• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.297-302
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• 2007

Atmospheric levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the King Sejong station were monitored for one year using passive air samplers. Low-chlorinated PCB homologues were predominant in all samples. PCB levels were observed to decrease with distance from the station, which may indicate that a significant part of PCBs could be of local origin. Although the level of PCBs at the King Sejong station is very low (${\Sigma}_9PCB$ (18, 52, 101, 118, 128, 138, 153, 180, 187): $2.3\;pg\;m^{-3}$) probably due to decrease in the global PCB emissions, it is one order of magnitude higher than a background level in the Antarctic. Based on this preliminary study, more interpretation on PCB data and meteorological conditions is required.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2020년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.75-75
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• 2020

Potatoes were first introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's food. Potatoes were first introduced into Europe in the 16th century and Korea in the early 19th century. Potatoes have a short growing season, high production per unit area, relatively strong environmental adaptability, and are cultivated in more than 130 countries around the world. It is the world's fourth-largest crop, following rice, wheat, bean and maize. In the nutritional aspects, potatoes contain abundant vitamins and minerals, as well as an assortment of phytochemicals such as carotenoids and natural phenols. Due to the high content of potato functional compounds, it has known that potatoes are effective in the prevention of various human diseases. In particular, the potato contains a large amount of polar compounds, including the saponin in the polar compounds, and the physiological activity of the saponins, such as immunity enhancement, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory is known. In this study, the antioxidative activity of polar compounds from five potatoes was examined by cell based anti-oxidation assay. The smallest amount of ROS(Reactive oxygen species) was generated when the compound was derived from 'Haryung' and 'hongyoung' and strong SOD(Superoxide dismutase) activity was observed in 'Sumi' and 'Jayoung'. The results of this study reveal the antioxidative effect of polar compounds extracted from various kind of potatoes, which will enable the acquisition of new bioactive candidates and the establishment of new profit generation models for farmers

• 대기
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.117-128
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• 2012

Does snow depth initialization have a quantitative impact on sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction skill? To answer this question, a snow depth initialization technique for seasonal forecast system has been implemented and the impact of the initialization on the seasonal forecast of surface air temperature during the wintertime is examined. Since the snow depth observation can not be directly used in the model simulation due to the large systematic bias and much smaller model variability, an anomaly rescaling method to the snow depth initialization is applied. Snow depth in the model is initialized by adding a rescaled snow depth observation anomaly to the model snow depth climatology. A suite of seasonal forecast is performed for each year in recent 12 years (1999-2010) with and without the snow depth initialization to evaluate the performance of the developed technique. The results show that the seasonal forecast of surface air temperature over East Asian region sensitively depends on the initial snow depth anomaly over the region. However, the sensitivity shows large differences for different timing of the initialization and forecast lead time. Especially, the snow depth anomaly initialized in the late winter (Mar. 1) is the most effective in modulating the surface air temperature anomaly after one month. The real predictability gained by the snow depth initialization is also examined from the comparison with observation. The gain of the real predictability is generally small except for the forecasting experiment in the early winter (Nov. 1), which shows some skillful forecasts. Implications of these results and future directions for further development are discussed.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2018

히말라야산의 동토에서 발견된 Preussia sp.로부터 신규 벤조산 유도체 benzyl 2,4-di(benzyloxy)benzoate (1)와 6개의 알려진 화합물들(2-7)이 분리되었다. 신규물질 및 다른 화합물들의 구조는 1D-와 2D NMR실험 및 문헌값과의 비교에 의하여 결정되었다. 화합물 2-7은 동 속 및 Sporormiaceae과에서 처음으로 얻어졌다. 분리된 물질들은 쥐의 대식세포 RAW 264.7 cells에서 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 처리에 의하여 유도된 nitric oxide (NO)의 생성량 억제를 측정하였다. 화합물 1번과 2번은 100 mg/ml의 농도로 처리했을 때 LPS에 의하여 유도된 NO 생성량을 각각 50.7% 및 88.5%까지 억제하는 것을 보였다.

• 한국농림기상학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농림기상학회 2017년도 추계 학술발표초록집
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• pp.84-85
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• 2017

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2006년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.142-142
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• 2006

• ALGAE
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.241-252
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• 2023

The genera Carolibrandtia and Chlorella have been described as small green algae with spherical cell shapes that inhabit various environments. Species of these genera are often difficult to identify because of their simple morphology and high phenotypic plasticity. We investigated two small coccoid strains from Antarctica based on morphology, molecular phylogeny by two alignment methods which have been applied to previous phylogenetic studies of the genus Chlorella, and comparison of the secondary structures of nuclear small subunit (SSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences. Light microscopy of two strains revealed spherical cells containing chloroplasts with pyrenoids, and the morphological characteristics of the strains were nearly identical to those of other Chlorella species. However, based on the phylogenetic analyses of nuclear SSU and ITS rDNA sequences, it was determined that the Antarctic microalgal strains belonged to two genera, as the Chlorella and Carolibrandtia. In addition, the secondary structures of the SSU and ITS2 sequences were analyzed to detect compensatory base changes (CBCs) that were used to identify and describe the two strains. A unique CBC in the SSU rDNA gene was decisive for distinguishing strain CCAP 211/45. The ITS2 rDNA sequences for each strain were compared to those obtained previously from other closely related species. Following the comparison of morphological and molecular characteristics, we propose KSF0092 as a new species, Chlorella terrestris sp. nov., and the reassignment of the strain Chlorella antarctica CCAP 211/45 into Carolibrandtia antarctica comb. nov.

• 암석학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.337-349
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• 2014

ICP-MS를 이용한 화강암질 암석내 희토류원소의 함량 분석시 저어콘이 미치는 영향과 저어콘의 산 분해 정도를 미국지질조사소(USGS)의 화강섬록암 표준시료 GSP-2와 일본지질조사소(GSJ) 화강암 표준시료 JG-1a를 이용하여 조사하였다. 아울러 화강암에서 분리된 저어콘 광물에 대해 일반적인 산분해법과 압력용기(bomb)을 이용한 산분해법을 적용하여 지르코늄(Zr)과 희토류원소의 함량을 측정하였다. 실험결과에 의하면, 저어콘은 일반 산분해의 경우 50% 정도가 산분해된 것으로 나타났고, 압력용기를 이용한 경우에는 약 90% 전후가 분해된 것으로 확인되었다. 그리고 GSP-2와 JG-1a의 경우 추천값에 비해 지르코늄의 함량이 50% 정도인 것으로 나타났다. 이는 일반적인 화강암의 산분해의 경우 저어콘의 용해도가 실제로는 50% 정도 밖에 되지 않음을 지시한다. 하지만, 화강암내 희토류원소의 함량의 경우, 저어콘의 분해도와 상관없이, 추천값과 거의 일치하였다. 이는 저어콘의 불완전분해가 암석시료에서의 희토류원소 분포도를 이용한 암석학적 혹은 지구화학적 해석에 큰 영향을 주지는 않는다는 것을 지시해준다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2010년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.260-262
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• 2010

약 20년 전부터 시작된 한국의 극지 연구를 통해 많은 극지 데이터가 생성되었으나 대부분의 데이터들은 연구자 개인이 보유한 상태에서 체계적인 관리가 되지 않아 시간의 경과에 따라 귀중한 극지 데이터들이 유실되고 있는 실정이다. 이 연구에서는 극지 연구 분야와 극지 데이터, 해외의 극지 데이터 수집 사례의 연구와 국내에서의 극지 데이터 수집 방안에 대해 소개한다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.83-97
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• 2022

The Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica is one of the most affected regions by climate change, but it is one of the least studied realms due to difficulties in access. Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) launched a research project in the Amundsen Sea in 2010 using the icebreaker research vessel (IBRV) Araon and has been conducting various research initiatives. In this paper, previous researches derived from the Amundsen Sea Embayment by Korean researchers are introduced. Through previous studies, researchers have been able to interpret the environmental and biogeochemical changes according to the inflow Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) and provide information for climate models. In particular, researches using radiocarbon isotopes (¹⁴C) were introduced to understand the physical and biogeochemical mechanisms of the carbon cycle in the Amundsen Sea. Opportunely, with the construction of a second icebreaker research vessel, the direction for systematic and long-term polar data acquisition can be presented.