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A Study on the Gyeong Su(經水) of the Young Chu(靈樞) (영추(靈樞).경수(經水)에 대(對)한 연구(硏究))

  • Han Mi-Jeong;Kim Kyung-Sik;Sohn In-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.27-63
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    • 2001
  • The phrase 'Gyeong Su' in the twelve gyeong su(經水) indicate twelve lower reaches of rivers and lakes which are located in the center of China. The reason of this chapter called 'twelve gyeong su(經水)' is that the ki(氣) circulation through twelve meridians in the human body is similar to constant flow of twelve lower reaches of rivers and lakes. This chapter is divided into five sub chapters, according to its contents as follows, Chapter 1 deals with the correlation between twelve gyeong su and twelve meridians, Chapter 2 deals with the correlation between universe and human body, Chapter 3 deals with the definite example of the correlation between human body and universe and Um-Yang(陰陽), Chapter 4 deals with most proper acupuncturing depth and remain time of acupuncture according to the theory of man, as a microcosm, is connected with the macrocosm(天人相應) and more or less of moxibustion amount, Chapter 5 deals with acupuncture application according to height, age, body shape of patients.

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A Time Budget Study of Wintering Mallards on the Southern High Plains of Texas, USA

  • Lee, Sang-Don
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.571-576
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    • 1997
  • The playas of the Southern High Plains (SHP) of Texas, USA are an important habitat for over one million wintering waterfowl. However, the recent trend toward the modification of playas for agricultural use is threatening winter habitat of waterfowl in this region. Diurnal activity budgets of wintering mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were conducted from 1 October to 31 March, 1983-1984, and 1984-1985) at three habitat types; steep-sided pits, terraced pits, and open lakes. All seven activity patterns (feeding, locomotion, resting, comfort, courtship, alert, and agonistic) were different (P<0.05) among the three habitat types for wintering mallards on the SHP of Texas. Terraced pits supported more feeding activity (27.8%) (P<0.001) than steep-sided pits (11.2%) or open lakes (2.6%) due to their abundance of natural seeds and aquatic invertebrates. Hens (17.5%) fed more than drakes (11.7%) (P<0.05). Locomotion (32.2%) and alert (2.8%) behavior across the three habitat types showed the highest level during the early morning (6:00-9:00 AM). Paired mallards rested more (37.9%) than unpaired mallards (25.8%) (P<0.05). Agonistic activity was highest (2.4%) in terraced pits throughout the season.

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Impacts of Climate Change on Water Crisis and Formation of Green Algal Blooms in Vietnam

  • Thriveni, Thenepalli;Lee, Namju;Nam, Gnu;Whan, Ahn Ji
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.68-75
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    • 2017
  • Global warming affects water supply and water resources throughout the world. In many countries, climate change affects significantly on the fresh water resources. Vietnam is exposed mainly, to landslides and floods triggered by tropical storms and monsoon rains, although storm surge, whirlwind, river bank and coastal line erosion, hail rain. In addition to the prevalent drought, there are many major water challenges, including water availability, stress, scarcity and accessibility, because of poor resource management. Fast growth of urbanization, industrialization and population growth, agricultural activities and climate change cause heavy pressure on water quality. Both domestic and industrial wastewater, as well as storm water shares the same drainage. The common facilities for wastewater treatment are not available. Therefore, wastewater is treated only superficially and then discharged directly into rivers and lakes causing serious pollution of surface water environment. In this paper, we reported the severe water crisis and massive green algal blooms formation in Vietnam rivers and lakes. This is the biggest evidence of climate change variations in Vietnam.

A hierarchical Bayesian model for spatial scaling method: Application to streamflow in the Great Lakes basin

  • Ahn, Kuk-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.176-176
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    • 2018
  • This study presents a regional, probabilistic framework for estimating streamflow via spatial scaling in the Great Lakes basin, which is the largest lake system in the world. The framework follows a two-fold strategy including (1) a quadratic-programming based optimization model a priori to explore the model structure, and (2) a time-varying hierarchical Bayesian model based on insights found in the optimization model. The proposed model is developed to explore three innovations in hierarchical modeling for reconstructing historical streamflow at ungaged sites: (1) information of physical characteristics is utilized in spatial scaling, (2) a time-varying approach is introduced based on climate information, and (3) heteroscedasticity in residual errors is considered to improve streamflow predictive distributions. The proposed model is developed and calibrated in a hierarchical Bayesian framework to pool regional information across sites and enhance regionalization skill. The model is validated in a cross-validation framework along with four simpler nested formulations and the optimization model to confirm specific hypotheses embedded in the full model structure. The nested models assume a similar hierarchical Bayesian structure to our proposed model with their own set of simplifications and omissions. Results suggest that each of three innovations improve historical out-of-sample streamflow reconstructions although these improvements vary corrsponding to each innovation. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of possible model improvements considered by additional model structure and covariates.

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Relationship between a Dense Bloom of Cyanobacterium Anabaena spp. and Rainfalls in the North Han River System of South Korea (북한강 수계의 남조 Anabaena 대발생과 강우의 관계)

  • Byun, Jeong-Hwan;Cho, In-Hwan;Hwang, Soon-Jin;Park, Myung-Hwan;Byeon, Myeong-Seop;Kim, Baik-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.116-126
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    • 2014
  • To evaluate the relationship between dynamics of Cyanobacterial bloom and rainfalls, a monthly monitoring of water quality and phytoplankton from the three serial lakes (Lake Ui-am, Lake Chung-pyeong and Lake Pal-dang) in the North Han River System were examined 12 times from May 2012 to March 2013. A dense bloom of cyanobacterium Anabaena spp., was occurred over three lakes in the summer season of 2012. In Lake Ui-am, the Anabaena population appeared in June, showed a peak in July (43,850 cells $mL^{-1}$) and disappeared in November 2012. In Lake Chung-pyeong and Lake Pal-dang, Anabaena population commonly appeared in July, showed the peaks (31,648 cells $mL^{-1}$ and 7,136 cells $mL^{-1}$, respectively) in August, and entirely disappeared in September 2012. Over the three lakes, the phytoplankton community was commonly dominated by diatoms before Monsoon, cyanobacteria during Monsoon, and diatoms after Monsoon, respectively, indicating a Monsoon-dependent succession. A correlation analysis revealed that dynamics of Anabaena population was strongly related with rainfall (r=0.72, r=0.83, r=0.88, P<0.01 for three lakes), and partly with nutrients, inflow and outflow of lakes. Therefore, this study indicates that the outbreak and destruction of Anabaena bloom in North Han River System between 2012 and 2013 was impacted by rainfalls. However, a high density of cyanobacteria in Lake Ui-am remained after Monsoon, and thus, may paroduce bad-order and toxins from phytoplankton.

Effects of Cyanobacterial Bloom on Zooplankton Community Dynamics in Several Eutrophic Lakes (부영양호수에서 남조류 bloom이 동물플랑크톤 군집변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Bom-Chul;Choi, Eun-Mi;Hwang, Soon-Jin;Kim, Ho-Sub
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.33 no.4 s.92
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    • pp.366-373
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    • 2000
  • Toxin production and low digestibility of cyanobacteria are known to cause low exploitability of cyanobacteria by zooplankton. In this study, we compared relative tolerance and compatibility of zooplankton taxa in eight eutrophic lakes, exposed to frequent cyanobacterial blooms, uring the summer season of 1999. Microcystis, Anabaena, Oscillatoria and Phormidium were common cyanobacteria in all lakes. with relatively lower $NO_3-N$ concentration (<0.2 mgN/l) and TN/TP ratio (<20), compared with other lakes where colonial cyanobacteria dominated. Rotifers were dominant zooplankton in most lakes, and among them, Keratella, Polyarthra and Hexathra were common. The laboratory feeding experiment showed that relative copepods that greatly decreased (90%) after 4 day when cyanobacteria were used as the food source of zooplankton, while rotifers gradually increased with the change of dominant taxa from Keratella through Pompholyx to Monostyla. These results suggest that rotifers may be capable of coexisting with cyanobacteria by exploiting them for the food source.

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Investigation and Evaluation of Algae Removal Technologies Applied in Domestic Rivers and Lakes (국내 하천/호수에 적용된 조류저감기술의 조사 및 평가)

  • Byeon, Kyu Deok;Kim, Ga Young;Lee, Inju;Lee, Saeromi;Park, Jaeroh;Hwang, Taemun;Joo, Jin Chul
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.38 no.7
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    • pp.387-394
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    • 2016
  • Commercial 28 algae removal technologies that have been applied in domestic rivers and lakes with green tide were investigated, analyzed and classified. The classification of algae removal technologies was based on the three criteria (i.e., principle, flow rate of water body, and application period). Also, algae removal technologies were evaluated in terms of cost effectiveness, field applicability, effect durability, and eco friendliness. From the analysis results, technologies using physical, chemical, biological, and convergent controls were 32.2%, 25%, 21.4%, and 21.4%, respectively. The 75% of technologies have been applied to stagnant water body (${\leq}0.2m/s$). Also, algae harvesting ship with dissolved air flotation, conveyor belt and filtration processes and natural floating coagulant were found to have better field applicability, compared to other technologies. However, proper algae removal technology in specific rivers and lakes should be chosen after the evaluation of long-term pilot scale field test. Also, development of energy and resource recovery technologies from algae biomass is warranted.

Population Structure of Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus in Lakes of the Han River System, Korea (한강수계 댐호의 블루길, Lepomis macrochirus 개체군 구조)

  • Song, Ho-Bok;Byeon, Myeong-Seop;Kang, Dong-Won;Jang, Chang-Yeol;Moon, Jeong-Sook;Park, Hae-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.278-286
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    • 2012
  • This study was examined for information of management of bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus which is disturbance species of underwater ecosystem in Korea. Research of bluegill population was investigated spring-summer and autumn periods in the Han river system from 2009 to 2012. Bluegill inhabited mostly lakes, and restrictedly lived at still area in downstream. The range of relative abundance were 0.2~18.2% in individual number and 0.2~40.0% in biomass and it was subdominant or superiority species for the most part of the lakes. Population structure were analyzed r-strategy in Lake Soyang and Paldang and K-strategy in Lake Uiam and Cheongpyeong. But Lake Chungju was estimated transition period from K-strategy to r-strategy. Condition factor and body weight-total length relations were presented favorable condition. For the nesting, bluegill was formatted the group. And the water depth and the distance from shore were mean 56.3 cm and 191.9 cm respectively in nesting ground. Diameter and depth of nests were mean 42.4 cm and 9.7 cm respectively. These results are available for research of population dynamics and reproductive ecology of bluegill.

Studies on the Determination of Synthetic Food Colors (합성식용색소의 정량분석법에 관한 검토)

  • Om Ae-Son;Lee Heon-Ok;Shim Jae-Young;Shin Dong-Hwa;Kim Yong-Suk;Lee Young-Hwan;Bang Jeong-Ho;Shin Jae-Wook;Lee Tal-Soo;Hong Ki-Hyoung;Park Sung-Kwan;Choi Duck-Jang;Kim Hee-Yun
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.73-76
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    • 2005
  • Center for Food Standard Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug AdministrationThis study was performed to compare analytical methods of nine synthetic food colors and six food color lakes in Korea, Japan, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee of Food Additives (JECFA), and USA. The experimental protocol of this study consists of three parts: titration method with titanium chloride, gravimetric and spectrophotometric method. To measure the total contents of food colors, Korea and Japan used titration method with titanium chloride, USA used the average value of titration method with titanium chloride equipped with Kipp generator and spectrophotometric method. Also, JECFA used titration method with titanium chloride equipped with KiPP generator. However, All the low organizations used gravimetric method to measure the total content of coloring matter on Food Red No.3. Although all organizations use various methods for analysis of coloring matters, total contents of coloring matter on food colors tested fell into the standard showing $85.08-96.40\%$ in synthetic food colors and $10.00-36.86\%$ in food color lakes.

Survey on Lake Environments in the Yeongsan and Seomjin River Basins - Based on 10 lakes such as Hadong and Sangsa - (영산강·섬진강수계 호소환경조사 - 하동호 등 10개 호소 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Shin-Jo;Song, Hyo-Jeong;Park, Tae-Jin;Hwang, Moon-Young;Cho, Hang-Soo;Song, Kwang-Duck;Lee, Hyung-Jin;Kim, Young-Suk
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.665-679
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    • 2015
  • Yearly mean temperature in the 29 lakes surveyed ranges from 12.6 (Suncheon) to 13.9℃ (Mokpo), the lowest in −2.7℃ (January) and the highest in 25.9℃ (July). Monthly mean the amount of rainfall recorded the highest of 336.7 mm in August and the lowest with 4.9 mm in January. A total of 424 species of phytoplankton were identified. They were 157 Chlorophyceae, 161 Bacillariophyceae, 39 Cyanophyceae, and 67 other algal taxa. The phytoplankton diversity were low in stream type reservoirs such as Guemho, Youngsan and Youngam. The population density of phytoplankton ranged from 19 to 53,161 cells/ml. Annual mean of total zooplankton abundance in 45 sites was 369±827 ind./L (n=180). Rotifers were the most common taxa and their relative abundance was high (65~77%). The benthic microinvertebrate fauna of 10 reservoirs of Jeonnam province were 71 species of 61 genera of 44 families of 16 orders of 7 classes of 4 phyla. Aquatic insects of Phylum Arthropoda were 50 species of 44 genera of 28 families of 6 orders. The number of individuals was 6,132. Diptera was highiest (41.3%), and Ephemeroptera (31.0%), Trichoptera (17.5%), Anellida (3.8%), Mollusca (3.3%), Crustacea (0.4%). Large hydrophytes were identified 32 taxa, 2 varieties 30 species 26 genera and 20 families. Especially, Jijung and Juam lakes require management such as physical remove of this ecosystem disturbance field plants. Fishes were identified total 44 taxa, such as 25 Cyprinidae (56.8%), 8 Cobitidae (17.0%), 3 Gobiidae (6.4%), 2 Bagridae (4.3%), 2 Osmeridae (4.3%), 2 Odontobutidae (4.3%), 2 Centrachidae (4.3%), 1 Siluridae (2.1%), and 1 Centropomidae (2.1%). A pale chub was dominant species (18.9%).