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Remediation of Mine Tailings Contaminated with Arsenic and Heavy Metals: Removal of Arsenic by Soil Washing (비소와 중금속으로 오염된 광미의 정화: 토양세척에 의한 비소 제거)

  • Kim, Tae-Suk;Kim, Myoung-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.30 no.8
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    • pp.808-816
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    • 2008
  • In the present paper, a study has been performed on remediating mine tailings around abandoned mine contaminated with high concentrations of arsenic and heavy metals using the technique of soil washing. Through the removal experiment of arsenic, the optimal conditions in the type and concentration of washing reagent, mixing ratio of mine tailings and washing reagent, and washing time were derived. Results showed that the most effective washing reagents to remove arsenic from mine tailings were oxalic acid(72% removal efficiency) and phosphoric acid(65%), while the oxalic acid(89%) was the most effective in removing the heavy metals containing Cu. In addition, the most economical and efficient washing concentration was 0.25 M and the most suitable washing time was 30 minutes. The optimal mixing ratio of mine tailings and washing reagent was 1 : 20(mass/vol) from the viewpoint of minimization of wastewater produced after the washing, as well as the washing effectiveness. Although the mixture of washing reagents did not help in removal of arsenic, it could lead to much elevated synergy effect on removing Cu and Zn, compared with the single reagent.

Co-Branding Strategies of Medical Devices in Wonju Cluster (원주의료기기 클러스터 공동브랜드 활성화 방안)

  • Lee, Woo-Chun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.8
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    • pp.2868-2875
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    • 2010
  • This study was carried out to present a co-brand strategies of medical equipment manufacturers in Wonju city. Based on the result of the analysis, followings were proposed. First, an adequate education and a publicity for the importance of a co-brand are required, and it needs to reinforce the recognition on quality differentiation through a technology development and the importance of quality control. Second, establishing a system to secure the brand reliability and operating a program to monitor the technology development and quality are required. Third, it needs to implement a joint participation with priority for establishing a sales network, advertize and a publicity. Fourth, an alternative may needed in order to maximize the synergy effect of the co-brand project and minimize any possible conflicts among participants. Fifth, securing a reliability is needed to acquire the ability to manage the brand and derive member's active participation.

Genetic Diversity of Korean Rice Breeding Parents as Measured by DNA Fingerprinting with Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

  • Song, Moon-Tae;Lee, Jeom-Ho;Lee, Sang-Bok;Cho, Youn-Sang;Ku, Ja-hwan;Seo, Kyoung-In;Choi, Seong-ho;Hwang, Heung-Goo
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.16-26
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    • 2003
  • Molecular markers are useful tools for evaluating genetic diversity and determining cultivar identity. Present study was conducted to evaluate the genetic diversity within a diverse collection of rice accessions used for Korean breeding programs. Two hundred eighty-seven rice cultivars, composed of temperate japonica, tropical japonica, indica, and Tongil-type of Korean crossing parents were evaluated by means of 15 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A total of 99 alleles were detected, and the number of alleles per marker ranged from 4 to 11, with an average of 6.6 per locus. Polymorphism information content (PIC) for each of the SSR markers ranged from 0.2924 to 0.8102 with an average of 0.5785. These results, with the result that use of only 15 SSR markers made all rice cultivars examined could be uniquely distinguished, imply the efficiency of SSR markers for analysis of genetic diversity in rice. Cluster analysis was performed on similar coefficient matrics calculated from SSR markers to generate a dendogram in which two major groups corresponding to japonica (Group I) and indica and Tongil type rice (group II) with additional subclasses within both major groups. The narrowness of the Korean breeding germplasm was revealed by the fact that most of the Korean-bred and Japan-bred temperate japonica cultivars were concentrated into only 2 of the sub-group I-1 (143 cultivars) and I-2 (58 cultivars) among six sub-groups in major group of japonica. This is because of the japonica accessions used in this study was a very closely related ones because of frequent sharing of the crossing parents with similar genetic background with synergy effect of the inherited genetic difference between indica and japonica. A rice breeding strategy with the use of molecular markers was discussed for overcoming of genetic vulnerability owing to this genetic narrowness.

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The Architectural Characteristics of Piazza Navona, Rome and its Ecological Function and Role in Urban Environments (로마 나보나 광장의 건축적 특성과 도시 생태적 기능 및 역할)

  • Kwon, Gyoung Nam
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.83-94
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: A city is regarded as an organic living thing that generates, changes, and fades away in relationship with many components of city. Therefore, a city has its own identity based on its historical trace. Among these elements composing a city, it is a square that makes a city more active and dynamic. Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy has played its role as significant core in the city and has distinctive function from other squares in urban ecological environments. In this study, the distinguishing function and role of Piazza Navona will be defined. Another purpose of study is to figure out what factors of Piazza Navona attracts a lot of diverse people and activities. Method: First, general understanding of function, type, and history of piazza; Second, the historical background of Piazza Navona; Third, site analysis related to surrounding environments; Fourth, architectural characteristic of Piazza Navona in terms of plan and elevation; Fifth, comparing with other representative squares in Rome such as Piazza San Pietro, Piazza del Popolo, and Piazza del Campidoglio in aspects of urban function. Result: Piazza Navona provides both citizen and visitors with an inviting place to embrace all kinds of activities including assembly, annual festival, and daily events. Its functions in the urban environments also involve a tourist attractor as landmark, place for social and cultural interaction, market, and place for meeting and leisure. It is attributed to following factors; historical background as the city center since the first century AD; its location in the center of Rome; enough size and flexibility to accommodate many people and various events; open space enclosed by surrounding buildings; historical baroque structures and sculptures of fountains; synergy effect with commercial and other tourist attractors around Piazza Navona; and comfortable accessibility.

A Case Study on the Appealing Dementia Rest Area in Our Village for Regional Specialization Province in Gyeongsangbuk-do ("우리마을 예쁜치매쉼터" 운영에 관한 사례연구; 일 개도의 지역특화사업 중심)

  • Ha, Tae Hee;Hyung, Na Kyum;Kwak, Kyung Phil
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.182-197
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: This study undertook to qualitatively investigate the operation status, support requirements and improvement plans for establishing an appealing dementia rest area in Gyeongsankbuk-do. Methods: Data were collected from May 1 to June 20, 2019, using participation observation and in-depth interview of 8 health professionals, and were subjected to qualitative analysis. Results: Our analysis revealed 4 themes and encompassing 16sub-themes: 1) program operation status (hard to prepare and operate programs, difficulty adjusting the program level, various needs of program participants, lack of mutual understanding among program participants); 2) policy support needs (need for assistants staff and basic education, requirement of extensive training for the main operators, support program aid equipment, incentive payments and performance reflections); 3) project operation's improvement plan (improved the operation of doubles classes, improved of training materials for the main operators, improved program activities and workbooks, Increasing the number of dementia rest areas); 4) positive effects and changes (positive effects of specialized projects, changes in perceptions of dementia, strengthening community awareness through doubles classes, synergy effect on community health care post awareness) Conclusion: We believe the current study results can be applied as basic data for establishing a new model, and will positively impact the national dementia management project.

The Impact of Service Quality on Consumer's Attitude in O2O Context (O2O(Online-to-Offline) 환경에서 서비스 품질요인이 소비자의 태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Moon, Yun Ji;Choi, Hun;Jeong, Hyejin;Kim, Jaekyeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.455-456
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    • 2015
  • In O2O environment (Online-to-Offline), providers attract new customers via websites and lead them to pay online, then induce them again to offline when receiving products. Thus, online and offline channel is integrated and create synergy for marketing in O2O context. As online and offline channel coexist in O2O, consumers' perceptions for products and services that providers offer cannot help being different compared to an independent channel (i.e., either online or offline). Therefore, this research aims to explore the effect of perceived service quality on consumer's trust and attitude, who have purchased products in O2O context. For testing the hypothesized research model, the current paper conducts survey and empirical test.

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A Study of Reactivity Improvement of Ni-based Methane Steam Reforming Catalysts by Small Addition of Noble Metals (미량 귀금속 첨가에 의한 Ni-계열 메탄 수증기 개질 촉매의 반응 활성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Jin-Hyeok;Koo, Kee-Young;Seo, Yu-Teak;Seo, Dong-Joo;Roh, Hyun-Seog;Seo, Yong-Seog;Lee, Deuk-Ki;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Yoon, Wang-Lai
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.248-254
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    • 2006
  • The promotion effects of noble metals upon the activity and reducibility in steam methane reforming over $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalysts were investigated. While $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalysts require the pre-reduction by $H_2$, the noble metal-added catalysts show high catalytic activities without pre-treatment. According to $CH_4$-TPR, the addition of noble metal makes the $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalyst easily reducible. The reduction degree of NiO in the noble metal-added catalysts after using at $650^{\circ}C$ without pre-reduction was $15{\sim}20%$, and was lower than that in the $H_2$-reduced $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalyst(reduction degree=27%). The enhancement of the catalytic activity over noble metal-added catalysts results from easier reducibility by addition of noble metal and the synergy effect between noble metal and Ni.

Relationship between Self-management and Health Promoting Lifestyle in College Students participating in Sports Activities (체육활동 참여 대학생들의 자기관리와 건강증진 생활양식과의 관계)

  • Lee, Yang-Gu
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.161-169
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    • 2018
  • This study aims to understand the relationship between self-management and health promoting lifestyle in college students participating in sports activities and to seek a measure to enhance their health promoting lifestyle. In order to analyze the impact of self-management and health promoting lifestyle in the college students participating in sports activities, correlation analysis and regression analysis methods were used. The findings obtained through the research results are summarized as follows: First, it turned out that, in order to promote college students' health promoting lifestyle, it would be important to develop a customized activity program considering the difference in the level of the participants' health information at the time when the sports activity program is organized. Second, it turned out that it would be important to provide empirical basic activity data that could maximize the cooperative action and synergy effect between the self-management and health promoting lifestyle of college students participating in sports activities.

Prioritizing SOC Facilities for Applying BIM/GIS Integrating Platform to Local Governments (지방자치단체에 BIM/GIS 통합 플랫폼 적용을 위한 SOC 시설물 우선순위 선정방안)

  • Youn, Jun Hee;Lee, Woo Sik;Choi, Hyun Sang;Kang, Tae Wook
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2013
  • Recently, BIM(Building Information Model) is widely applied to all stages of SOC (Social Overhead Capital)facilities life cycle from planning to maintenance. While BIM is an analysis tool focussing the inner space of facilities, GIS is principally applied to analyzing relationship between facilities. Therefore, integrating BIM and GIS, we expect to get a potential synergy effect in aspects of effective information management and various analysis for SOC facilities. This paper deals with prioritizing SOC facilities for applying BIM/GIS integrating platform to local governments. First, investigate facilities required by law, and identify SOC facilities suitable for SOC characteristics. Second, analyze the effectiveness and applicability of BIM/GIS integrating platform applying each facility. For the purpose, we quantify effectiveness and applicability in aspects of UIS management and GIS functions. Lastly, prioritize the SOC facilities applying BIM/GIS integrating platform.

Synergistic Antibacterial Activity of Ecklonia cava (Phaeophyceae: Laminariales) against Listeria monocytogenes (Bacillales: Listeriaceae)

  • Nshimiyumukiza, Ossiniel;Kang, Shin-Kook;Kim, Hyo-Jung;Lee, Eun-Hye;Han, Hae-Na;Kim, Yunhye;Kim, Deok-Hoon;Kim, Ji-Hoon;Eom, Sung-Hwan;Kim, Young-Mog
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2015
  • In an effort to discover alternative antimicrobials against Listeria monocytogenes, several marine algae were screened. The methanolic extract of Ecklonia cava exhibited the highest antibacterial activity against L. monocytogenes, with the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) soluble fraction of E. cava methanolic extract having a MIC value of $256{\mu}g/mL$ and a MBC value of ${\mu}g/mL$. The MIC values of streptomycin in combination with the EtOAc fraction were markedly reduced up to 64-fold, suggesting that the antibacterial activity of the antibiotic was restored when combined with the EtOAc fraction. The interaction between streptomycin and the EtOAc fraction was assessed by fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) indices. The combination of streptomycin and the EtOAc fraction against L. monocytogenes resulted in ${\Sigma}FIC_{min}$ range of 0.141 to 0.266 and ${\Sigma}FIC_{max}$ of 0.531 for all strains. The median ${\Sigma}FIC$ against L. monocytogenes strains ranged from 0.172 to 0.344. Thus, synergistic ranges of FIC <1 were observed for all combinations of streptomycin and the EtOAc fraction against L. monocytogenes strains. Indeed, the median ${\Sigma}FIC$ of streptomycin-EtOAc fraction ranged from 0.172 to 0.344, suggesting a marked synergy.