• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.19 no.spc
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• pp.263-266
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• 2011

Crop protection strategies in organic horticulture aim to prevent insect pest and plant disease problems through utilization of non-chemical based control means. In order to develop a model for management of plant diseases and insects in organic cucumber cultivation, we compared efficacies between chemical pesticide spraying system and biological control means in semi-forcing and retarding cucumber cultivation during 2005 and 2006. Conventional chemical spray program using various chemical pesticides was applied 5 - 10 days intervals, while two different non-chemical pesticide application programs using two formulated biopesticides Topseed$^{TM}$ and Q-fect$^{TM}$, Suncho$^{TM}$, and Sangsungje$^{TM}$ (biocontrol agents 1) and using egg-yolk and cooking oil(EYCO), Bordeaux mixture, Suncho$^{TM}$, and Sangsungje$^{TM}$ (biocontrol agents 2) were applied 5 - 7 days intervals during entire cucumber cultivation period. Efficacy of both biocontrol agents programs was effective to comparable to conventional chemical pesitice spray program to control plant diseases such as powdery mildew and downy mildew as well as insect pests such as aphids and thrips which are known as major threats in cucumber organic cultivation. In this study, we established and evaluated an effective and economic crop protection strategy using various biological resources can be used to control plant diseases and pests simultaneously in organic cucumber cultivation field.

• Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.30-43
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• 2024

Purpose : Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is characterized by a constellation of mental health, physical, and cognitive impairments, and is recognized as a long-term sequela among survivors of intensive care units (ICUs). The objective of this study was to explore the impact of intensive care experience (ICE) on the development of PICS in individuals surviving critical care. Methods : This secondary analysis utilized data derived from a prospective, multicenter cohort study of ICU survivors. The cohort comprised 143 survivors who were enrolled between July and August 2019. The original study's participants completed the Korean version of the ICE questionnaire (K-ICEQ) within one week following discharge from the ICU. Of these, 82 individuals completed the PICS questionnaire (PICSQ) three months subsequent to discharge from hospital. The influence of ICE on the manifestation of PICS was examined through Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Result : The R² values of the final model ranged from 0.35 to 0.51, while the Q² values were all greater than 0, indicating adequacy for prediction of PICS. Notable pathways in the relationship between the four ICE dimensions and the three PICS domains included significant associations from 'ICE-awareness of surroundings' to 'PICS-cognitive', from 'ICE-recall of experience' to 'PICS-cognitive', and from 'ICE-frightening experiences' to 'PICS-mental health'. Analysis found no significant moderating effects of age or disease severity on these relationships. Additionally, gender differences were identified in the significant pathways within the model. Conclusion : Adverse ICU experiences may detrimentally impact the cognitive and mental health domains of PICS following discharge. In order to improve long-term outcomes of individuals who survive critical care, it is imperative to develop nursing interventions aimed at enhancing the ICU experience for patients.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.375-382
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• 2023

The binary oxide adsorbent using Fe and Mn (Fe-Mn) has been prepared by precipitation method to enhance the removal of phosphate. Different amounts of chitosan, a natural organic polymer, were used during preparation of Fe-Mn as a stabilizer to protect an aggregation of Fe-Mn particles. The optimal amount of chitosan has been determined considering the separation of the Fe-Mn particles by gravity from solution and highest removal efficiency of phosphate (Fe-Mn10). The application of Fe-Mn10 increased removal efficiency at least 15% compared to bare Fe-Mn. According to the Langmuir isotherm model, the maximum uptake (q_m) and affinity coefficient (b) were calculated to be 184 and 240 mg/g, and 4.28 and 7.30 L/mg for Fe-Mn and Fe-Mn10, respectively, indicating 30% and 70% increase. The effect of pH showed that the removal efficiency of phosphate was decrease with increase of pH regardless of type of adsorbent. The enhanced removal efficiency for Fe-Mn10 was maintained in entire range of pH. In the kinetics, both adsorbents obtained 70% removal efficiency within 5 min and 90% removal efficiency was achieved at 1 h. Pseudo second order (PSO) kinetic model showed higher correlation of determination (R²), suggesting chemisorption was the primary phosphate adsorption for both Fe-Mn and Fe-Mn10.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.414-421
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• 2004

3D QSAR studies for protox inhibition activities against root and shoot of the rice plant (Orysa sativa L.) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) by a series of new 1-(5-methyl-3-phenylisoxazolin-5-yl)methoxy-2-chloro-4-fluorobenzene derivatives were conducted based on the results (Sung, N. D. et al.'s, (2004) J. Korean Soc. Appl. Biol. Chem. 47(3), 351-356) using comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) methodology. Four CoMSIA models, without hydrogen bond donor field for the protox inhibition activities against root and shoot of the two plants, were derived from the combination of several fields using steric field, hydrophobic field, hydrogen bond acceptor field, LUMO molecular orbital field, dipole moment (DM) and molar refractivity (MR) as additional descriptors. The predictabilities and fitness of CoMSIA models for protox inhibition activities against barnyard-grass were higher than that of rice plant. The statistical results of these models showed the best predictability of the protox inhibition activities against barnyard-grass based on the cross-validated value $r^2\;_{cv}\;(q^2=0.635{\sim}0.924)$, non cross-validated, conventional coefficient $r^2\;_{ncv.}$ value $(r^2=0.928{\sim}0.977)$ and PRESS value $(0.255{\sim}0.273)$. The protox inhibition activities exhibited a strong correlation with the steric $(5.4{\sim}15.7%)$ and hydrophobic $(68.0{\sim}84.3%)$ factors of the molecules. Particularly, the CoMSIA models indicated that the groups of increasing steric bulk at ortho-position on the C-phenyl ring will enhance the protox inhibition activities against barnyard-grass and subsequently increase the selectivity.

• The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.59-74
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• 2015

This study aims to estimate optimal harvesting production, fishing efforts, and stock levels of yellow croaker caught by the offshore Stow Net and the offshore Gill Net fisheries using the current value Hamiltonian method and the surplus production model. As analyzing processes, firstly, this study uses the Gavaris general linear model to estimate standardized fishing efforts of yellow croaker caught by the above multiple fisheries. Secondly, this study applies the Clarke Yoshimoto Pooley(CY&P) model among the various exponential growth models to estimate intrinsic growth rate(r), environmental carrying capacity(K), and catchability coefficient(q) of yellow croaker which inhabits in offshore area of Korea. Thirdly, the study determines optimal harvesting production, fishing efforts, and stock levels of yellow croaker using the current value Hamiltonian method which is including average landing price of yellow croaker, average unit cost of fishing efforts, and social discount rate based on standard of the Korean Development Institute. Finally, this study tries sensitivity analysis to understand changes in optimal harvesting production, fishing efforts, and stock levels of yellow croaker caused by changes in economic and biological parameters. As results drawn by the current value Hamiltonian model, the optimal harvesting production, fishing efforts, and stock levels of yellow croaker caught by the multiple fisheries were estimated as 19,173 ton, 101,644 horse power, and 146,144 ton respectively. In addition, as results of sensitivity analysis, firstly, if the social discount rate and the average landing price of yellow croaker continuously increase, the optimal harvesting production of yellow croaker increases at decreasing rate and then finally slightly decreases due to decreases in stock levels of yellow croaker. Secondly, if the average unit cost of fishing efforts continuously increases, the optimal fishing efforts of the multiple fisheries decreases, but the optimal stock level of yellow croaker increases. The optimal harvest starts climbing and then continuously decreases due to increases in the average unit cost. Thirdly, when the intrinsic growth rate of yellow croaker increases, the optimal harvest, fishing efforts, and stock level all continuously increase. In conclusion, this study suggests that the optimal harvesting production and fishing efforts were much less than actual harvesting production(35,279 ton) and estimated standardized fishing efforts(175,512 horse power) in 2013. This result implies that yellow croaker has been overfished due to excessive fishing efforts. Efficient management and conservative policy on stock of yellow croaker need to be urgently implemented.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.41-41
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• 2015

BSA-seq technologies, combined Bulked Segregant Analysis (BSA) and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), are making it faster and more efficient to establish the association of agronomic traits with molecular markers or candidate genes, which is the requirement for marker-assisted selection in molecular breeding. Clubroot disease, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious threat to Brassica crops. Even we have breed new clubroot resistant varieties of Chinese cabbage (B. rapa ssp. pekinesis), the underlying genetic mechanism is unclear. In this study, an $F_2$ population of 340 plants were inoculated with P. brassicae from Xinye (Pathotype 2 on the differentials of Williams). Resistance phenotype segregation ratio for the populations fit a 3:1 (R:S) segregation model, consistent with a single dominant gene model. Super-BSA, using re-sequencing the parents, extremely R and S DNA pools with each 50 plants, revealed 3 potential candidate regions on the chromosome A03, with the most significant region falling between 24.30 Mb and 24.75 Mb. A linkage map with 31 markers in this region was constructed with several closely linked markers identified. A Major QTL for clubroot resistance, CRq, which was identified with the peak LOD score at 169.3, explaining 89.9% of the phenotypic variation. And we developed a new co-segregated InDel marker BrQ-2. Joint BSA-seq and traditional QTL analysis delimited CRq to an 250 kb genomic region, where four TIR-NBS-LRR genes (Bra019409, Bra019410, Bra019412 and Bra019413) clustered. The CR gene CRq and closely linked markers will be highly useful for breeding new resistant Chinese cabbage cultivars.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.839-852
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• 2014

The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has made more effort in managing point source pollution rather than in nonpoint source pollution in order to improve water quality of the four major rivers. However, it would be difficult to meet water quality targets solely by managing the point source pollution. As a result of the comprehensive measures established in 2004 under the leadership of the Prime Minister's Office, a variety of policies such as the designation of control areas to manage nonpoint source pollution are now in place. Various action plans to manage nonpoint source pollution have been implemented in the Soyang-dam watershed as one of the control areas designed in 2007. However, there are no tools to comprehensively assess the effectiveness of the action plans. Therefore, this study would assess the action plans (especially, BMPs) designed to manage Soyang-dam watershed with the WinHSPF and the CE-QUAL-W2. To this end, we simulated the rainfall-runoff and the water quality (SS) of the watershed and the reservoir after conducting model calibration and the model validation. As the results of the calibration for the WinHSPF, the determination coefficient ($R^2$) for the flow (Q, $m^3/s$) was 0.87 and the $R^2$ for the SS was 0.78. As the results of the validation, the former was 0.78 and the latter was 0.67. The results seem to be acceptable. Similarly, the calibration results of the CE-QUAL-W2 showed that the RMSE for the water level was 1.08 and the RMSE for the SS was 1.11. The validation results(RMSE) of the water level was 1.86 and the SS was 1.86. Based on the daily simulation results, the water quality target (turbidity 50 NTU) was not exceeded for 2009~2011, as results of maximum turbidity in '09, '10, and '11 were 3.1, 2.5, 5.6 NTU, respectively. The maximum turbidity in the years with the maximum, the minimum, and the average of yearly precipitation (1982~2011) were 15.5, 7.8, and 9.0, respectively, and therefore the water quality target was satisfied. It was discharged high turbidity at Inbuk, Gaa, Naerin, Gwidun, Woogak, Jeongja watershed resulting of the maximum turbidity by sub-basins in 3years(2009~2011). The results indicated that the water quality target for the nonpoint source pollution management should be changed and management area should be adjusted and reduced.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.70-70
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• 2015

하천에서의 수문/수리적 특성은 주수로의 다양한 지형학적 형태로 나타난다. 특히 흐름과 수반된 유사량의 변화는 하천의 지형학적, 수리기하적 특성을 지배하며, 하도의 물리적 시스템을 변화시켜 동적 평형에 이르게 된다. 하천에서 하도 형성에 지배적인 역할을 하는 수리특성은 하도형성유량으로 지배유량이며, 보통 만제유량을 사용한다. Dunne and Leopold(1978)는 만제유량을 유사의 이송, 하천의 사행, 유선형의 변화 등 하천의 일반적인 형태를 변화시키며, 주수로의 특성을 형성하는 유량으로 정의하였다. 이와 같이 수리 지형학적 특성을 반영하는 만제유량은 하천의 특성을 나타내는 중요한 요소이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한강 수계 20개 하천, 27개 수위 관측소의 최소 10년 이상의 실측 자료를 기반으로 다년간의 연평균 실측유량을 산정하였으며, McCandless(2003)가 제시한 지형학적 만제지표를 이용하여 추정한 만제유량과의 상관성을 분석하였다. 추정된 만제유량은 HEC-RAS model을 이용하여 만제하폭, 만제수심, 만제 시 평균유속을 산정하였다. 27개 지점의 실측유량과 만제유량의 상관성 분석결과 만제유량은 연평균 일유량의 7.7배로 나타났다. 따라서 만제유량을 7일 평균유량(1 week mean discharge)으로 정의하였으며, 수정된 7일 유량과 만제유량의 RMSE는 13.90 m/s, MAPE는 9.94 %로 상관성이 매우 높게 나타났다. 또한 만제유량과 만제하폭, 만제수심, 평균유량, 구간경사와 상관성 분석결과 개별적으로의 상관성은 나타나지 않았으나, 만제하폭, 수심, 평균유량과 만제유량에 대한 회귀 분석을 실시한 결과 $R^2$는 0.911로 매우 높게 나타났으며, 구간경사를 추가하여 분석한 결과 $R^2$가 0.914로 증가하였다. 따라서 만제유량은 수리 기하학적 특성이 모두 반영된 하천 특성을 나타내는 복합적인 지표임을 확인하였다. 아울러 만제유량을 통해 추정된 연평균 유량($48{\cdot}Q_{bf}$)을 우리나라의 월간 유출량 분포 비율을 이용하여 일유량으로 배분/생성하였으며, 생성된 일유량을 통해 CCHE2D model을 이용하여 하상변동 모의를 수행하였다. 대상 구간은 병성천 최하류로부터 상류로 7 km 구간이며, 2013년 1월과 12월 측량 자료를 통한 1년간의 실제 하상 변동 자료와 2013년 실측 유량자료에 따른 하상변동 모의 결과 및 만제유량에 의해 배분/생성된 일유량에 따른 하상변동 모의 결과를 비교하였다. 비교 분석 결과 7일 평균 유량으로 정의된 만제유량을 통해 배분/생성된 유량의 수치모의 결과는 실제 측량자료 및 실측유량자료에 따른 하상변동 결과와 매우 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.580-580
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• 2015

하천에서의 수문/수리적 특성은 주수로의 다양한 지형학적 형태로 나타난다. 특히 흐름과 수반된 유사량의 변화는 하천의 지형학적, 수리기하적 특성을 지배하며, 하도의 물리적 시스템을 변화시켜 동적 평형에 이르게 된다. 하천에서 하도 형성에 지배적인 역할을 하는 수리특성은 하도형성 유량으로 지배유량이며, 보통 만제유량을 사용한다. Dunne and Leopold(1978)는 만제유량을 유사의 이송, 하천의 사행, 유선형의 변화 등 하천의 일반적인 형태를 변화시키며, 주수로의 특성을 형성하는 유량으로 정의하였다. 이와 같이 수리 지형학적 특성을 반영하는 만제유량은 하천의 특성을 나타내는 중요한 요소이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한강 수계 20개 하천, 27개 수위 관측소의 최소 10년 이상의 실측 자료를 기반으로 다년간의 연평균 실측유량을 산정하였으며, McCandless(2003)가 제시한 지형학적 만제지표를 이용하여 추정한 만제유량과의 상관성을 분석하였다. 추정된 만제유량은 HEC-RAS model을 이용하여 만제하폭, 만제수심, 만제 시 평균유속을 산정하였다. 27개 지점의 실측유량과 만제유량의 상관성 분석결과 만제유량은 연평균 일유량의 7.7배로 나타났다. 따라서 만제유량을 7일 평균유량(1 week mean discharge)으로 정의하였으며, 수정된 7일 유량과 만제유량의 RMSE는 13.90m/s, MAPE는 9.94 %로 상관성이 매우 높게 나타났다. 또한 만제유량과 만제하폭, 만제수심, 평균유량, 구간경사와 상관성 분석결과 개별적으로의 상관성은 나타나지 않았으나, 만제하폭, 수심, 평균유량과 만제유량에 대한 회귀 분석을 실시한 결과 $R^2$는 0.911로 매우 높게 나타났으며, 구간경사를 추가하여 분석한 결과 $R^2$가 0.914로 증가하였다. 따라서 만제유량은 수리 기하학적 특성이 모두 반영된 하천 특성을 나타내는 복합적인 지표임을 확인하였다. 아울러 만제유량을 통해 추정된 연평균 유량($48{\cdot}Q_{bf}$)을 우리나라의 월간 유출량 분포 비율을 이용하여 일유량으로 배분/생성하였으며, 생성된 일유량을 통해 CCHE2D model을 이용하여 하상변동 모의를 수행하였다. 대상 구간은 병성천 최하류로부터 상류로 7 km 구간이며, 2013년 1월과 12월 측량 자료를 통한 1년간의 실제 하상 변동 자료와 2013년 실측 유량자료에 따른 하상변동모의 결과 및 만제유량에 의해 배분/생성된 일유량에 따른 하상변동 모의 결과를 비교하였다. 비교 분석 결과 7일 평균 유량으로 정의된 만제유량을 통해 배분/생성된 유량의 수치모의 결과는 실제 측량자료 및 실측유량자료에 따른 하상변동 결과와 매우 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.153-164
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• 2014

This study is to investigate the effects of intangible assets such as research & development, education & training and advertisement on firm values of high-technology firms and low-technology firms listed in the KOSDAQ market, and to analyze the value-relativeness between the audit quality of companies and the expenditure of intangible assets. The substitute measurement of firm values is Tobin's Q model. The sample period for positive analysis is from 2003 to 2008, and the samples, excepting for financial business, are manufacturing companies of closing accounts corporate on December, based on companies of KOSDAQ that are listed in security. Finally, data from about 305 companies are used in this analysis. Followings are the results of the analysis. First, research & development, education & training of high-technology firms have an effect on firm values, and education & training of low-technology have an effect on firm values. Second, we find that audit quality(BIG4) increases the value relevance of R&D expenditures of high-technology firms and audit quality(BIG4) increases the value relevance of education & training expenditures of low-technology firms. This paper is meaningful in that it verified the value-relativeness of cost of intangible assets compared with high-technology firms to low-technology firms.