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$\delta^{15}$N Analysis for Interpretation of Nitrogen pollution Source and Contribution in Agricultural Watersheds (농촌유역의 질소 오염원과 기여도 해석을 위한 $\delta^{15}$N 분석(지역환경 \circled1))

  • 홍영진;권순국
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.513-518
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    • 2000
  • It has been acknowledged that fertilizer, natural soil nitrogen and animal waste, municipal waste have different mass ratio of nitrogen which is presented as a symbol of $\delta^{15}$N. and that the values of $\delta^{15}$N for fertilizer and natural soil nitrogen and animal waste are placed less than +5$\textperthousand$ and higher than +10$\textperthousand$, respectively. thus, Nitrogen pollution sources and contribution can be interpreted in watershed through $\delta^{15}$N analysis and then, analysis is performed with Kjeldhl-Dumas method. In this study, The values of $\delta^{15}$N are between +1.46$\textperthousand$ and +8.97$\textperthousand$, and the nitrate concentration is placed less than 3.31mg/L and higher than 0.19mg/L, respectively. Thus, this watershed is noncontamination area at the present time. But as a result of $\delta^{15}$N, contribution of natural soil nitrogen be discovered in this watershed, presently.

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The first record of nine bacterial species belonging to the phylum Proteobacteria in Korea

  • Kim, Dong-Uk;Kang, Myung-Suk;Kim, Ju-Young;Kim, Myung Kyum
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.214-223
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    • 2017
  • As part of a larger study with the aim to discover indigenous prokaryotic species in Korea, nine bacterial strains were isolated and assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria in 2016. High 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>98.5%) and formation of a robust phylogenetic clades with known species indicated that each strain belongs to an independent and predefined bacterial species. This is the first report of these nine species in Korea: two strains of the Methylobacterium, two strains of the Microvirga, one strain of the Pantoea, and four strains of the Psychrobacter, all within the Proteobacteria. Gram reaction, colony and cell morphology, basic biochemical characteristics, and isolation sources are also described in the species description section.

A Study on the Dyeing Properties of Chestnut Bur Extract on Silk and Cotton(I) (밤송이 추출액을 이용한 견 및 면직물 염색(I))

  • 장재철;전동원;김애순
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.280-287
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    • 2000
  • For thousands of years, dyes were obtained from natural sources, such as plants and animals. Although synthetic dyes have replaced many natural dyes for commercial use but natural dyes with their fascinating color are still used extensively by some people. To investigate the dyeing properties of chestnut bur, which is most widely found in our country, some experiments were performed under the several dyeing conditions with silk and cotton fabrics. It was found that $\lambda_{max}$ of chestnut but extract was 410nm and the color of the fabric dyed is Yellow Red. The K/S value of silk and cotton fabrics increased when the dyeing temperature was higher than $60^\circ{C}$ and the dyeing time was more than 30 minutes. Optimal dyeing pH was between 5 and 6, and repetition of dyeing increased K/S value of the sample fabrics. K/S value of silk fabric dyed with chestnut bur extract was higher than that of cotton. Post-mordanting method showed higher color yield compared with pre-mordanting, and higher temperature and increased time in mordanting increased the dye-uptake.

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An Automatic Construction for Class Diagram from Problem Statement using Natural Language Processing

  • Utama, Ahmad Zulfiana;Jang, Duk-Sung
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.386-394
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    • 2019
  • This research will describe algorithm for class diagram extraction from problem statements. Class diagram notation consist of class name, attributes, and operations. Class diagram can be extracted from the problem statement automatically by using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The extraction results heavily depends on the algorithm and preprocessing stage. The algorithm obtained from various sources with additional rules that are obtained in the implementation phase. The evaluation features using five problem statement with different domains. The application will capture the problem statement and draw the class diagram automatically by using Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF). The classification accuracy of 100% was achieved. The final algorithm achieved 92 % of average precision score.

Protoberberine alkaloids from the rhizome of Coptis japonica Makino

  • Min , Yong-Deuk;Chung, Ae-Kyung;Shim, Sang-Ho;Lim, Bang-Ho;Shin, Dae-Hee;Lee, Kang-Ro
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.205.2-205.2
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    • 2003
  • As part of our program to isolate bioactive compounds from korean natural sources, we have screened traditional medicinal plants to cytotoxity on human tumor cells. Of them, the MeOH extract from rhizome of Coptis japonica Makino was found to be active against five cultured human tumor cell lines. So, the MeOH extract was subjected to successive solvent partitioning to give n-hexane, chloroform and BuOH. The activity was concentrated into the chloroform extract. The extract was chromatographied on a silica gel column and resulted in the isolation 5 alkaloids. (omitted)

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Combinations of Natural Products: Opportunities and Dangers

  • Davis Paul F.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 2004
  • The use of medicinal food, food supplements and nutraceuticals is steadily increasing worldwide. These products are derived from a variety of sources of ethnic traditions and new research findings. They are being utilised in a diverse range of preventive and therapeutic situations. Because of this increased interest there is greater use of multiple natural products simultaneously. The use of combinations needs to be treated with circumspection. Mixing may have no unexpected consequences or it may have rather unanticipated beneficial outcomes. Just as likely are deleterious effects from combining the intake of natural products. Recent research has been quite useful in the characterisation of the consequences of some of these combinations and examples will be presented.

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Current status of natural product industry and its commercial application to health functional foods

  • Park, Jong Dae
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.21-21
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    • 2018
  • Natural product substances have historically served as the most significant also be prepared by source of new leads for pharmaceutical development. They can chemical synthesis(both semisynthesis and total synthesis) and have played a important role in the field of organic chemistry by providing synthetic targets. Rcently, they have also been extended for commercial purpose to refer to medicinal products, health functional foods, dietary supplements and cosmetics from natural sources. A large number of currently prescribed drugs have been either directly derived from or inspired by natural products. However, with the advent of robotics, bioinformatics, high throughput screening(HTS), molecular biology-biotechnology, combinatorial chemistry, in silico(molecular modeling) and other methodologies, the pharmaceutical industry has largely moved away from plant derived natural products as a source for leads and prospective drug candidates. The strategy for natural prduct industry is now changing from drug approaches to health foods by identifying effective natural products as preparations. In Korea, a lot of development of natural product based drugs have been done, but very few on health functional foods. The concept of natural product based health foods is not active components as lead compounds but standardized extracts or preparation mixed with other medicinal plants. The representative material has been recently known to be a standardized ginseng extract "Ginsana G 115" developed by Swiss Pharmaton company. The purpose of this presentation is to underline how natural products research continues to make significant contributions in the domain of discovery and development of new health functional foods. It is proposed to present the development of high value added health food or health functional foods through scientific investigation on efficacy and standardization of new materials form natural products.

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Effect of plasmid curing on the production of siderophore from glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources in Acinetobacter sp. B-W (글루탐산을 유일한 탄소 원과 질소 원으로 이용하는 Acinetobacter sp. B-W의 글루탐산으로부터의 시드로포어 생산에 미치는 플라스미드 제거 효과)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Ja;Lee, Jae-Rim;Yang, Yong-Joon
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.266-271
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    • 2018
  • Effect of plasmid curing of Acinetobacter sp. B-W on the production of siderophore from glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources was investigated. Plasmid cured mutant of strain B-W lost the ability to produce siderophore from glutamic acid at $28^{\circ}C$. Transformant E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ harboring 20 kb plasmid, that was isolated from wild type of strain B-W produced siderophore from glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources at $28^{\circ}C$, but, not at $36^{\circ}C$. Production of siderophore from glutamic acid by transformant E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ was completely inhibited by $10{\mu}M\;FeCl_3$. In previous report, catechol nature of siderophore produced from glutamic acid by strain B-W was detected by Arnow test. The siderophore produced from glutamic acid by transformant E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ was also catechol type. Rf value of siderophore produced from transformant E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ grown in medium glutamic acid as both carbon and nitrogen sole sources at $28^{\circ}C$ was 0.32 in butanol-acetic acid-water (12:3:5) as developing solvent. Rf value of the siderophore was the same with that of wild type of strain B-W. Thus a single plasmid of 20 kb seemed to be involved in the production of siderophore from glutamic acid.

Enhanced Production of Astaxanthin in Paracoccus haeundaensis Strain by Physical and Chemical Mutagenesis (물리·화학적 돌연변이 유도를 통한 Paracoccus haeundaensis의 astaxanthin 생산량 증대)

  • Seo, Yong Bae;Jeong, Tae Hyug;Choi, Seong Seok;Lim, Han Kyu;Kim, Gun-Do
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.339-345
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    • 2017
  • Carotenoids are natural lipid-soluble pigments, which are produced primarily by bacteria, algae, and plants. Many studies have focused on the identification, production, and utilization of natural sources of astaxanthin from algae, yeast, and crustacean byproducts as an alternative to the synthetic pigment, which is mostly used today. The aim of the present study was to identify a mutant of Paracoccus haeundaensis by exposure to UV and ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS). The mutant was then exposed to nutrient stress conditions to isolate an astaxanthin-hyperproducing strain, followed by characterization of the mutant. The survival rate decreased in accordance with an increase in the UV exposure time and an increase in the EMS concentration. A mutant of the original P. haeundaensis strain was identified that showed hyperproduction of astaxanthin following exposure to UV irradiation (20 min) and EMS treatment (0.4 M concentration). The optimal culture conditions for the PUE mutant were $25^{\circ}C$, pH 7-8, and 3% NaCl. The effects of various carbon and nitrogen sources on the growth and astaxanthin production of PUE were examined. The addition of 1% raffinose and 3% potassium nitrate influenced cell growth and astaxanthin production. The selected mutant exhibited an increase of 1.58 folds in astaxanthin content compared to initial wild type strain. A genetically stable mutant strain obtained using mutagen (UV irradiation and EMS treatment) may be a suitable candidate for further industrial scale production of astaxanthin.

The Development Prospect for Gas Hydrate as an Energy Source (에너지원으로서의 가스 하이드레이트 개발 전망)

  • Baek Youngsoon;Lee Jeonghwan;Choi Yangmi;Park Seoungmin
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.652-655
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    • 2005
  • Considering the fact that more than $97\%$ of fossil energy resources such as oil and natural gas needed in Korea rely on import, primary concern of the national economy is to secure future energy sources. Gas hydrates. which is non-conventional types of natural gas, distribute worldwide, especially in marine and permafrost Gas hydrates draw great attention recently as a new clean energy resources substituting conventional oil gas due to its presumed huge amount of volume reaching 10 trillion tons of gas and environmentally friendly characteristics. Results of preliminary survey by Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) showed that gas hydrates can be present in deep sea over 1,000m water depth in the East Sea. Gas hydrates can contribute to the rapidly increasing consumption of natural gas in Korea and achieve the self-support target by 2010 with $30\%$ of total natural gas demand. This study presents the potentialities and development prospects of gas hydrate as a future energy source.

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