• 수면정신생리
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2014

A 'circadian rhythm' is a self-sustained biological rhythm (cycle) that repeats itself approximately every 24 hours. Circadian rhythms are generated by an internal clock, or pacemaker, and persist even in the absence of environmental time cues, collectively termed 'zeitgebers.' Although organisms generate circadian rhythms internally, they are entrained by environmental stimuli, particularly the light-dark cycle. Measurement of the endogenous melatonin rhythm provides relatively reliable surrogate way of assessing the timing of the internal circadian clock. Also, core body temperature and cortisol can be used as markers of circadian rhythms. The sleep-wake cycle, body temperature, and melatonin rhythm have a stable internal phase relationship in humans and other diurnal species. They play an important role in controlling daily behavioral rhythms including task performance, blood pressure, and synthesis and secretion of several hormones. In this review, we address not only the properties, methods of measurement, and markers of circadian rhythms, but also the physiological and psychological importance of human circadian rhythms.

• 대기
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.147-157
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• 2007

A weekend effect has been investigated in diurnal temperature range (DTR) for Seoul in Korea using 50-year (1955 ~ 2005) surface measurements of maximum and minimum temperatures, and particle mass concentrations (PM10). The minimum temperature increases by 0.42K per decade, 2 times faster than the maximum temperature during 1955 to 2005, for rapid urbanization has occurred in Seoul. The weekend effect, which is defined as the DTR for Sunday minus the average DTR for Tuseday through Thursday, can be as large as +0.08 K for the recent 20-year period relative to 0.01K for 1955 to 1975. Especially the wintertime DTR tends to have a remarkable positive weekend effect (+0.17K), that is, larger DTR on Sunday compared to weekdays, which seems to be associated with increased maximum temperature and thus an increase in DTR. This result could be explained by relative differences in PM10 concentration between Sunday and weekdays (Tuesday through Thursday), such that PM10 concentration on Sundays appears to be systematically lower about 12% than on weekdays. The annually average weekend DTR increases by 0.2K with $10{\mu}gm^{-3}$ decrease in PM10 concentration in comparison with weekdays. The results could be possible evidence of an anthropogenic link to DTR, one of climate important indicators, since no meteorological phenomenon is supposed to occur over a 7 day cycle.

• 대기
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2007

The present study uses the GOES IR brightness temperature to examine the temporal and spatial variability of cloud activity over the region $25^{\circ}N-45^{\circ}N$, $105^{\circ}E-135^{\circ}E$ and analyzes the coherence of eastern Asian summer season rainfall in Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model. Time-longitude diagram of the time period from June to July 2005 shows a signal of eastward propagation in the WRF model and convective index derived from GOES IR data. The rain streaks in time-latitude diagram reveal coherence during the experiment period. Diurnal and synoptic scales are evident in the power spectrum of the time series of convective index and WRF rainfall. The diurnal cycle of early morning rainfall in the WRF model agrees with GOES IR data in the Korean Peninsula, but the afternoon convection observed by satellite observation in China is not consistent with the WRF rainfall which is represented at the dawn. Although there are errors in strength and timing of convection, the model predicts a coherent tendency of rainfall occurrence during summer season.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2002

The effect of diurnal cycle, intermittent visit of observation satellite, sensor installation, partial coverage of remote sensing, heterogeneity of soil properties and precipitation to the soil moisture estimation error were analyzed to present the global sampling strategy of soil moisture. Three models, the theoretical soil moisture model, WGR model proposed Waymire of at. (1984) to generate rainfall, and Turning Band Method to generate two dimensional soil porosity, active soil depth and loss coefficient field were used to construct sufficient two-dimensional soil moisture data based on different scenarios. The sampling error is dominated by sampling interval and design scheme. The effect of heterogeneity of soil properties and rainfall to sampling error is smaller than that of temporal gap and spatial gap. Selecting a small sampling interval can dramatically reduce the sampling error generated by other factors such as heterogeneity of rainfall, soil properties, topography, and climatic conditions. If the annual mean of coverage portion is about 90%, the effect of partial coverage to sampling error can be disregarded. The water retention capacity of fields is very important in the sampling error. The smaller the water retention capacity of the field (small soil porosity and thin active soil depth), the greater the sampling error. These results indicate that the sampling error is very sensitive to water retention capacity. Block random installation gets more accurate data than random installation of soil moisture gages. The Walnut Gulch soil moisture data show that the diurnal variation of soil moisture causes sampling error between 1 and 4 % in daily estimation.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2009

Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) are known to get activated during various stress signals and transduce the message from the cell membrane to the nucleus for appropriate cellular reorganization. Though, a certain basal activity of MAPK is often observed in the control plants. Prolonged exposure of rice plants to lowered or elevated temperature exhibited a rhythm in the activation of MAPKs. We analyzed existence of a possible endogenous rhythm in the activity of MAPKs in rice plants. The plants growing at constant temperature entrained in 16/8 h day-night cycle showed diurnal rhythm in activity. When the activation of MAPK was tested under continuous conditions by shifting plants to continuous darkness for a period of 72 h, the periodic rhythm persisted and followed a circadian pattern. Analysis of the transcripts of group A, B and C members of MAPKs under above conditions by quantitative real time PCR revealed that the members of group C exhibit periodic rhythm. Our data indicates that the MAP kinase activity in rice follows rhythmic expression in a circadian manner.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2020

Pc1 pulsations are important to consider for the interpretation of wave-particle interactions in the Earth's magnetosphere. In fact, the wave properties of these pulsations change dynamically when they propagate from the source region in the space to the ground. A detailed study of the wave features can help understanding their time evolution mechanisms. In this study, we statistically analyzed Pc1 pulsations observed by a Bohyunsan (BOH) magneto-impedance (MI) sensor located in Korea (L = 1.3) for ~one solar cycle (November 2009-August 2018). In particular, we investigated the temporal occurrence ratio of Pc1 pulsations (considering seasonal, diurnal, and annual variations in the solar cycle), their wave properties (e.g., duration, peak frequency, and bandwidth), and their relationship with geomagnetic activities by considering the Kp and Dst indices in correspondence of the Pc1 pulsation events. We found that the Pc1 waves frequently occurred in March in the dawn (1-3 magnetic local time (MLT)) sector, during the declining phase of the solar cycle. They generally continued for 2-5 minutes, reaching a peak frequency of ~0.9 Hz. Finally, most of the pulsations have strong dependence on the geomagnetic storm and observed during the early recovery phase of the geomagnetic storm.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2004

이 논문은 강릉과 원주지방의 오존의 일변화의 특성을 분석하였다. 원주지방의 오존의 일변화는 대도시 지역에서 관측되어지는 오후에 최대치, 일출부근에 최소치를 보여주고 있다. 그러나 강릉지방의 일변화에서는 오후에 최대치를 보여주나 새벽 3시경이 2차 극값이 관측되어졌다. 3차 극값의 경우 오후 최대 값보다 높은 값이 종종 관측되어졌다. 이와 같은 새벽에 발생하는 오존 상승은 일년 내내 관측되어졌으나 그 양과 범위에서 봄철이 가장 뚜렷하였다. 이와 같은 새벽 오존 상승에 대한 원인을 알아보기 위하여 기상인자와 오존의 상관관계와, HYSPLIT모델을 이용하여 공기의 기원을 조사하였다. 새벽 오존 농도 상승이 나타나는 날은 바람이 강하고 온도가 상대적으로 높은 날이었다. 새벽오존 농도 상승이 일어날 때 모델을 이용한 공기의 기원을 분석해본 결과 서풍이 불면서 하강운동이 동반한 경우였다. 이러한 분석결과는 편서풍이 강하게 부는 봄철에 대도시가 밀접한 강릉의 서쪽 지역에서 이동되어온 오존의 영향에 의한 것으로 사료되어진다. 이런 경우 밤에도 바람이 강하게 불어 강력한 혼합현상에 의해 오존이 풍부한 대기 상층의공기가 하부로 유입되면서 지표 부근 오존의 양이 증가한 것으로 보인다.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.109-121
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• 2012

한라산 정상의 백록담 서북벽 표고 1,860m 지점에서 18개월간 용암돔 암벽의 표면 온도를 향별로 관측하여 동결융해 사이클의 빈도와 출현 시기, 동결기의 암온 저하량을 밝혔다. 관측 지점에는 일주기와 연주기의 동결융해 사이클이 나타난다. 유효동결융해 사이클을 포함하여 일주기성 동결융해 사이클은 북동향 암벽보다 남서향 암벽에서 더 많이 발생한다. 일주기성 동결융해 사이클은 남서향 암벽에서는 2월과 3월에, 북동향 암벽에서는 11월과 4월에 집중적으로 출현한다. 또한 남서향 암벽에서는 11월 중순~4월 중순, 북동향 암벽에서는 11월 초순~4월 하순에 걸쳐 $0^{\circ}C$ 이하의 암온이 지속되는 계절적 동결기가 출현함으로써 연주기성 동결융해 사이클도 확인된다. 동결기의 암온 저하량은 동결지수가 더 높은 북동향 암벽에서 더 크고, 동결파쇄의 최적 온도 기준점으로 알려진 $-3^{\circ}C$ 이하의 지속시간도 북동향 암벽에서 더 길어 북동향 암벽이 남서향 암벽보다 일주기성 동결융해 사이클의 빈도는 낮아도 동결 강도는 더 큰 것으로 보인다. 따라서 암벽의 향에 따른 일사 조건의 차이가 동결융해 사이클의 빈도와 동결 지속시간을 결정함으로써 일주기성 동결융해 사이클은 남서향 암벽에서, 연주기성 동결융해 사이클은 북동향 암벽에서 현저하게 출현한다. 암석의 동결파쇄는 온도 조건으로만 결정되는 것은 아니므로 식생피복, 지형적 위치, 고도, 향을 달리하는 다양한 장소의 온도 자료 축적과 함께 암석 물성과 수분 공급에 관한 조사가 필요하다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 1985

각 실험실마다 사용되는 동물의 종류는 매우 다양하며 특히 소동물의 경우 사용되는 동물의 선택기준은 실험의 내용은 물론 추후검사의 성적을 수식할 수 있는 요소가 펄 수 있으므로 매우 중요하다. 특히 쥐의 경우는 세계각국의 여러 실험실에서 다양한 종류에 대한 실험성적이 많이 보고되어 거의 체계화되어 있다고는 하나 같은 종류라 하더라도 사료의 종류, 환경, 사육방법 등에 따라 발육상태 및 반응이 매우 다르므로 각 실험실의 기본 정상치의 확립은 필수적인 것이다. 이에 본 영남대학병원 치료방사선과교실 소속 방사선 생물학 실험실에서는 잡종백서 731마리를 대상으로 하여 1. 분만 후 성장에 이르는 과정을 추적하여 일령에 따른 체중, 철액상을 분석하여 본 실험실에서 적당하다고 생각되는 일령 및 체중의 기본치를 정하고저 하였으며, 2. 통일한 쥐에서도 하루의 주기적인 변화에 차이가 매우 크므로 이를 분석하여 변화가 비교적 적으며 실험하기에 편리한 시간에서의 기본치를 측정하였고, 3. 위의 성적을 토대로 하여 본 병원 부속 연구소 소속 사육실에서 통일한 조건으로 사육된 암수 동수의 312마리의 쥐를 선택하여 체중, 혈액검사 및 요검사를 시행하여 이 분석결과를 본 실험실에서의 추후 실험을 위한 기본자료로 삼고저 하였다.

• 대기
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.429-438
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• 2019

Organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in PM_2.5 were measured with Sunset Laboratory Model-5 Semi-Continuous OC/EC Field Analyzer by NIOSH/TOT method at Anmyeondo Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Regional Station (37°32'N, 127°19'E) in July and August, 2017. The mean values of OC and EC were 3.7 ㎍ m^-3 and 0.7 ㎍ m^-3, respectively. During the study period, the concentrations of reactive gases and aerosol compositions were evidently lower than those of other seasons. It is mostly due to meteorological setting of the northeast Asia, where the influence of continental outflow is at its minimum during this season under southwesterly wind. While the diurnal variation of OC and EC were not clear, the concentrations of O₃, CO, NOx, EC, and OC were evidently enhanced under easterly wind at night from 20:00 to 8:00. However, the high concentration of EC was observed concurrently with CO and NOx under northerly wind during 20:00~24:00. It indicates the influence of thermal power plant and industrial facilities, which was recognized as a major emission source during KORUS-AQ campaign. The diurnal variations of pollutants clearly showed the influence of land-sea breeze, in which OC showed good correlation between EC and O₃ in seabreeze. It is estimated to be the recirculation of pollutants in land-sea breeze cycle. This study suggests that in general, Anmyeondo station serves well as a background monitoring station. However, the variation in meteorological condition is so dynamic that it is primary factor to determine the concentrations of secondary species as well as primary pollutants at Anmyeondo station.