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The Courtyard as a Microcosm of Everyday Life and Social Interaction

  • Lee, Myung-Sik;Park, Youjung
    • Architectural research
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2015
  • The habitual rooms and other structures related to everyday life are almost always grouped around the courtyard and together make up a house. There are many kinds of variety in types of courtyard houses depending on location, composition, allocation and relationship with inner space of the house. Every type of courtyard house accumulates many factors, which are social and economic circumstances, weather and geographical conditions. They are still well harmonized with life style and weather conditions in each area and basic unit of city organization. A courtyard can be shown as a place for everyday conversation like a community. Everyday space is the connective tissue that binds daily lives together, amorphous and so persuasive that it is difficult even to perceive. In spite of its ubiquity, everyday space is nearly invisible in the professional discourses of the city, like everyday life. Therefore Courtyards are special places that are outside yet almost inside, open to the sky, - a microcosm which gives relief to the inner rooms, gives the inhabitants a sense of ease and calm, and the feeling that they have their own piece of sky to use and protect them. This research will explore a variety of space use and dwelling types through courtyards based on field research and design projects.

산화아연 나노물질의 미소생태계 내 거동 및 생물축적 (Fate and Bioaccumulation of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in a Microcosm)

  • 김은정;이재우;조은혜;성화경;유선경;김경태;신유진;김지은;박선영;엄익춘;김필제
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제43권3호
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    • pp.194-201
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are widely used in various commercial products, but they are exposed to the environment and can induce toxicity. In this study, we investigated the environmental fate and bioaccumulation of ZnO NPs in a microcosm. Methods: The microcosm was composed of water, soil (Lufa Soil 2.2) and organisms (Oryzias latipes, Neocaridina denticulata, Semisulcospira libertina). Point five and 5 mg/L of ZnO NPs were exposed in the microcosm for 14 days. Total Zn concentrations were measured using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) and intracellular NPs were observed using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Results: In the initial stages of exposure, the Zn concentrations in water increased in all exposure groups and then decreased, while the Zn concentration in soil increased after three hours for the 5 mg/L solution. Zn concentrations also showed increasing trends in N. denticulata and S. libertina at 0.5 and 5 mg/L, and in O. latipes at 5 mg/L. Accumulation of NPs was found in the livers of O. latipes and hepatopancreas of N. denticulata and S. libertina. Conclusions: In the early stages of exposure, ZnO NPs remained in the water, and then were transported to the soil and test species. Unlike other species, total Zn concentrations in N. denticulata and S. libertina increased for both 0.5 mg/L and 5 mg/L. Therefore, ZnO NPs were more easily accumulated in zoobenthos than in fish.

Chronic Toxicity(Mortality) of Freshwater Amphipod Diporeia spp. for Zn in Sediment Microcosm

  • Song, Ki-Hoon
    • 환경생물
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2007
  • Sediment microcosm experiments were conducted for 14 and 28 days using Zn spiked sediment to examine chronic toxicity (mortality) of Diporeia spp. as a function of density and time. Mean cumulative Diporeia mortality in 28 day sediment microcosms was 25% at $1,800\;{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$ total Zn in sediment. Although a certain fraction $(20{\sim}40%)$ of Diporeia was dead, its mortality was attributed by handling stress within 4 days and was not significantly encreased with increasing within the range of Zn concentrations examined in this study. These results suggest that Diporeia can tolerate Zn contaminated sediment and may be useful as a biomonitor for Zn contamination in freshwater environments.

Effects of Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi on Plant Community: a Microcosm Study

  • Park, Sang-Hyun;Eom, Ahn-Heum
    • Mycobiology
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.186-190
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    • 2007
  • This study was conducted to investigate the effects of foliar endophytic fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant community structure in experimental microcosms containing an assemblage of five species of plants (Oenothera odorata, Plantago asiatica, Trifolium repens, Isodon japonicas and Aster yomena). Leaves of Sasa borealis, Potentilia fragarioides, and Viola mandshurica were collected in Chungbuk, Korea. Endophytic fungi were isolated from the surface sterilized leaves and identified to species level using molecular and morphological techniques. Four isolates of the endophytic fungi were inoculated to the leaves of host plants in the microcosms. Also, three species of AMF spores were extracted from pure cultures and the mixture of the three species inoculated to the roots of the plants. After four months of growth in a green house, effects of both symbiotic fungi on plant species diversity, community composition and productivity were examined. The plant species diversity showed significant differences with inoculation of the symbiotic fungi. Results indicate that AMF significantly affect plant productivity and plant community structure.

지하수내 질산성 질소의 In-situ Bioremediation을 위한 최적 Electron donor 결정에 관한 연구

  • 어성욱;김영;정기섭
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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    • pp.192-195
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    • 2003
  • As a part of our research project for in-situ bioremediation of nitrate contaminated. groundwater, screening studies to determine an effective electron donor (EO) and/or carbon source (CS) such as acetate, ethanol, formate, fumarate, lactate, and propionate were conducted. To evaluate the feasibility for the biological degradation of nitrate, soil microcosm studies using nitrate-contaminated soil and groundwater were performed. The nitrate removal percentage in the order from the highest to the lowest was: formate, fumarate, and ethanol > lactate > propionate. Essentially no nitrate consumption was observed In acetate-fed microcosms. The order of nitrate removal rate from the highest to lowest was fumarate, formate, lactate, ethanol, and propionate. These results suggest that fumarate and formate are promising EDs/CSs for in-situ bioremediation of nitrate - contaminated oxygenated groundwater.

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엑서지 : 응용생태학에서의 exergy의 적용가능성 실증 (EXERGY : PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY VERIFICATION OF ITS APPLICABILITY IN APPLIED ECOLOGY)

  • 질로브,유진;오인혜
    • 자연과학논문집
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2002
  • 물벼룩(Daphnia magna)과 클로렐라(Chlorella vulgaris)가 포함된 microcosm에서 독성오염물질인 페놀과 코발트를 첨가함에 따라 구조적 exergy가 감소되었다. microcosm의 구성 생물들의 생물량이나 군집 전체의 생물량보다 구조적 exergy가 훨씬 크게 변화되었다. 이것은 구조적 exergy가 생태계의 안정성을 평가하는 지표가 될 수 있음을 나타내는 것이다.

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