• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2008

In the present study, the concentration levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (or PCBs) in the environments in Korea are estimated based on some measured data in Korea, in comparison with the data from the other countries. Even though PCBs were banned as electrical fluids in 1970s in Korea, PCBs are still detected in the environment. PCBs levels in Korea are greatly lower than those in other countries, which are gradually decreased as well. However, the measured data are not sufficient in both numbers and quality, to estimate the average PCBs levels in Korea. The regulation limit on polychlorinated biphenyls (or PCBs) is 2mg/kg (ppm), which is too low compared to 50 ppm of many other countries including U.S. With this strict regulation, there are many problems expected, for example, in the analysis of PCBs in the transformers using in the field as well as the safe treatment of PCBs. The risk assessment on the PCBs in the environment is surely necessary prior to the change in the limit. Also the PCBs concentration monitoring in the environmental media (i.e. air, water, soil and sediment) and exposure assessment will be essential for the accurate risk assessment. If the PCB-waste guideline maintain as 2 ppm after 10 years, the excess cancer risk of PCBs exposure by ambient air, drinking water and soil was $10^{-8}$. But if the guideline mitigate as 50 ppm after 10 years, the cancer risk was increased by $10^{-7}$. The ecological risk quotient by regulation change was not exceed '1'.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2007

진주담치와 넙치를 치사농도 이하의 납과 카드뮴을 첨가한 배양수조에 2주간 노출시킨 후 해당 중금속의 생물농축을 조사하였다. 노출 후 생물체내 중금속 농도는 배양액의 중금속 농도에 비례하여 증가하였으며, 진주담치에서 그 경향이 뚜렷하였다. 체내에 농축되어진 중금속 농도는 모두 고농도의 배양액에 노출시킨 시료에서 최대치를 기록하였으며, 납 5.0 mg/L 배양액에서 넙치 및 담치의 납 최대농도는 각각 $170({\pm}10)\;{\mu}g/g$, $5,260({\pm}70)\;{\mu}g/g$, 카드뮴 1.0 mg/L 배양액에서 넙치 및 담치의 카드뮴 최대농도는 각각 $72({\pm}4)\;{\mu}g/g$, $1,040({\pm}40)\;{\mu}g/g$으로 두 금속의 생물축적이 배양액 농도와 직접 관련이 있음을 나타냈다. 납과 카드뮴의 생물농축비(배양액 노출농도에 대한 분석시료의 농도비)는 두 중금속 모두 배양액의 농도에 반비례하여 낮은 노출농도에서 최대치를 보였고, 특히 진주담치에서 납의 생물농축비는 배양액 농도 0.01 mg/L에서 무려 12,100(${\pm}1,400$)을 보여주었다. 이러한 사실은 두 실험생물이 중금속 농도가 낮은 용액에 노출되었을 때 더 빨리 중금속을 섭취한다는 사실을 뒷받침한다. 한편, 진주담치의 중금속 축적을 기관별로 비교, 분석한 결과 납은 내장낭보다 아가미에서 다소 높은 반면 카드뮴은 내장낭에서 더 높은 농축특성을 보였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.631-636
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• 2002

Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactbacillus brevis, Leuconostoc mesenteroids, Pediococcus pentosaceus를 대상으로 하여 광펄스 처리에 따른 미생물의 영향에 대하여 검토하였다. 광원에 인가하는 전압의 세기를 15-25 kV로 하고 $2500\;{\mu}s$ 이내의 처리시간으로 젖산균 세포를 광 펄스 처리하였을 경우 빛의 세기가 증가할수록 사멸 속도와 사멸율이 증가하였으며, $1500\;{\mu}s$ 처리후에는 빛의 세기에 상관없이 7 log 정도의 동일한 사멸율을 나타내었다. 빛의 세기 25 kV에서 광원과 시료 표면의 거리를 60, 85, 110, 135 mm으로 변화를 주어 처리한 결과 광원과 시료 표면과의 거리가 가까울수록 높은 살균율을 나타내었다. 광펄스 처리시 시료 표면의 온도 상승은 $5^{\circ}C$ 미만으로 거의 나타나지 않았다. 광펄스 처리후 투과 전자 현미경으로 형태적인 변화를 관찰한 결과 광펄스 처리를 한 세포는 처리하지 않은 세포에 비해 세포내 물질이 상당 부분 손실되었으며, 일부 세포막과 세포벽에 손상이 일어났음을 알 수 있었다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.564-568
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• 2008

The effects of sodium copper chlorophyllin (SCC) on bioaccessibility and uptake of mercury from fish were investigated using an in vitro digestion coupled with a Caco-2 cell. Fish along with SCC was subjected to a simulated in vitro digestion, which simulates both the gastric and small intestinal phase in vivo. Mercury bioaccessibility, the amount of mercury released from fish to aqueous phase following a digestion, was measured. Various amounts of SCC (0.1-25 mg) significantly reduced mercury bioaccessibility in a dose dependent manner by 49-89% compared to the negative control (fish without SCC) (p<0.05). Mercury bioaccessibility in varying molar ratios of mercury to positive control, 2,3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate (DMPS) was between 24 and 52%. Mercury uptake by Caco-2 cells from test media containing aqueous phase following in vitro digestion was measured after 6 hr incubation at $37^{\circ}C$. Cellular mercury uptake with increasing amount of SCC ranged from 0.352 to $0.052\;{\mu}g$ mercury/mg protein, while those in DMPS treatment were between 0.14 and $0.27\;{\mu}g$ mercury/mg protein. Our study suggests that SCC can reduce mercury absorption following fish consumption and may be efficient as a synthetic chelating agent for long term chronic mercury exposure in fish eating populations.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.12-23
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• 1996

High Voltage Pulsed Current Stimulation(HVPCS) and Microcurrent Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation(MENS) have been used to promote the healing of decubitus ulcer and surgical wounds. The benefits of HVPCS and MENS are thought to include an inhibitive effect on bacterial growth. The purpose of this study was to compare the inhibitive effect of two different electrical stimulation techniques growth in vitro. Using agarose-based media, the two bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus, Esherichia coli - which are commonly isolated from open wounds were incubated in an incubator for 24 hours following exposure to HVPCS(400 V, 120 pps, $70{\mu}s$) and MENS($100{\mu}A$, 0.3 Hz). We then measured the zone of inhibition around each electrode. Both HVPCS and MENS produced an inhibitive effect on bacterial growth in this vitro study. However MENS was more effective than HVPCS.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.839-854
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• 2018

This study (1) explores female consumers' attitudes toward fat people and perceptions about plus-size models, (2) addresses female consumers' responses to models with different body sizes, and (3) examines the effect of plus-size model presence on female consumers' body image. We collected an online questionnaire from a total of 600 female participants in their 20's and 30's. Stimuli included six full-colored photo images of models with thin and plus body sizes (three in each group). Images were captured from the online shopping site of the fashion brand currently providing both average and plus-size clothes. Respondents were randomly assigned one of the groups by model size. Results support the sociocultural perspective that a thin/ideal body of models has a negative influence on female viewers' sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, mood state and body satisfaction. Findings also suggest that exposure to plus-size models can reduce negative media effects on females body image perceptions, regardless of individual body size.

• 복식
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.18-30
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• 2014

As economy is growing and income level is increasing, more people are pursuing relaxation and leisure in their life. As the sports market in Korea is flourishing, sports wear companies have begun to focus marketing their brand by carefully selecting advertising models in order to get more exposure for their brands. The purpose of this study was to analyze, the effects of the advertising model types had on the company's brand recognition, and consumer subjectivity on consumer's preference and purchasing intention were studied. The subjects for the study were 260 men and women in their 20~30s living in Seoul and Gyunggi province. Three-way ANOVA was conducted for the data analysis. The results showed significant interactions between the three independent variables on preference. Although there were various advertising model types due to the improvement of media, (brand advertisement employing) the well known celebrity model was more effective for raising consumer brand awareness compared to non-celebrity models.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.350-359
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• 2007

In this paper we present a simple, efficient method for detection of sharp digital images. Recently many digital cameras are equipped with various autofocusing functions to help users take well-focused pictures as easily as possible. However, acquired digital pictures can be further degraded by motion, limited contrast, and inappropriate amount of exposure, to name a few. In order to decide whether to process the image or not, or whether to delete it or not, reliable measure of image quality to detect sharp images from blurry ones is needed. This paper presents a blurriness/sharpness measure, and demonstrates its feasibility using extensive experiments. This method is fast and easy to implement, and accurate. Regardless of the detection accuracy, existing measures are computation-intensive. However, the proposed measure in this paper is not demanding in computation time. Needless to say, this measure can be used for various imaging applications including autofocusing and astigmatism correction.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2013

Objectives: Unprotected leisure time exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun or artificial tanning beds is the most important environmental risk factor for melanoma, a malignant skin cancer with increasing incidences over the past decades. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of skin health information provided by several sources and different publishing issues on knowledge, risk perception, and sun protective behavior of sunbathers. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among Austrian residents (n=563) spending leisure time outdoors in August 2010. Results: Print media, television, and family were perceived as the most relevant sources of information on skin health, whereas the source physician was only ranked as fourth important source. Compared to other sources, information provided by doctors positively influenced participants' knowledge on skin risk and sun protective behavior resulting in higher scores in the knowledge test (p=0.009), higher risk perception (p<0.001), and more sun protection (p<0.001). Regarding gender differences, internet was more often used by males as health information source, whereas females were more familiar with printed information material in general. Conclusions: The results of this survey put emphasis on the demand for information provided by medical professionals in order to attain effective, long-lasting promotion of photoprotective habits.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.113-127
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• 2016

This study was aimed to analyzing the fashion style worn during the election campaign in the 16-18 Korea presidential candidates. In order to derive a comprehensive fashion style of each candidate it was classified as outfits, items, colors, patterns, accessories and the like. Research data was collected through literature, newspapers, Internet sites, etc., and SPSS statistical package was performed. In research data, 16 presidential candidates photographs were 87, 17 presidential candidates photographs were 82, 18 presidential candidates photographs were 155 as photograph by exposure to the media during each presidential campaign. The results of this study are as follows: In the fashion style of presidential candidates, male candidates mainly dressed in a tie and suit, but the 18 candidates dressed in casual wear unlike previous candidates. In tie color, 16 appeared in the red series, 17 election and 18 election appeared in blue series. Female candidate, Park Geun-hye candidate dressed in the combination of a jacket and blouse and pants. Therefore fashion style of presidential candidates got a strong symbolic image functions as political lines, ideologies, beliefs, and the campaign promises. Because describing the fashion style of candidates based on the statistical result, it requires attention to generalization.