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Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Agricultural Products Collected from Markets in Cheongju and Jeonju (청주 및 전주지역 유통 농산물 중 잔류농약 모니터링)

  • Lee, Eon-Young;Noh, Hyun-Ho;Park, Young-Soon;Kang, Kyung-Won;Jo, Seong-Yong;Lee, Seung-Reul;Park, In-Young;Kim, Tae-Hwa;Jin, Yong-Duk;Kyung, Kee-Sung
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.357-362
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    • 2008
  • In order to survey the residual characteristics of pesticides and assess their safeties in the agricultural products from markets, the agricultural products were purchased from the wholesale and traditional markets in Cheongju and Jeonju and analyzed the pesticide residues in them. No pesticide residues were found in samples from Cheongju, whereas, in case of samples collected from Jeonju, 3 pesticides including chlorothalonil were detected from 5 samples such as eggplant from wholesale market and 3 pesticides including azoxystrobin were found in tomato and grape from traditional market. Pesticide residues were detected from 10.9% of the total samples and detection levels were less than their maximum residue levels. Their estimated daily intakes ranged from 0.00102 to 0.03616% of their acceptable daily intakes, representing residue levels of the pesticides detected were evaluated to be safe.

Membrane fouling reduction using electro-coagulation aided membrane bio-reactor (전기응집 분리 막 생물반응기의 막 오염 저감)

  • Kim, Wan-Kyu;Hong, Sung-Jun;Chang, In-Soung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.105-114
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    • 2018
  • Membrane fouling in EC-MBR (Electro-Coagulation aided Membrane Bio-Reactor) processes was evaluated according to the operating parameters, such as current density and contact time. In addition, the fouling mechanism was investigated. Compared to the control (i.e., no electro-coagulation), membrane fouling for filtration of the activated sludge suspension after electro-coagulation was reduced significantly. Membrane fouling was improved further when the contact time was doubled under a low current density of $2.5A/m^2$. On the other hand, membrane fouling was not mitigated further, as expected, even though the contact time was doubled from 12 to 24 hr. at a current density of $10A/m^2$. This indicates that the overall decrease in membrane fouling is a function of the product of the current density and contact time. The particle size of the activated sludge flocs after electro-coagulation was changed slightly, which means that the membrane fouling reduction was not attributed to a larger particle size resulting from electro-coagulation. The experimental confirmed that the dynamic membrane made from aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3, and/or aluminum phosphate, Al(PO4), which had been formed during the electro-coagulation, played a key role on the reduction of membrane fouling. The dynamic membrane prevents the particles in the feed solution from deposition to the membrane pores and cake layers. Dynamic membrane formation as a result of electro-coagulation plays a critical role in the mitigation of membrane fouling in EC-MBR.

Isolation and Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Fermented Goat Milk in Tajikistan

  • Cho, Gyu-Sung;Cappello, Claudia;Schrader, Katrin;Fagbemigun, Olakunle;Oguntoyinbo, Folarin A.;Csovcsics, Claudia;Rosch, Niels;Kabisch, Jan;Neve, Horst;Bockelmann, Wilhelm;Briviba, Karlis;Modesto, Monica;Cilli, Elisabetta;Mattarelli, Paola;Franz, Charles M.A.P
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1834-1845
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    • 2018
  • The lactobacilli associated with a fermented goat milk product from Tajikistan were isolated to characterize their technological properties and antibiotic resistances in order to assess their suitability for development as starter cultures. In this study, twenty three strains were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing as typical dairy-associated lactic acid bacterial strains, i.e. L. plantarum, L. pentosus, L. delbrueckii, L. helveticus and L. paracasei. These strains were generally susceptible to most antibiotics tested in this study and this allowed a selection of strains as safe starters. The draft genomes of four representative strains were sequenced and the number of contigs of the four assembled genomes ranged from 51 to 245 and the genome sizes ranged from 1.75 to 3.24 Mbp. These representative strains showed differences in their growth behavior and pH-reducing abilities in in vitro studies. The co-inoculation of these Lactobacillus spp. strains together with a yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus MBT-5698, or together with the yeast and an additional Streptococcus thermophilus MBT-2, led to a pH reduction to 3.4 after 48 h. Only in the case of fermentation inoculated with the co-culture, the viscosity of the milk increased noticeably. In contrast, fermentations with single strains did not lead to gelation of the milk or to a decrease in the pH after 24h. The results of this study provide a comprehensive understanding of the predominant lactobacilli related to Tajikistani fermented milk products.

Composting of Food Waste by Non-Stirrer Sealed Fermenter and Change of NaCl content in Soil during the Pepper Cultivation (무교반 밀폐형 발효조를 이용한 음식물류폐기물 퇴비화 및 작물재배 중 염분의 함량 변화)

  • Hong, Sung Gil;Chang, Ki Woon;Kwon, Hyuk Young
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.82-88
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    • 2005
  • This study was carried out to investigate on the change of NaCl content during the food waste composting and on the safety of food waste compost(FWC) manufactured by the non-stirrer sealed fermenter. Plant culture test with pepper crop was also performed to see the effect of FWC, which was produced by the G co. ltd., on the growth of peper and migration of NaCl in soil. The culture test was performed at the farmland in Chungnam National University. The results were as follows; the NaCl content was gradually accumulated during food waste composting process, probably through water evaporation. Sodium concentration was, however, remarkably decreased at the final stage due to the desalting effect by water which was concentrated on the ceil of the fermentor. The analysis of chemical properties and humidity parameters on the food waste compost revealed that the product is quite a good qualified one. More than 0.5 tons of FWC application on red pepper cultivation caused diminished effect on the yield and the accumulation of salts on soil.

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A Study on the Unmanned convenience Store Operation System from the Viewpoint of Visual Merchandising (비주얼 머천다이징 관점에서의 무인 편의점 운영시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Jung-Hwa;Yang, Hoe-Chang;Park, Chul-Ju;Youn, Myoung-Kil
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2018
  • Purpose - The purpose of the study was to investigate operation system of current convenience store and competing retail store and to find out development of unattended convenience store. Operators can save labor cost and solve labor seeking when opening shop under suitable environment and commerce area, and assure of employee's safety. Customers are allowed to select commodity comfortably without disclosure of face and to shorten standby time at simple store opening, buying and paying and to produce convenient living environment by financing, delivery and goods control. This study examined effect and problems of operation of existing and unattended convenience store from point of view of visual merchandising to find out model of unattended convenience store and to strengthen competitiveness of convenience store business. Research design, data, and methodology - Research procedure of accomplishment of goal of the study was: The study investigated state of distribution business, and role and definition of VMD. First, VMD played an important role of promotion and competitiveness of unattended convenience stores. Second, the author investigated research and cases of unattended convenience stores 14 months, that is to say, from August 15, 2017 to October 15, 2018. Third, the author investigated on-the-spot three of common convenience stores, three of unattended convenience stores and three of retailers one month, that is to say, June 1, 2018 to July 1, 2018. The subject was convenience stores and retailers selling similar type of products at Seoul and metropolitan area. Results - Layout, selling place, brand identity, goods assortment, authentication system, product information cognition and control, buying and payment system, security system, salesmen, promotion and other services should be improved from point of view of merchandising. Structure, furniture, lighting, voice, façade, VP, PP, IP and POP should be developed. Conclusions - Unattended convenience stores saved operating cost and lessened labor and gave visitors convenience and comfortable shopping and made use of resources effectively. Further studies with quantitative analysis shall find out strategic conditions for promotion of unattended convenience stores.

Process Design of Trimming to Improve the Sheared-Edge of the Vehicle Door Latch based on the FE Simulation and the Taguchi Method (유한요소해석 및 다구찌법을 이용한 자동차 도어 래치의 전단면 품질 향상을 위한 트리밍 공정 설계)

  • Lee, Jung-Hyun;Lee, Kyung-Hun;Lee, Seon-Bong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.483-490
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    • 2016
  • Automobile door latch is a fine design and assembly techniques are required in order to produce them in a small component assembly shape such as a spring, injection products, a small-sized motor. The door latch is fixed to not open the door of the car plays an important role it has a direct impact on the driver's safety. In this study, during trimming of the terminals of the connector main components of the car door latch, reduce rollover and conducted a research to find a suitable effective shear surface. Using the Taguchi method with orthogonal array of Finite Element Analysis and optimal Design of Experiments were set up parameters for the shear surface quality of the car door latch connector terminals. The design parameters used in the analysis is the clearance, the radius, and the blank holding force, the material of the connector terminal is a C2600. Trimming process optimum conditions suggested by the analysis has been verified by experiments, the shear surface shape and dimensions of a final product in good agreement with forming analysis results.Taguchi method from the above results in the optimization for the final rollover and effective shear surface improved for a vehicle door latch to the connector terminal can be seen that the applicable and useful for a variety of metal forming processes other than the trimming process is determined to be applicable.

Development of Supportive Device Design for Artificial Hand Based on Virtual Simulation (가상 시뮬레이션을 이용한 의수 보조 장치 디자인 개발)

  • Lee, Ji-Won;Han, Ji-Young;Na, Dong-Kyu;Nah, Ken
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.455-465
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    • 2017
  • This study focuses on design development and verification through virtual simulation based on 3D model data in the cloud platform as a method of utilization of engineering technology of design in the fourth industrial revolution era. The goal of research is to develop and examine a design for the needs of the target that has never been met before through virtual simulations that can be conducted in practice. As a research method, we analyzed secondary data to identify the needs of the target, and did literature research for the ergonomic data and target body development stages. In addition, the design development process of this study was shown meaningful result in design, structure, safety, material, durability through loop test of 7 virtual simulations. This study can be applied to the automated process system based on 3D model data in the 4th industrial revolution era and can be used as an element of the cyber physics system for the additional research.

Biomonitoring Human Exposure to VOCs : Using Individual Susceptibility Markers

  • Kim, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Dae-Seon;Park, Jae-Sung;Kang, Tack-Shin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.187-191
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    • 2003
  • In this study, biomonitoring methods were developed to measure BTEXs exposure level in the air, metabolites of benzene and toluene in human urine, individual susceptibility markers in human blood for evaluation of the health effects about environmental pollution. We have also performed a small-scaled molecular epidemiology study on residents in Chuncheon and workers in workplace for these method applications. The workers in workplace were surveyed as study areas, and the residents in Chuncheon which is in the suburban area were surveyed as comparative areas in this study. Actually, 31 workers in as target group and 33 residences in as control group this epidemiological study. The results obtained from this study were as follows: 1. Benzene is a well-known carcinogen, it's median concentrations were 0.00024∼0.02057ppm at suburban area and 0.002∼00.654ppm at work place, These benzene concentrations were not exceed the OSHA(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) threshold benzene level of 1ppm in the states. 2. Metabolites product of benzene(t,t-Muconic Acid) and toluene(Hippuric Acid) were not significant both in suburban and workplace area. The median concentration of t,t-MA and HA were 0.0122, 1.44277g/g creatinine, respectively. 3. In the case of individual susceptibility markers as CYPlAl, 41.8% of them has homozygous wild type(W) and who has heterozygous variant type(H) was 35.4% and 22.8% of homozygous variant type(M) genetic type. In the case of CYP2E1, 62.82% of them has homozygous wild type(D) type, 34.62% of each has heterozygous variant type (DC) and 2.56% of them has homozygous variant type (CC). Who doesn't have GSTM1 gene was 46.25% and who has GSTM1 gene was 53.75%. Who doesn't have GSTT1 gene was 40.0% in study groups and who has GSTT1 gene was 60.0%. Who has W genetic type, which is homozygous wild type of GSTP1, was 69.18% and H genetic type, which is heterozygous variant type was 28.4%. M genetic type which is homozygous variant type was 2.4%. 4. Concentration differences of metabolites such as t,t-MA and HA in urine, which is generated by individual susceptibility marker of GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1 gene of Phase I and CYP1A1, CYP2E1 gene of Phase II, was examined. As a result, GSTP1 and GSTM1 indicate slight differences depend on the amount of metabolites in urine, it was not statistically significant.

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Quality Improvement of Galbijjim Using Superheated Steam and High Hydrostatic Pressure (Superheated Steam과 High Hydrostatic Pressure에 의한 갈비찜의 품질 개선 효과)

  • Seo, Sang-Hee;Kim, Eun-Mi;Kim, Young-Boong;Cho, Eun-Kyung;Woo, Hyun-Jung;Lee, Min-A
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.43 no.9
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    • pp.1423-1430
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    • 2014
  • This study investigated the effects of superheated steam (SHS) and high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) on the quality of Galbijjim. SHS cooking increased moisture and crude fat contents and decreased crude protein contents (P<0.05). The value of L was significantly higher upon SHS cooking compared to conventional cooking (CC), whereas a and b values were not significantly different among the samples. Hardness decreased more upon CC than SHS. The results of the safety storage experiment at refrigeration temperature showed that the total number of bacteria was lower in SHS-HHP than in CC-HHP. The thiobarbituric acid value increased to 0.70~1.56 mg malonaldehyde (MA)/kg in CC-HHP after 15 days, and SHS-HHP showed 0.69 (0 day)~1.24 (15 days, $10^{\circ}C$) mg MA/kg. Volatile basic nitrogen value was 18.07~36.76 mg% in CC-HHP, and that in SHS-HHP also increased to 17.06 (0 day)~35.76 mg% (15 days, $10^{\circ}C$). Overall, SHS cooking and HHP reduced microorganisms, which could improve product quality and sanitation.

Effect of Heat Sterilization on Milk Nutrition by Hydrodynamic Cavitation - Vitamin A, B2, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Zinc, Fat - (수력학적 공동현상을 이용한 가열 살균처리가 우유의 영양성에 미치는 영향 - 비타민 A, B2, 칼슘, 인, 마그네슘, 아연, 지방 -)

  • Park, Jung Geun;Seong, Si Jin;Om, Ae Son
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.219-225
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted to investigate the amount of fat, vitamins and minerals in milk can be affected by hydrodynamic cavitation since cavitation is recently focused on as one of the sterilization methods. Vitamins (vitamin A, $B_2$), minerals (Ca, P, Mg, Zn) and fat contents were measured according to Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's Processing Standards and Component Specifications of Animal Product. Vitamin A & $B_2$ contents decreased approximately 23% & 19%, respectively after cavitation. Minerals content showed no change after cavitation. Also, P and Mg contents were reduced after cavitation to 2 mg/100g and 0.1 mg/100g, showing no change. Milk fat content was 3.46% before cavitation and 3.41% after cavitation, displaying no difference. Hydrodynamic cavitation process displays a possibility to replace existing pasteurizing method, as it does not change vitamin or mineral contents in milk. Therefore, a more clear and systematic research on hydrodynamic cavitation pasteurization is needed to distribute excellent quality milk and to emphasize physiochemical properties and quality change of existing heat pasteurization process.