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Excess zinc uptake in Paronychiurus kimi(Collembola) induces toxic effects at the individual and population levels

  • Son, Jino;Lee, Yun-Sik;Kim, Yongeun;Wee, June;Ko, Euna;Cho, Kijong
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.335-342
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the toxic effects of zinc in collembolan Paronychiurus kimi at the individual (survival and juvenile production) and population (population growth and age structure) levels after 28 days of exposure in artificially spiked soil. These toxic effects were interpreted in conjunction with the internal zinc concentrations in P. kimi. The EC50 value for juvenile production based on the total zinc concentration was 457 mg Zn kg-1 dry soil, while the LC50 value for adult survival and ri=0 value for population growth were within the same order of magnitude (2,623 and 1,637 mg Zn kg-1 dry soil, respectively). Significant differences in adult survival, juvenile production, and population growth compared with the control group were found at concentrations of 1,500, 375, and 375 mg Zn kg-1 dry or higher, respectively, whereas significant differences in the age structure, determined by the proportion of each age group in the population, were observed in all treatment groups. It appeared that the internal zinc level in P. kimi was regulated to some extent at soil zinc concentrations of ≤375 mg Zn kg-1 dry soil, but not at high soil zinc concentrations. These results indicate that, despite zinc being regulated by P. kimi, excess zinc exceeding the regulatory capacity of P. kimi can trigger changes in the responses at the individual and population levels. Given that population dynamics are affected not only by individual level but also by population level endpoints, it is concluded that the toxic effects of pollutants should be assessed at various levels.

Assessment of Individual, Organizational, Environmental Capacity for Healthy Cities (건강도시사업추진을 위한 개인, 조직, 환경 역량의 평가)

  • Kim, Jung-Min;Koh, Kwang-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.119-133
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    • 2009
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to asses individual, organizational and environmental capacity for members of Healthy Cities Partnership (KHCP) and exploring advanced suggestions for further developing. Methods: Participants were 27. The questionnaire was developed based on Health Promotion Capacity Checklist and it analyze capacity in 3 lelvels including individual, organizational and environmental. Each level is consist of 4 sections, individual: 'Knowledge', 'Skills', 'Commitment' and 'Resources', organizational; 'Commitment', 'Culture', 'Structure' and 'Resources', environment:'Public opinion', 'Political will', 'Supportive organizations' and 'Ideas and other resources'. Each section was assessed in 4 point rating scale and cross analyzed with basic information. Results: The mean score of 3 levels were 2.57. Among the 3 levels, 'Individual' marks 2.78 point which were top and 'Organizational' marks 2.59 and 'Environmental' marks 2.33. There were no significant factors affecting Healthy cities capacity of 'Individual' and 'Organizational' level, but just 'specialization' of 'Environmental' had significance. Conclusion: Above the results, this study suggested that just 'Individual' capacity is above median point and other levels were lower. Further efforts for developing Healthy cities capacity, especially focused on 'Organizational' and 'Environmental' levels, is strongly required.

Correlations between Sperm Motility, SCSA (Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay), Reproductive Performance and Heterospermic Fertility in Boars

  • Kim, In-Cheul;Ryu, Jae-Weon;Cho, Kyu-Ho;Hong, Joon-Ki;Choi, Eun-Ji;Choi, Bong-Hwan;Park, Jun-Cheol;Moon, Hong-Kil;Son, Jung-Ho
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2008
  • The objective of this study was two folds: to investigate the relationship between paternal identification rate and sperm quality parameters such as motility and sperm chromatin structure assay after heterospermic insemination; to see if mutual complement between tests and development of useful technique to enhance the fertility in artificial insemination. In individual boar's fertilizing ability, 3 high fertility boars showed significantly high fertility (p<0.05) compared to 3 low fertility boars, but there was no difference in litter size between two groups. Sperm motility test in pooled and individual semen using computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) revealed that no significant difference among boars. The high fertile boar showed tendency of low %Red (High red fluorescence/green+red fluorescence) in sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA) but paternal identification rate from piglets did not differ after heterospermic insemination. The correlation coefficient between individual or pooled semen function test and farrowing rates were well correlated as follows: %Red with litter size (r= - 0.53, p=0.03); %Red with paternal identification rates (r=-0.51, p=0.03); paternal identification rates with litter size (r=0.57, p=0.02). These results indicate that sperm chromatin structure assay and sperm quality parameter test in pooled semen are useful method to predict and evaluate the fertilizing capacity after heterospermic insemination in boars.

Individual-based Competition Analysis for Secondary Forest in Northeast China

  • Li, Fengri;Chen, Dongsheng;Lu, Jun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.97 no.5
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    • pp.501-507
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    • 2008
  • The data of crown width with 4 directions, DBH, tree height, and coordinate for sample trees were collected from 30 permanent sample plots in secondary fore st of the Maoershan Experimental Forestry Farm, Northeast China. In this paper, the competition of individual trees in stand were discussed for secondary forest by using iterative Hegyi competition index and crown overlap index that represented the competitive and cooperative interactions among neighboring trees. Active competitors of subject tree in the competition zone were selected to calculate the iterative competition index. Using the results of crown classification based on the equal crown projection area, a new distance dependent competition index called crown overlap index (COI) was developed for secondary forest. The COI performed well in describing the crown competition rather than crown competition factor (CCF). The individual-based competition index discussed in this paper will provide more precise for developing individual tree growth models for secondary forest and it can also use to adjust the stand structure for spatial optimal management.

Analysis of working wives' time according to market income (취업주부의 시장소득에 따른 생활시간 분석)

  • Nam, Su-Jung;Yoo, Hyun-Jung
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.985-997
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    • 2006
  • In this study, we grasped the life time structure according to working woman's income using '2004 life time research' of Korea National Statistical Office. Concrete results are shown as follows. First, inspecting the difference of individual characteristic according to income, young women who have higher education level and larger house area had acquired more income. Second, in case of the difference of life time according to income, there was no difference of individual support time, while there was statistically significant difference of working hours, household affairs, leisure time and moving hours. Third, inspecting the individual time of working, household affairs, bringing up and leisure according to income, there was statistically significant difference by age, education level, sense of time oppression, and fatigue cognition. This individual difference was revealed more strongly in medium to low-ranked group.

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WEB-BASED SIMULATION MODEL FOR MULTI-ATTRIBUTE STRUCTURED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

  • Hwang, Heung-Suk;Cho, Gyu-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2001
  • This paper is concerned with development of a multi-attribute structured decision model. In this study, we used AHP(analytic hierarchy process) and fuzzy set ranking methodology to overcome the multi-attributes structured decision problems ; such as multi-objective, multi-criterion, and multi-attributes. We proposed a 2-step approach : 1) individual evaluation and 2) integration of individual evaluations. In the first step, we define the performance factors and construct ana]isis structure, and in the second step performance evaluation by individual evaluators, and in second step, the results of individual evaluations are integrate. Also we developed a systematic and practical computer program to solve the problems according to the proposed methods. The proposed approach was known to be effective through a set of sample problems.

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Individual verification using optical measurement of heartbeat (심박동의 광학적 측정을 이용한 개인 인증 방법)

  • Kim, Sheen-Ja;Lee, Young-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.119-122
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    • 2008
  • Individual heartbeat has specific character by a condition of heart, structure, age, and so forth. On this paper, We propose that individual verification method using specific character of heartbeat. This character are obtained by measure PPG(Photo Plethysmogram) using LD and PD.

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A Study on the Competition Structure and Effective Factors for Management Performance of the Fisheries Cold-Storage Warehouse Industry (수산물 냉동냉장창고업의 경쟁구조와 경영성과 영향요인에 관한 연구)

  • 장영수;장수호;장홍석
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.119-147
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    • 1999
  • This article is subject to the rationalization of the cold-storage warehouse management, which gives the stabilization of the fishery production and the food life with respect to fisheries industry. In this point of view, the article examines to the structure of the cold-storage warehouse industry from the perspective of the industrial organization. To put it concretely, the article intends to apprehend the state of the structure of the industry and analyze the cold-storage warehouse's management activities. In addition, I try to find know the factors that affect the management performance(profitablity) of the industry through the cross-sectional correlation analysis. Finally, the conclusion of the article can be described as follows : \circled1 On the basis of the cold-storage capacity, there is the tendency that the industry concentrate in the area of Pusan(41.7%). \circled2 By formulating step of development of the industry, it is divided by six types. Type I is designed as raw material-storage warehouse for self-processing. Type IIis the raw material-storage warehouse for self-processing and storage-sale warehouse. Type III is the raw material-storage warehouse for self.distribution. Type IV is the raw material-storage warehouse for self-distribution and storage-sale warehouse. Type V is the net storage-sale warehouse. Type Ⅵ is the physical distribution center warehouse. Although each region has one representative type,6 types exist in all regions. \circled3 The competition structure of the industry has double structure on the basis of cold-storage capacity. \circled4 With respect to the management activity of the cold-storage warehouse, there is no change or even a decrease not increasing or not any change in sales from 1996 to 1997 \circled5 In order to try to induce the amount of shipper's materials, services that a cold-storage warehouse supply with its users include a custody-fee discount, a distribution-process service, a finance service, quality management service and so on. One of the best attractive services is the custody-fee service. \circled6 In the structure and management activity of the industry, the factors that affect management performance (profitablity) are a custody-fee discount, sales ability and capital structure of individual firm. Positive factor is sales ability and capital structure of individual firm. But, The custody-fee discount turns out to be a negative capital structure of individual film.

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Plant Community Structure & Distribution Density of Pinus thunbergii-Pinus densiflora Forest in Kojedo District, Hallyo-Haesang National Park (한려해상국립공원 거제도지구 곰솔-소나무림의 식물군집구조와 분포밀도)

  • 이경재;한봉호;김종엽
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.361-372
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    • 1999
  • Thirty-two plots have been set up and surveyed to investigate the plant community structure and distribution density of Pinus thunbergii-P. densiflora forest in Kojedo District, Hallyo-Haesang National Park. By DCA ordination technique P. thunbergii-P. densiflora forest was classified into P. thunbergii community, P. thunbergii-P. densiflora community, and P. densiflora community. The trend of plant community succession was invalid. The results of simple regression analysis between mean DBH(cm), mean distribution distance(m), and number of individual of P. thunbergii and P. densiflora were as follows: Distribution distance(m) = 0.094$\times$DBH(cm)-0.1248, Number of individual=1,820.1$\times$(cm)$DBH^{-1.6734}$ , Distribution distance(m)=6.6805$\times$Number of $individual^{-0.5425}$ .

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Strength analysis of a filtering structure for a viscoelastic flowing substance (점탄성 유동물질 여과용 필터 구조물의 강도해석)

  • 박창호;정광섭;손태원;주상우
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 1999.04a
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    • pp.300-304
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    • 1999
  • A study is strength analysis of a filtering structure for a viscoelastic flowing substance. Conventional segment type filter units comprise an assembly of two or more individual disc segments stacked at their respective hubs on a central common filtrate collection tube within a filter housing. The conventional type's leaf disc is problem that it don't support a high pressure flows. Therefore, this study develope new structure filtering model to stand a high pressure flows.

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