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$^{14}CO_2$ Fixation and Assimilate Transformation in Barley Leaves (보리 엽의 $^{14}CO_2$ 고정과 동화산물의 전환)

  • Paek, Kee-Yoeup;Lee, Sung-Sik
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.64-69
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    • 1988
  • Young barley plants (Hordeum vulgare) were exposed to $^{14}$ Co$_2$ for 10 and 30 minutes. Leaves were harvested and extracted for aqueous soluble metabolites which were fractionated into amino acids, sugars, sugar phosphates and organic acids. It was found that both 10 and 30 minute incubation periods had similar quantities of label but differed in the quality and quantity. It was also found that the neutral fraction (sugars, phosphate esters and organic acids) had 4.5 times more label than the amino acid fraction at 10 minutes and only about 1.7 times at 30 minutes. Label increased moderately from 10 minutes in the sugar fraction where there was a large increase in the amino acid fraction, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Photosynthetic rate was found to be quite different when the 10 minute incubation and the 30 minute incubation were compared (0.125 vs 0.034 and 0.042 $\mu$mole co$_2$/mg chlorophy 11/min respectively).

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Influence of Processing on Quality of Carrot Juice (가공공정에 의한 당근쥬스의 품질변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kimjun, Hye-Young;Gerber, Leonard E.
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.683-690
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    • 1988
  • This study was conducted to determine the organoleptic and physical properties and carotenoid of commercial canned, frozen and freshly-made carrot juice. Samples were evaluated by sensory panel and measured for viscosity and acidity. For carotene analysis, HPLC of alpha- and beta-carotene, and spectrophotometry of total carotenoid content were used. Sensory evaluation indicated that the canned sample was less acceptable, especially for flavor and texture, than other juices, while forzen juice was considered as acceptable as freshly-made carrot juice. The canned product showed about 10 times higher viscosity and lower acidity than others. Between two kinds of frozen samples, one sample was the same as freshly-made sample for all parameters while the other showed less alpha-carotene content which was 2 times higher than that of canned one. Canned sample contained 70-77% of freshly-made or frozen samples in total carotenoid and beta-carotene content and 24% of freshly-made one in alpha-carotene. These results suggest that freezing process is a good preservation method for carrot juice with respect to sensory evaluation, physical property and carotenoid content.

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Opportunistic Insights into Occupational Health Hazards Associated with Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Premises in the United Kingdom

  • Al-Bakri, Ali;Jawad, Mohammed;Salameh, Pascale;al'Absi, Mustafa;Kassim, Saba
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.621-626
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    • 2015
  • Background: Smokefree laws aim to protect employees and the public from the dangers of secondhand smoke. Waterpipe premises have significantly increased in number in the last decade, with anecdotal reports of poor compliance with the smokefree law. The literature is bereft of information pertaining to waterpipe premise employees. This study aimed to opportunistically gather knowledge about the occupational health hazards associated with working in waterpipe premises in London, England. Materials and Methods: Employees from seven convenience-sampled, smokefree-compliant waterpipe premises in London were observed for occupational activities. Opportunistic carbon monoxide (CO) measurements were made among those with whom a rapport had developed. Observations were thematically coded and analysed. Results: Occupational hazards mainly included environmental smoke exposure. Waterpipe-serving employees were required to draw several puffs soon after igniting the coals, thereby providing quality assurance of the product. Median CO levels were 27.5ppm (range 21-55ppm) among these employees. Self-reported employee health was poor, with some suggestion that working patterns and smoke exposure was a contributory factor. Conclusions: The smokefree law in England does not appear to protect waterpipe premise employees from high levels of CO. Continued concerns surrounding chronic smoke exposure may contribute to poor self-reported physical and mental wellbeing.

Effect of Tannic Substances from Acorn (Quercus acutissima Carruthers) on the Storage Quality of Rice Wine (도토리의 탄닌 성분이 약주의 저장성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Seong-Hyun;Bock, Jin-Young;Nam, Se-Hyun;Bae, Jung-Surl;Choi, Woo-Young
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.1420-1425
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    • 1998
  • Rice wines, Yakju-type, were brewed with typical raw materials plus powdered acorns, and storage qualities of the fermented wines were examined. Initial optical densities of the acorn added-rice wines were shown around 0.116 at 660 nm and then decreased to $0.06{\sim}0.075$ after 10 days storage at $4^{\circ}C$. Organic acid contents in the acorn added-rice wines were lower than that of the control: the contents were lactic, succinic, citric, malic, oxalic and fumaric acid in order; and gallic acid, a kind of tannic substances was 0.39 mg%. Peroxide values of the acorn added-rice wines were not markedly changed for 9 days, remaining as low as $2{\sim}3\;meq\;kg^{-1}$ lard of lard, but that of the control was increased to $265\;meq\;kg^{-1}$ lard. As the results of clarity, acidity and antioxidation, the acorn added-rice wines appeared to be preservable, owing to tannic substances extracted from acorn powder.

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Studies on the Method of Reducing of the Photobleaching Leaves and Shortening the Curing Period in Burley Tobacco Stalk Curing (버어리종담배 대말림시 백화엽발생방지 및 건조기간단축에 관한 연구)

  • 김상범;백기현;추홍구
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.252-257
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    • 1983
  • This study was conducted to find out the stalk curing methods that can reduce photobleaching, and shorten the curing period in burley to bacco stalk curing. The results obtained summarized as follows. In the ventilation window-plot, the temperature within the curing house was high and the curing period was shortened, too. The rate of photobleached leaves of whole plant stalk curing-plot was higher than those of any other plots. In the ventilation window-plot, the labor of operating the curing house was saved and the yield and visual quality of cured leaves were high, too. For reducing the photobleaching of leaves, following procedures are desirable; to prevent the lower leaves from drying up and overripening at maturing stage, cut the stalk after first or second priming, shorten the curing period as possible when the 80% of leaf bodies changed brown.

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Development non-smoking billboard using augmented reality function (증강현실기능을 이용한 금연 광고판 개발)

  • Hong, Jeong-Soo;Lee, Jin-Dong;Yun, Yong-Gyu;Yoo, Jeong-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.274-276
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    • 2016
  • Recently due to increase of tobacco users, many problems have been issued. Not only smoking in public places, smoking indoors as well causes harm to non-smoking people. Smoking booths that are installed but the quality is considerably less and purification devices are not correctly installed, which leads to harm the people around the smoking booth. In this paper, we introduce the "Augmented Reality Billboard" in order for smokers to effectively recognize the non-smoking warning image and healthy warning messages, Kinect Camera Sensor and Augmented Reality (AR) functions are used to recognize the motion of a person to coordinate the corresponding coordinate values.

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Effects of Harvesting Methods on Properties of Cured-leaves in Aromatic Tobacco Production (향끽미종의 수확방법이 건조엽특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 이철환;조명조
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.177-183
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    • 1989
  • Lower leaves of aromatic tobacco are also much lower in Quality than upper leaves. So feasibility test of no harvesting and curing of lower leaves was conducted under high planting density and high nitrogen conditions with conventional cultural system. Effect of harvesting time on yield and Quality were investigated under 2 nitrogen levels. Among harvesting methods of conventional harvest with priming under high planting density, no-harvest of first priming, removal of lower leaves which relevant to first prime stalk before maturity, no-harvest of first and second priming. no-harvesting or pruning of first prime stalk before maturity was best in yield, price and in crude income. The shortor the harvest period became, the lower the yield, price and contents of reducing sugar and nicotine became, but reverse in this trends with total nitrogen and protein nitrogen. So 6 or 8 days interval of harvest is most recommendable.

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Characteristics of Aboveground and Red Ginseng Quality of Polystem Ginseng(Panax gjnseng C.A. Meyer) (다경형(多莖型) 인삼(人蔘)의 지상부 생육 및 홍삼(紅蔘) 품질 특성)

  • Lee, Jong-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.255-260
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    • 1996
  • This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of aboveground plants and red ginseng of polystem ginseng in 6 years of age having two or more stems in a plant. Total leaf weight and area of polystem ginseng were larger, while its stem diameter, and the leaf weight and area of the big­gest stem in each plant were decreased with increase the stem numbers in a plant. The ratio of shoot weight to root weight in the polystem ginseng with three or more stems was higher than that in the monos­tem ginseng and the polystem ginseng with two stems, In ginseng plants with no more than 2 stems, there were positive correlations between root weight and total leaf weight, and leaf area, but not between leaf weight and area of the biggest stem. Inner cavity and inner white, limiting factors for redginseng quality grade, occurred more in tri-stem ginseng than mono- and di-stem one. Percentages of Heaven (1st grade) and Earth (2nd grade) red ginseng in tri-stem ginseng were decreased compared with mono stem and di-stem ginseng.

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Studies on Stability for the Quality of Ginseng Products -4. Determination of Sorption Properties and Optimum Moisture Contents in Red Ginseng, Red Ginseng Powder and Red Ginseng Powder Tablet- (인삼제품(人蔘製品)의 품질안정성(品質安定性)에 관한 연구(硏究) -4. 홍삼(紅蔘), 삼분(蔘粉) 및 타블렛의 흡습특성(吸濕特性)과 적정수분함량기준(適正水分含量基準) 설정(設定)-)

  • Choi, Jin-Ho;Byun, Dae-Seok;Park, Kil-Dong;Kim, Mu-Nam
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.247-250
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    • 1984
  • As a consecutive work on stability for the quality of ginseng products, the sorption properties of red ginseng (RG), red ginseng powder (RGP), and red ginseng powder tablet (RGPT) were studied in order to set the optimum moisture level for them. The levels of moisture at BET monolayer of RGP and RGPT ranged 5.97 to 7.27 % and 4.73 to 5.14 % in wet basis, respectively. Based on these values, the optimum moisture content for both of them would preferably be set at $6.7{\pm}0.7%$ and $4.9{\pm}0.2%$. From the results of storage study on microorganism growth under the maltreated condition, $40^{\circ}C$, and 75% RH, the optimum level of moisture for RG could be extended up to $14.0{\pm}0.5%$, which is much higher than the circulating values of 10.416%.

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Studies on Stability for the Quality of Ginseng Products - 1. Quality Characteristics of Freeze and Spray Dried Red Ginseng Extract Powders - (인삼제품(人蔘製品)의 품질안정성(品質安定性)에 관한 연구(硏究) - 1. 동결(凍結) 및 분무정분(噴霧精粉)의 품질특성(品質特性) -)

  • Choi, Jin-Ho;Byun, Dae-Seok;Park, Kil-Dong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 1984
  • This study was designed to compare the quality characteristics of freeze and spray dried red ginseng extract powders(RGEPs) by drying methods, which have been required to maintain the stability for the quality. Chemical compositions, major ginsenoside contents and color intensities of these Products were compared by drying conditions. The moisture absorption rates and optical densities also were compared during storage under maltreatment conditions of a various relative humidities (75, 86and 92 RH) and two different temperatures (37 and $50^{\circ}C$). It was found that decreases of total major ginsenosides contents in freeze and spray dried RGEPs were 5.4 % to 6.7 % during storage for 6 months at $37^{\circ}C$, 75 % RH. When these products packaged with inner seal of Al-foil laminate paper (Al-foil; 9 ${\mu}m$) were stored for 6 months at $37^{\circ}C$, 75 % RH. the moisture absorption rates of freeze and spray dried RGEPs were ranged 42 % to 82 %, 8 % to 16 %, respectively. In storage for 6 months at $37^{\circ}C$, 86 % RH, spray dried RGEP was higher in brown pigment($400{\sim}490nm$) than freeze dried RGEP while freeze dried was higher in pyrazine (278 nm), HMF and furfural (285 nm) than spray dried RGEP. It was found that RGEPs showed a strong anti-oxidative activity by electron donating ability to DPPPH, but there was no significant difference between freeze and spray dried RGEPs.

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