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Analysis of Genes Activated by Salt and ER Stress in bZIP17 and bZIP28 Gene Transgenic Potato Plants

  • Kim, Kyung Hwa;Choi, Man Soo;Chun, Jae Buhm;Jin, Mi Na;Jeong, Nam Hee;Kim, Dool Yi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.179-179
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    • 2018
  • Potato (Solanum tubersosum L.) is susceptible to various environmental stresses such as salt, high temperature, and drought. Especially, potato tuber growth is greatly affected by drought that causes not only yield reduction but also loss of tuber quality. Since unpredictable global weather changes cause more severe and frequent water limiting conditions, improvement of potato drought tolerance can minimize such adverse effects under drought and can impact on sustainable potato production. Genetic engineering can be utilized to improve potato drought tolerance, but such approaches using endogenous potato genes have rarely been applied. We were obtained AtbZIP28 gene transgenic potato plants. It is identified transcript levels at various stress conditions, polyethylene glycol (PEG), NaCl, (ABA). Also, For identification to regulate ER stress response genes in AtbZIP28 gene transgenic potato plant, we screened seven potato genes from RNA-seq analysis under TM treatment. Five and two genes were up- and down-regulated by TM, respectively. Their expression patterns were re-examined at stress agents known to elicit TM, DTT, DMSO and salt stress.

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Laryngeal silicone stent as a treatment option for laryngeal paralysis in dogs: a preliminary study of 6 cases

  • Theron, Marie-Laure;Lahuerta-Smith, Tomas
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.58.1-58.10
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    • 2022
  • Background: Laryngeal paralysis is a common idiopathic degenerative neurological disease in older medium-to-large breed dogs, with surgical correction of the obstruction being the treatment of choice. Objectives: This study evaluated the use of laryngeal silicone stents to treat canine laryngeal paralysis in dogs where classic surgical treatment was not accepted by the owners. Methods: Dogs diagnosed with laryngeal paralysis, for which the owners refused arytenoid lateralization surgery as a first-line treatment, were treated with laryngeal silicone stents. Results: Six dogs with bilateral laryngeal paralysis were included in the study. All dogs showed improvement in clinical signs immediately after the procedure. No clinical signs or radiographic changes were noted in four out of six dogs in the follow-up visit performed 1 wk later. One dog was suspected of aspirating water while drinking, but the signs disappeared after repositioning the stent. Another dog had a relapse of stridor due to caudal migration of the stent. This dog underwent arytenoid lateralization surgery because larger stents are not commercially available. At the time of writing, between seven and 13 mon after stent placement, no significant incidents have occurred in four dogs, and all owners report a satisfactory quality of life. Conclusions: Laryngeal silicone stenting is an interesting alternative for treating dogs with acquired laryngeal paralysis when the owners refuse classic arytenoid lateralization surgery. Furthermore, stent placement can be a temporary solution to stabilize these dogs until a permanent surgical treatment can be performed.

Optimization of Yanggaeng Processing Prepared with Mulberry Juice (오디즙 첨가 양갱의 제조 조건 최적화)

  • Pyo, Seo-Jin;Joo, Na-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.283-294
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal mixing conditions for three different amounts of mulberry juice, sugar, and agar powder for Yanggaeng prepared with mulberry juice. The experiment was designed according to the central composite design for estimating the response surface, which demonstrated 16 experimental points including 2 replicates for mulberry juice, sugar and agar powder each?? The mechanical and sensory properties of test materials were measured, and these values were applied to the mathematical models. A canonical form and perturbation plot showed the influence of each ingredient on the final product mixture. Measurement results of the mechanical properties showed a significant increase or decrease?? in pH, sugar content, water content, viscosity, l-value, a-value, b-value, hardness, springiness, chewiness, gumminess, cohesiveness. Also the sensory measurements showed a significant improvement?? in appearance, flavor, color, sweetness, texture, overall quality. As a result, the optimum formulation by numerical and graphical methods was calculated as mulberry juice 41.99 g, sugar 90.00 g, agar powder 3.18 g.

Improvement of Electrical Discharge Drilling (방전드릴링의 가공특성 향상)

  • Song, Ki-Young;Chung, Do-Kwan;Park, Min-Soo;Chu, Chong-Nam
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.27 no.10
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2010
  • Electrical discharge drilling (ED-drilling) is a widespread machining method used to bore small holes with a high aspect ratio. This paper presents additional methods by which ED-drilling can improve machining speed, tool wear, and machined surface quality. Firstly, for high machining speed, and low tool wear, a new-type electrode that was ground on one side or both sides of the cylindrical electrodes was suggested to expel debris. The debris which is generated during the machining process can cause sludge deposition and secondary discharge problems: major reasons to decrease machining speed. This new-type electrode also reduced tool wear that was due to the decrease of unstable discharge in a machining gap by helping to expel waste water and debris from the gap. Secondly, to improve the machined surface roughness, an electrolyzation process was included after drilling. This process made the machined surface smooth by means of an electrochemical reaction between an electrode and a workpiece. In this study, the machining speed, electrode wear, and surface roughness were improved by the newtype electrode and the electrolytic process.

SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS USING TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGIES IN URBAN UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

  • Dae-Hyun (Dan) Koo;Samuel Ariaratnam
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2013.01a
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    • pp.367-374
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    • 2013
  • Underground infrastructure systems provide essential public services and goods through buried structures including water and sewer, gas and petroleum, power and communication pipelines. The majority of existing underground infrastructure systems was installed in green field areas prior to development of complex urban built environments. Currently, there is a global trend to escalate major demand for underground infrastructure system renewal and new installation while minimizing disruption and maintaining functions of existing superstructures. Therefore, Engineers and utility owners are rigorously seeking technologies that minimize environmental, social, and economic impact during the renewal and installation process. Trenchless technologies have proven to be socially less disruptive, more environmentally friendly, energy conservative and economically viable alternative methods. All of those benefits are adequate to enhance overall sustainability. This paper describes effective sustainable solutions using trenchless technologies. Sustainability is assessed by a comparison between conventional open cut and trenchless technology methods. Sustainability analysis is based on a broad perspective combining the three main aspects of sustainability: economic; environmental; and social. Economic includes construction cost, benefit, and social cost analysis. Environmental includes emission estimation and environmental quality impact study. Social includes various social impacts on an urban area. This paper summarizes sustainable trenchless technology solutions and presents a sustainable construction method selection process in a proposed framework to be used in urban underground infrastructure capital improvement projects.

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Comparison of NPS Reduction at Yongsan Area Considering Spatio-Temporal Chnages in CN (CN의 시공간적 변화를 고려한 용산 물순환 환경도시계획의 비점오염물질 저감효과 비교)

  • Choi, Jae-Wan;Lee, Sung-Joon;Ryu, Ji-Chul;Shin, Dong-Seok;Lim, Kyoung-Jae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1203-1212
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    • 2012
  • Yongsan ward is located at central place connecting south and north ecology axis of seoul. Various environment-friendly Yongsan development could pose positive effects on NPS(non pollutant source) pollutant reductions and water quality improvement at Han-rive because BOD, T-N, and T-P NPS discharges took 90% of total pollutant from this area. In this study, direct runoff and NPS pollutant loads were evaluated before and after development using spatio-tamporal change in CN(curve number) and EMC(event mean concentration) data. It was found that direct runoff value is $23,584,724m^3$, and BOD, T-N and T-P loads are 104,456 kg/year, 111,483 kg/year and 7,500 kg/year under pre-development condition, respectively. Annual runoff, BOD, T-N and T-P reducing rate were 12.9%, 33.3%, 35.6% and 40.7% under integrated post-development condition, respectively. Based on the results obtained in this study, environment-friendly urban development could be achieved at Yongsan area.

A Study on the Thermal Characteristics of LPG and Hydrox Gas Cutting (Hydrox Gas 절단과 LPG 절단의 열적특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hong-Gun;Kwac, Lee-Ku
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.301-305
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    • 2010
  • Cutting procedures where qualities are determined by various demand factors largely influences shipbuilding productivity. Particularly, defects in cutting shapes and cutting surface results in delay for post shipbuilding stages such as in welding and assemblage lines which could become factors for reduced economic viability of the project. Existing cutting procedures utilize fossil fuels such as propane or ethylene as the main fuel component and these methods applied particularly to ship plate cutting gives relatively slow cutting speed and generates large quantities of harmful and sometimes poisonous polluting fumes of which warrants an urgent need to look for alternative cutting methods. Recent introduction of hydrox gas generated by electrically dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen components to be utilize as an alternative cutting fuel has resulted not just in visible improvement on cutting quality and speed over the existing methods but it has also been welcomed as an environmentally friendly clean fuel source. This paper has been prepared to serve as the basis for accommodating this environmentally friendly hydrox gas cutting method into actual working environment by observing and recording hydrox gas cutting thermal characteristics.

Vegetation classification based on remote sensing data for river management (하천 관리를 위한 원격탐사 자료 기반 식생 분류 기법)

  • Lee, Chanjoo;Rogers, Christine;Geerling, Gertjan;Pennin, Ellis
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2021.06a
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    • pp.6-7
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    • 2021
  • Vegetation development in rivers is one of the important issues not only in academic fields such as geomorphology, ecology, hydraulics, etc., but also in river management practices. The problem of river vegetation is directly connected to the harmony of conflicting values of flood management and ecosystem conservation. In Korea, since the 2000s, the issue of river vegetation and land formation has been continuously raised under various conditions, such as the regulating rivers downstream of the dams, the small eutrophicated tributary rivers, and the floodplain sites for the four major river projects. In this background, this study proposes a method for classifying the distribution of vegetation in rivers based on remote sensing data, and presents the results of applying this to the Naeseong Stream. The Naeseong Stream is a representative example of the river landscape that has changed due to vegetation development from 2014 to the latest. The remote sensing data used in the study are images of Sentinel 1 and 2 satellites, which is operated by the European Aerospace Administration (ESA), and provided by Google Earth Engine. For the ground truth, manually classified dataset on the surface of the Naeseong Stream in 2016 were used, where the area is divided into eight types including water, sand and herbaceous and woody vegetation. The classification method used a random forest classification technique, one of the machine learning algorithms. 1,000 samples were extracted from 10 pre-selected polygon regions, each half of them were used as training and verification data. The accuracy based on the verification data was found to be 82~85%. The model established through training was also applied to images from 2016 to 2020, and the process of changes in vegetation zones according to the year was presented. The technical limitations and improvement measures of this paper were considered. By providing quantitative information of the vegetation distribution, this technique is expected to be useful in practical management of vegetation such as thinning and rejuvenation of river vegetation as well as technical fields such as flood level calculation and flow-vegetation coupled modeling in rivers.

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The Characteristics of Ozonizer using Dielectric Barrier Discharge and Water Quality Improvement (유전체 장벽 방전에 의한 오존발생기의 오존생성 및 하수 수질개선 특성)

  • Lee, Chang-Ho;Lee, Ho-Sang;Woo, Sung-Hun;Kim, Jong-Hyun;Song, Hyun-Jig;Lee, Sang-Keun;Lee, Kwang-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.273-276
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 Air 및 Oxygen을 원료가스 사용하여 원통형 오존발생기의 오존생성농도를 측정하여 오존발생량 및 오존생성 수율을 계산하였다. 오존발생기에서 발생된 오존을 오존접촉조내의 원수 30[L]에 기상 오존주입량 3[g/$m^3$]를 투입하여 오존접촉 시간의 변화에 따른 오존접촉 실험 6일 후의 녹조 특성을 조사하였다. 오존생성특성 결과 원료가스가 Air인 경우, 최대오존생성 농도는 유량 1.0[$\ell$/min] 에서 5.5[g/$m^3$], 최대오존발생량은 유량 5.0[$\ell$/min] 에서 1.0[g/h]를 얻을 수 있었고, 원료가스가 Oxygen인 경우, 최대오존생성농도는 유량 1.0[$\ell$/min] 에서 51.5[g/$m^3$], 최대오존발생량은 유량 4.0[$\ell$/min] 에서 4.5[g/h]를 얻을 수 있었다. 오존접촉 실험 6일 후에서 원수와 오존접촉시간 1분에서 녹조 현상을 관찰할 수 있었고 나머지 오존접촉시간에 따른 오존 처리 수에서는 녹조 생성을 관찰할 수 없었다.

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A Study on Drainage Performance of Domestic Plastic Board Drains and Recovery of Discharge Capacity by Vacuum Effect (국내 PBD재의 배수성능과 진공효과에 의한 통수능력 향상에 관한 연구)

  • 박영목
    • Geotechnical Engineering
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.39-54
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    • 1997
  • Laboratory testings were carried out on plastic board drains (PBDs) using large scale test apparatus to evaluate the physical properties and the drainage performance. The test results reveal that the domestic products of PBDs are well compared with the foreign prod acts as far as the quality and drainage performance are concerned. It has also been confirmed that the discharge capacity decreases with time in such a way that the air bubbles are entrapped inside kinky PBDs and these air bubbles block the water flow through PBDs. It has been found that the vacuum pressure iseffectively applicable to recover the discharge capacity affected by the entrapped air bubbles.

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