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A Study on the Necessity of Introduction of Scientific Diver Certification System in Korea (과학잠수 인증제도의 국내 도입 필요성에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Sin-Young;Kim, Ho-Sang
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2011
  • Currently, in Korea the scientific diving activity is being conducted without any legal basis, thus confusions arise in work coverage, equipment usage, and wage calculation etc. In this paper, introduction of scientific diver certification system is suggested to clear such confusions and to enhance the safety of scientific divers. Also the codes and regulations of foreign countries were introduced, and from the analysis of scientific diving tasks and applying skills, the hostility of the scientific diver's working environment as well as requirement of high level diving skills are explained. Finally the necessity of establishment of scientific diving regulation and introduction of diver certification system were emphasized and the promotion plan was discussed.

Assay of In Vivo Chromium with a Hollow-fiber Dialysis Sensor

  • Ly, Suw-Young;Yoo, Hai-Soo;Jung, Min-Ki;Ko, Kwang-Hee;Kim, Byung-Jin;Lee, Ki-Chul;Choi, Byung-Min
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.233-236
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    • 2010
  • The analytical in vivo chromium ion was searched for using a voltammetric hollow-fiber dialysis sensor via square wave stripping voltammetry (SW), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and chronoamperometry. Under optimum parameters, the analytical results indicated linear working ranges of 50~400 mg/l CV and $10{\sim}80\;{\mu}g/l$ SW within a 30-sec accumulation time. The analytical detection limit (S/N) was $6.0\;{\mu}g/l$. The developed method can be applied to in vivo tissues and in ex vivo toxicity assay, as well as to other materials that require chromium analysis.

Cold-Adapted and Rhizosphere-Competent Strain of Rahnella sp. with Broad-Spectrum Plant Growth-Promotion Potential

  • Vyas, Pratibha;Joshi, Robin;Sharma, K.C.;Rahi, Praveen;Gulati, Ashu;Gulati, Arvind
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.1724-1734
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    • 2010
  • A phosphate-solubilizing bacterial strain isolated from Hippophae rhamnoides rhizosphere was identified as Rahnella sp. based on its phenotypic features and 16S rRNA gene sequence. The bacterial strain showed the growth characteristics of a cold-adapted psychrotroph, with the multiple plant growth-promoting traits of inorganic and organic phosphate solubilization, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate-deaminase activity, ammonia generation, and siderophore production. The strain also produced indole-3-acetic acid, indole-3-acetaldehyde, indole-3-acetamide, indole-3-acetonitrile, indole-3-lactic acid, and indole-3-pyruvic acid in tryptophan-supplemented nutrient broth. Gluconic, citric and isocitric acids were the major organic acids detected during tricalcium phosphate solubilization. A rifampicin-resistant mutant of the strain exhibited high rhizosphere competence without disturbance to the resident microbial populations in pea rhizosphere. Seed bacterization with a charcoal-based inoculum significantly increased growth in barley, chickpea, pea, and maize under the controlled environment. Microplot testing of the inoculum at two different locations in pea also showed significant increase in growth and yield. The attributes of cold-tolerance, high rhizosphere competence, and broad-spectrum plant growth-promoting activity exhibited the potential of Rahnella sp. BIHB 783 for increasing agriculture productivity.

Information Searching on STN Web (STN Easy & ChemPort) (인터넷 웹에서의 STN 검색)

  • Yoo, Sun-Hi
    • Journal of Information Management
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.11-28
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    • 1999
  • STN(The Scientific & Technical Information Network) is a fee-based, comprehensive, online search service that provides. accurate, up-to-date information from over 200 scientific, technical, business, and patent databases. STN Easy(http: //stneasy.cas.org) provides point-and-click access to 59 selected key STN databases on the web, and it gives drawings and 3-dimensional chemical structures as well as citation-abstract informations. And information searchers are now able to access full-text documents from key scientific publishers and patent offices through STN Easy via the ChemPort(http://www.chemport.org) connection.

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A Multi-Application Controller for SAGE-enabled Tiled Display Wall in Wide-area Distributed Computing Environments

  • Fujiwara, Yuki;Date, Susumu;Ichikawa, Kohei;Takemura, Haruo
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.581-594
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    • 2011
  • Due to the recent advancement of networking and high-performance computing technologies, scientists can easily access large-scale data captured by scientific measurement devices through a network, and use huge computational power harnessed on the Internet for their analyses of scientific data. However, visualization technology, which plays a role of great importance for scientists to intuitively understand the analysis results of such scientific data, is not fully utilized so that it can seamlessly benefit from recent high-performance and networking technologies. One of such visualization technologies is SAGE (Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment), which allows people to build an arbitrarily sized tiled display wall and is expected to be applied to scientific research. In this paper, we present a multi-application controller for SAGE, which we have developed, in the hope that it will help scientists efficiently perform scientific research requiring high-performance computing and visualization. The evaluation in this paper indicates that the efficiency of completing a comparison task among multiple data is increased by our system.

Ex Vivo Assay of Trace Nicotine Using a Voltammetric Modified Biosensor

  • Ly, Suw Young;Jang, Myung-Ho;Cha, Jae-Min;Kim, Min-Young;Oh, Hyun-Seok;Jo, Dong-Hyeon;Choi, Seong-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.40-46
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    • 2012
  • In vivo nicotine is associated with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and lung cancer. Diagnostic assays of these diseases depend on very low analytical detection limits. In this study, a sensitive analytical method was examined using a voltammetric graphite pencil electrode (GPE) and a modified carbon nanotube paste electrode (CNE). The optimum analytical conditions for both electrodes were compared using square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SW) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) obtaining 400 sec accumulation time and oxidation peak. Under optimum parameters, the stripping working range of GPE was $5.0-40.0{\mu}g/L$, CNE: 0.1-0.8 and $5-50{\mu}g/L$. Quantification limits were $5.0{\mu}g/L$ for GPE and $0.1{\mu}g/L$ for CNE, while detection limits were $0.6{\mu}g/L$ for GPE and $0.07{\mu}g/L$ for CNE. A standard deviation of $10.0{\mu}g/L$ was observed for 0.064 GPE and 0.095 CNE (n = 12) using 400 sec accumulation time. The results obtained can be applied to non.treated urine and ex vivo biological diagnostics.

Status of Worldwide Regulations on Scientific Data for the Registration of Drugs for Human Uses & Advisory Committees(I) (외국(外國)의 의약품허가신청첨부자료(醫藥品許可申請添付資料) 및 자문기구(諮問機構)의 현황(現況) ( I ))

  • Yong, Kun-Ho
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.51-77
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    • 1980
  • A comparison of worldwide drug registration requirements on scientific data required by the different regulatory authorities for the investigational new drug and new drug application for human uses was briefly reviewed and as one of administrative processings on review and evaluation of applications, the functions of scientific advisory committees were reviewed.

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Biological Assay of Mercury and Cadmium Ions Using DNA Immobilized on a Nanotube Paste Electrodes

  • Ly, Suw-Young;Lee, Chang-Hyun;Jung, Hong-Rak;Park, Kwang-Ho;Park, Yong-Keun;Suk, Hong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.302-310
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    • 2012
  • Bio assay of mercury and cadmium ions were searched using voltammetric analysis using DNA doped carbon nanotube paste electrodes (DCP). The square-wave stripping voltammetryic optimized results indicated working ranges of 1-10.0 $ngL^{-1}$ and 20-100 $ugL^{-1}$, Hg(II) Cd(II) within an accumulation time of 120 seconds, in 0.1-M phosphate buffer solutions of pH 6.3. The relative standard deviations of 5 $ngL^{-1}$ Hg(II) and Cd(II) that observed were 0.14 and 0.22% (n=12), respectively, using optimum conditions. The low detection limit (S/N) was pegged at 0.1 $ngL^{-1}$ ($4.9{\times}10^{-11}M$) Hg(II) and 0.2 $ngL^{-1}$ ($1.77{\times}10^{-10}M$) Cd(II). The developed methods can be applied to assays in biological fish kidneys and water samples.

Effect of the Integrated STEM Project Learning Themed 'Lighting of Quantum Dot Solution' on Science High-School Small-Group Students' Problem Solving and Scientific Attitude ('양자점 용액의 발광'을 주제로 한 융합형 STEM 프로젝트 학습이 과학고등학교 소집단 학생들의 문제해결력과 과학적 태도에 미치는 효과)

  • Yi, Seung-Woo;Kim, Youngmin
    • New Physics: Sae Mulli
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    • v.68 no.12
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    • pp.1356-1363
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate science high-school students' creativity and scientific attitude when an integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project themed 'lighting of quantum dot solution' was applied to them. The subjects were a one team composed of 3 students in the 11th grade desiring to participate in the Korea Science Exhibition. They began with a scientific inquiry related to the physical properties of the QD solution and then gradually showed the process of expansion of their ideas into the integration of engineering, technology, and mathematics. Also, during the process, they showed problem solving ability and scientific attitudes, such as cooperation, endurance, and satisfaction of accomplishment.