• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.237-249
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• 2011

Land-use changes due to the socio-economic environment influence landscape patterns and processes, which affect habitats and biodiversity. This study considers the effects of such land-use changes, particularly on the traditional rural "Maeul" forested landscape, by analyzing landscape structure and vegetation changes. Three study areas were examined that have seen their populations decrease and age over the last few decades. Five types of plant life-forms (Raunkier life-forms) were distinguished to investigate ecosystem function. Principle component analysis was used to understand vegetation dynamics and community characteristics based on a vegetation similarity index. Ordination analysis transformed species-coverage data was introduced to clarify vegetation dynamics. Landscape indices, such as area metrics, edge metrics, and shape metrics, showed that spatial heterogeneity has increased over time in all areas. Pinus densiflora was the main land-use plant type in all study areas but decreased over time, whereas Quercus spp. increased. Over a decade, P. densiflora communities shifted to deciduous oak and plantation. These findings indicate that the impact of human activities on the Maeul landscape is twofold. While forestry activities caused heavy disturbances, the abandonment of traditional human activities has led to natural succession. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the type and intensity of these human impacts on landscape heterogeneity relate differently to vegetation succession. This reflects the cause and consequence of patch dynamics. We discuss an approach for sustainable landscape planning and management of the Maeul landscape based on traditional management.

• 한국패션뷰티학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.60-72
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• 2008

A midst the tendency in an attempt to rehabilitate the coexistence of values in Oriental and Western cultures, along with centripetal attention through reincarnation of the Oriental culture, the modem fashion trend is also inclusive of such Oriental flavors even in the opposite Western fashion icons with an outlook for futuristic alternative. In this regard the study is to investigate the Oriental Characteristics shown in the contemporary fashion in a more profound and right manner by evaluating its spirituality and formativeness through analytical survey on preliminary literatures, whose key words are as follows; Fist, heterogeneity inclusive of the Oriental comprehensiveness through non-periodic chaos; second, imperfection in pursue of perfection through non-perfection; third, asymmetry caused by polarized historicity together with agility in the Oriental costumes; fourth, simplicity bridging into religious naught, and; fifth, spatial comfortablity shrouded by loose design. As a result, the study demonstrates that Oriental sensitivity implicative at the modem fashion, prior to its formativeness, shed out a clue of the Oriental profound spirits in its fashion style.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.197-213
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• 2011

Concrete is a heterogeneous material exhibiting quasi-brittle behaviour. While homogenization of concrete is commonly accepted in general engineering applications, a detailed description of the material heterogeneity using a mesoscale model becomes desirable and even necessary for problems where drastic spatial and time variation of the stress and strain is involved, for example in the analysis of local damages under impact, shock or blast load. A mesoscale model can also assist in an investigation into the underlying mechanisms affecting the bulk material behaviour under various stress conditions. Extending from existing mesoscale model studies, where use is often made of specialized codes with limited capability in the material description and numerical solutions, this paper presents a mesoscale computational model developed under a general-purpose finite element environment. The aim is to facilitate the utilization of sophisticated material descriptions (e.g., pressure and rate dependency) and advanced numerical solvers to suit a broad range of applications, including high impulsive dynamic analysis. The whole procedure encompasses a module for the generation of concrete mesoscale structure; a process for the generation of the FE mesh, considering two alternative schemes for the interface transition zone (ITZ); and the nonlinear analysis of the mesoscale FE model with an explicit time integration approach. The development of the model and various associated computational considerations are discussed in this paper (Part 1). Further numerical studies using the mesoscale model for both quasi-static and dynamic loadings will be presented in the companion paper (Part 2).

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.393-399
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• 2020

Recent advancements in the resolution and throughput of single-cell analyses, including single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), have achieved significant progress in biomedical research in the last decade. These techniques have been used to understand cellular heterogeneity by identifying many rare and novel cell types and characterizing subpopulations of cells that make up organs and tissues. Analysis across various datasets can elucidate temporal patterning in gene expression and developmental cues and is also employed to examine the response of cells to acute injury, damage, or disruption. Specifically, scRNA-seq and spatially resolved transcriptomics have been used to describe the identity of novel or rare cell subpopulations and transcriptional variations that are related to normal and pathological conditions in mammalian models and human tissues. These applications have critically contributed to advance basic cardiovascular research in the past decade by identifying novel cell types implicated in development and disease. In this review, we describe current scRNA-seq technologies and how current scRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomic (ST) techniques have advanced our understanding of cardiovascular development and disease.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.517-526
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• 2005

현재 우리나라에서 주로 사용되는 지하수 함양량 추정방법은 지하수 감수곡선에 의한 기저유출분리법과 관측공의 자료를 이용한 지하수위 변동법으로 대별된다. 기저유출분리법은 연단위기반의 집중형 개념의 접근법을 사용하며, 지하수위변동곡선해석법은 유역단위의 물수지 개념보다는 국지적인 지하수 관측정의 변화에 주로 의존하고 있다. 한편 지하수 함양량은 기후조건, 토지이용, 관개와 수리지질학적 비균질성에 의해 현저한 시공간적 변동성을 나타내고 있어서 위의 두 가지 방법으로는 이같은 특성을 고려하는데 여러 가지 한계를 보인다. 이에 본 연구에서는 준분포형 강우-유출모형인 SWAT모형을 이용하여 공간적변동성을 고려한 일단위 함양량 산정기법을 제시하였다. 이 방법을 이용하면 기존의 유역 대표 함양량 대신 각 소유역의 비균질한 특성을 반영한 함양량의 분포를 산정할 수 있다. 산정된 일단위 함양량은 기후조건 토지이용 및 수리지질학적 비균질성과 토양층에서의 지체등 물리적인 거동까지 반영된 것이어서 기존의 간접적 추정방식에 의한 연단위 함양률을 크게 개선할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.638-650
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 서울 도심지역의 행정동별 지역적 요소와 계획적 요소가 목적지로의 통행수단으로서 보행을 결정하는 것에 미치는 영향의 정도를 파악하고, 이에 대한 분석 결과 및 보행의 공간적 특성을 통해 지역별 특성을 파악하고자 함에 있다. 보행 결정에 영향을 미치는 요소들의 영향 정도를 파악하기 위해 본 연구에서는 전역적 차원의 회귀분석 모형인 최소자승모형을 사용하였고, 이와 더불어 다양한 공간통계 분석모형 중 지역별 보행특성을 기반으로 공간적 이질성을 고려하는 지리가중회귀모형의 적용을 통해 지역별 특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 전역적 차원의 회귀분석 결과 목적지로의 보행 선택에 영향을 주는 요소로는 지역적 요소 중 교통시설 지역 및 상업지역, 대학교 면적이, 계획적 요소 중에서는 교육.연구시설 및 계획시설 면적이 보행 선택에 정의 영향을 주었다. 마지막으로 지리가중회귀모형의 분석 결과를 통해 서울 도심지역 중 교통중심지 및 취약지, 상업 업무 중심지, 대학가 중심지, 연구시설 밀집지를 파악할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 지역 및 공간적 이질성에 대한 이해 없이 진행되었던 기존의 계획 및 정책들에 지역적 특성이라는 정보를 제공함으로 이에 대한 반영의 여지를 주어 보다 지역발전 차원의 계획 수립에 기여할 수 있을 것이라는 점에 본 연구의 의의가 있을 것이라 여겨진다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 댐이나 보와 같은 수리구조물이 설치된 포화 기초지반에서의 구속흐름(confined flow)에 대하여 확률론적 침투해석을 수행하였다. 침투해석은 유한요소법을 이용하였으며 투수계수의 수평방향과 연직방향의 공간적 상관성이 상이한 비등방성을 고려하였다. 지정된 입력 확률분포함수와 자기상관함수(autocorrelation function)를 따르는 2차원의 랜덤필드를 생성하기 위하여 Karhunen-Lo$\grave{e}$ve 전개법을 사용하였으며 생성된 랜덤필드를 이용하여 확률론적 응답을 얻기 위해 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 이로부터 투수계수의 불확실성과 공간적 변동성이 수리구조물과 기초의 침투로 인한 안정성과 관련된 기초를 통한 유량, 구조물 하부에 작용하는 양압력, 하류 유출면에서의 유출동수경사에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 해석결과로부터 투수계수의 확률분포와 자기상관 구조를 만족하는 랜덤필드로 고려하여 공간적 변동을 고려하는 방법은 결정론적 해석이나 투수계수를 하나의 랜덤변수로 고려하는 경우에 나타나지 않는 다양한 지반의 침투거동을 효과적으로 고려할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2013

To investigate the transmission pattern of geographical area and temporal trends of the 2010~2011 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in Korea, and to explore temporal intervals at which spatial clustering of FMD cases space-time analysis based on georeferenced database of 3,575 burial sites, from 30 November 2010 to 23 February 2011, was performed. The cases represent approximately 98.1% of all infected farms (n = 3,644) during the same period. Descriptive maps of spatial patterns of the outbreaks were generated by ArcGIS. Spatial Scan Statistics, using SaTScan software, was applied to investigate geographical clusters of FMD cases across the country. Overall, spatial heterogeneity was identified, and the transmission pattern was different by province. Cattle have more clusters in number but smaller in size, as compared to the swine population. In addition, spatiotemporal analysis and the comparison of clustering patterns between the first 7 days and days 8 to 14 of the outbreak revealed that the strongest spatial clustering was identified at the 7-day interval, although clustering over longer intervals (8~14 days) was also observed. We further discussed the importance of time period elapsed between FMD-suspected notice and the date of confirmation, and emphasized the necessity of region-specific and species-specific control measures.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2020

Background: Genus Quercus is a successful group that has occupied the largest area of forest around the world including South Korea. The acorns are an important food source for both wild animals and humans. Although the reproductive characteristics of this genus are highly variable, it had been rarely studied in South Korea. Therefore, in Seoraksan and Odaesan National Parks (i) we measured the acorn production of Quercus mongolica, an overwhelmingly dominant species in South Korea, for 3 years (2017-2019), (ii) evaluated the spatial-temporal variation of acorn production, and (iii) analyzed the effects of oak- and site-related variables on the acorn production. Results: The annual acorn production of Q. mongolica increased 36 times from 1.2 g m-2 in 2017 to 43.2 g m-2 in 2018, and decreased to 16.7 g m-2 in 2019, resulting in an annual coefficient of variation of 104%. The coefficient of spatial variation was high and reached a maximum of 142%, and the tree size was the greatest influencing factor. That is, with an increase in tree size, acorn production increased significantly (2018 F = 16.3, p < 0.001; 2019 F = 8.2, p < 0.01). Elevation and slope also significantly affected the production in 2019. However, since elevation and tree size showed a positive correlation (r = 0.517, p < 0.001), the increase in acorn production with increasing elevation was possibly due to the effect of tree size. The acorn production of Odaesan for 3 years was 2.2 times greater than that of Seoraksan. This was presumed that there are more distribution of thick oak trees and more favorable site conditions such as deep soil A-layer depth, high organic matter, and slower slopes. Conclusion: As reported for other species of the genus Quercus, the acorn production of Q. mongolica showed large spatial and annual variations. The temporal variability was presumed to be a weather-influenced masting, while the spatial variability was mainly caused by oak tree size.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.13-25
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 확률론적 해석에 지반의 공간적 변동성을 고려하기 위한 해석 절차를 제시하였다. 제안된 방법은 한계평형법을 이용하는 결정론적 해석방법을 지반정수의 불확실성과 공간적 변동성을 고려할 수 있도록 확률론적 사면안정 해석으로 확장한다. 개발된 방법은 랜덤유한요소해석법과 같이 미리 임계파괴면을 가정하지 않으면서도 계산시간을 단축할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 지정된 입력 확률분포함수와 자기상관함수를 따르는 2차원의 랜덤필드를 생성하기 위하여 Karhunen-Lo$\grave{e}$ve 전개법을 사용하였으며, 생성된 랜덤필드를 이용하여 확률론적 응답을 얻기 위해 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 개발된 해석기법의 적용성을 검토하고 지반정수의 공간적 변화가 확률론적 안정해석에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위해 예제해석을 수행하였으며, 해석결과는 제안된 방법이 지반물성의 공간적 변동성에 따른 다양한 사면파괴 형태를 확률론적 사면안정 해석에 효과적으로 고려할 수 있음을 보여준다.