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Zooplankton and Phytoplankton Dynamics with the Construction of River Mouth Dam in Kum River Estuary, Korea

  • Kim, Say-Wa;Han, Myung-Soo;Lee, Kyung;Choi, Young-Kil;Yoo, Kwang-Il
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.35 no.2 s.98
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    • pp.141-144
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    • 2002
  • The construction of river mouth dam has prevented seawater from backwarding to upstream in Kum river estuary since 1990. Field observation on environmental factors, and zooplankton and phytoplankton dynamics have been carried out three times with two month interval in the summer and autumn in 2000 at three selected stations in Kum river estuary. Blockade of seawater flowing backward to upstream caused sharp contrast of zooplankton fauna and phytoplankton flora between upstream and downstream of the river mouth dam. Freshwater cladocerans i.e., Bosmina longisrostris and Daphnia galeata dominated in the upstream, and marine copepods of Acartia omorii and Paracalanus crassirostris occurred abundantly in downstream of the dam. Freshwater diatoms did not distributed in the downstream of the dam except Melosira varians, while marine diatom of Cylidrotheca closterium occurred in benthic waters bath in upstream and downstream of the dam. The construction of the river mouth dam seems to play an ecological role to blockade the input of marine organism into the upstream in Kum river estuary.

Efficacy of Geru (red ochre) in controlling the bleeding in patients of Adolescent menorrhagia

  • Kotagasti, Tabassum
    • CELLMED
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.12.1-12.3
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    • 2015
  • Adolescent menorrhagia is defined as excessive menstrual bleeding from menarche to adolescents. It is a distressing condition both for the patient as well as for her parents. If it is not managed in time itmay pose significant health problems that may leads to blood transfusion. We determined the efficacy of Geru (Red ochre) in controlling the amount and duration of blood flow in patients of Adolescent menorrhagia. This study included 40 teenage girls, who presented with heavy bleeding during menstruation to Outpatient Department, Sameena Maternity Nursing Home, Hyderabad during the year of 2013. Assessment of each case was done by history and Pictorial Blood loss Assessment Chart (PBAC) score. Geru powder was given for 2 cycles and results were assessed. The data was analyzed statistically. The mean PBAC score before treatment was $497.04{\pm}389.92$ and after trial in $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ it was found to be $471.13{\pm}162.18$ and $310.13{\pm}142.15$ respectively. On basis of results it was concluded that single unani drug Geru is enough in controlling bleeding and was found effective by its astringent and styptic properties.

An observational population based study on dysmenorrhea and its risk factors

  • Kotagasti, Tabassum;Rias, Nishad
    • CELLMED
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.18.1-18.4
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    • 2015
  • Dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological disorder in women of reproductive age. The prevalence of menstrual pain is relatively high and has been shown to be related to many factors like age, age at menarche, menstrual cycle regularity, parity, cigarette smoking, and dietary habits etc. This study was conducted to determine the possible link between dysmenorrhea and the factors related to it. We investigated the associated risk factors that could influence menstrual pain. This Cross Sectional Study was conducted at Dept. of OBG, NIUM, Bangalore. The study consisted of 230 women between the ages of 20 - 49 years. Included volunteers were newly married, nulliparious and parous women. The detailed reproductive history was recorded and was analyzed statistically. It was observed that there were only two factors that were influencing Dysmenorrhea namely the early age at menarche and increase parity. It was hypothesis that earlier start to reproductive life in some way decreases the sensitivity of the uterus to prostaglandin, whereas delayed menarche and postponing reproductive life increase sensitivity of the uterus to prostaglandins and cause severe menstrual pain. It is concluded that early age at menarche and high parity decrease menstrual pain.

Application of Silver Nanoparticles for the Control of Colletotrichum Species In Vitro and Pepper Anthracnose Disease in Field

  • Lamsal, Kabir;Kim, Sang-Woo;Jung, Jin-Hee;Kim, Yun-Seok;Kim, Kyong-Su;Lee, Youn-Su
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.194-199
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    • 2011
  • Pepper anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species is one of the most important limiting factors for pepper production in Korea, its management being strongly dependent on chemicals. The aim of this work was to evaluate the possibilities of using silver nanoparticles instead of commercial fungicides. In this study, we evaluated the effect of silver nanoparticles against pepper anthracnose under different culture conditions. Silver nanoparticles (WA-PR-WB13R) were applied at various concentrations to determine antifungal activities in vitro and in the field. The application of 100 ppm concentration of silver nanoparticles produced maximum inhibition of the growth of fungal hyphae as well as conidial germination in comparison to the control in vitro. In field trials, the inhibition of fungi was significantly high when silver nanoparticles were applied before disease outbreak on the plants. Scanning electron microscopy results indicated that the silver nanoparticles caused a detrimental effect on mycelial growth of Colletotrichum species.

Production Conditions and Characterization of ${\beta}$-Lactamase Inhibitor from Pseudomonas sp. X-8 (슈도모나스 sp. X-8의 베타락타마제 억제제의 생산 조건과 특성)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Ja;Kim, Tae-Sung
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.658-665
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    • 1997
  • Identification of a soil microorganism strain X-8, producer of ${\beta}$-lactamase inhibitor, based on its morphological, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomical characteristics was performed. The strain X-8 was identified as Pseudomonas sp. The beta-lactamase inhibitor produced by this strain was highly achieved in fermentation medium contained glucose 0.5%, urea 0.25%, $K_2HPO_4{\cdot}3H_2O\;0.5%,\;MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O\;0.5%,\;FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O\;0.01%,\;CuSO_4,\;ZnSO_4,\;MnSO_4\;0.02%$. The beta-lactamase inhibitor was not extracted by organic solvent such as n-butanol and ethyl acetate but remained in aqueous layer. The n-butanol extract showed antimicrobial activity against M. smegmatis. The ${\beta}$-lactamase inhibitor was stable at pH 7.0~8.0 and 4$^{\circ}C$ for 24h. The ${\beta}$-lactamase inhibitor was bound on ion exchanger Diaion WA-30 and HP-20 and eluted with 2N-$NH_4OH$ and acetone, respectively.

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Conservation treatment on the Kim-gu's relics-Baekbumilgi and bood stained clothes stained with blood (백범 김구 선생 유품의 과학적 보존처리)

  • Han, Sung-Hee;Lee, Kyu-Sik;Park, Ki-Won;Choi, Dong-Ho
    • 보존과학연구
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    • s.17
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    • pp.100-122
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    • 1996
  • We preformed many treatments to preserve Kim-gu's relics (Baekbum-ilgi and the clothes stained with blood). The first we performed re-paper mount of binding area of baekbumilgi, and fumigated all relics to sterilize microorganism. Then all relics were sealed with biaxially oriented polyvinyalcohol film(BO-PVA film) and $N_2$ gas filled up in the BO-PVA film bags. We investigated the paper condition of Baekbum-ilgi, its brightnees was 25-35%, water content was 9.4%, and acidity was pH 4.3. These results indicated that the paper was very weak. On the other hand, We analyzed his blood type and genetic type with the solidified blood of the clothes. In result, his blood type was AB and were classified 6 genetic types such that HUMTH01 was 7-9 type, HumTPOX was 9-11 type, HumCSF1PO was 12-13 type, HumF13A01 was 4-4type, HumFESFPS was 12-12, and HumvWA was 18-18 type.

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A High Efficiency Electrolytic Cell by Superposing Pulsed Corona Discharge in Water (수중 펄스코로나 방전을 중첩한 고효율 강전해수 발생장치)

  • 이재용;김진규;정성진;박승록;문재덕
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.79-85
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    • 2001
  • A conventional electrolyzing cell has been made by an ion exchange membrane inbetween parallel plate electrodes. A low dc voltage is applied to the electrodes for electrolyzing and the efficiency is remained in low. in this study, a novel electrolyzing cell with a pair of slit-type third electrodes installed inbetween parallel plate electrodes has been proposed and investigated experimentally. And pulse power wa supplied to between each electrodes. This slit type of third electrodes can concentrate the strong electric fields at the every its edges to accelerate the electrolyzing powers, and to generate oxygen bubble discharges for generating oxidants. And moreover the slits eliminate the space charge limiting action and the temperature of the water by leaking out through the slits from electrolyzing region to outside of the main electrode region. As a result, it was found that a strong electorzed water of pH 2.8 and pH 10.5 and oxidants dissolved water of 1 [ppm] in acidic water were obtained with a tap water fed at the electric current of 2 [A], which however were several times higher oxidant and ion concentration quantity compared with the conventional cell.

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Comparison of Surface and Core Peptide Fraction from Apo B-100 of Human LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)

  • Cho, Hyun-Mi;Shin, Seung-Uon;Kim, Tae-Woong
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 1999
  • Apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) is an important component in plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL). It function as the ligand for the LDL receptor in peripheral cells. The LDLs are removed from the circulation by both high-affinity receptor-mediated and receptor-independant pathways. LDLs are heterogeneous in their lipid content, size and density and certain LDL subspecies increase risk of atherosclerosis due to differences in the conformation of apo B in the particle. In the present study , surface and core peptide fraction of Apo B-100 have been characterized by comparing peptide-mapping and fluorescence spectroscopy. Surface fragments of apo B-100 were generated by digestion of LDL with either trypsin , pronase, or pancreatin elastase. Surface fractions were fractionated on a Sephadex G-50 column. The remaining core fragments were delipidated and redigested with the above enzymes, and the resulting core peptides were compared with surface peptides. Results from peptide-mapping by HPLC showed pronase-digestion was more extensive than trypsin -digestion to remove surface peptide fraction from LDL. Fluorescence spectra showed that core fractions contained higher amount of tryptophan than surface fractions, and it indicated that core fraction wa smore hydrophobic than surface fractions. A comparison of the behavior of the core and surface provided informations about the regions of apo B-100 involved in LDL metabolism and also about the structural features concerning the formation of atherosclerosis.

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The Research for cyber security experts (사이버보안 전문가 양성을 위한 연구)

  • Kim, Seul-gi;Park, Dea-woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.301-304
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    • 2016
  • Cyber world constitute the infrastructure of the country and its people and control. Cyber attacks and leakage of personal information are being threatened damage to the national economy and national security. December 2014 had been cyber hacking attacks on Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Nuclear cooling system design drawings of a spill, and Cheong Wa Dae website hacked, KBS stations occurred in cyber hacking accidents. As a result, ICT-based Protection Act, Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Act on Protection, etc., privacy laws are being enforced, personal information in the form of requirements from leading high-tech eoryeowoona is to prevent the attacks of armed hackers Internet information society It proposes positive measures to keep your personal information officer and laws.

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Extraction of Aluminum from Coal Fly Ash with Sulfuric Acid and Calcium Fluoride (석탄 비산회로부터 황산과 $CaF_2$에 의한 알루미늄의 추출)

  • 구현정;이재천;윤인주;정진기;임남웅
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 1997
  • The extraction of aluminum from coal fly nsh wa studied using H,SO, and CaF, as leachants Aluminum was effectively extracted by HF formed &om the reaction of H,SO, and CaF, which decomposed the mullite in fly ash. The cffeas of H,SO' and CaFi concentration, reaction temperature, and reacliou time on aluminum extraction were investigated. 97% of aluminum was extracted by 4 M H:SO, and 0.5 M CaF, at 106$^{\circ}$C for 10 houci.

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