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하천 수질관리 시스템에서 최적화를 위한 유전알고리즘의 개발 (Development of a Genetic Algorithm for the optimization in River Water Quality Management System)

  • 성기석;조재현
    • 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국경영과학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.203-206
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    • 2001
  • Finding the optimal solution in the river water quality management system is very hard with the non-linearity of the water quality model. Many suggested methods for that using the linear programming, non-linear programming and dynamic programming, are failed to give an optimal solution of sufficient accuracy and satisfaction. We studied a method to find a solution optimizing the river water quality management in the aspect of the efficiency and the cost of the waste water treatment facilities satisfying the water Quality goals. In the suggested method, we use the QUAL2E water quality model and the genetic algorithm. A brief result of the project to optimize the water quality management in the Youngsan river is presented.

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일부 노인의 일반적 삶의 질과 구강건강관련 삶의 질에 관한 연구 (The Elders' General Quality of Life and Oral Health-related Quality of Life)

  • 배지영
    • 한국임상보건과학회지
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.466-475
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    • 2015
  • Purpose. The purpose of this study was conducted to identify the elders' general quality of life and oral health-related quality of life. Method. Questionnaire survey was conducted on 241 elders' living in Pohang area from August to September 2014. The results were obtained from t-test, one-way ANOVA analysis, pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Results. Oral health status had significant correlations with gender, age, education, income, drink and hypertension. Oral health-related quality of life showed the highest relationships with age; oral health status and general quality of life showed the highest relationships with monthly income; and, age and education period also showed influence on general quality of life. Conclusions. Therefore, it is required to strengthen oral health improvement program and oral health education for improvement of elders' quality of life.

감자 품질평가 현황과 전망 (Prospects and Status on Quality of Potato)

  • 김숭열
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제47권
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    • pp.135-139
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    • 2002
  • The standard of quality was required to promote the consumption of potato and produce the high quality processing products. It will contribute the stability for processing products and the marketability of potato. The quality was determined based on size of tuber and content of dry matter. Even though the criteria of potato quality was involved many characters of tubers, the most important things were grading and packing of potato to create the consumption. For processing of raw materials, the standard of tubers had create between producer and processor according to size of tuber and content of dry matter. The evaluation of quality was performed over the standard to enhance the control of quality. In addition, the seed potato should be taken the evaluation to disease in the field during the period of cultivation and managed under the strict regulation in storage before release to farmer. Then, the producer of seed potato will make a good relationship to farmer with high quality tubers.

공분산구조모델을 이용한 건설현장 품질경영 요인 분석 (A Study of Domestic Construction Quality Management Factor Analysis using Covariance Structure Model)

  • 구일섭;김태성;임남규
    • 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한안전경영과학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.467-475
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    • 2005
  • This research has been conducted in order to assess the effects on quality management factor of the construction sites. 30 companies abiding by the 'construction industry law' and 32 companies abiding by the 'housing construction promotion law' have been researched in areas of quality-management environment, quality-management understanding, quality-management education on construction field, quality-system and quality-improvement. This construction quality factors are to realized the anticipated results not only quality level's increasing, but also company's confidence, competitiveness. We were able to obtain participations of 62 questionnaire, and derived statistics by means of SPSS/PC version 10.0. In this study, we find the bottleneck factor for promotion and upgrade quality management factor of the construction sites and suggest a way out of difficulties.

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도서관 서비스의 품질인증제도 활용에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Application of Quality Certification System in Library Services)

  • 이상복
    • 한국문헌정보학회지
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.211-231
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    • 2002
  • 본 논문은 세계적인 품질인증제도를 도서관 및 정보센터의 서비스 품질 평가에 활용할 수 있도록 이들 제도의 특성을 비교 ${\cdot}$ 분석하고, 외국 도서관의 적용사례를 고찰한 것이다. 본 논문의 분석 결과, TQM을 기반으로 한 데밍품질상, 말콤발드리지 국가품질상, 유럽 품질상의 품질인증기준은 광범위하고 동적이며, 고객 지향적인 제도인 반면, ISO 9000 품질 인증 제도는 협소하고, 정적이며, 명세서의 일치여부를 평가하는 내부지향적 제도임이 밝혀졌다.

Metabolomics Analysis of the Beef Samples with Different Meat Qualities and Tastes

  • Jeong, Jin Young;Kim, Minseok;Ji, Sang-Yun;Baek, Youl-Chang;Lee, Seul;Oh, Young Kyun;Reddy, Kondreddy Eswar;Seo, Hyun-Woo;Cho, Soohyun;Lee, Hyun-Jeong
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제40권6호
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    • pp.924-937
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the meat metabolite profiles related to differences in beef quality attributes (i.e., high-marbled and low-marbled groups) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The beef of different marbling scores showed significant differences in water content and fat content. High-marbled meat had mainly higher taste compounds than low-marbled meat. Metabolite analysis showed differences between two marbling groups based on partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). Metabolites identified by PLS-DA, such as N,N-dimethylglycine, creatine, lactate, carnosine, carnitine, sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, betaine, glycine, glucose, alanine, tryptophan, methionine, taurine, tyrosine, could be directly linked to marbling groups. Metabolites from variable importance in projection plots were identified and estimated high sensitivity as candidate markers for beef quality attributes. These potential markers were involved in beef taste-related pathways including carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. Among these metabolites, carnosine, creatine, glucose, and lactate had significantly higher in high-marbled meat compared to low-marbled meat (p<0.05). Therefore, these results will provide an important understanding of the roles of taste-related metabolites in beef quality attributes. Our findings suggest that metabolomics analysis of taste compounds and meat quality may be a powerful method for the discovery of novel biomarkers underlying the quality of beef products.

Immunomodulatory Properties of Lactobacillus plantarum NC8 Expressing an Anti-CD11c Single-Chain Fv Fragment

  • Liu, Jing;Yang, Guilian;Gao, Xing;Zhang, Zan;Liu, Yang;Yang, Xin;Shi, Chunwei;Liu, Qiong;Jiang, Yanlong;Wang, Chunfeng
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.160-170
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    • 2019
  • The lactic acid bacteria species Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) has been used extensively for vaccine delivery. Considering to the critical role of dendritic cells in stimulating host immune response, in this study, we constructed a novel CD11c-targeting L. plantarum strain with surface-displayed variable fragments of anti-CD11c, single-chain antibody (scFv-CD11c). The newly designed L. plantarum strain, named 409-aCD11c, could adhere and invade more efficiently to bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) in vitro due to the specific interaction between scFv-CD11c and CD11c located on the surface of BMDCs. After incubation with BMDCs, the 409-aCD11c strain harboring a eukaryotic vector pValac-GFP could lead to more efficient expression of GFP compared with wild-type strains shown by flow cytometry analysis, indicating the enhanced translocation of pValac-GFP from L. plantarum to BMDCs. Similar results were also observed in an in vivo study, which showed that oral administration resulted in efficient expression of GFP in both Peyer's patches (PP) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) within 7 days after the last administration. In addition, the CD11c-targeting strain significantly promoted the differentiation and maturation of DCs, the differentiation of $IL-4^+$ and $IL-17A^+$ T helper (Th) cells in MLNs, as well as production of $B220^+$ $IgA^+$ B cells in the PP. In conclusion, this study developed a novel DC-targeting L. plantarum strain which could increase the ability to deliver eukaryotic expression plasmid to host cells, indicating a promising approach for vaccine study.

Acetylation of Sarcoplasmic and Myofibrillar Proteins were Associated with Ovine Meat Quality Attributes at Early Postmortem

  • Zhang, Yejun;Li, Xin;Zhang, Dequan;Ren, Chi;Bai, Yuqiang;Ijaz, Muawuz;Wang, Xu;Zhao, Yingxin
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.650-663
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    • 2021
  • The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between meat quality attributes and the changes of sarcoplasmic protein acetylation and myofibrillar protein acetylation in lamb longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscles at different postmortem phases. Protein acetylation, color, pH, shear force, myofibril fragmentation index and cooking loss were measured. The total level of acetylated sarcoplasmic proteins showed a negative relation with pH, a positive relation with a*, b* and cooking loss at the pre-rigor phase. Sarcoplasmic proteins acetylation affected postmortem pH by regulating glycolysis, which in turn affects color and cooking loss. The total level of acetylated myofibrillar proteins showed a positive relation with shear force at the pre-rigor phase. Myofibrillar proteins acetylation affected meat tenderness by regulating muscle contraction. This study indicated that acetylation played a regulatory role of meat color, water-holding capacity, and tenderization process at early postmortem.

Porcine Fatty Acid Synthase Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Meat Quality and Fatty Acid Composition

  • Kim, Sang-Wook;Choi, Yang-Il;Choi, Jung-Suck;Kim, Jong-Joo;Choi, Bong-Hwan;Kim, Tae-Hun;Kim, Kwan-Suk
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.356-365
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    • 2011
  • We assessed the effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the porcine fatty acid synthase (FASN) gene regarding meat quality and fatty acid composition in two pig populations: Korean native pigs (KNP) were crossed with Yorkshire (YS) $F_2$, and KNP were crossed with Landrace (LR) $F_2$. Direct DNA sequencing using eight KNP and eight YS pigs revealed two SNPs: c.265C>T (silent) in exon 4 and c.6545A>C (Asn${\rightarrow}$His) in exon 39. The frequency of the two SNPs was analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method in seven pig breeds and their association with meat quality traits and fatty acid composition was studied. In the $KNP{\times}YSF_2$ population, both SNPs were significantly associated with the level of monounsaturated fatty acids, including palmitoleic (C16:1) and oleic acid (C18:1) (p<0.005). c.6545A>C was associated with intramuscular fat content in both populations. Our results indicate that variations in c.265C>T and c.6545A>C of the pig FASN can be used to select animals with better fatty acid composition and meat quality. Moreover, KNP was a useful breed for identifying genetic factors affecting meat quality and fatty acid composition and for producing high quality pork.

Effects of Different Rootstocks on Fruit Quality of Grafted Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

  • Jang, Yoonah;Moon, Ji-Hye;Lee, Ji-Weon;Lee, Sang Gyu;Kim, Seung Yu;Chun, Changhoo
    • 원예과학기술지
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    • 제31권6호
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    • pp.687-699
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to examine the effect of grafted peppers (Capsicum annuum) on different rootstocks on fruit quality. Three pepper cultivars, 'Nokkwang', 'Saengsaeng Matkkwari', and 'Shinhong' were grafted onto five commercial rootstocks that are known to be resistant to Phytophtora blight. Non-grafted or auto-grafted peppers were used as controls. Grafted plants were grown during two consecutive harvest periods by semi-forcing culture (April to August) and retarding culture (September to March the subsequent year). Full size green fruits were harvested and weighed weekly from June to August (Semi-forcing culture) and from December to March of the subsequent year (Retarding culture). The fruit size, weight, flesh thickness, and firmness were measured every month. Total marketable yield was not significantly influenced by either auto-graft of 'Nokkwang', 'Saengsaeng Matkkwari', and 'Shinhong' of pepper or grafted with the five commercial rootsctocks. By contrast, grafting influenced the apparent fruit quality of peppers. Fruit characteristics differed depending on the rootstock cultivars. However, the fruit characteristics of rootstock did not affect the fruit characteristics of scion grafted onto that rootstock. Fruit characteristics in each treatment differed among harvest time (first, second, and third harvest). Fruit quality parameters were also different as affected by the harvest period. In conclusion, apparent quality and textural property of pepper fruits were influenced by not only grafting with different rootstocks but also by the harvest period and harvest time. Accordingly, rootstock/scion combination, the scion variety and the harvest period must be carefully chosen to get the desired optimal fruit quality.