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Development of a Plastid DNA-Based Maker for the Identification of Five Medicago Plants in South Korea

  • Kim, Il Ryong;Yoon, A-Mi;Lim, Hye Song;Lee, Sunghyeon;Lee, Jung Ro;Choi, Wonkyun
    • Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.212-220
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    • 2022
  • DNA markers have been studied and used intensively to identify plant species based on molecular approaches. The genus Medicago belongs to the family Fabaceae and contains 87 species distributed from the Mediterranean to central Asia. Five species of Medicago are known to be distributed in South Korea; however, their morphological characteristics alone cannot distinguish the species. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships using collected five species of Medicago from South Korea and 44 taxa nucleotide information from NCBI. The constructed phylogenetic tree using gibberellin 3-oxidase 1 and tRNALys (UUU) to maturase K gene sequences showed the monophyly of the genus Medicago, with five species each forming a single clade. These results suggest that there are five species of Medicago distributed in South Korea. In addition, we designed polymerase chain reaction primers for species-specific detection of Medicago by comparing the plastid sequences. The accuracy of the designed primer pairs was confirmed for each Medicago species. The findings of this study provide efficient and novel species identification methods for Medicago, which will assist in the identification of wild plants for the management of alien species and living modified organisms.

Soil Respiration Characteristics in Pinus densiflora Forests in Republic of Korea: A Case of Mt. Jeombongsan, Mt. Namsan, and Mt. Jirisan (2009~2010) (우리나라 소나무림의 토양호흡 특성: 점봉산, 남산, 지리산 사례 연구 (2009~2010))

  • Jae-Ho Lee;Young-Ju Yu;Sang-Hun Lee;Man-Seok Shin;Jae-Seok Lee
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.440-448
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    • 2023
  • This study measured soil respiration in pine forests dominated by Pinus densiflora in Mt. Jeombong, Mt. Namsan, Mt. Jirisan in Republic of Korea from 2009 to 2010. The seasonal variations, along with temperature and soil moisture content, were measured to understand the characteristics at each site. Soil respiration was highest in summer and autumn, closely influenced by the increase in soil temperature. Throughout the measurement period, soil respiration ranged from 205.6 to 312.2 mg CO2 m-2 h-1, with Mt. Namsan showing the highest values and Mt. Jirisan the lowest. A strong correlation was observed between soil respiration and soil temperature, with Q10 values ranging from 2.5 to 3.0. Precipitation significantly affected soil moisture content, and although it appeared to influence soil respiration, no significant correlation was found.

Personal Informatics as an Information Ecology: Activity Trackers and Relational Affordances

  • Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2022
  • With the proliferation of activity-tracking devices and other smart tools, more users leverage these personal informatics technologies to track their physical and fitness-related activities. The research on the benefits (and limitations) of these devices tends to focus on the use of a single tool, leaving out the interactions among multiple technologies, and how these interactions influence the way users perceive their affordances. Building from an ecological perspective, I extend this research by providing insight into the competitive and complementary relationships among activity tracking devices and other fitness-related and personal informatics technologies within the device ecology of technologies around the user. The affordances of these devices are therefore not enacted in isolation but are relational to understanding of other technological options and differing personal preferences and goals of the user.

A Study on the Tendency to Employment of Elderly (노인의 취업성향에 관한 연구 -취업노인과 비취업노인의 비교-)

  • Yi, Yeong-Sug
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.285-298
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to find out specific ways to invigorate the employment of the elderly. To achieve this goal, attitude and information about elderly employment were required, and the groups divided based on them were found. The results of the research are as follows: 1. Attitudes toward employment of the elderly was considerably positive. Among the attitudes, the attitude toward employment-support was the most positive, and the attitude toward employment-motive was relatively less positive. 2. The extent the elderly possessed information about employment was comparatively limited, and quite a low score was shown in knowledge of employment-information of the elderly, which means the elderly are not exposed to the ways to get employed. 3. The groups were divided in four type: passive-stagnation, positive-adjustment, lack of information-work oriented, retirement oriented. Of the employed, the positive-adjustment were the most and the passive-stagnation were the least, while the lack of information-work oriented were the most and the retirement oriented were the least of the unemployed. The result that the lack of information-work oriented were the most of the unemployed shows the choice of unemployment was not an intended one.

Development and Applications of Ecological Data Portal Service (EcoBank) for Sharing Ecological Information of Korea (생태정보의 공유를 위한 생태정보 포털서비스 (EcoBank) 구축 및 활용 방안)

  • Sung, Sunyong;Kwon, Yong Su;Kim, Ki Dong
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.212-220
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    • 2018
  • Ecological and ecosystem database is becoming very necessary to understand origins and relationship between human and nature and also to minimize disturbance caused by human activities. An ecological information portal can play important roles as a computing system to collect knowledge, distributed research findings and separated data from researchers. In this study, we designed and developed ecological information portal service (EcoBank 1.0) for collecting and providing ecological information for diverse classes of stakeholders. To reach the goal, we had reviewed related and comparable ecological database portals to design conceptual structure of EcoBank system including database management framework. Then, we developed some functions of ecosystem analysis for each stake-holders (researchers, general public and policy makers). As a result of this study, we successfully designed of EcoBank system covering the functions of Digital Object Identifier(DOI) publishing and data quality management process. Also, we (1) applied ecological indices for calculating biodiversity by administrative boundary for policy makers, (2) provided statistical information of econature map for general public and distribution characteristics of species for researchers. To make a successful establishment of EcoBank, we have to collect and build up related database and offer various and reliable ecological data consistently. We expect that the successful construction of EcoBank will help not only to accomplish sustainable development goals but also to raise the welfare of ecosystem in Korea.

A Study on the Information Search, Information Use and Search Outcome of Adolescent Consumers -Focus on Clothing Purchase Behavior- (청소년 소비자의 정보탐색, 정보활용 및 탐색성과에 대한 인과분석 -의류 구매를 중심으로-)

  • Heo, Jin-Young;Kim, Young-Seen
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.61-74
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the information search, information use and search outcomes. 420 students in Chungnam and Taejon area were surveyed. Questionnaire survey method and multiple regression and path analysis were used. Some major conclusions were as follows: 1) The levels of the information search, information use and search outcomes were relatively low. 2) The volumes of information search and the contents of information were mainly affected by psycho-behavioral variables. 3) The level of information use was affected by the content of information, desire to seek information, involvement, and previous knowledge. 4) The search outcome was affected positively by the information use, involvement, volume of information search, desire to seek information, and perceived risk. 5) The volume of information search and the information use were the parameter of the search outcomes.

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Digital Application of Intangible Cultural Heritage from the Perspective of Cultural Ecology

  • Jing, Xiuli;Tan, Fang;Zhang, Mu
    • Journal of Smart Tourism
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 2021
  • This paper explored the digital application of intangible cultural heritage from the perspective of cultural ecology. Through field investigations, combined with cultural ecology theory, an ontology-based semantic web technology was proposed, and Nanjing "Yunjin" brocade weaving technique was selected as the research object. The specific steps were as follows: First, based on the field surveys and cultural ecology theory, the intangible cultural ecological environment was divided into natural and social environments. Next, constructing the intangible cultural heritage ontology was constructed, including the collection and collation of Nanjing Yunjin weaving technique knowledge corpus, based on user needs analysis and corpus analysis, CIDOC CRM was used to create rules to build the ontology. Finally, based on the MediaWiki platform and Semantic MediaWiki, the semantic web model of the intangible cultural heritage was designed, and its semantic retrieval function was realized, thereby achieving the practical application of intangible cultural heritage digitization. Based on the perspective of cultural ecology, a set of intangible digital application models was proposed, which expanded the digital application of the cultural ecology theory, verified the application of this model in the sustainable development of cultural tourism, and provided reference for the sustainable development of cultural tourism.