• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.90-100
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• 2019

본 연구는 수목의 수령을 조사하는 방법으로 레지스토그래피를 활용하는데 있어서 수종별로 가장 적합한 삽입속도를 찾기 위하여 수행되었다. 회전속도는 1,500 r/min로 고정하였다. 수종은 낙엽송, 더글라스 퍼, 잣나무, 전나무, 느티나무이다. 실험결과 수종에 따른 적합한 삽입속도는 느티나무 75 cm/min, 낙엽송과 더글라스 퍼 100 cm/min, 전나무 150 cm/min, 잣나무 175 cm/min으로 나타났다. 하지만 모든 경우에서 연륜폭이 1 mm이하일 경우 연륜경계 확인이 어려운 것으로 확인되었다. 연륜폭이 1 mm이하인 경우를 제외하고는 연륜폭측정기와 레지스토그래피의 연륜폭그래프는 매우 일치하였다. 향후 연륜폭이 1mm 이하인 미세연륜 확인이 가능한 레지스토그래피가 개발된다면 레지스토그래피가 수령조사를 위해 전통적으로 활용되는 생장편의 연륜관찰방법을 대체할 수 있을 것이다. 또한 레지스토그래피의 연륜폭그래프는 생장량 조사에도 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.116-127
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• 2021

Predicting carbon distribution of soil aggregates is difficult due to complexity in organo-mineral formation. This limits global warming mitigation through soil carbon sequestration. Therefore, knowledge of land use effect on carbon stabilization requires quantification of soil mineral cations. The study was conducted to quantify carbon and base cations on soil mineral fractions in Natural Forest, Plantation Forest and Farm Land. Five 0.09 ha were demarcated alternately along 500 m long transect with an interval of 50 m in Natural Forest (NF), Plantation Forest (PF) and Farm Land (FL). Soil samples were collected with soil cores at 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm depths in each plot. Soil core samples were oven-dried at 105℃ and soil bulk densities were computed. Sample (100 g) of each soil core was separated into >2.0, 2.0-1.0, 1.0-0.5, 0.5-0.05 and <0.05 mm aggregates using dry sieve procedure and proportion determined. Carbon concentration of soil aggregates was determined using Loss-on-ignition method. Mineral fractions of soil depths were obtained using dispersion, sequential extraction and sedimentation methods of composite soil samples and sieved into <0.05 and >0.05 mm fractions. Cation exchange capacity of two mineral fractions was measured using spectrophotometry method. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and ANOVA at α_0.05. Silt and sand particle size decreased while clay increased with increase in soil depth in NF and PF. Subsoil depth contained highest carbon stock in the PF. Carbon concentration increased with decrease in aggregate size in soil depths of NF and FL. Micro- (1-0.5, 0.5-0.05 and <0.05 mm) and macro-aggregates (>2.0 and 2-1.0 mm) were saturated with soil carbon in NF and FL, respectively. Cation exchange capacity of <0.05 mm was higher than >0.05 mm in soil depths of PF and FL. Fine silt (<0.05 mm) determine the cation exchange capacity in soil depths. Land use and mineral size influence the carbon and cation exchange capacity of Gambari Forest Reserve.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2022

Soil seed banks as natural storage of plant seeds play an important role in the maintenance and regeneration of watershed. Natural regeneration potential of the soil seed bank of Land use types (LUTs) in Ogun River watershed (ORW) was investigated. ORW was stratified using proportionate sampling technique into Guinea Savannah (GS), Rainforest (RF) and Swamp Forest (SF) Ecological Zones (EZs). Three LUTs: Natural Forest (NF), Disturbed Forest (DF) and Farmland (FL) were purposively selected in GS: GSNF, GSDF, GSFL; RF: RFNF, RFDF, RFFL and SF: SFNF, SFDF, SFFL, respectively. Systematic line transects was used in the laying of the sample plots. Sample plots of 25 m×25 m were established in alternate positions. Ten 1 m×1 m quadrats were randomly laid for soil core sampling from previously randomly selected ten plots. The core samples (10) were pooled per plot in each LUT and placed in individual trays. Ten trays with sterilized soil were used as control. The trays were watered regularly and checked for seedlings emergence fortnightly for 18 months. The experimental design used was 3×3 factorial experiments. ANOVA, Diversity index (H') and Similarity index (SI) were used to analyze the data. There was significant difference in seedling emergence among ecological zones and land use types (p<0.05). A total of 4,400 seedlings emerged from the soil samples. All species were distributed among 32 families. FL in the RF had the highest number of germinated seeds (705±37.33 seedlings) followed by DF in the RF (701±49.6 seedlings). The lowest emergence was in NF of the SF (199±28.41 seedlings). DF in the RF had highest number of species (34) distributed among 22 families. Emergence from soil seed bank of NF in ORW was generally with more of tree species than herbs that were predominant in FL and DF.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.39-53
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• 2022

Ginsenoside Rb₁ (Rb₁), one of the most important ingredients in Panax ginseng Meyer, has been confirmed to have favorable activities, including reducing antioxidative stress, inhibiting inflammation, regulating cell autophagy and apoptosis, affecting sugar and lipid metabolism, and regulating various cytokines. This study reviewed the recent progress on the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of Rb₁ against cardiovascular and nervous system diseases, diabetes, and their complications, especially those related to neurodegenerative diseases, myocardial ischemia, hypoxia injury, and traumatic brain injury. This review retrieved articles from PubMed and Web of Science that were published from 2015 to 2020. The molecular targets or pathways of the effects of Rb₁ on these diseases are referring to HMGB1, GLUT4, 11β-HSD1, ERK, Akt, Notch, NF-κB, MAPK, PPAR-γ, TGF-β1/Smad pathway, PI3K/mTOR pathway, Nrf2/HO-1 pathway, Nrf2/ARE pathway, and MAPK/NF-κB pathway. The potential effects of Rb₁ and its possible mechanisms against diseases were further predicted via Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway and disease ontology semantic and enrichment (DOSE) analyses with the reported targets. This study provides insights into the therapeutic effects of Rb₁ and its mechanisms against diseases, which is expected to help in promoting the drug development of Rb₁ and its clinical applications.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2022

To respond to global warming, there is an increasing interest in eco-friendly alternative energy sources. Therefore, unused forest biomass that has been neglected due to a lack of marketability is attracting attention. With the introduction of the "unused forest biomass certification system" in 2019, ways of determining quantity of unused forest biomass have steadily increased. However, there have been reported cases whereby unused forest biomass weighed more than the amount of harvested trees. It was found that it was possible that forest resources that can be used as round wood were mixed with unused forest biomass. In this context, this study aimed to estimate the amount of mixed round wood in the unused forest biomass supply. The relative expression of growing stock/ha versus the amount of final clearing/ha collected was modeled (y=1.490x-94.341, R²=0.861). As a result, it was found that round wood was mixed into the unused forest biomass, contributing to the disparity observed between the weighted forest biomass and the amount of trees harvested. In conclusion, proper declaration and certification procedures should be carried out for the use of forest resources and promoting unused forest biomass usage.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.167-179
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• 2023

The extent of change in the Land use/Land cover (LULC) of Okomu National Park (ONP) and fringe communities was evaluated. High resolution Landsat imagery was used to identify the major vegetation cover/land use systems and changes around the national park and fringe communities while field visits/ground truthing, involving the collection of coordinates of the locations was carried out to ascertain the various land cover/land use types identified on the images, and the extent of change over three-time series (2000, 2010 and 2020). The change detection was analyzed using area calculation, change detection by nature and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The result of the classification and analysis of the LULC Change of ONP and fringe communities revealed an alarming rate of encroachment into the protected area. All the classification features analyzed had notable changes from 2000-2020. The forest, which was the dominant LULC feature in 2000, covering about 66.19% of the area reduced drastically to 36.12% in 2020. Agricultural land increased from 6.14% in 2000 to 34.06% in 2020 while vegetation (degraded land) increased from 27.18% in 2000 to 38.89% in 2020. The magnitude of the change in ONP and surroundings showed the forest lost -247.136 km² (50.01%) to other land cover classes with annual rate change of 10%, implying that 10% of forest land was lost annually in the area for 20 years. The NDVI classification values of 2020 indicate that the increase in medium (399.62 km² ) and secondary high (210.17 km² ) vegetation classes which drastically reduced the size of the high (38.07 km² ) vegetation class. Consequent disappearance of the high forests of Okomu is inevitable if this trend of exploitation is not checked. It is pertinent to explore other forest management strategies involving community participation.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.205-218
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• 2022

Proper calculation of splitting tensile strength (STS) of concrete has been a crucial task, due to the wide use of concrete in the construction sector. Following many recent studies that have proposed various predictive models for this aim, this study suggests and tests the functionality of three hybrid models in predicting the STS from the characteristics of the mixture components including cement compressive strength, cement tensile strength, curing age, the maximum size of the crushed stone, stone powder content, sand fine modulus, water to binder ratio, and the ratio of sand. A multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network incorporates invasive weed optimization (IWO), cuttlefish optimization algorithm (CFOA), and electrostatic discharge algorithm (ESDA) which are among the newest optimization techniques. A dataset from the earlier literature is used for exploring and extrapolating the STS behavior. The results acquired from several accuracy criteria demonstrated a nice learning capability for all three hybrid models viz. IWO-MLP, CFOA-MLP, and ESDA-MLP. Also in the prediction phase, the prediction products were in a promising agreement (above 88%) with experimental results. However, a comparative look revealed the ESDA-MLP as the most accurate predictor. Considering mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) index, the error of ESDA-MLP was 9.05%, while the corresponding value for IWO-MLP and CFOA-MLP was 9.17 and 13.97%, respectively. Since the combination of MLP and ESDA can be an effective tool for optimizing the concrete mixture toward a desirable STS, the last part of this study is dedicated to extracting a predictive formula from this model.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2024

Betung bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) is used as a building and handicraft material in Indonesia; however, bamboo needs to be dried to increase its stability. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of drying bamboo using solar energy and different drying oven designs. The betung bamboo pieces were dried using a direct solar dryer (direct drying) and an indirect solar dryer (indirect drying) and then the decrease in levels that occurred based on the relative humidity (RH) and temperature values achieved in the two dryers were compared. The highest average temperature in the direct indirect drying oven compartment was 60.1 ± 13.1℃ with 19.9 ± 16.4% RH and 60.2 ± 11.9℃ with 19.5 ± 15.5% RH, respectively. The drying defect in indirect drying was lower than that in direct drying, and indirect drying had a 61.7% greater average water loss than direct drying with significant difference (95%, analysis of variance) based on water loss/compartment volume parameters. Thus, the solar drying oven can be used to air-dry bamboo (14%) for 7 d from an initial moisture content of 70%-80% in bamboo strips. The results of this research can be used for small-scale bamboo processing industries that have limited use of electrical energy with quite good results.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.316-322
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 폐식용유를 오존산화 처리에 의한 구조적 변성을 시도하고 이를 pMDI와 반응시켜 목재접착제로 개발하고자 하는 것이다. 폐식용유를 사용하여 1, 2, 3시간 오존산화 처리 한 후 화학적 변화를 알아보기 위하여 FT-IR을 측정하였다. 또한 접착강도를 조사하기 위하여 상태, 내수, 내온수, 반복끓임 실험을 하였다. FT-IR 측정 결과, 폐식용유의 오존산화가 진행될수록 불포화 이중결합에 기인한 3,010 $cm^{-1}$ 부근의 흡수가 사라지고 1,700 $cm^{-1}$ 부근의 카르복실기의 흡수가 크게 나타났다. 특히 3시간대에 3,010 $cm^{-1}$ 부근에 이중결합이 거의 사라짐을 알 수 있었다. 3시간 처리한 폐식용유의 상태 접착력 시험 결과, 폐식용유: pMDI 비율이 1 : 0.5일 때 8.08 kgf/$cm^2$, 1 : 0.75일 때 9.53 kgf/$cm^2$, 1 : 1일 때 44.16 kgf/$cm^2$ 1 : 2일 때 58.08 kgf/$cm^2$, 1 : 3일 때 61.41 kgf/$cm^2$, 1 : 4일 때는 46.95 kgf/$cm^2$를 나타내어 MDI와의 적정당량이 1 : 2, 1 : 3 부근에서 결정됨을 알 수 있었다. 중량비 1 : 2, 1 : 3만을 선택하여 각각 내수, 내온수, 반복끓임 상태로 접착강도 시험을 실시하였다. 내수 접착강도에서는 1 : 3의 경우가 더 높은 값을 보였으나 실험조건이 강화된 내온수, 반복 끓임에서는 혼합비율 1 : 2와 1 : 3이 비슷한 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.61-74
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• 1969

우리나라의 산림면적(山林面積)은 국토(國土)의 약(約)68%를 차지하고 있으나 그의 생산(生產)은 미미(微微)하여 국민총생산액(國民總生產額)에 대(對)하여 약(約)2%, 제(第)1차산업생산(次產業生產)에서 차지하는 비중(比重) 또한 5%정도(程度)에 불과(不過)하다. 그러나 이는 임업생산중(林業生產中) 직접소득(直接所得)만을 가지고 말한 것이며 임산물(林產物)의 대부분(大部分)은 원재료(原材料)로서 타(他) 관련산업(關聯產業)에 이용(利用)됨으로써 그의 우회적(迂回的) 생산과정(生產過程)을 통(通)해 얻어지는 부가가치(附加價値) 즉(卽) 간접소득(間接所得)이 더욱 중요(重要)하다. 그러나 이때까지 임업생산(林業生產)을 논(論)할때에는 목재생산(木材生產) 즉(卽) 직접생산(直接生產)만 가지고 논급(論及)하였지 이 간접생산(間接生產)에 대(對)하여는 하등(何等) 계산(計算)된 바 없다. 그러므로 한국은행(韓國銀行)에서 조사발표(調査發表)된 1963년도(年度)와 1966년도(年度) 양년분(兩年分)의 산업연관표(產業聯關表)를 가지고 물재구입율법(物財購入率法)을 써서 임업(林業)의 간접소득(間接所得)을 계산(計算)해 보았다. 그결과(結果) 직접소득(直接所得)은 1963년도(年度)가 14,361백만(百萬)원, 1966년도(年度)에는 17,709백만(百萬)원이던 것이, 간접소득(間接所得)은 1963년도(年度)가 42,688백만(百萬)원, 1966년도(年度)는 74,790백만(百萬)원으로서 임업소득합계(林業所得合計)는 1963년도(年度)가 57,049백만(百萬)원 1966년도(年度)는 92,499만(百萬)원이 된다. 따라서 국민총생산액중(國民總生產額中) 임업소득(林業所得)이 차지하는 비율(比率)은 1963년도(年度)가 8.23%, 1966년도(年度)에는 10.12%라는 고율(高率)을 차지하고 있다. 물론(勿論) 여기에는 한수해방지(旱水害防止) 토사유출방지(土砂流出防止)등(等) 국토보전(國土保全)과 풍치(豊致)등(等) 소위(所謂) 산림(山林)의 간접적효용(間接的効用)이 주는 무형적(無形的) 소극(所得)은 계산(計算)에 넣지 않었다. 이와 같이 임업(林業)에서는 그의 생산물(生產物)의 대부분(大部分)이 원재료(原材料)로서 타산업(他產業)에 이용(利用)됨으로써 직접소득(直接所得)보다 간접소득(間接所得)이 차지하는 비중(比重)이 대단(大端)히 높아 관련산업(關聯產業)의 발전(發展) 성장(成長)에 크게 기여(寄與)하고 있다. 그러므로 산업간(產業間)의 중요도판정(重要度判定)에서 임업(林業)은 결(決)코 경시(輕視)되어서는 아니 된다고 본다.