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Resistance of Polystyrene-Impregnated Glued Laminated Lumbers after Exposure to Subterranean Termites in a Field

  • Dede HERMAWAN;Mahdi MUBAROK;Imam Busyra ABDILLAH;Yusuf Sudo HADI;Cossey YOSI;Aujchariya CHOTIKHUN;Rohmah PARI;Gustan PARI
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.70-86
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    • 2024
  • Termites are a serious threat to wood-based products in Indonesia. This study investigated the termite resistant property of glulam made from polystyrene-modified wood. Three tropical fast-growing wood species, namely mangium (Acacia mangium), manii (Maesopsis eminii), and rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis), were prepared for flat-sawn laminae. After getting air-dried condition, the laminae were impregnated with polystyrene using potassium peroxydisulphate as a catalyst followed by polymerization at 80℃. Polystyrene-impregnated and control glued-laminated lumbers (glulams) were manufactured, and solid wood was provided. Three wood species and three wood products with six replicates were exposed in a field in Bogor, Indonesia, for four months, and before the tests, their density and moisture content were measured. At the end of the field tests, the weight loss and protection levels of each test sample were determined. A completely randomized factorial design was used for data analysis. The weight percentage gains for mangium, manii, and rubberwood were 22.30%, 18.22%, and 10.44%, respectively. The results showed that manii belonged to low-density wood, whereas the other two woods were medium-density wood, and the moisture content was the ambient moisture content, typical of the Bogor area. Regarding weight loss and protection level, mangium was the most durable against subterranean termite attacks, followed by rubberwood and manii. Among the wood products, the polystyrene-impregnated glulam presented the highest durability, followed by the control glulam and solid wood. Therefore, mangium and rubberwood polystyrene-impregnated glulams are recommended for future product development.

A Study of the Wall Environmental Design at Subway Station -For the Focus on Pusan Subway Station- (지하철역의 벽면 환경디자인에 관한 연구 -부산 지하철역을 중심으로-)

  • 박시환;장경수
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.10
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 1997
  • The primary purpose of this thesis is to offer users for the better surroundings in planning subway wall design through analyzing the Wall Environmental Design at Subway Statiov. As the urban circumstances were developed by the economic growth, the new city plan, re-development evoked the radical changes in the urban circumstances. In processing the industrialization and urban surroundings. This range has enlargened and provided the localism, the function, the purpose with the visual informations. The method of this paper was the spot survey simultaneously the photographing of the mould's size. theme, colour, material, compossitiov. In conclusion, concerning about the artificial and subterranean space, the Wall Environmental Design at Subway Station needs more practial approach in the using the space.

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Redescription of Canthocamptus morimotoi Miura, a Stygobiontic Harpacticoid Species from Korea, with a Brief Review on C. mirabilis Group

  • Cheon Young Chang
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.427-434
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    • 1998
  • Canthocamptus morimotoi Miura, a cave-dwelling harpacticoid species belonging to C. mirabilis species group, is fully redescribed and illustrated on the basis of the material newly collected from the type locality, Simpigul Cave, South Korea. C. morimotoi is the only genuine subterranean species in the C, mirabilis group, and claimed to be a relict species restricted to its type locality. The sexually isomorphic ornamentation of the outer terminal seta on the distal exopodal segment of male leg 4 and the well-developed spines on the disteromedial corner of anal somite are the most significant features differentiating this species from ther members of the mirabilis-group.

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The Effect of Components and yield with Different Temperature Codonopsis lanceolata Benth. et Hook . fil. (온도의 차가 더덕 ( Codonopsis lanceolata Benth , et Hook. ) 의 수량 및 성분함량에 미치는 영향)

  • 이상래
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 1992
  • The experiments tvere carried out to different temperature which affected growth, yield, proximate and antitumor activity in the Codonopsis lanceolata. Growth of aerial part and subterranean partwere best at 2$0^{\circ}C$ and lower 3$0^{\circ}C$. Components of fat, protein and fiber were best at 3$0^{\circ}C$. Wild C.fonceoforo had higher contents of fat, protein, fiber and ash as compared with cultur'ed C.lanceolataArginin was predominant amino acid in both wild and cultivated C.laceolata No significant differ-ence in the mineral contents was found between the wild root and the cultivated at 30'c inbiotronroom. No minerals difference in the contents was found between the cultivated temperature.The content of elements of inorganic metal differs according to the part. C. lanceolata were subjectedto preliminary antitumer screening test with Sarcoma 180 ascites and screening on V-79 cell. Thisexperiments were conducted in accordance with the total packed cell volume method and cytotoxicity method.

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A New Species of the Genus Cavernocypris Hartmann, 1964 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Gosu cave in Korea

  • Kim, Byung-Woo;Kwon, Jung-Kyun;Lee, Won-Cheol
    • 한국전자현미경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2004
  • Cavernocypris gosuensis n. sp. (Cyprididiae, Cypridopsinae), a new subterranean ostracod species is described with figures of female valves, mouthparts, appendeges and SEM photos from Gosu cave, Danyang-Gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do in Korea. The new stygobiont speices is sixth of the genus Caveroncypris Hartmann, 1964 that characterized by both valeves with a median concave part in ventral view and two groove lines in dorsal view, the reduction of the furca, which is flagellum like in female and the left valve ventrally overlaps the right valve when the carapace is closed and can be distinguished from its congers by left valve with 6 muscle scars in innerpart, mandible palp with one claw and 3 setae on the terminal segment and without seta on the exterodistal border of segment III. The animals were collected within pH 7.31-8.74, temperature ($^{\circ}C$) 13.0-14.6 and dissolved oxygen (mg/l 6.75-14.84 from Aug.2003 to Sep.2004.

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Estimation of the Formaldehyde Concentration of Subterranean Shopping Centers according to their Spatial Configuration and Renovation (지하도상가의 리모델링 및 공간 특성에 따른 포름알데히드 농도 분석)

  • Sim, Kyung-Sub;Kim, Hyunsoo;Yu, Seulgi;Kim, Sumin
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.182-187
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    • 2014
  • Underground shopping center has become a important commercial facility due to their good accessibility to the public transport. However, underground shopping center has high risk of air contaminants emission like formaldehyde and lowered indoor air quality. In this study, formaldehyde concentration of the underground shopping center was estimated according to the renovation and characteristics of space. It was found that newly renovated underground shopping center has low formaldehyde concentration. In case of closed entrance type, the formaldehyde concentration was 320 % higher than open type. Formaldehyde concentration was varied by product type and especially, high formaldehyde concentration was measured near the stores selling nail polish and cosmetics. It is important to apply appropriate ventilation system according to characteristics of space.

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Laboratory Evaluation of the Marking Effect of Sudan Red 7B on Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes speratus) in Republic of Korea

  • IM, Ik-Gyun;HAN, Gyu-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.48 no.5
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    • pp.745-754
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    • 2020
  • The dye marker Sudan Red 7B was tested as an effective and appropriate marking method for searching the territory of the termite, Reticulitermes speratus, in Korea. The sensitivity of termites to the dye marker was evaluated by measuring the feed consumption amount, survival rate, retention time, and transfer efficiency of R. speratus according to the concentration and feeding period of Sudan Red 7B. As the concentration conditions of dye marker increase, Sudan Red 7B remarkably reduced the feed consumption of the termites. The survival rate was not significantly different from that of the control group (more than 90%), except when feed containing 1% or 2% concentrations of the dye marker was given for five days. The duration of the marking effect persisted for seven days, even at a concentration of 2% dye marker in the feed. No dye transfer by trophallaxis occurred between termites marked with Sudan Red 7B and unmarked termites.

Discovery of the rarely known genus Psammophilocyclops (Cyclopidae Cyclopinae) from a water purification plant in South Korea

  • Lee, Ji-Min;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.245-253
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    • 2012
  • A genuine interstitial cyclopoid species belonging to the genus Psammophilocyclops Fryer, 1956 is recorded from the filtration basin of a water treatment plant, South Korea. The genus Psammophilocyclops is very rarely found, and only three species have been recognized as yet: P. boccaroi Fryer, 1956 from Africa, P. trispinosus Shen et Tai, 1964 and P. bispinosus Shen et Tai, 1964 from China. The present new species differs from the congeneric species by the character combination of 11-segmented antennule in female, four-segmented maxilliped with 2,1,1,2 setation, the spine formula of 3,3,3,3, and setal arrangement of 3,3,5,3 on the distal endopodal segments of legs 1-4. Descriptio and taxonomic accounts of the new species are presented with a revised generic diagnosis and a key to the species hitherto known in the genus.

DNA Barcoding of Allobathynella yecheonensis (Bathynellacea: Parabathynellidae) from Interstitial Groundwater, South Korea

  • Ji, Su-Jung;Min, Gi-Sik
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.283-286
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    • 2022
  • Bathynellacea is a stygobitic group that is commonly associated with subterranean habitats. Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957, which is a genus of parabathynellid Bathynellacea, has the widest range of distribution and is rich in species from the Korean peninsula among Korean Bathynellacea genera. The material of Allobathynella yecheonensis Park and Cho, 2016, was found in the type locality of interstitial groundwater in the Nakdonggang River in South Korea. In this study, we determined the sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA of A. yecheonensis and compared them with those of A. hongcheonensis, A. wonjuensis, and A. danyangensis. In addition, we provided photographs of A. yecheonensis and diagnosis including a note on morphological observations.

Tour of Truffles: Aromas, Aphrodisiacs, Adaptogens, and More

  • Allen, Kirsten;Bennett, Joan W.
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.201-212
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    • 2021
  • Truffles are the fruiting bodies of ascomycete fungi that form underground. Truffles are globally valued, culturally celebrated as aphrodisiacs, and highly sought-after delicacies in the culinary world. For centuries, naturalists have speculated about their mode of formation, and in cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, many species have been prized as a delectable food source. Truffle fruiting bodies form underground and emit a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Truffle volatiles are believed to have evolved to attract animals that disperse their spores. The main VOCs identified from truffles include sulfur compounds, such as dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS); in addition, 1-octen-3-ol and 2-methyl-1-propanol have been found in most truffle species. Humans use pigs and dogs trained to detect truffle VOCs in order to find these prized subterranean macrofungi. Truffles have pharmacological potential, but until more reliable cultivation methods become available their high price means they are unlikely to see widespread use as medicinals.