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Natural Dyeing of Chitosan Nonwoven Fabric (키토산 부직포의 천연염색)

  • Kim Jong-Jun;Kwon Min-Soo;Jeon Dong-Won
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.12 no.6 s.53
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    • pp.999-1009
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    • 2004
  • Chitin is a derived product from the shell of shrimp or crab. Chitosan, a deacetylated product of chitin, has widely been used in the biomedical sector, food industry, and textile industry. Chitosan exhibits fiber-forming property under certain conditions. Nonwoven fabrics made of chitosan fibers may have diverse applications in the industry. Previous studies have revealed that the dye uptake properties of natural dyestuffs improved by the chitosan pretreatment on the fabric specimens. In this case, fabric specimen is coated with acidic salt form of chitosan, which is different from the pure chitosan, since the coating process employes coating with the acidic solution of the chitosan and subesquent drying. In this study, chitosan nonwoven fabric samples were prepared from chitosan sample having deacetylation degree of $100\%$ and molecular weight of 650,000. Chitosan nonwoven fabrics maintain the form of $-NH_2$ end-group. These in turn exhibit higher dye uptake ability than the fabrics coated with chitosan acidic solutions do.

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Current Status and Perspectives for the 21st Century of Rural Living Improvement Program in Japan (일본의 생활개선사업 현황과 21세기 전망)

  • Lee, Geum-Ok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.37-52
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    • 2004
  • The rural living improvement in Japan operates in considerations of socio-eoonomic circumstances of rural community as in Korea. After 1945 the program emphasized the improvement of living conditions such as poverty alienation improvement of house and toilet nutrition after war, From 1955, health programs including better cooking and nutrition, house modification and improved living conditions corresponding to the goal of the developed country were carried out. In 1965. the goal of the rural home economics was focused on the harmonized production and living, improvement of the levels of rural living, health and building rural community. From 1975, the goals of the program were to organize the farming in the better ways and improvement of rural women's role. In 1985, making agreeable living conditions was emphasized under the goal of vital rural society. From the period of Heysey(1989${\sim}$), for better living of rural people the government is emphasizing the programs including farm labor management, utilization of farm products, farm management and rural environments. Recognizing the important influencing resources of agents in extension services, on the job and education was implemented step by step from basic to planning to upgrade competencies. The government is trying to construct better with infrastructures, encouraging direct selling the value-added processed food from local farm products with rural people's real name and other countryside resources. Major programs in the 21st centuries are building better rural society with men and women together and considering elders as well as new farmers.

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Pre-service Elementary Teachers' Understanding of Ocean Acidification (해양 산성화(Ocean Acidification)에 대한 초등 예비교사들의 이해)

  • Kim, Sung-Kyu
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.661-674
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    • 2017
  • This study used questionnaires to investigate how pre-service elementary teachers understand ocean acidification. As a result of gender, female teachers were more aware of ocean acidification than male teachers, but male teachers had a higher average rate of correct answers, with a lower standard deviation. Teachers from the natural sciences knew more about ocean acidification than did teachers the liberal arts. Teachers ranked environmental crisis in order of most dangerous to least dangerous as follow: global warming and the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, ocean acidification, and acid rain. About 46.7% of teachers learn about ocean acidification through education, followed by broadcasts, school lectures and the internet. The educational materials most desired for teachers were videos related to ocean acidification. Pre-service elementary teachers have two broad perspectives on ocean acidification. Firstly, they refer to economic loss and food shortages, and secondly, they note that there is a need for improved awareness and publicity about ocean acidification. The role of elementary school teachers is important because their awareness of environmental issues has a considerable effect on teachers perception of the environment. Revitalizing education on ocean acidification and government support are necessary to effectively communicate the seriousness of ocean acidification. Lastly, we need to study ocean acidification in detail so as to be able to persevere toward protecting our ocean ecosystem.

Development and Evaluation of the Educational Program Regarding Life Safety for Children of Low Grade Elementary Schools (초등학교 저학년 아동의 생활안전 교육프로그램 개발 및 효과연구)

  • Doo Kyoung-Ja;Yoon Yong- Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.44 no.4 s.218
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the educational program of life safety for low grade elementary school students. The objectives of the life safety education were established, and the contents and instructions of the educational program were organized according to the needs of the 560 children and their mothers. Both experimental and control groups were evaluated before, immediately after and 3 weeks after the education in terms of knowledge about safety, attitudes and behaviors. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Twelve contents for safety education consisted of safety for electronic games, playing facility, mobile exercise machines, elevator/escalators, traffic and prevention for injury, pricking/cutting, collision/fall/slippery, drowning, burning, electric shock, food toxicity and child missing/sexual harassment/kidnapping. 2. The score of knowledge for safety, attitude, and behavior of the experimental group was improved after the post-tests. Thus, the educational effects were demonstrated to be significant in all evaluation sections.

Improvement of the Consultation Systems Governing Fishery Resource Management in the Development of Coastal Areas (연안이용 및 개발에 따른 수산자원관리 실효성 제고를 위한 협의제도 개선방안)

  • Lee, Dae-In;Eom, Ki-Hyuk;Kim, Gui-Young
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.399-404
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    • 2008
  • This paper proposes revisions in the law governing assessments of the environmental impact of marine projects. In particular, we suggest strengthening the consultative role of the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF), the agency responsible for regulating coastal area utilization and development, in order to improve the system by which fishery resources are managed, thus preventing negative environmental impact. Moreover, such an improved impact assessment statement would include reasonable evaluations of the dispersion of pollutants, such as the suspended solids generated by construction projects, as well as of the dredging, dumping and sand mining involved in coastal area reclamation. Thus, public confidence in the latter would be increased by the development and implementation of standardized and consistent guidelines addressing environmental research, simulation processes and evaluations of data.

The Effects of Soybean Peptide on Lipid Peroxidation, Antioxidant Enzyme and Inflammatory Cytokines in Elite Taekwondo Player

  • Son, Chang-Seob;Lee, Hye-Sook;Lee, Yoon-Bok;Park, Myeong-Soo;Yoo, Yung-Choon;Lee, Jung-Lim;Hwang, Seock-Yeon
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of soybean peptide on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme and inflammatory cytokines in male high school taekwondo players. The subjects were divided into 2 groups, which were a soybean peptide intake group (S-peptide, n=13) and a placebo intake group (Placebo, n=10). The s-peptide group took 4 g a day of soybean peptide for 4 weeks. Blood samples were taken from the antecubital vein at before taekwondo performance, after 2 and 4 weeks taekwondo performance. The plasma was analyzed for the antioxidant enzyme activity factor, lipid peroxidation and cytokines. As a result, the s-peptide group decreased lipid peroxidation (MDA) and increased the antioxidant enzyme activity factor (TAS and CAT). The plasma concentration of inflammatory cytokines, IL-6 and TNF-${\alpha}$ were significantly decreased in the s-peptide group after 4 weeks and showed significant differences between the groups. These results indicate that the intake of soybean peptide was positively improved on antioxidant enzyme and inflammatory cytokines in taekwondo player.

Experimental Study for the Development of New Type Water Ejector (신형 수이젝터 개발을 위한 실험연구)

  • Mun, Soo-Bum;Choi, Hyun-Kue;Choi, Jae-Hyuk;Kwon, Hyung-Jung;Kim, Kyung-Keun;Choi, Soon-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.677-684
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    • 2006
  • An ejector is a fluid transfer device to be used for mixing of fluids, maintaining vacuum, and overcoming a poor suction condition. To date, most ejectors have been made from the casting process. which is time-consuming and high-cost process. Therefore, a new production method of ejectors is desired if any. In this experimental study, we proposed a new type ejector manufactured from the commercial fitting materials and the welding process, which is equipped with an orifice type nozzle. The proposed ejector has a good integrity compared with the conventional ejector because the fittings have manufactured by forging and they have more strength than the casting materials. Furthermore we adopted a multi-opening orifice type nozzle for improving a suction capacity and compared with a single-opening orifice type nozzle. From the experimental results. we confirmed that the multi-opening nozzle had a food suction capacity than the single-opening nozzle and the proposed new type ejector showed higher vacuum than the conventional type ejector in non-load condition. These improved characteristics suggests that a new type ejector by using the commercial fittings opens the feasibility to be adopted in various industry fields and that the increased suction capacity can be achieved by altering the nozzle design of a conventional ejector.

Strategic improvement of short-term agricultural machinery rental system using importance performance analysis (IPA분석을 통한 농업기계 임대사업의 전략적 개선방안)

  • Hong, Soon-Jung;Huh, Yun-Kun;Chung, Sun-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.385-394
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    • 2013
  • Short-term agricultural machinery rental system has been operated by agricultural extension organization of local government (agricultural technology center) and sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, to improve utilization efficiency and save agricultural production cost through joint utilization of agricultural machinery. This study was conducted to analyze current status of the rental system operation and provide recommendations for future direction. Question survey was conducted for officers in charge of the rental system in the technology center, and strategic improvement was suggested through importance performance analysis (IPA). Survey results showed that 11 issues should be reformed or improved by 2015, which is not practically feasible. IPA analysis resulted that administration and manpower support, cooperation between federal and local organizations, and cooperation with other organizations should be focused for successful operation of the rental system. Issues that seem to happen after 2015 need to be handled as future research.

Characteristic Responses of Biosensor Based on $H^+$-Selective Membrance Electrode (H$^+$ 선택성 막 전극을 이용한 바이오센서의 감응 특성)

  • Kim, Ki-Myo;Park, Sung-Bae;Hwang, Myoung-Seok;Hur, Moon-Hye;Ahn, Moon-Kyu
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.625-631
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    • 1996
  • The $H^+$-selective membrane consists of tridodecylamine, 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether and a little amount of additive in carboxylated PVC matrix, where penicillinase(Pcase ) and glutaraldehyde may be covalently attached to the matrix. When the $H^+$-selective electrode was used as a detector of biosensor, calibration curve calculated from Nernst equation was not linear. So we investigated the characteristic responses of the $H^+$-selective electrode to the product H+ from hydrolysis of penicillin-G(Pc-G) and plotted calibration curve correlating potential to concentration of Pc-G linearly. The optimal concentration of buffer solution was theoretically calculated and was also experimented. We tried to explain the linear curve of potential to concentration of Pc-G by using Henderson-Hasselbach equation. This method is more effective in calibration curve plotting than any other previous methods. The results obtained may help in further developing pH electrodes with improved analytical preformance.

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Utilization of Metasequoia(Metasequoia glyptostroboides) Cone as a New Natural Dye Resource(3): Dyeing Properties and Antimicrobial Functionality of Wool Fiber (새로운 천연염재로서 메타쉐콰이어 열매의 활용(3): 모섬유의 염색성과 항균성을 중심으로)

  • Yan, Jun;Yoo, Dong Il;Shin, Younsook
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.208-215
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    • 2018
  • The objective was to investigate the efficacy of Metasequoia(Metasequoia glyptostroboides) cone colorants as a new functional dye for wool fiber. Effects of dyeing conditions and mordanting on dye uptake, color change, and colorfastness were investigated for wool fiber. Compared with cotton and silk fibers, wool fiber showed better affinity for the Metasequoia cone colorants. Fe and Cu mordants improved dye uptake, and mordanting did not change the color of dyed fabric with YR Munsell color. Colorfastness to rubbing and washing was as good as grade 4, whereas lightfastness of the dyed fabrics was above grade 3. Antimicrobial activity of the colorants was very high 99.3% of reduction rate toward S. aureus. It was confirmed that Metasequoia cone colorants can be utilized as a new functional natural dye for wool fiber. In addition, considering its high antimicrobial functionality it could be applied to cosmetics and food.