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Ethanol과 유기산의 첨가가 물김치의 품질에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Addition of Ethanol and Organic Acids on the Quality of Mul-kimchi)

  • 김도희;한영숙
    • 동아시아식생활학회지
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.305-312
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    • 2003
  • 물김치에 ethanol. 또는 유기산 중 adipic acid, citric acid, acetic acid을 첨가하였을 때 김치의 발효 지연효과를 pH, 산도, 미생물수의 변화를 측정하여 조사하였으며 동시에 ethanol과 유기산을 첨가한 이 김치의 기호성을 살펴보아 다음과 같음 결과를 얻었다. 물김치에 ethanol을 0~5% 첨가하여 pH 변화를 조사한 결과 ethanol 함량이 높을수록 pH의 저하가 지연되었다. ethanol은 특히 발효 초기에 pH 저하 지연효과를 보여 2$0^{\circ}C$의 경우 발효 초기에 ethanol를 첨가하지 않은 김치는 pH 5.7에서 4.13까지 감소하는 반면 ethanol 5%를 첨가한 김치에서는 pH 5.8에서 5.14로 약간 감소하는데 그쳤다. 산도의 경우도 ethanol 함량이 높을수록 산도가 낮게 나타났으며 ethanol를 첨가하지 않은 김치에서는 산도 0.7~0.8%까지 증가하였으나 ethanol 5%를 첨가한 김치에서는 산도가 0.5~0.6%로 산도 증가가 억제되었다. 물김치에서 유기산 종류와 농도를 달리하여 첨가하였을 경우 사용된 유기산 중 adipic acid 첨가시 가장 발효 지연 효과가 컸으며 adipic acid 농도가 높아질수록 pH와 산도 변화가 적었다. Ethanol 2%와 adipic acid 0.1%를 병용 첨가한 결과에서는 유기산만을 첨가한 효과와 유사한 경향을 보였다. Ethanol를 2% 첨가한 물김치의 미생물 변화는 발효 중반이후 미생물 수가 낮게 나타났다. 물김치에 위에 사용된 유기산들을 0.025~0.2% 첨가하였을 때 대체적으로 유기산의 함량이 높을수록 균수가 감소하였으며 유기산 중 adipic acid에서 총균수와 젖산균수의 억제 효과가 가장 컸다. 물김치에 ethanol과 adipic acid을 첨가한 경우가 미생물 균수가 억제에 가장 효과가 있었다. Ethanol과 유기산 농도를 달리하여 제조한 김치의 기호도를 조사한 결과 맛과 향에서 control과 ethanol 2%를 첨가한 김치는 알콜 내, 알콜 맛에서만 유의적인 차이를 나타낸 반면 ethanol 2%와 adipic acid 0.1%를 병용 첨가한 김치는 전 항목에서 유의적인 차이를 나타내었다. 또한, 전반적인 기호도에서는 control이 3.4점으로 ethanol을 첨가한 김치와 같은 기호성을 나타내었고 ethanol 2%와 adipic acid 0.1%를 첨가한 김치도 3.2점으로 유사한 기호성을 보였다.

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ssc-miR-185 targets cell division cycle 42 and promotes the proliferation of intestinal porcine epithelial cell

  • Wang, Wei;Wang, Pengfei;Xie, Kaihui;Luo, Ruirui;Gao, Xiaoli;Yan, Zunqiang;Huang, Xiaoyu;Yang, Qiaoli;Gun, Shuangbao
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제34권5호
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    • pp.801-810
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    • 2021
  • Objective: microRNAs (miRNAs) can play a role in a variety of physiological and pathological processes, and their role is achieved by regulating the expression of target genes. Our previous high-throughput sequencing found that ssc-miR-185 plays an important regulatory role in piglet diarrhea, but its specific target genes and functions in intestinal porcine epithelial cell (IPEC-J2) are still unclear. We intended to verify the target relationship between porcine miR-185 and cell division cycle 42 (CDC42) gene in IPEC-J2 and to explore the effect of miR-185 on the proliferation of IPEC-J2 cells. Methods: The TargetScan, miRDB, and miRanda software were used to predict the target genes of porcine miR-185, and CDC42 was selected as a candidate target gene. The CDC42-3' UTR-wild type (WT) and CDC42-3'UTR-mutant type (MUT) segments were successfully cloned into pmirGLO luciferase vector, and the luciferase activity was detected after co-transfection with miR-185 mimics and pmirGLO-CDC42-3'UTR. The expression level of CDC42 was analyzed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. The proliferation of IPEC-J2 was detected using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT), and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) assays. Results: Double enzyme digestion and sequencing confirmed that CDC42-3'UTR-WT and CDC42-3'UTR-MUT were successfully cloned into pmirGLO luciferase reporter vector, and the luciferase activity was significantly reduced after co-transfection with miR-185 mimics and CDC42-3'UTR-WT. Further we found that the mRNA and protein expression level of CDC42 were down-regulated after transfection with miR-185 mimics, while the opposite trend was observed after transfection with miR-185 inhibitor (p<0.01). In addition, the CCK-8, MTT, and EdU results demonstrated that miR-185 promotes IPEC-J2 cells proliferation by targeting CDC42. Conclusion: These findings indicate that porcine miR-185 can directly target CDC42 and promote the proliferation of IPEC-J2 cells. However, the detailed regulatory mechanism of miR-185/CDC42 axis in piglets' resistance to diarrhea is yet to be elucidated in further investigation.

Serum exosomal miR-192 serves as a potential detective biomarker for early pregnancy screening in sows

  • Ruonan Gao;Qingchun Li;Meiyu Qiu;Su Xie;Xiaomei Sun;Tao Huang
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제36권9호
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    • pp.1336-1349
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    • 2023
  • Objective: The study was conducted to screen differentially expressed miRNAs in sows at early pregnancy by high-throughput sequencing and explore its mechanism of action on embryo implantation. Methods: The blood serum of pregnant and non-pregnant Landrace×Yorkshire sows were collected 14 days after artificial insemination, and exosomal miRNAs were purified for high throughput miRNA sequencing. The expression patterns of 10 differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs were validated by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The qRT-PCR quantified the abundance of serum exosomal miR-192 in pregnant and control sows, and the diagnostic power was assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The target genes of DE miRNAs were predicted with bioinformatics software, and the functional and pathway enrichment analysis was performed on gene ontology and the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes terms. Furthermore, a luciferase reporter system was used to identify the target relation between miR-192 and integrin alpha 4 (ITGA4), a gene influencing embryo implantation in pigs. Finally, the expression levels of miRNAs and the target gene ITGA4 were analyzed by qRT-PCR, and western blot, with the proliferation of BeWo cells detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8). Results: A total of 221 known miRNAs were detected in the libraries of the pregnant and non-pregnant sows, of which 55 were up-regulated and 67 were down-regulated in the pregnant individuals compared with the non-pregnant controls. From these, the expression patterns of 10 DE miRNAs were validated. The qRT-PCR analysis further confirmed a significantly higher expression of miR-192 in the serum exosomes extracted from pregnant sows, when compared to controls. The ROC analysis revealed that miR-192 provided excellent diagnostic accuracy for pregnancy (area under the ROC curve [AUC]=0.843; p>0.001). The dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that miR-192 directly targeted ITGA4. The protein expression of ITGA4 was reduced in cells that overexpressed miR-192. Overexpression of miR-192 resulted in the decreased proliferation of BeWo cells and regulated the expression of cell cycle-related genes. Conclusion: Serum exosomal miR-192 could serve as a potential biomarker for early pregnancy in pigs. miR-192 targeted ITGA4 gene directly, and miR-192 can regulate cellular proliferation.

남강유역 간흡충감염의 역학적 조사연구 (Epidemiological Studios on Clonorchis sinensis Infection along the Nam-river in Gyeongnam Province, Korea)

  • 배경훈;안영겸
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.116-186
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    • 1983
  • An epidemiological study on Clonorchis sinensis infection along the Nam-river (total length ; 186km) flowing in Gyeongsang-nam-do, southern part of Korea, was carried out. Formalin-ether concentration technique and Stoll's egg counting method were employed to figure out the prevalence of C. sinensis infection. For the detection of cercariae from Parafossarulus sp., the snail host of C. sinensis, each snail was placed in aerated tap water, and examined for expelled cercariae. For observing the metacercariae the fresh water fish favorably eaten in raw conditions wore prepared by means of pressing the muscles between two slide glasses and/or by digesting them with artificial gastric juice. The fresh water fish were fed to the rabbits to get the worms and to identify the morphology of adult C. sinensis. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Overall Prevalence of C. sinensis infection was 38.75 from 5,291 examinees; 44.15 (1,408 out of 3,196) in male and 30.4% (637 out of 2,095) in female. 2. The prevalence rates were 42.0% at the upper stream, 41.2% around the vicinity of Jinyanglake, 34.2% at Jinju city, 34.2% at middle stream and 40.3% at down stream regions, respectively. 3. By age, the highest positive rate (53.4∼54.3%) was observed in 30 to 59 years of age. In this age group, the rate in males was 59.7∼62.2%, and in females 42.2∼44.4%, In the age group of less than 19 years it was 7.5∼20.9%. 4. By social strata, the positive rate was 16.5% in the primary school children, 22.6% in school students, 46.2% in teachers and local officers and 49.6% in the general inhabitants. 5. The quantitative examinations with the stool collected from clonorchiasis cases revealed that the light infection (less than 4,000/EPG) was 53.6%, moderate infection (4,001∼10,000 /EPG) 30.3% and heavy infection (more than 10,001/EPG) 16.1%, respectively. More than half of total cases examined were light infection, and 73.2% of female examinees were lightly infected with this cuke. 6. The average value of EPG was 4,963 (male, 6,057; female, 2,557 and the highest value was obtained from the age group of 30 to 59 years (5,240∼6,454). 7. The prevalence of Metagonimus yokogawai infection in humans was 5.5%, and 89.8% of metagonimiasis cases wore double-infected arith C. sinensis. The highest prevalence rate was observed in Jinju city (11.2%). 8. Total of 5,005 Parafossarulus sp., the snail intermediate host of C. sinensis, were examined for the detection of cercariae. The cercarial expulsion rate was 0.34%, and the snails collected in Jin-yang-lake side and in the down stream expelled mainly the cercariae of C, sinensis. 9. About 788 cercariaejday (range: 127∼1,503) were expelled daily from a snail naturally infected with C. sinensis. The snails which released more than 1,000 cercariae/day were 30.8% out of total collected. A snail uniquely released 5,840 cercariae/day in this study. 10. The other trematode cercariae besides C. sinensis were also detected, and the rates out of total snails were the cercariae of Losogenes liberum 6.71%, Cyathocotyle orientalis 0.26%, Notocotylus attenuatus 2.52% and Mucobucaris 0.54%, 11. Ten out of 18 species of fresh water fish caught along the river harbored the metacercariae of C, sinensis. The highest rate of metacercarial infection in fish was detected in Pseudorasbora larva (85.9%). The fish mainly eaten by the inhabitants along the Nam-river, and the metacercarial infection rates were: Zacco platypus 8.0%, Hemibarbus sp. 18.2∼26.7%, Gnathepcgcn sp. 37.5%, Ischikauia steenackeri 42.9% and Pseudogobio esocinus 16.7%. 12. Out of 36 P. larva, the number of metacercariae were about 109 (ranEe; 18∼446) per fish and 27 per gram of flesh. The fish caught in spring harbored the highest number of metacercariae. As indicated above, the prevalence of C. sinensis infection in the inhabitants residing around the Nam-river was relatively high. The farther toward the upper stream areas, the higher was the positive rate of C. sinensis infection, and most of clonorchiasis cases were lightly infected. The snail hosts of C. sinensis distributed all around the Nam-river. Several species of freshwater fish were infected with the metacercariae of C. sinensis and the infection rates were relatively high. To prevent C. sinensis infection in the endemic areas, the effective health education system is suggested as a control measure, although mass treatment is also expected to be useful, using chemotherapeutic agents such as "praziquantel", a recently developed anthelminthic for C. sinensis inftraction.

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공해(公害)에 관(關)한 조사연구(調査硏究) 제이편(第二編) 한강(漢江), 낙동강(洛東江) 수질오염도(水質汚染度)에 관(關)한 비교(比較) 조사(調査) 연구(硏究) (A Study on Public Nuisance in Han River and Nackdong River Part II. Survey on Water Pollution)

  • 차철환;신영수;박순영;조광수;주종유;김교성;최덕일
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 1971
  • In view of ever rising water pollution problems of river in the vicinity of large urban communities, the author has made an investigation on the pollution of water sampled from Han River (Seoul area) and Nakdong River (Daegu city area) during the period from July to December, 1970. The water samples were taken twice a month during the study period of 6 months from 7 points (locations) along the main stream of Han River at Seoul city and 5 points of Nakdong River at Daegu city. The samples ware measured and analyzed in accordance with the recognized methods in the 'Standard Methods for Examination of Water and waste' by American Public Health Association. The obtained results are as follows : I. Han River. 1. Average turbidity was 5.1 units ranging from 1 to 10 units and the turbidity of down stream was higher than that of the upper stream. 2. pH value showed slight alkalinity (mean;7.2) except Yunchang-Dong (6.9). 3. The mean value of Dissolved Oxygen contents (D.O) was 7.2 ppm. (range of 3.4-10.5ppm.). D.O. of the upper stream (8.2 ppm. at Walker Hill boating place, 8.0 ppm. at the Gwangzang Bridge and Ddookdo) was higher than that of he downstream (5.6ppm. at Yumchang-Dong, 6.4 ppm. at the 2nd Han River Bridge), and D.O. in the winter season was higher than that in the summer season, respectively. 4 The mean value of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.) was 28.3 ppm. (range of 6.2-64.8 ppm.). The mean value of B.O.D. was 48.7 ppm. at Yumchang-Dong, 42.3 ppm. at the 2nd Han River Bridge, 34.0 ppm. at the 1st nan River Bridge, 28.5 ppm. at the 3rd Han River Bridge, 19.2 ppm. at Dookdo, 13.2 ppm. at the Gwangzang Bridge, and 10.2 ppm. at the Walker Hill boating place in order of value. B.O.D. in July and August (35.6 and 34.5 ppm.) were the highest and that in November and December (18.6 and 21.2 ppm.) were the lowest. 5. Suspended Solids (SS) were from 15.0 to 667.0 ppm. with the mean of 222.1 ppm. 'Suspended Solids' of the water samples at Yumchang-Dong and the 2nd Han River Bridge were found to be 378.1 ppm. and 283.9 ppm. respectively which were higher than at the Gwangzang Bridge (134.1 ppm.) and at Walker Hill boating place (79.3ppm.). 6. Coliform colonies counting of the water samples ranged from $0-2,500{\times}10/100ml$. with the mean value of $205.6{\times}10/100ml$. The most contaminated water sample by coliform were from the point of the 2nd Han River Bridge with $640.8{\times}10/100ml$ while the lowest ones were from Walker Hill boating place with $17.2{\times}10/100ml$. There was also a seasonal variation in coliform contamination that is the higher in summer and the lower in winter. II. Nakdong River 1. The mean value of turbidity was 2.3 units with range of 0 to 9.0 units. The highest point was at Geumho River (7.2 units). and the lowest point was at Gangzung and Moonsan (0.45 and 0.41 units). 2. The mean value of pH was 7.5 (range of 7.1-8.5) and highest point was Geumho River with 8.5. 3. The mean value of D.O. was 8.1 ppm. (range of 3.4-11.2 ppm.). D.O. of the upper stream showed higher value than that of the down stream, and the winter season than the summer season. 4. B.O.D. ranged from 2.6 to 57.0 ppm. (mean; 20.4ppm.). The water sample at Geumho River showed the highest value (41.5 ppm.) while at Moonsan and Gangzung showed the lowest (4.6 and 4.7 ppm.). 5. The mean value of suspended solids was 48.7 ppm. (range of 4.0-182.0 ppm.). The highest month was July (63.7ppm.) and August (62.1 ppm.) and the lowest month was October (37.0 ppm.) and December (24.4 ppm.). 6. The mean value of the coliform colonies was $22.7{\times}10/100ml$. (range of $0-243{\times}10/100ml$.). The highest number of the colonies was found in the sample water at the Whawon recreation area ($50.5{\times}10/100ml$.) followed by the Geumho River ($33.9{\times}10/100ml$.), the Goryung Bridge ($28.3{\times}10/100ml$.), Gangzung($0.7{\times}10/100ml$), and Moonsan ($0.6{\times}10/100ml$.).

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황폐임야(荒廢林野)가 수해참상(水害慘狀)에 미치는 영향(影響) (천보산(天寶山)과 인접(隣接) 죽엽산(竹葉山)을 중심(中心)으로) (Influences of the devastated forest lands on flood damages (Observed at Chonbo and the neighbouring Mt. Jook-yop area))

  • 정인구
    • 한국산림과학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.4-9
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    • 1966
  • 1. On 13 September 1964 a storm raged for 3 hours and 20 minutes with pounding heavy rainfalls, and precipitation of 287.5 mm was recorded on that day. The numerous landslides were occured in the eroded forest land neighbouring Mt. Chunbo, while no landslides recorde at all on Mt. Jookyup within the premise of Kwangnung Experiment Station, the Forest Experiment Station. 2. Small-scalled Landslides were occured in 43 different places of watershed area (21.97 ha.) in which the survey had already been done, in and around Mt. Chunbo (378 m a.s.l.). The accumulated soil amount totaled $2,146,56m^3$ due to the above mentioned landslides, while soil accumulated from riverside erosion has reached to $24,168.79m^3$, consisting of soils, stones, and pebbles. However, no landslides were reported in the Mt. Jook yup area because of dense forest covers. The ratio of the eroded soil amount accumulated from the riversides to that of watershed area was 1 to 25. On the other hand, the loss and damage in the research area of Mt. Chonbo are as follows: 28 houses completly destroyed or missing 7 houses partially destroyed 51 men were dead 5 missing, and 57 wounded. It was a terrible human disaster However, no human casualties were recorded at all, 1 house-completly destroyed and missing, 2 houses-partially destroyed. Total:3 houses were destroyed or damaged, in The area of Mt. Jookyup 3. In the calculation of the quanty of accumulated soil, the or mula of "V=1/3h ($a+{\sqrt{ab}}+b$)" was used and it showed that 24, 168.79m of soil, sands, stones and pebbles carried away. 4. Average slope of the stream stood 15 at the time of accident and well found that there was a correlation between the 87% of cross-area sufferd valley erosion and the length of eroded valley, after a study on regression and correlation of the length and cross-area. In other works, the soil erosion was and severe as we approached to the down-stream, counting at a place of average ($15^{\circ}1^{\prime}$) and below. We might draw a correlation such as "Y=ax-b" in terms of the length and cross-area of the eroded valley. 5. Sites of char-coal pits were found in the upper part of the desert-like Mt. Chunbo and a professional opinion shows that the mountain was once covered by the oak three species. Furthermore, we found that the soil of both mountains have been kept the same soil system according to a research of the soil cross-area. In other words, we can draw out the fact that, originally, the forest type and soil type of both Mt. Chunbo (378m) and Mt. Jookyup (610m) have been and are the same. However, Mt. Chunbo has been much more devastated than Mt. Jookyup, and carried away its soil nutrition to the extent that the ratios of N. $P_2O_5K_2O$ and Humus C.E.C between these two mountains are 1:10;1:5 respectively. 6. Mt. Chunbo has been mostly eroded for the past 30 years, and it consists of gravels of 2mm or larger size in the upper part of the mountain, while in the lower foot part, the sandy loam was formulated due to the fact that the gluey soil has been carried and accumulated. On the hand, Mt. Jookyup has consitantly kept the all the same forest type and sandy loam of brown colour both in the upper and lower parts. 7. As for the capability of absorbing and saturating maximum humidity by the surface soil, the ratios of wet soil to dry soil are 42.8% in the hill side and lower part of the eroded Mt. Chunbo and 28.5% in the upper part. On the contrary, Mt. Jookyup on which the forest type has not been changed, shows that the ratio in 77.4% in the hill-side and 68.2% in the upper part, approximately twice as much humidity as Mt. Chunbo. This proves the fact that the forest lands with dense forest covers are much more capable of maintaining water by wood, vegitation, and an organic material. The strength of dreventing from carring away surface soil is great due to the vigorous network of the root systems. 8. As mentioned above, the devastated forest land cause not only much greater devastation, but also human loss and property damage. We must bear in mind that the eroded forest land has taken the valuable soil, which is the very existance of origin of both human being and all creatures. As for the prescription for preventing erosion of forest land, the trees for furtilization has to be planted in the hill,side with at least reasonable amount of aertilizer, in order to restore the strength of earth soil, while in the lower part, thorough erosion control and reforestation, and establishments along the riversides have to be made, so as to restore the forest type.

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울진토양에서의 137Cs 및 90Sr 분포 (Distributions of 137Cs and 90Sr in the Soil of Uljin, South Korea)

  • 송지연;김완;맹성진;이상훈
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권1호
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2016
  • 연구배경: 우리나라 표층토양 중 원자력 발전소 주변 지역인 울진군을 중심으로 $^{137}Cs$$^{90}Sr$의 분포 현황을 조사하고, 토양 속 방사성핵종의 행동에 영향을 미치는 변수들과의 상관관계를 밝힘으로써 한국토양에 발생한 $^{137}Cs$$^{90}Sr$의 농도에 대한 기준자료 확보와 원자력시설 주변 환경영향 평가의 강화가 목적이다. 재료 및 방법: 원자력 발전소 인근 10 km이내의 지역 14곳에서 2011년 4월 표층토양 시료를 채취하였으며, 깊이에 따른 분포 조사를 위하여 40 cm 까지의 토양을 덕구, 후정, 매화 지역에서 채취하였다. $^{137}Cs$의 농도는 HPGe 감마분광시스템으로, $^{90}Sr$의 농도는 방사평형상태의 $^{90}Y$을 기체 유동식 비례계수기로 계측하였다. 결과 및 논의: 표층토양에서 $^{137}Cs$의 방사능농도는 $<0.479-39.6Bq{\cdot}(kg-dry)^{-1}$(평균 $7.51Bq{\cdot}(kg-dry)^{-1}$), $^{90}Sr$의 방사능 농도는 $0.209-1.85Bq{\cdot}(kg-dry)^{-1}$(평균 $0.74Bq{\cdot}(kg-dry)^{-1}$)이었다. 방사능비($^{137}Cs/^{90}Sr$)는 9.67로서 전지구적 초기 방사성 낙진의 1.75보다 큰 값을 보였는데, 이는 낙진 이후 $^{90}Sr$의 심층으로의 빠른 이동성 때문이다. 깊이에 따른 분포는, 덕구와 후정의 토양에서 $^{137}Cs$ 의 농도가 표층토양에서 가장 높고 깊이가 증가할수록 급격히 지수적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, $^{90}Sr$의 방사능농도는 표층 및 깊이 30 cm 부근에서 높은 값을 보였다. 표층토양 방사능 농도와 표층토양 변수들(pH, 유기물함량, 입도)과의 선형 핏팅에서는 $^{137}Cs$ 방사능과 유기물함량 사이에 상당한 상관관계(결정계수 $R^2=0.6$)가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 울진 토양의 $^{137}Cs$$^{90}Sr$의 방사능농도 범위는 한국 다른 지역의 값과 유사함을 확인하였고 $^{137}Cs$ 방사능과 유기물함량 사이에 상당한 상관관계를 확인하였다.

소프트 콘택트렌즈 착용 기간과 보관 기간에 따른 보관 용기의 오염도 및 보관 용기 관리 실태 (The Contamination Level of Lens Cases by Various Wearing and Storage Periods of Soft Contact Lens and the Actual Condition of Lens Cases Care)

  • 김소라;신상목;박종애;박미정
    • 한국안광학회지
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.135-145
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    • 2011
  • 목적: 본 연구는 소프트 콘택트렌즈의 보관 용기의 관리 실태를 조사하고 보관 용기의 균 오염도가 소프트 콘택트렌즈 착용 기간과 보관 용기에서의 렌즈 보관 기간에 따라 어떻게 달라지는지 알아보고자 수행되었다. 방법: 소프트 콘택트렌즈 보관 용기의 관리 실태는 총 63명을 대상으로 한 설문조사를 통하여 알아보았다. 소프트 콘택트렌즈를 착용 기간을 달리하여 각각 1일, 3일, 7일, 14일 동안 착용하게 하고 이들 렌즈를 보관 용기에서 1일, 3일, 7일간으로 각 착용군마다 보관 기간을 달리하여 보관하였다. 보관 용기의 균 오염도는 일반 세균, 그람음성균 및 진균 수를 측정하여 판단하였다. 결과: 장기간 소프트 콘택트렌즈를 보 관하였을 때 콘택트렌즈 보관 용기를 사용 후 솔로 문질러 닦아 헹구고 뒤집어 말린 후 재사용하는 사람은 14%에 불과하였다. 또한 다목적용액의 교체 없이 그대로 보관 용기에 장기간 담가 둔다고 한 사람이 54%에 달하였다. 1일 동안 착용한 소프트 콘택트렌즈를 다목적 용액으로 세척한 후 보관 용기에서 1일간 보관하였을 때에도 각각 정도의 차이는 있지만 일반 세균, 그람음성균 및 진균 모두 보관 용기에서 검출되었다. 소프트 콘택트렌즈의 보관 기간을 달리한 보관 용기 모두에서 일반 세균, 그람음성균 및 진균의 수가 증가하였으며 장기간 착용으로 인하여 소프트 콘택트렌즈의 오염도가 증가할수록 보관 용기의 균 오염도 역시 증가함을 확인하였다. 또한, 다목적 용액의 교체없이 보관 용기에서 보관하였을 경우에는 보관 기간이 길어질수록 보관 용기에서 검출되는 일반 세균, 그람음성균 및 진균의 수의 증가가 모두 통계적으로 유의하게 증가하였다. 결론: 본 연구를 통하여 소프트 콘택트렌즈 착용자들의 보관용기 관리가 미흡한 것으로 확인되었고 소프트 콘택트렌즈의 착용 기간과 보관 기간의 증가에 따라 보관 용기의 오염도 또한 높아짐을 알 수 있었으므로 이에 대한 주의 및 교육이 강조되어야 할 것으로 여겨진다.