• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2017

Agricultural water management has gained enormous attention in the developing world to alleviate poverty, reduce hunger and conserve ecosystems in small-scale production systems of resource-poor farmers. The story of food security in the $21^{st}$ century in India is likely t o be closely linked to the story of water security. Today, the water resource is under severe threat. The past experiences in India in general and in Andhra Pradesh in particular, indicated inappropriate management of irrigation has led to severe problems like excessive water depletion, reduction in water quality, water logging, salinization, marked reduction in the annual discharge of some of the rivers, lowering of ground water tables due to pumping at unsustainable rates, intrusion of salt water in some coastal areas etc. Considering the importance of irrigation water resource efficiency, Krishna Western Delta (KWD) of Andhra Pradesh was purposively selected for this in depth study, as the farming community in this area are severely affected due to severe soil salinity and water logging problems and hence, adoption of different water saving crop production technologies deserve special mention. It is quite disappointing that, canals, tube wells and filter points and other wells could not contribute much to the irrigated area in KWD. Due to less contribution from these sources, the net area irrigated also showed declining growth at a rate of -6.15 per cent. Regarding paddy production, both SRI and semi-dry cultivation technologies involves less irrigation cost (Rs. 2475.21/ha and Rs. 3248.15/ha respectively) when compared to transplanted technology (Rs. 4321.58/ha). The share of irrigation cost in Total Operational Cost (TOC) was highest for transplanted technology of paddy (11.06%) followed by semi-dry technology (10.85%) and SRI technology (6.21%). The increased yield and declined cost of cultivation of paddy in SRI and semi-dry production technologies respectively were mainly responsible for the low cost of production of paddy in SRI (Rs. 495.22/qtl) and semi-dry (Rs. 532.81/qtl) technologies over transplanted technology (Rs. 574.93/qtl). This clearly indicates that, by less water usage, paddy returns can be boosted by adopting SRI and semi-dry production technologies. Both the system-level and field-level interventions should be addressed to solve the issues/problems of water management. The enabling environment, institutional roles and functions and management instruments are posing favourable picture for executing the water management interventions in the State of Andhra Pradesh in general and in KWD in particular. This facilitates the farming community to harvest good crop per unit of water resource used in the production programme. To achieve better results, the Farmers' Organizations, Water Users Associations, Department of Irrigation etc., will have to aim at improving productivity per unit of water drop used and this must be supported through system-wide enhancement of water delivery systems and decision support tools to assist farmers in optimizing the allocation of limited water among crops, selection of crops based on farming situations, and adoption of appropriate alternative crops in drought years.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5-10
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• 2000

가속화 대기부식방법인 전기화학적 wet/dry측정법을 이용하여, 상대습도에 대한 탄소강의 부식율과 부식포텐셜을 동시에 측정하였다. 측정된 부식율 대 상대습도 곡선은 세 영역 즉,상대습도가 증가함에 따라 일정한 부식율을 보이는 첫 번째 영역, 부식율의 대수값(logarithmic value) 이 상대습도와 비례관계를 보이는 두 번째 영역, 부식율이 오히려 급격히 감소하는 세 번째 영역으로 구분되었다. 일반적인 탄소강의 대기부식기구로부터, 다른 표시방법인 부식포텐셜 대 상대습도 곡선을 도입하였다 여기서의 각 영역은, 부식생성물의 존재양상에 따라 lepidocrocite$(\gamma-FeOOH)$단상영역, lepidocrocite와 magnetite$(Fe_3O_4)$ 상이 공존하는 혼합상영역, 그리고 magnetite 단상영역으로 구분되었다. 두 종류의 표시방법에서의 각 영역이 서로 잘 일치하였으며 이는 실제 FT-IR분석과 표면관찰을 통해서 명확히 확인되었다. 본 연구에서 도입한 상호보완적인 두 종류의 영역표시법은 탄소강의 대기부식을 총체적으로 평가하는데 유용하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1713-1720
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• 2015

The present work describes experiments undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of selected physicochemical indices of semen, cell membrane integrity and sperm chromatin structure for the assessment of boar semen sensitivity to processes connected with pre-insemination procedures. The experiments were carried out on 30 boars: including 15 regarded as providers of sensitive semen and 15 regarded as providers of semen that is little sensitive to laboratory processing. The selection of boars for both groups was based on sperm morphology analyses, assuming secondary morphological change incidence in spermatozoa as the criterion. Two ejaculates were manually collected from each boar at an interval of 3 to 4 months. The following analyses were carried out for each ejaculate: sperm motility assessment, sperm pH measurement, sperm morphology assessment, sperm chromatin structure evaluation and cell membrane integrity assessment. The analyses were performed three times. Semen storage did not cause an increase in the incidence of secondary morphological changes in the group of boars considered to provide sperm of low sensitivity. On the other hand, with continued storage there was a marked increase in the incidence of spermatozoa with secondary morphological changes in the group of boars regarded as producing more sensitive semen. Ejaculates of group I boars evaluated directly after collection had an approximately 6% smaller share of spermatozoa with undamaged cell membranes than the ejaculates of boars in group II ($p{\leq}0.05$). In the process of time the percentage of spermatozoa with undamaged cell membranes decreased. The sperm of group I boars was characterised with a lower sperm motility than the semen of group II boars. After 1 hour of storing diluted semen, the sperm motility of boars producing highly sensitive semen was already 4% lower ($p{\leq}0.05$), and after 24 hours of storage it was 6.33% lower than that of the boars that produced semen with a low sensitivity. Factors that confirm the accuracy of insemination male selection can include a low rate of sperm motility decrease during the storage of diluted semen, low and contained incidence of secondary morphological changes in spermatozoa during semen storage and a high frequency of spermatozoa with undamaged cell membranes.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2000

By screening a cDNA library of auxin-treated mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) hypocotyls, we have isolated two full-length cDNA clones, pVR-ACS6 and pVR-ACS7, for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the ethylene biosynthetic pathway. While PVR-ACS6 corresponds to the previously identified PCR fragment pMBA1, pVR-ACS7 is a new cDNA clone. A comparison of deduced amino acid sequences among auxin-induced ACC synthases reveal that these enzymes share a high degree of homology (65-75%) to VR-ACS6 and VR-ACS7 polypeptides, but only about 50% to VR-ACS1 polypeptide. ACS6 and ACS7 are specifically induced by auxin, while ACS1 is induced by cycloheximide, and to lesser extent by excision and auxin treatment. Results from nuclear run-on transcription assay and RNA gel blot studies revealed that all three genes were transcriptionally active displaying unique patterns of induction by IAA and various hormones in etiolated hypocotyls. Particularly, 24-epibrassinolide (BR), an active brassinosteroid, specifically enhanced the expression of VR-ACS7 by distinct temporal induction mechanism compared to that of IAA. In addition, BR synergistically increased the IAA-induced VR-ACS6 and VR-ACS7 transcript levels, while it effectively abolished both the IAA- and kinetin-induced accumulation of VR-ACS1 mRNA. In light-grown plants, VR-ACS1 was induced by IAA in roots, whereas W-ACS6 in epicotyls. IAA- and BR-treatments were not able to increase the VR-ACS7 transcript in the light-grown tissues. These results indicate that the expression of ACC synthase multigene family is regulated by complex hormonal and developmental networks in a gene- and tissue-specific manner in mung bean plants. The VR-ACS7 gene was isolated, and chimeric fusion between the 2.4 kb 5'-upstream region and the $\beta$-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene was constructed and introduced into Nicotiana tobacum. Analysis of transgenic tobacco plants revealed the VR-ACS7 promoter-driven GUS activity at a highly localized region of the hypocotyl-root junction of control seedlings, while a marked induction of GUS activity was detected only in the hypocotyl region of the IAA-treated transgenic seedlings where rapid cell elongation occurs. Although there was a modest synergistic effect of BR on the IAA-induced GUS activity, BR alone failed to increase the GUS activity, suggesting that induction of VR-ACS7 occurs via separate signaling pathways in response to IAA and BR.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.113-137
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• 2010

국제 사회에서는 그 동안 항공안전의 향상을 위하여 많은 노력과 활동을 전개하여 왔다. 새로운 첨단기술과 시스템, 그리고 전 세계 어디서나 보다 정밀한 항행을 할 수 있도록 도와주는 항법장비의 발전은 항공안전의 수준을 상당히 향상시켜 왔다. 그러나 전 세계의 항공 사고율은 1980년대 이후부터 별다른 감소 추세 없이 계속해서 정체현상을 보이고 있다. 이는 기존의 항공안전 향상을 위한 노력만으로는 이제 더 이상 항공기의 안전 운항을 보장해 줄 충분한 수준의 안전 확보가 어렵다는 것을 의미하며, 결국 사고예방을 위한 새로운 방법이 필요하게 되었다. 이러한 점을 주목하여 전 세계 항공국들은 항공기 사고로 인명 또는 재산상의 손실이 발생하기 전에 전 항공시스템 내에서 초기 위험요소들을 사전에 인지하여 그에 대한 적절한 개선 대책을 개발할 수 있는 새로운 방식에 관심을 가지게 되었는데 그것은 항공안전정보시스템의 구축을 통한 안전정보의 수집 분석 공유를 하는 것이다. 세계적인 항공안전정보시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 각 나라의 정보들을 수집하고 분석할 수 있는 항공사고 준사고 보고시스템 구축을 기본으로 이용자간에 자유스럽게 교환이 이루어져야 한다. 또한 시스템을 구성하는 항공안전 데이터들의 분류체계가 표준화되어 이용자간의 정보가 원활히 소통될 수 있어야 하겠다. 이 연구에서는 항공안전 정보를 효과적으로 분석하고 필요한 예방활동을 결정할 수 있는 각 나라의 항공사고 준사고 데이터베이스 분류체계를 조사를 통하여 세계 항공안전 강화에 기여함은 물론 국가 항공 외교력 증진에도 도움이 되고자 한다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.440-452
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• 2005

Objective: In the winter of 2002, severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) began to spread throughout the world. More than 5,000 cases were reported in China, including over 1,700 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(Hong Kong SAR). The total number of cases reported from Canada and Singapore was more than 200. The total number of SARS cases world-wide reached 8,437 with incidences in 29 counties. Mortality from SARS is estimated at $10{\sim}12%$. When the SARS outbreak occurred in China, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China immediately initiated clinical research projects on the use of integrated herbal medicine and Western medicine for treating SARS. and, in Hong Kong SAR, research on the use of herbal medicine for the prevention and treatment of SARS. Reports were released during convalescence. The objective of this study is to overview twelve clinical SARS reports of WHO on the treatment of SARS with herbal medicine and evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment of SARS with herbal medicine, and further to share experiences and knowledge of the treatment of SARS. Methods: Twelve clinical reports about SARS from the WHO were selected, overviewed and evaluated for efficacy and safety of treatments of SARS. Results and Conclusion: Twelve clinical reports about SARS showed that the integrated treatment may have advantages, and the advantages are reflected in the following findings: Firstly, herbal medicine is not targeted only at a specific etiology or a certain pathological link, but also at the pathological status of the patients at that particular time. Therefore, comprehensive readjustment was made through various angles, targets and channels to restore the balance of the body. Secondly, there are advantages in the differentiation of the disease and the treatment. Based on the various symptoms, herbal medicine enables the physician to adopt the most suitable principle, provide individual treatment, and to administer medicine in accordance with the actual process and nature of the illness. Thirdly, there are advantages in the results of the treatment; herbal medicine can relieve symptoms, promote absorption of lung inflammation, improve the degree of blood oxygen saturation, regulate immunological functions, reduce the required dosage of glucocorticoid and other Western medicines, and reduce case fatality rate, in addition to lowering the cost of treatment.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.433-440
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• 1994

상온에서 배양된 녹색조류 Clamydomonas reinhardtii를 $5^{\circ}C$의 저온에 세워두었을 때 세포내에는 괄목할 만한 pyruvate의 축적이 일어났다. 그러나 저온처리된 세포를 다시 상온으로 옮기면 세포내 pyruvate 수준은 감소하기 시작하며 이에 수반하여 superoxide radicals$(O_2^-)$의 발생수준이 증가하였다. 일정기간 후 최고치에 도달한 $O_2^-$ 수준은 다시 비교적 빠르게 떨어지기 시작하였는데, 이때를 전후하여 세포내 superoxide dismutase(SOD)가 현저하게 활성화 되었다. 이러한 결과는 벼의 냉해와 관련하여 얻었던 기존(본 연구실)의 관찰 사실과 매우 유사한 것으로서 고등식물이나 조류가 공히 냉해의 초기과정에 관한한 동일한 기작의 지배를 받고 있음을 시사한다. 아울러 본 연구에서는 저온처리에 의해 야기된 SOD의 활성 증가가 대부분 Mn-SOD의 활성화에 기인하는 것으로 관찰되었다. Mn-SOD는 세포 소기관 중 미토콘드리아에만 존재하므로, 이러한 관찰은 독성이 큰 산소화학종이 과생성되는 부정적 상황 즉 냉해유발 상황에 대처하기 위해 항산소성 효소가 냉해의 초기과정이 진행되는 미토콘드리아에서 유도된다는 개념과 부합된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.47-60
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• 2017

교통 분야에서 대표적인 공유 사례로 꼽히는 카셰어링(Car Sharing)은 한 대의 차량을 여러 사람이 짧은 시간 단위로 나눠 쓰는 이용 형태로써, 비영리 단체에서 운영하는 NFP(Not For Profit), 수익을 목적으로 민간 기업이 개인을 상대로 운영하는 B2C(Business to Customer), 개인과 개인이 직접 연결되는 P2P(Peer to Peer) 방식으로 운영형태가 구분된다. 이 중 P2P 카셰어링은 개인이 소유한 차량을 공유하는 방식이며 추가적인 차량 구매율을 감소시키고 유휴 차량을 최소화하여 교통혼잡완화 및 효율적인 교통수요관리가 가능하다는 장점이 있다. 본 연구는 공유 개념을 도입한 교통수요관리 정책 마련 및 지속가능한 교통 체계로의 전환을 위한 전략으로 P2P 카셰어링 도입 방안을 고찰하고, 도입 시에 예상되는 제약사항 및 운영활성화 방안을 제시하였다. 연구의 공간적 범위는 서울시 아파트 단지를 대상으로 하였다. 아파트 단지 내에서는 관리사무소 활용에 따른 운영적 측면에서의 지출규모 최소화가 가능하고 주차면 확보에 큰 문제가 없는 점 등이 P2P 카셰어링을 원활하게 운영할 수 있는 여건으로 판단되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.335-356
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• 1997

Injection of bovine growth hormone (bGH) to lactating dairy cows increases milk yield and yields of milk components including fat. It is generally believed that most of the anabolic effects derived from bGH in animal tissues are primarily mediated by IGF-1. IGF-1 is a strong anabolic peptide in the plasma of animals and exerts mitogenic and metabolic effects on target cells. Contrary to most protein hormones, the majority of IGF-1 in circulation is bound to the binding proteins (IGFBPs) which are known to be responsible for modifying the biological actions of IGF-1, thus making determinations of IGF-1 actions more difficult. On the other hand, fat is a major milk component and the greatest energy source in milk. Currently, the fat content of milk is one of the major criteria used in determining milk prices. It has been known that flavor and texture of dairy products are mainly affected by milk fat and its composition. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is the rate limiting enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA for fatty acid synthesis in 1ipogenic tissues of animals including bovine lactating mammary glands. In addition to the short-tenn hormonal regulation of ACC by changes in the catalytic efficiency per enzyme molecule brought about by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the enzyme, the long-term hormonal regulation of ACC by changes in the number of enzyme molecules plays an essential role in control of ACC and lipogenesis. Insulin, at supraphysiological concentrations, binds to IGF-1 receptors, thereby mimicking the biological effects of IGF-1. The receptors for insulin and IGF-1 share structural and functional homology. Furthermore, epidermal growth factor increased ACC activity in rat hepatocytes and adipocytes. Therefore, it can be assumed that IGF-1 mediating bGH action may increase milk fat production by stimulation ACC with phosphorylation (short term) and/or increasing amounts of the enzyme proteins (long term). Consequently, the main purpose of this paper is to give the readers not only the galactopoietic effects of bGH, but also the insight of bGH action with regard to stimulating milk fat synthesis from the whole body to the molecular levels.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.444-467
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• 2015

신약개발 분야의 투자는 바이오 분야 전체 정부 R&D 투자 중 가장 높은 비중을 차지해 왔다. 수행 주체간의 경쟁적인 투자로 인한 유사중복 등 투자효과성 효율성에 대한 이슈가 지속적으로 제기되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 신약개발 R&D 투자포트폴리오, 논문 특허, 그리고 단계이행률 등의 분석을 통해 그 간의 투자의 효과성을 분석하였다. 분석결과, 시장수요가 확실한 기술들이 개발 초기단계에서 성과로 산출되지 못하고 있는 반면에 비임상 이후 단계를 지원하는 과제에서 활용성이 높은 우수특허들이 산출되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 신약개발 성공률을 좌우하는 단계이행률 분석에서 세계평균과 비교했을 때 효율성이 떨어지는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 통해서 신약개발 분야의 R&D 투자 효과성 효율성을 극대화하기 전략으로 신약개발 초기 연구단계에서부터 시장의 수요를 반영함과 발생된 성과를 단절없이 다음 단계로 연계하는 방안을 제시하였다. 또한 기술개발 성공률을 높이기 위한 단계별 집중지원 전략 마련이 필요하다.