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Infection Status of Hospitalized Diarrheal Patients with Gastrointestinal Protozoa, Bacteria, and Viruses in the Republic of Korea

  • Cheun, Hyeng-Il;Cho, Shin-Hyeong;Lee, Jin-Hee;Lim, Yi-Young;Jeon, Ji-Hye;Yu, Jae-Ran;Kim, Tong-Soo;Lee, Won-Ja;Cho, Seung-Hak;Lee, Deog-Yong;Park, Mi-Seon;Jeong, Hye-Sook;Chen, Doo-Sung;Ji, Yeong-Mi;Kwon, Mi-Hwa
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 2010
  • To understand protozoan, viral, and bacterial infections in diarrheal patients, we analyzed positivity and mixedinfection status with 3 protozoans, 4 viruses, and 10 bacteria in hospitalized diarrheal patients during 2004-2006 in the Republic of Korea. A total of 76,652 stool samples were collected from 96 hospitals across the nation. The positivity for protozoa, viruses, and bacteria was 129, 1,759, and 1,797 per 10,000 persons, respectively. Especially, Cryptosporidium parvum was highly mixed-infected with rotavirus among pediatric diarrheal patients (29.5 per 100 C. parvum positive cases), and Entamoeba histolytica was mixed-infected with Clostridium perfringens (10.3 per 100 E. histolytica positive cases) in protozoan-diarrheal patients. Those infected with rotavirus and C. perfringens constituted relatively high proportions among mixed infection cases from January to April. The positivity for rotavirus among viral infection for those aged $\leq$ 5 years was significantly higher, while C. perfringens among bacterial infection was higher for $\geq$ 50 years. The information for association of viral and bacterial infections with enteropathogenic protozoa in diarrheal patients may contribute to improvement of care for diarrhea as well as development of control strategies for diarrheal diseases in Korea.

A Comparative Study on the Natural Monument Designations of South and North Korea (남.북한의 천연기념물 지정내용 비교)

  • Na, Moung-Ha;Hong, Youn-Soon;Kim, Hak-Berm
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.92-99
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    • 2007
  • Korea began preserving and managing natural monuments in 1933 under the Japanese Colonization, but South and North Korea had to establish natural monument management policies separately because of the division after the Korean Independence. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the natural monument designations of South and North Koreas between 1933 and 2005 to introduce advanced polices for Oneness-Korea. The following are the results: According to data of December 2005, South Korea has 358 and North Korea has 474 natural monuments. North Korea has 116 more natural monuments than South Korea. In addition, over half of South Korea's designations are plants, whereas North Korea's designations are relatively well-balanced. Both South and North Korea designate plants(mostly trees) that are old and large. However, South Korea emphasizes the historical value of village forests, contrary to economic value in North Korea. Also, North Korea preserves many traditional fruit trees which have not been well-preserved in South Korea. As for animals, South Korea designates migratory wild animals by type and not by region to protect them at a national level, whereas North Korea designates the specific habitats of each type of wild animal. In addition, North Korea protects each region's cattle and chickens to preserve native traits of domesticated animals. Geologically, North Korea preserves 18 hot springs and 11 springs, whereas South Korea has none. Geographically, North Korea preserves 81 waterfalls, lakes, etc. In the conclusion, advanced natural monument management of South and North Korea is necessary to achieve effective preservation of natural monuments.

Effect of Seed Collection Stage and Temperature on Germination of Deutzia paniculata Nakai, the Korea Native Species

  • Jeong, Mi Jin;Choi, Go Eun;Ghimire, Balkrishna;Lee, Ha Yan;Jung, Ji Young;Choi, Myung Suk;Ku, Ja Jung;Lee, Kyung Mee;Lee, Cheul Ho;Suh, Gang Uk;Son, Sung Won
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.372-382
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we investigated the effect of seed collection stage and alternating temperature on the germination of Deutzia paniculata (Hydrangeaceae). The seeds were collected from naturally growing D. paniculata populations in Mt. Palgong, Gyeonsangbuk-do, Korea every two weeks over a three month period from August through October, 2014, totaling five collections. We examined seed characteristics such as seed size (length and width) and weight, and germination percentages for each collection stage under four different germination temperature regimes. We also examined germination after 30 and 60 days of cold moist stratification. Each collection phase had a different germination percentage and the lowest germination percentage was observed in the seeds from phase I (average GP of 15.7%). The germination percentage was similar at the later collection phases and in the higher temperatures suggesting that later collection times and higher temperatures are optimal for D. paniculata germination. We found that the optimum collection stage with high viability and germination percentage of for D. paniculata was during the middle of the September.

Wide-Field Survey IR Space Telescope, MIRIS Design

  • Han, W.;Park, J.H.;Nam, U.W.;Yuk, I.S.;Jin, H.;Lee, S.H.;Park, Y.S.;Park, S.J.;Lee, D.H.;Lee, C.H.;Jeong, W.S.;Ree, S.W.;Park, J.O.;Lee, S.H.;Lee, H.M.;Lee, H.M.;Matsumoto, T.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.27.1-27.1
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    • 2008
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Thermococcus onnurineus NA1: a Lithoheterotroph as Revealed by Genome Analysis

  • Lee, Hyun-Sook;Kang, Sung-Gyun;Bae, Seung-Seob;Lim, Jae-Kyu;Cho, Yon-A;Kim, Yun-Jae;Jeon, Jeong-Ho;Cha, Sun-Shin;Kwon, Kae-Kyoung;Kim, Hyung-Tae;Park, Cheol-Joo;Lee, Hee-Wook;Kim, Seung-Il;Chun, Jong-Sik;Colwell, Rita R.;Kim, Sang-Jin;Lee, Jung-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.119-120
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    • 2008
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Security Evaluation Criteria for Firewalls in Kirea

  • Lee, Cheol-Won;Hong, Ki-Yoong;Kim, Hak-Beom;Oh, Kyeong-Hee;Kwon, Hyun-Jo;Sim, Joo-Geol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.63-78
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    • 1998
  • Recently, to use the evaluated firewall is recognized as a solution to achieve the security and reliability for government and organizarions in Korea. Results of firewall evaluation using ITSEC(Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria) and CCPP(Common Criteria Protection Peofile)have been announced. Because there are problems to apply ITSECor CCPP for the firewall evaluation in korea environment, korea government and korea Information security Agency (KISA) decided to develop our own security dvaluation critrtia fir firewalls.As a result of the efforts, Korea firewall security evaluation criteria has been published on Feb. 1998. In this paper, we introduce Korea security evaluation criteria for firewalls. The ceiteria consists of functional and assurance requirements that are compatible with CC Evaluation Assurance Levels(EALs)

OWL-Net: A global network of robotic telescopes

  • Kim, Myung-Jin;Yim, Hong-Suh;Roh, Dong-Goo;Choi, Jun;Park, Jang-Hyun;Kyeong, Jaemann;Park, Young-Sik;Jo, Jung Hyun;Han, Wonyong;Yu, Jiwoong;Moon, Hong-Kyu;Park, Yoon-Ho;Cho, Sungki;Choi, Yong-Jun;Choi, Eun-Jung
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.61.1-61.1
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    • 2021
  • OWL-Net (Optical Wide-field patroL Network) is the first space situational awareness facility of its kind in South Korea which consists of five identical 0.5 m wide-field telescopes with 4K by 4K CCDs. The five stations are located in Mongolia, Morocco, Israel, United States, and South Korea. They are being operated in fully autonomous mode with the minimum human intervention. The primary objective of OWL-Net is to track Korean domestic satellites. In addition, it can be possible to conduct time-series photometry of bright solar system objects. We will present the system overview of the OWL-Net telescopes and progress report.

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