• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2021

This study evaluated the species composition, diversity and phorophyte preference of epiphytes at the University of Port Harcourt located in southern part of Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select sites representing major avenues in the three campuses (Abuja, Choba and Delta) of the University. Data were collected on species name of phorophytes, number of individuals, diameter at breast height (dbh) and height, and species/number of epiphytes present on them. The points/sections of attachment of epiphytes on phorophytes were also recorded. A total of eight species of epiphyte belonging to six families were recorded in the study. Species diversity was higher in Abuja campus (Simpson 1-D=0.81; Shannon H=1.79), followed by Choba campus (Simpson 1-D=0.73; Shannon H=1.09) and Delta campus (Simpson 1-D=0.56; Shannon H=0.93). Species richness was highest in Abuja campus (n=8) followed by Delta campus (n=4) and Choba campus (n=3). Similarity in epiphyte species composition was highest between Choba and Delta campuses (85.71%), followed by Delta and Abuja campuses (66.67%) and lowest between Choba and Abuja campuses (54.55%). The family-Polypodiaceae, had the highest number of species (n=3). Microgramma owariensis had the highest relative abundance (27%) followed by Platycerium bifurcatum (26%) while Tillandsia utriculata and Peperomia pellucida had the least relative abundance (3%). Epiphyte abundance was weakly correlated with both the dbh and height of phorophytes. However, epiphytes were more abundant on phorophytes with rough/scaly/corky/flaky barks than on those with smooth barks. The planting of avenue tree species with rough barks is recommended to enhance the diversity of epiphytes in the study area.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.292-296
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• 2019

Soils amended for long-term with high levels of compost demonstrated greater abundance of bacterial members of the phylum Bacteroidetes whereas a decreasing trend in the relative abundance of phylum Acidobacteria was noted with increasing levels of compost. Metabolic profiles predicted by PICRUSt demonstrated differences in functional responses of the bacterial community according to the treatments. Soils amended with lower compost levels were characterized by abundance of genes encoding enzymes contributing to membrane transport and cell growth whereas genes encoding enzymes related to protein folding and transcription were enriched in soils amended with high levels of compost. Thus, the results of the current study provide extensive evidence of the influence of different compost levels on bacterial diversity and community structure in paddy soils.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1800-1806
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• 2008

Cytokines play a central role in the mucosal immune response and are involved in regulation of nutrient absorption, metabolism and animal growth. This study investigated the effect of diet manipulation with specialized protein or peptide sources on expression of cytokine (IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-${\alpha}$) mRNA abundance in different intestinal regions and at different ages post-weaning in piglets. A total of 48 (17 days of age, $6.16{\pm}0.34kg\;BW$) weanling pigs were fed either a corn-soy/whey protein basal diet, the basal diet supplemented with spray-dried plasma protein (SDPP), or the basal diet supplemented with $Peptiva^{(R)}$, a hydrolyzed marine plant protein. A fourth treatment group was fed the SDPP diet, but the feed intake level was limited (SDPP-LF). Pigs were killed at 3 and 10 d, and intestinal cytokine mRNA was measured by real-time PCR using the relative quantification method. The SDPP-LF group exhibited an increased TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA abundance compared with the ad libitum SDPP group (p<0.05). The TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-10 mRNA abundance increased from the proximal to distal part of the intestine, and the mRNA abundance was greater (p<0.01) in the distal intestine as compared with the proximal and middle intestine. The cytokines IL-1-${\beta}$, IL-10 and TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA abundance also increased from d3 to d10 postweaning (p<0.01). In summary, restricted feeding increased the TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA abundance in the small intestine, however neither SDPP nor peptide supplementation affected cytokine mRNA expression. Abundance of mRNA for most cytokines examined in this study increased with age post-weaning, suggesting that during 10 d after weaning the mucosal immune system is still under development.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.115-127
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• 2009

울릉분지 퇴적물의 피스톤 코어 시료에 대하여 X-선 분말 회절분석과 리트벨트 방법의 광물정량 소프트웨어를 이용하여 구성광물을 정량적으로 분석하였다. 퇴적물은 세립질의 석영, 장석, 운모, 비정질 오팔-A, 점토광물, 방해석, 황철석 등으로 구성되어 있다. 이중에서 가장 많은 양으로 나타나는 것은 오팔-A이며, 심도 증가에 따라 함량의 점이적인 증가와 감소를 반복적으로 보여주고 있다. 오팔-A 함량의 심도별 변화와 유기탄소함량의 변화는 유사한 경향을 보여주고 있으며, 오팔-A의 함량이 많은 심도에서 규조각의 화석이 다량 산출되고 있다. 이것은 심해 원양성 환경의 규조각 등으로 구성된 비정질 규산광물이 울릉분지 퇴적물의 주 성분을 이루고 있음을 시사한다. 오팔-A는 코어의 상위구간으로 갈수록 증가되는 경향을 보여주는데, 특히 분지의 가장자리 사면부근에서 채취한 코어에서 상위로 갈수록 증가하는 경향이 뚜렷하게 나타난다. 심도에 따른 탄산염 방해석의 함량은 오팔-A의 함량과는 반비례하는 경향이 나타난다. 이것은 해수면의 상승과 하강에 따라 해수면 상승기에는 오팔-A가 증가하며, 하강기에는 오팔-A가 감소하고 방해석의 양이 증가한 것으로 해석된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.402-410
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• 2013

본 연구는 하구둑이 설치되지 않은 섬진강의 어류군집 특성을 파악하고자 섬진강 본류 구간을 16지점으로 구분하여 2010년부터 2012년까지 현장조사를 실시하였다. 총 17과 54종의 어류가 채집되었고 잉어과에 속하는 어류가 우점적으로 분포하였으며 피라미(Zacco platypus; Relative abundance, RA: 47.8%)가 우점종으로 나타났다. 총 17종의 한국고유종(31.5%)이 채집되었으며 이는 한반도 담수어의 고유화 빈도인 22.5~25.9%와 비교하여 높게 나타났다. 외래종의 상대풍부도(1.1%)는 낮게 나타났으나 문헌연구를 통한 비교시 상대적으로 높게 나타났다 (2002, 0.0%; 2009, 0.4%). 군집 분석 결과 해수의 영향을 받는 하류의 세 지점(St.1~St.3)은 다양도 및 균등도가 높게 나타났고, 반면 순수 담수역에 위치한 St.4~St.16에서는 피라미가 우점적으로 출현하여 전반적으로 우점도가 높게 나타났다. 섬진강에서 해수어, 주연어, 경제성 어종 및 다양도 지수가 낙동강, 영산강, 금강과 비교하여 높게 나타났으며, 이러한 섬진강의 풍부한 어족자원과 안정된 어류 군집을 유지하기 위해 보존될 가치가 있으며, 이를 위한 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2010

The effects of corticosterone (CORT) administration on the weight of small intestine and the expression of nutrient transporter mRNA in the small intestine of broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) were investigated. One hundred and eight sevenday-old birds were randomly divided into two equal groups comprising a control group (CTRL) and an experimental group (CORT). CTRL birds were fed a basal diet and the CORT birds were fed a basal diet containing 30 mg corticosterone/kg from d 8 to 21. At 21 d of age, average daily feed intake (ADFI), serum corticosterone level, small intestinal absolute wet weight and relative weight, and relative abundance of SGLT1, CaBP-D28k, PepT1 mRNA in the duodenum and L-FABP mRNA in the jejunum were determined. The results showed that serum corticosterone level, liver weight and small intestinal relative weight (small intestinal wet weight/body weight) of CORT chickens were about 30.15%, 26.72% and 42.20% higher, respectively, than in the CTRL group (p<0.05). CORT birds had relative mRNA abundance of CaBP-D28k and PepT1 in the duodenum, and L-FABP in the jejunum which was 1.77, 1.37 and 1.94 fold higher, respectively, than in the CTRL group (p<0.05); the relative abundance of SGLT1 was 1.67 fold higher than in the CTRL group (p = 0.097). ADFI, small intestinal wet weight and length in CORT-treated broiler chickens was about 29.11%, 31.12% and 12.35% lower, respectively, than in the CTRL group (p<0.05). In conclusion, corticosterone administration lowered the wet weight but increased the relative weight of the small intestine and the expression of intestinal nutrient transporter mRNA of broiler chickens.

• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 1999

부유성 유공충의 상대적인 양이 고기후 및 고해양환경의 해석에 미치는 영향을 1년 동안 관찰한 퇴적물 포집장치에 함유된 유공충의 연구로 행하여졌다. 본 연구는 저자들이 알고 있는 한 처음으로 행해진 것이다. 총 부유성 유공충의 수, 고기후의 지시자로 사용되는 부유성 유공충 G. bulliodes와 N. dutertrei)의 상대적인 양, 수온, 염도 등은 부유성 유공충 유생의 상대적인 양과 통계적으로 의미 있는 상관관계를 보이지 않는다. 하지만 부유성 유공충 유생의 상대적인 양은 종다양성지수(종 풍성도, 샤논-와이너 지수, 균등도)와 상관관계를 보인다. 이러한 결과는 유생의 양은 종의 상대적인 양에는 영향을 미치지 않으나 종다양성에는 영향을 미침을 의미한다. 따라서 퇴적물 포집장치에서 일년간 관찰한 결과에 의하면 부유성 유공충의 유생을 count 시 제외했을 때 종다양성 지수를 이용한 고기후/고환경해석시 주의 가 요망된다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.35.1-35.9
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• 2022

Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats are motifs of 1 to 6 nucleotides in length present in both coding and non-coding regions of DNA. These are found widely distributed in the whole genome of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, bacteria, and viruses and are used as molecular markers in studying DNA variations, gene regulation, genetic diversity and evolutionary studies, etc. However, in vitro microsatellite identification proves to be time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, the present research has been focused on using an in-house built java pipeline to identify, analyse, design primers and find related statistics of perfect and compound microsatellites in the seven complete genome sequences of coronavirus, including the genome of coronavirus disease 2019, where the host is Homo sapiens. Based on search criteria among seven genomic sequences, it was revealed that the total number of perfect simple sequence repeats (SSRs) found to be in the range of 76 to 118 and compound SSRs from 01 to10, thus reflecting the low conversion of perfect simple sequence to compound repeats. Furthermore, the incidence of SSRs was insignificant but positively correlated with genome size (R² = 0.45, p > 0.05), with simple sequence repeats relative abundance (R² = 0.18, p > 0.05) and relative density (R² = 0.23, p > 0.05). Dinucleotide repeats were the most abundant in the coding region of the genome, followed by tri, mono, and tetra. This comparative study would help us understand the evolutionary relationship, genetic diversity, and hypervariability in minimal time and cost.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.199-205
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• 2017

A high resolution spectroscopic observation of the red supergiant star RM_1-390 in the Large Magellanic Cloud was made from a 3.6 m telescope at the European Southern Observatory. Spectral resolving power was R=20,000, with a signal-to-noise ratio S/N > 100. We found the atmospheric parameters of RM_1-390 to be as follows: the effective temperature $T_{eff}=4,250{\pm}50K$, the surface gravity ${\log}\;g=0.16{\pm}0.1$, the microturbulent velocity $v_{micro}=2.5km/s$, the macroturbulence velocity $v_{macro}=9km/s$ and the iron abundance $[Fe/H]=-0.73{\pm}0.11$. The abundances of 18 chemical elements from silicon to thorium in the atmosphere of RM_1-390 were found using the spectrum synthesis method. The relative deficiencies of all elements are close to that of iron. The fit of abundance pattern by the solar system distribution of r- and s-element isotopes shows the importance of the s-process. The plot of relative abundances as a function of second ionization potentials of corresponding chemical elements allows us to find a possibility of convective energy transport in the photosphere of RM_1-390.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.367-370
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• 2011

Studies on the relative abundance of potential vectors of scrub typhus was conducted from April to October 2009 at the Jangseong of Jeonnam Province, Korea. Among the total 62 field rodents collected by the Sherman collapsible traps, 56 rodents were $Apodemus$ $agrarius$ (90.3%), 4 were $Crocidura$ $lasiura$ (6.4%) and 2 were $Cricetulus$ $triton$ $nester$ (3.2%). Out of the 62 field rodents, 39 were parasitized by chiggers, showing 62.9% of the infestation rate and 80.0 of the chigger index. Chigger index of $A.$ $agrarius$ and $C.$ $triton$ $nester$ were 79.9, 82.0, respectively. But chigger mite was not collected from $C.$ $lasiura$. From the trapped field rodents, 3,120 chiggers were collected and identified with 6 species of 2 genera. $Leptotrombidium$ $scutellare$, the vector species of tsutsugamushi disease, was the dominant species, showing 2,276 chiggers (72.9%). $L.$ $pallidum$ was the second dominant species showing 346 chiggers (11.0%). The distribution of chigger mites was showed the different dominant species according to seasons. $L.$ $pallidum$ was the predominant chigger collected in April (34.8%), May (77.8%) and Jun (39.3%), whereas $L.$ $scutellare$ was the predominant chigger collected in September (78.78%) and October (76.8%).