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Comparative Toxicity of some Pesticides to the Predatory Mites, Neoseiuius fallacis Carman (Acari: Phytoseiidae) (팔라시스이리응애에 대한 농약의 독성)

  • Kim, Dong-Hwan;Kim, Sang-Soo;Kim, Kwang-Sik;Hyun, Jae-Wook
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.45 no.2 s.143
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2006
  • The toxicities of 37 commercial pesticides for citrus pests were evaluated to H, fallacis. Eight fungicides (difenoconazole, imibenconazole, azoxystrobin, dithianon, fluazinam, procymidon, streptomycin, tribasic copper sulfate), three insecticides (dichlovos, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam) and four acaricides (milbemectin, tetradifon, dicofol, spirodiclofen) had lower effect to the hatchability of eggs N. fallacis. Six fungicides (propineb, difenoconazole, imibenconazole, azoxystrobin, dithianon, procymidon) and three acaricides (bifenazate, tetradifon, spirodiclofen) showed lower contact toxicity to adult N. fallacis. The secondary toxicity of 26 pesticides to N. fallacis adult were evaluated. Two fungicides (fluazinam, streptomycin) and 3 acaricides (machine oil, cyhexatin, halfenprox) showed low toxicity when the prey (eggs of spider mite) was treated with pesticides.

The Effects of Controlling the Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera, Aphididae) on Cucumber of Entomopahtogenic Fungus, Beauveria bassiana

  • Kang, Min-Ah;Youn, Young-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.127-136
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    • 2008
  • Beauveria bassiana can be used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests. It has been known as that B. bassiana TBI-1 have a insecticidal effect on the twospotted spider mite (Teranychus urticae) and the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) these days. The biological pest control agent, B. bassiana, showed somewhat insecticidal activities against the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, too. After treatment with biological insecticide, the mean of increasing rate of aphids was at around recorded at around 0.21 while at around 0.24 in non-treated TBI-1 biological insecticide condition during 1 week. Consequently, it was found that treatment of Beauveria bassiana reduced an increasing rate of aphid population. Also, we could visually observe dead aphids changed as a reddish mold due to this insecticidal fungus. B. bassiana TBI-1 can significantly reduce an increasing rate of aphid population, so effective biological control against the cotton aphid are possible.

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A Study on the Activation Plan of Busan Port (Focused on northeast feeder network service cost, From LA to China and Japan)

  • Han, Yu-Nam;Yoon, Mi-Sun;Kang, Dal-Won;Kim, Hyun;Kwak, Kyu-Seok;Nam, Ki-Chan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.203-212
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this research is to suggest the activation plan of Busan port. In the past years, Busan port enjoyed the golden days because of the China's rapid economic growth. But China's continuous development of ports, the trend of increasing container ship size and increasing direct call to China are coming threats to Busan port. So Korea needs to revise the 'Northeast Logistics Hub' strategy because it is considered that Korea ports continuously will handle China's transshipment cargoes. But now China's transshipment cargo share has decreased by direct call to China ports. It means that China has a lot of its local cargoes, so many ship companies change liner service route to handle China cargoes except Bussan ports although Busan port is included in the main trunk route. In the future, Bussan port will not be able to compete again about throughput with China ports if Busan port's transshipment cargo share decreases. So we must find out and develop Busan port's strength which is the competitive edge. By good luck, Busan port has a few opportunities such as the developed feeder network service and geographical advantages. Busan port has many feeder network service like spider's web in any northeast countries so we can suggest that if Japanese shippers use Busan port to distribute their cargoes to Japanese local areas, its transport costs are cheaper than when they use Japan's main ports. In this paper analyzed side of cost when they use Bussan port like hub to distribute their cargo to their local areas. Because most companies tried to reduce the total cost about logistics. Finally, this paper suggests when northeast shippers(China, Japan) use Bussan port which is more economical than their local main ports.

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Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of Arazyme, an Extracellular Metalloprotease Produced from Serratia proteamaculans HY-3

  • Kwak, Jang-Yul;Lee, Ki-Eun;Shin, Dong-Ha;Maeng, Jin-Soo;Park, Doo-Sang;Oh, Hyun-Woo;Son, Kwang-Hee;Bae, Kyung-Sook;Park, Ho-Yong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.761-768
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    • 2007
  • Serratia proteamaculans HY-3 isolated from the digestive tract of a spider produces an extracellular protease named arazyme, with an estimated molecular mass of 51.5 kDa. The purified enzyme was characterized as having high activities at wide pH and temperature ranges. We further characterized biochemical features of the enzymatic reactions under various reaction conditions. The protease efficiently hydrolyzed a broad range of protein substrates including albumin, keratin, and collagen. The dependence of enzymatic activities on the presence of metal ions such as calcium and zinc indicated that the enzyme is a metalloprotease, together with the previous observation that the proteolytic activity of the enzyme was not inhibited by aspartate, cysteine, or serine protease inhibitors, but strongly inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline and EDTA. The araA gene encoding the exoprotease was isolated as a 5.6 kb BamHI fragment after PCR amplification using degenerate primers and subsequent Southern hybridization. The nucleotide sequence revealed that the deduced amino acid sequences shared extensive similarity with those of the serralysin family of metalloproteases from other enteric bacteria. A gene(inh) encoding a putative protease inhibitor was also identified immediately adjacent to the araA structural gene.

Contact Microscopy by Using Soft X-ray Radiation from Iodine Laser Produced Plasma (옥소레이저 플라즈마에서 발생된 연 X-선을 이용한 밀착현미경기술)

  • 최병일;김동환;공홍진;이상수
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.46-51
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    • 1990
  • Laser plasma was generated by a 1GW iodine photodissociation laser ($\lambda$=1.315$\mu\textrm{m}$, E=12.7J) whose output beam was focused on a molybdenum target surface. The experiment was conducted in a vacuum chamber under 1D-sTorr and several tens of laser shooting were necessary for sufficient exposure for the PBS resist of 111m thickness. Aluminium was coated on the top of the resist by 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness which acts as an X-ray filter to cut off the visible and the ultraviolet lights. A bio-specimen was put directly on the aluminium coated resist and located at a distance of 3 cm from the X-ray source. The replicas of a steel mesh, spider's web. and a red blood cell were obtained by this technique and were observed by Nomarski microscope and SEM. The limitation of its resolution is determined by the X-ray source size and Fresnel diffraction effect, and its theoretical prediction is well matched with the experimental results. In this experiment, a resolution better than 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$ could be obtained. ained.

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Effect of Agricultural Land Use on Abundance, Community Structure and Biodiversity of Epigeic Arthropods (농경지의 이용형태가 토양성 절지동물 군집 및 다양성에 미치는 영향)

  • Eo, Jin U;Kim, Myung-Hyun;Nam, Hyung kyu;Song, Young Ju
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.139-144
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    • 2019
  • BACKGROUND: Epigeic arthropods participate in ecological functions as predators, decomposers and herbivores. The purpose of this study was to investigate the responses of some dominant arthropods in rice fields to different forms of agricultural land management. METHODS AND RESULTS: The abundance of microarthropods was compared between rice fields and uplands in the non-growing season. Collembola, Oribatida and Mesostigmata were more abundant in the upland fields than in the paddy fields. The community composition and diversity of epigeic arthropods were compared between fallow and rice fields. The total abundance and species richness of spiders and ground beetles were not significantly different in the two types of agricultural fields. The abundance of Arctosa kwangreungensis was greater in fallow fields than in cultivated fields. The community structure of arthropods was compared between paddy fields with and without barley. The cropping system altered the community composition of spiders but not their biodiversity. Barley cultivation increased the abundance of ground beetles but decreased that of spiders. We suggest that this contrast was partly due to the availability of plants that provided shelter and food for ground beetles. CONCLUSION: These results show that soil use intensity and cropping system alter the community composition of epigeic spiders and ground beetles. This could result in ecosystem-level alterations with respect to the control of pests and weeds. Our results also suggest that biodiversity of ground-dwelling arthropods may not increase during short fallow periods.

The Collective Power of Story in Silko's "Storyteller" (실코의 「이야기꾼」에 나타난 이야기의 집단적 힘)

  • Kim, Jiyoung
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.55 no.2
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    • pp.293-314
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    • 2009
  • Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller does not belong to a typical category of books, for it looks more like a family album with photographs, poems and Pueblo narratives as well as short stories authored by her. This 'book' without any chapters defies a traditional concept of books we are familiar with. In addition to refusing to be labelled as a conventional book, I argue, Storyteller defies the tradition of Western personal writing in that it shows the collective power of stories. That is, stories have the collective power which is impersonal beyond personal, internalized identity. It does not mean, however, the collective power comes from groups rather than individuals. It is not the conventional opposition of group and individual but that of group and collectiveness that matters here. I draw a distinction between group and collectiveness on the ground that the former actually groups individuals into categories with which individuals identify themselves. It is not group but collectiveness where stories find their power. "Storyteller," the first of eight short stories in the book, tells the story of an unnamed protagonist, a Yupik Eskimo girl, who takes revenge of her parents who died after drinking poisoned alcohol sold by a white storeman. There are four layers of stories in this short story. The first one is the old man's story of a blue glacier bear; the second one is a revenge story of the Yupik girl; the third one is a story told by the girl to the attorney after being arrested for the death of a storeman. And the final one is the story told to us by Silko, entitled "Storyteller." Although the structure of story within story resembles a technique of metafiction at a glance, it surely is a characteristic of Pueblo narratives in general, according to Silko. This kind of stories within stories refers to the collective power of story which, like a spider's web with many little threads radiating from the center and crisscrossing one another, is also a characteristic of stories on the Web today.

Preference of Apple Leaves of Three Cultivars, Fuji, Tsugaru and Hongro by Tetranychus urticae Koch and Its Life Table Analysis (점박이응애의 사과 품종(후지, 쓰가루, 홍로)에 대한 선호성과 생명표 분석)

  • Kim, Young-Il;Jung, Chuleui
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.60 no.1
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2021
  • Two-spotted spider mite (TSSM), Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the major pests in apple orchards. TSSM was known to show different population dynamics depending on apple cultivars. We tested the host plant preference and fitness of TSSM on the leaves of 3 apple cultivars, Fuji, Tsugaru, and Hongro. TSSM showed higher behavioral preference to Fuji than Tsugaru and Hongro, and showed a higher fecundity in Fuji. The immature development of this mite was the shortest in Fuji and longest in Hongro. Total fecundities were not significantly different among cultivars, but daily fecundity was higher and longevity was lower in Fuji. Hongro was the less preferred cultivar for TSSM, and showed the lowest fitness by life table parameters. These results could explain the possible mechanisms of differential population dynamics among apple cultivars. Further study including diverse apple cultivars currently available in Korea could help to deploy time- and cultivar- specific IPM tactics.

Development and Usability Evaluation of Hand Rehabilitation Training System Using Multi-Channel EMG-Based Deep Learning Hand Posture Recognition (다채널 근전도 기반 딥러닝 동작 인식을 활용한 손 재활 훈련시스템 개발 및 사용성 평가)

  • Ahn, Sung Moo;Lee, Gun Hee;Kim, Se Jin;Bae, So Jeong;Lee, Hyun Ju;Oh, Do Chang;Tae, Ki Sik
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.361-368
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a hand rehabilitation training system for hemiplegic patients. We also tried to find out five hand postures (WF: Wrist Flexion, WE: Wrist Extension, BG: Ball Grip, HG: Hook Grip, RE: Rest) in real-time using multi-channel EMG-based deep learning. We performed a pre-processing method that converts to Spider Chart image data for the classification of hand movement from five test subjects (total 1,500 data sets) using Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) deep learning with an 8-channel armband. As a result of this study, the recognition accuracy was 92% for WF, 94% for WE, 76% for BG, 82% for HG, and 88% for RE. Also, ten physical therapists participated for the usability evaluation. The questionnaire consisted of 7 items of acceptance, interest, and satisfaction, and the mean and standard deviation were calculated by dividing each into a 5-point scale. As a result, high scores were obtained in immersion and interest in game (4.6±0.43), convenience of the device (4.9±0.30), and satisfaction after treatment (4.1±0.48). On the other hand, Conformity of intention for treatment (3.90±0.49) was relatively low. This is thought to be because the game play may be difficult depending on the degree of spasticity of the hemiplegic patient, and compensation may occur in patient with weakened target muscles. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a rehabilitation program suitable for the degree of disability of the patient.

A real-time image-based sea fog observation system based on local lighthouse (항로표지 거점을 활용한 실시간 영상기반 해양안개 관측시스템 구축)

  • Mookun Kim;In-kwon Jang;Hyeong-ui Lee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2023.11a
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2023
  • In the past, in observing the sea fog on the major sea route and providing real-time information for the safe operation of ships, a visibility sensor or a fog detector with similar operating principles was installed to observe local fog near the place where it was installed. However, it was somewhat unreasonable to immediately provide sea fog observation information to ships and users because the reliability of real-time observation information was somewhat low due to pollution caused by dust, salt, and pollen, or malfunctions of detection sensors by organisms such as spider webs. From 2019 to 2022, the Korea Meteorological Administration and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries collaborated to build a more reliable real-time image-based sea fog observation system in 100 regions of the Lighthouse on major sea routes across the country to collect reliable sea fog observation information every 10 minutes and perform real-time public service(webpage).

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