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방사능 노출과 방사선 보호 사례 연구 (Case Study of Radiation Protection and Radiation Exposure)

  • 민영실
    • 산업과 과학
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2023
  • 최근 방사능 노출에 대한 염려에 대한 이슈가 높아지고 있다. 토양, 물, 공기, 작물등에 영향을 주며 장기적으로 환경오염 및 식량오염이 발생하며 나아가 사회적인 혼란 및 경제적 타격을 초래할 것으로 여겨진다. 방사능 노출로 질병을 일으키기도 하지만, 질병진단을 위한 방법으로, X선촬영, CT, PET-CT등 핵의학 검사를 실시하고, 암치료 목적으로 방사선 동위원소에 노출시키기도 한다. 후쿠시마 방사능 폐기물 방류소식으로 물, 특히 식수에 포함되는 방사선에 대한 헝가리의 사례 연구 및 남극 대륙의 Larsemann Hills 지역 검사에서 세계 보건 기구에서 권장하는 음용수의 규정된 방사능 한계 내에 있었다. DNA손상, 세포 및 장기손상, 암에 관련된 내용을 중심으로 방사선 보호제를 살펴보고, 또한 복구물질중 ACE억제제, 항산화제, 천연물질등에 관하여 여러 문헌을 조사하였다. 일상에서 방사능에 노출되지만 안전할 수 있는 이유는 아마도 방사선보호물질, 방사능 피폭에 대한 복구 물질이 있을 것으로 여겨, 가능한 물질들을 찾아보고자 한다.

활성탄 재생이 자연유기물질의 흡착에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Reactivation of Activated Carbon on Adsorption of Natural Organic Matter)

  • 홍성호;최주솔
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.323-329
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    • 2007
  • There is no certain definition about advanced drinking water treatment but it is generally known as activated carbon process, membrane process or ozone process which can remove non-conventional pollutants such as taste and odor compounds, and micro-pollutants. There are more than 20 processes related to activated carbon as adsorber or biological activated carbon in Korea. The saturated carbon by pollutants can be reused by reactivation. However, the effect of reactivation on activated carbon is not well-understood in terms of changing physical properties of carbon to adsorption capacity of natural organic matter (NOM). In this study, the effects of reactivation on physical properties of activated carbon were investigated by isotherm and breakthrough of NOM. Ash content was increased from 8% to 13.3%. Iodine number is commonly used as an indicator for performance of reactivation. The iodine number was decreased about 20% after reactivating twice. The degree of reactivation can be evaluated by not only iodine number but also apparent density.

활성탄의 세공이 자연유기물질의 흡착에 미치는 영향 (Effect of pore characteristics of activated carbon on adsorption of natural organic matter)

  • 박정순;홍성호
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.249-255
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    • 2011
  • It is complicate problem to optimize removing natural organic matter (NOM) by activated carbon in drinking water treatment because the activated carbon has heterogeneous surface area and pore structure. Seven different coals based activated carbons which have different pore structures were used in the study. Sand filtered effluents which normally used as GAC adsorber influent were used. The molecular weight distribution showed that most of the NOM was bigger than 10,000Da. In this study, systematical approaches such as characteristics of surface area and pore volume were evaluated on NOM adsorption. Especially, the adsorption capacities for NOM were evaluated by effect of micro-pores and meso-pores in surface area and pore structure. The results show that the higher ratio of meso-pore compare to the micro-pore has not only the better adsorption capacities for NOM but also the higher strongly-adsorbable fraction. Therefore, the overall adsorption capacity is increased with higher meso-pore ratio with existing of reasonable micro-pore surface area and volume.

조선시대 다화(茶畵)에 나타나는 경관요소 (The Landscape Components Illustrated in Tea-drinking Pictures of the Joseon Dynasty)

  • 최미영;홍광표
    • 한국전통조경학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 조선시대의 다화들을 살펴 그림 속의 다양한 장면들을 통해서 음다공간의 독특한 경관성을 살피는 데 목적을 두고 있다. 특히 조선시대에 그려진 다화들은 다수 있으며, 그림을 그린 화가들도 대부분 알려져 있어 음다공간에 대한 당시 선비들의 취향과 자연성 및 장소성 등과 같은 경관요소를 알 수 있다. 한국에 차가 도입된 것은 삼국시대로 매우 오래된 역사를 갖고 있다. 지금까지 차에 관한 연구는 다양하게 전개되고, 연구결과도 많이 발표되었지만, 조경학적 관점에서 살펴본 연구는 미미한 수준이었다. 조선시대에 그려진 다화가 한국인의 차문화를 설명할 수 있는 하나의 문화적 코드라는 전제하에 다화에 나타난 다양한 장면들을 분석하여 한국인들이 형성하였던 음다공간이 가진 경관요소의 특징을 밝혔는데, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 조선시대 다화에서 나타난 구성요소를 건축요소, 수요소, 석요소, 식물요소로 나누었으며, 첫째, 건축요소는 일본의 경우처럼 전용다실 특정한 건물이나 특별히 정해진 장소가 없이 어느 곳에서나 행해졌음을 확인할 수 있었다. 차와 연관된 건축물이나 정원이 없다는 것은 한국인이 가진 격식에 얽매이지 않고, 자연을 좋아하는 문화와 연관되는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 둘째, 수요소는 자연스러운 수경관을 연출하고 있었다. 셋째, 석요소는 완상이나 실용의 목적을 겸했음을 알 수 있었다. 넷째, 식물요소는 수목들이 기품 있는 형태미를 가지고 있으며, 수목들의 내재적인 상징성을 고려하여 식재하였음을 알 수 있다. 조선시대의 다화를 통해 한국 사람들은 차를 마시는데 있어서 일본과 달리 다도라는 어떤 특별한 격식을 따지지 않았으며, 한정된 공간을 정하지 않고 앉은 자리가 음다공간이었던 것으로 생각할 수 있었다.

Radioprotective Effect of Lifukang, a Chinese Medicinal Plants Prescription

  • Kim, Jeong-Hee;Kim, Sung-Ho;Lee, Eun-Ju;Gao, Jiangshen;Wu, Zhenyu;Mar, Woong-Chon;Chang, Il-Moo
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 1998
  • We have examined in vitro and in vivo radioprotective effect of a Chinese medicinal plants prescription, Lifukang. Micronucleus assay was employed to evaluate in vitro radioprotective effect of Lifukang. In the presence of Lifukang, the frequencies of miconuclei were greatly reduced from 7.2 to 2.9, 1.6 and 1.6% at the concentrations of Lifukang from 0 to 2, 10 and $50{\mu}g/ml$, respectively. For in vivo assay, we monitored the incidences of apoptotic cells in mouse small intestine crypts and endogeneous spleen colonies. When Lifukang was administered to mice P.O. Or I.P. at doses of 1 mg/ml in drinking water for 7 days or 0.3 mg/mouse 24 hrs prior to irradiations, respectively, the average numbers of apoptotic cells were reduced to 3.1 or 2.3, respectively, as compared to 4.4 acquired from untreated control experiments. In addition, in spleen colony assay, Lifukang increased the number of hematopoietic spleen colonies. When samples were administered after irradiation, better results were obtained. The numbers of spleen colonies were increased from 14 colonies to 18.3 or 19.6 colonies when Lifukang was given through P.O. (1 mg/ml in drinking water for 11 days) or I.P. (0.3 mg/ mouse) after irradiation, respectively.

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대수층 함양관리에 있어서 지질매질에 의한 비소 자연저감 가능성 평가 (Assessment of Potential Natural Attenuation of Arsenic by Geological Media During Managed Aquifer Recharge)

  • 박다소미;현성필;하규철;문희선
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.12-22
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    • 2020
  • Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is a promising water management strategy for securing stable water resources to overcome water shortage and water quality deterioration caused by global environmental changes. A MAR demonstration site was selected at Imgok-ri, Sangju-si, Korea, based on screening for the frequency of drought events and local water supply situations. The abundant groundwater discharging from a nearby abandoned coal mine is one of the potential recharge water sources for the MAR implementation. However, it has elevated levels of arsenic (~12 ㎍/L). In this study, the potential of the natural attenuation of arsenic by the field geological media was investigated using batch and column experiments. The adsorption and desorption parameters were obtained for two drill core samples (GM1; 21.8~22.8 m and GM2; 26.0~27.8 m depth) recovered from the potentially water-conducting fracture-zones in the injection well. The effluent arsenic concentrations were monitored during the continuous flow of the mine drainage water through the columns packed with the core samples. GM2 removed about 60% of arsenic in the influent (0.1 mg-As/L) while GM1 removed about 20%. The results suggest that natural attenuation is an acitive process occurring during the MAR operation, potentially lowering the arsenic level in the mine drainage water below the regulatory standard for drinking water. This study hence demonstrates that using the mine drainage water as the recharge water source is a viable option at the MAR demonstration site.

Effects of Iron on Arsenic Speciation and Redox Chemistry in Acid Mine Water

  • Bednar A.J.;Garbarino J.R.;Ranville J.F.;Wildeman T.R.
    • 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한자원환경지질학회 2004년도 International Symposium
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    • pp.9-28
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    • 2004
  • Concern about arsenic is increasing throughout the world, including areas of the United States. Elevated levels of arsenic above current drinking-water regulations in ground and surface water can be the result of purely natural phenomena, but often are due to anthropogenic activities, such as mining and agriculture. The current study correlates arsenic speciation in acid mine drainage and mining influenced water with the important water-chemistry properties Eh, pH, and iron(III) concentration. The results show that arsenic speciation is generally in equilibrium with iron chemistry in low pH AMD, which is often not the case in other natural-water matrices. High pH mine waters and groundwater do not 짐ways hold to the redox predictions as well as low pH AMD samples. The oxidation and precipitation of oxyhydroxides depletes iron from some systems, and this also affects arsenite and arsenate concentrations differently through sorption processes.

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Implementations of Remote Sensing, GIS, and GPS for Water Resources and Water Quality Monitoring

  • Wu, Mu-Lin;Chen, Chiou-Hsiung;Liu, Shiu-Feng;Wey, Jiun-Sheng
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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    • pp.1191-1193
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    • 2003
  • Water quantity and quality monitoring at Taipei Watershed Management Bureau (WRATB) is not only a daily business but also a long term job. WRATB is responsible for providing high quality drinking water to about four millions population in Taipei. The quality of drinking water provided by WRATB is among one of the best in Taiwan. The total area is 717 square kilometers. The water resource pollution is usually divided into two categories, point source pollution and nonpoint source pollution. Garbage disposal is the most important component of the point source pollution, especially those by tourist during holidays and weekends. Pesticide pollution, fertilizer pollution, and natural pollution are the major contributions for nonpoint source pollution. The objective of this paper is to implement remote sensing, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems to monitor water quantity and water quality at WRATB. There are 12 water quality monitoring stations and four water gauge stations at WRATB. The coordinates of the 16 stations were determined by GPS devices and created into the base maps. MapObjects and visual BASIC were implemented to create application modules for water quality and quantity monitoring. Water quality of the two major watersheds at WRATB was put on Internet for public review monthly. The GIS software, ArcIMS, can put location maps and attributes of all 16 stations on Internet for general public review and technical implementations at WRATB. Inquiry and statistic charts automatic manipulations for the past 18 years are also available. Garbage disposal by community and tourist were also managed by GIS and GPS. The storage, collection, and transportation of garbage were reviewed by ArcMap file format. All garbage cart and garbage can at WRATB can be displayed on the base maps. Garbage disposal by tourist during holidays and weekends can be managed by a PDA with a GPS device and a digital camera. Man power allocation for tourist garbage disposal management can be done in an integration of GIS and GPS. Monitoring of water quality and quantity at WRATB can be done on Internet and by a PDA.

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Modeling of Co(II) adsorption by artificial bee colony and genetic algorithm

  • Ozturk, Nurcan;Senturk, Hasan Basri;Gundogdu, Ali;Duran, Celal
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • 제9권5호
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    • pp.363-371
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    • 2018
  • In this work, it was investigated the usability of artificial bee colony (ABC) and genetic algorithm (GA) in modeling adsorption of Co(II) onto drinking water treatment sludge (DWTS). DWTS, obtained as inevitable byproduct at the end of drinking water treatment stages, was used as an adsorbent without any physical or chemical pre-treatment in the adsorption experiments. Firstly, DWTS was characterized employing various analytical procedures such as elemental, FT-IR, SEM-EDS, XRD, XRF and TGA/DTA analysis. Then, adsorption experiments were carried out in a batch system and DWTS's Co(II) removal potential was modelled via ABC and GA methods considering the effects of certain experimental parameters (initial pH, contact time, initial Co(II) concentration, DWTS dosage) called as the input parameters. The accuracy of ABC and GA method was determined and these methods were applied to four different functions: quadratic, exponential, linear and power. Some statistical indices (sum square error, root mean square error, mean absolute error, average relative error, and determination coefficient) were used to evaluate the performance of these models. The ABC and GA method with quadratic forms obtained better prediction. As a result, it was shown ABC and GA can be used optimization of the regression function coefficients in modeling adsorption experiments.

Impact of Salt Intake on Red and Fallow Deer Production in Australia - Review -

  • Ru, Y.J.;Glatz, P.C.;Miao, Z.H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제13권12호
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    • pp.1779-1787
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    • 2000
  • Southern and south-western Australia is a typical mediterranean environment, characterised by wet, cold winters and dry, hot summers. The evaporation rate varies significantly in summer, resulting in a high salinity of drinking water for grazing animals. In addition, a large amount of land in the cropping areas is affected by salt. Puccinellia, tall wheat grass and saltbushes have been planted to improve the soil condition and to supply feed for grazing animals. Animals grazing these areas often ingest an excessive amount of salt from soil, forage and drinking water which can reduce feed intake, increase the water requirement, depress growth and affect body composition as demonstrated in sheep. While the deer industry has been successfully developed in these regions, the potential impact of excessive salt intake on deer production is unknown. The salt tolerance has been well defined for sheep, cattle and other livestock species, but the variation between animal species, breeds within species, maturity status and grazing environments makes it impossible to apply these values directly to deer. To optimise deer production and effectively use natural resources, it is essential to understand the salt status of grazing deer and the impact of excessive salt intake on growth and reproduction of deer.