• 한국습지학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2006

시화호의 우점종 중의 하나인 세가시육질꼬리옆새우의 염분구배 (1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40‰)에 따른 생존율 및 튜브형성 개수 실험을 하였다. 그리고 수층 내 산소농도가 충분할 경우 황화합물 농도가 높은 퇴적물 속에서 대상 종의 생존율과 이들의 생물교란 활동이 퇴적물 내 산소농도와 황화합물의 수직구배에 미치는 영향을 실험하였다. 대상 종은 20~30‰ 염분 조건에서 생존율이 높았으며 튜브형성 개수 또한 많았다. 수층 내 산소 농도가 충분할 경우, 대상 종은 황화합물 퇴적물에서 높은 생존율을 나타내었다. M. uenoi의 생물교란 활동은 퇴적물 내로 산소를 확산시킴으로써 황화합물을 제거하였다. 산소 확산과 황화합물이 제거되는 깊이는 대상 종의 서식밀도가 높을수록 증가하였다. 시화호 퇴적물에는 황화합물의 농도가 높게 나타나며, 특히 여름철에는 밀도성층의 강화로 저층수에 빈산소층이 형성되어 저서동물이 서식하지 못하는 무생물대가 형성된다. 가을 무렵에는 성층의 약화로 저층수에도 산소가 충분히 공급되며 M. uenoi가 높은 밀도로 출현한다. M. uenoi의 생물교란 활동은 저서동물 군집이 재형성될 수 있는 서식지를 조성하는데 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.234-239
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• 1999

PECVD(Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition)을 이용하여 yttria-stabilized zirconia(YSZ) 박막을 제조하였다. 반응물질로 금속유기화합물을 $Zr[TMHD]_4$와 $Y[TMHD]_3$그리고 산소를 사용하였으며, 증착온도는 $425^{\circ}C$, rf power는 0~100W까지 적용하였다. YSZ 박막은 (200)면이 기판에 평행한 입벙정상 구조를 가졌으며, 1시간 내에 $1\mu\textrm{m}$ 두께를 형성하였다. EDX에 의한 막의 성분분석 결과로부터 환산된 박막내의 $Y_2O_3$의 함량은 0-36%의 범위였다. 버블러의 온도 및 운반기체의 유량이 증가함에 따라 박막의 두께 역시 비례하여 증가하였는데, 이는 precursor의 flux 증가로 인한 박막내의 $Y_2O_3$의 함량증가에 의한 것이었다. Zr 및 Y, O는 박막의 두께에 따라 일정한 조성비를 나타내었다. 운반기체를 Ar로 하였을 때 $1000\AA$이하의 크기를 갖는 YSZ 입자들이 column 모양으로 기판에 수직하게 성장하였으며, 운반기체가 He인 경우에도 column 모양으로 성장하였으며 입도가 $1000~2000\AA$으로 Ar의 경우보다 조대해졌다. XRD 분석결과 $Y_2O_3$의 함량이 증가함에 따라 YSZ의 격자상수 값이 약간씩 증가하였다. 이는 박막 전반에 걸쳐 형성된 균열에 의해 격자변형으로 인해 발생한 응력을 완화시켰지 때문이다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권3_spc호
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• pp.434-442
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• 2021

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the influence of dietary flavonoids on the growth performance, blood and intestinal profiles, and carcass characteristics of broilers by employing a meta-analysis method. Methods: A database was built from published studies which have reported on the addition of various levels of flavonoids from herbs into broiler diets and then monitored growth performance, blood constituents, carcass proportion and small intestinal morphology. A total of 42 articles were integrated into the database. Several forms of flavonoids in herbs were applied in the form of unextracted and crude extracts. The database compiled was statistically analyzed using mixed model methodology. Different studies were considered as random effects, and the doses of flavonoids were treated as fixed effects. The model statistics used were the p-values and the Akaike information criterion. The significance of an effect was stated when its p-value was <0.05. Results: Dietary flavonoids increased (quadratic pattern; p<0.05) the average daily gain of broilers in the finisher phase. There was a reduction (p<0.01) in the feed conversion ratio of the broilers both in the starter (linear pattern) and finisher phases (quadratic pattern). The mortality rate tended to decrease linearly (p<0.1) with the addition of flavonoids, while the carcass parameter was generally not influenced. A reduction (p<0.001) in cholesterol and malondialdehyde concentrations (both linearly) was observed, while super oxide dismutase activity increased linearly (p<0.001). Increasing the dose of flavonoids increased (p<0.01) the villus height (VH) and villus height and crypt depth (VH:CD) ratio (p<0.05) in the duodenum. Similarly, the VH:CD ratio was elevated (p<0.001) in the jejunum following flavonoid supplementation. Conclusion: Increasing levels of flavonoids in broilers diet leads to an improvement in growth performance, blood constituents, carcass composition and small intestinal morphology.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2935-2940
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• 2023

A polystyrene phantom was developed following the guidance of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) for gamma knife (GK) quality assurance. Its performance was assessed by measuring the absorbed dose rate to water and dose distributions. The phantom was made of polystyrene, which has an electron density (1.0156) similar to that of water. The phantom included one outer phantom and four inner phantoms. Two inner phantoms held PTW T31010 and Exradin A16 ion chambers. One inner phantom held a film in the XY plane of the Leksell coordinate system, and another inner phantom held a film in the YZ or ZX planes. The absorbed dose rate to water and beam profiles of the machine-specific reference (msr) field, namely, the 16 mm collimator field of a GK Perfexion^TM or Icon^TM, were measured at seven GK sites. The measured results were compared to those of an IAEA-recommended solid water (SW) phantom. The radius of the polystyrene phantom was determined to be 7.88 cm by converting the electron density of the plastic, considering a water depth of 8 g/cm². The absorbed dose rates to water measured in both phantoms differed from the treatment planning program by less than 1.1%. Before msr correction, the PTW T31010 dose rates (PTW Freiberg GmbH, New York, NY, USA) in the polystyrene phantom were 0.70 (0.29)% higher on average than those in the SW phantom. The Exradin A16 (Standard Imaging, Middleton, WI, USA) dose rates were 0.76 (0.32)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. After msr correction factors were applied, there were no statistically significant differences in the A16 dose rates measured in the two phantoms; however, the T31010 dose rates were 0.72 (0.29)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. When the full widths at half maximum and penumbras of the msr field were compared, no significant differences between the two phantoms were observed, except for the penumbra in the Y-axis. However, the difference in the penumbra was smaller than variations among different sites. A polystyrene phantom developed for gamma knife dosimetry showed dosimetric performance comparable to that of a commercial SW phantom. In addition to its cost effectiveness, the polystyrene phantom removes air space around the detector. Additional simulations of the msr correction factors of the polystyrene phantom should be performed.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2003년도 제27회 추계학술대회
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• pp.82-82
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• 2003

Introduction: With the development of dose calculation algorithms for electron beams, 3D RTP systerns are available for electron beam dose distribution commercially. However, no studies evaluated the accuracy of dose calculation with ADAC Pinnacle system for electron beams. So, the accuracy of the ADAC system is investigated by comparing electron dose distributions from ADAC system against the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc. Methods: A total of 33 breast cancer patients treated with 6, 9, and 12MeV electrons in our institution was selected for this study. The first part of this study is to compare the dose distributions of measurement, TPS and the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code in flat water phantom at gantry zero position and for a 10 ${\times}$ 10 $\textrm{cm}^2$ field. The second part is to evaluate the monitor unit obtained from measurement and TPS. Adding actual breast patient's irregular blocks to the first part, monitor units to deliver 100 cGy to the dose maximum (dmax) were calculated from measurement and 3D RTP system. In addition, the dose distributions using blocks were compared between TPS and the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code. Finally, the effects of tissue inhomogeneities were studied by comparing dose distributions from Pinnacle and Monte Carlo method on CT data sets. Results: The dose distributions calculated using water phantom by the TPS and the BEAMnrc/ DOSXYZnrc code agreed well with measured data within 2% of the maximum dose. The maximum differences of monitor unit between measured and Pinnacle TPS in flat water phantom at gantry zero position were 4% for 6 MeV and 2% for 9 and 12 MeV electrons. In real-patient cases, comparison of depth doses and lateral dose profiles calculated by the Pinnacle TPS, with BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code has generally shown good agreement with relative difference less than +/-3%. Discussion: For comparisons of real-patient cases, the maximum differences between the TPS and BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc on CT data were 10%. These discrepancies were due in part to the inaccurate dose calculation of the TPS, so that it needs to be improved properly. Conclusions: On the basis of the results presented in this study, we can conclude that the ADAC Pinnacle system for electron beams is capable of giving results absolutely comparable to those of a Monte Carlo calculation.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.761-767
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• 2023

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether dietary supplementation with a functional fatty acid blend (FA) that contains 31.4% butyric acid and 4.99% medium-chain FA improve growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immunity status, and anti-inflammatory ability in weaned piglets. Methods: One hundred and forty-four healthy piglets (Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire) with an average body weight (BW) of 7.98±3.43 kg were randomly divided into three groups with six replicate pens and eight piglets per pen: Normal control (NC): a corn-soybean basal diet; FA1: a basal diet supplemented with 1,000 mg/kg of a functional FA; FA2: a basal diet supplemented with 2,000 mg/kg of a functional FA. The experiment lasted for 28 d. On d 14 and 28, one piglet in each pen from NC and FA2 groups was randomly selected for antioxidative index and immunoglobulins. On d 28, one piglet in each pen from NC and FA2 groups was randomly selected for intestinal morphology and inflammatory factor. Results: We observed that FA supplementation linearly increased (p<0.05) average daily gain and the final BW. There was higher (p<0.05) catalase on d 14, and immunoglobulin (Ig) A and IgM on d 28 in piglets supplemented with FA2 than in the NC group. Moreover, dietary FA2 reduced (p<0.05) crypt depth of ileum in piglets. The concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-8, and IL-10 in jejunum were lower (p<0.05) in the FA2 group compared with the NC group. Conclusion: Therefore, the overall results suggests that the FA may help to improve gut health, antioxidant status, and immune parameters resulting in the improvement of growth performance.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2006

준설 매립된 연약지반이나 해성 점토의 전단강성 평가는 시료 교란의 영향으로 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구는 기존의 현장 전단파 시험들의 몇가지 제약 조건을 극복한 새로운 현장 전단파 시험 장치를 개발하고 적용성에 대하여 기술한 것이다. 장치 설계 고려사항은 교란효과, 트랜서듀서 간의 전기적 간섭, 케이블 사이의 전자기 커플링, 자체음향 차단, 전단파의 이동 간격 유지, 트랜서듀서의 회전, 프레임(frame)을 통한 파의 직접적 전달, 그리고 트랜서듀서와 케이블의 보호를 포함한다. 이들 고려사항은 현장과 실내실험을 통하여 지속적으로 개선되었다. 현장 전단파 속도는, 어떠한 역산기법 없이, 전단파의 이동거리와 이동시간으로부터 직접 계산되었다 개발된 현장 전단파 프로브는 깊이 30m까지 적용되었다. 실험결과 현장 전단파 프로브를 이용하여 모래와 점토지반에서 매우 세밀한 전단파 프로파일을 산정할 수 있었다. 또한 실험부지에서 수행된 콘관입실험결과와도 좋은 상관관계를 나타내었다. 본 논문에서 제시된 현장 전단파 프로브는 연약지반의 동적 특성 평가를 위한 현장 전단파 속도 측정에 매우 효과적인 장치임 보여준다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.115-129
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• 2023

Purpose - This study empirically analyzes the consumer value of risk management associated with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of fishery products imported to Korea. The global regulatory paradigm for IUU fishing has shifted from production-centered to market-centered. As a result, changes in the international fisheries trade environment emphasizing "transparency" and "legality" of the production process are accelerating. Therefore, changes in the management systems of fishery products entering the country are also needed. Accordingly, this study estimated the consumer value for risk management of IUU fishing, targeting major fish species imported to Korea, and derived the feasibility of introducing related policies. Design/methodology - This study used the choice experiment as an analysis model to estimate consumers' willingness to pay for the "possibility to check for IUU fishing." The choice experiment assumes that the value of a good or service is composed of separable attributes and that the sum of the part-worth of these individual attributes becomes the total value. In this study, respondents were presented with profiles comprising three attributes (country of origin, price, and possibility of checking IUU fishing) and the levels of frozen poulp squid, the subject of the analysis. The participants were asked to select their preferred profile. The marginal willingness to pay for each attribute was derived from the results of the respondents' choices using conditional logit model estimates. Findings - There is a marked difference in utility based on the preference of the country of origin of fishery products among consumers. In addition, the utility of fishery products that have undergone IUU fishing verification was observed to be higher, with the utility marked to be higher for lower prices. Originality/value - Estimating the policy value of the risk management in IUU fishing of imported fisheries products in this study is a novel attempt that has never been conducted before. Several studies have been conducted to assess the risk of IUU fishing associated with the import of fishery products internationally. However, such studies are yet to be conducted in Korea. Instead, policies and studies have focused on issues related to complying with trading partners' legal and transparent standards for exporting fishery products. This study should be the beginning of more in-depth empirical and theoretical explorations to establish order in the domestic seafood market and respond to changes in international regulations on IUU fishing.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권6호
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• pp.1226-1241
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• 2023

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral that plays an important role in physiological processes by regulating the antioxidant defense system and enhancing immunity. Chromium is an essential mineral involved in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and also plays a role in maintaining normal insulin function. Based on these advantages, we hypothesized that the addition of selenomethionine (SeMet) and organic chromium (OC) to broiler diets would increase Se deposition, antioxidant capacity and immune response in meat. Therefore, this study analyzed the effects of OC and SeMet on growh performance, nutrients digestibility, blood profiles, intestinal morphology, meat quality characteristics, and taxonomic analysis of broilers. A total of 168 one-day-old broiler chicken (Arbor Acres) were randomly allotted to 3 groups based on the initial body weight of 37.33 ± 0.24 g with 7 replicate per 8 birds (mixed sex). The experiments period was 28 days. Dietary treatments were folloewd: Basal diets based on corn-soybean meal (CON), basal diet supplemented with 0.2 ppm OC and 0.2 ppm SeMet (CS4), and basal diet supplemented with 0.4 ppm OC and 0.4 ppm SeMet (CS8). Supplementation of OC and SeMet did not affect on growth performance, nutrient digestibility. However, CS8 supplementation increased in duodenum villus height and villus height : crypt depth, and increased in breast meat Se deposition. In addition, CS8 group showed higher uric acid and total antioxidant status than CON group. Taxonomic analysis at phylum level revealed that Proteobacteria and Firmicutes of CS4 and CS8 were lower than CON group. In genus level, the relative abundance of fecal Lactobacillus and Enterococcus of CS4 and CS8 groups were higher than CON group. In short, 0.4 ppm OC and 0.4 ppm SeMet supplementation to broiler diet supporitng positive gut microbiome change, also enhancing antioxidant capacity, and Se deposition in breast meat.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2009

이 연구의 목적은 소조사면 선량계측을 위하여 엣지검출기의 성능을 평가하기 위함이다. 다양한 소조사면과 깊이에서 엣지검출기(Model 1118 Edge)를 이용하여 6 MV 광자선의 선량 직선성, 선량률 의존도, 출력 계수, 선량 측면도 및 심부선량 백분율을 따라 측정하였으며, 이를 표준용적의 이온전리함(CC13)과 광자선 다이오드 검출기(PFD)와 비교하였다. 선량 직선성을 일차 선형 맞춤 함수와 비교하였을 때, 세 검출기 모두 1% 미만의 차이를 나타냈으며, 엣지검출기는 -0.08~0.08%의 가장 낮은 차이를 보였다. 선량율의 변화(100~600 MU/min)에 따라 PFD와 엣지검출기의 정규화된 반응비는 1% 미만의 일정한 값을 보였으나, CC13은 100 MU/min에서 약 -5%의 변화를 나타냈다. 조사면의 크기($4{\times}4\;cm^2{\sim}10{\times}10\;cm^2$)에 따른 출력계수는 세 검출기 모두 거의 같은 값을 보였으나, $4{\times}4\;cm^2$ 이하의 소조사면에서는 엣지검출기와 PFD의 출력 계수가 CC13과 최대 21%의 차이보였다. 각 조사면에서 20~80%의 반음영 폭을 측정하였을 때, 평균적으로 CC13은 엣지검출기보다 2배, PFD는 약 30% 정도 더 넓게 나타났다. 또한 10~90%의 반음영의 경우, CC13과 PFD가 각각 55%와 19% 정도 더 넓은 폭을 나타냈다. 엣지검출기는 선량 측면도의 반치폭이 조사면의 크기와 거의 일치하였으나, 다른 두 검출기는 조사면의 크기보다 약 8~10% 더 크게 나타났으며, 심부선량백분율은 각 조사면에서 세 검출기 모두 거의 일치하였다. 엣지검출기의 성능평가를 위한 선량특성을 분석한 결과, $4{\times}4\;cm^2$ 이하의 소조사면에서 가장 적합한 특성을 나타냈으며, CC13과 PFD와 같은 검출기는 조사면이 작을수록 상당한 오차를 나타낼 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.