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Development of Cost-effective Mosquito Repellent and Distribution Method by Extracting Patchouli Oil

  • KWON, Woo-Taeg;KWON, Lee-Seung;YOO, Ho-Gil;LEE, Woo-Sik
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2019
  • Purpose : We will develop the distribution method of wide oil extract technology to develop repellent using this technology and study mosquito repellent persistence. Research design, data and methodology : A positive control group containing purified water, ethanol and picaridin was prepared, and the experimental control group was prepared in the same proportion as the positive control group, and 0.6% of broad oil was added. The results were summarized using the calculation method according to the avoidance effect and statistically tested by t-test using the excel statistics program. Results : Experiments on skin surface area and voice control of participants showed that men had 8.9% wider skin surface area than women, and voice control tests showed that women were bitten by mosquitoes five times more than men. Both the positive and the experimental control groups had a valid duration of up to three hours, but from the time of five hours, the positive control group had 77% and the experimental control had 90%, indicating a difference of 14.4% over the positive control group. Conclusions : The mosquito repellents developed in this study on the basis of safety and continuity are cost-effective in terms of mosquito repellent, and in addition fragrance, odor removal, perfume, ink, skin care and massage effect.

Seasonal Prevalence and Abundance of Mosquitoes at the Busan Port (2001~2006)

  • Kim, Mi-Kyeong;Lee, Eun-Ju
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.199-204
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the population density of the mosquito species, and to provide the basic data related to vector mosquitoes to manage the possible epidemic diseases. During a 4-year investigation (2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006), we collected the specimens of the mosquitoes at pier no. 1, 3 and 5 of Busan port with light traps from sunset until the next day morning from April to October each year. Through the research, we collected 5,985 mosquito specimens in total and found 7 mosquito species belonging to 3 genera. A total of 1,575, 1,473, 1,478 and 1,459 mosquito specimens were collected in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006, respectively. Among them, 5,568 (93.0%) specimens were Culex pipiens pallens, the West Nile virus infection vector, which showed the highest density among the specimens. The population densities of the other species were: 295(4.9%) Culex tritaeniorhynchus, 94(1.5%) Aedes togoi, 12(0.3%) Aedes albopictus, 10(0.2%) Anopheles sinensis, 4(0.1%) Aedes vexans nipponii, 2(0.1%) Culex inatomii. The monthly abundance of mosquitoes from July through September showed the highest values. Although it was a general mosquito monitoring study, this study could provide a base for securing the statistical data on spreading epidemic diseases by people infected outside Korea.

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A comparative study of mosquito population density according to the Sejong City areas and old city and new city (세종특별자치시 전역과 구도심 및 신도심에 따른 모기 밀도 비교 연구)

  • Na, Sumi;Doh, Jiseon;Yang, Young Cheol;Ryu, Sungmin;Yi, Hoonbok
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.362-373
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted to establish mosquito distribution density and habitat in Sejong city for the prevention of mosquito-borne infectious diseases. The overall distribution of mosquitoes in the Sejong City was investigated, and the population density of mosquitoes in the old and new city was analyzed. Mosquito populations were determined using MOSHOLE and Blacklight traps once a week overnight. We also compared the mosquito population density of the old city and the new city, and the daily mosquito population was calculated using the data from the smart mosquito trap(DMS). Of all the study sites, Geumnam-myeon had the highest number of mosquitoes captured, and the dominant species were Armigeres subalbatus and Culex pipienspallens. Mosquito species with the potential for transmitting diseases were mainly found in Yeonseo-myeon (106 individual), and Geumnam-myeon (101). Mosquito collection rates by MOSHOLE trap and Blacklight trap were 58.49% and 41.51%, respectively. We concluded that using CO2 would be the most suitable approach for collecting mosquitoes. The mosquito population density in the old city (92.05±7.04) was approximately twice that of the new city(51.50±4.05). Since Sejong City is divided into old city and new city, it is difficult to spot remarkable effects in a standardized way. For effective quarantine, differentiation of quarantine must be established. This study results provide a basis for Sejong City's integrated mosquito control guidelines, and therefore effective control of which we believe will help control the spread of mosquito-borne diseases and reduce damage from mosquitoes.

Isolation of a Potent Mosquito Repellent from Vitex negundo L.: An Alternative Source of Rotundial

  • Amancharla, Praveen K.;Muthuraj, Patrick S.;Rao, Gottumukkala V.;Singh, Om V.
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.104-106
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    • 1999
  • The chloroform fraction of the aqueous extract of the fresh leaves of Vitex negundo by bioactivity guided isolation yielded a pure compound, rotundial (1) which has shown potent mosquito repellent activity. Using spectral data (UV, IR, $^1H\;&\;^{13}C$ NMR and MS) its structure has been elucidated.

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Experimental research on blood sucking phenomena of a female mosquito (암모기 흡혈과정에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Bo-Heum;Lee, Jung-Yeop;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.1475-1478
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    • 2008
  • We have investigated the blood sucking phenomena of a female mosquito. The main objective of this study is to understand the mosquito's blood sucking mechanism and eventually to develop a bio-mimic technology that can be used to resolve the problem encountered in the transport of infinitesimal biological fluids in various bio-chips and microchips. At first, the consecutive velocity fields of blood-sucking flow in a proboscis were measured using a micro-particle image velocimetry (PIV) system employed with a high-speed camera. The velocity signals of the blood-sucking flow in the proboscis represent a periodic pulsatile flow pattern and spectral analysis on the velocity waveform shows a clear peak at 6.1 Hz.

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Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 내에서 Bacillus thuringiensis sunsp. morrisoni PG-14 cryIVD 유전자의 발현

  • Lee, Dae-Weon;Park, Hyun-Woo;Jin, Byung-Rae;Chung, Young-Ho;Park, Young-Mok;Kang, Seok-Kwon
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.173-177
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    • 1996
  • Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni PG-14 is a gram-positive soil bacterium producing mosquitocidal parasporal inclusions composed of several crystal proteins. Among these crystal protein genes, cryIVD gene is one of major component which has 72 kDa in size. However, these parasporal inclusions sink quickly from the surface of water where mosquito larval feeding occurred. To develope mosquitocidal cyanobacterium, therefore, we constructed the expression vector, pCYASK 5-1 harboring cryIVD gene. The expression vector, pCYASK5-1 was transformed into the cyanobacterium Syne- chocystis PCC6803 reported as a natural mosquito larval food source and the transformants were selected with kanamycin. Expression of IVD gene in transformant was characterized by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and immunoblot analysis. The mosquitocidal activity of a transformant was determined with Culex tritaeniorhynchus. The results showed that, the transformed cyanobacterium is toxic to mosquito larvae and will be expected as a potential agent that is used for mosquito control.

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A Study on the Ignition Characteristics of the Electric Mosquito Repellent Mat (화재사례를 통한 전자 모기향의 발화특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jae-Sung;Choi, Seung-Bok;Min, Se-Hong;Choi, Don-Mook
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.196-205
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    • 2009
  • Electric mosquito repellent mats can be ignited by damage of cables, partial disconnection, overload. tracking and so on. In this study, we examined the structure of mosquito repellent mat, positive temperature coefficient(PTC) thermistor, used for heating element and phenomenological characteristics of remains, obtained on the scene of fires. After reappearance ignition test of PTC thermistors, we did comparison analysis them. And we could confine that the feature of heating plate and the shape of bursting were same.

Surgical Results of Brock Operation with a Mosquito Clamp in Neonates (Mosquito 겸자를 이용한 Brock 술식의 단기 성적 -중증 폐동맥유출로차단을 동반한 신생아 4예-)

  • 안홍남
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.766-774
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    • 1989
  • Four neonates with critical pulmonary outflow obstruction underwent emergency palliative operation between February 1988 and May 1989 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital. There were three boys and one girl, the mean age was 12.25 days [ranging from 3 days to 26 days], and the mean body weight was 3,625 gm [ranging from 3,450 gm to 4,200 gm]. Two patients had severe pulmonic valvular stenosis with intact ventricular septum, a third had pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, and another had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect. All were cyanotic, showed arterial desaturation with metabolic acidosis, and had congestive heart failure. To relieve the pulmonary outflow tract obstruction, we performed transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp in all cases without extracorporeal circulation. Three patients survived the operation and showed satisfactory postoperative results. The patient who had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect expired 5 days after surgery. We consider transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp as one of the preferable procedures for critical pulmonary outflow obstruction in the neonatal period.

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Effects of Water Quality Measurement on Mosquito Activity Index (수질 측정 성분이 모기 활동 지수에 미치는 영향)

  • Sung Jin Kim;Seung Woo Lee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2023.01a
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    • pp.165-166
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    • 2023
  • 물환경정보시스템에서 하천의 수질을 측정한 자료를 대상으로 DMS(Digital Mosquito Monitoring System)가 설치된 위치와 수질 측정지 위치가 가까운 4개 지점에 대한 수질 측정 성분과 모기지수의 연관성을 분석하였다. 수질 기준 외 측정 성분과 모기지수의 상관관계는 총질소(T-N), 용존총질소(TDN), 인산염인이 연관성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이 중에서 인산염인은 모기지수와 양적 선형관계를 이루는데, 인산염은 수중에 부영양화를 일으키는 성분 중 하나다. 수질 측정지는 비료의 영향보다는 오수의 유입으로 인산염이 과잉공급되는 것으로 보였다. 따라서 매년 바뀌는 모기지수 산출식의 지연일자 데이터에 부영양화 지수를 넣음으로써 모기지수의 정확도를 보완할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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