• 제목/요약/키워드: Life-science industries

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라카디브 해역 몰디브 자생 해조류 Padina boryana 추출물의 항산화 효능 평가 (Evaluation of the Antioxidant Efficacy of Padina boryana Extract from Maldivian Seaweed from Laccadive Sea Area)

  • 김현수;;;이정민;임미진;고석천;이효근;제준건;전유진;이대성
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제54권2호
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    • pp.162-169
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    • 2021
  • Global warming has affected the distribution of organisms for decades and has displayed rapid ascent recently. Research into the effects on tropical organisms are vital. Padina boryana is a resourceful marine microalgae in the Maldives Sea in the Laccadive region. A 70% ethanol extraction (PBE) of this seaweed was used to investigate its antioxidant potential. Both in vitro and in vivo models were implemented. PBE exhibited protective potential against H2O2 induced apoptosis. ROS levels were suppressed due to PBE. PBE expressed a cytoprotective nature. In vivo experiments involving the zebra fish model conformed its validity. The antioxidant efficacy of PBE was dose dependent. Study outcomes suggest PBE has potential as a novel and valuable marine resource to aid the functional food and cosmeceutical industries.

The Relationship between Human Resources Practice, Work-Life Balance, and Employee Engagement: An Empirical Study in Indonesia

  • SARAGIH, Romat;PRADANA, Mahir;AZIS, Elvira;DRIANA, Thasania Fitri;RAMADHANA, Naurah Salsabila
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제8권7호
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    • pp.357-364
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    • 2021
  • This study examines the role of effective human resource practices and work-life balance in various organizations and their relationship with employee engagement. The data for this study were obtained from 723 employees from various industries in Java. The result suggests that human resource practice alone did not influence employee engagement. However the human resource policy helps develop a sense of WLB for an employee, which in the long run will affect the level of engagement. Thus, work-life balance enables the relationship between employees and their workplace. This study also encompasses current literature regarding huan resource policies in understanding employee engagement through work-life balance. This study provides exploratory findings regarding HR function practices, WLB, and employee involvement in service organizations. It proved that participants from four organizations reported very positive impressions about HR practices and they were also very involved in their work and organization. While their balance still needs to be improved, this may imply that the participants are not happy with their work lives. The main finding of this study is that WLB plays a mediating role in the relationship between HR practices and employee engagement. This means that organizations need to find ways to help employees achieve a better WLB.

Study on the Size Reduction Characteristics of Miscanthus sacchariflorus via Image Processing

  • Lee, Hyoung-Woo;Lee, Jae-Won;Gong, Sung-Ho;Song, Yeon-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • 제46권4호
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2018
  • Size reduction is an important pre-processing operation for utilizing biomass as a sustainable resource in industrial-scale energy production and as a raw material for other industries. This work investigates the size reduction characteristics of air-dried Miscanthus sacchariflorus Goedae-Uksae 1 (Amur silver grass) via image processing and identifies the morphological characteristics of comminuted and screened M. sacchariflorus. At chopping lengths of 18, 40, 80, and 160 mm, 81%, 77%, 78%, and 76% of the particles, respectively, passed through a 4-mm sieve. Even a knife mill with a very small screen aperture (>1 mm) admitted over 10% of the particles. The average circularity and aspect ratio of the particles were <0.30 and >10, respectively. These results confirm that in all preparation modes, most M. sacchariflorus particles were needle-like in shape, irrespective of the type of preparation.

Artificial Intelligent Clothing Embedded Digital Technologies

  • Lim, Ho-Sun;Lee, Duck-Weon;Shim, Woo-Sub
    • 패션비즈니스
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    • 제14권6호
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    • pp.70-83
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    • 2010
  • With the rapid development of science and technology and the increased preference by consumers for high-function products, many products are being developed through the fusion of technologies in different industries. Among such fusion technologies, digital clothing which combines clothing with computer functions is being examined as a new growth item. The objectives of this study are to examine the concept, history, development, and market of intelligent clothing, in order to discuss future directions for the development of digital clothing technology. intelligent clothing (wearable computers) originated in the 1960s from the concept of separating computing equipment and attaching it to the body. This technology was studied intensively from the early 1980s and to the early 1990s. In the late 1990s, studies on wearable computers began to develop intelligent/digital clothing that was more comfortable and beneficial to users. Depending on the user and purpose, intelligent/digital clothing is now being developed and used in diverse industrial areas that include sports, medicine, military, entertainment, daily life, and business. Many experts forecast a huge growth potential for the digital textile/clothing market, and predict the fastest market growth in the field of healthcare/medicine. There exists a need to find solutions for many related technological, economic, and social issues for the steady dissemination and advancement of intelligent/digital clothing in various industries. Further, research should be continued on effective fusion technologies that reflect human sensitivity and that increase user convenience and benefits.

식초산업의 현황과 기능성 그리고 발전 전략 (The current status, functionalities, and developmental strategies of the vinegar industry)

  • 원영선;민혜지;서권일
    • 식품과학과 산업
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    • 제53권2호
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    • pp.215-224
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    • 2020
  • The vinegar can be used not only as functional foods but as the new high-quality materials. Lifestyles have changed a lot because of single-person households, women's economic activities, the aging society, the diversification of mass media, and the traveling abroad. Lifestyle diseases have increased with the life extension. The preference for the fermented vinegar, which is safer and healthier than the synthetic vinegar, has increased since the 1990s. The market of the functional fermented vinegars rapidly grew as researches and product developments on biological activities. In particular, the fermented vinegar, which can be enhanced in functionality depending on the characteristic of materials, is useful not only in the food industry but in various industries such as medical, defense, and construction. For the steady growth of the vinegar industry in the future, it is necessary to research and develop the function of the vinegar that can be utilized in various industries.

헬기용 와이퍼 조립체의 가속모델 및 가속수명시험 설계 연구 (A Study on Accelerated Life Testing Model and Design)

  • 김대유;허장욱;전부일
    • 한국군사과학기술학회지
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    • 제21권6호
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    • pp.894-903
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    • 2018
  • In the case of helicopters, the development of parts technology is rapidly changing, and the complexity is rapidly increasing. Particularly, the surge of various electric and electronic systems is recognized as a problem that is directly related to the safety of the helicopter. Due to these problems, there is a growing interest in reliability evaluation in the face of the problem of confirming and certifying the reliability of parts in the development stage. In this paper, the analysis of the failure mechanism of the wiper system was carried out, and the priority and importance of each failure mode were checked by using the results, and major stress factors were derived and the corresponding acceleration model was selected. Also, the accelerated lifetime test time was calculated according to the life test time, acceleration status and acceleration level of the steady state by using the selected acceleration model and characteristic values.

신선식품용 재사용 EPE박스와 EPS박스에 대한 전과정 환경영향평가 (Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Reusable and Disposable Distribution Packaging for Fresh Food)

  • 김수연;;신양재 ;박현진
    • 한국포장학회지
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.181-193
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    • 2023
  • In this study, we conducted a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of two different products, considering reusable and single-use packaging for fresh food distribution. For reusable packaging, we utilized expanded polyethylene (EPE), while for comparison, a disposable box made of widely used expanded polystyrene (EPS) was selected. We comprehensively analyzed the environmental impacts of production, transportation, reprocessing (for reused boxes), and disposal across 18 impact categories. Upon analyzing the actual reuse of 300 rounds of fresh food, the cumulative global warming potential (GWP) values for the EPE box were found to be 280.21 kg carbon dioxide (CO2) eq, demonstrating a significant 75% reduction compared to those of the EPS box. Furthermore, it was observed that the GWP values for the EPE boxes became equivalent to those of the EPS boxes after 12 rounds of reuse. In conclusion, reusable packaging shows substantial potential to contribute to the reduction of environmental burdens, aligning well with global environmental requirements for sustainable food distribution and related industries.

화학물질의 효율적 안전관리 방안에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Safety Management Measures Efficient Chemical Substances)

  • 최민기;최돈묵
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.37-50
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    • 2013
  • It is not an exaggeration to say that modern chemicals take a leading place in our life, and people live with the chemicals, having a huge impact on their daily life. The chemical industry in South Korea, ranked seventh in the world, is one of the key industries that are forming greater part of Korean economy. The actual state of the chemical industries, however, is that over 14 tons of hazardous chemicals are being discharged annually and threaten people's lives with a lack of knowledge of its potential danger. In this way, not only beneficial to us, some of these substances, All chemicals, but also present a threat fundamentally our living environment to hazards to human health and the environment, accidents such chemicals, unlike accidents general understanding the scale of damage and propagation velocity has a complex very difficult risk profile, that can occur during deployment of an accident type is also very diverse. Is the actual situation of public concern against harmful chemicals management's is amplified by the chemical accident in the wake such accidents, government and corporate and reactive system and management system prior to the chemical accident the need for communication to exchange ideas with each other between residents, providing information is important. Therefore, the government departments and corporations, which manage variety of chemicals, ought to contribute toward a development of national security by rigid control over the Hazardous chemicals.

생존분석기법을 이용한 건설업과 타 업종간의 부도율 비교 분석 (A default-rate comparison of the construction and other industries using survival analysis method)

  • 박진경;오광호;김민수
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.747-756
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    • 2010
  • 최근의 전 세계적인 경기 침체에 따라 산업계 전반에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 신용보증기금에 등록된 중소기업들의 자료에 대하여 생존 분석을 이용하여 생존율을 추정하였다. 또한 중소기업의 자산규모와 업종에 따라 건설업과 타 업종으로 구분하여 생존율에 관한 동향을 비교분석하였다. 이때 생존율은 생명표에 의해 구하였으며, 업종별 생존율의 차이는 로그순위 검정과 윌콕슨의 검정통계량을 사용하여 분석하였다. 실험 결과 중소기업의 자산규모가 10억 이상이 가장 높았으며, 1억 미만, 1억에서 10억 미만은 비슷한 생존율을 보였다. 업종별로는 도소매업과 서비스업이 경공업과 중공업, 건설업에 비하여 생존율이 높았으며 건설업의 경우 생존율이 가장 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 대부분의 중소기업들은 시간이 지날수록 위험률이 상승하는 추세를 보였다.

Secretory Expression and Characterization of an Acidic Endo-Polygalacturonase from Aspergillus niger SC323 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Zhou, Huoxiang;Li, Xi;Guo, Mingyue;Xu, Qingrui;Cao, Yu;Qiao, Dairong;Cao, Yi;Xu, Hui
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제25권7호
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    • pp.999-1006
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    • 2015
  • The endo-polygalacturonase gene (endo-pgaA) was cloned from DNA of Aspergillus niger SC323 using the cDNA synthesized by overlapping PCR, and successfully expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae EBY100 through fusing the α-factor signal peptide of yeast. The fulllength cDNA consists of 1,113 bp and encodes a protein of 370 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 38.8 kDa. After induction by galactose for 48 h, the activity of recombinant endo-PgaA in the culture supernatant can reach up to 1,448.48 U/mg. The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration column chromatography and subsequently characterized. The optimal pH and temperature of the purified recombinant enzyme were 5.0 and 50℃, respectively. The Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) and maximal velocity (Vmax) of the enzyme for pectin were 88.54 μmol/ml and 175.44 μmol/mg/min, respectively. The enzyme activity was enhanced by Ca2+, Cu2+, and Na+, and strongly inhibited by Pb2+ and Mn2+. The pectin hydrolysates were mainly galacturonic acid and other oligo-galacturonates. Therefore, these characteristics suggest that the recombinant endo-PgaA may be of potential use in the food and feed industries.