Cyanobacteria Pseudanabaena strains are known to produce 2-MIB (odorous material) in freshwater systems, thereby causing problems in water use. However, their physiological responses to environmental factors in relation with 2-MIB production is not well explored. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of temperature on the growth and 2-MIB production of Pseudanabaena redekei. The experimental cyanobacteria strains were separated from the Uiam Reservoir (North Han River) and cultured in the BG-11 medium. Temperature was set to 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30℃ for the experiment, in the reflection of the seasonal water temperature variation in situ. For each temperature treatment, cyanobacterial biomass (Chl-a) and 2-MIB concentration (intra-cellular and extra-cellular fractions) were measured every 2 days for 18 days. Both maximal growth and total 2-MIB production of P. redekei appeared at 30℃. While intra-cellular 2-MIB contents were similar (26~29 ng L-1) regardless of treated temperatures, extra-cellular 2-MIB concentration was higher only in high temperature conditions (25~30℃), indicating that the extents of 2-MIB biosynthesis and release by P. redekei vary with temperature. The 2-MIB productivity of P. redekei was much higher in low-temperature conditions (10~15℃) than high temperature conditions (25~30℃). This study demonstrated that temperature was a critical factor contributing to 2-MIB biosynthesis and its release in cell growth (r=0.605, p<0.01). These results are important to understand the dynamics of 2-MIB in the field and thereby provide basic information for managing odorous material in drinking water resources.

Four types of metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor arrays were used to observe the aroma and spoilage odor emitted during the ripening process of plum & banana fruits. All gas sensors showed a high correlation (R=0.82~0.90) with the olfactory. The TGS 2603 sensor showed a high correlation of 0.90 between the odor generated and sensory perception of smell in the process of ripening and decaying fruits. In addition, it showed a very high correlation of 0.91 with the decay rate of the plum sample, and the significance probability through one-way ANOVA was also less than 0.05, which confirmed it as an optimal gas sensor (TGS 2603). Principal component analysis was performed using all the data. The cumulative variability was 99.54%, which could be explained only by two principal components, and the first principal component was 95.11%, which was related to the freshness of the fruit. It was analyzed as fresh fruit in the negative(-) direction and decayed fruit in the positive(+) direction.

파트리크 쥐스킨트의 『향수』를 ‘계몽주의 이성의 파멸적인 변증’에 대한 비판 혹은 한 천재적인 예술가의 기이한 일대기를 다룬 독특한 포스트모던 소설로 평가하는 비평적 경향은 잔혹한 연쇄살인범 그루누이에게 도덕적 면죄부를 주는 위험을 수반한다. 본 연구는 상상을 초월하는 주인공 그루누이의 엽기적인 행각과 그의 존재 목적을 윤리적·종교적 관점에서 고찰하고 해석한다. 일말의 회한도 없이 도착적인 살인을 저지르며 인간사회의 파멸을 꾀하는 그루누이는, 전통적인 악한 혹은 한 사회가 상상할 수 있는 최악의 악몽을 투사하기 위한 수단적 존재의 범주를 벗어난다. ‘악마개구리’ 그루누이는 메피스토펠레스에 버금가는 교활함과 술수로 내러티브의 표면을 암행하며 자신이 죽음을 부르는 절대적인 악의 화신임을 증명한다. 그는 자신의 천재적인 재능으로 주검에서 추출한 ‘죽음의 향수’를 마치 성수인 양 사용해 사람들을 타락의 구렁텅이로 빠뜨리며, 종국에는 자신의 육체마저 해체하여 세례와 성만찬을 기괴한 방식으로 패러디 한다. 그루누이가 제 몸을 제물로 바쳐 주제하는 ‘식인의식’은 악의 종말이 아니라 악의 귀환을 암시한다. 『향수』는 악에 대한 무관심과 망각이 악을 초대하 는 치명적인 유혹의 향기임을 음산하게 일깨운다.

The degree and intensity of unpleasant and disgusting odors perceived through a person's sense of smell can vary depending on personal or social and cultural characteristics. In addition, it is not effective to manage odors solely on the basis of concentration levels because odors can be combined according to temperature, humidity, and frequency, so that they can be recognized differently even if the same person smells the same substance. The mobile odor application was developed to enable real time monitoring of odor characteristics reflecting the actual condition of the field. Accordingly, the Green Future Foundation, a civic group, conducted an environmental campaign to record and share the information of odors in school zone using the first version of the application. The real time monitoring of field odor was able to improve the problems of the current standard methods for the examination and assessment of odors. However, with regard to the first version of the application, the process and results of odor recording through odor measurement applied the direct olfactory method and were less relevant. Therefore, it was difficult to organize data due to duplicate selection. For that reason, this study was conducted to overcome the problems of the first version of the mobile application and to effectively and accurately reflect odors and personal characteristics. This odor application that has been developed is able to monitor and assess odors based on 5 features: classification, character, strength level, hedonic tone, and acceptability.

This study investigated the odor dilution rate at 15 locations around three schools in Seoul using an onsite olfactometer. In addition, odor intensity, odor quality, and hedonic tone by direct sensory method were measured along with measurement of the field odor dilution rate, and instrument analysis using odor sensor array and TD-GC was also measured. Onsite olfactometer measurements show that only one of the three schools measured odors exceeding the strict emission acceptance standard of 10 at three points. The average odor intensity at each point measured by the direct sensory method of five persons was in the range of 2.7 to 0.3. The difference in the number of odor dilution rates around schools in Seoul could be related to the level of income by region. The odor environment around each school was judged to be well managed in areas with higher income levels, indicating a lower odor dilution rate. The correlation coeffcient between the odor intensity measured by the direct sensory method and the onsite olfactometer was 0.79, indicating high correlation. The correlation coefficient of sensor array and TD-GC toward the odor intensity was -0.28 and 0.02, respectively. This suggests that a method based on a person's sense of smell should be introduced when measuring low-level odor dilution rates in non-industrial areas, such as school zones.

The stench of various sources has become a complex issue that all governments must face and solve. n-Butanol is often used as an odor intensity reference for daily air quality monitoring and evaluation. However, its odor space, including odor sensation and odor effect, is still not fully understood, especially in wide concentration ranges. This study described n-butanol odor character profiles with objective descriptors. They are mostly presented as “odorless” or “offensive” at low concentrations, and frequently characterized as “chemical” or “medicinal” at high concentrations. The semantic differential shows that n-butanol odor is a negative emotional odor rather than a positive one. The principal component analysis shows that the representative factors of the n-butanol sensibility structure according to the sensibility evaluation are expressed with diverse sensibility vocabulary, and ‘esthetics’ represent its characterless nature. The good linearity between intensity and concentration, the near absence of gender difference, diverse odor types rather than a specific type, and ease with which to make a wide range of concentrations, makes n-butanol a candidate to be considered as a suitable standard odorant.

There has been growing concern over the emissions of formaldehyde and VOCs from automotive interior materials, as these could have an important impact on the in-vehicle air quality (IVAQ) of automotive vehicles. Odor, the components of which may include VOCs, refers to the automotive interior smell emitted directly or indirectly from any part of an automotive interior, based on human olfactory senses and a comfort evaluation of vehicle quality. The objective of this paper is to compare the instrument analysis with the sensory characteristics of an odor using GC/MS/Olfactometry. From the test, it was possible to identify the cause of odor, which can be difficult to distinguish among multiple odors, through the simultaneous performance of instrumental analysis and sensory evaluation.

호박과실파리는 한국, 일본 등 아시아에 분포하여 다양한 종류의 박과식물에 피해를 주는 해충으로 호박과실파리의안테나에 존재하는 냄새감각기(olfactory sensilla)들은 기주 탐색 등에 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 GC-EAD(gaschromatography–electroantennographic detection) 기술을 이용하여 호박과실파리 안테나의 냄새감각세포에 활성을 나타내는 물질을 탐색하였다. 합성물질의 혼합물 및 호박에서 포집한 추출물을 사용해서 EAD 및 EPD 활성을 조사한결과, 2-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, butyl acetate, butyl propionate, methyl (E)-3-hexenoate 및 dimethyltrisulfide 등이호박과실파리의 냄새감각기에 활성을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과는 호박과실파리의 친환경적 방제에사용될 수 있는 유인제 등의 개발에 유용한 정보가 될 것으로 사료된다.

지구온난화가 가중되고 도시가 고도화되면서 우리나라 대도시는 여름철 도시열섬이 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 특히 도심부 도로포장의 대부분을 차지하는 아스팔트 포장은 태양광을 흡수하여 노면온도를 상승시키고 야간에 복사열을 배출함으로써 열대야(최저기온이 25℃ 이상 지속)를 발생시키는 주요 원인이 된다. 이러한 도시 열환경 특성은 노약자 건강을 저해하고 시민의 생활불편을 야기하기 때문에 적극적인 개선방안이 필요하다. 이에 일본에서는 2003년부터 ‘환경포장 동경 프로젝트’ 일환으로 차열성 포장이 대안으로 검토되었다. 유럽의 경우 알베도(Albedo)가 높은 골재를 섞은 포장 재료에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 국내에서도 2005년 정부 연구과제로 반사형 도료를 이용한 열섬저감 포장공법이 진행되었으며, 서울시에서는 2009∼2010년 아크릴계 반사형 도료를 이용한 차열성 포장을 개발하여 시험시공을 실시하였다. 일본과 국내에서 차도에 주로 사용하는 MMA(Methyl Methacrylate)계 반사형 도료는 독특한 냄새 때문에 도심 도로에서 넓은 공간 시공 시 주변 도로 이용자에게 불쾌감을 야기한다. 따라서 현장 적용 시 민원발생 우려가 많으므로 MMA와 같은 반사형 도료의 냄새를 저감하고, 이를 평가할 수 있는 방법에 대한 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기존 MMA를 저취형으로 개량하기 위하여 벌크형 중합반응이 아닌 에멀전 중합반응(또는 수용성)으로 MMA를 형성하였다. 이로 인하여 기존 MMA에 비해 내구성과 내마모성이 낮아진 것을 보완하기 위하여 외부 환경에 따라 쉽게 구조가 파괴되는 단량체(Monomer)의 일부를 폴리머(Polymer)로 대체하였다. 다양한 구성비에 대하여 시험한 결과 단량체와 폴리머의 비율이 1 : 3인 경우 최적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 환경부 악취물질 관련기준과 평가방안(공기희석 관능시험법, KS Q ISO 5496)을 반사형 도료에 대한 정량적 냄새평가 방안으로 제안하였다. 제안된 평가 방안으로 개발된 반사형 도료와 기존 미끄럼방지 포장용 도료를 비교평가 한 결과, 기존 미끄럼방지 포장용 도료의 경우 희석배수가 약 1,442인 반면 개발된 도료의 경우 희석배수가 10 이하로 무취에 가까운 저취형으로 확인되었다. 이를 토대로 향후 반사형 도료에 대한 냄새평가 및 현장적용 가능 여부 판단에 대한 기초자료로 활용될 것을 기대한다.

The changes in the aroma and spoilage odor emitted from eleven ‘Hongro’ apples during ten weeks’ storage were investigated using six types of metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor arrays. The gas sensors used in the evaluation were sensitive to apple-emitted aroma or spoilage odor, and a high reproducibility of 5% relative standard deviation or less was confirmed. Significantly, the change in apple-emitted aroma or spoilage odor was easily distinguished by the optimal gas sensor and a significant correlation (r=0.992) between decay rate and sensitivity change was observed. The results of a principal component analysis of the signal patterns obtained by data standardization using the optimal gas sensor showed a clear classification between decayed sampler groups and undecayed sampler groups.

This study was designed to assess the odor characteristics of paprika with metal oxide gas sensors. Non-decayed paprika and decayed paprika were assessed by sensor array system comprising 10 kinds of sensors. Three representative sensors were selected from among the 10. Selection was based on a correlation analysis between sensors from the results of the sensor array assessment on non-decayed paprika. It was found that the odor variation characteristics of paprika can be assessed by metal oxide gas sensors and that the odor variation characteristics of paprika are different depending on the type of gas sensors. The odor characteristics of paprika were different according to the color, the presence or absence of decay, the location of decay, the type of sensor, and the passage of time. Regardless of decay, the sensor response value of orange paprika was the highest, with the 2611 sensor yielding the highest response value. The SB-AQ1 sensor could not identify the difference in odor characteristics depending on the location of decay, while detection was possible by both SB-41 and 2611 sensors.

본 연구는 가축분뇨의 냄새 저감용 제제의 효율적 활용 및 관리를 위하여 국내에서 유통되고 있는 환경개선제의 동향 및 냄새제거 효능을 조사하고자 실시하였다. 사료첨가용 제제는 전체 제품의 80%를 차지하였고, 다음으로 분뇨살포용 제제 그리고 음수첨가용 제제 순이었다. 대부분의 제제들은 0.1-0.2% 사용을 권장하였으며, 전체 제품의 71%를 차지하였다. 환경개선제 유효성분 중 가장 많은 원 료는 생균으로 전체 제제의 85%를 차지하였고, 다음으로 규산염, 허브 그리고 유기산과 효소로 구성된 제제 순이었다. 환경개선제용 생균제로 이용되는 미생물들은 Bacillus coagulans, B. fermentum, B. thuringiensis, B. licheniformis, B. subtillis, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. fermentum, L. lactis, L. plantarum, L. casei, L. brevis, Streptococcus faecium, Clostridium butyricum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus niger 및 A. oryzae 등이 사용되었다. 냄새제거 효능 평가에서 암모니아 발생 억제 효능을 가진 제품은 전체 제품의 71%이었으며, 48시간까지 효능을 발휘하는 제품은 29%이었다. 암모니아를 30%이상 감소시킨 제품은 암모니아 저감 효능을 나타낸 제품 중 44%를 차지하였고, 24%의 제품이 10% 미만 그리고 나머지 32%의 제품은 10-30% 수준의 저감 효 과를 나타냈다. 황화수소를 30%이상 감소시킨 제품이 32%로 가장 많았고, 8%의 제품이 10% 미만의 그리고 나머지 6%의 제품은 10-30% 수준의 저감 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 연구 결과, 가축 분뇨의 냄새 방지와 관련하여 다양한 종류의 제제가 국내에 유통되고 있었으며, 앞으로 환경개선제의 효율적 활용 및 관리를 위해서는 정확한 효능분석이 지속적으로 이루어져야 한다.

베리류의 주요 해충인 벗초파리(Drosophila suzukii)는 주로 냄새감각을 이용하여 기주식물을 찾아 과실에 산란하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 벗초파리의 안테나에는 수많은 냄새감각기(olfactory sensilla)들이 존재하며, 이들 냄새감각기들이 벗초파리의 기주탐색에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 판단된다. 곤충의 안테나에 존재하는 냄새감각세포들의 반응을 측정하는 GC-EAD(gas chromatography–electroantennographic detection) 기술을 사용하여 체리, 딸기, 블루베리 등에서 포집한 추출물로부터 벗초파리에 냄새활성을 나타내는 물질들을 동정하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 2-pentanol, propyl acetate, 2-ethylhexanal을 포함한 18 여개 물질들이 벗초파리의 냄새감각기에 큰 활성을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과는 유인제 등 벗초파리의 방제에 친환경적으로 사용될 수 있는 신호화학물질(semiochemical)의 개발에 유용한 정보가 될 것으로 사료된다

There has been growing concern over the emissions of formaldehyde and VOCs from automotive interior materials, as these could have an important impact on the in-vehicle air quality (IVAQ) of automotive vehicles. Odor along with VOCs refers to the automotive interior smell emitted directly or indirectly from any part of an automotive interior, based on human olfactory senses and a comfort evaluation of vehicle quality. The objective of this paper is to compare the odor intensity using GC/MS analysis method and odor sensory test in accordance with ISO 12219-2. For the compounds having low odor threshold value and high VOC concentration, it was found that there was the same tendency in each field of odor whether the instrument analysis method or the odor sensory test method was used.

This study compared the stability of odor compounds in three different types of polymer sampling bags. Tedlar, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and aluminized polyester bag were used. A sample was collected from the interior of a new automobile which was parked in an outdoor parking lot. It was found that the Tedlar bag showed lower stability for odor active compounds than the PET bag. Meanwhile, the PET bag had good stability for odor compounds compared to the aluminized polyester bag. The PET bag showed a stability for the molecules smaller than toluene that was comparable to the canister, but showed a lower recovery for molecules bigger than C7. The FID signal of the sample in the PET bag was reduced by 1.7times after 3days storage compared to 24 h storage. The number of detected odor active compounds was reduced by half, and odor intensity was also decreased by 2~3 degrees. Considering the factors of repeated use, usability and price, a PET bag covered with a black plastic bag was the most appropriate approach for odor sampling in an automobile interior.