Background: Since the revised Ginseng Industrial Act was passed, ginseng sprouts have become a new medicinal vegetable for which there is high consumer demand. However, the existing amount of research and data on ginseng production has not kept pace with this changed reality. Methods and Results: In this study we analyzed the changes in the amounts of ginsenosides in different parts of growing ginseng sprouts during the period from when organic seedlings were planted in nursery soil until 8 weeks of cultivation had elapsed, which was when the leaves hardened. In the leaves, ginsenoside content increased 1.62 times with the panaxadiol (PD) system and 1.31 - 1.56 times with the panaxatriol (PT) system from 7 to 56 days after transplantation. During the same period, the total ginsenoside content of the stems decreased by 0.66 - 0.91 times, and those of the roots increased until the 21st day, and then underwent steep declines. The effect of fermented press cake extract (FPCE) and tap water (TP) on the total amount of ginsenoside per plant were similar, and could be represented with the equations y = 1.4330 + 0.2262x - 0.0008x2 and y = 0.9555 + 0.2997x - 0.0031x2 in which y = ginsenoside content x = amount of and on the total amounts of FPCE or TP, respectively after 26.4 days, however, the difference between ginsenoside content with FPCE and TP widened. Conclusions: These results suggested that the amounts of ginsenosides in different parts of ginseng varied with the cultivation period and nutrient supply. These findings also provide fundamental data on the distribution of ginsenosides among plant parts for 2- year-old ginseng plants in the early- growth stage.

본 연구에서는 농업용 저수지의 저수율, 선행토양함수조건(AMC) 및 Huff 시간분포가 첨두유출량에 미치는 영향을 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션을 통해 분석하였다. 저수지 저수율, 선행토양함수조건 및 Huff 시간분포의 적용에 따라 4가지 경우에 대해 첨두홍수량을 산정하고 비교한 결과, 50~300년 빈도의 첨두홍수량은 저수율 100% 또는 AMCIII로 일괄 적용했을 때 각 조건의 발생확률을 고려한 첨두홍수량에 비해 20~30% 크게 산정되었다. Huff 3분위를 일괄 적용했을 때의 첨두홍수량은 발생확률을 고려한 Huff 분위 적용에 비해 5% 크게 산정되어, AMC와 저수지 저수율에 비해 첨두홍수량에 미치는 영향이 적었다.

Background : Lythrum salicaria L. (LS), a herb that is found all around the world, has long been used as medicinal plant to treat inflammation, external wound bleeding, and diarrhea, while its sprouts (young leaves) can be utilized as a food material. The antioxidant and hepato-protective activities of LS have been reported in several articles. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy and cell proliferation of LS leaves according to their growth period, and to obtain information on the optimal harvesting time of LS as a food resource. Methods and results : LS leaves were collected at ten-day intervals between April 27 and June 26, 2016 in Eumseong-gun, South Korea. The LS leaves were extracted with 50% ethanol at room temperature, and seven LS extracts (LSE) were obtained. A peroxynitrite (ONOO-) scavenging assay and a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay were performed to compare the antioxidant effects of LSE, while a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was performed on the BV-2 cell lines to determine cell viability. The total phenol contents of LSE were quantified by using the calibration curve of tannic acid. From these assays, LSE harvested on April 27 showed the lowest value, while LSE harvested on June 6 showed the highest DPPH scavenging activity at 10 ㎍/㎖. There was no difference among the extracts in terms of their peroxynitrite scavenging activity. The extract prepared on April 27 showed the highest value in terms of BV2 cell viability, while that obtained on June 6 showed the lowest value. The value in terms of the total phenol content of the LSE harvested on June 6 was the highest, whereas that of the LSE harvested on April 27 was the lowest. Conclusion : When comparing the activity of LSE according to its harvesting time, the extract dated June 6 showed the highest effect in terms of its antioxidant activity and its total phenol content, whereas the extract dated April 27 showed the highest cell viability. As such, this study suggests that LS leaves harvested in the early season could be utilized as a food material even though they display low efficacy.

폐기물 가스화 시스템은 폐기물을 원료로 하여 CO, H2 및 CH4이 주성분인 합성가스를 생산한다. 생산한 합성가스는 정제, 개질 공정을 통하여 발전, 연료, 화학원료 등으로 사용할 수 있다. 폐기물 가스화 시스템은 원료로 폐기물을 사용하고 복합 공정(전처리, 가스화, 정제, 개질, 합성가스 이용)으로 구성되어 있어 안정적으로 합성가스를 생산하기 위해서는 다양한 환경 및 운전변수를 고려한 고급 제어 기술이 필요하다. 일반적으로 폐기물 가스화 발전 시스템 제어는 PLC(Programmable Logic Controller)/DCS(Distributed Control System)와 연결된 HMI(Human Machine Interface)를 통하여 이루어진다. 오퍼레이터는 HMI를 통하여 폐기물 가스화 발전 시스템의 Equipment와 Instrument와 1:1로 매핑 된 정보를 확인하고 제어를 수행한다. 오퍼레이터가 이상 상태 발생 및 운전 조건 변경 상황에서 다양한 운전 변수들의 상관관계를 고려하여 제어하는 것은 불가능하다. 본 연구에서는 폐기물 가스화 발전 시스템의 운전 데이터를 실시간으로 모니터링하고 운전 변수들의 상관관계를 확인할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 폐기물 가스화 발전 운전 데이터 실시간 상관관계 모니터링 시스템은 운전 데이터를 데이터베이스에 저장하는 기능, 데이터베이스에 저장된 데이터를 조회하는 기능, 데이터베이스에 저장된 운전 데이터의 상관관계를 확인할 수 있는 기능, 조회된 데이터를 저장하는 기능 등으로 구성되어 있다. 운전 데이터를 데이터베이스에 저장하는 기능은 폐기물 가스화 발전 시스템을 제어하는 HMI에 스크립트로 처리하였으며, 다른 기능들은 시스템의 접근성 및 활용도를 고려하여 웹시스템으로 개발하였다.

This study was performed in order to determine the effect of roasting (160 for 0, 30, 60, 90 min) on the physicochemical characteristics and antioxidant activity of hot water extracts of dried Liriope platyphylla. With respect to Hunter’s color value, lightness and yellowness decreased roasting time increased. The difference (ΔE value) in lightness, redness and yellowness was 15.88 and 22.94 for 30 and 60 min. The 30 min roasted sample contained more soluble solid content (12.7 °Brix) than other samples. The pH and acidity of the 60 min roasted sample were 5.06 and 0.14%, respectively. The highest contents in reducing sugar and total phenolic compounds contents was obserned in the 60 min roasted sample (17.68, and 35.01 g/100 g, respectively), and flavonoid content was the highest in the 90 min roasted sample (10.53 mg/100 g). The crude saponin content of the 90 min roasted sample (21.90 mg/100 g) was higher than that of others samples (8.0-15.36 mg/100 g). Moreover, ginsenosides such as Re, Rg3, and Rh2, were detected, among which the Rh2 content was the highest. The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity (31.64-53.72%), 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline)- 6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activity (61.59-96.71%), and the ferric reducing antioxidant power (72.38-183.11%) were higher in the roasted samples than in the control group. As a result, we confirmed that roasting increased the amount of active compounds, which increased the yield of useful extract.

In this study, the correlation between the durometer and the proctor penetration resistance tester, which is considered to be efficient in determining the setting time in a simple portability for soil and concrete utilizing organic lime (H) and Goto lime (G), is used. The results of the study show a high correlation between the portable hardness meter, the durometer and the proctor penetration resistance test period. Therefore, it is expected that the durometer will be useful for the measurement of setting time and the time limit.

In this study, the correlation with a proctor penetration resistance tester is analyzed for the purpose of judging the setting time of concrete by the convenient portability of the durometer which is a rubber hardness meter.The result of this study showed a high correlation between the value of the tilt of the durometer and the measured value of the proctor penetration resistance tester.

Recently, high-performance and high-fluidity concrete have been studied and developed because high-rised build is constructed. high-performance and self-consolidating concrete is demanded high strength as low w/cm and fluidity as adding superplasticizer. However, these superplasticizer are changed early-age property such as bleeding, segregation and late setting time etc. This study persents the setting time of fluidity mortars evaluated using the measurement of eletrical resistivity. 7th Samples prepared mortars which were adding polycarboxylate type superplasticizer(Ester) or poly naphthalene sulfonate(PNS) and measured the electrical resisitivity during 24 h. As a results, mortars which added superplasticizers were late rising time which is setting time in measurement of electrical resistivity. However, degree of hardening of PNS mortar were higher than Ester mortar.

The river levees along the state owned rivers or local rivers are a major infrastructure of the nation, and it is necessary to be able to quickly and accurately evaluate the safety of each structure in case of a disaster such as flood or earthquake, so as to enable preemptive disaster response. In this study, a “real-time safety assessment method of river levees” was developed to understand the safety of river levee in real time and cope with disaster situations preemptively and effectively, and its applicability was examined. The real-time safety evaluation method of the river embankment developed in this study is based on two systems; ① real-time monitoring system by instruments and ② safety evaluation DB system of river embankment based on fragility curves using numerical analysis results. In order to validate its applicability, the safety of Munsan levee located in the upstream area of Kangjeong-Goryeong Weir was evaluated by applying the proposed method.

This paper proposes real-time image-based damage detection method for concrete structures using deep learning. The proposed method is composed of three steps: (1) collection of a large volume of images containing damage information from internet, (2) development of a deep learning model (i.e., convolutional neural network (CNN)) using collected images, and (3) automatic selection of damage images using the trained deep learning model. The whole procedure of the proposed method has been applied to some figures taken in a real structure. This method is expected to facilitate the regular inspection and speed up the assessment of detailed damage distribution the without losing accuracy.

A new Gentiana spp. cultivar ‘Skyhope’ was bred by crossing between ‘Jinbu-4 line’ with violet blue (VB 95B) colored petals and ‘Jinbu-1 line’ with violet blue (VB 93B) petals in 2000 year. The superior line of ‘0013-9’ was selected in Daegwallyeong from 2001 to 2003 year, and growth and flower characterization were conducted from 2004 to 2007 year in field of Daegwallyeong and Jinbu of Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, Namwon, Jeollabuk-do and Jeju Special Self-Governing-do. The flower showed violet blue (VB 96A) color at opening, the petal of flower have not spot and flower stem color was purple. Flowers was opening at the same time from bottom to upside. Plant height was 68.1 cm, and number of flower stems per plant was 5.3 ea., number of flower node per stem is 5.9 ea., and Number of flowers per stem was 32.2 ea.. The flowering of ‘Skyhope’ cultivar was bloomed from the middle of July in Daegwallyeong and the later of July in Jinbu, Pyeongchang, Kangwon-do and the early of July in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do and the later of July in Jeju Special Self-Governing-do. ‘Skyhope’ cultivar can be used for cut flower.

As part of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, multifunctional weirs have been constructed in the rivers and operated for river-level management. As the weirs play a role in draining water from tributaries, the aim of this study was to determine the influence of the weirs on the water level of the Nam River, which is one of the Nakdong River’s tributaries. Self-organizing maps (SOMs) and a locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) technique were applied to analyze the patterns and trends of water level and quality of the Nakdong River, considering the operation of the Changnyeong-Haman weir, which is located where the Nam River flows into the Nakdong River. The software program HEC-RAS was used to find the boundary points where the water is well drained. Per the study results at the monitoring points ranging between the junction of the two rivers and 17.5 km upstream toward the Nam River, the multifunctional weir influenced the water level at the Geoyrong and Daesan observation stations on the Nam River and the water quality based on automatic monitoring at the Chilseo station on the Nakdong River was affected strongly by the Nakdong River and partly by the Nam River.

도시지역의 모든 하수관망을 사용하여 구축된 강우-유출모형은 그 규모가 방대하고 복잡하여 실시간 도시홍수예보에 적합하지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 상대적으로 도시화가 많이 진행된 서울시의 상습침수지역인 도림천 대림배수분구의 하수관망도를 이용하여 강우-유출모형을 구축하고 이를 단순화하였다. 하수관망 단순화는 노드의 누가유역면적을 단순화의 범위 산정을 위한 기준으로 설정하고 총 5단계의 과정으로 나누었으며 단순화 과정에서 SWMM의 모든 매개변수들을 면적가중치를 적용하여 계산하였다. 또한 하수관망의 적정 단순화 범위를 산정하기 위하여 유출모형에 5가지 단순화 범위를 설정하고 유출분석과 침수분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 유출모형의 노드와 관망의 개수 그리고 모의시간 모두 단순화 범위에 따라 50~90%까지 일정하게 감소하였으며 단순화 이전과 동일한 유출량 결과를 나타내었다. 2차원 침수분석의 경우, 누가유역면적별로 단순화의 범위가 커질수록 월류지점의 개수가 크게 감소하고 위치가 바뀌었으나 비슷한 침수양상을 나타내었다. 다만 누가유역면적을 기준으로 6 ha 이상에서는 상류부터 삭제되는 노드에 의해 나타내지 못하는 침수지역이 발생하였다. 2차원 침수면적, 주요침수구간, 침수심 등을 비교 ․ 분석한 결과, 누가유역면적을 기준으로 1 ha의 단순화 범위가 단순화 이전의 분석결과와 가장 유사함을 나타내었다. 본 연구는 SWMM 매개변수를 모두 고려한 하수관망 단순화를 실시함으로써 실시간 도시홍수예보를 위한 신속하고 정확한 유출자료 생성에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

하천 관리에 있어 도달시간은 중요한 인자 중의 하나이다. 특히 사회적으로 다양한 하천 활용에 대한 요구가 높아짐에 따라 친수공간으로써 하천에서의 정확한 도달시간 산정은 홍수시 주민 대피 시간 확보 등을 위해서 매우 중요하다. 그러나 과거 도달시간 산정에 대한 연구는 자연 하천의 복합 유역에서의 단일 수문사상에 대하여 연구가 수행되어왔으며, 도심하천의 단일유역을 대상으로 복합 수문 사상에 대한 도달시간 산정방법의 개발은 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 최근 집중호우에 의하여 빈번한 침수 피해가 발생된 부산광역시 대표 도심하천인 온천천 유역에 대하여 과거 10년(2006~2015년) 동안의 강우-유출량 자료를 이용하여 도달시간을 산정하였고, Matlab 기반의 인공신경망 기법을 이용하여 신뢰성을 검토하였다. 12시간 이상 무강우를 기준으로 총 254개의 강우 사상을 분리하였고, 이를 바탕으로 총 강우량, 총 유출량, 첨두 강우량/총 강우량, 첨두 유출량/총 유출량, 지체시간, 도달시간 등 총 6개의 변수를 산정하여 인공신경망 모형의 훈련 및 검증에 활용하였다. 그 결과 훈련에 과 예측 및 검증에 활용된 입력 변수의 상관관계는 각 각 0.807 및 0.728로 나타났으며, 연구결과를 바탕으로 도심하천의 도달시간 산정결과의 신뢰성 분석에 이를 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

하도홍수추적 방법에서 많이 사용되고 있는 Muskingum 방법의 가장 중요한 매개변수는 저류상수와 가중인자이다. Muskingum 방법은 상류 유입지점에서 하류 유출지점까지 측방유입량이 고려되지 않지만, 실제 유역에는 강우로 인하여 측방유입유량이 발생한다. 이로 인해 상하류 실측 자료를 이용하여 저류상수 및 가중인자를 산정하는 것이 매우 어려운 상황이다. 이에 본 연구는 HEC-RAS 1차원 부정류 해석모형을 이용한 수리학 적 홍수추적을 통해 측방유입유량이 제외된 상태에서의 하도에서 전파되는 유량을 산정하였고, 이를 이용하여 저류상수 및 가중인자를 산정하는 방법을 제시하였다. 이와 함께 저류상수가 유하시간과 관계있음을 감안하여 국내 하천기본계획 수립 시 사용되는 유하시간 경험 공식들을 저류상수로 적용한 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 마지막으로 유량이 고려된 유하시간 산정식을 개발하고, 유입량의 변화에 맞춰 유하시간을 업데이트하여 모의를 수행하는 방법을 제시하였다. 유량을 고려한 유하시간을 저류상수로 적용한 경우, 유량의 상승 및 하강 과정, 첨두 유량, 그리고 첨두 시간에 대해서 잘 모의하는 것으로 분석되었다.

The relationship between mean air temperature after heading and starch characteristics of colored rice grains was investigated using three colored rice cultivars. Pasting temperature within each rice cultivar with different harvest times differed. The pasting temperatures of two rice cultivars, Hongjinju and Joseongheugchal, reached the highest at 40 days after heading and decreased during the late harvest time. Distribution of amylopectin in the Hongjinju rice cultivar at the earlier harvest time contained a greater number of very short chains with the degree of polymerization (DP) between 6 and 12 and fewer chains with a DP from 13 to 24 than that of the later harvest time. However, there was little difference in the distribution of the longer chains of 25 ≤ DP ≥ 36 and 37 ≤ DP for latter harvest times compared to that of the earlier ones. It was suggested that the structure of amylopectin affected the varietal differences in patterns of chain length of amylopectin during grain filling. In addition, the control of ripening was different from that causing the pigment effects in the fine structure of amylopectin in the three colored rice cultivars. Larger starch granules were observed in the Joseongheugchal rice cultivar and smaller granules occurred in the Hongjinju rice cultivar. The present study revealed that later harvest times led to a clear increase in the mean granule size of starch in the three colored rice cultivars.

The electric coupling between the lithosphere and the ionosphere is examined. The electric field is considered as a timevarying irregular vertical Coulomb field presumably produced on the Earth’s surface before an earthquake within its epicentral zone by some micro-processes in the lithosphere. It is shown that the Fourier component of this electric field with a frequency of 500 Hz and a horizontal scale-size of 100 km produces in the nighttime ionosphere of high and middle latitudes a transverse electric field with a magnitude of ~20 mV/m if the peak value of the amplitude of this Fourier component is just 30 V/m. The time-varying vertical Coulomb field with a frequency of 500 Hz penetrates from the ground into the ionosphere by a factor of ~7×105 more efficient than a time independent vertical electrostatic field of the same scale size. The transverse electric field with amplitude of 20 mV/m will cause perturbations in the nighttime F region electron density through heating the F region plasma resulting in a reduction of the downward plasma flux from the protonosphere and an excitation of acoustic gravity waves.

This study was conducted to compare changes of total carotenoid contents and antioxidant activities in yellow waxy corns (Zea mays L.) depending on harvest time. The total carotenoid contents of yellow waxy inbred lines and hybrids increased from 19 days and then the highest content of total carotenoid contents was observed at 25 to 27 days after pollination. Thereafter, there was little change in total carotenoid contents. According to analysis total content of carotenoids on 23 days after pollination, which was the period of harvesting waxy corn, KY2 was the highest as 15.4 ㎍/g in inbred lines and KY2/KY39 was the hightest as 11.2 ㎍/g in hybrids, respectively. The total carotenoid contents of each hybrid were higher than mean that of their parent lines except for some hybrids. The total carotenoid contents of KY27/KY37 were significantly higher than those of their parental lines. Antioxidant activity of yellow waxy corn showed a tendency to increase after decrease depending on delaying harvesting time. Antioxidant activities of hybrids were higher than that of inbred lines. As a result of correlation analysis between total carotenoid contents and antioxidant activity, correlation coefficient of inbred lines and hybrids was as low as -0.12 and -0.13, respectively. When the harvest time was delayed, the lightness of yellow waxy corn decreased but the redness and yellowness increased. As a result of correlation analysis between Hunter’s Lab value and total carotenoid contents, correlation coefficient of lightness, redness and yellowness were -0.22, 0.67, 0.53, respectively.

It is important for radish to have late flowering characteristics especially in the case of spring and winter cultivars. To understand late flowering characteristics of radish at the molecular level the flowering time genes of two radish lines (NH-JS1 and NH-JS2) with different flowering time were compared by re-sequencing their genomes. There were a total of 872,587 SNPs and 194,637 INDELs between the two lines. The SNP density of each chromosome was relatively uniform throughout, but the region with low SNP density was found at the end of R3 and the middle of R9. To compare the flowering time genes of the two lines, we first looked for the flowering time genes in radish using Arabidopsis thaliana flowering time genes. As a result, homologs of radish were found for most flowering time genes, but FRIGIDA was not found. Among 224 radish flowering time gene-homologs found, 97 genes showed more than one sequence difference (SNP or INDEL) between the two lines, and 127 genes had no difference. In particular, no sequence differences were found in FT, CO, and FLC, core flowering time control genes. Rs350520 (FVE), Rs193800 (CURLY LEAF) and Rs255320 (ATX1) with more than 100 sequence variations were expected to have a significant effect on flowering time difference between the two lines. These results will be of great help in understanding the flowering timing difference between the two lines at the molecular level.

Concrete structure for nuclear power plant is mass concrete structure with large wall depth and easily permits cracking in early age due to hydration heat and drying shrinkage. It always needs cooling water so that usually located near to sea shore. The crack on concrete surface permits rapid chloride intrusion and also causes more rapid corrosion in the steel. In the study, the effect of age and crack width on chloride diffusion is evaluated for the concrete for nuclear power plant with 6000 psi strength. For the work, various crack widths with 0.0~1.4 mm are induced and accelerated diffusion test is performed for concrete with 56 days, 180days, and 365 days. With increasing crack width over 1.0mm, diffusion coefficient is enlarged to 2.7~3.1 times and significant reduction of diffusion is evaluated due to age effect. Furthermore, apparent diffusion coefficient and surface chloride content are evaluated for the concrete with various crack width exposed to atmospheric zone with salt spraying at the age of 180 days. The results are also analyzed with those from accelerated diffusion test.