• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.318-323
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was carried out to predict the growth period and fresh weight of sprouts grown in a cultivator designed to grow sprouts under optimal conditions. Methods: The temperature, light intensity, and amount of irrigation were controlled, and images of seed sprouts were acquired to predict the days of growth and weight from pixel counts of leaf area. Broccoli, clover, and radish sprouts were selected, and each sprout was cultivated in a 90-mm-diameter Petri dish under the same cultivating conditions. An image of each sprout was taken every 24 hours from the 4th day, and the whole cultivating period was 6 days, including 3 days in the dark. Images were processed by histogram inspection, binary images, image erosion, image dilation, and the overlay image process. The RGB range and ratio of leaves were adjusted to calculate the pixel counts for leaf area. Results: The correlation coefficients between the pixel count of leaf area and the growth period of sprouts were 0.91, 0.98, and 0.97 for broccoli, clover, and radish, respectively. Further, the correlation coefficients between the pixel count of leaf area and fresh weight were 0.90 for broccoli, 0.87 for clover, and 0.95 for radish. Conclusions: On the basis of these results, we suggest that the simple image acquisition system and processing algorithm can feasibly estimate the growth period and fresh weight of seed sprouts.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.63-75
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• 1997

This study aims to find out the devices to minimize the amount of nitrate ingested from kimchi, the main way of vegetable intake for Koreans, and the basic data to deliver to calculate the total daily intake for Korean, investigating the year-round changes of nitrate content in vegetables for Kimche raw material, and changes of nitrate content by salting of chinese cabbage, and stewed kimchi through the use of different cooking methods. The results obtained were summarized as follow: over between 205-6655mg/kg f.w. in chinese cabbage, 480-3970mg/kg f.w. in chinese radish, 157-5820mg/kg f.w. in lettuce and 29-520mg/kg f.w. in cucumber respectively. Therefore it was strongly adviced to introduce the nitrate limit value of vegetables in Korea if the nitrate content in Kimchi should be reduced to meet the nitrate ADI(Acceptable Daily Intake, 219mg60kg b.w) of FAO.WHO, because the nitrate content in Kimchi reflects the nitrate content in vegetables. In order to keep the low nitrate content in Kimchi. it was adviced to remove the outer leaf which contains 2-3 times higher nitrate content compare to the inner leaf at the time of preparation, i.e. chinese cabbage, before the soaking treatment in salt solution for Kimchi making process. The dehydration by soaking treatment in salt solution occurred at 0.9%~4.7% in leaf midrib and more than 13%~24% in leaf blade. The nitrate content after soaking in salt solution was increased 107%~123% compared with before soaking, increasing rates of nitrate content in the outer and inner leaf midrib were higher than those in leaf blade. The increase of nitrate content in salt solution after soaking due to the dehydration of chinese cabbage by soaking treatment. The Kimchi stew(Kimchi JJige) was processed with and without animal oil, but the amount of nitrate in kimchi stew did not decrease both treatments, but it increased after the processing since the water in Kimchi stew has got low by boiling.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2019

Liver sausage is flavorful and highly nutritious. However, liver has a relatively short shelf life due to acceleration of oxidation in the presence of endogenous enzymes and metals. Powders derived from natural sources, including plants or fruits, are applied to meat products for inhibiting oxidation without adverse effects on their quality. Hence, this study investigated the effects of natural powders derived from green tea leaf (GTL), lotus leaf (LL), and kimchi (KC) on the quality and change in lipid oxidation and freshness of chicken liver sausages during two weeks of storage. Chicken liver sausages were manufactured with chicken breast (70%) and liver (20%), pork back fat (5%), iced water (5%), various additives, and GTL, LL, and KC [0 (control) or 1%]. They were processed in three batches. For determination of the quality characteristics of chicken liver sausages with various plant powders, pH, color, and texture properties were assessed. In addition, lipid oxidation and freshness using thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and total volatile basic nitrogen (TVBN) were analyzed at day 0 and week 2 of refrigerated storage. Higher values were obtained for pH and cooking yield in sausage samples with LL and KC powders than in samples with the other treatments. For a* values, the sausage samples with KC showed similar (p > 0.05) values, whilst others had significantly lower values than the control. The addition of the three powders to sausage samples induced an increase (p < 0.05) in hardness, gumminess, and chewiness. The addition of plant powders did not influence TBARS and TVBN of sausage samples at the initial stage. However, after two weeks of storage, significantly lower TBARS and TVBN values were observed, and the sausage with KC (p < 0.05) showed the lowest values of both TBARS and TVBN. The results showed the potential ability of the three powders to improve the quality and inhibit lipid oxidation in liver sausages. Particularly, the addition of KC did not adversely affect the $a^*$ values of sausage samples. The effects on sensory properties and inhibition mechanisms of GTL, LL, and KC in meat products should be further studied.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.711-720
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• 2009

Leaf fibers have many good properties; they are strong, long, cheap, abundant and bio-degradable. Since they, however, contain a great quantity of non-cellulose components, they have been used for the materials of mats, ropes, bags and nets rather than those of clothing. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of leaf fibers in order to promote the use of leaf fibers for the materials of clothing as well as develop the high value-added textile fibers. Leaf fiber plants including New Zealand Flax, Henequen and Banana plant, which have various nature and shape, were used. New Zealand Flax and Henequen leaves were cut from lower part of plants. Banana leaves and pseudo-stems were peeled and cut from the stem of Banana plants. First, the thin outer skins like film of leaves, veins and stems were removed before retting. The chemical retting had been processed for 1hour, at 100 in 0.4% $H_2SO_4$ aqueous solution(liquid ratio 50:1). Then, the retted leaf fibers had been soaked for 1hour, at room temperature in 0.5% NaClO solution(v/v) to remove the miscellaneous materials. We investigated the physical characteristics of three leaf fibers including the transversal and longitudinal morphology, the contents(%) of pectin, lignin and hemicellulose, the length and diameter of fibers, the tensile strength of the fiber bundles, and the fiber crystallinity and the moisture regain(%). The lengths of fiber from three leaf fibers were similar to their leaf lengths. The fiber bundles were composed of the cellulose paralleled to the fiber axis and the non-cellulose intersecting at right angle with the fiber axis. The diameters of New Zealand Flax, Henequen and Banana fibers were $25.13{\mu}m$, $18.16{\mu}m$ and $14.01{\mu}m$, respectively and their tensile strengths were 19.40 Mpa, 32.16 Mpa and 8.45 Mpa, respective. The non-cellulose contents of three leaf fibers were relatively as high as 40%. If the non-cellulose contents of leaf fibers might be controlled, leaf fibers could be used for the materials of textile fiber, non-wovens and Korean traditional paper, Hanjee.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.11-17
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• 1995

Proximate compositions pH, contents of Vitamins in Russian comfrey(RC) were investigated to furnish basic research for the utilization of health foods or processed foods. Analysis has been made of the proximate composition of comfrey leaf and root of RC, and pH, vitamin content of RC. The moisture, crude protein, crude fat and crude ash of RC were 89.78%, 3.23g/100g, 0.40g/100g in leaf and 69.66%, 0.44g/100g, 0.21g/100g, 8.24g/100g in root, respectively. pH of RC was 7.33. The $\beta$-carotene content in RC was 1097.158$\mu\textrm{g}$/100g. Vitamin B content in RC was 0.01mg/100g. Vitamin B content in RC was 0.29mg/100g. Niacin content in RC was 1.2mg/100g. Vitamin C content in RC was 26.4mg/100g.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:데이타베이스
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.261-273
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• 2004

정보 통신 기술의 발달은 데이타베이스 분야에도 새로운 응용들을 만들고 있다. 예를 들어, 수많은 객체들의 위치를 추적하는 이동 객체 데이타베이스나 각종 센서들로부터 들어오는 데이타 스트림을 처리하는 스트림 데이타베이스에서 다루는 데이타는 일반적으로 매우 빠르고 끊임없이 변경된다. 하지만, 전통적인 데이타베이스에서는 데이타를 사용자의 명시적인 변경이 있기 전까지는 변하지 않는 상대적으로 정적인 것으로 간주하고 있기 때문에, 전통적인 데이타베이스 시스템은 이러한 끊임없고 동적인 데이터의 변화를 효율적으로 처리하는데 문제를 지닌다. 특히 다차원 데이타 처리를 위한 대표적 인덱스 구조인 R-트리의 경우, 데이타의 삽입이나 삭제가 연속적인 노드의 분할이나 합병을 유발하고 있으므로 이러한 문제는 더 심각해진다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 빈번한 변경 효율적으로 처리하기 위하여 새로운 R-트리 갱신기법인 리프 갱신 기법을 제안한다. 리프 갱신 기법에서는 새로운 데이타가 이전에 속해있던 리프 노드의 MBR 내에 있으면 전체 트리를 변경하지 않고 해당 리프 노드만을 변경시킨다. 이러한 리프 갱신 처리와 리프 노드를 직접 접근하게 해주는 리프 접근 해시 테이블을 이용하여 리프 갱신 기법은 데이타의 변경연산 비용을 크게 줄인다. 제안기법은 기존 R-트리의 알고리즘과 구조를 그대로 이용하고, R-트리의 정확성을 보장하므로 다양한 R-트리 변종들에도 적용 가능하고 R-트리를 이용하는 다양한 응용 환경에 이용이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 제안 기법이 기존 기법에 대하여 가지는 갱신 연산의 비용 이득을 수학적으로 분석하였고, 실험을 통하여 제안 기법의 우수성을 확인하였다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2012

Six polyphenolic compounds, such as chlorogenic acid (CA), rutin (RT), isoquercitrin (IQT), quercetin-3-O-(6-O-malonyl)-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (QMG), astragalin (AG), kaempferol-3-O-(6-O-malonyl)-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (KMG), were isolated from mulberry leaves by a series of isolation procedures, such as Diaion HP-20, silica-gel, Sephadex LH-20, and ODS-A column chromatographies. The chemical structures of the phenolic compounds were identified by UV and NMR spectral analyses. Levels of polyphenols in mulberry leaves from six different mulberry cultivars ranged from 1,042.16 to 1,871.97 mg% per dry weight; Guksang cultivar showed the highest levels of polyphenols, whereas Gaeryangdaehwa contained the least polyphenol contents. Generally, levels of polyphenols in mulberry leaves decreased with increasing harvest time, except for Yoolmok, but increased with heat processing time, except QMG and KMG. These results suggest that the heat processed mulberry leaves of Guksang cultivar harvested in early May can be potentially useful sources for production of high quality mulberry leaf teas.

• 분석과학
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.400-403
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• 1998

The germanium content of the cultivated Korean medicinal herbs in several growing district was determined by adsorption stripping voltammetry. The optimum conditions in germanium determination were as following: deposition time; 120 sec, deposition potential; -0.9 volts vs. Ag/AgCl, and frequency; 100 Hz in $5.0{\times}10^{-2}M$ perchloric acid supporting electrolyte solution containing $8.0{\times}10^{-2}M$ catechol. Calibration curve was shown a good lineality in the range of 0.4 ppb to 2.0 ppm and the detection limit was 0.08 ppb. There was a large difference in content of the cultivated hermit leaf according to growing district such as 29.7~385.7 ppm and the content of nontreated hermit leaf was higher than the processed health foodstuffs. The content of the Korean ginseng (5 years) was 83 ppm while the Korean herb of life was 214 ppm.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 1993

자연 생태계의 일부분으로 발생한 삼림은 공기를 맑게하고 수자원을 보존하며, 번식과 멸종의 방지, 휴식공간 제공 그리고 인간생활 환경을 형성하고 보존시키는 역할을 수행한다. 본 연구에서 원격탐사 자료를 이용하여 삼림식생을 분류한 것은 침염수, 활엽수, 농경지 및 초지, 물의 네 가지로 삼림식생정보를 분류하였다. TM 수치영상을 컴퓨터를 이용하여 분류할 경우, 물지역의 특성 값은 제 4밴드에서 7-13 D.N으로 나타났다. 그러나 침엽수, 활엽수, 농경지 및 초지는 모두 비슷한 특성 값이 나타나므로 화상처리를 해야했다. 화상처리를 제 2밴드와 제 3밴드를 합성한 영상을 비연산처리한 결과, 제 3밴드로부터 활엽수 지역은 72-91의 D.N으로 나타나고, 제 1밴드에서의 침엽수 지역은 l18∼136, 제 3밴드에서의 농경지 및 초지는 96-120의 D.N에서 일치하였다. 또한 최대 우도법으로 분류한 결과와 TM 수치영상의 현지답사에 대한 비교오차를 구한 결과 침엽수, 활엽수, 농경지와 초지 및 물에서 각각 －7.43%, ＋1.89%, ＋7.58%, -2.04%의 분류 정확도를 얻었다. 결론적으로 이 결과는 원격탐사 자료를 이용한 삼림식생분류가 매우 유용한 것임이 입증되었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2017

BACKGROUND: Globally, mulberry (Morus sp.) is exploited for feeding leaf to silkworms in order to obtain silk fiber or for animal feedstock production. Also, mulberry fruit is known to a by-product that was produced from mulberry tree after harvesting leaves for silkworm rearing, as a yield and consumption of mulberry fruit was increased, it has been fixing to a newincome crop. Mulberry leaves and fruits are used for the health benefits of human beings. Mulberry contains various bioactive components, such as alkaloids and flavonoids. Mulberry flavonoids are an important part of the diet because of their effects on human nutrition. The flavonoids in mulberry leaf and fruit of 'Suhyang'(Morus alba L.) were determined. METHODS AND RESULTS: Flavonoids for mulberry leaf and fruit of 'Suhyang' were analysed using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS)technique. An UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS system was used, and identification of mulberry leaves constituents was carried out on the basis of the complementary information obtained from LC spectra, MS ions, and MS/MS fragments. The mulberry leaf (16 flavonoids) and fruit (9 flavonoids) were isolated and analyzed from Suhyang using UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS chromatogram. To the best of our knowledge, Quercetin 3-O-(6"-O-malonyl) glucoside and quercetin 3-O-rutinoside (rutin) was detected on the highest content in leaf and fruit, respectively and further research will be devoted to evaluate their biological activity. CONCLUSION: Obtaining information about the concentration of functional materials in mulberry leaves could contribute to the development and promotion of processed, functional products and offer possible industrial use of 'Suhyang', holding promises to enhance the overall profitability of sericulture.