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Characteristics of Municipal Solid Wastes and Heating Value in Tourist Season of the eastern side of Gangwondo (강원 영동지역의 관광철 폐기물 및 발열량 특성)

  • Lee Hae-Seung;Choi Yong-Bum
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.21 no.1 s.59
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    • pp.66-75
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    • 2006
  • When we looked at the seasonal food dregs of the eastern side of gangwondo, gangneung city's summer and winter food dregs showed 25.9 and 25.8% respectively due to the presence of beach areas and ski resorts. Sokcho city showed 28.12% in summer and yangyang gun's summer food dregs showed 40.2%. Yangyang gun's august food dregs showed 2.7 times larger than annual average amount. Outlook density showed regional characteristics. Data showed that food dregs' amount rate has been reduced gradually from 2005 because of the prohibition of direct filling up. As a result of compositions analysis, the eastern side of gangwondo's water fraction of living dregs were lower than that of chuncheon city where is located at the gangwondo's inland area. chuncheon city's data showed residential areas 53.5%, community areas 56.8% and commercial areas 55.6%. These discrepancies caused by the characteristics of dregs discharge type and climate. The caloric value of dregs has been increased incrementally after the ban of food dregs' direct filling up. Therefore, heating value of the dregs exceeds the existing furnace design spec and it can cause high caloric value problems, so we need additional research to solve these problems.

Incidence and Mortality of Female Breast Cancer in Jiangsu, China

  • Wu, Li-Zhu;Han, Ren-Qiang;Zhou, Jin-Yi;Yang, Jie;Dong, Mei-Hua;Qian, Yun;Wu, Ming
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.2727-2732
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and analyze the incidence and mortality of female breast cancer in Jiangsu Province of China. Methods: Incidence and mortality data for female breast cancer and corresponding population statistics from eligible cancer registries in Jiangsu from 2006 to 2010 were collected and analyzed. Crude rates, age-specific rates and age-standardized rates of incidence and mortality were calculated, and annual present changes (APCs) were estimated to describe the time trends. Results: From 2006 to 2010, 11,013 new cases and 3,068 deaths of female breast cancer were identified in selected cancer registry areas of Jiangsu. The annual average crude incidence and age-standardized incidence by world population (ASW) were 25.2/ and 17.9/100,000 respectively. The annual average crude and ASW for mortality rates were 7.03/ and 4.81/100,000. The incidence was higher in urban areas than that in rural areas, and this was consistent in all age groups. No significant difference was observed in mortality between urban and rural areas. Two peaks were observed when looking at age-specific rates, one at 50-59 years and another at over 85 years. During the 5 years, incidence and mortality increased with APCs of 4.47% and 6.89%, respectively. Compared to the national level, Jiangsu is an area with relatively low risk of female breast cancer. Conclusion: Breast cancer has become a main public health problem among Chinese females. More prevention and control activities should be conducted to reduce the burden of this disease, even in relatively low risk areas like Jiangsu.

Analysis of Municipal Ordinances for Smart Cities of Municipal Governments: Using Topic Modeling (지방자치단체의 스마트시티 조례 분석: 토픽모델링을 활용하여)

  • Hyungjun Seo
    • Informatization Policy
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.41-66
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to reveal the direction of municipal ordinances for smart cities, while focusing on 74 municipal ordinances from 72 municipal governments through topic modeling. As a result, the main keywords that show a high frequency belong to establishment and operations of the Smart City Committee. From the result of topic modeling Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA), it classifies municipal ordinances for smart cities into eight topics as follows: Topic 1(security for process of smart cities), Topic 2(promotion of smart city industry), Topic 3(composition of a smart city consultative body for local residents), Topic 4(support system for smart cities), Topic 5(management for personal information), Topic 6(use of smart city data), Topic 7(implementation for intelligent public administration), and Topic 8(smart city promotion). As for topic categorization by region, Topics 5, 6, and 8 which are mostly related to the practical operation of smart cities have a significant portion of municipal ordinances for smart cities in the Seoul metropolitan area. Then, Topics 2, 3, and 4 which are mostly related to the initial implementation of smart cities have a significant portion of municipal ordinances for smart cities in provincial areas.

Effect of Municipal Sewage Sludge Application on the Contents of Heavy Metals Content in Paeonia abliflora Pall Root (도시하수오니의 처리가 작약뿌리의 중금속함량에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Jyung;Chang, Sang-Moon;Lee, Dong-Hoon;Choi, Choong-Lyeal;Park, Seon-Do
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.287-290
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    • 1998
  • This study was conducted to find out the effect of municipal sewage sludge application on the yield and the heavy metal content in Paeonia abliflora Pall root. When the municipal sewage sludge was applied to the soil, the yields and growth of Paeonia abliflora Pall increased, and the contents of T-N, P in soils increased, while there is no difference in contents of heavy metals and inorganic materials in roots. Therefore, it is apparent that the contents of heavy metals in roots of paeonia abliflora Pall would not due to increase with the municipal sewage sludge application.

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Adsorption of Ammonia on Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash Under the Landfill Circumstance

  • Yao, Jun;Kong, Qingna;Zhu, Huayue;Zhang, Zhen;Long, Yuyang;Shen, Dongsheng
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.503-508
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    • 2015
  • The adsorption characteristics of ammonia on MSWI bottom ash were investigated. The effect of the variation of the landfill environmental parameters including pH, anions and organic matter on the adsorption process was discussed. Results showed that the adsorption could be well described by pseudo-second-order kinetics and Langmuir model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 156.2 mg/g. The optimum adsorption of ammonia was observed when the pH was 6.0. High level of ion and organic matter could restrict the adsorption to a low level. The above results suggested that MSWI bottom ash could affect the migration of ammonia in the landfill, which is related to the variation of the landfill circumstance.

Analysis of the Library Administrative Systems and Legislations in Canada (캐나다의 도서관 행정 및 법제 분석)

  • Yoon, Hee-Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.75-94
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze the administrative system and legislation of Canada's libraries with priority given to public library. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, a federal state and parliamentary democracy with 10 provinces and 3 territories and two systems of law(civil law and common law). There are about 1,045 public libraries in total and its governance and legislation is a provincial responsibility. For that reason. federal government did not legislate on public libraries and library act is the provincial public library statute authorizing the establishment and operation of public libraries and their management by boards. In Canada. each provincial library act provides for four types of public libraries : municipal libraries, regional libraries, districts libraries, and integrated public library systems.

Population-Based Cancer Registration in Indonesia

  • Wahidin, Mugi;Noviani, Rini;Hermawan, Sofia;Andriani, Vita;Ardian, Ardi;Djarir, Hernani
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.1709-1710
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    • 2012
  • Cancer is a major public health problem in Indonesia, becoming the 7th largest cause of death based on a national survey in 2007, accounting for 5.7 of all mortality. A cancer registry was started in 1970, but it was partial and was stopped mainly because no government body was responsible. Realizing the above situation, the Indonesian government established the Sub Directorate of Cancer Control within the Ministry of Health, with responsibility for developing a national cancer control program, including a cancer registry. A sustainable cancer registry was then started in 2007 within Jakarta Province, first hospital-based but then expanded to be population-based. Steps of cancer registration in Jakarta are data collection, data verification, data validation, data management and analysis, and data publication. Data collection is conducted by health facilities (hospitals, laboratories, primary health centers) at the district/municipal level, with reports to the provincial level. Data are collected passively by holding meetings every three months in the district/municipality. Verification of data is the responsibility of the medical doctor or pathologist in each data source. Data validation is conducted by a team in the cancer registry, consisting of district/municipal/province health officers, pathologists, and registrars. Data management and analyses are conducted by a cancer registry team at the provincial level, assisted by the national team. We use software named Indonesian Cancer Registry System (SRIKANDI) which is adopted from CanReg4 IARC. Data from the population-based cancer registry in Jakarta Province showed the leading cancers among females in 2005-2007 to be breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer and among males are bronchus and lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, pharyngeal cancer, and prostate cancer. The leading childhood cancers are leukaemia and retinoblastoma.

Effect of aortic smooth muscle BK channels on mediating chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced vascular dysfunction

  • Ping Zhang;Pengtao Zou;Xiao Huang;Xianghui Zeng;Songtao Liu;Yuanyuan Liu;Liang Shao
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.469-478
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    • 2024
  • Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) can lead to vascular dysfunction and increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and arterial diseases. Nevertheless, mechanisms underlying CIH-induced vascular dysfunction remain unclear. Herein, this study analyzed the role of aortic smooth muscle calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels in CIH-induced vascular dysfunction. CIH models were established in rats and rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs). Hemodynamic parameters such as mean blood pressure (MBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were measured in rats, along with an assessment of vascular tone. NO and ET-1 levels were detected in rat serum, and the levels of ET-1, NO, eNOS, p-eNOS, oxidative stress markers (ROS and MDA), and inflammatory factors (IL-6 and TNF-α) were tested in aortic tissues. The Ca2+ concentration in RASMCs was investigated. The activity of BK channels (BKα and BKβ) was evaluated in aortic tissues and RASMCs. SBP, DBP, and MBP were elevated in CIH-treated rats, along with endothelial dysfunction, cellular edema and partial detachment of endothelial cells. BK channel activity was decreased in CIH-treated rats and RASMCs. BK channel activation increased eNOS, p-eNOS, and NO levels while lowering ET-1, ROS, MDA, IL-6, and TNF-α levels in CIH-treated rats. Ca2+ concentration increased in RASMCs following CIH modeling, which was reversed by BK channel activation. BK channel inhibitor (Iberiotoxin) exacerbated CIH-induced vascular disorders and endothelial dysfunction. BK channel activation promoted vasorelaxation while suppressing vascular endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress, thereby indirectly improving CIH-induced vascular dysfunction.

A Study on Building Integrated Supervision Organizations of Reading and Libraries Under City and Provincial Education Offices in Korea (시·도교육청 수준의 독서 및 도서관 통합 장학 체계 구축 방안에 대한 연구)

  • Song, Gi-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.49-68
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    • 2011
  • The nature of supervision is to improve the quality of school education by assisting the teaching activities of teachers and development of a learning community. The school library should be considered a classroom, and should offer library-assisted instruction and information literacy through collaboration between the teacher librarian and subject teachers. Therefore, it should be under the systematic and settled supervision of school library experts. However, analysis shows school library-related divisions have carried out administrative supports in the 16 city and provincial education offices. It is necessary to seek a new supervision system in order to develop and support the education of teacher librarians and the educational value of school libraries. This study suggests The Reading and Library Section which integrates reading in school and public libraries as an independent division in municipal and provincial offices of education.

Exploring the future direction of Math Education in AlgeoMath (알지오매스(AlgeoMath)에 담긴 미래 수학교육의 방향 탐색)

  • Lee, Hwan Chul
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.387-406
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    • 2019
  • The Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity(KOFAC) developed AlgeoMath, a dynamic geometry software, with support from the Ministry of Education and 17 municipal and provincial education offices. Starting Nov. 7, 2018, AlgeoMath can be used for free by anyone. This study summarizes various discussions on the future direction of math education. The four aspects of the curriculum, textbook, teaching and learning, and assessment were explored on how AlgeoMath could contribute in realizing the future direction of math education. We confirmed that AlgeoMath can faithfully fulfill its role as a tool for changing math education, and we looked at what should be emphasized more and what should be complemented.