• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.15-39
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• 2014

This research conducted a before/after naturalistic field experiment, with the early Arab Spring as the treatment. Compared to before the early Arab Spring, after the observation period the associations became stronger among the Web terms: 'Jihad, Sharia, innovation, democracy and civil society.' The Western concept of civil society transformed into a central Islamist ideological component. At another level, the inter-nation network based on Jihad-weighted Web hyperlinks between pairs of 46 Muslim Majority (MM) nations found Iran in one of the top two positions of flow betweenness centrality, a measure of network power, both before and after early Arab Spring. In contrast, Somalia, UAE, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan increased most in network flow betweenness centrality. The MM 'Jihad'-centric word co-occurrence network more than tripled in size, and the semantic structure more became entropic. This media "cloud" perhaps billowed as Islamist groups changed their material-level relationships and the corresponding media representations of Jihad among them changed after early Arab Spring. Future research could investigate various rival explanations for this naturalistic field experiment's findings.

• 대한수학회논문집
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.495-513
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• 2021

The hypergeometric series of four variables are introduced and studied by Bin-Saad and Younis recently. In this line, we derive several fractional derivative formulas, integral representations and operational formulas for new quadruple hypergeometric series.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.667-673
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• 2009

Ninety six intact male sheep (12 months old with mean live weight of about 35 kg) were used to assess the effects of restricted feeding on intake, digestion, nitrogen balance and metabolizable energy (ME). The animals were selected from two known Iranian small and large body size breeds: 48 Sangsari (S) and 48 Afshari (A), and were divided into two equal groups: restricted (R) and a control (C). Each group had 48 sheep (24 each breed). The experiment had a duration of 15 and 75 days adaptation and treatment periods, respectively. The animals were individually placed in metabolism cages and fed a diet based on pelleted concentrate mixture consisting of alfalfa, barley grain, cottonseed meal and barley straw. The animals in group C were fed ad libitum, while animals in group R were fed at maintenance level and maintained a relatively constant live weight. During the experiment, the average daily weight gain (ADG) of S and A animals in R group was 0.34 and -0.25 g/d (0.02 and -0.02 $g/kg^{0.75}/d$), respectively. While that of S and A animals in C group was 174.4 and 194.4 g/d (10.16 and 11.48 $g/kg^{0.75}/d$), respectively. Nitrogen (N) was determined by both measured and regression methods. Animals of R group stayed at about zero N balance (0.01 and -0.00 g $N/kg^{0.75}/d$ for S and A animals, respectively). The N retention of animals of both S and A breeds in C group were similar (0.45 and 0.46 g $N/kg^{0.75}/d$, respectively). Digestible organic matter intake (DOMI) and ME requirement for maintenance (MEm) were measured by both constant weight technique and regression method by regressing N balance on DOMI and ME intake on ADG. The measured DOMI during constant weight was 24.61 and 24.27 g $DOMI/kg^{0.75}/d$ and the calculated DOMI from regression equation was 24.24 and 24.22 g $DOMI/kg^{0.75}/d$, for S and A animals, respectively. The measured MEm was 402 and 401 kJ $ME/kg^{0.75}/d$ and the calculated MEm from regression analysis was 398 and 400 kJ $ME/kg^{0.75}/d$ for S and A breeds, respectively. There were no significant differences between both measured and regression techniques. There was no significant difference between S and A breeds for DOMI, N retention, MEm, digestibility and metabolizability values. Digestibility values for OM, GE and CP and metabolizability were significantly (p<0.05) higher in restricted feeding sheep compared with that of sheep fed ad libitum.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제48권
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• pp.211-230
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• 2009

이 연구는 김선일 씨 피랍사건을 중심으로 한국언론의 테러보도에 나타난 일반적인 경향들을 살펴보고 있다. 이를 위해 KBS, MBC, SBS에 보도된 김선일 씨 피랍관련 386건의 뉴스 내용을 분석했다. 이 같은 과정을 통해 피랍사건에 나타난 주제와 피랍사건을 전달하는 데 있어 사용된 주요 정보원을 조사했다. 또한 김 씨를 납치, 참수한 단체로 알려진 알 타우히드 알 지하드를 언론이 어떻게 묘사하고 있고 테러가 일어난 사회적이고 역사적 맥락을 얼마나 잘 전달하고 있는지 분석했다. 그 결과 방송 3사의 보도에 나타난 가장 지배적인 주제는 피랍의혹과 관련된 조사와 납치과정을 둘러싼 의혹 등을 다룬 것이었다. 하지만 파병반대목소리나 테러리스트의 요구나 주장은 비교적 소홀히 취급됐다. 방송3사가 의존한 뉴스 정보원은 정부 관료가 압도적으로 많았고 알자지라를 비롯한 미디어도 주요 정보원인 것으로 조사됐다. 알 타우히드 알 지하드에 대한 언론 묘사는 다소 부정적이었고 무장단체(조직/세력)란 표현이 가장 많이 발견됐다. 테러가 일어난 사회적이고 역사적인 배경이나 맥락을 전달한 뉴스는 극소수에 그쳐 한국방송의 테러보도는 여전히 일화적임을 보여줬다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.235-238
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• 2017

Colorado potato beetle is a most destructive insect pest of potato throughout the world. Although utilization of chemical insecticides is a main method for management of this pest, their negative side-effects such as threat to humans and the environmental pollution prompted researchers to search for natural alternatives. Recently plant essential oils with low or without side-effects against noun-targeted organisms and with high availability were considered as safe bio-pesticides. In the present study, toxicity of essential oil of Iranian lemongrass, Cymbopogon citratus Stapf, was evaluated against 3th instar larvae and adults of Colorado potato beetle by a leaf dipping method. Results displayed essential oil had notable toxicity against both larvae and adults after 24 and 48 h exposure times. Probit analysis revealed $LC_{50}$ values (lethal concentration to kill 50% of population) with 95% confidence limits were 10.32 (9.17 - 11.72) and 7.76 (6.80 - 8.74) ${\mu}l/ml$ for larvae and 6.27 (4.82 - 8.15) and 4.35 (3.24 - 5.62) ${\mu}l/ml$ for adults after 24 and 48 h, respectively. Based on regression analysis, a positive correlation between log concentration of essential oil and insect mortality was achieved. Results indicated C. citratus essential oil can be candidate as a natural alternative to the harmful chemical insecticides in the management of Colorado potato beetle.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제15권6_2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2015

테러리즘의 핵심적 목표는 계획적 사회혼란과 심리적 공포의 확산을 통해 정치적, 이념적, 종교적 등의 이해에 유리한 여건을 조성하는 것이다. 따라서 테러집단은 폭력적 충격을 통해 대중적인 심리적 공포를 확산시킬 수 있는 수단과 방법을 최대한 동원한다. 또한 테러리즘은 현대문명의 발전과 국제사회구조를 반영하면서 개념과 수단 방법 등이 유기체적으로 진화하게 된다. 현대 테러리즘의 특징은 테러리즘이 비국가 무장단체의 국가를 상대로 한 전쟁의 수단으로 진화하였으며, 자살폭탄테러는 테러를 통한 국제정치의 일환으로 이슬람 극단 테러조직의 전략에 부합됨으로써 유행처럼 확산되고 있다는 점이다. 인류의 테러리즘의 위협으로부터 해방되기 노력은 무력에 의한 조급한 정책을 십 수년간 실행하여 왔으나 실효성 있는 결과를 얻지 못했으며, 자살폭탄테러라는 극단적인 위협이 확산되는 상황에 직면했다. 자살폭탄테러의 예방은 자살폭탄테러범의 심리적 범행동기를 고려하여 병리현상의 치료와 같은 개념으로 종교적 이질감과 문명에 대한 적대감을 해소함으로써 자살공격의 기반을 줄여나가는 노력을 지속적으로 진행하여 나가야 한다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2020

The latest definition of a prebiotic is "a substrate that is selectively utilized by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit"; it now includes non-food elements and is applicable to extra-intestinal tissues. Prebiotics are recognized as a promising tool in the promotion of general health and in the prevention and treatment of numerous juvenile diseases. Prebiotics are considered an immunoactive agent, with the potential for long-lasting effects extending past active administration of the prebiotic. Because of its extremely low risk of serious adverse effects, ease of administration, and strong potential for influencing the composition and function of the microbiota in the gut and beyond, the beneficial clinical applications of prebiotics are expanding. Prebiotics are the third largest component of human breast milk. Preparations including galactooligosaccharides (GOS), fructooligosaccharides (FOS), 2'-fucosyllactose, lacto-N-neo-tetraose are examples of commonly used and studied products for supplementation in baby formula. In particular, the GOS/FOS combination is the most studied. Maintaining a healthy microbiome is essential to promote homeostasis of the gut and other organs. With more than 1,000 different microbial species in the gut, it is likely more feasible to modify the gut microbiota through the use of certain prebiotic mixtures rather than supplementing with a particular probiotic strain. In this review, we discuss the latest clinical evidence regarding prebiotics and its role in gut immunity, allergy, infections, inflammation, and functional gastrointestinal disorders.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.506-515
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• 2021

Objective: Initial consequence of inbreeding is inbreeding depression which impairs the performance of growth, production, health, fertility and survival traits in different animal breeds and populations. The effect of inbreeding on economically important traits should be accurately estimated. The effect of inbreeding depression on growth traits in sheep has been reported in many breeds. Based on this, the main objective of the present research was to evaluate the impact of inbreeding on some growth traits of Iranian Baluchi sheep breed using quantile regression model. Methods: Pedigree and growth traits records of 13,633 Baluchi lambs born from year 1989 to 2016 were used in this research. The traits were birth weight, weaning weight, six-month weight, nine-month weight, and yearling weight. The contribution, inbreeding and co-ancestry software was used to calculate the pedigree statistics and inbreeding coefficients. To evaluate the impact of inbreeding on different quantiles of each growth trait, a series of quantile regression models were fitted using QUANTREG procedure of SAS software. Annual trend of inbreeding was also estimated fitting a simple linear regression of lamb's inbreeding coefficient on the birth year. Results: Average inbreeding coefficient of the population was 1.63 percent. Annual increase rate of inbreeding of the flock was 0.11 percent (p<0.01). The results showed that the effect of inbreeding in different quantiles of growth traits is not similar. Also, inbreeding affected differently on growth traits, considering lambs' sex and type of birth. Conclusion: Quantile regression revealed that inbreeding did not have similar effect on different quantiles of growth traits in Iranian Baluchi lambs indicating that at a given age and inbreeding coefficient, lambs with different sex and birth type were not equally influenced by inbreeding.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.7.1-7.6
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• 2024

Bird species, particularly poultry and other bird types, including domestic pigeons, are susceptible to fowl pox, a contagious viral disease. The main goal of this study was to validate clinical avipoxvirus diagnoses using molecular analytical methods. The essential components of the investigation were the clinical signs, visible abnormalities, histological changes, and polymerase chain reaction analysis. Twenty out of 120 pigeons had clinical symptoms, which included yellowish crust or nodules near the feet, eyes, and beak. An erosive epidermal lesion and an epidermal acanthotic papular lesion with basal vacuolation were maculopapular evidence associated with significant epidermal hyperkeratosis, as confirmed by histological analysis. In addition, the results showed keratinocyte necrosis beneath the hyperkeratotic epidermal layer, together with superficial and deep dermal perivascular lymphocytic infiltration. In addition, the P4b core protein gene underwent phylogenetic analysis. The sequence analysis results indicated a high degree of similarity across the local strains, with just minor variations observed. Five sample sequences were selected and submitted to the NCBI database. These sequences were identified as OR187728, OR187729, OR187730, OR187731, and OR187732. All the various strains in this research may be classified under clade A of the chicken pox virus phylogenetic classification. This study presents the first description and characterization of pox virus infections in domestic pigeons inside the Basrah governorate.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제14호
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• pp.517-534
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• 2007

Terrorism은 인류사회가 형성되고 생존과 번영을 위한 경쟁과 투쟁을 시작하면서 그 수단으로, 문명의 발전과 권력구조를 반영하면서 같이 진화하며 존재해 왔다. 냉전체제 붕괴 후, 21세기 새로운 세계질서의 확립 과정에서 9.11Terror를 계기로 미국을 중심으로 한 서방세력과 이슬람권의 대립이 시현되면서 인류는 테러위협의 공포 속에서 삶의 질을 위협 받고 있다. 미국은 9.11Terror에 대한 응징과 Terror 근절이라는 명분으로 자신의 가치관에 따른 "대(大)중동 민주화 구상"의 로드 맵을 2차에 걸친 전쟁을 통해 강요하면서 군사력에 의한 일방주의적 대외안보전략을 고수하고 있다. 그러나 완벽한 군사적 승리와 전후 5년 동안 4000명에 가까운 희생과 한국전과 베트남전을 능가하는 전비를 감수하고도 Terrorism의 위협으로부터 자유롭지 못한 상황이다. Terrorism은 본질적으로 힘의 지배에 대한 저항이며, 정면 대결이 불가능한 약자의 비대칭적 대결방식이고, 정상적인 방법으로의 변화가 불가능한 통념이나 질서에 대한 약자의 거부 의사의 표시 방법 중 하나이다. 따라서 최근 이슬람테러리즘은 미국이라는 절대적인 무력에 대해 전술적으로 빠르게 진화하면서, 고도화된 문명과 집약된 환경을 효과적으로 활용하며, Internet을 통해 훈련되고 종교적으로 의식화되고, 알카에디즘에 의해 점조직으로 지원과 지령을 하고 있으며, 이런 경향이 이슬람2-3세들을 중심으로 자생적으로 생성되어 전 서방제국으로 확산되고 있다. 이는 힘의 논리에 따른 미국의 일방주의적 대외 안보전략의 실패 결과이며, 이에 대응한 이슬람Terrorism의 전술적 진화이다. 이런 위협이 서방세계 각국의 대중에 대한 공포로 확산되고, 해결 방법을 어렵게하고 있다. 이는 해결방법의 변화를 요구하고 있다. 또한 이의 확산은 인종간의 분화와 인구 대이동으로 발전될 가능성까지 제기되고 있다.