed were investigated. Membrane fouling caused by microbial suspensions taken from a full-scaled MBR system at domestic wastewater treatment plant was observed at different airflow rate and distance between each membrane. For the pyrophyllite support, pore size was about $1.0{\mu}m$, but surface coating with $Al_2O_3$ solution decreased the pore size with the reduction of the pure water permeability. With the MLSS taken from the full-scaled MBR system (6 g/L), the fouling rate was decreased by increasing airflow rate under $20L/m^2{\cdot}hr$ of setpoint flux. However, the effectiveness of the airflow rate on the fouling control depends strongly upon the gap between each membrane. At fixed airflow rate, the fouling rate was decreased by increasing the gap between each pyrophyllite membrane. Nevertheless, further increasing the membrane distance from 3.5 to 5.4 cm resulted in higher fouling rate. Similar result was observed with the $Al_2O_3$ coated-pyrophyllite membrane. Nevertheless, the fouling rate was lower with the coated membrane than that observed with the uncoated pyrophyllite support. Regardless of surface coating, the suspended solids were removed almost completely and the surface coating on the pyrophyllite support improved organic rejection with PEG solution (MW : 8000 kDa) tested.

The effect of nonionic surfactants on the antimicrobial activity of preservatives in cosmetic products (비이온 계면 활성제가 화장품의 방부력에 미치는 영향)

  • 최종완
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.42-63
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    • 1992
  • In order to investigate the effect of nonionic surfactants on the antimicrobial activity of preservatives in the presence and absence of p.0.E(20) Sorbitan fatty acid ester commonly used in cosmetics and pharmaceutical systems, these experiments were carried out by determining Minimum Inhibitory Concentration(MIC) values and MIC values of adaptation against test organisms. And also the inactivation of the preservative against each microorganism in formula added with various concentrations of P.0.E(20) Sorbitan monostearate were measured by use of a preservative death time curve The results obtained were as fort low : 1) Nonionic surfactant inactivated Methylparaben to varying extents, but not Imidazolidinyl urea. 2) A combined preservative system was inactivated to a little extent (range of 0.16-0.20% Conc.), no adaptation was observed for the 5. aureus ATCC 6538. Imidazolidinyl urea complex combined with Methylparaben had a broad antibacterial spectrum against the Gram(.) and the Gram(-) bacteria It was found that preservatives had a synergistic effect by use of mixed form of preservatives, 3) In formula preserved with 0.2% Methylparaben containing 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0% P.0.E(20) Sorbitan monostearate, E. coli ATCC 10s36 and P. aeruginosa NCTC 10490 died quickly within in 2hr 4) However, from Fig.5, S. aereus ATCC 6538 died more slowly within increasing surfactant concentration and the D-values(Decimal reduction time) were 5.2, 8 and 14 hr. for samples containing 0.5, 1 0 and 2.0% P 0. E(20) Sorbitan monostearate, respectively. 5) In the case of Methylparaben, no adaptation for the E. coli ATCC 10536 6) All of the nonionic surfactant, p.0. E(20) Sorbitan fatty acid ester used in the experiments decreased the effectiveness of Methylparaben, but not of Imidazolidinyl urea.

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Analytical Determination of Cyanide in Maesil (Prunus mume) Extracts (매실추출제품의 시안화합물 분석법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Jung;Lee, Hwee-Jae;Jang, Jin-Wook;Kim, In-Young;Kim, Do-Hyeong;Kim, Hyun-Ah;Lee, Soo-Min;Jang, Ho-Won;Kim, Sang-Yub;Jang, Young-Mi;Im, Dong-Kil;Lee, Sun-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.130-135
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    • 2010
  • Picrate, enzyme-picrate and instrumental analysis methods using IC (Ion Chromatography) and HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) were compared for their effectiveness in determining cyanide in extracts of Maesil, which is classified as a harmful substance. First, the picrate method showed the shortest analysis time (about 5 hr). The color of picrate paper changed at 0.01 mg/$200\;mL\;CN^-$. However, it was difficult to detect cyanide from amygdalin of glucosides. Second, we performed a qualitative analysis for total cyanide (free cyanide and cyanide from amygdalin) by the enzyme-picrate method using $\beta$-glucosidase and a quantitative analysis by spectrophotometry. Finally, analysis of cyanide by IC and HPLC required the longest determining time (about 17 hr) as well as pretreatment for each free cyanide and amygdalin. These results suggest that enzyme-picrate is the most effective analysis method for the detection of cyanide in Maesil extracts.

Research of Change of Heart Rate Variability by Psychological Types before and after Meditation Program (α Version) (명상프로그램(α version) 시행 전 후의 심리유형별 HRV 변화 연구)

  • Kim, Geun-Woo;Bae, Hyo-Sang;Kim, Ji-Hwan;Kim, Byoung-Soo;Lee, Pil-Won;Park, Seong-Sik
    • Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.89-102
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: To examine the medical effectiveness of meditation programs ($\alpha$ version) by psychological types. Methods: MBTI, which was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, was used as the Psychological Type test and to investigate psychological temperament and functions and psychological preferences. Heart rate variability was used to test the effectiveness of meditation by investigating time domains (mean HR, SDNN, PSI) and frequence domain parameters (TP, LF, HF, LF or HF norm, Ln (TP or VLF or LF or HF). Results: 1. The autonomic nervous system became active, and both time domains and frequency domains showed positive responses to meditation in heart rate variability tests, without distinction of Psychological Types. 2. In Psychological Types using sensing over intuition for perception, there were positive responses as well as an increase of the parasympathetic nervous system's activeness to meditation for heart rate variability tests, depending on psychological temperaments and psychological functions. 3. In heart rate variability tests by preferences, there was no difference. Extroversion and Introversion types, Sensing over Intuition Types, Thinking over Feeling Types, Judging over Perception Types had an increase of activeness of the parasympathetic nervous system. Therefore, meditation has a positive physical and psychological relaxing effect. Conclusions: A complex meditation program has a positive effect on overall meditation. Especially in the MBTI test, sensing was superior to intuition when people recognized objects. The Sensing, Thinking and Judging type was more advantageous than Intuition, Feeling and Perception, respectively. In the future, a well-designed control study is needed, to develop a suitable meditation for each personality type.

Effect of the Management of Infection for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at an Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (신경외과중환자실 내에서 MRSA 감염관리 효과)

  • Kim, Yun-Kyung;Lee, Ji-Min;Hong, Hae-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: The effectiveness of an infection control program is important to hospital quality improvement and decreases of mortality rate and prevalence. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common pathogen causing nosocomial infection. The aim of the study was to identify the most important risk factors for acquiring an MRSA, to evaluate the MRSA incidence rates after the nursing intervention in Neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Clinical data were collected prospectively from December 2008 until July 2009 in Neurosurgery ICU. The patients were divided into preintervention and postintervention groups. An infection was defined as an MRSA if it occurred 48 hr after admission to the Unit. Infection control program including hand washing, education of health care workers about MRSA, standard precaution and contact isolation of patients were applied for three month. Results: A total of 85 patients were included in the study. Forty-five patients of S. aurerus were detected. Among 45 of S. aurerus, MRSA were isolated from 38 patients. The incidence MRSA rate of postintervention group was 26.9% while incidence MRSA rate of preintervention group was 66.7%. In total, The incidence MRSA rate was 44.7%. The incidence of MRSA have decreased in the postintervention as compared with the preintervention group. Conclusion: The infection control program for MRSA was effective to decrease the MRSA isolation rate. The health care workers regular hand washing, education of nosocomial infection control is important enough to be emphasized.

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Production of ${\delta}-Aminolevulinate$ by Using the Resting Cells of Rhodocyclus gelatinosus KUP-74 (Rhodocyclus gelatinosus KUP-74의 휴지균체를 이용한 ${\delta}-Aminolevulinate$의 생산)

  • Lee, So-Hee;An, Young-Chul;Lim, Wang-Jin;Hwang, Se-Young
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.427-432
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    • 1994
  • The effectiveness of the resting cells of a photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodocyclus gelatinosus KUP-74, was investigated on the production of extracellular ${\delta}-aminolevulinate$ (ALA). The ALA generating system with 1.05 mg cells per milliliter required 6 hr-incubation to obtain maximal yield of extracellular ALA. Under this condition ALA inducers, i.e., levulinate or L-glutamate showed relatively low effects to increase extracellular ALA production. Instead, the volume of the system and proper cell density appeared to be important factors for effective production of the ALA. The life-span of the resting cells was remarkably extended to maintain stable production of the ALA by immobilization of cells.

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Effects of In Vitro Fertilization Conditions of In Vitro Matured Cumulus-Intact Pig Oocytes on Embryo Development

  • Kim, Jae-Young;Lee, Eun-Ji;Park, Jin-Mo;Lee, Hong-Cheol;Park, Hum-Dai;Kim, Jae-Myeong
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.117-122
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    • 2011
  • In this study, we examined the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization of porcine immature oocytes on the embryo development of blastocysts or hatched blastocysts and the number of cells according to the in vitro fertilization conditions. In the in vitro fertilization of in vitro matured porcine oocytes, there were no significant differences between treatment groups regarding fertilization rate, blastocyst rate, and embryo development of hatched blastocysts according to the storage periods of liquid sperm of 24, 48, and 72 hours. The embryo development rate of hatched blastocysts after the fertilization according to different spermatozoa concentrations ($0.4{\times}10^5$, $1.2{\times}10^5$, and $3.6{\times}10^5$ cells/ml) showed the highest rate in the group with a spermatozoa concentration of $1.2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml; in particular, this rate was significantly higher than that in the $0.4{\times}10^5$ cells/ml group (p<0.05). The total number of blastocysts cells as well as trophectoderms (TE) that developed in each treatment group were also significantly higher in the $1.2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml group than in any other groups (p<0.05). In contrast, the embryo development rate of blastocysts according to different co-incubation periods of sperm and oocyte (1, 3, and 6 hr) was high in the 6-hour group; in particular, the rate was significantly higher than that of the I-hour group (p<0.05). Furthermore, the total number of oocytes cells and TEs that developed was significantly higher in the 6-hour group than any other group (p<0.05). In this study, the most effective treatment conditions for porcine embryo development and high cell number were found to be as follows: a sperm storage period of less than 72 hours, a spermatozoa concentration of $1.2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml, and a 6-hour co-incubation period for sperm and ooocyte.

Effects of Hotel Employee' Followership on Service Orientation (호텔구성원의 팔로워십이 서비스지향성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sang-Woo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.450-458
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to suggest implications on hotel HR management through the research on the influence relation with voluntary behaviors that increase the effectiveness of work functions and also hotel employee' perceived followership contributing to achievement of hotel's goals. As study methods to achieve the study objective suggested above, we aim to conduct literature research and empirical study. The data are analyzed by such frequency analysis, validity analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, covariance structure analysis. The SPSS 10.1 and AMOS 4.0 for Windows program was used to investigate material. The major finding can be summarized as follow: The analysis on relationship between followership and revealed that 'critical thinking' and 'enthusiasm' dimensions of but 'active participation' dimension of followership has not affected service orientation. The expected effects through this study are like below. First, it is expected that the theory about followership will be extended by verifying the causal relation between followership and internal mental state. Second, it is also expected to be able to suggest alternatives for qualitative improvement of service and emphasis of the importance of hotel employee'.