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Comparative Response of Callus and Seedling of Jatropha curcas L. to Salinity Stress

  • Kumar, Nitish;Kaur, Meenakshi;Pamidimarri, D.V.N. Sudheer;Boricha, Girish;Reddy, Muppala P.
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2008
  • Jatropha curcas L. is an oil bearing species with many uses and considerable economic potential as a biofuel crop. Salt stress effect on growth, ion accumulation, contents of protein, proline and antioxidant enzymes activity was determined in callus and seedling to understand the salt tolerance of the species. Exposure of callus and seedling to salt stress reduced growth in a concentration dependent manner. Under salt stress Na content increased significantly in both callus and seedling whereas, differential accumulation in the contents of K, Ca, and Mg was observed in callus and seedling. Soluble protein content differed significantly in callus as compared to seedling, however proline accumulation remained more or less constant with treatments. The proline concentration was ~2 to 3 times more in callus than in seedling. Salt stress induced qualitative and quantitative differences in superoxide dismutase (SOD; E.C. 1.15.1.1) and peroxidase (POX; E.C. 1.11.1.7) in callus and seedling. Salt induced changes of the recorded parameters were discussed in relation to salinity tolerance.

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Changes of Land-Use Policy in Rural China (1980년대 후반 이후 중국 농촌 토지제도의 변화)

  • Moon, Soon-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.558-576
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    • 1996
  • Since 1978. China has progressed her reforms of her economy. In this process, refroms in rual area have been operated with top priority. The system of collective economy had been changed into that of private economy. Rural farming and land-use system had been changed also. The household responsibility system took the place of a People's Commune. That was the system that could inspire farm-household with a will to work, and hence, increase the productivity of agriculture. However, with the developement of market mechanism in the later 1980s, that system got inadequate to new situation. For instance, incentives of a will to work slowly decreased, agricultural productivity did not increase, and labor forces were tremendously transferred to non-agricultural sector. This situation created the demand for a new system of rural land policy and use. This paper intends to describe changes of new system of land use in rual China. Those changes are as follows. 1. The system of land-circulation has been spread widely. 2. 'Liangtianzhi' (the system of two kind land-use) divided the land into two kinds, 'kouliangtian' (the land of food) and 'zerentian' (the land of obligation). The one is allocated in proportion to the per capita, and to support farm-household' and function, the other is allocated in proportion to the labor force, in order to increase the commercial function of land. 4. 'Guimojingying' (management of scale): For overcomint the disadvantage of dispersal of land, the relative concentration of land was required. 4. 'Gufenzhi' (a joint-stock system) is practised for the purpose of establishing clear-cut lines of land ownership. 5. 'Sihuangpaimai' (auction the use right of four kinds of wasteland) is for full-using of the wasteland. It can be apprehended that these systems and policies were the process of adaption to market mechanism. In these, rural China could escape form the disorder due to rapid changes, and overcome the existing contradiction.

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Liminality & Transformative Drama in Shelley's "Julian & Maddalo"

  • Narrett, Eugene
    • English & American cultural studies
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.149-207
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    • 2010
  • Written simultaneously with Prometheus Unbound, Shelley's "Julian & Maddalo" is a masterwork of dramatic poiesis, of doubling embedded in its couplets, dialogic debate on human nature and contrasted symbolic emblems. The emblems mirror each other and are themselves sites of generative paradox: the "heaven illumined" but "dreary tower" of the Maniac and the glorious sunsets on the "ever-shifting sand" of the Lido, a wasteland that is a place of self discovery but also of "abandonment" and barren mingling figured, inter alia, in its "amphibious weeds," a trope of the poem's personae. This essay also explores the poem's dramatic structure and various rhetorical devices, beginning with the Preface, a threshold of complex identity disguise that Shelley uses for veiled self-presentation, as in "Alastor," mirroring and literary references replete with nuanced ironies. I focus mainly on the complex figures of liminality Shelley uses to develop his own thoughts (as well as his ongoing debates with Byron) about man's potential for growth in thought, insight and empathy, in political reform and interpersonal and individual healing. Advancing Shelley's most optimistic ideas, Julian, escorted by Maddalo observes the Maniac, -- a living ruin whose pained eloquence reveals the link of eros to poiesis and the limits of the latter's ability to 'transform a world.' The Maniac is the core of muse-work (remembering, thinking and song) and Shelley presents him as its emblem. He also is prefigured in and reflects the quintessentially liminal Lido with its "barren embrace" of sea and land. Yet it is less the Maniac's feeling that his grief is "charactered in vain…on this unfeeling leaf" than Julian's rationales for leaving the site of pain that point to Shelley's final comment on poetry's transformative limits. As the primary haploids of the drama's meiosis re-combine and two of them, Maddalo and the maniac fall away, an analogy I briefly develop and embedded in the erotic dynamics of poiesis, Shelley suggests, as he did at the beginning of his poetic lyricism in "Alastor" and at its end in "the Triumph of Life"that images mislead and delude; that "the deep truth is imageless" and redemption is not in but beyond figuration.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Genetic Transformation: Mechanism and Factors

  • Kumar, Nitish;Vijayanand, K.G.;Reddy, Myppala P.;Singh, Amritpal S.;Naraynan, Subhash
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.195-204
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    • 2009
  • Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation has been widely used for the production of genetically modified transgenic plants to obtain specific desired traits. Most of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the transformation steps have been well elucidated over the years. However, a few steps, such as nuclear targeting, T-DNA integration, and Agrobacterium-plant proteins involved remain largely obscure and are still under extensive studies. This review describes the major steps involved in the molecular mechanism of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and provides insight in the recent developments in studies on the Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation system. Some factors affecting the transformation efficiency are also briefly discussed.

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Ecological Restoration on Degraded Ecosystem in the Tropical and Subtropical Region of China (중국 열대 및 아열대 훼손지 생태계 복원)

  • Jin Yong-Huan;Oh Koo-Kyoon;ZHAO Fuqiang
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.465-474
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    • 2004
  • Due to the rapid increase of human population and economic development, the natural ecosystem has been severely degraded. To restore the degraded ecosystem is extremely urgent and an important task in China. High biodiversity status in the natural ecosystem in tropical and subtropical regions in China has given high attention to the conservationists. The recent trends to the ecological restoration on degraded ecosystem in the tropical and subtropical regions of China were discussed for four different ecological recovery types: watershed ecosystems, wetlands, mining wastelands and mountain forests. The successful restoration case studies in tropical and subtropical regions of China were also discussed.

An Analysis on Spatio-Temporal Changes of Land Cover focusing on NDVI Using GIS and RS in Pyeongbuk Province, Northwest Korea (GIS와 RS를 이용한 토지피복 및 식생 분포의 시ㆍ공간적 변화 - 평안북도 서부 지역을 중심으로 -)

  • 이민부;김남신;최한성;신근하
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.835-848
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    • 2003
  • This study deals with the spatio-temporal change of land cover and vegetation distribution between 1988 and 2001 using remote sensing images and CIS techniques in west area of Pyeongbuk Province, northwest Korea. Landsat TM and ETM images are geometrically and radiometrically corrected for the analysis of land cover and NDVI. Forested areas are decreased during 13 year from 1988 to 2001 in study area including Sakju, Daegwan, Guseong and Euiju of Pyeongbuk Province, because wasteland are increased by human impact and denuded land by landslide and flooding. DEM analysis presents that settlement and cropland are developed toward higher and steeper mountain slope, together with decrease NDIV values. these changes have resulted from unplanned increase of cropland without consideration of geomorphic condition. Therefore, more researches and reasonable policies are required to protect forest and cropland and stable food supply against natural hazard like landslide.

Experimental Techniques for Evaluating the Success of Restoration Projects

  • Robinson, George R.;Handel, Steven-N.l;Mattei, Jennifer
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2002
  • The ecological background of a restoration project is complex and difficult to betermine without experimentation. A useful context for experiments is the well-studied process of natural succession, because the factors that drive or inhibit succession are also at work during reclamation (a form of primary succession) and restoration (which often resembles secondary succession). Using experimental studies on urban wasteland reclamation, we have tested for factors that stimulate or inhibit succession during early phases of woodland development in the Northeastern United states. The emphasis has been on mutualisms (seed dispersal, pollination, and mycorrhizae) and microsite limitations in the recruitment, growth, and reproduction of woody plants. Using plantings of seeds, seedlings, and clusters of reproductively mature plants on abandoned landfills, we have observed that (1) soil microsite deficiencies lead to very poor germination (<0.1$\%$) and seedling survival (<0.01$\%$) of most native species; (2) seed dispersal by birds is a significant and reliable source of woody plant recruitment; however (3) proximity effects are strong, with most (up to 95$\%$) of seed rain falling in the vicinity of planted clusters that are closest to putative seed sources; and (4) remnant natural woodlands are critical components of the recruitment process. To emphasize the last point, in one case, we found that the destruction of approximately 50$\%$ of nearby natural woodland vegetation led to a commensurate decline in seed rain. In another case, we found that the species richness of recruits was strictly limited by the species composition of nearby source plant communities, with no evidence of community enrichment by long distance dispersal over 5 years. We conclude from these results that the size and proximity of remnant natural populations are critical considerations when planning reclamation and restoration programs that rely on natural successional processes.

AStudy on Human Resources of Local Visual Industry (Focus on Busan Metropolitan City) (지역 영상산업 인력자원 분석 - 부산광역시를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Byeong-Ju;Choi, Yeong-Geun;Kim, JaeHeon;Kim, Cheeyong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.625-628
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    • 2009
  • Busan was wasteland of visual industry, But It has been undergo a complete change visual industry city since It was started 1st Busan International Film Festival(PIFF) in 1996. It promoted Cineport Busan, 1st step. promotion age 'good city film' 2004, 2nd step. settlement age 'good city produce movie' from 2005 to 2007, now 3rd step. development age settle down visual industry and progressing project for make importance place produce movie. so, employment problem of region visual human resources. It is indispensable element for become real region industry in visual industry. So that, this study analyzes what is problem of visual industry and human resources in Busan city. Then inquired what will happen supply region visual human resources through visual importance city Busan development plan.

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Issues Facing the National Health Insurance System in Korea and Their Solutions (우리나라 공공의료의 쟁점과 해결책)

  • Lee, Eun Hye
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 2022
  • South Korea is not a wasteland of publicly funded health care-instead, it has a good medical social security system known as the national health insurance (NHI). The NHI of Korea has three unique features; (1) low premiums, low insurance fees, and low coverage; (2) obligatory designation of medical institutions; (3) and allowance of non-benefit services. These features have made hospitals and doctors interested in profit-seeking. However, the commercialization of medical institutions has taken place in both private- and public-established sectors. A basic problem of commercialization is the co-existence of the obligatory designation of medical institutions and non-benefit services. The problem became worse in the Kim Dae-Jung government because it officially permitted non-benefit services. Since 2000, the Korean government has consistently pursued benefit extension policies, but the coverage rates of the NHI have stagnated. In addition, premiums and current medical expenses have markedly increased because policy-makers have emphasized accessibility to the NHI, while ignoring important principles of medical social security such as a needs-based approach and patient-referral system. In order to resolve the commercialization problem, the obligatory designation of medical institutions to the NHI should be changed to a contract system, and non-benefit services should be prohibited at NHI institutions. We must re-establish the patient-referral system via a needs-based approach. We also need to build a primary healthcare system and public health policies. We should make a long-term plan for healthcare reform.

Pruning Algorithm for Spokes Puzzle (수레바퀴 살 퍼즐에 관한 전정 알고리즘)

  • Sang-Un Lee
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.89-97
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    • 2024
  • The problem of the spokes puzzle(SP), which connects the spokes(edges) required by the wheel axis (hub, vertex) without intersection to form a network in which all the hubs are connected, can be said to be a wasteland of research. For this problem, there is no algorithm that presents a brute-force search or branch-and-bound method that takes exponential time. This paper proposes an algorithm to plot a lattice graph with cross-diagonal lines of m×n for a given SP and to pruning(delete) the surplus edges(spokes). The proposed algorithm is a simple way to select an edge of a hub whose number of edges matches the hub requirement and delete the edge crossing it. If there is no hub with an edge that meets the hub requirement, a strategy was adopted to preferentially delete(pruning) the edge of the hub with the maximum amount of spare. As a result of applying the proposed algorithm to 20 benchmarking experimental data, it was shown that a solution that minimizes the number of trials and errors can be obtained for all problems.