With increasing interest, there have been studies on LiDAR(Light Detection And Ranging)-based DEM(Digital Elevation Model) to acquire three dimensional topographic information. For producing LiDAR DEM with better accuracy, Filtering process is crucial, where only surface reflected LiDAR points are left to construct DEM while non-surface reflected LiDAR points need to be removed from the raw LiDAR data. In particular, the changes of input values for filtering algorithm-constructing parameters are supposed to produce different products. Therefore, this study is aimed to contribute to better understanding the effects of the changes of the levels of GroundFilter Algrothm’s Mean parameter(GFmn) embedded in FUSION software on the accuracy of the LiDAR DEM products, using LiDAR data collected for Hwacheon, Yangju, Gyeongsan and Jangheung watershed experimental area. The effect of GFmn level changes on the products’ accuracy is estimated by measuring and comparing the residuals between the elevations at the same locations of a field and different GFmn level-produced LiDAR DEM sample points. In order to test whether there are any differences among the five GFmn levels; 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, One-way ANOVA is conducted. In result of One-way ANOVA test, it is found that the change in GFmn level significantly affects the accuracy (F-value: 4.915, p<0.01). After finding significance of the GFmn level effect, Tukey HSD test is also conducted as a Post hoc test for grouping levels by the significant differences. In result, GFmn levels are divided into two subsets ( ‘7, 5, 9, 3’ vs. ‘1’). From the observation of the residuals of each individual level, it is possible to say that LiDAR DEM is generated most accurately when GFmn is given as 7. Through this study, the most desirable parameter value can be suggested to produce filtered LiDAR DEM data which can provide the most accurate elevation
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Water dropwort(Oenanthe javanica) is grown usually in submerged paddy field and is widely used as additive in foods like Kimchi, fish soup. However, its cultivation in the under submerged cultivation has been known to cause the reduction in quality of water dropwort plants mainly due to the presence of dirt and some parasites like leeches and water animals. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate a wetland cultivation(WLC) of water dropwort plants compared to the conventional submerged cultivation(SBC) in the greenhouse paddy field conditions. WLC and SBC treatments maintained water levels to the depth of less than 5cm and about 20cm, respectively. Vegetative stem sections were planted in September and plants were harvested in early April. The results showed that height and yield of water dropwort plants were higher in SBC than in WLC. Total yield per 10a in WLC was 12.3% lower than in SBC (2.34 vs 2.63 tons). However, the useful quality factors such as vitamin C, inorganic nutrients, chlorophyll, and anthocyanin contents were found to be considerably higher in WLC. That is Ca, K, Mg, and anthocyanin contents in the stem were increased 235%, 6%, 143% and 290%, respectively, compared to those of SBC plants. The length of underground internodes from WLC elongated about 2 times more than that of SBC, resulting in an increase in plant length and advance in harvest time. On the other hand, water dropwort plants with wetland cultivation can be produced with good cleanliness and quality, but the cultivation system should be optimized and developed to get more yield the same as SBC.
This study conducted an on-the-spot survey on the 21 national and private forest roads in the Jeollabuk-do area in order to construct a GIS-based map of the disaster-prone zones in forest roads, and built the database of the locations of the disaster-occurrence and disaster-prone zones and disaster-prone zones. In addition, it built the DB with the Raster of size 10m x 10m using the GIS program after extracting the gradients, the forest shapes, the age of stand, and the soil properties factors by referring to a 1: 25,000 digital map, a detailed soil map, and a digital map of the forest shapes in connection with forest road disasters, and then built a rainfall distribution chart(Raster) after extracting the rainfall factors using the rainfall data of the Korea Water Resources Development Corporation. The map of the disaster-prone zone in forest roads was constructed through the combination of all the completed Raster charts and the applications of the Raster calculation(Raster calculator) technique. It is expected that with a more localized and more quantitative assessment, these study results will provide the base line data for a structural and managerial improvement of the forest roads.
This study was conducted to develop a handy earth auger for use in sloppy and rugged forest terrains in order to reduce labor cost which comprises a major part of the production costs in forest afforestation projects. The first prototype is developed consist of two parts, the soil-digging screw and the battery power source. The specifications of the first prototype screw are: length of 170㎜, a top diameter of 60㎜, bottom diameter of 47㎜, 23° angle for each helix, and a 50㎜ awl-head tip. The use of a single line of screw was selected for reduced weight. In addition, a power source of rotary DC Motor(WD-6G2425, WONILL, Korea) with a maximum torque of 30㎏ f-㎝, rotation of 20-30rpm, K6G30C decelerator with a reduction ratio of 30:1 which could be used with no load for 48 was operated. In consideration of its weight, a lithium battery was utilized in line with the goal of developing a lightweight auger. In order to evaluate the performance of the first prototype, test sites were selected as 6 areas. The rotational force was found to be highest in area A(Solid area), followed by areas F(Mounted slope 40° area) and E(Mounted slope 30° area). It was also observed that in general, the rotational force increased along with the increase in soil depth with the maximum rotational force recorded at 10㎝.
The introduction of stress up-regulated genes into heterologous plants is found to confer stability trait to plants in otherwise hostile environments. The soybean cold inducible factor-1 gene(SCOF-1) encoding a zinc finger transcription factor was introduced into Populus alba L.(white poplar) by co-culture with Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101 that carried the binary vector, pGA643/SCOF1. The putative P. alba transformed plants were selected on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 2.22μM 6-benzylaminopurine, 1.18mM carbenicillin, and 28.47μM hygromycin. The integration of SCOF-1 into the P. alba genome was also established by polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and the expression of the gene was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR. After exposure for 4h at 4℃ followed by 48h recovery at 27℃, the transgenic plants completely recovered to normal growth status. The chlorophyll content in transgenic plants was higher than that in wild type plants after chilling treatment. However, the moisture content and total phenolics was also not significantly different in transgenic and wild type plants after cold treatment.
From March of 2009 through November of 2010, 76 enumeration districts were installed in the Mt. Duryunsan of Haenam to carry out vegetation survey. The dominant species of current vegetation of the Mount Duryun in the overstory correspond to Quercus acuta forest, Carpinus turczaninowii forest, Quercus mongolica forest, Carpinus tschonoskii community, Carpinus laxiflora forest, Quercus variabilis forest, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides forest, Neolitsea sericea forest. As for the artificial plantation forest, the result shows that Chamaecyparis obtusa forest are afforested around the Daeheungsa Buddhist Temple. As for phytosociological vegetation types, Quercus serrata community group is divided into Camellia japonica community and Carpinus turczaninowii community. Camellia japonica community is subdivided into Neolitsea sericea group and Camellia japonica typical group, while Carpinus turczaninowii community is subdivided into Quercus mongolica group and Carpinus turczaninowii typical group. Therefore, the Mt. Duryunsan is classified into 1 community group, 2 communities and 4 groups and it is divided into 4 vegetation units in total.
The present study was to survey the site environment, vegetation structure and soil characteristics in the wild habitats of Acer tegmentosum Maxim. and offers basic information for habitats conservation and restoration. Most of the wild habitats were located at altitudes between 605~1,413m with inclinations ranged as 8~30°. The bare rock rate were 8~50%. The vegetation structure by the PC-ORD based on the Two Way Cluster Analysis were divided into three groups CommunityⅠ(Acer tegmentosum – Quercus mongolica), CommunityⅡ(Acer tegmentosum - Carpinus cordata), CommunityⅢ(Quercus mongolica – Tilia amurensis). The species diversity(H') was highest in CommunityⅡ as 1.474, CommunityⅠwas 1.471, Community Ⅲ was 1.219. The soil textures were Clay loam, The average soil pH was 4.8, Soil organic matter was 15.15% and available phosphorus was 2.33ppm. Ordination analysis result by soil characteristics, community, characteristic species showed that the greatest effect factors were slope, altitude, tree and shrub’s cover rate, organic matter, total-nitrogen, calcium, magnesium. Correlation analysis between environment factor result showed that O.M. - (T.N., K+, Mg2+, CEC, EC), T.N. - (K+, Mg2+, CEC, EC) were positive correlations.
This study was performed to evaluate changes of microbiological and hygienic quality characteristics of dry-cured ham during manufacturing process. The water activity(Aw) of dry-cured ham decreased significantly during the period(P<0.05). The salt contents increased from at 0 day to 60 days and decreased slightly at 60 days of post-curing(P<0.05). The contents increased after 120 days again. As the curing, drying and aging progressed, the VBN and TBA of dry-cured ham increased(P<0.05). The dry-cured ham samples showed significantly higher VBN at 120 and 180 days and higher TBA at 180 days. Regarding microbiological analysis, the total aerobic counts and lactic acid bacteria counts increased significantly during the stage(P<0.05). The total aerobic counts closely paralleled the lactic acid bacteria counts. In general, this research can be used as fundamental information for the mass production of a hygienic dry-cured ham.
Total 24 endophytic fungal strains were purely isolated from Salicornia europaea L. native to representative saltern of the Korea, Gomso. Strains were partially identified using amplified internal transcribed spacer(ITS) regions and the phylogenetic tree were constructed. Furthermore, deduction of two diversity indices was done. Endophytic fungal isolates belonging to 9 genera, concretely in Aspergillus, Aureobasidium, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Gibberella, Macrophoma, Penicillium, Phoma, Stemphylium, and unidentified(Pleosporales), respectively. Especially, Aspergillus(29%), Penicillium(21%) and Fusarium(13%) were dominantly distributed genera from the roots of S. europaea. Among them, genera Aspergillus, Aureobasidium or Gibberella have been reported with their activities of plant growth promoting, induces systemic resistance in previous researches. This study is dealing with the securing the diversity of endophytic fungi that showing symbiotic relationship with their host halophyte S. europaea which take the counter stage as a new crop resource.
Data on primal cuts were collected from 1,829 steers of Hanwoo progeny testing programs, between 2010 and 2015 for the ssGWAS. SNP data were analyzed by using Illumina Bovine 50K Beadchip. The SNP data that matches with phenotype data was 674 animals. As a first step, the genomic estimated breeding value(GEBV) of the loin and rib cuts were estimated, which was used in the estimation of SNP marker effects and their variances related to the traits. Then, the estimated variance explained by each marker was expressed as a proportion to the total genetic variance. Finally, the SNP loci and their significance to any possible QTL were examined. Among the 20 best SNP loci explaining a larger proportion of SNP variance to the total genetic variance for tender loin yield, the region between 12,812,193 ~ 12,922,313bp on BTA 10 harbored a cluster of SNPs that explained about 7.32 to 7.34% of the total genetic variance. For strip loin yield, a peak for higher effects for multiple SNPs was found in BTA24, between 38,158,543 and 38,347,278bp distances, which explained about 8.36 to 8.56% of the observed variance for this trait. For loin yield had relatively smaller effects in terms of the total genetic variance. Therefore, loin yield might be affected by a few loci with moderate effects and many other loci with smaller effects across the genome.
The current disinfection method of vehicles being applied in South Korea has various shortcomings. So, the epidemic has generated continuously at livestock farms. It is very important to develop an effective disinfection system for reduction of the epidemic. And various basic data is required for this development. Therefore, this study was performed to identify the nozzle type and proper discharge pressure of sprayers. The experiment was conducted from January 10, 2012 until February 28, 2012. All the performance measurement experiments were repeated five times. The subjects of experiment were the A, B and C company’s products. The sprayed capacity, angle of spray and the covering area ratio were measured for each product. As a result, the sprayed capacity, angle of spray and the covering area ratio were increased as the discharge pressure of the sprayer was increased. In conclusion, the conical shaped of the nozzle is considered more appropriate than V-shaped, and the proper discharge pressure is expected to be at least 20kg/cm2.
Curcumin plays a protective role in brain injury through its anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Moreover, peroxiredoxin-5 exerts a protective effect against oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to investigate whether curcumin modulated the peroxiredoxin-5 expression in focal cerebral ischemic animal model. Middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO) was performed to induce cerebral ischemic injury in rats. Adult male rats were injected intraperitoneally with vehicle or curcumin(50㎎/㎏ B.W.) 1 h after MCAO and cerebral cortex tissues were collected 24 h after MCAO. Photographs of hematoxylin and eosin staining showed that MCAO induced necrotic changes with scalloped shrunken form and apoptotic changes with nuclear chromatin condensations. However, curcumin treatment attenuated MCAO-induced histopathological changes. Moreover, this study clearly showed that peroxiredoxin-5 expression was decreased in MCAO operated animal with vehicle using a proteomics approach. However, this decrease in peroxiredoxin-5 expression was attenuated by curcumin treatment. Reverse-transcription PCR and Western blot analyses confirmed that curcumin treatment alleviated the MCAO injury-induced decrease in peroxiredoxin-5 expression(p<0.05). These results demonstrated that curcumin regulates peroxiredoxin-5 expression in MCAO animal model. In conclusion, our findings suggest that curcumin exerts a neuroprotective effect in cerebral ischemia by attenuating the MCAO-induced decrease in peroxiredoxin-5 expression.
The KLF(Kruppel-like factors) are transcriptional regulators that including the C2H2 zinc-finger motif and regulation of cell growth, cell differentiation, and development. In this study, mRNA and total DNA was extracted from the meat around the backbone of 130 cattle that has economic traits score. The KLF11 gene was act on the center of the main pathway in associated with the development and growth of cells and the fat metabolism. Genetic polymorphism was detected by DNA sequencing. A total of four SNPs(G9047A, C9104G, G9131A, C9170T) were identified in exon 4 regions, statistical association analysis revealed that the G9131A polymorphism were significantly associated with marbling score. The real time quantitative PCR to investigated gene and miRNA expression patterns and identify the relation of economic trait in Korean Native Beef Cattle. Gene expression level linked to KLF11 genes was investigated by determining its association and variation with the economic traits in Korean Native Beef Cattle. The increment of KLF11 gene expresstion level is resulted in increasing marbling score(MS). We found that expression profile of KLF gene and mir-494 was contrast tendency because the lower expression ratio of gene was the higher marbling score rating was when we analyzed expression profile ofKLF gene and mir-494. Therefore, this result has useful in improvement of livestock in Korean cattle.
Korean organic Hanwoo was compared to imported beefs from the America and Australia on the quality characteristics and antioxidant activities. Crude lipid content was significantly higher in Hanwoo. Marbling of Hanwoo has been recognized as well among the comparison groups. Cooking loss of Hanwoo was significantly lower than imported beefs, and its water holding capacity was significantly higher. After cooking, share force was significantly lower in Hanwoo than imported beefs. Contents of total composition amino acid were lower in Hanwoo than imported beefs, but ratio of essential amino acid was higher in Hanwoo. In Hanwoo, contents of saturated fatty acid(SFA) were lower, and poly unsaturated fatty acid(PUFA) content was significantly higher than imported beefs. Especially, oleic acid content was ranged 53.95~ 56.05% in all tested beef samples, and its content was the highest in Hanwoo. Hanwoo was higher than imported beefs in MUFA/SFA ratio, but it was lower in PUFA/SFA ratio. Lipid peroxide content was significantly lower in Hanwoo than imported beefs during their storage for 21 days at 4°C. Contents of total phenolic and flavonoid were not significantly different among the comparison groups. Activities of DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging in Hanwoo was significantly higher than American beef, but not significantly different from Australian beef. Therefore, the quality and antioxidant activity of Hanwoo beef are thought to be more dependent on the MUFA than phenolic compounds.
The effects of antioxidant measured by DPPH radical scavenger activity, the extract of harvestry in July shown highest activity(91.8±0.01%). The all extracts of 4 parts(leaf, f1ower, root, branch) of harvestry in July were shown better radical scavenger activity than BHT(89.2±0.01%). The antibacteria activity of Agrimonia pilosa extracts was determined by using a paper disc method against bacteria, the methanol extracts(70%) showed the most active antibacteria activity against 12 kinds of harmful microorganisms. The methanol extracts(70%) showed the highest antibacterial activity against S. aureus and B. subtilis. In addition, the minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC) of methanol extracts(70%) against S. aureus, B. subtilis, C. diphtheriae, S. mutans, and S. epidermidis were revealed 0.625~10mg/mL. As a result, antibacteria activity in methanol(70%) extract of Agrimonia pilosa shown higher gram positive bacteria than gram negative bacteria.
This study was performed to evaluate physicochemical properties of model sausages with various levels of pressed cherry fruit extracts alone or in combination with tomato powders as a partial replacement of sodium nitrite. In study 1, physicochemical properties of model sausages were not affected by the addition of pressed cherry fruit extracts(p>0.05), except for Hunter L(lightness) and Hunter a(redness). Model sausages containing pressed cherry fruit extract(T1, 0.5% and T2, 1.0%) decreased lightness, whereas redness of REF(156 ppm sodium nitrite) was not different from T2(p>0.05). However, those with cherry fruit extract at 1% were proper to improve the hunter color values, especially redness values. In study 2, physicochemical properties of model sausages were not affected by the addition of pressed cherry fruit extract and tomato powders in selected nitrite contents, except for color and cooking loss(p>0.05). In color values, REF was the highest level, and T2, T4, and T5 was significantly low level in lightness (Hunter L). T2 was the highest value in cooking loss(%) among other treatments. The redness values(Hunter a) of T5(75ppm, nitrite, 1% pressed cherry fruit extract and 0.5% tomato powder) were not different from REF which had highest redness values(P<0.05). In conclusion, the combination of pressed cherry fruit and tomato powder might be considered as an alternative method to partially replace with sodium nitrite in pork model sausages.
This study aims to observe the wind load characteristics around two-dimensional rotor blade of small wind turbine under high wind speed. The CFD analysis on the blade shape of NACA-4418 is performed to understand the wind load(i.e., drag and lift coefficient). In the results, the drag and lift coefficient were estimated to be 0.013, 0.44, respectively, at the wind speed 35m/s(wind speed at the height of wind tower, z=70m) and angle of attack 3°. By using the lift, drag coefficient and the appropriate assumption of the blade length, the number of blade and the tip speed ratio(TSR), the proper blade shape was obtained. On the base of this basic study, various conditions for Reynolds number and aerodynamic analysis including angle of attack according to parametric test need to study more in the future. Also assessment for the blade need to study safety on wind pressure coefficient and distribution according to wind characteristics.
Measurement of soil phosphorus(P) that affects crop growth is important in regard to determining the amount of P to be top-dressed. Although numerous methods to measure soil P are available, they mostly implemented in a lab and require considerable time for analyzing. The objective of this study was to find a rapid way for Lancaster colorimetry to analyze soil P effectively and rapidly in a field. 20 soil samples each in Jinju and Geochang, Geongnam were collected and the experiment was conducted based on Lancaster. The colorimetric process can be divided into three stages: extraction, filtration and color development. To find reduced optimum extraction time, the soils were blended with a mixer at intervals of 30sec for 30sec to 2min. Syringe filters with the sizes of 0.45, 1 and 2㎛ and a syringe compressor were used for speed up of filtration. The extracted solutions with reagents were soaked in the bath with 30, 40 or 50°C at intervals of 30sec for 30sec to 2min for optimum rapid color development. Combined Rapid Lancaster(CRL) method was performed for the soil samples using the best results from each process, which was 30sec blending using a mixer, 0.45㎛ syringe filter and absorbance measurement after 2min immersion at 50°C. As a result of the CRL method, R2 for Jinju soil and Geochang soil showed 0.791 and 0.936 respectively when compared to the standard Lancaster method. Since there was no statistically significant difference between Lancaster and the CRL, it was considered that the CRL method could be used to analyze soil P as a substitute for Lancaster. Future study will be conducted with wet field soils in various regions.
The quantity of imported beef has increased since import liberalization in 2001 and continued agreements on FTAs. To obtain competitiveness in domestic Hanwoo industry, the industry has tried to make a high-quality beef and Hanwoo meat has a high price premium compared with imported beef or domestic Yukwoo as a result. Therefore there exists always economic incentive for non-Hanwoo meat to be sold as Hanwoo meat. Several research data supports this inference. This paper calculates the economic welfare loss on the domestic Hanwoo breeding farms caused by violating labelling originality using a simulation model. To estimate the welfare loss, this paper uses an EDM model based on various scenarios which assume different values on several key variables. The simulation results show that the welfare loss of the Hanwoo breeding farms varies from many billions wons at least to more than one trillion wons at maximum. We have to make an effort to eradicate the violating labelling originality to develop domestic Hanwoo industry.
This study builds counties-specific panel data and establish a stochastic rice yield forecasting model by using a fixed effect panel model based on results calculating the coefficients for the meteorological factors, and by using a variety of weather scenarios. Rice yield prediction model developed estimating equations were set to rice yield as the dependent variable, and the average temperature, accumulated temperature, daily temperature range, sunshine hours as explanatory variables, by using panel data by counties in recent 10 years. Estimation results using a fixed-effects model was able to verify that an average temperature affects to yield as quadratic form, there appeared to be significantly affected by accumulated temperature in Heading period, an average temperature in Ripening period. a rice yield prediction model is meaningful in that we can see the forecasting results in the previous. not waiting the actual survey results provided by the National Statistical Office. because this forecasting estimates is sufficient rationale material by government supply & demand measures. Finally, the study leave to future challenges with respect to establishing a prediction model developed as combined with land productivity and environmental engineering factors.