• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.276-286
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• 2005

Purpose: The study is to investigate the effects of tea tree oil gargling on oral cavity micro-organism growth and on the perceived discomfort of patients receiving chemotherapy. Methods: A nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design was used to determine the effects of tea tree oil gargling on oral cavity for 20 second after using it for one week, twice a day. The sample consisted of two groups of patients receiving chemotherapy : 19 patients in experimental and 20 patients in control group. The instruments used in the study were Oral Assessment Guide(OAG), a measure of perceived symptoms on oral cavity, and a test of oral mucosal micro-organism culture. The data were analyzed using chi-square test, repeated measure of ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in micro-organism culture test of oral mucosa. The experimental group showed a lower number and fewer kinds of micro-organisms than the control group. Conclusion: It is considered that use of tea tree oil is effective in infection control of the oral cavity.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.36-41
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• 1999

High quality drinking water can be produced by membrane separation process. A major problem in the current system is a membrane fouling control. In order to investigate membrane fouling due to E.coll removal, lab scale experiment using MF and UF and semi pilot plant experiment using UV radiation or not was performed. AS a result, the possibility of membrane fouling control by repressing of micro-organism on the membrane surface was clearly verified. But it was not clearly verified in this experiment the combined effect with other factors such as Turbidity, organic and inorganic matters.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.799-806
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• 2012

발효된 버섯배지 및 부엽토 등으로부터 80여 종의 균주를 1차 분리하여 CMCase, amylase 및 protease활성이 높고 버섯질병균주에 대한 항균활성이 높으면서 표고버섯 및 팽이버섯의 생육에는 전혀 영향을 미치지 않는 HJ-57 항균미생물을 최종 분리균주로 선정하였다. 최종 선정한 HJ-57 항균미생물을 동정한 결과 Bacillus sp. HJ-57로 밝혀졌으며, 배양을 위한 배지의 초기 pH는 pH 7, 배양온도는 $35^{\circ}C$가 최적인 것으로 나타났다. Bacillus sp. HJ-57균주는 12 hr 배양하였을 때는 약간의 항균활성을 나타내었지만, 배양 36~48 hr 배양하였을 때는 비교적 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. Bacillus sp. HJ-57 항균미생물은 팽이버섯 재배농가에서 사용하는 콘코프 함유배지상에서도 버섯질병균주인 세균 및 곰팡이에 대하여 매우 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2007

계면활성제의 주된 원료이며 Estrogenic hormone으로 알려진 nonylphenol이 수중생태계 먹이망의 하등생물군 성장에 미치는 독성영향을 파악하고자, 배양중인 조류(Microcytis aeruginosa), 편모충(Diphylleia rotans), 소형 (Brachionus calyciflorus) 및 대형동물플랑크톤(Daphnia magna)에 다양한 농도로 제작된 NP을 처리하고 각 개체군의 성장 및 동물플랑크톤 B. calyciflorus, D. magna의 발생특성을 각각 조사하였다. 예비실험을 통하여, 투여농도는 개체군에 따라 조류(0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 1.00mg $L^{-1}$), Diphylleia rotans (0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$), Brachionus calyciflorus (0.1, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$), Daphnia magna (0.5, 1, 5, 10, 50 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$) 등으로 $4{\sim}5$단계 농도를 처리하였으며, 독성효과는 각 개체군의 현존량 변화로 산정 하였으며 실험은 각각 3회씩 반복 실행하였다. 분석결과, 예상했던 것처럼 모든 개체군은 NP농도가 증가할수록 강한 성장 억제를 보였다. 조류실험에서는 0.05 mg $L^{-1}$, D. rotans와 B. calyciflorus는 공히 10 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$, 대형동물플랑크톤 D. magna는 5.0 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$부터 각각 유의한 성장억제를 보였다. Nonylphenol에 대한 각 개체군의 $EC_{50}$은 B. calyciflorus (2.49 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$) < D. rotans (3.49 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$) < D. magna (7.61 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$) < M. aeruginosa (47 ${\mu}g\;L^{-1}$) 의 순으로 나타나 NP에 대해 조류세포가 가장 강한 내성을 보인 반면 B. calyciflorus가 가장 약한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 동물플랑크톤의 발생에 있어서 B. calyciflorus는 NP농도$(0.1{\sim}1{\mu}g\;L^{-1})$, D. magna는 이보다 약간 높은 NP농도 $(0.5{\sim}5{\mu}g\;L^{-1})$에서 공히 내구란이 형성되지 않았다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 조류섭식자인 편모충이나 동물플랑크톤은 모두 nonylphenol에 대하여 조류보다 내성이 극히 약하며 특히 발생계에 치명적인 영향을 받기 때문에 NP가 유입되는 수계에 있어서 섭식자 소멸로 인한 식물플랑크톤 대발생의 인자로 작용할 수 있음을 시사해 주고 있다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 1999

Fibrocapsa japonica (Raphidophyceae) is regarded as a harmful algal bloom organism in Japanese waters, where it has been linked to fish kills. Fibrocapsa is a common species in New Zealand coastal waters, particularly in the Hauraki Gulf, where it has regularly bloomed in the spring under E1 Nino climate conditions for the past six years. The New Zealand isolate had 1.4 times more total polyunsaturated acids than the Japanese isolate under the same growth conditions, suggesting that eicosapentaenoic acid in particular coold be used as a discriminating chemotaxonomic marker. The molecular probes tested showed no differential binding of the raphidophytes to lectins, but oligonucleotide probes targeted F. japonica ribosomal RNA bound specifically to both isolates. Neither strain was toxic in mouse or neuroblastoma bioassays. There is no evidence that the New Zealand F. japonica isolates investigated to date produce ichthyotoxins.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.471-477
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• 2006

Amphora costata W. Smith 1853 is a down thrown diatom species and also known as metal corrosive ship-fouling organism. A. costata was isolated from Alang ship breaking yard, Alang and evaluated the toxicity tolerance and growth responses of the cultures exposed to different doses of toxic and relatively accessible heavy metals, such as Fe, Mn, Cd, Co, Cu, Zn, Ni, and Pb in the constantly monitored laboratory culture conditions. The strongest toxic effect was observed on A. costata exposed to Cd even at relatively low concentrations as compared to other metals. The following trend of decreasing order of toxicity i.e. Cd>Zn>Ni>Co>Pb>Cu>Fe was observed, when they were exposed to equal concentration and expose time.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.268-275
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• 2009

The survival and growth of marine benthic invertebrate larvae such as abalone depend on the nutritional value of micro algae. However, it is difficult to determine the dietary value of the many microalgal species used for food by benthic larvae. Therefore, we tested the benthic copepod, Tigriopus japonicus, which grazes microalgae on substrata in a manner similar to abalone larvae. It also has short generation time and is easy to rear which makes to be easier to examine the dietary value of each micro algal species. We measured the daily production of nauplii from gravid females of T. japonicus fed 26 microalgal species separately. Amino acid and fatty acid content of the micro algae and the copepod was also analyzed. The nauplii production of T. japonicus was the highest (10.7) when they were fed Navicula sp. (B-394) and the lowest (0.8) when they were fed Scrippsiella trochoidea. In Tetraselmis suecica the nauplii production was so high (8.2), which was not significantly different with the diatom group. We determined that Navicula sp. (B-394), Rhaphoneis sp. and T. suecica were good sources of food for T. japonicus. We suggest that a diet of with a mixture of these three micro algal species may be also good for invertebrate larvae such as abalone.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.325-333
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• 1997

Recent evidence indicates that growth factors modulate response of mammary epithelial cells to environmental stress. The objective of this study was to examine the cellular and biochemical responses of mammary tissue to environmental stress caused by artificial mastitis. For experimental a, pp.oach, toxins of most mastitis causing organisms(Staph. aureus or Strep. agalactiae) and heat stress(42$^{\circ}C$) were artificially exposed to mammary tissue. Effects of these environmental stresses on cell growth, cell death and heat shock protein synthesis were examined. Lactating mammary tissure were cultured under basal medium(DMEM) su, pp.emented with insulin(10$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml) and aldosterone(1$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml). All treatment groups in heat stress at 42$^{\circ}C$ incubation significantly decreased DNA synthesis rates in comparison with those at 39$^{\circ}C$(P<0.05), however, these decreased DNAa synthesis rates were recovered by addition of adenosine(10$\mu$M) and IGFI(10ng/ml). Similar results were obtained when tissue growth rates were measured by DNA content/tissue. Strep. agalactiae toxin did not significantly decreased DNA content/tissue in comparison with no treatment of bacterial toxin with or without heat stress, however, tended to decrease DNA contents/tissue without heat stress. In the fluorography analysis, heat stress(42$^{\circ}C$ incubation) slightly increased 35S-methoionine labelled 70kd protein synthesis. These results indicate that environmental stress caused by artificial mastitis slightly decreased mammary growth or mammary size, however, these results could be recovered by addition of adenosine and IGF-I.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.581-586
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• 2014

하수처리장을 운영함에 있어 안정적인 방류수질 확보와 이에 따른 처리 비용을 최소화하는 것이 주요 목적이다. 하지만 유입수 유량 및 성분 농도의 변화와 미생물의 비선형적인 동특성, 기타 환경 요인에 의해서 최적의 운전 제어를 하기가 쉽지 않기 때문에, 기존의 하수처리장에서는 필요한 양 이상의 폭기 및 화학물질을 과량 주입하는 방법 등을 사용하였다. 본 연구에서는 포기조에서 미생물에 필요한 용존산소농도는 유지하면서 과폭기로 인한 전력 비용을 감소하는 최적 제어 방법을 제안하였다. 하수조성와 포기조 미생물의 호흡률은 실시간 미생물 호흡률 측정기(Oxygen uptake rate, OUR)를 이용하여 측정하였고, 실시간 호흡률 측정값을 바탕으로 현재 미생물에 필요한 최적 DO 농도를 제안하였다. 유입수 부하변동에 따라 변화하는 미생물 호흡에 필요한 산소량 만큼만 폭기하도록 구성함으로써, 방류수 수질기준을 만족함과 동시에 전력 비용을 최소화할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2010

The removal of phosphorus (P) in the wastewater is essential for the prevention of eutrophication in the river and stream. This study was initiated to evaluate the effect of the various heavy metals on the growth and P removal capacity of Pseudomonas sp., which was well known as phosphorus accumulating microorganism(PAO's) in the EBPR(Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal) process. The five heavy metals used in the study were Cu, As, Zn, Ni, and Cd. The growth rate of Pseudomonas sp. was the greatest at $25^{\circ}C$, but the removal efficiency of P was the highest at $30^{\circ}C$. The $IC_{50}$ (median Inhibition Concentration) values of Pseudomonas sp. for the Cu, As, Zn, Ni, and Cd were 2.35, 11.04, 1.80, 4.92, and 0.24 mg/L, respectively. Therefore, it appears that the sensitivity of the heavy metals to Pseudomonas sp. was in the following order: Cd> Zn> Cu> Ni> AS. Also, the P removal efficiencies by Pseudomonas sp. were correspondingly decreased as the concentrations of heavy metals were increased.